Retail Operations Expert Witnesses

Rancho Mirage, California

Business Operations, Clothing/Apparel - Retail Operations, Stores, Merchandising, Retail Management, Retail Store Safety, Retail Operating Policy, Slips, Falls, Grocery, Retail Displays, Retail Property, Merchandise Packaging

Gary White is the CEO of GW Retail Consulting, a retail expert service that advises industry interested clients. He is also formerly the Chief Executive Officer of United Retail Group, Inc. and the Executive Vice President and COO of national retailer, Wet Seal, Inc. Gary has extensive experience in the retail business including five years at the Gymboree Corporation, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board, 2 years as the head of Savers Thrift Inc., and a 20-year career with Dayton Hudson, now Target Corporation, which owns Target and formerly Mervyn’s stores. He has also previously served on the boards of the March of Dimes and K.I.D.S. (Kids in Distressed Situations) and is an alumnus of the Henry Crown Fellowship program at the Aspen Institute. Always a forward-thinker ready to take on new and interesting leadership roles, much of Gary’s professional passion has and continues to be found in applying his unique retail expertise to business modal...

Tampa, Florida

Technology, Internet - Project Management, Executive Leadership, Retail Operations, Procurement, Software Development, ERPs, Patents, Payments, CRM, IT Governance, Programming, RFPs, Contracts, PCI, Telephone Systems, Digital Security, Operations, Digital Commerce, Point of Sale, Mergers/Acquisitions

Mr. Wilson is presently a Vice President of Information Technology with a mid-sized retail brand, a licensed Florida attorney, and an expert witness. Clients who have retained Mr. Wilson share that his expert opinions are well focused on the questions asked and on the legally relevant matters, that he clearly explains technical topics to non-technologist attorneys and jurors in everyday language, and that his opinions have helped them understand and powerfully advocate their cases. Mr. Wilson has served as an expert in state civil, federal criminal, and patent cases. Mr. Wilson has been deposed and has testified at jury trials, authored reports and rebuttal reports, offered opinions as a validity and non-infringement expert, and served as a technology expert for the Department of Justice in a case with media coverage. Through his 30 years working in the technology and retail industries; Mr. Wilson has worked with startups to multi-billion-dollar corporations, developed softwar...