Southern Glazer's Taps Steve Bronson as CIO
BevAlc distributor Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits has hired Steve Bronson to lead the company's digital transformation, including building out its technology roadmap.
As chief information officer, Bronson will advance the company's OneTech function, overseeing end-to-end enterprise technology strategy and execution and working closely with the company's digital acceleration team.
He will report to chief growth and strategy officer David Chaplin.
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Bronson brings more than 25 years of global leadership experience in technology, innovation and digital transformation, helping to modernize enterprises across food and beverage, retail, consumer goods, and high-tech verticals.
He most recently served as McDonald's SVP of global technology infrastructure and operations, leading its tech transformation, which included partnering with Google to implement cloud-based, AI-enabled personalization across 40,000 restaurants worldwide.
Bronson has also held other senior tech leadership roles with companies such as CDK Global, Nike and Anheuser-Busch InBev, overseeing ERP modernizations, supply chain upgrades and enterprise-wide cloud migrations.
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According to LinkedIn, prior roles included:
- Vice president, strategic enterprise technology at Nike
- Director of data and BI, corporate functions, and global supply chain technology at AB InBev
David Chaplin said in a statement that Bronson was hired for his experience in "driving large-scale transformation in complex, global organizations."
