Job Title: group CTO
Company: Shoprite
Chris Shortt has been the group CTO for Shoprite since 2024. Prior to this he was the general manager in information services at Pick 'n Pay and then appointed to the position of CITO in 2021.
He spent thirteen years working at UCS Solutions in a number of positions including chief innovation officer and programme director. Chris also worked at Affinity Logic and Spherion Technologies. He has B.BusSc. from the University of Cape Town.
Work
2024 - Present Group Chief Technology Officer, Shoprite Group of Companies
2021 - 2023 Group Executive: Information and Technology (CITO), Pick n Pay
2016 - 2021 General Manager: Information Services, Pick n Pay
2015 - 2016 Chief Innovation Officer, UCS Solutions
2008 - 2015 Senior Executive, Application Services, UCS Solutions
2005 - 2007 Executive: Enterprise Solutions & Programme Director, UCS Solutions
2003 - 2005 Executive: Collaborative Solutions & Programme Manager, UCS Solutions
2002 - 2003 Solution Architect & Programme Manager, UCS Solutions
2000 - 2001 Solution Architect & Programme Manager, Affinity Logic
1997 - 2000 Solution Architect & Programme Manager, Spherion Technologies
1994 - 1996 SAP Consultant, EDS Africa
Education
1991 - 1995 B.BusSc. Hons., University of Cape Town
About Shoprite Group : Shoprite Holdings Ltd is Africa’s largest supermarket retailer. The company's headquarters are in Brackenfell in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
