Chris Meade is the co-founder & CMO of CROSSNET, the world's first four-way volleyball game. Chris was honored with Forbes 30U30 for the 2021 Sports category. CROSSNET combines elements of the childhood game four square and volleyball in a competitive game to 11, win by 2. CROSSNET is now available at 3000+ retail stores such as Walmart, Target, DICKS, Academy Sports, Sam’s Club and 20+ other retailers. 

Rohan manages strategic partnerships for Platforms and Tech Partners at Gorgias.

Prior to joining Gorgias, he initiated the investor partnership program at Clearco, a revenue-based source of financing for D2C eCommerce brands. He also spent just over 3 years at the Toronto Stock Exchange, working closely with companies in the junior marketplace (TSXV) to help them better connect to more qualified and meaningful pools of capital. He is passionate about helping companies scale through various means, to ultimately help them reach success.

Vaishali is a Product Marketing Manager at Loop Returns, the exchange-first returns platform for scaling Shopify brands. Collaborating closely with Partnerships and Product Management, she focuses on launching tech integrations and driving product adoption. When she's not working, you can find Vaishali at the local ceramics studio.

Fiona Stevens is the Head of Marketing at LoyaltyLion, a data-driven loyalty and engagement platform for fast-growth ecommerce merchants. LoyaltyLion helps thousands of retailers worldwide to build fully customised loyalty programs, proven to increase customer engagement, retention and spend. Fiona has almost 15 years’ experience in Marketing, having worked in-house and agency side across functions including PR, SEO and content. She has specialised in loyalty for retail and ecommerce brands for the past eight years.

Founder & CEO at Avex, a digital agency helping brands drive business value through creative, commerce and technology.

With over 20 years of experience creating for the web, John has seen the digital landscape evolve. From Web 1.0 and Flash animation to the explosion of mobile and e-commerce. John utilizes his experience in creative, technology and business to help DTC brands achieve rapid growth.

In 2015 John started growing his freelance business into a boutique digital agency, with focus on fashion, lifestyle and premium products. Since then, Avex has partnered with global brands such as: LVMH, Hugo Boss, KITH, O’Neill, Mondelez and many more.

Sharon is a digital commerce veteran with 10+ years of experience in digital marketing, commerce strategy, digital transformation and back office operations. She has led Sales and Business Development teams in the commerce technology and systems integration space for global companies including BigCommerce, Skubana, Born, Fluid (acquired by Astound), and Tribal DDB. Sharon has a comprehensive understanding of the Commerce ecosystem and looks to leverage this on behalf of merchants to help them grow their business across Channels. Currently, she oversees the Omnichannel & Data Solutions Partnerships teams at BigCommerce which focus on helping merchants grow via integrations to key channels such as Google, Facebook, Instagram, Amazon, eBay, Walmart and many others.

Jeremiah Curvers

the Co Founder and CEO of Polysleep, a leading Canadian

mattress company providing the best sleep performance through smart and innovative

solutions across Canada and the US.

Polysleep has been featured in leading publications, including Elle Canada, The National

Post and Canadian Business. Launched in 2016 with the sole purpose for people to sleep

better, Polysleep has become one of the fastest growing Canadian start ups since 2020.

Jeremiah grew with a strong entrepreneurial spirit, raised in a Belgian family specialized in

furniture and decoration, with a background that led him to a promising career in the

mattress industry. As an ambitious and self taught businessman, Jeremiah is a true believer

in learning by doing, starting his first company at the age of 17. Digital marketing is

Jeremiah's playground. His years of digital marketing experience at Mediative prove that

he is an early adopter when tackling the digital world. Today he is focused on building a

successful company that innovates and creates products that ultimately help people sleep

better.

Rosa Hu is VP of Product Marketing at Yotpo, where she leads a team of best-in-class product marketers to help innovative eCommerce brands better engage and retain customers. Yotpo is a leading eCommerce marketing platform specializing in strengthening relationships between brands and consumers.

Prior to joining Yotpo, Rosa was VP of Product Marketing at SAP Customer Experience. Rosa graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology and Economics from Wellesley College and in her free time, enjoys exploring the hidden secrets of New York City.

Laura Ann has been with Nosto for over 3.5 years and is a Sr. Customer Success Manager working out of the Los Angeles area. Having over a decade of experience working with mid-market to enterprise retailers, she is an industry expert and currently manages Nosto’s Commerce Experience Certification program globally. She is passionate about helping Nosto clients make every impression count utilizing her expertise in the email and personalization space. Originally from North Carolina, Laura Ann is an avid sports fan with a love for college football.

Yaseen Shurbaji is the co-founder and managing partner of Prismfly, a global B2B consultancy that focuses on driving conversion rate and average order value for some of the largest D2C eCommerce brands. Prismfly is most notably a recommended partner of Shopify Plus.

Adam founded the world's first Experiential Email Marketing Agency for eCommerce brands, Magnet Monster. Magnet Monster helps brands leverage innovative strategies over email & SMS that drive engagement, unlocking deep qualitative insights from customers that transform the way brands acquire customers and increase repeat sales.

Samantha Samuels is Head of Partnerships at Friendbuy, where she collaborates with leading technology and agency partners to help brands grow through best-in-class referral programs.

Samantha joined Friendbuy 7 years ago as employee number 5, making major contributions in Sales, Implementation, Product Development, Customer Success, and now Partnerships. Sam has dedicated herself to growing and cultivating incredible relationships with partners and brands.

Samantha’s passions for customer retention, technology, e-commerce and fashion have provided her the foundation for helping Friendbuy’s partners and clients achieve their goals.

Steve Chou is a highly recognized influencer and speaker in the ecommerce space and has taught thousands of students how to profitably sell physical products online over at ProfitableOnlineStore.com.

His blog, MyWifeQuitHerJob.com, has been featured in Forbes, Inc, The New York Times, Entrepreneur and MSNBC.

He’s also a contributing author for BigCommerce, Klaviyo, ManyChat, Printful, Privy, CXL, Ecommerce Fuel, GlockApps, Social Media Examiner, Web Designer Depot, Sumo and other leading business publications.

In addition, he runs a popular ecommerce podcast, My Wife Quit Her Job, which is a top 25 marketing show on all of Apple Podcasts.

To stay up to date with all of the latest ecommerce trends, Steve runs a 7 figure ecommerce store, BumblebeeLinens.com, with his wife and puts on an annual ecommerce conference called The Sellers Summit.

Hyla Nayeri co-founded 437 at 21, alongside her best friend Adrien Bettio, by investing a few thousand each. In less than three years, the entirely self-funded brand, characterized by its universally-flattering apparel and swimwear, has amassed over 220k followers on social, been featured in the likes of Forbes, Cosmopolitian, HYPEBAE, and on many notable celebrities and influencers. Since launching three years ago, 437 has seen the company’s annual revenue grow 500% for the third year in a row, through organic marketing and a strong social strategy.

One of the most highly regarded independent consultants in his industry, Kurt Elster is a Senior Ecommerce Consultant who helps Shopify merchants like Jay Leno’s Garage uncover hidden profits in their websites through his ecommerce agency Ethercycle. With over two million downloads, Kurt is best known for hosting The Unofficial Shopify Podcast. 

Ben Nachmani loves growing businesses by developing strong relationships. He’s passionate about finding new markets for products by creating best-in-class technology alliances and robust reseller networks. Ben leads the partnership team at Ada Support, an industry leading Conversational AI platform focussed on improving customer support. Before that, he led sales and product development for a variety of consumer products businesses bringing wearable technology, beauty products and toys to market. When he isn’t on a Zoom call, he’s likely on his bicycle or hiking in a park. 

Hi, My name is Jake Karls & I am a co-founder and Rainmaker at Mid-Day Squares. I am 28 years old. I tried to be an actuary, but couldn't get a job so I decided to become an entrepreneur. I have launched 3 businesses, 2 have failed. As of right now, this ones working. I learnt you gotta keep swinging till you hit.

I believe my purpose in life is to make people feel something deeply, to spread good vibes and show the world that you can win by being unapologetically yourself everyday. 

Cody Wittick is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Kynship, an influencer marketing agency located in Orange County, CA. Prior to co-founding Kynship, Cody began his journey at QALO, the brand that created the silicone wedding ring. Throughout his time there, he built out a robust influencer program of 500+ influencers, all through the foundation of seeding. This included contracting thousands of micro-influencers in a variety of industries to produce monthly UGC and organic posts, while also working with household names such as Lebron James, Jason Aldean, Mike Trout, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Over the course of his time there, he saw the power of influencer's ability to build trust and ultimately, sell product within Facebook and Instagram advertising.

As CRO at AdRoll, Marius is responsible for the revenue growth and retention of AdRoll’s Global Sales and Customer Operations business divisions. He directs short, medium and long-term strategy for acquisition, retention, growth and customer success for AdRoll's new and existing client base.

Marius joined AdRoll in 2013 to build out the company’s European headquarters and drive growth during AdRoll’s international expansion. In 2019 he relocated to New York with his family to carry out his Global role and is enjoying working and living in the US.

Marius is passionate about people, selling, building new teams and growing exciting, fast-paced businesses. Prior to joining AdRoll, Marius spent eight years at Google leading sales and support teams across EMEA. As a member of Google’s leadership team, he drove strategy and sales for mobile, agency, and inside sales.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in business studies from Griffith College, Dublin and an MBA from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. Outside of work, Marius (poorly) plays golf, likes to travel and loves spending time with his wife and two children, Ethan and Hannah. 

Philippe Kyprianou is a Digital Media Strategist and a founder of Gothrider with over 20 years of experience working for major brands. He has developed an eye on eCommerce and customer behavior that he uses today in order to help companies establish growth strategies as their fractional CMO.

I help startup and rapid-growth stage saas and e-commerce brands to quickly scale and achieve 8,9, and 10 figure exits through aggressive marketing and sales strategy and execution.

I have worked in digital performance marketing for 10+ years during which time I have managed over $100M in ad spend and generated over $1B in online sales for major brands such as Comcast and Disney. After getting bored of the corporate rat race I joined a local Orlando tech startup, Stax, as their head of marketing and was one of the first full-time employees. During my time with Stax, we profitably scaled their marketing spend by over 1,000%, acquired 25,000+ customers, and grew to a valuation of over $1B under my leadership.

I am now the Chief Ads Officer and cofounder of Ascenditt, a rapid-growth e-commerce and SAAS consulting firm, where I have consulted for, invested in, and helped to scale 50+ digital SMBs and ecommerce brands, several of which have reached 8-9 figure valuations.

As a former eCommerce entrepreneur, Valentin Radu helps thousands of eCommerce companies to improve their business and become customer-centric.

As the founder of CVO Academy and Omniconvert, he is helping eCommerce companies and agencies improve customer lifetime value by evangelizing Customer Value Optimization as a new category. 

Josh Henry-Hicks spearheads MuteSix’s Paid Social team, a department consisting of over 100 like-minded, risk-taking and data-driven talents hyper-focused on scaling DTC brands through Paid Social advertising. Josh knows what it takes to grow brands profitably, delicately balancing branded content that converts with a compelling website and user experience.

A veteran of the e-commerce and retail space, Josh took one of the largest Australia retailers, with over 75 stores in City Beach, from the mature world of brick-and-mortar into the digital age with one of the first multichannel e-commerce stores in Australia … at 16 years old.

Josh's favorite part of his role is fostering client relationships, while watching their budding businesses thrive. Personable, dynamic and energetic, Josh is a driven and strategic leader throughout the work week. Come the weekend, he’s more laidback and can be found relaxing on the beach and traveling around the world.

As Chief Revenue Officer, Soumya Srinagesh leads the growth organization powering $2B logistics company Deliverr (which Shopify recently announced its intent to acquire). A seasoned strategy, technology, and business leader, Soumya previously served as VP & Head of Global Messaging Exchange Sales at CPaaS pacesetter Twilio, and held roles in corporate strategy at PayPal and finance at Deutsche Bank. Her passions include every fad workout you can think of and her dog. 

Adam Greenberg is one of the co-founders and CMO of ONE BONE, a size inclusive brand for the hard-to-fit man. While he was on tour as a DJ across North America, he had to custom make his own clothing because finding something that looked as good as it fit, was very hard to come by. Now, the group of partners and the team at ONE BONE are attracting tons of people with a clothing solution as well as a fun, friendly and inclusive community. 

G'day! I'm Russ. Texas based Aussie bloke with a strength in translating all that techy, jargon-filled digital marketing speak into meaningful, understandable language for marketers and business owners alike.

Some creds:

🎤 20+ year marketing career

🎤 I've been featured as a global 'Retail (eCommerce) Leader' by leading web analytics website SimilarWeb

🎤 I'm a 2-time Semrush Award winner

🎤 I host the popular SEO Success Stories podcast

🎤 Over the past 10 years I've been invited to present on digital marketing to brands (SMB to enterprise), industry peak body associations, advisory boards, government departments, marketing undergrads, business school post-grads and more

🎤 In 2022 I'll be sharing the stage with some of the world's leading digital marketers at Digimarcon conferences in New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and Houston

On the home front, I've got a beautiful wife, 4 cheeky kids, an NBA fetish and a slight fitness obsession. 

Jessica Pelligra has a comprehensive background in D2C e-commerce growth and media leadership and is best known for cutting-edge strategies that move brands from early stage start up to growth-stage revenue. Her experience extends across vast industries, from celebrity labels to the next best thing in sweeping markets.  

Jon MacDonald is founder of The Good, a conversion rate optimization firm that has achieved results for some of the largest online brands including Adobe, Nike, Xerox, The Economist, and more. Author of two books on conversion optimization, he regularly contributes content to publications like Entrepreneur and Inc. He knows how to get website visitors to take action.

Danielle is an analytically-driven growth marketer who has a passion for enhancing customer retention metrics and has deep experience with subscription and marketplace models. She specializes in ensuring a seamless customer journey, from the first ad a customer clicks to the welcome drip email they receive, all while hitting subscription milestones. She has led growth teams at LA-based startups Winc, Saucey, Airvet, and Goop — conceptualizing and testing new initiatives aimed at improving the product strategy, customer engagement, and the acquisition conversion funnel to maximize LTV and increase NPS. Now, as a Partner at EA Ventures, she serves as a Fractional CMO for startups like MUD\WTR, Castiron, and Phyla Skincare, driving profitability and growth by applying a data-driven and creative approach to growth marketing.

CEO and Founder of collagen-fortified health & wellness brand Obvi, which has surpassed 250K customers globally, all whilst boot-strapping its way to $30 Million in sales in less than 3 years. Previously cofounder of Ghost 3 Media, which has helped more than 25 Inc. 5000 brands scale their digital footprints. Ronak is a strategic thinker and senior leader who creatively uses technology, marketing, strategy, and analytics to support innovation and revenue generating business goals. HUGE passion for boot-strapping and creative exploration of how to make teams and money work harder for you.

McKenzie Bauer was identified by Forbes Magazine in their 2021 “30 Under 30” edition, as one of the brightest and most promising game-changers in the retail and commerce industry. In 2015 she and her husband raised $35,000 to launch Thread Wallets, a Provo-based company with a line of slim, stylish wallets and other accessories products. They sell their products in over 1,500 stores including Zumiez and Scheels. Revenue has skyrocketed every year and is on target to exceed $20M in 2022.

Ariel Chen is a 30-year-old Israeli entrepreneur with a strong focus on E-commerce, fintech, and marketing, as well as the Co-Founder & CEO of Chargeflow.

At the age of 14, he founded and scaled his first E-commerce company. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces for three years as a technology unit chief, his new career path led Ariel to relocate to Miami to work for a fintech company where he served as VP of merchant services and later as VP of business operations.

His younger brother, Avia Chen, the ultimate partner in any challenge, has launched multiple E-commerce brands with Ariel, transforming fully-bootstrapped businesses into eight-figure companies built on Shopify that serve half a million customers globally. In the wake of high fraudulent chargeback rates, Ariel and Avia have once again teamed up to reinvent the system and assist merchants.

Their mission at Chargeflow is to empower merchants to navigate the fraud and chargeback worlds. They aim to solve a problem that every retailer and online business experiences when launching or scaling their business.

Mike De Santis is the Chief of Staff of Doris Dev and is on the founding team of Canopy and Factored Quality. He has spent the last 6 years in the DTC ecosystem working in and around early stage companies across supply chain management, growth marketing, CX, and operations.

At Doris Dev, he helps founders navigate the complex world of setting up supply chains for scale in China. He and the team support businesses from initial product ideation through industrial design, engineering, supply chain set-up, freight, and ops. 

Scott has a special place in his heart for helping businesses grow. Having been a small business owner for a number of years, he understands the challenges and struggles businesses owners face on a daily basis. That's why he specializes in marketing and sales efforts that drive bottom line results.

When you're looking to have your sales soar by finding gaps in your marketing and improving upon what you're currently doing, Scott and the team at Hawke Media are great partners to support your brands growth.

For a free gap analysis and consultation you can email Scott directly at: szaleski@hawkemedia.com

I've spent the last 10+ years in the ecommerce space empowering brands to innovate, manage complexity & sell everywhere. I've had the pleasure and privilege of collaborating and working with agency, partner, and merchant teams to help commerce solutions come to life.

Drew Himel is the founder and CEO of PCR, an eCommerce focused agency providing platform and infrastructure, Retention, and Conversion Rate Optimization solutions for high growth eCommerce companies. His agency has worked with companies like MUD\WTR, Far Niente, Hoplark, Intelligent Nutrients, Born Primitive, Skin Worldwide, and Spark Grills. He is also an active investor and advisor having worked with SpaceX, Calm, and Seed. His views on entrepreneurship have been covered in USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and Fox News.

As a Sr. Customer Experience Manager I have built the CX Team of 4 to 37 agents over the past two years. Highly passionate in providing an excellent customer experience using technology mixed with a personal touch. -     

Celebrating 25 years (this month) in eCommerce and digital marketing, Joe has experience launching and leading eCommerce brands of all sizes, from DSW.com and Harley-Davidson (launched) to theChive, Rooster Teeth and CLEAN Cause (leading eCommerce and digital marketing). Joe is now focused on using his digital expertise to build a new production studio and digital agency (brand/content/marketing/experience) in Austin, Texas with Launch Studios (LaunchStudios.com), and a streaming content network for entrepreneurs and digital professionals, with DOru.tv. 

Kevin Marvinac leads Partnerships at ShipBob, a global third party logistics provider focused on ecommerce sellers. Previously, he spent time in growth and product at ShipBob, Tide Cleaners (formerly Pressbox) and Airbnb. He is a certified specialist of wine and lives in Northern California.

John Coyle started in Digital Marketing in 2014 working for an SEO agency and launching a membership product. In 2015 the fact that he had Facebook Ads experience (sort of) qualified him to be the Head of Paid Social at an agency that managed over $100MM per year in omni-channel advertising spend. In October 2017 He left that agency and started Explosive Growth Marketing, an agency that managed digital ad spend on Facebook and Snapchat. In 2020 John joined forces with Structured Agency and is now the VP of Marketing over the entirety of the 100+ DTC brands that Structured works with. Since 2015 John has overseen 6-8 figures per month in digital ad spend every single month. He geeks out on all things DTC marketing and Growth, and does a weekly podcast about it on his YouTube Channel, Modern Commerce. 

Marina Dimentman is the Founder & CEO of Londontown Inc., a healthy and luxurious line of nail treatments and colors. Prior to founding Londontown, Marina served as an Intellectual Property attorney at one of the oldest IP firms in the world. With a focus on patent litigation for Fortune 1000 companies, she was often involved in pioneering and precedent-setting IP Matters.

Holding an advanced technical and law degree and distinguished academic credentials, Marina combined her analytical mind with a love for beauty to bring Londontown to life. As a mother of three, she understood the importance of safe ingredients. Developing products with a holistic approach and an effective delivery became Londontown’s mission and has quickly expanded the brand in both domestic and international markets, while amassing wide editorial acclaim and a broad range of celebrity fans.

Today, Marina’s life can best be summed up as Entrepreneur, marketing geek and driver aka mommy. Based in New York, Marina enjoys spending time with her family, including their Dog Dash. 

I've been in the Shopify ecosystem for close a decade now - my previous DTC on-demand delivery startup Covet was acquired 3 years ago. I've always been obsessing on customer experience, driving conversion, and revenue for brands with e-comm enablement tools. Streaming and video has been my passion for the last 3-4 years, and in the post-pandemic world there is a huge shift into short-form and livestream content. Ecommerce has been static for almost 20 years, while consumer behavior and expectation has drastically shifted. I decided to fix that with video :) 

Brett Curry is the CEO of OMG Commerce, a digital marketing agency, Google Premier Partner and Amazon Ad Partner. Brett is the host of two leading eCommerce podcasts - Spicy Curry and eCommerce Evolution Podcast highlighting what’s new and what’s next in eCommerce. He and his team manage Google, YouTube, and Amazon ad campaigns for growing eCommerce brands. They’ve worked with an impressive array of brands including NATIVE, Boom by Cindy Joseph, Monin, Organifi, Madison Reed and many more. He's a frequent speaker on top industry stages like Traffic & Conversion Summit, Social Media Marketing World, SellerCon, IRCE and more. He's also been featured on top industry publications such as Search Engine Journal, Smart Marketer, the Shopify Blog and more.

Kenny is the Founder & CEO of MentorPass, the world's leading e-commerce consulting network. MentorPass has connected 100s of CEOs and their teams with trusted advisors to help them grow revenue, improve operational efficiency, and build world-class teams. Prior to starting MentorPass, Kenny was a technology consulting executive at Accenture, helping multi-billion dollar organizations deliver more delightful software experiences for their customers. 

Co-CEO & Co-Founder at Kynship. Prior to co-founding Kynship, Taylor worked at Athletes First, an NFL agency, where he was responsible for marketing on behalf of NFL stars, such as Aaron Rodgers, Clay Matthews, and Deshaun Watson. From Athletes First, he transitioned to the digital marketing side of the influencer marketing space by building out the influencer department at Common Thread Collective, a growth agency mainly focusing on Facebook Advertising. Here, Taylor was responsible for creating influencer partnerships on behalf of 30+ brands and running Facebook ads in tandem with influencers. Taylor’s holistic learning and experience within this space has led him to a greater understanding of influencer marketing, which he hopes to share with others who aim to leverage influencers for the growth of their business.

Bio: Chris O'Brien is the co-founder of Trivia LA where he is also the head trivia writer, game designer, and trivia host. Chris started Trivia LA in 2018, using over a decade of experience to craft fun games that challenged the status quo of what's usually expected at a typical trivia night. The Trivia LA brand of trivia features unexpected clues that highlight how different areas of knowledge overlap and challenging questions about familiar topics, so every player leaves each game with some new fun facts about their favorite things in life. Chris believes trivia is about loving this world and wanting to know more about it and that each question is an opportunity for everyone to share what they know and connect through shared experiences. With Trivia LA, you'll see just how fun it can be to know things!

Benson helped D2C digital client brands drive over $100M in revenue and currently runs D2C Design, one of the top branding and design partners for the fastest growing CPG Shopify brands in North America.

He also has 3 D2C/CPG brands in the (https://everydaychews.com/) dog health and (https://trykofe.com/) specialty coffee space.

Previously I was the fractional CMO for SD Wheel (9-Figure D2C Brand) & Warrior Trading (8-Figure SaaS Brand) for 3 Years.

Ryan founded RMG to help brands make genuine connections with their customers. He has a background in technology and 10+ years of experience in ecommerce strategy, content management, and branding. He has helped companies of all sizes to accelerate growth, from the SMB to global corporations like Hearst, Beauty Systems Group, and Verizon.

Jesse Haynes is the CMO of Guardian Baseball and writer for the Forbes Communication Council. A former athlete, Jesse focuses in sports marketing.