Jonathan Schwartz is Head of Global Planning at Bumble Bee Seafoods, where he leads demand and supply management, master data, and analytics to align operational plans with corporate objectives. His work focuses on optimizing inventory strategies, improving cash flow, and ensuring financial alignment in partnership with corporate finance. With deep expertise in S&OP, demand and supply planning, annual financial planning, and inventory management, Jonathan has extensive experience in the CPG sector, including seafood, pet food, and specialty lubricants. He holds a degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University and National University, is a Certified Professional Forecaster (CPF), and serves on advisory boards for the University of San Diego’s Supply Chain Management Institute and Curebound.

Alex is a supply chain and technology executive with a track record of delivering visible results on large business transformations in the areas of supply chain, planning and logistics, often with a focus on technology adoption and business optimization. Over the last 20 years, Alexis held various positions in technology firms (i2, Oracle, JDA/BY, Kinaxis), consulting (LCP, Gartner) and manufacturing companies (Unilever, Levi Strauss, 3M, Syngenta) leading strategic programs, piloting digital innovation, or advising executives and project teams on large Digital Transformations.

Greg Quirk is an Industry and Solutions Marketing – Product Marketing Manager at Kinaxis, Inc. Mr. Quirk has over 20 years of progressively senior high tech industry experience, predominantly in product management and product marketing. With an electronic systems engineering degree, he understands the technical details and combines that with a MBA and his passion for explaining the “why” behind the technology highlighting why people should care. Greg holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing degree from the University of Ottawa.

Ben-Marvin Egel is the Director of Supply Chain Planning and Analytics at Lippert. Over the last 5 years, Ben-Marvin has sat roles at Lippert including, Supply Chain Analyst, Demand Planner, Solution Developer, and Solution Architect. This broad understanding of both technical and functional combined into his new role where he now oversees all planning activities, a planning COE, and works closely with the Supply Chain Technical Architecture Team as well.