1999
The science of demand
Pioneered statistical demand models for retail price optimization at enterprise scale — before AI was a market category.
OriginCommercial Trade Intelligence™About DemandTec
DemandTec has modeled retail demand through every cycle for a quarter century. Today the company is defining Commercial Trade Intelligence: the operating layer where retailers and their CPG partners work from one shared data model.
25+ yrs
of demand science
7,800+
connected CPG partners
Chicago
IL · headquarters
QKS SPARK Matrix™ Leader & Ace Performer 2025 · IRP&PO
Mission
Trade runs on $500B a year, and most of it is still planned in one system and executed in another. Our mission is to close that gap: one shared data model, both sides of every deal, from co-planning the joint business through settlement. Four commitments shape how we build.
Every capability is built for both sides of the deal, because one-sided truth is what created the problem.
Decisions run on demand models validated against real outcomes, not on the loudest voice in the room.
AI augments merchants and account teams. Strategy, relationships, and final approval stay human.
Implementation is a partnership, not a hand-off. The team that connects your data stays for the work that follows.
Our story
Twenty-five years of demand science, each era built on the last — from the first price-optimization models to the network where both sides of trade finally work from one shared source of truth.
1999
Pioneered statistical demand models for retail price optimization at enterprise scale — before AI was a market category.
Origin2006
Extended the demand engine from base price into forecast-led promotion planning — one model across the retail lifecycle.
Expansion2012
Built the first shared retailer–supplier deal collaboration layer, connecting both sides of the trade table.
Differentiation2022
API Connect and Deal Data Sync put DemandTec at the center of retailers' and suppliers' tech stacks.
PlatformNow
The bilateral platform where retailers and their CPG partners plan, fund, execute, and reconcile every trade dollar from one shared data model. No margin leakage.
TodayDemandTec isn't resting on 25 years of history — it's the foundation for what comes next. The next era starts now.
Leadership
The people leading the move from unilateral trade software to Commercial Trade Intelligence.

Jack Tirella
Chief Executive Officer

Seth Wolkoff
Chief Financial Officer

Ryan O’Halloran
Chief Operating Officer

Navdip Bhachech
Chief Technology Officer

Vish Kirpalani
Chief Product Officer

Amanda Dyson
Chief Marketing Officer

Fred Cartwright
Senior Vice President, Sales

Shivani Rajan
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Recognition
DemandTec named a Leader in Intelligent Retail Pricing & Promotion Optimization (IRP&PO)
DemandTec named an Ace Performer in Intelligent Retail Pricing & Promotion Optimization (IRP&PO)
QKS Group SPARK Matrix™ Leader & Ace Performer, 2025
Recognized in Intelligent Retail Pricing & Promotion Optimization (IRP&PO), 2025 — for both sides of the platform.
Read the reportWhether you price the shelf or fund the promotion, the conversation starts the same way.