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Clay Johnson

Clay Johnson

Board Member | Former CIO - Walmart, Yum Brands, GE | Chief Digital and Technology Officer

Academy Sports + Outdoors•Longview, Texas, United States

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Experience36+ Years
LevelLeadership

Executive Overview

Clay Johnson is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in leading global teams across multiple domains and industries at Fortune 50 companies - Walmart, Yum Brands, GE, Boeing, Dell. He is currently a board member at Academy Sports + Outdoors and is part of the audit committee.

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • Academy Sports + OutdoorsCurrent
    Dec 2025–Present· 10 mos
    • Board MemberCurrent
      Dec 2025–Present
  • Sealed Air Corporation
    May 2023–May 2025· 2 yrs
    • Board Member
      May 2023–May 2025
  • Yum! Brands
    Oct 2019–Apr 2025· 5 yrs 6 mos
    • Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Yum! Brands
      Oct 2019–Apr 2025
  • Walmart
    2017–Oct 2019· 2 yrs 9 mos
    • Chief Information Officer (CIO) & Executive Vice President of Global Business Services (GBS)
      2017–Oct 2019
  • GE .
    Jul 2014–2017· 2 yrs 6 mos
    • Chief Information Officer (CIO) | GE Power | GE Digital
      Jul 2014–2017
  • Boeing
    Dec 2008–Jul 2014· 5 yrs 7 mos
    • Vice President, Information Technology
      Jul 2011–Jul 2014
    • Senior Director, Information Technology
      Dec 2008–2011
  • Dell Technologies
    Sep 2004–Dec 2008· 4 yrs 3 mos
    • Director, Information Technology
      Sep 2004–Dec 2008
  • Nortel Networks
    May 2000–2002· 1 yr 8 mos
    • Senior Architect, Software Engineering
      May 2000–2002
  • FedEx
    May 1998–May 2000· 2 yrs
    • Software Development Engineer
      May 1998–May 2000
  • U.S. Coast Guard
    Aug 1990–Dec 1994· 4 yrs 4 mos
    • U.S. Coast Guard
      Aug 1990–Dec 1994

Education

MBA

Master’s Business Administration

The University of Texas

Bachelor of Science

Computer Science Engineering

University of Texas

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Clay Johnson
Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
Enterprise ArchitectureGlobal Application DevelopmentArchitecturePeopleSoftSupply ChainSaaSE-commerceERP ImplementationsOracle E-Business SuiteCognosIT Executive ManagementCorporate SystemsPeopleSoft FinancialJavaCloud ComputingTeradata Data WarehouseMobileCIOsManufacturingOffshore Outsourcing