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Senior Retail Executive, Tech Entrepreneur and Parsons Professor specializing in Retail
José P. Chan is a senior retail executive, entrepreneur and PT Assistant Professor at Parsons School of Design. He is the VP of Planning and a member of the senior leadership for LVMH brand Loro Piana in North America. He has worked in the retail and apparel sector over 20+ years with LVMH, Richemont and Roberto Cavalli. Concurrently, he has been on the Parsons faculty for 12+ years. Concurrently, Additionally, he is a Founding Team Member and was VP Business Development and Advisory Board Member of Celect, an award winning retail technology firm that leverages machine learning in order to optimize inventory. The firm was founded at the Massachusetts of Technology when he was a graduate student there and works with large, well-known brands/retailers. It raised series A, B and C funding rounds in Silicon Valley and New York. Nike, Inc. acquired Celect in August 2019. 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. He is an MIT Sloan Fellow.
José has been invited to lecture on Retailing at various industry conferences and numerous universities including: Columbia University (CBS), Cornell University (Cornell Tech/FSAD), Fashion Institute of Technology (GFM), Harvard University (HBS), Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan), New York University (Stern), The University of Chicago (Booth), The University of Navarra (IESE), Parsons School of Design, The University of Rochester (Simon), XRC Labs and Fashion Group International (FGI). 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, French and has working knowledge of German. He is an avid swimmer and plays classical guitar.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – SM Management of Technology; Harvard Business School – Graduate coursework; University of Rochester – MBA Finance; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology - MBA Exchange Student; Cornell University – BS Management; Fashion Institute of Technology – AAS Design