Senior Principal Consultant and Retail Technologies Project Manager with Impact 21 Group has over 18 years of experience in the petroleum / convenience retail industry. With Impact 21 Group, he has predominately been working with smaller chains to automate and integrate those technologies and automated processes into their business model. He has recently completed projects including functional requirements reviews and RFI/RFP for POS and Home Office hardware and software, deployment initiatives including a credit network transition, gap analysis projects for retailers and software providers, and an ongoing modeling/analysis program. Chuck was formerly POS Coordinator and Retail Automation Manager with SuperAmerica Group, a division of Ashland, Inc. He was responsible for coordinating product rollouts and development for Bennett POS and back office systems. He coordinated the staging, training and installation of hardware and software upgrades for pay at the pump, KRONOS time keeping and payroll system, various Branded Fast Food units, VSAT communication technologies, and electronic credit and check verification. Chuck also assisted the coordination of integrating JDA Pricebook and accounting functions with the store back office computer and the definition and maintenance of merchandising and accounting policies and procedures. He assisted with development of device integration for lottery, customer loyalty and gift certificates. Chuck was a POS Integration Team member with the joint venture of Speedway and SuperAmerica and evaluated the POS options between Bennett and Radiant Systems for the newly formed company. Chuck has a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University.