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Solutions for CPGs

Suppliers gain actionable insights into their data to increase sales and improve inventory.

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Retailer Programs

Business processes that align objectives and share data on POS, inventory, price, and lots more… at the store/shelf level every day!

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Operational Excellence

Moving from reactive to predictive analytics and visualizing the results across the enterprise for better decisions every day.

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What's new at RSi

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Measure and Maximize Every Campaign

Ansa, powered by RSi, provides Shopper Marketers and Media Planners with the fastest most efficient store level analytics in digital CPG marketing today.

Learn how at www.ansainside.com

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Trophees ECR 2016

The L'Oréal-Auchan C²C collaboration project, run by RSi, won the ECR Gold Trophee 2016.

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DEM - Extract Data with Confidence Webinar

RSi's Data Extract Management (DEM) automates the POS data extraction process and provides suppliers with harmonized integration of POS and Inventory data to power reporting and analysis across their business.

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Some of the companies who trust RSi

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kristina-shenKristina Shen joined in 2013 and is a Vice President in the Menlo Park, CA office and focuses on investments cloud computing, mobile and consumer sectors. Kristina currently serves on the boards of Glint and SpeakEasy, and serves as a board observer on DoubleDutch, Gainsight,  Instructure, RainforestQA, ServiceTitan and Vidyard. She is also involved with investments in Adaptive Insights, Clearcare and Twilio.  With Byron Deeter, Kristina co-authors Bessemer’s State of the Cloud Report and Bessemer 10 Laws of Cloud, which captures the top trends among leading public and private cloud computing and enterprise mobile companies. The pair also produces Bessemer’s Cloud Index, which tracks the top public cloud computing companies, and is used by major media outlets, analysts and thought leaders to understand the health of the sector. An expert in the field, Kristina’s contributions to Bessemer and the startup ecosystem earned her a slot in Forbe's 30 under 30: Venture Capital and Business Insider’s 2014 “30 and Under” list of Rising Stars who find Hot Startup Deals in Silicon Valley.

Before joining Bessemer, Kristina worked in the finance world as an investor at JMI Equity, and investment banker at both Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Her experience includes working on the IPOs of Palo Alto Networks, Zynga, Fusion-io and Infoblox, as well as the sale of Q1 Labs to IBM and Goldman Sachs’ investment in Kno, Inc. Kristina graduated with a B.A. in Operations Research and Management Science from UC Berkeley.

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John is the Chief Financial Officer for Retail Solutions Inc. (RSi) and has deep finance and business operations experience. He has a successful background with high-growth, internationally complex, entrepreneurial and listed companies including significant international experience working in Asia, Europe and Latin America. John is credited with leadership and influence in global projects with operational, external audit and SEC reporting significance.

Previous to RSi, John was CFO at ClearCare Inc, the leading Cloud operating system provider for the home care industry where he led the successful sale of the company to private equity. Prior to ClearCare, John was a Financial Advisor for 123Compliance Corporation, a cloud software company delivering a full suite of compliance applications for the Medical Device, Pharma, Biotech and Consumer Product companies. Before joining 123Compliance Corporation, John was Senior Vice President Finance and Treasurer for QAD Inc. where he was a leader of global teams for this software company with approximately $290m in revenues generated from sales in 90 countries including a rapidly growing Cloud revenue stream.

John received a MBA from University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, a MS in Business, Finance, Management from the University of Technology, Sydney and a B.Ec, in Accounting, Economics, Finance from the University of Sydney.

John is also the Co-Founder and Owner of Third Window Brewing Company in Santa Barbara California and when not working enjoys spending time with his family.

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bert-clementBert is the Chief Executive Officer for Retail Solutions Inc. (RSi). Bert has led a strong executive management career combining strategic and tactical finance experience. Bert has been a trusted advisor and business partner to Board members, CEOs and global business unit leaders in understanding and traversing financial, operational and market issues arising in businesses undergoing rapid growth. Bert is known for his expertise in devising pragmatic financial, operational and transactional strategies as well as world-class team building, operations and IT automation background while remaining committed to financial prudence and operational excellence. Bert has a proven success in delivering long-term revenue and profit growth in highly competitive domestic and international markets.

Previous to RSi, Bert was the CFO for Metric Stream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Management Solutions. Prior to Metric Stream, Bert was COO for Atrenta, one of the largest private companies in the Electronic Design Automation industry, which was successfully sold to Synopsys in 2015. He holds a BA from George Washington University and is fluent in French and Italian. When not working, Bert enjoys traveling, cycling and spending time with his family.

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Our 12 Global Use Cases

Inventory Optimization:

On Shelf Management; Forecast Accuracy; Unsalable Reduction; SC Service Level Implementation; Promotion Planning; VMI; Markdown

Retail Execution:

Expanding Distribution; Assortment Optimization; Price Optimization & Compliance; New Item Launch

Demand Reporting Analytics & Visibility:

Promotion Effectiveness; What If Scenario Analytics; Syndicated Data; Global & Multi-Retailer Reporting; KPI Dashboards & Alerting Portal

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Data Sources & Frequency

Retail Solutions takes pride in being the leading innovator in the field of Retail Execution Management.
Over its history, Retail Solutions has developed a comprehensive set of proprietary algorithms, systems and applications designed to transform downstream data, such as retailer point-of-sale (POS), supply chain, pricing or category data into valuable and actionable insights. These efforts have been recognized by several patents and numerous awards.

A scientific approach to downstream data

While downstream data holds a tremendous promise for its users, the sheer volume of data requires a brand new approach. Simple reporting across tens of thousands of stores and hundreds or thousands of different SKUs will lead to either unusable averages or information overload. Since its inception, Retail Solutions has focused on how to build applications designed for downstream data and on how to transform massive data sets into accurate, relevant and actionable insights for CPG companies and their retailer customers.

A customer-driven R&D approach

Our field-tested, proven solutions have been developed in partnership with the largest Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. Since its first joint research agreement, signed with the Procter and Gamble Company, Retail Solutions has worked in close collaboration with many of the industry leaders to design, develop and prove the most advanced and comprehensive application suite in the Retail Execution Management field.

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The Fourth V: Value

For CPGs, maximizing Big Data’s value means answering relevant questions:

What if the organization could analyze every transaction and capture insights from every customer interaction?

What if you didn’t have to wait for months to get data from the field?

What if you could. . .?

...In real time

RSi uses the wealth of information and experience we have gained from being a leading provider of Downstream Data Business Intelligence, Tools, Alerts and Applications to craft consumer-centric solutions for CPGs.

Our approach transcends internal data processing, combining both internal and external in the cloud, using emerging tools and enabling technologies. We are ideally positioned to help CPGs take an early lead in an evolution that will transform the explosion of digital data into actionable insights that help meet the high expectations of today’s highly knowledgeable consumers.

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Volume - Velocity - Variability

Retailers are sharing downstream data today, and more companies have realized the ROI promise embedded in this opportunity.

Analysts have long touted Demand Signal Repositories (DSRs) – data warehouses that integrate, cleanse and leverage demand data for CPG manufacturers to improve their efficiency with retailers – as a key to competitive advantage for CPG companies.

As a technology initiative, Big Data encompasses:

As technology changes, marketing changes as well – from the Internet and email to digital marketing, and now to mobile. Each of these marketing shifts has felt “Big.” The Internet altered our means of outreach and our advertising spends; email quickly achieved wide acceptance and ROI; and mobile has forever enhanced consumer connectedness. As the technology and trends change, RSi remains ahead of the curve.

We turn retailer information into actionable data.

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Our Technology: Faster. Leaner. Affordable.

While mission-critical consumer data is more accessible to CPG manufacturers than ever, capturing and analyzing it for a competitive advantage is a challenge.

In the past, companies were required to buy, build and maintain their on-premise IT systems. Today, however, the cloud provides alternative access to sophisticated software functionality without investment in software licenses, additional headcount, hardware and other fixed costs.

RSi’s innovative Software-as-a-Service model offers a comprehensive suite of solutions including:

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Andreas-WeiskamAndreas joined the investment team at Sapphire Ventures in 2006 and since has led several investments. He serves as a board director/observer at iovation, Lavante, Retail Solutionsand Scytl. Other current investments includeDocuSign, iTAC and Onventis. Prior to Sapphire Ventures, Andreas held business development roles at SAP, co-developing the SAP enterprise services community and leading reseller partnerships with Virsa Systems and Mercury Interactive among others. Before SAP, he co-founded Zadu, a venture-backed instant messaging startup.

Andreas holds a Diplom-Kaufmann (graduate business degree) from the University of Hamburg, Germany and an MLitt with distinction in management, economics and politics from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Andreas is a Kauffman Fellow and has lived in Stockholm, Hamburg, Munich and San Francisco. He is based in London.

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Noah-Walley-Noah Walley serves as Managing Director for Investor Growth Capital. Since joining the team in 2003, Noah has led IGC’s information technology investing activities in North America. Noah focuses on software and technology-based services investments with distinctive expertise in SaaS delivery models, enterprise-grade functionality for SMBs and software solutions for specific vertical markets.

Noah has been an active, technology-focused venture capital investor since for over 15 years. Prior to joining IGC, Noah spent five years as a General Partner with Morgan Stanley Venture Partners and four years with McKinsey & Company where he worked with technology and healthcare clients. He began his career as an investment banker at N M Rothschild & Sons.

Noah received a B.A. in History and an M.A. First Class from Oxford University, as well as a J.D. (Order of the Coif) from Stanford University Law School.

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Bob-ToddBob Todd is an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience with technology companies. He has founded or been a founding investor/director in several startups, two of which are now public companies with combined annual sales in excess of $6 billion. Bob’s operating experience includes 10 years as a founder and CEO of Flextronics, and five years as the CEO of CAS, Inc. Bob has an M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. in statistics from Princeton University.
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Brian-AscherBrian Ascher joined Venrock in 1998 as a Kauffman Fellow and is currently a partner based in Venrock’s Palo Alto office. Brian focuses on a broad range of Internet (both consumer and B2B) and Healthcare IT investments and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Vocera (NYSE: VCRA), as well as several private companies, including Awarepoint, Retail Solutions, Inrix, and Billfloat. Past investments include ADiFY (acquired by Cox Enterprises), DATAllegro (acquired by Microsoft), Redbeacon (acquired by Home Depot), RelayHealth (acquired by McKesson), Tudou (NASDAQ: TUDO), and Unicru (acquired by Kronos). Prior to Venrock, Brian was a Senior Product Manager at Intuit responsible for Quicken and Quicken.com, and earlier in his career was a Strategy Consultant at the Monitor Group. Brian has been named to the Forbes’ Midas List, which ranks the top venture capitalists in technology and life sciences, multiple times including the current edition.

Brian received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.B.A. from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

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karlwaldmanKarl has 24 years of experience in building and delivering decision support systems for business and military applications. Previously, at i2 technologies Karl served in a variety of roles including running the CPG consulting practice, founding the Retail consulting group and leading key engagements. Karl was also cofounder of OAT Systems, a premier RFID company. Karl holds an EMBA and BS Mechanical Engineering from University of Rhode Island and a Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Catholic University in Washington DC.

He enjoys paddle boarding with his dog in the cold waters of the Boston Bay.

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michalquinnMichael is responsible for RSi’s next generation of products. His focus is on utilizing store-level data to maximize the ROI of digital media. Prior to joining RSi, Michael worked at PepsiCo Quaker Oats in a variety of brand management positions and at PRN as SVP Marketing, Research and Product Development.

A graduate of Brown University, Michael enjoys sailing with his family on the waters of San Francisco Bay.

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alexhaseAlex has been in software sales and sales management for more than 15 years. At RSi, Alex leads an international team that forges key relationships and closes deals. He advocates and builds cooperation and buy-in at the top level of major global companies. Before joining RSi he was the Vice President of Sales for SupplyScape Corporation, a leading Software-as-a-Service company focused on supply chain solutions for the drug industry. Previous experience includes Research Solutions, a provider of regulatory and clinical information to the life sciences industry. Alex holds a BA from University of Colorado.

When not working, he enjoys taking the competitive spirit to the edge in any and all kinds of extreme sports.

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richardswanRichard is responsible for RSi’s technical operations. Previously, he was Technical Director for Auto-ID at SAP, where he formed and led the team that established SAP as an early leader in responding to the RFID opportunity. Prior to SAP, Richard led Digital Equipment Corporation’s (now HP’s) Western Research Laboratory and created DEC’s Network Systems Laboratory. Earlier in his career, Richard was Vice President of VLSI Test Systems at Megatest Corporation (now Teradyne). Richard holds a B.S. from the University of Essex in England and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.

During his vacation time, you can find Richard relishing the sun in distant lands and creating new definitions.

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Jon is a co-founder of Retail Solutions. Jon plays a key role in the development and implementation of RSi’s strategy and was President and CEO of RSi from 1999 – 2016.  Previous to RSi, Jon was the founder and chairman of Consilium Inc., (now Applied Materials), the world’s largest independent Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) company. He is also the founder and former CEO of Vigilance, a leading event management system. Considered “the father of MES,” Jon received the 2000 SEMI Award for his contributions. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In his spare time, Jon enjoys global travels with his wife and exploring various cultures.

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