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This list showcases the top United States based VP’ operating in the Consumer space. If you think a VP’ 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.
Chelsea Cain Maclin
VP of Marketing of Bumble
In her role, Chelsea leads Bumble’s global marketing strategies and initiatives, focusing on international campaigns, brand marketing, experiential marketing, and integrated partnerships. Her growing team works cross-functionally to test, develop and implement innovative marketing strategies for the brand across the globe. She helped the company launch its newest vertical, Bumble Bizz. Chelsea has spent her career helping technology-based B2C and B2B businesses grow. She’s passionate about driving exponential yet sustainable, high-quality growth, and believes marketing is a vehicle to build impactful relationships with customers, create digital and physical communities, and ultimately solve societal problems. Chelsea has a passion for women’s equality and supporting women-led businesses, both personally and professionally. Chelsea began her career at rewardStyle, a startup technology company that provides monetization tools and marketing consulting to premier B2C digital publishers and influencers. She led the Publisher Development team, maintaining responsibility for company P&L, and managing a team of consultants serving 8,000 clients like Vogue, InStyle, influential individuals and celebrities. These publishers were primarily female business owners, and Chelsea’s team helped teach them how to utilize technology to market, analyze, and optimize their businesses to build revenue, which resulted in consecutive years of +100% YoY growth in rewardStyle’s revenue. She later moved into private consulting for startup technology companies, advising on marketing and business development with founders and executive team members.
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About Bumble: Bumble is an app that brings dating, friend-finding, and career-building into a single social networking platform.
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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
Paul Gaffney
EVP & CTO of Dick’s Sporting Goods
Bill Goldberg joined MediMedia as Chief Executive Officer in 2011.
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About Dick’s Sporting Goods, MediMedia, The Aspen Institute: 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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About Dick’s Sporting Goods, 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
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
Autumn Wehr
Vice President, Business & Ambassador Development of Black Clover
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About Black Clover: Black Clover is a lifestyle apparel company, creating casual apparel, hats, and accessories.
Jared Wall
VP of Business Development and Global Sales of Black Clover
Jared Wall serves as VP of business development and global sales at Black Cover, an American lifestyle apparel brand.
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About Black Clover, We Are Nations: Black Clover is a lifestyle apparel company, creating casual apparel, hats, and accessories.
Pio Schunker
EVP, Global Head Brand Marketing of Samsung Electronics
Pio Schunker is a global integrated brand marketing expert, with a proven track record of unparalleled capability and craft. Schunker, known for his expertise in brand marketing and advertising, has won several distinguished international awards over the course of his career, of which have included two Cannes Marketer of the Year awards (for Coca Cola and Samsung) as well as an Emmy Award for best commercial.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Sang Ahn
Vice President and General Manager, Samsung Pay of Samsung Electronics
Sang Ahn is the VP & General Manager of Samsung Pay, Inc., responsible for driving the business and operations of Samsung’s mobile wallet in the U.S. Sang Ahn has been involved in Samsung Pay from day one by leading the investment and then strategic acquisition of a proprietary technology that became the basis for Samsung Pay’s Magnetic Secure Transmission (MST). Today he leads teams in Silicon Valley, Boston, and New York City working closely with Samsung divisions in the U.S. and Korea. Sang Ahn also leads the commercialization of select Samsung services in the identity management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, and mobile browser spaces for the U.S. market. He reports to the Global SVP of Services at Samsung Electronics. Previously Sang Ahn was the Managing Director and Head of East Coast Investments for Samsung’s Global Innovation Center (GIC). GIC builds, buys, invests, and partners with innovative startups that can make a strategic impact for Samsung. At Samsung he invested in LoopPay (payments, acquired by Samsung), Automated Insights (language processing, acquired by Vista Equity) and Wevr (software and content for virtual reality). Prior to Samsung, Sang Ahn was a Principal at Dawntreader Ventures (a $300mm venture fund based in New York) where he served as a lead investor and Board Director of companies that have been acquired by leading technology companies such as Google, EMC, VeriSign, and IAC. As an entrepreneur, Sang Ahn was the founder and President of Glenkirk Advisors (technology advisory) and Founder & CEO of AhnWalker Therapeutics (novel drug development). Sang Ahn is a current Board Director of MarketFactory, an emerging financial technology company. Sang Ahn is a husband and father of two daughters and resides in Palo Alto, CA.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
John Godfrey
Vice President of Public Policy of Samsung Electronics
John Godfrey is Vice President of Public Policy for Samsung Electronics America, a U.S. subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co. of South Korea. Based in Washington, D.C., he represents Samsung in external relations with government and industry, focusing on communications policy and technical regulations related to digital television, wireless spectrum, health care, environment, broadband, accessibility, and other areas. An active participant in the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Godfrey is a member of the CEA Foundation’s Board of Trustees, the Video Division Board, and the Government Affairs Council, among other groups. He is also a current member and past chairman of the Board of Directors of the Advanced Television Systems Committee, the standards developing organization for digital television broadcasting. Prior to joining Samsung in 2006, Godfrey was vice president of government affairs for Pioneer North America; and previously, he was director of government affairs for Sony Electronics, also in Washington. Earlier, he was with the Information Technology Industry Council, a trade association of leading information technology companies; the National Research Council, the policy research arm of the National Academies of Science and Engineering; and SRI International. Godfrey has a Master of Arts degree in Telecommunications from George Washington University, a Master of Arts degree in East Asian Studies from Stanford University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Alok Shah
VP Strategy and Business Development & Marketing of Samsung Electronics
Alok Shah is the Vice President of Strategy, BD, & Marketing for Samsung Electronics America, where he steers strategic direction, leads all aspects of corporate communications, and monitors regulatory impact for Samsung’s North American Networks division. Previously, Alok led technical marketing, including consumer messaging, market requirements, and regulatory impact, for Samsung’s US Mobile division.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jaeyeon Jung
Corporate Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Jaeyeon Jung is a vice president for service R&D at Mobile Communications Business in Samsung Electronics. Prior to joining Samsung, she was a principal security architect at Microsoft Research (2011-2016) and a research scientist at Intel Labs Seattle (2007-2011) after a brief stint as a software architect at Mazu networks (2006-2007). She obtained her PhD from MIT in 2006. Currently, she leads various cloud service engineering efforts in Samsung including the IoT backend service.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Alan Robles
Vice President Retail Design & Development of Samsung Electronics
Over 24 years exploring the relationship between users and their surroundings, Alan’s been creating experience environments for clients and projects of every scale around the world. In his role at Gensler he explores the opportunities found at the fringes of the design practice, searching for the edges of the play space of each design opportunity. As Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and digital media have become a more significant part of the engagement and development of “place”, he’s focused his work on exploring the interplay between content and context. Developing the tools for creating stories in places with special attention to the value those stories help communicate within the experience environment.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Stefan Heuser
Vice President, Operations and Innovation – Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) of Samsung Electronics
CEO at Siemens Technology-to-Business
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Steve Liu
VP, R&D; Chief-Scientist; Co-Director of Samsung Electronics
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About ACM, IEEE, IEEE, IEEE, McGill University, Mila – Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, Samsung Electronics, TandemLaunch: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Bill Lee
Vice President and General Manager of Consumer Electronics Retail Operations of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Drew Blackard
Vice President, Mobile Product Management of Samsung Electronics
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
Jack Ahn
Vice President of Samsung Electronics
Samsung DeX is another notable accomplishment of the dedicated technical minds at Samsung. They’ve tirelessly pursued creating new possibilities for technologies to help users break preconceived notions of what they can and cannot do or how they are “supposed” to use their devices. Jack truly appreciates being part of Samsung DeX. Prior to joining Samsung, Jack focused on delivering mobile and mobility solutions to enterprise customers. At Samsung, Jack is responsible for Knox and Knox related services along with Samsung DeX, Email, Samsung Focus, and Smart Key services. Jack enjoys problem solving with engineers from all walks of life.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
John Kodera
EVP and CDO of Sony
John Kodera is the EVP and CDO at Sony.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Steven Fuld
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Sony
teven Fuld has been SVP and Managing Director, Sony Card Marketing & Services Company at Sony Corporation of America since June 2009. Mr. Fuld oversees all aspects of the Sony Rewards as well as the Sony and PlayStation credit card programs. Sony Rewards collaborates with and provides capabilities and expertise to other parts of Sony to assist them in increasing customer loyalty and brand preference, and driving incremental sales. During Mr. Fuld’s tenure, Sony has introduced a significantly improved credit card program utilizing Capital One and Visa, closer collaboration with Sony’s US business units and enhanced marketing capabilities, and a merchant-funded rewards program. Prior to joining Sony, Mr. Fuld served as Managing Director and Executive Vice President at The Kessler Group, a privately owned financial services firm based in Boston specializing in partnership development, credit card marketing and portfolio acquisitions, for 10 years. During that time, he was instrumental in launching and managing three separate and diverse businesses for the company, including its credit card portfolio acquisition unit, its insurance practice and, most recently, its capital business.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Shiro Kambe
Executive Vice President of Sony
Sachi Kambe is the Senior VP at Sony Pictures Entertainment
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About Sony, Sony Pictures Entertainment: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Michael Frey
Executive VP of Sony
Michael Frey serves as the President of New Media Solutions for Sony DADC, a position he assumed in 2010. In this role, he is responsible for the development, implementation and execution of innovative Digital Supply Chain solutions for customers across the media and entertainment industry. Drawing on his vast supply chain expertise and knowledge of the global media marketplace, Mr. Frey leads a best-in-class team focused on developing uniquely advanced digital solutions that allow content owners and distributors to capitalize on surging consumer demand for music, video, games, software, and other emerging media content. Mr. Frey joined Sony in 2004 as President of Sony DADC Americas, where he directed all product lines for both physical and digital media and leveraged his industry expertise to grow Sony DADC’s business by more than 30 percent. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Frey served as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain Operations for Technicolor, spearheading supply chain operations for its Home Entertainment Services Division. Specifically, he was responsible for building and expanding distribution and end-to-end supply chain capabilities to support customer demands, and developed services and systems to enhance customers’ operational performance in a cost-effective manner. Prior to joining Technicolor, Mr. Frey was Senior Vice President, Customer Fulfillment Operations and iMusic for EMI Music Distribution. In this position, he headed EMI Music’s manufacturing and distribution operations. In addition, he led initiatives to build the company’s time-sensitive digital infrastructure, restructured commercial trading terms, created strategic account teams to service top customers and developed a commercial service organization to support sales.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Hiroshi Kawano
SVP of Sony
Hiroshi Kawano is the SVP at Sony.
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About Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI): Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Kazushi Ambe
Senior Vice President of Sony
Kazushi Ambe is the Senior Vice President at Sony Corporation.
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About Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Paul Kohli
Vice President of Investment Operations of Mayfield Fund
Paul Kohli is responsible for deal structuring and execution for Mayfield Fund’s global investment activities. Paul has over a decade of investment and operational experience in the venture capital industry. Paul joined Mayfield Fund in 2004 as an analyst and was promoted to director of investment operations in 2007. He works closely with the firm’s investment professionals in the U.S. and India and serves as a valuable resource to the firm’s portfolio companies. Prior to joining Mayfield Fund, Paul worked for Selby Venture Partners for four years where he managed the investment activities, fund operations (including fund structuring, administration and investor relations), and worked closely with several portfolio companies. Paul holds a BA in history from Santa Clara University.
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About Mayfield Fund: Mayfield is a global VC firm focusing on inception and early-stage investing in enterprise, consumer, and engineering biology companies.
Chris Johnson
Executive Vice President, Nestlé Business Excellence of Nestlé
Chris Johnson is a Executive Vice President, Nestlé Business Excellence at Nestle.
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About Nestlé, Swiss American Chamber of Commerce: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Patrice Bula
Executive Vice President Nestlé S.A., of Nestlé
Patrice Bula serves as a Member of Executive Board at Nestlé S.A., and has been its Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Units – Marketing, sales, Nespresso since May 1, 2011. Bula holds MSc in Economic Sciences from Lausanne University HEC (Switzerland) and Program for Executive Development – IMD Lausanne.
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About Nestlé: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Mark Broduer
Vice President Global Head, Digital Marketing Innovation of Nestlé
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About Nestlé: Nestlé manufactures and sells food and beverage for several countries.
Neeraj Sahejpal
Senior Vice President of Marketing & Strategy of Energous Corporation
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About Energous Corporation: Energous Corporation is the creator of WattUp, charging technology for electronic devices.
Derek Hanson
Vice President Solutions Architecture and Alliances of Yubico
Derek Hanson is the Vice President of Solutions Architecture and Standards for Yubico. Derek and his team are tasked with assisting organizations and standards bodies everywhere to develop and deploy authentication solutions utilizing the YubiKey.
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About Yubico: Yubico offers USB and wireless authentication solutions.
Ricardo Arias-Nath
SVP / Business Strategy and Transformation. Chief of Staff. of PepsiCo
Ricardo is the SVP Business Strategy and Transformation and Chief of Staff for PepsiCo Latin America. Prior to his current role, he held positions in General Management, Strategy, Marketing, Business Development and M&A for the Company. Prior to PepsiCo he served as CEO and Co-Founder of Tokenzone – a pioneer in NFTs, virtual property and loyalty programs. He has held general management and consulting roles at The Procter & Gamble Company, Zyman Group and Prophet Brand Strategy.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Grace Puma Whiteford
Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo
Grace Puma is the Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Officer of PepsiCo.In its global portfolio of food and beverage brands, PepsiCo has 22 different brands that generate more than $1 billion each in annual retail sales. With net revenues of over $63 billion, PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are respected household names throughout the world. In 2015, Grace was appointed Chief Supply Officer with expanded responsibilities where she leads a Global Supply Team comprise of: Global Logistics, Global Procurement, and PepsiCo Worldwide Flavours. In her current role as CSO, she has strategic leadership accountabilities for 11 concentrate manufacturing operations, $30B of purchase spend and ~3600 worldwide employees. Her scope of responsibility includes driving: enterprise supply chain strategy; productivity; commodity risk management; plant health /safety; product quality and supply service to the PepsiCo’s businesses. Since Grace joined PepsiCo in 2010, she transitioned procurement from a decentralized, market-based function to a centralized global procurement entity. Grace created new organizational model to ensure globally connected, locally wired work processes with 1,100+ employees and a $30B spend scope on raw commodities, direct/indirect materials, and agency & media. Grace is a seasoned executive experienced at transforming decentralized organizations into globally connected, locally wired business functions that drive performance. She is well regarded as a strategist and change agent who finds best-possible business solutions to business challenges. Grace is recognized as a top female and Hispanic leader role model across complex and decentralized global business environments. She is highly valued for her ability to find innovative solutions, build strong business relationships and develop talent. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Grace worked for United Airlines where she served as senior vice president, chief procurement officer and led the transformation to a global strategic sourcing function with an enterprise-wide scope. Grace and her team delivered significant savings across the value chain, while effectively handling risk management during the jet fuel crises in 2008. Before joining United, Grace led key areas of global procurement at Kraft Foods, including raw materials, packaging, indirect materials, transportation, logistics, and services. She also worked in strategic procurement at Motorola and Gillette. Grace holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from Illinois Benedictine University. She previously served as a board member for Steppenwolf Theatre, the Institute for Supply Managers and board member for the Marietta Corporation. In 2013, Grace was recognized as the #4 CPO out of 5,000 global CPOs across all industries by ExecRank. In 2016, she was recognized as the “Executive of the Year” by Latina Style magazine.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Shakti Jauhar
Vice President, Global HR Operations and Shared Services of PepsiCo
Shakti Jauhar is a global leader and data-driven executive recognized for his operational expertise in Manufacturing, Information Technology, Finance and Human Resources. Known as a transformational leader, he has a track record of setting clear strategies, driven by rigorous analytics and insights. Shakti leverages technology innovation across geographies to optimize processes, which deliver technical competencies, reduce costs and simultaneously increase efficiencies.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
John Phillips
SVP Customer Supply Chain & Go-To-Market of PepsiCo
John is Senior Vice President, Customer Supply Chain and Go-to-Market for PepsiCo, Inc. He has been with PepsiCo for over 30 years and has worked in a number of different sales and field operations roles since joining the company as a route salesperson with Frito-Lay. Prior to his current role, John was Vice President of Customer Delivery Systems for Frito-Lay North America where he led the development and implementation of new DSD delivery systems and the development of the next generation of frontline handheld computers for the DSD sales force. In his current role, John is responsible for working with PepsiCo’s largest customers on supply chain and collaboration initiatives to drive both effectiveness and efficiency across the shared supply chains. His team also leads PepsiCo’s internal network strategy design. John is a member of the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) Smart Label, Industry Affairs, and Logistics Committees. He is active in The Consumer Goods Forum as a member of the E2E Value Chain Committee and the Supply Chain & Digital share groups. John is a member of the Consumer Goods Technology (CGT) Executive Board, He is also a member of the GS1 Data Excellence Board and the Western Michigan University Food & CPG Marketing Advisory Board. Before joining PepsiCo, John spent ten years in retail store operations with Jewel Food Stores in Chicago and was also a Territory Sales Representative for Procter & Gamble. John attended Western Michigan University where he received a Bachelor of Science in Food Distribution and also holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Mark Risis
VP Strategy & Global Data Ecosystem of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Deborah Rosado Shaw
Senior Vice President, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo
Deborah Rosado Shaw is senior vice president, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer of PepsiCo, a global food and beverage company with net revenues of more than $63 billion and a product portfolio that includes 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales. PepsiCo’s main businesses – Quaker, Tropicana, Gatorade, Frito-Lay and Pepsi-Cola – make hundreds of enjoyable foods and beverages that are loved throughout the world. Deborah, who assumed this role in July 2014, provides leadership in guiding PepsiCo’s global Diversity and Engagement (D&E) strategy to bring together diverse strengths, backgrounds and perspectives to achieve the company’s strategic business imperatives, advance its Performance with Purpose goals and drive innovation. Building on PepsiCo’s deep legacy in D&E, she helps PepsiCo ensure that D&E is ingrained in PepsiCo, and expands pathways for developing global, multicultural thinkers, doers and innovators. Deborah was a member of PepsiCo’s Ethnic Advisory Board for 12 years, whereby she played a critical role in establishing a strategic platform that helped PepsiCo elevate its prominence as one of the most diverse companies working with minority business owners
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Ciara Dilley
Vice President Transform Brands & Portfolio Innovation,FLNA of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Christine Daugherty
VP Global Sustainable Agriculture & Responsible Sourcing of PepsiCo
Christine Daugherty, VP Sustainable Agriculture; drives PepsiCo’s short-term approach and long-term strategic direction for their sustainable agriculture agenda, including delivery against relevant PepsiCo Performance with Purpose 2025 goals. She is focused on external relationships, managing research and internally aligning execution across various departments including R&D, Global Procurement, and Operations. Prior to PepsiCo, Christine worked at Tyson Foods, where she held various roles, most recently Vice President of Sustainable Food Production. Her responsibilities included natural resource conservation programs, responsible sourcing and farm animal well-being, as well as leading the company’s sustainability programs across multiple platforms. Christine holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Arkansas School of Law, a Post-doctoral in Plant Gene Regulation from the University of Florida, a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology from Louisiana State University, as well as an MS degree in Plant Pathology from Iowa State University.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Esperanza Teasdale
Vice President/General Manager of PepsiCo
Esperanza Teasdale leads shopper marketing for national customers and sets “opt-in” strategy and plans to multiply key customer growth. She has an extensive history at PepsiCo, beginning as brand manager in 2003. She has demonstrated excellence in a range of roles, most recently as senior director of shopper marketing for small format where her team won three vendor awards at 7-Eleven. She is a graduate of Rutgers University’s College of Engineering and the University of Connecticut.
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Adam Harter
Senior Vice President – Media, Sports & Entertainment of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Tim Carey
Vice President of PepsiCo
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About PepsiCo: PepsiCo operates as a food and beverage company worldwide.
Praveen Vishakantaiah
Senior Vice President and CTO, Infrastructure Solutions Group of Dell
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About Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Karen Quintos
Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Dell
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About Dell, Dell: Dell transforms computing and provides high quality solutions that empower people to do more all over the world.
Brett Hansen
Vice President Client Software and General Manger Data Security of Dell
Brett is responsible for developing Dell Technologies solutions that enable customers to simplify and streamline their client lifecycle, secure their endpoints, and ultimately provide users with a more productive and modernized workspace environment. Brett joined Dell after 12 years with IBM Software Group. In his last position, he served as Director, IBM Tivoli Demand Systems Marketing where he held global responsibility for generating and managing the Tivoli pipeline.
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John Scimone
Sr. Vice President, Chief Security Officer of Dell
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Liam Quinn
Sr. Vice President, Sr. Fellow of Dell
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Neil Hand
Vice President & General Manager Tablet, Chrome, Workstations, Rugged and Alienware of Dell
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Jim Ganthier
VP & GM of Engineered Solutions,HPC and Cloud of Dell
Jim Ganthier is a global technology executive with over 20 years of experience delivering business results in multinational technology, products and solutions companies. At Dell, Jim serves as Dell’s Vice President and General Manager for Dell’s Engineered Solutions and Cloud business. In this role Jim is responsible for driving Dell’s engineering and development of integrated cross-platform solutions as well as global pan-Dell strategy for Cloud-based solutions.
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Liz Matthews
Senior Vice President Global Brand and Creative of Dell
Liz Matthews is the SVP of Global Brand and Creative & Executive Director – Consumer Marketing for Dell. Liz is responsible for building and running the new Dell Technologies brand and its family of brands. Additionally, Liz is responsible for driving Dell’s brand and purpose globally through advertising, messaging, digital, social, creative, corporate narrative, voice and visual identity, while at the same time, igniting Dell’s purpose internally. She has a plethora of technology marketing background from both large global brands and brazen start-ups including Sun Microsystems where she was fully integrated in the brand, product, and in house communications and ran end-to-end, integrated marketing for the software division. Liz sits on the Board of Directors for the Ad Council and is a LifeWorks Legacy Circle member, a non-profit dedicated to empowering homeless youth to self-sufficiency. Liz holds a B.A. in communications from California Polytechnic State University.
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John Moody
Vice President – Global Client Support & Deployment Services of Dell
John Moody serves as vice president of global client support and deployment services at Dell.
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Brian Payne
Vice President, Product Management for Dell Technologies Cloud of Dell
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Aaron Chaisson
Vice President Dell Technologies Messaging of Dell
Aaron and his team are responsible for creating and socializing Dell EMC’s strategy and thought leadership messaging within the rapidly evolving IT landscape. Aaron has held a variety of roles in EMC and Dell Technologies over the past 20 years including Training & Education, Pre-Sales and marketing. Aaron was a founding member of the EMC vSpecialists program focusing on virtualization and cloud technologies and most recently he built the Dell Technologies Portfolio Messaging organization.
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Axel Hoos
Senior Vice President, Therapeutic Area Head of GSK
Axel Hoos oversees both its discovery and development functions and builds the Oncology portfolio of GSK across several modalities including antibodies, small molecules, bispecific molecules and cell & gene therapies. The TA’s scientific focus is on Immuno-Oncology, Epigenetics and Cell Therapy. Axel Hoos also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the HIV Cure Center, a co-venture of GSK and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Axel Hoos further serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI), a Global Health organization, Non-executive Director on the Board of Imugene, a biotech company, Co-Chairman of the Cancer Immunotherapy Consortium (CIC) and Scientific Advisory Board Member of the Cancer Research Institute (CRI). Previously, Axel Hoos was the Global Medical Lead in Immunology/Oncology at Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) where he developed Yervoy (Ipilimumab), the first life-extending therapy in Immuno-Oncology.
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Mohammed Ali
VP Digital Analytics and Performance of GSK
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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.
Kyrylo Ledovskoy
VP Data Services of Hollar
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Khudor Annous
SVP, Influencer Client Development of Branded Entertainment Network
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Baoqiu Cui
VP & Chairman of Technical Committee of Xiaomi
In June 2012, he joined Xiaomi and built up the Xiaomi Artificial Intelligence and Cloud Platform team. He has led Xiaomi’s “Cloud Computing-Big Data-Artificial Intelligence” technology development route。He is the chairman of the Group technical committee . Dr. CUI, Baoqiu graduated from the Department of Computer Science of Wuhan University and received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Prior to joining Xiaomi, he worked in IBM Silicon Valley Lab, Yahoo! and LinkedIn, working on technology development and management in database, search engine, machine learning, big data, social networking and more.
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About Xiaomi: Xiaomi is an electronics and software company that focuses on mobile devices and technology.
Daniel Gaisin
Vice President of Finance of FirstMark
Daniel Gaisin is the Vice President of Finance at FirstMark.
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About FirstMark: FirstMark Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional entrepreneurs.
John Taylor
Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications of LG Electronics
John I. Taylor is Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for LG Electronics USA, Inc. Active in ATSC activities for decades, Taylor currently serves as ATSC Communications Chairman in addition to his role as a member of the ATSC Board of Directors. He represents LG Electronics on the Video Division Board of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA). He is Chairman of the CEA Communications Committee and co-Chair of the CEA 4K Ultra HD Working Group, and he serves on the CEA Foundation Board of Trustees. Taylor also is a member of the boards of directors of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, The Media Institute and the Library of American Broadcasting. His industry experience included serving as Chairman of the Digital HDTV Grand Alliance public affairs group, past Chairman of the CEA Video Division and former Chairman of the CEA HDTV Promotion Committee.He co-founded the Digital TV Transition Coalition and Plasma Display Coalition and previously served on the boards of the ATSC Forum and the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Active in digital television since 1988, Taylor is a charter member of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers, and recipient of its highest honor, the Industry Leadership Award. Among other industry honors, Taylor received the 2014 AHAM Distinguished Service Award and was inducted into the Dealerscope Hall of Fame in 2015, largely for his work related to digital television.Since 2000, he has served as LG’s senior U.S. industry relations and government affairs executive. Taylor represents the company before the U.S. government and in industry organizations. He also is chief media spokesman and public relations strategist for LG Electronics in the United States. Taylor joined Zenith in 1981 and was named the company’s senior public affairs executive in 1987 and a corporate officer in 1993. (Zenith merged with LG Electronics in 1999.)A former newspaper reporter, he earned an M.S. degree from the Medill Graduate School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., and a B.A. from DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind.
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Samuel Chang
SVP LG electronics US / Corporate Vice President LG HQ of LG Electronics
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Mohak Shah
VP & AI and Machine Learning of LG Electronics
Mohak Shah is an analytics leader and research scientist with significant experience in organization formation, strategy, and end-to-end data science engagements. He has participated in functional and strategic capacity in developing high-performing organizations in the analytics space. As a scientist, Mohak has developed novel machine learning and statistical algorithms, with high impact application in industrial domains, healthcare, bioinformatics and neurosciences. He is co-author of “Evaluating Learning Algorithms: A Classification Perspective” (Cambridge), and has authored more than 35 articles in top conferences and journals in the analytics space. He currently leads Data Science at Bosch.
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Henry Chung
Vice President and Corporate Venture Capital of LG Electronics
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Mark Johnson
VP Global Sales of Bosch
Mark Johnson is Vice President of Sales at Robert Bosch GmBH.
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Charlie Ackerman
Senior Vice President Human Resources of Bosch
Charlie Ackerman is a senior vice president of Human Resources, North America, for Bosch in July 2009. In this assignment, Ackerman focuses on preparing, shaping and managing the people strategies to achieve Bosch North America’s growth plans. Ackerman is located in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Since joining Bosch in 1995, Ackerman has held a number of assignments in the human resources function, including leadership positions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Stuttgart, Germany. His most recent position, beginning in 2005, was as vice president of human resources, North America for Bosch’s powertrain business. Prior to joining Bosch, Ackerman held human resources and manufacturing positions with Asten Inc. and International Paper. Ackerman serves on Bosch’s global Human Resources Council and is a board member of Bosch in Canada. Ackerman earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mississippi State University.
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Dave Garr
Co-Founder, SVP of Customer Experience of UserTesting
Specialties:A/B testing, conversion rate optimization, interactive marketing, market research, multivariate testing, product marketing, social networking, usability
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Becky Case
VP Engineering of Rent the Runway
Becky is the VP of Engineering at Rent the Runway. She is a musician-turned-computer-scientist who specializes in architecting large-scale systems in the e-commerce space. Prior to joining Rent the Runway in July 2018, she was VP Engineering at Birchbox, after having worked at a variety of early-stage startups, including Bonobos and OpenSky, as well as the multi-million-dollar-per-day Zappos.com.
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About Rent the Runway: Rent the Runway is an online e-commerce website that allows women to rent designer apparel and accessories.
Jon Hoffmann
EVP of Credit Operations of Kabbage
Jon has 20+ years of experience in consumer and commercial credit cycle management. He loves that Kabbage is at the forefront of fueling entrepreneurship by providing working capital to small businesses often neglected by traditional lenders. Favorite small biz: Leisure Pro, a diver’s supply company in NY.
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About Kabbage: Kabbage is a fintech company that offers cash flow management solutions to small businesses.
Eric Chaniot
Chief Digital Officer & Senior Vice President of Michelin
Eric Chaniot is a dynamic and seasoned innovator, who has been in the technology business for over 20 years. He began his career at Apple Inc. in the mid 90’s, and was responsible for the first wireless notebook. He then left to build on his expertise at another technology power player, Hewlett-Packard Company, where he created many products and product lines and ran businesses in networking, personal computing, software and printing. With many successful product lines, he helped generate hundreds of millions of dollars for the company. After Eric left HP, he created an Internet start-up in Europe called Internet Word of Mouth, iWoM. The premise of this start-up was to make Internet ratings and reviews more reliable, by using proprietary technology. After growing his entrepreneurial expertise and learning how to develop and run a start-up company, he moved to the United States and created Tire Intelligence, a data and software start-up. This company enabled tire manufacturers, tire distributors and tire dealers to manage their businesses more efficiently and to drastically improve their presence on the Internet.
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About Michelin: Michelin is a tire company dedicated to sustainably improve the mobility of goods and people by manufacturing and marketing.
Eric Frantz
Vice President Operations, Home & Personal Care North America of CCL Industries
Eric Frantz is a Vice President Operations, Home & Personal Care North America at CCL Industries.
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About Aerobal, CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Mark McClendon
Vice President and General Counsel of CCL Industries
Mark McClendon joined CCL as General Counsel USA in 2013 from Avery Dennison Corporation, where he was Group Counsel and NA Corporate Ethics Officer, with worldwide compliance, environmental and litigation responsibilities, since 2007. Prior to that, McClendon was with BASF and its affiliates from 1998 to 2007. McClendon earned a J.D. from Marquette University and is a member of the Wisconsin and Ohio State Bar Associations. He has served on the Board of Directors for the American Corporation Counsel Association for North East Ohio since 2006, including as President from 2011 to 2012, and on the Board of Governors for the Ohio State Bar Association – Litigation Section since 2007. McClendon was promoted to his current position in 2014 and is now responsible for all legal matters globally for the Company.
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About CCL Industries: CCL is the largest label company in the world and provides innovative solutions.
Bill Goldsmith
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA of CCL Industries
Bill Goldsmith is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Design USA at CCL Industries.
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Andy Iseli
Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube of CCL Industries
Andy Iseli is a Vice President and General Manager, CCL Tube at CCL Industries.
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Allison Phillips
Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media of CCL Industries
Allison Phillips is a Vice President and General Manager, Avery North America Printable Media at CCL Industries.
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Al Green
Vice President of Technology Development of CCL Industries
Al Green is a Vice President of Technology Development at CCL Industries.
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Alex Gourlay
Executive Vice President of Walgreens
Alex Gourlay joined Walgreens as Executive Vice President, President of Customer Experience and Daily Living in October 2013. In this new role, reporting to Walgreens President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Wasson, he leads an enhanced Walgreens daily living business operation overseeing customer experience, U.S. merchandising, marketing, customer insights, daily living products and promotions. Alex was previously Chief Executive, Health & Beauty Division, Alliance Boots, a role he undertook in January 2009, when he was also appointed to the Board of Alliance Boots. He had previously been Managing Director of Boots UK and a member of the Alliance Boots Group operating committee following the acquisition of Alliance Boots plc by AB Acquisitions Limited in 2007. Prior to this, he was Healthcare Director of Boots the Chemists, having held senior management positions in store operations and human resources.
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About Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson
Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer of Walgreens
Kathleen Wilson-Thompson is Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Walgreen Co.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Rob Ewing
Regional Vice President of Walgreens
Rob Ewing is a Regional Vice President at Walgreens.
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Abhi Dhar
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Walgreens
Abhi Dhar is senior vice president and chief information officer for Walgreen Co. based in Deerfield, Illinois. He is responsible for leading the information technology function and the company’s consumer-facing digital product and innovation efforts. He serves as a member of the Walgreens Enterprise Operating Committee with accountability for technology within the division. Prior to this role Dhar led the rapidly growing and award-winning mobile product/services business and simultaneously was responsible for end-to-end delivery, software development and technology innovation for the digital division within Walgreens. Dhar joined Walgreens in 2009 as group vice president and chief technology officer. Previously, he served as chief information officer (CIO) and senior vice president at TravelCLICK from 2006 to 2009, where he built a global IT and product delivery organization by restructuring the organization, recruiting top talent and optimizing vendor relationships. From 2001 to 2006, he held various top technology leadership roles with Cendant Corporation and its Travelport division. Dhar also worked in engineering and digital/online consulting capacities with PricewaterhouseCoopers and AT&T. Dhar earned an undergraduate degree in engineering from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore University in India in 1993 and earned a master of science degree in engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1995.
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About Walgreens: Walgreens provides multi-channel access to consumer goods and cost-effective pharmacy, health, and wellness services.
Luke Rauch
Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands of Walgreens
Luke Rauch is the Group Vice President, Customer Experience & General Manager, Owned Brands at Walgreens.
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Nathaniel Hancock
Executive Vice President of Sales of Podium
Nathaniel Hancock joined Podium.com as Executive Vice President of Sales in 2018.
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About Podium, Zinch: Podium is a customer communication platform for businesses who interact with customers on a local level.
Hema Sundarraj
VP, Corporate Controller of Dividend Finance
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About Cepheid, Dividend Finance: Dividend Finance is a Technology-enabled finance platform supporting the energy transition with lending and other financial solutions.
Brendan Keane
Senior Vice President, Capital Markets of Dividend Finance
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About Dividend Finance, Kinsale Capital Group: Dividend Finance is a Technology-enabled finance platform supporting the energy transition with lending and other financial solutions.
Christopher Matue
Vice President of THG
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Guy Peri
Vice President & Chief Data Officer of Procter & Gamble Company
Guy Peri is Chief Data & Analytics Officer for Procter & Gamble. Guy leads the creation and implementation of P&G’s enterprise data/analytics strategy and architecture to enable strategic/operational insights and new business models. Guy also has responsibility for P&Gs data science team which applies advanced analytics against P&Gs largest business opportunities across marketing, sales, eBusiness and supply chain. Mr. Peri’s current responsibilities include creation and implementation of P&Gs enterprise data / analytics strategy and leading the development, operations, data management and data science teams who are enabling P&Gs strategy.Mr. Peri is actively involved in community and professional boards and believes that leadership is about serving others to achieve their full potential.
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Valarie Sheppard
Treasurer, Controller and Executive Vice President Company Transition Leader of Procter & Gamble Company
Valarie Sheppard is the Treasurer, Controller and Executive Vice President Company Transition Leader at Procter & Gamble.
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Jordan Savage
Co-Founder & VP, Creative of Grove Collaborative
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About Grove Collaborative: Grove creates and curates high-performing, planet-first home and personal care products and is the leader in zero-plastic CPG.
Ralph Santana
Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer of Harman International Industries
Ralph Santana is executive vice president and chief marketing officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Ralph has responsibility for 197 employees across four business units and drives all aspects of HARMAN’s worldwide marketing strategy. This includes brand stewardship, artist relations, event sponsorship, market research and product innovation for all HARMAN product and technology brands including AKG®, harman/kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®. Under Ralph’s leadership, HARMAN has built the most powerful audio brand portfolio in the industry, achieving an increase in HARMAN’s car audio backlog to $7.5 billion and reaching an unprecedented 41 percent share of car audio around the world. HARMAN has also won more than 200 design and innovation awards over the last several years and ranked number one in portable audio in Europe. Notably, e-commerce under Ralph’s leadership has grown by eight times since the start of his tenure, and driven HARMAN’s flagship brands to their highest levels of awareness, search and equity. Ralph reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Ralph received his bachelor’s in English literature from Dartmouth College, and his MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
John Stacey
Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resource Officer of Harman International Industries
John Stacey is executive vice president and chief human resources officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. John is responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources function globally, including people continuity and development, target setting, employee relations, compensation, benefit management and recruitment. He reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. Previously, John served in various senior human resources positions with global alcoholic beverage company Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD) from 1990 to 2008. Prior to joining HARMAN, his most recent position was vice president of People for InBev North America. John also held the role of vice president of People for InBev Eastern Europe. John started his career with Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. as manager of Human Resources and served as regional director Human Resources for Labatt, Atlantic Canada. In June of 2000, John relocated to the United States to assume the role of vice president of Human Resources for Labatt USA. John earned his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. John is also a member of the CHRO Roundtable, an exclusive group made up of senior human resources professionals throughout the U.S.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Darrin Shewchuk
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications of Harman International Industries
Darrin Shewchuk is Head of Connected Car Communications at HARMAN. In this role, he leads the global communications strategies for the $3B business unit. Darrin Shewchuk holds overall responsibility for developing and directing the execution of strategies, policies and programs to strengthen Harman’s stakeholder awareness on connected car initiatives. Specific responsibilities include media relations, executive thought leadership, government relations and issues management. Prior to his current role, Darrin Shewchuk was the Director of Media and Analyst Relations at Harman’s software subsidiary, QNX Software Systems. In this role, he was responsible for implementing corporate strategies to manage the company’s image with global stakeholders, including customers, investors, staff, and the general public. Specific responsibilities included public affairs and media relations, Internet strategies, brand management and corporate positioning, and speakers programs. In addition to his tenure at Harman, Darrin Shewchuk brings an additional thirteen years of professional experience in progressively senior communications management roles. He was employed for six years by Telesat, a broadcast satellite services company and later with Stentor, a Canadian telecommunications company. He began his career with PBS at the MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour in New York. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Carleton University in Canada and the Executive Program in Leadership from the Yale School of Management.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Sandy Rowland
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Harman International Industries
Sandy Rowland is executive vice president and chief financial officer of HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Sandy is responsible for all aspects of the Finance function and serves as the principal contact to outside auditors, KPMG LLP. Sandy reports to President and Chief Executive Officer Dinesh Paliwal and is a member of the executive committee. With more than 20 years of experience in financial management, Sandy joined HARMAN in October 2012 to lead investor relations. In 2013, she added corporate development to her responsibilities, which included strategy and mergers and acquisitions. On January 1, 2015, she became CFO. Prior to joining HARMAN, Sandy was a vice president in the Corporate Finance group at Eastman Kodak Co. (NYSE:KODK). Also at Kodak, Sandy held assignments of increasing responsibility including controller of the consumer segment, director of corporate financial planning and analysis, assistant treasurer, director of investor relations and chief financial officer of the commercial segment. Sandy was also a manager in the Audit and Business Advisory practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where she worked primarily with technology companies. Sandy received a Bachelor of Arts in economics and business from Lafayette College. She also holds an MBA from the University of Rochester’s William E. Simon School of Business.
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About Harman International Industries: Harman International Industries engages in the development, manufacture and marketing of audio products and electronic systems.
Guive Balooch
Global Vice President of L’Oreal
Guive Balooch is the global vice president of the Connected Beauty Incubator at L’Oréal Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing new scientifically driven ecosystems to beauty consumers worldwide. A native of California, Balooch has a scientific background, with a BA in molecular and cell biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a PhD in biomaterials from the University of California, San Francisco. Following a postdoc at Stanford in cell biomechanics, he joined the pharmaceutical industry working on new antibody research for bone-related diseases. He then joined L’Oréal in 2008, initially a part of building new collaborations for L’Oréal with startups and universities. With his increased interest in linking to consumers and the business, he is now running a worldwide connected beauty incubator focused on new technologies for the beauty market and scoping and implementing new consumer experiences for every beauty need. His passion lies in the link between bringing new and exciting scientific technology to empower beauty consumers and improve their routines and behaviors.
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About L’Oreal: L’Oréal manufactures and sells cosmetic products for women and men worldwide.
Shenan Reed
SVP, Head of Media of L’Oreal
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About L’Oreal, MEC: L’Oréal manufactures and sells cosmetic products for women and men worldwide.
Lincoln Smith
Swyft President & Co-Founder
Lincoln co-founded Lead Creation an Australian B-B digital marketing agency before co-founding Swyft.
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About Swyft: Swyft sells great products from leading brands in strategic high profile locations, serving customers.
Brian McGee
EVP, COO & CFO of GoPro
Brian McGee is the senior vice president and chief financial officer of [GoPro](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gopro#/entity), a brand of high-definition personal cameras used in extreme action video photography. Previously, he was the vice president for finance at the same company. He has also served as the vice president for business operations at [Qualcomm](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/qualcomm#/entity). McGee holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from [California Polytechnic State University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/california-polytechnic-state-university-san-luis-obispo#/entity). He lives in Los Gatos, California, United States.
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