Kirk Ball is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Giant Eagle. He specializes in leading high-performing and multi-disciplinary teams from solution architecture, solution development through successful product launches. He is accustomed to managing multiple, large scale projects and priorities in fast-paced environments, utilizing strong diplomatic skills and a natural affinity for cultivating relationships and persuading, facilitating and building consensus among senior business and technology leadership. Throughout his career, he’s demonstrated the ability to attract, develop and retain world class talent and drive innovation thinking across the business and technology organizations.
Prior to Giant Eagle, Kirk spent nearly 15 years in several senior IT roles at The Kroger Company.
On the 41st episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, Kirk Ball, Former EVP & CIO of Giant Eagle, joins the show to share insights on how AI is transforming the retail industry, the impressive scale of Giant Eagle’s operations, and AI’s potential to shape the future of the enterprise.
On the 41st episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, Kirk Ball, Former EVP & CIO of Giant Eagle, joins the show to share insights on how AI is transforming the retail industry, the impressive scale of Giant Eagle’s operations, and AI’s potential to shape the future of the enterprise.
Read about Kirk's perspective on AI's disruptive abilities for retail operations, the scale of operations for Giant Eagle, and what AI's lasting impacts mean for the future of retail business leaders.