Michael Garner
Group Director, Innovation And Gen AI
Bentonville, Arkansas, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Garner is a seasoned technology leader with a decade of experience building and scaling mobile, computer vision, and AI-driven products across Sam’s Club and Walmart Global Tech. As Group Director of Innovation and Gen AI, he blends hands-on engineering chops with servant leadership—hiring top talent, setting clear vision, and empowering teams to move fast, as evidenced by rapid launches like a 6-day concierge app and Scan & Go rollouts. His background spans mobile platforms, IoT, hardware, and ML-driven item recognition, and he holds multiple patents for innovative solutions. Known for turning urgent business needs into production-ready systems that drive nine-digit revenue impacts, he thrives at the intersection of product, research, and execution. Based in Bentonville, he pairs practical delivery experience with a creative mindset rooted in invention and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences Computer Science at University of Nebraska-LincolnBachelors of Information Technology Software Application Development, Bachelors of Information Technology Software Application Development at Colorado Technical University
English
Github Skills (10)
android-sdk10
sdk10
parse10
arcore9
android9
android-studio8
parse-platform8
android-widget5
material-ui3
material-design2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mgarnerdev/MaterialSearchView
Jul 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:1 release, 27 commits, 14 PRs in 1 month
material-uisearch-viewmaterial-design
mgarnerdev/project-guidelines
Jan 2021 - Jan 2021
A set of best practices for JavaScript projects
Contributions:20 pushes in 1 day
javascript-projectseslintjavascriptbest-oftypescript
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