Disney names first tech chief

CEO Josh D'Amaro announced Karandeep Anand as Disney's first companywide chief technology officer on Friday.

What Anand will oversee

Anand will run enterprise tech, infrastructure, data, AI platforms, product and engineering teams across Disney.

D'Amaro's vision for the hire

D'Amaro said Anand brings rare experience in infrastructure, consumer technology and AI to unify the company.

“Karandeep brings a rare mix of experience across infrastructure, consumer technology, and AI.”

Anand's background and experience

Anand was CEO of Character.AI, spent six and a half years at Facebook and over fifteen years at Microsoft.

Part of broader leadership changes

The hire follows Disney promoting Adam Smith to head streaming and moving Joe Earley to franchise and content strategy.

Anand reports directly to D'Amaro

Anand will report to D'Amaro as the company executes its One Disney unification initiative.