Following a summer job with IBM as a university student programming the original IBM PC, my career path was set - helping businesses use technology to achieve their ambitions. I have focused on transforming offline experiences into online, digital experiences and using technology to further refine digital business capabilities.I have built a team of professional retail technology strategy consultants with a blend of retail, technology company and consulting backgrounds. Together we work with retailers refining their consumer proposition and business ambitions, and building the technology strategy required to deliver them. We work across ecommerce and marketing systems, store systems, sourcing, buying & merchandising, supply chain, logistics & warehousing.My team and I are continually collecting experiences from our clients, the wider retail and consumer goods sectors and from leading technology vendors and retail services businesses so that we can provide the latest insight, ideas and advice.My retail thinking is supplemented with experiences from adjacent industries. Earlier in my career I built the online transactional capabilities for an insurance company and used electronic communications to enable an airline to replace tons of paper and CDs. Today I continue to introduce direct-to-consumer capabilities and technologies into consumer brand manufacturers, and work with private equity businesses conducting due diligence on potential retail and retail technology acquisitions.I am always very happy to share my experience and insight into retail and direct-to-consumer technology, whether here on LinkedIn or elsewhere, and connect with peers who love to debate these and related topics. Please get in touch.
Listed skills include E Commerce, It Strategy, Strategy, Integration, and 19 others.