LakeWest Group announces Hunter Harris new evp

CLEVELAND, Ohio LakeWest Group, the leading independent retail management consulting firm, today announced Hunter Harris as its new evp.

"Hunter [Harris] adds a new element to the breadth and depth of retail experience that LakeWest Group currently offers our clients," said ceo Robert Antall.

Harris has nearly 20 years of experience in assisting retailers achieve improved performance through strategy development, operations improvement, and business process reengineering enabled by information technology. He is a former vp from Accenture's retail practice, focusing on assisting retailers in the implementation of forecast-driven solutions for planning, allocation, and replenishment. Before that, he served as vp of retail for SAP America and vp at Retek. He began his career in retail with BATUS, focusing on retail strategic and financial planning.

"LakeWest Group offers selection and implementation services for a wide variety of retail software products. It is widely known that SAP and Oracle have become strong forces in the retail industry. With Hunter's SAP and Retek knowledge and experience, we are expanding our expertise and further developing our SAP and Oracle experience base to enable us to better serve retailers in this arena," said Antall.

"Our goal as the leading consulting firm in the retail industry is to increase our thought leadership in retail ERP, planning, POS, and CRM solutions and build our SAP and Oracle practices," said Harris.