Karen Beebe

Karen Beebe is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Bealls, Inc., a privately held omni-channel retailer founded in 1915 with more than 650 stores in over 22 states operating as bealls, Bealls Florida, and Home Centric. She oversees all aspects of technology for the organization. 

Prior to joining Bealls, Inc., Karen held numerous leadership positions at vineyard vines including CIO SVP of Operations encompassing distribution, logistics, and business process improvement as well as Head of Ecommerce during COVID. 

Throughout her career, Karen has taken on diverse retail management roles across both technology and core business operations. At Chico’s FAS, Inc., she was Senior Vice President, Application Development and Delivery and at Limited Brands, Inc., she was Chief Technology Officer for Bath and Body Works and Vice President, Business Solutions Group for the multi-brand, international enterprise. 

Karen has been part of executive leadership teams that have won two CIO 100 Awards and has also served on many technology vendor user boards in global leadership and advisory positions as well as on non-profit boards. Karen was named in RIS News and Chain Store Age “Top Woman in Retail Tech” in 2018 and was selected as the HMG Strategy “2019 Top Technology Executive to Watch.” In 2020, she was awarded the 2020 New York CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award in the corporate category. In 2024, the Bealls, Inc. Technology team received the 2024 ONCON ICON AWARDS Top 50 Technology Team award. In 2025, Karen was recognized as one of the inaugural honorees of Retail Voices by NRF, a premier community of distinguished retail luminaries, and as one of the Top Women in Retail by the Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC). Most recently, Karen received the HMG Strategy Global Leadership Institute Award and was recognized by Rethink Retail as one of the Top AI Leaders for 2026.