10 H-E-B IT leaders
Edwin Cardenas, Vicepresidente de Tecnología de la Información at H-E-B México, is one of ten H-E-B IT leaders listed here, alongside people who hold senior director and director roles in infrastructure, network engineering, enterprise applications, store systems and IT operations. A reader can learn how IT leaders work at H-E-B from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Akin Akinboro
LinkedInExperience: Director of Infrastructure · H-E-B
Akin Akinboro has been Director of Infrastructure at H-E-B since December 2025. Akin Akinboro was Director, Cloud Engineering Platform at Indeed from 2023 to 2025, Senior Manager, Cloud Foundation Group there from 2021 to 2023, Senior Manager, Cloud Center of Excellence from 2020 to 2021 and a Systems Engineering Manager from 2018 to 2020.
Ashley Trimble
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Store Systems and Scheduling · H-E-B
Ashley Trimble has been Sr. Director Store Systems and Scheduling at H-E-B since May 2024 and has also held the role of Director Store Systems and Scheduling there since 2021. Ashley Trimble was Senior Manager of Business Store Systems and Tools at H-E-B from 2020 to 2021, a Project Manager there from 2016 to 2020 and a Store Director from 2006 to 2020.
Brant Goering
LinkedInExperience: Director of Enterprise Applications · H-E-B
Brant Goering has been Director of Enterprise Applications at H-E-B since December 2020, with a headline of Director of IT Systems at HEB. Brant Goering was Director of Global Business Strategy at eBay from 2009 to 2014, Vice President, Business Process Quality, Process Management & Control at Wells Fargo from 2004 to 2009 and held customer quality and account roles at LenovoEMC from 1999 to 2004.
Chad Koppold
LinkedInExperience: Director - Foundational Technology · H-E-B
Chad Koppold has been Director - Foundational Technology at H-E-B since December 2024 and was Senior Digital Foundational Technology Manager there from 2021 to 2024. Chad Koppold held the role of Digital IT Operations Manager at H-E-B from 2014 to 2021, was a Lead Technical Specialist there from 2012 to 2014 and a Senior Technical Specialist from 2008 to 2012.
Don Cover
LinkedInExperience: Director of Data Solutions · H-E-B
Don Cover has been Director of Data Solutions at H-E-B since August 2019, leading teams in data engineering, marketing technology, systems engineering and data architecture according to the profile. Don Cover was Senior Engineering Manager, Application Integrations and Marketing Technology at H-E-B from 2014 to 2019 and held senior engineering manager roles for eCommerce and customer loyalty applications there from 2010 to 2014.
Edwin Cardenas
LinkedInExperience: Vicepresidente de Tecnología de la Información · H-E-B México
Edwin Cardenas has been Vicepresidente de Tecnología de la Información at H-E-B México since May 2026, with a headline that also reads CIO, and was Digital Commerce Director at HEB México from 2017 to 2026. Edwin Cardenas was Multichannel Subdirector at HEB México from 2014 to 2017, Commercial Subdirector there from 2008 to 2014 and Business Development Manager from 2005 to 2008.
Greg Tribo
LinkedInExperience: Director of Warehouse & eFC Systems · H-E-B
Greg Tribo was Director of Warehouse & eFC Systems at H-E-B from January 2017 to August 2026, overseeing technology solutions for warehouses and eCommerce fulfillment centers according to the profile, and now lists retirement as the current status. Greg Tribo was IT Information Security Manager at Capital Group from 2012 to 2017 and IT Application Development Manager there from 2006 to 2012.
Joseph Phan
LinkedInExperience: IT Director · H-E-B
Joseph Phan has been IT Director at H-E-B since July 1998, a role the profile lists at director level in the General Management department. Joseph Phan was Information Technology Development Manager at Dell Technologies from 1997 to 1998 and an Advanced System Engineer at Electronic Data Systems from 1990 to 1997.
Ron Wenzel
LinkedInExperience: Director, H-E-B Digital IT Operations · H-E-B
Ron Wenzel has been Director, H-E-B Digital IT Operations at H-E-B since June 2012, with a headline of Managing Director, H-E-B Digital Support Operations. Ron Wenzel was Manager, Electronic Maintenance at H-E-B from 2007 to 2012, a Field Service Supervisor there from 2002 to 2007, a Technical Support Specialist from 1999 to 2002 and an Information Technology Field Technician from 1994 to 1999.
Ryan McLaughlin CISSP
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director Network Engineering · H-E-B
Ryan McLaughlin has been Sr. Director Network Engineering at H-E-B since March 2025 and held the role of Senior Director of Core Engineering there from 2022 to 2026. Ryan McLaughlin was Director of Core Engineering at H-E-B from 2020 to 2022, Threat and Vulnerability Operations Manager there from 2015 to 2020 and a Sr. Systems Administrator from 2014 to 2015.
Choose the right perspective
Pick the person whose IT remit is closest to your question, since infrastructure and networks, enterprise applications, store and warehouse systems, data solutions and IT operations involve different decisions. Check the dates on each role to see whether the experience is current.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01What did you focus on first when you took on your current IT role, and what did you learn from it?
- 02How do you decide which systems to modernize first when many depend on each other?
- 03What has your own work taught you about supporting technology that frontline staff use every day?
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