Popcornopolis CEO and leadership

Wally Arnold is a Co-Founder & Board Member at Popcornopolis and Chief Executive Officer at Popcornopolis and is based in Santa Monica, California. He has worked as Founder, Illuminations Division at Yankee Candle; Founder at illuminations; and V.P. New Business Development at SUNGLASS HUT INTERNATIONAL INC..

Recently cited in the Harvard Business Review for “bringing the brand back”, Daniela has built her career around taking brands and building them into thriving businesses. She has also gained a great deal of experience in the M&A field by playing a key role in the $2.9 billion sale of the Nestle Confections & Snacks division to Ferrero, the owner of major brands like Nutella, Kinder and Tic Tac.

An entrepreneurial minded leader with 15 years in CPG, Daniela is currently in General Manager role, leading the Digital Growth Division at Blaze Pizza, taking the Blaze brand to the next phase of growth. She also serves as the Head of Marketing for this fast growing all natural pizza concept backed by LeBron James.

Prior to that she led a $1.1 Billion Confections & Snacks division of Ferrara through the complex integration between Nestle, Ferrara and Ferrero.

At Nestle, Daniela led a half billion dollar portfolio of Confections brands. She and her team were responsible for driving exceptional growth on the business, outpacing the category. Using that same type of entrepreneurial spirit, Simpson also previously built the $100MM+ Skinny Cow brand from the ground up.

Simpson serves on the Board of PurPics, a social media start up experiencing an explosive growth. She is also a Founding Member of the Czech School of Los Angeles, proudly promoting her roots and the Czech culture within the LA community.

Areas of expertise: CPG industry, Retail/Restaurant industry, natural foods, consumer products, people leadership, brand building and brand portfolio management, growth strategy, innovation/product pipeline development, e-commerce, consumer insight, category insight, integrated marketing including social media, influencer marketing, digital advertising, public relations and traditional media.

Danny Simon is a Board Member at The Foundation for Independent Living and Chief Executive Officer at Popcornopolis and is based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked as President at Razor USA; Director, North America E-Commerce at WALT DISNEY CO; and CEO & Chairman at JobSync. Danny attended Harvard Business School between 2002 and 2004 and Harvard University between 1995 and 1999.

Thomas Bulowski is a Chief Sales Officer at Popcornopolis and is based in Los Angeles, California. He has worked as Vice President Corporate Accounts/Various Positions at Kerry, Regional Business Manager/Various Positions at Nestlé, and Chief Sales Officer at My Mo Mochi Ice Cream. Thomas studied at SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY between 1984 and 1989.

Wally Arnold is a Co-Founder & Board Member at Popcornopolis and Chief Executive Officer at Popcornopolis and is based in Santa Monica, California. He has worked as Founder, Illuminations Division at Yankee Candle; Founder at illuminations; and V.P. New Business Development at SUNGLASS HUT INTERNATIONAL INC..