Karen Beebe

Karen Beebe

Karen Beebe is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Bealls, Inc., a privately held omni-channel retailer founded in 1915 with more than 600 stores in 23 states operating as Bealls, Bealls Outlet, Burkes Outlet, Home Centric and Rugged Earth Outfitters. She is responsible for overseeing 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; and she was Head of Ecommerce during COVID.

Throughout her career Karen has held retail management positions in Technology as well as Merchandise Planning, Allocation, Operations, and Internal Audit. 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, she has served on many Technology Vendor User Boards in global leadership and advisory positions, as well as non-profit boards. Karen was named an 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.” Most recently she was awarded the 2020 New York CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award in the Corporate category.