Speakers

Flavia Takey

Supermarket Head Mercado Libre

Ganesh Rao

VP, Worldwide Grocery Partnerships & Amazon Fresh International Amazon

Krystyna Kostka

Chief Supply Chain Officer BJ's

Lauren Livak Gilbert

Executive Director The Digital Shelf Institute

Mario Mijares

VP of Insights, Loyalty, Marketing and Monetization Platforms 7-Eleven

Matthew Goynes

Co-Founder & Co-CEO Grocery Dealz

Mert Damlapinar

Founder & Executive Director ecommert

Neil Stern

CEO Good Food Holdings

Neil is CEO of Good Food Holdings. Good Food Holdings operates over 50 supermarkets under banners such as Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres, and New Seasons Market.

Neil Saunders

Managing Director GlobalData

Padma Hari

Chief Digital Officer Nestle Purina

Peter Strong

The Partnering Group

Rachel Dalton

Head of Retail Insights, North America Kantar

Sabrina McPherson

SVP Publicis Sapient

Tony Rogers

Chief Marketing Officer Dollar General

Abi Subramanian

Group VP, Loyalty, Walgreens Advertising Group & Owned Asset Monetization Walgreens

Abi is group vice president of loyalty and owned asset monetization at Walgreens which includes oversight of myWalgreens loyalty program and Walgreens Advertising Group. He is responsible for driving strategies and solutions that enhance the Walgreens customer experience, loyalty and growth across all platforms – in-store, mobile and online.

Adam Houston

SVP, Event Director Groceryshop

Adam started at Shoptalk and Groceryshop in 2019 as a sales director, ultimately working with key accounts across both the North American and European portfolio. After five years, he followed his passion for innovation in food and agriculture to lead Groceryshop as its event director.

Arthur Sylvestre

VP, Digital Commerce Danone North America

Arthur is vice president of digital commerce at Danone North America. He is an experienced professional in brand management and digital media.

Ben Miller

VP, Original Content & Strategy Groceryshop

Ben is vice president of original content across the global Shoptalk and Groceryshop portfolio. Original Content are proprietary insights produced exclusively for the Shoptalk and Groceryshop community. A regular at Shoptalk events for many years, he joined the team in the Fall of 2022.

Brian Bell

VP, Strategy & Planning Church & Dwight Co., Inc

Brian is vice president of IT strategy and planning at Church & Dwight. In this role, he leads global IT strategy, innovation, project and portfolio management, strategic partnerships, and enterprise data management capabilities. He has been with the manufacturer for over twelve years after starting his career in IT and digital consultancy.

Chris Walton

Co-CEO Omni Talk

Chris is the co-CEO at Omni Talk, one of the fastest-growing media outlets covering retail. Chris is also a senior contributor for Forbes and a former vice president of innovation at Target.

Cristina Marinucci

VP, Global Growth & Omni Commercial Insights Mondelēz International

Cristina Marinucci is a visionary leader in Global Insights & Analytics at Mondelēz International, where she currently serves as the Global Head of Shopper Excellence. Here she spearheads initiatives that transform shopper behavior and insights into actionable, unified omni strategies, driving significant revenue growth. Her work is central to positioning Mondelēz as a world-class Shopper organization, with a focus on elevating Shopper Insights within the Commercial organization.

In this role, Cristina leads the development of Global Category Growth Drivers, integrating market-level 6P activation inspiration, pioneering proprietary Pricing & Promotion tools that encompass the omni shopper journey as well as advancing best-in-class Shopper & Digital capabilities across the organization.

Prior to this role, Cristina led eCommerce Insights and Analytics for Johnson & Johnson North America, where she oversaw all aspects of NA eCommerce Analytics, including pure play, DTC, and omnichannel strategies.

Cristina has a proven track record in thought leadership, pioneering new capabilities, and driving organizational transformations in the shopper and digital domains. Her experience spans across some of the largest FMCG companies, including PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard, Reckitt Benckiser, M&M Mars, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson.

Cristina is recognized as an innovative and performance-driven commercial leader, with a strong ability to challenge paradigms and act as a catalyst for change. Her versatile expertise across Sales, Marketing, and Analytics allows her to forge meaningful connections between retailers, brands, and consumers, while creating holistic full-funnel strategies that drive superior performance.

As a frequent speaker at industry events such as CMA, GroceryShop, Shoptalk, and GDS, Cristina shares her insights on the future of shopper behavior and category growth. She holds a B.S. in Marketing and International Business from Manhattan College and an MBA from NYU Stern.

Deborah Weinswig

Founder & CEO Coresight Research

Deborah is the founder and CEO of Coresight Research. She is a renowned industry analyst who provides research and insights into the disruptive technologies reshaping today's global retail landscape.

Deepak Jose

VP & Head of Data & Decision Intelligence Niagara Bottling

Deepak Jose is a purpose-led executive leader in digital transformation, data, analytics and AI with a proven track record of driving profitable growth leading a diverse, global end to end analytics team. He is currently the VP and Head of Data & Decision Intelligence at Niagara. Deepak is also a co-founder and executive director and board member of FuturED Ai, a non-profit focusing on Ai Education. He is an in-demand speaker, and analytics thought leader in the Data, Analytics and AI focusing on CPG, Retail and Manufacturing Industry. He is a member of the Forbes Tech Council, AWS Retail & CPG Executive Advisory Forum, Industry standards associations, Editorial Board for CDO magazine, and Advisor for startups and AI/ Analytics service companies.

Deepak has experience across all major global markets in multiple categories such as beverage, confectionary, gum, food, and Health & Wellness. Before Niagara, Deepak was part of global brands like Coca-Cola, Mars and ABB in strategic roles driving business growth. At Mars, as the global Head of One Demand Data and Analytics Solutions, he started the Mars AI lab driving multiple proprietary patented solutions. Deepak has an MBA from George Washington University and a Mechanical engineer from NIT Calicut, India. He completed an executive education program from Oxford University Said School of Business in Economics of Mutuality.

Deepak was awarded the Consumer Good Visionaries by CGT and RIS news, Data IQ 100 2023, 24 &25 – the 100 most influential person in Data and AI, Top 100 leaders in Data by CDO Magazine, Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics in by Corinium Intelligence, AI 100 - Top 100 Influencers in AI in the US by AIM Media House, Direct 60 Award for Brand Leaders at the Forefront of the Direct-to-Consumer by The Lead and. Deepak’s team is recognized by Data IQ as Best Place to work in Data and AI in 24’. He is a Distinguished Toastmaster, and he is from Kerala, India

Gaurav Pant

Co-Founder & Chief Insights Officer Incisiv

Gaurav is co-founder and chief insights officer at Incisiv, where he focuses on the digital transformation of the retail, grocery, consumer products, lodging, and restaurant industries. He also leads GroceryDoppio.com, an insights platform that provides insights and digital benchmarks for the grocery industry.

Gregor Murray

Chief 'So What' Officer Digital Commerce Global

Gregor is a the chief "so what" officer at Digital Commerce Global, where he helps manufacturers scale profitable digital commerce businesses. For more than half of his career, he has been involved in digital commerce, managing accounts, and leading strategy development.

Joe Laszlo

Global Head of Insights Groceryshop

Joe is Global Head of Insights at Shoptalk. He has overall responsibility for the content direction and themes across all of Shoptalk's growing portfolio of shows, contributes to original content, and builds and maintains shoptalk's reputation as an expert source on the future of retail and consumer brands.

Jordan Berke

Founder & CEO Tomorrow

Jordan is the founder and CEO of Tomorrow, a digital retail advisory firm whose clients include leading retailers across North America, Asia, and Africa. With over 20 years of digital, retail, and marketing experience, Jordan previously led Walmart’s ecommerce and in-store digital efforts in China.

Kelly Lindenau

Content Director Groceryshop

Kelly serves as the Content Director of Groceryshop, where she’s responsible for recruiting speakers and helping develop the agenda themes, topics and sessions for the annual in-person event. She brings seven years of media experience, previously serving in editorial roles to shape narratives across marketing technology and the pet industry.

Ken Fenyo

CEO Pine Street Advisors

Ken is the CEO of Pine Street Advisors, a consultancy. Previously, Ken launched the first digital coupon program at Kroger and later built YOU Technology, which was acquired by Kroger.

Rocquan Lucas

VP, Content Groceryshop

Rocquan is Groceryshop's vice president of content. He oversees the agenda development and speaker recruitment for the Groceryshop event. He also plays a key role in programming for Shoptalk.

Sarah Marzano

Principal Analyst, Retail & Commerce Media EMARKETER

Sarah is a principal analyst covering retail and commerce media at EMARKETER. Her coverage areas also include retail and ecommerce, seasonal and holiday shopping, and the impact of consumer facing technology on the retail landscape.

Sebastian Bak

Managing Director & Partner BCG

Sebastian is a managing director and partner at BCG, where he leads global work in AI and advanced analytics. He has supported more than 100 client projects, driving enterprise-wide transformation in pricing, marketing, and supply chain. He is also a leader in generative AI.

Stewart Samuel

Director of Retail Futures IGD

Stewart is the director of retail futures at IGD, a leading research and insights firm in the grocery and CPG industries. He is a recognised thought leader in the retail industry, with a comprehensive understanding of retailer strategies, format evolution, digital transformation and innovation.

Suzy Monford

CEO Food Sport International

Suzy is the CEO of Food Sport International, a retail and grocery practice specializing in go-to-market strategies, merchandising, marketing and technology. Suzy has held executive roles at leading retailers and her experience spans design and implementation of new grocery retailing concepts, in-store and on-line shopping experiences, and creation of go-to-market strategies that spark profitable growth and customer share.

Talia Monroe

SVP, Commercial Growth Chobani

Talia is senior vice president of commercial growth at Chobani. She leads strategic initiatives to expand revenue and customer partnerships across retail channels and previously spent 18 years at a global CPG company.

Tim Steiner

CEO & Founder Ocado Group

Tim is the founding chief executive officer of Ocado Group, an organization that includes Ocado Retail, United Kingdom's largest pure-play online grocer, and Ocado Solutions, which provides logistics, fulfillment and technology solutions to other retailers. Ocado's partners include retailers such as Kroger, Sobey's, Morrisons and Cole's

Toby Espinosa

VP, Ads & Growth Services DoorDash

Toby is vice president of ads at DoorDash. He is responsible for building digital solutions to help advertisers reach all of DoorDash’s audiences.

Tony Ward

Managing Partner Newton

Tony is a partner and retail leader at Ernst & Young, a global management consulting firm. Tony has expertise in global supply chain management, omnichannel fulfillment, customer experience, digital, integrated logistics, transportation, sourcing and enabling technologies.

Vic Miles

Region Business Leader, Americas Microsoft

Vic is region business leader for the Americas at Microsoft. He works with leading corporations to apply technology to drive growth and transformation in retail.

Vineta Bajaj

Group Chief Financial Officer Holland & Barrett

Vineta is the group chief financial officer at health and wellness retailer Holland & Barrett She is an experienced finance and ecommerce leader, previously serving as group chief financial officer at Rohlik Group and in finance roles at Ocado Group.

Vivek Farias

CTO & Co-Founder Cimulate

Vivek is the co-founder and CTO of Cimulate, a generative AI-focused technology solution provider that has raised over $33 million to improve customer journeys. Vivek is also a professor at MIT, where he focuses on large-scale dynamic optimization methodologies and applications.

Wayne McIntyre

Co-Founder & CEO Relocalize

Wayne is co-founder and chief executive officer of Relocalize, a cleantech company building autonomous microfactories to decarbonize food supply chains. Relocalize has raised nearly $7 million in funding.

Wes Janson

Partner Bain

Wes is a partner at Bain and a leader in its retail and performance improvement practices. He is the Americas Lead for Bain's retail merchandising and advanced retail buying (supplier negotiation) products. During his 18+ years at Bain, he has partnered with retail clients on multiple large transformations.

Yasutaka Kasagi

CEO & Founder MUSE Inc.

Yasutaka is the CEO and founder of MUSE, a robotics company developing store automation solutions.

Zara Ngouen

VP, Information Technology Lidl US

Zara is the VP of Information Technology at Lidl US. During her time at Lidl US, she has focused on the intersection of technology and business, leading teams responsible for all customer-facing technology and managing large transformation projects.

Zia Daniell Wigder

Co-Founder, Groceryshop & Global President, Connected Commerce Hyve Group

Zia is the global president of connected commerce at Hyve Group, and is a co-founder of Groceryshop. In her role, she manages all aspects of a portfolio of transformational events focused on retail, marketing, and supply chain.