Andreas Kolodzey is a Retail Planning Solution Architect at Cognira with more than 20 years of experience helping retailers get the most value from their retail planning and optimization solutions. Andreas’ solution expertise encompasses: Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), Assortment Planning (AP), Item Planning (IP), Location Planning, Category Management, Size Orofile Optimization and Price Optimization. Andreas has worked with leading retailers that include: Coach, David Yurman, Groupe Dynamite, maurices , Orvis, Telstra, and more. Andreas has held implementation consultant roles at Oracle and Retek, most recently. He earned an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Over 16 years experience implementing Oracle Retail planning applications. Barinders solution expertise include: Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) Assortment Planning (AP) Item Planning Location Planning Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF). Clients include: Orvis, Sephora, L Brands, Five Below, Alex & Ani, Petco, Zale Corporation, Crocs, Office Depot, Ahold, Circuit City, Army and Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES), Sainsbury, Masters Home Improvement, maurices

Bill brings deep expertise in retail planning processes and solutions. He has over 20 years experience of successfully leading teams to delivery unique business driven RPAS solutions. He has led many large scale projects that introduce technology to solve business needs. He provides real-life experiences and leverages best practices to configure solutions that retailers adopt and use, delivering on-time and on-budget. Prior to Cognira, Bill has worked as a consultant implementing RPAS solutions. He was a Partner at Predictix, leading teams to successful adoption of planning and forecasting solutions.

Seasoned business consulting professional with over 20 years of experience in the retail industry. Cindy's solution expertise include: Assortment Planning Item Planning Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) Advanced Inventory Planning (AIP) Replenishment Optimization Allocation. Clients include: AC Moore, Best Buy, Claire’s, Crate & Barrel, Eddie Bauer, Francescas’s, Gap, Groupe Dynamite, Guitar Center, JD Sports, Marks & Spencer, Meijer, New Look, NEXCOM, Nordstrom, Office Depot, OXXO, Shopko, Stage Stores, TJX Companies

David has over 20 years experience in the retail industry including direct Merchandising and Planning management, as well as leading RPAS planning application implementations. His solution expertise includes: Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) Assortment Planning (AP) Item Planning Location Planning Category Management Store Clustering. Clients include: Dressbarn, maurices, Limited, Polo, Target, McKesson, Best Buy, Burlington Stores, Siman, Advanced Auto Parts, Sears Canada, Crate & Barrel, Payless Shoe Source, Stein Mart, Homechoice

De'Korey brings 20+ years of success implementing retail technology solutions for various Oracle Retail products. De'Korey's solution expertise include: Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) Assortment Planning (AP) Item Planning Demand Forecasting & Replenishment Category Management. Clients include: Burlington Stores, Lands’ End, Mothercare, Wiggle, Siman, Eddie Bauer, Macy’s, Stockmann, Axstores, Best Buy, The Source, Walgreens, Toys R Us, Shopko, Sainsbury’s, The Gap

Hatem is a subject matter expert in advanced analytics, data science and retail business processes. He led teams that have built, implemented and managed solutions to support processes from planning through to supply chain. Prior to Cognira, Hatem co-founded Predictix (currently Infor). Prior to Predictix, Hatem held several roles at Retek (currently Oracle Retail) his last role was the Director of the Retek Labs.

Patrick has a Ph. D in neural networks and is a Retail Demand Forecasting expert with over 20 years in the industry. Patrick's solution expertise include: Retail Demand Forecasting (RDF) Retail Analytics Replenishment and Allocation RPAS Technical architecture and optimization. Clients include: Groupe Dynamite, Toys R Us, Ross Stores, Zale’s Corporation, Walgreens, ADEO France, GAP, Rent-A-Center, Longs Drug Store, Wegmans Food Market, Office Depot, Groupe Dynamite, Kenzo

Quincy brings 20+ years designing and building data-driven technology solutions for Tier-1 retailers. Quincy's solution expertise include: Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP) Assortment Planning (AP) Item Planning Location clustering and Planning Sales and Promo Forecasting Forecasting and Replenishment. Clients include: Gap, Deckers, The Home Depot, Dunkin Brands, Macy’s, Walgreens, Meijer, Dressbarn, Lands’ End, Perry Ellis, Sport Master, Kohl’s, Toys R Us, Gourmet Egypt