Future Stores Seattle 2019 | Worldwide Business Research (WBR) | 4 June 2019 | Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 1400 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101, US

Is the Retail Apocalypse the death of retail, or just the death of business-as-usual? Find out this June at Future Stores Seattle, the conference that prepares senior retail executives in operations, marketing, digital, and technology to lead their companies into the future of retail.

2019 Speakers

Jon Grosso
EVP, Director of Stores, Kohl’s

John Boline
VP Store Design, Starbucks

Bobby Farahi
CEO, Dolls Kill Bobby Farahi

Vibhu Norby
CEO, b8ta

Drew Green
CEO, Indochino

Allan Mostovoy
Director, Business Planning and Process Improvement, Walgreens Allan Mostovoy

Michael Guerin
SVP Leasing, Macerich

Claudia Mazo
SVP, Retail, Lands’ End

Lauren Brindley
Group VP, Beauty & Personal Care, Walgreens

Jeff Gaul
SVP, Property Development & Real Estate, SEPHORA

Carrie Ask
Brand President, Mens Wearhouse & Moores, Tailored Brands

Nick Arambula
Chief Operating Officer, Tuft & Needle

Shari Rossow
VP, Retail Operations, Best Buy

Kathy Fisher
VP, Customer Experience, Nordstrom

Jim Edgett
Head of Digital Ecosystem and Channels, GameStop

Jamie Hill
Head of Beauty & Experience, CVS Health

Steve Zades
VP, Global Innovation & Strategy, Kontoor Brands Inc.

Jeffery Eggert-Peluso
VP, Global Store Design, Levi’s

Jennifer Beesley
VP, Store & Brand Experience, The Michaels Companies Inc.

Aman Advani
Co-Founder & CEO, Ministry of Supply

Natalie Mackey
CEO and Co-founder, GlowConcept

Zak Normandin
Founder & CEO, Iris Nova (Dirty Lemon, The Drug Store)

Mike Fogarty
CEO, Choice Market

Lindsay Meyer
CEO, Batch

Mark Voysey
CEO & Yellow Jersey, Roula.cc

Brenda Morris
Board of Directors, Boot Barn, Duluth Trading and Asarasi Water

Chris Delusky
VP, Design & Construction, Eataly

Brent Paulsen
Managing Director, Head of Retail, UNTUCKit

Sandra Andrews
Head of Marketing & Experience, Microsoft Stores

Andrea Wasserman
VP, Retail Experience, Verizon

Missy Sage
VP, Retail Operations, Hanes Brands

Angela Gearhart
VP, Brand Experience, Sleep Number Corporation

Michael Cass
Senior Store Communications Manager, LEGO

Joan Cedrone
VP, Stores, Perry Ellis International

Michelle J Snyder
VP, Retail Marketing, Comcast

Cameron Teedon
VP, Visual Merchandising, Indigo Cameron Teedon

Jennifer Braunschweiger
VP of Brand Marketing, MM LaFleur

Tina Kurtz
Director, Walmart Academy Operations, Walmart

Jennifer Leavitt
VP, Marketing, Bellevue Collection

Heidi Isern
Senior Director, Customer Experience Innovation, Gap

Martin Granstrom
Senior Director, Head of Design, Sam’s Club

Megan Bates
Senior Director, Real Estate, Tapestry

Steve Freeman
Director, Product Management, Macy's

Josh Shabtai
Director, Lab Productions, Lowe’s Innovation Labs, Lowe’s Companies Inc

Satya Takkallapally
Director of Technology Solutions, Starbucks

Jaime Fabricant
Director, Store of The Future Innovation & Execution, PepsiCo Beverages, Pepsico

Tara Maffeo
Director, Retail Operations, Field Engagement, SEPHORA

Monica Scholes
Director, Retail, ModCloth

Jennifer Matanin
Director, Retail Operations, Cole Haan

Katie Whyde
Director, Visual Merchandising, Evereve

Kari Ihle
Director, Environmental Design, Planning and Maintenance, Evereve

Duncan Blair
Director, Marketing, Article

Trisha Yamaguchi
Senior Manager, Retail Operations, SEPHORA

Jennifer Weeden
Senior Manager Retail Operations, Cole Haan

Brandon Critchlow
Senior Manager Retail Operations, Cole Haan

Gillian Grefe
Director of Marketing, Sunday

Olga Lymberis
Audiences and Experiences Director, Microsoft Olga Lymberis

Scott Jacobson
Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group

Sonia Nagar
Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Damir Becirovic
Principal, Index Ventures

Robin Li
Principal, GGV Capital

Joanna O’Sullivan
Founder, Q-Zero|StyleRepublica

Samantha C. Smith
Founder & CEO, Vishion

Eric Roth
Manager of Learning and Development, Love's Travel Stops

Mindy McNeely
Market Sr. Director, Best Buy

Tom Narr
Director Retail Operations, Best Buy

Lynn Loignon
Former Director, Employee Communications, Kohl's

Kristin Schoenstein
Portfolio Director, Future Stores

Spencer Soper
E-Commerce Reporter, Bloomberg News

Danny Parisi
Fashion and Lifestyle Reporter, Glossy

Jeff Wells
Senior Editor, Industry Dive

Koko Alexandre
Director, New Business, Hypno

Karen Bomber
Director of Retail Strategy, Honeywell

Melissa Wong
CEO & Founder, Retail Zipline

Paul Bradley
Head of Product, PlayerLync

Curtis Cambell
Senior Marketing Manager, Hughes

Jeff Carr
CEO, Inkling

Jordan Ekers
Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer, Nudge Rewards

Tom Erskine
CMO/SVP Product, One Door

Bill Fergus
GM Local Solution, Brand Networks

Austin Sandmeyer
Marketing Manager NA, Beekeeper

Ned Gammell
VP, North America, Concrete

James Greene
Retail Industry Executive, OKI Americas

Scott Langdoc
SVP and Practice Lead, BRP

Saurabh Malani
Director of Product Management, Narvar

Alex Otañez
COO, Shockoe

Martin Reynolds
VP, Solutions Executive, JDA

Oscar Sachs
CEO, Salesfloor

Bob Paulsen
Co-founder & CEO, PlayerLync

Matthew Sebek
VP, Digital, World Wide Technology (WWT)

Jeff Ball
VP, Strategic Business Development For Store Systems/POS, Manhattan Associates, Inc. Jeff Ball

Chris Taylor
Founder & CEO, Square Root

Chad Ramage
Director Business Development, Third Matter

Craig Witsoe
CEO, Elo

Saira Zia
VP, Global Retail Excellence, Tulip Saira Zia

2019 Sponsors

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Axonify
• Beekeeper
• Blueday
• BRP
• Chatter Research
• Concrete
• Elo
• Honeywell
• Hughes
• HYPNO
• Inkling
• JDA
• LG
• Manhattan Associates, Inc.
• Nudge Rewards
• Octopus
• OKI Connected Print
• PlayerLync
• Rapid Displays
• Retail Zipline
• RMS
• Shockoe
• Square Root
• Teamwork
• Tulip
• Ventus
• WWT Digital

SPONSORS:
• Brand Networks
• Burroughs
• Element AI
• enVista
• Harbor Retail
• Luxer One
• Movista
• Narvar
• NEC Display Solutions
• Observa
• Opterus
• PackageHold by Digilock
• PFS
• Reflexis
• REPL GROUP
• RTC
• Salesfloor
• ShopperTrak
• Shyft
• Third Matter
• Vocera
• Wovenmedia