<p><b>Pleasanton, Ca-</b> Safeway has announced that Barry Libenson has been hired as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He will assume the position on July, 1.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">In his new role, Libenson will oversee the company’s information technology business functions, reporting to Executive Vice President Larree Renda. He succeeds David Ching. <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/safeway-thumb-may-31-2013-cropped.jpg" alt="Images 053013" />Most recently, Libenson was Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer at Land O’Lakes. His resume includes various executive positions at Ingersoll-Rand, Surety.com, and Visix Software.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/Picture-LRenda306-safeway.jpg" alt="Images 053013" />"We are pleased to have someone with Barry's credentials join our executive team as we look to further ensure our IT organization is aligned with our key business strategies," said Ms. Renda. "His track record managing a complex set of technology functions across a diverse group of companies will be of significant value to the organization."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Libenson holds a Masters in Business Administration from Duke University and a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science from Colgate University. He has served on the University of North Carolina's Graduate School of Computer Science IT Advisory Panel as well as Blumberg Capital's CIO Council.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Congratulation on the new position!</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.safeway.com/IFL/Grocery/Home" target="_new"> Safeway</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
