Hafez has led and grown marketing teams at startups in the e-commerce, B2B, and non-profit sectors. He is an accomplished speaker and author on digital marketing topics ranging from customer acquisition, inbound marketing, SEO, display advertising, PPC/SEM, community management, content strategy, reputation management, growth hacking, and media relations. Before joining Combatant Gentlemen, Hafez served as the Senior Director of Marketing at ReTargeter, an online advertising startup based in San Francisco. 

Jason has been focused on e-commerce and ERP systems for consumer electronics retailers for his 15 year IT career. Jason is currently employed at Parts Express, an international supplier of electronic parts and accessories to the audio/video industry. Parts Express was founded in 1986 and resides in a 120,000 square foot facility about 25 minutes north of Cincinnati, OH. Jason has been involved in systems architecture, security, development, and e-commerce platforms throughout his career. 

In his latest project, Jason moved Parts Express off an aging e-commerce and product content platform to a relevant .NET based PCI-DSS compliant platform using Oracle’s Endeca technology for navigation and keyword search. Concurrently, Parts Express migrated to inRiver’s product information management system for maintaining a single point of product data. 

Omer holds a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience and physics from Brown University where he studied under Nobel Laureate Physicist, Leon Cooper, on pattern recognition, data mining and complex systems modeling at the Institute for Brain and Neural Systems. He served as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern School of Business where he taught on data-driven marketing and relationship marketing. Previously, Omer was a consultant with McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in analytical areas such as pricing, direct marketing and customer segmentation. He was also a VP of strategic marketing at CDW/Micro Warehouse, a $6B direct reseller of technology products, and a marketing executive at Best Buy. It was his work as a data-driven marketer that led to the founding of AgilOne, where he aims to empower people through machine learning – starting with marketers.

Dave Atchison is the senior vice president of marketing at zulily, a retailer for moms. Dave was part of the founding team at zulily as its first marketing employee and has helped to grow the company to 3.2 million active customers and over $600 million in revenue in just four short years.  Prior to zulily, Dave was Director of Marketing and Analytics at RedEnvelope, a Provide Commerce brand. Before RedEnvelope, he was Director of Marketing at ProFlowers, another Provide Commerce brand. Previously, he founded a startup in the digital media space and worked as a strategic consultant for several Fortune 1000 companies.

Shea is the Director of eCommerce at SkyMall where he has been for the last 6 years. His team is responsible for all online marketing and site conversions for skymall.com and several loyalty clients such as Marriott and Caesars Entertainment.

Michael is a native of the Chicagoland area and a graduate of the American Academy of Art in Chicago with a degree in Design. He possesses over 20 years of international management experience, working with companies such as White Lodging, Knight-Ridder, The Nature Conservancy and Eastman Kodak. Michael's specialties lie in marketing, eCommerce, mobile and web application implementations all with a proven track record of success. He is currently responsible for all things marketing at KSL Resorts and Capital Partners equating to nearly $1 billion annually in global online revenues. Michael currently resides in Southern California with his wife Gina and two beautiful daughters.

Lewis, a 20 year tech industry veteran is currently responsible for driving the strategy and execution of Lenovo's eCommerce mission in North America.  In addition to having P&L responsibility for US and Canada eCommerce, he was instrumental in launching Lenovo's online expansion into Latin America, including Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina. Prior to his 12 year tenure with Lenovo and IBM, Lewis held positions in Marketing, Web Strategy and Product Management for Research Triangle Park startup companies.  Lewis was educated at Duke University and calls Durham, NC home. His passions are consumer electronics, photography and Duke Basketball.

TVPage, the smart video marketing platform, enables retailers to leverage custom video shopping experiences that increase conversion to sales. Allon is a serial entrepreneur in the content distribution and media sectors. 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 a registered US patent for the system configuration of video networks.

As CMO for SLI Systems, Tim is focused on driving sales growth within the e-commerce sector and increasing SLI’s market share with its SaaS-based search and navigation offerings. Tim previously served as CMO at RetailNext, a leading provider of in-store Big Data and analytics solutions, and as VP of marketing for online security leader Verisign, where he led the creation and launch of the Verisign Secured seal. A 20-year technology industry veteran, Tim has also held marketing executive positions at Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services and Caere, which later became Nuance.

Brennan Carlson (@brennancarlson) has responsibility for product planning, management, and strategy at Lyris. He provides cross-functional leadership for the delivery of the company's product vision, with a focus on roadmap planning, requirements definition, user experience and user/acceptance testing, and other strategic product initiatives. Carlson also provides expertise in working with prospects and customers, and serves as digital marketing thought leader for Lyris. Before coming to Lyris, Carlson held enterprise marketing, product management, and business development positions at several computer software and Internet technology companies, including Yahoo!, Akamai Technologies, and Trilogy Software. Carlson holds a Bachelor's degree from Stanford University.

Kathleen Chambard has worked for eScholastic since 2006. Crafting digital marketing plans to support new product launches is a mission-critical aspect of Kathleen’s role at Scholastic. As Senior Director of Digital Marketing, Kathleen focuses on marketing and strategic planning for Scholastic.com's Educator and School-to-Home channels. In this position she orchestrates digital campaigns in display, social, search, as well as email marketing. Prior to joining Scholastic, Kathleen held several marketing and creative services roles for both large and small companies, from online start-ups like Babyzone.com to international media companies such as Bertelsmann/BMG Classics. Kathleen received her Bachelor of Arts in Communications and German from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Charlie Cole has run the gauntlet in the digital space. He helped IPO a digital real estate company in 2004, went on to grow an online advertising agency to over $200 million in online revenue and took an established fashion brand’s e-commerce initiative to unprecedented levels of success. He was later recruited by a TPG Capital-owned company to create a direct-to-consumer channel, something they had never done in 75 years of business. This leadership team ultimately drove the company to the highest multiple ever paid for a company in the vitamin, mineral and supplement space. Launched in late 2013 in partnership with creative director Vanessa Trania, The Line seeks to provide consumers with the quintessential items of everyday life, encompassing the home, fashion and beauty space. Follow him @CharlieCole

Taylor L. Cole, APR heads up public relations and social media programs for Hotels.com North America. Taylor has more than 14 years’ experience in public relations, integrated marketing and corporate communications. She’s represented technology, travel, health care and consumer brands in the US, Canada and globally and is a frequent industry speaker.

Jessica joined The Container Store as the Online Marketing Director in 2012, where she is responsible for managing all aspects of the company’s website, creating an exciting and seamless online shopping experience for their customers. She works closely with the Merchandising, Creative, Marketing and Information Technology teams to ensure the site highlights the perfect assortment of products and services, and that in-store and online promotions and messaging are aligned, which results in an enhanced omnichannel experience.

In just a short time, Jessica has successfully increased domestic and international traffic and revenue to The Container Store’s website through the implementation of various promotions, as well as site enhancements to improve the user experience. She manages ongoing relationships with fifteen different vendors who assist with new customer acquisition and engagement during the online shopping experience. She also recently led the launch of The Container Store’s international shipping service to over 80 different countries. Jessica received her bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and MBA in Strategic Management from the University of North Texas. She enjoys spending her free time with her husband, Ben, and two daughters, Campbell and Caroline.

Denis hails from South Africa, where he received his Masters degree in Marketing from the University of Johannesburg. He has been running online marketing campaigns for various clients all over the world since 2004. He moved to Raleigh in early 2006 and joined ROI revolution shortly thereafter. In his time at ROI Denis has overseen tens of millions of Dollars in PPC adspend, specifically for retailers, and he understands where and how to look in order to improve results accordingly. 

Rahmon is CEO of YourAmigo, the world leader in artificial intelligence organic search marketing services, which he co-founded in 1999. Operating in 31 countries, YourAmigo's performance-based service creates a deep, new sales channel for medium to large websites. With customers including Sony, Dell, Avon, Reebok, to name a few, YourAmigo operates on websites in many different spoken languages, with over 80 million client web pages currently under management. YourAmigo's award-winning technology service, Spider Linker™ analyzes large website's content to identify gaps where website pages are NOT getting business and creates unique, new pages to fill those gaps, which typically provides a massive uplift in revenue of between 3%-25% over and above client's current total online revenue.

Marta Dalton leads the eCommerce department at WESCO Distribution as the Manager of eCommerce and Digital Strategy. Prior to WESCO, she was the merchandising and marketing manager at Online Stores, an IR500 retailer. Her background also includes time in product management and software development in a variety of industries including gaming, solar technology and web applications; and she considers herself fluent in translating “techie” to English and vice versa to provide superior customer experiences on the web. 

Rob has over thirteen years in the digital advertising space at companies across the ecosystem. He has held senior operating roles at Advertising.com, AOL (Platform-A), Weather Channel, LivePerson, was most recently Global GM of Tribal Fusion as well as SVP of Business Operations. His data driven roots were planted at Mars & Co, a boutique strategy consulting firm. Rob holds a bachelor's degree from the John Hopkins University and an MBA from University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Keith Duncan joined RetailMeNot in 2012 and now serves as Vice President, In-Store & Mobile. He is responsible for introducing key partners to new cross channel marketing opportunities with a huge influence on mobile that will help Retailers connect digital touch points with In-Store foot traffic and sales. Keith is an accomplished sales and business development leader with 16 years of experience driving  product development and strategy. Before joining RetailMeNot, Keith was the senior vice president for Epic Media Group, where he led the global sales team and played a critical role in new business development, network distribution,  revenue generation and profitability. Prior to Epic, he held senior positions at Yahoo! and HotJobs.com. Keith has a bachelor of science in biology from the University of Delaware.

Troy is the VP of Marketing at FUN.com and has an extensive background in eComm and Search Marketing. He is currently focusing on growing FUN.com, HalloweenCostumes.com, and T-Shirts.com (Soon to be rebranded as: Shirts.com) as the best offering available online in their respective markets.

At Deb Shops, Jennifer Fitzpatrick leads the social media department, building the company's social media fan base from 30,000 to over 2 million within two years. She focuses on utilizing all applicable social media platforms to increase brand awareness and gain valuable insights on current and potential customers

Ken Frazza is the Director of Web Production for c21stores.com which is owned and operated by Century 21 Department Store. C21stores.com is a retail fashion clothing and accessories ecommerce site. Ken runs the web production team which is responsible for everything done on the website as well as developing a positive customer experience.

Ken has been in the website development business since 1996 and has been developing ecommerce websites since 2001. Along the way, Ken has worked in every aspect of running an ecommerce website including, IT, development, hosting, creative (Shooting product Images and writing product descriptions), Internet Marketing (SEO, Pay Per Click) studying analytics and user experiences and more.

T. J. Gentle is the President & CEO of SmartFurniture.com, a venture backed Internet retailer and pioneer of Design on Demand®. SmartFurniture.com's Design on Demand Platform empowers customers to design and customize furniture. Since becoming the CEO, SmartFurniture.com has developed SmartProfile aPrescriptive Personalization application that uses proprietary technology to match furniture products to each customer’s unique profile and characteristics; launched SmartSpace, an innovative web application that empowers customers to see how customized furniture will look like in the context of their homes before ordering; and the Company has won numerous awards and industry recognition while experience a five fold increase in sales.

Brian Green is the Vice President of Marketing for Adorama one of Consumer Reports' top five online electronics retailers.  Brian is responsible for strategy, execution & management of the retail company’s marketing organization; which include all partner/channel, direct, digital and marketing channel initiatives. Prior to Adorama, Brian was the Director of Web Channel for B&H Photo Video and Founded an Ecommerce consultancy, implementing Enterprise Merchandising Platforms, Analytics & Customers Segmentation models for Internet Retailer Top 100 clients. Brian, earned his Masters in Technology & Design from Parsons, Bachelors in Economics, holds a PMP, and Certificate of Process Engineering and is author of the Reflexive Marketing Methodology

Moira Gregonis is a Senior level Creative Marketer with over 10 years of experience of creating and executing communication strategies. Moira currently leads up all Social Media Marketing for Urban Outfitters and launched UO’s engagement program Urban On in 2013.

Apu Gupta is the CEO & Co-founder of Curalate, the leading marketing platform for the visual web. Curalate enables brands to measure, monitor, and grow their presence on visual social media sites including Pinterest and Instagram. Curalate is currently in use by over 300 brands including Neiman Marcus, Time Inc, Michael Kors, Gap, and Martha Stewart. Curalate is backed by top-tier venture capitalists including New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and First Round Capital. Prior to Curalate, Apu worked in retail and technology. Apu built the second largest drugstore chain in India as the COO & CMO of MedPlus Health Services, served on the interim management team of Peracon, a provider of software for the commercial real estate industry, and was in sales and marketing roles at WebEx Communications from their Series A financing through their IPO. Apu has an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from the Wharton School of Business.

Rose has over two decades of experience in building direct-to-consumer, multi-channel businesses with expertise in e-commerce strategy, direct response marketing, brand building, and consumer analytics/insights. Rose previously served as the Vice President of E-commerce for Ann Taylor and LOFT brands, where she oversaw online marketing strategy and analytics for anntaylor.com and loft.com. Rose focused on bringing the brands to life in the online environment to drive multi-channel customer acquisition, engagement and conversion. Prior to joining Ann Taylor Stores, Rose led online marketing, merchandising, and loyalty programs for a variety of leading retailers and financial services organizations, including Chico’s FAS, Best Buy, Wilsons Leather and US Bank.

Matt Hansen is the Director of Marketing at Fat Brain Toys. He is a former minor league baseball executive spending 10 years working for teams such as the St. Paul Saints and Sioux Falls Canaries.  Matt became the director of marketing for Fat Brain Toys in 2012.  He is responsible for increasing the brand presence and revenue creation both online and offline.

Shawna Hausman is Vice President of Ecommerce and Digital Marketing at giggle, a retail brand specializing in healthy, stylish, and innovative baby products. Prior to giggle, Shawna was most recently Director of Ecommerce at West Elm, where she was responsible for the fastest growing business unit within Williams-Sonoma, Inc. Over the years, Shawna has worked at a variety of other top retail brands, as well, including American Eagle, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Old Navy. Shawna has a passion for tapping into new and emerging technologies in order to improve site usability and enhance the overall brand experience online

Josh Himwich was Employee #4 at Quidsi, the parent company of Diapers.com, Soap.com, and Wag.com. He led the Product team that built out their family of sites, which were bought by Amazon in late 2010 for $550MM.He's now the VP of Product for XO Group, the home to The Knot, The Bump and The Nest, where he manages both the Registry business and The Bump baby website.

Charles Hunsinger is a 25-year technology veteran with extensive experience creating innovative IT solutions for wholesale, retail, and B2B/B2C e-commerce companies.  His career stops have included Accenture, Corporate Express/Staples, and Musician's Friend (Guitar Center), and he is currently the CIO for Harry and David, the omni-channel specialty retailer that is the first choice for your personal gifting needs.  

As Senior Director of Product Management at AutoTrader, Catherine Iger leads the team responsible for the consumer experience across all channels.  Her goal is to measurably increase the likelihood that consumers will use AutoTrader as a primary resource, return regularly and recommend the brand to others by creating omnichannel experiences that thoroughly meet the unique needs of car shoppers. Catherine's most recent accomplishments include leading the full redesign of the vehicle search experience that addresses the needs of a much broader range of shopper types. Throughout her tenure at AutoTrader.com, she has led the evolution of experiences that connect vehicle buyers and sellers, including the development of new research and comparison features, new connection features like chat and reviews, new home page, a new set of personalization features, and all new dealer revenue-driving product releases since 2008. Her current challenges include weaving all AutoTrader consumer-facing properties into a comprehensive omnichannel experience, and transitioning the team to an enterprise-scale Agile development environment to better support speedily addressing consumer needs.

Catherine has 15 years' experience building award-winning digital strategies and experiences for major brands, including UPS, The Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Turner, BellSouth, InterContinental Hotels Group and the International Olympic Committee.  She was recently honored with the 2014 Women in Remarketing Award. The award, given by the publication Auto Remarketing, honors women's dedication to business excellence and contributions to the used-car, auction and auto finance industries.

Greg Johnson is the Operating Partner and VP of User Experience and Design for Digital Fuel Capital. As a User Experience professional with 14 years’ experience in HCI and 10 years’ experience in E-Commerce, he has been directly responsible for the interactive design for a number of IR500 retailers. He has strong technical and design backgrounds and is a mentor and member for several associations, and a recognized leader in his field as an Invited Expert for the W3C. 

Toni is an experienced program manager, analyst and customer advocate that has transitioned into the Social Media Director for U-Haul. After years of running a team of project managers through the manufacturing and development process, she took the leap into Social Media. She has always had a passion for the customer and U-Haul, and enjoys managing the brands online presence. Her area of expertise is in social media data analysis, strategy development, content marketing and social care.
Twitter: @trendingtoni
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tonimariejones

Karen Kang has been with AccessoryGeeks for the past 10 years, working in each department to grow and develop every sector of the company, which has led to her current position as vice president of business development and operations. Before she was a vice president at AccessoryGeeks, Karen served as the company’s general manager and before that, customer service manager.  Prior to entering e-commerce, she was a legal assistant.

Shana Kelly started her career at Paul Fredrick in 2012 working solely with the email program. She was responsible for implementing numerous campaigns for the company as well as optimizing current efforts with testing, segmentation and reporting strategies. Since then, her role has expanded to CRM Manager overseeing all email, catalog and social media programs. In 2014, the Paul Fredrick email team was acknowledged by receiving the MarketingSherpa e-commerce “delivery & automate” award for targeting site browsers with relevant email messages. Shana’s goals to retain and acquire customers by delivering engaging marketing messages is driven by her passion for the overall customer experience.  

Seasoned SEM expert, serial entrepreneur, NYU Adjunct Instructor and thought leader with more than 13 years of experience building high-growth Search Engine Marketing campaigns for multinational corporations and Fortune 1000 brands including ideeli, Tommy Bahama, Michael C. Fina, Havaianas, Terminix, Hugo Boss and Clarks Companies, N.A. Highly respected for business savvy leadership skills and entrepreneurship, Ben consults for Gerson Lehrman (currently ranked top 2% of consultants worldwide) and speaks at industry conferences/events nationwide. He's been featured in prominent news publications including New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Mashable, Crain's New York, MediaPost, Brandchannel, Direct Marketing News and Internet Retailer In his spare time Ben enjoys long walks on the beach, romantic comedies, buying useless electronics and apple picking.

Arthur K. Lachman, CPA is the Executive Vice President of E-Moret, the e-commerce arm of The Moret Group, a large wholesaler and brand builder which emerged into the e-commerce sector with brands that include Danskin.com and 2xist.com. Arthur is responsible for growing the business through the company’s interactive, social, multichannel, and direct-to-consumer operations. Prior to joining Moret, Arthur acquired extensive knowledge in the financial consulting environment, working with a large public accounting firm specializing in the apparel and fashion industry. Arthur’s combined experiences and industry knowledge allow him to support the growth and scale required in today’s expanding online retail and wholesale market.

Steven is the Director of Marketing for TigerDirect retail and online operations, a subsidiary of Systemax.  He joined the company in 2012 with a focus on consolidating their CompUSA and Circuit City brands under the TigerDirect name.  Steven’s team is responsible for all social media, sports and event marketing, branding, and public relations for TigerDirect. He has an extensive history in new media and digital brand integration.

Jeremy has over 17 years of partnership building experience at cutting edge Internet companies. He specializes in sales management, enterprise sales, account management and business development for SaaS solutions, payment processing, mobile and digital media.

In his current position at Facebook as the US Ecommerce Industry Lead, Jeremy leads a team that is responsible for building and managing strategic partnerships with the top ecommerce companies headquartered in the US.

Prior to Facebook, Jeremy was one of the first ten employees and the VP Sales at TrialPay. Jeremy spent four years at eBay and PayPal as an integral part of the sales organization. He began his Internet career as a sales director at Yodlee. He holds a BA from UCLA and is an avid golfer and fly fisherman.

Josh Lieberman is the VP of Digital Marketing at Barneys New York. He oversees search, affiliate, email, social, display, online partnerships, onsite marketing, and analytics. His team implemented personalization and targeting strategies, which resulted in double-digit revenue growth.

Prior to working at Barneys, Josh was an Associate Partner at Rosetta, an interactive agency, where he co-led the Analytics and Optimization practice. He also worked in various marketing roles at American Express and was a data management consultant at PwC. Josh graduated with high honors with a double major in Marketing and Information Systems from Lehigh University.

Scott has experience in various aspects of ecommerce, digital strategy, marketing, and analytics from both the brand side and agency perspective. Scott began his digital career in Seattle as a VP of Online Product Development for Chase. From there he moved to the Global Digital Agency Possible. While at Possible, he led digital strategy and ecommerce for Faconnable, Entertainment Weekly, Motorola, and REI. After five years with the agency, he moved back to the brand side leading ecommerce and digital initiatives for Kiehls, American Express, Morgans Hotel Group, and Diesel. He is currently Chief Marketing Officer for Charitybuzz in New York City.

Dennis currently leads Domino’s online ordering ecommerce website as well as all digital marketing activities including paid search, SEO, email, mobile, display and other emerging interactive projects.  He is also responsible for setting overall company social strategy and has been instrumental in helping Domino’s establish a strong social presence.   Most recently, he has led the use of social programs to support Domino’s “Pizza Turnaround” program, which reinvented and reinvigorated this 50 year old brand.   Dennis has been driving strong online consumer experiences within Fortune 100 companies for over 15 years including launching Procter & Gamble’s first online brand, the custom beauty care site Reflect.com, and managing Coca-Cola’s global ecommerce business. 

Laurie A. Meisel is an award-winning Social Media & Digital Marketing Strategist and Executive Coach. Based in New York City, she works with businesses of all sizes, including Fortune 500 companies, to help them develop their "social voice." She is a go-to guru for her customized media seminars and private coaching with professionals at all levels, up to and including the C-suite. Her expertise includes corporate training, strategy, community building, and executive coaching. Recent clients include Working Mother Media, American Business Media, Standard and Poor’s, the Administrative Professionals Conference and the Women’s Initiative for Networking and Success. During her 15-year tenure with McGraw-Hill Construction, Meisel was the guiding force behind establishing and maintaining the firm’s expanding presence on multiple social networks. She was a founding member of the McGraw-Hill Social Media Council, and has been recognized with multiple Jesse H. Neal Awards—known as the Pulitzer Prize of business media—for her social media efforts with Architectural Record, Engineering News-Record and GreenSource magazines.

As a third-generation tailor who spent his summers working in his family’s couture boutiques,Vishaal has dedicated his life to garment production and to honing his craft as a designer. After studying International Business and Management at the University of California, Irvine, he served as Vice President of denim exports for a Japanese trading company, where he learned the intricacies of global sourcing and logistics. The experience left a strong impression on Vishaal, and opened his eyes to the myriad challenges and inefficiencies fashion brands face while doing business overseas. Next, Vishaal launched his own trading firm--Melwanis MFG--to help younger designers navigate the complex world of global manufacturing and supply chain management. After Melwanis MFG was acquired by a larger trading firm in 2009, Vishaal turned his attention toward creating a new kind of menswear company--one that can offer high-quality clothing at reasonable prices by leveraging a vertically-integrated supply chain and a direct-to-consumer model that cuts out unnecessary middlemen and markups, and thus Combatant Gentlemen was born.

Daryl Millar is a cutting edge eCommerce executive with over 14 year of retail experience.  He has a record of success in growing sales, optimizing performance and implemented new eCommerce platforms.  He has in-depth knowledge of eCommerce and OMNI channel retailing at all levels including online merchandising, buying, marketing, analytics, operations, financial and staffing and development. 

Alex Miller was named QVC’s senior vice president of digital commerce in August 2013. In this position, Miller is responsible for developing QVC’s customer experience strategy across digital platforms–web, mobile, tablet, and social. This includes accountability for eCommerce sales, digital experience and operations, and QVC’s social business and experience. Miller, who joined QVC in 2001, has held various positions of increasing responsibility, including director of eMarketing and vice president of eCommerce. As vice president of eCommerce, Miller was responsible for developing QVC’s eCommerce and eMarketing strategies across all of QVC’s eCommerce platforms. Miller came to QVC from iGrandparents.com, where as director of product development, he was responsible for the total user experience of the newly launched site. Prior to that, Miller was a national account executive for the AT&T Corporation and a communications & pursuit strategist at Ernst & Young LLP. Miller earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Franklin & Marshall College and his master’s in business administration from Villanova University.

Jason Miller is an ICT executive with over 16 years of experience in e-commerce. A proven leader in innovation with a track record of delivering cutting edge software and infrastructure for high volume omni-channel retailers, Jason has lead the implementation of complex retail systems utilising multiple technologies with emphasis on site performance and profitability. Most recently, Jason oversaw the design and launch of the first responsive design e-commerce platform in the motorcycle industry. Jason also sits on many advisory boards including Webtrends, Tech Junction and IBM Tea Leaf. In his new role at SLI Systems, Jason works closely with clients and product development to create e-commerce products and features that best meet online retailer’s needs

Christine Monaghan spearheads the new eCommerce startup for established urban fashion retailer Villa. With over 80 stores, Villa is already key destination throughout the Northeast and Midwest for anyone who loves sneakers and urban fashion and with a growing web presence, ruvilla.com will become an internet hotspot.
Christine’s prior background includes leading product management, social media and user experience for Nutrisystem.com, America’s number one home delivery weight loss company. 

Under her leadership, the company launched a sales funnel optimization redesign, implemented a full social and mobile strategy, and expanded into a multitude of channels.  With an expertise in sophisticated analytics, she is consistently focused on innovation in digital marketing including the enrichment of the customer experience. Additionally her experience includes B2C and B2B eCommerce, PMO, IT, Retail, Supply Chain, Insurance, Industrial, Broadcasting with companies like General Electric, Turner Broadcasting, and QVC

Brad has over 15 years of experience in direct consumer marketing, eCommerce, and offline marketing.  He is currently Director of Marketing, Email & Life Cycle Marketing for GameStop where he is developing GameStop’s cross-channel communications strategy to increase PowerUp Rewards memberships, sales conversion, and customer engagement with heavy focus on setting GameStop apart as the leader in the gaming industry.

Victor Ortiz is the Director, Mobile Retail Engagement at Toys"R"Us/Babies"R"Us where he leads a team of product managers to deliver a mobile product roadmap focused on creating great, digitally powered experiences for customers wherever and whenever they choose. Focused on product management and marketing, user experience, optimization testing and driving mobile retail as a commerce channel and in-store driver. Victor brings with him over 15 years of ecommerce experience. In his previous roles he has built and lead global ecommerce/technology teams creating omnichannel experiences for leading Fortune 500 hospitality brands.

Andrew Pearson is an Australian-born, green-pants wearing digital marketer with 15 years of marketing, ecommerce, and tech start-up experience. As VP of Marketing at Windsor Circle, Andrew overseas all marketing efforts and provides thought leadership and strategic guidance to thousands of retailers. Andrew has an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, a background in email marketing automation and big data analytics, and has been an angel investor and advisor to over a dozen start-ups in Durham, NC, where he is based.

Diana Plazas is the Director of Global Brand Marketing for DoubleTree by Hilton, at Hilton Worldwide. In this role, Diana oversees advertising, offline and online media, as well as marketing and social media strategy for the brand and its more than 370 hotels in over 30 countries around the globe. She has been part of the team that worked on the repositioning of the brand back in 2011, as well as its award winning campaigns such as the Cookie CARE-a-van and the Little Things Project. In 2014, her team led the launch of a brand new multi-channel campaign called “First the Cookie”, as well as supporting the on-going Cookie Care global activations in partnership with Public Relations. Diana has been working with the brand specifically since 2009 and previous to that she managed search engine marketing for the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of brands, where starting in 2006  she worked on both organic and paid search marketing strategy for the Americas hotels. Previous to Hilton Worldwide, Diana worked with digital brands in both the Health & Beauty, as well as Real Estate fields.

Julia Quinn is the driving force in building the Amtrak social media program from scratch and has quickly brought it to the forefront within the transit industry. Julia is responsible for managing and executing programs that infuse smart, creative and measureable digital components into integrated communication campaigns that focus on advancing Amtrak’s vision and strategic plan. Amtrak, the national rail operator, connects America in safer, greener and healthier ways. Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day to more than 500 destinations, connecting small towns to big cities and everywhere in between. 

Prior to working at Amtrak, she developed and executed strategic online marketing, communications and business intelligence campaigns for Fortune 500 companies at a boutique digital agency. She was named one of Mass Transit magazine’s 2013 Top 40 Under 40.

Ilana Rabinowitz is VP Marketing of Lion Brand Yarn Company.  She oversees brand and content strategy with a focus on digital communications.  She started using social media for the company in 2007 and leads a team that has grown Lion Brand's highly engaged community of over half a million members on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram and a blog with over 2 million visits each year.

Dominique Raccah is a book publishing entrepreneur and CEO of Sourcebooks, the company she founded in 1987. From that small start, Raccah has directed a continuously growing entrepreneurial company, which is today one of the largest independent book publishers in the U.S. with dozens of bestselling authors. Growing through small and large innovations, Sourcebooks has repeatedly created new ways for readers to interact with books, from Poetry Speaks (called the “definitive anthology” of poets reading their own work) to Put Me In The Story, the successful app and website that allows you to personalize bestselling books. Today Dominique is fascinated by the digital transformation of the book and wonders what more the future might hold for books and readers.

Scott has been solving complex technical problems from a young age, having built his first startup when he was 16. Since then, he has bootstrapped four profitable startups, specializing in enterprise information architecture, cloud database technology, and software as a service (SaaS). Scott co-founded Combatant Gentlemen to disrupt the traditional approaches to enterprise resource planning, supply chain management, and the e-commerce customer experience. His mission at Combatant Gentlemen is to create an enjoyable boutique experience in the online realm through the seamless integration of technology and design, while also building a scalable infrastructure that is custom-tailored for the vertical commerce environment. 

As vice president of business development and marketing with Mall of America, Jill Renslow is responsible for working with new and existing tenants to create unique experiences and drive sales and traffic.  Bringing over 16 valuable years of development experience with Mall of America, Jill oversees retail marketing, advertising, digital media, mall, park and theatre marketing.  She is also charged with forming strategic partnerships and technology advancements to enhance the guest experience. Working with various innovative partners, the goal is to develop and integrate emerging technologies into both Mall of America retail and entertainment environments.

During her tenure, Renslow oversaw the $25 million rebranding effort of the nation’s largest indoor amusement park, Nickelodeon Universe, as well as annual enhancements including new rides, attractions and partnerships. She also managed a $2 million renovation of Theatres at Mall of America, adding 3D technology, DBOX seating, StarBar and V.I.P. Theater. Improvements to the theater contributed to a 35 percent increase in gross revenue and a 26 percent decrease in expenses.

Renslow holds a bachelor of arts degree in marketing communications from St. Cloud State University and a masters in business communication from the University of St. Thomas. She currently holds board positions on the MN Chamber of Commerce and the MN Retailer Association.

Andrew is currently the Ecommerce Operations Director for Urban Outfitters. He and his team focus on improving the customer experience through UO’s service and fulfillment operations, including store fulfillment and the Brand’s Omni-channel initiatives. Prior to his current role Andrew spent a majority of his 8 years at Urban Outfitters as the Director of Merchandise Planning for the Ecommerce division. During this time areas of focus included merchandise assortment development and expansion, financial planning and marketing initiatives. Andrew’s 14 years of experience in the retail industry cover the areas of Operations, Merchandise Planning and Buying with Industry Leaders including QVC and Jos A Bank Clothiers. 

Evan Schwartz is the CEO and founder of ActionX, the leader in mobile app and cross-screen retargeting. Prior to founding ActionX, Evan was the CEO and co-founder of Thumbplay where he acquired more than 5 million mobile customers for the mobile entertainment service and sold the business to Clear Channel in 2011. Evan was SVP of Online for Columbia House and part of the start-up team at the pioneering ecommerce site CDnow. Evan graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.

Dave is email strategist for Dell’s US Consumer and Small Business group. Since joining Dell in 2007 he has worked on numerous B2B and B2C programs. During his tenure he has worked on all facets of email marketing within the company. His current focus is on technology, platforms and long term planning. Dave graduated from the University of the South with a degree in British History. He currently resides in Round Rock, TX with his wife.

A career-long technology and marketing entrepreneur, Mark Simpson is the Founder and President of Maxymiser. Mark is the driving force behind the development and global launch of Maxymiser’s Customer Experience Optimization platform in 2006. Prior to Maxymiser, Mark was tasked with developing online marketing and business development initiatives for Travelport, where he led the acquisition and integration of ebookers, Octopus Travel, Hotel Club and RatesToGo. 

Innovative and performance-driven are apt descriptions for Shivika Sinha, Manager of E-commerce Marketing for high-fashion retailer INTERMIX. Shivika joined INTERMIX in December 2013 after nearly three years at Oscar de la Renta where she helped launch the luxury brand’s e-commerce business as the Senior Manager of Digital Media. Prior to that she was a Senior Strategy Consultant at Epsilon where she advised Fortune 100 clients on digital marketing strategies. Her professional career is further augmented by her global work with UNICEF Bangladesh, Unilever Bangladesh Ltd., mcgarrybowen and Condé Nast. She holds a Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern University. Follow her @shivikasinha.

A former sports writer who started in newspapers at age 17 (pre-laptop era), Emery’s entry into digital retail came as an online copywriter at HSN. He spent four years there, eventually leading the digital content team that launched social media and revolutionized the online shopping experience through video, interactive content and mobile experiences. In 2011, he joined The Body Shop, where he was head of e-commerce for North America. He's been at Office Depot since December 2012, leading the company's digital communications & PR efforts. His primary news source is Twitter.

Gary is Vice President at YourAmigo, the world leader in Artificial Intelligence organic search marketing services.  Operating in 31 countries, YourAmigo's Big Data service and Artificial Intelligence technology supplements their client’s SEO teams and agencies by finding thousands of new ultra long tail search phrases every day which deliver new customers who are very early in their buying cycle.    With customers including Sony, Dell, Avon, Advance Auto Parts, to name a few, YourAmigo operates on websites in many different spoken languages, with over 80 million client web pages currently under management.   YourAmigo’s scalable Big Data service provides an overall incremental revenue increase for clients between 5% to 25% above the client's current total online revenue.  Please welcome Gary.

Independent and determined, Ethan has launched and collaborated on an array of creative and entrepreneurial  endeavors. As co-founder, CEO, and Creative Director of menswear e-tailer Frank & Oak, Ethan enhances everything customer-facing, including the product, marketing campaigns, and online shopping experience. His vision of creating a simple and innovative company at the nexus of fashion, technology, and retail makes him an inspiration to his team and those around.

Originally from China, Ethan has traveled and worked on most continents, including more pronounced stints in Shanghai, Paris, and Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Electrical Engineering from the University of British Columbia, and professionally performed and studied drama and dance for several years.

Ethan’s extensive retail experience and interest in sales and marketing made his early career as a strategic management consultant a natural fit. In 2012, he cofounded Frank & Oak to revolutionize the traditional retail model and offer men the simplest way to shop online. Ethan's entrepreneurial spirit and passion for both the arts and sciences make him a successful driving force behind the innovative brand.

Todd Sprinkle was named Vice President of Content and Platform Innovation at QVC in 2013. In this position, Sprinkle is responsible for leading innovation across platforms and the content strategy to enable a seamless cross-platform experience. 

Sprinkle joined QVC in 2007 and most recently held the position of Vice President of Mobile and eCommerce Operations. In this position, he was responsible for driving QVC’s business on mobile and tablet platforms, interactive television and other new media efforts.

Sprinkle has a broad background in network and media operations, with expertise in cable network operations, software and Internet applications development, as well as project management. Prior to joining QVC, Sprinkle spent 12 years in senior positions at Turner Broadcasting and most recently held the position of Vice President of Network Operations. Prior to Turner, Sprinkle managed systems development for Federated Department Stores. Sprinkle received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia.

Roy Steves has a background as a programmer, and uses those technical talents to lead an automation-focused marketing team at PoolSupplyWorld. During his tenure, PoolSupplyWorld has developed successful in-house PPC, social, email, affiliate, and CSE programs--which combined, earned hundreds of thousands of new customers, and more than doubled revenue."

As the VP of Marketing at FC Organizational Products, the exclusive worldwide licensee of the FranklinCovey™ brand, Lareen oversees global marketing channels for nine brands and various sub-brands.

Lareen has 20 years of digital and print marketing experience.  She’s worked in a variety of industries, including consumer goods, healthcare, and audio conferencing. A popular consultant, Lareen has worked with authors from McGraw-Hill and Harmony Books, real estate developers, healthcare service firms, and social media organizations.

Brett Trent has over 15 years of experience encompassing e-commerce in conjunction with retail, catalog and direct selling.  He recently completed his 7th brand launch within specialty retail.  He is currently Senior Vice President of Digital Retail at Rue21, with end-to-end oversight of e-commerce, digital marketing, social media, and CRM.

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Sarah Veit Wallis joined Indochino as chief operating officer in 2013. Previously, she built the successful direct-to-consumer business at cosmetics retailer Bare Escentuals. Sarah has more than a decade of experience in creating successful consumer e-commerce experiences and businesses via digital marketing, product management, and omni-channel initiatives. She began her career with The Boston Consulting Group and has spent the past 13 years in the e-commerce industry.

As the CEO, Jake Weatherly has advanced SheerID to its position as the proven leader and pioneer of instant, seamless eligibility verification and omni-channel customer validation services. During his 15 years prior to co-founding SheerID, Jake focused his career on fostering entrepreneurship and economic growth in the small business sector. He traveled the world teaching business and marketing planning to small business leaders, enterprise organizations, consultants, NGOs and government agencies. Jake co-authored the province of Alberta, Canada's Tourism Marketing education program, developed Pearson Education's Business Feasibility Analysis software and established their Integrated Marketing Communications software curricula. While serving as an executive for a leading software company Jake worked with global powerhouses including Intel, Avaya, and SAP to develop and implement strategic planning that generated explosive growth in their reseller and partner sales channels.

Adam White, Director of Business Development & Strategy at Coinbase, primarily focuses on educating merchants about bitcoin as a payment method, leading them through the integration process. He previously worked as a consultant at Bain & Co. and served as an officer in the United States Air Force. Adam has testified before Congress as an expert witness in the payments space and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Optical Engineering from the University of California, Davis. White will speak to the reasons businesses should consider accepting bitcoin and how Coinbase makes it easier for merchants to get on board. Whether an international business looking to expand its customer base or a small vendor wanting to lower margins, White can provide a breakdown of the values for partnering with Coinbase and accepting bitcoin.

Cricket Whitton is the Director of Marketing and eCommerce at Design Within Reach, the leading modern design brand in North America. At DWR she is responsible for overseeing the online business, including product management and merchandising, as well as all company wide digital customer acquisition and retention strategies.

Prior to DWR, Whitton was the General Manager of AllModern.com which is a boutique brand owned and operated by Wayfair, the largest online-only home goods retailer in the United States. She spent the early years of her career as a Portfolio Manager at the Yale Investments Office and BlackRock.

She is a graduate of Yale University with a degree in History.

With over two decades experience in technology and business process management, Chris has helped hundreds of companies globally develop and deploy solutions that improve visibility and increase profitability throughout all levels of the organization. He specializes in business intelligence, analytics, and data visualization, helping executives make sense of their data to drive better business outcomes. Chris is now leveraging his extensive business and technical background as Chief Advocate at Domo.

Brian is the Director of Customer Loyalty at Lovesac, with responsibility for ensuring that every customer has an outstanding experience from sale to setup leading to loyal devoted repeat customers. Lovesac recently earned the title of Fastest Growing Furniture Company in America due to their breakthrough Sactionals platform as well as their Durafoam filled Sacs. Rapid growth across 60+ stores, a Webby-winning website, and a burgeoning catalog business provides a number of ever changing challenges. 

Brian began his retail career at Gap Inc. before being recruited to Lovesac. Following several years of managing Lovesac store growth across the retail channel, Brian has transitioned to a role shaping the omni-channel customer experience. It is his personal goal to ensure that customers are always delighted by their experiences as Lovesac evolves from a scrappy startup to a world class, customer-centric, industry leader.

A tried-and-true Rhode Islander, Jessica Woodbury found her niche when she joined area lifestyle brand Alex and Ani as the Social Media Manager in late 2012. Over the course of the last year and a half, she has helped build out and manage a team of seven people – all of whom share the same passion she does for storytelling through social media and content marketing. Their unique, no-Tweet-left-behind approach has gained them national recognition during major events like Super Bowl XLVIII and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. In April of 2014, she was promoted to Senior Manager, Social Media and Customer Engagement. Before transitioning into the retail vertical, Woodbury worked in magazine publishing for nine years where she served as Managing Editor overseeing two titles, their websites and respective social media strategies. 

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.