Leading Experts on Consumer Goods & Services

Luis Padilla is the President and Chief Operating Officer of ENK, a fashion trade show provider in NYC, where he has worked since May 2007. Previously, Mr. Padilla was President of Merchandising and Marketing, Design, and Product Development at Sears Holdings Corp, from 2004 to October 2005. At Sears...

Anthony Paduano was the President of Lorraine Enterprises L.C., and owned 5 IHOP franchises in the greater Houston area. He was an IHOP franchisee for approximately 15 years and has been in the restaurant industry for 17 years, owning 20 Wendy's franchises prior to transitioning to the IHOP franchi...

Frank Palantoni has 24 years of worldwide experience with Fortune 100 companies in a variety of consumer goods industries and financial services. Mr. Palantoni’s business career includes over 12 years in general management and operating roles. He has had major successes in launching new businesses,...

Peyton Parker is a Gaming Researcher and Consultant at Gaming Research Services where he is working since November 2000. Mr. Parker conducts research which covers slot and table game equipment and it suppliers. He has over 20 years of experience in slot operations and has worked for various gaming manufacturers...

Daniel Paul is an independent Consultant in the UK Retail and Financial Services markets and has completed assignments with a number of leading UK retailers and financial institutions. From 2003 to 2005, he was a Strategic Development Manager at Argos Retail Group, a UK retailer in general merchandise...

Eric Paul was most recently an Owner and Operator of 11 Ruby Tuesday franchise units. He has worked with Ruby Tuesday for more than 28 years. He began as a General Manager in Nashville and moved throughout the Southeast as an Opening Manager for Ruby Tuesday's corporate office. Mr. Paul also served...

Harvey Perkins serves as Senior Vice President at Spectrum Gaming Group, a full service international gaming consultancy firm with offices in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, Bangkok, and Hong Kong, where he has worked since January 2004. Spectrum is fluent on domestic gaming matters as well as Asian gaming....

Paula Peterson is the President of Crown Luxury Consulting, an independent consultancy firm that advises global companies on new ventures, brand strategy, product development, distribution, marketing, and media planning. Ms. Peterson is a noted industry speaker on leading trends and changing attitudes...

Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...

Michael Pollock is the Managing Director of Spectrum Gaming Group, an international gaming consultancy. He has expertise in many areas of gaming, including Atlantic City. Mr. Pollock is also the Founder and Editor of Gaming Industry Observer, an award-winning publication that tracks and analyzes financial,...

Glenn Postell is the Principal Operating Officer of Bear Group Inc., which is a developer of Bojangle's restaurants in the Eastern Tennessee area. Previously, Mr. Postell was the Director of Operations and minority Owner at Geneva Enterprises, a Hardee's franchisee, where he worked until September 2007....

Dennis Profitt is an independent consultant in the automotive industry. Previously, he was President of C&A Plastics Division and led a 33 plant division. Earlier, he was Director of Manufacturing for Ford Motor, where he was responsible for the Rouge Site and Supplier Strategy for Vehicle Operations....

Christopher P. Ramey is the Chairman of The Luxury Marketing Council of Florida, a network of top management and leading marketers from purveyors of luxury goods and services businesses. He is also the President of Affluent Insights, a consultancy focused on the mass floor covering industry and the...

Bobby Reynolds is currently the Owner of seven Red Robin restaurants in Texas. He has been a franchisee since 1999 and is currently serving as President of the Red Robin Franchise Business Committee. Mr. Reynolds plans to continue developing the concept. He is also the owner of a commercial real estate...

Michael Richard is the Business Development Manager at Danone Group in China, a global food & beverage company with market leadership in dairy products & bottled water. Based in Shanghai, Mr. Richard has extensive experience in the market approach of China, advanced collaboration with major retailers,...

Gary Richards is Business Development Director at Wallgate Services, a consumer electronics reverse logistics specialist, who work with major retailers and manufacturers in developing solutions for their reverse logistics issues. He has more than 25 years of experience in the consumer electronics...

James Rippy was the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing at Continental Tires, a tier 1 automotive supplier where he worked from January 1974 to April 2000. Mr. Rippy was responsible for the manufacturing, original equipment business, quality, operations, and research development divisions in the...

Jeffrey Ritson is an Executive Vice President of the Bistro Group, the second largest TGI Friday’s in North America totaling 31 restaurants in four states. The Bistro Group also owns and operates 5 McAllisters deli concepts. Mr. Ritson has over 21 years of experience in the casual restaurant industry,...

John Roblings is the Owner of Tastees UK, a food import and export company that imports products from various European countries to the UK, since November 2006. In addition, he is an Independent UK Import Export Agent for Simonds Farsons Cisk plc. He has also served as a Business Manager at Parmalat...

Wolfgang Rohroff serves as an Independent consultant. Mr. Rohroff consults on any aspects concerning OEM as well as tiered suppliers and the automotive landscape in general. He consults on M&A activities. He has extensive experience working with financial institutions, banks as well as automotive clients...