José P. Chan

José P. Chan is a senior retail executive, entrepreneur and professor at Parsons School of Design. He has worked in the retail and apparel sector over 20+ years with LVMH, Richemont and Roberto Cavalli. He is a Founding Team Member and Advisory Board Member of Celect, an award winning, retail technology firm that leverages machine learning in order to predict future outcomes. The firm was founded at the Massachusetts of Technology. José has held senior management positions reporting to CEOs and has extensive international management experience in buying, marketing, merchandising, planning, predictive analytics and has run retail store networks with P&L responsibility.

At Parsons he has taught Retailing, as well as Merchandising courses for 12+ years. Additionally, he has also taught at the Fashion Institute of Technology and Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He has been invited to lecture on Retailing at various industry conferences, as well as Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, the University of Chicago and many other universities. In addition, he is the co-host of the Brick & Data Podcast, a mentor at XRC Labs, New York Fashion Tech Lab and the National Retail Federation Student Association Faculty Advisor for the New School. A native New Yorker, Chan is fluent in Spanish, Italian and French. He is an avid swimmer and plays classical guitar.

Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology – SM Management of Technology; University of Rochester – MBA Finance; Cornell University – BS Management; Fashion Institute of Technology – AAS Design

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