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10 Albertsons IT leaders
These ten people hold or have held director-level or higher information technology roles at Albertsons, from chief information officers and technology vice presidents to directors of IT operations, cloud infrastructure and division IT. A reader can learn how IT leaders lead technology organizations in grocery retail businesses.
Professionals to explore
01—10Antoinette Fonzo
LinkedInExperience: IT Director, Southwest Division · Albertsons Safeway
IT Director, Southwest Division at Albertsons Safeway since April 2015, a Director-level role in Engineering and Technical according to the profile. Fonzo was IT Services Manager at Albertsons Companies (2006–2015) and Manager, Retail Integrity at Albertsons Companies (2004–2006).
Anuj Dhanda
LinkedInExperience: EVP and CIO · Albertsons Companies
Former EVP and CIO at Albertsons Companies (2015–2023) and EVP and Chief Technology & Transformation Officer there since May 2023. In the current role the profile says Dhanda leads the company's global technology strategy, driving innovation across cloud operations, digital platforms and AI. Dhanda was SVP, Digital Commerce & CIO at Giant Eagle, Inc. (2013–2015) and CIO at PNC (2008–2013).
Bhuvan Padakanti
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering Operations · Albertsons Companies
Senior Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Engineering Operations at Albertsons Companies since December 2021, and former Senior Manager Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps there (2020–2021). The profile describes leading an enterprise data warehouse migration, including moving a Snowflake data warehouse from Azure to GCP Big Query, and tracking cloud spend through cost dashboards and KPIs.
Charles Yap II
LinkedInExperience: Director - IT Operations, ITSM & Information Security Manila Service Delivery Head · Albertsons
Director - IT Operations, ITSM & Information Security Manila Service Delivery Head at Albertsons since October 2018. At Albertsons Yap was also Director - Enterprise Identity Strategy, Manila Information Risk & Cyber Security Operations Head (2018) and Director - Manila Information Risk & Cyber Security Operations Head (2015–2018), and was Vice President - Information Risk Manager at JPMorganChase (2013–2014).
Ganesh Kenneth
LinkedInExperience: IT Director of Manufacturing · Albertsons Companies
Former IT Director of Manufacturing at Albertsons Companies (2018–2024) and Senior Director of Engineering there since June 2024. The profile says Kenneth converted 18 manufacturing plants from Adage ERP to Infor M3 cloud suite and continues to manage all IT applications for Albertsons Manufacturing.
Jim Saber
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Technology Operations and Cloud Transformation · Albertsons Companies
Senior Vice President - Technology Operations and Cloud Transformation at Albertsons Companies, a current role dated from March 2020, and former Group Vice President - Cloud and IT Operations at Albertsons Companies (2020–2023). The profile headline describes the role as Global Head of Infrastructure and Cloud. Saber was Managing Director at J.P. Morgan (2013–2020) and Chief Information Officer at Argus Information and Advisory Services (2010–2011).
Mark Bates
LinkedInExperience: CIO, SVP Technology · Albertsons
Former CIO, SVP Technology at Albertsons (2006–2015) and former Interim CIO, Albertsons Companies (2015). Bates also held GVP, Technology at Albertsons Companies, a role listed as ending in 2006, and was SVP, Corporate Services and Director of Aviation at Albertsons Companies from 2016 to 2021.
Michael Little
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Cloud Operations & Client Services · Albertsons Companies
Vice President, Cloud Operations & Client Services at Albertsons Companies since May 2023. At Albertsons Companies Little was Sr. Director, Enterprise Cloud Services (2018–2023) and Director, Infrastructure Services (2015–2018), and the profile lists Director, Infrastructure - Platform and Hosting Services at Safeway from 2014 with no end date.
Ramiya Iyer
LinkedInExperience: GVP IT Digital and Marketing Merchandising · Albertsons Companies
Former GVP IT Digital and Marketing Merchandising at Albertsons Companies (2017–2020). Iyer has been SVP Technology & Engineering - Data, Digital, Merchandising, Pharmacy, Finance & HR at Albertsons Companies since October 2020 and SVP, Application Engineering Global Tech & AI since January 2025, and says the work leads teams developing eCommerce and enterprise applications. Iyer was Vice President, IT Global eCommerce at Levi Strauss & Co. (2014–2017).
Steve Cowan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Information Technology · Albertsons Companies
Vice President, Information Technology at Albertsons Companies since October 2018, a role the profile lists at the President/Vice President level in Engineering and Technical. The profile also lists Sr. Director, Information Technology at Albertsons Companies from 2015 and Director, Information Technology at Safeway, both without end dates.
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large grocery retailer decide which systems to move to the cloud and in what order?
- 02How are IT support and infrastructure teams organized to serve stores, distribution centers and corporate offices?
- 03What do enterprise IT leaders at a grocery chain look for when choosing a new technology vendor?
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