FOUNDER & CEO OF COGNIRA – TUNISIAN MEMBER
Hatem Sellami is Founder & CEO of SaaS software company Cognira, specializing in retail & wholesale promotion planning, management, and optimization of all types of promotions. Cognira has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. 5000 and Financial Times’ FT1000.
Dr. Sellami is also currently Founder & CEO of RetSci, a company that helps retailers, wholesalers, and brands make better decision in merchandising and supply chain through artificial intelligence and advanced analytics technologies and services.
Prior to founding Cognira & RetSci, Dr. Sellami was CEO and Co-Founder of Predictix (now Infor Retail), a company that offered retail optimization and predictive analytics software and services. Predictix was a leader in offering cloud-based retail analytical software as a service (SaaS) Solutions in forecasting & replenishment, planning & allocations, and pricing & promotions.
He co-founded Predictix after spending over 8 years with Retek (now Oracle Retail) where he managed Retek Labs. Retek Labs had the product management, science, and development responsibility for all of Retek’s predictive and optimization solutions.
Prior to managing Retek Labs, Dr. Sellami served as the Product Manager for the forecasting solutions (RDF). Before that he spent 5 years in the Retek consulting services organization playing various roles: Predictive Solutions Consulting Manager, Solution Architect, Business Consultant, and Technical Consultant. His career at Retek started as a science lead within the R&D group responsible for the forecasting solution.
Dr. Sellami is considered a subject matter expert in retail analytics. He has extensive experience working with the largest and most successful retailers, wholesalers, and brands around the world.