A creative project manager and detail-oriented professional, Megan specializes in eCommerce and omni-channel market research to build robust conferences. From program writing to onsite execution, she enjoys collaborating with speakers for their insightful presentations and meeting as many attendees as possible. Often asked how she keeps up her infectious energy up onsite, Megan credits yoga, jamming to Beyoncé, and entertaining her toddler son and husband.

Kristin Schoenstein has been a Program Director with Worldwide Business Research since 2010 and has been producing events since 2004. She currently specializes in the retail and eCommerce sector where she heads up the Future Stores portfolio and eTail East. She also successfully launched and grew WBR’s customer experience portfolio. In her role, she is responsible for market research, content creation and speaker faculty management for each event. Prior to WBR, she produced events in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector, and got her start organizing educational programming for physicians. In her free time, Kristin heads out to the East end of Long Island where she enjoys fishing, boating and days at the beach with her husband and two daughters.

Greg Revelle is responsible for Kohl’s marketing organization, including the overall marketing strategy, brand and creative, media and personalization, loyalty efforts, customer insights and analytics, corporate communications and philanthropic efforts. Revelle leads the company's focus on driving customer engagement through data-driven personalization, leadership in loyalty, accelerating customer traffic and continuing to build the Kohl's brand.

Revelle joined Kohl’s in 2017. Prior to Kohl’s, Revelle served in a number of executive leadership roles, including Chief Marketing Officer at Best Buy. Previously, Revelle was Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of eCommerce at AutoNation and Vice President of World Online Marketing at Expedia. Revelle has also served as an investment banker at Credit Suisse.

Revelle currently serves on the board of Cars.com. He earned an A.B. from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

As SVP, Chief Information Officer, Greg Fancher leads the development of innovative technological solutions that deliver exceptional customer and associate experiences. He ensures these solutions are in place to support the strategic and operational goals of EXPRESS and to deliver industry-leading customer service.

Greg joined EXPRESS in 2018 with 20 years of IT leadership experience. In his previous position as Chief Information Officer of Taco Bell, Greg led the company’s digital initiatives, delivering an industry first national launch of mobile order and pay-ahead app while transforming the IT organization and dramatically improving data security. 

With a technical background in enterprise architecture as well as application development and store technical know-how from across the retail industry, Greg has also worked with companies such as lululemon athletica, Gap Inc., and Levi Strauss.

Greg received a Master of Science in Business Administration from San Francisco State University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Colgate University in New York.  

Fernando Madeira is President of ipsy, the beauty company of the creator movement. As a seasoned and innovative leader, he loves to develop products and drive businesses that can transform the way people live. Fernando has been very successful building winning teams around the world with amazing people that share the same passion he has: to solve complex problems using technology and provide more choices for customers.

Most recently, Fernando served as the President and CEO of Walmart.com, where he led the U.S. and Latin American websites, accelerating the sites’ growth to deliver a seamless shopping experience for customers. He and his team doubled the eCommerce gross merchandise value and positioned Walmart.com as the second most trafficked eCommerce site in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016. Additionally, they developed a nationwide fulfillment network which, for the first time, gave to Walmart customers access to two-day shipping throughout the U.S.

He also co-founded and spent 23 years as the CEO of Terra, the first Internet portal in Brazil, where he led ground-breaking initiatives including the development of the first legal music distribution website, as well as the first internet TV studio in Latin America. Additionally, Fernando has more than 10 years of experience in angel investment and startup advisory in Silicon Valley, Europe and Latin America. 

Fernando lives in Palo Alto, California and enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, surfing and playing the drums.

Anthony serves as President of thredUP and is responsible for marketplace supply and demand growth. He directs the primary activities of Growth Marketing, Product, Ads Engineering, Growth Analytics, Site Merchandising, Brand and Communications. thredUP is a pioneer in bringing the $30 billion fashion resale industry online.

Before thredUP, Anthony spent seven years on the leadership team of Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group, leading its investment program and product innovation teams in North America. As Managing Partner, he led the creation of multiple Virgin businesses, including Virgin Money, Virgin Voyages and Virgin Hotels. Anthony founded the Virgin Hotels Group and served as its CEO from 2009-2012. Virgin Hotel Chicago, the Group's flagship, was recently named #1 Hotel in the USA by Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice Awards.

When Valerie isn’t paddling her outrigger canoe on the nearest body of water, she is busy accelerating digital growth across 14 diverse brands. As the Chief Digital Officer for LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics, she is bringing digital excellence across all areas of communications, ecommerce and e-retail.
 
Valerie has deep roots in digital innovation and strategy. She spent 8 years as the EVP of Digital for Benefit Cosmetics, building a global digital program for the brand that included communication, messaging and selling channels.
 
Her expertise and experience in digital goes beyond Beauty. Valerie spent 16 years owning and managing a broad range of digital agencies—from web development in the earliest days of the Internet to advising startups to developing media and search programs. She has extensive experience in user experience design and next-gen digital development.
 
Valerie is passionate about women and tech and was the co-founder of SF WoW, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women thrive in the technology sector. She also curated and wrote What’s New and What’s Cool for Netscape.com, the original homepage of the Internet. Valerie’s passion for technology is only slightly outmatched by her boundless curiosity about the power of digital.

Michelle Farabaugh joined Harry & David as CMO in 2017. She is a passionate and strategic senior executive responsible for growing revenue and profits through consumer insight, strategy, innovation and superior execution. Prior to Harry & David, Michelle served as chief marketing officer of BevMo!, Smith & Hawken, West Marine as well as Vice President at PETsMART. Michelle was also a partner at LENSER, the premier omnichannel marketing firm that sold to Merkle. She earned an MBA in entrepreneurship from Babson.

Dave is currently the Chief Evangelist for Alexa and Echo at Amazon. He has been a professional speaker, trainer, and evangelist for over a decade. He has taught full-day courses on many topics including voice design, natural language understanding, mobile, and the cloud. Dave has helped launch numerous technology platforms and devices while at both Microsoft and Amazon. He is an author for LinkedIn, hosts the AlexaDevChat podcast, alexadevchat.com, can be found online at thedavedev.com and Twitter as @thedavedev.

Vibhu Norby is the co-founder and CEO of b8ta. b8ta is the retail-as-a-service company creating showrooms for technology brands across the country. With a unique business model & software-driven approach to retail, b8ta is changing how online brands engage with customers in real life.

Frederick has 20 years of experience building successful, large scale ecommerce companies. He played key roles in the startup, growth and acquisitions of both Bizrate/Shopzilla and NewCars.com. He built Dermstore from scratch and led it through the acquisition and integration with Intelligent Beauty and then through a second acquisition by Target Corp. He spent 4 years helping Dermstore and Target find the middle ground between nimble startup and Fortune 50 corporation.  He is now applying that knowledge and experience as the CTO of Reformation, a fast-growing company that raises awareness around fashion’s impact on the environment and offers sustainable clothes that don’t look sustainable.

Jeff Brooks is Chief Marketing Officer at Casper, where he leads its acquisition, retention, communications, analytics, content, and marketing teams. He is also responsible for driving the company’s advertising, brand, and digital marketing strategies. 

Jeff brings 25 years’ experience in building world-class brands to his role at Casper. Mostly recently, he was President and CMO of digital agency Huge. Under his leadership, Huge achieved record business growth, expanded into new markets, and produced award-winning work widely recognized for its creativity and innovation. 

Prior to Huge, Jeff was Chief Commercial Officer at MDC Media Partner’s Assembly, helping to launch and grow the agency to over 500 people with more than $3 billion in annual billings. Jeff has also held C-level roles at leading advertising agencies M&C Saatchi, Havas, and Proximity. 

Jeff is a graduate of Hamilton College, lives in Brooklyn and is the proud dad of two teenage daughters and two rescue cats.

Ganesh Srivats is the CEO of Moda Operandi, the only luxury fashion platform inviting consumers to shop directly from designers’ complete runway collections prior to production. 

Ganesh was previously Vice President at Tesla, where he was responsible for growing the company’s North America and EMEA markets, as well as global marketing, customer experience, sales operations, digital commerce, logistics, and retail development. Prior to Tesla, Ganesh spent several years at Burberry, where he held various roles in strategy, business development, customer insights and most recently Senior Vice President of Retail, Americas. Ganesh started his career in the private banking sector at JPMorganChase.

Ganesh resides in New York City with his wife and two children.

Kerry Cooper is President and COO of Rothy’s, leading marketing, merchandising and operations at the wildly popular San Francisco-based shoe company. Inspired by its balance of technological innovation, artful design and commitment to sustainability, Kerry is proud to be part of a company growing a loyal, empowered community of female customers with its beloved everyday flat.

Prior to joining Rothy’s in February 2018, Kerry was CEO of Choose Energy, leading the marketplace to acquisition in 2017. She served as COO and CMO of e-tailer ModCloth.com, where she scaled marketing, merchandising, supply chain, customer care, and fulfillment efforts across the US. Before ModCloth, Kerry led marketing and strategy for Walmart.com as CMO and VP of Global Ecommerce. Prior, she served as SVP of Retail and Planning for the Dockers brand at Levi’s.

Kerry is currently an entrepreneur-in-residence at Harvard Business School, on the Advisory Board of Wirecutter, a New York Times company, and on the board of directors at BevMo!. She holds an MBA from Harvard University and an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jenna specializes in the strategic development and implementation of fully integrated marketing campaigns with a core focus on brand storytelling and data driven design. She has applied this philosophy to help numerous brands create authentic experiences, engage with consumers on a deeper level, and maximize brand exposure and awareness. She has led key marketing initiatives for beloved brands including bareMinerals, bebe, Burger King, TABASCO, Splendid, Ella Moss, Tween Brands and more over her long career. With experience on both the agency and the brand side, Jenna brings a deep knowledge on consumer behavior, media & brand partnerships, as well as digital/social experience.

In her most recent role as CMO for 7 For All Mankind, she launched a 360 global strategy to bring relevance back to the brand. This included an international campaign & media launch, celebrity & influencer activations, an ecommerce replatform, a store of the future build and a robust social and digital marketing strategy. With this 7 For All Mankind experienced 6 consecutive quarters of profitable growth; the first in over 5 years.

Taking note from her beauty, retail and CPG experience, Jenna is now applying her knowledge to Canndescent, an ultra-premium cannabis brand, to ensure Canndescent maintains a luxury stature and is naturally integrated into consumers’ lifestyles.

Shawn Gold is Corporate Marketing Officer for TechStyle Fashion Group, an industry leading platform to build global, membership driven fashion brands. TechStyle brands include Fabletics with Kate Hudson, SavageXFenty with Rihanna, JustFab, ShoeDazzle and FabKids. Before TechStyle he was head of entertainment brand partnerships at Wattpad.com, the world’s largest storytelling platform for the written word, and one of the fastest growing mobile content sites in the world. Previously he oversaw sales, marketing and content development as CMO of Inside Studios, a video and mobile app company creating shows with over 1 billion views on YouTube and MSN. Until 2007, he was CMO, head of marketing & content for MySpace. At MySpace Gold spearheaded the development and implementation of marketing initiatives and campaigns for MySpace during its growth from 25 to 110 million users worldwide. Prior to MySpace he was a partner and the founding publisher of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular blogs that included Engadget, Joystiq and Autoblog, now part of AOL. As head of communications planning for Rare Medium, Shawn helped launch digital communications strategies for brands at P&G, General Mills, Nestle, Mattel and other international brand marketing companies.

Lily Kanter is the founder and CEO of Boon Supply Co. and co-founder and board member of Serena & Lily — a lifestyle brand based in California. Lily has 30 years of experience in the business and technology sectors, and has held leadership positions at Microsoft, Deloitte & Touche, and IBM. Lily left Microsoft in late 2000 to start a family and focus her time and energy on philanthropic causes. She was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in July 2000 as part of the cover story “The New Philanthropists”. In 2002, Lily opened a baby-oriented home furnishings business, Mill Valley Baby & Kids where she met Serena Dugan in 2004 and together they launched Serena & Lily in 2003. Following 15 years at the helm of the internationally-acclaimed home decor brand, Lily stepped down as CEO of Serena & Lily,  to launch Boon Supply Co., combining her passion for really great design and charitable causes.

Kimberly Grabel is the Senior Vice President of Marketing for Soma, the Intimate Apparel division of Chico’s FAS.  With close to 300 stores nationally and an outsized e-commerce business, Soma is uniquely targeted to women who refuse to compromise and desire intimate apparel that is beautiful, comfortable and offers innovative solutions.  A passionate brand builder and storyteller, when not at the Chico’s corporate headquarters in Fort Myers, Florida, you’ll find Kimberly traveling the world in search of great brands and great stories. 

Prior to Soma, Kimberly was the Senior Vice President of Marketing & Customer Experience at Holt Renfrew, a division of Selfridges Group, in Toronto, Canada, leading a repositioning of the brand.  Kimberly spent most of her career at Saks Fifth Avenue where she worked to launch OFF 5TH, saks.com, 10022-SHOE and countless other brand initiatives as Senior Vice President of Marketing.  She started her career as the Director of International Trade for The Leslie Fay Companies.

Kiran Mani is the Managing Director for Google’s Retail Sector, based out of Mountain View, CA. He is responsible for Google’s revenue and sales engagements in the retail space across multiple sectors - automotive, healthcare, sports goods, footwear, fashion, grocery and furniture. He is also an active investor and advisor to startups focused on the technology, emerging markets and non-profit space.

Kiran is a qualified chartered accountant & a chartered financial analyst. Prior to Google, he founded “Fosbury Flop” – A start-up that consulted on impact and innovation by connecting the dots between consumer psychology and communication technology.  Prior to that, he has served as the Director of Marketing at Microsoft India and VP of Hardware Marketing for IBM Asia Pacific, based out of Singapore. 

Scot defines the term ‘social entrepreneur’ and has made it his life’s work to balance profitable business ventures with making the world a better place.

In 2005, he collaborated with The Mark Wahlberg Foundation and The Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston to create Camp Northbound - a residential camp for kids growing up in the inner cities of Boston.

Following the success of Camp Northbound, Scot set out to build a similar program for kids in New York City’s most underfunded communities, creating Camp Power. In ten years, this volunteer-based nonprofit organization has served thousands of kids, providing life-changing experiences, positive role models and college scholarships.

After seeing many Camp Power kids carrying their belongings in trash bags, he and his wife founded STATE Bags - a one for one bag brand serving local kids in situations of need. He has worked to evolve their charitable model through STATE's innovative giving initiatives and #WhatDoWeTellTheKids platform. 

A graduate of UVM and Boston native, Scot currently resides in Brooklyn with his wife, two kids and dog, Pokey.

Tom Nolan is the Chief Marketing & Revenue Officer at Kendra Scott, based in Austin, Texas. He oversees strategic revenue growth for the billion-dollar brand, leading the retail, wholesale, e-commerce, marketing and creative divisions while integrating the brand’s core pillars of fashion, family and philanthropy into every consumer touchpoint within the business.

Tom brings more than two decades of experience in brand building, management and results-driven strategic planning.  Prior to his current role, Tom founded Prospect Brands, LLC in 2012 and served as President & Chief Executive Officer. Prospect Brands is the parent company of global outerwear and apparel brands Duck Head, Gyde and Crittenden. From 2008 to 2012, Tom was a Senior Vice President at Ralph Lauren, where he ran the golf and tennis divisions in North America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Before Ralph Lauren, Tom was a Vice President & Publisher at Condé Nast. 

Tom’s commitment to innovation and excellence extends beyond the world of business as a current member of the Board of Trustees for the Piedmont Triad Foundation, the Board of Directors for Mizzen + Main, the Board of Directors for William Murray Golf, LLC and the Board of Trustees at The Southern Golf Association. Nolan is a former Member of the Board of Directors at Kendra Scott as well as the Non-Executive Chairman of Summit Golf Brands.

Tom received his MBA from The University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and holds a BA in Business, Finance and Communications from Fordham University. He currently resides in Austin with his wife and their four children. 

Carissa Ganelli is the Chief Digital Officer for Subway® restaurants. In her role, she is responsible for the company’s global digital strategy and leads Subway Digital, a team dedicated to transforming the guest experience through the integration of digital tools and an omni-channel strategy.

 With more than 20 years of digital experience, Carissa manages all aspects of Subway Digital, including product innovation and management, and digital marketing. 

 Carissa joined Subway as Vice President of Marketing Technology in 2016. Prior to this, Carissa was CEO and founder of LightningBuy, a mobile commerce platform that converts mobile traffic to revenue, and held several digital marketing and strategy positions with top companies such as Digitas, enews.com and Coopers & Lybrand Consulting.

 Carissa has a Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. 

Since 1998, Alan has developed the ideas, software, and teams behind multi-million dollar start-ups and enterprises that has helped grow some of the largest companies in North America. Spanning an array of products from music to real-estate to commerce, Alan has realized billions of dollars in incremental revenue through systematic, innovative agile development of software and services for companies like Target, Amazon, Nike, Levi’s, Sony, Toyota, lululemon, Dollar Shave Club and over 100 medium to large-scale corporations. With this experience, Alan now focuses on bringing product knowledge, strategy, and proven workflows to transform organizations to work smarter and faster, generating significant gains in revenue while retaining millions of dollars in the process.

Throughout his career, Alan has personally performed and managed multiple disciplines and roles of a modern software organization including interface and interaction design, user experience, engineering and development, systems and service architecture, scrum management, technical requirement writing, software testing, product and engineering management and general / executive management. Alan has experience managing small teams and multiple-team organizations totaling over 600 individuals with numerous direct reports. Alan’s specialty is leading large scale enterprise digital organizations through agile transformations with the productization of current assets. He is well versed in overall product strategy and road-mapping, user-centric experience strategy and design as well as process and design methodologies for mobile and web applications, innovation strategy with minimum viable product deliverables and agile team creation and orchestration.

Tennille is a beauty marketing executive with experience across prestige, designer and mass brands, having held positions in both global developmental and US executional operational roles, with expertise across multiple product categories.

Tennille joined Fresh in April 2018 to drive the global brand vision and strategy with the objective of doubling the business over the next 3 years. She joined LVMH in 2015, as the SVP of North America Marketing for Dior where she was responsible for managing the Dior US and Canada business and closing the gap verses the global leadership position it holds worldwide.  Here she orchestrated the local execution of the Maison’s creations, spanning everything from the go-to market of products, in-store to media and digital securing the successful trajectory.  

Prior to LVMH, Tennille held positions at Coty Prestige and L’Oreal working on various brands in her tenure and has proven her success in working within corporate cultures that leverages a profound mix of business analytics combined with the ability to think creatively. Ms. Kopiasz is a graduate of Fashion Institute of Technology’s Master of Professional Studies and Bachelor of Science degree program in Cosmetic and Fragrance Marketing and Management.  She was awarded the 2013 inaugural FIT MPS Alumni Award for Professional Excellence, the 2014 FIT CFM 25th Anniversary Outstanding Alumni Award and currently sits on the FIT Advisory Board as the LVMH corporate representative.

Kevin Lavelle is the Founder and CEO of Mizzen+Main, an innovative company transforming the landscape of the apparel industry by introducing advanced performance fabrics to traditional menswear with the world’s most comfortable dress shirt. Mizzen+Main is carried in nearly three hundred retail locations, including Nordstrom and Saks Fifth Avenue, in addition to its rapidly expanding e-commerce presence. The company has been featured in The New York Times, WWD, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Men’s Health, Inc., and many more. It’s endorsements included JJ Watt, Jake Arrieta, John Isner, and many more. Mizzen+Main products are proudly American made. The company has a long standing commitment to giving back to the veteran community through partnerships with The Navy SEAL Foundation, 31 Heroes, Carry the Load, and many more. 

Prior to founding Mizzen+Main, Kevin worked at the venture capital group of the Hunt Consolidated focusing on emerging energy technologies. Prior to that, Kevin worked for international consulting firm Oliver Wyman in the Middle East and the US. Kevin graduated summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University with a B.S. in Engineering. In 2016, Kevin was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and Southern Methodist University Distinguished Alumni. He is a member of Entrepreneur’s Organization and WEF’s Global Shapers. Kevin lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and business partner, Jen, Mizzen+Main’s CMO.

Erik Fialho is an innovative ecommerce entrepreneur.  He has successfully managed every facet of ecommerce operations from fulfillment and logistics, to customer service, marketing, design, and technology.  He has worked with both Fortune 500 companies and small start-ups where his primary focus has been to increase efficiencies and build customer loyalty.  As Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at LeftLane Sports, Erik is focused on building world-class customer experiences.  As a result, Erik has propelled LeftLane Sports into one of the fastest growing ecommerce companies in the U.S. with over 14 million members.

Erik attended Santa Clara University and the London School of Economics where he earned degrees in Economics and Management.  He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Santa Clara University and was ranked #1 in the Leavey School of Business. Erik was the youngest recipient ever of the prestigious “Top 40 Under 40” award presented by the Pacific Coast Business Times for his achievements in business and support to the community. He is a frequent guest speaker at university classes and industry forums, and he has been frequently interviewed as an authority in ecommerce. When he's not in the office, Erik can be found hiking local peaks, running and cycling with friends, or skiing his favorite slopes in Lake Tahoe.

Taran Ghatrora is co-founder and CEO of Blume, a digitally native, direct-to-consumer company focused on education and self care products for Gen Z girls. She is a 500 startups fellow and G20 youth delegate for Canada. Her passion for health and advocacy broadened in law school when she researched gender equality due to lack of access to period products.

Bunny Ghatrora is co-founder and COO of Blume, an online, direct-to-consumer education company focused on products in the personal care space. She's driven by her own experiences navigating PCOS and is committed to improving the experience for girls as they transition into womanhood. Bunny was recently named Canada's Top Student Entrepreneur of the year. 

Meera Bhatia, Chief Product Officer at Stella & Dot Family of Brands, has made her career in building great technology products for consumers and businesses. Born in Madrid and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Meera is a proud global nomad having lived in five cities in the US and two in Europe. She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, but found her passion for online businesses while working at ZEFER, a boutique internet strategy consultant firm. Meera then spent 6 years at Microsoft in both the US and London before leading Global Product Management for Hotels.com, an Expedia company. Most recently, Meera was at LinkedIn where she lead a team delivering products for LinkedIn's Marketing Solutions business. Meera was drawn to Stella & Dot because of the opportunity to help build a company empowering women to live bold and joyful lives. Through her role, she will be enabling Stella & Dot's Stylists and Customers with market leading technology solutions. Meera received her BSE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Rachael Vegas is the Chief Merchant at Brandless, a new online store that makes better stuff at fairer prices available to everyone. She leads the merchandising team in creating and curating an amazing assortment of products across food, health and wellness, beauty and home goods.

Prior to joining Brandless, Rachael spent over a decade at Target in a variety of buying, sourcing and merchandising roles. She was most recently the Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of Center Store Grocery, and previously held leadership roles in Household Cleaning, School & Office, The One Spot, Snacks & Beverages, Toys & Sporting Goods, and Apparel & Accessories.

David Oh serves as Chief Product Officer at FabFitFun, Inc. He is responsible for strategies to grow revenue and customers, with increased acquisition, retention and customer satisfaction by refining the customer experience. He is currently leading the Product and Data Science teams. He served as Head of Acquisition at BeachMint and served as Head of product for Jewelmint.com (owned by BeachMint).

Co-founder and chief visionary of Tuft & Needle (T&N), John-Thomas “JT” Marino is a passionate storyteller, facilitator and teacher, inspiring T&N's most challenging and disruptive projects. JT leads the design and marketing division of the company and has been instrumental in redefining the sleep industry and retail experience through the businesses’ rapid nationwide retail expansion, award-winning company culture, evolving product offering and acclaimed advertising campaigns.

With $6,000 of personal investment in 2012, JT and his business partner, Daehee Park, have grown T&N from $1 million in their first full year of business to $170 million+ in annual revenue in less than six years. Moreover, the company has expected revenue projections for 2018 around $250 million.

Pioneering the disruption of the mattress industry space from brick and mortar to e-commerce, JT is now leading the charge in reinventing retail as we know it to create a true omni-channel “clicks to bricks” experience for consumers. The brand is widely known for iterating, and JT is at the helm of this retail evolution.

Prior to T&N, JT combined principles from both design and engineering to develop future-forward software products in the high-tech industry, and he has applied this same discipline to reimagining the sleep industry. JT has extensive experience building and leading teams of designers and engineers, along with researchers and scientists, to develop innovative experiential initiatives. JT started his career as an engineer at the world's leading software application consultancy, where he accelerated his experience through working amongst the foremost thought leaders and tech leaders for VC-funded startups and Fortune 500 companies.

JT has been featured on FOX Business, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Inc., Recode, Buzzfeed, Mashable, among others, and he is a frequent keynote speaker at startup and industry events such as SXSW, Startup Grind and ShopTalk. JT has been named as one of The Recode 100 and Arizona Republic’s 35 Under 35. JT studied computer science and mathematics at Penn State University.

Ashley Merrill is the CEO and Founder of Lunya, bringing a unique problem-solving approach to designing sleepwear for the modern woman. With a BA and MBA from UCLA Anderson, Ashley is committed to Lunya being a vehicle for positive change - utilizing her background in tech & investing to build a successful and rapidly growing fashion brand with a deeper mission. Beyond building Lunya, Ashley is an active supporter and board member for Girls Inc., a supporter of both Upstream and Planned Parenthood, and invests in many female entrepreneurs and funds. She is a Southern California native and resides there with her two young children and her husband.

David Heath is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bombas. Prior to the launch in 2013, David dedicated two years to rigorous product testing and refinement to create the best performing and most comfortable socks available, while staying true to their mission of helping those in need. Under David's leadership, Bombas has grown incredibly, expanding into additional product categories and making an impact on the greater community with the brand's give-back business model. David holds a BA from Babson College with majors in Marketing, Management, and Entrepreneurship. Previously, he led business development as one of the founding employees at UrbanDaddy followed by joining the new media acquisitions and strategy team at Yucaipa Companies.  As a true serial entrepreneur, David has founded three companies, with one successful exit, and has invested and consulted on a range of start-up businesses from concept, through launch and continued growth. David has been featured on ABC’s Shark Tank, NBC TODAY Show, ABC Good Morning America, CBS This Morning, Bloomberg TV and in The New York Times

Mr. Jeff Kearl serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Stance. Mr. Kearl Co-founded Precedent Investments in 2012. He serves as a Venture Partner of Zetta Venture Partners. Mr. Kearl served as Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Marketing Officer of Arteis, Inc. From April 2007 to April 2008, Mr. Kearl served as Director of Strategy and New Ventures for Hewlett Packard. He ran strategy and new ventures at HP. Mr. Kearl served as the Chief Marketing Officer of LogoWorks. He also overseen new, internal business units within Logoworks such as DIY design and was responsible for corporate development including venture capital financing and M&A and co-founded the firm. Mr. Kearl worked as an Associate at vSpring Capital. He served as an Associate at vSpring III, L.P., VSpring I, L.P. and VSpring II, L.P. Prior to vSpring Capital, he founded Freeport.com, Inc. and served as its Vice President of Business Development & Product Marketing. He was also involved with several start-ups such as Cerberian, comScore, Control4, Mediconnect Global and Senforce. In 1997, Mr. Kearl Co-founded and served as Vice President of sales of Apex Training & Development. Previously, he spent four years in management consulting focused on organizational development and competitive strategy. Mr. Kearl started his career at the Covey Leadership Center where he worked in various sales, marketing and product management roles until it was acquired by Franklin Quest in 1997. He serves as the Chairman of Stance. Mr. Kearl serves as a Director of Needle, Inc., Julep, Stance and Connect SDSI. He serves as a Member of Advisory Boards of several Utah companies. He served as the Director of Skullcandy, Inc. from 2005 to October 03, 2016 and Chairman until June 13, 2013. Mr. Kearl teaches entrepreneurial finance in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University, his alma mater. Mr. Kearl holds a BA in Marketing from Brigham Young University.

Zach Zelner is a leader in the world of startups and entrepreneurship. His pursuits have involved industries ranging from tech to cannabis. In 2012, Zach launched a cookie delivery operation out of his college apartment and subsequently scaled it to 3 brick-and-mortar locations with over 100 employees. Soon after, he founded a tech company, Penny Logistics, which grew to a $15M company in 5 months. Zach then started DocMJ, a physician’s practice offering medical cannabis cards to qualified patients in Florida. This business expanded to 15 clinics around the state. Most recently, Zach started PupSocks, an e-commerce company producing custom socks with customer-submitted pet photos. PupSocks quickly scaled to $8M revenue in 30 days and became one of the fastest-growing e-commerce stores ever.

Divya Gugnani brings 20 years of investment and entrepreneurial experience to her role as CEO and Co-Founder of Wander Beauty, a company focused on multitasking beauty essentials created with global inspiration. Launched in 2015 Wander Beauty has proven to be one of the fastest emerging brands in the country, with over 14 highly prestigious beauty awards under their belt, including two Allure Best of Beauty Awards, plus a loyal following of A-list celebrities, top journalists and notable beauty and style influencers. Prior to that, Divya co-founded Send the Trend, an e-commerce site focused on personalized fashion and beauty, and sold it to QVC, where she focused on digital innovation. She is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded multiple companies. 

Divya started her business career in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs and then moved on to private equity and venture capital at Investcorp International and FirstMark Capital. Divya is a self- proclaimed startup junkie, a food and fashion lover, as well as a beauty experimenter. She has appeared regularly on several shows on CNBC, NBC and MSNBC. She has also been featured in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, BusinessWeek, TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The Deal, and Crain’s, among several other publications.

Divya has contributed to The Huffington Post, TODAYshow.com, Daily Beast, The Nest Magazine and Woman’s World. She is the author of the book Sexy Women Eat: Secrets to Eating What You Want and Still Looking Fabulous , published by HarperCollins. In addition to a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Divya attended the French Culinary Institute.

Tracy Sun is Co-founder and Senior Vice President of New Markets of Poshmark, and spent the last fifteen years between NYC and Silicon Valley at the intersection of fashion and technology. At Poshmark, Tracy has pioneered a social commerce platform that is shifting the fashion landscape, making shopping simple, fun and social, while also empowering entrepreneurs to build thriving retail businesses. Prior to Poshmark, Tracy was VP of merchandising at Brooklyn Industries, a New York City-based fashion retailer. She received her BA from Barnard College at Columbia University and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Tracy has been highlighted as a "Top Female Tech Founder" by USA Today and TechCrunch, a "Woman Making Waves in Tech" by Refinery29, a "Retail Game-Changer" by Marie Claire and is a member of the BoF 500, the definitive professional index of the people shaping the $2.4 trillion fashion industry.

Hari Mari’s story started in Indonesia, where the husband and wife team, Jeremy and Lila Stewart, lived and worked for several years, starting in 2007. During their time in the island nation, Jeremy was producing a documentary film on children fighting hunger and malnutrition in Southeast Asia, and Lila was volunteering on behalf of the American Women’s Association in Jakarta, spearheading in-country fundraising, clothing drives, and food donations to aid and support orphans across the archipelago. Their unique & indelible experiences clicked and spurred a collective passion for helping kids abroad.

Moving back to the States in 2010 and expecting their first child, the two decided the next project they undertook would be to help kids here in the US, and when they saw an unmet need for comfortable and colorful flip flops at a premium level, they married the two passions together to found Hari Mari.

Hari Mari launched in 2012, bringing clever color and superlative comfort together in a singular flip flop, creating looks as unique as the people who wear them. Described by Details Magazine as “The only sandals a guy should wear” and tapped as “stylish and absurdly comfortable” by Outside Magazine.

Igor Cherny is Vice President of Information Technology at The Home Depot.  He is responsible for the Online, Customer, Marketing, and Merchandising Technology, which includes HomeDepot.com and Mobile applications, Customer and Loyalty, Marketing Technology, Product Catalog, Vendor Management, Assortment, Pricing, Space and Store Planning. 

Igor joined The Home Depot in 2015 and has over 20 years of digital retail technology experience. He has held various roles of influence throughout his career with emphasis on ecommerce and software development. Most recently, during the last 3 years, Igor was a general manager of Home Depot subsidiary, Redbeacon, LLC, where Igor lead major team and technology transformation from a separately operated company to a fully-fledged Home Depot business unit, that is now merged with the rest of Home Depot Services Organization.

Prior to joining The Home Depot, Igor was Chief Technology Officer for Sears Online Business Unit, Sr. Director Engineering at Walmart.com, as well as Vice President Engineering at several Silicon Valley Startups.

Ted Baker is a Husband, Father, and the CEO/Cofounder of QALO Inc.  Qalo is a lifestyle company based in Southern California that he and his business partner KC Holiday launched in 2013, after his wife asked if he was "ever going to wear a wedding ring?!”  Education includes a BS in economics from George Mason University, followed by an MBA in Financial Systems Analysis, and International Business from Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.  A former Actor and restauranteur- Ted loves anything Gluten free!  Ted is proud to be affiliated with and sits on the board of a number of philanthropies and considers himself a consciencepreneur.

Dr. Zahir Dossa is the Co-founder and CEO of Function of Beauty, a digitally-native, hyper-customizable personal care company that individually formulates products based on one’s unique goals and preferences. Zahir is a graduate of MIT, earning two degrees in computer science and management, and a PhD in sustainability. After graduating, Zahir received a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Sustainability at the IMD Business School in Switzerland, where he co-authored a book on sustainable business models. Zahir's research focused on the role of internet-based technologies to transform value chains, which eventually led him to found Function of Beauty. 

Lee Greene is the Founder & CEO of WearAway, an online fashion marketplace that connects influencers and brands. WearAway quickly gained momentum as the first rental marketplace and online showroom for influencers to borrow designer apparel and accessories for their social media content and events, growing to more than 5,000 members and 7,000 products from over 900 brands. WearAway was recently acquired in January 2019 by GRIN, the leading software suite for brands to optimize and scale their influencer marketing programs in-house. 

Lee is an innovative entrepreneur, influencer marketing expert and host of the Stairway to CEO podcast, a popular podcast featuring interviews with top founders and executives about what it takes to start and grow a business.

A private equity investor who has helped grow multi-billion dollar consumer brands, Shaan Sethi serves as founder & CEO of Jaanuu.  Sethi was recruited by his sister, Dr. Neela Sethi Young, who recognized an unfilled niche for fashionable and contemporary scrubs for healthcare professionals during her residency. Together, the dynamic duo established Jaanuu in 2013 and have nurtured the business to become the most successful and fastest growing direct-to-consumer brand in the medical apparel space.

Co-Founder and managing member of B4L Capital Management, Sethi previously spent two years as an investment professional at The Yucaipa Companies, a $10 billion private equity firm focused on investments in the apparel, retail, consumer products and distribution industries.  He segued to Yucaipa following work as an investment banker, including three years at CIBC World Markets, where he facilitated mergers and acquisitions, bank debt offerings, and high-yield debt issuances to such consumer/retail clients as American Eagle Outfitters, Citizens of Humanity, Deckers, DSW, GSICommerce, Lululemon, Quiksilver and Skechers.  He began his career as a financial advisory associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Chris is co-founder and CTO of Grove Collaborative where he runs engineering, product management, enterprise technology, and data. Grove is a mission-driven ecommerce brand focused on natural home care and personal care products.
 
Chris thinks retail is an absolute blast, and loves helping families get great products delivered to their homes. He's a data geek, having previously led product & engineering at Kaggle, a machine learning and data science company (acquired by Google). He loves SQL, hates unstructured data, and begrudgingly acknowledges that at the end of the day everyone just uses Excel.

Chelsie Lee is the CEO of Shipsi, a technology company that leverages last-mile networks like Postmates and Uber to give any retailer the ability to add an "instant shipping" option to their checkout process. Prior to Shipsi, Chelsie held positions at high-end luxury retail chains both internationally and domestically — including Saks Fifth Avenue, New Look, UGG, O’Neill, Nike and more. She has also personally contributed to dozens of emerging brands through a mentorship program she founded in the early 2000’s. Chelsie is a Minnesota native, yoga instructor, and surf enthusiast residing in Venice, CA.

John Hazen is the Chief Digital Officer at Boot Barn.  In his role he is responsible for all e-commerce operations and driving digital growth forward at Boot Barn. Prior to Boot Barn, Hazen was responsible for Commerce and Subscriptions at Ring, now an Amazon Company.  Throughout his career, Hazen has pioneered digital innovations including patented technology for Nike and some of the first Apple Watch retail applications at True Religion, featured by Apple Inc. Hazen received a B.Comm from Concordia University in Montreal Canada and an M.B.A. in Information Systems from Loyola Marymount University. Hazen has 20+ years working in Apparel and Consumer Goods.

Bobby Lyons is the Chief Digital Officer for Markwins Beauty Brands, the manufacturer of Wet N’ Wild Beauty, LipSmacker, LORAC, Physician’s Formula, Bonne Bell, and Black Radiance cosmetic brands. Bob has over 20 years’ experience in e-commerce executive management across technology, marketing, and operations. Bobby worked previously in the beauty and healthcare space as a digital transformation executive at Walgreens, Drugstore.com, SkinStore.com, and has provided consulting services for companies ranging from startup to Fortune 500 to include lululemon, TopHatter, IMVU, Windsor Fashions, and Swimsuitsforall.  

Bogdan Constantin is a serial entrepreneur. He previously founded Menguin - the world's first online suit and tuxedo rental company. He scaled the business by over 10,000% and within 2.5 years sold to the founder of Mens Wearhouse. Post sale he was the CMO of Generation Tux Holdings where he grew the business by over 400% within 3 months. He is now the founder of Voxie - a conversational commerce platform that helps brands build relationships with their customers, at scale. He is also an active angel investor and startup mentor helping brands innovating in the B2C space. When not building businesses, Bogdan enjoys spending time with his family; wife Amy and daughter Quinn. He currently resides in Atlanta, GA.

Aaron Zagha is currently the CMO at Newton Baby, the direct-to-consumer brand behind the safest baby crib mattress on the market in addition to other top-rated sleep products. He was previously the head of eComemrce for Teleflora’s international operations. Aaron also currently serves on the board of Westside Analytics, an online data mining firm providing competitive analysis and research to corporate clients in eCommerce and to restaurants chains. Prior to Newton and Teleflora, Aaron was a co-founder and COO of Ownza.com, the social shopping and rebate site.

A seasoned marketing and communications leader with deep experience in the retail/fashion space, Ranu Coleman serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Azazie, the direct-to-consumer company focused on high-quality, custom-fit, affordable bridesmaid dresses and wedding gowns.  Joining Azazie in February 2018, Coleman leads the marketing team in implementing brand strategy, driving awareness of Azazie’s product offerings and engaging consumers with the brand.

Previously Coleman was director of marketing for a cutting-edge tech company, following a year as senior program manager consultant, store design for Sephora, where she led the rollout of a new urban location prototype, Sephora Studio.  From 2013-15 Coleman served as manager, brand marketing for equestrian footwear and apparel brand Ariat International after a similar post for Dreamwear where, for five years, her responsibilities included negotiating and shepherding strategic partnerships with national brands including Nicole Miller, Skinnygirl by Bethany Frankel, Playboy, XOXO and Laura Ashley.

Coleman began her career as a brand manager for Earthbound LLC and received her bachelor’s degree in political science from UC Irvine and professional designation program-visual communications degree from Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM).  Ranu Coleman is married with one child and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Alon Leibovitch is the Co-Founder and CEO of BrandTotal, a marketing technology platform that empowers marketers to discover and act on threats and opportunities in real time. As a communication strategist at McCann Worldgroup, Alon identified a major blindspot in analyzing competitive advertising, where 85% of sponsored posts are not viewable to the public – creating a massive gap in competitive insight. Alon collaborated with BrandTotal’s co-founders to develop marketing technology built on the principles of machine learning AI and military grade cyber security data collection to develop the BrandTotal Agile Marketing Platform. Alon holds a Masters in Behavioral and Management Sciences at Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Lisa focuses on seed to late stage venture companies with an emphasis on consumer Internet, digital commerce and next-generation marketplaces. She has been involved with the firm’s investments in Jet (acquired by Walmart), Opendoor, Ritual and StellaService.

Before joining the Norwest team, Lisa worked in Amazon.com’s Worldwide Corporate Development team. Prior to Amazon, Lisa worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she focused on eCommerce, SaaS, consumer Internet, and healthcare IT companies. Earlier, Lisa founded BANZAI! Fresh, a small business providing high-quality, nutritious foods to schools and hospitals in Northern California. She was named by Silicon Valley Business Journal in it's "40 under 40" in 2017.

Dr. Zhuo Li is the COO of AutoX, a San Jose, CA company creating self-driving car technology for Location Based Services platforms. She leads the team worldwide which is on the way to commercializing self-driving technology. She focuses on making deep vertical integration of the company’s A.I. software with hardware to make the optimal autonomous delivery vehicle fleet. Zhuo is one of the Women of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2018. Prior to AutoX, Dr. Li completed her Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Delaware and went on to become a researcher at the T.J. Watson Research Center at IBM on the Watson Core Algorithms team, leading the R&D of Watson products powered by state-of-the-art deep neural networks on the Watson SaaS product platform.

Toto Haba is currently the SVP of Global Digital at Benefit Cosmetics. He leads a team that is responsible for e-Commerce, Retailer, Social, Advertising, and Influencer marketing in over 40 countries. Toto’s background is in advertising, having worked at agencies such as BBDO and Organic. He has taught at the New School – Parsons school of Fashion Marketing and has earned numerous awards during his career, with the most recent distinction being named as one of the top 21 most influential people in Beauty Digital by WWD magazine (Feb, 2017)

Angela Hsu oversees the marketing and eCommerce business, leading a 35-person team including marketing, site strategy, PR and brand, creative services (design/content/video), innovation, marketplace and merchandising analytics with P&L responsibilities. She reports to the founder/CEO.

Angela holds an MBA from USC and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from UC Irvine.

Raphael Weishaupt leads brand and acquisition marketing across FTD Companies' portfolio of brands – including FTD, ProFlowers, Shari's Berries, and Personal Creations. A passionate brand and digital performance marketer, Raphael focuses on striking the right balance between the two to drive sustainable business growth. 

Prior to joining FTD in 2017, Raphael served in global marketing leadership roles across various industries with market leaders like Qualcomm, eBay, or GE Capital. In addition, Raphael serves as a start-up advisor in the San Diego area.

A Swiss native, Raphael received his MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. He currently resides in San Diego where he enjoys running, hiking, and spending time with his family.

Beth Monda recently joined Beautycounter to bring her expertise in building a strong digital presence to the clean beauty company that is leading a movement to put safer personal care products into the hands of everyone. Beth has over 20 years of experience in marketing and e-commerce, and prior to Beautycounter she was most recently the Vice President, e-Commerce for Teleflora.  During her tenure at Teleflora, Beth oversaw Teleflora.com and their 100+ affinity partnership businesses.  She also brings omni-channel experience from BCBGMAXAZRIA Group, Lucky Brand Jeans, and Coach.  Beth earned her MBA from NYU STERN and her Bachelors from Middlebury College.

JoAnne Kennedy joined Nordstrom in 2014 as a senior director for merchandising technology. In 2015, she began supporting the technology team for customer loyalty. JoAnne moved into her role as vice president of technology in 2016, supporting marketing, loyalty, gift card, credit and customer care. She helps drive modern software development best practices and technology strategies, as well as operations for systems and applications. In 2016, she was elected to the Nordstrom Credit Federal Saving Bank Board of Directors as vice president of technology services.

Prior to joining Nordstrom, JoAnne was the vice president of technology at NBC Universal (2008-2014) where she was responsible for digital properties including: nbcnews.com, msnbc.com and today.com as well as hosting cnbc.com and nbcsports.com. JoAnne led the technology strategy including software development, operations, office of the architect and video engineering. She joined msnbc.com in 2005 as the Sr. Director of Product Development.

Jyoti Shukla was named vice president of User Experience in September, 2017. She and her team of over 35 designers, researchers, and writers support Nordstrom's digital platforms: web, mobile, and in-store.

Jyoti joined Nordstrom in August, 2014 as a senior manager of UX Design. In March, 2016 she assumed the role of director of User Experience. In October, 2016, Jyoti was promoted to senior director of User Experience where she served before receiving her current role. Prior to Nordstrom, Jyoti held marketing, public relations and technology positions at several companies, including Microsoft and Starbucks.

Dave Cotter joined Nordstrom as the vice president of mobile in March 2018. Dave supports and helps oversee the vision, business, and product strategy for all mobile experiences at Nordstrom.

Prior to Nordstrom, Dave was CEO of e-commerce over mobile messaging platform MessageYes, the conversational commerce platform that allows users to discover and buy their favorite products via text and app messaging by simply replying 'Yes".

A high-tech entrepreneur at heart, Dave was previously a director of engineering at Zulily and co-founded SquareHub, a mobile private social network for families. Prior to SquareHub, Dave was a general manager at Amazon in the early years of Amazon Web Services and worldwide marketing, managing teams of more than 100 engineers, product managers, and marketing managers.

Lisa Cox is the VP, Partnerships for Saks Fifth Avenue. Saks Fifth Avenue offers innovative, omnichannel partnership opportunities that reach highly engaged audiences within its retail portfolio across North America. The Partnerships team supports the development and execution of strategic partnerships with comprehensive campaigns across all marketing channels for Saks Fifth Avenue. In her role, Lisa leads the Saks Fifth Avenue teams responsible for developing and executing these partnerships across a diverse portfolio of industries from automotive, alcohol, CPG, electronics, entertainment, financial services, and travel.  

Lisa has had a long and successful career that includes roles at media agencies and marketing at Saks Fifth Avenue. She joined Hudson’s Bay Company, parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, in February of 2007 as a Saks associate and has held several leadership roles across the marketing and partnerships teams. Prior to this, Lisa began her career with media and marketing roles at BBDO, OMD, and Limited Brands. She is a board member of PS11 responsible for community events, as well as the Treasurer on the Board of Managers of the 303 Condominium. Lisa graduated from The George Washington University with a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Marketing. When she isn’t focused on growing customer excitement with innovative partnerships, Lisa she enjoys running, baking, traveling, and spending time with her husband and two daughters.

Tiffanie Burkhalter is the Vice President of eCommerce for the Retail division of VSP Global. Since joining VSP in 2011, Tiffanie has risen through the organization, holding positions in finance and operations. As one of the founding members of the VSP Retail division, she has helped reimagine how eye care and eyewear are delivered by this mission-driven company. In 2017, she was named one of Vision Monday’s Most Influential Women in Optical. Tiffanie has a passion for business and a heart for giving back to the community and serves on the board of Glam4Good in addition to volunteering with several community-based charities

Prior to 2011, Tiffanie was part of the assurance and advisory practice of Ernst & Young, where she managed local and international teams serving clients across multiple industries. She is a CPA and has extensive experience with corporate finance, strategic planning, mergers & acquisitions, valuations and operations.  

Dan King is SVP, of Marketing and Growth at Ritual. Ritual is a health technology brand that reinvented and improved the quality of multivitamins. Lead by women and designed for women. Backed by a world-class scientific team. 

Dan is a 2X D2C brand builder and cutting edge performance marketer. Before Ritual, he headed the growth at MeUndies - maker of the world’s most comfortable underwear. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Amanda Lancellotti is the AVP, Digital at Pep Boys.   Since joining the organization in 2012, Amanda has risen through the digital ranks, expanding her areas of responsibility from digital merchandising to production control, product lifecycle, UX/UI, project delivery, AB testing strategy and implementation, personalization, SEO, content generation and implementation, marketplaces, logistics, customer service and B2B.   In her tenure at Pep Boys, Amanda has led her team to double digit YOY growth and was  key leader in site re-platforming efforts. She looks forward to delivering a transformative mobile first customer experience in 2019. 

Amanda has is a two-time Remodista Women to Watch (2018 and 2019). She has more than 10 years of eCommerce and Marketing experience across many different retail verticals including, automotive, bridal and custom athletic apparel.  

Kerry joined Zulily in May of 2013 and has headed up the Home & Hardlines Merchandising teams after spending 10 years at Amazon, where she managed a variety of teams that sourced and developed a wide range of product categories from Toys & Outdoor to Kitchen & Home.  She was instrumental in launching their wedding and gifting space and developing Amazon’s first Private Label Brands. Prior to joining Amazon she was part of the merchandising, International sourcing and private label divisions at WalMart and Costco Wholesale. Kerry loves to travel and spend time in the outdoors, especially gardening and hiking.

Ruth Crowley joined Lowe’s in 2016 as Vice President, Customer Experience Design. Using Human-centered design methodology, she is responsible for leading her team’s efforts to create cohesive customer experiences that are emotionally and seasonally relevant and aligned with strategic company objectives.

Prior to joining Lowe's, Ruth worked with Entertainment Retail Enterprises with clients like Nickelodeon and M&M's World Stores, creating customized products, flagship stores and experiences in global markets. Ruth also has diverse experience with other iconic companies including Harley-Davidson, Universal Studios and Host Marriott (Airports), with a focus on design, retail, product and brand development. She describes herself as a continuing student of business.  

Ruth comes from Ireland and spends much of her free time there with her family including nine siblings as well as nieces and nephews.

Sarah is the Vice President of Digital Commerce and Experience at The North Face. In this capacity she leads the brand’s digital business while driving forward the end to end consumer experience across TNF’s digital ecosystem. Her teams are responsible for Digital Marketing, Content, Acquisition, Loyalty, CRM, Data & Analytics, UX, and Technology.  

Prior to joining The North Face, Sarah worked to build best in class digital experiences at Gap Inc, The Linus Group, Active Interest Media, and Smuggler. Throughout her career she has helped organizations embrace the interplay of business, strategy, user experience, and technology to create lasting results within the marketplace. 

Carrie has more than 18 years of experience spanning product marketing, digital marketing, and brand strategy. At Valassis Digital, she leads a team of product marketers, driving the positioning and go-to-market execution for Valassis Digital’s suite of leading edge advertising, data, and targeting solutions. Prior to joining Valassis Digital, Carrie led a team of product leads and marketing consultants at Kantar Consulting, where she focused on unlocking growth for clients in industries ranging from retail to financial services to CPG. Carrie previously spent eight years at American Express. As a Vice President in OPEN she led digital & brand experiences including OPENForum.com, ShopSmall.com, and the American Express OPEN social media properties, fueling brand loyalty and acquisition efforts. Carrie received her M.B.A. from Columbia University and also holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill with a concentration in marketing.  

With 20 years of CRM expertise, Brian is passionate about helping companies deepen their customer relationships.  He has developed customer engagement & loyalty programs at numerous organizations and evolved them into self-sustaining initiatives that add demonstrable value to the business.  Additionally, he regularly shares his hands-on insights at CRM events across the country.

In his current role as Vice President of CRM Marketing at Shutterfly, Brian oversees the business and technology strategy behind multi-channel programs focused on customer engagement, retention and loyalty.  Previously, Brian held CRM & loyalty marketing roles at both Kodak Gallery and Blue Shield of California.  Prior to that he served as a business strategy consultant, first at Accenture and then at Peppers & Rogers Group, where he developed customer-driven solutions for top global brands including Nike, Jaguar Cars, HP and Amgen.

Tari Huddleston is the VP Ecommerce for Sugarfina deeply invested in the customer experience and leading the ecommerce business.  With over 20 years’ experience with many famous and well-loved brands from The Home Depot to Hallmark to M&M’s Chocolate Candies, she has led and developed direct to consumer business from start-up, survival, turnaround and growth.  With a strong knowledge of both customer focused businesses and online developments, Tari has been responsible for launching dozens of websites, new catalogs and establishing complete direct to consumer infrastructures from the ground up.

Alvaro De La Rocha is the VP of Marketing at Bespoke Post, the leading subscription and e-commerce service delivering goods and guidance to the modern man.

In his role, Alvaro oversees all marketing, customer acquisition, public relations and customer experience initiatives. He was a founding team member at Bespoke Post and has helped the startup grow to reach nearly half a million customers across the U.S. and Canada.

Prior to Bespoke Post, Alvaro worked in Microsoft’s advertising division and spent six years at Ogilvy rising to the role of Partner, Management Supervisor.

He received his MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, and his Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from Georgetown University.

Ajay Kapoor is the Global Vice President of Digital Transformation + Strategy, leading digital transformation of SharkNinja's Sales, Marketing, and Product capabilities into the digital age. Captured within this is overall responsibility of total SharkNinja's Digital Marketing, omni-channel media planning, overall eCommerce (DTC, R.com, AMZN, Pureplays), and evolution into Big Data + IoT capabilities. 

Previously, he functioned as a corporate innovator + changemaker at Procter & Gamble, leading reinventing brand specific digital strategies, driving forward Big Data capabilities, and broadly focused on being an interpreneur within the larger organization. 

Prior to P&G, he was a serial entrepreneur, co-founding three companies across a variety of verticals, from cleantech, eCommerce, and biotech. He is motivated by big picture impact and social betterment for the globe, with all three of his startups embodying that social mission. 

He is an advisor and mentor to a variety of startups, a Trustee to the Awesome Foundation, functions on the Executive Team of Startup Leadership Program, and co-founded GrowDetroit, a non-profit focused on reimagining the economic and social ecosystem of Detroit and broader middle America. He has been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper. 

Follow him on twitter @ajayskapoor.

Jose Nino is an omni-channel, Google certified, e-commerce and digital marketing executive with over 15 years of experience in the startup, development and management of results oriented operations.  He often presents at numerous domestic and international industry conferences, and has taught related courses at universities both in the U.S. and Spain. 

He is currently Vice President of Global Digital Strategy for USPA Global Licensing, Inc. (USPAGL), the exclusive worldwide licensor of the United States Polo Association (USPA) and its intellectual properties. With a global retail footprint of $1.6B via e-commerce and over 1,000 stores, U.S. Polo Assn. is the official brand of the United States Polo Association.  He previously led digital & e-commerce at both Perry Ellis Int’l and Cosabella Lingerie. 

Chad Cornstubble serves as Fossil Group’s Vice President of Global eCommerce and has been with the company since January 2015.  Currently, he oversees the operations of Fossil.com, Skagen.com, Watchstation.com, Michele.com and Misfit.com from the company's Global headquarters in Richardson, Texas.  He is responsible for UI/UX development, platform management, content creation/management, customer experience and overall P&L ownership for the eCommerce channel. Prior to Fossil, Chad has worked with many companies ranging from small scale start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, offering eCommerce services across an array of industries including manufacturing, distribution, retail and professional services. With an abundance of international experience, Chad has a strong understanding of various markets throughout North American, Europe and Asia.

Megan Kohout is the Vice President of E-commerce and Customer Analytics at Kendra Scott, a fashion and lifestyle brand based in Austin, Texas. She oversees all aspects of the e-commerce channel, including web development, user experience and digital marketing. She also leads all qualitative and quantitative customer analytics with a focus on driving actionable recommendations across business functions. She focuses on keeping the customer at the center of every experience this billion-dollar brand presents.

Prior to her current role, Megan oversaw e-commerce and customer analytics at Club Monaco and managed digital marketing and customer analytics at a fashion flash sale site launched by Amazon. She began her retail career analyzing customer data at Ann Taylor.

Megan received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her undergraduate degree in Economics from Harvard College.

Robin Li is based in New York and focuses on investments in consumer, new retail  and urban technology for GGV Capital.   She serves on the board of directors for Bustle Digital Group, Glow Concept, Lively, and is an Observer or is actively involved with Bowery Farming, Boxed, Ibotta, Fucntion of Beauty, Poshmark, Slice, The Mighty, Wheelwell, Yamibuy and Yellow. Robin created EvolvingE, a highly active community of top entrepreneurs and executives in the ecommerce, retail and consumer goods sectors that connect at the EvolvingE annual summit and at events around the country. Prior to joining GGV, Robin worked at Flextronics' Venture Arm covering hardware and technology investments. Before venture capital, she spent three years at Teach For America as a teacher and administrator. Robin holds a BA in Art History from the University of Florence, BA in Economics and Art History from Rutgers, MS in Special Education from Hunter College and a MBA from The University of Chicago.

Jim Richmond is currently the Vice President of eCommerce for Home Décor retailer Kirkland’s.  He is responsible for managing and growing a $100M+ eCommerce business including ownership of UX/UI, merchandising, analytics, vendor management, fulfillment, customer service and the associated IT road map.  He has 15 years of experience, leading eCommerce teams as a Business Owner, Product Manager and IT Program Manager, often wearing all three hats at the same time.  Prior to his current role he held leadership positions at both eBay and Target.com.  Jim focuses much of his time leveraging technology to provide great online and offline customer experiences in the retail space.  While at Target and now at Kirkland’s his teams have successfully delivered BOPIS, Ship from Store and Ship to Store fulfillment capabilities to over 2200 retail locations

John is a dynamic brand and technology leader with a proven track record of building scalable omnichannel experiences. Focused on the fusion of purposeful design, frictionless shopping experiences, and rich brand narratives, John leads global teams that exceed business goals and financial objectives.  As the VP, Global Direct-to-Consumer, John is redefining how KEEN is blending brand and commerce experiences across the physical and digital worlds.

Josh Margolis is the Vice President of Customer Journey and Digital Products at Caesars Entertainment where his team provides strategic recommendations on marketing communication, loyalty marketing, promotions, and innovation that can scale across the enterprise. Prior to this, Josh launched the first social casino loyalty program in the mobile games industry for a Caesars subsidiary, Playtika. The program spanned 5 top 50 iOS and Google Play games and attracted over 20 million monthly users. 

Before joining Caesars, Josh worked as a marketer in the legal industry.  He holds a marketing degree from Lehigh University as well as a joint JD/MBA from Temple University. When he isn’t at work you can find him golfing, playing poker, or rooting for the Philadelphia 76ers. 

Andrea is the VP of Marketing at Notion, a VC funded startup, based in Denver, Co. With Notion's multi-functional sensors, homeowners can detect water leaks, temperature changes, smoke & CO alarms, doors, windows and garage doors opening. Andrea oversees brand, marketing and communications. Prior to Notion, Andrea served as Director of Digital Marketing at Cabela's between 2013-2018 and Global Director of Loyalty and CRM at Crocs between 2009-2013.

Ratish Naroor is the Vice President for SEO / Local SEO at Slice, An online food ordering platform for independent pizzerias. Slice allows local pizzeria owners to compete with big chains by offering their unique products to new and existing customers through a mobile-optimized website, the Slice app, and Slicelife.com. Slice also helps local pizzerias succeed by maintaining their brand presence, acquiring new customers through customized marketing, and managing their daily local campaigns for higher engagement and retention. Prior to Slice, Ratish had taken senior search marketing roles at Overstock.com, TripAdvisor and Grubhub. Ratish comes with a technology background and has always used his technologist hat to build scalable strategies to grow E-commerce websites. Ratish is also a growth advisor to an early stage marketplace for senior living customers.

Antonia Hock is the global head of The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center where she leads a dynamic advisory business focused on innovating the customer experience for clients world-wide.

The Ritz-Carlton Leadership Center delivers award-winning services that have allowed thousands of clients to improve customer and employee engagement, transform their culture, drive brand loyalty, and create an extraordinary customer experience. Under her leadership, The Leadership Center has created incredible competitive advantages for some of the biggest brands in the world: Nearly 50% of the 2018 Glassdoor Top 25 Best Places to Work have been impacted by its work on culture transformation, customer experience, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Prior to The Ritz-Carlton, Hock, a global expert on customer experience and the luxury experience economy, has led business units across many industries to drive award-winning innovation, double-digit sustainable growth, and exceptional customer experience throughout her career. Antonia is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where she majored both in Asian Studies and Government and competed nationally on the Equestrian team. Raised abroad, she now resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland and is passionate about horology, exotic adventure travel, and martial arts.

When Noa was 16 she bought prescriptionless glasses and wore them as if she needed eye correction. Today she leads with great passion (and “real” glasses) the communication & content at GlassesUSA.com educating consumers about buying glasses online. With 18 years of expertise in marketing, advertising & content including brands like JDate, Sprite, L'Oréal & Chevrolet, this storyteller takes pride in authentic and product first brand building.

Lindsey is the Vice President of marketing at Winc, a direct-to-consumer winery and the world's first personalized wine club. She leads customer engagement and retention initiatives, as well as oversees customer service operations. 

Prior to Winc, Lindsey worked at Goldman Sachs, building key relationships with large institutional investment consultants and selling Goldman's full suite of investment products. 

Lindsey received her MBA from UCLA Anderson, where she focused on marketing and entrepreneurship. She did her undergraduate work at Harvard, where she graduated cum laude with a BA in English.

Amber is a marketing executive with over 15 years experience leading transformation and growth for global brands. Amber is Vice President, Marketing for Evenflo, Inc., a subsidiary of Goodbaby International, the world’s largest manufacturer of juvenile and baby products. Amber previously served as Vice President, Marketing at National Amusements, a worldwide leader in entertainment and parent of Viacom and CBS. Amber started her career with global marketing agencies Digitas and VML, managing digital marketing for General Motors, Dunkin’ Donuts, Baskin-Robbins and UNICEF. Amber received her BSBA from the Boston University Questrom School of Management and holds a certificate in strategy & innovation from the MIT Sloan School of Management. She serves on the Board of Directors for Title IX Girls Running Club, a non-profit dedicated to health in young girls, as well as the WGBH Corporate Executive Council, providing marketing consulting to the nation’s leader in public media. Amber lives outside of Boston with her husband and two young daughters.  

Jason Zimmerman joined Blindsgalore in May of 2011 as the role of Vice President of IT and is responsible for implementing innovative technology that propels the business forward. Before joining Blindsgalore, Jason worked at Petco for 9 years, where he directed all ecommerce technology needs. Jason has a passionate focus on innovation and continuous improvement that empowers an organization to succeed long-term.

Sonia joined Pritzker Group Venture Capital in 2016. She is responsible for sourcing, diligence and oversight for the firm’s investments in consumer and emerging technologies. Most recently, Sonia was vice president of product and head of mobile apps for RetailMeNot (NASDAQ: SALE), responsible for cross-platform strategy and leading an app redesign that earned a 2015 People’s Voice Webby Award for Best Shopping App. Sonia joined RetailMeNot in 2014 following its acquisition of Pickie, the venture-backed mobile shopping start-up she co-founded in 2011. Prior to Pickie, Sonia was a senior associate for Booz & Company leading post-merger integration and growth strategy projects for digital media and retail clients. Previously she worked in product management, investment banking, and engineering roles with Amazon, Goldman Sachs and General Motors. Sonia is on the board of directors of Interior Define, Sittercity, Curiosity.com and led Pritzker Group’s investments in Wander Beauty and Maisonette.

Kobi Elbaz is Vice President and General Manager of the Americas Personal Systems Business at HP. Kobi’s end to end responsibilities include P&L management, product management, sales management, business planning and operations, and marketing for both Consumer and Commercial product categories in the Americas region.  Prior to this role, Kobi was Vice President of North America Commercial Personal Systems, responsible for the overall Commercial business, including product, marketing and sales strategies; business and product development; and business execution for North America.  Kobi joined the company in 1996. Since that time he has held various leadership positions, including Vice President of Commercial Personal Systems, Printing and Personal Systems for Europe for the Middle-East and Africa (EMEA), as well as General Manager of Personal Systems Group in Israel and Director of Commercial Retails Solutions for PPS EMEA. He currently lives in Northern California with his family.

Derrick Dinglasan has 20 years combined experience in consumer products (fashion/beauty/wellness/fitness/electronics), E-commerce, mobile, and digital strategy. He currently serves as Global Head of Digital at Manduka, a heritage brand serving the yoga community for over 20 years by crafting the highest performance yoga mats, towels, apparel, and accessories on (and for) the planet, and oversees the digital experience for Manduka’s direct-to-consumer and wholesale websites across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC regions.

Prior to Manduka, Derrick was an early member of the leadership team at The Honest Company, where he served as Head of Product and UX for the wellness lifestyle brand along the way to its $1.7B valuation. He later led Los Angeles fashion brand, Five Four Club, as VP of Growth & Digital, growing the business to $100MM and tripling its menswear subscription business. Derrick holds a Masters from Northwestern University and a BSE from the University of Pennsylvania. 

Chika Okoro is the Director of Consumer Insights Marketing at FabFitFun, a lifestyle membership that inspires women to lead happier, healthier lives through product and brand discovery. Her focus is on gathering data about FabFitFun members to find insights to help FabFitFun better serve current members as well as identify strategies to attract new members.  Before FabFitFun Chika worked at Procter & Gamble as an Assistant Brand Manger on two of P&G's billion dollar brands. She also spent some time at Google as a Product Marketing Manager.   Chika received her B.A. at Harvard University and her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She currently lives in Los Angeles, CA.

Jim has lead engagements with some of the largest Fortune 50/500 clients and premiere-funded startups alike on their use of digital technology to drive new customer acquisition and ensuring the highest return on media investment. He continuously strives to improve his professional expertise as an enterprise marketing technology leader as he defines new audience activation strategies and leads a cross functional, integrated team at GameStop.  

Jim graduated Suma Cum Laude from Arizona State University's MBA program, with a focus on data-driven Marketing. When Jim is not helping leading brands compete in today's always connected economy, he can be found coaching his son's baseball team, training for a marathon or playing golf.  

Enterprise Brands Jim Has Led Digital Transformation Projects with: 

Walmart.com, Gannett, Best Buy, Marriott, Eddie Bauer, Barnes & Noble, Jenny Craig, Yankee Candle

Eric Wu is the Head of Product & Growth at BloomNation, the world’s largest online marketplace that connects the best local flower shops from over 3,000 cities all-in-one place.  As an SEO, Product Manager, and Marketing Technologist, he has made a career of connecting millions with large brands while at Edmunds, AT&T, SpinMedia, Demand Media, and REALTOR.   Since 2000, Eric has worked at scale across a variety of industries for some of the internets most popular websites including Uber, Pinterest, Rent.com, Edmunds.com, YP.com, Realtor.com, Cars.com, LIVESTRONG.com, SPIN.com, and vibe.com.  In addition to assisting large brands, Eric is also an advisor and start-up mentor for UCLA's accelerator program and Mucker Capital accelerator classes. He coaches entrepreneurs on how to best leverage analytics, technology, and growth strategies to jump start their companies.  He holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Cognitive Science & Human Computer Interaction (HCI) from UC San Diego.

Jordan Narducci is Head of eCommerce for all direct to consumer efforts at SnackNation, a company that helps people discover the food they love by connecting engaged consumers to healthy brands. In addition to launching and scaling the ecommerce business over the past 2 years, he helped build out the data analytics & consumer insights product, which helps brands identify their target customers and further refine their go to market strategies. With SnackNation’s recent acquisition of Love With Food, Jordan is now charged with merging and scaling all of SnackNation’s D2C channels to make it even easier for consumers to discover their new favorite snack brand.

Prior to SnackNation, Jordan was an economic consultant in the energy sector for 6 years. He also received his MBA from USC Marshall with a focus on marketing. When he’s not traveling around the world (often in search for his next favorite restaurant), you can find Jordan at one of LA’s many iconic music venues, playing soccer, or cooking up one of his grandmother’s delicious Italian recipes.

Megan is a graduate of the University of Southern California, holding a BA in Creative Writing. Post graduation she worked as a technical writer, editor and software trainer, falling in love with technology and data. Prior to joining Yeti in 2017 to build and run the eCommerce Testing & Optimizations program, she worked for several years as a Conversion Strategist at a local Austin agency; gaining exposure to a wide variety of clients in various industries. 

Morri Chowaiki is a serial entrepreneur with roots in Sales, Business Management, Technology, Consumer Packaged Goods and E-Commerce.  He started his career selling rattan furniture at age 12 and since has been an early adopter in E-Commerce and has worked in a large manufacturing and software organizations servicing the world’s largest retailers.  He also started his own successful business which was on Shark Tank where he made a deal with Daymond John.  He is now the Head of Sales and Retail for The Shark Group which is Daymond John’s private consulting firm.  He’s a motivational speaker, volunteer of numerous charities/boards, soon to be published author and personal consultant and coach.  He’s a married father of 3 and lives in San Diego, CA and does cartoon voices in his spare time.

Don Pillsbury began his career in the agency world, building and leading teams to support brands like Yahoo and Visa in the activation of their global sports and entertainment sponsorships. He spent 8 years at GMR Marketing (Omnicom agency) managing the pyramid of Visa Olympic partnerships from the top (the International Olympic Committee) to the base (U.S. Ski & Snowboard, U.S. Track and Field, etc.).  In 2012, Don joined American Giant (manufacturer of the "Greatest hoodie ever made") to run sales & marketing, with a focus on developing and stewarding their rapidly growing customer base. After 5 years, Don moved over to Rothy's as the Head of Retention to develop the Rothy's customer base during a period of explosive company growth.  Don holds a BA from Yale University and and MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  

Rocky works with BuildDirect Technologies which is an online marketplace for heavyweight home improvement products in North America. As Senior Director of Product Management, Rocky is responsible for the online Buyer experience with end to end ownership and accountability for online Product strategy, execution, and customer adoption leveraging data. Rocky joined BuildDirect in 2018 with prior stints at companies such as Home Depot Supply, MSC Industrial Supply, Cadence Design Systems in North America. In these companies, Rocky focussed on addressing online B2B customer needs leading eCommerce product strategy and execution. He is an avid marathon runner, loves sports cars, and plays tennis. Rocky has a full time management degree from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a deferred admission to MS in Business Analytics at NYU Stern School of Business.

Andy Gorski is a seasoned marketer with experience on both Agency and Client sides of the marketing equation.  Currently as a Sr. Directory of Marketing at Best Buy, Andy’s focus is on driving growth in emerging areas and maintaining market share in highly competitive categories.  Balancing vendor partnerships and brand priorities requires leveraging every legal means (and media channel) available to achieve those goals.  He believes that the best ideas, and ultimately success, are driven from rich data, keen insights, a balanced integrated strategy and a healthy dose of gut feel.  He’s applied this approach on everything from driving 4K UHD adoption within the Home Theater segment, introducing Sasquatch for Jack Link’s Beef Jerky, and selling Love with Subaru.  

Sarika Puri is a Sr Director at Dell, Inc. and is currently responsible for delivering a modern, global, cloud-based, omni-channel commerce platform that enables Dell to meet our customers wherever they are and provide the best experiences on Earth to discover and purchase Dell technology.  

Sarika brings over 13 years of experience across commerce to the role along with an intense focus on the customer and a desire to drive transformative end-to-end change to our technology ecosystem.

Alanna Baker is Senior Director of Site Merchandising for Home at Target where she is responsible for driving e-commerce guest experience, sales growth, and profitability.  Under Alanna’s guidance, Target.com has grown their Home business, launched new functionality integrating CGI, AR and VR, and found opportunities to advance the organization through global partnerships. Her experience also includes Product Content, Data Accuracy, Digital Media, and Marketing.

Alanna is proud to be a leader of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee for Target’s digital team.  She resides in Minnesota with her husband and three children. 

Andy Cerio is the Senior Director of Product Management at Target leading the Search, Personalization, and Voice product practices, based out of Minneapolis, MN.  Andy’s teams focus on two things; one, providing the Guest what they are looking for and two, enabling them to have success on their own terms,  every time they visit Target.  Today, his teams handle millions of Guests and searches per week on Target’s digital experiences and in their 1800 stores across the U.S. 

Having started his career in software engineering, Andy is a builder at heart and, as a leader in product management, has played a variety of roles in Target’s agile transformation over the last 6 years.  Throughout the transformation, Andy has focused on building small, empowered teams, delivering value to the customer from the back office to digital experiences, with the motto of: Bring your skills, not your title; empowering the people closest to solving the customer’s problems. 

Javier Marimon is the Senior Director of Ecommerce Product & Technology at Hot Topic Inc., where he is responsible for driving the strategy and execution of customer centric experiences across all channels for all brands which includes Hot Topic, Box Lunch and Her Universe.  Javier recently moved to LA for the Hot Topic gig from New York in January of 2018.  Prior to joining Hot Topic, he was the Director of Product Management at Hudson’s Bay Company in their HBC Digital group running Omni-channel initiatives ,including BOPIS and Ship from Store. 

Jerryking Ajih is the Senior Solution Architect for the eCommerce division at Ring (An Amazon Company), where he provides the technical vision of the eCommerce solution in addition to leading the cross team effort of experimentation across ring.com and related properties.

Prior to working at Ring, Jerry also worked as a Senior Developer in eCommerce divisions for companies such as Apple, Beats By Dre and Guthy-Renker.

Tatjana Kudla is the Senior Director of Digital Marketing at LegalZoom, the leading provider of online legal solutions. Tatjana heads paid search, display, paid social, and SEO, and is an experienced marketer having previously led SEM and SEO programs at eBay and Dell.

As an empowered business leader, she thrives on building, leading, and developing high-performing marketing teams that drive financial results, performance improvements, channel innovation, and product launches across global organizations. Tatjana holds an MBA from Michigan State University and an MA from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.

Dedicated to women who love their curves, Ashley Stewart started in local neighborhoods across the country. As an iconic plus-size women's fashion brand, we've always stood for fashion forward, on-trend clothing at an affordable price. Now with 89 stores across the country, one of the most socially engaged online communities, and a leading eCommerce business, Ashley Stewart is your neighborhood brand gone global!

Lori joined the Ashley Stewart team in April 2010; enjoying the explosive growth of this fabulous Brand which has turned into a movement.  

Information and Ecommerce systems professional with a twenty year background in project and product management. Partner to the Vice President of Ecommerce to determine the development strategy of the Ecommerce platform. Currently lead the Ecommerce website development team in an agile environment as well as manage our internal QC functions. 

Martin Granstrom is the Head of Product Design at Sam’s Club, the 8th largest US retailer, serving more than 47 million members through 597 clubs in the US and more than 200 internationally. Martin and his team oversee the complete end-to-end experience for members and associates, from the club’s back room to the member’s living room—and all the interactions in between.

Martin has been a design leader for over 15 years. During his tenure, he has created and led complex and multi-faceted experience strategy & design teams, driving innovation projects for the IoT, AI and appliances and working on mobile products that are available in 80 languages and more than 224 countries--making life connected for the consumer globally. He holds patents for a system that allows multiple mobile devices to control the music playback of a lead device and for receiving user input on a graphical user interface. 

Throughout his career, Martin’s design philosophy has always been to deliver business benefits through customer engagement and delight. Simply put, it’s to ‘take it from business to buttons’.

Claire Lin is the Senior Director of Global Marketing and Merchandising at Newegg Marketplace - the leading global e-commerce marketplace platform for consumer electronics and everything tech. In her current role, she champions the acquisition, retention, and engagement for both Newegg customers and third-party merchants. She oversees the strategic direction in digital marketing, branding, and mobile commerce to advance Newegg’s global e-commerce vision. Prior to joining Newegg, Claire studied business at Loyola Marymount University and held various roles in Fortune 500 companies like eBay Enterprise and Activision Blizzard.

Tony leads Growth Marketing at ThredUP with a focus on direct response and analytics. After finishing his undergrad in Mechanical Engineering, Tony worked at Capital One as an Analyst on their Direct Mail Subprime Acquisition team where he honed his analytical skills. Since joining ThredUP three and a half years ago, he has led the charge to improve ThredUP's marketing performance across all channels with a combination of data science, data engineering, and product improvements.

I’ve lived in Chico, California for the majority of my life and graduated from Chico State with a BS in Biological Sciences. After a brief diversion into studying Computer Science, my wife and I moved to San Rafael to join the tech bubble. Of course we didn't know it was a bubble at the time, and when it burst, we hightailed it back to Chico and I started a career at Chico State as a staff member in the Information Technology department, where I remained for 10 years. I started my career at Build in July of 2013 in a Marketing role, specifically to serve as a bridge between the Business and the Development teams. As I became more and more familiar with the various teams, I took on more “bridge jobs” until one day there was a whole department of Project Managers creating bridges between departments. In my current role, I continue to focus on building bridges through shared understanding of what our business does, how it does it, and what we want to do next.

Brant is Senior Director of CRM at Vivino, the world's largest wine marketplace and most download wine app. He leads a team that drives over 80% of revenue for the company, which sells wine in 13 countries across Europe, Asia and North America.

Mike brings over 15 years of experience managing all facets of e-commerce related businesses across many different industries. In addition to leadership on the online marketing side, he also possesses several years of IT management experience allowing him to look at opportunities through multiple lenses. His specialty is in finding creative solutions to power customer acquisition strategy within cost objectives. Over the past, Mike's been able to bring innovative marketing strategies to the financial, entertainment and consumer goods industries.

I build innovative products that provide quick, fun and engaging multi channel customer experience by digitally empowering our customers and associates

A strategic and top-performing Product and technology leader with a demonstrated track record of achievement in launching new innovative consumer services: e-commerce, Retail, Consumer Brands, CRM and loyalty, with data science and customer experience at their core. 

Proven aptitude to build strong relationships and unify stakeholders across the board to deliver successful at Scale.
A change catalyst with a high level of passion and out of box thinking to fast-track innovation and transformational initiatives.

Abhishek Shastry is an experienced product leader with a demonstrated history of building ecommerce websites and mobile applications that drive great customer experience and business profitability. In his current role, he leads the customer experience strategy across browse and checkout experiences for dell’s consumer and small business customers across 120 countries globally.  Prior to this, Abhishek managed several ecommerce products for  dell including their cloud marketplace.  Prior to Dell, Abhishek worked for  Sears’s holdings in Chicago, where he was responsible for their omni-channel retail strategy across websites, apps and physical stores. Abhishek has a Master’s degree in Information Systems and Management from Carnegie Mellon University. Originally from Bangalore, India, he now lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Smitha Bhat who is also a product management professional.

Travis Klinker is the Director of Agile & Engineering Enablement which operates the Target Dojo and manages a team of coaches who are leading an organizational transformation with a focus on Product, customer-centric value, Lean-Agile adoption, and DevOps.

Travis is an accomplished technology leader with over 15+ years of experience in building and managing self-succeeding global teams for software development and technology operations. A lean and agile practitioner, with an emphasis on enterprise business agility, Travis promotes product discovery and delivery in support of the customer experience via empowered teams and the adoption of new ways of working.

Heather Blachowski is the Director of Digital Content & Operations for Kohl's.  She oversees Omnichannel Digital Content Production, Offers Execution, and Site Operations.  Heather joined Kohl's in 1999, and has also had experience in the Merchant Organization, with Digital Item Production, and with Pricing Operations.  Heather's leadership philosophy is to support Kohl's Purpose & Values: To inspire and empower families to lead fulfilled lives through putting customers first, acting with integrity, building great teams, and driving results. 

Shana Seubert is the Director of Mobile at Foot Locker, Inc., where she leads mobile strategy for a portfolio of retail brands including: Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Footaction, Champs Sports, Eastbay, and Six:02. Her team is largely focused in the areas of mobile apps product management & strategy, technology & innovation, messaging, payments, and collaborates on omni-channel initiatives. The team sits within the digital marketing services center of expertise (COE) group, and serves all brands with best practices and execution. Prior to joining Foot Locker, Inc. in 2015, Shana led all marketing initiatives for a start-up wireless carrier in Wisconsin. 

Shana was born and raised in Wisconsin and attended college at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where she earned a bachelor's degree in Marketing and Management, and spent a semester studying abroad in Melbourne, Australia. Her favorite mobile and omni-channel brands at the moment include Starbucks, Sephora, Ulta, Delta, Amazon, Marriott, Nest, and ESPN. 

Ingrid is a digital native, equal parts creative and analytical in her approach. She brings over 10 years of experience in Digital and eCommerce, working on large-scale projects for MAC, Bobbi Brown, Clinique, Tommy Hilfiger, John Varvatos, MILLY Sam Edelman. After 6 years in eCommerce, she moved to the agency side and oversaw the relaunch of Pepsi’s (PXP) Loyalty Program and website, with a focus on innovative web and app development and experiential rewards. She now uses her digital marketing, social media strategy and eCommerce expertise as the Director of Digital Marketing & E-Commerce at LOFT.

Ingrid lives in Brooklyn with her fiancé and two cats, Leo and Jellybean.

Jared Stivers is the Director of Customer Retention at ModCloth, a digitally native women’s fashion brand that reimagines vintage for the modern era. Overseeing ModCloth’s retention strategy he orchestrates campaigns to drive repeat customers with an eye towards creating moments of delight.  Jared got his start in email at Oracle/Responsys specializing in strategy for clients including Apple, The Walt Disney Company & Philosophy Cosmetics. 

Adra has spent over twelve years in eCommerce, starting out in digital marketing and acquisition, and then transitioning into analytics. Her experience runs the gamut from being the first analyst at a startup to being the fifteenth in a large analytics department, and partnering with engineers, product managers, marketing, and sales to enable data-driven decision-making. 

Haley joined EVERAND in late 2018 as the Director of eCommerce. EVERAND advocates for a world of change through the support of refugee women. Partnering with Refugee One, EVERAND commissions women who have recently resettled in Chicago to sew all of the unique home accent products sold on their website. In her role as eCommerce Director, Haley is responsible for all aspects of building and growing the DTC business.

Prior to EVERAND Haley was at CROCS, Inc for 8 years as the Global Digital Experience Director. In her role there, she directed the domestic and international eCommerce user experience strategies for the 12 CROCS global websites.  She was also responsible for driving the optimization and personalization strategy for the business. 

Prior to CROCS, INC, Haley Spent 10 years working at advertising agencies in the Denver area. Her past achievements include award-winning websites for clients such as Audi of America, Brine, Oakley, Paramount Pictures & more.

Andy is the Director of Digital Analytics at APMEX.com.  In this capacity he oversees the Business Intelligence, Conversion Rate Optimization, and Email Marketing groups at one of the world’s largest online providers of precious metal investments and collectibles products.  Boasting over 1.4 million customers over more than 18 years in business, APMEX.com combines market driven financial dynamics with traditional ecommerce tactics to drive conversion via AB testing, personalization strategies, digital attribution, and data-driven optimization.

Previously to APMEX Andy worked in a variety of analytics and digital marketing management roles at smaller scale ecommerce startups including QuiBids.com.  He holds a MS in Computer Information Systems for Boston University. 

Ranjeet leads the Marketing Investments and Analytics team at Petco. Ranjeet holds an MBA from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and has held analytics leadership roles at Capital One, Intuit and LPL Financial with a focus on marketing and sales analytics.

Diego de Castro is the Senior Director of Global Brand Strategy for Maui Jim Sunglasses and is responsible for overseeing the brand - overall marketing strategy, product management, media (digital and traditional), sponsorship and corporate communications efforts.

Diego started his career in Brazil and was transferred to the US in 2013; he joined Maui Jim in 2017, after several years and different roles with Essilor, there he was able to develop an extensive background on global brand management, international business development, product category management and key account sales. 

Diego holds a BA in Marketing and an two MBAs – Management and Finance.

Sara Master is Constellation’s Director of eCommerce, leading Marketing and Business Development across both the Beer and Wine & Spirits divisions. This includes creating brand stories in eCommerce with a focus on driving conversion at retail, as well as building partnerships with new and emerging eCommerce players to further propel Constellation’s leadership position in the Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) marketplace. In joining Constellation Sara left behind roles at agencies including Mosaic and Rockfish Interactive where she led eCommerce and Digital Marketing for clients such as Starbucks, Kimberly Clark and Mondelez. Retail is in Sara's DNA, in the past she has held positions in retail tradeshow management and has enjoyed helping small retailers build their business through educational blogs on topics ranging from business management to store layout design and visual merchandising. 

As Director of Customer Experience for TOMS, Stacy crafts experiences that connect customers to the One for One® movement. With 10+ years under her belt, Stacy has developed a knack for developing solutions that make an impact. More than anything, she is passionate about using data & technology to empower the next generation of problem-solvers. When she's not thinking about how to make life easier, you can find her playing in the sand, with her husband, daughter and dog Oggie. 

Ian leads eCommerce and direct-to-consumer at LEM Products, the premier provider of high quality meat processing equipment and jerky making supplies for the do-it-yourself hunter and home processor. Before LEM Products, Ian was the General Manager of Walter Drake and Director of eCommerce across the Silver Star Brand’s portfolio, including Miles Kimball, Walter Drake, Easy Comforts, As We Change, Exposures, Native Remedies, Pet Alive and marketplaces (Amazon, Wal Mart, etc). Prior to Silver Star Brands, Ian held ecommerce and general management roles at other IR Top 500 retailers including US Mattress, PartySuppliesDelivered, The Pond Guy and Century Novelty.  

Alison J. Herzog leads global social business and digital strategy at Dell, with a focus on enterprise strategy and CX. At Dell, Alison has been recognized as one of the most influential women in digital marketing, a “Mover and Shaker”, and as one of ten successful women in the digital sector who destroyed the glass ceiling. Alison led integration in social and digital at Dell through the largest tech acquisition in history and has a reputation for digital transformation. She thinks big, moves quickly, and leads with heart. 

Alison received her Bachelor of Science and MBA from the Marriott School at Brigham Young University where she also served as the Executive Vice President of Social Media and Communications. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family, running, and traveling. 

Kyle Fossen leads the Mid-Market CRM strategy and marketing operations for the HP Store. Mid-Market is a transformational business within the HP organization.  Armed with 12 years of experience on both the client and agency side, accompanied with an MBA in Information Systems, Kyle delivers innovative and technical solutions within the Omni-channel landscape.

Phil currently is the Director of CRM at the Bouqs Company, which is an online flower retailer that delivers flowers fresh from eco-friendly, sustainable farms to doorsteps nationwide. Phil overseas all outbound marketing efforts to current prospects and customers driving creative, segmentation, and lifecycle marketing strategies across email, mobile, social and offline channels.

Prior to the Bouqs Co., Phil spent five years in CRM and online marketing roles in the healthcare and fitness industries managing various direct to consumer programs focused on driving growth with existing customers. 

Elizabeth Schmidt is a new media expert specializing in brand marketing by utilizing of-the-moment digital strategies across social commerce platforms. Formerly Head of Communications at theAudience and Strategy Lead at Disney —Elizabeth was behind building a number of successful campaigns for both companies. The team workflows, proprietary tools, and community growth strategies she developed at her former agency lead to a substantial celebrity and Fortune 500 client base and a cumulative fan network of more than 1 billion people worldwide. Elizabeth now heads Digital Marketing for both Threadless and the newly acquired Bucketfeet, driving substantial YOY growth for both on-demand e-commerce brands. 

Ben Galvin is Constellation’s eCommerce Director of Sales and Category Management across Beer, Wine and Spirits for Total U.S. He supports the education, development & growth of our Total Beverage Alcohol (TBA) eCommerce business with our internal sales & category management teams, distributor partners & brick & mortar retailers.  He is also responsible for managing & the partnerships with our existing & emerging pure play eCommerce retailers on their selling, assortment management, pricing & growth of CBI’s TBA portfolio.  

Prior to Constellation, Ben has held sales & Category Management positions at Anheuser-Busch InBev within their National Accounts Department working with national grocery, drug and convenience retailers. He also was instrumental in building out the convenience, drug & eCommerce channel business structures for Founders Brewing Company. 

Courtney Fadjo Biro is the Head of Marketing for the Retail Division of VSP Global, overseeing all marketing initiatives for its national brands, including eyeconic.com. Courtney joined VSP in 2011 and has held several high-profile marketing roles including overseeing enrollment campaigns targeting millions of members with access to vision through their employers. She was also responsible for the marketing strategies that introduced an individual vision insurance offering to the marketplace, creating an entirely new category and establishing VSP as the leader in this space. Most recently, she is helping Eyeconic break through a saturated optical market and has realized YoY returns 7x the industry average. Courtney is passionate about leadership and completed a year-long intensive executive program at VSP, only offered to the top 1% of employees. 

Avinash joined Williams Sonoma Inc. in 2018 and is responsible for the Organic Search team for all brands at WSI. Avinash fuses his technical background in Applied computing and Retail to create long term sustainable tech solutions for customer acquisition. Avinash has helped large ecommerce sites identify and launch numerous products to overcome technical debt in terms of organic growth. 

He has taught full-day courses on many topics including SEO, content marketing, App optimization and social media marketing. Prior to Williams Sonoma Inc, Avinash headed the organic growth and content marketing teams at Shutterfly. He is a pilot and a senior member of the Civil Air patrol, civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force.

Eduardo Siman is a technology- and future-obsessed IT leader with a passion for VR/AR, data visualization, Blockchain, machine learning, big data and going to Mars.

Eduardo is the director of information technology at Intradeco Apparel, a leading apparel manufacturer. In this role, Eduardo is in charge of all strategic IT initiatives across the enterprise, including: data visualization, business intelligence, software development, cybersecurity, and cloud migration.

Eduardo is one of the original Angel Investors in Virtualitics - the first platform to merge Artificial Intelligence, Big Data and Virtual/Augmented Reality. He is a tech blogger and VR evangelist, who has been recognized as a top 100 influencer in the areas of augmented reality and big data. 

Prior to Intradeco, Eduardo held multiple positions in the technology and financial sectors. He worked as a private banker for Goldman Sachs in both New York and Miami and as a senior consultant for Deloitte Consulting, where his primary client was the US Department of Defense.

Caroline Culbertson is the Director of Marketing at Betabrand, San Francisco’s crowdsourced and crowdfunded e-commerce apparel company, where she oversees customer acquisition and retention strategy and marketing. Previously, Caroline was a media supervisor at Mediahub Mullen Lowe in Boston where she oversaw media strategy for brands like L.L.Bean and JetBlue with a focus on digital, mobile, and video. Her creative approach to media subsequently earned her a number of nominations and awards including an OMMA Award for Content Integration and a Shorty Award for Best in Travel. When she’s not selling all of the pants, she can be found eating, dancing like a manic at concerts, and snowboarding with her husband in and around the Bay Area.

Originally from Utah, Tommy Lamb has been in the e-Commerce space for over a decade and happily based in LA. CRM & Loyalty strategist, specializing in cross-channel customer lifecycle programs with a focus on driving incremental LTV by leveraging innovative, and modern marketing strategies. Expertise ranges from omni-channel, pure-play, global Ecommerce, fashion, and beauty.

Jessa leads influencer and merchant marketing at ShopStyle, the leading fashion and lifestyle shopping platform. Overseeing ShopStyle Collective, the fastest growing network of fashion and lifestyle influencers worldwide, she is responsible for driving growth and profitability across ShopStyle’s influencer network. Jessa fuses her retail and entertainment backgrounds to create data-based strategies that inspire and captivate audiences — and drive revenue!

Violaine Muras leads global digital for OPI, #1 nail polish brand worldwide based out of Los Angeles, and part of the Coty portfolio. Previously she was in London where she worked in digital commerce leadership roles for athleisure brand Sweaty Betty, fashion pure play Avenue 32 and before that Burberry and Conde Nast. 

Keith Swiderski has spent the last fifteen years leading eCommerce efforts for major travel and consumer electronics brands. Keith is currently Director of Digital Customer Experience for Avis Budget Group, one of the largest car rental companies in the world. Prior to that, Keith worked for Wyndham Hotel Group, Samsung and Olympus. Keith is an expert in conversion rate optimization and his team leads all direct eCommerce efforts for the Avis Budget group brands.  

Alex Banys is the Director of global ecommerce and digital marketing for Specialized Bicycle Components. He is responsible for leading the company’s global ecommerce business to drive new growth, consumer loyalty and sustainable profitability, including establishing specialized.com as the digital flagship store through an engaging user experience, a breadth and depth of product assortments, and an expanded global presence. He works in close partnership with the global sales and operations teams to deliver a seamless experience to riders around the world. Most recently, he was responsible for re-platforming Specialized’s ecommerce presence globally. 44 countries were migrated successfully in 9 months and the improvements combined for double-digit revenue and conversion growth from the first month of launch.

Alex brings more than 13 years of retail and ecommerce leadership to the role, previously as Director, Ecommerce North America at Victorinox Swiss Army. His background includes driving growth through data-driven acquisition marketing, enterprise testing and optimization, UX redesign, and driving product advancements such as ship from store, click and collect, and same-day delivery. Alex holds a BA degree from Middlebury College and an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Stephen is the Director of Digital Marketing at Funko, a leading pop culture consumer products company that designs, sources and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories. Prior to Funko, he spent ten years at Microsoft helping to evolve the way people engage with Office productivity software. Stephen got his start in healthcare informatics, spent time at an information architecture agency before moving into business intelligence. Funko and pop culture collectibles represents a 180° change that Stephen has embraced bringing an innovative and creative mindset, and a data driven approach to a helping fans embrace and showcase their passions. 

Monica Scholes is the Director of Retail at ModCloth, a digitally native women’s clothing retailer that is currently expanding offline. Monica is responsible for all aspects of the retail experience for ModCloth, which is rapidly growing as the brand dives into brick and mortar spaces. 

Monica has over 12 years of retail experience between her time with Tory Burch, Margaret O'Leary, and ModCloth. She lives in San Francisco, CA with her fiance where she enjoys spending time in water in the summer, and snow in the winter. Monica frequently retreats to Portland, OR to spend time with her family. 

Nicole Barber is the Sr Manager of Site Merchandising & Experience at ModCloth, a digitally native women’s clothing retailer that is currently expanding offline. She is responsible for all aspects of site merchandising and content, including building a connection between the online and newly offline experience. 

She has over 13 years of e-commerce experience between her time at Zappos.com and ModCloth. She lives in Los Angeles, CA where she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, painting and taking her dog on long walks. 

Mark S. Mahaney is a Managing Director covering the Internet sector at RBC Capital Markets.  Mark has been ranked #1 in the Institutional Investor Poll for the Internet Sector (2008-2012).  He has also been ranked #1 in the Greenwich Institutional Investor Poll for the Internet sector, as well as the #1 Earnings Estimator and the #1 Stock Picker in the Internet Retail segment by the Financial Times and StarMine.  Mark has been covering Internet stocks since 1998.  Prior to RBC, he worked on both the sell-side and the buy-side, including with American Technology Research, Morgan Stanley, and Citibank.  Mark holds an MBA from Wharton Business School (1996), an MA from Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies (1990), and a BA from Amherst College (1987).  Prior to Wall Street, Mark worked in management consulting with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu and with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Senate, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.  In another life, Mark was the bassist for Monkey Funk.  In this life, Mark is also an Assistant Basketball Coach.

Following my Masters from RIT, I started my career as a DBA/ Data Engineer working in the most exciting job as a Tech Analyst in Albany Crime Analysis Center working my way through crime data in Upstate NY. Following this I worked for Healthcare and Marketing as a Data Engineer back in the East Coast for 7yrs, following which I went back to school to pursue degree in Data Sciences and transitioned as a Data Scientist for the last 2years working in EdTech and Retail. 

Currently, I’m a data scientist, building ETL pipelines to stitch data scattered across sources, perform wrangling and visualizations for storytelling and build machine learning models to help predict campaign and consumer behavior. I help my directors make decisions on Smarter Targeting, Evaluate Programs and Optimize Improvements, recommendations to increase Customer LTV and Retention and understand Customer Journey.

Gail Hansche is a social media marketing professional at Jockey International, leading designer, marketer, retailer, and licensor of men's undergarments and women's intimates. Joining the team August 2017, Hansche is responsible for leading the company's social media and influencer advertising programs.

Hansche has a decade of digital strategy and planning experience in consumer marketing, working for some of the world's most iconic brands, including Harley-Davidson, Jim Beam and Maker's Mark Bourbon to name a few.  She joined Jockey following nearly nine years at Beam Suntory, the world's third largest spirits company. At Beam Suntory, she held various positions with increasing responsibility in corporate communications, public relations and digital marketing. 

Hansche holds a Bachelor's degree in communication and a Master's degree in communication with concentrations in rhetoric and organizational communication from University of Wisconsin.

Donna Bedford is the Global Digital Lead driving strategic planning for SEO executing across  multiple countries as well as the driving force behind bringing in-house management of SEO  Under her direction Lenovo won 2013 Best-in-Class Award for search marketing (SEO) at eTail West and the best in house team at SMX in 2016.  In addition she was awarded entry in the ClickZ Digital Marketing Hall of Fame in 2013. In her spare time she judges multiple competitions including serving as judge on the mobile jury at the Cannes festival of creativity.  Prior to her current role, she worked on Lenovo's Design and User Experience team. Donna has over 20 years of web experience, including multiple Fortune 500 companies both in the US and UK.

Josh Feldman is the Sr. Manager of Mobile at Guitar Center, where he launched the company's first mobile app on iOS and Android devices and more recently launched the Musician’s Friend mobile app. He's in charge of the company's mobile team, driving growth in traffic and revenue for all of Guitar Center's mobile properties in addition to fostering new technological initiatives. Prior to joining Guitar Center, Josh worked at SiriusXM as a Product Manager in the Streaming Services division where he oversaw the development and helped shape the future of the company's web player and mobile applications. He also previously worked with TuneWiki, where he helped execute and market the Lyric Legend iOS and Android applications, which reached the #3 Free Game and #5 Free Application in the iTunes App Store in November 2010. Mr. Feldman spent over five years at Universal Music Group, from 2004 to 2010, where he cultivated a partnership with Vevo that allowed for lyrics to be displayed in sync with the music videos. While at Universal, he was also part of the team that signed pop superstar Lady Gaga.

Chris began his marketing career as a copywriter, but quickly transitioned into digital marketing when he joined internet incubator idealab! in Pasadena, CA in 1999. There, Chris got his start in search marketing with GoTo.com, the original PPC engine.

Chris later served as a client director and creative services manager for search agency Outrider, part of WPP’s GroupM. There, Chris managed both SEO and PPC accounts for clients such as Chevron, Microsoft, Xbox, Showtime and Dr. Pepper. Chris later served as director of SEM for Kansas City agency Barkley, where he helped build the search department and contributed to multiple new business wins. Chris has continued his agency work, managing a wide variety of clients across multiple verticals in search, display and paid social.

For the past 2.5 years, Chris has led SEM, display and paid social in-house for Teleflora, one of the country’s leading online flower brands.

Erica Hermosilla is the Senior Manager, CRM & Loyalty at DSW Inc. She is responsible for managing DSW’s direct mail and email programs, newly re-launched DSW VIP loyalty program, and offer strategy including gift with purchases. In her role, Erica is focused on driving retention, loyalty, and engagement to DSW’s 25M+ VIP members. Erica has been with DSW for the last 5+ years, with previous experience as a Strategist at a digital marketing agency.

Kelli Patterson is the Senior Manager of Internet Marketing at Moosejaw. She has been embedded in data-driven digital strategies for e-commerce through positions within retail organizations and global digital agencies. Currently she leads the cross-functional team responsible for Moosejaw’s digital marketing program, including paid search, shopping ads, remarketing, social, influencer marketing, comparison shopping engines, affiliate marketing, organic search, and third-party marketplaces.  

Todd is currently leading Direct to Consumer eCommerce for Coca-Cola North America. He is an accomplished business and marketing professional with experience in eCommerce, communications, website development, program management, marketing strategy, and commercialization. With more than 13 years of experience at Coca-Cola, Todd is responsible for developing and executing strategies to drive the future of Coca-Cola’s direct to consumer business.

As the Email Marketing Manager, Brand Marketing at Zazzle, Janet oversees all intricacies of Zazzle's US and International email functions, including promotions, triggers, life-cycle marketing, retention, and omni-channel integration. As email continues to evolve through data and technology to keep up with consumers constantly changing behaviors, she believes that today's funneled marketing tactics will become broader and more inclusive to meet tomorrow's customers’ expectations. To help Zazzle move towards this vision, she has aided in the construction and improvement of a home grown email system with automated responsive email templates and personalized content that has significantly contributed to Zazzle's growth and retention efforts. Prior to joining the Zazzle team, Janet worked at Core-Mark leading their digital marketing efforts. Janet holds a MA in Sports Management from the University of San Francisco and a BS in Advertising from San Jose State University. When not thinking about emails, you can find her doing home improvement jobs or playing ice hockey.

As CRM Manager at Techstyle Fashion Group, Erin Vitero oversees email, browser, and push notification strategy to create a highly dynamic, personalized experience for the JustFab member. JustFab is the leading fashion-subscription e-commerce site and lifestyle fashion brand that offers members an engaging and personalized shopping experience. 

Erin has over 10 years of experience in email and CRM in various industries, with previous roles at Metromile, ModCloth, and Acxiom Digital. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, staying active, traveling, and exploring Los Angeles. 

Timothy Lakin is the Ecommerce Merchandising Manager at Skechers USA Inc. where he currently oversees all of the company’s web content and merchandising initiatives.  He previously was Content Manager and Merchandising Lead at Shoes.com, and has been in Ecommerce for over 17 years.  

Katrina Plummer manages the US Amazon Business for Mondelēz, the global snacking powerhouse with brands including Oreo Cookies, Ritz Crackers, and Trident Gum. Katrina’s role includes optimizing the assortment, content, media and merchandising to deliver sales and market share growth on Amazon. Success on Amazon is a key component of Mondelez’s ambition to deliver $1 billion in global online sales by 2020. 

Chad Evans has ten years of private sector investigative experience in fields as varied as insurance fraud, civil liability litigation, and retail loss prevention. Chad’s loss prevention experience includes six years implementing and developing e-commerce fraud prevention teams and programs. His focus is on the investigation, apprehension and prosecution of individuals responsible for committing various type of e-commerce crimes, including credit card fraud and identity theft.

Mark Deruyter has held key leadership positions focused on digital marketing, ecommerce and consumer experience for companies such as:  Columbia Sportswear, Under Armour, Guitar Center, Microsoft and Onlineshoes.com.  While at these companies, he has managed either directly or via a team the website, merchandising, product assortment, analytics and performance advertising programs.

Mark's unique value in retail and consumer goods is the ability to lead and drive change from a product/price focus towards a lifestyle/consumer focus while increasing conversion, acquisition and retention at a profitable scale. It's his belief that in today's retail environment, it's important to make the consumer the hero while the retailer is the inspiration.  The foundation of this strategy is data and the ability to view and measure the consumer.  This strategy can be applied to products ranging from toys, extreme sports, outdoor gear, shoes, specialty foods and apparel.

Marisa Pisani combines her strategic and technical knowledge to deliver innovative and goal-oriented email and SMS campaigns. Marisa and her team are responsible for all email and SMS marketing for The Americas Group, which serves both DIY and Wholesale customers. With more than 15 years of experience in the marketing industry, Marisa has assisted in developing many successful campaigns, providing data-driven strategies focused on meeting the objectives of the organizations she serves. 

Jason Stoffer is a partner at Maveron. He joined the firm in 2007 and invests in education, e-commerce and web-enabled consumer businesses. Jason is involved with the firm's investments in General Assembly, Flywire, Imperfect Produce, Keeps, Common, TrueFacet, Everlane, CourseHero, Dolls Kill, and Dolly. Prior to joining Maveron, Jason served as senior director of strategic operations for Career Education Corp., where he co-founded and led admissions and marketing for IADT Online, a for-profit design school. He has also served as an associate at Spinnaker Ventures, an expansion-stage venture capital fund.  Jason graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in economics from the University of Michigan (Go Blue!), and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Moran Cerf is a professor of neuroscience and business at the Kellogg School of Management. Dr. Cerf is also a member of the institute on complex systems, and a visiting faculty at the MIT Media Lab. His research uses methods from neuroscience to understand the underlying mechanisms of our psychology, behavior changes, emotion, decision making and dreams. His works address questions such as: "How are conscious percepts formed in our brain?", "How can we control our emotions?" and "Which brain mechanisms determine if we find content engaging?" Recently, his focus has been on the neural mechanisms that underlie decision-making, thereby offering a new perspective on predicting future choices and investigating how much free will we have in our decisions. In his acclaimed work, Prof. Cerf studies patients undergoing brain-surgery by recording the activity of individual nerve cells using electrodes implanted in the patient's brain. Thus, his work offers a novel way to understand our psyche by observing the brain directly from within.

Lily Varón is an analyst at Forrester serving digital business strategy professionals. Her research focuses on the strategies and technologies that firms need to win, serve, and retain customers in the age of digital business, including recurring customer and billing management solutions, the translation and localization of global websites, and the commerce service providers helping retailers transform their commerce experiences. She also analyzes consumer online shopping behavior around the globe, with a particular focus on Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Matthew Boyle is a senior reporter for Bloomberg News in New York, covering the U.S. retail scene and its leading companies -- among them Walmart, Target, Best Buy and Costco. He was previously the London-based leader of Bloomberg's European consumer team, managing a group of reporters and editors across Europe and Africa. The beat spanned from AB InBev to Zara and included all of the major food, beverage, luxury, fashion and retail companies in the region. Earlier, he was a reporter on that team. He previously wrote for BusinessWeek magazine and for Fortune, and began his journalism career in the heady days of the dot-com era.

I have been doing mergers and acquisitions for over 35 years and I specialize in the apparel, retail and consumer sectors. I am a co-founder and partner at Triangle Capital LLC. Before Triangle Capital, I was Managing Director at a boutique called Financo where I handled most of that firm’s apparel industry transactions. Before that, I was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert where I co-ran a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions. I have coauthored three books on finance and computer programming. I was formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the graduate program of the Stern School of NYU. I have a BS in Accounting from NYU and an MBA in Finance from Harvard. I’m based in New York.

Elizabeth Segran is senior staff writer at Fast Company, whose work has appeared in a range of publications including The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The Nation.   She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and her BA from Columbia University.   She is a global nomad who grew up in Brussels, Paris, Singapore, Jakarta and London before moving to New York to attend Columbia University. She currently lives in Cambridge, MA with her books, her husband and her baby girl.

Leticia Miranda is a retail reporter with BuzzFeed News based in New York.

Emily Canal is a staff writer at Inc. Previously, she wrote for Forbes, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. 

Rahmon is the CEO of YourAnswerTM, which combines the power of voice, the YourAnswer Real Intelligence EngineTM, and a novel display and navigation methodology, to provide the most efficient, engaging, fun and interactive online shopping experience.  This leads to higher conversion rates, more sales, lower bounce rates, and satisfied customers that engage with the personality of your brand in a way that was never possible before, particularly on mobile devices.  Rahmon has been a leader in search marketing services since 1999, and pioneered performance-based organic search solutions for medium to large eCommerce websites, using a proprietary technology service that analyzes searcher behavior data to create unique content that drives new traffic and sales on non-brand terms.  His companies have delivered technology services to websites in 32 different countries, with over 160 million web pages under management.

Udayan Bose founded NetElixir with a vision to provide online marketers worldwide with a paid search campaign optimization solution capable of delivering magical performance. Udayan recognized the potential of paid search as an essential advertising channel in 2002. Having experienced first-hand the complexity involved in running a profitable paid search campaign, he was driven to develop a system that delivers predictable and efficient campaign performance, allowing marketers to fully leverage the power of paid search as a high value sales generator.

Prior to starting NetElixir, Udayan was Director of Business Development for PartyGaming, the world's largest online gaming company. In this role he was responsible for building a new business unit from scratch, PartyBingo that went on to become a major revenue generator for the company.

Udayan regularly lectures the MBA classes at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University; Zicklin School of Business, Baruch, NY and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. He has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes and Time magazines.

Udayan holds a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A. from Mumbai University, India.

Ryan Urban is the Co-Founder and CEO at BounceX. BounceX is an international marketing technology solution that brings a “logged-in” experience to logged-out website visitors across all their devices. They’re best known for their impact on triggered email performance and website personalization. Under Ryan's leadership, BounceX has been ranked number one overall for both employee retention and career development by ComputerWorld, named one of the best places to work in NYC by Crain’s New York, and honored as one of Fortune’s best places to work. A veteran of the ecommerce space, Ryan was formerly Director of Acquisition at Bonobos and prior to that, Head of Ecommerce at Brickhouse Security. He has served on the advisory boards of both BabyAge.com and Bonobos. Outside BounceX, Ryan spends most of his free time working on the behavior of his dog – Telemundo

Meyar Sheik is a seasoned software industry executive with 25 years of experience. Since 2000, Meyar has been a web analytics pioneer working with some of the largest sites on the Internet such as Staples, ESPN, Fox, Sony, Best Buy, Disney, CBS and many other leading brands, in the areas of web analytics, personalization and real-time content optimization. Prior to Certona, Meyar was the CMO and COO of web analytics leader, WebSideStory (now part of Omniture/Adobe). Before joining WebSideStory, Meyar was the Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Strategic Alliances for the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) software vendor SuperNova, Inc., Earlier in his career, Meyar held senior sales management positions in Analytics and Security software products companies. Since 2004, Meyar and the Certona team of predictive analytics experts have been focused on applying Certona's innovative, real-time behavioral targeting, optimization and adaptive personalization technologies to generate more revenue and higher conversion rates for online retailers and other multi-channel businesses. Meyar has a BS in Electrical Engineering from New York Institute of Technology and an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Mario is the Founder and CEO of Quantum Metric, the Digital Customer Experience Intelligence Platform, where he helps enterprises rapidly act on insights to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Under Mario’s leadership and passion for digital optimization, Quantum Metric has seen rapid adoption from Fortune 500 eCommerce, financial services, entertainment, and travel companies. Previously, Mario founded and exited an APM startup which solved where enterprise application performance could be improved.

Al brings extensive experience in product management, marketing, and technology to Annex Cloud. Prior to founding Annex Cloud, he founded Immply Group, a web development agency. Before that, he led eCommerce at Teleflora where he was responsible for Product Management and Marketing for the teleflora.com, eFlorist and findaflorist.com properties. He also held senior technology roles at SaaS startups including Foodlink Online and Agribuys which offered a lot of learnings that he has been able to utilize in growing Annex Cloud. Under Al's leadership, the Annex Cloud team has grown from 2 to over 150 with people across several offices and 3 continents. Al is a frequent speaker at several trade shows including eTail and shop.org. When he’s not working, he loves spending time with his two girls and his family or just catching up on sleep.

As chief executive officer at Logicbroker, Mr. Zamani is responsible for creating, leading, and executing the company’s strategy and vision. He has over 20 years of experience delivering ecommerce, technology and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and solutions to small businesses and Fortune 500 companies. Throughout his experience, he has held various executive roles on the business and technical sides for companies such as Pitney Bowes, U.S. Web, and Office Depot. Prior to running Logicbroker, he was the Senior Director of Sales, Support, and Operations at Office Depot and was acting COO of the technology selling division overseeing eCommerce, IT, product management, marketing, pricing, supply chain, call center, and presales support. Mr. Zamani holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an MBA with the highest academic degree from the University of Connecticut. He also carries various technical certifications on Microsoft platforms.

As CEO of SmarterHQ, Michael Osborne provides leadership and focus on building their innovation, growth, and success. SmarterHQ’s behavioral marketing platform makes it easy for marketers to increase revenue now and relationships over time by powering highly personalized, cross-channel customer experiences. They work with leading brands such as Bloomingdale’s, Finish Line, Hilton, and Santander Bank, and have been recognized by Forrester’s Total Economic Impact study to deliver 667% in ROI.  Prior to SmarterHQ, Michael served as Chief Revenue Officer for Bazaarvoice (NASDAQ: BV) where he helped lead the company to their Initial Public Offering in 2012. Prior to his time at Bazaarvoice, he spent nearly 5 years at Coremetrics, (Acquired: IBM) where he built and managed the client services team.

Sai Koppala is the CMO at SheerID, the leading digital verification provider that enables brands like Nike, Spotify, & Lowe's to build deeper relationships with customers through gated offers.  Prior to SheerID, Sai led a variety of marketing and product teams at global software companies like Google and SAP, as well as start-ups like Proximity (Acquired by Apple) and Apigee (Acquired by Google). Sai is an Electrical Engineer by training, with an MBA in Marketing from Kellogg School, Northwestern University.

Co-founder Linh Ho has spent 18 years in enterprise software, holding various marketing leadership positions in both start-ups and Fortune 500 companies — from demand generation, product strategy and product marketing to corporate communications and digital marketing. She started her career in sales and later moved into marketing where she gained a growth marketing mindset with appreciation for sales. Linh joins conDati from SAP Concur where she was Chief of Staff to the CMO, leading a world-class marketing team. She also played a key role in communications prior to and through the $8.3 billion acquisition of Concur by SAP. Linh brings her wealth of cloud marketing expertise to help drive conDati forward.

Joe Herne Joe is the EVP of North American Operations for  YourAnswer™ which combines the power of voice, the YourAnswer Real Intelligence EngineTM, and a novel display and navigation methodology, to provide the most efficient, engaging, fun and interactive online shopping experience.  This leads to higher conversion rates, more sales, lower bounce rates, and satisfied customers that engage with the personality of your brand in a way that was never possible before, particularly on mobile devices.  For the last 15 years, Joe has also worked closely with blue chip eCommerce companies in the search marketing services and performance-based organic search solutions space using a proprietary technology service that analyzes searcher behavior data to create unique content that drives new traffic and sales on non-brand terms.  Joe has been responsible for creating relationships with companies in 32 different countries, with over 160 million web pages under management.

Ed Kennedy has spent the last 9 years designing and implementing ecommerce platforms for consumer brands, b2b manufacturers and wholesale distributors. As a Senior Director of Commerce at Episerver, Ed is responsible for successful adoption of the Episerver platform by customers. Previously, Ed held leadership positions at eCommerce Agencies such as Gorilla Group, Guidance, and Luminos Labs implementing Episerver Commerce, Magento, and SAP Hybris.

Liad is a serial entrepreneur with rich experience as a startup founder and as a Fortune 500 executive. He founded information security vendor Onigma (acquired by McAfee) and social search company Delver (acquired by Sears Holdings). Following Delver’s acquisition, Liad served as a VP of New Services at Sears Holdings and on the board of its Home Electronics and Outlets business units. Liad served as an entrepreneur-in-residence at Bessemer Venture Partners and taught at the Entrepreneurship MBA program in Tel-Aviv University and at the Zell Program of IDC Herzliya. He holds a BA Cum Laude from Tel-Aviv University in Computer Sciences and Film Studies.

Elizabeth Scherle is the Co-Founder and President of Influenster, the digital destination where millions of consumers research and review products, and where brands can target and connect with highly-engaged, empowered shoppers. With a community of more than 4.9 million+ members, these digital influencers have written over 30 million reviews on 2 million+ products, offering their honest opinions and helping spread the word across their social media networks.

A pioneer in her understanding of the power of consumer influence even seven years ago when the company was founded, Scherle saw the potential to connect people eager share their feedback with companies interested to hear directly from their publics. As trust in traditional advertising continues to decline, and as mega-influencers and social superstars are largely compensated for their endorsements, the ability for both consumers and brands to tap into authentic, unbiased opinions is more important than ever. By building a connected community and offering them a platform for creating and socializing hyper-relevant content, today Influenster is poised to revolutionize the ways in which consumers discover and ultimately shop for products.

In the past year, the company has launched a number of exciting new offerings to even further enable brands to connect with the right people, at the right time, with the right message; and for consumers to have their voices heard. ReviewSource is a turnkey solution through which brands can syndicate product reviews left on Influenster – which typically far outnumber those on brand-dot-com and retailer sites – to the places consumers are shopping. And Review Ads feature curated, authentic consumer reviews in fully-responsive media units that can be served on Influenster.com or highly targeted Web properties.

An accomplished entrepreneur and executive, Matt Roche is the CEO of Extole, the leading advocate marketing platform. Matt was the founder and CEO of Offermatica, industry's highest-volume landing page optimization and testing platform and one of the first SaaS marketing platforms. It is now known as Adobe Target and serves billions of optimized experiences every week. Matt was also instrumental in the development of Dapper, a leader in Dynamic Creative Optimization solution, which was subsequently acquired by Yahoo!. Early in his career, he co-founded Fort Point Partners, an e-commerce systems integrator. Matt holds a Bachelor's Degree from Yale University.

Ajay is co-founder and CEO of Moovweb, infrastructure that delivers sub-second websites to 1/3 of Americans each month. Previously, he launched mobile apps downloaded by tens of millions in the early days of the App Store and worked for Goldman Sachs investing in startups.

He earned an MBA from Stanford and bachelor’s degrees in physics and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Victoria is the co-founder and COO of Phrasee. With 20 years of experience in marketing and technology, Victoria brings an impressive acumen to Phrasee. Previously, Victoria founded and ran leading creative agency, The Pink Group, for 11 years. When Victoria isn’t running the fastest growing AI technology company, you can find her revolutionizing our awesome clients email marketing results – or networking with a glass of bubbles in hand.

Mahmoud Arram is the co-founder and CTO of Bluecore, the leading retail marketing platform. As CTO, Mahmoud works with some of the most prominent retail brands within the Internet Retailer Top 50 to unlock the full power of Bluecore’s platform. Mahmoud is also responsible for formulating and guiding the technology roadmap for Bluecore’s products and services, and works closely with the partnerships team to define the vision and integration points of Bluecore in the larger marketing tech ecosystem with strategic partners. 

Prior to Bluecore, Mahmoud led the engineering team at Moda Operandi, the premiere luxury fashion ecommerce retailer. In that role, he was responsible for building the company’s email infrastructure, revenue and reporting systems, multi-currency order calculators and onsite merchandising tools. Prior to Moda Operandi, Mahmoud worked as a software architect at Allurent, where he designed merchandisable shopping experiences for online retailers. While there, he was on the team that led the transition to a SaaS business and implemented Allurent’s radically simple integration strategy.

Allon is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track record in the media, content marketing and commerce industries. Prior to TVPage, Allon was Co-founder & CEO of Opticomm, a Broadcast Video Systems Company (sold to Emcore, NASDAQ: EMKR). Customers at Opticomm included NBC, Sony, Viacom and ESPN. Prior to Opticomm, Allon was VP at Hotbar, an Internet Media Start-up that reached over 20M users in <2 years and was successfully sold thereafter. Before Hotbar, Allon was a VC Attorney at Goldfarb, Seligman & Co., focusing on the Israeli high-tech sector. Allon has a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Corporations from the NYU School of Law and a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Sussex University School of Law in Brighton, England. Allon holds multiple registered US patents spanning video networking, commerce, and syndication.

A thirty-year technology veteran, Joe Fuca is known in Silicon Valley for leading both private and public companies through worldwide growth phases, transformative customer success, and category leadership. Most recently the president of worldwide field operations at SaaS breakout FinancialForce, Joe was responsible for all enterprise-class sales, implementation and customer success groups. He was the first executive brought into DocuSign to build out the infrastructure necessary to grow the company ten-fold to $250 million in four years. In addition, he designed DocuSign’s vertical strategy, priorities and positioning; expanded its presence globally; and forged strategic partnerships with Salesforce.com, major financial services organizations and top-tier consulting firms.

Nick Molnar is cofounder and CEO of Afterpay, an innovative digital platform that offers interest-free installment plans for online purchases. Named one of Australia’s fastest-growing fintech companies by IDC, Afterpay offers a “buy-now, pay-later” service that does not require shoppers to enter into a traditional loan or pay any upfront fees or interest. Afterpay listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in May 2016 and recently launched operations in the US with leading retailers and brands including Urban Outfitters and REVOLVE. The company currently serves more than 2.3 million customers and more than 17,000 retailers and brands in the US and Australia, including Anthropologie, Estée Lauder, Nike, The North Face, Puma, Sephora, Sunglass Hut, Target and Lululemon.

Prior to establishing Afterpay, Molnar launched leading American online jeweler Ice.com into Australia under the Iceonline.com.au brand. His family had been in the Australian jewelry industry for 30 years, and Molnar successfully combined his specialized local product knowledge with technical online marketing expertise to grow the company into the largest online-only jewelry and watch retailer in Australia.

Earlier in his career, Molnar worked as an investment analyst at venture capital fund M.H. Carnegie & Co., where he was primarily responsible for growth-stage investments. He holds a bachelor’s of commerce degree from the University of Sydney.

As a co-founder in GettinLocal, Pete has contributed his passion and experience to the creation of a mobile solution that brings local businesses and consumer together. Pete has built his career working closely with business of all sizes to modernize their payment acceptance environments. Most recently, Pete was Head of Visa US Acquiring sales and previously was responsible for sales & solutioning of merchant payment acceptance solutions at Bank of America, First Data, and CitiBank. Developing & promoting solutions that advance all forms of commerce is one of Pete’s core strengths.

As President of AdRoll, Scott Gifis is responsible for moving the company towards their mission of empowering ambitious brands to grow their business, regardless of budget, resources, or marketing experience. Gifis has a proven track record of outperforming aggressive business growth expectations, often in hyper competitive or uncertain markets, and a passion for building and leading world-class teams. 

As an industry veteran, Gifis has worked in tech/adtech for nearly 20 years. Prior to joining AdRoll, he served as Senior Vice President, Global Sales & Business Development at OpinionLab. Before OpinionLab, he was Vice President, Mid-Markets and Publisher Marketplace at Criteo where under his leadership, he launched and scaled Criteo's North American Mid-Market business. Gifis serves as a board member for several early and mid-stage technology companies as well as several education non-profits. He earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY. He currently lives in New Jersey with his wife and three daughters. 

Josh Neckes is Co-Founder and President of Simon Data, the first and only enterprise customer data platform with a fully-integrated marketing cloud.

After graduating from business school, Alix de Sagazan worked several years as a product manager for a media agency. Driven by her entrepreneurial spirit, she decided to start her own business with colleague Rémi Aubert. Their company quickly evolved from a consulting agency to an A/B testing and personalization technology provider. Fostered by rapid growth, AB Tasty now sells its platform worldwide and leads the European market. Alix is also involved in the investment fund Side Capital and Saas Partners that help promising startups to develop. AB Tasty now helps more than 600 brands to improve UX and increase ROI and counts more than 170 employees across six countries, including the US, UK, Germany, Spain, France, San Francisco, and most recently, Singapore.

Joseph acts as both COO and CFO at Maropost, having consulted with the company as an investment banker for three years, prior to officially joining Maropost in 2017. He holds both a B.Comm and MBA from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.

Brad has a long career in data science, building predictive and optimization algorithms for a range of applications including online advertising, marketing attribution, finance, and sports. Prior to joining Reputation.com Brad held key research and leadership positions at Advertising.com, the Golden Baseball League and Oncept Consulting Group.

Brad earned his PhD at Stanford University, with a focus on Operations Research and Predictive Modeling. His research in sports analytics, culminating in a thesis on “Stochastic Modeling and Optimization in Baseball,” has provided the foundation for several predictive models and optimization tools used by teams and other entities in baseball, basketball, and football.

Amede Hungerford brings to Reflektion more than two decades of experience in driving growth and innovation strategies across the enterprise software and technology market. As CMO, Amede leads the global marketing efforts and is responsible for driving market leadership, global awareness, demand generation, product marketing, strategic events and communications for Reflektion. 

Amede joined Reflektion from such cloud leaders as Dell Boomi and NetSuite, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer and VP of Marketing, respectively, and played an instrumental role in both company’s explosive growth by scaling the marketing teams, expanding into new markets, and moving up-market into the enterprise. 

Over his career, Amede also has held senior marketing leadership roles at Intuit, FICO, Sybase, and Hewlett Packard Company. Amede holds a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Duke University and an MBA from The Wharton School of Business.

Tim Bryan is the Chief Revenue Officer at Custora. He has spent the last three years helping Custora establish its dominance as the leading customer intelligence platform for retailers. Prior to working for Custora, he was the Chief Revenue Officer at Moveable Ink. He has also worked in media sales and advertising for Time, Inc., A&E, and The New York Times. Tim has a Bachelors of Art in English from Syracuse University. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and daughter. 

Cassie is responsible for both the sales and post-sales customer experience at Sailthru, a member of the CM Group family of brands. She oversees a variety of sales and customer-focused teams who are focused on one common goal: empowering our clients to drive quantifiable lift in their marketing programs. Formerly a Sailthru client and a long-time direct marketer, Cassie joined Sailthru from Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) where as VP Marketing Analytics & Business Intelligence, she led the company's intrapreneurship efforts and evangelized lean development and business analytics across the organization. Previously, she served as VP Marketing for Savored (acquired by Groupon). Cassie was an early employee at TheLadders.com, where she oversaw direct marketing and analytics for the company's subscription business and drove 7x growth in revenue and readership in just a few years. Cassie graduated from Duke University and holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Mr. Mak spent the seven years prior to joining Alphonso at Rocket Fuel, where he served as senior vice president of business affairs and customer success, as well as a three-year stint as vice president of analytics. Before that he was senior vice president and global director of research and insight for Havas Digital. At Alphonso, he is responsible for post-sales services and support across the various business lines, including TV retargeting, Alphonso Insights, local initiatives, and data partnerships.

Jon Morris is the Founder & CEO of Rise Interactive. Under Morris’ leadership, Rise has received recognition for excellence in client service, innovative marketing campaigns, and commitment to culture, including Inc. 500|5000 Fastest Growing Companiesnine-time winner), Ad Age (Best Places to Work), Fortune Magazine, and more. Morris has been personally recognized as a leader in technology and innovation on the Techweek100 list and Crain’s Chicago Tech 50 list.

As a leader in the digital marketing community, Morris mentors entrepreneurs, with a significant focus on the University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge, a renowned business plan competition where Rise itself got its start. Morris also regularly shares his expertise as a guest speaker. He has presented on main stages, at workshops, and webinars for organizations such as Search Marketing Expo, Search Engine Strategies, American Marketing Association, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and Forrester Research.

Larry Fisher is the president of Rise Interactive and responsible for leading the strategic direction of the business. With over 20 years of experience, his marketing expertise and roots in financial services have played a major role in the explosive growth of Rise as a data-driven agency.

Prior to his role as president, Fisher played an instrumental role in developing Rise’s strategic vision, with a focus on building the client service organization. Fisher oversaw all client deliverables and relationships, including all areas of media, analytics, and customer experience. Through his vision and customer-centric approach, he expanded the list of distinguished clients such as Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, ULTA Beauty, Pandora, and Atkins Nutritionals.

Vassil Pepelyankov is the CG solutions and Creative lead for eClerx Digital headquartered in Austin, TX. eClerx Digital provides data analytics, marketing operations and creative services to leading global retail and e-commerce brands. Vassil has over 20 years’ experience in graphic design with the last 10 focused on 3D technology. At eClerx Digital, he has helped further develop our CG practice by utilizing his specialization in Look Dev and being the company’s Lighting TD. Additionally, Vassil regularly partners with clients to create impactful content that becomes the cornerstone of their campaigns. He is also head of eClerx Digital R&D team where the main focus is Augmented Reality, Real Time, WebStream and prototyping.

Prior to joining eClerx Digital, Vassil was Lead of Training at Chaosgroup and 3D master trainer, a world leader in computer graphics technology.  

David Schey, Zeta’s Senior VP of Customer Experience, has over 18 years of experience consulting Fortune 1,000 companies on optimizing marketing and CRM programs, within both digital and offline channels. Most recently, David served as Vice President/Group Director of Strategy and Analytics at DigitasLBi, where he led the S&A CRM practice. He has held leadership positions at Digitas, Merkle and Epsilon. Throughout his career, David has worked with a variety of national and global brands including PepsiCo, Pfizer, Unilever, Kraft, Tesco, Samsung, Comcast, The Limited, Urban Outfitters, T.J.Maxx, Toys “R” Us and Bed Bath & Beyond, to plan, measure and optimize CRM campaigns. He holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Maryland at College Park, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Rutgers University.

Gary is responsible for managing and developing the business in the US for RTB House. He is a creative, entrepreneurial sales, marketing and client services executive who specializes in developing companies within retail and tech. He is an expert in the area of programmatic advertising, deep learning and AI technologies being used in the marketing industry. His background includes experience and expertise in, operations, sales, digital marketing, content development, SEO, SEM, email, display advertising, social media, mobile, and affiliate marketing.

Jaysen has served as the lead analytical resource for Criteo in the Americas for over four years.  His present position as VP, Head of Analytics and Insights allows him to bridge the gap between the vast storehouse of data logged by Criteo and the need to deliver robust insights to both Criteo clients and internal customers.  Jaysen has two decades of experience in commercial analytics, with a key focus on the performance marketing and the understanding of user-level behavior over time.  Jaysen has worked at a number of advertising agencies, brands, and tech players and holds engineering degrees from Duke and Stanford. 

Rachel is the Vice President of Client Success at Bazaarvoice. Her mission is to help existing and future customers unlock and leverage the value of consumer generated content. She’s passionate about helping brands leverage digital innovation to benefit marketing and engagement efforts.  

Prior to her nine years at Bazaarvoice, Rachel held roles in both consulting and agency marketing. She graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, specializing in International Marketing.

In her spare time, Rachel loves exploring the trails and lakes of Austin with her husband and two kids.

conDati is the fourth start-up where Steve has launched marketing, following KACE Networks (acquired by Dell), Accept Software (acquired by Artemis) and TruValue Labs. With a career in B2B technology that includes both executive operating roles and strategy consulting, Steve focuses on how to apply the new levels of insight available from conDati’s data science to the real-world business problems that hands-on marketers need to solve.

Nick Dujnic is the Vice President of Marketing for LiveIntent, where he oversees the company’s brand and demand generation strategies. He is also the host of LiveIntentional, a video series that explains what’s going on in a very complicated digital marketing landscape in a fun and accessible way. The recipient of Marketing Edge’s Rising Star award in 2017, he once inspired the headline "How One Man Did the Impossible: Make Ad-Tech Jargon Fun."

Stephan Bajaio, a self-proclaimed and industry confirmed search geek, has been an innovative leader within the search marketing industry for over 15 years. As the VP of Professional Services at Conductor, Bajaio has built a team of 50+ global SEOs who provide the research, strategy and reporting for numerous Fortune 500 & IR 1000 companies. He and his team are experts on site migrations/relaunches, technical audits, building content and business strategies and have dealt with a myriad of potential SEO issues, turning them into opportunities.  

Stephan brings an unmatched level of passion, strategy and creative industrialism, which has driven value for Conductor customers and enhanced the overall company culture. Stephan sits on the SEMPO Board of Directors, contributes to industry publications, and speaks globally. Connect with him on LinkedIn, or get to know him better by tuning in to the podcast he co-hosts, Search on Tap.

Brian has over 25 years of direct marketing experience working with top national brands, specializing in new customer acquisition and data management. In his current role, Brian is responsible for vertical market expansion and the successful launch and growth of Boomerang Direct, a breakthrough direct mail retargeting solution. His mission is to offer brands measurable, personalized postal solutions, tracking their effectiveness through SmartDash, LS Direct’s marketing effectiveness dashboard reporting tool. 

Prior to joining the firm, Brian spent 18 years as Executive Vice President and founding member of Belardi/Ostroy, a full-service direct marketing and creative agency in New York City. Brian earned a double major (B.S.) in Marketing and Communications from Babson College.

Natalie is the VP of North American Sales at Jumpshot Inc., a marketing analytics company that delivers digital intelligence from within the Internet's most valuable walled gardens. Natalie has built over 20 years of experience in market research by leading data and insights teams at The NPD Group, 1010Data and Edelman Intelligence, where she worked with the world’s leading brands, retailers and financial organizations, bringing to market a number of data products. Prior to this Natalie was VP of Market Research at Citigroup and an Associate with Booz & Co. Natalie has an MBA from Columbia University and a degree of economics from Binghamton University.

Laura Brinker, SVP Marketing, Influenster, is a seasoned Marketing and Communications professional. In her role at Influenster, a product discovery and ratings/reviews platform that features 32MM+ reviews written by 5MM+ members, she oversees B2B, B2C and Member Marketing. Responsible for empowering brands to tap into the power of authentic peer-to-peer advocacy to grow their businesses, and with inspiring consumers to create authentic photos, videos and reviews, Brinker oversees strategic partnerships linking content to commerce. Prior to Influenster, she served as VP, Global Influencer Marketing for Coty’s Consumer Beauty Division, overseeing integrated Brand PR and Influencer Marketing for a leading portfolio of brands including COVERGIRL, Clairol, Rimmel and Sally Hansen. At Procter and Gamble in Communications for 10+ years preceding Coty, throughout her career Brinker has shaped global and local strategies; forged unique partnerships; piloted new capabilities; and built relationships with key insiders, experts and influencers to generate awareness, credibility, consumer engagement and industry recognition.

Lori Tenan is the VP of Enterprise Sales at Narvar, the customer engagement platform serving 550+ retailers like Sephora, Patagonia, Home Depot, Gap, and Bose. Narvar helps retailers inspire loyalty beyond reason by enabling seamless post-purchase experiences that retain, engage, and delight customers — from cart to doorstep, and beyond. Lori got her start at Pitney Bowes, where she built deep expertise in the supply chain software industry. Later, she moved to helping smaller companies expand their customer base and markets by building streamlined and high-performing sales teams. Lori is passionate about working with brilliant innovative teams focused on solving complex retail challenges.

Nick Opderbeck has spent the past decade helping retail ecommerce companies optimize their site experience. He is passionate about driving intuitive and personalized ecommerce experiences which ultimately convert better for his clients. He’s a strong believer in user research to better understand how users interact with digital properties.

After spending a great deal of his early career with Endeca (now Oracle) he joined a number of former colleagues at GroupBy to continue building the next generation site search & merchandising platform.

In his spare time he owns and operates a small winery, Nero Cellars, with friends in the Bay Area. Our wines are available in 20+ restaurants and wine bars or available through our tasting rooms in Oakland, CA or Healdsburg, CA.

Ellie is an expert on optimizing Digital Customer Experience.  Over the past 20 years, she has helped countless brands significantly move the needle by focusing on their customers online journey. Before joining Namogoo as VP Sales East, she was a Director of Enterprise Sales at LivePerson transforming the way companies communicate with their customers.  Prior to LivePerson, Ellie was a Director of Enterprise sales at Clicktale, helping brands with behavioral web analytics.  

At Namogoo, Ellie leads a team of Enterprise sales managers, helping Digital teams protect their customers from unauthorized ads leading to Customer Journey Hijacking and stolen revenues.

Justin is a Vice President at Sidecar, where he maintains a macro view of digital marketing and its evolving role in omnichannel retail. Justin stays sharp helping retailers understand new growth opportunities in their performance marketing mixes, and advises marketing teams on new approaches that fit their goals and business. He has held strategic account roles within digital marketing for over a decade.

Indy Guha is the VP of Enterprise Marketing at Signifyd, where he leads a team that will further accelerate the broader enterprise adoption of the company's solution.

Prior to joining Signifyd, Indy was the youngest partner named in Bain Capital Ventures’ history, where he oversaw some of the firm’s key ecommerce-related investments, including SquareTrade, BloomReach, Kenshoo and Signifyd itself. His fascination with the modern commerce technology stack was fanned with Bain Capital Ventures’ investment in Jet.com, the most prominent example of a new breed of ecommerce enterprises.

Chris is currently SVP, Strategic Partnerships at Rokt. In his role, Chris oversees all strategic alliances and business development at Rokt, with a focus on growing Rokt's ecosystem and capabilities. Previously, he was VP of Strategy and Business Development at MediaMath, the leading independent Demand Side Platform, overseeing all business development and strategic partnerships with companies such as IBM, Adobe, Oracle and others. Chris was instrumental in leading the implementation of true AI capabilities in the AdTech ecosystem, including the development of the Watson Cognitive Bidder. Previous to MediaMath, Chris held several senior strategy and business development roles, helping to grow several businesses from an early stage, including Manilla (part of Hearst Corporation), Lumosity.com and Quigo, which was acquired by AOL.

Morin Sarenio joined CGTrader  in June 2018 as VP Business Development.  Morin brings more than 15 years of 3D business development and sales experience to her role, including  stints in 3D printing and mobile technology.  Morin leads CGTraders’ sales strategy to bring Augmented Reality experiences to online retail,  helping e-commerce companies improve online sales conversion, increase customer satisfaction and reduce products returns. 

Morin resides in Israel with her family including two darling daughters.

Tim Rhodes is an 18-year marketing veteran specializing in enterprise product marketing and go-to-market strategy. At Cordial, Tim leads the product and customer marketing teams, responsible for go-to-market messaging, positioning, go-to-market strategy, and customer marketing programs. Over the past 15 years, Tim has worked with hundreds of retail brands, helping to create and execute personalized marketing strategies. Tim is an accomplished speaker, having presented at the CMO Summit, CMO Council, eTail West, Digital Marketing Association, and over two dozen other conferences. From 2004 to 2008, Tim could be seen each Thursday as a regular Guest Market Analyst on CNBC Europe’s “Today’s Business Europe” television show.

Craig has been working within the Internet sector since 1999 and has an MBA in eCommerce from Temple University. Currently, Craig is the founder & CEO of leading internet optimization agency Trinity Insight and a premium partner of VWO.

Craig has been quoted discussing web optimization in the Wall Street Journal, Stores Magazine, Internet Retailer, and Practical eCommerce. He is a frequent speaker at global eCommerce events and frequently lectures on web optimization at New York University and Villanova University. 

Rohit is a seasoned conversion optimization consultant and had helped over 500 organizations of all sizes choose the right platform for their conversion optimization needs. Rohit currently heads business development for the Americas region for VWO.

Lindsay is the Marketing Director for Emarsys Americas, an AI-enabled unified marketing platform enabling 2,200 brands to create personalized experiences with 3 billion customers worldwide. Lindsay has consulted brands like Intel, Office Depot, Vistaprint, Ashley Furniture, and L’Oréal. She holds a Master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University, was honored as a Top Business Leader Under 40 by Business Review, and has spoken at events including Content Marketing World and MBO.

Tom Mackel is a co-founder of Luxmo, the president of Engage Marketing, and is a direct marketing innovator. Tom grew up in a family of retail developers and at a young age assisted with customer service, leasing presentations and building out negotiations for various retail projects. Later, he also exhibited a talent for reviving previously stalled retail operations. After founding and selling several successful businesses, soon dozens of companies began pursuing Tom's marketing talents. In 1996, Tom formed a marketing business that would become Engage Marketing, providing data and fulfillment services for retailers and financial services. 

Tom presents regularly to technology and industry at the request of the US Postal Service, educational institutions, and a variety of organizations. He is an industry representative for the Postmaster General’s Mailers Technical Advisory Committee, which meets with postal leadership regularly.

Agathe Westad heads New Business for Optimove’s North American partners. She has played a central role in establishing Optimove’s US operations and in growing the company’s brand recognition and strategic partnerships. Agathe specializes in helping retail and e-commerce brands build emotionally intelligent and scalable relationship marketing strategies, by leveraging each brand’s core identity. Agathe holds a Masters in International Law from the Sorbonne University in Paris.

Matthew is an eCommerce leader who has been working in the retail industry for the better part of the last decade.  Joining Klarna in 2018, Matt leads the North American Enterprise Commercial team where he provides the world’s leading merchants with unique insights into the online, offline, and retail landscape. Prior to joining Klarna, Matt was an executive at Pitney Bowes, where he led sales efforts for their Borderfree product, helping make them the market leader in cross border e-commerce.

Kelly DeRosa is IgnitionOne’s Director, Retail Strategy, where she works directly with retailers to identify strategic priorities in their digital media. Kelly has been with IgnitionOne for the past eight years and helped shape the programmatic team. With over eight years of experience in retail marketing, Kelly has worked with leading retailers to build branding campaigns, increase YoY revenue, grow customer sales and drive in-store visits. At IgnitionOne, Kelly shapes retail analytics to help retailers better understand their audiences. She helped launch the Women’s Retailer Network organization and created a team that focuses on strategic planning for retailers and their success.

Erik Archer Smith is a data-driven marketing and sales professional at Arm Treasure Data with 10+ years experience helping companies scale during phases of hyper-growth. Erik got involved with tech early and built the first social media site in Japan using open source technology in the early 2000s. When not working, he enjoys spending time at the beach with his wife and dog, and obsessing over his automated, indoor garden to finally grow the perfect habanero pepper.

Jeana Garms is the Director of Marketing for SG360° where she leads inbound lead generation and customer acquisition activities. She holds over 15 years of marketing experience that crosses both agency and client-side roles. Prior to joining SG360° she served as the Vice President of Marketing for Follett Higher Education Group where she oversaw B2C marketing for 1,200 collegiate retail stores and websites. She holds a B.A. in Public Relations from Western Michigan University and a M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications from Loyola University Chicago.

Andrew Samuels is responsible for solutions engineering in North America. In that capacity, he works together with brands to formulate how they can best leverage Optimove's suite of relationship-marketing tools to deepen their customer relationships and complement their current technology stacks. He specializes in fleshing out unique product use-cases and all things integration. Before joining Optimove, Andrew worked for Twitter's revenue organization in both San Francisco and New York. He also worked as a technical writer for Google. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and completed General Assembly's Data Science Immersive.

Josh Enzer is Vice President and General Manager, Loyalty at Yotpo, the leading commerce marketing cloud for reviews, visual marketing, loyalty programs, and referrals.

Josh was most recently the Co-Founder and CEO of Swell, which was acquired by Yotpo in 2018. Swell is a highly versatile incentive marketing platform that gives eCommerce and omnichannel brands the ability to reward customers for a wide range of behaviors, from purchases to referrals to newsletter subscriptions. At Yotpo, Josh continues to spearhead the effort to help brands like ThirdLove, UNTUCKit, MVMT, and Steve Madden formulate ROI-driven customer acquisition and retention programs.

Andrei Faji is the Director of Marketing at Dosh, the fastest growing card-linked offer marketplace and mobile app that drives online to in-store conversion. He leads all areas of marketing Dosh to brands including digital, creative, communications, and content. He shows up to work everyday with the singular mission to help brands move billions of inefficiently spent advertising dollars to millions of consumers.

At the core, Andrei is a speaker, wordsmith, and empathy-driven marketer. He has over a decade of experience leading marketing for emerging companies and distilling complex technology and data into engaging, memorable, and beautiful stories. 

Andrei spends his free time as a writer, avid record collector and disc jockey. He currently resides in Austin, TX with his wife and son.

More than 10 years of experience varying from software development to marketing to consulting. Been with ThreatMetrix for about 4 years managing professional services. Mother of two kids and enjoys skiing, reading and Olympic lifting.

Kris is Head of Connected Commerce at Amazon Pay where he is responsible for developing and growing new Amazon and Alexa-powered commerce solutions for merchants and consumers. Prior to joining Amazon, Kris was the Director of Commerce Innovation at American Express where he was responsible for growing the business through new products and initiatives such as mobile wallets and social commerce with a focus on linking offline and online customer experiences. Prior to AXP, Kris’ career has spanned almost twenty years in digital starting with the early days of New York’s Silicon Alley during Dotcom 1.0 where he was an early employee at Concrete Media and Bolt.com. 

Aly helps companies deliver exceptional omnichannel customer experiences via mobile channels. Having spent the better half of the last decade optimizing customer engagement strategies for countless large enterprises online and offline, Aly deeply understands how enabling seamless interactions across the customer journey can maximize customer lifetime value and brand loyalty. 

At Infobip, Aly leads a team of Account Executives helping Infobip’s North American clients implement the newest innovations in messaging technology to improve customer relationships, growth strategy, and operations. 

Bradford served as the lead strategy consultant for over several of Oracle Marketing Cloud’s largest retail clients during the last five years. His background in project management has positioned him to be able to facilitate change throughout the project lifecycle using Oracle Best Practices to streamline clients’ processes and drive the transformation of their core business.

Kent Ledgerwood is an expert in Business Process Design, Change Management, and Operations Optimization. He leads the Business Transformation team at Elementum helping companies such as Dyson, Flex, BASF, and others digitize their operations so they can operate in real-time and deliver at the speed of customer demand.

Kevin Forsyth is the Head of Growth Strategy at BounceX. He leads the cross-account strategy team for new clients, ensuring they exceed their revenue targets through personalized, optimized buying journeys. With a marketing background that spans brand, media and product at companies like Viacom and DIGITAS, Kevin works across functions to codify best practices and then make them feel specific and relevant for individual brands.

Andrew is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Marin Software where he is tasked with building innovative digital advertising functionality that helps brands grow online. His voice at the company is largely that of the customer – helping ensure that Marin delivers what the market wants. Prior to his time at Marin, Andrew worked at independent agencies in New York and Austin, focused on eCommerce and lead generation. Andrew received a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from the University of Tennessee and enjoys traveling, listening to music, and spending time with family and friends.

At TA Digital, Joe develops strategies for growth, innovation, and execute commerce and omnichannel solutions for retailers using digital technology. For more than 15 years Joe has been a digital transformational thought and implementation leader for large multi-national brands across the B2C, B2B, Retail and Customer Care Center landscape. Before TA Digital, Joe held various technology leadership and consulting positions at Starbucks, Oakley, Billabong and State Street.

In Academia, Joe teaches project management at the University of California and the University of Washington. He holds a master’s degree with an emphasis in Technology Management and a B.S. Business Systems degree from the University of North Carolina. In his leisure time, Joe enjoys traveling, gardening, exploring digital technologies, and spending time with his family.

Kathleen Gambarelli oversees global product strategy for commerce at Snapchat. Working across product, marketing and partnerships, she is an integral leader in developing Snapchat's advertising solutions for retailers and other performance marketers. Prior to Snapchat, Kathleen managed direct response product solutions at Twitter and was the digital director at Ptarmigan Media where she oversaw the cross-channel strategy for clients in the financial services sector.

Mary Zabriskie is a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Optimizely and is responsible for bringing customer stories to live across the product.  With over 10 years of experience in technology and consulting, Mary has worked for organizations such as Intel, Cisco Systems and IBM on a variety of technologies prior to Optimizely. She is passionate about how technology can help solve business problems and loves learning from Optimizely customers.

Mary holds a bachelors in English from Santa Clara University and an MBA from Cornell University’s SC Johnson School of Business.

Rose Barnsley has been working in the Digital Marketing marketing and personalization space for over 10 years with over 4 years of Email Marketing focus.  She has been helping Email Marketers to create effective email campaigns for companies such as Zillow Groups, Teleflora, Vera Bradley and Hewlett-Packard.  With deep comprehensive competitive market research and the most accurate inbox delivery monitoring platform she empowers Email Marketers to develop successful campaigns and market penetration strategies.

Kenna Hilburn serves as Liveclicker's VP of Account Development, leading an international team of account management professionals in client services, satisfaction, and growth. In her role, she is able to share her expertise in both the email marketing and video commerce industries with clients targeting an ever-changing, global marketplace. 

John Pisarek, Director of Retail at Interactions, is a ten year veteran in the telecommunications, technology, and customer care industries, where he's assisted multiple retail companies engage effortlessly with their customers across all touchpoints, channels, and interactions to deliver differentiated customer experience while maximizing revenue and customer loyalty. He's also held roles at Genesys, SoundBite Communications, 2ergo, and MX Telecom. John graduated from Duquesne University with a Music Technology degree and a minor in Voice.

Michael Swack is Director of Marketing at CGTrader, bringing 25 years of B2B marketing experience to his position. Before joining CGTrader, Michael served in key marketing roles in the world’s leading #D printing campanies Stratasys and 3D Systems

Kathryn serves as VP, Strategy and Merchandising at Brilliant Earth, where she has worked since 2014.  Her experience focuses on growth strategy, marketing, merchandising, PR, financial analysis and team leadership.   Prior to joining Brilliant Earth, Kathryn held multiple positions leading and managing within high-growth, consumer oriented companies, including serving as CFO and Director of eMarketing at online retailer, Orion Telescopes, and serving as COO/President of Melissa Joy Manning, a designer jewelry brand.   She began her career working in finance and strategy as an investment banking analyst in SG Cowen’s Technology M&A practice, an associate in Deutsche Bank’s Private Equity group (now MidOcean Partners) and an associate in Mercer Management Consulting’s strategy practice.  Kathryn holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS, Finance from Boston College.