FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- KSS, a supplier of pricing analytics, execution and optimization systems to the petroleum industry, has hired Suzanne Bowers and Riley Buchanan, both of whom are experienced petroleum industry professionals.
Bowers, account executive at KSS, will focus on KSS' North American clients. Buchanan, also an account executive, will have the same sales and support responsibilities. Both report to Bob Stein, CEO of Florham Park, N.J.-based KSS.
Bowers has 20 years of experience serving the needs of the downstream [image-nocss] petroleum industry. Prior to KSS, she was national sales manager at Advanced Digital Data, where she was responsible for sales and client support, particularly with customers' in-store backoffice systems, wholesale fuel dispatching and retail and commercial fuel and propane systems. Bowers also worked at EDS' Oil & Gas division, and Petroleum Software Systems.
Buchanan has served the convenience and petroleum industry since 1983, during which time he worked for NCR Corp. Previous experience includes grocery and convenience distribution management at H.T. Hackney Co., and as senior territory manager for The Pinnacle Corp. Buchanan spent more than 10 years with Pinnacle in a sales and account management role where his responsibilities included marketing and direct selling of point-of-sale systems, store and headquarters accounting solutions, business intelligence systems, loyalty solutions and fuel management solutions for mid-tier convenience store chains.
KSS is a global provider of pricing analytics, price management, rules-based pricing and optimization technology and services to fuel retailers and wholesalers in the oil and gas, c-store, grocery and big-box retail industries. KSS clients include global, national and regional companies managing a total of more than $100 billion in revenue through more than 20,000 fuel sites and rack terminals, throughout the world.
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