LumiData Announces New Client Services Consultant for CPG Industry

Minneapolis, MN — May 14, 2010 — LumiData, a demand intelligence specialist providing upstream and downstream demand analytics for consumer goods products (CPG) companies, announces the appointment of Angela Buysse as Client Services Consultant. 

“Angela will work one-on-one with our CPG clients and their retail teams who use SOLYS, our demand intelligence software,” notes Ransom Stafford, President and CEO, LumiData. “Angela will partner with c-level and retail team members to assess their unique business challenges and then demonstrate how they can use SOLYS to meet those challenges. Angela has a keen understanding of the issues our clients face — be it planograms, price optimization, promotions or SKU selection — because she was a key member of Target retail teams in a number of positions, including marketing and category management.  Her insights and experience are critical to our customers."

As Client Services Consultant, Angela will be responsible for onsite training, business intelligence usage advisement, product installation, and the implementation of SOLYS. As a consultant, she will also be responsible for identifying new opportunities for customers to use SOLYS to solve new and emerging business needs.  At Target Corporation, Angela served as a Merchandise Coordinator, Merchandise Presentation Coordinator for the Salesplan and Entertainment Team, and Senior Specialist of Category Management and the Market Insight Team.

Buysse earned a Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Marketing and a minor in Psychology, from the University of St. Thomas.

About LumiData.

LumiData is a demand intelligence specialist providing retail demand information that assists Fortune 1000 consumer goods companies to evolve their business strategies. LumiData’s combination of software dashboard applications and client services creates easy-to-visualize demand planning solutions utilized to drive sales and marketing strategies that increase revenue, increase margins, enhance brand visibility and strengthen market positions. LumiData’s SOLYS is a comprehensive, adaptive software solution that delivers seamless and actionable point-of-sale information across downstream and upstream business functions — bridging the gap between data and decisions. LumiData is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has an office in Bentonville, Arkansas.