OUTLOOK LEADERSHIP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Content Strategy Moderator / Informa
- VP of Content Strategy at Informa Connect
Abbey Lewis is the VP of Content Strategy at Informa Connect. In this role, Abbey oversees the editorial and content team across the industries: convenience, grocery, restaurant and the noncommercial foodservice industry. Prior to her current position, Abbey was the Content Director at FoodService Director magazine, Editor In Chief of Convenience Store Products magazine, and a contributing editor to CSP. Her first job after graduating from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, was with Packaging World magazine when she spent the first eight years of her career.
She lives in Oak Park, IL, where she spends all her free time with her husband and three children.
Job Titles:
- Executive Director
- Executive Director at the Ray
Allie Kelly is Executive Director at The Ray, which has developed an 18-mile stretch of interstate in Georgia, where they're using renewable materials; building clean energy for clean transport; testing road connectivity, improved lighting and signage; and collecting traffic, weather, and collision data to make the roads of the future. Working with Georgia DOT and FHWA, Allie has guided more than a dozen projects from concept to construction on The Ray Highway. The nonprofit organization is now working with more than 51 agencies in 29 states, scaling innovations from the I-85 testbed across the country. Following in the legacy of Ray Anderson, The Ray believes that the technologies exist today to achieve net-zero in transportation and energy: Zero Deaths, Zero Carbon and Zero Waste. Previously, Allie held senior roles at the Georgia Conservancy, and as Founder and Executive Director at Georgia Watch. Allie is a board member for Business Executives for National Security (BENS), the Tire Recycling Foundation, and is past chair of the ASPIRE Center Executive Advisory Board. She serves on the i3 Steering Committee, the AASHTO Committee on Environment and Sustainability, the Atlanta Regional Commission's Energy and Climate Council, and ATL Cleantech Council, and the Atlanta Beltline Digital Inclusion & Smart Cities Steering Committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Leadership Team
- SVP, Communities and Retail Events
Job Titles:
- Managing Partner
- Managing Partner of Cogknition
Arjun Chakravarti is Managing Partner of Cogknition, a strategy and analytics firm based in Chicago. Prior to founding Cogknition, Arjun served in senior executive roles at GES (Global Experience Specialists) and Level 100, an Innovation consultancy. He was also an award-winning business school professor at Illinois Tech, serving as a founding faculty of the international MBA and Marketing Analytics programs. He has extensive experience with food service and CPG, having been consulting economist for Technomic since 2008. Arjun received his Ph.D and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Job Titles:
- CEO
- President
- President & CEO of Intouch Insight
Cameron Watt is the President & CEO of Intouch Insight. He brings over 30 years of leadership experience to Intouch and plays a fundamental role in the overall vision and strategy of the company.
Prior to joining Intouch in 2011, Cameron held positions at PepsiCo, Mars, Unilever and YUM Brands. He also worked in smaller privately held companies in the insurance, real estate, foodservice and convenience industries, and has personally owned both a restaurant and a convenience store. Cameron's breadth of experience in operations has given him a deep understanding of the import role frontline execution plays in great customer experiences.
Cameron holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master of Business Administration degree.
Job Titles:
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer Moderator
Mr. Gaskins' primary responsibility is to direct all marketing, merchandising and procurement efforts for the Yesway brand, as well as to develop relationships with Yesway's supplier partners. He leads the efforts to establish a marketing and merchandising playbook to improve the organizations go to market strategic plan. He also helps to further cultivate the growth and stewardship of the fast growing Yesway brand with a keen focus on ensuring the organizations social, mobile, and loyalty initiatives are best in class.
Prior to joining Yesway, Mr. Gaskins most recently served as Chief Customer Officer for Rutter's convenience stores & Dairy business. He was instrumental in developing their award winning customer engagement programs and positioned the brand as one of the best in the retail industry. Before Rutter's, Mr. Gaskins was Senior Vice President of Marketing and Merchandising with Mid-Atlantic Convenience Stores (MACS) and led the development of the Circle K brand. Prior to MACS he served as Vice President of Marketing with NACS- The Association for Convenience and Fuel Retailing and positioned the organization for unprecedented digital and global growth. His other prior experiences include leading the brand marketing for Giant Eagle where he led the development of the GetGo chain of convenience stores, and launched the Fuelperks fuel rewards loyalty program.
His other prior experiences include a number of major companies including Nabisco Foods, Goldman Sachs, and Procter & Gamble. He is an experienced brand developer, chief marketer, merchant, and innovator that has launched numerous packaged goods, CRM and retail brands and store formats.
Mr. Gaskins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Iowa and an MBA in Finance, Marketing, and Real Estate from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Job Titles:
- VP, Enterprise Sales - Retail
Job Titles:
- Group Director
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Publisher
Job Titles:
- VP, Enterprise Sales - Retail
Job Titles:
- Senior Director, Trade Relations
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Vice President, Retailer Relations & Event Content Director Moderator
Mitch Morrison is vice president of retailer relations, a role in which he directs a c-store executive share group and produces retailer solutions across CSP's platforms of print, digital, events and research.
Before his latest role, Mitch was group editor for CSP's print and digital products for 12 years, during which CSP magazine and CSP Daily News won more than 50 journalism awards. Mitch joined CSP in 2003 after working as executive editor at Convenience Store News for more than five years.
Before his entry into trade publishing, Mitch was an award-winning investigative reporter for Knight-Ridder newspapers.
Mitch resides in New Jersey with his wife, Leslie, and their two sons, Ari and Daniel.
Job Titles:
- Chief Digital Officer
- Senior Vice President
Job Titles:
- Sales
- VP, Enterprise Sales - Retail
Job Titles:
- VP, Enterprise Sales - Retail