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Armin Kakas

Founder, Managing Partner

Armin is a high-octane advanced analytics and revenue management expert with an entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on leadership style. His Commercial Analytics advisory work and data commercialization strategies have driven transformational change for companies and opened new data revenue streams.

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Armin is a high-octane advanced analytics and revenue management expert with an entrepreneurial spirit and hands-on leadership style. His Commercial Analytics advisory work and data commercialization strategies have driven transformational change for companies and opened new data revenue streams.

As Vice President, Head of Advanced Analytics Commercialization at North America’s leading $5.5B consumer durables distributor, Armin co-founded an analytics subsidiary that enabled the parent company to monetize its data while improving its business decision-making capabilities. He grew the business from 0 to over 2,500 retail locations and manufacturers as customers, providing them with innovative SaaS solutions that captured Point-of-Sale transactional data and served up syndicated market insights, profit, sales mix, and inventory optimization capabilities. Armin masterminded and launched ML-enabled Commercial Analytics products for internal groups in Revenue Management, Sales, and Marketing, contributing to an impressive 35% sales increase and 2x EBITDA growth within three years.

Before this role, Armin was the Head of Data Science in the Revenue Management group, where he built and launched a pricing optimization platform within 90 days. He created the company’s first machine learning-enabled pricing markdown optimization solution, unlocking significant liquidity and gross profit opportunities.

Armin’s career spans 15+ years in B2C and B2B Revenue Growth Analytics, with a strong track record of boosting volume and profits while delivering positive customer outcomes.

His analytics career began at a leading Food & Beverage Company, where he transformed a pricing execution team into a data-driven strategic revenue management group. His work continued at a Fortune 100 retailer, building the company’s dynamic pricing capability and deploying it to over 1,000 retail stores.

A trusted authority in the field, Armin maintains a keen awareness of the Commercial Analytics landscape, actively managing a popular newsletter and hosting analytics webinars for anyone seeking to understand and capitalize on the dynamics of Revenue Growth Analytics.

Education

  • UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA – DARDEN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
    MBA – Decision Analytics and Business Ethics Focus
  • BAKER UNIVERSITY
    Bachelor of Business Administration

Certifications & Continued Education

  • Executive Certificate in Technology & Operations, Data Monetization – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Graduate Certificate Program in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence – MIT
  • Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer (Google)
  • Graduate Certificate Program in Machine Learning – University of Washington Summer Prog
  • Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, Bayesian Modeling – University of Michigan
  • Executive Education Program, Pricing Strategies – The Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Specializations in Deep Learning and Data Science

Organizations

  • Promotion Optimization Institute
  • The American Statistical Association
  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

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Dynamic markdown pricing to solve unproductive inventory challenges.
Articles
Armin Kakas

Solving Unproductive Inventory Challenge with Dynamic Markdown Pricing

Is the lack of robust clearance pricing strategy and manual pricing processes causing unnecessary and costly inventory buildup in your warehouses?

A leading $5B consumer durables wholesaler in North America wanted to unlock significant liquidity tied up in unproductive inventory by deploying in-house markdown optimization capabilities. Please read the below case study to understand how we helped them solve a $150MM unproductive inventory problem with dynamic clearance pricing.

This article is one in a series of five detailed case studies we will publish bi-weekly on key B2B Commercial Analytics topics. It gives insight into our outcome-based analytics process, including both technical and change management pieces.

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June 5, 2024 No Comments
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Armin Kakas

Demystifying Marketing Analytics

In the complex world of marketing analytics, understanding the effectiveness of different marketing channels in driving customer conversions remains elusive for many.

Our latest article explores two powerful analytics techniques that can illuminate your marketing efforts: Multi-Touch Attribution (MTA) and Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM). Even if you’re not a data science expert, we break down these complex methodologies into easily digestible insights for any commercial professional.

Discover the pros, cons, and best-use cases for MTA and MMM and how advancements in marketing analytics are democratizing access to these potent tools. Join me and Gabriele Franco, co-founder of the breakthrough marketing analytics startup Cassandra, as we unlock the full potential of your marketing investments.

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May 29, 2024 No Comments
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Armin Kakas

RA Quick Insights: Optimizing Product Gross Profits with Price-Value Maps – Part 1

One of the critical mistakes earlier in my Revenue Growth Analytics career was relying on internal experts to inform the building of “Price-Value Maps” (aka. “PVM”) for our Products and those of key Competitors. It proved to be a costly mistake, and we ended up eroding Gross Profits and EBITDA as all of our Price List increases were heavily offset by increased Rebates, Promotional and Shopper Marketing spend.

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May 23, 2024 No Comments
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Articles
Armin Kakas

7 Ways Companies Boost Operating Profits Through Revenue Growth Analytics

Modern companies collect substantial amounts of data. The data captured worldwide is expected to exceed 180 zettabytes by 2025, up from 64.2 zettabytes in 2020. This proliferation of data presents a massive opportunity for companies seeking to gain valuable insights into their customers and operations.

Yet, most businesses don’t use data effectively, as up to 73% of all data goes unused. So, how can companies leverage the data they collect to boost profitability? In this article, we’ll explore how businesses, particularly in the mid-market space, or those finding themselves “data rich, but insights poor,” can gather and use data better and increase profit margins through advanced analytics.

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May 11, 2024 No Comments
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Articles
Armin Kakas

Leveraging Commercial Analytics for Profit Growth in Acquisition-Heavy Companies

Explore how leveraging advanced commercial analytics can dramatically enhance profit margins for companies growing through acquisitions. Our latest article dives into the pivotal role of unified data sources and system integration in streamlining operations and boosting profitability. Discover how tools like Revenue Growth Analytics reduce manual data processing and provide actionable insights that lead to more efficient decision-making and optimized business strategies. Read the complete insights to understand the transformative impact of these technologies, tools, and methods on acquisition-heavy companies.

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May 3, 2024 No Comments
AI-driven B2B sales podcast discussing AI's impact on sales productivity, efficiency, and job roles.
Video and Webinar Recording
Armin Kakas

Podcast Interview: AI for B2B Sales

Revology Analytics recently had the opportunity to collaborate with Sales & Marketing experts from the Alexander Group, a leading Revenue Growth Strategy consultancy, where we discussed the impact of AI on B2B Sales Teams.

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February 18, 2024 No Comments
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Armin Kakas

Why Mid-Market Companies Should Focus on Practical Solutions Before AI

It’s easy for us to get caught in the hype surrounding the latest and greatest tech advancements. Currently, AI is at the forefront of this phenomenon (what Gartner calls “peak of inflated expectations”). While AI certainly holds transformative potential, companies must approach its adoption with a measured perspective, especially in the mid-market sector (think $100MM-$1B in revenues).

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February 7, 2024 No Comments
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Armin Kakas

RA Quick Insights: Smarter Discounting for B2B

Discover how strategic discounting transforms customer engagement and drives profitability in this week’s Revology Analytics Insights video. Learn to tailor discounts effectively, ensuring sales growth and customer loyalty without compromising your bottom line.

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January 28, 2024 No Comments
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Articles
Armin Kakas

The In-Sourced Analytics Revolution: Leveraging Popular Tech for Sales & Marketing Transformation

AI and ML have been reshaping industries, and Sales and Marketing Executives stand at a pivotal crossroads as capabilities from leading tech platforms accelerate.

The key to a competitive edge and increased profitability is leveraging popular tech stacks like Microsoft and Google. However, navigating through an oversaturated market of ~ 10,000 “turnkey” software products for Sales & Marketing Enablement is daunting.

Enter In-Sourcing, the strategic approach that elevates your company’s analytics maturity, using popular tools like Microsoft’s Power Platform and Azure or Google Cloud AI. In-sourcing your Revenue Growth Analytics capabilities highlights the transformation from vendor-reliance to an empowered, insights-driven organization, offering a path for executives to transform their companies to truly data and insights-driven.

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January 9, 2024 No Comments
Webinar recording on revenue growth strategy using knowledge graphs by Revology Analytics.
Articles
Armin Kakas

Supercharge Your Revenue Growth Strategy with Knowledge Graphs

In our recent webinar titled “Supercharge Your Revenue Growth Strategy with Knowledge Graphs,” we discussed how this unique commercial analytics approach makes understanding multi-dimensional business data more accessible and substantially faster, helping you make smarter decisions and drive Profitable Growth quicker.

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December 19, 2023 No Comments
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