Jonny Leroy

Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, W W Grainger

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“I think if you look at there's a spectrum from some of the sort of breath stuff you'll hear on Twitter or X will be talking about these sort of Godlike Dey AIS um the other end of the spectrum is you've got you've got access to a bunch of interns and on that spectrum of deity to intern you know we're a couple of clicks...”

— From Unlocking the Practical Power of AI to Drive Enterprise Innovation with Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy, Enterprise AI Innovators (July 14, 2025)
“I think that at the last possible moment Humanity will find a way to address the climate crisis through technology um I used to hope that we could sort of uh um all live sort of simple um sustainable lives but I actually think we need some more aggressive technology um interventions um it'll be weird and wonderful futu...”

— From Unlocking the Practical Power of AI to Drive Enterprise Innovation with Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy, Enterprise AI Innovators (July 14, 2025)
“I'm a big believer that technology is a team sport not an individual effort. So really focus on people who want to collaborate as a team or work out how to make the team better. We're not just looking for the folks in the corner with their headphones on who are individually brilliant, we want people who can make the te...”

— From Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy on Talent, Collaboration, and Technology as a Team Sport | Technovation 828, Metis Strategy (July 17, 2024)
“Our focus is less on chasing revenue and more on winning and retaining our customers. So we're really looking for market growth and the economy may go up and down but we can control how do we win customers and what do we do to retain them.”

— From Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy on Talent, Collaboration, and Technology as a Team Sport | Technovation 828, Metis Strategy (July 17, 2024)

Recent appearances

Unlocking the Practical Power of AI to Drive Enterprise Innovation with Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy

July 14, 2025 · 📺 Enterprise AI Innovators

On the 45th episode of Enterprise Software Innovators, hosts Evan Reiser (Abnormal Security) and Saam Motamedi (Greylock Partners) talk with Jonny LeRoy, CTO of Grainger. Grainger is a Fortune 500 industrial supply company, ensuring seamless operations for a broad range of customers, from hospitals to manufacturing plants and everything in between. With over $16 billion of annual revenue and 26,000 employees, the company provides over 30 million products to support their 4 and a half million customers. In this conversation, Jonny shares his thoughts on how AI transforms operations at Grainger,…

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Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy on Talent, Collaboration, and Technology as a Team Sport | Technovation 828

July 17, 2024 · 📺 Metis Strategy

In order for the technology organization within an enterprise to function properly, there must be a deliberate focus on talent and collaboration. According to W.W. Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy, “technology is a team sport.” In this interview, Jonny discusses how he fosters this collaboration within his technology team and how this focus on talent is a key part to the company’s overall strategy. Jonny explains the three major components of talent development, the approach he takes to in-person versus remote work environments, and what it means to make the workplace a magnet rather than a mandate. H…

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Recent appearances

Unlocking the Practical Power of AI to Drive Enterprise Innovation with Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy

Grainger CTO Jonny LeRoy on Talent, Collaboration, and Technology as a Team Sport | Technovation 828