Kevin Carleton
Director, Retail Automation, Hannaford Bros.

Kevin obtained a BA from the University of Maine, Farmington and has been with Hannaford for 30 years.  He spent over 20 years in various Retail Mgt/Operations positions including Store Manager, Training Manager , Store Opening Coordinator, Regional Manager of Training Specialists - with the last 8 years in IT (in current position).

Kevin is responsible for retail technology for all 167 Hannaford Supermarkets in five New England states, 31 independently owned supermarkets and 107 Sweetbay Supermarkets in Florida. He is also the featured speaker at several supermarket industry forums including, FMI Marketechnics, RIS Retail Executive Conferences, MIT Sloan Cross Industry Conference and AMR Webcasts. He is an expert in Retail Wireless Applications, Workforce Optimization, Point of Sale, Consumer Demand Replenishment and Store Execution Management.