David D'Arezzo joined Office Depot in August 2002 as Executive Vice President, Merchandising. Dave is responsible for merchandising across the company's retail, contract, catalog and e-commerce businesses. He directs all of the company's strategic merchandising initiatives and the development of new programs designed to grow revenue across all Office Depot channels. Prior to joining Office Depot, Dave spent eight years with Wegmans Food Markets, most recently as Senior Vice President of Merchandising, with responsibility for grocery, dairy, frozen, bulk and natural food merchandising across the privately held chain of grocery/general merchandising stores. Prior to Wegmans, he worked at PepsiCo for four years in marketing and business development. Dave holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of San Francisco.