Under the direction of our executive team, ShopLocal maintains its leadership position in the multi-channel marketplace.

Vikram Sharma,
Chief Executive Officer

With more than 20 years of experience in leveraging technology for competitive advantage, Vikram is committed to keeping ShopLocal resolutely focused on leveraging the power of the Web to drive shoppers into stores, where 92% of "online shopping" really takes place.

Vikram has been at the helm of ShopLocal since 2005. His roots are with Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), a major retail and grocery research firm, where he served as President of the Data Systems Division. While at IRI, he led the development of the company's revolutionary scanner-based InfoScan service and served as a member of the management team that led the company's growth to make it what is now a multi-million-dollar industry leader.

Vikram's experience includes management positions at a number of prestigious Chicago-area information technology firms, including Partner and Chief Information Officer at Grant Thornton LLP, where he chaired the firm's international IT committee and led a worldwide technology modernization program.

Vikram is also active as an advisor on technology and marketing information services to companies in the U.S. and India.

He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the Indian Institute of Technology and earned an MBA and a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Illinois.

Loch Rose,
Vice President, Analytics

Loch's experience includes nearly 20 years in market research, data reporting, analytics, business analysis, and data transformation algorithms, all of it with Information Resources Inc. (IRI), one of the world's leading market research companies. During his stint at IRI, Loch leveraged his skills in data-based decision making to develop and incorporate complex business algorithms into software. Following the successful development of many of the key methodologies used in the company's InfoScan tracking service, Loch was named Senior Vice President.

Loch received a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and a S.M. in Management (MBA) from MIT's Sloan School of Management.

Rob Gatto,
Vice President, Sales

With his more than 16 years of experience in the technology industry - managing marketing, sales, distribution channels, and new market development - Rob's experience is a perfect match for his work in managing the sales team at ShopLocal.

Prior to joining the company, Rob served as Vice President of Sales/eCRM at Hyperion Solutions, where he was responsible for building a national organization to support the launch of a new product suite focused on CRM analytics. Before that, Rob was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Presideo, Inc., an Internet security company, and a winner of the Microsoft-HUGS Best Emerging Technology award. Before joining Presideo, Rob managed P&L results for the Higher Education and Corporate Business Units of SPSS Inc., a provider of predictive analytics and data mining software.

Rob received a bachelor's degree in communications from Northern Illinois University.