Robert J.Dunst, Jr.
Industry Advisor
Mr. Dunst served as Executive Vice President of Supply Chain and Technology at Albertson’s, Inc. as well as Chief Technology Officer. He was responsible for the company’s supply chain organization as well as procurement, inventory management, distribution, warehousing, and logistics. During his tenure, Albertson’s was a founding member of EPCglobal, the not-for-profit organization that created industry standards for RFID technology. Prior to its merger with SuperValu, Albertsons was the second largest supermarket chain in North America with over 2,000 stores.
While at Albertson’s, Dunst became an advocate for the use of data warehousing technology and oversaw the initiative to use RFID to track goods through the company’s supply chain. Prior to Albertson’s, he was vice president of advanced technology and the Internet business group at Safeway. Dunst has served as a director in the consulting and outsourcing unit at IBM. He was an executive board member of the Global Commerce Initiative and World Wide Retail Exchange.
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