Las Vegas 2018

Build a Bigger Team (Matrixed Organization)

Leveraging the power of a matrixed organization to solve problems and build solutions bigger than the individual.


Anne Bradley is Chief Privacy Officer and Global counsel for Nike Direct. In this role she leads Nike's privacy program and leads the legal teams that support Nike Direct (Digital & Retail), Global Brand Marketing, and Nike Tech. She was previously IP and Technology counsel for Hulu, and prior to that in private practice as an intellectual property attorney in Los Angeles. Having worked with many early-stage companies on protecting their intellectual property, Anne has observed some of the challenges and triumphs of entrepreneurship at close range. Before moving to the Pacific Northwest, Anne spent six years on the Board of Trustees of First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles holding several positions including President of the Board. In that role, she helped grow many church social justice programs consistent with the great activist tradition of the church. She holds a BA in Computer Science and Visual Art from Bowdoin College and a JD from University of California Hastings College of Law. Anne lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and daughter.


Courtney is the Vice President of Digital Platform Engineering at Nike and leads all elements of powering the Nike Direct Consumer experience, with a re-usable, seamless platform. Her teams are focusing on core commerce services (browse, search, checkout, payment, launch, inventory, fulfillment), user services (login, profile, identity, notifications), consumer data engineering, personalization, content ecosystem (authoring, creation, digital assets, workflow) member services and global retail solutions.


Prior to joining Nike, Courtney was the VP of Retail Technology at Starbucks where she was responsible for the global POS and retail store technology experiences.


Before Starbucks, Courtney was the Vice President of E-Commerce and Store technologies at Nordstrom, where she led a transformation essential for outpacing the demands of today's Omnichannel consumers. Her responsibilities included program management, delivery, and support for all customer facing technologies which also included in-store, Web, and mobile touch points. Courtney joined Nordstrom as a security engineer in 2002 and held increasingly senior leadership roles across the technology organization. She began her career in technology start-ups including CyberSafe and WorldStream.


Courtney holds a B.S in Computer Information Systems from Eastern Washington University.

AB

Anne Bradley

Chief Privacy Officer and Global Counsel, Nike Direct

CK

Courtney Kissler

Vice President, Nike Digital Platform Engineering