Gary Smith

Encore Associates, Inc. provides sales and marketing advisory services. It specializes in operational excellence, mergers and acquisitions, strategy supply chain and sourcing services, and advancing women leaders. The company is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Altierre Corp. provides wireless technology. It also offers ultra-low power long-range wireless technology for the Internet of Things (IoT) and innovative applications transforms multi-year battery life wireless devices to seamlessly and securely communicate in large retail stores at the shelf edge or mobile racks. The firm caters supply chains, manufacturing, automotive, homes and defense sectors. The company was founded by Sunit Saxena and Anurag Goel in 2003 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

AgriWise, Inc. provides food and agriculture data analysis panels with breakdowns by product, country, and sector. The private company is based in San Ramon, CA. The company offers reports on agricultural trade in Turkey and around the world.

Winery Exchange, Inc. produces and supplies alcoholic beverages. The firm engages in the exporting of wines and spirits. The company was founded by Peter M. Byck, John E. Crean, III and Phillip L. Hurst in October 1999 and is headquartered in Novato, CA.

Aidells Sausage Co., Inc. manufactures and supplies gourmet sausages, meatballs, and other prepared food products. Its products include artichoke & garlic, chicken, apple, mango, maple, smoked bacon breakfast links, pesto, roasted red pepper with corn, and sun-dried tomato sausages, aprons, hats, shirts and cookbooks. The company was founded by Bruce Aidells in 1983 and is headquartered in San Leandro, CA

Safeway, Inc. operates a chain of supermarkets. Its services include grocery delivery, gas reward points, pharmacy, deli, simple nutrition, gift cards, money services and floral and gift delivery. The company was founded by M. B. Skaggs in 1915 and is headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Encore Consumer Capital LLC (Encore Consumer Capital) is a private equity subsidiary of Encore Associates, Inc. founded in 2005 by Robert Brown, Scott Sellers and Gary Smith. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Aptean, Inc., Supply Chain Systems Ltd. provides consultation services in supply chain management and operations. The company is based in Norwich, UK. Supply Chain Systems was acquired by LINKFRESH Software Ltd., a subsidiary of Aptean, Inc. from AgriWise, Inc. on April 15, 2009.