Thomas Britt Biography

Thomas Britt is senior vice president, CIO of Coach Inc., a leading American marketer of fine accessories and gifts for women and men. With sales of approximately $1.5 billion, Coach product is distributed worldwide through Coach stores, select department and specialty stores, and online. Britt joined Coach in January 1996 to establish a technology platform independent of that of its parent-company Sara Lee Corporation. He held positions of increasing responsibility within the technology organization until assuming his current role in 1999. As CIO, Britt has spearheaded the technology efforts enabling Coach’s successful IPO, formation of Coach Japan, Inc., and a quadrupling of overall sales. Prior to joining Coach, Britt was an information systems consultant with Andersen Consulting for eight years. He focused on large-scale system implementations in the consumer products and pharmaceutical industries.