About Symphony RetailAI

Symphony RetailAI is the leading global provider of Artificial Intelligence-enabled decision platforms, solutions and customer-centric insights that drive validated growth for retailers and CPG manufacturers, from customer intelligence to personalized marketing, and merchandising and category management, to supply chain and retail operations. Our organization is innovating rapidly to drive faster, more profitable decisions through AI, machine learning and voice technologies. We are trusted by over 1,200 organizations including 15 of the world’s 25 largest grocery retailers, thousands of retail brands, and hundreds of national and regional chains worldwide to help solve their toughest business problems, through AI-powered customer intelligence and retail solutions.

There are two primary reasons why no other company has the depth and breadth of capabilities specifically to support high volume retail that we have at Symphony RetailAI.

First, we build and enhance our solutions and technology based on our decades of deep work with retailers and CPG manufacturers.

Second is our rich heritage drawn from the acquisition of industry-leading software organizations. This intentional history is the bloodline that enables us to provide critical insights and solutions to our customers around the world – and help them solve their toughest business problems.

Acquisitions & Heritage at a glance:

2018

Symphony GOLD and Symphony EYC are merged to form Symphony RetailAI, creating a cohesive solution platform to meet the evolving needs of FMCG retailers and manufacturers.

2016

Metiri Mensus – Exclusive distributor for the organization’s Merchandising and Category Management solutions in Australia and New Zealand, the acquisition strengthened the company’s ability to support existing business while positioning itself for continued growth in the region.

Fifth Dimension – Acquisition added virtual reality and advanced store planning to the organization’s broad solution portfolio, helping our customers accelerate the concept to in-store execution time at lower cost.

2012

Aldata and EYC – Rebranded as Symphony GOLD and Symphony EYC respectively, under the ownership of Symphony Technology Group. The combined strength of the organizations enabled customer insight and engagement strategies to link directly into retail assortment, merchandising and supply chain optimization to meet customer driven demand in real time.

2010

Cosmic Solutions Ltd – UK-based specialist was acquired as the next step in the organization’s Category Management strategy following the acquisition of Apollo in 2008.

2008

Apollo – Acquired the assets of Information Resources Inc’s (IRI) Apollo Store Specific Space Planning.

2003

EYC – Founded with a mission to provide a strategic direction to identify and drive customer loyalty programs for retailers as well as engage the manufacturers in collaboration on those customer-centric insights and strategies.

1986

Aldata – With its flagship product line GOLD, Aldata was formed in 1986 to provide retailers and wholesalers a comprehensive solution for unifying demand forecasting, merchandise management, store operations and supply chain management to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve margins.

The technological capability to deliver real decision support and intelligence systems has come of age. Today, FMCG retailers have a lot of questions to answer, and data and deep insights to deliver. We launched CINDE (Conversation INsights and Decision Engine), the first and only personal decision coach specifically for grocery and hard goods retail, to address these issues. CINDE incorporates Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, natural language speech technology, and immersive visualization in a prescriptive analytics system that is visually rich and easy to use. Initially used in our retail category managers and CPG category managers suite of applications, we are committed to aggressively bringing CINDE skills to other areas across marketing, merchandising and supply chain.

Dr. Pallab Chatterjee
Chairman & CEO, Symphony RetailAI

Prior to the formation of Symphony RetailAI, Dr. Pallab Chatterjee was Managing Director and Operating Partner of Symphony Technology Group,  Chairman of Symphony Retail Solutions and CEO of Symphony EYC. Previously Pallab was CEO of i2 Technologies, Inc. where he earlier held the role of President of Solutions Operations. Before joining i2, he spent 24 years at Texas Instruments in various executive management positions. He also serves on the board of directors for SSC, Teleca and MSC Software. Pallab received his Bachelor degree from IIT-Kharagpur, India and a Master’s and Doctorate degree in electrical engineering from University of Illinois.

Graeme Cooksley
President & Chief Operating Officer, Symphony RetailAI

Previously, Graeme held the role of CEO & President, Symphony GOLD where he was responsible for global operations. Prior to this, he was Head of Europe & International for Symphony GOLD, with responsibility for overseeing sales and service operations as well as developing the Channels operation. He has over 25 years of international experience focused on the enterprise software industry within both private and public companies. Graeme has held a variety of executive positions including President and Chief Operating Officer of a leading European retail technology provider, as well as Executive Vice President of SSA Global Technologies and Chief Executive Officer of Baan NV.

Glenn Etherington
Chief Financial Officer, Symphony RetailAI

Glenn is Chief Financial Officer of Symphony RetailAI, responsible for all financial operations of the Company. Prior to Symphony, he spent eleven years with ECI Software Solutions, Inc., a developer and marketer of ERP Software solutions to small to mid-sized businesses around the world. Glenn was responsible for all finance, accounting, HR and IT operations for ECI and was a principal contributory to three private equity backed transactions during that period. Prior to ECI, Glenn spent twenty years as the CFO of two publicly traded companies, completing two public offerings and numerous M&A transactions. Glenn began his career as a CPA with Arthur Andersen & Co.

Kevin Sterneckert
Chief Marketing Officer, Symphony RetailAI

Kevin has more than 25 years of comprehensive industry experience, bringing a keen understanding of retail, manufacturing and logistics challenges. Previous roles include GVP of Innovation Strategies and Solution Marketing for JDA, CMO for both Predictix (an Infor Company) and OrderDynamics as well as Gartner Research Vice President overseeing analysis of hundreds of retail-focused software solutions. Kevin’s industry experience includes serving as chief information officer, supply chain executive, development of innovative technology solutions, inventor, and store operations development for both physical and digital retail.

Sam Sheriff
Chief People Officer, Symphony RetailAI

Sam is responsible for the HR and Facilities functions globally. She has extensive experience in setting HR strategy, people development, organization design, employee relations, talent management, change management, M&A and reward. A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and NLP Practitioner, Sam has held HR roles across technology, construction and hospitality before joining Symphony RetailAI in 2012.

SymphonyAI Group is the fastest-growing private group of B2B AI companies, backed by a $1 billion commitment to deliver next-generation AI solutions for transforming the enterprise. Since its founding in 2017, SymphonyAI Group has grown rapidly to a group of six companies with a combined revenue run rate approaching $300 million. Over 1,600 talented leaders, data scientists, and other professionals operate the group under the leadership of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful serial entrepreneurs, Dr. Romesh Wadhwani. More at www.symphonyai.com