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08 | Next Level Supply Chain: The New Evolution Sep 08, 2021

Things certainly have been weird this year and last, so we want to do a deep dive into what you can expect for the future of the supply chain. And not to give anything away, but we have a special surprise for you in this episode that you won’t want to miss. Join us for a sneak peek into how the supply chain is evolving, what you can expect from the Next Level of Supply Chain, and what groundbreaking supply chain topics are on the horizon. You can find Next Level Supply Chain with GS1 US online at https://next-level-supply-chain-with-gs1us.podcastpage.io/. You can subscribe to our feed or explore more great episodes wherever you get your podcasts. Follow GS1 US online at @GS1_US on Twitter, @GS1 US on LinkedIn, and @GS1US Facebook.

07 | Voice: Jon Stine, Executive Director, Open Voice Network Oct 06, 2020

About Jon Stine

Jon Stine is the Executive Director of The Open Voice Network (OVN), a non-profit global association working now to bring standards to the world of artificial intelligence-enabled voice assistance. The OVN is a Directed Fund of The Linux Foundation.
He brings to this role more than 30 years of global leadership in the commerce and technology industries.
Jon’s retail industry knowledge was first shaped in the womenswear apparel business, as he headed sales of a well-known national brand to leading US department and specialty stores. In 2000, he joined the Intel Corporation to create and head its first global outreach to the retail and consumer goods industry.
He joined Cisco Systems in late 2006, and later headed Cisco’s North America consulting practice for retail-CPG. In 2014, he returned to Intel as the Global Enterprise Sales General Manager for the retail, hospitality, and consumer goods industries. He stepped away from Intel in 2019 to build The Open Voice Network.
Through the years, Jon has worked directly with customers across the Americas, Western and Central Europe, India, China, and Japan.
He resides in Portland, Oregon, USA.

06 | Shift in Retail: Pano Anthos, Sr. VP, XRC Labs Jul 23, 2020

About Pano Anthos

Pano leads XRC Labs as its Founder and Managing Director. Having founded 4 startups around key platform shifts, he saw the seismic shift coming to retail and with the right vision and timing recruited Parsons School of Design and Kurt Salmon a part of Accenture Strategy to be founding sponsors. Now with 80 accelerated startups, 10 active world-class retail sponsors, 250+ business mentors, Pano has built a world-class ecosystem for retail and consumer goods innovation at XRC Labs. He speaks regularly at NRF national and regional meetings, Shoptalk, and RILA executive conferences. He leverages a deep startup network in Silicon Valley, New York, and Boston to fuse leading technology, E-commerce and user experience innovations to existing customer-oriented businesses.

05 | AR/VR/XR: Tom Mainelli, IDC May 07, 2020

More about International Data Corporation (IDC): https://www.idc.com/

About Tom Mainelli

Tom Mainelli manages IDC's Consumer & Device Research Group, which covers a broad range of hardware categories, inclusive of both home and enterprise markets, as well as a growing consumer research practice. The device research includes PCs, tablets, smartphones, wearables, smart home products, thin clients, displays, and virtual and augmented reality headsets. He also manages IDC's supply-side research team, which tracks display and ODM production across a wide range of products. IDC's consumer practice, built upon its Consumer Technology Strategy Service, tracks numerous consumer-focused metrics utilizing frequent surveys and IDC-branded indexes. The consumer research also includes in-depth services focused on gaming and video.

04 | Computer Vision: Francis Bitonti & Les Karpas, LexSet Apr 03, 2020

Learn more about LexSet: www.lexset.ai

More About Francis and Les

CEO, Francis Bitonti & President, Leslie Oliver Karpas, have deep entrepreneurial backgrounds in computer vision, generative design, and robotics. Together they've won 4 startup competitions for LexSet including Augmented World Expo (AWE),GS1 Connect, DataConLA, and the People's Choice Award at the O'Reilly Media AI Pioneers Showcase, and were nominated for a SXSW Interactive Innovation Award this year. They were also selected as one of the winners of Verizon Built on 5G Challenge. Supporting them is a team of experts in computational geometry, deep learning, and 3D content.

03 | Robotics: Laura Scott, Takeoff Technologies Jan 15, 2020

Learn more about Takeoff Technologies: https://www.takeoff.com/

About Laura Scott

Laura Scott is the COO of Takeoff Technologies, a start up that is disrupting the grocery industry. Prior to Takeoff, she was a VP of Operations at Wayfair, building a drop ship network from 10,000 suppliers and leading a team of 400 people across 4 countries. She is currently on the board of 2 start ups - MadeiraMadeira, the Wayfair of Brazil, and DeliveryCircle, a one-stop shop for same day, last mile delivery services. Previously, Laura led the operations for Woodstock Soapstone, a manufacturing and direct retail company and the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, a non-profit youth organization. She earned an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and a B.S. from University of Vermont. Laura is a mother to two children, a Labrador retriever, and also serves on the board of directors for FamilyAid Boston, serving homeless families.

02 | Blockchain: Yorke Rhodes III, Microsoft Jan 15, 2020

Learn more about blockchain at Microsoft: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/blockchain/

About Yorke Rhodes III

Yorke E. Rhodes III is Cofounder of Blockchain @Microsoft and Principal Program Manager Azure Blockchain Engineering. He is a passionate technologist with broad interests, always drawn to the next shiny object. He earned a BS in Computer Science from NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He has worked in industry for over 20 years, in enterprises such as Microsoft & IBM and startups in wireless, mobile, digital marketing & ecommerce. At Goldman Sachs Investment Bank he built their first wireless internet ingress and advised bankers in wireless, telecom and media. As a young developer he saw the beginnings of client server databases, obscure languages like ada, lisp & paradox and the birth of the internet. Blockchain piqued his interest in the summer of 2015 with the launch of Ethereum. An Adjunct Professor at NYU, he has taught Digital Marketing, Ecommerce and Intrapreneurship.

01 | Internet of Things: Robert Tercek, Author and Digital Futurist Jan 15, 2020

More from Robert: https://roberttercek.com
Get Robert's book, Vaporized

About Robert Tercek

Robert Tercek is a pioneer of interactive entertainment and innovative digital services. He has served as a Special Advisor to GS1 US and startup ventures, and he provides strategic insight to Fortune 500 firms including AT&T, IBM, PwC, HPE, Microsoft, Google and government bodies in the US, Canada and Australia. During his 25 year career, he created hit titles for Sony Pictures Entertainment, MTV: Music Television and Oprah Winfrey and he supervised the launch of the world’s first multiplayer games, streaming video on mobile devices, and large-scale live learning platforms. He is in great demand as a keynote speaker on the subject of technology and media trends. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

COMING SOON Jan 10, 2020

Join host Reid Jackson as he talks with thought leaders at the top of the digital disruption game about AI, robotics, circular economy, IoT, 5G, and more. Go beyond the “cool factor” of these emerging technologies to hear how and why the future of commerce depends on a global language of business. Episodes launch January 15.

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