Paul Scorza , Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Information Technology , discusses collaborative approaches to grocery retail tech integration

R etail Business Services was launched in January 2018 to support Ahold Delhaize USA ’ s consumer-facing grocery retail companies and online grocery retailer , Peapod . Retail Business Services provides innovative solutions by leveraging scale and expertise to ensure the company ’ s partners can focus on developing their local brands . “ Since our first day ,” Scorza says , “ IT has had a seat at the table of the leadership team . Which has enabled us to successfully support these brands .” Paul Scorza is the Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of IT at Retail Business Services , having previously worked as the CIO and EVP for Ahold USA prior to the merger between Ahold and Delhaize in 2016 . He brings with him 32 years ’ experience at IBM , a job he took immediately after graduating college and in which he performed several software and service-related roles .