Robert J. Corliss is a recognized executive leader and innovator with a 35+ year track record of growth and innovation across various industries. Bob brings both CEO-level experience and a proven track record of creating profitable returns for investors. He has successfully invested in and lead a variety of situations including buyouts, turnarounds, divestitures and start-ups.

Mike is an innovative business transformation leader who is passionate about making a difference in the financial and operating performance of companies with a 35+ year track record delivering value across multiple industries for their people, customers and investors. Expertise partnering with client executives to design and implement performance transformation and lasting change in areas including strategy execution, M&A, restructuring, turnarounds, digital transformation, sales and customer experience, product management, supply chain management, leadership effectiveness and organization design. Has served retail, consumer goods, real estate and hospitality clients in the UK, USA, Europe, and South Africa as well as led consulting teams with Senn Delaney, Andersen, Deloitte, Infosys and Hilco Advisory.

Ben Gross is a seasoned retail, consumer goods, and real estate executive with 25+ years leading legal and HR functions of multinational and large, complex consumer-focused companies. Ben successfully quarterbacked turnarounds, M&A integrations and buyouts, with a focus on delivering maximum value to stakeholders.

Expertise in leading omnichannel growth & bringing branded consumer products to market on a global scale. Have helped build and develop businesses in more than 40 countries, with a focus on optimizing and expanding distribution across multiple channels.

Experience rooted in driving efficiencies within existing business, leading sustainable growth into new products and markets, with a commitment to continuous improvement & comprehensive development of the brand and culture.

Igor is a Silicon Valley and Digital Retail executive with an impeccable vision and delivery track record. Igor successfully led technology teams of Walmart, Sears, Home Depot, Williams-Sonoma, and Backcountry through their Digital Transformation journeys. Igor also led several Silicon Valley startups that were later acquired by Fortune 500 companies.

Besides Retail, Igor led companies specializing in Home Services, Gaming, and Digital Music. One of Igor's most recent engagements was overseeing technology for TSG Consumer, a $14B+ international PE firm and all its portfolio companies.

James is the former Chief Operating Officer of Popeyes, the former number two chicken chain in the world, and former Chief Executive Officer of the Dry Fried Wing Company. Jim has also served as President of Quizno's Canada and in 2007 entered into an exclusive alliance with the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group to identify emerging foodservice concepts for investment or acquisition. James has three decades of invaluable top-level experience in all facets of foodservice, franchise sales and operations.

Matt Schweickert is a seasoned growth strategist, operator and investor with broad experience accelerating and enabling profitable organic and inorganic growth across numerous industries and companies of varying scale and complexity.  His career has been focused on disruptive, technology-enabled consumer and retail brands, healthcare, data and analytics, supply chain & logistics as well as sports and entertainment.He began his career as an investment banker in the M&A group of Bank of America and JP Morgan, worked for Harvard’s Center for International Development and subsequently ran Corporate Development for Experian PLC during a period of dramatic geographic and vertical growth.  He then served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Functional CFO of The Home Depot, was Chief Business Officer for CloudKitchens, CFO of Resident Home (one of the fastest growing e-commerce companies in the last 10 years) and CFO of Geneo United.  In additional to leading several companies to successful exits, Matt is a Founder/Advisor to VC firms focused on retail technology including Engage Ventures, Composite Ventures and Hyper Ventures.  Matt is a graduate of Babson College, Cambridge University, and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  He lives in Newport Beach, CA with his wife and 3 children.

Dr. Mark Chrystal is a seasoned retail executive and AI innovator, currently serving as CEO of Profitmind., a cutting-edge retail agentic AI startup founded under the guidance of AI pioneer Andrew Ng. With over 25 years of leadership across nearly every retail function—including IT, supply chain, e-commerce, marketing, loyalty, planning, inventory management, and FP&A—Mark has a proven track record of driving transformation, most notably as Chief Analytics Officer at rue21, where he led a successful turnaround through data-driven strategy. His prior executive roles span iconic brands such as David’s Bridal, American Eagle Outfitters, Disney Store, and Victoria’s Secret, as well as co-founding MachineCore, Inc. Holding a Doctorate in Business Administration, a Master’s in Machine Learning & AI with Distinction, an MBA, and multiple advanced AI credentials, Mark combines deep academic expertise with hands-on operational leadership. Passionate about leveraging AI to create competitive advantage, he has spearheaded innovations across the full retail value chain—from factory production to cloud-based analytics—delivering measurable impact both as a retailer and as a technology provider.