Retalon Leadership Team

Mark is one of North American top experts and entrepreneurs in the field of advanced AI technologies. He brings over two decades of leadership experience in building and delivering state-of-the-art enterprise solutions for retailers.

 

Prior to Retalon, Mark has consulted over 30 large retailers across North America & Europe and authored new programs in Retail Technologies and Retail Information Systems for the School of Retail Management at Ryerson University.

 

Mark has written 13 published scientific articles and has been a speaker at over 15 international scientific conferences. He is a member and contributor to Forbes Technology Council, and a contributor to Entrepreneur.com

Joseph is a technology visionary with more than 30 years of experience of leadership in enterprise software development. His consistent forward-thinking approach and ability to build and execute strategic technology roadmaps has attracted top talent to Retalon and resulted in the robust, flexible and intelligent architecture of Retalon’s platform.

 

Joseph obtained a Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1991. Joseph’s Post Doctoral project was on the design of a new warehouse management system for a major retail organization. Joseph is a Professional Engineer (designation in 1997) and a SUN Microsystems Certified Enterprise Java architect. He has 3 patents in Enterprise Java Applications Architecture and 9 published scientific articles.

Jean-Philippe is an accomplished Technology Executive and Consultant with over 20 years of success in managing retail technology companies and assisting retail customers with Supply Chain planning and enterprise software selection and implementation.

 

Prior to Retalon Jean-Philippe was the President of Stirling Douglas Group, later called DCM and acquired by Teradata. He was a senior executive at Deloitte and Capgemini as well as the COO at TXT Retail.

 

Jean-Philippe oversees Retalon’s operations and delivery processes to ensure effective delivery of Retalon solutions to customers. He holds a BSc. in electrical engineering and an MBA.

As a CIO Nick is responsible for data security, IT governance, corporate affairs, and risk management for IT systems.

 

Nick spent over 20 years launching, managing, and advising enterprise software companies in CTO, CFO, and CEO roles.  His experience includes building, implementing, and scaling leading B2B SaaS platforms used by SMEs, multinational corporations, and financial institutions.

 

Nick has studied robotics engineering and artificial intelligence and holds a business administration degree.

With more than 20 years of leadership experience in building software development teams, Mark oversees Retalon’s development, QA, information systems, and security teams responsible for building world-class retail analytics enterprise systems.

 

Mark is instrumental in building, motivating, and leading Retalon’s rapidly growing development team to build rich user experiences, improving usability of Retalon products, enhancing user-facing modules and executing the technology roadmap.

 

Mark has a Master’s degree in Engineering.

James is an energetic change champion. He loves bringing people together to develop new and innovative approaches to solving problems. James has excelled in business & project delivery leadership roles in the Retail & CPG space.

 

James ensures customer success through his Project Management (PMP), Continuous Improvement (Lean 6-sigma), and Change Management background.

 

As a University of Toronto, Engineering Science graduate, James brings a diverse set of experiences & perspectives to the Retalon Profession Services organization.

Carol has over 16 years’ experience in retail merchandise planning with top Canadian organizations, in  brick and mortar, and multi-channel environments.  She has worked with a variety of commodities spanning from apparel, home, cosmetics, and fine jewelry.  This experience has provided her with a broad knowledge and understanding of some of the various differences, and influences that would impact each unique business.

 

Carol is excited to build collaborative partnerships, with our Retalon customers to help design and implement solutions that work for their unique business needs, serving as a liaison between Retalon and its customers.

Carol has over 16 years’ experience in retail merchandise planning with top Canadian organizations, in  brick and mortar, and multi-channel environments.  She has worked with a variety of commodities spanning from apparel, home, cosmetics, and fine jewelry.  This experience has provided her with a broad knowledge and understanding of some of the various differences, and influences that would impact each unique business.

 

Carol is excited to build collaborative partnerships, with our Retalon customers to help design and implement solutions that work for their unique business needs, serving as a liaison between Retalon and its customers.

Amanda has 18 years of retail industry experience. She spent the first ten years of her career in advanced analytical roles with tier 1 Apparel and Consumer Packaged Goods companies, followed by eight years with one of the largest global retailers where she worked in Buying, Merchandise Planning, and Planogram Planning.

 

She is responsible for partnering with customers to ensure successful software implementation. Amanda holds a Bachelor of Arts, Honours Business Administration from the Ivey Business School.