StartupNWA Presents "Pivot During A Crisis"
Channel: StartupNWA
Date: 01/07/2020

Session One: Pivot During A Crisis - Wednesday, July 1st, 2020, at 10:00 am CT
Host: StartupNWA, a program of Northwest Arkansas Council
@startupnwa @NWArkCouncil
Jeannette Balleza Collins, Director of Entrepreneurial Development, Northwest Arkansas Council @netscribe
Nate Green, Communications Director, Northwest Arkansas Council
Moderator: Claire England, Kauffman Fellow and VC Partner @claireengland
Music: https://www.bensound.com/

Panelists:

Charu Thomas, Founder of Oculogx @oculogx

Charu Thomas is the Founder of Oculogx. Oculogx builds tech that makes order fulfillment more efficient. Oculogx customers include companies like Google, Walmart, and Newell Brands. Prior to founding Oculogx, she was an internationally awarded Wearable Computing researcher from Georgia Tech’s #1 Industrial Engineering program. Her work has been recognized by premier institutions like Microsoft, the USPTO, and ACM and she has been featured in top-tier publications like Forbes, Business Insider and TechCrunch. 

April Seggebruch, Cofounder & COO of Movista @MovistaOne
April Seggebruch is the Cofounder and COO of Movista, the leading provider of an advanced, mobile-first retail execution and workforce management platform. In this role, Seggebruch is responsible for leading the strategic product direction and overall execution of the company’s growth initiatives.

Seggebruch is a retail industry veteran with a successful background in business, marketing and finance. Prior to co-founding Movista, she held finance and strategy roles with Westchester Asset Group and Tyson Foods Corporate Strategy and Development group. Seggebruch then scaled the ranks at Spectrum Brands, where she held various sales roles focused on the strategic growth of Rayovac products at major retailers such as Walmart and Sam’s Club.

Seggebruch earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing management as well as a Master of Business Administration with a focus on finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Arkansas. She remains active in the university’s business school and serves as a leader on several non-profit boards and educational missions worldwide, including the University of Arkansas’s SAKE (Students Acquiring Knowledge Through Enterprise) board and the Northwest Arkansas Counsel’s Executive board. She is a Walton College Entrepreneur mentor and a winner of the Walton College Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Seggebruch currently resides in Bentonville, Arkansas.

Stan Zylowski, Cofounder & CEO of Movista @MovistaOne
Stan Zylowski is the Cofounder and CEO of Movista, a leading provider of an advanced, mobile- first retail execution and workforce management platform. In this role, he is responsible for spearheading the company’s strategic positioning, identifying growth opportunities and leading development initiatives.

A retail industry veteran, Zylowski understands first-hand both the complexities of field work as well as the ambiguity that can come with managing remote workers. In 2010, he founded Movista to break down information silos and empower all players in the retail ecosystem to communicate and collaborate within the same platform. By harmonizing the retail ecosystem, Movista helps global retail companies, consumer brands and labor providers improve in-store experiences, grow sales and increase the ROI of their workforces.

Zylowski started his career in direct sales before joining Spectrum Brands as a field merchandiser in 1999. Over the next 11 years, he excelled in a variety of senior leadership roles within Spectrum Brands, including brand management, sports marketing, major account management and operations.

Zylowski currently sits on the board of directors for several organizations including DREAM (Dean's Round Table of Entrepreneurs and Market Makers) in the Sam. M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas and the CEO Forum, a senior leader peer advisory group in northwest Arkansas. He was formerly a member of the board of directors for the Greater Bentonville Chamber of Commerce, Trike Theater and Students Acquiring Knowledge through Enterprise (SAKE). Additionally, Zylowski is a recipient of the local Rotary Club Business Ally of the Year Award, the C-suite Award, and the University of Arkansas Distinguished Alumni Award by the Sam L. Walton College of Business.

Zylowski holds a Bachelor of Science in business management from Troy University and a Master of Business Administration in management from the University of Arkansas. When he’s not focused on the continued growth of Movista and its clients, Zylowski, can be found enjoying sports, exercise, travel and parenting his two amazing sons.