DeannaSteele

Deanna Steele

Advantage Solutions Inc.

Chief Information Officer
Advantage Solutions Inc.

Deanna Steele, formerly executive vice president, chief information and digital officer for J.Jill, has joined Advantage Solutions as chief information officer. As CIO, Steele will be instrumental in developing Advantage’s information technology strategy and lead day-to-day IT operations, integrating Advantage’s business and technology; identifying high-value, revenue-generating solutions; focusing on the development of new, business-critical applications; and delivering projects and a high standard of service. Steele comes to Advantage with more than 25 years of retail, business-to-consumer, business-to-business and consulting industry experience in business transformation, centralization, decentralization and divestiture. She has led IT and digital organizations in companies in various stages of startup, acceleration and turnaround, including Ingram Content Group, Ascena Retail Group (Lane Bryant, Catherines and Justice) and Express Inc., among others. Her experience includes omnichannel and global business, strategy, operations, technology, cloud, analytics, security, and team and talent development. Deanna received her Bachelors in Business Management from Pepperdine Graziadio Business School.