Meet the Team
Wicked Smarts
The Woxi team has over 300 years of innovation experience.
Andy Hogan
SVP, Restaurant Practice Lead
Andy oversees our restaurant-focused business in a hybrid account
management and analytics role.
Chris Adrien
Founder & CEO
Chris is a life-long innovator with passion for both driving industry’s
understanding of innovation success.
Craig Witte
EVP
Craig collaborates with his product partners in the oversight of the entire customer
end-to-end product user experience.
Dave Duncan
EVP
Dave leads our prediction efforts, including econometric framework and model building.
Emily Mescher
EVP
Emily does a little bit of everything, focusing on our products, processes, and people.
Gilles Gisseleire
EVP
Gilles primarily focuses on our partners program and promotes the adoption of Woxi's best
practices.
Holly Adrien
Contract Consultant
Holly works with the Woxi account management team, using her years of CPG
and innovation experience to
assist with business development and client relationships.
Jennifer Allison
EVP, Global Sales
Jennifer leads global business and client development, helping companies transform their
innovation decision making.
John Lavelle
Co-Founder & EVP
John does a little bit of everything, but his primary focus is leading
client relationships.
Josh Neumeyer
Operations Lead
Josh leverages his project management background to delight colleagues and
clients through operations work.
Katie Young
Data Analyst
Katie supports the data analytics team in quality and research & development.
Mark Gillespie
EVP
Mark helps tailor our solutions and develop new capabilities that meet our clients' needs.
Pauline Krinov
EVP
Pauline leverages her background in process and IT audit and risk management.
Rob Wengel
President & CCO
Rob leads all commercial efforts, from business development through to
long-term customer success.
Sara Wille Burton
EVP
Sara bridges her background in new product innovation with her software development
expertise to architect our applications.
Sindhu Katta
Data Analyst
Sindhu leverages her expertise with in-market data for data processing, analytics,
and modeling.
Susan Penick
VP, Business Operations
Susan makes sure all things related to business and office operations and systems are in
compliance and running smoothly.
Internship Program
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Lance Kuo-Esser
Intern
Lance leverages his expertise in programming and machine learning to drive efficiencies
and streamline workflows.
Matthew Adams
Intern
Matthew splits his time between data analytics to support model calibration and research
to support sales and client service.