ROCKHURST - Key Persons


Dan O'Connor - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
  • Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow Managing Partner
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Dan O'Connor is the Managing Partner of Front4Ventures and founder of the Advanced Digital Leadership Initiative (ADLI) where he advises retailers and brands and enables leaders for the next generation of retail. In addition, Dan O'Connor is a fellow with Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative where he is working on a workforce 2030. Dan was also the founder and CEO of RetailNet Group (RNG), a leading advisory and insights firm that works with large scale retailers and brand leaders worldwide. During his time at RNG, Dan was the founding "Dean" of the Retail Leadership Program, an executive education program at UCLA and MIT for rising retail leaders from across 50+ countries. Dan has extensive experience serving on Board of Directors for companies such as Daymon Worldwide and publicly-traded firms such as Coinstar (NASDAQ), Emak Worldwide (NASDAQ), and DemandWare (NYSE), as well as on the board of Premier Retail Networks, a division of Thomson (NYSE). DemandWare is a fast-growing, cloud-based software platform provider that powers digital commerce for some of the world's most successful retail brands, including Panasonic, Land's End, and Adidas. Earlier in his career, Dan founded Management Ventures, Inc., a syndicated research firm that followed the world's largest retailers. He sold this company to WPP Group in 2001. Dan started his career as the national director of Touche, Ross & Co.'s (now Deloitte) Consumer Products & Retail Consulting group. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics from Clarkson University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is also a board member of the Concord Museum and of Emerson Hospital.

Dan Wittner - COO

Job Titles:
  • COO
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Dan Wittner lives in Newburyport MA with his wife and two sons. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in retail, operations, consulting, and technology. Dan is currently the Chief Operating Officer at One Door, based in the Seaport district of Boston. One Door is a SaaS company helping retail brands tell great stories by using technology to improve how they execute. He joined One Door in 2008 after funding, building and managing a market research company focused on market intelligence and the customer experience. Earlier in his career, Dan held leadership roles with Plum River Technology and the Timberland Company. Even earlier…positions with Wilson Sporting Goods (a division of AMER Sports) and the Inter-American Development Bank. He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Business from the University of New Hampshire and an MBA from the American Graduate School of International Management, Thunderbird. Dan has also been active as a Board Advisor to a variety of companies including Demandware and the National Wildlife Refuge. He and his family are avid skiers, hikers, campers and general adventure seekers.

Douglas Hosking - Founder, President

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • President
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  • Retail Media Group, Inc, CEO

Everett Bramhall

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur
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Everett Bramhall is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience designing, developing, manufacturing, selling, importing and distributing consumer goods in the house-ware, gift and sporting goods categories. Everett has built many brands from scratch, starting with the concept, ideation and execution needed to bring products and brands to the marketplace. Over the past few decades Everett has manufactured tens of thousands of items in over a half a dozen countries and distributed goods through wholesale and retail channels in the US, Canada, China, Mexico Taiwan and Japan. Everett enjoys many sports and loves to compete at all and anything possible.

Greg Ferguson

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur
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Greg is a graduate of Tufts University and M.I.T's Sloan School.

Harvard Advanced

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Initiative Fellow Managing Partner, Front4Ventures Founder, ADLI
Dan O'Connor is the Managing Partner of Front4Ventures and founder of the Advanced Digital Leadership Initiative (ADLI) where he advises retailers and brands and enables leaders for the next generation of retail. In addition, Dan O'Connor is a fellow with Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative where he is working on a workforce 2030. Dan was also the founder and CEO of RetailNet Group (RNG), a leading advisory and insights firm that works with large scale retailers and brand leaders worldwide. During his time at RNG, Dan was the founding "Dean" of the Retail Leadership Program, an executive education program at UCLA and MIT for rising retail leaders from across 50+ countries. Dan has extensive experience serving on Board of Directors for companies such as Daymon Worldwide and publicly-traded firms such as Coinstar (NASDAQ), Emak Worldwide (NASDAQ), and DemandWare (NYSE), as well as on the board of Premier Retail Networks, a division of Thomson (NYSE). DemandWare is a fast-growing, cloud-based software platform provider that powers digital commerce for some of the world's most successful retail brands, including Panasonic, Land's End, and Adidas. Earlier in his career, Dan founded Management Ventures, Inc., a syndicated research firm that followed the world's largest retailers. He sold this company to WPP Group in 2001. Dan started his career as the national director of Touche, Ross & Co.'s (now Deloitte) Consumer Products & Retail Consulting group.

Martin Deale

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur
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Spencer Millerberg - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • CEO and Founder of One Click Retail
Spencer Millerberg is the CEO and Founder of One Click Retail, the market leader in eCommerce data measurement and search optimization for major brand manufacturers globally. The company provides eCommerce market share data for over 400+ brands including Procter & Gamble, Panasonic, Nestle, Hamilton Beach, HP, and more. One Click Retail was acquired in 2016 by Ascential, a London based plc.