Summoner Managing Director Trevor Sumner Named Top 100 Retail Tech Influencer
Congratulations to Summoner’s Managing Director and i-Genie.ai CEO Trevor Sumner for his inclusion in the Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers list by Retail Tech Innovation Hub. He has been honored for over 5 years based on his work on retail media, computer vision, AI and most recently consumer insights AI.
Mr. Sumner wrote in acceptance of the award on LinkedIn: “Thank you Scott Thompson for the continued recognition and the collaboration to cover the most revolutionary technologies in retail (including a recent article with John-Pierre Kamel on GenAI search optimization hacking that I'll share soon).
This list has morphed from people I not only have been humbled to be associated with and learn from daily, to now a list of people I also consider friends.
Special thanks to all of you who have inspired and driven me to think differently including ShiSh Shridhar, Christine Russo, Yael Kochman, Oliver Banks, Carl Boutet, Ron Thurston, DeAnn Campbell, Marshall Kay, Andrew Busby, Paula Macaggi, Tony D'Onofrio, Ron Thurston, Natalie Berg, Elaine Parr and Steve Lister.”
Mr. Sumner wanted to particularly highlight his transformative work with i-Genie.ai especially the flagship products and data science around:
Brand equity tracking - 1/4 the cost, monthly feedback, unlimited competitors, unlimited attributes - our BEP score has 0.75 correlation to market share 4 months out! It's the most predictive and prescriptive brand equity engine on the market.
Product CX Benchmarking - Synthesizing reviews for EVERY SKU in your categories to understand CX performance, drivers of good and bad CX, and identifying unmet needs in the market according to consumers
Trend Spotting - The most accurate trend spotting of ingredients, formats, claims and needs - 6 months earlier than social listening platforms with the top accuracy of our Future Factor Ranking algorithm.
New Product Innovation - Generates new product innovation ideas and scores their predictive consumer demand and uniqueness. Doubles product launch success rates and reduces innovation cycles from 12-18 months to 2-3 months.
He wants to particularly thank the team at i-Genie.ai including Stan Sthanunathan and Paul van Gendt for the incredible work and partnership and says: “We’ve only just begun what’s possible with i-Genie.ai. We have the opportunity to disrupt a $35 billion industry.'“
