Ben Pivar

SVP and CIO

Carter's

Ben Pivar is SVP and CIO at Carter’s. He is responsible for creating the vision and roadmap for IT while managing digital transformation, data & analytics, project delivery, applications, security, infrastructure, desktop, BI and support. Ben has over 25 years of experience in Retail, Consumer Products, Merchandising, Supply Chain and IT, of which 15 years have been in leadership roles. He has won several awards including the 2020 Georgia Titan award, 2018 CIO of the year from RIS and a 2017 Tech Association of GA Excalibur award.

Speaking in:

Sunday

January 15

11:45 am–12:15 pm

Expo, Level 3, Expo Stage 5

Building and deploying mobile POS and RFID natively by Amazon Web Services

After looking at the market and not finding what they wanted, Carters’, the purveyor of children’s clothing with over 1,000 stores, has built and is deploying their own Point of Sale (POS) solution on AWS. The replacement of their existing solution is reducing checkout times and improving customer satisfaction scores. The solution also enables an improved omni-channel experience leveraging… Read more

Tuesday

January 17

11:30 am–12:30 pm

Expo, Level 3, Expo Stage 4

Overcoming price challenges & anticipating ahead with AI produced by Impact Analytics

Winning the battle for customers amid a recession, inflation, and supply chain woes is fierce and nothing is more important than price. With price, it’s all about data and AI/ML to gain a competitive edge. Hear from our retail panel as they share how intelligent AI and lifecycle pricing strategies helped them overcome unique price challenges through the holidays. Furthermore, they’ll share how AI… Read more