The Grayson Company team is made up of successful retail and consumer industry executives who draw on their deep experience and expertise to provide best of class consulting services to our clients. The team is led by CEO, Kevin Mullaney and President, David Ball. Their styles and specific experience are complimentary and they share an obsession with delivering measurable results to our clients quickly and with high payback on the investment in our engagements.
Kevin has extensive retail experience in the department store, specialty chain and wholesale channels. His ten years in merchandising leadership experience at Burdines’s (now Macy’s), his CMO experience with a menswear specialty chain, and his seven years at Hilfiger leading the expansion of the brands presence in department stores during the brand’s extraordinary growth period, have prepared him to offer The Grayson Company clients exceptional advice, and hands-on assistance in improving the productivity and profitability of their businesses. Kevin, as CEO, leads The Grayson Company practice but brings particular expertise to store and shop in shop development, assortment planning, inventory planning and control, as well as in store visual merchandising and marketing. Read Kevin Mullaney’s full bio
Anthony is a seasoned search professional who owns and executes on a number of senior critical searches. He is instrumental in coaching and counseling a select portfolio of global clients on strategic talent initiatives, and is very responsible for driving global alignment and operational improvements for JP’s clients. Before settling in the U.S. Anthony owned and operated a number of search firms plus a sales and personal development training organization. Through these businesses Anthony has served as a partner for a wide range of clients – servicing global consumer and diversified service industries throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Anthony has delivered seminars/ workshops across the world.
Bubbles is an accomplished senior executive with 35 years of extensive experience in multi facets of the fashion Industry. Through her career, Bubbles held top level positions in major companies as well as consulted in a newly developed technology company to impact the fashion industry and web platforms. Her career took her to the launch of Tommy Hilfiger with its meteoric rise in the fashion industry. As President of Tommy Hilfiger Womenswear and and Tommy Jeans, Bubbles launched and successfully grew two new divisions to an excess for $400M in 3 years.
Dennis is one of the industry’s leading supply chain and operations experts. His extensive experience over a 20 year period with Target, as the company was experiencing extraordinary growth and rapidly changing demand for support services, has allowed him deep experience in addressing all aspects of the supply chain, from replenishment systems, to inventory and warehouse management, to overall supply chain strategy. His clients have included, among others, BCBG Max Azria, Gymboree, Levi Strauss, Nordstrom, and Trader Joes. Read Dennis Green’s full bio.
Steve has 25+ years of experience working with leading retailers and technology companies in delivering high-value IT-enabled business solutions. As a past partner/senior executive in the retail practice of Accenture, Steve brings to our consulting clients hands-on expertise in procurement, merchandising, planning, direct-to-consumer, and supply chain. Steve has worked with several well-known retailers globally including A&P, Coles Myer, Foot Locker, Gap, The Home Depot, Limited Stores, Saks Fifth Avenue, J. Sainsbury, and The Sports Authority.
Lynne has a strong foundation starting in retail steeped in service, selling and brand development; transitioning to manufacturing where she turned ideas into reality, then shifting into healthcare to navigate change, her interests are broad and deep. While getting in the field with clients, assessing the organization and engaging stakeholders, organizations she transformed the workplaces they aspire to become. She has a reputation for attracting and developing talent with exceptional skills. She has created and delivered first-of-kind customer service offering, training 2500+ team members. She holds a Master of Science, Organization Development, MSOD & Coaching Certificate Program, CCP, from Queens University, Charlotte and Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Madeleine is an authority on managing large-scale, complex systems delivery and IT organizations. Madeleine’s career spans over 30 years, holding prominent positions with IBM and Oracle before a successful consulting career. She has worked with numerous well-known brands such as Ann Taylor, Chanel, Coach, David Yurman, Marshalls, and Tiffany and served as the PMO Director at one of the largest food distributors in the US. Her experience also includes working with start-up and emerging growth companies. Madeleine excels in critical change initiatives including IT-business alignment, demand management, resource planning, strategic project assessments, and professional development.
Rob Smith is an intuitive merchant with a broad-based background in department store, specialty store, vertical, and online retailing. Throughout his distinguished career he has consistently achieved bottom line success by developing and building businesses up to $3 billion in annual sales, leading successful turnarounds in corporate cultures and small business environments, and managing multi-product classifications as well as individual brands.
With 22 years of experience, Steph is an outstanding operations executive with exceptional experience in multiple facets of retail / wholesale / omni-channel operational platforms. Steph’s areas of expertise include distribution and data analysis, supply chain process design, productivity improvement and project management. She has in-depth understanding of underlying business practices and requirements, which provides Steph with powerful insights into redesigning processes and logistics networks, enabling her to identify and implement precise and effective best-practices company-wide. Read Steph Thompson’s full bio.