Join speaker Parker Burke, Jenny Bullard and Ron Canterbury for this insightful panel session on beacons.
Parker Burke is the Director of Payment & Marketing Applications for Gilbarco Veeder-Root. In this role, he is responsible for the strategy and management of Gilbarco’s North American forecourt payment and marketing applications, including dispenser payment terminals, and dispenser and in-store marketing applications. He is also responsible for Gilbarco’s strategy and development in emerging payment and marketing technologies, such as mobile payments and other applications.
Prior to Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Parker served as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Engineering from the United States Naval Academy. Parker joined Gilbarco in 2010.
Jenny Bullard is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for The Jones Company, Inc. Working with the Executive team, Jenny provides technical leadership, vision and experience to the company. She is responsible for all software development and purchases, information systems, wide area networking, local area networking and disaster recovery/business continuity for the organization.
The Jones Company is the holding company for Flash Foods Inc., a chain of 172 convenient stores in Georgia and North Florida. Other corporations owned by Jones Company include Fuel South, a petroleum company: Distribution South, a wholesale distributor of grocery products and health and beauty aids: Walker/Jones Chevrolet, a local car dealership.
Jenny’s technology career of forty two years has all been with The Jones Company.
Jenny’s activities include: Chair of the National Association of Convenient Stores/Tech Conference for 2008, 2009 and 2010, Served as PCATS (Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards) Chairman of the Board for 2008 and presently member of the Conexxus Tech Council Committee.
Jenny also has received many honor and awards for her work in the convenience store industry. These awards are: The 2004 Convenience Store News Executive IT of the Year award, the 2005 Pinnacle Hall of Fame Award and jenny was recognized as one of The Top 25 Most Influential People in Convenience Store Industry in 2005.
Rob Canterbury is VP of Business Development for Gimbal, responsible for building on existing and developing new customer relationships. Previously, Rob managed and brought new relationships to the Gimbal platform at Qualcomm Retail Solutions Inc., and prior to the formation of that unit, worked with the Qualcomm Firethorn team developing multiple mobile payment initiatives in the retail and financial services space.
Prior to Qualcomm, Rob spent more than eight years at VeriFone as Senior Director and then Vice President of Business Development selling into the retail and financial services verticals. He has spent many years developing and exploring Near Field Communications (NFC) technology and use cases and also spent many years at IBM and Hewlett-Packard developing relationships in the retail vertical. Before Qualcomm, Rob helped found an NFC tech company with considerable influence on the NFC ecosystem in Europe and Asia.
Rob holds multiple patents and studied business, political science and law at the University of San Diego.
Brad Van Otterloo is the VP of Client Development and Marketing at Koupon Media. Brad has nearly 20 years of experience in client development, client relations, sales and marketing across multiple verticals including Consumer Packaged Goods, Retail, Education and Automotive. Currently at Koupon Media, Brad is responsible for client acquisition, implementation, ongoing support as well as overseeing all marketing and communication initiatives. Previous to Koupon Media, Brad was EVP of Revolution Education, which grew to be the largest provider of test prep materials to high schools students. Before Revolution, Brad managed client relations for Time Warner Cable in Los Angeles and Ford Motor Company in Detroit. He earned his MBA for the University of Southern California and Bachelor’s degree from Miami University.