John Damalas
Group Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, JM Family Enterprises
John Damalas is group vice president and chief technology officer of Information Technology Services (ITS) at JM Family Enterprises, Inc., a privately held company with more than $20 billion in revenue and more than 5,000 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is in the business of helping other businesses succeed.
In his role, Damalas spearheads JM Family’s ongoing focus on digital product management, agile transformation, and innovation. Additionally, he provides essential support for existing capabilities in IT strategy, architecture and governance. He plays an instrumental role in advancing the company’s path towards a digital future, in pursuit of delivering value to its partners and enhancing the experience of its associates.
Prior to joining JM Family, Damalas served as the vice president and chief technology officer for Pacific Life where he was responsible for implementing an integrated enterprise architecture, establishing robust data management practices and ensuring the company’s digital transformation. Damalas has a proven track record of cross-industry technology leadership in several areas including applied AI, data and analytics, enterprise architecture and user experience. He previously led Walmart’s Associate Digital Experience as vice president where he was responsible for user experience, engineering, architecture and operation for the technology enablement of more than two million associates across the globe.
Damalas holds a Master of Science degree in applied economics from The John Hopkins University located in Baltimore, Maryland and a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. He resides in Delray Beach, Florida with his wife, daughter and very energetic Belgian Shephard.
About JM Family Enterprises, Inc.
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. was founded by automotive legend, Jim Moran in 1968. It is a privately held company with more than $20 billion in revenue and more than 5,000 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is in the business of helping other businesses succeed. As a long-term partner, it is invested in its companies, associates and its communities. Driven by exceptional performance, current subsidiaries are in the automotive, financial services, franchising and specialty distribution industries. Its family of companies includes: Southeast Toyota Distributors, the world’s largest independent distributor of Toyota vehicles; JM&A Group, a company committed to improving automotive dealers’ performance by offering Finance & Insurance products and services, dealership training and consulting; World Omni Financial Corp. (dba Southeast Toyota Finance), a captive financial services company driven to delivering an exceptional dealership and customer experience for Toyota customers in the Southeast; JM Lexus, one of South Florida’s leading Lexus dealers; Home Franchise Concepts®, a multi-brand franchise network consisting of Budget Blinds®, The Tailored Closet™, PremierGarage®, Concrete Craft®, AdvantaClean®, Lightspeed Restoration™, Kitchen Tune-Up®, Bath Tune-Up®, Two Maids® and Aussie Pet Mobile®; and Futura Title & Escrow, a family of leading independent title and escrow companies which includes Alliance Title & Escrow, AmeriTitle, Pacific Alliance Title, Kittitas Title and Escrow, and Momentum Title Agency; and Rollease Acmeda, a leading specialty distributor of window covering systems.
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