Gerri Martin-Flickinger

Ms. Martin-Flickinger has led technology transformations across several global brands, including most recently as Chief Technology Officer of Starbucks from 2015 to 2021.

As EVP and Chief Technology Officer, Ms. Martin-Flickinger led Starbucks Technology through a transformation into a best-in-class retail technology organization. Her team of technologists developed and enabled industry-leading innovations including mobile order and pay, voice ordering, and social gifting. Under her leadership, the team also modernized key business-critical platforms, unlocking iterative innovations at scale such as workforce management, supply chain planning, and store operation improvements.

Prior to joining Starbucks, Ms. Martin-Flickinger was Senior Vice President and CIO at Adobe, where she led portions of their technology transformation to a cloud-based, subscription-services business. Before Adobe, she served as CIO of Verisign, MacAfee, and Network Associates and held numerous senior leadership roles at Chevron, where she began her career.

The Millennium Alliance named Ms. Martin-Flickinger the 2021 Digital Enterprise Innovator of the Year for her work on Starbucks digital technology and she also she received the 2021 Leadership CIO of the Year ORBIE Seattle. In 2015, Ms. Martin-Flickinger was recognized as CIO of the Year by the Silicon Valley Business Journal Bay Area for her role in Adobe's successful shift to a cloud-services company.

Ms. Martin-Flickinger currently sits on the Charles Schwab Board of Directors and serves as a member of Arizona State University's Fulton School of Engineering Advisory Board, Sierra Ventures CIO Advisory Board, and the Wall Street Journal CIO Network.

Ms. Martin-Flickinger holds a BS in computer science from Washington State University with honors.