Speakers
Groceryshop’s speakers are industry leaders and innovators from a broad cross-section of companies. Ranging from established retailers and brands to innovative new startups and prolific investors, over half of Groceryshop speakers are CEOs or founders.
165
confirmed speakers as of August 21, 2018
Marisa Bertha
Director, 7-Ventures
7-Eleven
Chris Harkness
VP of Field Merchandising & Business Development
7-Eleven
Dave Donnan
Senior Partner
A.T. Kearney
Lauren Jupiter
Managing Partner
AccelFoods
Tony Ward
Managing Director, Retail and Consumer Products Strategy
Accenture
Marc Oshima
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
AeroFarms
Narayan Iyengar
SVP, Digital & eCommerce
Albertsons Companies
Vivek Kalpande
GVP Loyalty, Personalization & Analytics
Albertsons Companies
Karl Varsanyi
GVP of Digital Product Management
Albertsons Companies
Victor Muñoz
Senior Manager of Energy Operations
Albertsons Companies
Jing Wang
Business Intelligence Manager
Alibaba Group
Josh Goldin
Founder & Managing Partner
Alliance Consumer Growth
Carolyn Littlefield
Head of eCommerce, North America
Anheuser-Busch
James Rogers
CEO
Apeel Sciences
Brita Rosenheim
Partner
Better Food Ventures
Andrew Ive
Managing Director
Big Idea Ventures
Vicki Eickelberger
SVP & Managing Director
Big Red Rooster – a JLL company
Rafeh Masood
Chief Digital Officer
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Tim Smith
SVP & General Manager of Consumer Products
Blue Apron
Guru Hariharan
CEO
Boomerang Commerce
Chieh Huang
CEO
Boxed
Tina Sharkey
Co-Founder & CEO
Brandless
Paul Lightfoot
CEO
BrightFarms
Ashley McCollum
General Manager
Buzzfeed's Tasty
Nathan Schwederske
VP of E-Commerce
Campbell’s
Veeral Shah
VP of Digital & E-Commerce Strategy & Operations
Campbell’s
Hrach Simonian
General Partner
Canaan
Zoe Leavitt
Senior CPG Analyst
CB Insights
Gary Hawkins
Founder & CEO
Center for Advancing Retail and Technology (CART)
Yuni Sameshima
Co-Founder & CEO
Chicory
Michele McNamara
VP, eCommerce
Chobani
Charlotte Omnès
Culinary Creative Director
Click 3X
Elram Goren
Co-Founder & CEO
CommonSense Robotics
Wayne Duan
VP, eCommerce
Constellation Brands
Phil Lempert
President & CEO
Consumer Insight, Inc.
Deborah Weinswig
Founder & CEO
Coresight Research
Oliver Chen
Managing Director
Cowen and Company
Jaron Waldman
Co-Founder & CEO
Curbside
Adrianne del Sol
VP, eCommerce
Danone North America
David Gardiner
President
David Gardiner & Associates
Daphne Carmeli
Founder & CEO
Deliv
Art Ash
Principal, Consumer Products Corporate Strategy & Growth Leader
Deloitte Consulting
Zak Normandin
Co-Founder & CEO
DIRTY LEMON
Nick Rellas
Co-Founder & Board Member
Drizly
Gayitri Budhraja
VP, Brand
e.l.f. Beauty
Frank Scorpiniti
CEO
Earth Fare
Ennio Perone
VP of Business Strategy & Marketing
Eataly
Joe Rinzel
Executive Director
Employers for Renewable Energy
Benjamin Thompson
Head of Digital Transformation
Endeavour Drinks Group, a unit of Woolworths Group
Sanjiv Mehra
Co-founder & Co-CEO
eos Products
Michelle Grant
Head of Retailing
Euromonitor
David Moran
Co-Founder
Eversight
Susie Fogelson
Founder & CEO
F&Co
Carlos Garcia
Industry Manager, Drugstore & Grocery
Facebook
Genine Fargnoli
EVP, IT
Fairway Market
Pradeep Elankumaran
Co-Founder & CEO
Farmstead
Bernardine Wu
CEO
FitforCommerce
Francois Chaubard
CEO
Focal Systems
Brendan Witcher
VP & Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
George Lawrie
VP & Principal Analyst
Forrester Research
Mike LaVitola
Co-Founder & CEO
Foxtrot
Carrie Mesing
Head of Private Brand
FreshDirect
PJ Oleksak
Chief Growth Officer
FreshDirect
Michael Wystrach
Co-Founder & CEO
Freshly
Mike Spindler
CEO
FultonFishMarket.com
Zahir Dossa
Founder & CEO
Function of Beauty
Greg Pulsifer
VP, Global Ecommerce
General Mills
Daniel McCarthy
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Goizueta Business School, Emory University
Daniel Alegre
President, Retail & Shopping
Google
Lara Antognoli
Director, Shopping Partnerships
Google
Anil Aggarwal
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Groceryshop
Zia Daniell Wigder
Co-Founder & Chief Content Officer
Groceryshop
Krystina Gustafson
VP, Content
Groceryshop
Sonal Gandhi
VP, Content Strategy
Groceryshop
Caroline Farley
Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer
Groceryshop
Stuart Landesberg
Co-Founder & CEO
Grove Collaborative
Julie Bowerman
SVP Ecommerce & Digital Engagement
Hain Celestial
Andy Katz-Mayfield
Co-Founder & CEO
Harry's
Matt Osias
VP of Content Marketing
Hawke Media
Stephen Koven
VP of Digital Experience
Hormel Foods
Ben Miller
Global Insight Director
IGD
Lynne Gillis
Principal
Information Resources Inc.
Peter Fedchenkov
Founder
Insolar
Nilam Ganenthiran
Chief Business Officer
Instacart
Apoorva Mehta
Founder & CEO
Instacart
Srivatsan Rajagopalan
VP, eCommerce & Digital Sales
Johnson & Johnson
Brad Oberwager
Founder & CEO
Jyve
Diana Leza Sheehan
VP, Retail and Shopper Insights
Kantar Consulting
David Marcotte
SVP Operations Strategic Advisory Services
Kantar Consulting
Oskar Kaszubski
VP of eCommerce Acceleration
Kellogg
Deborah Hannah
VP, Shopper Marketing & Scale Promotions
Kellogg Company
Chris Hunter
Co-Founder & CEO
Koia
Nina Barton
President, Global Growth
Kraft Heinz
Steve Pinder
Managing Director
Kurt Salmon, Part of Accenture Strategy
Fang Cheng
Co-Founder & CEO
Linc Global
Tim Lowe
President
Lowes Foods
Melissa Hassett
VP, Client Delivery
ManpowerGroup Solutions RPO
Donald Fitzgerald
Group VP, Merchandising & Marketing
Mariano's
Heather Kang
Global VP, Digital Commerce
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
Ken Fenyo
Consumer Markets Lead, Fuel By McKinsey
McKinsey & Company
Neil Stern
Senior Partner
McMillanDoolittle
Andreas Wuerfel
Director, Innovation Community
METRO Accelerator powered by Techstars
Evan Holod
CEO
Michel et Augustin
ShiSh Shridhar
Global Retail Industry Solutions Director
Microsoft Corporation
Steve McGowan
RVP, Shopper & Consumer Activation
Mondelez International
Joel Warady
GM, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Enjoy Life Foods
Mondelez International
Matt Kelleher
Managing Director, Morrisons.com
Morrisons
Lidia Yan
CEO
NEXT Trucking
Luke Jensen
CEO
Ocado Solutions
Alexandre Douzet
Co-Founder & CEO
Ollie
Arthur Sevilla
Head of CPG Vertical Strategy
Pinterest
Josh Hix
Co-founder and CEO
Plated
Lenny Lebovich
Founder & CEO
PRE Brands
Ben Sun
General Partner
Primary Venture Partners
Jason Goldberg
SVP Commerce
Publicis.Sapient
Tim Laseter
Managing Director
PwC
Steve Barr
Partner
PwC
Weston Gaddy
Co-Founder & Partner
Radian Capital
Will Hall
Chief Creative Officer
RAIN
Ken Cassar
Principal Analyst, VP
Rakuten Intelligence
Mike Molitor
Head of eCommerce & Loyalty
Raley's Supermarkets
Nicky Jackson
Founder & CEO
RangeMe
JB Osborne
Co-Founder & CEO
Red Antler
Heather Bergstein
Head of E-Commerce
Remy Cointreau USA
Jennifer Safavian
Executive VP, Government Affairs
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Evan Armstrong
VP of Government Affairs
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Adam Siegel
Senior VP of Innovation & Sustainability
Retail Industry Leaders Association
Katerina Schneider
Founder & CEO
Ritual
Kerry Liu
Co-Founder & CEO
Rubikloud
Sam McBride
Chief Operating Officer
RXBAR
Chuck Templeton
Managing Director
S2G Ventures
Ryan Saghir
Digital Marketing Director
Sabra Dipping Company
Ashley Buchanan
Executive VP & Chief Merchandising Officer
Sam's Club
Julian Counihan
Partner
Schematic Ventures
David Steck
VP of IT Infrastructure & Application Development
Schnuck Markets
Harley Butler
Chief Marketing Officer
Shipt
Luke Petherbridge
President & CEO
ShopCore Properties
Pedro Santos
Head of E-commerce & Mobile
Sonae MC
Bryan Crowley
CEO
Soylent
Ted Frumkin
Chief Development Officer
Sprouts Farmers Market
Michael Suswal
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
Standard Cognition
Marc de Speville
Founder & Principal
Strategic Food Retail
David Peterson
VP, Target Media Network
Target
Katerina Axelsson
CEO & Founder
Tastry
Ethelbert Williams
Head of Ecommerce
The Boston Beer Company
John Carroll
VP - General Manager eCommerce
The Coca-Cola Company
Mike Lee
Founder
The Future Market
Yael Cosset
Chief Digital Officer
The Kroger Co.
Barbara Kahn
Patty & Jay H. Baker Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
Jordan Bass
Head of eCommerce
The Wonderful Company
Jim Cusson
President
Theory House
Nick Green
Co-Founder & CEO
Thrive Market
Tim Madigan
VP eCommerce
Tyson Foods
Daniel Laury
CEO
udelv
PJ Stafford
VP, eCommerce
United Natural Foods
J. Skyler Fernandes
Managing Director of Investments
Venture University
Larry Cheng
Managing Director
Volition Capital
Steve Henig
VP Digital Commerce & Analytics
Wakefern Food Corp.
Heather Haddon
Reporter
Wall Street Journal
Tom Ward
VP of Digital Operations
Walmart
Frank Yiannas
VP, Food Safety & Health
Walmart
Rachel Elias Wein
Founder & President
WeinPlus
Ron Bonacci
VP of Marketing and Advertising
Weis Markets
Geoffrey McFarlane
Co-Founder & CEO
Winc
Barnaby Montgomery
Co-founder & CEO
Yummy.com