I bring over 20 years of experience driving innovation and growth in the retail loss prevention industry. As CEO of Gatekeeper Systems, a leading provider of tech-enabled loss prevention solutions, I oversee technology development and business strategy, directing the company's mission to protect retail associates, keep retail merchandise and assets secure, while enhancing profits for retailers.
Taylor is the general manager of eTailPet, an all-in-one, cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) platform created specifically for independent pet retail businesses. As general manager, Harnois oversees all aspects of the eTailPet brand, including sales and marketing, customer experience and support, and product development. Harnois has been with eTailPet for seven years in various capacities. Prior to his time at eTailPet, he spent many years in the retail and education industries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in business leadership.
Fara graduated with a Bachelor of Business, majoring in Accounting, from the RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. She started her career in 1999 as a consultant with Accenture in Malaysia, with a focus on the communication and high tech industry, before moving to Accenture in Canada. In 2019, she was appointed the Regional CEO for North America, Ireland and Southeast Asia as well as the EVP for Global Clients for Majorel.
He is currently an associate board member for Project Helping, a non-profit dedicated to suicide prevention, and donates 1% of all company revenue to local non-profits. In his free time Randall can be found posting an incredibly high score on the golf course or hanging out with his 120 lb pup, Charlie.
He also furthered product innovation at Xerox PARC, Intel, Microsoft, and Adobe and contributed to multiple technology patents for these companies. Ned was educated at Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He also studied cyborg identity and robotic ethics at the Graduate Theological Union at UC Berkeley.
Jacyn Heavens is the Founder and CEO of Epos Now - an AI-driven embedded finance POS platform giving 90,000+ merchant locations in 11 countries, the technology to compete with giants. Epos Now is one of the UK's largest and fastest-growing tech scale-ups, driven by 600+ superstars with offices in the UK, US and Australia. Achieving an average of 50% growth YoY and revenues over $150+m completely organically funded.
Simon heads up business development, strategic partnerships and is the architect of the ReTime data capture and analysis app
Rebecca has been spent over 15 years partnering with retail businesses to improve their marketing, customer experience, and profits through the digital advertising and financial kiosk channels.
Andrew Helms is the CEO – USA at SumUp, a global financial technology company, where he leads the US strategy focused on empowering small and mid-sized businesses with an integrated payments and loyalty POS ecosystem and exceptional, US-based, bilingual customer service. An accomplished leader in Fintech, CPG, retail, and corporate strategy, Andrew is known for his data-driven approach, having previously helped scale Home Chef to a billion-dollar business through new product development and retail strategy.
Leigh has more than 10 years of business consulting experience and 20 years of corporate leadership experience. She thrives in working with clients to help build scalable solutions profitably. Her experience spans a wide range of Fortune 500 organizations across multiple industries. At Centric Consulting, she prioritizes growing client relationships, business development, marketing, and management of the Columbus office. She brings her experience from retail, financial services, manufacturing and logistics to clients to help look at complex opportunities through a unique lens.