Brent Johnstone has an insatiable curiosity about what drives and hinders growth and productivity. He has an extensive background in putting analytics and technology into practice as an analytics-focused private equity principal; as chairman of a public biometric software company; as CEO of a pet supply distributor; and after serving several prominent roles at large and small analytics-oriented software companies. Johnstone is a Co-founder and Partner at ACTvantage — a software and advisory firm that offers a suite of analytically driven best-practice software solutions and education/training for distributors across pricing optimization, sales/customer analytics, inventory optimization and supply chain optimization.