Randy Burt
Partner & Managing Director
Alix Partners

Randy Burt is Partner & Managing Director at Alix Partners, bringing more than 25 years of operating and advisory experience in consumer products, specializing in food and beverage. His deep functional expertise spans commercial excellence, digital strategies, org and op model, and E2E supply chain. With a proven track record, Randy has consistently delivered robust financial and operating performance, structured and led strategic initiatives, and spearheaded transformational change. Before joining AlixPartners, he was a partner in the consumer industries and retail practice at A.T. Kearney.

Matt Hamory
Partner & Managing Director
Alix Partners

Matt Hamoryis Partner & Managing Director at Alix Partners with more than 20 years of experience in strategy and operations. Matt is a transformation partner for his clients by helping them develop and refine customer/marketing-facing strategies and then execute and deliver significant sales and EBITDA improvements.He focuses on complex situations to unlock step changes in performance using his expertise in a broad range of areas, including merchandising/category management (pricing, promotions, assortment, space allocation, vendor negotiations), operations (particularly fresh, availability, and customer experience), and marketing (loyalty, targeted offers/analytics).

Conor Grennan
Chief AI Architect
NYU Stern School of Business

Conor Grennan is Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern School of Business, where he builds generative AI fluency across the institution, including MBAs, faculty and administration. Prior to that role, he served as Dean of Students for 10 years. Outside of NYU, Conor is the CEO and Founder of AI Mindset, an AI consulting company that trains professionals, leaders and organizations on a new and effective framework for generative AI and is Head GenAI Trainer for the Chief Executive Group and LinkedIn Learning’s instructor for AI for Business. Conor is a keynote speaker at many large-scale events, a best selling author, and Top Voice in Public Speaking on LinkedIn.

Tom Vierhile
VP of Strategic Insights, North America
Innova Market Insights

Tom Vierhile is VP of Strategic Insights, North America for Netherlands-based Innova Market Insights. He has more than 20 years of experience in packaged goods reporting and analysis. Based in Fairport, New York, he is a new product marketing expert and has been quoted by Bloomberg, Ad Age, The Wall Street Journal, and NPR. Tom has given presentations on new product trends at conferences globally and has a bachelor's degree in marketing from St. Bonaventure University and an MBA from the State University of New York at Buffalo.

Tim Pollard
CEO
Oratium

Tim Pollard is CEO of Oratium where he has been the leader of the ongoing development of intellectual property and client relations for more than a decade. During his long career in sales at various companies including Unilever, Barclays, and the Corporate Executive Board, Tim has developed insights into the science of designing and delivering extraordinary sales messaging. The result has been two best-selling books, The Compelling Communicator: Mastering the Art and Science of Exceptional Presentation Design and Mastering the Moment: Perfecting the Skills and Processes of Exceptional Presentation Delivery.

Dave Rinaldo
President
ALDI

Dave Rinaldo Rinaldo is President at ALDI, a role he assumed in 2020 after more than 20 years with the company. As president of the third largest grocer in the U.S., Dave oversees ALDI product, marketing, and sustainability strategies. He also travels the country leading operations of divisional warehouses and stores. Dave began his career at ALDI in 2000 as a District Manager Trainee and has held various other roles within the company since then, including president of ALDI Australia for three years. Dave was part of the team that launched the first ALDI stores in Florida in 2008. Since then, he has worked in various roles supporting ALDI growth in the fast-growing Southeastern U.S. market for a total of eight years.

Bridget Brennan
Founder & CEO
Female Factor

Bridget Brennan is Founder & CEO of the strategic advisory firm, Female Factor, and author of the books, Why She Buys: The New Strategy for Reaching the World’s Most Powerful Consumers and Winning Her Business: How to Transform the Customer Experience for the World’s Most Powerful Consumers. A leading authority on women consumers, her latest book, Winning Her Business, was nominated for Porchlight Business Book of the Year. Bridget is a contributing writer for Forbes.com on the subject of women and the consumer economy, and has been named a “Woman to Watch in Retail Disruption” by the Remodista think tank.