Mike Maresca, chief technology and transformation officer at Ulta Beauty, is coming off the high of completing an IT-led modernization project that cost tens of millions of dollars. Next on his plate is expanding the company's adoption of artificial intelligence, including agentic AI.
“We had to really rethink and modernize our core systems,” says Maresca. “We believe it is powering the omnichannel retailer that we want to be, particularly as we make sure that the inventory is in the right place at the right time for our guests.”
