Jerry Blanford

Jerome Blanford is a seasoned Senior Sales Executive, boasting over thirty years of experience working closely with retailers to provide best-in-class solutions that deliver compelling value, benefits, and ROI. He has a vast knowledge of retail solutions, including In-Store POS, Digital Mobile/Tablet/Location Marketing, Financial/Unit Planning, Allocation, Demand Forecasting, Replenishment, Price (Promo-Markdown) Optimization, Merchandising/ERP, Sales Audit/Reporting, Financial Accounting, Business Intelligence/OLAP/Executive Dash Boards, Digital/Social Media Analytics, OMNI Channel-eCommerce B2C/B2B/B2B2C, Distributed Order Management/Call/Contact Center Management, Warehouse Management, Transportation/Logistics Management, Supply Chain Inventory Optimization/Global Visibility, and B2B/EDI Value Added Networks. He has worked with top firms such as MAI/Basic Four, Jonas & Erickson, Concept Systems, Richter & Associates, GERS, Manugistics, Oracle Retail, Sterling Commerce/IBM.

Mr. Blanford earned his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from HK University, majoring in Music Performance, General. He has also studied Complex Sales, Mastering the art of selling complex, high-tech products and services at Rick Page, and has studied Strategic Selling, Complex Sales at Miller Heiman. Prior to his tenure at IBM as a Senior Sales Executive (Industry Solutions), he has previously held positions as Senior Sales Executive at Sterling Commerce, an IBM Company, Vice President Retail Central Region at Oracle Retail Global Business Unit, Vice President Retail Business Unit at JDA Software (Formally Manugistics Inc), Vice President of General Retail Sales at Escalate Retail (Formally GERS), and Sr. Account Executive at Jesta I. S. (Formally Richter Systems).