Sylvain Perrier is a dynamic retail industry thought authority and highly accomplished president and CEO of Mercatus Technologies Inc., who is driving the success of many large retailers using pragmatic easy-to-use technology. Highly charismatic and influential with more than 15 years of executive-level experience in retail technology, pushing the boundaries in specialty areas such as mobile devices, web technology, in-store solutions, and Software as a Service (SaaS) architecture. Sylvain is listed as the lead inventor on more than 75 granted intellectual property patents in over 15 different legal jurisdictions for more than 10 distinct inventions. Sylvain is also the host of the Digital Grocer podcast.