Delia Staffieri is an Italian - Swedish seasoned professional in Business, Competitive, and Market Intelligence and Strategy, dedicated to empowering fact-based decision-making. With over 16 years of experience, she has joined three market intelligence teams early on in their first start-up.
Delia currently holds the newly created role of Senior Manager of Business Market Intelligence within the M&A team at ANGEL, the Italian industrial holding company specialized in designing and developing high-tech solutions for the railway, digital mechatronics, and aerospace sectors.
Delia was part of the inaugural Global Business Market Intelligence & Strategy team at Electrolux. Over her 12-year tenure at the major home appliances manufacturer, she held various positions in BMI across marketing, consumer experience, and business development & M&A. Her contributions culminated in leading global Market Intelligence.
Before that, Delia held pivotal roles in Market Intelligence and Business Development within Piaggio & C.'s Emerging Markets division, reporting to the Regional Head. Prior to joining Piaggio & C., she gained valuable experience in strategic marketing at Merloni Progetti (turnkey engineering), Florette (salads and prepared vegetables), and the Italian Chamber of Commerce in New York.
Delia holds a Bocconi BSc in Economics, an MSc in Business Administration and a CEMS Master in International Management.

Uwe Schnetzer developed business expertise working in agencies, consultancies and global manufacturing. His focus responsibilities were brand management, consumer research, market intelligence, and digital transformation. As a Professor of Marketing and Strategic Management at CBS International Business School, Cologne, Germany his research is focused on the topic of data-driven decisions. Combining behavioral sciences and technology, he examines the determinants of optimal marketing and strategy decisions

Uwe Schnetzer developed business expertise working in agencies, consultancies and global manufacturing. His focus responsibilities were brand management, consumer research, market intelligence, and digital transformation. As a Professor of Marketing and Strategic Management at CBS International Business School, Cologne, Germany his research is focused on the topic of data-driven decisions. Combining behavioral sciences and technology, he examines the determinants of optimal marketing and strategy decisions

Elvys Nunes has 13 years of experience in Marketing, Strategy & Insights and Sales in leading companies such as Reckitt, Unilever, Nivea, BASF and Johnson & Johnson.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from ESPM in São Paulo, a BA extension from Dorset College in Dublin, and an MBA from Babson College in Boston. Having a proven track record of translating insights into revenue and business development across multiple areas including Brand Positioning, Sales, Digital, Product Management, P&L, Innovation, Media, Pricing, Shopper and Business Analytics, Elvys is now the Global Head of Category Insights and Analytics for Reckitt World's #1 Gastro Gaviscon Brand, located in the UK. There, he is responsible for designing winning growth strategies and unlocking business growth in innovation.

Over 17 years of experience in leading and executing strategy and advisory projects for global clients. Advise clients in developing go-to-market strategy, growth strategy, digital strategy, long-range business plans, new revenue opportunities, new business models, adjacencies, M&A target evaluation and due diligence, competitive intelligence, customer intelligence, and value proposition testing, amongst others.
Focus areas include consulting on digital strategies, opportunities in new tech (AI, IoT, AR/VR amongst others) across sectors, and sustainability solutions.

Kasia Hartwig is a versatile and creative Consultant with expertise in strategy and market intelligence project management across international environments. With a focus on market sizing, market attractiveness analysis, competitive intelligence, and customer profiling, Kasia excels in primary and secondary research, as well as proposal writing. Her industry expertise spans automotive, healthcare & pharma, financial services, and consumer electronics. Fluent in English, Polish, German, and French, Kasia brings a valuable multilingual perspective to her work.

As President and Co-founder of Proactive Worldwide, Inc., David Kalinowski leads the organization in developing and implementing global strategies and tactics to deliver world-class competitive intelligence research, analysis, training, and consulting services.

In 1995, David co-founded Proactive Worldwide, Inc., a leading specialty market research firm that concentrates heavily on competitive analysis, after spending the prior 5 years with a smaller, boutique consulting firm. In 2024, Proactive Worldwide earned a Gold Stevie Award® with its CI Blueprint® course in the Career and Workforce Readiness Solution category and a Global 100 Award from EMG Publishing as the Best Research & Consulting Firm.

A 34-year Competitive Intelligence (CI) veteran, David is a sought-after, dynamic keynote speaker known for his skills in helping clients recognize and transcend their business and competitive challenges. He has directed over 1,000 global research and consulting engagements for over 200 Fortune 1000 companies to help them gain and maintain a competitive edge covering industries such as Financial Services, Technology, Consumer & Industrial Goods, and Healthcare & Life Sciences.

David received a Business Titan Award in 2023 in Excellence and was inducted as a CI Fellow in the Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows in 2022. He has deep experience in Competitive Strategy, Benchmarking, Market Entry and Defense, War Gaming, Early Warning, Intelligence Transformation, Counterintelligence, and CI Leadership Training.

David has trained over 3,000 CI practitioners from over 25 countries: US, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Brazil, England, Ireland, Czech Republic, Croatia, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, India, Thailand, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Egypt and more.

He has co-written two, bestselling books: New Directions: A Competitive Intelligence Tale (2011) and The CI-Driven CEO (2022).

David holds a BS in Political Science/Public Law from Northern Illinois University.

Evonik is one of the world’s leading specialty chemicals companies. While we don’t produce electric cars, aircraft, medications or 3D printers, Evonik is part and parcel of these and many other end products. That’s because we contribute the small things that make a big difference. We make electric car batteries perform better, aircraft greener, medications more effective and 3D printers more efficient. In short: We think beyond the bounds of chemistry to make the world a better place. Today and tomorrow. We are an international group with a workforce of over 32,000 people spread across more than one hundred locations. Our daily work is shaped by global concerns, such as sustainability, diversity and digitalization. In all our business decisions, we take the present and future generations into consideration. After all, being ready for tomorrow is our business.

ANGEL is the Italian industrial holding company specialized in designing and developing high-tech solutions for the railway, digital mechatronics, and aerospace sectors. The Group, led by President Vito Pertosa, employs over 2,000 people - 1,400 being engineers - who are based in 21 countries worldwide. Its products and services are used in 71 countries. ANGEL invests approximately 12% of its total revenue in R&D every year.

The Cologne Business School (CBS) is a internationally orientated, state-recognised university of applied sciences and counts as one of Germany's top Business Schools. Moreover, the CBS study programs are regularly checked by the tri-national accreditation agency, FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) as regards content, topicality and academic feasibility. As a consequence the CBS placed fourth among the top-ranked universities of applied sciences in Germany in the category: Business Administration (survey of „Wirtschaftswoche“ (Business Weekly). Cologne Business School's mission statement is to design the study organisation and contents of the degree courses in accordance with the students'​ employability. International lecturers and rigid organisation enable efficient, forwardlooking studying. Small study groups and intense student support by the professors are the hallmark of the learning atmosphere at CBS and the reason for the considerable assessment in the current CHE Ranking. A network of partner universities in several countries and intense contacts to the economy already provide the opportunity of gaining international study and work experience during studies. In addition to management courses and the classic business administration subjects, CBS also offers the best possible transfer of practical experience by way of business simulations and practical projects. In addition, possible overseas stays, courses in personal skills and presentation techniques round off your qualification profile and prepare you competently for the requirements of internationally based companies.

We protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Our products reach millions of people every day, as we fight to improve global access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness and nourishment. We’re a growing community of 40,000+ diverse, talented entrepreneurs, and the driving force behind some of the world’s most loved and trusted brands. Our portfolio includes household names such as Enfamil, Nutramigen, Nurofen, Strepsils, Gaviscon, Mucinex, Durex, Lysol, Dettol, Harpic, Cillit Bang, Finish and Vanish. Hygiene, Health and Nutrition are the focus areas of our business, and the categories under which our brands are organised. Each area is dedicated to building sustainable solutions that will help us address the challenges presented by global mega-trends like urbanisation, climate change and digital transformation. These global pressures are challenging public health systems and increasing the need for improved hygiene products, services and education. We continuously innovate in areas like personalised nutrition, wellness, and digital health and hygiene so that individuals, families and communities can live cleaner, healthier lives.

Hilti stands for innovation and direct customer relationships. About 34,000 employees around the world, in more than 120 countries, contribute to making our customers’ work more productive, safer and more sustainable. We do this with our hardware, software and service offering. With roughly 280,000 customer contacts each day, many ideas come directly from our customers. If there is a challenge for which no Hilti solution exists, one will be developed. This is why we invest approximately 6 percent of sales each year in research and development. From product development to manufacturing, logistics, sales and services, we cover the entire value-added chain. Founded in 1941 by brothers Eugen and Martin Hilti, our company builds on strong roots and continuity. This long-term commitment has supported us in becoming a reliable partner for our customers and a trusted brand that they choose to work with. With our defined purpose of “Making Construction Better”, we are committed to developing products and solutions that drive productivity, sustainability, and safety in the construction industry with our values of integrity, courage, teamwork and commitment at the base of everything we do.

Valona Intelligence is the recognized leader in the market and competitive intelligence since 1999, formally known as M-Brain*. Combining the power of generative AI and analyst expertise, Valona provides businesses with the most crucial insights and to enable insights-driven decisions. Valona sends over 200,000 news alerts serving over 350,000 business users every day, with insights from hundreds of thousands of trusted industry-specific sources globally in over 100 languages. All translated into clean business summaries in English and presented in clear formats easy to share.

Proactive Worldwide is one of the world's leading specialty market intelligence companies, helping top-tier organizations understand vulnerabilities, better predict market shifts, and plan for growth with confidence. We examine competitors, suppliers, customers, regulatory issues, and more—through advanced competitive, market, and customer intelligence—to deliver a complete picture of the decision-making environment with a far-reaching perspective that uncovers hidden opportunities and key threats. With nearly 30 years of experience, we leverage our proprietary methodology, a deep bench of researchers and analysts, and in-house industry specialists to produce insights that have real impact. Learn more https://www.proactiveworldwide.com/.