RetailX 2023 - Chicago | Retail Innovation Conference & Expo | 13 June 2023 | McCormick Place, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

Join 5,000+ attendees for an immersive experience where you can get inspired by retail’s most innovative minds and see their big ideas in action.A Reimagined Event for Reimagined Commerce Experiences. The brain trust behind the Retail Innovation Conference is taking over and reimagining retailX.

2023 Speakers

Deborah Weinswig
CEO & Founder, Coresight Research

Kristen Brown
Speaker, Kristen Brown Presents

Brian Trunzo
Metaverse Lead, Perficient

Nemal Perera
Senior Manager OMNI-Channel & E-Com Marketplaces, Office Depot

Orchid Bertelsen
COO, Common Thread Collective

G money
CEO of 9dcc and Admit One. Futurist. Disruptor. CEO, 9dcc and Admit One

DEVIN NAGY
Director, Emerging Technology, DIAGEO

Adam Blair
Editor, Retail TouchPoints

Ali Haeri
Senior Vice President, Marketing, MNTN

Jose Cabaco
Creative Director, Independent

Dave Wisdom
VP, Solutions and Strategy, Bloomreach

Clare Hogan
Director of Retail Partnerships, Pacvue

Melissa Minkow
Director, Retail Strategy, CI&T

Nicole Pokorny Forster
Senior Strategist, Special Projects, MG2, LIONESQUE GROUP

Sonia Nagar
Partner, Pritzker Group Venture Capital

Claire Tassin
Retail & E-commerce Analyst, Morning Consult

Dion Walcott
President, Marktd

Shai Eisenman
Speaker, Bubble

Cathy Hackl
Speaker, Journey

Rose Hamilton
Speaker, Compass Rose Ventures

Liz Kennedy
Speaker, Beauty Magnet

Katrese Kirk
Speaker, COTY

Tobin McComas
VP, Development & Member Services, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Zak Stambor
Senior Analyst, Insider Intelligence

Omar Soudodi
Director of Americas, Amazon Pay

Rachael Foote
Regional Vice President, Anaplan

Kellee Van Horne
Senior Director of Client Success, Affirm

James Blake
Practice Leader - Retail Consulting, Vertex, Inc

Ben Straley
President and Co-Founder, Kigo

Brian Trunzo
Head of Business Development, N.A., Polygon Labs

Peter Schultze
CEO, Kigo

Meral Arik
Co-Founder, Passage Protocol

Jonathan Robins
Director, Commercial Innovation & Growth, PayPal

Craig Smith
Chief Growth Officer, Outerbox

Dianell Brull-Harris
Founder & Director of Amazon Today, Amazon Today

Karima Popatia
GM, Apparel Marketplace, Walmart Marketplace

Nitu Walker
Manager, Enablement & Activation, Commerce Services, Adobe

Jason Knell
Speaker, Adobe

Dan Glazer
SVP of Revenue, Postscript

Ashwinn krishnaswamy
Co-founder, Forge Design

Taylor Lagace
Co-CEO, Kynship

Ruby Thelot
Designer, Artist, Founder, 13101401 Inc

Matt Klein
Writer, ZINE

Justin Corbell
VP of Sales, Delivery Solutions

Dan Gingiss
Speaker, the Experience Maker, Llc

Kate Brady
Head of Next Gen DTC Connections & Innovation, PepsiCo

Frances Yu
Unlimited Reality (XR / Spatial Computing) Lead, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Jerry Fox
President/CEO, Bish Creative

Robert Hollands
Managing Director, SharpEnd

Tim Kroggel
Regional Vice President, MessageBird

Richard Dodds
Vice President - GTM, MessageBird

Anish Chadda
Vice President - Product, MessageBird

Sunny Chowdhury
Senior Manager, Solutions Architecture, Amazon Buy with Prime / Multi Channel Fulfillment

Lianne Okada Yi
Commerce Strategy and GTM, Google

Steven Moy
CEO, Barbarian

Kim Czopek
Speaker, Perficient

Erica Lee
Director, Digital Strategy & Innovation, Perficient

Susanne Klepsch
Vice President of Business Operations, North America, Brevo

Garrett Dodge
Co-Founder & CEO, Rockbot

Claudine Patel
CMO - Head of Marketing, Sanofi Consumer Heathcare, Us, Sanofi

Em Gladders
Speaker, Ritual

Michael Koelling
Speaker, The Bouqs

Jeffrey Bustos
Speaker, IAB

Tracy Sestili
CMO, Intellimize Inc.

Mckinley Hancock
Lead Web Developer, Impact Dog Crates

Meg Lefeld
Business Development Manager, Zengeniusinc

Casey Zenner
Vice President of Global Sales, Kount

Bo Woloszyn
Senior Manager, Digital Strategy | Corporate Affairs, Walmart

Tristin Brisbois
Speaker, Pepsi Co

Shannon Quarantino
VP of E-Commerce, SPLITS59

David Lehman
Speaker, Coach

Matias Marquez
Co-Founder & CEO, Ethos

Mark D'Avirro
Speaker, COTY

John Mocadlo
CEO, Impossible Kicks

Lindsay Mikos
Senior Director Omni Channel Strategy & Programs, Walgreens

Madison Trampleasure
Head of Campaign Services, Revlifter

Damian Speck
North America Channel Partnerships Manager, ChannelEngine Inc.

Jean-Sébastien Turcotte
Vice President, Korem Inc

Enrico Guénard
Practice Leader - Mobility Data, Korem Inc

Nia Adeyemi
Director, Business Development, The Trade Desk

Dustin Cochart
Speaker, Dollar General

Laylah Funk
Speaker, Adore Me

Daniel Stoppel
President & CEO, SAFYRE LABS

Amy Frampton
Chief Marketing Officer, NoFraud

JACOB ZUPPKE
President & CEO, Whisker

Rory Fitzpatrick
VP, Vertical Marketing, RICOH

Rupa Amin
Director, Commerce Strategy, Perficient

Sarah Coles
Vice President, Go-to-market Strategy, Persado

Kit Garton
Speaker, Chubbies

Shefali Kapadia
Speaker, Finiancial Times

Dave Luke
Director of Omnichannel Operations, Michael's

Natalie Cotter
Speaker, Liquid Death

Ed Jimenez
Speaker, Amazon

Mardi Najafi
Vice President, Retail Strategy & Design, Figure3

Alex Williams
Head of Online Trading & Growth, Marks & Spencer

Georganne Bender
Principal, Kizer & Bender Speaking

Robert Price
Evp Global Sales / Gm Omnichannel Retail, Felbro Displays

Eric Shoykhet
CEO, Link Financial Technologies, Inc.

Kaleigh Moore
Writer and Consultant

Brian Lange
Speaker, Future Commerce

Chandler Dutton
Speaker, Magic Spoon

Erhan Musaoglu
Founder/CEO, Logiwa

Aj DalalSpeaker
Publicis Sapient

Sidi Drissi
Brand President, Bare Minerals & Buxom

Geoff Alexander
President & Ceo, Wow Bao

Chris Miller
Co-Founder, Cro, Flaunt

Jordan Walbesser
Director - Legal & Business Affairs, Mattel

Shahab Shirmohammadi
Web3 Marketing Strategist, Liquid Death

Heather Peterson
Group Account Director, Journey

Olivia Reid
Sr. Creative Strategist, Ai Experience Studio, Journey

Jordi Vermeer
Vp of Revenue, Channel Engine Inc.

Joe Baer
Speaker, Zengenius

Ivan Dashkov
Speaker, Puma

Nicole Silberstein
Ecommerce Editor, Retail Touch Points

Leon Nicholas
Vice President, Retail Insights & Solutions, West Rock

Ali Davachi
Speaker, Realware Llc

Kate Bennewitz
Speaker, Canto

Elizabeth Donovan
Speaker, Marriott Media Network

John Storms
Head of Sales & Business Development, Lowe's One Roof Media Network

Sharon Gee
Speaker, Bigcommerce

Colleen Basaydin
Speaker, Mondelez

Wendy Oliff
Svp Gm- Ecomm & Subs, the Bouqs Co

Jean-Paul Morresi
Founder, Chief Creative Officer, Autside Agency

Matthew Schwartzkopf
Us Presales Consultant, Iadvize

Carmen Hardaway
Speaker, Reebok

Carley Pulford
Founder, Zefiro

Glen Hayes
Speaker, Martkd

Beth Shero
CEO & Co-Founder, Shero Commerce

Chloe Mann
Product Manager, Reebok

Charlotte Mostaed
Chief Marketing Officer, Health-Ade

Kellie Sawkins
Vp of E-Commerce and Marketing, Sundays

Giovanni Zaccariello
Svp, Global Visual Experience, Coach

Andrew Lipsman
Principal Analyst, Retail & Ecommerce, Insider Intelligence

Mike Cadoux
Speaker, Qreal

Ian Scott
Retail Consultant, Ian Scott Consulting

Amber Bazdar
Speaker, Timberland

Julia Berk
Speaker, Snapchat

Andrew Smith
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Thinkuncommon

Crystal Anderson
Speaker, a Very Good Job

Emily Vaca
Ceo / Founder / Chief Designer, Minnidip

Brea Keating
Director of Ecommerce, Omni-Channel Sales, Monster Energy

Dominique Essig
Speaker, Walmart

Nicole Pokorny Forster
Senior Retail Strategist, Mg2 / the Lionesque Group

Melissa Gonzalez
Speaker, Mg2, Lionesque Group

Rick Watson
Ceo, RMW Commerce Consulting

Jaya Balasubramaniam
Vp, Incubation, Strategy and Operations, Walmart/store No.8

Jennifer Berglund
Speaker, Once upon A Farm

David Morin
Vp, Customer Strategy, Narvar

Carter Jensen
Speaker, General Mills

Nick Bodkins
Speaker, Boisson

Johnny Earle
Speaker, Johnny Cupcakes

Tyler Mac Donald
Associate Director, Brand, Pacsun

Anjarae Hamilton
Speaker, Faire

Ari Peralta
CEO, Arigami

Bevan Bloemendaal
Speaker, Nelson Worldwide

Tanya Brinich
Speaker, Thredup

Alicia Esposito
Vp of Content, Retail

Matt Maher
Founder, M7 Innovations

Sharon Gai
Speaker, Pattern

Kristen Lafrance
Merchant Engagement Strategist, Recharge

Jordan Witmer
Sr Manager - Connected Commerce, Kenvue

Smriti Jayaraman
Speaker, Corazon Capital

Evan Moore
Svp, Commerce Partnerships, Nbcuniversal

Jack Stratten
Head of Trends, Insider Trends

Calvin Lammers
Vp of Digital & Media, Nécessaire, Inc.

Phillip Donovan
Speaker, Little

Emily Hosie
Founder & Ceo, Rebelstork

David Morris
Experiential Consultant, Nycap3 D

Rick Desai
Speaker, Listen Ventures

Nikkia Reveillac
Business Insights & Strategy Leader, Organization Designer & Builder, and Director, Consumer Insights at Netflix, Netflix

Esther Sarpong
Director, Experiential Retail, Brookfield Properties

Kimberly Minor
Chief Executive Officer, Bumbershoot Llc

Brendan Witcher
Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

Ken Beemer
Director, Client Growth, Acadia

Kiri Masters
Head of Retail Marketplace Strategy, Acadia

Cindy Speters
Senior Director of Retail Environments, Purple

Phillip Jackson
Speaker, Future Commerce

Justin Smith
Outer Box

Matt Klein
Zine

Brooke Honeycutt
Marketing, C3 Communications

Gautham Vadakkepatt
Director, Gmu

Cameron Worth
CEO and Founder of Sharp End and Io.Tt, Sharpend

Tyler Macdonald
Senior Manager of Influencers and Social Media, Pacsun

Chris Burke
Speaker, Google

Kevin Calabrese
Speaker, At&t

Sidi Drisi
Speaker, Buxom

Bryan Amaral
Ceo, Clientricity

Emily Hosie
Speaker, Rebelstork

Gareth Jude
Speaker, Thinkuncommon

Brea Keating
Speaker, Monster Energy

Kristen Lafrance
Speaker, Recharge

Calvin Lammers
Speaker, Rare Eye

Taylor Lagace
Co-Ceo, Kynship

Frances Yu
Partner / Global Leader, Deloitte

Kate Brady
Hd of Next Gen Dtc Cx & Drt Digital, Pepsico

Mushfika Chowdhury
Retail Media Performance Analyst, Kenvue- Johnson & Johnson

Jiwon Kim
Walmart Global E Commerce

David Morris
Nycap3 D

Kimberly Minor
Bandier

Ruby Thelot
13101401 Inc

Dave Wisdom
Bloomreach

Ashwinn Krishnaswamy
Forge Design

Jose Cabaco
Creative Director

Orchid Bertelsen
Common Thread Collective

Jonathan Robins
Insider Trends

G Money
99 Dcc and Admit One

Ben Straley
Kigo

Pete Schultze
Kigo

Meral Arik
Passage Protocol

Rob Hollands
Sharpend

Nia Adeyemi
Tradedesck

Nemal Perera
Office Depot

Lianne Okada Yi
Google

2023 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Adobe

EXPERIENCE SPONSOR:
• Amazon
• Anaplan
• Brevo
• Canto
• Intellimize
• Korem
• Kount
• Link Money
• Logiwa
• MNTH
• NOFRAUD
• OuterBox
• Persado
• Postcript
• Rev Lifter
• RICOH
• Rock Bot
• Shero
• Vertex
• Walmart
• WestRock

CONFERENCE SPONSORS:
• AdRoll
• Perficient
• Realware

AWARD SPONSOR:
• MG2 The Lion Esquire Group

EVENT SPONSORS:
• Lupa Search
• Avalara
• Bloomreach
• Citizens Pay
• Duraco
• iAdvize
• Omnitalk
• Acumatica