2024 SPEAKERS

James Reinhart is the CEO and Cofounder of ThredUp, one of the largest online resale platforms for apparel, shoes, and accessories. ThredUp is transforming resale with technology and a mission to inspire the world to think secondhand first. By making it easy to buy and sell secondhand, ThredUp is changing the way people shop and ushering in a more sustainable future for fashion. James’ passion for circularity and the role that education plays in our communities is what drives his vision of reducing the fashion industry’s negative impact on the planet. These values are reflected in his work prior to ThredUp, in which he helped develop one of the nation’s premier public schools, Pacific Collegiate School. James is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School where he earned a joint degree in public policy and business. In his free time, he is an avid golfer, cyclist, and whiskey drinker (just not all at the same time). While a proud New Jersey native and diehard Bruce Springsteen fan, he lives with his wife Michele and three children in Oakland, CA.

Kirsty Keoghan is eBay’s Global GM of Fashion, where she is responsible for the company’s global fashion business. More recently, she has stepped in to also cover GM of eBay UK whilst Eve Williams is on maternity leave, alongside eBay’s Director of Seller Success, Sholto Mee. Since joining eBay in 2011, Kirsty has led a number of initiatives, including the launch of free fashion selling, the pivotal pre-loved fashion partnership with Love Island and the successful launch of Authenticity Guarantee in the UK. She has been leading the charge in repositioning eBay as a destination for buying and selling authentic high-end items. All of which has culminated in Kirsty being recognised in Retail Week’s Future Leaders 2023 list and The Tech List 2024.Kirsty is also an eBay seller herself, having joined the platform in 2007.Prior to joining eBay, Kirsty had a decade-long career working at some of the UK’s biggest fashion brands, including Arcadia Group, M&S, TK Maxx and Brand Alley. Kirsty is mother to two fashion-obsessed kids, and loves to shop herself, investing in a mix of new and pre-loved classic pieces.

Yang Lu is the SVP of Global Commerce and Customer Engagement Solutions at Tapestry, Inc., the house of iconic accessories and lifestyle brands consisting of Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. Yang has over 25+ years of experience in digital, retail and omnichannel technologies. Throughout her career, she has spearheaded transformative initiatives for global businesses to drive innovation and revenue.

Heather Kaminetsky joined Mytheresa in 2021 as President, North America to strategically lead the expansion of the Mytheresa business and brand in the United States and Canada.

Heather’s initial focus was around setting up a fully dedicated customer-facing US team to help execute on the expansion which is a top priority market for Mytheresa. She is overseeing and leading all the brand’s customer-facing activities in the North American market, including Personal Shopping, Communications, and Affiliate Marketing. She is credited with the extraordinary GMV growth of 40.8% in the US for Q4 FY23.

Throughout her career, Heather has worked across Fashion and Digital brands and brings a wealth of consumer-centered experience to this new role for Mytheresa. She has held executive positions in multiple companies which include NET-A-PORTER, where she was Vice President Global Marketing, Borderfree, where she served as SVP Business Management, Barneys New York as Vice President of Marketing and M.Gemi, where she most recently held the role of Chief Executive Officer.

Ryan is an accomplished expert in business analytics, boasting over 14 years of experience in performance marketing and retail analytics. Renowned as an innovator in the analytics sector, he specializes in devising and executing cutting-edge strategies in diverse domains such as digital media, e-commerce, and customer analytics. As a recognized leader in performance marketing, Ryan has an expertise in maximizing and scaling advertising efforts.

Scott has experience in various aspects of ecommerce, digital strategy, performance 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 Wunderman Thompson. After five years with the agency, he moved back to the brand side leading ecommerce and digital initiatives for American Express, Morgans Hotel Group, Diesel, John Varvatos, Intermix, Theory/alice + olivia, and Eberjey. In. his spare time he is an avid runner and has been a Professor at Columbia and FIT. He is currently Global EVP Ecommerce and Technology at Esprit.

Carolann McKay is the Director of Social Commerce at Walmart, overseeing strategy for content, influencer and commerce partnerships. Prior to Walmart, she lead Strategic Development at ecommerce acceleration start-up MikMak and held global ecommerce and digital marketing roles at American Eagle Outfitters and Urban Outfitters.

Ranjan Roy is the VP of Strategy at Adore Me, helping drive the DTC womenswear brand's expansion into innovation and sustainability initiatives. Before Adore Me, he spent time in a variety of media and technology roles, running a content personalization startup and working as a Director at the Financial Times. Ranjan earned his MBA at INSEAD, and is incredibly thankful to work at the intersection of retail + media + technology at a transformative time like this.

Sourabh Sharma is the CMO and co founder of Print All Over Me, a made-to-order apparel brand, Head of Marketing and Creative Director at Histoires de Parfums, a niche perfumery and the Head of Digital Marketing for FIG or out, a digital marketing and public relations company.

He is a seasoned marketer with a background in brand management, digital marketing, social media, influencer marketing and management consulting, having worked for multinationals, startups and small businesses including L'Oreal, Unilever, META and more. He has been a keynote speaker and judge for conferences and brands, and is also an influencer and content creator.

Sharma has undergraduate engineering and business degrees from the University of Pennsylvania as well as an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the Rotterdam School of Management.

Emily is a seasoned market research expert who delivers data-driven insights to drive growth across the Mars Food & Nutrition global portfolio, focusing on brand strategy, communications, and packaging innovation through the lens of consumer and market insights. She leads transformative projects like using Category Entry Points to better understand and segment consumer behavior, and synthesizing research on young, independent consumers to understand how their purchasing decisions and product preferences evolve over time.

Emily has over 10 years of experience in market research and insights at companies like Technomic, Glanbia Nutritionals, Conagra, Vital Proteins and now Mars – driven by a personal passion for the food and beverage category.

A passionate cook and baker, she showcased her culinary talents on MasterChef Seasons 9 and 12 – winning over the judges to reach the semi-finals.

Tory Bergmann is the Senior Social Media Marketing Manager at Ring Concierge, a leading bespoke bridal and fine jewelry brand established by Nicole Wegman in 2013. Bergmann joined the team in 2019 as the brand’s first marketing specialist and has played an integral role in shaping the brand’s social media strategy and community building trajectory. Along with Wegman, Bergmann has successfully harnessed the power of social media, specifically Instagram, to build Ring Concierge’s loyal audience of over 800K followers and drive continued awareness and revenue growth for the brand.

Prior to joining Ring Concierge, Bergmann was the Director of Ecommerce at Orchard Mile. Bergmann received her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Syracuse University.

Patrick is a sports management executive currently serving as the Head of Partnerships of LaLiga North America, a joint venture between Relevent Sports, a multinational media, sports, and entertainment group, and LaLiga, Spain’s top-flight soccer competition.

Previously, Patrick served as the Global Partnerships Director based in Madrid, Spain. In this position, he was responsible for creating and executing the international sales strategy, business development, sourcing and closing commercial partnerships around the globe.

Prior to joining LaLiga, he spent 5 years as the National Sales Manager (North America) for Generation adidas International, an international platform for adidas USA and Canada partners to interact and collaborate with adidas clubs and partners internationally.

Preceding his time at Generation adidas International Patrick served in various positions abroad including posts at the United Nations Office for Sport Development and Peace, based in Geneva, Switzerland and Business Development at Soccer Express, based in Toronto, Canada.

Alisa Valencia Gowing is a creative marketing and communications leader with over a decade of experience building world-class social media and influencer programs for brands like Slack, InVision, and Skechers. Alisa is now working with Lyra Health, the leading workforce mental health care company, to transform access to life-changing mental health care globally.

SVP of Commerce combining math & magic to shape the future of shopping experiences in media at NBC. Formerly EIC-DailyCandy, Content Director-Hearst.

Developing, scaling, and realizing advanced retail concepts.

Chad Lundeen's impact on the retail-tech experience stems from his ability to expertly integrate design, customer experience, and brand strategy in a physical space. Through his career as an architect, amassing vast retail design experience from Vornado Realty Trust to Sonos, he has transformed Saatva’s retail store development over the past two years. Lundeen has demonstrated a true talent for creating an environment where these elements seamlessly converge, resulting in an astounding 10x growth in revenue and 2x in local brand awareness.

His approach to retail tech doesn't focus solely on technology itself, but rather on the strategic combination of aesthetics, customer experience, and brand education. Lundeen's genius lies in his capacity to understand that retail tech is part of a holistic, immersive journey that starts from when a customer enters a physical store to the lasting impressions they carry away.

Christian has spent over two decades leading world-renowned experiential projects for brands like NASA, Coca-Cola, and Ford, including brand homes, flagships, tours, museums, cultural attractions, and global expo/event pavilions, from strategy and design through production and opening day. He has spoken at top industry events, including three encore appearances at SXSW, Cannes Lions, and The Experiential Marketing Summit. He is a Forbes Agency Council contributor, LEED Accredited Professional, former SEGD (Society of Experiential Graphic Design) Board Member, and a veteran of the US Navy.

Dominick Miserandino is a five-time internet CEO, specializing in the online publishing space. He is currently the CEO of RetailWire.com.

Dominick founded one of the first online publications, TheCelebrityCafe.com, and brought Inquisitr.com from zero to 80 million visits monthly. He’s also served as CMO for AdoramaPix and Director of Internet for Bigfoot Media. Dominick has worked as an e-commerce and publishing consultant for the Wall Street Journal, Morgan Stanley, Hearst Publications, Scout, NASA, Goldman Sachs and other major brands. Over the past 30 years, he's worked with more than 100 different web properties, consulted with top-tier digital publishers and e-commerce businesses and authored two travel books.

Dominick often participates in conferences and events, giving speeches on Entrepreneurship, Scaling Digital Companies, Online Media and Social Media.

He has been an active mentor for 100+ startups for the past few years.

Joanna Hobday serves as the CEO of Brite, a management operating company, who partners with global brands to deliver premium entertainment and retail experiences. Prior to leading the helm at Brite, Joanna held several key leadership roles at major, global organizations. Most recently as Vice President of Branded Experiences at Sazerac Company and prior to that as Senior Director of Global Licensing, Retail & Attractions at The Coca-Cola Company.

Joanna’s earlier experience includes almost a decade at Merlin Entertainments in senior marketing and general management roles for brands such as LEGOLAND® and Madame Tussauds. Away from work, Joanna enjoys spending time with her husband, children, and dogs and resides in Orlando, FL.

Shraysi Tandon is the co-founder and CEO of Kidsy - an e-commerce company that sells off-price baby and kids items from all the leading brands. Kidsy partners with retailers and liquidation companies to purchase their overstock, open-box and customer returned items and sells them to consumers across the U.S. Prior to founding Kidsy, Shraysi was a business reporter at Bloomberg TV, CGTN and ABC News. She also directed the award-winning, New York Times Critics Pick feature documentary 'Invisible Hands' which uncovered child labor and child trafficking in the supply chains of some of the world's largest companies.

Oren Halperin is a Digital / eCommerce Merchandising Executive and astute leader with success in driving impeccable results in all key performance indicators. Branded a strong analytical thinker, he boasts expertise across multiple categories in home goods, appliances, fashion, and CPG. His areas of expertise encompass general management, digital / ecommerce, merchandising, technology, and marketing.

Oren is known for navigating large-scale, high-traffic eCommerce sites with millions of visitors and tens of thousands of transactions. He demonstrates an impeccable ability to capture lucrative opportunities to grow into new eCommerce programs and grow the footprint across additional channels and geographies, including development and optimization of vendor programs, partnership models, and revenue opportunities.

Adam is the co-founder of Blend Commerce, a specialist CRO agency for Shopify brands. Over the past 10 years, Adam and his team have worked with over 350 retailers, focusing on how to increase their sales through Conversion Rate Optimisation. Adam is also the co-founder of the global eCommerce community, eCom Collab Club, and hosts events across the globe for eCommerce professionals.

Sophie is a seasoned retail executive, having worked at the intersection of innovative technologies and customer experience for almost 15 years before taking the plunge as a founder. Through LiSA Social Commerce and as a visiting Lecturer at Columbia University, Sophie is on a mission to help brands and retailers embrace community commerce, which she believes is essential for their survival.

Jonathan Yaffe is the CEO and Co-Founder of AnyRoad, the leading experiential marketing platform that powers the data for over 400 brands, including Anheuser-Busch, Ben & Jerry's, Budweiser, Diageo, Michaels, and The North Face. Jonathan began his career in experiential marketing at Red Bull and holds a degree in Cognitive Science from the University of California Berkeley. Under his leadership, AnyRoad has raised $72M from a16z, BlackRock, and Marc Benioff (Salesforce CEO) and has curated the magic behind countless experiences for 50 million guests.

Poonam Goyal is Sector Head and Senior Equity Analyst for North American E-Commerce at Bloomberg Intelligence. With more than 18 years of equity research experience, Poonam covers leading e-commerce and athleisure brands at Bloomberg Intelligence including Amazon.com, Wayfair, eBay, Etsy, Revolve, ThredUp, RealReal, Rent the Runway, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, VF Corp and Lululemon. She frequently appears as a guest on TV and radio outlets worldwide where she discusses her research and industry insights. Ms. Goyal started her career following Steel and Service Center companies at Goldman Sachs Investment Research Group and then transitioned over to Retail.

Bill Carrig is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Little Words Project where he oversees daily operations and collaboration across channels. Prior to joining the company in 2021, Bill worked within notable finance organizations including Johnson & Johnson and more recently, Blackstone, where he served as Vice President of Business Development.

Bill has been rooting for Little Words Project since its 2013 inception in his role as supportive husband of CEO & founder, Adriana Carrig. He’s famously credited with being part of the original “basement beading crew” as well as naming the brand.

When he’s not focused on building up Little Words Project’s mission of spreading kindness, Bill can be found hanging at his New Jersey home with family—two young sons, Ford and Jett, and wife Adriana.

Amie has over 15+ years of experience within the retail media industry and has worked with many of the world’s biggest companies. A results-driven, innovative leader with extensive experience in all facets of retail marketing and advertising, she is the industry’s go-to expert on Commerce media, a practice she pioneered at UM.

Amie has most recently been recognized as 40 under 40 from Ad Age as well as P2Pi.  She was a 2021 Adweek Media All-Star, a 2020 Cynopsis Top Woman in Media, 2019 GenNext She Runs It winner, and won a spot as a 2022 MAKER. She has served as an Effie judge for the Commerce awards over the last four years and regularly speaks at the industry’s most prominent events.

Mark’s passion for promotions can be tracked all the way back to the start of PromoVeritas 22 years ago where he undertook some of the first ever jobs the company had during his time at University for Ferrari and Barclays.

Returning back to PromoVeritas in early 2018 to takeover the companies efforts in new business, Mark has secured many of our top, global clients including Amazon, Pokemon, AB InBev and Hertz. He pioneered and now leads the company's largest team, focused on US clients both running in-country and expanding globally.

Stu is the Executive Strategy Director at adam&eve DDB NYC. After graduating from Oxford, he began his career in London, focusing on brand strategy but working across all disciplines, winning awards for work on brands ranging from Public Health England to the Daily Mail, and in turn judging the Effies.

After two years at adam&eve in London, he was dispatched by co-founder David Golding to launch the agency’s second office with Managing Director James Rowe. They grew it from two people to eighty, one founding client to most major categories, and were recognized as Ad Age’s 2020 International Agency of the Year. In May 2023, adam&eveNYC finally merged with DDB New York.

Stu is now responsible for elevating the work across their biggest clients (including JetBlue, PlayStation, and Molson Coors) and leading new business. Stu is as comfortable consulting for C-suite clients on long-term business strategy as he is collaborating with junior creatives on work to trouble awards juries.

He likes making complicated problems simple, doing work the whole team can be proud of, and making sure everyone has fun along the way.

Cory Treffiletti is Chief Marketing Officer for Rembrand, where he focuses on driving digital growth through AI technology for B2B and B2C brands and creators.

A 4-time CMO, Cory has led marketing efforts for both startups and Fortune 300 companies, including Voicea (acquired by Cisco), BlueKai (acquired by Oracle) and Oracle’s Data Cloud. An industry veteran since 1994, Cory also has previous experience leading digital strategies at FIS, Carat, and Omnicom.

He is the published author of "Internet Ad Pioneers,” and writes the Original Digital newsletter in addition to penning his weekly contributions to Mediapost since 2000. He currently serves as an advisor for a number of companies in the ad-tech and martech space, as well as helps develop other marketers in various categories.

CEO of the world's leading trend forecasters, helping brands across all four corners of the world navigate the future. Want to understand how tomorrow's consumer will live, work and play? Want to know the ingredients they'll want in their beauty products? The colour of their clothes? The fabric of their interiors?
And the products on their kitchen shelves? This is the woman to tell you.

Shambo, with more than 17 years of experience in Marketing and Advertising, combined her business acumen with a passion for empowering Black women in the digital space by founding BLACK GIRL DIGITAL, INC. in 2016, one of the first in the space. This agency was created to tackle the significant disparity in payment between underrepresented influencers. BLACK GIRL DIGITAL is a respected influencer marketing agency committed to closing the pay equity gap in the industry, a goal that has yielded positive results.

Thomaï Serdari is Associate Professor of Marketing and Director of the Fashion & Luxury MBA at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. She is also the editor in chief of the journal Luxury: History Culture Consumption. Concurrently, she heads her own consultancy and helps clients launch, grow, and successfully manage luxury brands. She leverages her training in business, design, and cultural criticism to provide clients with cultural insights that help build brands and future value. Her business practice is dedicated to futureproofing companies across luxury industries with novel frameworks she developed based on design, the humanities, and business methodologies.

She received her MBA from the Leonard N Stern School of Business with a specialization in corporate and quantitative finance, her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU and a degree in architectural engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

After a 20-year career operating at world-class organizations such as Apple, Starbucks, Warby Parker and Outdoor Voices, Rebekah Kondrat launched rekon Retail™ to build omnichannel environments for digitally native brands. She and her team of retail operators bring expertise and execution to brands that want to expand physical retail, adapt to a new set of customer expectations, and drive revenue and multi-channel customer acquisition through their stores.

Neil is Managing Director of GlobalData’s retail and consumer division – a practice that was born out of the retail analyst firm Conlumino he founded in 2011, which was subsequently acquired by GlobalData.

In his role he oversees the development of the company’s proposition and its research output. He also works with major retail clients worldwide to help them understand the retail, shopper, and market landscapes – advising them on how best to develop, evolve and implement business strategies.

Prior to his current role, Neil worked for the John Lewis Partnership where he was involved, among other things, in the planning and relocation of new stores, the development of the ecommerce business, and the creation of technical and information systems.

Neil lives in Scottsdale, Arizona and in Maui, Hawai’i.

Alex has done digital for 35 years and mobile for 24. He’s slowly getting the hang of it. With 8 exits under his belt including as co-founder and CEO of leading UK mobile agency Sponge (where he successfully exited twice). Chair of the Mobile Marketing Association for 4 years, on the board of the Institute of Promotional Marketing for 2 years. Likes helping people and finding cool stuff he understands. Alex is founder of greyhairworks a network of 150 seasoned digital and innovation professionals.

We act as high-level therapists who listen to your problems and deliver solutions, services or people to remedy them, with a curated portfolio of proven martech vendors and innovation services unearthed by adults. Operates across Europe but has recently launched in the USA working for the world’s largest blue chips. Makes pottery and jam in his spare time.

Udayan Bose, Founder & CEO of NetElixir, started the company with a vision to help retail businesses succeed online. Over 20 years later, NetElixir continues to drive exceptional results for clients through a combination of proprietary technology, strategic growth models, and expert campaign management services.

With Udayan’s determination and persistence, NetElixir has connected 600+ retail clients to their customers around the world. His exclusive focus on the digital retail space has helped NetElixir become the de facto search marketing experts while partnering with industry leaders like UPS, Google, and Bing. Prior to NetElixir, Udayan was the Director of Business Development at PartyGaming. He regularly lectures MBA classes at Cornell University, Baruch College, and the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. Udayan has been featured in many of the most prominent online journals, including The New York Times, Forbes, AdWeek, eMarketer, and Media Post, among others.

Rajesh Jain is founder, Netcore Cloud, a bootstrapped “proficorn” with $100 million ARR. Netcore’s SaaS platform helps B2C brands globally with customer retention, engagement, personalisation, and product discovery, to maximise conversion, revenues, and profits. Rajesh’s book, “Startup to Proficorn”, has sold over 5,000 copies in India. In 2024, he was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to entrepreneurship. He writes daily on his blog at https://rajeshjain.com.

Pratik serves as the CEO of North America at Netcore Cloud and Unbxd, a recognized leader in Product Discovery and eCommerce Search by both Forrester and Gartner, and a Forrester Strong Performer in Email. In his role, Pratik is responsible for driving the expansion of Netcore’s business across the Americas. In addition to his role at Netcore, Pratik is a Principal at Product Advisory Consulting, where he offers strategic guidance to early and growth-stage startups on product and technology challenges.

His previous experience includes serving as the SVP of Product at Bluecore, where he was instrumental in transforming the multi-channel personalization platform, driving the company to unicorn status by increasing revenue tenfold and expanding the product team fivefold. Before that, as the VP of Product at Zeta Global, Pratik spearheaded the development of Zeta’s marketing cloud, integrating multiple ESPs and marketing databases to establish the company’s flagship product line. Earlier in his career, Pratik held several key software management roles at National Instruments. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from The University of Texas at Austin.