Chris Davey

Worldwide Head Commerce and Innovation

We’re living in a dynamic,  “always on” world, and that’s not an easy environment in which to transact business. One in which the rules of engagement change—quite literally—day-to-day. That’s why so many of our clients come to us. Over the years we’ve developed an almost innate ability to not only guide our clients through the business challenges of today, but to anticipate, and fully prepare them, to weather the challenges of tomorrow.

A 16-year veteran of Sapient, Chris is responsible for Sapient Nitro’s global commerce business. In this leadership role, Chris drives the development of Sapient's overall strategy and service offerings in the multi-channel commerce space which includes establishing, relationships with global partners,to enhance Sapient Nitro’s evolving offering. Chris also oversees the Content Management & Collaboration Practice which focuses on the creation of systems and process that better leverage content across the ever expanding set of marketing and commerce customer touch points, including mobile, in store experiences, and new devices such as the Ipad. In his role, Chris also oversees our R&D efforts to ensure we have continued focus on bringing the best new ideas and thinking to our clients.
Chris has developed an eCommerce Institute for developing The knowledge and expertise in both commerce business processes and the corresponding technology. He has overseen the creation of an ecommerce lab in India which houses reference applications from multiple vendors and serves as both a training ground and acceleration platform for driving project delivery efficiency.

Chris has held many other key leadership  roles in his 16 years at Sapient including SVP of Global Business Development, SVP of Operations for North America, VP of Marketing and Government Services and Healthcare Industry Lead.