FOUNDER & CEO, BARCODE

Former New York Knicks Director of Performance, Mubarak “Bar” Malik, left his career in the NBA to focus on launching his sports drink, Drink Barcode. Unlike sports drink Behemoth Gatorade, Barcode is the first plant-based performance drink brand that contains things like vitamins D, B12, B6, magnesium, and adaptogens like rhodiola and cordyceps. After partnering with former Laker’s star forward, Kyle Kuzma (who helped the Los Angeles Lakers win a championship while drinking Barcode) and raising $5 million in funding, Barcode launched in May of 2021.

FOUNDER & CEO, MAUDE

Born in New Mexico and raised in Sacramento, California, Éva Goicochea knew from an early age that she wanted her work to impact people's lives for the better. Starting her career as a legislative aide, she never imagined that her journey would lead her to start her own brand in the sexual-wellness space. Since its launch in April 2018, maude has been featured in Vogue, The New York Times, Fast Company, and some other 1100+ publications. In July of 2019, maude was one of CircleUp’s 25, an "annual award recognizing some of the most innovative consumer brands on the market”, part of The Lead’s Foremost 50 in both 2020 and 2021, and has been heralded as “redefining the sex essentials industry for modern consumers” by Forbes.

VP, BRAND, ATHLETIC GREENS

As Vice President, Brand at Athletic Greens Beckley Mason oversees development and execution of brand strategies across content, community and activations. He began his career as a writer, building a digital audience for basketball blogs. After covering the NBA for ESPN and The New York Times, he left writing to find a career with a more collaborative environment and unpredictable challenges. He had to settle for marketing. Prior to joining Athletic Greens, Beckley led a creative studio and brand agency within Bleacher Report called Playmaker. Under Beckley’s guidance, Playmaker specialized in the development of mid- and short- form video series, talent relationships and curating creative partners as needed.

HEAD OF GROWTH, PAIR EYEWEAR

Grant Goldman, head of growth at Pair Eyewear, has helped the online eyeglass retailer increase its customer base fourfold. The company releases monthly collection drops for the brand’s top frame assortment and Goldman has led the promotion of licensing deals with partners such as Marvel, Harry Potter and the NHL.

FOUNDER & CEO, SENREVE

Coral Chen Chung is an entrepreneur, former strategy consultant and tech executive. Coral is currently the Founder and CEO of SENREVE. Inspired by the woman who does it all, SENREVE is a digitally native brand revolutionizing the luxury industry. SENREVE pioneered the luxury convertible handbag and backpack category with its iconic Maestra Bag. Their products have had over 10,000 person waitlists and are celebrity favorites. The company has raised over £‌21.00M in funding from leading venture capital and growth capital investors and was one of The Lead’s Foremost 50 leading digitally native brands that are reinventing and redefining the future of the fashion and retail industry.

CO-PRESIDENT, HELIX-BROOKLYN (FOUNDER, HELIX)

Helix Sleep launched during the summer of 2015 as the first personalized online-only mattress company. Adam’s background is in strategic start-up brand building and marketing analytics, both from the agency perspective and in-house. Adam has worked with multiple brands on growth strategies, including Zico Coconut Water, Voli Vodka, and Zola.com. Helix recently merged with Brooklyn Bedding to become a category leader that provides customers with innovative new products and first class service.

CO-FOUNDER, KOIA/JOYDAYS

Maya French is a CPG entrepreneur with 8+ years experience in the Food and Beverage Industry. She previously Co-Founded the brand Koia, plant-based beverages which is distributed in over 18,000 stores nationwide. Through Koia, Maya saw the opportunity to improve the health of others through better-for-you foods, and in 2021 began advising other healthy snack brands as well as starting her second venture, JoyDays — a next generation food company creating feel good foods with actual function for the people with chronic conditions. Her personal mission is to deliver easy access to healthy, better-for-you food/beverages to the masses by creating category disruptors that pave the way for other natural foods in mass markets.

SR. DIRECTOR, MARKETING, GLOW RECIPE

Glow Recipe is a popular K-beauty skincare brand that makes fruit-powered skincare for glowing skin. The brand believes skincare should be fun—including sensorial textures, colorful packaging, and innovative ingredients. Their watermelon masks and moisturizers are already cult-favorites in the beauty industry and all of their products are clean, vegan and cruelty-free, and free of parabens, sulfates, and phthalates, among others.

VP, SUPPLY CHAIN, MIRROR

More than just a mirror, and more than just a work out. MIRROR offers the world’s first nearly invisible, interactive home gym featuring live and on-demand fitness classes in a variety of workout genres. For the first time, MIRROR brings the essential components of a great studio workout – variety, personalization, and community – to the most convenient place: the home.

SVP, MARKETING, SUPERGOOP!

Fifteen plus years in the making, Supergoop!’s first home wasn’t a store shelf, it was a classroom. Their founder, Holly Thaggard, started the company by getting SPF pumps into schools in Texas to better protect our youth in a place where play happens every day. 

Since then, their belief in pioneering change on the playground has never left. Supergoop! continue donating SPF pumps to schools across America.

VP, OMNICHANNEL, OLIPOP

OLIPOP was created with the idea that diversity matters: in the food we eat, in our microbiome and in our communities. Abby is a part of a diverse, community-minded team who are passionate about helping people from all walks of life make healthier decisions that will impact their overall wellness. OLIPOP has an emphasis on high performance, growth mindset, authenticity, and having fun in what we do!

INFLUENCER GROWTH MARKETING, PAIR EYEWEAR

Sophia leads, executes, and scales influencer growth marketing campaigns at D2C companies. Pair Eyewear makes wearing prescription and nonprescription glasses and sunglasses exciting, empowering and playful for everyone. Pair believes glasses can be more than a static medical device. Glasses can be a canvas on which people express their evolving interests and growing personalities. Through an e-commerce platform, pair is redesigning the glasses experience, making it engaging and exciting.

FOUNDER & CEO, PRIVATE PACKS

Sinatra, the founder and CEO of Private Packs, never expected to become an entrepreneur but found herself establishing a successful startup despite living through a global pandemic and Stage 3 breast cancer. The idea for Private Packs — a hot and cold, ergonomic therapy pack for the vulva — developed after Sinatra’s hot wax incident, she said. The product helps combat cramps, UTIs, sex pain, waxes and other traumas, according to the company’s website. Private Packs was launched online in January 2021 and distributed in CVS by February 2021. By July, Private Packs was on CVS shelves nationwide.

CO-FOUNDER, BALA

Max is the Cofounder of Bala, a Los Angeles-based movement company. Max and his fellow cofounder / eventual wife shipped the first 75,000 units of their now infamous Bala Bangles from their garage before appearing on Shark Tank, where they secured an investment from Mark Cuban and Maria Sharapova. Bala has since been featured in the likes of Forbes, The New York Times, Esquire and was dubbed one of "The 17 Items That Defined 2020" by Vogue.

CO-FOUNDER, BALA

Natalie is the cofounder of Bala. Natalie – a certified yoga instructor – and her cofounder / husband came up with the idea of Bala Bangles while on a sabbatical in Asia. They saw an opportunity to challenge themselves during a yoga class and thought added weight was just the thing. It then dawned on them that the old school wrist and ankle weights had not been redesigned since the 80s. They sketched out the idea right then and there on a napkin.

FOUNDER & CEO, BROOKLINEN

Rich Fulop is the CEO and Co-Founder of Brooklinen, home of The Internet’s Favorite Sheets and the leading direct-to-consumer home essentials brand. Founded in Brooklyn, New York in 2014 on the philosophy of offering luxury-grade products at accessible prices, the brand cuts out the middleman to offer exquisite design and exceptional savings. Expanding beyond the bedroom in 2018, Brooklinen has utilized customer feedback to introduce bath goods, loungewear, accessories, its Spaces marketplace and in-person retail locations across the country to bring its signature experience to new places.

FOUNDER, CADENCE

Stephanie is the Founder and CEO of Cadence, the first magnetic & refillable container made from recycled ocean bound plastic. Like many entrepreneurs, Stephanie’s business idea came from identifying a problem that needed solving. It began during a camping trip in the public campground bathroom. "I saw all these women, myself included, with tons of travel bottles and containers filled with their hair, face and body products. We started talking about how it was such a mess, there wasn't enough space at the sink for all of our stuff and that all of this plastic was so wasteful". This got Hon thinking. From there, Hon created Cadence, with the mission of redefining how people move with their hair, face and skin care products.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, BRANCH FURNITURE

Greg is the CEO of Branch, the fastest growing office furniture company in North America. Branch offers a full-stack furniture solution that helps individuals and teams of all sizes and budgets create inspiring workspaces. Prior to founding Branch, Greg ran Real Estate Strategy at Breather, an NYC-based proptech startup. Ahead of his time at Breather, Greg spent five years at Oxford Properties Group in Toronto, where he specialized in the leasing and management of a $2B Trophy and Class A office portfolio. Exposure to the complexities involved in procuring office furniture throughout his real estate career inspired the idea for Branch. Greg holds a BA from the University of Western Ontario and resides in New York City.

CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, SAATVA

Ricky Joshi is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Saatva. Established in 2010, Saatva is the original DTC mattress industry disruptor, founded on the principle that everyone deserves healthy and restorative sleep on a quality bed. Saatva’s nine handcrafted, eco-friendly mattresses are made to order in the USA with premium materials that meet the highest health and environmental safety standards. The company remains at the forefront of the retail transformation, with a nationwide rollout of immersive, state-of-the-art Viewing Rooms where visitors can experience the full range of products and explore the brand with the help of the latest retail technology. Through accessible prices, complimentary white glove delivery, and 24/7 customer care, Saatva provides customers with an unparalleled mattress buying experience that truly embodies the meaning of Smarter Luxury Sleep. At Saatva, Joshi has been responsible for building the marketing infrastructure from the ground up, driving the company to over $400M in annual revenue. Currently, he leads Saatva's national retail store rollout, product expansion, and all other strategic planning efforts.

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PERFORMANCE, BYHEART

ByHeart operates as a fully integrated infant nutrition company. It is dedicated to translating leading nutrition science and breastmilk research into evolved foods and formulas to support babies’ health and parents’ peace of mind. Its products strive to be next to nature made from hand-picked ingredients using small-batch blending and sit at the forefront of immune, microbiome, cognitive, and digestive health.

NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, OLIPOP

Steven Vigilante has spent most of his professional career in the consumer products and health & wellness space. After three years of investing in early stage brands at a venture fund in San Francisco, Steven moved to LA to launch OLIPOP, a digestive health drink, which is currently sold across the west coast. Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter and actress Camila Cabello said “OLIPOP is on a mission to help people break the cycle of unhealthy eating, and best of all they’re doing it in a completely approachable way”.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, DIA & CO

Nadia is a true fashion lover at heart, but noticed the lack of inclusivity with clothing that fit her style. Dia & CO was founded in 2015 and made with the mission for women to embrace their individuality. Now, Dia & Co is a place where everyone can explore all the incredible things that style can really do as her brand has clothing that goes from sizes 14-32, something very uncommon for most mainstream retail brands. Nadia states that she is on a constant mission to spark radical self-love through style.

CONTENT DIRECTOR & ART DIRECTOR, GLOW RECIPE

Glow Recipe is a popular K-beauty skincare brand that makes fruit-powered skincare for glowing skin. The brand believes skincare should be fun—including sensorial textures, colorful packaging, and innovative ingredients. Their watermelon masks and moisturizers are already cult-favorites in the beauty industry and all of their products are clean, vegan and cruelty-free, and free of parabens, sulfates, and phthalates, among others.

CO-FOUNDER, MADE IN

Disrupting staid retail industries has fast become a trend in the e-commerce world, and Made In is no exception. Born from a life-long friendship, a love of cooking, and experience from a multi-generational family business, co-founders Chip Malt and Jake Kalick are flipping the traditional cookware industry on its head. The idea for Made In came to Chip in 2016, toward the end of his time at Rhone. In recent years, Chip had witnessed the births of direct-to-consumer home goods behemoths like Casper, Brooklinen, and Parachute Home. Needless to say, he was more than intrigued by their success in bringing bland industries back to life. Made In was launched a year later in 2017.

FOUNDER, LUSHIOUS WORLD

For Atlanta, Lushious was an inevitability. With an early modeling start that landed her on the cover of Vogue, Vanity Fair, and Glamour, she quickly cultivated a keen sense of the widespread insecurities fed by media and felt by many: that each part of the feminine body is subject to both glamorization and scrutiny. Lushious World is the culmination of Atlanta’s 15+ years working in front of and behind the camera; a labor of love, fueled by passionate research, experimentation & uncompromising vision for something truly new, and better.

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER, BEV

Geoff Miles is the Chief Growth Officer at Bev, a mission-driven canned wine brand shaping a world where social moments build us up, not break us down. Geoff led Bev's e-commerce growth from zero to 8-figure revenue in 12-months, he's an advisor to a select few DTC startups, and he now oversees Bev's growth & expansion. Bev's premium canned wines are sold both online and in over 4,000+ retail stores nationally, including Target, BevMo, Total Wine, Safeway, Kroger and more!

SVP, MARKETING, FLOYD

Racheal is the SVP of Marketing at Floyd, spending her career at the intersection of data and marketing. She began her career in 2012, training and working with Google for four years where she dove deep into digital marketing, and developed an affinity towards people management and growing businesses. She then led digital marketing at Detroit-based goods company, Shinola, before moving to Floyd in 2017 to overhaul their growth & acquisition strategy. At Floyd, Racheal quickly found a passion in storytelling and holistic marketing strategy. She now oversees Growth Marketing and eCommerce at Floyd.

CO-FOUNDER, SENE

Sene’s mission is to make sizeless clothing possible for everyone. Ray has been featured as one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices For Entrepreneurship and has built Sene from the ground up for over 3 years.

CO-FOUNDER, SENE

Sene is a mission-driven company to empower people of all shapes and sizes to feel their best. Mark created the Smart Fit Quiz, a data science approach to extrapolate fit from a quiz to replace the tailor. No measuring tape needed. This sets Sene apart from the rest making a tech-enabled alternative to mass-produced clothing.

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER, BEARABY

Joaquin Arce is the Chief Growth Officer of Bearaby, an award-winning weighted blanket company on a mission to create a calmer, more collected world: one nap at a time.

CO-FOUNDER & BRAND DIRECTOR, ADVENE

Before co-founding Advene, Yijia worked in analytics, helping Fortune 500 companies develop data-driven branding and marketing strategies. In 2019, Yijia graduated with an MA in Design Studies from Parsons School of Design. A passionate advocate for the duality of art and science, Yijia believes that with the right tools, people, and practices, design can fundamentally transform people’s lives for the better.

CO-FOUNDER, ADVENE

While launching her career as a handbag designer for Coach and Marc Jacobs, Zi developed multiple award-winning and best-selling pieces and forged enduring relationships with designers and vendors worldwide. With her creative and strategic dexterity, she's passionate about creating artful everyday accessories that empower women to honor the adventurer within.

SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER, ZOCDOC

Michele has been working in media for 10 years. She has experience on both the agency and client side across a number of verticals including DTC, retail, healthcare, and more. She is an expert in the television space and passionate about helping her clients scale their businesses through marketing. During such an exciting time, she is eager to see how the ever-evolving media landscape continues to drive businesses forward.

CO-FOUNDER & CEO, LOEFFLER RANDALL

Brian has founded, owned, and operated Loeffler Randall since 2004. He’s is a driven, entrepreneurial, and experienced operator with a focus on; building brand, driving revenue growth, developing and managing accountable teams, recruiting and hiring exceptional talent. Loeffler Randall designs, markets, and sells footwear and accessories to a list of the world's leading retailers including Barneys New York, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue both on and off-line. Loeffler Randall is carried in over 250 doors domestically and sells in over 20 international countries.

SR. MANAGER, PRESS & MARKETING, LOEFFLER RANDALL

Emma is a brand strategist interested in using design to connect people with forward-thinking companies. Loeffler Randall designs products that are meant to be loved and lived in for seasons and years to come. With a 94% female team, they have a deep understanding of the customers needs because they ARE the customer

CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT & CMO, LALO

Baby and toddler products that parents are proud to own. Lalo is one of the unique brands that is putting the parent’s experience first, and that strategy has helped the company quickly grow into a favorite brand among moms and dads everywhere. Michael also has experience in the sports and entertainment industries and hosted a podcast at Lalo called Dad Pod.

CEO, TUSHY

Jason Ojalvo has 25 years of leadership experience in business development, marketing, entrepreneurship, and corporate strategy, with a focus in digital entertainment and disruptive innovation. TUSHY is a Brooklyn-based company revolutionizing and improving the American bathroom. Its first product is the Tushy bidet, a beautifully-designed sustainable product that turns any standard toilet into a cool bidet.

VP, FINANCE & GROWTH, INTERIOR DEFINE

Andrew Neelon is the VP of Growth at Interior Define, a digitally native furniture brand. He primarily oversees the end to end life of a studio’s development, from initial market and site selection strategy, through deal negotiations, design and construction, and ultimately site prep and turnover. During and prior to his tenure at ID, he’s worn many hats including Finance, Sales and Sales Operations, Real Estate, Retail and Corporate Strategy, and Chief of Staff.

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER, JULY

Emily is Chief Marketing Officer at July A/C, where she manages brand creative, customer experience, partnerships & activations, and performance marketing. Joining as the first hire in 2021, Emily has experienced the full product lifecycle in bringing a D2C product to life through R&D and e-comm development. Prior to July, Emily worked in management consulting at Bain & Company, hospitality operations at Sonder, and marketing & brand at several consumer startups. Emily lives in San Francisco and holds a BA from Brown University, degree in Interior Design from CCA, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

CEO, FOUNDER, MOCKINGBIRD

Mockingbird launched in February of 2019 as a new baby gear brand on a mission to empower parents. By operating direct-to-consumer, they bypass traditional retail markups, allowing the brand to offer much more affordable prices. Eric graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BS in Business Administration.

VP, BRAND MARKETING, SKINCARE & FRAGRANCE, SEPHORA

Sephora encourages bold choices in beauty as in life. Founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1969, Sephora quickly acquired a reputation as a beauty expert. By creating a model inspired by self-service, he has developed a sophisticated offer highlighting the best of beauty, while making it accessible to everyone.

DIRECTOR, BEAUTY EXPERIENCE & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, CVS

Krystal is a dynamic and strategic leader with over 10+ years of sitting at the nexus of digital marketing, e-Commerce, relationship management and consumer engagement. Her expertise lies in working with industry innovators such as Pepsico, Target, Thrive Market, and Glossier to design and implement customer strategies across a variety of verticals, including retail, fashion, grocery and beauty. She has a proven track record in sales and client development, budget and P&L management, and creating and executing multi-channel marketing programs that drive revenue, deliver growth, and increase brand affinity. Her experience includes executing digital marketing campaigns across web, email, OTT, Facebook, Instagram, and Snap Chat

GROWTH MANAGER, PATTERN BRANDS

A home is a place where we feel comfort and control. It’s a place where we invest time and energy. And just like us, our homes evolve over time. The intention behind Pattern is to help guide you through the process of making a home by creating and curating timeless products that turn everyday routines into meaningful rituals.

CO-FOUNDER, FEALS

Co-founded by Drew Todd, Alex Iwanchuk and Eric Scheibling, who met as co-workers in ad tech, Feals seeks to close the loop on making CBD as approachable as possible. This is a valid mission, because while younger, coastal populations are downing tinctures and supplements with abandon, there are still plenty of populations confused about CBD. In fact, Todd notes that the company's most-received question is "Will this make me feel high?" (Answer: nope.) "I think in the New York and LA markets, CBD is everywhere," Todd explains. "It's the cool-kid thing to do. All the cool brands are adding it [to their products]. But the education is really lacking." This is, in part, why he and his team decided to launch as a digitally native brand, something they felt confident in, having backgrounds in direct-to-consumer e-commerce.

SR. DIRECTOR, STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION, MOËT HENNESSY

Moët Hennessy is one of 75 exceptional houses in the LVMH group that create high quality products. It is the only group present in all six major sectors of the luxury market. Emma pushes Moët Hennessy’s vision of leading the future of luxury Wine & Spirits from nature to communities.

FOUNDER & CEO, ACT+ACRE

Did you know that your scalp ages six times faster than the rest of your skin? It’s true, and that’s exactly what Act+Acre wants you to know. It needs some extra tender loving care. Part of Act+Acre’s promotion and marketing strategy is showing you what your scalp actually looks like using a scalp camera. Colm and his wife and co-founder, Helen, knew they needed to create a product that focused solely on the scalp. They also knew they wanted to use as natural and high quality ingredients as possible.

CEO, BOBBLEHAUS

For streetwear brand Bobblehaus, green is the new black. Ophelia Chen and Abi Lierheimer launched the unisex fashion brand in 2020 to make hip clothes made from leftover fabrics and recycled cotton. Its direct-to-consumer site sells $45 graphic tees and $145 sustainable sweatpants. In addition to its earth-friendly threads, Bobblehaus says it plants ten trees for every item bought.

CO-FOUNDER, TAIKA

Kal Freese is a two-time Finland National Barista Champion (2013, 2015) and part of the founding team at Sudden Coffee in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sudden Coffee helped launch a new category of specialty instant coffee—a wholesale rethink of the product that is still making waves around the specialty coffee world. Freese left Sudden in 2017 and is now the co-founder of Taika, a company that is today debuting a new line of ready-to-drink adaptogenic infused coffee beverages. Taika, which means “magic” in Finnish, is launching with three plant-based coffee beverage offerings: a sugar-free, keto-friendly macadamia latte that Freese says “tastes like melted coffee ice cream,” an oat milk latte, and an unsweetened black coffee.

INVESTOR, LISTEN VENTURES

Johnnie is an investor at Listen Ventures based in Chicago. Their entire team shares a passion for all things consumer, and Johnnie particularly takes interest in companies whose mission or products/services intersect with art/culture or Web3. Prior to Listen, Johnnie was a Venture Fellow with HBCUvc, Catalyst Fellow with On Deck, and Teaching Fellow / Program Assistant at NYU Stern's Berkley Center of Entrepreneurship. Johnnie is an investor in: Cohart, Nguyen Coffee Supply, Maude, Haus, Snack Dating, SELFMADE, Group Shop, Leda Health, Basic Space, and more.

CO-FOUNDERS, FAIR HARBOR

Siblings Caroline and Jake Danehy founded their sustainable apparel brand, Fair Harbor, in 2014 as an homage to their childhood beach community on Fire Island. Since then, the label has transformed more than 27 million recycled plastic water bottles into comfortable, well-made, and durable clothing and evolved into one of the fastest-growing sustainable beachwear companies in the United States. In 2021, the Danehys earned the prestigious EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and the Reuters Responsible Business Award. Recently, Fair Harbor gained Certified B Corporation status. Fair Harbor is sold online, in Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, and more than 250 specialty retailers around the country.

VP, GROWTH MARKETING, ANDIE

Jessica is a energetic and entrepreneurial marketer with a track record of driving efficient growth across all channels to fuel e-commerce and multi-channel sales. Her creative thinking and being a data-driven decision maker has boosted her success at Andie along with expertise in digital marketing and global marketing. Andie is a female-founded business operated by a women-led team located in New York City set on a mission to change the way every women shops for swim

DIRECTOR, BRAND AWARENESS, VIA

At VIA, Zach helps eCommerce brands build meaningful relationships. VIA is a platform that started with helping businesses get found, get chosen and get engagement online through our suite of software tools. Then, we expanded into a conversational commerce platform that helps businesses build relationships with customers on the devices and networks they use most often. When Zach is not in the tech world, he’s on the football field with the Utah State Aggies as their assistant athletic director.

VP, ECOMMERCE, RHONE

Founded in 2014 Rhone is an activewear brand specifically for men. You may immediately associate Lululemon as a women's brand. Well, that is what Rhone is for men. Designed to fill the niche in the activewear market between big box retailers and high-end yoga brands, Rhone engineers best in class products specifically for men that look good, feel great and perform better regardless of the activity.

CO-FOUNDER, AVEC

Dee Charlemagne is co-founder of AVEC, a line of premium, better for you mixers made in Brooklyn. Named after the French word for with, AVEC is changing what you mix “with” your spirit. Launched in 2020, AVEC is rethinking their category, creating all-natural, real mixers that are low in sugar and calories and pairing it with a brand that speaks to the diverse and progressive spirit of today. An NYC native, Dee was formerly an advertising executive with a blend of experiences spanning traditional marketing, digital, media, branded content and publishing. Dee holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and bachelors from Harvard University.

VP, MARKETING, THE SILL

Jess Anselmi is the VP of Marketing at The Sill, a modern plant destination for the modern plant lover. Prior to joining The Sill, Jess held positions in PR, managing media relations and leading teams in breakthrough marketing, to product development and marketing strategy in Dunkin' and Panera Bread, as the Senior Brand Manager of Brand Innovation and Director of Innovation and Category Growth, respectively - further cultivating a deeper understanding of consumer habits and what drove brand affinity.

CO-FOUNDER, BOMBAS

In 2013, Heath launched Bombas, a comfort-focused, sock and apparel brand with a social mission to help those in need: one purchased, one donated based on the popular buy-one, donate-one business model. To build the company, he called upon a trusted partner: his brother, Andrew Heath MBA’12, who joined as CFO and COO at the time. So far, they’ve donated more than 50 million items across their network of more than 3,500 community organisations.

CEO, BLOOMSCAPE

Mike Klepfer is the Chief Executive Officer of Bloomscape. Mike brings decades of startup and retail experience to the company, serving in leadership roles at public and private companies, including Amazon and AMS Fulfillment. Most recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer at The Black Tux, an e-commerce startup transforming the rental suit market, and Jaanuu, a D2C medical apparel company. Bloomscape comes from five generations of greenhouse growers and floral industry innovators, and their roots go all the way back to ancestors who were pioneers in the Netherlands’ horticulture industry.

CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER, GLAMSQUAD

GLAMSQUAD is an on-demand, in-home, beauty service that sends stylists straight to you for blowouts, haircuts, makeup and manicures! We are available in Los Angeles, New York, Washington DC, Miami, San Francisco, and Boston. Getting ready just got a whole lot easier!

VP, GROWTH, QUIP

An effective clean (at an affordable price). By taking away all the bells and bristles — features teeth don't need — quip is able to offer one of the most affordable electric toothbrushes on the market. Quip’s founders are designers, who worked closely with dentists to identify which features have the biggest impact on oral health. The one mode brush features sensitive sonic vibrations, for a gentle, effective clean.

MANAGING PARTNER, JENNIFER BETT

JBC offers a creative and multi-dimensional approach to public relations and overall consumer awareness that supports uniquely competitive businesses. With focuses across sectors spanning fashion and retail, health, beauty and wellness, food and beverage, technology, social impact and more, we develop meaningful narratives and dynamic, results-driven strategies that drive growth and enduring affinity for brands at all stages.

HOST, BUSINESS CASUAL BY MORNING BREW

Nora is currently the co-host of the Business Casual podcast from Morning Brew. She was recently an anchor on Cheddar, a business and technology-focused news network which broadcasts live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and its other studios across New York City and Washington, D.C. At Cheddar, Nora helped pitch and launch several specialty series, including Fast Forward: Life After Covid-19, All Hands: Race Toward Inclusion, Business of Buying, and Future of Food.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FIT

FIT (The Fashion Institute of Technology), a part of the State University of New York, has been an internationally recognized leader in career education in design, fashion, business, and technology for 75 years.

VP, ECOMMERCE, SKIMS

SKIMS is a solutions-oriented brand creating the next generation of underwear, loungewear and shapewear. They are setting new standards by providing solutions for every body. From technically constructed shapewear that enhances your curves to underwear that stretches to twice its size, their goal is to consistently innovate on the past and advance their industry for the future.

SVP, DIGITAL RETAIL, LIQUID DEATH

Most major bottled water brands are actually just processed municipal tap water. Liquid Death comes from a deep underground mountain source protected by a few hundred feet of stone. The water is tapped right from the source into our bottler where it goes directly into air-tight cans after a fancy purification process that 100% maintains the original mineral profile of the water. And these natural minerals (aka electrolytes) aren’t just good for your body, they will murder your thirst. Instantly.

GENERAL MANAGER, KRAVE BEAUTY

Krave Beauty is a fast-growing D2C skincare brand operating out of both offices from NYC and Seoul. They’re a brand created by beauty influencer Liah Yoo and a team of people who are interested in making the industry more human—for our people and the planet. They aspire to be a skincare company that dares to care beyond skincare. And they’re here to #PressReset on the industry norms.

HEAD OF MARKETING, PUBLICREC

Public Rec makes technical leisure apparel for men. Whether you’re staying in or venturing out, our stylish take on high-quality, tailored comfort allows you to focus on what you do, not what you’re wearing. At Public Rec, looking good is about feeling good. Howie’s specialities lie in Facebook Ads, Google Ads, Google Analytics, landing page pptimization, content marketing, Pinterest Ads, SEM, SEO, and PPC.

FOUNDER, JOLIE SKIN CO.

Founder & Ceo of Jolie Skin Co., a beauty wellness brand that addresses the purity of your water for better skin, hair and wellbeing. Ryan is featured in Forbes, Techcrunch, Highsnobiety, Hypebeast, Shoptalk, Footwearnews, WWD, an others. He’s also been named one of Goldman Sachs 100 Most intriguing entrepreneurs class of 2018.

EDITOR IN CHIEF, DATA CATALYST INSTITUTE

Mark is a scientist, analyst, strategist, and writer specializing in providing decision advantage for leaders. At the core, he constantly scans the world for signals about what the future may hold and imagine possible scenarios about coming threats and opportunities. Through his consultancy Edge & Flame, he helps decision makers diagnose external factors affecting their organization and create game plans for navigating alternative futures.

HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY & DIGITAL PRODUCT, TULA

Tula’s founder, Dr. Roshini Raj is a practicing gastroenterologist & has been studying probiotics for 20 years. A breakthrough innovation in skincare, probiotic extracts are a powerful ingredient that help improve skin’s balance, soothe skin to calm the look of skin irritation & nourish skin to improve hydration. That’s why 100% of TULA skincare products are powered by probiotic extracts & superfoods.

CO FOUNDER, SHOGUN

Nick Raushenbush is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist from the Bay Area, California. Nick co founded ecommerce software company Shogun with Finbarr Taylor in 2015. Prior to Shogun, Nick co-founded creative agency Glass + Marker, who include Slack, Zoom, Jeep, WeWork, Snowflake, and Stitch Fix as clients. Nick's investments range from B2B software to online pharmacies to satellites, and include Alto Pharmacy, CaptivateIQ, Cointracker, and Deel. Nick holds a BA in Public Policy from University of California at San Diego, and participated in the Winter 2018 batch of Y Combinator.

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE MANAGER, DVF

The Diane von Furstenburg brand was founded in 1972 in New York. The DvF label offers a full collection of ready-to-wear clothing and accessories—including shoes, handbags, and jewelry. After nearly 50 years in business, founder Diane, has established herself as a leader of feminine silhouettes in the fashion industry. Her designs regularly appear on the pages of Vogue. Anchored by the DvF flagship store and headquarters in the Meatpacking District in New York City, the label developed a global distribution network in over 100 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

LOYALTY & REFERRALS, YOTPO

Yotpo is a reviews and marketing platform that is disrupting how commerce companies acquire traffic and shoppers. With the most advanced solutions for SMS marketing, loyalty and referrals, subscriptions, reviews, and visual UGC, Yotpo helps brands accelerate their growth by enabling advocacy and maximizing customer lifetime value. With Yotpo, brands can effectively leverage social proof to increase trust and sales, cultivate loyal customer advocates, boost recurring revenue, engage shoppers on top engagement channels, and so much more.

VP, PERFORMANCE MARKETING, FABLETICS

Juhi is a results driven growth marketer with 8+ years in the e-commerce industry, successfully deploying over $500MM so far in direct response advertising across paid social, SEM, OTT, TV, affiliate etc. She is also skilled in other areas of performance marketing such as retention marketing, influencer marketing and acquisition design. At Fabletics, a global, active-lifestyle brand, Juhi oversees customer acquisition for Fabletics men’s, womens’s and Yitty by Lizzo. She’s responsible for $100MM+ annual media budgets.

VP, CUSTOMER SUCCESS, LEXER

Heather is an experienced consulting professional with a demonstrated history of working with clients to drive strategy by interpreting consumer insights and market research. Lexer’s Customer Data Platform helps retailers genuinely understand their customers and engage them with the experiences they deserve.

SVP, DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER, SUPERGOOP!

Caroline oversees e-commerce, site development, digital marketing, paid media, social strategy, CRM and customer experience for the fast-growing, category-creating SPF beauty brand. She holds a BA from Georgetown University and an MBA in Luxury Brand Management from ESSEC in Paris, France where she graduated as Major de Promotion (valedictorian).

CMO, UNIVERSAL STANDARD

Tracy is a customer-centric digital executive with experience in P&L management, product roadmap ownership, digital marketing, customer analytics, merchandising, and cross-functional leadership. She is passionate about using data-driven insights and a customer-first mentality to build great digital experiences that drive results for the bottom line. With a unique mix of Ecommerce, marketing, merchandising, and entrepreneurial experience, Tracy is a key person in Universal Standard’s success.

DIRECTOR, MARKETING & COMMERCE BRIEFINGS, INSIDER INTELLIGENCE

For two decades, Jeremy has been covering the digital marketing & ecommerce world as an international keynote speaker, author (Going Social and Getting to Like), columnist for Inc., analyst and eMarketer Briefing director at Insider Intelligence, and podcaster. Along with Spearheading long-term marketing strategies and developing deep insights for world-class brands like Consumer Reports, Amtrak, Kiehl's, US Marine Corps, BECCA, Colgate, Unilever. Jeremy’s team at insider intelligence covers eight stories each day for their clients, covering everything from the deprecation of third-party cookies to social commerce to augmented reality (AR) to the burgeoning metaverse to performance marketing to brand marketing.

SVP, MARKETING, STICKY.IO

Thomas is an accomplished marketing professional who envisions, creates and executes data driven marketing programs that deliver the pipeline needed for a business to meet its growth objectives. It is not about the product we sell but instead the problems we solve in partnership with our clients. sticky.io does just that for brands, enabling them to perform at scale, know and sell how their customers want to buy, as well maximize revenue through fraud prevention, churn management and revenue recovery.

CEO, SHARMA BRANDS

Nik is the CEO of Sharma Brands, a strategic initiatives firm working with a wide range of brands to help grow and scale revenue across digital platforms. Nik is one of AdWeek’s Young & Influential, Forbes 30 under 30, Business Insider's up and coming Investors to Watch, and an investor and advisor to some of the fastest-growing brands in commerce.

VP, HEAD, PIO

Pio is continuously shaping the way of tomorrow’s ecommerce and will offer the amazing automation benefits of AutoStore, but with a new business model and a user-friendly approach to supercharge the growth for ambitious brands. Magne is an experienced marketing director with a passion for brand building. With an extensive demonstrated history of working in the industrial automation industry, he’s a strong marketing professional skilled in negotiation, management, content development and sales.

SENIOR CONSULTANT, DOTDIGITAL

Stephen is a digital marketing enthusiast and Magento, BigCommerce & Shopify specialist for Dotdigital – the leading marketing automation platform. Dotdigital harnesses the power of customer data, powering engagement, conversion, and loyalty for brands as they grow and scale.

VP GROWTH, GOODLIFE CLOTHING

Goodlife Clothing is a premium essentials and lifestyle brand. Pieces are thoughtfully created to compliment your unique individuality and lifestyle, always with versatility and comfort at the core. Goodlife products provide a fresh but nostalgic twist on some of style’s greatest hits.

SVP, SALES, DIGITAL REMEDY

TJ has over 20 years of media sales and leadership experience. His knowledge of the digital media landscape, ability to develop strategic solutions that solve brand challenges, and talent for motivating sales teams, have made him a vital member of several media and ad tech organizations. Before joining Digital Remedy, Sullivan was VP, Connections at iHeart Media, a cross-divisional group that enabled national advertisers to seamlessly work with multiple iHeart business units; CRO of Reelcontent, a video distribution company for brands; SVP of sales at AdoTube, a video ad network; and was Co-Founder and SVP of video measurement company, OpenSlate—for which he is still an advisor. He resides in New Jersey with his wife and four children.

HEAD OF PRODUCT, TAGGER

Chris has spent the last 15 years helping marketers make smarter decisions. Throughout his career, he's been responsible for over $100MM in media spending while overseeing both paid media and influencer marketing divisions inside of advertising agencies. Over the last 5 years, Chris has leveraged his expertise to build technology as Head of Product at Tagger.

VP, PRODUCT, TAGGER

Greg Scavuzzo, VP of Product and Partnerships at leading social intelligence platform Tagger, has over ten years of experience across the music and influencer marketing industries. He’s held leadership roles at multiple leading creative and marketing agencies such as VaynerMedia and Praytell. As a founding member of the Vayner Influencer Media team, Greg helped grow and manage the department, serving clients across all brand verticals from CPG to television, automotive and more. At Praytell, he helped build and scale an offering to large enterprise clients with a focus on the intersection between influencer, PR and creative. Now at Tagger, Greg and the product team work to innovate disruptive new technology, applying first-hand practitioner experience and expertise to an always-evolving and impactful product and roadmap.

SENIOR MANAGER, BRAND PARTNERSHIPS, QUICKFRAME BY MNTN

Madeline is an experienced partnerships manager with a demonstrated history of working in the internet industry. She also is skilled in business development, marketing strategy, advertising, public relations, and leadership. Along with being a strong business development professional, Madeline also has a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Marketing from Providence College under her belt.

MANAGING VP, COMMERCIAL SALES, MNTN

Jabari is an experienced VP-level sales leader passionate about leadership, building teams and coaching both growth professionals and top performers to achieve next level success. His executive-level sales experience includes a high-performing history of working in software as a service (SaaS), digital marketing, human capital management and CRM industries. Jabari has both real-world experience matched with a Masters Degree in Business Management with an emphasis on Organizational Leadership.

SVP, HEAD OF MARKETING, POSTCLICK

Hunter is an accomplished strategic marketing leader with 20+ years experience driving marketing and innovation across brand, content, growth, product, omni-channel and GTM marketing initiatives. His experience and accomplishments spans across a diverse range of projects and environments including both agency and brand/in-house marketing leadership across across industries, categories and verticals including: B2C, B2B, SaaS, FinTech, CPG, Luxury, Fashion, Automotive, Beer & Spirits, Lifestyle & Outdoor, Pharma & Healthcare for Fortune 100 companies and start-ups alike.

DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING ARCHITECTS

Heather has 20+ years specializing in direct response and brand advertising campaigns on TV & Radio. She helps CEOs and Marketing Executives better leverage the power of TV to hit growth goals and build their brand. Marketing Architects is an All-Inclusive TV agency that gives performance brands access to high-quality, effective TV campaigns without the traditional high entry cost and ongoing challenges of optimization, scale, and measurement. Founded in Minneapolis, but now "work from anywhere", Marketing Architects has been helping companies connect with their customers in new and inspiring ways for more than 25 years.

HEAD OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS, ROCKERBOX

Sara Livingston is an experienced marketer, product strategist, and operator. She's spent the last decade building data and analytics products and establishing the underlying strategies and supporting teams. This has spanned across the marketer side to drive growth marketing and customer insights efforts, on the publisher side for data monetization, and then in building enterprise SaaS technology to be used by these end companies.

DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING ARCHITECTS

Clark leads the Business Development Team at Marketing Architects, an All-Inclusive TV agency giving performance brands access to high-quality TV campaigns without the traditional high costs. For two decades, he’s worn several different agency hats which have helped Clark gain a strong understanding of what it takes for companies to run a successful TV campaign. Based in Minneapolis, Marketing Architects has been helping companies connect with their customers in new and inspiring ways

MANAGING DIRECTOR, VERITONE ONE

Veritone One continually pushes the boundaries of performance advertising, leveraging the power of proprietary data and AI-based analytics to drive actionable results. Connor currently oversees Veritone One's strategic direction. This includes client activation and success, media investments, and product development. Also, ensuring Veritone One’s people are supported with the most comprehensive aiWare and data enabled product suite available in audio/influencer media. All while continually being experimental in nature in order to find new areas of growth and opportunity for clients.

VP, AUDIO & VIDEO INFLUENCER

Recognized as a top 10 influencer marketing company, Veritone One delivers advertising with unmatched effectiveness and in a way that’s Simple, Scalable, and Trackable. Veritone One is a full service agency creating native and traditional advertising for some of the world’s most recognizable brands.

SENIOR MANAGER, PERFORMANCE ADVERTISING, ROKU

Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. We connect users to the streaming content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. Roku streaming players and Roku TV™ models are available around the world through direct retail sales and licensing arrangements with TV OEMs and service operators.

CMO, NOM NOM

Alison is a consumer marketing leader with digital, ecommerce, customer journey, and subscription roles at Rockets of Awesome, ToysRUs, FreshDirect, Conde Nast, Time Warner, and Barnes&Noble.com. She accelerates growth and profitability through creative integration of performance and brand marketing; robust testing agendas; leveraging data, insights and technology; relentless commitment to success; and an obsession with consumer behavior and trends. She’s a leader of teams up to 22+ fostering agility, risk-taking and collaboration.

SVP, ENGINEERING & DIGITAL PRODUCT, THINX

Brendan is currently leading all things Engineering, UX, Digital Product, Data, Analytics, and eCommerce at Thinx Inc. (thinx.com, speax.com, thinxbtwn.com), as well as taking part in high-level and long-term business strategy with C-suite and Board of Directors as a member of the Executive Team. Named “one of the best inventions” by Time magazine, Thinx Inc. is a revolutionary period and bladder leak underwear company creating innovative solutions that empower people and sustain the planet. Thinx is breaking taboos about menstruation, bladder leaks, and reproductive health through the products they create and the conversations they start.

FOUNDER & CEO, GOAT MEDIA

Van Oakes is the Founder & CEO of Goat Media and former CMO of Diesel Power Gear. He is an international expert in the performance marketing space.

Some of his stellar achievements include:

Building multiple 6-8 figure businesses and exiting 2 of them

Helping scale Diesel Power Gear, featured on Discovery channels hit TV show “Diesel Brothers”, from $4M to $30M in revenue in 2020

Training thousands of marketers on cutting-edge advertising techniques

Winning the “Snapchat Star of the Year” award for his work on their platform in 2019

FOUNDER, KEAP CANDLES

Restoring the balance and connection between humanity and the natural world, through products that speak to the soul. This is the philosophical message behind Keap Candles. Together with a thriving community of Keapers, Stephen and his team are excited to bring more presence, more connection, and more light into the world. Keap the fire burning!

HEAD OF INFLUENCER MARKETING, HELLO FRESH!

Lauren is an experienced marketing leader with a consistent record of driving growth through the use of data, collaboration and the ability to think both creatively and analytically. She’s currently leading Influencer Marketing and Growth Acquisition for HelloFresh Group (HelloFresh, Green Chef, EveryPlate and Factor_) Lauren’s areas of expertise include: influencer marketing trend & data analysis, brand, partnerships, paid, earned and owned media.

FOUNDER, DAME PRODUCTS

Dame Products was founded by smart women with the purpose of making phenomenal sex toys. Their continuing mission: to design well-engineered sex toys, to heighten intimacy, and to openly empower the sexual experiences of womankind. They are trying to make the world a happier place.

CEO, SHOPPINGGIVES

Ronny Sage is the Founder and CEO of ShoppingGives, a Certified B Corporation and an award-winning technology startup focused on building an economy of giving by creating a positive impact through everyday purchases. During his time at ShoppingGives, with his growing team of now 40 individuals, they have created the leading eCommerce solution for frictionless charitable giving. Today they are working with thousands of top DTC brands to create a massive impact for over 1.8M charities across the US. ShoppingGives has been recognized by Forbes as a 2021 World Changing Idea and 2021 CODie award finalist. Through his 12 years of experience building loyalty and incentive programs for retail brands, he launched global viral campaigns as well as several of his own web and mobile applications. Ronny is also a featured guest speaker and contributor on Technori WGN Radio, CBS Small Business Pulse, and Innovation & Tech Today. He believes that micro-actions lead to macro-effects and recognizes the potential to harness the power of consumption for positive impact.

SVP, SALES, LIVEINTENT

Adam is a sales leader focused on the customer, team, and individuals to drive growth. LiveIntent supports marketers and publishers by providing a solution to onboard identity and intent to drive business outcomes through their email assets. It becomes your superpower, generating a private customer graph that can augment everything from acquisition to attribution while driving incremental product sales and revenue. LiveIntent is headquartered in NYC, with offices in Berlin, Copenhagen, serving as home to 200 people and counting.

VP, ENGINEERING, BOLL & BRANCH

Boll & Branch continues to be the leading designer and retailer of luxury home goods, all of which are rooted in quality, ethically made, and sustainably sourced materials. Boll & Branch is noted globally for their steadfast commitment to bringing sustainable business practices to the luxury home sector. Boll & Branch has become the world's largest consumer of Fair Trade Certified™ organic cotton and has supported the livelihoods of thousands of textile workers around the world, by mandating fair wages and business practices.

DIGITAL EDITOR, ADWEEK

Colin Daniels is a digital editor at Adweek. Daniels' career spans the fields of marketing, public relations and journalism. As a journalist, Colin’s areas of focus were previously entertainment, lifestyle and real estate news. Colin has covered events such as The Academy Awards and London Fashion Week Mens.

VP, COMMUNICATIONS, BOLT

Currently VP of Communications at Bolt and previously Head of Cultural Initiatives and Consumer Communications at Google, Hilary is a marketing and communications pro. She delivers powerful strategic direction and has a history of building some of the world's most coveted tech, luxury, and lifestyle brands. Her high-profile campaigns and content integrate digital marketing, social media, influencer programming, PR, events, advertising and thought leadership. Before Google, she started YOOX.com and founded a tech & fashion PR agency, banzai! Hilary is known for connecting companies with culture, amplifying their voice and making them truly iconic.

CEO, NACELLE

Brian is an experienced founder and serial entrepreneur specializing within the internet industry. Founder & CEO of both commerce platform Nacelle and development agency ShopElf, he is a thought leader in the Headless Commerce and Progressive Web App space. Brian is skilled in data-intense product architecture and is versed in many programming languages and database designs. He is a business development professional with a Bachelor of Science degree from Babson College and pairs his knowledge of modern web infrastructure with a strong understanding of the financial markets.

COO, BIDNAMIC

Ingvar grew up in Berlin, Germany, and later moved to the UK to study and secure a degree in Mathematics & Chemistry, and a PhD in Physical Chemistry at Leeds University. Before becoming a serial entrepreneur Ingvar worked at Bayer, a leading pharmaceutical company. Ingvar is the COO and Co-Founder at Bidnamic with a successful history as serial entrepreneur in the B2C & B2B space. He has co-founded the Dizinga Marketplace and Bidnamic, a technology that is at the forefront of the Google advertising space. He has extensive experience in ecommerce and digital marketing. Ingvar has successfully closed over $5M in the latest series A round. As co-founder and COO at Bidnamic, Ingvar oversees the Research & Development and Client Success & Data Team functions at Bidnamic. He has been a vital part of the growth of Bidnamic, going from a small team of three in 2018 to a team of now 120+ staff across two offices in the UK, and a US office in Austin, Texas.

REPORTER, RETAIL BREW

Erin is a reporter for Retail Brew covering retail and consumer trends. Retail Brew covers all the news and insights retail pros need to know, all in one newsletter. Morning Brew is the media company redefining the business news landscape through approachable, digestible—and not to brag—downright funny content. Across newsletters, podcasts, social media, and events, we reach an audience of over 3 million future and current business leaders. Founded in 2015 by Alex Lieberman and Austin Rief at the University of Michigan, the company has grown to include products that are invaluable to its readers.

HEAD OF ENGAGEMENT, SHOPIFY

Jamie is a customer-obsessed trailblazer with a passion for substantially increasing customer awareness, engagement, retention, and revenue. Throughout her career, she’s been recognized as an industry thought leader, subject matter expert, and sought-after public speaker with a talent for leading globally dispersed teams to build and manage new programs that optimize customer experiences and drive brand advocacy. At Shopify Plus, Jamie works with some of the fastest-growing brands on the platform, finding creative ways to share their story and connect them with similar brands to inspire and educate each other.

DIRECTOR, PERSONALIZATION & EXPERIMENTATION, SIGNET JEWELERS

Craig is a 2018 Markie Award Winner for Best Testing and Optimization beating out organizations like Hilton Worldwide, Etihad Airways, and HTC. He established an A/B testing process and framework that allows to move quickly and test ideas that have a major impact on KPIs. He also developed a personalization strategy that has increased conversion rates by 21% and added over $12 million in incremental revenue. Craig is consistently asked to work with other functional teams to develop customer-first and personalized strategies that connect the entire shopping journey.

VP, WORLDWIDE STRATEGIC PARTNERS, KLAVIYO

Rich leads the Klaviyo team responsible for identifying new and significant revenue acceleration opportunities through partnerships. They build, cultivate, and deepen Klaviyo’s relationships with leading global technology and advisory companies that share the mission to help companies grow. He enjoys the unique challenges of highly-dynamic, early-stage businesses, particularly B2B companies that combine technology and services. Along with motivating and leading high-performing teams operating in these dynamic and evolving businesses towards a shared mission.

DIRECTOR, BRAND ACTIVATIONS & INFLUENCER MARKETING, KLAVIYO

Klaviyo is the world’s leading owned marketing platform known for accelerating revenue for online business using the channels they own like email, web and mobile. Enabling companies to leverage these owned marketing channels, Klaviyo makes it easy to store, access, analyze and use transactional and behavioral data to power highly-targeted customer and prospect communications. And unlike other marketing platforms Klaviyo doesn’t force companies to compromise between advanced functionality or ease of use - so companies of all sizes are able to maximize their sales quickly. That’s why over 21,000 innovative companies like Unilever, Custom Ink and Eventbrite sell more with Klaviyo.

DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS, RECHARGE

Leya Leydiker heads the Technology Partnerships program at Recharge, and is responsible for partnering with vendors in the ecommerce ecosystem. With over 15 years of experience, she’s passionate about problem solving and building long lasting relationships. She's held senior SAAS product positions in cybersecurity and ecommerce for companies like Duo Security, a Cisco company, Inflection, Inc. and QVC. Leya is a Silicon Valley native and holds a BS in Marketing and a MBA from San Jose State University. When she’s not working, you’ll find her traveling with her family; coffee in hand.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Hitha lives in a world where fashion, retail, finance, investigative journalism and data research all co-exist in perfect harmony—a.k.a., New York City. She is the Chief Research Officer of H Squared Research LLC a data driven, research firm for registered investment advisors. She is also consumer spending columnist at US News and World Report and author of the book "Black Market Billions: How Organized Retail Crime Funds Terrorists" published by FT Press. Hitha also uses her expertise in the retail space to advise start-ups in Silicon Valley and with Parsons The New School of Fashion incubator XRC Labs while teaching a class on social commerce. When she is not expanding her business and advising early stage companies, she is raising awareness about the criminal activity linked to the black market and counterfeit products.

DIRECTOR, CLIENT SERVICES, TATARI

Sam has a strong background in cross channel marketing, media, strategy, creative & analytics. He’s worked closely with numerous clients on various marketing prospecting & retargeting initiatives, inclusive of social media, display, TV, search, CRM, offline, and site campaigns. Sam has advanced research understanding along with strong presentation skills. He also supports the marketing & business development team at Dreamville, a record label based in New York and Los Angeles. Sam is currently a member of the Tatari Client Services team, a data & analytics company in the business of facilitating buys for clients across the TV spectrum.

CO-FOUNDER, SCENTBIRD & FOUNDER/GENERAL PARTNER, RED BIKE CAPITAL

Rachel ten Brink is the General Partner and Founder of Red Bike Capital, a seed stage fund based in NY that invests in founders that are improving lives and powering the economy. Named Entrepreneur Magazines' 100 Powerful Women of 2020, Rachel is a Data Driven, Product Obsessed Investor, Founder, and Board Member, and a Top Latinx in Tech leader. Rachel was the co-founder and CMO of Scentbird, a Y-Combinator backed fragrance subscription service that raised $29M in venture funding. As a founder, Rachel led Growth, Brand and Business Development, scaling the company to over 500,000 subscribers. Before this, she spent 20 years building billion dollar global brands at Elizabeth Arden, Estee Lauder, Gillette, and L’Oreal. She is a mentor at Techstars and Y Combinator. She is one just 90 Latinas to have ever raised over $1M in VC funding, and part of the 0.01% of Latina Women that are GPs in Venture.

CO-FOUNDER, HEAD OF MARKETING, BREVITĒ

Brevitē is a direct-to-consumer startup that offers quality and functional backpacks that reflect how people live and work today. Brevitē is on a mission to create lasting change for the greater good, most recently committing $150K of backpacks to the homeless in NYC.