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Sharad Jain

Head eCommerce Product & Marketing - Appliances, Samsung India

The implementation of AI-enabled sharp targeting is expected to improve the efficacy of advertising investments. More

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Kimberly Warne

Senior Vice President & CMO, Wesco

Marketing success is about embracing disruption and helping your customers navigate to growth. More

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Hussein Dajani

Partner and CMO, Deloitte Digital Middle East

Despite collective efforts to sculpt a more inclusive and equitable society, some sectors fall short. More

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Frank Carvalho

CMO, Foap

The creator economy has gained significant momentum in recent years, creating brand opportunities. More

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Kim Skildum-Reid

Author and Expert, Power Sponsorship

What Every CMO Needs to Know About Sponsorship Marketing. An in-depth Q+A with one of the worlds leading sponsorship mavens. More

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Judy Gounden

CMO, Evago Group

Navigate your world so that sufficient probability for change is part of your decision making. More

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Nik Keane

Head of Marketing, Stoli Group

Consumer confidence is fragile and there's a risk of joining the race to the bottom to prop up sales. More

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Kathryn Sakalis

Marketing Consultant, Thinkworx

There is a renewed focus on optimizing customer conversions, as budgets remain stretched. More

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Anood Haddad

Head of Marketing & Research, MEA, JLL

Effective collaboration with different lines of business and management peers provides results. More

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Devendra Shivhare

Director: Marketing Technology, Coca-Cola Company

Delivering innovative solutions that resonate with both clients and consumers. More

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Vivek Kumar

Chief Marketing & Fundraising Director, World Wide Fund for Nature (Singapore)

Climate change is real. Now marketers need to make their green marketing real too. More

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Matt Taylor

CMO: Enterprise Clients & Innovation, AON

The acceleration of technology, specifically AI and Generative AI, is a challenge for marketers. More

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Grant Macpherson

CMO, KFC Africa

Stop planning for the worst-case scenario - now is the time to embrace risk and take big swings. More

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Amy Martin Ziegenfuss

Chief Marketing Officer, Carnival Cruise Line

Connect authentically with your customers as a brand to take your relationship with them even deeper. More

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Andra Nel

Marketing Manager, Brand & Purpose, KFC South Africa

Sustainability impact can only be ensured when you have collective ownership from all stakeholders. More

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Oghenerukevwe Toka

Marketing, Innovation & Category Leader, Nestlé Central & West Africa

The industry is grappling with maintaining affordability for consumers as tension increases between affordability, inflation, energy costs and raw materials. More

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Beverley D'Cruz

General Manager, Pizza Hut Middle East & Pakistan

Prepare for a future where ESG will be our biggest relevance play - disruptive brands create change. More

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George Paige

Global Head of Brand, Etihad Airways

The enhancements with AI in our creative functions will increase the pace our teams can operate at. More

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Bronwyn Powell

CEO, Australian Marketing Institute

Nation branding provides outbound businesses with a strong foundation to leverage country-of-origin identity. More

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Dr Beate Stiehler-Mulder

W&R Seta Leadership Chair: Gauteng, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Having a learning attitude is the new trend to cope with a world changing faster every year.  More

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Priscila Pizano

Head of Marketing, General Mills, Brazil

Consumers are adding channels to purchasing habits, so brands must have omnichannel strategies. More

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Vashti Brotherhood

President, Incenter Marketing

CEO strategies for marketing in an uncertain economy must include using marketing to build brand. More

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Warren Brett

Cluster Executive, SEA Region, Smollan

Activations in Africa amplify brand opportunity based on target market and shopping behaviors. More

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Elizabeth Lee Ming

Head of Marketing, Red & Yellow Creative School of Business

Creativity is the most important skill to have in marketing. It can guarantee job security. More

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Cynthia Sener

Chatmeter President, Go-to-Market

How tech helps CMOs turn online chatter into local brand intel – if CMOs are willing to listen. More

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Mosala Phillips

CMO, Old Mutual

How packaged goods marketing disciplines use data to enrich customer connections. More

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Julie Yufe

Head of Europe Growth Markets, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Learn lessons on entering, connecting, and triggering demand and consumption in emerging markets. More

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Josephine Chew

CMO, SF Fire Credit Union

Humanization is the key to great customer experience. Customers are more than just a number. More

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Munyaradzi Nyikavaranda

Group Executive Head, MultiChoice

More and more customers are expecting a unified, personalized customer experience across channels. More

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Ricardo Oberlander

Europe Advisory Board Chair, CMO Council

Get to know the new chair of the European Advisory Board with years of experience, skills, and a strong focus on building teams and creating high-performance work environments, driving results above benchmarks. More

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Kirsten Allegri Williams

CMO, Optimizely

Get to know this experienced and future-focused marketing leader, and her two cents on how customers and organizations alike are adapting to the expected recession. More

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Foo Siew Ting

Chief Marketing Officer, HP Asia

Get to know the marketing reinventor with two decades of diverse international marketing experience. More

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Claus Kristensen

VP, APAC Marketing & Ecommerce, LEGO Group

Meet the experienced marketing leader from LEGO to learn about his strategies to identify and harvest opportunities across all customer channels. More

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Francesco Federico

Global Marketing Executive Director, JLL

See how this expert leader rose from entrepreneur to becoming a key player at several of the world’s top companies. More

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Elliot Wilson

CGO/CMO, CEO of Hanss Business Development Inc.

Meet the forward-thinking leader and his strategy to maximize customer value creation & campaign effectiveness. More

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Gavin Cowley

Former Marketing Director, Adidas

Get to know this experienced leader and his secrets to better collaboration and go-to-market enabling digital marketing innovations. More

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Kath Sharfman

CMO and Chief Platform Officer, Sun Exchange

South African platform-as-a-service innovator invites individual investors to warm up funding for solar installations that have social value and impact in developing countries.   More

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Anil Malhotra

CMO, Bango

Meet the innovative Marketing leader's take on shifts impacting customer and competitive dynamics in the payment industry, and how to prepare for the "cookie-less" world. More

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Russ Somers

CMO, Lytho

Meet the creative leader and his take on the vector of marketing in the future and how he leverages data to improve his CX. More

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Natasha Maharaj

Director of Marketing, Distell Southern Africa BU

Meet the forward-thinking marketing leader for Distell ZA, and how she manages to keep an authentic human connection despite the constant digital advancements. More

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Bahriye Goren

Professor, NYU, School of Professional Studies

Meet the inspiring leader and teacher, and her journey from corporate executive to preparing the future generation of leaders. More

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Gonzalo Garcia Villanueva

CMO, GFK

Marketers are becoming masters of the information that drives brand direction, yet less than one in four of the top-performing marketers have the real-time data access they need. More

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Hussein Dajani

Partner, Deloitte Digital

Get to know the award-winning and growth-driven leader Hussein Dajani, and his rise to become one of the top global marketing executives. More

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Simon Anholt

Author, The Good Country Index

Exploring the way national imagery, social responsibility and country of origin labeling is shaping global commerce. More

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Mike Schaffer

CEO, Echo-Factory

Check out this interview with Michael Schaffer, where he talks about the marketing techniques that set his company, Echo-Factory apart from others.  More

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Nav Thethi

Senior Manager for Web and Digital Experience, Hitachi Vantara

Meet Nav Thethi, his diversified portfolio of experience, and his take on why companies need flexible DXPs to adapt to a dynamic marketing environment. More

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Nicolas Marchon

Director of Marketing, Thermo Fisher Scientific

How has digitalization shifted marketing focus in today's atmosphere? What are some key leadership styles do's and don'ts? See Marchon's key insights and his tips and tricks on how to stay ahead of the game. More

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Aziz Amine

Group VP of Marketing & Country Head of Fintech Services, Virgin Mobile KSA

Meet the passionate change agent-focused leader with worldwide experience and his insight on advances and innovations in digital marketing. More

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Annie Headley

VP of Corporate Marketing, Nutanix

Meet the battle-ready VP of Nutanix and her rise up to becoming a strong, charismatic, and results-driven leader, taking her team to the next level. More

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Peter Weingard

Global Head of Brand at Wipro,

Award-winning CMO Peter Weingard shares his philosophy on digital content and how trust and marketing go hand-in-hand. More

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Steve Brauntuch

CMO, Misfits Gaming Group

Meet the charismatic leader behind the marketing for Misfits Gaming Group, a fast-growing, multi-platform gaming organization taking the video game world by storm. More

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Ronald Prasad

Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone Fiji

Get to know this relationship-oriented leader and read his predictions on the future of marketing. More

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Tom Hutchison

CMO, The Alkaline Water Company

Learn how this CMO "goes deep" as a marketing specialist in a sea of generalists.  More

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Julie Roehm

Chief Marketing and Experience Officer, Party City

"Parties" and "pandemic" aren't synonymous, but Julie Roehm made it work with her quick thinking, analytical mind, and most of all, her service-oriented heart. Read how it was done with this in-depth interview. More

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Steve Heeley

CEO, Pokeworks

Will service industry workers be replaced with robots in the near future? Find out what Pokeworks CEO, Steve Heeley thinks about AI and its role in customer experience.  More

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Lauren Weinberg

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Square

Meet the experienced CMO/CCO of Square who has a passion for the nuances of building a powerhouse of a global brand and the people who make it possible. More

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Luca DeStefanis

Head of Marketing, Kyndryl, APAC

Meet the head of marketing at Kyndryl, APAC, and hear about his story, his daily rituals and personal philosophy on great marketing. More

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Jessica Klodnicki

CMO, Skullcandy

Learn how Skullcandy created a culture of care, even when their employees were stuck at home. More

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Brooke Forbes and David Dintenfass

CIO and CMO, Fidelity

Check out this interview from our latest report with two cutting-edge MarTech leaders from Fidelity. More

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Ronald Prasad

Chief Commercial Officer, Vodafone Fiji Limited

Join us in our conversation with an exceptional marketer with over 26 years of experience to draw from. More

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Kaushal Doshi

Chief Customer Experience Officer, Al Fardan Exchange

Get to know the tenacious leader creating frictionless currency exchange experiences for customers all over the world More

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Edith Wong

CMO, Invest Hong Kong

Meet the knowledgeable, passionate and digitally-savvy CMO of one of Hong Kong's leading foreign investment liaisons. . More

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Monica Sullivan

CMO, Demand Science

What role does intent play in a customer's decision to buy? Learn how Demand Science CMO, Monica Sullivan, leverages this and more to keep customers loyal in the B2B space. More

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Genefa Murphy

CMO of Five9,

This interview, an excerpt from the CMO Council report "Rising Above the Fray" dives into Murphy's unique philosophy on data utilization in marketing. More

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Bob Park

Chief Brand Officer, GE, Café, Monogram and Haier Appliances

Learn how to blend science and art to create impactful marketing messaging with these wise words from Bob Park. More

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Ken Krasnow

Vice President Omni-Channel Marketing, Henkel

Ken’s mission is to use storytelling and the unique capabilities of digital, data and technology to connect with consumers.   More

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Genefa Murphy

CMO, Five9

With over 15 years of global experience in the field of technology from consulting, to product management, strategy and marketing, Murphy is an accomplished leader and has led worldwide teams in creating and executing compelling and effective go-to-market strategies.   More

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Hussam Baday

Marketing Director, Airtel Zambia

Baday shares why failure can be a good thing and how he uses past mistakes to create a better future. More

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Jakob Vendle

Author, MS Diaries

For someone who lived through 20 cases of pneumonia, three years with a respirator, a year without eating, a 30-day coma, and can only move his thumb a twitch, life has not beaten Jakob Vendle down. More

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Scott Tilton

CEO, Hookit

With in-person events out the window in 2020, how has sports marketing adapted? More

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Peter Weedfald

SVP Marketing and Sales, SHARP

Meet the leader who oversees the sales and marketing for SHARP Electronics' home and commercial appliances. More

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Saul Betmead de Chasteigner

CMO, United Nations WFP

Meet the humble visionary who heads up marketing for one of the most influential organizations in the world. More

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Niamh Byrne

Advisory Board, Unifimoney

This International Women's Day, we're chatting with marketing master, Niamh Byrne, a seasoned marketer with diverse, global experience and a unique philosophy on marketing More

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Ash Parikh

Senior Vice President and Head of Marketing, Informatica

"LTV is a partnership, not a transaction" More

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Jennifer Foreman

SVP and Head of Global Growth Marketing, Trax

Visual merchandising intelligence is changing the game when it comes to helping retailers and customers to take smart actions in-store. More

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Phani Nagarjuna

Founder & CEO, Nuevora

Serial high tech entrepreneur and President of the Harvard Business School of Northern California Phani Nagarjuna shares how HBS laid the foundation for his entrepreneurial success and his biggest takeaways from working in Silicon Valley More

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Jake Beniflah

Executive Director, Center for Multicultural Science

How can companies make "the big shift" in the age of multicultural consumerism? More

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Brad Rosenfeld

Chief Marketing Officer, Biz2Credit

Learn about how this FinTech company is disrupting the financial services market and addressing challenges as we recover from COVID-19 More

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Paul Suchman

Chief Marketing Officer, Entercom Communications

Learn more about the sound of marketing and why it's on the cusp of a major breakthrough within the marketing realm More

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Shehzad Bhanji

Head of Global Client Services, QNB Group

After 20 years as a global marketing executive, Bhanji is an expert on cross-functional growth with strong relationships, a growth mindset and a creative attitude. More

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Allison Johnson

Former CMO of Paypal,

Get to know this veteran Silicon marketing executive, share her philosophy on what makes marketing special and the impact of technology on society More

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Evan Kent

Vice President, Integrated Marketing, Schneider Electric

Schneider Electric's U.S. arm took a page out of the mission-impossible playbook and created a seven-person cross-functional team. Their VP of Integrated Marketing shares how they pulled it off. More

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Samantha Fay

SVP Global Brand Strategy, Guinness World Records

Samantha Fay shares what it means to be memorable in today's fast-paced marketing world and how even a 60-year-old company like Guinness World Records can thrive on social media. More

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Craig Stacey

Marketing Thought Leader, CMO Council

Craig Stacey explains his wish for marketers to rediscover the creative process and break away from the safe bet option when developing a compelling marketing campagin.  More

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Michael Therrien

Head of Content and Digital Marketing, IBM

Michael Therrien discusses how IBM goes about getting high-quality leads and the importance of choosing vendors who will deliver these high-quality leads. More

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Tiffany Grinstead

Vice President of Marketing- Individual Products and Solutions, Nationwide Financial

Tiffany Grinstead provided us her perspective on the importance of an authentic brand to build loyal customers and how Nationwide Financial works towards that. More

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Justin Manfredi

Senior Vice President of Marketing, AMC Networks

Justin Manfredi shares his insight about how AMC Networks builds authentic brand loyalty with their customers. More

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Mark Simoncelli

Senior Vice President, Americas Consulting, Frost & Sullivan

Mark Simoncelli shares his perspectives on growth and the opportunities organizations must seize in order to achieve it.  More

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Steve Stine

Chief Data Officer, AT&T Communications

Steve Stine says his role is to ensure that the data supply chain is easily accessible and usable for AT&T's business units to meet their priorities, to improve the customer experience, and to streamline its structure. More

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Ryan Coldwell

Senior Director of eCommerce, Cabela’s

Cabela’s is a retailer of hunting and fishing products, outdoor gear, camping equipment and other related merchandise within the U.S. and Canada. Ryan Coldwell, Senior Director of eCommerce, is responsible for leading operations for Cabelas.com and collaborating with cross-functional partners to m More

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John Weinstock

Former Senior Vice President of Marketing–North America , Electrolux

Electrolux is a leading global appliance company, consistently ranking among the world’s largest appliance manufacturers by units sold and selling more than 60 million household and professional products in more than 150 markets every year. John Weinstock, Former Senior Vice President of Marketing More

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Indar Chanicka

Vice President of eCommerce, Digital Marketing and CRM, The Body Shop

The Body Shop is the original natural and ethical beauty brand, selling products for skin care, bath and body, fragrance, makeup and hair care. Founded in 1976, today it has more than 3,000 stores in 68 countries. Indar Chanicka, Vice President of eCommerce, Digital Marketing and CRM in Canada, over More

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Gary Allen

Vice President Supply Chain Excellence, Ryder Supply Chain Solutions

Ryder is a FORTUNE 500® commercial fleet management, dedicated transportation and supply chain solutions company. Ryder has been named among FORTUNE’s World’s Most Admired Companies and has been recognized for its industry-leading practices in third-party logistics, environmentally friendly fle More

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Christian Nelissen

SVP Enterprise Data & Analytics, TD Bank Group

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group. TD is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches and serves approximately 25 million customers in a number of locations in key financial centers around the globe. Christian Nelissen, as the Head of Ente More

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Charlie Cole

Chief eCommerce Officer, Samsonite

Chief eCommerce Officer Charlie Cole is responsible for managing the vast network of Samsonite’s reach in the digital space.  More

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Betsey Chung

Senior Vice President & CMO, Canadian Banking , TD Bank Group

TD Bank Group (TD) is the sixth largest bank in North America by branches, serving approximately 25 million customers in a number of key financial centers around the globe. With 85,000 employees, Betsey Chung, Senior Vice President & CMO, Canadian Banking, TD Bank Group says the core mandate of TD i More

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Angela Hsu

Senior Vice President, Marketing and eCommerce, Lamps Plus

Founded in 1976, Lamps Plus is the nation's largest specialty lighting retailer. The Los Angeles-based, privately held family owned company maintains an eCommerce site and operates more than three dozen retail stores across the western United States. Angela Hsu, the Senior Vice President of Marketin More

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Jason Trusley

Vice President of Supply Chain and Operations, Nordstrom

Nordstrom is a leading fashion retailer, offering clothing, shoes and accessories for men, women and children. Vice President of Supply Chain and Operations Jason Trusley works to design, deploy and optimize the end-to-end omni-channel supply chain for Nordstrom. His work aligns with the company’ More

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Rick Bingle

Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, REI

Recreational Equipment Incorporated, known as REI, is a national outdoor retailer. Founded in 1938 by a group of Pacific Northwest mountaineers seeking quality equipment, REI operates retail stores nationwide, two online stores and an adventure travel company called REI Adventures. Senior Vice Pres More

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Mo Katibeh

Chief Marketing Officer , AT&T Business

AT&T is leading the world in communications and technology, redefining how you engage with entertainment. Founded in 1879, the Fortune 10 company had consolidated revenues of $160.5 billion in 2017, and has recorded 34 consecutive years of quarterly dividend growth. Mo Katibeh, Chief Marketing Offi More

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Madeline Delianides

Former Head of Marketing Operations and Creative Production, The New York Times

Seasoned marketing technology leader Madeline Delianides shares where and how organizations must align to ensure success as marketing technologies evolve. More

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Anita Brearton

Founder, CabinetM

Anita Brearton, Founder of CabinetM, shares how new technological advancements will play a critical role in customer engagement and marketing performance. More

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Joshua Francia

Vice President of Marketing, LendingTree

Founded in 1996, LendingTree offers a fast, online way to comparison shop for loans by providing a marketplace where consumers can submit one online loan request and receive real offers from multiple lenders. Joshua Francia, Vice President of Marketing at LendingTree, describes the company’s growt More

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Shoumyan Biswas

Vice President of Marketing , Flipkart

Flipkart is India’s largest eCommerce marketplace, with a registered customer base of more than 100 million users. Shoumyan Biswas, Head of Marketing since 2013, says marketing is responsible for the end-to-end management of customer journey and what they call M3: marketing, merchandising and mone More

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Monica Deretich

Vice Presidet of Marketing and CRM , TechStyle Fashion Group (JustFab)

Since its founding in 2010, TechStyle has become one of the fastest-growing eCommerce companies in history. Together, TechStyle’s four portfolio brands—JustFab, ShoeDazzle, Fabletics, and FabKids—provide more than 5 million VIP members with on-trend fashion at an exceptional value. Monica Dere More

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Ravi Ravishankar

Vice President of Marketing- APAC, Equinix

Equinix operates a global interconnection platform to connect businesses to their customers, employees, and partners in order to accelerate their business, IT and cloud strategies. Ravi Ravishankar, Vice President of Marketing in APAC, says that as the internet of things (IoT) and cloud expand the n More

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Susan Beermann

Chief Marketing Officer, Ellie Mae

Ellie Mae is a leading cloud-based platform for the mortgage finance industry, offering technology solutions that help enable mortgage lenders to originate loans quickly in order to help lower their overall origination costs, all while helping ensure the highest levels of compliance, quality and eff More

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Julie Satalowich

Vice President of Corporate Marketing , Century Communities

Century Communities is a US homebuilder of single and multi-family residences in Colorado, Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. Founded in 2002 and ranked 26th in Fortune magazine’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies, the company’s mission is to create More

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Dr. Matthew Moorcroft

Vice President, Global Marketing and Intelligence , Cambrex

Cambrex is a life sciences company with more than 35 years of active pharmaceutical ingredient API development and manufacturing expertise in both branded and generic API markets. Matthew Moorcroft, Vice President of Global Marketing and Intelligence, says he joined Cambrex to be a part of a growing More

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Simon Sproule

Chief Marketing Officer , Aston Martin

CMO of Aston Martin’s luxury sports cars, Simon Sproule, says that the company has had a turbulent history, with many years of pro t interlaced with years of loss, 2017 saw the highest unit sales in nine years, with profit growth of a quarter-billion pounds. A December acquisition of the AM Brands More

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Mohamed Ladha

US and Global Head of Marketing , ARIAD Pharmaceuticals

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals Inc. is focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of precision therapies for patients with rare cancers. The company was recently acquired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals and the acquisition of ARIAD is aimed at enhancing Takeda’s global oncology portfolio and rei More

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Kelly Starman

Vice President of Marketing , Athenahealth

Athenahealth is a provider of network-enabled services and mobile applications for medical groups and health systems. Ranking No. 9 on Forbes’ “World’s Most Innovative Growth Companies” list, the company recently went through a restructure, and Kelly Starman, Vice President of Marketing, exp More

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Wendy Wahl

Head of Enterprise Marketing, Aetna

Aetna is a diversified benefits company whose mission is to make health care easy, affordable, and personal. Aetna serves an estimated 46.7 million people with information and resources to help make better decisions about their health care. Wendy Wahl, Head of Enterprise Marketing, helped to spearhe More

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Steven Schiller

President, International Business , The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company is a global confectionery leader known for its chocolate, sweets and other snacks. Holding more than 80 brands globally that drive more than $7.5 billion in annual revenue, Hershey is focused on continuing to build its competitive advantage in North America while growing its pres More

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Samantha Goldman

Head of Enterprise Marketing , Lyft

Lyft is the fastest growing rideshare company in the U.S. and is available to 95 percent of the US population and Toronto, Canada. Samantha Goldman reports to the chief business officer as part of the Enterprise team and is closely connected to the overall Marketing organization at Lyft. Her team is More

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Jane Lockwood

Vice President of Global eCommerce and Digital Marketing, Brooks Running

Brooks Running makes men’s and women’s high-performance running shoes, apparel and accessories. Jane Lockwood, Vice President of Global eCommerce and Digital Marketing, who carries more than 15 years of experience in digital marketing and product management with some of the world’s largest bra More

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Sonesh Shah

Vice President of Brand Marketing and Digital , Robert Bosch Tool Corporation

The Robert Bosch Tool Corporation in North America is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of power tools and accessories. Sonesh Shah, Vice President of Brand Marketing and Digital at the Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, explains that his role in e-commerce and digital marketing has evolved More

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David Roman

Chief Marketing Officer, Lenovo

With more than 50,000 employees and $43 billion in global sales across 160 countries, Lenovo is a global leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial and data center technology. As the CMO, David Roman says that creating a customer-first culture is a top priority for the brand. Roman believ More

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Allison Giorgio

Vice President of Marketing , PUMA North America

Allison Giorgio, Vice President of Brand Marketing for PUMA North America, seeks to take digital innovation to the next level in 2018 to power their increasing focus on e-commerce opportunities. Giorgio says the online marketplace is one of the most fascinating spaces today from both a business and More

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Brett Townsend

Head of North America Insights , Electrolux

Electrolux is a global leader in the appliance industry, selling more than 60 million household and professional products in more than 150 markets every year. As the Head of North America Insights, Brett Townsend is responsible for providing transformative consumer insights to drive business decisi More

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Olga Pancenko

Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Marketing, Perrin Paris

Olga Pancenko, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Marketing, oversees wholesale, eCommerce, digital marketing and digital growth for Perrin Paris, a luxury leather goods brand.  Pancenko says that global eCommerce communities have made the world smaller by offering every person the oppo More

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Gregory Butz

Vice President of Marketing Communications , Serta Simmons Bedding

Serta Simmons is the No. 1 mattress manufacturer in the U.S. and a leading brand around the globe. Gregory Butz, Vice President of Marketing Communications, is charged with leading integrated communications across traditional and digital marketing, PR, eCommerce, shopper marketing and customer supp More

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Peter Brinkman

Senior General Manager of Corporate Marketing, Casio America

Casio America, Inc., is the U.S. subsidiary of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of consumer electronics and business equipment solutions. Senior General Manager of Corporate Marketing, Peter Brinkman, believes that the role of eCommerce and the many More

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Willian Marize

Marketing Director, Valeant Pharmaceuticals

For Valeant Pharmaceuticals, video is becoming a bigger part of the company’s strategy to market to customers based on where they are in their journey, particularly when it comes to generating awareness and building credibility for the brand. Marketing Director, Willian Marize explains that “vi More

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Tanya Cavanaugh

Director of Brand Marketing , BJ's Wholesale Club

Director of Brand Marketing for BJ's Wholesale Club, Tanya Cavanaugh, explains that the company drives engagement through a variety of promotions and content outlets that are designed to make the shopping experience more convenient and that deliver value that extends beyond the products and great pr More

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Lisa Majdi

Senior Director of Marketing, Cox Business

For Cox Business, video provides an opportunity to interact with customers in a more entertaining and social way that allows them to develop an emotional connection. "An important way that we’re using video is through customer testimonials, which is essentially digital word-of-mouth. It has prov More

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Fadi Karam

Vice President of Marketing and Business Development , Nestle Waters - North America

Karam explains that Nestle Waters is working to remain at the leading edge of consumer engagement by personalizing their content and using data and analytics to re-target people in the right moments. More

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Jerome Hiquet

Chief Marketing Officer , Tough Mudder

Jerome Hiquet, the CMO of Tough Mudder, explains that from the very beginning, video has been an integral component in helping them connect with consumers and remove some of the fears that people may have around Tough Mudder events. “Live-streaming content around events and fitness training throu More

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Amy Pascal

Vice President, Head of US Marketing, LEGO

Pascal notes that in the earlier days of the web, eCommerce sites existed, but they were not on the radar because they were so small. “Everything happening on the web at that time from a marketing standpoint was focused on reaching and engaging with consumers,” she explains. “Marketers focuse More

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Ahmet Abaci

Vice President, Spalding Product Marketing & Brand Strategy, Fruit of the Loom

“When it comes to these global eCommerce marketplaces, I see them bringing convenience and choice to the consumer,” Abaci says. “Brands should see this as positive not only because it benefits the consumer, but because it drives innovation. Competition, in the end, helps everybody.” When cu More

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Simon Sproule

Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Aston Martin

Due to the nature of the luxury car business, Aston Martin is strongly focused on personal engagement. While the brand is small in terms of volume, people tend to keep their cars much longer than they would keep a mass-market vehicle, and everything the company does is centered around creating a hig More

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Drossos Drossos

Head of Brand Experience and Licensing Manager, Coca-Cola

For an aspirational brand like Coca-Cola, customer experience is of the utmost importance. As Head of Brand Experience for Central and Eastern Europe, Drossos Drossos explains that this strategy is embraced from the highest levels of the company and is localized for every market within the business More

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Manos Spanos

Vice President of Brand Marketing Flavor Brands, PepsiCo

For PepsiCo, the consumer engagement journey is multifaceted, with consumer touchpoints positioned around content, digital experiences, in-store interactions, live events and retailers. Manos Spanos, Vice President for Brand Marketing Flavor Brands, explains that the company works to engage its targ More

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Caroline Losson

Vice President of Marketing, Keurig Canada

Keurig boasts a one-of-a-kind business model in which brewers are sold in order to continue selling beverage pods. Consumer engagement is the foundation of the brand’s business model, so it is critical that consumers remain engaged and continue to purchase and consume Keurig-made beverage pods. To More

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Bill Beck

General Manager, Kitchen, Whirlpool

Whirlpool—the world’s leading home appliance manufacturer—is introducing a new line of connected appliances and employing a family-oriented aftermarket strategy that saves money, effort and time for customers. Over the coming years, more and more appliances will be IoT-connected, however toda More

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Jeff Gooding

Senior Director of Marketing and Advertising, Ace Hardware

Ace Hardware—the largest hardware retail cooperative in the world—prides itself on high-quality customer service and truly connecting with their surrounding communities. Though Ace Hardware utilizes certain technologies to build a competitive advantage, the brand still advocates for the classic More

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Charlie Cole

Chief Digital Officer, TUMI

The TUMI brand prides itself on a strong commitment to social awareness and giving back to the community. Employees believe that their brand represents a symbol of creativity, innovation and integrity and that their business can represent a better and more responsible future. Founded in 1975, TUMI's More

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Lisa Manganello

Managing Director and Head of Integrated Brand Marketing, Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a leading global financial services firm, providing investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With offices in more than 42 countries, Morgan Stanley's employees serve clients worldwide, including corporations, governments, institutions an More

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Christopher Curtin

Chief Brand and Innovation Marketing Officer, Visa Inc.

As a leading global financial services brand, Visa is in a unique position because of its distinct omni-presence in consumers’ everyday lives, no matter where they are in the world. Omni-channel takes on a whole new layer of significance for a brand like Visa, where every transaction using a Visa More

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Peter Francis

Vice President of Digital Growth & Acquisition, T-Mobile USA

T-Mobile is leading the charge when it comes to delighting customers and creating experiences that add value to their lives. Peter Francis, Vice President of Digital, says that brands have reached a pivotal time where they must determine how to truly add value in the digital space because consumers More

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Peter McGinness

Chief Marketing and Brand Officer, Chobani

McGuinness stresses the need for global brands to think local, act local and communicate locally to ensure the brand is totally relevant and completely resonant with the consumer. He believes that taking the extra steps to reach the local community will offset costs due to the development of brand p More

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Jennifer McCarthy

Former Vice President of Global Brand Design, Marketing & Operations, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

It is important, in McCarthy’s experience, for global brands to adapt, modify and localize their branded and creative content for different markets and geographies while maintaining the core brand essence globally. For each of its hotel brands, Starwood developed brand positioning, brand programmi More

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Ram Krishnan

Chief Customer Officer, PepsiCo Inc.

Global brands in the food and beverage industry reach local and global markets, and the taste profiles in different parts of regions and countries can vary greatly. These brands all adapt to accommodate their consumers, and depending on the consumer group, we ensure the brand messages transfer and r More

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Lee Humphreys

CEO of Creative Production Services, HH Global

Creative execution expert Lee Humphreys shares his thoughts on the importance of tailoring, adapting and transcreating creative content and how HH Global maintains strong client relationships to maximize the success of these efforts around the world. More

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Chris Shaffer

Executive Director of Digital Media and Marketing, Cox Communications

Cox Communications has taken a number of steps to be able to communicate and respond to customers in real time based on the data they are able to aggregate about their customers. Even so, Chris Shaffer, Executive Director of Digital Media and Marketing for Cox, explains that they still have some tec More

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Bryan VanDyke

Head of Digital Strategy, Morgan Stanley

When it comes to using data to create better customer engagements, Morgan Stanley aims to deliver the kinds of experiences that anticipate its clients’ needs and resonate with them in a compelling way, in addition to creating products that exceed their expectations. For Bryan VanDyke, Head of Digi More

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Roger Ares

Senior Vice President of Marketing Analytics and Consumer Insights, SunTrust Banks

SunTrust Banks Inc. maintains a very client-centric approach when interacting with its customers and places a heavy emphasis on understanding their individual circumstances in order to have meaningful conversations with them. Because of this focus, the ability to personalize more of its interactions More

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Marcos Arias

Director of Call Centers and Customer Experience, AT&T

For AT&T, every interaction is viewed as a chance to make a difference in the lives of its customers, so creating real-time, data-based engagements for their subscribers is critical. While some areas of the business have a full, complete view of customers, others fall behind the curve. Marcos Arias, More

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Chris Hummel

Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, United Rentals

Hummel explains that as the CMO, he must always be looking around the corner to see what’s ahead. For United Rentals, a very forward-thinking company targeted digital engagement is vital for the success of its marketing tactics. In fact, Hummel’s role is so strongly geared toward digital engagem More

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Maggie Chan Jones

Chief Marketing Officer, SAP

“Customer centricity has always been the anchor for marketing,” Jones says. “Nowadays, with all of the technologies at our fingertips, CMOs have much more insight into the customer journey. We have access to live data and can instantly understand whether or not we have a big hit on our hands. More

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Milton Longobardi

Director, São Paulo Tourism

While health, safety and security issues have a strong influence on the choice of travel destinations for leisure travelers, Milton Longo- bardi, Director of São Paulo Tourism, explains that as leisure travel has become more of a commodity, he has found that consumers are looking toward mo More

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Uri Steinberg

Israel Tourism Commissioner to North America, Government of Israel

When it comes to destination selection, Israel’s ability to stay on top of security concerns has been the main barometer for success. According to Uri Steinberg, Israel Tourism Commissioner to North America for the Government of Israel, although Israel receives its fair share of negative m More

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Steven Bushong

Senior Vice President of Marketing Operations, Disney ABC Television Group

Disney ABC Television Group (DABC) broadcasts television shows to tens of millions of people every day across the U.S. and is a part of The Walt Disney Company’s global entertainment and news television properties. As Senior Vice President of Marketing Operations, Steven Bushong and his team engag More

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Karly Wang

Senior Vice President of SMB Database Marketing, Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is a leader in international banking, investment, mortgage, insurance, and consumer and commercial financial services. Ranked fourth in assets and first in market value in the United States, Wells Fargo markets to 30 million business households in the U.S. Knowing that today’s corporat More

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Veetika Deoras

Head of Brand Marketing and Corporate Communications, Tata Capital Limited–Mumbai, India

Less than 5 years old and operating across more than 20 lines of business in retail and corporate, Tata Capital is focused on enhancing their relationship-based marketing. From the beginning, they have operated with a central platform for aggregating customer data and have believed in a customer-cen More

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Carolyn McCarty

Vice President of Marketing–Commercial and Small Business Banking, Capital One

Capital One takes great pride in its knowledge and understanding of customers and has developed differentiating strategies for taking products and services to market for its various customer segments. Carolyn McCarty, Vice President of Marketing for the company’s Commercial and Small Business Bank More

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Britta Meyer

Chief Marketing Officer, WageWorks

WageWorks, a leader in providing consumer-directed benefits, has been making significant efforts to gain traction with the small to medium-size business segment over the past six years. When it comes to this segment, Chief Marketing Officer Britta Meyer says the company is working hard to understand More

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Vimal Solanki

Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Intel Office, McAfee

As a large corporation with channel partners in both the consumer and business segments, McAfee faces a number of challenges with streamlining the channel marketing process and driving accountability to maximize ROI. Overall, Senior Vice President of the Corporate Strategy and Intel Office, Vimal So More

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Justin Turner

Head of Global Channel Marketing, Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions works with its channel marketing partners to provide them with tools to differentiate themselves in the marketplace and successfully connect with their target audience. Due to the company’s split in 2011, Justin Turner, Head of Global Channel Marketing, says they have a sharpene More

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Lucas Herscovici

Global Director of Strategic Innovation and Marketing, Anheuser-Busch

Anheuser-Busch does not differentiate their digital strategy from their mobile strategy; rather, they refer to both as a connection strategy that enables them to focus on their fans, build relationships, and draw new consumers. Lucas Herscovici, Global Director of Strategic Innovation and Marketing, More

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Brad Taylor

Vice President of Customer Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company’s overall digital marketing strategy is to engage with consumers wherever they are and on whatever device they may be using. As a result, mobile is playing an increasingly important role. Vice President of Customer Marketing Brad Taylor says the company leverages multiple app More

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Stuart Foster

Vice President of Marketing, HIlton Worldwide

A number of different teams drive customer initiatives across the Hilton brand. Stuart Foster, the company’s Vice President of Marketing, oversees the marketing team for Waldorf Astoria and Conrad hotels. In the capacity, Foster and his team both work seamlessly together with the Hilton HHonors Lo More

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Victoria Lozano

Vice President of Marketing, Crayola

Client-agency relationships are constantly evolving as consumer communication needs and methods change. As a result, Crayola’s Victoria Lozano believes in maintaining relationships based on the strengths offered by a particular agency. More

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Larry Martin

Vice President of Marketing, Ocean Spray International

Ocean Spray’s Vice President of Marketing, Larry Martin, feels very strongly about the need for the agency and the brand to be true partners working toward a common goal. As a result, Ocean Spray’s agency relationships are true testaments to the level of success a brand can reach when the agency More

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Murray Goldstein

Executive Director, SMB Segment Marketing, Cox Business

The small to medium-size business segment is critical to Cox Business, the business services unit for communications service provider Cox Communications, representing more than $1.4 billion in annual revenue. Murray Goldstein, Executive Director for the company’s SMB Segment Marketing, explains ho More

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Louise Eyres

Group General Manager, Marketing , ANZ Banking Group–Australia

Staying on top of changing customer demands across the Asia-Pacific region is key to remaining ahead in the financial services industry. With more than 9 million customers in 33 countries, ANZ must be able to consistently connect with customers across all touch points. Louise Eyres, the brand’s Gr More

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Michiko Araki

Vice President of Marketing Operations, Sony Electronics

The field of consumer electronics is extremely competitive, and companies in this field must put forth great effort to create positive experiences for customers in order to gain and retain them. Michiko Araki, Vice President of Marketing Operations for Sony Electronics, believes that the customer sh More

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Kelly Doss

Vice President of North America Marketing, Beam Suntory

Beam Suntory specializes in premium spirits such as whiskey, bourbon, cognac, vodka and a variety of liqueurs. Kelly Doss, Vice President of North America Marketing, says the company prides itself on its devotion to its consumers and its focus on understanding the consumer journey from “insight to More

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Martin Herbst

General Manager, eBay Classifieds U.S. and eBay Asia Pacific Local Classifieds , eBay

Martin Herbst oversees much of eBay’s classifieds business. In that role, he has led the business through its market entry plan, launch, product platform redesign, re-branding, and mobile and social implementations. Within three years, the company was on its way to becoming the second largest clas More

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Lisa Demoney

Director of Online Marketing, Western Region, Kimpton Hotels

Lisa Demoney oversees online marketing for Kimpton’s western region, which is comprised of 24 hotels. Previously, Demoney served as Director of Online Marketing for Joie de Vivre Hospitality and managed global web marketing for Hitachi Data Systems. More

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Steven Schiller

Senior Vice President, Sweets and Refreshment SBU, The Hershey Company

The Hershey Company is world-renowned for its food and beverage products, especially as it pertains to sweets. Steven Schiller, the company’s Senior Vice President of the Sweets and Refreshment Strategic Business Unit, says one of the company’s keys to running smooth, effective campaigns is its More

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Laurie Borgen

Director of Global Digital Marketing, Thermo Fisher Scientific

When it came to outlining the digital marketing strategy for Thermo Fisher Scientific, Director of Global Digital Marketing Laurie Borgen applied the scientific method directly to their efforts. Through experimentation with new channels and methods of customer engagement that focus on the qualitativ More

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Mark Phibbs

Senior Director of APAC Marketing, Adobe

Adobe is a world leader and best-practice innovator in the realm of digital marketing. As a digital marketing solutions provider, the company spends 74 percent of its marketing budget on digital compared to the Asia-Pacific company average of 10 percent. According to Senior Director of APAC Marketin More

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Gina Testa

Vice President, Graphic Communications, Xerox Corporation

As a B2B company that educates other companies about the implementation of cross-media digital campaigns, Xerox knows it is important to use these services in order to sell them to others. Vice President of Graphic Communications Gina Testa explains that their transpromotional nature is part of the More

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Rob Milne

Director of Marketing Operations, Mazda–North America

Mazda manufactures and markets a range of car and truck brands, including performance vehicles, for the North American market. Social media is a growing part of the marketing mix for the carmaker, and Rob Milne—Director of Marketing Operations—sees it as an important channel for building brand a More

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Erich Marx

Director of Interactive and Social Media, Nissan USA

In 2011, Nissan USA’s Director of Interactive and Social Media, Erich Marx, was asked to put Nissan on the “social map” and has since helped develop a successful multifaceted social program that includes brand engagement and social CRM via a wide range of social channels. Nissan is also explor More

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Lauren Chewning

Vice President of Consumer Insights, Marriott International

Marriott International is a leading hospitality and hotel company with more than 3,900 managed and franchised properties around the world. As Vice President of Consumer Insights, Lauren Chewning uses both market research and behavioral analytics to better understand Marriott’s current and potentia More

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Sandeep Suvarna

Head of Consumer Marketing–Asia-Pacific and Japan, LinkedIn

LinkedIn connects more than 300 million professionals worldwide, making it the largest professional network on the Internet since 2003. Sandeep Suvarna leads consumer marketing for Asia-Pacific and Japan (based in Singapore) and says LinkedIn’s consumer engagement efforts are built to scale. An in More

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Margot Torres

Senior Vice President of Marketing, McDonald’s–Philippines

McDonald’s serves approximately 69 million customers daily in more than 36,000 restaurants worldwide. The customer experience with McDonald’s goes beyond the food they serve and involves the customer’s total experience with the brand through its service, people and restaurant environment. As S More

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Robert Pettiford

Executive Director of Product Development and Management, Cox Communications

In an industry that constantly battles negative customer perceptions, Cox Communications understands the importance of having a strong brand that values its customers and demonstrates that value to them. Robert Pettiford, Executive Director of Product Development and Management, says that the brand More

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Alfie Ang

Head of Digital Analytics–Asia-Pacific, Johnson & Johnson

With a number of brands in its portfolio, Johnson & Johnson markets its various products differently based on a number of factors, including region, maturity stage, demographics, etc. Alfie Ang, Head of Digital Analytics for the brand in Asia-Pacific, says that as a result, brand awareness may be a More

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Matt Perl

Chief Marketing Officer, Silver Rock Funding

At Silver Rock Funding, CMO Matt Perl heads a marketing team comprised of internal and external influencers that produce and distribute relevant and accessible information for small business customers who seek loans. When it comes to digital marketing, it is critical to stay abreast of the latest di More

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Tim Collins

Senior Vice President of Experiential Marketing, Wells Fargo

While Wells Fargo doesn’t participate in trade shows, events have a big place in the company’s marketing mix. While Senior Vice President of Experiential Marketing Tim Collins says the company’s budget allocation decreased following the conversion of the Wachovia brand, it has increased for 20 More

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Kurt Frenier

Senior Marketing Director, PepsiCo–Middle East and Africa

While PepsiCo participates in a variety of events including regional corporate events, trade shows and consumer-facing events. Senior Marketing Director Kurt Frenier is responsible for marketing the beverage portfolio in the Middle East and Africa. In that capacity, he also covers primarily consumer More

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Marcelo Prado

Chief Marketing Officer, GE Measurement and Control

At GE Measurement and Control, marketing plays an important role in providing customer intelligence to the sales team. According to Chief Marketing Officer Marcelo Prado, this intelligence focuses on three key areas: market size, the competitive landscape and the needs of the customer based on their More

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Brian Burch

Vice President of Global Marketing–Consumer and Small Business, Symantec

Symantec’s efforts have historically been product driven rather than marketing driven, but the company is currently undergoing a transformation that will reverse this position. Brian Burch, the company’s Vice President of Global Marketing for Consumer and Small Business, says that moving forward More

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Mark Ehrnstein

Global Vice President of Team Member Services, Whole Foods Market

Whole Foods Market is built upon eight core values that have created a rich corporate culture that is universally embraced by all store locations. As Global Vice President of Team Member Services, Mark Ehrnstein sees Whole Foods Market as being extremely team-focused, which has resonated well with c More

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Brad Davis

Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Opus Bank

Value creation plays a large role internally for Opus Bank, a commercial bank which was founded in 2010 and is now among the top 200 of the nation’s more than 6,700 banks after completing a successful IPO in 2014, as measured by its $5.1 billion in assets. Creating a brand personality and helping More

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Mary Bermel

Vice President of Global Integrated Marketing, CA Technologies

As an IT management software and solutions provider, CA Technologies is focused on providing content that customers need throughout the buying journey. Mary Bermel, Vice President of Global Integrated Marketing, says that while content tends to have a pre-sales focus, they are also dedicated to crea More

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Gayle Bock

Director of Loyalty Marketing, T-Mobile

T-Mobile is embracing the “mobile” part of its company name by steering toward a mobile-focused marketing and business plan. Director of Loyalty Marketing Gayle Bock shares her thoughts around the company’s transition to a mobile-first strategy and how that shift is helping them engage and ret More

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Gina Collins

Chief Marketing Officer, Build-A-Bear

Build-A-Bear takes consumer engagement to a new level with its unique mix of entertainment-based marketing efforts that extend well beyond the initial purchase of a product. Chief Marketing Officer Gina Collins shares how the content they deploy through their gamification and engagement efforts has More

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Debra Lechner

Associate Vice President of the Customer Insight Service Group, Farmers Group, Inc.

Farmers Group has 15,000 exclusive insurance agents across the country with whom it partners to manage all consumer-facing touchpoints. Since the agents are independent contractors, Debra Lechner—Assistant Vice President of Marketing—says the challenges they face with regard to local marketing c More

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Sujit Ganguli

Head of Marketing, ICICI Bank

ICICI Bank is the largest private-sector bank in India. They are among the most popular websites in India. About 30 percent of their customers engage with the bank online, making digital marketing a top priority. Sujit Ganguli, Head of Marketing, says this has led them to become much smarter and sha More