Shashank Saxena, Kroger

Shashank Saxena is the Director of Digital and e-commerce technology at Kroger Co. As part of this role he manages the Web, Mobile, Tablet, e-commerce and shared service app development teams. Shashank is currently working on his second Digital transformation for a Fortune 25 company. Prior to joining Kroger Co. Shashank was at Citigroup where he lead the Strategy and Planning function for the Global Mobile Banking line of business. Prior to that, Shashank was part of the Project Management Office (PMO) at Citi where he successfully lead multiple Internet and Mobile programs. He was responsible for managing the Mobile Check Deposit, Google Wallet, Mobile P2P payments, LATAM Mobile banking and multiple other programs for Citibank. He was one of the founding members of the Global Mobile Center of Excellence (CoE) at Citi.

Prior to this stint with Citi, Shashank worked at Uptown Consortium, Dell computers and Target Corp. He has an MBA in Finance and an MS in Information Systems from the University of Cincinnati along with a BS in Computer Science.

Shashank is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Cincinnati, Lindner College of Business where he teaches Digital and emerging channels marketing. He is also a mentor at The Brandery and Kroger’s liaison to Cintrifuse (fund of funds).