SpartanNash announced that Arif Dar will become the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the company, effective January 2, 2019. Since 2015, Dar has served as the Chief Information Officer for Racine, Wisconsin-based SC Johnson and Sons. As SpartanNash’s Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Dar will be responsible for the development and execution of the enterprise-wide IT strategy, ensuring alignment with the enterprise’s overall business strategy, and providing strategic direction and oversight for the design, development, operation and support of IT systems and programs. This oversight includes enterprise architecture management, application management, security and risk management, and infrastructure and operations support management while leading the IT team and leveraging technologies to drive and sustain a competitive advantage. Dar will report to SpartanNash’s President and Chief Executive Officer, David M. Staples. In addition to working for SC Johnson, Dar has held executive IT positions at Maple Leaf Foods (Toronto), Bombardier Transportation (Berlin, Germany), General Motors (Michigan), Tyco International (New Jersey) and General Electric (USA, Asia, Middle East, Europe, Americas). He is relocating to West Michigan with his wife Nageen and two sons. Dar will be assuming the CIO position from David deS. Couch, who is retiring effective February 2, 2019.