Symphony RetailAI Names Chris Koziol CEO

Symphony RetailAI, a global provider of AI-powered platforms and customer-centric solutions for customer-centric merchandising, marketing and supply chain solutions that aim to deliver profitable growth for retailers and CPG manufacturers, announce the appointment of Chris Koziol as CEO and a member of the company’s board of directors. Dr. Pallab Chatterjee, who previously served as CEO, has retired after a long career in technology, including several years at Symphony Technology Group.

Koziol has an extensive background in retail and enterprise software and brings with him over 35 years of executive experience and success in the software technology sector, including 20 years in CEO, president and chief operating officer positions for mid-size and billion-dollar businesses. He most recently served as president and CEO of Aspect Software where he helped reposition the company as a $330M cloud-based software company. Prior to that, Koziol was COO of JDA Software and was instrumental in JDA’s rapid growth during his tenure, presiding over its expansion into supply chain optimization and planning solutions through a combination of acquisitions and organic growth.

Koziol will join the board of Symphony RetailAI and Wadhwani will continue as chairman of Symphony RetailAI.