Current speakers include:

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  Sebastian Gunningham, Senior Vice President, Seller Services, Amazon Services

  Sebastian Gunningham is Senior Vice President of Amazon Seller Services, an integrated set of services designed to help any and all merchants sell their products online by offering access to Amazon’s technology infrastructure and to Amazon’s more than 200 million active customer accounts.

  Prior to joining Amazon in March of 2007, Gunningham held positions at Apple Computer Inc., Peace Software and Oracle Corporation.

  At Peace Software, Sebastian served as Chief Executive Officer where he led the turnaround and sale of the company to First Data.

  At Apple Computer Inc., he served as Vice President for Apple’s Worldwide Enterprise Sales for the hardware and software lines.

  Prior to Apple, Sebastian spent 13 years at Oracle holding titles from Product Manager to Senior Vice President.  His numerous responsibilities have included leading consulting and sales organizations to running the operations of various countries and regions of the world.

  Sebastian holds a Mathematical Sciences degree from Stanford University.

   

   

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  Bryan Murphy, Head of eBay Motors

  Bryan Murphy is head of eBay Motors. He previously served as managing director of WHI Solutions, Inc., an eBay Inc. company, and senior director for eBay Motors. Prior to eBay’s acquisition of WHI in April 2012, Murphy served as WHI’s CEO from 2002 to 2012 and COO from 1999 to 2002.

  In his current role, Murphy is responsible for leading eBay’s vehicles, parts and accessories, and WHI business units, helping to deliver the best commerce solutions for parts and vehicle sellers and buyers.

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  Sameer Samat, VP Product Management, Google

  Sameer is a Vice President of Product Management, leading the Shopping team at Google.  Prior to Google Sameer founded two vertical search and text mining companies, raising venture financing from several firms including In-Q-Tel (venture fund of the Central Intelligence Agency), and completing successful acquisitions of both to public companies.  Prior to Google, Sameer served as Executive Vice President of Products at Kofax, a publicly traded software company in the Content Management space, where he was responsible for engineering, product management and product marketing.  Sameer holds a BS in Computer Science from University of California, San Diego and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School.

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  Shar VanBoskirk, Vice President, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research

  Shar serves Interactive Marketing professionals. She is a leading expert on how businesses can leverage interactive marketing channels and technologies to drive sales and deepen customer relationships. During her 12 years with Forrester, Shar has been instrumental in the development of many of the company's interactive marketing program evaluation methodologies, training courses, and marketing planning tools and has also been part of Forrester's sales and consulting organizations. Shar's research focuses on overall interactive marketing strategies; crafting efficient, effective interactive programs; organizing for interactive marketing; and integrating interactive channels into the rest of the marketing mix. Specific subjects addressed in Shar's research include email marketing, online advertising, search engine marketing, ad serving and targeting, interactive budgeting and forecasts, and interactive marketing organizational models.

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  Devin Wenig, President of eBay Marketplaces, eBay

  As president of eBay Marketplaces, Devin Wenig leads the eBay, classifieds and StubHub businesses globally. He brings a strong combination of global operating experience, deep leadership skills and understanding of global technology platforms to eBay.

  Devin joined the company in September 2011 after more 18 years at Thomson Reuters, the global media organization, where he served as CEO of its largest division, Thomson Reuters Markets, from April 2008 to August 2011. In that role, he led the global financial services and media businesses, which provide information, analytics and technology services to professionals in the financial services, media, and corporate markets globally, as well as to individuals through its consumer media arm.

  Prior to serving as CEO of Thomson Reuters Markets, Devin was chief operating officer of Reuters Group PLC, a provider of financial market data, from 2006 to 2008. In that role, he led Reuters’ consumer media and Internet strategy as well as all of the company’s data, information, and analytical products, the sales force, information technology, and global marketing, among other functions.

  Devin received a BA from Union College, and a JD from Columbia University Law School. Devin serves on the boards of March of Dimes and is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders.

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  Scot Wingo, CEO, ChannelAdvisor

  CEO of ChannelAdvisor, Scot Wingo leads the company in its mission to provide retailers and manufacturers with the software and services needed to successfully sell their products via online sales channels. In tandem with his work at ChannelAdvisor, Scot is an industry thought leader, contributing regularly to several ChannelAdvisor blogs and speaking often at industry events.

  Scot received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Computer Engineering degree from North Carolina State University. Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and Triangle Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40.

Session Speakers

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  Woody Anderson, VP of E-Commerce, Recellular
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  Frank Andolina, Manager, Search Services, ChannelAdvisor

  Frank Andolina, Manager of the Search Services team at ChannelAdvisor works with customers to maximize revenue through the strategic optimization of search campaigns. With more than six years of experience in paid search, he brings guidance and ongoing training to his team members as they navigate the frequent changes of the space to deliver peak results for a wide-range of top tier retailers.

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  William Baiden, President, Shop Eddies / Vice President, S&B Keswick Motors

  Canadian resident and Master Mechanic, William Baiden has been leading the Ontario Auto industry for over 25 years.

  William has been a paramount player in growing S&B Keswick Motors into the award winning Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep dealer it is today!

  His quest for a challenge brought him to the online world taking a start-up in the arts and crafts business and growing in a major competitor in the e-commerce world in just 4 years.

  His latest venture, “Shop Eddies” has seen exceptional sales growth patterns within a very short timeframe.  It’s known as your one stop, one shop, spot for all things automotive.

  William contributes a lot of this success to his years in the automotive industry coupled with leveraging programs such as Channel Advisor, and Salesforce, both, he believes will aid in the estimated $327 billion dollars, expected through online sales by 2016 (noted by Forrester Research).  A 62% increase!

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  Jason Bertrand, Senior Manager of Customer Acquisition, Skullcandy

  As Senior Manager of Customer Acquisition for Skullcandy and sister company Astro Gaming, Jason Bertrand is responsible for all paid traffic driving initiatives to Skullcandy.com and Astrogaming.com. Prior to this role, Jason served as Customer Acquisition Manager at Under Armour, where he launched the affiliate, shopping engine, and re-targeting channels and helped propel Under Armour's e-commerce business from $30MM to nearly $100MM annually in under five years. Jason has worked extensively in the realm of revenue attribution having helped launch the Shop.org Attribution Special Interest Group, dedicated to standardizing attribution methods and strategies for e-commerce organizations.

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  Michael Contino, COO, Costume SuperCenter, LLC
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  Linda Cornelison , Sr. Manager, Top Rated Seller Program, eBay

  Linda joined eBay in 2003, managing Policy Compliance at PayPal.  She moved to eBay Marketplaces in 2006, managing Listing and Selling Practices, and later managing several Trust initiatives on the Seller Standards team.  Linda currently manages the Top Rated Seller program, which helps eBay sellers remain competitive in ecommerce by delivering the customer experience buyers have come to expect when shopping online.

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  Thuy Dang, Marketplace Business Development Sr. Manager, Newegg

  Thuy Dang - Marketplace Business Development Sr. Manager, Automotive, Newegg
  With over 15 years of e-commerce and management experience in the entertainment and automotive industry, Thuy has helped organizations enhance their e-commerce capabilities and branding in their respective space. He has also worked with media partners including Warner Bros., Dateline NBC, the History Channel and USA Today to provide co-branded motorsports content for their broadcast, home video, print and online programming.  Thuy also earned an MBA from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California at Irvine.

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  Will Daugherty, Vice President, External Payment Services, Amazon

  Will Daugherty oversees External Payment Services at Amazon, the business unit that provides payment services to online customers, sellers, and developers.  When an e-commerce seller implements one of these services, any customer with an Amazon account can sign in and pay on that seller's site with the information stored in her/his Amazon account.  Will is responsible for the strategy, product management, software development, and general management of the External Payment Services worldwide.  Will has been with Amazon since 2011.

  Prior to Amazon, Will was President of Destination Services and Expedia Local Expert at Expedia, Inc.  He also served as a Vice President at AT&T/Cingular Wireless and as a partner at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.

  Will received an M.A. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Princeton University.

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  Don Davis, Editor in Chief, Internet Retailer

  Don Davis is Internet Retailer’s editor in chief, responsible for the editorial content of Internet Retailer magazine, the IRNewsLink daily newsletter and InternetRetailer.com.

  Before joining Internet Retailer in April 2007 he was group editor of SourceMedia’s Payments Group. He previously held reporting and editing positions at The Associated Press in Montgomery, Ala., and Atlanta; Manufacturing Systems magazine; and The Springfield Union, a daily newspaper in Massachusetts.

  A native of New York City, Davis graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in political science and economics. He lives in Chicago with his wife and son.

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  Jonathan Davis, Sales Engineer, ChannelAdvisor

  JD joined ChannelAdvisor in 2001 and has helped successfully launch and manage numerous marketplace businesses on Amazon, eBay and Rakuten Shopping. He recently transitioned to the ChannelAdvisor Sales Engineering Team to identify efficient and scalable opportunities for our partners using the ChannelAdvisor system.

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  Jim Dechow, Product Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Jim Dechow is a Product Manager for ChannelAdvisor's including Comparison Shopping and Flex Feeds. He works to improve these advertising solutions, which enable retailers to distribute high-quality feeds to numerous shopping engines and commerce partners worldwide from a single set of data.

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  Gina DeFrank, Business Analyst, ChannelAdvisor

  Gina DeFrank is a Marketplaces Product Owner and Business Analyst for ChannelAdvisor, responsible for research and product direction for third-party marketplaces such as Amazon and Rakuten.  She works closely with the marketplaces, retailers, and ChannelAdvisor teams to keep up to date with channel developments and to optimize existing features for ChannelAdvisor customers.

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  Amy Dren, Launch Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Amy Dren is a Launch Manager with the Customer Success Team and has been with the company since 2010.  With a background in customer support analysis, she has deep knowledge of the platform and acts as a product specialist and team mentor for emerging marketplaces such as Rakuten, Sears and Newegg.

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  Rob Eberhart, Director of Internet Solutions, DCi

  Rob Eberhart is the Director of Internet Solutions with DCi, an electronic cataloging and eServices company whose services include providing turnkey websites and custom data exports to sell performance parts and truck accessories online.  Rob has many years of experience in wholesale distribution, website development, internet marketing and ecommerce in the automotive aftermarket.

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  Len Eschweiler, Head of North American Sales & Services, Amazon Webstore

  Len is responsible for helping retailers best leverage Amazon Webstore to drive online success. Len has been a leading executive in eCommerce since the early days of selling online, and a founding team member of several Internet technology, media, and service companies. He is an expert in helping retailers capitalize on the evolving eCommerce landscape by addressing the marketing, operating and technical requirements for enabling a successful website.

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  Stu Eisenman, President and CFO, eRevolution Ventures, Inc.

  Stu Eisenman is President and CFO of eRevolution Ventures, Inc., (formerly Kites Tails & Toys, Inc.). He and his team continue to grow their four ThinkFast brand websites, brick and mortar stores, and multi-channel sales. As CFO he is responsible for managing the company's key credit and financial relationships.
  In 2012 eRevolution Ventures was recognized as an INC 5000 company with three- year sales growth of 228%.  The company, founded in 1986, has never had an unprofitable year.

  Eisenman has appeared as a kite expert on NBC's Today Show and has served on various merchant advisory boards for The Rouse Company, a premier retail real-estate developer . He previously served as Marketing Director and later Managing Partner for the world's largest specialty kite retailer.

  Eisenman is a graduate cum laude of the Maryland Institute College of Art and holds a BFA in fine and applied arts.

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  Shakeel Farooque, Head of Deals, North America, eBay
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  Chris Fralic, Partner, First Round Capital

  Chris Fralic is a Partner at First Round Capital and based in their New York office.  He joined the firm in 2006 and has focused on a number of the firm's investments in areas such as Advertising Technology including Invite Media (acquired by Google) and Demdex (acquired by Adobe), Social Media including CoTweet (acquired by ExactTarget) and myYearbook (acquired by QuePasa), eCommerce, Gaming, Mobile and more.  Chris has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Chris was VP of Business Development at social bookmarking and tagging company del.icio.usthrough the Yahoo! acquisition.  Chris was also one of the early employees and VP of Business Development at Half.com starting in 1999, and after the eBay acquisition spent six years with eBay in a variety of entertainment, business development and media roles.   Chris earned his BS in Finance from Villanova University and his MBA from St. Joseph's University.

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  Nicolas Franchet, Head of Retail & eCommerce – Global Vertical Marketing, Facebook

  Nicolas Franchet joined Facebook in 2012 as Head of Retail and e-Commerce on the Global Vertical Marketing team. At Facebook, Nicolas is responsible for developing category-level marketing strategies that benefit both online and offline retailers of all sizes around the world.

  Prior to Facebook, Nicolas spent over 7 years at eBay, the world's largest online marketplace. At eBay, he led the Marketplaces Strategy team, and later was a General Manager for eBay Motors and more recently eBay Fashion. Nicolas started his career in Paris as a consultant for Arthur Andersen, and later worked for the boutique consulting firm Mars & Co. in San Francisco, where he helped Fortune 100 companies with strategic planning. Nicolas is based in Facebook's Menlo Park Headquarters.

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  Michael Franklin, Product Strategy & Execution Lead, Retail Innovation, eBay

  Michael Franklin is the Product Strategy & Execution Lead for the Retail Innovation group at eBay, Inc.  Retail Innovation is focused on bringing the eBay, Inc. technology platform into physical retail spaces around the world.

  Michael joined eBay in 2013 after working for The Blackstone Group's Alternative Asset Management division in New York City.  He is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania and is from Washington, DC.
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  Brian Gibson, President and CEO, Riders Discount
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  Jono Glanville, Sales Manager – Automotive & Powersports, Amazon Services

  As a Sales Manager for the Automotive & Powersports business, Jono manages the Sales team responsible for recruiting new sellers on Amazon.  Jono’s team works with Automotive, Powersports, RV & Marine sellers to help them achieve their business goals by adding Amazon as an additional sales channel.

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  Dennis Glavin, Principal Product Manager (Sponsored Products), Amazon

  As principle product manager at Amazon, Dennis Glavin leads the Sponsored Products business.  An established leader in launching new businesses, Mr. Glavin has previously held leadership roles in product management and marketing in digital advertising and mobile experiences at Microsoft, Motorola and other entrepreneurial technology companies.

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  Nathan Gordon, CIO, Christmas Central

  Nathan Gordon is the CIO of Christmas Central.  In 2012, Nathan was listed in Buffalo Business First as one of the area’s most successful 30 people under 30.  While still earning his management and economics degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and The Wharton School of Business, Nathan launched Gordon Companies’ first e-commerce division in 2001. By 2004 he became the company’s CIO, where today he manages the largest online Christmas decoration company in the country, which has been recognized as one of the fastest 5,000 private growing companies in the United States by INC magazine three years in a row.

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  Christian Hassold, President and CEO, CollisionSync

  Christian Hassold is President and CEO of CollisionSync, a tech company that provides product content management and commerce automation solutions to customers in automotive and industrial markets.  CollisionSync’s customers include O’Reilly, Carquest, Uni-Select and National Oak, the largest P.B.E. distributor in the U.S. Christian has more than fourteen years experience driving customer and revenue growth by creating products that resolve asymmetric information problems and increase sales opportunity through improved communication. Christian holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and attended London School of Economics and Political Science.

  Connect with Christian on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/hassold

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  Jon Hedges, President, Hedges & Company

  Jon founded Hedges & Company in 2004 to serve the automotive aftermarket, powersports and motorsports industries with Internet marketing, database marketing, and market research services. Since then Hedges & Company has served clients in the U.S. and Europe including online retailers, event marketers and Fortune 100 companies, as a full-service marketing agency.

  Much of his career was spent in charge of marketing and merchandising at Summit Racing Equipment, during that company’s explosive growth from 1988 to 2001 as it became one of the first online retailers in the automotive aftermarket. Jon has also worked at other aftermarket retailers including Stylin’ Concepts and Speedway Motors.

  Jon has been a speaker at industry conferences, racetrack operator meetings, and the annual SEMA Show. Hedges & Company is listed by DM News Magazine as one of the top direct marketing agencies. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.

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  Andy Hoar, Senior Analyst, Forrester Research

  Andy serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. He focuses primarily on B2B and B2B2C eCommerce, as well as issues related to enabling channel partner businesses for manufacturers. Andy's current research areas include multichannel retailing, mobile couponing, affiliate marketing, and enabling manufacturers to sell online.

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  Jenny Hock, Senior Strategic Partnership Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Jenny Hock is a Senior Strategic Partnership Manager on the ChannelAdvisor’s Business Development Team. Jenny manages the relationships with key partners such as Sears, Newegg, Rakuten.com Shopping, Groupon Goods, Shop.com, Magento and Demandware. Her role involves advocating for ChannelAdvisor sellers on these channels, identifying opportunities for growth and ensuring seller satisfaction.

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  Greg Ives, Director of Global Services, ChannelAdvisor

  Directing the Global Customer Success team since 2006, Greg Ives aims to ensure that ChannelAdvisor’s Services teams stay true to the mission to maximize product and company satisfaction by delivering consistent support at the highest possible standard to a global base of clients. Throughout his tenure at ChannelAdvisor, Greg’s management has supported the company in securing accolades including multiple Stevie and Best in Biz awards, and Triangle Business Journal’s Best Place to Work in 2011 and 2012.

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  Mike Jackson, VP of E-Commerce, World of Powersports

  Mike Jackson, VP eCommerce at World of Powersports, was one of the first adopters to the Amazon Automotive Marketplace and an early adopter of the eBay Automotive Part Listings program.  With Mike's leadership, World of Powersports developed a robust fitment table for many OEM brands which enables them to power and drop ship for over 300 retailers online channel.  World of Powersports was named a Top 100 Dealer for 2011, Best eCommerce, and Best Promotion accolades, and again in 2012 they achieved a Merit award for being the Best eCommerce Dealer.

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  Jackie Jenkins, Product Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Jackie Jenkins manages ChannelAdvisor’s Paid Search product and has been in the field for six years. She seeks to understand and develop solutions to customer pain points with a primary focus on the Paid Search solution. When she’s not working, Jackie enjoys time with her husband, two daughters and American Bulldog.

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  Jon Jessup, CEO and Founder, Cloud Conversion

  As the CEO and founder of Cloud Conversion, Jon Jessup brings over 15 years of on-demand software experience to the company’s objective of innovation and success in the cloud. Having worked with Salesforce.com for over 5 years, Jon is passionate about helping eCommerce companies streamline key business processes, improve CRM/ERP/customer service operations and better understand their customers.

  Prior to Cloud Conversion, Jon spent 5 years at Oracle Corporation working on the eBusiness Suite. Jon graduated Cum Laude from Princeton University, with a Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree in Computer Science.

   

   

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  Ryan Kaiser, Head of North America Cross-Border Trade, eBay

  Ryan Kaiser is the Head of North America Cross Border Trade at eBay.  He manages the North America CBT business focusing on growing international sales for Sellers/Merchants and delighting eBay’s global buyers.  Ryan and his team develop and manage solutions that enable Merchants to scale their businesses internationally.

  Prior to leading the North America CBT business, Ryan joined eBay in the Marketplaces Strategy group after eight years at the management consulting firm Monitor Group.  He is based in eBay’s San Jose Headquarters.  Ryan holds a MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley.

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  Adrian Klingel, Managing Partner, MyFitment

  Adrian Klingel is a 14-year veteran of the Automotive Aftermarket and is the founder of MyFitment, LLC. He is also the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Illumaware, LLC, where he helps brands such as Delphi, Ford Motorcraft, Brembo, Bilstein, and over 70 others manage their automotive catalog data online.

   

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  Anthony Laudico, Spencer Stuart

  Anthony Laudico leads the firm’s search efforts in the e-commerce sector within Spencer Stuart’s Technology, Media, & Telecommunications Practice. He is also a member of Spencer Stuart's North American Board & CEO and Private Equity practices.

  Bringing to Spencer Stuart more than 20 years of international experience in the digital media and technology industries, he focuses on executive-level and board searches in the e-commerce ecosystem, which include top digital general managers and digitally oriented chief marketing officers and chief technology officers. His clients have included Wal-Mart, Neiman Marcus, Barnes & Noble, Rue La La, Coach, Saks, TJ Maxx, Provide Commerce, Zipcar, Michaels Stores, OfficeMax and many others.

  Most recently, Anthony was the operating partner for software and technology for SV Investment Partners, a New York-based private equity firm. In this capacity, he assisted in the purchase of IDS, the leading provider of software to the leasing industry, and served as the company’s interim chief operating officer and chief executive officer. He also served on the IDS board of directors.

  Anthony has a B.S. in electrical engineering from Columbia University and an M.B.A. in finance from New York University.

   

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  Amanda Lecher, Marketplaces Services Campaign Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Amanda Lecher, Marketplaces Services Campaign Manager, has been a member of the ChannelAdvisor team since 2010. Initially a part of the Customer Success group, Amanda helped self-service customers successfully integrate with ChannelAdvisor. She currently works with the majority of our enterprise-level clients, building their inventory, order and fulfillment integrations within the ChannelAdvisor platform.

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  Joel Lederhause, Founder and CEO, Discount Ramps

  Joel Lederhause founded DiscountRamps.com in 2001 as a part time venture while Joel was a full time firefighter/EMT. The company has experienced double digit growth every year and made the Internet Retailer Top 500 list for the last 5 straight years. In 2006 Joel left his career as a firefighter to become CEO of his company. DiscountRamps.com sells over 11,000 products in the loading, hauling and transportation area and operates multiple Ecommerce websites. DiscountRamps started using ChannelAdvisor to manage their ebay listings in January of 2006 and today utilize ChannelAdvisor to manage their marketplaces, ebay, CSE’s and PPC campaigns.

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  Wendy Liebmann, CEO and Chief Shopper, WSL Strategic Retail

  Wendy Liebmann is the Founder, CEO and Chief Shopper at WSL Strategic Retail, the world's leading authority on shopper behavior and retail strategy. Recognized as one of the innovators of shopper insights, Ms. Liebmann works with clients across multiple retail sectors (consumer packaged goods, fashion, beauty, health, home, food & beverage, pets, financial services, etc.), arming brands and retailers with the strategies required to stay ahead of the market and motivate shoppers to purchase. WSL’s unparalleled research and How America Shops® reports make it the go-to source for up-to-the-minute intelligence on shopper attitudes, emerging trends, channels and categories, as well as the most avant-garde retail concepts from around the world. Ms. Liebmann is a highly respected speaker and thought leader who frequently shares her insights on the shopper and the state of retail at such prominent media outlets as CBS, ABC, CNN, BBC, MarketWatch, NPR, the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Women's Wear Daily, and at retail conferences throughout the world.

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  Amy Lubell, Director of Managed Services, ChannelAdvisor
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  Curt McDowell, Enterprise Sales Manager, Automotive, ChannelAdvisor

  Curt McDowell, Enterprise Sales Manager for the Automotive and Powersports categories, has worked in IT, Supply Chain, Process Engineering and e-commerce for more than 20 years. Curt leverages this experience at ChannelAdvisor to continually develop the streamlined processes for automotive and powersport clients, reducing costs and increasing revenues.

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  Tyson McPherson, Director of Information Technology, National Performance Warehouse

  As Director of Information Technology at National Performance Warehouse, Tyson is responsible for all data and voice technology which interconnects ten warehouse locations across the United States and Canada. Additionally he has an excellent focus on data management and process improvements.

  Recently NPW’s growth from five locations to ten has provided Tyson with the opportunity to develop and implement technology driven tools and applications which allow NPW customers to have immediate access to $22 million of inventory via a fully automated drop-ship order fulfillment and management system.

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  Sean McWherter, Co-Founder, Autoplicity.com

  Sean McWherter co-founded Autoplicity.com in 2011. Autoplicity is a fast-growing website with one of the world’s largest inventories of auto parts. He runs the data side of the business, overseeing the millions of parts and vehicles that Autoplicity serves. Sean’s day-to-day responsibilities include oversight of new product additions to the site, vendor integration management, pricing strategies, and paid search marketing.

  Prior to Autoplicity, Sean founded several other ecommerce companies. Early in his career, he worked at a large pet retail site, where he developed the skills he would later use to start his own businesses. Sean also consults for a variety of Internet Retailer 500 sites, assisting them with their internet marketing and business development.

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  Rachael Miller, US Manager, Customer Success, ChannelAdvisor

  As Manager of the US Customer Success team, Rachel Miller works with her group of launch and customer success professionals to implement ChannelAdvisor solutions for retailers with the goal of establishing a path for long-term, continued success and growth using the ChannelAdvisor platform. Rachel brings more than 10 years of industry expertise to her team and clients, positioning her to strategically guide her team in helping clients achieve business goals.

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  David Monterroso, Senior Solution Consultant, ChannelAdvisor

  David Monterroso is a Senior Solutions Consultant on the ChannelAdvisor Global Sales Engineering team. David researches areas of opportunity for retailers, recommending strategies to improve existing e-commerce programs and looking at potential initiatives to expand to additional online channels.

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  Eric Moore, Masterpiece Marketing Group, LLC

  Eric Moore owns and manages Masterpiece Marketing Group, LLC, a niche marketing firm in the Kansas City area that focuses on monetizing photographic archives.  He started MMG with his partner (another Eric) and a single archive in 2005.  Today, MMG is actively managing six archives with a total inventory of over 1.6 million photos.  In addition to overseeing daily operations, Eric is the system architect of MMG's internal inventory management system and provides IT support for MMG's 6 local and 9 home-based employees.

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  Andres Parada, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, FBA Business, Amazon

  As Sr. Marketing Manager at Amazon, Andres leads product marketing strategy and execution for the Multi-Channel Fulfillment and Global Selling businesses.  Andres works with a wide variety of online businesses helping them grow with Amazon’s fulfillment capabilities and expand internationally.  Andres has over 12 years experience working technology and consumer goods companies in topics of branding, consumer communications and international business.

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  Tim Parry, Senior Content Manager, Multichannel Merchant

  As senior content manager, Tim handles the day-to-day operations of the trade publication Multichannel Merchant's website, magazines, social media and special projects. Tim is a frequent speaker at retail industry events, and has been quoted in several business and mainstream publications. Multichannel Merchant exclusively serves B2B and B2C merchants, manufacturers and wholesale/distributors, who sell goods via a variety of digital and offline direct selling channels.

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  Jay Patel, Product Category Manager, Groupon Goods
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  Sumip Patel, Business Initiative Manager, eBay Motors

  As Business Initiative Manager at eBay Motors, Sumip is responsible for managing eBay’s Cross Border Trade programs for Parts & Accessories sellers, among other initiatives. To make international selling easier and more lucrative, eBay has developed exciting new programs such as the Global Shipping Program and the International Selling Program. If you are interested in learning more about these programs, please reach out to Sumip at sumpatel@ebay.com.

   

   

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  Vincent Payen, Buyer Experience Lead for First Purchase Flow & Promotions, eBay

  Vincent joined eBay in 2007. He works in the North American Business management team, which focuses on identifying opportunities and driving projects to improve the buyer experience on eBay. He currently oversees the development and adoption efforts of our new promotion engine as well as the first purchase experience.

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  Prashanth Rao, Sr. Manager, Delivery Experience, eBay

  Prashanth joined the shipping team at eBay in June 2012, after having interned with the same team in the summer of 2011. He works within Delivery Experience team, which focuses on improving the buyer experience of receiving an item bought on eBay. He currently manages the Fast 'N Free program, which provides personalized Delivery Estimates to the buyers and accentuates the value of low ship cost and ship time. Prashanth earned his B-Tech from National Institute of Technology Warangal, India and MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, where he graduated as an Edward Tuck Scholar. Prior to Tuck, he was working as a Technology Consultant primarily focusing on internet applications.

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  David Reeder, President, Captain Dave Inc.

  David Reeder, known to many as “Captain Dave,” is the founder and president of Captain Dave, Inc., an online army navy and outdoor adventure store catering to outdoorsmen, military and law enforcement personnel, and the prepping community. The company is ranked among The Internet Retailer's Second 500.

  Dave launched his first online store in 1998 and has been an Amazon third-party merchant since
  2004, an eBay seller since 2005, and recently started selling on Sears.com, Buy.com and NewEgg. The company has used Channel Advisor to support its multichannel sales efforts since 2006 and currently operates two Channel Advisor premium stores.

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  Lesley Schwartz, Global Business Development, Amazon Services

  Responsible for Global Business Development, Lesley is a leading expert on out-of-country seller expansion and develops strategy to enable retailers to expand their business internationally.  She covers issues such as business modeling and international shipping and logistics.

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  Marc Sebes, Senior Product Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  "Marc Sebes is a Sr. Product Manager for ChannelAdvisor, responsible for product strategy involving all third-party marketplaces including eBay, Amazon, Sears, Rakuten and more. He works closely with marketplaces, retailers, and ChannelAdvisor teams to add new channels and optimize existing channels for ChannelAdvisor customers.

  When he's not working, Marc enjoys spending time with his wife and two young children, playing tennis and rocking out to Metallica. Follow him on twitter at @eCommerceMarc. "

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  Jahan Shafizadeh, PhD, Head of Trust Factors , eBay

  Jahan has been at eBay since 2004 working within and leading various teams including Search, Developers Program, and Catalog Infrastructure.

  He is currently managing the Trust Factors Team, which focuses on identifying and improving bad buyer experiences across the site and working through process, product and policy solutions to deliver an exceptional ecommerce experience to our community.

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  Martin Smiley, Marketplace Manager, Cooking.com

  Marketplace Manager - Martin Smiley, joined Cooking.com in 2012 and manages several key partners in the marketplace including Amazon, Ebay, and Rakuten.  Martin also oversees growing email membership efforts for Cooking.com along with all Cooking.com"Powered By" partners such as The Food Network Store, The Rachael Ray Store, The Paula Deen Store, and The Calphalon Store to name a few.

  Prior to Cooking.com, Martin built a career in the digital space over 10 years, including stints overseeing digital ad sales forGeekNation.com, integrated sales for CBS Interactive, as well as over five years with the Los Angeles Times.  Elected to the Los Angeles City Neighborhood Council in 2010, Martin is also active within his community, currently serving a four year term as his district's elected Business Representative.

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  Matt Snyder, Campaign Manager, ChannelAdvisor

  Matt Snyder, Campaign Manager, Marketplaces Services, runs the eBay, Amazon, Rakuten.com Shopping, Sears, NewEgg and Walmart campaigns for many of ChannelAdvisor’s gold and platinum tier fully managed clients. Keeping one ear always attune to the ever-evolving world of third party marketplaces, he ensures that customers not only secure a successful kickoff but continue to strategically grow post-launch.

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  Brian Tremblay, Senior Software Developer & Architect, Scout SoftwareScout

  As Chief Developer and software architect at Scout Software, Brian leads development strategies that enhance topShelf Cloud-based inventory management system. He focuses specifically on integration, ensuring that topShelf works seamlessly with e-commerce, CRM, and accounting applications. Most recently, Brian developed the topShelf platform for Channel Advisor integration. He regularly contributes to supply chain best practices.

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  Brett Tuson, Business Development Manager – Automotive & Powersports and Industrial & Scientific, Amazon Services

  A 9 year Amazon veteran, Brett leads the teams responsible for new seller recruitment into the Selling on Amazon program for the Automotive & Powersports and Industrial & Scientific categories.

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  Link Walls, VP of Product Marketing, ChannelAdvisor

  As Vice President of Product Management at ChannelAdvisor, Link leads the product management team and is responsible for driving the roadmap for ChannelAdvisor’s products and working closely with customers and engineering to deliver innovative solutions to the market. Prior to joining ChannelAdvisor in 2005, he managed online marketing for Art.com, an online retailer of posters, prints and original artwork.  Link has also worked as a management consultant helping companies in finance, strategy and organizational design.

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  Mike Waltman, Enterprise Business Development, Milo & eBay Local

  Mike Waltman is on the Enterprise Business Development team for eBay Local.  eBay Local is working with retailers to help drive forward eBay's vision of consumers shopping whenever, wherever they want by enabling local product search, in store pick up, and same day delivery on eBay.

  Mike joined eBay in 2011 after working for an electric car network start-up, and for Bain & Company prior to that.  He is an alumnus of Duke University.

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  Jordan Weinstein, Director, Business Development, ChannelAdvisor

  Jordan Weinstein is Director of Business Development at ChannelAdvisor.  Responsible for managing and growing ChannelAdvisor’s partner ecosystem in the US and internationally, he strives to give sellers access to a diverse set of channels through which to grow their global and regional sales footprints.