Hollis P. Posey

Chairman and COO, Next Retail Group

 

Hollis Posey is an executive, inventor, global speaker and technologist with over three decades of experience in the Retail and Technology Industries.  He has designed business applications and operating systems as well as corporate organizations and strategies.  He is a member of numerous standards organizations and open systems efforts.

 

Hollis is the Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Next Retail Group and helps companies deal with the future of retail and technology.

 

Hollis is a former IBM Distinguished Engineer and Chief Technology

Officer for IBM’s Retail Store Solutions Division (RSS) in Research Triangle Park, NC. He has served the division as the program director for consumer services initiatives and interface to IBM’s Retail on Demand Emerging Business Opportunity (EBO). He was a member of the RSS executive team and technical lead for advanced product and research initiatives. He also directed RSS’ intellectual property and standards activities.

 

Hollis joined IBM in 1969 and held a variety of both technical and managerial positions in hardware and software development. He was a developer on IBM’s first generation point-of-sale (POS) systems beginning in January, 1973. He is the original 4680/4690 POS system architect and founder of the JavaPOS standard.

 

Hollis holds a number of patents in distributed computing and BSEE and

MSEE degrees from Mississippi State University. He was a member of the

IBM Academy of Technology.

 

 

Daniel L. Hopping

President and CEO, Next Retail Group

 

Daniel Hopping is a global technology futurist, author, consultant and speaker. With four decades of hands-on experience, Dan’s area of expertise is forecasting the impact that technology will have on the retail industry and tomorrow’s consumer.

 

The consumer of today is changing lifestyles at such a rapid pace that companies cannot change their operating systems fast enough to stay current. Dan predicts accelerating changes affecting how we live, work, shop and play over the next five years will be greater than the changes we have seen in the past 20 years. The advent of cell phones, email, phone mail, widespread use of PC’s, kiosks, wireless, Bluetooth and many more technologies have all been developed during that twenty year period.

 

Dan Hopping has been involved with more than 24 retail “store of the future” projects. His company, Next Retail Group, works with manufacturers and retailers to keep them abreast of the latest technologies and their utilization. As a keynote speaker Dan has inspired audiences worldwide including NRF, FMI. NACS, APLA, CCFA, Euroshop, Retail Solutions UK, Retail Systems and WLA. In addition to his many speaking engagements, he is often invited to speak at University MBA programs.

 

Dan’s background includes a long tenure as retail executive consultant for IBM Corporation ‘s retail store systems division. He holds degrees from the Purdue University, Krannert School of Business in both Computer Science and Industrial Management.  While at Purdue he worked as a Systems Analyst for the University writing business management simulation games.

 

 

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