James Robins is a seasoned Chief Marketing Officer with over 20 years of experience driving high-growth strategies in both B2B and B2C markets. James is currently CMO at Yodeck, the Intelligent Digital Signage Platform™, where he leads marketing strategy and execution. Yodeck helps retail organizations boost sales and customer engagement by offering easy-to-use digital signage solutions that attract foot traffic and drive impulse purchases.
Olivia Robinson started her career in retail and moved up the ranks before being promoted to Store Manager. Olivia joined VoCoVo in January 2019 and is currently Head of Strategic Growth. Olivia uses her in-depth retail knowledge to help retailers prove the benefits of connected comms in-store and works with retailers across three major continents.
Tim Robinson is the Corporate Vice President, Returns at Blue Yonder. Retailers, manufacturers and logistics service providers worldwide rely on Blue Yonder to optimize and accelerate their supply chain from planning through fulfillment, delivery, and returns.
Daniel Rodriguez is an experienced marketing executive, entrepreneur, family guy and musician who uses daily meditation to manage life’s intense moments. He currently is the CMO at Simplr, where he’s leading a team that is redefining the way brands deliver customer service. Before Simplr, he served as VP of Marketing for Seismic. A native of Cleveland, he’s been a Bostonian since earning a BA from Harvard and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
With a focus on business administration and growth strategy, his restructuring of small businesses, managing multi-disciplined teams, and expertise in integration activities has led to success in building companies and delivering enterprise client services. Jason’s passions include sports (especially golf), reading, movies, and politics.
Previously, Lance has been CEO of three leading business process outsourcing companies, including Startek, Aegis, and PeopleSupport . Lance is also an entrepreneur and board member, with a track record of building great companies and generating substantial shareholder returns.
Andrew oversees Citizens’ innovative business in the ‘buy now, pay later’ space, with leading brands including Apple and Microsoft covering the electronics, specialty retail, home goods & improvement, and wellness verticals. He has played a major role in Citizens’ unique point of sale solution, which powers both the online and retail brick and mortar channels in a seamless way and provides financing programs for products to benefit both the merchants and the consumers.
Andrew has been with Citizens since 2014, working across Citizens’ strategic innovation programs. Previously, Andrew spent eight years at Bain & Company and before that, Moore Capital Management, and starting his career as a software engineer at IBM. Andrew received his MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Engineering and Computer Science from Cornell University.
"I specialize in starting up small technology firms and scaling them through $10MM in sales and beyond. I have experience on both the business/finance and technology sides, and can easily translate between the different stakeholders. Specialties: Fund raising, setting up a business from scratch, corporate governance"
Ian Rowan is the visionary CEO of x-hoppers, bringing over 30 years of industry experience in retail technology and telecommunications. Previously serving as the UK and Ireland Country Manager at Wildix, Ian played a pivotal role in identifying the unique communication challenges faced by retail clients, which led to the inception of x-hoppers. Under his leadership, x-hoppers has expanded globally, driven by his strategic insights and a deep understanding of retail operations.
Daniel Ruby is the VP of Marketing at Nobl9. Ruby is a dynamic marketing executive with a focus on B2B marketing, and has significant experience building teams and driving successful, data-driven programs for a range of startups and mid-sized organizations. As the Director of Online Marketing for Localytics, Ruby was the first marketing hire and scaled his team to a full-fledged marketing department with domain specialists focused on mobile apps. Ruby holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism from University of Missouri-Columbia and an MBA in International Business from Brandeis University.
Marketing P.R. & Communication Professional with over 10 years of experience. Over the years she has helped more than 50 companies in the fashion & lifestyle industry to develop and increase their business: setting-up a tailor-made strategy, boosting their brand-awareness and spreading their values, through all marketing and communication channels. Maresa started her career working for several communication agencies, and in 2011 she joined Amazon where she worked as Communication & Marketing Manager. Starting from 2019 she is a Marketing & Communication Consultant.
Carl leads the Retail Industry Vertical for Ricoh USA. His organization helps retailers attract, train, and maintain top talent, create immersive and engaging customer experiences, capture efficiencies through process improvements and automation, and scale innovative solutions across their enterprise.