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Partner, MARCAT Group LLC

Dan Berthiaume
Editor, Independent consultant

Anne Bieler
Sr. Associate, Packaging and Technology Integrated Solutions

David Biernbaum
Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant, David Biernbaum Associates

Bill Bittner
Principal, BWH Consulting

John Boccuzzi, Jr.
SVP National Retail Sales, Affinion Group

Lisa Bradner
Chief Strategy Officer, Geomentum/Shopper Sciences

Alison Chaltas
EVP, GfK Interscope

Kai Clarke
President, Miraclebeam Products, Inc.

Liz Crawford
President, Crawford Consulting

John Crossman
President, Crossman & Company

J. Peter Deeb
Partner, Deeb MacDonald & Associates, L.L.C.

W. Frank Dell II, CMC
President, Dellmart & Company

Gene Detroyer
Professor, Entrepreneur, Adviser, Consultant, Independent

Robert DiPietro
VP Product Services, Affinion Group

Janet Dorenkott
VP & Co-owner, Relational Solutions, Inc.

David Dorf
Sr. Director of Technology Strategy, Oracle Retail

Bill Emerson
President, Emerson Advisors

Peter Fader
Professor of Marketing, The Wharton School of the Univ. of Pennsylvania

Doug Fleener
President and Managing Partner, Dynamic Experiences Group

Dan Frechtling
Vice President, DataSphere

Jerry Gelsomino
Principal, FutureBest

Richard J. George, Ph.D.
Professor of Food Marketing, Haub School of Business, Saint Joseph's University

Jason Goldberg
VP Strategy & Customer Experience, CrossView, Inc.

Max Goldberg
Founding Partner, The Radical Clarity Group

Kevin Graff
President, Graff Retail

Bill Hanifin
Managing Director, Hanifin Loyalty LLC

Mark Heckman
Principal, Mark Heckman Consulting

Tim Henderson
Retail Editor/Writer, Independent

Gene Hoffman
President/CEO, Corporate Strategies International

Cathy Hotka
Principal, Cathy Hotka & Associates

Anne Howe
Founder, Anne Howe Associates

Ted Hurlbut
Principal, Hurlbut & Associates

Ralph Jacobson
Global Consumer Products Industry Marketing Executive, IBM

Raymond D. Jones
Managing Director, Dechert-Hampe & Co.

John Karolefski
Editor in Chief, CPGmatters.com

Matthew Keylock
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Mel Kleiman
President, Humetrics

Marge Laney
President, Alert Technologies, Inc.

Kenneth Leung
Private Sector Marketing Strategy manager, Cisco Systems Inc.

Doron Levy
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David Livingston
Principal, DJL Research

Ken Lonyai
Digital Innovation Strategist, co-founder, ScreenPlay InterActive

Jonathan Marek
Senior Vice President, Applied Predictive Technologies

Ron Margulis
Managing Director, RAM Communications

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President, Odonna Mathews Consulting

Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo, Black Monk Consulting

John McIndoe
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Martin Mehalchin
Principal, Lenati, LLC

Sandy Miller
President, Miller Zell

Hayes Minor
Director of Retail Insights and Shopper Planning, The Marketing Store

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President, b2b Solutions, LLC

Charlie Moro
President, CFS Consulting Group, LLC

Armen Najarian
Vice President, Corporate Marketing, DemandTec, an IBM Company

Joe Nassour
Chief Technology Officer, RetailTactics

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Managing Partner, Advanced Simulations

Larry Negrich
Retail Business Solutions Consultant, Avnet Technology Solutions

Tony Orlando
Owner, Tony O's Supermarket & Catering

Mike Osorio
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Ronnie Perchik
Founder/CEO, PromoAid

Ian Percy
President, The Ian Percy Corporation

Lee Peterson
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Bob Phibbs
President/CEO, The Retail Doctor & Associates

Mark Price
Managing Partner, M Squared Group, Inc.

Dr. Emmanuel Probst
Vice President, Retail, Empathica

Dan Raftery
President, Raftery Resource Network Inc.

Christopher P. Ramey
President, Affluent Insights

Frank Riso
Sr. Director, Global Leader, Retail Industry, Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Bill Robinson
Principal Consultant, Bill Robinson Associates

Ed Rosenbaum
CEO, The Customer Service Rainmaker, Rainmaker Solutions

Paula Rosenblum
Managing Partner, RSR Research

Phil Rubin
CEO, rDialogue

Joel Rubinson
President, Rubinson Partners, Inc.

Roger Saunders
Managing Director, PROSPER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / BIGinsight

Matt Schmitt
President & Chief Experience Officer, Reflect

Paul R. Schottmiller
Senior Director, Global Retail and Consumer Products, Cisco Systems, Inc.

Evan Schuman
Editor, StorefrontBacktalk.com

Camille P. Schuster, Ph.D.
President, Global Collaborations, Inc.

Richard Seesel
Principal, Retailing In Focus LLC

David Slavick
VP, Retail Consulting, Customer Communications Group

Herb Sorensen, Ph.D.
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Carol Spieckerman
President, newmarketbuilders

Ben Sprecher
Founder and VP, Marketing, Incentive Targeting, Inc.

Doug Stephens
President, Retail Prophet

James Tenser
Principal, VSN Strategies

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Editor & Managing Partner, Frozen & Dairy Buyer

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President, Compliantia, Field Audits & Task Management

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Charles P. Walsh
President, OmniQuest Resources, Inc

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Dave Wendland
Vice President, Hamacher Resource Group

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Editor-at-large, RetailWire

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David Zahn
Owner, ZAHN Consulting, LLC

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