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Stater Bros. promotes Gil Salazar to senior VP of IT

Tech veteran to help lead regional grocer’s digital transformation

Russell Redman

July 29, 2020

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Overall, Stater Bros. operates 171 supermarkets in Southern California.Stater Bros. Markets

Gil Salazar has been appointed senior vice president of information technology at Southern California grocer Stater Bros. Markets.

Previously, Salazar served as vice president of IT, a role he held since mid-2016. He joined Stater Bros. in 2013 as assistant director of operations and technical support.

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In announcing the promotion on Wednesday, San Bernardino, Calif.-based Stater Bros. said Salazar (left) remains a key driver of the grocery retailer’s digital transformation as it adapts to meet current and future needs of customers and all areas of the company. He will continue to report to CEO Pete Van Helden

“Gil is a valuable member of our executive leadership team,” Van Helden said in a statement. “This promotion recognizes his outstanding leadership and innovation to navigate us into the future.”

Salazar has more than 31 years of IT experience, Stater Bros. noted. Before coming to the company, he served as director IT services for Hyundai Capital America; director IT for Partners Consulting, providing IT services to clients across multiple industries; associate vice president of IT services at AIG; vice president of IT at Ford Motor Credit; and senior manager of systems infrastructure at ConAgra Foods. The grocery retailer added that Salazar also completed the Computer Information Systems Program from the U.S. Naval Technical Training Center and served four years in the Navy during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Southern Watch.

Related:Stater Bros. again extends COVID-19 hourly wage bonus

Overall, Stater Bros. operates 171 supermarkets in Southern California.

About the Author

Russell Redman

Russell Redman

Senior Editor
Supermarket News

Russell Redman has served as senior editor at Supermarket News since April 2018, his second tour with the publication. In his current role, he handles daily news coverage for the SN website and contributes news and features for the print magazine, as well as participates in special projects, podcasts and webinars and attends industry events. Russ joined SN from Racher Press Inc.’s Chain Drug Review and Mass Market Retailers magazines, where he served as desk/online editor for more than nine years, covering the food/drug/mass retail sector. 

Russell Redman’s more than 30 years of experience in journalism span a range of editorial manager, editor, reporter/writer and digital roles at a variety of publications and websites covering a breadth of industries, including retailing, pharmacy/health care, IT, digital home, financial technology, financial services, real estate/commercial property, pro audio/video and film. He started his career in 1989 as a local news reporter and editor, covering community news and politics in Long Island, N.Y. His background also includes an earlier stint at Supermarket News as center store editor and then financial editor in the mid-1990s. Russ holds a B.A. in journalism (minor in political science) from Hofstra University, where he also earned a certificate in digital/social media marketing in November 2016.

Russell Redman’s experience:

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Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 

American Banker/Bond Buyer
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Oct. 1990 - Jan. 1991 

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