The wait is over for the largest virtual eCommerce event! And you don’t want to miss it because adding ROCKET FUEL to your business is ongoing. DTCX4 will feature many top leaders across the DTC industry, and the keynote speaker is Harley Finkelstein, the president of Shopify.
The year 2022 has been full of challenges – consumers are adopting new consumption habits, the cookie remains a challenge, and competition is higher than ever. But amidst it all, many DTC brands are thriving – led by resourceful leaders that can adapt to new environments quickly. DTCX4 will focus on helping you make the right moves in key areas like customer experience, acquisition, retention, and omnichannel to scale your business.
DTCX is where DTC executives go to expand professional knowledge and discover the latest industry trends and topics. Join us LIVE for an unforgettable, interactive experience focused on helping you improve outcomes in your business.
Shopify
President
Tiger Lily
CEO
Gorgias
Manager of Customer Education
Clearco
Head of Account Management & Operations Australia
Shippit
Founder & Joint CEO
Word of Mouth
Co-Founder, Head of Marketing
Dirty Clean Food
CEO
Nosto
APAC Sales Leader
Justuno
Plus Customer Success Strategist
Overdose
CEO
JustUno
Senior Marketing Manager
Zyber
CEO
Trustpilot
Senior Partner Manager APAC
Wave Commerce
Marketing Lead
Webqem
COO
The Cut
Director
AMR
Founder
Harley Finkelstein is an entrepreneur, lawyer, and the President of Shopify. He founded his first company at age 17 while a student at McGill. Harley completed his law degree as well as his MBA at the University of Ottawa, where he co-founded the JD/MBA Student Society and the Canadian MBA Oath. Harley is an Advisor to Felicis Ventures, and one of the “Dragons” on CBC’s Next Gen Den. Recently, he received the Canadian Angel Investor of the Year Award, Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 Award, and was inducted into the Order of Ottawa. From 2014 to 2017 Harley was on the Board of the C100, and from 2017 to 2020 he was on to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Harley is currently starring on Discovery Channel’s I Quit, a television series about hopeful entrepreneurs who decide to quit their 9-5 jobs to focus full-time on their side hustles.
One of the lucky ones who has a career doing the thing she loves most - all things E-commerce & Retail as CEO at Tigerlily. #7 in Inside Retail's 2022 & 2021 Top 50 People in Ecommerce Report.
Amy brings to the table 7+ years experience in the startup environment with a focus on B2B software.
Growing up in a family of business owner/operators she has first hand experience in the challenges of scalability and growth.
She is passionate about enablement and dedicated to making technology more accessible to business of all sizes.
Amy currently leads Customer Education at Gorgias, ensuring merchants have the tools they need to thrive.
With over 8 years working with scaleups in the APAC market and extensive experience in tech, Aaron Leong has been supporting businesses by bolstering growth through all four phases. He is passionate about e-commerce and helping brands to aggressively scale their businesses, in a sustainable manner.
Rob Hango-Zada is the Co-Founder & Joint CEO of APAC’s fast-growing shipping platform, Shippit. He brings a common-sense & customer-centric approach to Australian retailing. Having spent a decade working for the world’s leading FMCG businesses (Procter & Gamble, Unilever) across Asia, Rob has vast experience in converting customer insight and analytics into growth driving strategies for retailers such as Woolworths, Coles, Tesco & Priceline and numerous global brands. Rob’s frustration as an online shopper drove him to co-found Shippit with William On to enhance the post-purchase experience from cart to doorstep and back again. Shippit now powers delivery for leading Australian retailers such as Target, Cotton On, Big W, Nike and more. Outside of work, Rob is a big fan of bold red wine, fancy socks and good design.
Tash started her business journey in the entrepreneurship space launching and successfully exiting a profitable fashion publication before she turned 24.
Following this, Tash took on a Head of Digital role at H&M Australia, successfully launching into the market in 2014, and going on to work globally on campaigns including the Balmain x H&M collaboration in New York. She moved on to work at The Entourage with Jack Delosa, heading up a team focusing on digital strategy, performance and reach inmarket.
Her passion and experience is focused on the connection between the holistic approach to business growth and the role that performance marketing channels play within this. Along with her co-founder and brother Alex and their Sydney based team, Word Of Mouth Digital successfully scales Australian and International clients across many verticals including brands such as H&M, Billini, Ally Fashion, Naked Sundays, Dock and Bay, The Deep Podcast and more.
Jay is CEO of Dirty Clean Food, the leading regenerative food brand in Australia. Jay has spent his career building better networks to access quality food. Since 2019 he has spent built Dirty Clean Food from concept to scale as an innovative new channel that connects conscious consumers to regeneratively farmed produce and ethical products in Australia.
Jay has a wealth of experience leading growth initiatives and strategic partnerships in the consumer and financial services industries. Before starting Dirty Clean Food, he ran corporate strategy at MaxDelivery and co-founded MyFreshGrocer, a New York-based online grocery specialising in eco-friendly delivery of local, gourmet and grocery products.
Ed leads the Asia Pacific team in Sydney and has 12+ years of experience helping 100's of brands to define their digital strategy. Having originally cut his teeth working in digital agencies he then transitioned into the tech vendor space. For the last 6 years, Ed has been helping brands personalize the digital experiences they deliver for their customers. Outside of work Ed loves everything outdoors, hiking, surfing, cycling, you name it!
Paul is a highly respected and sought after digital industry expert, with a career in leadership roles across large networks and independent digital agencies. Paul has built and grown high performance digital teams for BBDO, DDB and Ogilvy. He now drives the delivery and scaling of talent, services and sustained growth for Overdose's global business alongside the governance of a portfolio of key accounts.
Kathryn is the Senior Marketing Manager at Justuno. She's keen on helping brands identify outside-the-box strategies to implement and help marketers reach their goals with ease. She works with tech and agency partners to provide conversion-focused insight on how to maximize campaigns & create educational content for brands.
Leonardo is known as a leading eCommerce strategist with great insight to the psychology of sales, leadership and entrepreneurship. He’s been part of the eCommerce industry for over 15 years, so shares a world of knowledge when it comes to Shopify, omnichannel and growth strategy.
Jess has worked on both agency and client side partnering with businesses to help them scale and grow. Having worked across various sectors and with strengths in design, operations and sales he is now working at Trustpilot using his wealth of experience in startups/scaleups to work with brands on understanding their customers and using that insight to power conversion.
Peter is the Marketing Lead at Wave Commerce, Hong Kong’s featured Shopify Plus partner for global brands and enterprises to accelerate their DTC ambitions. Originally from Australia and New Zealand, Peter has worked directly in Greater China, East Asia, SEA, and ANZ driving growth for retail, ecommerce brands, and SaaS solutions. He has helped launch a brand from China which is now a top10 selling beauty product globally, and has worked with dozens of Western luxury, prestige, and lifestyle brands to bridge the gap with Asia. He brings a unique perspective with experience in different markets, inhouse retail/ecommerce, customer engagement SaaS, consulting, and various stages of brand development.
Larry has retail and wholesale running through his veins with over 30 years of experience in building businesses. These include Larry Adler Ski and Outdoor, OPSM, Gateway Computers, webqem and Veeps hosting.
His agency webqem, works hand in hand with like-minded companies that are transforming and embracing the online channel.
Ben started as an advertising creative for global agencies including Clemenger BBDO, Grey Worldwide and 303 Lowe from Hobart and Perth to Canberra and Manchester.
Ben’s skills in strategic communication solutions and branding translate nicely into ecommerce as Ben helps businesses refine their brands to increase relevance and engagement to optimise customer experience and increase sales conversions.
At 11-years-old he was already working in the beauty industry, packing boxes out the back of a local shop. The budding entrepreneur took to reselling products at school and after realising he would have to build his own brands to make a name for himself, Ammar started his own company at 14-years-old — although he couldn’t register the business name until he turned 16. The business name registered was AMR Hair and Beauty - a company that now earns more than $100 million in revenue a year.
Gorgias
Partner Manager APAC
Gorgias
Strategic Partner Manager
