Market Vision Fall Conference
October 9-11, 2024 | Orlando, FL
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What started out as a small, chain-only food show in 1987 has developed into “the” premier industry event for chain restaurant purchasing and supply chain professionals.
Why Market Vision
Top presenters on timely supply-chain topics, the economy, energy, proteins, dairy and grains
Unparalleled peer networking
A relaxed luncheon showcasing foodservice suppliers and their top national account managers
Great after-hours functions, networking and socializing
Past Conferences
Testimonials
A Simple Idea
Why Market Vision?
John Barone’s Keynote & Commodities
It’s All About Community
Conference Speakers
Learn more about each of our presenters by hovering over their headshot.
John Barone is a commodity analyst and President of Market Vision, Inc. He is an active speaker, presenter and educator within the foodservice industry. His focus on macroeconomics has helped restaurateurs understand the new and dramatic global forces that are driving commodity prices – and helped them recognize the need to reformulate supply chain approaches and risk management solutions.
John specializes in “connecting the dots” – distilling complex economic, market and commodity data down to actionable information and presentations for supply chain executives, management, franchise operators and restaurant investors.
He is known industry-wide for the Market Vision Spring and Fall Conferences, now 30 years running. Through the conferences, it has been John’s goal to foster and build a “community” for restaurant supply chain VPs, directors and category managers. And, the conferences have successfully achieved “don’t miss” status for hundreds of chain restaurant executives and their suppliers.
John sits on the advisory board for the National Restaurant Association’s Supply Chain Management Study Group. Starting in 2012, the NRA supply chain group partnered with Market Vision to run their fall supply chain meeting in conjunction with Market Vision’s Fall Conference in Orlando.
John holds a BA in Mathematics and an MBA in Quantitative Analysis from Rutgers University. Market Vision’s services directly reflect John’s training and intuitive strengths in research, statistics, forecasting and analysis.
Personally, John is now retired from 18 years of coaching travel soccer and basketball. Forced to give up running due to knee problems, he is now an avid cyclist and mountain biker – and can usually be persuaded to play a round of golf.
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Eric has been with Express Markets for over 12 years. As President of Express Markets Inc., Eric oversees the market forecasts and reporting services as well as provides additional industry analysis to assist clients.
Prior to joining EMI, Eric was with Risk Management Commodities Inc. as an analyst.
Eric received a Master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. He also received a Bachelor’s in Agricultural Economics from Purdue.
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Eric Meyer is a seasoned dairy risk management and sourcing professional with more than 18 years of experience including tenure at Downes-O’Neill LLC, Sara Lee Corporation, FCStone & Winona Foods before founding HighGround Dairy in 2012.
Eric’s extensive hedging and procurement experience for both small boutique firms and large multi-national corporations gives him a unique insight into the dairy market. He has a strong reputation of creating insightful educational programs and content, specifically HighGround’s comprehensive dairy market intelligence, industry-leading analysis that is read by subscribers across the globe. HighGround is about to celebrate its seventh anniversary and currently employs a talented staff of eight that provides the dairy industry with market intelligence, advisory services and hedge execution at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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David Weaber joined Terrain in July 2022 as Senior Research Analyst - Animal Protein. He provides Farm Credit System partners, bank clients, and prospects with analysis and insights into the animal protein supply chain.
Prior to joining Terrain, he was Vice-President at Express Markets, Inc. where he assisted their varied clients with analysis in the meat supply chain sector and managed the EMI staff. Before his role at Express Markets, he was an economist leading the market insights team in the strategic sourcing and supply chain analytics group of Delhaize America. Earlier, he was Director of Market Analysis at Swift & Co., and worked as Director of Research and Special Projects at Cattle-Fax.
He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science from Colorado State University.
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David Portalatin is a trusted industry advisor who works closely with leading food manufacturers and retailers as well as foodservice distributors, manufacturers, and operators. He shares data and deep expertise on how U.S. consumers eat and drink, their attitudes and motivations, their personal characteristics, and their use of restaurants and other foodservice outlets. Portalatin is also the author of Circana’s Annual Report on Eating Patterns in America, a compilation of food and foodservice research.
Previously, Portalatin was Circana’s analyst in the convenience retailing, automotive aftermarket, and motor fuels industries. Before joining the company in 1999, he held various positions in foodservice wholesale distribution and convenience retailing.
Portalatin is a frequent speaker at food and foodservice industry events, corporate conferences, and executive meetings. A recognized industry thought leader, his comments have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and many other national media outlets.
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Brian Williams leads the Agricultural Risk Management Desk at Macquarie (Australia's largest Investment Bank), providing Commercial End-Users, Producers and the Hedge Fund Community with specialized Risk Management strategies in the Grains & Oilseed sector.
In his 21st year on the banking side of Wall Street, Brian utilizes long-term Fundamentals alongside technically assisted trading strategies to project better price entry into markets. His objective is to mitigate risk and find price value within the ever changing Fundamentals of Supply/Demand, Weather and Government Intervention.
Brian's footprint encompasses a large portion of the U.S. Poultry Industry as well as the Ethanol Industry, Fortune 500 Food Processors and some prominent Hedge Funds. His career has spanned the likes of UBS, Prudential and Jefferies, prior to joining Macquarie in the summer of 2015 as a Director of Macquarie Futures. Brian received his B.S. in Finance from Villanova University.
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