Disney Taps Karandeep Anand as New Chief Technology Officer

The Walt Disney Company has appointed Karandeep Anand as its new Chief Technology Officer. He will take on this new role on October 2nd and will report directly to CEO Josh D'Amaro, who is focused on using technology to connect with fans.

Anand brings a unique combination of experience in infrastructure, consumer technology, and AI to Disney. He was most recently the CEO of Character.AI and held leadership roles at Meta and Microsoft.

In his new position, Anand will oversee enterprise technology, infrastructure, data and AI platforms, and product engineering. He will also work across the company's segment technology teams to modernize how Disney builds and delivers technology.