Center for Retail Transformation Advisory Board

  • Marc is the President and COO of KLNB. At KLNB, Marc is responsible for the high-level oversight and operational management of the firm.

  • Jay is an American serial entrepreneur, businessman, software engineer and philanthropist. He has founded several successful companies.

  • Brittain has 20 years of experience in supply chain management and logistics. Brittain is currently the Chief Supply Chain Officer at KPI and is recognized as a leading expert on the topic of growing the market for micro-fulfillment.

  • Kaushik is the Chief Product Officer at Antuit, a Goldman Sachs backed AI inventory management company. 

  • Bridget is the former CMO and head of growth strategies at RetailNext, one of the oldest in-store retail analytics company. Bridget was responsible for both marketing and the end-user experience with RetailNext.

  • Kurt is performance-driven and resourceful operations director with multifaceted experience in sales, marketing, community outreach, training and development, merchandising, business development, and inventory, retail, P&L, and territory management.

  • Cathy Hotka knows most of the retail chief information officers in North America, and creates opportunities for retail leaders to network with one another.

  • Hugo Gilbert led Cushman & Wakefield’s Washington, DC retail platform, providing brokerage services for some of the region’s most prominent retail opportunities and tenants throughout the Washington and Baltimore market.

  • Alex is currently the VP of Strategy Transformation at Bed Bath and Beyond where he is focused on transformation of BBY. Prior to joining BBY, he was the VP of Global Supply Chain at Target and before that Senior Director of Global Analytics Test and Learn Team at Walmart.

  • Emily is Co-Founder and CMO of LePrix, the leading wholesale resale platform. Emily leads marketing and branding efforts of the company. Emily has over 15 years of retail strategy experience.