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. Their 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 transformations 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 …
Toopan Bagchi
Senior Advisor
Toopan is a retail strategy, innovation, and transformation leader and advisor with over 15 years of global experience driving results.
Before joining The Navio Group, Toopan was Vice President…
Patrick Shumaker
Principal
Prior to The Navio Group, Patrick held multiple positions at Amazon in the Retail and Operations divisions. Most recently…
Matt Dixon
Advisor
Prior to The Navio Group, Matt served as a principal for Point86, a consultancy that served clients ranging from Fortune 500 …
Bob Guterma
Advisor
Prior to joining The Navio Group, Bob was a partner at Point86 LLC, a boutique consultancy that serves Fortune 1000 …
Blog
Los Angeles field visit: Century City and Palisades Village
To see if malls are truly dying, we took a deeper dive at two of Los Angeles’ newest and hottest retail locations, Century City and
The Retail Leader’s Agenda for 2020
There’s a great line courtesy of Albert Einstein where he was quoted as saying, “If I had an hour to solve a problem and my
Why Your Retail Business Needs to Focus on Customer Experience
Take a closer look at the importance of creating a positive retail experience and how to gather qualitative metrics on your customer experience.
