Mr. Wang joined Michaels as Executive Vice President — Chief Information Officer in June 2020. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Wang held the position of Chief Technology Officer at SMHQ Technologies, Ltd. Prior to that, he has held various technology leadership positions including Senior Vice President – Chief Technology Officer at Sam’s Club and Vice President of Analytics and Decision Platforms at Walmart where he built a team of world class talent in engineering. Mr. Wang’s experience and passion include mathematics, artificial intelligence, robotics, machine learning, software engineering and information security. He is a graduate of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.