SVP Category Leadership
Republic National Distributing Company
Experienced in the wine and spirits business for over 35 years. Dirk began his career with the E & J Gallo Winery in California. Holding numerous sales and management capacity roles with multiple wine and spirit distributors. Dirk joined RNDC in 1996. He is focused on building the very best in Category Management processes. He is recognized by the Category Management Association as a Certified Professional Strategic Advisor. Dirk leads a team of 100 category and business consultants and continues to forge customer centric added value solutions utilizing the preeminent customization tools in market data intelligence. I am very fortunate to be in an industry that is fun, exciting and offers tremendous opportunities to build personal relationships. The next era of data use and AI integrations will help us to educate and understand how to serve and inform the next generation of responsible alcohol users.
Dirk and his wife Lee have two grown children and enjoy boating and traveling. They reside in Milton, GA.
11:30am - 12:30pm
Expo, Level 3, Expo Stage 5