Spend some time with Michael Forhez, and you're likely to find yourself in the middle of a brainstorming session, perhaps even an existential discussion, without even realizing it.

With more than three decades of diverse consumer goods and retail experience that bridges the retail/supplier chasm, the global managing director of consumer markets at Oracle's Industry Strategy Group draws from this unique perspective in his pursuit to transform the CG industry through open dialogue and constructive debate.
We spent some time chatting with Forhez, who also serves as a co-chair of the CGT/RIS Executive Council, about what may be the most exciting and challenging consumer the industry has ever been responsible for serving.