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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 President operating in the E-Commerce space. If you think a President 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.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Derek Joyce
Vice President and General Manager, Global Accounts of Klarna
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About Klarna: Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers.
Matthew Meisner
Vice President, Research and Development of Farmers Business Network
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About Farmers Business Network: FBN is an AgTech and commerce platform that helps its members make confident decisions to ensure the economic viability of their farms.
Kara Hurst
Vice President, Amazon; Head of Worldwide Sustainability of Amazon
Kara Hurst is the Head of Worldwide Sustainability at Amazon. Prior to Amazon, Hurst was appointed as the CEO of The Sustainability Consortium in August of 2012. Hurst spent eleven years at BSR (Business for Social Responsibility), where she served as Vice President, playing a crucial role in BSR’s global expansion by overseeing all activities on the U.S. East Coast, BSR’s work with governments, multi laterals and foundations, and the annual BSR Conference. A skilled CSR practitioner, Hurst’s areas of expertise include corporate transparency, responsible supply chain management, management structures, policy assessment, and industry collaboration. Hurst holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College of Columbia University.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Andrew Jassy
President and CEO of Amazon
Andy Jassy leads the Amazon Web Services business (AWS) and the Technology Infrastructure organization for Amazon.com. AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon.com that provides software developers and businesses with cloud-based infrastructure services that are inexpensive, reliable, scalable, comprehensive and flexible. AWS has grown tremendously since its inception in 2006 and now provides infrastructure services to hundreds of thousands of businesses around the world from start-ups to enterprises to government agencies. Andy earned his bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and his master’s of business administration from Harvard Business School.
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About Amazon, Amazon Web Services: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Toni Reid
Vice President of Alexa Experience & Echo Devices, Amazon of Amazon
Toni Reid oversees the Alexa Experience organization. She focuses on driving feature awareness and engagement, building Alexa’s personality, and maintaining customer trust, among other areas. Toni joined the Alexa team in 2014. Toni joined Amazon in 1998 as a recruiter, and has worked on several different Amazon teams, including Amazon Fresh, IMDb, and Amazon Media Group. Over the course of her career, she has helped launch several of Amazon’s high-profile initiatives, such as Dash, X-ray on Amazon Video, and most recently Echo devices and Alexa. Named to Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women, Fast Company’s list of Most Creative People, and the Recode 100, Toni is passionate about innovating on behalf of customers. Toni earned her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of North Texas.
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About Amazon, Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Dilip Kumar
Vice President, Physical Retail and Technology of Amazon
Dilip Kumar is the Vice President of Technology for Amazon Go and Amazon Books. He joined the company in July 2003 and has held a variety of roles in Amazon’s Consumer business. Dilip has led teams responsible for forecasting and supply chain, contribution profit, pricing, and helped bring cutting edge Machine Learning to Amazon’s core Retail systems. He spent two years as Jeff Bezos’s Technical Advisor before joining the nascent Amazon Go team. Dilip holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Science and earned his MBA at Wharton.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
David Limp
Senior Vice President, Devices & Services of Amazon
David Limp has been at Amazon since March 2010 and is currently SVP of Amazon Devices & Services. He is responsible for the development, retail sales and operational aspects of Amazon’s consumer electronic devices and the services behind them, including Alexa, Echo, Kindle, Fire TV, Fire tablets, Ring, Day 1 Editions, Amazon Key, Amazon Appstore, and Project Kuiper. Prior to Amazon, David served as Venture Partner of Azure Capital Partners for four years. Before Azure, he served as Chief Strategy Officer of Palm where he was responsible for corporate development, business development and applications. From July 1997 to August 2002, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Liberate Technologies. David started his career at Apple Computer and held various positions from 1987 to 1996, the last of which was Director of the North and South American PowerBook division. David has B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from Vanderbilt University and a M.S. degree in Management from Stanford University, Graduate School of Business.
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About Amazon, Amazon, HDmessaging: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Rohit Prasad
Vice President & Head Scientist, Alexa AI of Amazon
Rohit Prasad is vice president and head scientist, Amazon Alexa, the voice service that powers Amazon’s family of Echo products, Amazon Fire TV and third-party offerings. Prasad leads Alexa research and development in Artificial Intelligence technologies aimed at making interaction with Alexa a magical experience for customers. Prior to Amazon, Prasad was deputy manager and senior director of the Speech, Language and Multimedia Business Unit at Raytheon BBN Technologies. In that role, he directed U.S. Government-sponsored research and development initiatives in speech-to-speech translation, psychological health analytics, document image translation and STEM learning. He earned his master’s degree in Electrical Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, and a bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, India.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Maxwell Bardon
Vice President, Consumer Payments of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Pat Bajari
Chief Economist and Vice President of Amazon
Patrick Bajari is Chief Economist and Vice President of Amazon Core AI. In this role, Mr. Bajari leads a team of approximately 120 software engineers and scientists in machine learning, statistics, operations research, and econometrics. His team is focused on delivering AI-enabled technologies throughout Amazon’s businesses, from Alexa to Amazon Go. Since joining Amazon in 2010, his team has built scalable systems for pricing, supply chain, operations, automated marketing, search, and other systems at Amazon. Mr. Bajari is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, an elected Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a Board Directors for the National Association of Business Economists. He also currently serves as Professor of Economics at the University of Washington. Prior to joining Amazon, Mr. Bajari was a faculty member in the economics departments at Harvard, Stanford, Duke, and University of Minnesota.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Patrick Gauthier
Vice President of Amazon
Patrick Gauthier is the Vice President of Amazon Pay. He is responsible for leading Amazon’s payment services for 3rd party merchants globally including Login with Amazon and the associated value added services. Patrick is a 20-year veteran of the payments and ecommerce industry. Most recently he was General Manager, Emerging Retail Solutions at PayPal where he managed PayPal’s prepaid, gift and demand generation businesses. Patrick has also held executive positions in innovation, product, sales and corporate development at Visa, Schlumberger, and Silicon Valley mobile and e-commerce startups. Patrick has held positions on the board of directors of, mFormation (mobile device management); Arcot (authentication); mTLD (Domain name); Upek (Biometrics); Humetrix.net. (eHealth), Tyfone (NFC), Sequent Software (Mobile Security) and SecureKey (Identity management). He is also a Foreign Trade Advisor to the France Ministry of Economy (Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur de la France). Patrick holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Telecom Sud Paris in France.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Stephenie Landry
Vice President, Grocery of Amazon
Stephenie Landry is the Worldwide Vice President of Amazon Prime Now, Amazon Fresh and Amazon Restaurants. Stephenie has been with Amazon.com for over 13 years and during that time she has held a variety of roles with a special focus on launching new initiatives. She was a founding team member of Amazon Fresh (fresh grocery delivery), and she led the conception and launch of several initiatives including Amazon Student, Amazon Mom, and Prime Pantry. She also led the team that created Prime Now, bringing the idea to market in 111 days total. Stephenie joined Amazon as a Pathways Intern after earning her Masters from University of Michigan. Prior to joining Amazon, she spent two years working at an Internet Start-up in San Francisco prior to earning her Master’s Degree.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Ned Curic
Vice President of Alexa Automotive of Amazon
Ned Curic has been Vice President of Automotive for Alexa at Amazon.com, Inc. since June 2017. Mr. Curic has more than 20 years of experience in technology field specializing in advanced technology and enterprise security. Before Amazon, he served as the Chief Technology Officer and Group Vice President at Toyota Motor North America Inc. as well he was co-founder and EVP at Toyota Connected, Toyota’s global connected car company. Before Toyota, he worked for Microsoft in various capacities.
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About Amazon, Stellantis: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Jay Marine
Vice President, Prime Video, Worldwide Business & Product of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Brian Huseman
Vice President, Public Policy of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Peter Krawiec
Vice President of World Wide Corporate Development of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Babak Parviz
Vice President of Amazon
Babak Parviz is a Vice President at Amazon. He is the creator of Google Glass, a pioneer of building contact lens microsystems for healthcare monitoring and computing applications and has been active in developing human-machine interfaces for a number of years. Prior to joining Amazon, he was a Director at Google [X]. He received his BA in Literature from University of Washington, BS in Electronics from Sharif University of Technology, MS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from University of Michigan, PhD in Electrical Engineering from Univ. of Michigan; and completed his postdoctoral fellowship in Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard. His research and engineering interests span novel computing and communication paradigms, high-tech with social impact, bionanotechnology, bioengineering, and photonics. His work has been put on display at the London Museum of Science and has received numerous recognitions and awards including the NSF Career Award, MIT TR35, IEEE CAS Industrial Pioneer Award, Time magazine’s best invention of the year (2008 and 2012), Your Health Top 10 Medical advance of the year, and About.com top invention and has been reported on in thousands of articles worldwide. In 2012 he was selected by Ad Age as one of the 50 most creative people in the United States.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Matt Garman
Vice President, AWS Sales and Marketing of Amazon
Matt Garman serves as VP of AWS compute services.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
David A. Zapolsky
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Amazon
David Zapolsky joined Amazon.com in November 1999 as Associate General Counsel for Litigation and Regulatory matters and was promoted to Vice President in April 2002. He became Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in September 2012, overseeing the company’s legal, policy, compliance, and regulatory affairs. Prior to joining Amazon.com, David was a partner at the Seattle offices of Dorsey & Whitney and Bogle & Gates. Before moving to Seattle from New York City in 1994, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and later practiced law at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz. He received his undergraduate degree in music from Columbia University and a J.D. with honors from the University of California, Berkeley.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Daniel Rausch
Vice President Smart Home & Alexa Mobile of Amazon
Daniel Rausch currently works as the Vice President of the Smart Home business within Amazon Devices division.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Eric Broussard
Vice-President – International Seller Services of Amazon
Eric Broussard has been Vice President, International Marketplaces and Retail, since August 2012. In this role, based in Seattle, WA, he leads Amazon’s International Marketplace businesses in Europe, Japan, China and Australia, as well as Amazon Global Selling initiatives worldwide. Prior to that, Broussard was Vice President, Amazon Services Europe for eight years,where he led development and implementation of Amazon Seller Services strategy in Europe and Japan. Amazon Services Europe offers eCommerce solutions for retailers who want to leverage the technical platform, operational capabilities, professional services and online retailing expertise of Amazon.com. Under Broussard’s leadership, Amazon Services Europe has become a leading Marketplace for hundreds of thousands of Sellers offering millions of products to customers in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Japan. Before moving to Europe, Broussard was Amazon.com’s Vice President of Jewelry and Health & Personal Care based at Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Broussard drove the creation of these two businesses and managed all aspects of their expansion. Prior to this role, Broussard served as Amazon.com’s Vice President of partnerships and was responsible for the company’s alliances with third parties like Toysrus.com, Circuit City, Borders.com and drugstore.com. From 1999 to 2002, Broussard served as Vice President of the Home group at Amazon.com, managing the Kitchen, Tools & Hardware and Outdoor Living businesses. Broussard also managed Amazon.com’s launch into the UK and German markets, drove the integration of Amazon.com’s acquisition of PlanetAll and was instrumental in establishing Amazon.com’s partnership with drugstore.com. Prior to joining Amazon.com in 1998, Broussard was director of international Web business for Netscape Communications. There he developed marketing and sales strategies, negotiated contracts and managed public relations projects for Netscape’s European expansion activities. Prior to that, as a management consultant for Bain & Company, Broussard implemented corporate-wide strategies for Bain’s largest telecommunications client. Broussard’s experience also includes marketing positions and/or supervising projects at Cadence Design Systems and Valid Logic Systems.
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Scott Wiltamuth
Vice President, Machine Learning of Amazon
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Tom Taylor
Senior Vice President Amazon Alexa of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Jay Carney
Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs of Amazon
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About Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Stephen Hartell
Vice President of Amazon
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About Amazon, Amazon: Amazon is an e-commerce website for consumers, sellers, and content creators.
Amit Aggarwal
Sr. Vice President and Country Manager, Amazon India of Amazon
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Lauren Hobart
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Chelsea Collective General Manager of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Lauren Hobart joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in February 2011 as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Lauren currently serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer and Chelsea Collective General Manager. In this role, she oversees marketing for all of the Company’s lines of business, as well as the strategy, merchandising and operations for our specialty shop, Chelsea Collective. In addition, Lauren serves as the President of The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation. Prior to joining DICK’S, Lauren spent 14 years at PepsiCo in various roles, culminating in being the CMO of Carbonated Soft Drinks in North America. In addition to other significant marketing roles within PepsiCo, Lauren also worked with JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo earlier in her career. Since January 2014, Lauren has served on Sonic Corporation’s Board of Directors.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
George Giacobbe
Senior Vice President – Supply Chain of Dick’s Sporting Goods
George Giacobbe joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in 1999 as a Department Manager at the Smithton Distribution Center. George Giacobbe was promoted to the Director of Logistics and Project Manager in 2006, and has since held the roles of Senior Director of Operations for the Plainfield Distribution Center and VP of Supply Chain. In 2014, George Giacobbe was promoted to the role of SVP of Supply Chain. Prior to joining DICK’S, George Giacobbe employed with Lord & Taylor for 15 years, where he started as an executive trainee and held increasing roles of responsibility in operations.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Daniel Ostrowski
Senior Vice President, Store Environment of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dan Ostrowski was named Senior Vice President, Store Environment in November 2013, overseeing all aspects of our Store Environment. Dan Ostrowski joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in 1999 as a Director of Stores in Field Operations. In 2005, he took on the role of Vice President of New Stores, and in 2008 his role was expanded to include Construction and Facilities and again in 2012 to oversee all facets of the Store Environment as the Vice President of Store Environment.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Steve Mironov
Vice President, Store Operations of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Steve is a customer focused, results oriented operations professional with over twenty years of store operations experience growing sales, reducing expense, and streamlining operations. He is the Vice President, Store Operations for Dick’s Sporting Goods, where he has worked for the last seven years and is responsible for workforce management, operational planning and communications, store process and systems, and operational reporting and analytics.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
John Hayes
Senior Vice President – General Counsel & Secretary of Dick’s Sporting Goods
John Hayes joined DICK’S Sporting Goods as Senior Vice President – General Counsel & Secretary in January 2015. Prior to joining DICK’S, John served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary at Coldwater Creek. During his tenure with Coldwater he also served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and interim Senior Vice President and CFO. Prior to Coldwater, John was a partner with various prestigious law firms, including Hogan & Hartson, LLP in Boulder, CO, and Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP in Broomfield, CO.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Jason Williams
Vice President, Customer Technology of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Jason Williams is the Vice President of Customer Technology at Dick’s Sporting Goods. He is responsible leading the engineering efforts focused on delivering solutions impacting the customer’s journey. Jason has played a significant role in the ongoing digital transformation at Dick’s Sporting Goods.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Michele Willoughby
Executive Vice President – eCommerce & Supply Chain of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Michele Willoughby joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in March 2004 as Vice President – Planning and Allocation. She was promoted to Senior Vice President – Supply Chain in 2009 after serving as a key leader in our integration of the former Chick’s Sporting Goods business in California. In November 2010, the Company added eCommerce to her responsibilities. In July 2013, Michele Willoughby was promoted to Executive Vice President – Inventory, Supply Chain and eCommerce.
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JP Elliott
Vice President of Talent Management of Dick’s Sporting Goods
JP Elliott is the VP of talent management at Dick’s Sporting Goods at DICK’S Sporting Goods.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Alexander Tomey
Senior Vice President – GMM Athletic Apparel, Licensed & Accessories / Footwear / Outerwear Apparel of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Alex Tomey joined DICK’S Sporting Goods in June 2011 leading our Apparel and Footwear Merchandising categories. Previously, Alex Tomey was Vice President Product Development and Design for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where he was responsible for their private and exclusive brand portfolio including apparel, accessories, outerwear and shoes. During his tenure, he led the creation of Wal-Mart’s New York Apparel Office as well as managing all aspects of Kid’s Apparel. Before joining Wal-Mart, Alex Tomey held Merchandising and Product Development roles with Famous Barr and Kohl’s Department Stores.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods: Dick’s Sporting Goods is an authentic full-line sporting goods retailer offering a broad assortment of brand name sporting goods equipment
Marco Sawires
President and CEO of The Primo
Marco Sawires, originally of Aurora, Illinois, is the Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the board of The Primo Enterprises LLC, and theprimoco.com.
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About The Primo: The Primo is an e-commerce website for consumers
Sebastian Mejia
Co-founder & President of Rappi
Sebastián Mejia grew up in Cali, Colombia. He built his career working in the financial and technological sectors in New York, before starting his path as an entrepreneur. In 2013, Sebastián and Simón Borrero founded Grability, a company that offers mobile store solutions. In 2015, they created a spinoff called Rappi, an application that provides a solution in the delivery of products on demand Sebastian Mejia currently serves as the CSO and Co-Founder for Rappi, which connects the local economy of large urban populations across Latin America through last mile fulfillment of everyday items. Rappi impacts millions of consumers by removing friction of daily activities in cities allowing consumers to have anything delivered in minutes while creating enduring social impact for couriers and merchants alike. Rappi is mission-driven by a passionate team backed by the world’s most prominent investors.
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About Endeavor, Grability, Rappi: Rappi is a consumer tech company that specializes in providing online delivery services.
Trynka Shineman
EVP & President, Vistaprint BU of Cimpress
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About Cimpress: Cimpress is a developer of software and manufacturing capabilities that transform traditional markets in order to make customized products.
Ron Harries
Senior Vice President, Head of Retail of TechStyle Fashion Group
Ron Harries is Vice President, Head of Retail for Fabletics. A TechStyle Fashion Group brand & Co-founded by Kate Hudson, Fabletics offers high-quality fashion forward activewear for women at great prices. As a 30-year veteran of the retail business, Ron began his career at Sears in 1987. He has helped develop & deploy successful Omnichannel strategies at multiple companies, & is driven to help pioneer technology that simply enhances the overall experience for all of Fabletics Members & Guests. While Ron has years of experience leading business units in excess of a billion dollars, he notes that the highlight of his job is spending one-on-one time with Members, Guests & Associates, adding that there is no better way to get honest feedback than to personally ask the person who is giving you the opportunity to serve them. Although his office is in LA, Ron lives in SLC, UT with his wife of 26 years. …Why SLC? Greatest Snow on Earth!
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About TechStyle Fashion Group: TechStyle is a global membership fashion commerce company focused on reimagining the global fashion business.
Meera Bhatia
President, Expert Services of TechStyle Fashion Group
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About TechStyle Fashion Group: TechStyle is a global membership fashion commerce company focused on reimagining the global fashion business.
Brooks Smith
Founder, President & CEO of InComm
Since founding InComm in 1992, Brooks Smith has been an early pioneer of the prepaid platform and point-of-sale activation technology. Under his leadership, what started as a company focused on the technology supporting the sale of long-lead distance phone cards has grown to be the leader of the prepaid technology industry. Mr. Smith has more than 20 years of senior management experience in sales and marketing. He is respected by industry leaders for his innovative work in shaping a prepaid product distribution network and was named Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2007. As President and CEO, Mr. Smith spearheads all efforts to connect the industry’s leading product providers with many of the world’s largest retailers. He has established valuable relationships with leading retailers like Walmart, Target, Best Buy, and 7-Eleven in addition to national product brands like iTunes, Virgin, AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.
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About InComm: InComm is a provider of cutting edge prepaid products, services and transaction technologies to retailers, brands and consumers.
Stefan Happ
President of InComm
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About American Express, InComm: InComm is a provider of cutting edge prepaid products, services and transaction technologies to retailers, brands and consumers.
Rick Hernandez
Commercial Innovation Leader & Vice President of Global Business Development of Pitney Bowes
Rick Hernandez leads Commercial Innovation and Business Development for Pitney Bowes. He launched Pitney’s Shipping API business and is responsible for guiding Pitney’s Global Fulfillment, Shipping and Returns strategy. A graduate of Stanford University, Rick previously led Research & Development, Customer Service and Business Development at Endicia, where he transitioned the business from a $10M startup to a $100M powerhouse. Rick has held leadership positions in Product Management and Client Services for successful startups that have been acquired by Sungard, Travelocity/Sabre, Infor, Newell Rubbermaid, and Stamps.com. He has been awarded eight patents and currently serves on a volunteer basis as a Planning Commissioner in Half Moon Bay, where he lives with his family.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Gary Johnson
Vice President, Global Technical Operations, Planning & Support of Pitney Bowes
Gary Johnson is the Vice President, Global Technical Operations, Planning & Support at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Manish Choudhary
Senior Vice President, Global Product Management & Strategy of Pitney Bowes
As the SVP for SMB Products & Strategy at Pitney Bowes, Manish has responsibilities of the SMB Shipping & Mailing portfolio that generates over $1.7B in annual revenues. He is responsible for product and market positioning & strategy including equipment and SaaS offerings, SMB financial results, customer experience, driving market competitiveness and delivering client value to a base of 700k clients globally. He is leading a team that is at the center of transformation of the legacy mailing business of PB and is responsible to drive new value offerings with capabilities in IOT, cloud, data & analytics & AI. He is also building domain-relevant developer communities, ecosystem & partner marketplaces in shipping, mailing and ecommerce industry. Manish has held a variety of leadership roles in his 17 years at Pitney Bowes. Most recently, Manish was the SVP for Global Innovation where he led a global team of over 900 people, across 5 countries, 12 locations to create products and technologies for driving digital and physical commerce for Pitney Bowes clients worldwide. He founded PB Bowes India office in 2007, moving from Albany NY, as the first employee and grew it to 800 people. Pitney Bowes has been named one of India’s Top Workplaces consistently for the past 6 years. Manish also launched the Pitney Bowes Startup Accelerator Program in 2014 that has incubated 23 starts up and has been named one of Top 15 Startup incubators. He regularly participates in policy and decision making with Indian and US business councils evangelizing Pitney Bowes brand and solutions in the global ecosystem. He is also one of the key founding Board Members of Catalyst, a global nonprofit organization that promotes inclusive workplaces for women. Manish is an MBA from the Anderson School of Management, UCLA, Los Angeles, an MS from Ohio and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. He also has an executive MBA from NUS Business School, Singapore and received executive education at Harvard Business School and MIT.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Steven Green
Vice President, Finance & Chief Accounting Officer of Pitney Bowes
Steven Green is the VP Finance & CAO at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Michael McComb
Senior Vice President Of Sales of Pitney Bowes
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About Newgistics, Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Ralph Kasuba
Vice President & General Manager of Pitney Bowes
Ralph Kasuba is the Vice President & General Manager at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Debbie Salce
Vice President & Treasurer of Pitney Bowes
Debbie Salce is the Vice President & Treasurer at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Phil Landler
Vice President Strategy of Pitney Bowes
Philip Landler is the Vice President Strategy at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Jason Dies
EVP & President, Pitney Bowes Sending Technology Solutions of Pitney Bowes
Jason Dies is the EVP & President, Pitney Bowes Sending Technology Solutions at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Michael Fellers
Vice President of Sales, Global eCommerce of Pitney Bowes
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About Convey, Pitney Bowes, Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Debbie Pfeiffer
President of Pitney Bowes
Debbie Pfeiffer is the President at Pitney Bowes Presort Services.
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About Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Christoph Stehmann
EVP & President , Enterprise Solutions Group of Pitney Bowes
Christoph Stehmann is the Corporate Strategy & Corporate Development at Pitney Bowes.
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About Pitney Bowes, Pitney Bowes, Pitney Bowes: Pitney Bowes is a global technology company that powers physical and digital transactions that drive commerce.
Liron Damri
President and Co-Founder of Forter
Liron is an experienced Fraud Prevention professional. He heads Forter’s overall Product and Business Operations.Liron co-founded Forter after serving at the leadership of PayPal’s risk organization in Tel Aviv. Prior to that he was the head of operations at Fraud Sciences,where he was responsible for behavioral analytics, taking an active role in building one of the most robust fraud detection systems in the world. Liron received his MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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About Forter: Forter offers a fraud solution that helps retailers grow sales, lower costs, and improve customer experience via its Decision as Service.
Julie-Anne Selvey
Vice President – Brand Communications / Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for IAC Applications of IAC
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Joanne Hawkins
Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC
Joanne Hawkins is the Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of IAC. In this capacity, her responsibilities include securities laws and related regulatory compliance, corporate governance and corporate finance matters and assisting in the general administration of the legal department. Ms. Hawkins was promoted to this position in February 2006 from Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, a position she held since September 2005. She previously served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, a role she held since December 2000. Prior to IAC, she worked for Cahill Gordon & Reindel, a New York law firm, serving first as an Associate and then as a Senior Attorney. At Cahill Gordon & Reindel, her practice focused on general corporate law, securities laws, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Ms. Hawkins graduated with a B.S. in accounting from St. John’s University and a J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Mark Schneider
Senior Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis of IAC
Mark Schneider is the Senior Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis at IAC.
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About IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Trish Lounsbury
Senior Vice President & Internal Audit of IAC
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About IAC, IAC: IAC is a media and Internet company with more than 150 brands and products serving consumer audiences.
Adam Vitarello
President / Co-Founder of Optoro
Adam Vitarello is the Co – Founder & COO of Optoro. Adam Vitarello co-founded Optoro in 2008 with Moore after working with him at eSpot, which he joined in 2005 as CTO and COO. While at eSpot, Vitarello meticulously designed, programmed, and implemented every feature of the proprietary software, systems and marketing algorithms that put eSpot at the forefront of its industry and created the core for Optoro’s software today. He provides an eye for streamlining the reverse logistics process and an uncompromising attitude always demanding excellence. Vitarello has been responsible for Major Design Elements and Implementation Strategies of Optoro’s proprietary software and systems. As COO, he manages Corporate Headquarters and Remarketing Solutions with a one-on-one approach that puts employees first with the goal of maintaining a small-business feel in a rapidly expanding environment. Vitarello utilizes that same personal interaction strategy with clients and partners in advancing the automation and remarketing technologies that serve as the driving force of Optoro’s service. When he’s not pulling all the strings for Optoro and our partners, he can be found training for marathons, triathlons, or mountain climbing. Even atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, reverse logistics is never far from his thoughts. Adam holds a B.A. from Brown University.
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About Optoro: Optoro is a technology company that provides a way to liquidate returned, overstock, and damaged-box products.
Frank Bruno
Vice President Business Development of Power Kiosk
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About Power Kiosk: Connecting Buyers And Sellers Of Gas And Electricity
Tab Ratan
Vice President, Business Development & Head of Marketplace of Hollar
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About Hollar: Hollar is an online dollar store that features toys, apparel, electronics, beauty, accessories, party supplies, to home essentials.
Luisana Mendoza de Roccia
COO, Co-Founder & President of Maisonette
Luisana Mendoza de Roccia is the co-founder and COO at Maisonette.
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About Maisonette: Maisonette is a children’s clothing and lifestyle e-commerce site.
Ryan Kent
President of Mizzen+Main
Ryan Kent is the President of Mizzen+Main.
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About Mizzen+Main: Mizzen+Main creates a next great American brand and bring innovation to classic menswear.
Annie Banks Raser
Vice President Of Production of MeatEater
Annie Banks Raser is the Vice President of Production and Operations at MeatEater. Previously, Annie spent over three years working at Zero Point Zero Production as the Head of Production from the year 2016 to 2018 and as a Producer form the year 2015 to 2018.
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About MeatEater: MeatEater is an outdoor lifestyle media and commerce company that provides content about the natural world.
Anthony Soohoo
Executive Vice President, Home Division, Walmart U.S. of Walmart
Anthony Soohoo is the executive vice president of the Walmart U.S. home division.He leads overall strategy, assortment, and sourcing for home categories across stores and online. Previously, Anthony served as a senior vice president & group general manager in Walmart’s eCommerce division, accelerating growth in home across Walmart.com, Art.com, Allswell, Jet.com and Hayneedle. Prior to Walmart, Anthony founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at Dot & Bo, one of the fastest growing commerce companies from 2013 to 2016. He also served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of Entertainment at CBS Interactive, helping to grow it into the largest online television network in the industry. Before CBS, he served as Co-Founder and CEO of Dotspotter, one of the fastest growing online communities, and held product and leadership roles at Yahoo!, Inktomi and Apple. Anthony earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He has been featured in TechCrunch’s top 40 people in Silicon Valley and The Hollywood Reporter has selected him as one of the top 50 executives in new media. Anthony has served as an early-stage investor investor and advisor to start-ups including Pinterest, Unity, Copper, Iterable, Brandfolder, Nuzzel, SportsAction, and Groupon.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Adam Ely
Vice President & Deputy Chief Information Security Officer of Walmart
Adam Ely is the co-founder of Bluebox Security focusing on product innovation and strategy. Previously, Adam was the CISO of Salesforce’s Heroku business unit, led security and compliance at TiVo, and held security leadership roles within The Walt Disney Company. In addition to his current role, Adam advises startups and Fortune 500 companies, has been a contributing author to numerous publications, and invited to present at conferences and executive forums on risk management, evolving trends, and strategy. Adam holds CISSP, CISA, and NSA IAM certifications and received an MBA from Florida State University.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Doug McMillon
President and CEO of Walmart
Doug McMillon is the president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Walmart). As CEO, Doug leads a strong management team that is working to deliver Walmart’s mission of “saving people money so they can live better.” Under his leadership, Walmart is bringing together its stores, logistics network and digital commerce capabilities in new ways to empower customers to shop whenever, wherever and however they want. From February 2009 to February 2014, Doug served as president and chief executive officer of Walmart International, a fast-growing segment of Walmart’s overall operations, with more than 6,400 stores and nearly 800,000 associates in 26 countries outside the United States. From 2006 to 2009, he served as president and chief executive officer of Sam’s Club, an operating segment of Walmart, with sales of more than $46 billion annually during his tenure. Doug is a longtime champion of Walmart’s customers, its associates and the company’s culture. In 1984, he started out as an hourly summer associate in a Walmart distribution center. In 1990, while pursuing his MBA, he rejoined the company as an assistant manager in a Tulsa, Okla., Walmart store before moving to merchandising as a buyer trainee. He went on to serve in successful senior leadership roles in all of Walmart’s business segments. He remains a merchant at heart and understands where customers around the world are heading next. Doug serves on the boards of directors for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., the Consumer Goods Forum, the U.S.-China Business Council and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. He also serves on the advisory board of the Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China; the executive committee of Business Roundtable; and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. He has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. Originally from Jonesboro, Ark., Doug graduated from the University of Arkansas with a bachelor of science in business administration. He earned his MBA in finance from the University of Tulsa.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Greg Foran
President and CEO Walmart U.S. of Walmart
Greg Foran is president and CEO of Walmart U.S. and is responsible for the strategic direction and performance of more than 4,500 Walmart stores and 1.3 million associates. Greg and his team are focused on fulfilling the company’s mission of saving people money so they can live better by advocating for Walmart’s customers, working to exceed their expectations and earning their trust every day. Walmart U.S. serves more than 140 million customers each week and had revenues of $298 billion in fiscal year 2016. Greg is a 35-year retail veteran with extensive experience in marketing, operational and executive roles. He most recently served as president and CEO of Walmart Asia and was responsible for the company’s operations in China, Japan and India, as well as business development throughout the continent. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Walmart China, and his team made significant progress with its assortment, pricing, store operations and compliance as Greg led strategic investments in the supply chain and improved the store portfolio. Greg joined Walmart International in 2011 as a senior vice president.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Julie Murphy
Executive Vice President, Neighborhood Markets of Walmart
Julie Murphy is the executive vice president and president of Neighborhood Markets – Walmart U.S. Her responsibilities include all aspects of the operations of our Neighborhood Market format. Prior to her current role, Julie previously was the executive vice president and president of the Walmart West business unit of Walmart U.S. Her responsibilities included all aspects of Walmart business in 25 states. Julie began her career with Walmart in 1985 as an hourly management trainee in Anna, Ill. She went on to serve in several positions of increasing responsibility, including assistant manager, store manager, district manager, regional general manager/vice president and divisional senior vice president. In 2010, Chicago Alderman Emma Mitts presented Julie with the Legendary Leadership Award during Women’s History Month. In 2011, Julie was recognized as the winner of the Walmart President’s Leadership Award. Julie is a member of the Dress for Success worldwide board of directors. She graduated from Missouri State University in 1985 with a degree in marketing and management. Julie and her husband, Dan, have two children.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Dan Bartlett
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs of Walmart
Dan Bartlett is executive vice president of corporate affairs for Walmart. He is responsible for government relations and public policy, corporate communications, philanthropy, and the company’s social responsibility and sustainability initiatives. Before joining Walmart, Dan was president and CEO of the U.S. division of Hill+Knowlton Strategies, where he served as a strategic advisor to business leaders representing key sectors of the American and global economy. Prior to Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Dan served as president and CEO of Public Strategies, Inc. Previously, he served in several high-ranking positions at the White House, completing his service as counselor to President George W. Bush in July 2007. As one of President Bush’s most trusted advisors, he was responsible for all aspects of communications for the president and his administration, including the White House press office, speechwriting and office of communications. Dan is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and serves on the advisory board of UT Austin’s College of Communication. He also is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Texas LBJ School of Public Affairs and a fellow of the school’s Center for Politics and Governance.
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About The University of Texas at Austin, Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Tracy Harlow
Vice President, Global Communications – Digital Engagement of Walmart
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Daniel Eckert
Senior Vice President, Walmart Services & Digital Acceleration of Walmart
Daniel Eckert presently leads Walmart Services and Digital Acceleration for Walmart U.S. This includes Walmart’s Financial Services, Food & Personal Services, and Automated & Lottery Services business lines, as well as providing customers tech-enabled shopping solutions that integrate services and digital merchandising capabilities to help make shopping Walmart’s 4,700 U.S. stores easy, fast, and fun. Daniel joined Walmart in January 2010 as vice president of Financial Services before transitioning to lead all of Walmart Services. In 2015, his responsibilities broadened to include Walmart’s Digital Relationship activities, such as Walmart Pay and Walmart’s Mobile Express capabilities, and expanded again in 2017 to include leadership of the Digital Acceleration and Item File teams. Daniel led the conceptualization, development, implementation and rollout of Walmart Pay, a capability within the Walmart mobile app that enables customers to quickly, easily and securely checkout and pay with their smartphones in Walmart stores. In 2017, Daniel received the company’s highest honor – The Sam M. Walton Entrepreneur of the Year Award — for his and his team’s efforts in the creation of Walmart Pay. Prior to joining Walmart, Daniel served as senior vice president of card and retail services for HSBC, where he founded and led HSBC’s venture development and payment products group. He previously held positions at JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Accenture and was an entrepreneur and president of an investment banking company. Daniel is a proud military veteran, having served as a Logistics Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Daniel holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and Master of Business Administration from University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He resides in Rogers, Arkansas with his wife, Jill, son, William.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Marcus Osborne
Vice President, Payer Relations of Walmart
Marcus Osborne is Vice President at Walmart.
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
John Damalas
Vice President, Associate Digital Experience of Walmart
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Kathleen McLaughlin
President, Walmart Foundation of Walmart
Kathleen McLaughlin is president of the Walmart Foundation. Last year Walmart and the Foundation together surpassed more than $1 billion in giving worldwide. She also has responsibility for Walmart’s sustainability and women’s economic empowerment initiatives. In 2013, Kathleen joined Walmart after more than 20 years with the global consulting firm McKinsey & Company. As director of the firm’s Social Innovation Practice, she helped develop solutions to social challenges for institutions around the world. In the firm’s Retail Practice, she worked with companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia to increase their efficiency and drive growth by expanding into emerging markets, defending home markets against foreign competitors and revamping retail formats. Kathleen also served as a director of the Toronto Community Foundation, where she was chair of the Community Issues Committee responsible for initiatives and grant-making to NGOs addressing poverty, hunger, housing and integration issues. She holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Boston University, and a bachelor of arts in politics, philosophy and economics and a diploma in theology from Oxford University
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About Walmart: Walmart is a multinational retail corporation that operates several chains of discount department and warehouse stores.
Amit Mathradas
President and COO of Avalara
Amit Mathradas manages growth operations at Avalara, overseeing sales, marketing, business development, customer experience, and professional services. Throughout his career, Amit has focused on serving the small business category with tools and services to help that segment grow and thrive in the global economy. Prior to Avalara, Amit was general manager and head of the small and medium business segment for North America at PayPal. He also served in senior leadership roles at Web.com and Dell, focusing on serving the needs of small businesses by developing partnerships and go-to-market strategies
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About Avalara, PayPal: Avalara develops a platform that automates the major steps of tax compliance, all in the cloud.
Martin Hood
Vice President, Channel Partnerships of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Terry Sutton
Vice President, Client Success of CashStar
Terry Sutton is a seasoned senior executive with over 25 years of experience in Operations, Technology and Customer Experience. She most recently was at L.L.Bean where she oversaw the E-commerce and Marketing departments as Senior Vice-President of the Direct Channel. Prior to that she was the VP of Customer Satisfaction for L.L.Bean, responsible for four call centers and over 1,000 employees. She is unique in her ability to bring together people, process and technology to solve complex business problems and is known for her ability to translate strategy into action. Her passion for the customer experience and business process design and optimization positions her well to scale DAVO Technologies for the future. Terry has an undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T. and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Dan Farrell
Vice President, Worldwide Sales of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Dan Farrell
Vice President, Worldwide Sales of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Katherine Edenbach
Vice President, Finance of CashStar
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About CashStar: CashStar is a provider of prepaid commerce solutions for the world’s top retailers and restaurants.
Julian King
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development of Xoom
Julian King joined Xoom in 2005 and is the company’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. He runs marketing, advertising, public relations, business development and strategy. Julian came to Xoom from EarthLink, where he was Vice President of Marketing and Products for the PeoplePC Online business, and was instrumental in growing it to more than a million paying subscribers. From 1992 to 2000, Julian worked at Procter & Gamble, most recently as Marketing Director. Julian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About Xoom: Xoom is a digital money transfer company that allows users to securely transfer money online.
Hannah Budreski
Vice President Marketing Communications of Endurance International Group
Hannah Budreski is Vice President of Marketing at Endurance International Group, a technology company focused on helping small businesses around the world and whose family of brands includes Constant Contact, Bluehost, HostGator, and Domain.com. During her 20 year career, Hannah has honed her skills at building brands, driving demand, and helping customers meet their milestones. Deeply passionate about small business, Hannah is accomplished at adding value for customers at all stages of their journey from those just starting out to established and expanding businesses.
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About Endurance International Group: Endurance International Group provides small businesses with the products and technology they need to enhance their online presence.
Mark Parker
President & Chief Executive Officer of Nike
Mark Parker, 57, has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a director since 2006. He has been employed by NIKE since 1979 with primary responsibilities in product research, design and development, marketing, and brand management. Mark Parker was appointed divisional Vice President in charge of development in 1987, corporate Vice President in 1989, General Manager in 1993, Vice President of Global Footwear in 1998, and President of the NIKE Brand in 2001. In addition to helping lead the continued growth of the Nike brand, Parker is responsible for the growth of NIKE, Inc.’s global business portfolio, which includes Converse Inc., and Hurley International LLC.
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About American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), Nike, Oregon Health & Science University: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Thomas Clarke
President of New Business Development of Nike
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About Nike: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Shahab Salemy
Vice President, Digital Transformation & Global Technology Program Office of Nike
Shahab Salemy is Senior Program Director within Global Digital Innovation at Nike.
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About Nike: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Heidi O’Neill
President, Direct to Consumer of Nike
As president of Nike Direct, Heidi O’Neill is responsible for leading the company’s retail, Nike.com and Nike+ digital experience business globally. Leading with mobile, she has helped transform consumer experiences and services by uniting physical and digital retail to serve consumers with the best of Nike and shape the future of the industry. At the end of FY17, the Nike Direct business reported more than $9 billion in revenue for the brand. During her 19 years with Nike, O’Neill has held a variety of senior leadership roles across marketing, apparel and retail. She led Nike’s women’s category for seven years, growing it into a billion-dollar-plus business. O’Neill has also served on the board of directors for Skullcandy Inc., and is currently a member of the National Retail Federation’s Foundation Board.
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About Nike: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Jarvis Sam
Vice President, Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion of Nike
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About Nike: Nike designs, develops, and markets footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessory products.
Andrew Chen
Senior Vice President – Product, Design, & Data of Flow Commerce
Andrew Chen is the senior vice president of product management at [Flow](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/flow-8), a turn-key platform for e-commerce companies to go global, capturing international demand for their products. Previously, he was the vice president of product management, UX, and design at [BaubleBar](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/baublebar#/entity). Prior to BaubleBar, Chen was the director of products at [Gilt Groupe](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gilt-groupe) and [iHeartMedia](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clear-channel-communications#/entity). He was also the principal product manager of [Lot18](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/lot18#/entity). In 2009, Chen founded SnapItTo.Me and served the same company as the head of products. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Yale University.
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About Flow Commerce, Gaingels: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Juliana Pereira
Vice President Marketing of Flow Commerce
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About Flow Commerce: Flow is a platform that enables e-commerce companies to go global.
Roth Martin
Co-Founder and President of Rothy’s
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About Rothy’s: Rothy’s is a global lifestyle brand transforming sustainable materials into timeless shoes, handbags and accessories.
Heather Howard
Senior Vice President of Operations and People of Rothy’s
Heather Howard serves as VP of Operations and People at Rothy’s.
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About Rothy’s: Rothy’s is a global lifestyle brand transforming sustainable materials into timeless shoes, handbags and accessories.
Andy Ellwood
Co-Founder & President of Basket
Andy Ellwood is cofounder and president of Basket, the first ever shopper powered smart shopping list and grocery business intelligence platform. Prior to Basket, Andy ran Business Development for Waze until their acquisition by Google in 2013 and before that, for Gowalla until their acquisition by Facebook in 2011. Andy is also cofounder of Exosphere, a learning and problem solving community headquartered in Catalonia, Spain. Andy is a graduate of Texas A&M University and serves as an officer for the New York Aggies alumni club, most recently as President of the club for the past two years. Andy frequent speaker, contributor, and serves as an advisor to early stage companies around the world. For more of his adventures, follow along on Twitter: @andyellwood.
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About Basket: Basket believes you should never overpay for groceries and is the largest community of Shoppers working together to save time and money.
Michael Elkins
Vice President of Red Ventures
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About Red Ventures: A portfolio of influential brands, digital platforms, and strategic partnerships that help people make life’s most important decisions.
Paul Moulton
Executive Vice President – CIO of Costco
Paul Moulton is EVP and CIO of Costco Wholesale Corporation. In this role, Moulton is responsible for the direction of all technology and information systems of Costco Wholesale worldwide. Moulton has been with Costco for 30 years and has served on the company’s executive committee for 23 years.
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About Costco: Costco is a membership-only warehouse club that provides a wide selection of merchandise.
Jeff Abadir
Senior Vice President, General Manager of Costco
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James P. Murphy
Executive Vice President, International of Costco
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Caton Frates
Senior Vice President, General Manager of Costco
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Jaime Gonzalez
Senior Vice President, General Manager- Mexico of Costco
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Mario Omoss
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Northwest Region of Costco
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