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John Hartmann

John Hartmann has more than 15 years of corporate experience at the senior executive level, including 11 years in the home improvement/hardware retail sector. Most recently, Hartmann served as Chief Executive Officer for Mitre 10, a New Zealand-based cooperative where he built and executed a strategic plan that increased members’ profitable sales over 25 percent […]

Jim Emme

Jim has been a member of the NOW management team since early in 1995. His unique combination of a Food Science education combined with decades of experience in the design and management of food manufacturing and distribution operations are uncommon in our industry. He grew up on a farm in Indiana, and knows the importance […]

Zain Raj

Zain is the President & CEO of Shapiro + Raj, a top-ten independent research and insights company in North America with offices in Chicago, New York, London and Sydney. Zain is also the founder and CEO of zednext, an ideas incubator that takes an objective and disruptive look at issues and trends to help marketers […]

Geoff Alexander

Nine days after graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993, Geoff Alexander joined Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Inc. ® (LEYE).  Over the next two decades, Alexander’s career has thrived in some of the most notable concept’s in LEYE’s ever-burgeoning local, national and international portfolio, including Shaw’s Crab House, Mity Nice Grill, Big Bowl (eight […]

Michael LaVitola

Foxtrot is a first-of-its-kind retailer blending on-demand mobile delivery with purposefully designed brick-and-mortar stores to deliver a curated shopping experience of craft beer, wine, spirits, eats, gifts and every day essentials. Foxtrot grew out of the University of Chicago‘s Booth School of Business when LaVitola worked toward his MBA there. He later added co-founder Taylor […]

Ash EIDifrawi

Ash ElDifrawi joined Gogo in 2010 as executive vice president and chief marketing officer and today is Gogo’s Chief Commercial Officer. Ash is responsible for all customer-facing functions, which includes marketing and marketing operations; product development; creative and customer care. Ash is an accomplished marketer and general manager with more than 17 years of experience […]

Helix

Good news for businesses – the commercial real estate market is on an upswing. According to Enrique Suarez, Managing Principal of Harley Ellis Devereaux’s Chicago office, we’re experiencing pent-up demand in commercial real estate, in particular by corporations and the retail sector. While growth is slow, demand will continue to increase in the future. After […]