1. Kroger CIO Roundtable November 17th, 2015 Brett Bonner Vice President R&D

3. $6 million donated to over 30,000 schools and local organizations
$6 million donated to support breast cancer programs
The USO’s largest cumulative donor, contributing $11.9 million

4. Environmental Impact

6. KROGER BANNERS

7. Kroger Technology

9. Chris Hjelm Org Chart
Annette Franke – Customer Solutions and Services – Project Managers, CRMs, Business Analysts, Call Centers
Annette Hater – Business Effectiveness
Brett Bonner – Innovation
Brian Lawhorn – Security and Training – duel reporting to Chris and Dennis Hackett in Audit
Kirk Ball – Infrastructure and Architecture, Network
Nick Kaufman – Software solutions – All application teams report up through Nick
Ryan Kean – Mercury
Other Leadership team: Denise Haskamp and Dan Cullis

10. KT Organization – Effective Aug 1
Kirk Ball
Annette Franke
Nick Kaufman
Brett Bonner
LOB Alignment & Partnership
Store Systems, Merchandising, Loyalty, Fuel & C-Store, Pharmacy, TLC, Axium
Corporate Systems, Jewelry, Order & Replenishment Evolution, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Corp Brands
Digital Customer, Enterprise Data Mgmt., Vitacost, YouTech
R&D
Visionary Business Leadership
Support Teams
Project Mgmt.
Visionary Business Leadership
Support Teams
Project Mgmt.
Visionary Business Leadership
Support Teams
Project Mgmt.
Project Mgmt. & Visionary Business Leadership
Shared Services
Shared Technology Services
QA, Enterprise Architecture, PM/BA/PA CoE’s, Business Arch., Call Centers, Portfolio Mgmt.
Ryan Kean
Visionary Business define
PM/BA/PA Report to vertical but budget is with STS
Budget – month rotations
Infrastructure Services
KTM, Network, NOC/SOC, Middleware, Desktop Services, Data Center, Project Mgmt., Platform
Open – Temp Kirk Ball
Office of the CIO
Ignite, Vendor Mgmt., Facilities, Communications, Budget, M&A
Annette Hater
Security
Brian Lawhorn

11. Kroger R&D Brett Bonner Vice President R&D Doug Meiser
Operations Research
General Manager
Dion Perkins
Engineering
Manager
Titus Jones
Strategic Projects
John Osborne
Department Administration
Chairman Zigbee Alliance

12. Project Overview EDGE Brief description Customer benefits Technology
Enhanced Display for Grocery Environments
Customer benefits
Accurate Pricing
Item price and attribute highlights
Faster sales ad personalized pricing
Plus many other use cases
Technology
Affordable, fully digital shelf with full motion video and sound

13. EDGE Vendor Map

14. Project Overview Scan – Bag – Go
Brief description
Scan Bag Go will provide customers an industry leading, cool, fun and evolving alternative channel to shop and checkout
Customer benefits
The customer will independently control their shopping and checkout experience in an easy, reliable and fun environment.
They will have the choice to utilize a store provided device or their own smart phone
The app is mostly intuitive, however, when needed a knowledgeable Kroger Associate can assist
Technology
Awareness of location and basket contents.
Proprietary app with store location awareness to allow targeted offers in-aisle
Picture of technology and/or process in action

15. National Lab Partnering Considerations New Polarizer
Intellectual property
Who owns?
Who has a right to use?
Right to remember?
Prioritization of key resources?
Manufacturing restrictions?
Royalties?