Ken Harris is the Chief Executive Officer of Kantar Retail Americas Consulting. In his role, he is responsible for the leadership and client-centric business development of five leading Kantar companies which were merged in February 2009. Prior to his advancement to CEO of Kantar Retail, Mr. Harris was a Managing Director and founder of Cannondale Associates, a marketing management consulting firm and is an expert in the areas of manufacturer/retailer relationships, benchmarking, channel strategy development, category management, trade promotion analysis and financial due diligence. He is an author and frequent speaker at industry associations on these subjects.

He combines a strong discipline of strategic planning and account relationships in multiple trade channels from his sales and trade marketing background at Glendinning Associates Consulting, The Coca-Cola Company and E.J. Brach’s. In his 22 year career, Mr. Harris has worked with over four dozen Fortune 500 companies to improve strategic development and implementation of marketing and sales plans. Mr. Harris received his B.A. from the University of Michigan.