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Welcome to Bergemont, a Location Science & Strategy firm. Whether you’re planning an aggressive rollout or managing an existing array of locations, network planning has never been more complex. As market dynamics shift and multichannel interactions multiply, it’s crucial to employ sound analytics before making any site-selection decision. And, since it has been suggested only a small group of experts truly understand the art and science of expansion modeling, you need to partner with people you can trust. Working with everyone from entrepreneurs, established restaurateurs and retailers, private equity groups, and developers, we combine real estate data with customized and proprietary analytics, to develop predictive and proactive expansion strategies. So, you can grow with confidence. To learn more, visit: www.bergemont.com About the Founder: Barry Walker founded Bergemont in June 2015. He formed the company after nearly two decades of applying his expertise to assist numerous retail and restaurant concepts develop targeted and specific growth strategies, grounded in analytics. Prior to incorporating Bergemont, Barry was Vice President of Strategic Planning at Zoës Kitchen, where he developed custom analytics solutions, acting as a lens for all expansion decisions. By articulating a clear path to 1,600 units, Barry's insights and projections played a key role in the company's IPO in April 2014, where he and a small team of executives rang the bell on the NYSE. His detailed expansion plan for Zoës was praised by Jim Cramer on 'Mad Money' in August 2014. At Potbelly Sandwich Shop, Barry implemented sales projection models and expansion strategies, establishing the infrastructure for growth that led to an eventual IPO in 2013. His passion for location intelligence began at SRS Real Estate Partners (formerly Staubach Retail), where he provided research and analysis to support the growth of multiple retail and restaurant clients.