Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) today named Neal
Sample as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Information
Officer (CIO), effective immediately.
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Sample will report to Tim Wentworth, Chief Executive Officer
(CEO) of WBA, as a member of the Executive Committee and serve on
the IT Governance Committee. He has been working alongside WBA
technology leaders over the course of the last month to assess and
advance the company’s technology goals. Moving forward, he will
lead the strategy for WBA’s IT function and the implementation of
its technology and digital innovation, with an emphasis on
improving the digital experience for customers and patients, as WBA
continues its next phase of growth into a customer-centric
healthcare company.
Sample is an award-winning technologist and seasoned executive
who has a strong track record of driving growth and innovation. He
brings more than 20 years of deep experience across highly
regulated industries including healthcare, financial services and
consumer internet, and has worked at start-ups and legacy Fortune
100 companies. He is passionate about building talent pipelines,
paving progressive career paths and positively impacting
communities.
He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Wellfield
Technologies, Inc., as well as the Chair of the Board of Trustees
for the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis,
Missouri.
He was previously the CIO for Northwestern Mutual, where he
rebuilt, optimized and centralized the technology function for the
company. During this time, he was able to attract and develop
world-class leaders in security, data, engineering and
infrastructure, raise internal and external technology metrics, and
implement several automated and self-service capabilities for
clients.
Prior, he served as Chief Operating Officer and CIO of Express
Scripts, where he streamlined operations, accelerated growth,
improved key operating metrics, launched a new product line, led
the architecture and platform delivery of complex information
systems for nearly 30,000 employees and 80 million patients
nationwide, retired legacy mainframe applications and transitioned
the organization to the cloud.
He also held several roles within the Enterprise Growth Business
at American Express including EVP, Chief Marketing Technologist,
and CIO, before being named President. While there, he pioneered
product launches focused on digital banking alternatives for
lower-income individuals, improved EBITDA, led spin-off and
wind-down of non-core businesses, transformed a waterfall product
development organization to Agile, updated and moved mainframe
application suite to the cloud and launched major new digital
co-branded products with key industry players.
Sample previously held roles at eBay, Yahoo! Inc. and
RightOrder, Inc.
Sample is a thought leader in information technology, holding
more than a dozen patents as the author of various published works.
He earned his Doctorate and Master of Science in Computer Science
from Stanford University and his Master of Science and Bachelor of
Science in Computer Science from the University of Wyoming.
“I am excited to welcome Neal to our executive leadership team
and confident that as our CIO he will help take our IT capabilities
to the next level using his strong background and experience in
formulating modernization plans, implementing technology solutions,
accelerating growth and redefining standards of execution
excellence,” said Mr. Wentworth. “He will be a key component to
achieving our goals as we build on the company’s pharmacy strength
and trusted brand to evolve healthcare delivery.”
“WBA has a powerful vision to be the leading partner in
reimagining local healthcare and wellbeing for all. I am eager and
excited to continue working alongside an incredibly talented and
dedicated team to advance technology and digital innovation at WBA
toward our goal to be the independent partner of choice in pharmacy
and healthcare services,” said Sample.
About Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance (Nasdaq: WBA) is an integrated
healthcare, pharmacy and retail leader serving millions of
customers and patients every day, with a 170-year heritage of
caring for communities.
A trusted, global innovator in retail pharmacy with more than
12,500 locations across the U.S., Europe and Latin America, WBA
plays a critical role in the healthcare ecosystem. The company is
reimagining local healthcare and well-being for all as part of its
purpose – to create more joyful lives through better health.
Through dispensing medicines, improving access to a wide range of
health services, providing high quality health and beauty products
and offering anytime, anywhere convenience across its digital
platforms, WBA is shaping the future of healthcare.
WBA employs approximately 330,000 people and has a presence in
eight countries through its portfolio of consumer brands:
Walgreens, Boots, Duane Reade, the No7 Beauty Company and Benavides
in Mexico. Additionally, WBA has a portfolio of healthcare-focused
investments located in several countries, including China and the
U.S.
The company is proud of its contributions to healthy
communities, a healthy planet, an inclusive workplace and a
sustainable marketplace. WBA has been recognized for its commitment
to being an inclusive workplace. In fiscal 2023, the Company
received a score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate
Equality Index, scored 100 percent on the Disability Equality Index
for disability inclusion and was named Disability:IN’s 2023
Employer of the Year. In addition, WBA has been recognized for its
commitment to operating sustainably as the company is an index
component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). More
company information is available at
www.walgreensbootsalliance.com.
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