Currently, Michael R. Amend occupies the position of Chairman-Trustees Board at Texas Baptist Childrens Home and Chief Digital & Information Officer at Ford Motor Co. Mr. Amend is also President-Online Business at Lowe's Cos., Inc. and on the board of 5 other companies.

He previously occupied the position of Chief Operating Officer for CommerceHub, Inc., Vice President-Online, Mobile & Omnichannel at The Home Depot, Inc., Chief Technology Officer-Global Online at Dell, Inc., Executive Vice President-Omnichannel at Old COPPER Co., Inc., Deputy Chief Technology Officer at BEA Systems, Inc., Executive Vice President-Omnichannel at J.C. Penney Corp., Inc. and Chief Architect-Ecommerce at Sprint Corp.

Mr. Amend received an undergraduate degree from Oklahoma State University.