Marc is a Partner at Columbus Consulting. He has over 25 years’ experience designing, developing and implementing IT solutions in the retail sector. He was a founding member of the development teams that built two of the world’s leading merchandise planning systems with JDA and i2 Technologies. More recently, he has been a technical consultant on JDA, Nextail, Oracle/RPAS and the o9 suite of software solutions, specializing in reporting and integration. He blends an in-depth business understanding with technical expertise.
Experience
JCrew (New York) – Solution Architect
Solution Architect for o9 implementing MFP, Store Planning, Assortment Planning.
Guess Jeans (US, Europe) – Solution Architect
Solution and Functional design of the Nextail Replenishment, Allocation systems.
Ted Baker (London) – Solution Architect
Created a demand based financial plan by using Google Analytics to challenge existing history based plans.
Cato Corporation, US – Solution Architect
Reporting solution design for Oracle Assortment Planning implementation using BI Publisher/OBIEE.
ASOS (London) – Solution Architect
Solution Architect for Oracle RPAS financial and assortment planning
Eddie Bauer – Solution Architect
Reporting design for Oracle RPAS financial and item planning
Tesco (UK) -– Solution Architect
Oracle RPAS Solution architect for cost-based merchandise financial planning
Saks 5th Avenue – Solution Architect
Designed Omni-channel BI reporting for Oracle RPAS financial planning. Solution architect for a retail method JDA i2 financial planning system
Wal-Mart, UK Apparel Division – Solution Architect
Created solution design for BI reporting for an Oracle RPAS financial planning system. Solution architect for real-time reporting for JDA’s assortment planning solution
