At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based Advisor operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a Advisor is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Dr. Jane van Dis
Medical Advisor of The Flex Co.
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About : The Flex Co. is the top-selling sustainable period care brand known for creating a more comfortable period for everyone.
Ann Sardini
Chairman, In Progress Advisors of TO THE MARKET
Ann has over 20 years of experience in senior financial management positions in branded media and consumer products companies. Ann served as the Chief Financial Officer at Weight Watchers for ten years until 2012. Prior to joining Weight Watchers, she served as Chief Financial Officer of VitaminShoppe.com, Inc. In addition, she has held finance positions at QVC, Chris Craft Industries and the National Broadcasting Company.
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About : TO THE MARKET is powering the ethical supply chain.
Connie K. Duckworth
Senior Advisor of TO THE MARKET
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About : TO THE MARKET is powering the ethical supply chain.
Connie K. Duckworth
Senior Advisor of TO THE MARKET
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About : TO THE MARKET is powering the ethical supply chain.
Susannah Smoot Campbell
Advisor of Loupe
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About : Pioneering service transforming how art is experienced; #1 Lifestyle app in 64 countries on AppleTV/Fire TV/Android/PlutoTV/Samsung/Comcast
James Richards
Board-member, Advisor of Roundshopper.com
Co-Founder & CEO of Teleborder.
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About Evergrow, Garuda Ventures: Roundshopper.com is a B2B E-commerce app connecting manufacturers and small retailers in developing countries.
Jim Hartzfeld
Strategic Member of the Advisory Board of Walmart
For over 17 years, “EcoJim,” as nick named by Interface founder, Ray Anderson, has championed sustainability as a proactive strategy to uncover business efficiency and growth opportunities by addressing global challenges.Finding his place at this intersection of head and heart, design and purpose, Jim has championed sustainable enterprise as the right and smart thing to do through a wide range of Interface responsibilities (innovation, policy, and business development) and external roles with organizations such as the US Green Building Council (two-term Chairman), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the President’s Council on Sustainable Development. Most recently leading Interface’s consulting business, InterfaceRAISE, Jim served leaders in over 40 Fortune 1000 companies on their own sustainability initiatives in sectors as diverse as retail, transportation, food and beverage, construction, and manufacturing. Jim also served as a strategic advisor to Walmart in the formative years of its sustainability journey. Today, Jim is focused on defining the next phase of sustainability, building on Ray Anderson’s legacy, shifting beyond the concepts of environmental sustainability to embrace the “human technologies” of collaboration, learning and innovation that are vital to sustaining progress at Interface and beyond.
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About : Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Patrick Pardo
Design Advisor of Angela Roi
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About : Ethical luxury handbag brand, using premium animal-friendly materials and working closely with artisans to craft our handbags
Patrick Pardo
Design Advisor of Angela Roi
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About : Ethical luxury handbag brand, using premium animal-friendly materials and working closely with artisans to craft our handbags
Andy Coughlin
Advisor of Teikametrics
Andy joined Teikametrics after spending 4 years as the US Country Director for Sonos. Prior to Sonos, Andy spent 12 years with Microsoft in Sales and Marketing roles, most recently leading the Consumer business across Australia and New Zealand. He is proud to be part of the team that launched Microsoft’s Xbox business.
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About : Teikametrics is an e-commerce optimization platform designed for retailers on online marketplaces.
Marc Frons
Advisory Board of Dynamic Yield
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About Dynamic Yield: Dynamic Yield helps companies quickly deliver and test personalized, optimized, and synchronized digital customer interactions.
Marc Frons
Advisory Board of Dynamic Yield
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About Dynamic Yield: Dynamic Yield helps companies quickly deliver and test personalized, optimized, and synchronized digital customer interactions.
Jonathan Kibera
Advisor of Pathover
Jonathan Kibera is the Co-Founder & Manager at SFR3 Fund.
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About SFR3 Fund: Pathover is an API-based intelligent optimization and logistics solution for the last mile.
Mike Foreman
Advisor of Pathover
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About : Pathover is an API-based intelligent optimization and logistics solution for the last mile.
Mike Foreman
Advisor of Pathover
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About : Pathover is an API-based intelligent optimization and logistics solution for the last mile.
Roy Rubin
Advisor of OroCommerce
Roy Rubin is the co-founder and was the Chief Operating Officer for Magento while the company was part of eBay. Roy directed the vision and goals for the company, leading the team every step of the way through growing the company’s customer base, as well as partner, developer and merchant integrations. He also works closely with the product and marketing teams, making sure that go-to-market plans are executed flawlessly. Prior to his position as COO, Roy founded Varien (the original company behind Magento) in 2001 as a consultancy and has since transformed the eCommerce platform market with the release of the Magento platform in 2007. A results-oriented executive with over 10 years of experience founding and building products and organizations, Roy is deeply entrenched in the eCommerce and open source markets and grew Magento to be a disruptive, global player.
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About : OroCommerce is the company behind OroCRM, OroCommerce and the OroPlatform.
Aaron Stein
Advisor of Dia&Co
Aaron Stein is an executive coach and advisor for startups. Prior to that, he was employed as the vice president of marketing at DigitalOcean. Stein holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He lives in New York, United States.
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About : Dia&Co sells plus size clothing and accessories via a try at home model.
Forrest Bennett
Information Security Advisor of FedEx
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About : FedEx provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce, and business services.
Sameer Gulati
President & Chief Operating Officer; Advisor (Current) of Plastiq
As Chief Operations Officer, Sameer has responsibility for Lending Club’s operations and corporate strategy, including managing customer support and our customer-facing operations. Before joining Lending Club,Sameer was a partner and leader of the Digital Banking & Consumer Credit practice at McKinsey & Company in London, UK. During his 11 years with McKinsey, he advised global and emerging financial services institutions on key initiatives in retail banking, consumer credit, digital payments, and risk management. He is a well-respected thought leader, regularly speaking at banking and fintech conferences and authoring documents on financial services and credit card issues, trends, and seminal financial service sector topics. Prior experience includes several years in technology roles at Cambridge Technology Partners and Integral, where he implemented solutions for financial services players. Sameer holds an MBA in strategy and entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BTech in chemical engineering and computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi.
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About Plastiq: Plastiq offers a bill pay service for businesses to better manage their cash flow.
Ed Kearney
Director & Advisor of Snappr
Ed has over a decade of experience in photography & videography, including founding the agency Tah Dah Productions. He co-founded GownTown & has a Masters in Engineering.
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About GownTown, Snappr: Snappr is the one-stop-shop for visual content creation, including the largest on-demand photographer and photo editing marketplace
Dan Teree
Advisor of Vango
Dan Teree Co-founder, CEO at Big Neon.
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About Big Neon, Tari Labs: Changing the way we buy original art
Scott Crosby
Advisor and Investor of Scriber
Scott currently serves as COO of Euclid Elements, a venture-backed startup in Palo Alto. Previously, he was cofounder (along with Paul Muret, Brett Crosby, and Jack Ancone) of Urchin Software Corp., which was acquired by Google in 2005. The product is now known as Google Analytics. Scott is a graduate of UCSB, where he operated a video arcade called the Green Room.
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About Pacific Ocean: Scriber is cloud-based tool that empowers companies to re-target those who abandon filling out their online forms.
Ben Lagemann
Advisor and Investor of Scriber
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About : Scriber is cloud-based tool that empowers companies to re-target those who abandon filling out their online forms.
Drew Sfugaras
Co-founder and Industry Advisor of Abound
Drew Sfugaras is the Co-Founder of Abound.
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About Abound: Abound is a marketplace that helps entrepreneurs gain the insights and connections needed to place their products on retail shelves.
Leonard Schlesinger
Special Advisor of Data Point Capital
Len is a Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School after concluding a five-year term as President of Babson College. Prior to Babson, Len was at Limited Brands (now L Brands), where he served as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer, and before that was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Au Bon Pain. His earlier academic career includes twenty years at Harvard Business School where he served as the George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration, leading MBA and executive education programs. Len currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), a Director of Viewpost, LLC, a Director of Demandware, a member of the Corporation of the Winsor School, a member of the President’s Council of the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, an advisory council member of Goldman Sachs’ 10,000 Small Businesses Initiative, and as a member of both the Council on Competitiveness and the Council on Foreign Relations.
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About : Data Point Capital is a venture capital fund focused on the internet. The fund is non-stage specific and is made up of business executives
Brad Juneau
Senior Advisor of inKind
Leader. Operations, strategic and tactical. GM, Sales/BD lead – start-up to established. Domestic and international. Acquired, integrated, and divested large and small companies.
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About : inKind finances restaurants by purchasing large amounts of food and beverage credits upfront, and then selling that F&B credit to consumers.
Noah Eisner
Startup Advisor of Eloquent Labs
In 2006 Noah founded Coupa software, an industry leader in spend management software. Noah has since become an advisor to a number of young enterprise/B2B startups. He works closely with Old St Labs guiding the business on product strategy and positioning.
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About : Eloquent Labs supplies artificial intelligence to augment and replace live chat customer support agents at eCommerce companies.
Susan Kelly-Gilbert
Board of Advisors of otto by DEVCON
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About : otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Ron Parsons
Board of Advisors of otto by DEVCON
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About : otto by DEVCON specializes in the fields of risk management and SaaS.
Patrick Yee
Advisor of friendbuy
Patrick is currently Executive Vice President of Marketing & Strategy at Refinery29, the largest independent fashion and style media brand in the United States. Patrick was formerly Co-Founder and President/COO of Shopflick, a venture-capital backed video-ecommerce marketplace which was sold to Sugar Publishing in 2009. Prior to Shopflick, he co-founded and served as VP of Marketing & Strategy at Rocket XL, a full service interactive marketing agency sold to Cossette Communications Group in 2008. Mr. Yee was an equity research analyst at Soros Fund Management where he covered the technology and telecommunications industries. He began his career at Wasserstein Perella & Co. (now Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein), providing M&A and strategic advisory services to clients in the retail and consumer products industries.
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About : Powering referral marketing for the hottest companies in e-commerce.
Markus Rottmaier
Chief Advisor Growth of Productsup
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About Productsup: Productsup opens the gateway to sustainable commerce success.
Rob Schmults
Member of the Advisory Board of Bazaarvoice
At Intent Media, Rob oversees developing new markets. The company helps retail sites fully monetize their site traffic by deploying predictive analytics and scoring to make smart decisions on what to show site visitors. Before joining Intent Media in 2010, he was CMO at Smart Destinations, a ticketing platform for museums, sights, and tours. He led online and offline marketing, as well as the web store responsible for 70% of the company’s B2C sales. Previously, Rob spent several years at GSI Commerce, leading a group that managed 30 online and catalog businesses, including Sports Authority, Bath & Body Works, and iRobot. Earlier in his career, he worked for Fort Point Partners, McKinsey & Co., and Worlds Inc.
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About : Bazaarvoice helps brands capture, analyze and act upon social data, and enables authentic customer-powered marketing.
Mark Carleton
Senior Advisor of Liberty Media
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About Live Nation Entertainment, Sirius XM: Liberty Media operates in the video and online commerce, media, communications, and entertainment businesses.
Manny Rivelo
Advisor of Fashwire
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About Forcepoint: A two-sided global platform: B2B data hub to navigate consumer demand and B2C shopping platform powered by consumer preferences.
Abdul Popal
Investor, Advisory Board of 500Friends
Abdul Popal is the Investor at Density
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About : 500friend provides loyalty marketing solutions for internet retailers and brands.
Dries Buytaert
Strategic Advisor of Reaction Commerce
Dries is the original creator and project lead for the Drupal open source web publishing and collaboration platform. He serves as president of the Drupal Association, a non-profit organisation formed to help Drupal flourish. A native of Belgium, Dries holds a PhD in computer science and engineering from Ghent University.
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About Acquia, Drupal, Drupal Association, The World Economic Forum: Reaction Commerce is an open and real-time commerce platform for modern retailers.
Anthony Costanzo
Co-Founder & Advisor of Exeest
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About Exeest: Exeest is a B2B digital market for premium Film, TV, and digital content that provides an integrated experience from discovery to delivery.
Jorge Mora
Investor, Board of Advisors Member of Flont
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About : #1 fine jewelry membership. Fine jewelry in the sharing economy, in partnership with the leading brands and designers.
Kenneth Blatt
Board of Advisors Member of Flont
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About : #1 fine jewelry membership. Fine jewelry in the sharing economy, in partnership with the leading brands and designers.
George Matouk
Board of Advisors Member of Flont
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About : #1 fine jewelry membership. Fine jewelry in the sharing economy, in partnership with the leading brands and designers.
Michael Crotty
Board of Advisors Member of Flont
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About : #1 fine jewelry membership. Fine jewelry in the sharing economy, in partnership with the leading brands and designers.
Stefan Haney
CTO & Strategic Advisor of Foundry Brands
Stefan was a key leader in building Seller Central and the Amazon Marketplace from $9B to over $160B. He brings a proven track record of launching new technology, delivering business results, mission critical programs, projects, and systems in a variety of industries. Stefan lives in Moscow, ID with his wife and kids. When not shuttling his seven kids to activities, you can often find Stefan adventuring on a bicycle.
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About Foundry Brands: Foundry Brands is a platform that supports and acquires online brands.
Mark Dorner
Board of Advisory/ Member of SetSchedule
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About : Your Voice Your Business, SetSchedule is Revolutionizing Business Development Using SAAS, Mobile And Marketplace Products.
Noah Judson
Technical Advisor – Board of Directors of CoinBeyond
Founder at CoinBeyond
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About CoinBeyond: Modern Payment Processing, Simplified.
Dan Purdy
Director of Door to Discovery – WWU, MBA Professor, Board of Advisors of CoinBeyond
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About : Modern Payment Processing, Simplified.
Martha Snider
Board of Advisors of Oink
Martha has been an Independent Director of Oink since March 2012. She is an award-winning philanthropist and designer and is recognized as an innovative leader.
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About : Oink offers a payment service for children to make purchases online in a manner that is approved and monitored by their parents.
Sela Ward
Board of Advisors of Oink
Sela Ward is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American movie and television actress and a mother of two. In 2002, she also initiated and partially funded the creation of Hope Village, an emergency shelter for abused and neglected children awaiting placement in foster homes.
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About : Oink offers a payment service for children to make purchases online in a manner that is approved and monitored by their parents.
Roy Johanson
Advisor of Stock Mfg. Co.
Roy Johanson is Advisor at Stock Manufacturing Company.
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About : Stock Mfg. Co. is an American-made clothing brand that designs and manufactures premium men’s clothing in their Chicago factory.
Deep Nishar
Member, Board of Advisors of MUrgency
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About : MUrgency Inc. is a holding company for multiple businesses playing the role of the idea generator, incubator, accelerator& growth hacker
Jim Young
Lead Tech Advisor of MUrgency
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About MUrgency: MUrgency Inc. is a holding company for multiple businesses playing the role of the idea generator, incubator, accelerator& growth hacker
Jim Young
Lead Tech Advisor of MUrgency
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About MUrgency: MUrgency Inc. is a holding company for multiple businesses playing the role of the idea generator, incubator, accelerator& growth hacker
William A Sanger
Member, Board of Advisors of MUrgency
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About : MUrgency Inc. is a holding company for multiple businesses playing the role of the idea generator, incubator, accelerator& growth hacker
Zac Backlin
Board Advisor of BankBazaar.com
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About : BankBazaar.com is a neutral online marketplace that gives instant customized rate quotes on loans and insurance products.
Hoby Darling
Advisor of TheDrop.com
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About : A global marketplace and DTC services platform for the $200 billion Streetwear market.
Derek Blasberg
Advisor of Narrativ
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About : Narrativ is a subscription technology platform for brands to acquire new customers through trusted creators, not sponsored content or ads.
Drew Patterson
Board and Advisor of Rocketmiles
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About Transparent: Rocketmiles is a startup that lets travelers earn frequent flier miles in major airline programs when booking hotel stays through its site.
Brian Beck
Board Of Advisors of Credit Key
Brian has 20+ years of experience, including more than a decade as a C-level Ecommerce executive. As the SVP of Strategy at Guidance, he advises industry leaders on driving rapid growth through Ecommerce. Previously, Brian served as Interim VP of Ecommerce at PacSun, a 600+ store apparel retailer. Brian also was VP Ecommerce for Harbor Freight, a 700-store retailer of tools, and held executive roles at OvernightPrints.com, Costume Supercenter, and Broadspan Commerce.
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About : Credit Key is a patented pay-over-time financing solution for e-commerce merchants.
Carlos Moreno
Board Advisor of Reformation
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About Dutch: Reformation is a revolution in fashion where design, value, and sustainability coexist.
Kihong Bae
Advisor of Brandboom
Kihong Bae is the Managing Partner at Strong Ventures.
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About Musicshake, Strong Ventures: Brandboom is a wholesale platform providing effortless cloud-based Line Sheets, order management, & a revolutionized wholesale marketplace.
Marcelo Ballona
Advisory Board of Club Point
Marcelo Ballona is a Senior and Executive level management experience with international exposure to Internet, Digital Content, E-Commerce and Technology related industries. Successfully launched two venture financed start-ups in Technology and E-Commerce area. Restructuring and Global Strategic Planning experience in the Content and Entertainment Industry. Coming from a private equity and investment background, with international management and global business development experience. Highly skilled at identifying new technology, revenue channels and emerging opportunities for IT and content related industries. Expert at negotiating and closing major deals, including for Startups, Business Development, Partnerships, M&A transactions, Content Licensing and Revenue Sharing. Expert in developing hands-on leadership programs and guidance and mentoring for sales, marketing, finance and corporate development teams.
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About : Clubpoint.com, an online private shopping club, offers clothing, electronics, sport accessories, and other items at preferred prices.
David Roberts
Board of Advisors of RedAwning
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About : RedAwning is an online travel agency that enables tourists to search and book vacation homes around the world.
David Roberts
Board of Advisors of RedAwning
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About : RedAwning is an online travel agency that enables tourists to search and book vacation homes around the world.
Frank Halpin
Advisory Board Member of Merchant Service Group, LLC
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About : Merchant Service Group provides card payment processing solutions for businesses.
Alice Kong
Advisory Board Member of Merchant Service Group, LLC
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About : Merchant Service Group provides card payment processing solutions for businesses.
Mark Wilser
Advisory Board Member of Merchant Service Group, LLC
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About : Merchant Service Group provides card payment processing solutions for businesses.
Kevin Davis
Advisory Board Member of Merchant Service Group, LLC
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About : Merchant Service Group provides card payment processing solutions for businesses.
Deborah Parker Wong
FABA Advisory Board Member, Jury member of French American Chamber of Commerce
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About : French-American Chamber of Commerce in New York is a member of the Union des Chambres de Commerce.
Scott Dudelson
Advisory Board Member of PawnGuru.com
Scott Dudelson is an internet entrepreneur and co-founder / Chief Operating Officer of Prodege, LLC, owner of the web’s premier online rewards destination, Swagbucks.com. Prodege & Swagbucks.com have garnered a number of corporate awards including three consecutive placements (2011-2013) on the Inc Fast 500 and Los Angeles Business Journal Fastest Growing Company List. In 2013 Prodege was named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the best places to work in the city, and its 10,000% five year growth landed the company a top 25 placement on Deloitte’s national Fastest 500 Growing Company List. In 2014 Swagbucks received its first outside capital – a $60 million dollar investment from Technology Crossover Ventures. Prior to co-founding Prodege, Dudelson founded Music for Charity Productions – a non-profit consulting firm specializing in the marriage of entertainment brands and charitable causes. In 2005 Music for Charity Productions became one of the first firms to introduce SMS (text message) fundraising in the United States with the launch of the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund’s text for charity campaign featuring Pearl Jam, OK GO and other artists. While leading Music for Charity productions, the firm produced and promoted over a dozen benefit events featuring a wide variety of artists including Sheryl Crow, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, Sara Bareilles, Garbage, Crowded House, Jerry Cantrell (of Alice in Chains), and George Clinton. Dudelson is also a writer, guest speaker and concert photographer who currently writes a business blog for Inc Magazine and has served multiple times as both a moderator and panelist at SXSW. Dudelson’s award winning concert photography is represented by RockPaperPhoto.com and has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, KROQ.com, AOL’s Spinner.com, and Classic Rock Magazine. In 2013 CBS LA named Dudelson one of the top 5 best concert photographers in the city. Dudelson is currently based in Malibu, California.
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About Canyon Creek Capital, Dudelson Concert Photography & Licensing, Getty Images, Haven Coliving, Make Sense Labs: PawnGuru connects consumers with pawn shops and used goods stores online, bringing them multiple offers for their merchandise.
Carlo Privitera
Advisor of SeeChic
Carlo joined Investindustrial in 2016 and he is responsible for the technology and digitalization centre of excellence based in the New York office. Prior to this, he was at Luxottica Group where he held different senior positions such as President or E-Commerce & Digital Innovation Lab and COO of Luxottica Retail in North America. Carlo started his career as a consultant and later moved to Fiat where he held roles including VP of Production Controls & Logistics and VP of Alfa Romeo Supply Chain. Since leaving Luxottica last year, Carlo has acted as an advisor and board member to several technology startups.
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About : SeeChic is an online store for contact lenses and authentic designer sunglasses.
David Gillespie
Product Advisor of TRIBE
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About : TRIBE is a technology platform that enables digital marketers to quickly and cost-effectively source branded content from creators.
David Gillespie
Product Advisor of TRIBE
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About : TRIBE is a technology platform that enables digital marketers to quickly and cost-effectively source branded content from creators.
Julie Gardner
Chairwoman North America of The Bonial International Group’s Advisory Board of Bonial.com
Cited by Forbes in 2012 as the 11th most influential CMO in the world, Julie Gardner was most recently CMO of Kohl’s Department stores, a $19 billion fashion retailer operating 1,155 stores in 49 states and a $1 billion ecommerce business. “Imagine an application that aggregates the circulars of multiple retailers on your phone or your tablet, allowing you to search for the most-wanted holiday gifts by subject to see where they are available and create lists to make sure you hit all of the right stores at the right times for coveted door busters and other deals. This application is called Retale.”
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About : Bonial.com operates the location based shopping platform worldwide, connecting shoppers with their favorite local stores and brands.
Joseph Fuller
Advisor of REINGE
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About : REINGE is a high-end streetwear brand for athletes.
Cindy Le
Marketing Advisor of RageOn!
Co-founder in stealth mode.
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About Stealth Mode, Upstart Marketing: The World’s Best Custom Creation Social Marketplace
Jeff Dayton
Advisor of RageOn!
Advisor, angel investor, Tier 1 CTO, Venture leader
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About : The World’s Best Custom Creation Social Marketplace
Danny Wong
Co-Founder, Advisor & Lead Evangelist of Blank Label
Danny Wong is an entrepreneur, marketer and writer. He is the co-founder of Blank Label, an award-winning luxury menswear company, and leads marketing for Receiptful, a platform to supercharge all customer interactions for eCommerce stores, and Tenfold, a seamless click-to-dial solution for high-performance sales teams.
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About Blank Label, Entrepreneur Media, HuffPost Japan, Search Engine Journal: Blank Label is an online custom shirt-maker that designs classic, custom-made menswear and delivers it to clients with a fit guarantee.
Russell Stravitz
Advisor of Treat Angel
Russell Stravitz is a veteran retail executive with more than 40 years’ industry experience. His career includes more than 20 years at Bloomingdale’s, 10 years as CEO of 75-store group Rich’s (now Macy’s) and four years as CEO of Brylane, where he transformed one of the largest US mail order catalog companies into an online and offline business. In 2004, Russell formed a private consulting company and spent six years serving a number of private equity companies seeking to acquire retail, e-commerce and mail order businesses. He is currently a SCORE mentor working with Treat Angel on an advisory basis.
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About : Treat Angel is an ecommerce brand creating a sustainable platform that looks beyond the trends of flash sales.
Ming Chen
Advisor of Cosmunity
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About : Cosmunity brings together virtual conventions, event discovery, social connections, and media sharing devoted to geek culture fans.
Donald Harrington
Advisory Board Member of ShoppingScout
Mr. Harrington brings 26 years of retail industry experience and has held a variety of key executive positions such as President, GMM, VP Store Operations and Regional Director at national retailers such as Elder Beerman, Pic n’ Pay, and CVS. At these retailers, Mr. Harrington successfully managed and led chain-wide process reengineering efforts and multiple turnarounds, including Bee Gee Shoes, a 130-store footwear retailer. Mr. Harrington joins KhiMetrics from JDA Software Group where he served as Director of Strategic Consulting for JDA’s global e-commerce practice. At JDA, Mr. Harrington was responsible for developing alliances with best practice providers such as IBM, Blue Martini, Accrue Software and others. His education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.
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About : Your pre-shopping price comparison app that optimizes the cost and location of your grocery store trip.
Top Tulyathorn
Advisor of Sene
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About : We design & custom-make clothing with innovative fabrics using data science
Jon Beyer
Advisor of coversplash
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About : Empowering photographers with beautiful and social websites
Ralph Guggenheim
Advisor of coversplash
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About : Empowering photographers with beautiful and social websites
Phil Richardson
Advisory Member of Local Measure
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About : Real-time customer experience platform.
Gavin Dogan
Advisor & Investor of Sankalpa
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About : Global platform for artist designed yoga gear.
Wilson Fong
Advisor of Sankalpa
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About : Global platform for artist designed yoga gear.
Wilson Fong
Advisor of Sankalpa
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About : Global platform for artist designed yoga gear.
Rob Goergen
Senior Advisor of ONEHOPE
Rob Goergen is Board of Director at Direct Selling Association.
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About : ONEHOPE is a social enterprise that sells wine and other products and services to raise awareness and funding for charitable organizations.
Gary Gurevich
Advisor of Rentah
Founder at Rentah
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About : Rentah is a renting platform where users can list and rent everything.
Manu Gambhir
Board Member & Advisor of Thrive Commerce
Manu Gambhir is SVP and General Manager of Rewards Based Games for RockYou where he is charged with developing and leading the execution of the corporate strategy for rewards-based gaming. Manu is a seasoned entrepreneur who co-founded Ryzing, a sweepstakes-based social gaming company allowing players to compete for real cash and prizes through its popular Bingo by Ryzing. Prior to Ryzing, Manu was managing director for Cantor Fitzgerald’s online gaming business in the United Kingdom, a role he assumed when Cantor bought his previous online gaming business, Kismet. Prior to Cantor’s acquisition, Kismet built and marketed Harrods Online Casino targeting the UK market and running on Kismet’s proprietary gaming platform which was rated as best in its class by a leading global consulting firm. Manu previously co-founded Intermedia Interactive Solution in Philadelphia which focused on multimedia education, reference and entertainment where he led the development of products such as Forbes Corporate Warrior, TV Guide Multimedia Crosswords, Reader’s Digest Multimedia Crosswords, Lovejoy’s College Counselor, Kaplan’s Career Counselor and many others. Intermedia was sold in 1998. Manu is a passionate online gamer and serial entrepreneur who holds a BS in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School and a BSE in Computer Science Engineering from University of Pennsylvania.
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About : Thrive Commerce has created the first centralized deal management platform for online retailers.
Gary Flake
Advisor of Faira
CEO, Clipboard (acq. By Salesforce); former Technical Fellow, Microsoft, and VP Technology & Principal Scientist, Yahoo!.
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About Omnity: Faira is a real estate technology platform that is revolutionizing the way people buy and sell homes.
Jeffrey Moore
Advisor/ Investor of Mavatar
Jeffrey H. Moore serves as Member Board of Advisors at Fluent Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Moore serves as Member of advisory board at Mavatar Technologies Inc. A Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty member for more than 25 years, Mr. Moore serves as Assistant Dean for Computer and Information Systems. Since joining the GSB, he has designed and taught courses in the School’s Operations, Information and Technology area at the MBA, Executive, and Ph.D. levels. A two-time recipient of the school’s Sloan Teaching Excellence Award, he is also Director of SunTELL, the GSB’s Technology Experimental Learning Laboratory, sponsored by a grant from SUN Microsystems.
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About : Mavatar make the world around us shop-able on blockchain.
Warren Bingham
Advisor of Eventerprise
Seasoned finance & operations executive with 20 years of experience with high-growth technology companies, most notably in Enterprise software & cloud based computing.
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About : Eventerprise is the go-to platform for people that want to host events.
Cynthia Sass
Advisor of SmartStory Technologies
Cynthia Sass is a nationally known nutrition and health expert, based in New York City and Los Angeles. For years, Cynthia has been a go-to resource for the media. She has appeared on the Today Show, Good Morning America, The Early Show & CBS This Morning, The Rachel Ray Show, The Biggest Loser, The Dr. Oz Show, The Martha Stewart Show, Nightline, ABC World News Tonight, CNN, Extra, The Insider, Access Hollywood Live, and Fox News. She is a New York Times Best Selling Author. Cynthia graduated with highest honors from Syracuse University where she received a bachelor’s degree in nutrition/dietetics and a master’s degree in nutrition science with a concentration in counseling. She completed a second master’s degree in public health with a concentration in community and family health education at the University of South Florida.
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About : SmartStory develops an enterprise content delivery and analytics platform designed to help businesses communicate more effectively.
Roger Hefflinger
Advisor of SmartStory Technologies
Dr. Hefflinger received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Nebraska and completed a Clinical Pharmacy Residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He has spent the last 25 years assisting with physician training and education in in-patient and ambulatory care environments. His areas of interest include asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease management, pain management, infectious disease, and the appropriate usage of medications for chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, depression, and arthritis.
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About : SmartStory develops an enterprise content delivery and analytics platform designed to help businesses communicate more effectively.
Lucy Carter
Advisor of SmartStory Technologies
Lucy Carter recently retired as the Head of the Education Division for Audioboo.com. In that role, Lucy was responsible for the development of the K-12 and Higher Education market, products and services. Prior to Audioboo, Lucy was the VP of Product Development for RedRock Reports. She and her team built RedRock Online, a powerful sales support engine that helps companies who sell to education markets connect the dots between their products, relevant funding sources and the target customer. Lucy also served as Director of Apple Global Training for many years. In that role she was responsible for the development and delivery of sales, product, technical and customer training and communications. Her target audience included over 300,000 people in Apple’s direct sales forces, retail stores, iPhone carriers and channel partners worldwide. For her innovative work at Apple and throughout her career, Lucy was awarded a Lifetime Impact Award by The Maisie Institute at the Learning 2007 Conference. Before her second tour at Apple, Lucy was CEO of Knowledge Architecture, Inc., a consulting company that specialized in rethinking learning and communications strategies and applying appropriate technology. She helped corporations analyze, create strategies and design methods to fully utilize the power of intellectual capital. She has a strong history of leadership, technology development and education. Using her vision of a technology-supported performance environment she has guided many companies through re-engineering efforts. Knowledge Architecture’s client list included Oracle Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, Landor Associates, Versant Object Technologies, Xerox, MCI, Apple Computer, Inc. and Citibank. Before co-founding Knowledge Architecture, Inc. Lucy was Sr. Vice president of Business Communications at Eagle River Interactive. In that role she directed the activities of both the technology development team and the business development staff. She was responsible for helping to create a new market combining performance support environments with the emergence of the Internet and interactive technologies. Her organization created and implemented interactive training and communications systems for major corporations. Prior to Eagle River, Lucy worked for Apple, Inc. from 1984-1996 where she was Director of Learning Market Development responsible for learning market investments, products, alliances and technologies. Before that role, Lucy served as Director of Worldwide Performance Systems. Under her direction, Apple developed and implemented ARPLE, Apple’s worldwide performance support system, the first just-in time learning technology developed for knowledge workers. She was also responsible for the customer research and competitive analysis groups and managed Apple’s video and TV services. Before assuming this role, Lucy held a variety of sales and management positions in Apple’s field organization. Before joining Apple in 1984, Lucy spent five years at CBS Educational and Professional Publishing where she was a mathematics and science consultant in the textbook division. She contributed to the development of the first school management software systems and interactive curriculum titles. Prior to CBS, Lucy was a classroom teacher in the Knox County Schools in Tennessee. During the ten years Lucy spent in the classroom, she developed curriculum for the first open space and year-round schools in Tennessee. For her leading-edge work in curriculum design and her innovative instructional techniques, Lucy was named Teacher of the Year and also received the Outstanding Young Educator Award. Lucy holds a bachelor’s degree in educational psychology from the University of Tennessee and has done post-graduate work in art. She is also a recognized speaker and consultant in the field of human capital development, business learning, instructional design and the development of interactive learning and communications technologies. She has presented in workshops and seminars sponsored by the International Society for Performance Improvement and the International Quality and Productivity Center, as well as the American Society for Training and Development, and the Maisie Institute.
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About : SmartStory develops an enterprise content delivery and analytics platform designed to help businesses communicate more effectively.
Timothy Johans
Advisor of SmartStory Technologies
Dr. Johans is a board-certified and Fellowship-trained neurosurgeon with special interests in surgical management of spinal and brain conditions. Dr. Johans completed his general and neurosurgical residencies at the Oregon Health Sciences University. Dr. Johans is committed to a lifetime of learning and enjoys utilizing technology for patient education and healing. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, biking, and sailing. She is a native of North Carolina and graduated with honors from Appalachian State University with a major in Public Relations and Marketing. Lori has served on multiple boards since 2010.
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About : SmartStory develops an enterprise content delivery and analytics platform designed to help businesses communicate more effectively.
Robert Lawless
Advisor of Slick Energy, Inc.
Robert Lawless is the Director of Community at Salsify.
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About Salsify: Slick Energy, the first integrated online platform for the $100+ billion (annual) home energy services industry.
Mike Alic
Advisor of Balluun
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About : B2B SaaS provider connecting B2B buyers and sellers via vertical market networks (social network + e-commerce + business applications)
Greg Pippo
Advisor of Brick & Portal
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About : A social e-commerce platform that allows users to curate looks with optimized items from a machine+human e-commerce aggregator.
Cesar Lang
Advisor of Propagad
Driven Real Estate, Design & Architecture Executive with innovative skills in construction, marketing and sales.
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About : Make Money Selling Ads Anywhere
David Wigler
Board Member – Advisor of DontGo
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About : DontGo’s patented technology reinvents Chat by utilizing AI to solve how companies convert their web visitors into customers