Dan Dan Li is the founder of Popshoplive and chief innovation officer at CommentSold. She has worked as an entrepreneur for seven years and launched Popshoplive in 2018. Popshoplive merged with CommentSold in 2023. Li graduated from New York University’s interactive telecommunications program.
Alan loves serving retail customers through his company, Signs and Mirrors, providing signage and furniture solutions to leading brick and mortar brands. He spent 3 years running two physical locations for his self-portrait photo studio concept, FotoLab Studio. Alan also spent time leading growth marketing at Lucy, a venture backed DTC company in the consumer goods space. Alan is a graduate of Harvard Business School and UC Berkeley.
After nearly a decade of leading marketing at Google, Andrew and two of his colleagues embarked on a mission to create a new kind of commerce solution to help brands harness passion and sell the world’s most in-demand products reliably and fairly. He helps retailers prevent site crashes, stop bots and scammers, streamline payments and processing, and deliver post-launch insights that can inform everything from product development to inventory management.
Jennifer Locke has over 20 years of professional experience with mathematical, statistical and data analysis software as a software engineer, consultant, pre-sales engineer and product management. She has programming expertise with all major computer programming languages. Prior to joining Gurobi, she was a lead developer on the IMSL (International Mathematical and Statistical Library) engineering team and later serving as IMSL Product Manager.
Brandon's previous experience included roles with Bloomin Partners and JPMorgan Chase. Brandon is a board member of the North Texas chapter of the Folds of Honor Foundation and actively supports Men of Nehemiah. As a TCU graduate, Brandon sees everything in purple and is a Frog for life. In his spare time, he loves playing golf and spending time in the mountains with his wife, Sunny, and his three children.
Before that he served as the leader of several teams at Nuance including Sales Engineering, Business Consulting, and Product Management. A proven leader in working with the cross-functional teams, Tony blends his in-depth knowledge of business management, technology and vertical domain expertise to bring Nuance’s solutions to the Enterprise market, partnering with customers to ensure implementations drive true ROI. Prior to Nuance, Tony spent time at Lucent and Verizon where he led teams that applied the latest technologies to solve complex business issues for large enterprises. Tony received a B.S. from Villanova University and a MBA from Dowling College.
Trey Loughran is an authority on mid-to-lower income consumer spending patterns and CEO at Purchasing Power. He joined the company in early October 2019, having held multiple senior executive roles spanning financial services and technology, digital marketing and data analytics across both business-to-business and business-to-consumer platforms.
I help retailers and loyalty-driven businesses streamline document processing, reduce errors, and improve customer experiences with AI automation. At Klippa, I guide clients through building strong business cases, selecting solutions, and ensuring smooth implementation.
Glyn Luckett is Commercial Director at TTi Global Research, a Division of GP Strategies, which provides worldwide customer research programs to drive brand loyalty and growth.
Jason Luther is the Chief Technology Officer at RetailNext, where he leads the development of the company's SaaS platform, including key initiatives like Aurora, a next-generation sensor for physical location analytics. He oversees product planning, delivery, and research efforts to ensure the platform remains future-proof and adaptable to emerging trends. Previously, Jason was Director of Product Management at Nearbuy Systems, where he shaped the vision and roadmap for a cloud-based Wi-Fi retail analytics platform.
Kristin Lynch is Senior Director of Restaurant Strategy for Paytronix Systems (www.Paytronix.com), the leader in guest engagement for restaurants and convenience stores. She has more than 20 years’ experience managing large CPG and retail brands in marketing and brand strategy. Kristin was previously Vice President with Round Table Pizza and Director of Marketing for well-known brands such as Thorntons, Pyrex, and Craftsman Tools.
I am an experienced, commercially aware and customer-focused department, product and program leader with almost twenty years’ experience in all aspects of the Omni-channel world, working for one of Europe’s largest home improvement retail groups, the world’s most famous luxury retailer and a leading luxury beauty company. I have a talent for seeing the bigger picture, delivering complex programs and projects aligned to business strategy, and creating efficient processes and communications.
Sumit Mahajan is Head of Consulting & Industry Sales at HGS, a global leader in optimizing the customer experience lifecycle, digital transformation, and business process management.
Sumit is an award winning marketing leader with 25+ years of leading high growth organizations. His expertise is in leading practices in Performance Marketing, transformative business process management, Demand Science led research & analytics, Finance & Accounting SaaS models, strategic sourcing & procurement and global partner/alliance management. Sumit is the Head of Consulting & Industry Sales at Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS).
Steve Maher is the CEO of Monetate, where he leads the company’s mission to help the world’s most innovative brands deliver exceptional digital experiences. With over 25 years in SaaS, AI, cybersecurity, and customer experience, Steve has a track record of transforming growth-stage companies into industry leaders—scaling global teams, driving innovation, and creating meaningful enterprise value. Beyond business, Steve is deeply committed to philanthropy through The Maher Foundation, which he co-founded with his wife to support neurodiversity and other mission-driven causes.