WIS International USA Leadership Team
Jim Rose
President & CEO
Jim Rose joins WIS International as President and Chief Executive Officer bringing over 20 years of senior management leadership in the retail services industry.
Prior to joining WIS International, Mr. Rose served as President of Marketing Services for CROSSMARK, a leading sales and marketing company. Mr. Rose also served as the Chairman and CEO for Mosaic Sales Solutions. He has held leadership positions at The Nielsen Company both in the U.S. and Europe. He began his career as a consultant at Deloitte based in Chicago and received an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Richard Baxter
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Baxter joined WIS International as CFO in 2020 and is responsible for the company’s global financial operations. Mr. Baxter is a results-driven finance and strategy leader with a history of consistent progressive development within global retail services companies and top-tier management consulting firms. Mr. Baxter began his career as a consultant with FTI Consulting, Inc., and holds a BBA in International Business and Finance from The University of Georgia.
Bill McDonald
Chief Information Officer
As the Chief Information Officer for WIS International Bill is responsible for establishing the strategic vision for our IT function for both the inventory and merchandising segments, for representing the company on technology matters with customers and for ensuring our internal systems, infrastructure, processes and practices support a growing and diversified business. Bill is a well rounded and seasoned IT executive bringing over 20 years of technology leadership experience to the organization. Bill’s prior work experience includes leadership roles with AT&T, Andersen Consulting, Pier 1, Sprint, and Payless Shoe Source.
Waseem Bawa
Chief Operating Officer
Waseem Bawa joined WIS international as COO in 2019 and brings over 20 years of operations and management consulting experience. Mr. Bawa’s career began with the US military, serving in various Infantry leadership positions with the 82nd Airborne Division prior to joining WIS in 2000. He spent the next phase of his career as a consultant with Alvarez & Marsal’s Corporate Transformation Services and M&A practices before returning to WIS to oversee Inventory Operations. Mr. Bawa holds a BBA from the University of Texas at Arlington and received his MBA from Columbia University.
Dan Colvard
Senior Vice President
Dan comes to Retail Services WIS International leveraging over 30 years of successful senior leadership in both the Retail Services and the Consumer Packaged Goods industries. With a consistent track record of successfully creating and implementing growth strategies in our space, he is a strong addition to our broadly skilled and highly respected leadership team. Over the last 15 years, he led development for one of the nation’s largest merchandising companies and most recently lead development for the nation’s largest impulse goods company. He also was CEO and President for two DSD jewelry companies and has voluntarily served as a development advisor to the GMDC for many years.
Steve Smith
Vice President, Account Management
Steve joined WIS International in 1998 and is responsible for North American Account Management. Steve brings over 30 years of successful industry experience, serving as Regional Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Field Sales and Account Management, and currently holding the position of Vice President, National Accounts. Steve’s focus on process improvement, relationship management and solutions provider drives the exceptionally high level of customer retention experienced by WIS International.
Alan Hubbard
Vice President, Human Resources
Alan Hubbard joins WIS International as Vice President, Human Resources and is responsible for the company’s global human resources organization. He has over 20 years of senior leadership experience with a history of evolving human resource functions to become more business centric, strategic in their people objectives and capable of executing on their commitments. Alan’s professional experience includes leadership roles with American Express, Cadbury Schweppes, Dow Corning and most recently H&R Block. In addition to broader HR harmonization efforts, Alan’s expertise includes organizational talent strategy, recognition, international, M&A’s and strategic work with boards and executive teams.