PROS TO KNOW 2016
search and e-commerce industries, with additional focuses in internationalization, localization and accessibility.
EVAN D. McCAIG, President and Managing Principal, SCApath
McCaig founded SCApath in response to growing market demand for multichannel supply chains driven by a rapidly changing digital retail landscape. He spent the last 18 years successfully deploying supply chain solutions that optimize material and information flow for Fortune 500 companies. He is an industry thought leader in global supply visibility, supply execution and omnichannel integration.
JOHN SIDELL, Managing Principal, SCApath
Sidell has more than 25 years of experience in supply chain execution systems, including consulting, implementation, software design and deployment. Sidell provides executive consulting services focused on revenue growth strategies, profit optimization and exit positioning. In 2012, he started New Course LLC, which merged with SCApath in late 2015. He is a managing principal at the new firm.
BETH HENDRIKS, Chief Technology Officer, SciQuest
Hendriks is enhancing the breadth and depth of the SciQuest Spend Management Suite, while accelerating technology and user experience innovation. She has more than 25 years of experience with a variety of technologies and industry domains, working with startups to Fortune 500 companies in the computer storage industry. Previously, she was with EMC, where she managed the protection of customer data, and created technology roadmaps and delivery plans for multiple products.
KAREN SAGE, Chief Marketing Officer, SciQuest
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Sage has a good reputation for building customer growth, new market creation, thought leadership, and managing brand awareness and reputation. The 20-year veteran’s research in the performance
analysis and design of large-scale communication networks is the foundation of most analysis and design tools today. She aids in the successful use of supply chain management technology for a customer’s business objectives.
SEAN RILEY, Global Industry Director of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics, Software AG
Riley has a unique combination of experience, education and expertise that is formed around supply chain, logistics, technology and manufacturing processes. This helps him formulate forward-thinking resolutions to issues that plagued supply chains for years. He leads industry strategy at Software AG, and works in academia as a curriculum advisor for the DePaul University graduate operations and supply chain programs.
OMER BAKKALBASI, Chief Innovation Officer, Solvoyo
Bakkalbasi is leading Solvoyo’s efforts to build the next-generation business planning platform to help retail, consumer packaged goods and manufacturing companies close the gap between supply chain planning and execution, using the cloud as a massively scalable computational engine, in-memory computing and event-based planning driven by large data from the Internet of Things (IoT).
ROBERT F. BYRNE, Chief Executive Officer, Terra Technology
In his role at Terra, Byrne works with some of the world’s largest manufacturers, including Shell, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Mondelēz International, KimberlyClark and AkzoNobel. He led the company to create the first demand sensing solution and, for the past nine years, the firm was recognized as a top five supply chain planning provider on Consumer Goods Technology’s Reader’s Choice Award.
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