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Breakout Speakers 
Bill Dudziak
Director of Pricing Analytics
The Home Depot
Bill Dudziak is the Director of Pricing Analytics for The Home Depot. He and his team have developed numerous measurement techniques to determine consumer response to various inputs, including price. In addition, his team recommends pricing actions to drive the company's strategic plan.
Prior to joining The Home Depot, Bill started the Decision Sciences team at BlueLinx. In addition to the development of the Pricing platform, he and his team worked on Inventory Management, Scheduling and Routing systems. Prior to BlueLinx, Bill worked for both International Paper and Georgia Pacific in a variety of mill, analysis and management positions.
Bill is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University earning a BS in Civil Engineering and Economics and a MS in Civil Engineering. In addition, he is a graduate of Georgia Institute of Technology earning a MBA. Bill is a frequent speaker at various Pricing conferences.
Session Featuring This Speaker
Thursday, Oct. 14
A Tag Team Approach to Effective Communication
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
Randy Light
Divisional Merchandising Manager for Price Strategy
The Home Depot
In his current role as Divisional Merchandising Manager (DMM) for Price Strategy at The Home Depot, Randy Light helps develop, articulate and set consistent pricing strategy for the entire organization. During his time in this position, the company transformed back to an EDLP (Every Day Low Pricing) retailer and stopped pricing strategies that work against that EDLP model. Working extensively with Pricing Analytics, he interprets weekly pricing reports to merchandising and incorporates advertising, marketing and execution with pricing initiatives. Randy served as one of the key business leaders on regional and national “price tests.” In addition, he functions as the bridge between the pricing analytics and the merchant team.
Prior to his position with Price Strategy, Randy served both as DMM of Power Tools and as a Global Product Merchant at The Home Depot. In these positions, he set pricing strategy for THD’s power tools, sourced products domestically and internationally and centralized regional buying offices to facilitate merchandising strategies.
Session Featuring This Speaker
Thursday, Oct. 14
A Tag Team Approach to Effective Communication
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.
Luis Rodriguez
Senior Vice President & CIO
Westwood One
Luis Rodriguez has been leading the charge of introducing innovative technology to Broadcast Media for much of his career. Currently, he is responsible for Westwood One's Information Technology direction and operations as SVP and CIO. Prior to his CIO role, Luis was the VP of Information Technology for Westwood One's Metro Networks where he started in 1998 after spending ten years heading up application development for VIACOM's MTV Networks Ad Sales division as the VP of Application Development.
Luis received his Master in Business Administration from New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business.
Session Featuring This Speaker
Thursday, Oct. 14
Leveraging Revenue Management and Optimization to Transofrm within a "Gut Feel" Industry
1:30 to 2:15 p.m.