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5/22/2008
Thomas J. Blischok Joins IRI as President of Retail Solutions, Strategic Consulting, and Integrated
Recognized Retail Thought Leader and Seasoned Executive Brings over Twenty Five Years of Industry Expertise to Fuel Further Growth in Retail and Consu
CHICAGO – July 27, 2005 – Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the leading global provider of enterprise market information solutions for the CPG, Retail, and Healthcare industries, today announced that Thomas J. Blischok has joined IRI as President of Retail Solutions, Strategic Consulting, and Integrated Solutions.
In this role, Blischok will lead IRI's Global Retail Consulting Services practice as well as IRI's new Business Insights and Consulting Group. Supporting its ongoing business transformation, IRI continues to strengthen its senior leadership team with some of the industry’s foremost talent and domain experts. Blischok’s appointment is the latest announcement and underscores IRI’s ongoing commitment to leveraging strategic partnerships at retail as well as delivering world-class integrated consulting services.
“Our customers are looking to make better business decisions in a complex marketplace and win at the retail shelf,” said Scott W. Klein, President and CEO of IRI. “Thom brings to IRI a wealth of retail expertise and real-world consulting experience that directly supports our client’s needs. With Thom on board, IRI is even better positioned to deliver unparalleled value to our clients in the areas of retail services and consulting solutions, and we are thrilled he has joined the IRI team.”
Blischok is the former Chairman and CEO of MindMeld, Inc. an Arizona-based "transformation through technology" consulting group. MindMeld is recognized for its thought leadership in successfully applying large-scale relational database technology to a number of leading retailers, such as Wal-Mart, Kmart, 7-Eleven and others.
Prior to founding MindMeld, he was Executive Vice President and Group Executive of Equifax Knowledge Engineering, the global customer relationship management company of Equifax. Blischok has also held senior-level positions at several of the world’s most successful companies including, Global Chairman of the Retail and Distribution practice at Coopers and Lybrand Consulting; Vice President and Chief Business Scientist of AT&T Global Information Solutions; Vice President, Industry Consulting for Teradata; and Vice President, Global Consulting with ATT/GIS.
A recognized futurist and retail thought leader, Blischok is known around the globe for his innovative thinking and strategies to help retailers fundamentally transform their go-to-market economic models using innovative approaches to understanding the consumer with new forms of marketplace information. Blischok has been frequently published and speaks around the world on the future of retailing.
About Information Resources, Inc.
Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) is the leading global provider of enterprise market information solutions for the CPG, Retail, and Healthcare industries. IRI is the first company to leverage the power of real-time market information, advanced analytic insights, and enterprise performance management technology to improve the profitability and operational effectiveness of the world’s leading CPG, Retail, and Healthcare companies. The Company uniquely provides a total view of the market, enabling maximum business performance throughout the enterprise. IRI's solutions make the consumer-driven, real-time enterprise possible. More information is available at www.infores.com.
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