Accelerate 23 - The Global Ecommerce Acceleration Summit

MAY 10-11, 2023 / SALT PALACE CONVENTION CENTER / SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

The Global Ecommerce Acceleration Summit

Jessica Alba

Founder and Chief Creative Officer
of The Honest Company

Presented by

Speakers

Join the Brightest Minds

World Champion & 23-Time Gold Medalist

Michael Phelps

Athlete and Advocate

MPF

One of the greatest athletes of all time, Phelps captured 28 medals, including a record-setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records over the course of his career.
In 2008 , he established the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water safety, healthy living, and the pursuit of dreams.

Philanthropist

MPF

Nicole Phelps

Philanthropist

MPF

A philanthropist who volunteers her time with the Michael Phelps Foundation, the proud mom of three young boys and supportive wife, Nicole is a former marketing professional and Miss California (2010).

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

David Wright

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

A trailblazer in data-accelerated ecommerce, Dave has built category leading technology and capabilities to help hundreds of brands accelerate their online commerce in more than 60 countries around the world.

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer, Forbes says he's one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. A New Your Times best selling author, entrepreneur and co-founder of NP Digital.

SVP Digital Retail

Liquid Death

Hamid Saify

Senior Vice President

Liquid Death

As the first VP of Marketing at Liquid Death, he helped drive the rapid rise of the brand as the fastest growing beverage brand in history and oversees revenue growth across a wide range of digital partners.

Prior to Liquid Death, Hamid worked in advertising, working on brands like Nestle, PlayStation, Volkswagen, Taco Bell, and Zillow.

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena Khan

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena leads Mirakl Connect's US & APAC Seller Recruitment team. Prior to Mirakl, Sabreena worked at e-commerce start-ups in diverse verticals, was a merchandise planner for Gilt Groupe, and managed the fashion vertical for Amazon Middle East.

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali Haeri

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali leads all product, performance, and content marketing efforts at MNTN. Ali is also an instructor at UCLA Extension, teaching marketing and advertising courses in the Business & Management certification program.

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma Ellis

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma has been Managing Director of the UK’s leading premium brand of professional supplements since 20012- BioCare Limited. Prior to that, she held a number of Board Director roles across the business including Deputy Managing Director, Supply Chain Director and Technical Director after first joining BioCare Limited as part of the Clinical Nutrition team in 2004.

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob Hahn

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob leads the global warehouse operations and inventory management teams. Building systems and software to solidify Pattern as the leading 3P partner. Prior to Pattern, Rob was the COO at Whitebox, and a General Manager at Amazon.

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy van der Horst

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy runs the Retail and eCommerce businesses for Panasonic's Indoor Air Quality division. She has over 25 years of Home Improvement/Consumer Goods industry experience working for Southwire, Custom Building Products, Emerson, and Black and Decker. She's managed ecommerce, Home Centers, Hardware, Mass Merchants, and MRO.

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda Baldwin

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda oversees the entirety of the organization, setting its strategy for growth, building a world-class team and leading the company’s marketing, sales, product development, operations and finance divisions. Under her leadership for the past five years, the company has grown over 20x.

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul Tran

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul launched MANSCAPED in 2016 with a mission of driving the movement that changes the face of men’s grooming. By focusing on the needs of what had, for too long, been a sensitive and often stigmatized subject, MANSCAPED successfully untapped a vast market of male consumers and created the category of its namesake.

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Chung has led investments in Oatly, Spanx, Supergoop, Weee, and Walker Edison. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oatly, Spanx and Supergoop.

Head of US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano Migues

Head or US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano leads the USA Business Development Team at Mercado Libre. He’s successfully expanding the program’s footprint and geographical reach. His work has helped international sellers grow their business in one of the fastest growing regions in the ecommerce industry.

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer Kinsley

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer is a Managing Partner at Kinsley Partners, an investment and consulting firm focused on serving the needs of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Frazer is also the Director of Consulting Services at Extensiv. Previously, he owned and operated Hook Logistics, an omnichannel 3PL.

President

Current

Trygve Jensen

President

Current

Current - a SAAS company focused on empowering brands in their quest to dominate influencer marketing, ambassador programs, and content. Trygve has built and overseen hundreds of integrations, series and brand partnerships. He has worked with over 300 different brands building marketing strategy, creative process, and go to market launches.

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Cricket Whitton

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Since joining Spanx in 2017, she has led the brand’s digital transformation and growth into apparel and activewear. She has 15 years of experience in consumer products and finance, including digital growth roles at top retailers Wayfair and Design Within Reach.

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney Gibson

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney is a partner and leader of the firm’s nationally recognized Vorys eControl. He and the firm’s team have developed cutting-edge, yet cost-effective, solutions to help brands control their sales in the digital age. Whitney also is chair of the firm’s technology and intellectual property group.

VP of Marketplace

Macy's

Josh Janos

Vice President

Macy's

Josh Janos is the vice president of marketplace at Macy’s, Inc., supporting the omnichannel retailer’s digital transformation by unlocking new opportunities for sustainable and profitable growth. He has launched curated marketplace experiences for two Fortune 150 retail companies and has nearly 15 years of experience in e-commerce, supply chain transformation and corporate strategy.

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt is the CEO and Co-founder of Ampd, the nexus for consumers into marketplaces. Ampd is both a Verified Amazon Partner and Amazon’s Premier Partner for Attribution for 2023, along with being the only official Google Technology Partner for Amazon Sellers. It is the platform of choice for thousands of leading sellers, aggregators, and agencies.

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen Rapp

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen has a 20+ year track record of leading marketing, branding and storytelling globally for the world's most powerful brands. Prior to Klaviyo she was the Chief Brand Officer of Owlet. VP of Marketing at DoorDash. She led global storytelling for Arc'teryx. At Patagonia, she oversaw all global brand communications for over ten years and personally led the company’s PR evolution from a quirky outdoor apparel company to one of the most respected businesses in the world.

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa Gandhi

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa is co-founder and COO of bag brand Dagne Dover in addition to being an angel investor and advisor to other high-growth businesses. Deepa oversees all strategic planning, growth, operations, supply chain, and finance for Dagne Dover. Deepa began her career on the trading floor of Lehman Brothers but quickly shifted her career path to the retail industry when she worked at Club Monaco driving double-digit growth for the women's business on their merchandising and planning team.

Boss

Stroudinc

Chris Stroud

Boss

Stroudinc

Growing companies in the eCommerce industry since 2007, Chris has taken countless companies into 7, 8 and 9-figure revenue run rate growth through his unique market insights and proprietary tactics. He actively audits around 500 companies a year and keeps a capped and curated consulting portfolio of around 20 clients. He oversees over $1B in eCommerce and over $100M in ad spend annually.

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee Gray

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee has over 10 years’ experience with developing Food and Food Supplement products for European marketplaces and specializes in developing Regulatory Compliance technology. Lee was previously the Technical Manager for the UK retailer Tesco’s Health and Wellness category, the Food Safety Manager for Amazon’s EU Nutrition category, and the Category Manager for the same product area.

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara Dumski

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara's impeccable attention to detail and extremely trained senses brought her into the fragrance world, beginning at IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances), where she worked for 25 years. Learning from and working side by side with some of the best perfumers in the world, she was taught how to smell with her musical ear, discovering the connection between all of her greatest passions and driving that into her career. Her belief in the industry and its’ potential brought her to Pura, after connecting with others who shared the same drive and passion for pushing boundaries and creating art through fragrance.

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley has served as the Director of the UVU Smartlab and a professor of Customer Experience at Utah Valley University for the past nine years. Prior to coming to UVU, Dale spent 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries working with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Syneos. He was a senior level executive where he oversaw sales and marketing of multibillion dollar brands.

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan has been an ecommerce seller since 2015, with multiple brand exits and 2 current brands still selling. In addition to creating some of the industry’s most-watched free content and a top-100 entrepreneurial podcast, Tim has worked as a consultant or advisor for more than 25 industry services including fin-tech, SaaS, logistics, sourcing, marketing, and others. Tim is a co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of Carbon6, an ecosystem of e-commerce empowerment with 17 tools in it’s umbrella.

Chief Technolgy Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John Connolly

Chief Technology Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John has over 20 years' experience growing technology businesses - some he's started and led, others he's helped along their way. C4DI, The Centres for Digital Innovation, is a group of privately funded technology incubators helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate. Unique to the C4DI model is the way in which traditional business is brought together with fast tech startups and scaleups through custom innovation programmes and startup incubation. This gives the traditional business access to skills and expertise it never knew it needed, and gives tech companies unrivaled supply chain and mentor access.

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Jonny Bauer

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations. He leads the brand and business strategy in Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation practice for its portfolio of over 250 companies. He is responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation for Blackstone portfolio companies. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades.

World Champion & 23-Time Gold Medalist

Michael Phelps

Athlete and Advocate

MPF

One of the greatest athletes of all time, Phelps captured 28 medals, including a record-setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records over the course of his career.
In 2008 , he established the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water safety, healthy living, and the pursuit of dreams.

Philanthropist

MPF

Nicole Phelps

Philanthropist

MPF

A philanthropist who volunteers her time with the Michael Phelps Foundation, the proud mom of three young boys and supportive wife, Nicole is a former marketing professional and Miss California (2010).

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

David Wright

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

A trailblazer in data-accelerated ecommerce, Dave has built category leading technology and capabilities to help hundreds of brands accelerate their online commerce in more than 60 countries around the world.

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer, Forbes says he's one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. A New Your Times best selling author, entrepreneur and co-founder of NP Digital.

SVP Digital Retail

Liquid Death

Hamid Saify

Senior Vice President

Liquid Death

As the first VP of Marketing at Liquid Death, he helped drive the rapid rise of the brand as the fastest growing beverage brand in history and oversees revenue growth across a wide range of digital partners.

Prior to Liquid Death, Hamid worked in advertising, working on brands like Nestle, PlayStation, Volkswagen, Taco Bell, and Zillow.

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena Khan

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena leads Mirakl Connect's US & APAC Seller Recruitment team. Prior to Mirakl, Sabreena worked at e-commerce start-ups in diverse verticals, was a merchandise planner for Gilt Groupe, and managed the fashion vertical for Amazon Middle East.

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali Haeri

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali leads all product, performance, and content marketing efforts at MNTN. Ali is also an instructor at UCLA Extension, teaching marketing and advertising courses in the Business & Management certification program.

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob Hahn

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob leads the global warehouse operations and inventory management teams. Building systems and software to solidify Pattern as the leading 3P partner. Prior to Pattern, Rob was the COO at Whitebox, and a General Manager at Amazon.

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy van der Horst

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy runs the Retail and eCommerce businesses for Panasonic's Indoor Air Quality division. She has over 25 years of Home Improvement/Consumer Goods industry experience working for Southwire, Custom Building Products, Emerson, and Black and Decker. She's managed ecommerce, Home Centers, Hardware, Mass Merchants, and MRO.

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda Baldwin

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda oversees the entirety of the organization, setting its strategy for growth, building a world-class team and leading the company’s marketing, sales, product development, operations and finance divisions. Under her leadership for the past five years, the company has grown over 20x.

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul Tran

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul launched MANSCAPED in 2016 with a mission of driving the movement that changes the face of men’s grooming. By focusing on the needs of what had, for too long, been a sensitive and often stigmatized subject, MANSCAPED successfully untapped a vast market of male consumers and created the category of its namesake.

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Chung has led investments in Oatly, Spanx, Supergoop, Weee, and Walker Edison. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oatly, Spanx and Supergoop.

Head of US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano Migues

Head or US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano leads the USA Business Development Team at Mercado Libre. He’s successfully expanding the program’s footprint and geographical reach. His work has helped international sellers grow their business in one of the fastest growing regions in the ecommerce industry.

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer Kinsley

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer is a Managing Partner at Kinsley Partners, an investment and consulting firm focused on serving the needs of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Frazer is also the Director of Consulting Services at Extensiv. Previously, he owned and operated Hook Logistics, an omnichannel 3PL.

President

Current

Trygve Jensen

President

Current

Current - a SAAS company focused on empowering brands in their quest to dominate influencer marketing, ambassador programs, and content. Trygve has built and overseen hundreds of integrations, series and brand partnerships. He has worked with over 300 different brands building marketing strategy, creative process, and go to market launches.

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Cricket Whitton

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Since joining Spanx in 2017, she has led the brand’s digital transformation and growth into apparel and activewear. She has 15 years of experience in consumer products and finance, including digital growth roles at top retailers Wayfair and Design Within Reach.

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney Gibson

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney is a partner and leader of the firm’s nationally recognized Vorys eControl. He and the firm’s team have developed cutting-edge, yet cost-effective, solutions to help brands control their sales in the digital age. Whitney also is chair of the firm’s technology and intellectual property group.

VP of Marketplace

Macy's

Josh Janos

Vice President

Macy's

Josh Janos is the vice president of marketplace at Macy’s, Inc., supporting the omnichannel retailer’s digital transformation by unlocking new opportunities for sustainable and profitable growth. He has launched curated marketplace experiences for two Fortune 150 retail companies and has nearly 15 years of experience in e-commerce, supply chain transformation and corporate strategy.

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt is the CEO and Co-founder of Ampd, the nexus for consumers into marketplaces. Ampd is both a Verified Amazon Partner and Amazon’s Premier Partner for Attribution for 2023, along with being the only official Google Technology Partner for Amazon Sellers. It is the platform of choice for thousands of leading sellers, aggregators, and agencies.

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen Rapp

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen has a 20+ year track record of leading marketing, branding and storytelling globally for the world's most powerful brands. Prior to Klaviyo she was the Chief Brand Officer of Owlet. VP of Marketing at DoorDash. She led global storytelling for Arc'teryx. At Patagonia, she oversaw all global brand communications for over ten years and personally led the company’s PR evolution from a quirky outdoor apparel company to one of the most respected businesses in the world.

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa Gandhi

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa is co-founder and COO of bag brand Dagne Dover in addition to being an angel investor and advisor to other high-growth businesses. Deepa oversees all strategic planning, growth, operations, supply chain, and finance for Dagne Dover. Deepa began her career on the trading floor of Lehman Brothers but quickly shifted her career path to the retail industry when she worked at Club Monaco driving double-digit growth for the women's business on their merchandising and planning team.

Boss

Stroudinc

Chris Stroud

Boss

Stroudinc

Growing companies in the eCommerce industry since 2007, Chris has taken countless companies into 7, 8 and 9-figure revenue run rate growth through his unique market insights and proprietary tactics. He actively audits around 500 companies a year and keeps a capped and curated consulting portfolio of around 20 clients. He oversees over $1B in eCommerce and over $100M in ad spend annually.

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee Gray

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee has over 10 years’ experience with developing Food and Food Supplement products for European marketplaces and specializes in developing Regulatory Compliance technology. Lee was previously the Technical Manager for the UK retailer Tesco’s Health and Wellness category, the Food Safety Manager for Amazon’s EU Nutrition category, and the Category Manager for the same product area.

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma Ellis

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma has been Managing Director of the UK’s leading premium brand of professional supplements since 20012- BioCare Limited. Prior to that, she held a number of Board Director roles across the business including Deputy Managing Director, Supply Chain Director and Technical Director after first joining BioCare Limited as part of the Clinical Nutrition team in 2004.

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley has served as the Director of the UVU Smartlab and a professor of Customer Experience at Utah Valley University for the past nine years. Prior to coming to UVU, Dale spent 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries working with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Syneos. He was a senior level executive where he oversaw sales and marketing of multibillion dollar brands.

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan has been an ecommerce seller since 2015, with multiple brand exits and 2 current brands still selling. In addition to creating some of the industry’s most-watched free content and a top-100 entrepreneurial podcast, Tim has worked as a consultant or advisor for more than 25 industry services including fin-tech, SaaS, logistics, sourcing, marketing, and others. Tim is a co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of Carbon6, an ecosystem of e-commerce empowerment with 17 tools in it’s umbrella.

Chief Technolgy Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John Connolly

Chief Technology Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John has over 20 years' experience growing technology businesses - some he's started and led, others he's helped along their way. C4DI, The Centres for Digital Innovation, is a group of privately funded technology incubators helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate. Unique to the C4DI model is the way in which traditional business is brought together with fast tech startups and scaleups through custom innovation programmes and startup incubation. This gives the traditional business access to skills and expertise it never knew it needed, and gives tech companies unrivaled supply chain and mentor access.

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Jonny Bauer

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations. He leads the brand and business strategy in Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation practice for its portfolio of over 250 companies. He is responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation for Blackstone portfolio companies. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades.

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara Dumski

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara's impeccable attention to detail and extremely trained senses brought her into the fragrance world, beginning at IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances), where she worked for 25 years. Learning from and working side by side with some of the best perfumers in the world, she was taught how to smell with her musical ear, discovering the connection between all of her greatest passions and driving that into her career. Her belief in the industry and its’ potential brought her to Pura, after connecting with others who shared the same drive and passion for pushing boundaries and creating art through fragrance.

World Champion & 23-Time Gold Medalist

Michael Phelps

Athlete and Advocate

MPF

One of the greatest athletes of all time, Phelps captured 28 medals, including a record-setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records over the course of his career.
In 2008 , he established the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water safety, healthy living, and the pursuit of dreams.

Philanthropist

MPF

Nicole Phelps

Philanthropist

MPF

A philanthropist who volunteers her time with the Michael Phelps Foundation, the proud mom of three young boys and supportive wife, Nicole is a former marketing professional and Miss California (2010).

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

David Wright

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

A trailblazer in data-accelerated ecommerce, Dave has built category leading technology and capabilities to help hundreds of brands accelerate their online commerce in more than 60 countries around the world.

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer, Forbes says he's one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. A New Your Times best selling author, entrepreneur and co-founder of NP Digital.

SVP Digital Retail

Liquid Death

Hamid Saify

Senior Vice President

Liquid Death

As the first VP of Marketing at Liquid Death, he helped drive the rapid rise of the brand as the fastest growing beverage brand in history and oversees revenue growth across a wide range of digital partners.

Prior to Liquid Death, Hamid worked in advertising, working on brands like Nestle, PlayStation, Volkswagen, Taco Bell, and Zillow.

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena Khan

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena leads Mirakl Connect's US & APAC Seller Recruitment team. Prior to Mirakl, Sabreena worked at e-commerce start-ups in diverse verticals, was a merchandise planner for Gilt Groupe, and managed the fashion vertical for Amazon Middle East.

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali Haeri

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali leads all product, performance, and content marketing efforts at MNTN. Ali is also an instructor at UCLA Extension, teaching marketing and advertising courses in the Business & Management certification program.

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma Ellis

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma has been Managing Director of the UK’s leading premium brand of professional supplements since 20012- BioCare Limited. Prior to that, she held a number of Board Director roles across the business including Deputy Managing Director, Supply Chain Director and Technical Director after first joining BioCare Limited as part of the Clinical Nutrition team in 2004.

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob Hahn

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob leads the global warehouse operations and inventory management teams. Building systems and software to solidify Pattern as the leading 3P partner. Prior to Pattern, Rob was the COO at Whitebox, and a General Manager at Amazon.

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy van der Horst

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy runs the Retail and eCommerce businesses for Panasonic's Indoor Air Quality division. She has over 25 years of Home Improvement/Consumer Goods industry experience working for Southwire, Custom Building Products, Emerson, and Black and Decker. She's managed ecommerce, Home Centers, Hardware, Mass Merchants, and MRO.

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda Baldwin

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda oversees the entirety of the organization, setting its strategy for growth, building a world-class team and leading the company’s marketing, sales, product development, operations and finance divisions. Under her leadership for the past five years, the company has grown over 20x.

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul Tran

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul launched MANSCAPED in 2016 with a mission of driving the movement that changes the face of men’s grooming. By focusing on the needs of what had, for too long, been a sensitive and often stigmatized subject, MANSCAPED successfully untapped a vast market of male consumers and created the category of its namesake.

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Chung has led investments in Oatly, Spanx, Supergoop, Weee, and Walker Edison. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oatly, Spanx and Supergoop.

Head of US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano Migues

Head or US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano leads the USA Business Development Team at Mercado Libre. He’s successfully expanding the program’s footprint and geographical reach. His work has helped international sellers grow their business in one of the fastest growing regions in the ecommerce industry.

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer Kinsley

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer is a Managing Partner at Kinsley Partners, an investment and consulting firm focused on serving the needs of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Frazer is also the Director of Consulting Services at Extensiv. Previously, he owned and operated Hook Logistics, an omnichannel 3PL.

President

Current

Trygve Jensen

President

Current

Current - a SAAS company focused on empowering brands in their quest to dominate influencer marketing, ambassador programs, and content. Trygve has built and overseen hundreds of integrations, series and brand partnerships. He has worked with over 300 different brands building marketing strategy, creative process, and go to market launches.

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Cricket Whitton

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Since joining Spanx in 2017, she has led the brand’s digital transformation and growth into apparel and activewear. She has 15 years of experience in consumer products and finance, including digital growth roles at top retailers Wayfair and Design Within Reach.

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney Gibson

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney is a partner and leader of the firm’s nationally recognized Vorys eControl. He and the firm’s team have developed cutting-edge, yet cost-effective, solutions to help brands control their sales in the digital age. Whitney also is chair of the firm’s technology and intellectual property group.

VP of Marketplace

Macy's

Josh Janos

Vice President

Macy's

Josh Janos is the vice president of marketplace at Macy’s, Inc., supporting the omnichannel retailer’s digital transformation by unlocking new opportunities for sustainable and profitable growth. He has launched curated marketplace experiences for two Fortune 150 retail companies and has nearly 15 years of experience in e-commerce, supply chain transformation and corporate strategy.

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt is the CEO and Co-founder of Ampd, the nexus for consumers into marketplaces. Ampd is both a Verified Amazon Partner and Amazon’s Premier Partner for Attribution for 2023, along with being the only official Google Technology Partner for Amazon Sellers. It is the platform of choice for thousands of leading sellers, aggregators, and agencies.

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen Rapp

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen has a 20+ year track record of leading marketing, branding and storytelling globally for the world's most powerful brands. Prior to Klaviyo she was the Chief Brand Officer of Owlet. VP of Marketing at DoorDash. She led global storytelling for Arc'teryx. At Patagonia, she oversaw all global brand communications for over ten years and personally led the company’s PR evolution from a quirky outdoor apparel company to one of the most respected businesses in the world.

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa Gandhi

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa is co-founder and COO of bag brand Dagne Dover in addition to being an angel investor and advisor to other high-growth businesses. Deepa oversees all strategic planning, growth, operations, supply chain, and finance for Dagne Dover. Deepa began her career on the trading floor of Lehman Brothers but quickly shifted her career path to the retail industry when she worked at Club Monaco driving double-digit growth for the women's business on their merchandising and planning team.

Boss

Stroudinc

Chris Stroud

Boss

Stroudinc

Growing companies in the eCommerce industry since 2007, Chris has taken countless companies into 7, 8 and 9-figure revenue run rate growth through his unique market insights and proprietary tactics. He actively audits around 500 companies a year and keeps a capped and curated consulting portfolio of around 20 clients. He oversees over $1B in eCommerce and over $100M in ad spend annually.

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee Gray

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee has over 10 years’ experience with developing Food and Food Supplement products for European marketplaces and specializes in developing Regulatory Compliance technology. Lee was previously the Technical Manager for the UK retailer Tesco’s Health and Wellness category, the Food Safety Manager for Amazon’s EU Nutrition category, and the Category Manager for the same product area.

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara Dumski

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara's impeccable attention to detail and extremely trained senses brought her into the fragrance world, beginning at IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances), where she worked for 25 years. Learning from and working side by side with some of the best perfumers in the world, she was taught how to smell with her musical ear, discovering the connection between all of her greatest passions and driving that into her career. Her belief in the industry and its’ potential brought her to Pura, after connecting with others who shared the same drive and passion for pushing boundaries and creating art through fragrance.

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley has served as the Director of the UVU Smartlab and a professor of Customer Experience at Utah Valley University for the past nine years. Prior to coming to UVU, Dale spent 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries working with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Syneos. He was a senior level executive where he oversaw sales and marketing of multibillion dollar brands.

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan has been an ecommerce seller since 2015, with multiple brand exits and 2 current brands still selling. In addition to creating some of the industry’s most-watched free content and a top-100 entrepreneurial podcast, Tim has worked as a consultant or advisor for more than 25 industry services including fin-tech, SaaS, logistics, sourcing, marketing, and others. Tim is a co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of Carbon6, an ecosystem of e-commerce empowerment with 17 tools in it’s umbrella.

Chief Technolgy Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John Connolly

Chief Technology Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John has over 20 years' experience growing technology businesses - some he's started and led, others he's helped along their way. C4DI, The Centres for Digital Innovation, is a group of privately funded technology incubators helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate. Unique to the C4DI model is the way in which traditional business is brought together with fast tech startups and scaleups through custom innovation programmes and startup incubation. This gives the traditional business access to skills and expertise it never knew it needed, and gives tech companies unrivaled supply chain and mentor access.

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Jonny Bauer

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations. He leads the brand and business strategy in Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation practice for its portfolio of over 250 companies. He is responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation for Blackstone portfolio companies. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades.

World Champion & 23-Time Gold Medalist

Michael Phelps

Athlete and Advocate

MPF

One of the greatest athletes of all time, Phelps captured 28 medals, including a record-setting 23 gold medals, and set 39 world records over the course of his career.
In 2008 , he established the Michael Phelps Foundation, which promotes water safety, healthy living, and the pursuit of dreams.

Philanthropist

MPF

Nicole Phelps

Philanthropist

MPF

A philanthropist who volunteers her time with the Michael Phelps Foundation, the proud mom of three young boys and supportive wife, Nicole is a former marketing professional and Miss California (2010).

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

David Wright

Chief Executive Officer

Pattern

A trailblazer in data-accelerated ecommerce, Dave has built category leading technology and capabilities to help hundreds of brands accelerate their online commerce in more than 60 countries around the world.

Co-Founder

NP Digital

Neil Patel

Co-Founder

NP Digital

The Wall Street Journal calls him a top influencer, Forbes says he's one of the top 10 marketers, and Entrepreneur Magazine says he created one of the 100 most brilliant companies. A New Your Times best selling author, entrepreneur and co-founder of NP Digital.

SVP Digital Retail

Liquid Death

Hamid Saify

Senior Vice President

Liquid Death

As the first VP of Marketing at Liquid Death, he helped drive the rapid rise of the brand as the fastest growing beverage brand in history and oversees revenue growth across a wide range of digital partners.

Prior to Liquid Death, Hamid worked in advertising, working on brands like Nestle, PlayStation, Volkswagen, Taco Bell, and Zillow.

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena Khan

Director of Seller Recruitment

Mirakl

Sabreena leads Mirakl Connect's US & APAC Seller Recruitment team. Prior to Mirakl, Sabreena worked at e-commerce start-ups in diverse verticals, was a merchandise planner for Gilt Groupe, and managed the fashion vertical for Amazon Middle East.

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali Haeri

Vice President of Marketing

MNTN

Ali leads all product, performance, and content marketing efforts at MNTN. Ali is also an instructor at UCLA Extension, teaching marketing and advertising courses in the Business & Management certification program.

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob Hahn

Chief Operating Officer

Pattern

Rob leads the global warehouse operations and inventory management teams. Building systems and software to solidify Pattern as the leading 3P partner. Prior to Pattern, Rob was the COO at Whitebox, and a General Manager at Amazon.

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy van der Horst

National Sales Manager

Panasonic

Amy runs the Retail and eCommerce businesses for Panasonic's Indoor Air Quality division. She has over 25 years of Home Improvement/Consumer Goods industry experience working for Southwire, Custom Building Products, Emerson, and Black and Decker. She's managed ecommerce, Home Centers, Hardware, Mass Merchants, and MRO.

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda Baldwin

Chief Executive Officer

Supergoop!

Amanda oversees the entirety of the organization, setting its strategy for growth, building a world-class team and leading the company’s marketing, sales, product development, operations and finance divisions. Under her leadership for the past five years, the company has grown over 20x.

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul Tran

Chief Executive Officer

MANSCAPED

Paul launched MANSCAPED in 2016 with a mission of driving the movement that changes the face of men’s grooming. By focusing on the needs of what had, for too long, been a sensitive and often stigmatized subject, MANSCAPED successfully untapped a vast market of male consumers and created the category of its namesake.

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer

Blackstone

Ann Chung is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Consumer for Blackstone Growth based in New York. Since joining Blackstone in 2020, Ms. Chung has led investments in Oatly, Spanx, Supergoop, Weee, and Walker Edison. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Oatly, Spanx and Supergoop.

Head of US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano Migues

Head or US Business Development

Mercado Libre

Mariano leads the USA Business Development Team at Mercado Libre. He’s successfully expanding the program’s footprint and geographical reach. His work has helped international sellers grow their business in one of the fastest growing regions in the ecommerce industry.

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer Kinsley

Managing Partner

Kinsley Partners

Frazer is a Managing Partner at Kinsley Partners, an investment and consulting firm focused on serving the needs of consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Frazer is also the Director of Consulting Services at Extensiv. Previously, he owned and operated Hook Logistics, an omnichannel 3PL.

President

Current

Trygve Jensen

President

Current

Current - a SAAS company focused on empowering brands in their quest to dominate influencer marketing, ambassador programs, and content. Trygve has built and overseen hundreds of integrations, series and brand partnerships. He has worked with over 300 different brands building marketing strategy, creative process, and go to market launches.

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Cricket Whitton

President and Chief Growth Officer

Spanx

Since joining Spanx in 2017, she has led the brand’s digital transformation and growth into apparel and activewear. She has 15 years of experience in consumer products and finance, including digital growth roles at top retailers Wayfair and Design Within Reach.

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney Gibson

Partner

Vorys eControl

Whitney is a partner and leader of the firm’s nationally recognized Vorys eControl. He and the firm’s team have developed cutting-edge, yet cost-effective, solutions to help brands control their sales in the digital age. Whitney also is chair of the firm’s technology and intellectual property group.

VP of Marketplace

Macy's

Josh Janos

Vice President

Macy's

Josh Janos is the vice president of marketplace at Macy’s, Inc., supporting the omnichannel retailer’s digital transformation by unlocking new opportunities for sustainable and profitable growth. He has launched curated marketplace experiences for two Fortune 150 retail companies and has nearly 15 years of experience in e-commerce, supply chain transformation and corporate strategy.

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt

CEO & Co-founder

Ampd

Joshua Gebhardt is the CEO and Co-founder of Ampd, the nexus for consumers into marketplaces. Ampd is both a Verified Amazon Partner and Amazon’s Premier Partner for Attribution for 2023, along with being the only official Google Technology Partner for Amazon Sellers. It is the platform of choice for thousands of leading sellers, aggregators, and agencies.

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen Rapp

Vice President of Brand Marketing

Klaviyo

Jen has a 20+ year track record of leading marketing, branding and storytelling globally for the world's most powerful brands. Prior to Klaviyo she was the Chief Brand Officer of Owlet. VP of Marketing at DoorDash. She led global storytelling for Arc'teryx. At Patagonia, she oversaw all global brand communications for over ten years and personally led the company’s PR evolution from a quirky outdoor apparel company to one of the most respected businesses in the world.

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa Gandhi

Co-Founder & Chief Operations Officer

Dagne Dover

Deepa is co-founder and COO of bag brand Dagne Dover in addition to being an angel investor and advisor to other high-growth businesses. Deepa oversees all strategic planning, growth, operations, supply chain, and finance for Dagne Dover. Deepa began her career on the trading floor of Lehman Brothers but quickly shifted her career path to the retail industry when she worked at Club Monaco driving double-digit growth for the women's business on their merchandising and planning team.

Boss

Stroudinc

Chris Stroud

Boss

Stroudinc

Growing companies in the eCommerce industry since 2007, Chris has taken countless companies into 7, 8 and 9-figure revenue run rate growth through his unique market insights and proprietary tactics. He actively audits around 500 companies a year and keeps a capped and curated consulting portfolio of around 20 clients. He oversees over $1B in eCommerce and over $100M in ad spend annually.

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee Gray

Business Development Director

Rubicon

Lee has over 10 years’ experience with developing Food and Food Supplement products for European marketplaces and specializes in developing Regulatory Compliance technology. Lee was previously the Technical Manager for the UK retailer Tesco’s Health and Wellness category, the Food Safety Manager for Amazon’s EU Nutrition category, and the Category Manager for the same product area.

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma Ellis

Managing Director

BioCare

Emma has been Managing Director of the UK’s leading premium brand of professional supplements since 20012- BioCare Limited. Prior to that, she held a number of Board Director roles across the business including Deputy Managing Director, Supply Chain Director and Technical Director after first joining BioCare Limited as part of the Clinical Nutrition team in 2004.

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley

Director

UVU Smartlab

Dale Jolley has served as the Director of the UVU Smartlab and a professor of Customer Experience at Utah Valley University for the past nine years. Prior to coming to UVU, Dale spent 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries working with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Syneos. He was a senior level executive where he oversaw sales and marketing of multibillion dollar brands.

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan

Chief Strategy Officer

Carbon6

Tim Jordan has been an ecommerce seller since 2015, with multiple brand exits and 2 current brands still selling. In addition to creating some of the industry’s most-watched free content and a top-100 entrepreneurial podcast, Tim has worked as a consultant or advisor for more than 25 industry services including fin-tech, SaaS, logistics, sourcing, marketing, and others. Tim is a co-founder and the Chief Strategy Officer of Carbon6, an ecosystem of e-commerce empowerment with 17 tools in it’s umbrella.

Chief Technolgy Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John Connolly

Chief Technology Officer & C4DI Co-Founder

Rubicon

John has over 20 years' experience growing technology businesses - some he's started and led, others he's helped along their way. C4DI, The Centres for Digital Innovation, is a group of privately funded technology incubators helping tech companies grow and traditional businesses innovate. Unique to the C4DI model is the way in which traditional business is brought together with fast tech startups and scaleups through custom innovation programmes and startup incubation. This gives the traditional business access to skills and expertise it never knew it needed, and gives tech companies unrivaled supply chain and mentor access.

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Jonny Bauer

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations

Blackstone

Managing Director in Portfolio Operations. He leads the brand and business strategy in Blackstone’s Brand Strategy and transformation practice for its portfolio of over 250 companies. He is responsible for ensuring a brand’s purpose, categorical positioning and values are clearly defined upstream in the sequence of value creation and are connected to all elements of the business transformation for Blackstone portfolio companies. Over a career that has crossed four continents, Jonny has helped create some of the most innovative and influential brand transformations over the last two decades.

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara Dumski

Chief Fragrance Experience Officer

Pura

Mara's impeccable attention to detail and extremely trained senses brought her into the fragrance world, beginning at IFF (International Flavors and Fragrances), where she worked for 25 years. Learning from and working side by side with some of the best perfumers in the world, she was taught how to smell with her musical ear, discovering the connection between all of her greatest passions and driving that into her career. Her belief in the industry and its’ potential brought her to Pura, after connecting with others who shared the same drive and passion for pushing boundaries and creating art through fragrance.

2023 Agenda

Two days and over 40 speakers, Accelerate brings together the brightest minds on global ecommerce acceleration topics. You will experience an atmosphere of inspiration, networking, education, strategy, and real-world application. Agenda is subject to change.

Two days and over 40 speakers, Accelerate brings together the brightest minds on global ecommerce acceleration topics. You will experience an atmosphere of inspiration, networking, education, strategy, and real-world application. Agenda is subject to change.

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at this event are A-list!

The quality of people
at this event are A-list!

Why Attend?

01

World Class Speakers

Accelerate brings the brightest ecommerce minds together to break down complex problems with simple, real-world solutions. You’ll hear from the celebrities, top brand leaders,

02

Game-Changing Content

At Accelerate, you won’t be bored from endless presentations and mediocre speakers. We hand-pick the best speakers and the best content to create an atmosphere of inspiration, ideation, strategy, and application. The content will change the game for brand leaders and their teams.

03

Accelerated Learning

Accelerate will offer your brand, leaders, and team members the opportunity to learn from brand peers and game changers about key topics around global ecommerce acceleration. Topics such as global marketplaces, digital marketing, D2C, international growth, acceleration platforms, logistics, customer experience, and much more.

04

Topic-Specific Networking

Meeting in-person is a sought after experience, but most events make it difficult to connect on topics that matter to you. At Accelerate, we’ve built 8 key networking experiences that are topic specific. So each experience will help you grow your network and build relationships around insights you care about.

05

Unforgettable Experiences

Accelerate is designed to be an unforgettable experience. With the speakers, content, venue, experiences, and networking—Accelerate will feel different than other events. It will inspire personal and brand breakthroughs, instill strategies, and provide practical takeaways.

One of A Kind Experience

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What is Accelerate?

Join the brightest minds at the ecommerce event of the year. Accelerate brings together the people leading the ecommerce front. If you work in ecommerce, this event is for you. Learn from top brand leaders and ecommerce experts. Take advantage of the many networking opportunities and enjoy an evening of entertainment.

Who should attend Accelerate?

Accelerate is built for brand leaders and ecommerce accelerators. Attendees are CEOs, C-suite members, sales, marketing, and ecommerce leaders and teams of every size. If you are interested in where ecommerce is today and what the future looks like, this summit is for you. Attendees will hear from high-profile thought leaders, celebrities, and take part in networking opportunities, and experience next-level entertainment.

What does the event cost?

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Can I exhibit at the event?

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