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  "markdown": "EVP, Chief Digital and Technology Officer.\n\nNeal Sample is executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer at Best Buy, leading its product management, experience design, data, AI, engineering and platform teams. He joined in 2025 from Walgreens Boots Alliance, where he was chief information officer, a role he earlier held at Northwestern Mutual. He holds a PhD from Stanford University.\n\n## What Neal builds\n\n- [Best Buy Developer API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/best-buy.md), graded E, 39.2/100, in Shopping, returns \u0026 refunds. Best Buy's Developer API gives read access to the BESTBUY.COM catalogue, prices, availability, categories, US stores, recommendations and open-box listings with a free API key. Ordering through the Commerce API is invite-only for partners. EVP, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, researched 2026-10-28.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Corie Barry](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/corie-barry/), Chief Executive Officer\n- [James Wheeler](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/james-wheeler/), Co-founder, Best Buy (as Sound of Music)\n- [Jason Bonfig](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/jason-bonfig/), SEVP, Chief Customer, Product and Fulfillment Officer; CEO from 1 November 2026\n- [Richard Schulze](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/richard-schulze/), Founder\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Neal Sample?\n\nNeal Sample is executive vice president and chief digital and technology officer at Best Buy, leading its product management, experience design, data, AI, engineering and platform teams. He joined in 2025 from Walgreens Boots Alliance, where he was chief information officer, a role he earlier held at Northwestern Mutual. He holds a PhD from Stanford University.\n\n### What does BestBuy.com, LLC (Best Buy Co., Inc.) make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Best Buy Developer API from BestBuy.com, LLC (Best Buy Co., Inc.). Best Buy's Developer API gives read access to the BESTBUY.COM catalogue, prices, availability, categories, US stores, recommendations and open-box listings with a free API key. Ordering through the Commerce API is invite-only for partners.\n\n### How are Neal's tools graded?\n\nBest Buy Developer API is graded E, 39.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://www.google.com/search?q=Best+Buy+developer+API+team+product+manager\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/annabliss\n- https://corporate.bestbuy.com\n- https://x.com/BestBuy\n- https://developer.bestbuy.com/contact-us\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_Buy\n- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_M._Schulze\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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