Our Executives.
The Storewise leadership team has the silicon-valley tech experience and retail know-how together with the strength and perseverance that mirrors the food industry entrepreneurs they serve.
Christopher Greco
Chris has served in many leadership roles at AT&T and Symantec, and proved his early-stage know-how as part of the leadership team that scaled a SaaS company to a $220M acquisition. He brings an entrepreneurial, core value mindset to every organization that he’s led. Chris authored the book, 8 Steps to Overcoming Everyday Adversity, which was endorsed by several leaders including the former Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Bill Owens. Chris holds an MBA from Florida International University, has completed 4 triathlons including a 70.3 Ironman, and lives in the Kansas City area with his wife, two kids and rescue dog.
Mark Simpson
Mark has served in leadership roles in both start-up and corporate environments and brings experience from the disciplines of Engineering, Product Management, User Experience, and Organizational Design. Mark leads the product, innovation and business development teams. He brings both a creative and analytical perspective to developing software solutions that solve complex problems and delight customers. Mark also enjoys coaching individuals, especially those young in career, so they can develop to become the best version of themselves. Mark holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, is a former competitive tennis player and pool shark, and lives in the Kansas City area with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.
Emily Most
Emily has served in leadership roles across finance and operations early in her career. Emily leads the finance, HR and customer success teams at Storewise. She started an appraisal management company, and oversaw the staff, while continuously developing and implementing technology enhancements, process flows and operational efficiency. Her ability to assimilate large data sets and implement change-management helped propel one of her companies to the Inc 5000 list. Emily excelled in volleyball, basketball and gymnastics while growing up, finishing her athletic career with two years of college volleyball. She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, two sets of twins, and dog.
Cody Inman
With over 15 years in the software industry, with world-class UX design and know-how, Cody and his engineering team developed the Storewise automation platform. Cody brings a wide range of knowledge and experience to the engineering team. He’s worked with numerous businesses as the engineering lead with a boutique consulting firm. He has helped lead and design complex software systems including intrathecal drug calculation software, medical ordering systems, 401k recommendation engines, and asset management platforms. Cody has earned the following certifications - CSM, MCP, MCPD, MCTS. Cody lives in the Kansas City area with his wife, three kids, a dog, a cat, and a fish that is somehow still alive. When he’s not actively pushing the boundaries of technology, he enjoys playing recreational ice hockey, working on home improvement projects, and spending time with his family.
Steve Miller
Following the acquisition of Margin Max by Storewise, Steve joins the Storewise team as EVP. Steve created Margin Max to streamline the data flow from wholesalers and DSD vendors to independent retail grocery stores. He brings his experience as the Sr. Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Associated Grocers, Inc in Baton Rouge LA. to his role at Storewise. Steve is a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a Masters of Business Administration from Delta State University, in Cleveland MS. His experience spans a variety of industries starting with Baxter Healthcare in Cleveland MS, then Uncle Ben’s Rice in Greenville MS, Pedigree Pet Food in Columbus OH, and Associated Grocers, Inc. in Baton Rouge LA.
Christopher Greco
Chris has served in many leadership roles at AT&T and Symantec, and proved his early-stage know-how as part of the leadership team that scaled a SaaS company to a $220M acquisition. He brings an entrepreneurial, core value mindset to every organization that he’s lead. Chris authored the book, 8 Steps to Overcoming Everyday Adversity, which was endorsed by several leaders including the former Vice Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Bill Owens. Chris holds an MBA from Florida International University.
Joey Maloney
Joey is a Principal at Nexa Equity. Joey focuses on application software and fintech and is responsible for executing transactions and portfolio management post-close. Joey sits on the board of AutoReturn and Leap. Prior to joining Nexa Equity, Joey was a Vice President at Luminate Capital Partners where he focused on growth buyouts in application software companies. Before that, Joey was a technology investment banker at Arbor Advisors and a management consultant at Waterstone Management Group.
Vlad Besprozvany
Vlad is the Founder and Managing Partner of Nexa Equity. Vlad is Chairman of the Board of AutoReturn, Choice and Leap and sits on the board of Hometown Ticketing Prior to founding Nexa Equity, Vlad was a Managing Director at Greater Sum Ventures. Before that, Vlad was a software and fintech investor at Insight Partners and Thoma Bravo. Vlad started his career as an investment banker at JP Morgan and Citigroup.
Michael Branca
Michael serves as an Operating Partner for Nexa Equity and Storewise. He brings his experience as former CFO at
A-LIGN, COmmunity Brands, SafeNet, and Numara to Storewise. He has also has experience as several FP&A management roles at IBM. He holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Scranton.
Paul Adams
Paul started Paul Adams & Associates in 2002 after a 20-year career with the Fleming Companies where he had several responsibilities including heading up its Retail Learning Center and serving as the coordinator of the company’s Retail Account Executive program. Prior to those responsibilities he was a retail counselor, Regional Director of Retail Training and Regional Director of Franchised Stores. Before Fleming, he served as store manager for a regional chain in Kansas City. His beginnings in the retail industry included working in his grandfather’s general store in the Missouri Ozarks town of Southwest City. Paul and his late wife Barbara were married for 50 years, prior to her passing in 2018. Paul has three sons and four grandchildren. Paul Adams resides in Olathe, Kansas.
Jon Hauptman
Raised in the capital of Canada, Jon attended the University of Ottawa for his undergraduate degree in Economics. He then crossed the border to earn his M.B.A. at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, after which he started his career at United Airlines and Dominick's Finer Foods (Chicago). Jon has spent the past three decades focused in the grocery industry and is widely recognized as one of the industry's leading retail pricing experts. He has developed successful pricing strategies for over 50 supermarket chains, first as a partner at Willard Bishop for 25 years, at Inmar Intelligence for 6 years, and now at Price Dimensions that he founded in 2022. Jon has been married for almost 30 years and is the proud father of three adult children. He is a classic car enthusiast (just ask him about his 1967 Chevrolet Camaro RS/SS convertible), a staunch hockey fan, and enjoys older movies circa 1930s & 1940s.
John Young
John brings 20+ years of experience in the data space as a senior leader building new teams, capabilities, and data services across multiple industries with a strong knowledge in cloud platforms and data monetization. He excels at coaching, mentoring and growing global teams and has expertise in cross functional leadership, strategy, analytic systems, ML/AI algorithms, Data Gov and Insights. As a data operator his goal is to support organizations with the right data Governance, technology enablement, automated cloud services, and platform transformations. He is adaptive and keen on understanding day-to-day business life cycles that connect the dots between IT / Data / Operations in order to maximize day-to-day efficiency and productivity across the enterprise. He excels at driving growth through data strategies and unified architectures to enable cutting edge end-user software.
Shahzad Zafar
A career technology leader, Shahzad joined Rx Savings Solutions (RxSS) in 2018, where he is currently the Chief Technology Officer, after 13 years with Cerner. As part of the leadership team at RxSS, he led the growth of the engineering team by almost 300% and scaling the company from start-up to a $875M acquisition. His keen understanding of agile principles, product development and team dynamics helps engineers thrive in a build-ship-learn environment with nimble, self-organized teams. He enjoys helping others grow professionally and personally and is passionate about helping teams succeed. Shahzad also speaks frequently at technology conferences. Shahzad graduated from University of Michigan and over the weekend can be found cheering on Michigan sports and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
