2018 Speakers
233
confirmed speakers as of 10/28/2018
Dave Donnan
Senior Partner
A.T. Kearney
Adheer Bahulkar
Partner
A.T. Kearney
Randy Burt
Partner, Consumer & Retail Practice
A.T. Kearney
Suketu Gandhi
Partner, Digital Transformation Practice
A.T. Kearney
Sameer Anand
Partner
A.T. Kearney
Lauren Jupiter
Managing Partner
AccelFoods
Tony Ward
Managing Director, Retail and Consumer Products Strategy
Accenture
Adhithi Aji
Founder & CEO
Adrich
Marc Oshima
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
AeroFarms
Narayan Iyengar
SVP, Digital & eCommerce
Albertsons Companies
Vivek Kalpande
GVP Loyalty, Personalization & Analytics
Albertsons Companies
Karl Varsanyi
GVP of Digital Product Management
Albertsons Companies
Victor Muñoz
Senior Manager of Energy Operations
Albertsons Companies
Jing Wang
Business Intelligence Manager
Alibaba Group
Josh Goldin
Founder & Managing Partner
Alliance Consumer Growth
Carolyn Littlefield
Head of eCommerce, North America
Anheuser-Busch
James Rogers
CEO
Apeel Sciences
Shamus Hines
CEO
Applied Data Corp
Casey Taylor
Partner
Bain & Company
Peter Boone
President & CEO
Barry Callebaut
Brita Rosenheim
Partner
Better Food Ventures
Rob Trice
Founder & Partner
Better Food Ventures
Andrew Ive
Managing Director
Big Idea Ventures
Vicki Eickelberger
SVP & Managing Director
Big Red Rooster – a JLL company
Rafeh Masood
Chief Digital Officer
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Guru Hariharan
CEO
Boomerang Commerce
Chieh Huang
CEO
Boxed
Paul Lightfoot
CEO
BrightFarms
Ashley McCollum
General Manager
BuzzFeed's Tasty
Christine Curtis
SVP Sales & Account Management
C&S Wholesale Grocers
Nathan Schwederske
VP of E-Commerce
Campbell’s
Veeral Shah
VP of Digital & E-Commerce Strategy & Operations
Campbell’s
Hrach Simonian
General Partner
Canaan
Akash Shah
Co-Founder & Head of Product
Care/of
Jeff Cripe
Founder & CEO
Cargo
Zoe Leavitt
Senior CPG Analyst
CB Insights
Gary Hawkins
Founder & CEO
Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)
Yuni Sameshima
Co-Founder & CEO
Chicory
Michele McNamara
VP, eCommerce
Chobani
Emily Kaplan
Head of Digital Strategy
Church & Dwight
Charlotte Omnès
Culinary Creative Director
Click 3X
Lauren Hirsch
Retail Reporter
CNBC
Lisa Mathison
Head of Media
Conagra Brands
DeLu Jackson
VP of Precision Marketing
Conagra Brands
Wayne Duan
VP, eCommerce
Constellation Brands
Phil Lempert
President & CEO
Consumer Insight, Inc.
Deborah Weinswig
Founder & CEO
Coresight Research
Oliver Chen
Managing Director
Cowen and Company
Jaron Waldman
Co-Founder & CEO
Curbside
Adrianne del Sol
VP, eCommerce
Danone North America
David Gardiner
President
David Gardiner & Associates
Aimee Becker
SVP, Strategic Services
Daymon Worldwide
Daphne Carmeli
Founder & CEO
Deliv
Art Ash
Principal, Consumer Products Corporate Strategy & Growth Leader
Deloitte Consulting
Zak Normandin
Co-Founder & CEO
DIRTY LEMON
Lori Bremer
Senior Director, HR - Training & Development
Dollar General
Aaron Belville
VP, HR Operations
Dollar General
Cory Rellas
Co-Founder & CEO
Drizly
Gayitri Budhraja
VP, Brand
e.l.f. Beauty
Frank Scorpiniti
CEO
Earth Fare
Ennio Perone
VP of Business Strategy & Marketing
Eataly
Joe Rinzel
Executive Director
Employers for Renewable Energy
Benjamin Thompson
Head of Digital Transformation
Endeavour Drinks Group, a unit of Woolworths Group
Sanjiv Mehra
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
eos Products
Michelle Grant
Head of Retailing
Euromonitor
David Moran
Co-Founder
Eversight
Linda Filler
Former President, Retail at Walgreens & Board Member
Eversight
Susie Fogelson
Founder & CEO
F&Co
Carlos Garcia
Industry Manager, Drugstore & Grocery
Facebook
Genine Fargnoli
EVP, IT
Fairway Market
Jason Bidart
VP, Private Brand Programs
Fairway Market
Pradeep Elankumaran
Co-Founder & CEO
Farmstead
Bernardine Wu
CEO
FitForCommerce
Cynthia Kounaris
Chief Strategy Officer
FitForCommerce
Somnath Sinha Mahapatra
Head of Shopping Experience, Grocery
Flipkart
Anuj Bhagat
Head of Grocery Supply Chain Product
Flipkart
Francois Chaubard
CEO
Focal Systems
David Stone
Founder & CEO
Forager
Brendan Witcher
VP & Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
George Lawrie
VP & Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
Mike LaVitola
Co-Founder & CEO
Foxtrot
Carrie Mesing
VP, Merchandising
FreshDirect
Michael Wystrach
Co-Founder & CEO
Freshly
Mike Spindler
CEO
FultonFishMarket.com
Zahir Dossa
Founder & CEO
Function of Beauty
Greg Pulsifer
VP, Global Ecommerce
General Mills
Susan Stacey
SVP | Retail & Consumer
GfK
Daniel McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Lara Antognoli
Director, Shopping Partnerships
Google
Anil Aggarwal
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Groceryshop
Zia Daniell Wigder
Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer
Groceryshop
Krystina Gustafson
VP, Content
Groceryshop
Caroline Farley
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer
Groceryshop
Joe Laszlo
VP of Content
Groceryshop
Simran Rekhi Aggarwal
Founder & President
Groceryshop
Stuart Landesberg
Co-Founder & CEO
Grove Collaborative
Julie Bowerman
SVP Ecommerce & Digital Engagement
Hain Celestial
Andy Katz-Mayfield
Co-Founder & CEO
Harry's
Matt Osias
VP of Content Marketing
Hawke Media
Matt Fitzgerald
SVP, Brand
HelloFresh
Stephen Koven
VP of Digital Experience
Hormel Foods
Madhu Konety
Co-Founder & CEO
IceCream Labs
Ben Miller
Global Insight Director
IGD
Nilam Ganenthiran
Chief Business Officer
Instacart
Apoorva Mehta
Founder & CEO
Instacart
Yaron Shavit
Founder & CEO
IntraPosition
Jack Hanlon
VP, Analytics
Jet.com
Srivatsan Rajagopalan
VP & Lead - New Business Models
Johnson & Johnson
Brad Oberwager
Founder & CEO
Jyve
Diana Leza Sheehan
VP, Retail and Shopper Insights
Kantar Consulting
David Marcotte
SVP Operations Strategic Advisory Services
Kantar Consulting
Geoff Goetz
SVP, Supply Chain
KeHE Distributors
Deborah Hannah
VP, Shopper Marketing & Scale Promotions
Kellogg
Jamie Dooley
E-Commerce Sales VP
Keurig Dr Pepper
Chris Hunter
Co-Founder & CEO
Koia
Nina Barton
President, Global Growth
Kraft Heinz
Denise Osterhues
Senior Director, Corporate Affairs
Kroger
Steve Pinder
Managing Director
Kurt Salmon, Part of Accenture Strategy
Patrick Moorhead
Chief Marketing Officer
Label Insight
Fang Cheng
Co-Founder & CEO
Linc Global
KJ Bains
VP, General Manager, Grocery E-Commerce
Loblaw Digital
Mike Demko
Founder & CEO
Locai
Tim Lowe
President
Lowes Foods
Melissa Hassett
VP, Client Delivery
ManpowerGroup Solutions RPO
Donald Fitzgerald
Group VP, Merchandising & Marketing
Mariano's
Gulrez 'Gary' Arora
Global Launchpad Lead
Mars Incorporated
Heather Kang
Global VP, Digital Commerce
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Ken Fenyo
Consumer Markets Lead, Fuel By McKinsey
McKinsey & Company
Neil Stern
Senior Partner
McMillanDoolittle
Andreas Wuerfel
Director, Innovation Community
METRO Accelerator powered by Techstars
Evan Holod
CEO
Michel et Augustin
ShiSh Shridhar
Global Retail Industry Solutions Director
Microsoft Corporation
Steve McGowan
RVP, Shopper & Consumer Activation
Mondelez International
Joel Warady
GM, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Enjoy Life Foods
Mondelez International
Simeon Gutman
Executive Director
Morgan Stanley
Matt Kelleher
Managing Director, Morrisons.com
Morrisons
John Downs Jr.
President & CEO
National Confectioners Association
Ramin Faramarzi
Principal Engineer
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Lidia Yan
CEO
NEXT Trucking
Darpan Seth
Co-Founder & CEO
Nextuple Inc.
Karen Worton
SVP, Product Leadership Reference Data
Nielsen
Michael Bennett
Director, Product Leadership
Nielsen
Tsvetan Tsvetkov
SVP - Marketing Effectiveness
Nielsen
Jeff Margulies
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright
Hugh Holman
Co-Founder & CEO
Observa
Luke Jensen
CEO
Ocado Solutions
Alexandre Douzet
Co-Founder & CEO
Ollie
Abhi Dhar
Co-Founder & CEO
Packyge
Arthur Sevilla
Head of CPG Vertical Strategy
Pinterest
Josh Hix
Co-founder and CEO
Plated
Lenny Lebovich
Founder & CEO
Pre Brands
Graeme McVie
Chief Business Development Officer
Precima US
Ben Sun
General Partner
Primary Venture Partners
Jason Goldberg
SVP Commerce
Publicis.Sapient
Tim Laseter
Managing Director
PwC
Steve Barr
Partner
PwC
Mir Aamir
President & CEO
Quotient Technology
Weston Gaddy
Co-Founder & Partner
Radian Capital
Will Hall
Chief Creative Officer
RAIN
Ken Cassar
Principal Analyst, VP
Rakuten Intelligence
Mike Molitor
Head of eCommerce & Loyalty
Raley's Supermarkets
Nicky Jackson
Founder & CEO
RangeMe
JB Osborne
Co-Founder & CEO
Red Antler
Heather Bergstein
Head of E-Commerce
Remy Cointreau USA
Jennifer Safavian
Executive VP, Government Affairs
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Evan Armstrong
VP of Government Affairs
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Adam Siegel
Senior VP of Innovation & Sustainability
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Kathleen McGuigan
Senior VP & Deputy General Counsel
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Mike Troy
Editor-in-Chief
Retail Leader
Katerina Schneider
Founder & CEO
Ritual
Marc Gorlin
Founder & CEO
Roadie
Amit Jain
Chief Technology Officer
RSi
Michael Quinn
SVP, Global Business Development
RSi
Jim Smits
VP of US Retailer Development
RSi
Kerry Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
Rubikloud
Sam McBride
Chief Operating Officer
RXBAR
Lauren Fleming
VP of Quality
RXBAR
Chuck Templeton
Managing Director
S2G Ventures
Ryan Saghir
Digital Marketing Director
Sabra Dipping Company
Julian Counihan
Partner
Schematic Ventures
David Steck
VP of IT Infrastructure & Application Development
Schnuck Markets
Philippe Bottine
CEO
SES Imago Tag
Silvio Macedo
Founder & CEO
Shelf.ai
Harley Butler
Chief Marketing Officer
Shipt
Luke Petherbridge
President & CEO
ShopCore Properties
Evan Silver
Founder & CEO
Simplista
Pedro Santos
Head of E-commerce & Mobile
Sonae MC
Bryan Crowley
CEO
Soylent
Markus Stripf
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Spoon Guru
Ted Frumkin
Chief Development Officer
Sprouts Farmers Market
Michael Suswal
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Standard Cognition
Marc de Speville
Founder & Principal
Strategic Food Retail
Carl Boutet
Retail Strategist & Board Advisor
StudioRx
José V. Aguerrevere
Co-Founder & CEO
Takeoff Technologies
Max Pedró
Co-Founder & President
Takeoff Technologies
Isaac Reyes
VP of Government Affairs
Target
Katerina Axelsson
Founder & CEO
Tastry
Joe Feldman
Senior Managing Director
Telsey Advisory Group
Ethelbert Williams
Head of Ecommerce
The Boston Beer Company
Taylor Smith
Partner & Managing Director; CPG Digital Lead
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
John Carroll
VP - General Manager eCommerce
The Coca-Cola Company
Thom Blischok
Chairman & CEO
The Dialogic Group
Pat Walsh
Chief Business Officer & VP, Supply Chain
The Food Marketing Institute
Mike Lee
Founder
The Future Market
Yael Cosset
Chief Digital Officer
The Kroger Co.
David Portalatin
VP, Food Industry Advisor
The NPD Group
Barbara Kahn
Patty & Jay H. Baker Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
Jordan Bass
Head of eCommerce
The Wonderful Company
Jim Cusson
President
Theory House
Nick Green
Co-Founder & CEO
Thrive Market
Jeremiah McElwee
SVP Merchandising & Product Development
Thrive Market
Melissa Campanelli
Editor-in-Chief / Co-Founder & Content Director
Total Retail / Women in Retail Leadership Circle
Jesper Deleuran
CEO & Partner
Touchize
Tim Madigan
VP eCommerce
Tyson Foods
Daniel Laury
CEO
udelv
PJ Stafford
VP, eCommerce
United Natural Foods
J. Skyler Fernandes
Managing Director of Investments
Venture University
Mark Sciortino
SVP Strategy & Corporate Development
Vestcom International
Larry Cheng
Managing Director
Volition Capital
Steve Henig
VP Digital Commerce & Analytics
Wakefern Food Corp.
Heather Haddon
Reporter
Wall Street Journal
Tom Ward
SVP of Digital Operations
Walmart
Frank Yiannas
VP, Food Safety & Health
Walmart
Drew Sadler
Director - Global Public Policy
Walmart
Rachel Elias Wein
Founder & President
WeinPlus
Ron Bonacci
VP of Marketing and Advertising
Weis Markets
Geoffrey McFarlane
Co-Founder & CEO
Winc
Jeff Friedman
EVP, Grocery
Winsight
Jennifer DiPasquale
President
Women in Retail & Total Retail
Collin Lawson
Director of Corporate Engagement
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Pano Anthos
Founder & Managing Director
XRC Labs
Barnaby Montgomery
Co-founder & CEO
Yummy.com
Peter Mehring
CEO
Zest Labs