2007 Retail Technology Conference

	Frank Zarrello \| VP & Director / Planning Big M Inc.

Biography:
Mr. Frank Zarrello has been involved in the retail business for 27 years and has been Vice President of four different Women's specialty retailing chains that had a combined store count of over 2500 stores. Currently for the past eight years, he has been Vice President of Planning and Allocation for Big M Inc., which has three divisions. “Mandee's” which is a Junior Women's Fashion chain that has 125 stores, “Annie Sez”, which is an off-price women's designer chain with 50 stores, and “Afaze” which is an accessory chain with 20 stores. All of these stores are located in the northeast part of the United States. He sits on the Executive committee for his company and also sits on the executive board of the national (A.M.P.A.) organization, which stands for the “The Association of Merchandise Planning and Allocation”. This organization has 120 different retail companies as members. It is made up of their Vice Presidents who come together and share ideas on the processes, computer software systems, and best practices surrounding the retail business. He is on the advisory board for the “RIS” and “Executive Technology” magazines where he shares and discusses the future of technology in the retail industry. He also sits on the advisory board for Berkeley College in New York City and is involved with the development of Curriculum for the Retail Merchandise Planning areas for the college. He has made numerous presentations on retail business processes and systems in Amsterdam in the Netherlands for the 2000 Global Retail Technology Forum, again in Paris France in 2001 and 2002, as well as the National Retail Show in Chicago for many years. He has also participated and has spoken at many Retail business symposiums in New York, San Francisco, and Florida in the past six years.