Gray Taylor

Executive Director
Conexxus

Gray Taylor literally grew up in the convenience store industry with the opening of the family’s first convenience store in 1963.  Involved in the family business, comprised of 87 stores, Gray gained experience in all phases of convenience store and chain operations.  

After graduating from Denison University with a BA in Economics, Gray was a Market Maker on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade.  

Upon rejoining the family business, Gray founded a fuels retailing business and a store-based consumer banking/debit system, the first such service offered by a retailer.  

Since selling his retail interests, Gray has been involved on a variety of projects, including recapitalization of a public alternative fuels company, heading global product management for several of the world’s largest petroleum equipment and retail systems suppliers and Vice President of Research & Technology for the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS)..

Gray is currently consulting with NACS and serves as Executive Director for the Conexxus, focused on interoperability standards, card payment policy and security issues within the industry.

 

Format: Case Study Case Study
General topic presenting lessons learned start to finish.
Format: Expert-Expert Interview Expert-Expert Interview
Replaces fireside chat or single presenter format. Must be known industry expert or presentation of robust data.
Format: Ignite Ignite
Slides run automatically keeping speaker pacing. Keeps session moving.
Format: Kaleidoscope Kaleidoscope
One topic through the eyes of different functional teams (e.g. supply chain, store ops, frontline, finance, etc.)
Format: Lightning Lightning
Moderated Q&A with small panel with efforts to drive diverse perspective; after 3 minutes on question, buzzer sounds and move to next question; forces people to be brief and clear on answers.
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
Single topic session which is a solo presenter and acts more like an university lecture. Must include multiple media, audience interaction, etc.
Format: Great Debate: Point Counterpoint Great Debate: Point Counterpoint
Facilitator stimulates point/counterpoint debate on key industry topic.
Format: Roundtables Roundtables
Facilitated discussion. Limited use of slides or video to set-up topic.
Format: Think You Know Me? Think You Know Me?
One group is polled on a topic, and then the other has to guess the outcomes, as a stimulant for discussion.
Format: Workshop Workshop
Traditional small group classroom style format.

Speaking at:

The NACS/Conexxus Technology Roadmap

Drawing from extensive research beyond the industry's confines, our roadmap peers a decade into the future, outlining technological and cultural shifts that will shape the evolving landscape...
Technology
Format: Masterclass Masterclass
 
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