Neerja Tolmare joins casual footwear leader Crocs board

Neerja Tolmare, Global Chief Information Officer for The Coca‑Cola Company, has joined the board of directors of Crocs Inc, a global leader in innovative casual footwear, from Jan 1.

Tolmare “will bring new skill sets and extensive brand-building experience in consumer-facing businesses to the Crocs board,” according to a company press release.

Tolmare has more than 20 years of experience in leading technology teams and digital transformation initiatives across diverse industries, the release noted.

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At the Coca-Cola Company, he has built and led teams to modernize a legacy network and infrastructure footprint and to improve the organization’s global technology maturity.

He also serves on the board of Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta as well as the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Center for Development and Application of Internet of Things.

Prior to his current position, Tolmare worked at both Fortune 50 companies such as HP Inc, Cisco Systems as well as at startups like Palm Inc.

In these companies, he held various roles to lead global technology, data and ecommerce functions to support double-digit growth for their online businesses.

“The opportunity to join the board at Crocs, Inc is a perfect fit with my principles and values, and my passion to work for brands that are deeply entrenched in the society we live in and connect on a personal level, with a global audience,” said Tolmare.

“Neeraj brings outstanding and highly relevant global leadership expertise to the board as Crocs evolves its approach to digital transformation for global operations optimization,” said Thomas Smach, Chairman of the Board of Crocs Inc.

“His distinctive ability to elevate business practices and successfully scale online growth through technological advancement will lend guidance to create lasting impact. We look forward to their contributions to the board.”

Crocs, Inc. Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Rees, added, ” Neeraj’s terrific experience elevating business through technology will help us to identify and solve for the next wave of opportunities in digitization and automation for scale.”

Tolmare holds degrees from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, and the College of Engineering in Pune, India.

He started his career by working for iconic brands such as Palm, Flip Video and Linksys where he led the online marketing and ecommerce units. Tolmare will initially join the board’s Audit Committee.