Mark Staples

Greater Atlanta Area United States

Retail Industry and Cognitive Solutions Consultant at IBM

Unique combination of Retail and Communication/ Mobile Industry business experience .My retail background covered all core areas of buying such as merchandise analytics - assortment ,space and pricing optimization ,private label development, marketing and store operations. The communication and mobility background includes the emerging retail as an experience verses only a place where product is sold . This business understanding is augmented by a solid technology expertise of "channel-less"capabilities of social and mobile commerce , digital and physical marketing convergence, the API and cloud ecosystem economy as well cognitive computing (aka IBM Watson).