H.J. Heinz Company announced Karen L. Alber is joining the company as vice president and chief information officer.
Alber joins Heinz after 19 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Systems Implementation, Operations, Process Improvement, and Change Management. She most recently was employed at PepsiCo, where she served as vice president, Change Readiness-Enterprise Systems. Prior to that post, Alber was vice president, Integration Management Office, during PepsiCo's merger with Quaker Oats. Before that merger, she served as vice president of Business Solutions at Quaker Oats.