Janet Suleski brings more than 15 years of experience working with retailers and software vendors to her role as Research Director, Retail, Gartner, and is a founding member of the retail advisory practice. Janet is primarily responsible for researching, analyzing and writing about the technologies, best practices and trends in key retail software segments, including retail ERP, product lifecycle management and business intelligence applications. Prior to her current role, Janet's research and analysis focused on fresh item management, point-of-sale, price optimization and customer loyalty software and business processes. She also has covered inventory optimization, strategic sourcing and procurement, collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR), supplier collaboration and supply chain event management. Before joining Gartner in 1997, Janet worked as a research analyst at Benchmarking Partners Inc. She has also held several positions at Boston-area software application firms.