Home Depot snags eBay's CTO

Home improvement retailer Home Depot has gone outside its ranks to hire a new CIO, Matt Carey, to replace Bob DeRodes. Carey will will join the Atlanta-based home improvement retailer on Sept. 8, following a stint as eBay's chief technology officer. He's moving from one giant to the other, and although the title is slightly different, the mission is the same: Keep technology moving.

Prior to his time at eBay, Carey spent more than 20 years with Wal-Mart, where he managed the rollout of their wireless RF infrastructure, was responsible for the company's mainframe large systems and data warehouse, and led the implementation and integration of wal-mart.com and samsclub.com.

For more on this surprise move:
- see this Atlanta Business Chronicle article