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Brett Eschbach

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VP, IT Infrastructure & Operations at Green Thumb Industries (GTI)
📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Brett Eschbach is the VP of IT Infrastructure & Operations at Green Thumb Industries, bringing 20 years of technology leadership experience. He specializes in digital transformation, cloud modernization, and DevOps, holding a Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University and a CISSP certification.

He recently transitioned into the rapidly growing cannabis industry to lead technology infrastructure and operations for a major U. S. company.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
VP, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Job Level
Senior
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Personality Overview

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Full Of Energy
Imaginative
Enthusiastic

They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are friendly, approachable and love to make new connections.

Priorities

Topics Brett cares about

Digital Transformation
His career focuses on guiding large organizations through their digital journey, from overall strategy to hands-on execution across various industries.
Cloud & Infrastructure
He has deep experience leading architecture and engineering for cloud platforms, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) in enterprise settings.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
VP, IT Infrastructure & Operations
Green Thumb Industries (GTI)
11-2019 - 3-2025
Sr. Director, Digital Platforms & Services
US Foods
3-2018 - 11-2019
Sr. Director Enterprise & Solution Architecture
US Foods
2016 - 2018
Sr. Architect - Cloud & Digital
Ameren
2016 - 2017
Enterprise Solution Architect
Grainger
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Education
1997 - 2001
Bachelors of Science
Illinois State University
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