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David Slavick
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Cathy Hotka
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Lee Peterson
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Ben Ball
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Phil Rubin
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Gene Hoffman
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James Tenser
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John Boccuzzi, Jr.
SVP National Retail Sales
Affinion Group
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Gene Detroyer
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Consultant, Professor
Independent
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Roy White
Business Development Executive
RetailWire
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Steve Montgomery
President
b2b Solutions, LLC
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Carlos Arámbula
Managing Partner
Arámbula-Phillips Communications, Inc.
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Dr. Stephen Needel
Managing Partner
Advanced Simulations
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Bill Hanifin
Managing Director
Hanifin Loyalty LLC
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Dan Berthiaume
Editor
Independent consultant
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Ian Percy
President
The Ian Percy Corporation
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Tony Orlando
Owner
Tony O's Supermarket & Catering
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Camille P. Schuster, Ph.D.
President
Global Collaborations, Inc.
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Charles P. Walsh
President
OmniQuest Resources, Inc
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Max Goldberg
Founding Partner
The Radical Clarity Group
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David Livingston
Principal
DJL Research
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Ted Hurlbut
Principal
Hurlbut & Associates
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Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo
Black Monk Consulting
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Roger Saunders
Managing Director
PROSPER BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT / BIGinsight
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Carol Spieckerman
President
newmarketbuilders
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Richard Seesel
Principal
Retailing In Focus LLC
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Lee Peterson
EVP Creative Services
WD Partners
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David Slavick
VP, Retail Consulting
Customer Communications Group
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Kai Clarke
President
Miraclebeam Products, Inc.
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Ed Rosenbaum
CEO, The Customer Service Rainmaker
Rainmaker Solutions
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Bill Emerson
President
Emerson Advisors
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Warren Thayer
Editor & Managing Partner
Frozen & Dairy Buyer
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David Biernbaum
Senior Marketing and Business Development Consultant
David Biernbaum Associates
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Adrian Weidmann
Principal
StoreStream Metrics, LLC
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James Tenser
Principal
VSN Strategies
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Verlin P. Youd
SVP Sales & Marketing
SCOPIX
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Ronnie Perchik
Founder/CEO
PromoAid
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Ben Ball
Senior Vice President
Dechert-Hampe
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Matt Schmitt
President & Chief Experience Officer
Reflect
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Mark Heckman
Principal
Mark Heckman Consulting
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W. Frank Dell II, CMC
President
Dellmart & Company
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Ralph Jacobson
Global Consumer Products Industry Marketing Executive
IBM
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Paula Rosenblum
Managing Partner
RSR Research
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Gene Hoffman
President/CEO
Corporate Strategies International
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M. Jericho Banks PhD
President, CEO
Forensic Marketing LLC
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Bob Phibbs
President/CEO
The Retail Doctor & Associates
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Mel Kleiman
President
Humetrics
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All Panelists A-Z:

Carlos Arámbula
Managing Partner, Arámbula-Phillips Communications, Inc.

Nikki Baird
Managing Partner, RSR Research

Ben Ball
Senior Vice President, Dechert-Hampe

M. Jericho Banks PhD
President, CEO, Forensic Marketing LLC

Mark Baum
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
CGO, Geomentum

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
Entrepreneur, Advisor, Consultant, Professor, Independent

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

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
Independent Retail Consultant, 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
Senior Vice President, New Business Development and Partnerships, dunnhumbyUSA

Mel Kleiman
President, Humetrics

Marge Laney
President, Alert Technologies, Inc.

Doron Levy
President, TheMortgageMachine.ca

David Livingston
Principal, DJL Research

Jonathan Marek
Senior Vice President, Applied Predictive Technologies

Ron Margulis
Managing Director, RAM Communications

Odonna Mathews
President, Odonna Mathews Consulting

Ryan Mathews
Founder, ceo, Black Monk Consulting

John McIndoe
SVP, Marketing, SymphonyIRI Group

Sandy Miller
President, Miller Zell

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

Steve Montgomery
President, b2b Solutions, LLC

Charlie Moro
President, CFS Consulting Group, LLC

Armen Najarian
Vice President, Corporate Marketing, DemandTec

Dr. Stephen Needel
Managing Partner, Advanced Simulations

Larry Negrich
Retail Business Solutions Consultant, Avnet Technology Solutions

Tony Orlando
Owner, Tony O's Supermarket & Catering

Mike Osorio
Global VP Learning & Development, Chief Learning Officer, DFS Group

Ronnie Perchik
Founder/CEO, PromoAid

Ian Percy
President, The Ian Percy Corporation

Lee Peterson
EVP Creative Services, WD Partners

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

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.
Scientific Advisor TNS Global Retail & Shopper, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute

Carol Spieckerman
President, newmarketbuilders

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

Doug Stephens
President, Retail Prophet

James Tenser
Principal, VSN Strategies

Warren Thayer
Editor & Managing Partner, Frozen & Dairy Buyer

Fabien Tiburce
President, Compliantia, Field Audits & Task Management

Joan Treistman
President, The Treistman Group LLC

Charles P. Walsh
President, OmniQuest Resources, Inc

Joel Warady
Chief Marketing Officer, Enjoy Life Foods

Adrian Weidmann
Principal, StoreStream Metrics, LLC

Dave Wendland
Vice President, Hamacher Resource Group

Roy White
Business Development Executive, RetailWire

Art Williams
Retail Marketing Consultant/Analyst, Independent

Verlin P. Youd
SVP Sales & Marketing, SCOPIX

David Zahn
Owner, ZAHN Consulting, LLC

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