Leading Experts on Consumer Goods & Services

Christopher Dane is the President of Affiliates Program at HRG of North America, one of the largest travel management companies in the world, where he has worked since June 2006. At HRG, he has launched and oversees the North American Affiliates Program that is designed to allow large regional travel...

Chris Davies is currently the CEO and Owner of Boats Inc. of Morehead City, NC. Mr. Davies has run Boats Inc., since its inception in 1972 and has full operational oversight of the business. Currently, they sell Robalo and Sundance brand boats as well as Bombardier and Yamaha salt water motors. Previously,...

Dwight Davis is the Owner of Davis Electronic Solutions, dba RadioShack in Pittsboro, North Carolina, where he has worked since 2003. He is also the Owner of Battleaxe Communications, a consumer electronics retailer where he has worked since January 2008. Mr. Davis has experience in sales of Alltel...

Steve Davis is a senior executive with over 25 years of experience with Fortune 500 companies in a variety of consumer driven businesses and product categories. Until June 2005, he was the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Heineken USA, a position he held for 10 years. As part of...

Tom DeMott is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Encore Associates, a food and beverage consultancy firm. Previously, Mr. DeMott has served as the Vice President of Perishables for Safeway, where he was responsible for procurement and was involved in the acquisitions of Dominick's, Randalls, and...

Nancy Dettore is currently President of Nancy Dettore, a retail strategy consultancy firm. She is also Sales Manager at Bennett & Company, Inc, an apparel manufacturer where she has worked since November 2006. She is a dynamic Senior Fashion/Production Executive with extensive experience in fabrics...

Eli Deutsch was an independent consultant to the Cruise Store Inc, a business he owned and operated for 10 years previous to his current advisory role. Mr. Deutsch consults on issues of marketing and sales as well as operations of the business.

Larry Doan was a Store Manager at Lowe's, where he worked from 2001 to 2006. Previously, he was a Store Manager at The Home Depot from 1996 to 2001...

Dennis Donahue is currently an Account Manager with Bangers, one of the nation's largest distributors of firearms. Bangers is a top-tier customer of Remington, Smith & Wesson, Ruger, Berreta, Browning, Glock, Colt, and many other manufacturers of shooting sports equipment. Mr. Donahue currently oversees...

John Donaldson is the President of Donaldsons Volkswagen-Subaru, a $50M new car franchise dealer in Long Island, which he has been operating since 1986. They sell and lease an average of 2300 new and used (80% new, /20% used) vehicles per year as well as parts and service. Mr. Donaldson's family has...

Jane Dragonas Perkins is currently Principal of Jane Dragonas Close Out Consultants. Close Out Consultants provides market representation and consulting for closeout ready-to-wear merchandise chains. She also acts as a merchandising consultant forecasting and planning for her clients. Close Out Consultants...

John Ducey was an EVP of Operations at Darden Restaurants. Mr. Ducey worked with Darden for over 26 years. He spent over 14 years with Red Lobster in operations doing every job from Assistant Restaurant Manager to Area Supervisor (5 locations) through Director of Operations (40 locations). He held a...

John Duffy is currently the President of MarketOps, a food and beverage consultancy firm, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Duffy has more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and has expertise in wholesale, retail, marketing, sales, product development and business development....

Daniel Durick is President at Emerging Food Technologies, a strategy, sales, development, and operations consultant where he has worked since 1983. Mr. Durick has more than 28 years of quality food, beverage, processing and operations experience in a wide variety of multi-unit restaurant and supermarket...

Greg Dutter is the Editorial Director of Footwear Plus magazine, a division of Symphony Publishing in New York. Footwear Plus is the leading monthly B-2-B fashion publication covering the footwear industry. Mr. Dutter has more than 17 years of footwear-related publishing experience. He is knowledgeable...

Donald Eames is the President and CEO of Eames Management Group, a retail and management consulting company focusing on international retail development, a position he has held since 2007. Prior to this Mr. Eames was the Vice President of Operations and Business Development for the Eldorado Company,...

Kevin Easton is the President of JES Apparel, an apparel design & sourcing company working with large US retailers in developing private label apparel. Prior, he was in the retail industry for 27 years with the last 10 years in officer level merchandising roles. Prior, he has worked with Dollar General,...

Joe Eberhardt is the Owner of Oxnard MB LLC which operates Mercedes-Benz/smart of Oxnard in Southern California as of late 2008. He also advises multiple companies with a focus on strategy development and alternative drive trains (hybrid, electrical) development and application. From 2003 to 2007, he...

Mark Eble is VP in charge of the Midwest office of PKF Consulting, an international firm of management consultants, industry specialists, and appraisers who provide a full range of services to the hospitality, real estate, and tourism industries. He brings more than 25 years of hospitality industry...

George Ellinger is the President of GEMS, a branded and private label manufacturer of classical toys and juvenile products primarily sourced from China. Mr. Ellinger works directly with ten Chinese Manufacturing companies, providing them with insight and decisions with regards to products, packaging,...