Executive Overview
Raghu is an award-winning Digital Transformation Executive with a distinguished 30-year career, marked by a profound impact on the retail and restaurant sectors. Specializing in orchestrating high-performance teams and pioneering large-scale systems on a global scale, he has been instrumental in propelling companies into the future of digital and data-driven business models. As the Chief Information Officer at Inspire Brands, Raghu spearheaded transformative digital and data strategies, significantly enhancing customer and associate experiences across multiple household names such as Arby's, Baskin-Robbins, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dunkin', Jimmy John's, and Sonic. His strategic oversight led to the successful integration of these brands, unlocking synergies through adept cloud migrations and comprehensive platform consolidations encompassing digital, data, security, labor, retail, ERP, Finance, and HR systems. Before his tenure at Inspire, Raghu was the Chief Engineering Officer at Sephora (an LVMH Company), where he directed engineering teams in revolutionizing customer and store-facing systems, including e-commerce,mobile applications, loyalty systems, and MarTech, as well as point-of-sale (POS) and omnichannel retail solutions. His leadership roles included his time as Director of Engineering at Walmart, where he further honed his expertise in leveraging technology in building multi tenant eCommerce platforms.
Career Timeline
- Signet JewelersCurrent2026–Present· 8 mos
- Chief Digital and Technology OfficerCurrent2026–Present
- Apr 2024–2026· 1 yr 9 mos
- Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Technology OfficerApr 2024–2026
- Apr 2019–2024· 4 yrs 9 mos
- Chief Information OfficerApr 2019–2024
- Nov 2011–Apr 2019· 7 yrs 5 mos
- SVP/Chief Engineering OfficerFeb 2017–Apr 2019
- VP, Digital and Retail TechnologySep 2015–2017
- Vice President, EngineeringOct 2012–Sep 2015
- Senior Director, EngineeringNov 2011–Oct 2012
- May 2009–Oct 2011· 2 yrs 5 mos
- Director, EngineeringMay 2009–Oct 2011
- 2006–Nov 2008· 2 yrs 10 mos
- Architect, Application2006–Nov 2008
- Apr 2005–Dec 2005· 8 mos
- Consultant, Professional ServicesApr 2005–Dec 2005
- 2005–May 2009· 4 yrs 4 mos
- President2005–May 2009
- Feb 2003–Oct 2004· 1 yr 8 mos
- Architect, ApplicationFeb 2003–Oct 2004
- Aug 1997–Feb 2003· 5 yrs 6 mos
- Consultant, Professional ServicesAug 1997–Feb 2003
Education
Leading Teams for Impact
Organizational Leadership
Center for Creative LeadershipWinning Together
Organizational Leadership
LVMH House - ParisBachelors of Technology
Electronics and Communications Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological UniversityMS
Electrical Engineering
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville