Dan Stolarski is a Managing Director in PwC’s Retail and Consumer Strategy & Operations practice. He leads the Retail Omni-Channel Enablement capability, which includes solutions that help retailers and brands evolve their channel and consumer experience strategy, operating models, supply chain and fulfillment experience, and data & analytics. Over his 20+ year career, Dan has partnered with retailers and consumer brands across a wide spectrum of segments, including Fashion & Luxury Apparel, Specialty Apparel Retail, Luxury Consumer Goods, Food & Beverage, Beauty & Personal Care, General Merchandise Retail, Department Stores, Big Box Specialty Retail, Furniture & Home Goods, Grocery, Off-Price, and Discount Chains. He also has significant global experience, having worked with retail and consumer clients in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Dan began his career as a merchant at Target Corporation. He received his BA and MBA degrees from the University of Michigan and resides in New Jersey with his wife and two children. Having grown up in inner-city Detroit, he is passionate about giving back to under-served communities and teaching economic empowerment to young adults in those communities.

Deepak Jose is a purpose led executive leader in digital transformation, commercial strategy, data sciences, and analytics. He is currently the Global Head and Senior Director of One Demand Data and Analytics Solutions at Mars Wrigley and a Mars Global Customer Leadership team member. He was part of Mars Digital Technologies, where he led data and analytics transformation programs for Pet Care, Mars Wrigley, and Food & Multi Sales segments. Deepak leads a global team of data scientists, data engineers, DevOps and product strategy managers. Before Mars, Deepak was part of global brands like Coca-Cola, ABB, Asurion and Mu Sigma in strategic roles driving business growth. Deepak was awarded Global Top 100 Innovator in Data & Analytics by Corinium Intelligence. He is a member of the Retail & CPG Executive Advisory Forum for Amazon Web Services & advisory and board members of many other organizations

Suresh Prahlad Bharadwaj has vast professional experience in product management, strategy and business process consulting in the Retail-CPG industry. He has led successive technology startups to significant value by creating globally recognized products and platforms in the areas of warehouse management, logistics and sales execution. His emerging markets experience has been a key driver in delivering frugal innovation within the consumer goods value chain. A great motivator and mentor, Suresh is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Manhattan Associates (NASD:MANH), a global leader in supply chain solutions.

An accomplished IT business leader with over 20 years of experience in selling and conceptualizing innovative IT software solutions and services, establishing operations and launching new products and services in multiple geographies and verticals like CPG, retail, logistics, banking and financial services.

Shantam brings more than fifteen years of consulting experience helping consumer goods and retail companies address strategic growth issues, around sales and marketing, by applying advanced analytics and now AI/machine learning techniques in cloud environments. He has a unique ability to blend different sources of data through predictive models and descriptive insights to identify emerging trends and uncover granular growth opportunities through a superior understanding of consumers and deep domain expertise. His expertise spans areas of demand driven growth strategies, category management, revenue growth management, retail activation, and marketing spend optimization through a combination of predictive and prescriptive analytics, automated solutions, and consultative engagement. He has a proven track record of serving as a trusted thought partner to senior client leadership, selling complex projects, growing relationship with marquee clients, and in process building next generation capabilities and assets.