SEAN RILEY, FOUNDER & CEO

Sean’s leadership career at Walmart has encompassed a diverse range of markets and retail distribution strategies, including brick-and-mortar stores, e-commerce, site to store, and online grocery, with full P&L responsibility for revenues up to $9.8 billion. Throughout various roles, Sean has delivered key strategic and operational guidance to formulate and execute plans, surpassing profitability objectives, revitalizing underperforming segments, and enhancing revenue and market share.

Sean has established a track record of exceeding financial goals, rejuvenating lagging businesses, and fostering revenue growth and market share expansion. Demonstrating adept change management leadership during business transformations, which included starting from scratch, turnarounds, introducing new concepts, market expansions, and complex systems implementations, this leader ensured financial discipline, operational superiority, and maintained frontline integrity.

As a strategic leader, Sean leverages profound financial insight, operational knowledge, and collaboration with executive teams to pinpoint, assess, and implement strategies aimed at achieving value-enhancement objectives. This approach, combined with entrepreneurial acumen and proficiency in people management, has consistently contributed to organizational value and expedited success.

With a comprehensive understanding of business across personnel, processes, operations, and financial initiatives, Sean has identified opportunities for innovation and growth while strengthening and expanding the operational base.

Key impacts include:

  • Transforming their region into one of Walmart US's top performers

  • Driving unprecedented sales and profit growth

  • Achieving significant share growth and top comp sales rankings

  • Maintaining top regional rankings in 5-star store performance ratings

In response to the evolving retail landscape, Sean has been pivotal in reshaping and adapting the business to better cater to omnichannel customers, leading their region through transformation and challenges towards profitable growth.

Achievements include:

  • Spearheading the best-in-class growth in the US region's e-commerce business

  • Converting stores into fulfillment centers

  • Altering the mix of channels and real estate strategies to broaden market reach

  • Reducing turnover by overhauling talent recruitment and development strategies

  • Enhancing DEI representation across management levels.

Embodying servant leadership, Sean leads with vision and empathy, firmly believing in the importance of valuing people and placing employees at the heart of the business for stellar performance. Sean is committed to fostering an inclusive culture of community, acting as an advocate and mentor for the team to guide efforts, eliminate barriers, and support career development.