Team
Meet our team
Navio (or nao in Old Spanish) was the primary ship used by early Spanish and Portuguese explorers during the Age of Discovery. The ships’ design made them ideal for navigating through uncharted waters to unknown territories.
Just like the navios of old, we help clients navigate the challenges of a transformation. With multi-disciplinary expertise from technology to store management, we help you build and lead programs to drive transformation and fuel growth.
Carlos D. Castelán
Founder & Managing Director
Before founding The Navio Group, Carlos was a Partner & Chief Strategy Officer at Conlego, a premier negotiations and … partnership firm. There he advised on growth strategy …
Kate McDonald
Senior Principal
Kate is a former Principal in Target Corporation’s corporate strategy group in Minneapolis, MN …
Jadesola Arowolo
Senior Analyst
Before joining The Navio Group, Jadesola built her career in retail in merchandising and operations roles at Office Depot and …
Stefan A. Castelán
Head of Marketing Practice
Stefan is the Head of Marketing Practice at The Navio Group and holds a B.A. from Stanford University. Before joining Navio, he was the first marketer at DataFox and helped scale it for five years until its acquisition by Oracle.
Blog
Supply Chain Resilience 101: 3 Innovative Strategies
The COVID-19 pandemic changed a lot of how society operates daily. It has impacted how sickness is viewed in the workplace, pushed consumers further online,
The Retailer’s Guide to Marketing Mastery
The digital age has massively changed retail marketing. Getting ads or products in front of consumers used to be relatively easy. However, an influx of
AI in Retail: Separating the Steak from the Sizzle
Generative AI (artificial intelligence) has emerged as a hot topic in retail – and in various associated industries– this year. However, to borrow a popular idiom,
