Daniel O’Connor
Dan is the President & CEO of the RetailNet Group (RNG). He also is the Founder of Management Ventures, Inc. (MVI), a WPP Group company.
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Keith Anderson
Keith Anderson leads RetailNet Group’s Digital Advisory practice, advising leading retailers and consumer goods companies on e-commerce, shopper insights & marketing, social media, mobile commerce and marketing, and more.
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Tom Furphy
Tom Furphy is the CEO, Consumer Equity Partners and is a Former VP, Amazon.com. He is also a retail, technology and consumer products veteran, who has worked with many of the world’s top retailers and manufacturers.
Tom was recently at Amazon.com where he launched and grew new businesses for the company. In his role as Vice President, Consumables and AmazonFresh, he was responsible for the company’s Grocery, Gourmet Food, Health & Beauty, Prestige Beauty and AmazonFresh businesses.
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Justin Leigh
As a Sr. Product Manager at Amazon.com and Microsoft, Justin was responsible for partner recruitment, driving on-line traffic and conversion, and deploying on-line content to generate the highest ROI.
At IdeoClick he designed and oversaw the build out of a complete ecommerce solution integrating the best practices of the recognized leaders in ecommerce. He was a key member of the Amazon Grocery launch team where he worked with manufacturers to build programs and integrate their websites and other assets with the Amazon platform and was a key manager of Microsoft’s US launch of Office 2007.
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Maggie Gilliam
Maggie is a Senior Analyst at RetailNet Group. She supports RNG’s global database of chain retailers and macro-economic measures. Her Retail focus is on Fashion and Apparel retailers, as well as Health and Wellness retailing.
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Hannah Donoghue
Hannah Donoghue is an Analyst at RetailNet Group. She leads RNG’s research & advisory work for the Americas region. She also supports RNG’s Customer & Commercial Leadership Universities and leads RNG’s recruiting & training efforts.
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Nate Holmes
Nate is a Research Analyst with RNG, and he’s responsible for the forecasting work and analysis covering Ecommerce as well as the global Big-Box retailers such as Hypermarkets and Warehouse Clubs. His area of specialization is in the Digital / Innovators space. Nate’s geographic focus under the STEIP market analysis framework is North America.
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Matthew Keylock
Matthew Keylock is recognized as an industry leader in building winning customer strategies, helping to transform some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated enterprises throughout his career, including major retailers and brands in North America, Europe and Asia.
Keylock oversees dunnhumby’s capabilities and growth in media and marketing effectiveness. In this role, he is responsible for expanding the company’s media capabilities through revolutionary solutions that leverage data to personalize the customer’s experience and grow measureable value for brands and retailers. In addition, Keylock works to develop strategic partnerships with media and data companies that enhance their ability to deliver highly relevant and innovative solutions for targeting, measurement and customer insights. .
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Marc Ginsberg
Marc has over 15 years experience in sales leadership, consulting and general management. Most recently, Marc lead the Commercial division of DIRECTV in El Segundo, California where he was responsible for setting their place based media strategy. Prior to that, Marc served as Vice President of Business Development for Catalina Marketing Corporation. In this role, Marc worked with customer purchase data to develop highly targeted marketing and promotional campaigns for his clients. Marc started his career at Procter & Gamble and later worked as a Manager at Deloitte Consulting where he lead marketing and product development strategy projects in the retail and travel markets. Ginsberg holds an MBA from The Anderson School at UCLA and a BS in Decision Information Sciences from the University of Florida.
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Michael Exstein
With 20+ years of experience covering the retail field, Mr. Exstein is a Managing Director and one of Credit Suisse’s most senior analysts. He covers industry-wide merchandising trends, consumer trends and the broadline retail companies. Mr. Exstein held the same position at Kidder, Peabody until PaineWebber’s acquisition of the firm in 1994. Previously, he held research positions with County NatWest Securities and Shearson Lehman Brothers, where he was also an investment banker. Prior to that, he was a portfolio strategist for the Ford Foundation. Mr. Exstein began his career in the executive training program at Macy’s, spending five years in merchandising and becoming a buyer. He has a BA in government from Lehigh University. Mr. Exstein was formerly the secretary of the Merchandise Analysts’ Group of New York and served on the Board of Directors of Resources for Children with Special Needs.
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Clint McClain
Clint McClain leads Walmart’s marketing efforts for all general merchandise categories, including Home, Electronics, Apparel, and Hardlines. He has over a decade of experience in a broad range of marketing companies—developing brands, leading businesses and driving innovation to meet customer needs. For the past three years McClain has been directly involved in the development of the enormously successful new brand strategy for Walmart, including working on the repositioning, creating new advertising campaigns, developing a new look and feel for the brand and rolling out a fresh brand voice for customers. Additionally, McClain’s team developed the Walmart Smart Network, a new communication channel that will reach 140 million shoppers every week. Prior to Walmart, McClain spent much of his career at Coca-Cola, where he managed several non-carbonated beverage businesses including Minute Maid Juice Drinks. During his time at Coca-Cola, McClain led the development of Minute Maid Heartwise, launched the Disney Beverages and developed and launched a line of Bacardi Mixers. He has also worked in brand management roles at several leading companies, including Tyson Foods and Gallo Wines.
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