Carrie Tharp

Carrie Tharp is the Vice President of Global Solutions and Industries for Google Cloud, where she leads the team responsible for driving solution strategy, development, and Go-To-Market activation across priority industries and functions. Her organization develops solutions that leverage Google products and services to address key business challenges, helping customers unlock the power of the cloud to accelerate time to value and improve user experiences.

Carrie’s focus areas and speaking topics include Retail, Consumer Goods, Travel & Hospitality, and Adtech/Martech, as well as cross-industry themes like customer data platforms, D&A, eCommerce, and AI/GenAI. She is available for engagements with customers, partners, and analysts.

Prior to Google, Carrie held several CXO roles across the retail, travel, and consumer goods industries. She most recently served as the Chief Digital and Marketing Officer for The Neiman Marcus Group, overseeing digital and omni-channel experiences for all brands, including Bergdorf Goodman. Before that, she was Senior Vice President of E-commerce and Chief Marketing Officer at Fossil Group, Inc., managing global e-commerce and online operations. Carrie has also held technology, operator, and strategy roles at Travelocity, Bain & Company, Dean Foods, and TXU.

She currently serves as an Independent Director on the Vera Bradley (VRA) and Rue Gilt Group Boards of Directors, and on the National Retail Federation (NRF) Board of Directors. Carrie holds a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern. She resides in Dallas, Texas.