DAN WHITACRE TITLE : SENIOR DIRECTOR OF KROGER LABS AND TECHNOLOGY
INDUSTRY : RETAIL LOCATION : USA
Dan is accountable for continually developing the commercial , academic , government and NGO innovation ecosystem within the Kroger Labs . He works with the team to transform Kroger ’ s approach to emerging technologies , data and analytics architecture , technology strategies and practices as well as its disruption roadmap . Dan has served multiple roles with Kroger .
Dan also served as the CTO and Vice President of Business Development for a Data and Analytics services organisation that was acquired by Data Intensity . Additionally , he spent six years consulting at IBM on Information & Analytics Strategy and Architecture in multiple industries including retail , healthcare , manufacturing , and U . S . intelligence .
$ 137.9bn in 2021 total sales
2,726 supermarkets & multi-department stores
640 million meals donated through more than 100 Feeding America food bank partners
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