Contributors
Gaia Vernaglione
Gaia Vernaglione's journey in business development has been marked by gaining valuable experience across the globe in Milan, Hong Kong, and the US. Working across multiple hubs and environments has been instrumental in developing her expertise in visual commerce technologies, enhancing her understanding of the e-commerce landscape. As Director of Americas at Zakeke, Gaia leverages this rich experience to innovate and push the boundaries of e-commerce, particularly focusing on the impactful use of technology to improve online shopping experiences.
Sam Vise
Sam Vise is the Co-founder and CEO of Optimum Retailing, the scaleable, cost-effective retail intelligence platform that multi-unit retailers use to gain the actionable insights they need for better per-store performance and customer experience.
Ionut Vlad
Ionut Vlad is the Founder and CEO of Tokinomo, a trailblazing force in in-store marketing. With over 15 years in marketing and advertising, Ionut created Tokinomo, the first POSM robot, significantly boosting shopper engagement and sales. His visionary leadership has redefined retail marketing, focusing on innovation and collaboration. Ionut's work continues to empower brands with deeper consumer insights and effective product promotion.
Carl von Sydow
Carl von Sydow is director of self-service, retail, at Diebold Nixdorf, a provider in automating, digitizing and transforming the way people shop and bank.
Glebs Vrevsky
Glebs Vrevsky is co-founder and executive board member at scandiweb, a global e-commerce technology and growth company helping enterprise brands build and scale complex digital commerce platforms for more than two decades. He built scandiweb’s Growth division, which expanded the company’s capabilities beyond platform engineering into performance marketing and data-driven optimization.
Mike Wager
Mike Wager is a Product Marketing Manager at Keysight. Over the last decade, he has brought product ideas and services to life for digital retail technologies, SaaS applications, and software development. In his current role, Mike communicates the unique benefits of AI-driven test automation for retail applications, in-store systems, and eCommerce experiences.
Link Walls
Link is responsible for ChannelAdvisor’s Digital Marketing Strategy, serving as a strategic consultant to leading brands and retailers, helping them with the strategy and solutions needed to advertise their products online successfully.
Leslie Walsh
Leslie Walsh is Head of Strategy at RYA, an audience intelligence platform that helps marketers make faster, data-backed creative decisions. Her agency background includes brand and digital strategy for MINI Cooper, Nestlé, Oscar Mayer, and AT&T.
Scott Wassmer
Scott is Global President and General Manager of the Americas, responsible for making sure that all of Appnovation’s clients get the most inspired products and services. As a member of Appnovation’s Board of Directors, he also leads an internal culture where teams think big and thrive. Powered by a deep commitment to creative thinking and a passion for developing breakthrough, growth-driving strategies, he’s mentored Fortune 500 companies on their own digital journeys for more than two decades.
Stephanie Weagle
Before joining BriefCam, Stephanie was Vice President of Marketing for Corero Network Security, where she led global marketing for the company’s cyber-threat mitigation product portfolio. Previously, Stephanie held senior marketing roles at Lionbridge Technologies and Novell, Inc.
Rob Weaver
Rob Weaver is the Chief Revenue Officer at Vertebrae where he helps bring the power of 3D and AR commerce to retailers across the globe.
Mike Webster
Webster has more than 28 years of retail industry experience, working with hundreds of retailers in more than 30 countries. His expertise spans enterprise applications, data warehousing, and store-automation solutions. He is widely acknowledged for leading the global expansion of self-checkout across multiple formats.
Throughout his career, Webster held various senior management positions in business strategy, corporate communications, and government affairs in service to the retail and hospitality industries. He also led the acquisition of leading self-service solutions for the retail, travel, and healthcare industries. Webster holds a bachelor's degree in management from the University of Dayton.
Rob Weisberg
Rob Weisberg is the President, MarTech, Inmar Intelligence. Prior to Inmar, he most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer of Invaluable which he joined in October 2012 and built it into the world’s leading online marketplace for buying fine art, antiques and collectibles. Weisberg received his bachelor’s degree in psychology and a certificate in business management with a concentration in marketing from the University of Rochester in New York.
Mitchell Weisman
Mitchell Weisman is Founder & CEO of Innervate, the Leader in Dynamic Customer Experience Orchestration. Mitchell is also Chairman & Founder of LifeStreet Media, which became the #1 ad provider to Facebook app developers under his leadership and is now an AI-powered mobile-first demand side platform tailored for performance marketers. A serial entrepreneur and former venture capitalist, Mitchell has been building companies and digital customer experience technologies at various startups since 2000.
Einat Weiss
Prior to joining NICE Einat led product and global marketing in the telecom and tech industries. Einat holds an MBA with a focus on Marketing from the Technion and a BA in Computer Science from The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo.
Melissa West
Director of Product Solutions, PDISarah West
Sarah leads product strategy for Carat, the global commerce platform from Fiserv. A graduate of Middlebury College and the Vanderbilt University - Owen Graduate School of Management Accelerator Summer Business Program, she has experience working at Kaiser Associates, American Express and Fiserv.
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