Leading Experts on Consumer Goods & Services

David Maloni is the Principal and Chief Commodity Analyst for American Restaurant Association Inc., a food commodity research, consulting and risk management organization founded in 1996 specifically directly to the US food service industry supply chain. David's areas of expertise include the grain...

Ian Manning is Vice President Global Due Diligence Investigations and Business Development for Australia and Asia at Spectrum Gaming. Mr. Manning is an executive regulator of casinos in Australia for 20 years and was instrumental in the development of casinos on behalf of governments in Melbourne, Canberra,...

Mark Manuszewski is the President of GIC Management Services Corporation, a gaming consultancy firm, where he has served since 1991. Previously, he was Director of Puerto Rico - 7, a 7-11 franchise in Puerto Rico, from June 2007 to March 2008. Mr. Manuszewski has more than 30 years of experience in...

Nancy Marino is the Owner of a global marketing consultancy, providing services to retailers and manufacturers. Ms. Marino served as a Vice President of Global Sourcing with Hanesbrands from 2004 until 2007. She was responsible for global operations and worldwide offices located in Asia, Indian subcontinent,...

Ron Marshall was, from 1998 until March of 2006, Chief Executive Officer of Nash Finch, a US$ 5B wholesale distributor supplying food and nonfood goods to more than 1,500 grocery stores in 27 states and 300 countries. In this role he quadrupled earnings over a six year period, improved EBITDA over 40%...

Bill McCawley is currently a Chief Administrative Officer at Dynamic Growth Partners (DGP), where he has worked since 2005. DGP is a strategic business partner and consulting firm with expertise in strategic planning, business development, operations, merchandising and marketing mix analytics, providing...

Jim McCloskey was until August 2005, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, a casual dining restaurant. Mr. McCloskey had oversight for all aspects of real estate, finance, human relations, franchise sales, corporate relationships, and technology development...

David McNamara is the President of McNamara Technology Solutions, a consulting firm focusing on active safety & wireless/Telematics techn., new business development, patent portfolio assessment and mentoring of auto. suppliers. Mr. McNamara was a Manager of Infotainment Systems at Ford Motor, from 2002...

Gary McNeil is currently an Independent Contractor who independently distributes mattresses for Five Star Mattress Company, a subsidiary of Serta International, where he has served since May 2008. As an Independent Contractor for Five Star Mattress, Mr. McNeil sells and distributes their products and...

Glenn Mercer was a Partner and Senior Practice Expert of the automotive practice at McKinsey & Company from 1985-2006. Mr. Mercer has over 20 years of experience in the automotive industry. He has worked in private equity for the last few years and was a Director of several automotive firms and the...

Robert Metz is the President of Robert Metz and Associates, a consulting company dedicated to the fine jewelry and luxury goods industry where he has worked since March 2005. Mr. Metz has over 30 years of experience in the fine jewelry industry including marketing and merchandising for major retailers,...

Scott Meyer is President of Meyer Group LLC, a consulting group advising private equity consumer products portfolio companies in distressed and high growth potential situations. He was previously Chief Executive Officer at T-Fal/WearEver, a cookware and kitchen appliances manufacturer, for four years...

James Mogan is currently the Founder and President of JRM Group, a retail consulting firm located in New York City. Prior to starting JRM Group, Mr. Mogan served as the President of Kellwood's Intimate Apparel Division, overseeing all of the operations. Mr. Mogan was with Kellwood from February of 2002...

Jerry Monk was most recently a Director of Retail at Kraft Foods where he worked from 1970 until 2007. Mr. Monk directed and led the retail sales organization for Kraft’s West Area, which involved 6 Regions and approximately 225 Retail Sales Representatives. He managed routing and deployment of resources,...

Thomas Mueller was President & Chief Operating Officer with Wendy's International until September 2005. Mr. Mueller had complete oversight for operations at more than 6,700 restaurants worldwide with annual sales in excess of $3.8B. Prior to his 2000 appointment to President & COO, he served as SVP,...

Mahendra Nath is Chief Executive Officer of Nath Companies, a Minneapolis-based firm specializing in real estate, restaurants, casual dining, and hotels where he has worked since January 1985. Nath Companies owns one Burger King Restaurant, 7 Denny's restaurants, and 9 Axel's Bonfire restaurants. Mr....

Bruce Nelson was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Office Depot, from 2000 to 2004. With annual sales of over $14 billion, Office Depot provides more office products and services to more customers in more countries than any other company. Incorporated in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach,...

Dan Nelson is currently an Advisory Board Member with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory, sales & marketing and solutions provider to the food and consumer goods industry, where he has been since 2008. Previously, Dan served as Senior Vice President of Marketing & Chief Operating Officer for General...

Steve Newton is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Mattress Discounters (MDC), one of the largest specialty sleep retailers in the US with 150 stores, where he has been working since 2000. Mr. Newton leads the entire operation and is responsible for developing a new store sales process,...

H. Scott Noble is the CEO at Twin Vee, a boat manufacturing company, where he has served since June, 2008. Mr. Noble was the Senior Vice President at Brunswick Boat Group, the largest maker of pleasure boats in the world, from 1990-2004. At Brunswick Boat Group, he was responsible for channel development,...