The Lead Innovation Summit 2023 | The Lead | 12 July 2023 | Pier 36 NYC, 299 South St, New York, NY 10002, USA

In this events is where 2,000+ people from the fashion, beauty, home, consumer & retail innovation community converge to learn from and connect with incumbent brands, digital natives, & technology enablers.

They come to identify and optimize growth strategies, forecast future trends, identify the right technology, and reduce the risk of being disrupted.

The two-day summit features more than 140 stand-out speakers and 45 content sessions. The program breaks down every aspect of a brand’s direct-to-consumer, online and offline.

For people focused on marketing, advertising, e-commerce, digital, stores, customer experience, last mile, data, strategy, innovation, and information technology, this is the only place to holistically experience the future of brand to consumer.

2023 Speakers

Nioam Paransky
Chief Omni and Innovation Officer, Tapestry

Beatrice Dixon
Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer, The HoneyPot

Ophelia Ceraini
VP, Digital Technology and Innovation, Estee Lauder Companies

Lisa Pillette
SVP, CMO, Fossil Group

Jad Finck
VP, Innovation, Allbirds

Dani Tan
VP, Digital Merchandising and Product Marketing, Authentic Brands Group

Shawn Outler
Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Macys

Laurie Lam
Chief Brand Officer, Elf

Diana Haussling
VP - GM, Consumer Experience and Growth, Colgate-Palmolive

Jed Berger
President, Kenneth Cole New York

Doug Zarkin
VP and CMO Pearle Vision, Essilor Luxottica

Kyle Widrick
Founder and CEO, WIN

Jenny Campbell
CMO, Kate Spade New York

Matthew Mueller
CEO, Knot Standard

Linda Steiner
Head of Customer Activation and Marketing - Americas, H&M

Megan Brophy
VP, Brand Marketing, Strategy and Advocacy, Abercrombie and Fitch

Jaap Van Riel
SVP and Chief Information Officer, Talbots

Randy Goldberg
Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer, Bombas

Juliette Arnaud
Director of Enterprise Applications, Supreme

Erik Holm
VP, Product Marketing, New Store

Barry McGeough
Brand President, Ponto

Parinda Muley
SVP, Digital, Beauty Counter

Kate Kenner Archibald
CMO, Dash Hudson

Andrew Katz
CMO, Athletic Brewing Co.

Katerina Schneider
Founder and CEO, Ritual

Melissa Lefere-Cobb
SVP, Division Head - Herve Leger and Zac Posen, Centric Brands

Emmett Shine
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Pattern

Jenna Flateman Posner
Chief Digital Officer, Solo Brands

Tyler Horner
Head of Strategy, Northbeam

Cassandra Grey
Founder and Chair, Violet Grey

Kristen Dolzynski
Chief Design Officer, Parade

Alexa Ritacco
CMO, Jenni Kayne

Samir Sheth
SVP, Head of Content and Digital Partnerships, Oura

Adam Robinson
CEO and Co-Founder, Rention

Stephanie Urban
VP, Ecommerce and Digital Marketing, Camuto Group

Michelle Peterson
CMO, Kendra Scott

Amy Smith
Chief Brand Officer, Toms Wear Good

Yifat Baror
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, Osa Commerce

Vinod Kasturi
CEO - Americas, Maison Kitsune Paris

Aaron Sanandres
CEO and Co-Founder, Untuck It

James Kim
VP, Ecommerce | Head of Site Merchandising, Bloomingdale's

Matt Curtis
SVP, Digital, Hatch

Simeon Siegel
Managing Director, Senior Analyst: Retail and Ecommerce, BMO Capital Markets

Olivia Gentin
COO, Anine Bing

Beatrice Dixon
Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Innovation Officer, The HoneyPot

Sue Davidson
VP, Ecommerce, Greyson

Amanda Zuckerman
Co-founder, President, Chief Brand Officer, Dormify

Brigitte Barron
Director, Global CRM and Customer Growth, E.L.F. Beauty

Clarissa Schealer
VP of Beauty, Wellness, and Lifestyle, ESW

Elizabeth Layne
CMO, Rebag

Rich Cowell
VP, Digital Strategy and Operations, Citizen

Bahar Bozdogan
Global Product Marketing, Lead - Measurement, TikTok

Juan Mejia
Managing Director, Bright Tower

Libby Strachan
Director of Brand Marketing, Free People

Ricky Joshi
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Saatva

Caroline Turner
SVP, Client Development, Optoro

Elizabeth Drori
CMO and GM Ecommerce, Sperry

Deepak Jose
Senior Director and Global Head of ODDA Analytics Solutions, Mars

Cydni Tetro
CEO, Brandless

Ken Downing
Creative Director, Halston

Mario Lang
Global Brand Technology Lead, Estee Lauder Companies

Rodney Manzo
Founder and CEO, Anvyl

Trevor Shimpfky
President and CEO, Paul Stuart

James Reinhart
Co-Founder and CEO, Thred Up

Dan Cherian
VP, Transformation, VF Corporation

Loris Spadaccini
Director and General Manager USA, Save The Duck

Jose Nino
VP, Global Digital and E-Commerce Strategy, U.S. Polo Assn.

Greg Davidson
Co-Founder and CEO, Lalo

Michael Hershfield
Founder and CEO, Accrue Savings

Adella Johnson
President, Beis

Colleen Conkling
CMO, Papier

Lee Anne Grant
Chief Growth Officer, Babylist

Uri Strauss
CEO, Web:Eyez

Gabi Lewis
Co-Founder, Magic Spoon

Andrea Moore
CMO, Nest New York

Andrea Dinunzio
General Manager, Luxury Skincare, Coty

Sabrina Cherubini
SVP, Brand and Digital, Hanky Panky

Kim Gallagher
Executive Director of Marketing and Customer Success, Nuuly

Adi Ronen Almagor
CEO and Co-Founder, Buywith

Tali Bezalel
CEO and Founder, Selectika

PJ Olesak
President, Nuts.com

Brit Starr
Senior Vice President, Corporate Marketing, Creator IQ

Jennifer Nero
Vice President, Account Management, Revuze

Jeff Chen
CEO and Co-Founder, Net Virta

Sarah Coles
VP, GTM Strategy, Persado

Drew Cashmore
CMO, Firework

Elisa Hawkins
VP, Mid-Market Sales, Mntn

Jonathan Coffman
Director, Digital Shopping Experience, Mattress Firm

Hannah Rudinsky
Head of Channel Management, OGEE

Purva Gupta
Co-Founder and CEO, Lily AI

Ellis Singer Mccue
CEO, Territory

Nate Checketts
CEO and Co-Founder, Rhone

Antonio Escalona
SVP, Hispanic Business Unit Pepsico Foods North America, FritoLay, Quaker, Pepsico

David Spector
Co-Founder and Chairman, ThirdLove

Sarah Garibaldi
President, Boden

Steve Dennis
President and Founder, Steve Dennis

Sai Koppala
CMO, Sheer ID

Nico Perdomo
Co-Founder, and CEO, Catch

Rishabh Jain
Co-Founder and CEO, Fermat

Dan Leblanc
Co-Founder and CEO, Daasity

Paul Benigeri
Co-Founder and CEO, Archive

Jennifer Quigley-Jones
Founder and CEO, Digital Voices

Matias Marquez
Co-Founder and CEO, Ethos

Dane Baker
Co-Founder and CEO, Eco Cart

Bill Thayer
Founder and CEO, Fillogic

Kate Klemmer Terry
Chief Commericial Officer, Outerspace

Nick Kaplan
Chief Growth and Innovation OFficer, Saadia Group

Lizzy Eisenberg
Head of North America Enterprise Sales, Cash App and Afterpay, Afterpay

Christopher Jones
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Markacy

Teresa Elliott
Chief Revenue Officer, Ad Results Media

Patrick Tully
Senior Content Marketing Manager, Pimberly

Ethan Chermpfsky
SVP, Marketing, Placer.ai

Jason Nelson
SVP, Revenue, Rebuy

Simon Bird
CEO and Co-Founder, Rev Lifter

Steven Heller
CEO, Brand Liaison

Eddie Ingle
CEO, Unifi

Ryan Breen
Chief Technology Officer, FASTR

David Chinn
CEO and Co-Founder, Lexer

Olga Dogadkina
Co-Founder and CEO, Emperia

Amanda Elam
CMO, Bloomreach

Rachel Liaw
Co-Founder and CEO, Fuse Inventory

Edward Pincott
Vice President, Sales East, Pitney Bowes

Shahriyar Rahmati
COO, Nogin

Alex Plugaru
Co-Founder and CTO, Gorgias

Yaseen Shurbaji
Managing Partner, Prismfly

Taylor Donnell
SVP, Content and Partner Marketing, Jebbit

Nicholas Einstein
VP, Product Marketing and Global Head of Analyst Relations, Netcore

David Katz
EVP and CMO, Randa

Yael Kochman
CEO, Re:Tech

Joe Laszlo
Vice President, Content, Shop Talk

Navjit Bhasin
Founder and CEO, New Mine

David Weissman
CEO and Co-Founder, Humankind

Moty Acruschin
CEO, Sense Pass

Stephen Ciampaglio
Head of Sales, Ship Up

Sabreena Khan
Seller Recruitment Director, Mirakl

Melissa Gonzalez
President and Founder, MG2/The Lion'Esque Group

Steve Worthy
Founder and Retail Leadership Coach, Worthy Retail

Dawit Heck
Principal, BCV

Rachel Tyers
SVP, Partnership and Marketing, Okendo

Vered Levy-Ron
CEO, Styte

Joshua Tsui
CEO, Floship

Robin Wilson
Industry Executive Advisor, SAP

Obele Brown-West
President, Tracer

Justin Crowe
Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise, Braze

Roman Yoffe
CEO, Absolute Web

Mary Ann Domuracki
Partner, MMG

Lisa Johnston
Editor-in-Chief, CGT

Eric Best
Co-Founder and CEO, Sound Commerce

Barry Padgett
CEO, Amperity&

Jon Dano
Industry Executive Advisor, SAP

Sheena Butler-Young
Senior Correspondent, Business of Fashion

Rima Reddy
Principal, Commerce Ventures

Marie Driscoll
Managing Director, Luxury and Retail, Coresight Research

Liza Amlani
Principal and Founder, Retail Strategy Group

Sandra Campos
CEO, Board Memeber, Founder, Big Lots

Nicholas Ahrens
SVP, Strategy Innovation and Content, Retail Industry Leaders Association

William Adler
President and CEO, True Fit

Sophie Abrahamsson
President, Americas, Bambuser

Nicole Silberstein
Ecommerce Editor, Retail Touch Points

Pavan Bahl
Managing Partner, Bellwether

Gabriella Bock
Director of Editorial and Industry Relations Host, Rethink Retail Podcast

Pano Anthos
Founder and Managing Director, XRC Ventures

Jessica Binns
Managing Editor and Technology Editor, Sourcing Journal

Melissa Campanelli
Co-Founder, Women in Retail

Will Decker
Head of Brand and Retail, PlugAndPlay

Jason Bornstein
Principal, ForeRunner

Gabrielle Fondrouge
Retail Reporter, CNBC

Colin Daniels
Digital Editor, Adweek

Richard Kestenbaum
Partner | Contributor, Triangle Capital LLC | Forbes

Jill Manoff
Editor-in-Chief, Glossy

Michael LeBlanc
Founder and President, M.E. LeBlanc and Company Inc.

Erik Huberman
Founder and CEO, Hawkemedia

Christine Russo
Principal, Christine Russo RCCA

Danny Parisi
Senior Fashion Editor, Glossy

Adam Pressman
Managing Director, Alix Partners

Ken Pilot
Founder, Ken Pilot Ventures

Rich Gardner
SVP, Global Strategic Partnerships, Klaviyo

Jonathan Shriftman
Partner, Expanding Capital

Gabe Turner
Partner, Sway Ventures

Rick Watson
Founder and CEO, RMW Commerce Consulting

Jeremiah Prummer
CEO, KNO

Justin Crowe
Senior Customer Success Manager, Enterprise, Braze

Brieane Olson
President and CEO, PACSUN

Bill Shufelt
Co-Founder and CEO, Athletic Brewing Co.

2023 Sponsors

LEVEL 5:
• Amazon Pay
• Amazon Today
• Buy With Prime
• Catch
• Klaviyo
• SAP
• Shopify

LEVEL 4:
• Bloomreach
• Bluecore
• Braze
• Broad Sheet
• Creator IQ
• Dash Hudson
• ESW
• Firework
• Gorgias
• Happy Returns by Paypal
• Mntn
• Outerspace
• True Fit

LEVEL 3:
• Accrue Savings
• Adgile Media Group
• Amperity
• Bambuser
• Maropost
• Mirakl
• Netcore
• New Store
• Postscript

LEVEL 2:
• Absolute Web
• Afterpay
• Anvyl
• Archive
• Big Commerce
• Centric Software
• Chord
• Digital Voices
• Dot Digital
• Eco Cart
• Emperia
• Fillogic
• Floship
• Fuse Inventory
• Howl
• Jebbit
• Lexer
• Net Virta
• Northbeam
• Ometria
• Optoro
• OSA Commerce
• Pimberly
• Pitney Bowes
• Placer.ai
• Retention
• Rev Lifter
• Revuze
• Sezzle
• Sheer ID
• Ship Up
• Tatari
• Brand Liaison
• Tymely
• Walmart Marketplace
• Web:Eyez
• Wiland
• Wunderkind

LEVEL 1:
• 42
• Ad Results Media
• Adentro
• Aftership
• Aidaptive
• Ampla
• AnyRoad
• Attentive
• Bidnamic
• Bold Metrics
• Right Data
• Buywith
• Coders Lab
• Commerce Tools
• Cymbio
• Daasity
• Decile
• Dressipi
• Endear
• Ethos
• Factored Quality
• Fast Simon
• Feel
• Fenix Commerce
• Fermat
• Frate
• Grin
• Humankind
• KNO
• Lily AI
• Loop
• Loqate GBG
• Markacy
• Moda MAtch
• Narvar
• Netail
• New Mine
• Nogin
• Noogata
• Okendo
• Orderful
• Pairzon
• Persado
• Pipe17
• Pretty Damn Quick
• Prismfly
• Radar
• Re Mint
• Rebuy
• Recurate
• REP
• Repreve
• Retail Next
• Return Bear
• Rise.ai
• Ryder Ecommerce by Whiplash
• Sea Monster Studios | Recharge
• Selectika
• Sense Pass
• Shopping Gives
• Sound Commerce
• Story Blok
• Super Circle
• Surefront
• Syrup
• Syte
• Taggstar
• Tandym
• The Line Studios
• Third Channel
• Thred Up
• TikTok
• Tracer
• Trove
• Visulon
• Vizit
• Winston Retail
• XC Commerce
• Yotpo
• Zenlytic
• FASTR
• Zyler