Team

Navjit has nearly 20 years’ experience in technology and business integration focused on Omni-Channel retailers and consumer brands. He has led the planning and execution of complex growth initiatives for over 30 retailers and brand owners such as Express, Staples, Orchard Brands, Coach, Abecrombie & Fitch, Brooks Brothers, Patagonia as well as the United States Mint. Navjit’s retail technology experience includes a number of enterprise level e-commerce projects from strategy to implementation and he also served as the head of engineering for an early stage mobile startup. In addition to his direct leadership roles, Navjit is also an angel investor in retail and retail technology companies. With his broad experience Navjit is a trusted advisor to a number of private equity firms with retail portfolios.
navjit@newmine.com

Mark is an accomplished sales and business development executive with over 30 years’ success in the retail and cross-channel markets. Over 25 years of his career was spent with CommercialWare and Micros Retail (now Oracle) . He brings a deep understanding of the complexities involved in helping retailers and leading brands select and adopt new software, technologies and services. Mark’s hands-on experience supporting a wide range of retail and supply chain customers in areas such as inventory management, operations, and marketing gives him a unique understanding of the metrics required to successfully manage and grow a business.
mark@newmine.com

Christian is an omni-channel focused CEO with a successful history of managing retail brands across all channels. Over his 30 year career he has worked in retail executive management where he has applied his expertise in strategic business vision and planning, M&A due diligence and investment analysis, omni-channel operational execution as well as sourcing and merchandise planning and pricing to drive growth and business improvement. With Golden Gate Capital/Orchard Brands, Christian has been President/CEO of iconic retail brands such as Haband, Draper’s and Damon’s, Blair, and Norm Thompson. He has also served as COO of Spiegel, and the CEO of uBid.com, a supply chain technology innovator. Christian started his career with OTTO Group, the world’s fourth largest direct marketer. At Newmine he will apply his broad skill set to helping clients improve and grow their Omni-channel performance and solidify their strategic position in the market.

Dave has 35 years of distribution and logistics experience primarily in the apparel and footwear industries. His experience encompasses both the direct to consumer and retail sides of the business where he has held executive roles for distribution and logistics across multiple brands such as Stride Rite, Eddie Bauer, HH Brown (Berkshire Hathaway Co.) and Orchard Brands. Dave has led the consolidation and integration of multiple distribution centers for private equity portfolio retailers, including the creation of a 3PL operation servicing some of the Top 50 internet retailers. His considerable experience in shipping and logistics keeps him active with shipping and logistics trade organizations and enables Newmine to support the entire retail business cycle.
dave@newmine.com

Donny brings 30+ years of entrepreneurial and executive leadership in technology companies focused on the retail and retail supply chain markets. His experience includes software for multi-channel retail, mid-market, SME, demand chain, product and private label design, supply chain and global sourcing with companies he founded such as CommercialWare (now Oracle) , or acquired such as OrderMotion (now Netsuite) , or led such as Arigo and the Yunique Solutions Group of Gerber Technology. With his long history of understanding and meeting the needs of the full retail business lifecycle, Donny brings a mature, focused approach to Newmine’s new and existing customer engagement.
daskin@newmine.com

Jerry has held the CEO position at 5 companies, primarily in retail and consumer products markets. Included in this experience was the CEO position at Filenes, which was acquired by Macy’s.