Tony DiPaolo

Early in his career he covered the SaaS and FinTech markets as an Investment Banker where he worked on a number of notable acquisitions in the space. From there Tony transitioned into an Operations role focused on an Omnichannel Transformation at a specialty retailer being spun out of a larger organization. Most recently, Tony was part of the early team at a modern commerce startup where he worked cross functionally as a Senior Executive responsible for all market facing activities. 

At Manhattan, Tony lives at the intersection of sales, marketing and product for the company’s Omnichannel and Retail solutions. He works closely with Manhattan’s global client base to drive innovation that moves commerce forward for all.

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John Doherty

John Doherty is the founder and CEO of Orca Scan, a no-code barcode system used by organizations across 165+ countries. With a background in software development and a passion for elegant, scalable solutions, he’s helped thousands of businesses streamline inventory, asset tracking, and logistics.

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Gavin Donley

Gavin Donley is Head of Marketing at Brain Corp, the leading AI software platform for powering automated operations. He has over a decade of experience building impactful marketing strategies for innovative technology brands. Prior to joining Brain Corp, Gavin held multiple brand and product marketing roles at pioneering global technology firm, Qualcomm.

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Brian Donnelly

Piper Donnelly

Digital strategist, team leader, and account director—meet Piper Donnelly. Piper is a digital and affiliate marketer with 10 year's experience, currently serving as Account Director at global affiliate marketing platform Awin. With some of the world's most popular enterprise brands under her remit, Piper brings passion to all she does, emphasizing positivity as the key to success for both her clients and her team of account managers. Outside of her professional pursuits, Piper enjoys life in Austin, Texas, with her beloved rescue dog Ike.

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Jeff Dossett

Jeff Dossett the Chief Revenue Officer at Impinj, a company that helps businesses and people analyze, optimize, and innovate by wirelessly connecting billions of everyday things to the Internet. He has over 25 years of experience in executive leadership, strategic partnerships, people development, and general management across various industries and domains, including new media, online marketing, software, and digital experiences.

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Holly Draher

With her MaRC certification from Shop!, Holly is versed in retail fixture solutions and shopper behavior and is prepared to bring fresh, modern ideas to every market to help clients overcome individual challenges.

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Edward Drax

Edward Drax is the CEO of Yocuda, a provider of sustainable and dynamic digital receipts. The company handles hundreds of millions of receipts each year for clients including Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s, Sephora, Decathlon and Hudson. Yocuda’s solutions are deployed across four continents, 30-plus countries and support all languages, currencies and fiscal regulations.

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Jeanne Duca

Since joining BCN in 2016 as Vice President of Marketing, Jeanne Duca has leveraged her years of expertise in brand management and channel marketing to elevate BCN’s brand presence and market influence. Her leadership has been recognized industry-wide, most recently, as one of 2024 Top 50 Women Leaders of Massachusetts. As CMO, she leads BCN’s marketing strategy, focusing on brand innovation, digital transformation, and delivering compelling experiences. Ms. Duca holds a B.S. in Advertising from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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Michele Dupre

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Michele Dupré

Ed Durbin

Ed Durbin

Ed Durbin is the vice-president and general manager of industry strategy for retail at Talkdesk, where he drives growth and develops strategies to support our global retail customers. His passion is understanding customers problems, understanding desired outcomes, partnering for success, and leveraging the right technologies. With over 30 years of experience supporting retailers worldwide, his focus is on assisting customers achieve their CX goals leveraging Talkdesk AI.

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Ben Dutter

Ben Dutter is the Chief Strategy Officer at Power Digital, a tech-enabled growth firm–at the intersection of marketing, consulting & data intelligence–igniting revenue and brand recognition for leading and emerging companies around the world. He is also the Founder of fusepoint, a strategic data consultancy within Power Digital that helps brands optimize their go-to-market strategies, measure campaign incrementality, and maximize ROI.

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Jim Eckes

With decades of professional experience, Jim Eckes prides himself on creating meaningful partnerships with businesses to help them better serve their customers. As the leader of TieTechnology, he’s focused on building custom VoIP phone system solutions for organizations across numerous sectors. Jim’s vast experience puts him in a unique position to launch legacy telecom into the future.

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Vaughan Edmonds

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Daniel Edmundson

Mindaugas Eglinskas

Mindaugas is the founder and CEO of a retail AI startup called Pixevia. Mindaugas is deeply passionate about technology and improving the retail experience. He has a background as a former software developer and professor of machine learning and robotics at Vilnius University. Pixevia brings the conventional grocery store and retail experience into the digital age with a seamless, cashier-less checkout payment process and AI-powered store management tools. Founded in 2016, the startup has developed proprietary AI technology solutions to power the first-ever autonomous store in Europe.

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Rachel Eisenhauer

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Renee Ellis

Renee Ellis is a Senior Consultant with a demonstrated understanding of creative, studio and digital operations, process, and technologies. Leveraging 20+ years of practical experience, she guides organizations in leading creative teams, developing strategic portfolios, and embracing emerging technologies to drive innovation.

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