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Carman Wenkoff serves as Dollar General’s executive vice president and chief information officer. 

Carman joined Dollar General in July 2017 and has been focused on transforming the Company’s technology team and systems to support and enable Dollar General’s tremendous growth and strategic initiatives. He also created the digital team and is responsible for the vision, delivery and support of all technology for Dollar General's more than 20,000 stores, 31 distribution centers and all enterprise technology. 

Carman previously served as Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer for Subway Worldwide Headquarters. Under his leadership, the Subway IT team made significant contributions to the business, creating an innovative digital strategy and platform, as well as multiple store solutions including a fully integrated point-of-sale system to improve the customer experience and drive sales. In order to be “all-in” he also became a Subway franchisee and operated a restaurant for the last two years while serving as the Company’s CIO and CDO. 

Prior to his role at Subway Headquarters, Carman was part of the IT and management team at Subway’s supply chain company and served as chairman of the Retail Gift Card Association. He has also previously served in senior IT management positions with several tech firms focused on digital marketing, payment and loyalty solutions. Carman began his career in law and served as General Counsel for Pivotal Corporation, a public software company focused on improving customer relationships. He also previously served as Vice President, Operations/Finance and General Counsel for Ontain Corporation, a technology company focused on mobile and retail merchant solutions. 

Carman earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. He earned his Law degree at the University of Victoria in Victoria, Canada.