Eddie Capel serves as Manhattan Associates' President and Chief Executive Officer, and is a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Capel helped lead the company as president and chief operating officer prior to transitioning into his current role in January 2013. Previously, Mr. Capel served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Capel brings more than 20 years of experience to overseeing supply chain organization strategy and operations.
Bob Howell is Manhattan Associates' Senior Vice President, Americas. In this role he oversees sales and account management activities for the Americas. Mr. Howell is an experienced software executive with more than 13 years of sales and marketing experience in the supply chain industry. Mr. Howell joined Manhattan’s America’s sales organization in October 2006 as director of sales and was promoted to his current position in 2012. Prior to joining Manhattan, Mr. Howell served in various sales executive roles at Logility, Inc., a publicly traded provider of collaborative supply chain planning solutions, from 2000 until 2006. From 1995 to 2000, he was an Account Executive with Measurex, Inc., a provider of computer process control software and scanning sensors primarily for the pulp and paper industry that was acquired by Honeywell International. Mr. Howell holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Paper Science and Engineering from Miami University.
Brian Kinsella leads Product Management for all Manhattan applications. His responsibilities include product roadmap planning, product conceptual design and user experience.
Adam Kline is Senior Director of Product Management at Manhattan Associates and looks after the strategy and direction of the company’s Warehouse Management applications. Adam joined Manhattan in 1997 and held a variety of roles in Research & Development prior to assuming a role in Product Management. He has spent time working with customers across the retail, pharmaceutical and life sciences, food and beverage, direct to consumer, consumer goods and manufacturing industries.
Doug Mefford, Director of Product Management at Manhattan Associates, defines the strategy and direction of the SCALE Warehouse Management solution. Prior to joining Manhattan, Doug was a senior product manager at Honeywell Intelligrated, where he was responsible for defining the Warehouse Execution System roadmap and market positioning. He previously worked in Manhattan’s Research and Development department, performing various quality and business analysis duties. He brings over 20 years of supply chain experience to the role, including his experience as a SCALE customer, where he leveraged the system to run a large, automation enabled omni-channel facility for the Dallas Cowboys. Doug has worked in various industries throughout his career, including retail, wholesale, food and beverage, third party logistics and manufacturing. He has also held many roles, including purchasing, inventory control, vendor management, production planning and warehouse operations management.
Amy Tennent is Senior Director, Product Management for Manhattan Associates’ Enterprise Order Management. Amy is responsible for Order Fulfillment Optimization, Enterprise Inventory, Available to Commerce and Store Inventory & Fulfillment solutions. Amy has over 17 years experience in Order Management and ecommerce software development and implementation with deep experience and focus in the areas of inventory availability and fulfillment. Prior to joining Manhattan, Amy was a Delivery Partner at Expicient, responsible for Product Development, CoC Center of Excellence and Technical Services Teams. Prior to Expicient, she worked for a leading E-Commerce retailer as Enterprise Architect for Omni solutions focusing on inventory availability and mobile application initiatives.
Amy spent 13 years with the Yantra/IBM Sterling Order Management R&D organization. There she held various roles including Solution Architect and Director of Quality Assurance.
Karthik Marudur is Director of Product Management for Manhattan Active™ Omni. Karthik is the product leader focused on devising product strategies and building products centered around Customer Service and Customer Engagement working closely with both customers and industry analysts.
Scott is a Senior Director of Product Strategy at Manhattan Associates and has been with the company for over 22 years. Scott has direct responsibility for Manhattan’s Inventory solutions. This includes Demand Forecasting, Replenishment, Planning and Sales & Operations Planning. Scott has responsibility for establishing and executing product strategy and go-to-market plans for Manhattan’s Inventory portfolio.
Kevin Swanwick has thirty years of experience in the retail technology and store systems sector, spanning multiple generations of technology and nearly all aspects of software sales, marketing, design and delivery. He has managed sales and marketing organizations and guided design, focus and prioritization for product development teams. Kevin has maintained strong strategic, consultative relationships with retail clients, focusing on effective solutions to particular problems and has sustained these relationships over many years. Today Kevin serves as product and market strategist for our Point of Sale and Clienteling solution.
John Mills has spent his entire career in supply chain. His experience on the business side includes several years serving in roles as various as warehouse manager and buyer in both wholesale and retail distribution. On the solutions side, his career has included designing replenishment and forecasting solutions enhancements, training clients and associates and delivering solutions in the field.
Gregg Lanyard is the Director of Product Management for Manhattan Associates’ Transportation Management solutions. Prior to joining Manhattan, Gregg was senior principal product strategy manager at Oracle for nine years, responsible for defining and executing the strategy for Oracle's Transportation Management solution. Prior to his time at Oracle, he served in senior product management roles at both Manugistics and CombineNet. At Manugistics (now part of JDA Software), Gregg spent 12 years helping the company grow its industry-leading transportation solution, as both a consultant and a senior product manager. At CombineNet (now part of SciQuest), a strategic sourcing software and solutions provider, he served as director of product management. A graduate of Penn State University’s Business Logistics program, Gregg has over 20 years of experience working with logistics professionals to implement and design transportation management systems.
Peter Schnorbach is the Senior Director of Product Management for Manhattan Associates. Peter has responsibility for Labor Management and Slotting Optimization. He has been instrumental in pushing labor management to the forefront as a mainstream supply chain solution. Peter has published numerous articles, has been interviewed extensively and has been quoted in publications such as Information Week, Supply Chain Executive, DC Velocity and Modern Material Handling, among others.
Brendan serves digital business strategy professionals and is an expert on consumer behavior and technology trends in the commerce engagement space. He is also a noted authority on market developments and vendors that help deliver today's leading strategies and tactics in digital excellence.
In addition to keynoting at global industry events and advising executive teams on digital strategy, Brendan is sought after for comments and insights by industry media such as Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR, PBS, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and USA Today.
Clint Reiser is a Director of Supply Chain Research at ARC Advisory Group. Clint conducts research on warehouse technologies including warehouse management systems, warehouse automation and control systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, and warehouse robotics. Clint also publishes articles about logistics and logistics technologies on ARC’s media site, Logistics Viewpoints. Clint has been conducting research at ARC Advisory Group for 14 years.
Emily serves digital business strategy professionals and providers with a focus on the technology that enables commerce. Her emphasis is on B2C digital business and the technical ecosystem that supports these strategies. She helps providers and practitioners anticipate the strategies, technologies, and priorities that will keep them current and relevant.
Emily’s previous experience includes leadership at an eCommerce platform, where she was responsible for the marketing, sales, and customer service teams. Her 20-plus years in digital marketing and eCommerce have included a variety of consulting engagements as well as IT management.
Steve heads up the Supply Chain & Logistics consulting team at ARC. He has been covering supply chain technologies since 1996, including a variety of warehousing technologies. Steve is a contributor to Forbes.com and writes the Monday column in Logistics Viewpoints. Prior to joining ARC, he was a Professor at Stonehill College and Pennsylvania State University.
Steve has authored many reports covering best practices, benchmarking, application ROI, emerging technologies, market research, as well as supplier selection guides. He has managed a variety of different types of consulting projects for shippers, logistics service providers, software providers, and venture capital firms.
Jim Dunlap is the Chief Information Officer of Austin-based jewelry and accessories brand Kendra Scott. With over 2 decades spent leading a variety of retail and technical environments such as Nordstrom, Campbell Soup Company, Liberty Media, and most recently Pandora Jewelry, he brings diverse experience and a zestful leadership style to the Kendra Scott business.
Jim strategically guides his teams and drives business innovation through the lens of the customer experience. Years spent analyzing retail processes and initiatives have turned him into a self-proclaimed “picky customer,” and as a result Jim recognizes the danger of innovation for innovation’s sake. Instead, he thoughtfully aims to strike a balance between cutting-edge tools that boost performance and exceptional hands-on service.
Aside from his extensive and versatile talents in the technology space, Jim also enjoys a passion for wine. He once took a 4-year sabbatical to attend The Institute for Enology and Viticulture, and is a credited winemaker and vineyard designer. Jim now lives in Austin, Texas with his family, and welcomed his first grandchild in October.
Dr. Caplice is a Senior Research Scientist at MIT and serves as the Executive Director for the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. He created and leads the MITx MicroMaster’s Program in Supply Chain Management for which he was awarded the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning, the Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education, and the MIT Teaching with Digital Technology Award. He also founded and directs the MIT FreightLab. Chris was named the Silver Family Research Fellow and awarded the CSCMP Distinguished Service Award in 2016. Outside of MIT, he serves as the Chief Scientist for Chainalytics, a leading analytical supply chain consulting firm.
Rick believes delivering excellent customer experience begins with advanced supply chain capabilities. For the last 15 years he has focused on upgrading supply chain systems, leading multi-channel order management platform implementations, and linking supply chain orchestration tools to advance analytics and streamlined processes.
In 2014, he joined Belk as the Director of Network Fulfillment focused on omnichannel. Most recently he was Vice President of Supply Chain & Analytics with Belk. Before that he was Director of Operations and Customer Service, Vice President of Customer Supply Chains, and the Vice President of Enterprise Order Management with Carters/OshKosh B’ Gosh.
Rick currently leads Omni Channel Operations and Store Technology at Belk with a focus on building advanced solutions and flexibility for the future.
Rick is a graduate of the University of Miami (“The U”) with a BA in International Finance and Marketing. He enjoys fishing and motorsports.
Rafaela Bartholomeu-Peslerbe is the COO Americas for L’Occitane group. Brazilian born, she completed her studies in Materials Engineering in Sao Paulo and started her carrier as LatAm Demand Planner at Novartis pharma. Soon after moving to France in 2009, she started her journey with L’Occitane, where she held multiple positions and projects within the Global SC until being transferred to USA in 2013 as NA Planning Director. During her time in the position she co-created and piloted the New Regional S&OP process and co-developed and implemented automated store replenishment. In 2017 she was promoted to VP of supply Chain for NA leading the implementation of MH WMS system and soon after, the Active Omni. As newly nominated COO, her goal is to maximize L’Occitane’s real estate in NA by using some stores as mini HUBs, improve customer experience by extending omni-channel services to key stores and a re-shaping efficiency of B2C Customer Care. Rafaela completed in 2017 the Executive Program on Supply Chain Strategy Management at MIT and became Harvard Business School Alumna after completing the 2018/2019 Program of Leadership development.