Steve Larson

About Steve Larson

Technology Strategy and Delivery expert with over 30 years consulting, solutioning, developing, architecting, and implementing large-scale, business critical, technology solutions for Fortune 500 clients. Currently leading Engineering/Technology for Publicis Sapient\'s retail portfolio in the Americas. Focus includes:• Engagement with senior (VP/C-suite) clients as a tech thought leader, aligning business and IT strategy while identifying capability gaps, and defining, prioritizing, and sequencing, initiatives needed. • Driving CLV through customer centricity, data-driven decisioning, and business/IT organizational maturity• Implementing digital capabilities including CRM/campaign management, experience management, personalization, CDP, analytics, AI/ML (including GenAI), and omnichannel commerce.• Global Delivery methodology and governance for on-time and on-budget with multidisciplinary project teams across the entire project lifecycle from scoping, estimation, planning, design, development, and deployment, as well as associated project artifacts, training materials, and internal controls.• IT digital modernization via cloud-native, API-first, microservices-based, and decoupled/composable architectures (aka MACH) coupled with an iterative DevSecOps approach to enable rapid deployment of new capabilities (“deploy on demand”).• Instilling a “test and learn” philosophy and approach to maximize business value while ensuring compliance and minimizing production risk.Clients include Target, Nike, Starbucks, McDonald’s, AT & T, Marks and Spencer, Honda Motors America, Ralph Lauren, Nordstrom, Carnival, Bed Bath Beyond, Cisco, Dell, HP, Taco Bell, GM, Capital One, Stellantis, T-Mobile, Sketchers, VF, and others.

Experience

1. Retail Engineering Lead for the Americas

   Publicis Sapient

   May 2024 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   Leading the engineering capability, encompassing sales and delivery, for our Retail clients in North and South America.

Education

• Michigan State University

  James Madison, IR

  1985 — 1989

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Software Development
• E-Commerce Optimization
• Integration
• Saas
• Vendor Relations
• Sdlc
• Project Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Eai
• Global E-Commerce
• IT Strategy
• Cms
• Strategy
• E-Commerce
• Endeca
• Governance
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Application Development
• Wcs
• Software Project Management
• Project Delivery
• Erp
• Change Management