SPEAKERS

Eric Bandholz is the founder of Beardbrand, a men’s grooming company that focuses on beard care. He launched the business with co-founders Jeremy McGee and Lindsey Reinders after building a small community from his blogging efforts. Beardbrand has grown organically and rapidly due to a deep...

Brett Briley is the Senior Manager of Customer Experience-Logistics for American Eagle Outfitters.  He has been with AE for a decade of online commerce growth working first with the company’s outsourced contact centers and currently with the company’s DTC distribution teams.  Prior to joining...

Sam Bruni is the Vice President of at Tillys.com. Sam is a 20-year veteran of the tech space, with his last 15 years dedicated to e-commerce. Prior to joining Tilly’s, Sam served as the CEO of TeeFury.com, the largest pure play pop culture tee shirt site online.   From 2003-2012, Sam helped take...

Residing in Flagstaff, Arizona, Jesse Carstens started working with Deckers Brands in 2008.  In his current role, Jesse oversees the operations for the portfolio of brands, including Ugg Australia, Teva, Hoka, Ahnu & Sanuk.  Jesse has been a key contributor in scaling the eCommerce business and ...

Cat manages the Operations team at The Honest Company, and her responsibilities includes inventory planning, sourcing, shipping, and fulfillment. The Honest Company is a global and multi-channel family brand that offers non-toxic, eco-friendly, and stylish baby, personal care, cleaning, and health...

Richard Cohene is an accomplished consumer marketer with over 10 years’ experience in both e-commerce and brick and mortar retail, specializing in fashion and consumer goods. At Beyond the Rack he has been responsible for the Marketing department (and growing its database from 50K to 11 million...

Robert Escobar serves as VP of Operations for Gwynnie Bee, Inc, a fashion rental subscription service. Robert’s past work includes, Head of Operations for ipsy (Michelle Phan’s startup) and Senior Director of Operations at Stella & Dot (2009/2010 Inc. Magazine's fastest growing...

Emily is the Director of Dotcom Operations at Sephora, a prestige beauty retailer with over 360 stores in North America.  In this position she is responsible for optimizing operations to drive cost savings and efficiencies and to improve the client experience with Sephora.com.  Prior to joining...

Benjamin is the Head of Global Business Development at Bringg, a technology platform that helps Enterprises and SMBs compete in the on-demand economy. His career has been dedicated to commercializing transformative technologies created by world-class venture-backed startups, including Meetup.com...

As the CEO and founder of Los Angeles-based YouBar, Anthony Flynn creates and manufactures the custom private-label nutrition bar brands for many of America’s most well-known diet book authors and fitness celebrities. YouBar has received praise from hundreds of media outlets across the country...

As Vice President of Operations, Kris oversees Munchery’s operational strategy and expansion into new markets. Under Kris’ leadership, Munchery has innovated its product offering (adding on-demand delivery) and launched markets outside the Bay Area (Seattle, New York, and LosAngeles). Prior to...

Alex Golshan is currently VP of Omni-Channel and Global eCommerce at BCBG Max Azria Group, where he is focused on expanding BCBG’s global eCommerce presence and innovations that focus on extending customer engagement, serving customers better and provide a seamless brand presence across channels. ...

David Golub is an executive at Price Chopper Supermarkets, a regional supermarket chain spanning 6 states and employing 21,000 teammates. David began his career in 1988, and has held various positions throughout the Price Chopper organization including: Private Label Category Manager, Store...

Paul is the CFO of Pura Vida Bracelets, a hand-made bracelet company from Costa Rica.Prior to starting Pura Vida Bracelets, Paul attended San Diego State University where he received his BS in Finance. While attending SDSU, Paul also worked for a top accounting firm in San Diego, gaining valuable...

Over the past decade, Charles has been making it easier to buy anything and get it delivered anywhere, on time. For 8 years as Amazon’s VP of Transportation Technology, he was responsible for global delivery solutions serving North America, Europe and Asia. The challenges his teams encountered in...

Austin is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, activist and now the CEO of Potbox, where he oversees the strategic direction and growth of the company.Prior to co-founding Potbox, Austin held engineering leadership roles at several start-ups and established companies across a variety of...

Jim Hourigan is a senior executive who brings to the table over 25 years of success guiding corporate strategy in the areas of sales, operations, distribution, logistics, and manufacturing.  At present, he serves as the COO of BuildDirect, a $200M e-commerce pioneer based in Vancouver, Canada that...

“I wanted to bring people together over a shared meal again. Cooking isn’t as popular as it was with my parent’s generation, and I wanted to help reverse that trend. By offering multi-course menus in our boxes, PeachDish has become a valued dinner experience, instead of a way to carry your appetite ...

Manish is one of the leading industry experts in Logistics, especially Last Mile with a relentless passion for the customer experience and operational efficiency using disruptive technologies. Manish is responsible for overall operations at Cheetah, ensuring continued innovation with operational...

Lior Lavy is the COO and co-founder for artizone, an online marketplace offering a curated collection of the finest quality goods from local artisans and purveyors. Within artizone, he is responsible for the day-to-day operations and marketing for the company’s two current locations in Chicago and...

Stephen is Senior Manager, Supply Chain Operations at One Kings Lane, a leading online destination for the home that connects daily design inspiration with a fresh collection of select home decor, designer and vintage items you won’t find anywhere else.  Stephen leads optimization, strategy and...

As business development lead for Instacart’s western region, Sarah builds and develops sustainable partnerships with local, regional, and national retailers and consumer packaged goods companies.  Prior to joining Instacart, Sarah was a part of Frito-Lay North America's Strategy and M&A...

Tracy McCourt is a Customer Relationship Marketing Contractor for Zappos Family of Companies. Tracy is a 20 year veteran of multi-channel and brand marketing and operations in the fashion and beauty verticals, with a primary focus on customer development strategies. Prior to joining Zappos, Tracy...

John McDonald is VP of Business Operations at Poshmark, a mobile fashion marketplace built around real-time social experiences.  John developed deep expertise in marketplace management during his eight years at eBay, first building new merchandise categories and then leading trust and safety for...

A serial entrepreneur, Geoff’s versatile background has allowed him to be a successful founder, executive, and advisor for a wide variety of companies. He started in real estate in 2002 in the Greater Denver Area.  During that time Geoff was founder and CEO of a restaurant and hotel group with...

As VP of Global eCommerce Strategy at Rakuten, Ryan is responsible for leading the company’s cross-border marketplace initiatives. Prior to Rakuten, Ryan was as a member of the Retail Practice Group at Demandware, where he was responsible for maximizing online sales of Demandware’s clients through...

Carroll Morale joined Overstock.com in 2005, and currently heads up the online retailer’s logistics division. Carroll first cut his teeth in the world of supply chain paying his way through the University of Louisiana Lafayette working as a loader/unloader for UPS. After graduation, Carroll joined...

Craig Morrison is the Manager of Flexible Fulfillment for American Eagle Outfitters. Craig has nearly a decade of experience in omnichannel operations and helped launch American Eagle’s Ship from Store and Reserve in Store programs from concept to implementation in over 900 locations. Prior to his...

Jason Read is Vice President of Applications Consulting at Descartes Systems Group and is responsible for sales, account management and design input for many of Descartes’ solutions including Transportation Management, Logistics Flow Control, Home Delivery and Omni Channel Retailing. Jason is...

Daniel Rodic is the Co-Founder of Exact Media, his third company in the Marketing and eCommerce industry. Exact Media's mission is to help people experience the world's greatest brands in the moments that matter. World-class retailers such as Best Buy, Gilt, Zulily and Walmart use Exact...

High tech veteran turned entrepreneur, Mike Schwarz took 15+ years of developing products and online services for companies such as eBay, Netzero, and PayOne and utilized that experience to launch RibbedTee, an online Made-in-USA men's t-shirt business in 2008. With a focus on growing an...

Overstock.com President Stormy Simon began her career during the early years of the online shopping site with an entry-level sales position. Her entrepreneurial spirit and tireless work ethic soon caught the attention of company founder and CEO Patrick M. Byrne, and she was moved into a series of...

Martin J. Smiley, a Partnerships and Consumer Promotions Manager, joined Cooking.com in 2012. In his role he manages all of Cooking.com Marketplaces (on Amazon, eBay, Sears, Rakuten Shopping, NewEgg and Shop.com as well as Affiliate Channels, and the Email Membership Acquisition Growth efforts for...

Drew Stadler is the Head of Happiness at Bombas, a socially responsible sock company, with a mission to help those in need. In his role, Drew is responsible for overseeing customer experience as it affects all aspects of the business, from customer inquiries to working with fulfillment, social...

After he studied computer graphics, Roy’s career started as a software developer, building warehousing systems and automation technology. Shortly after he joined PoolSupplyWorld, he branched into marketing automation, and started applying his technical experience to a whole host of new business...

Griffin is the CEO of Pura Vida Bracelets, a hand-made bracelet company from Costa Rica. Prior to starting Pura Vida Bracelets, Griffin attended San Diego State University where we received his BS in Marketing. During his time there, Griffin lead the internet marketing division for a large...

Michael Thompson leads all aspects of NatureBox’s operations, including supply chain strategy and execution, customer service, fulfillment, transportation and inventory management.  Michael brings to NatureBox two decades of operations expertise, most recently spending eight years at Bare...

Chris Vaughn is the CEO & Founder of Saucey, the on-demand alcohol delivery platform that's changing the $105B retail alcohol market. Previously founder of Jarvus, a social tool for friends save their memories together by aggregating media content based on location and relationship. Jarvus...

Jon Venverloh is Director, Global Sales at Google and oversees the Channel Intelligence business unit within Google Shopping. Channel Intelligence is a service and platform for big data transformation that helps retailers maximize their digital outreach to consumers across Google and third party...

Janie leads deal sourcing and due diligence at Fung Capital, the investment arm of the Fung family in Hong Kong which separately controls the Fung Group that sources, distributes, and retails consumer products globally. The Fung Group of companies include Li & Fung, Global Brands Group, and...

Alice Zhou is Senior Manager of Global eCommerce Operations for Levi Strauss & Co.  Alice is leading out on omnichannel initiatives, working closely with the global retail team to deliver a seamless experience to consumers around the world.  The Global eCommerce Operations team is responsible...