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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

The Fundamentals of Omnichannel Fulfillment
What are the big trends in retail for the coming year? For many executives, this is a question worth pondering to keep an eye on

The Store of the Future: Look to the past to envision the future
Many retailers have initiated a “Store of the Future” project — or multiple iterations of them. Perhaps you have even been involved in one of

Is a generational opportunity unfolding for retailers and their media networks?
Amidst the past few weeks’ headlines in business and tech — from Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover to Mark Zuckerberg’s Bet the Farm on The Metaverse