Santhosh Kumar is a seasoned and business-focused IT executive with a proven track record of leading digital transformation, infrastructure modernization, and cybersecurity initiatives within large, complex organizations. Kumar possesses deep expertise in core application modernization, retail POS and in-store systems, electronic payment technologies, and building high-performance teams. Prior to serving as CIO for Panera Bread, Santhosh served as CTO at UNFI, where he spearheaded a multi-year enterprise transformation program, including cloud migrations exiting multiple legacy data centers and implementing back-office and warehouse management systems. Prior to UNFI, Kumar spent nearly 21 years at Dunkin’ Brands, Inc., including as SVP of IT, leading the IT team globally through several retail and digital innovation initiatives. This included the rollout of new point-of-sale and back-office systems across all USA restaurants; as well as the development and launch of Dunkin’s loyalty program.

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