Unraveling the Complexity of Today's Commerce Through Collaboration
2019 Agenda Content Areas
A focused, vetted and actionable education.
Omnichannel
Experience
- Custom Experiences
- Personalization
- Moment Targeting
- Store Experience
- Digital Commerce
Collaboration &
Activation
- Best Practices
- Path-to-Purchase
- Collaborative Planning
- Partnership Growth
Caribbean Foyer Registration
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
2019-05-15
Registration Open
12:00 PM - 7:00 PM
12:00 PM
7:00 PM
<div>Welcome to 2019 P2PSummit!</div>
<div>Registration is open to pick-up your badge and on-site materials </div>
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
2019-05-15
Kick-Off Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
<div>Join us at the kick-off reception to network and mingle before the start of 2019 P2PSummit! </div>
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:15 AM
7:00 AM
8:15 AM
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
7:00 AM
7:00 PM
<div>Welcome to 2019 P2PSummit!</div>
<div>Registration is open to pick-up your badge and on-site materials </div>
Grand Ballroom
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Welcome to P2PSummit!
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM
8:15 AM
8:30 AM
Grand Ballroom
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Opening Keynote Session: How to Get Smarter Every Day
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
8:30 AM
9:30 AM
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<div><strong><i>We're excited to announce Destin Sandlin as 2019 P2PSummit Opening Keynote Speaker!</i></strong></div>
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<div>Discovery often happens outside your comfort zone. It’s when you step out into the unknown that interesting discoveries start to take place, and no one knows this better than Destin Sandlin. </div>
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<div>Sandlin is an Alabama-based rocket scientist whose popular YouTube channel “Smarter Every Day” videos help people look at the world differently.</div>
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<div>Sandlin, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Alabama Huntsville, spent 15 years as a flight test engineer for the U.S. Army and holds a patent in rocket design. In his videos were his trademark passion for and commitment to science and global outreach light up the YouTube screen, he explores topics ranging from the physics of how helicopters fly to “how Houdini really died” to how and why cats always land on their feet.</div>
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<div>In today's rapidly changing, digitally disrupted world, thinking differently is a key to unlocking growth and success. Sandlin will take us on a fast-paced, whirlwind voyage of discovery to help teach us how to look at the world differently, how to let go of bias, and how to train your brain to change rigid ways of thinking. </div>
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Destin Sandlin
Founder
Smarter Every Day
Destin Sandlin is a husband, father, and aerospace engineer known for his educational video series, Smarter Every Day, a science-focused YouTube channel that he launched in 2007. Since its launch, Smarter Every Day has over 6.3 million subscribers and 500 million views, making it one of YouTube’s top-rated science channels. Sandlin’s goal is to get Smarter Every Day by exploring the world using science and share what he learns to help people see the world differently.
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Coffee Break Hosted in the Solutions Experience Gallery
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
Caribbean Salon IV
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Omnichannel Experience Track: Owning Online Merchandising Innovation, How Hasbro Embraced New Technology to Win the Holiday
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>The closing of Toys "R" Us inspired toy companies to find new, innovative ways to connect with shoppers in an engaging way. find out how the Hasbro Walmart team partnered with a retail technology company to develop and deploy their own Toy Shop designed to enable list building, list sharing and conversion - all in one place. Find out how this idea went from concept to implementation while learning how you can also embrace technology to develop your ideal shopping experience. </div>
<div>In this session, attendees will learn how to:</div>
<ul><li>Design and build the ideal and most impactful shopping experience. </li>
<li>Build, share and convert in one place. </li>
<li>Develop a plan from concept to implementation. </li>
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Billy Courtney
Founder
RichContext
Billy Courtney is the co-founder and head of partnerships for RichContext - a retail technology company. He has spent the last ten years in the retail space working in various sales and eCommerce roles with Walmart, Nestle, and Coca-Cola before starting RichContext in 2016. Today, he and the RichContext team are partnering with both brands and retailers to innovate the online shopping experience through a proprietary blend of technology, strategy and data.
Nathan Pendleton
Sr. Manager Omnichannel Marketing
Hasbro
Nathan Pendleton has spent the last 14 years focused on Walmart, with the last 7 of those focused on digital. With a background covering analytics, insights, sales, and marketing Pendleton is focused on the deepening his understanding of the consumer experience pre and post-transaction. The desire challenges him to create unique consumer experiences that are measurable and scalable.
Caribbean Salon III
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Transparency Track: Maximizing Customer Touchpoints in the Free-From Food Category
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>As the General Manager and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Enjoy Life Foods, the #1 free-from food brand in the U.S., Joel Warady will conduct a presentation that discusses the growth of Free-From foods, including how the category is projected to grow 15 percent ($1.4 billion) in the U.S. alone between 2017 and 2021, how to best market towards all consumers (not just ingredient-conscious shoppers), how effective on-shelf marketing in conjunction with targeted digital outreach can redefine the shopper experience, and how brands/retailers can become a destination for shoppers looking for free-from products.</div>
<ul><li>Life-threatening allergic reactions to food increased 377 percent in the last decade, according to a study by FAIR Health.</li>
<li>As food allergy diagnoses and reactions continue to rise, there is a big opportunity for retailers to become a destination for shoppers needing free-from products.</li>
<li>Free-from shoppers spend an average of $102 per cart load compared to $46 for regular shoppers, a 122 percent increase in spend per shopping trip.</li>
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Joel Warady
GM, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Enjoy Life Foods
Joel Warady serves as both GM, and Chief Sales & Marketing Officer of Enjoy Life Foods, a leading brand in the North American Gluten-Free, Allergy-Friendly CPG category that has experienced 12 consecutive years of growth under his guidance. He has been ranked as one of the Top 50 CMOs on Twitter by Social Media Marketing Magazine, one of the Top 50 Most Influential CMOs on Social Media by Forbes.com and most recently was included in Brand Quarterly magazine’s list of 50 Marketing Thought Leaders Over 50. Warady is proud to serve as an advocate for the food intolerant and food allergy communities within the North American food industry, with a focus on proper labeling and food safety. Since the February 2015 acquisition by Mondelez International, Warady has worked diligently to unite the Enjoy Life nimble entrepreneurial culture with the power (and complexity) that a $28 billion company brings to the mix.
Caribbean Salon V
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Collaboration Track: It All Begins With Shopper Insights
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>With millennial, on-the-go shoppers looking for a variety of healthy and satisfying snack options, the goal of these collaborative partners was to establish Walmart as the destination for healthy snacking during the back to school season. Hear how this cross-category alliance worked to forge increased impressions and how you can apply these best in class principles to your shopper marketing programs. </div>
<div>In this session, attendees will learn:</div>
<ul><li>The importance of creating clear goal alignment with partners.</li>
<li>How a collaborative approach helps build success by adding scale, cost efficiency and increase visibility. </li>
<li>Tips and tricks to ensuring success for all parties involved. </li>
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Vanessa Carlson-Bueno
Sr. Director, Marketing
LALA U.S.
Vanessa Carlson Bueno was tasked with creating and implementing the Shopper Marketing organization at LALA for a projected $200 million CPG organization. Her responsibility has increased to lead not only Shopper but the Brand teams as well while maintaining P&L accountability of $15 million. Bueno works directly with her team to drive growth at 25+ grocery chains to drive consumers down the Path to Purchase through social influencers, digital shopper marketing, media, and social media.
Heather Foitek
Sr. Director of Sales, Walmart Inc. Team Lead
LALA U.S.
After spending over a decade working in CPG with top Food & Beverage companies focused on understanding consumer behavior and translating that into brand/category growth, Heather Foitek is now the Sr Director of Sales at LALA US with oversight responsibility for Walmart Inc and the Texas region. Foitek loves to learn and has a passion to pursue taking in new information and adapting based on the needs of the future. Outside of work you’ll find Foitek trying new restaurants or recipes and exploring new cities with her absolute favorites, her husband Jason and two young children Joshua and Holly. Foitek holds an undergraduate and MBA from DePaul University.
Rulynn Hansen
Sr. Account Director
Epsilon
Rulynn Hansen is a Senior Account Director at Epsilon Agency, a leader in data-driven marketing. Her 20+ years of experience in the agency industry includes foodservice, brand and shopper marketing. Hansen has spent the last 5 years of her career at Epsilon, working with clients in the food, home care and health & beauty categories. She currently leads a team tasked with developing campaigns founded in data and insights which deliver growth for her clients.
Carol Vella
Sr. Business Development Manager
Del Monte Foods Inc.
Upon completing her MBA at Washington University Olin School of Business in St. Louis, MO, Carol Vella launched her retail career at Walmart. She spent 5 years in Walmart Marketing, primarily focused on General Merchandise, and then 1 year in Private Brands, Consumables. In 2017, Vella left Walmart and joined Del Monte Foods, Inc. as the Senior Shopper Marketing Manager. In 2018, she moved over from Shopper to Sales and now owns half of the Walmart Stores business and all of Walmart.com Sales for Del Monte Foods. Her passion continues to be driving results, regardless of the role. Vella and her husband, Jason, have two beautiful daughters, Eliza and Talia.
Caribbean Salon III
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Transparency Track: Building Trust & Reaping Rewards Through Transparency
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
10:45 AM
11:45 AM
<div>Trust in companies and brands has been decreasing for the past decade, while consumers demand to know more about their products has been increasing. Unilever is responding to this environment by building trust through transparency. Hear the evolution of how this information is exchanged through SmartLabel, how Unilever is using the tool to build trust with its consumers, and how this data can be leveraged elsewhere to power a variety of brands' transparency initiatives. </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will learn:</div>
<ul><li>How brands are responding to consumers' increasing demand for more information on their products.</li>
<li>What tools are available to allow these tactics to come to life.</li>
<li>How global corporations can manage an initiative such as this across their portfolio of brands. </li>
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Abbie Bys
Director, Product Development
Label Insight
Abbie Bys believes in the mission of helping consumers understand what’s in the products they use and consume through technology & transparency. In 2015, she left her role in product at Analyte Health to take the role of office manager at Label Insight®, because the company had a mission statement she believed in. Bys now serves as the Director of Product and has been fundamental to the development of the SmartLabel™ initiative and Label Insight’s industry-leading solution for it. Bys also lead the development of the Label Insight Publisher™ platform, which today delivers the industry’s fastest time to publish SmartLabel pages while offering unmatched flexibility for brand’s evolving data and transparency needs. Bys lives in Chicago, IL.
Melanie Condon
External Affairs & Issues Management
Unilever
Melanie Condon works in External Affairs & Issues Management for Unilever North America. In this capacity, she handles issues and risk management for the corporate brand. She also works to ensure Unilever’s Sustainable Living Plan is being embedded in the business as well as being communicated externally. As part of Unilever’s commitment to transparency, Condon manages their SmartLabel program including working with brands to provide information to the platform beyond what could fit on the label. Condon has her MBA from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business and her BA in Political Science and International Affairs from the University of New Hampshire. She currently resides in Washington D.C.
Caribbean Salon V
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Collaboration Track: The Evolution of Retail Planning: Putting the 'J' Back into Joint Business Planning, Accelerating Business Results & Retail Relationships
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
10:45 AM
11:45 AM
<p dir="ltr">Transformational retail partnerships result in sustained collaboration, co-investment and accelerated growth, and are the result of manufacturers adopting a merchant mindset focused on the needs of the shopper. With the true power at retail in the shopper's hands, both manufacturer and retailer must be laser-focused on insights at the core of JBP or leave big money on the table. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Evolution of manufacturer/retailer relationships will come from the collaboration across sales, marketing, insights and e-commerce teams to significantly amplify the impact of JBP - success that only results from a purposeful, holistic approach involving a new level of integration across companies. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Learn how Hallmark did this and how it changed the game at retail. </p>
<p dir="ltr">In this session, attendees will:</p>
<ul dir="ltr"><li>Gain new perspective on what it means to have a merchant mindset organization focused on the shopper, brand and customer intersection.</li>
<li>Learn how new capabilities developed by Hallmark enabled them to move beyond today's traditional model and the interdependency that is required to unleash the power of the organization. </li>
<li>Understand how leveraging the power of elevated JBP capabilities can ignite a new level of growth for manufacturers and retailers, with lessons learned along the way. </li>
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Leslie Myrie
Director
Capre Group
Leslie is a results-driven and collaborative leader with extensive experience in building brands that matter to consumers, retailers and shoppers for several of the world’s largest consumer packaged goods companies and retailers. He leverages his expertise from leadership roles at Procter & Gamble, Georgia-Pacific and Kraft Foods in marketing activation, innovation, shopper marketing and sales to deliver innovative and highly effective solutions to create long-term value. Leslie earned his MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his BS from Duke University.
Vicki Lehr
VP Category Solutions
Hallmark Cards Inc.
Vicki Lehr is a recognized consumer packaged goods industry veteran with more than 25 years’ experience in category strategy, category management, demand and inventory planning and public accounting.
With over 20 years at Hallmark, she is currently Vice President of Category Solutions. Lehr oversees category solutions and analytics, shelf activation and navigation and collaborative customer planning.
She has a distinguished track record of driving growth by building proprietary capabilities that utilize deep shopper understanding, align innovative activation and create collaborative customer plans that are aligned to retailer strategies.
Caribbean Salon IV
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Omnichannel Experience Track: Preparing for the Gen Z Mom: Insights, Retail Predictions & Opportunities
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM
10:45 AM
11:45 AM
<div>This interactive session will feature a panel of Gen Z moms available to answer your questions! </div>
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<div>Here comes the next generation of power consumers - Gen Z Moms. With buying preferences and behaviors that set them apart for Millennial Moms, the Gen Z mother will soon control 4 trillion in consumer spending. Maria Bailey, CEO of BSM Media and author of <em>Marketing to Gen Z Moms: The New Trillion Dollar Market </em>and <em>Millennial Moms: 202 Facts Marketers Need to Know to Build Brands and Drive Sales,</em> will set the stage with insights and bold predictions about how they buy and why. </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will:</div>
<ul><li>Understand what shapes a generation of mothers.</li>
<li>Discover what differentiates Gen Z moms from their Millennial predecessors.</li>
<li>Identify specific consumer Gen Z behaviors that will shape future retail strategies.</li>
<li>Recognize opportunities to capture the spending on Gen Z mom consumers.</li>
<li>Create a shopping experience that leverages collaboration with the Gen Z mom and captures her purchases.</li>
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Maria Bailey
CEO
BSM Media
Maria T. Bailey is an award-winning author, radio talk show host, nationally known speaker and the foremost marketing authority on marketing to moms. Her company, BSM Media is a full service marketing and media firm that specializes in marketing to mothers. The client lists includes Disney, DaimlerChrysler, Cartoon Network, Nestle, AOL, The Discovery Channel, Chuck E. Cheese, Disney Publishing, Oracle, Microsoft, Sea World, LOL Surprise, Little Tikes, Party City and Office Depot. She has been an invited presenter to Burger King, Coca Cola, Best Buy, General Mills and many other major corporations. Her book, “Marketing to Moms: Getting Your Share of the Trillion Dollar Market” (2002, Prima) is the first to examine the buying power of mothers and the most effective marketing initiatives to tap the $1.7 trillion market and is published in several languages. Maria’s newest book, “Marketing to Millennial Moms” (Wyatt- McKenzie, 2020) focuses on Millennial Moms and the emergence of Gen Z moms.
Maria has appeared on the British Broadcasting Corporation, CNBC, World News Tonight, CNN, Fox and Friends, ESPN and featured in MONEY, Hearst Publications, “The Home Show”, WPLG ABC 10, The NetFinancial News Network, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self, Smart Money, Parent, HomeChannel News and Entrepreneur.
In her spare time, she likes to run marathons, fish and college football.
Grand Ballroom
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Power Lunch
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
11:45 AM
1:30 PM
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Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Dessert Hosted in the Solutions Experience Gallery
11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
11:45 AM
1:30 PM
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Grand Ballroom D
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Structured Networking
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:15 PM
1:30 PM
Caribbean Salon V
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Collaboration Track: Power of Partnership
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
<div>Mondelez International and Coca-Cola have been partners for about a decade. Despite challenging consumer changes, retailer changes and internal organizational changes, these companies have maintained a strong working relationship to drive solutions for their shoppers and baskets for their retailers. Discover how these CPG giants look to each other to share best practices and understand key learnings that can be applied to their respective businesses to the benefit of their end consumers.</div>
<div>In this session, you will learn:</div>
<ul><li>Why the Mondelez and Coca-Cola partnership works.</li>
<li>How, despite the changing landscapes externally and internally, they continue to work together.</li>
<li>How the benefits outweigh the costs.</li>
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Dana Barba
SVP, NAOU Marketing
The Coca-Cola Company
Dana Barba currently leads Coca Cola Co.’s national retail sales customer marketing for the East U.S. She and her team leverage shopper insights and collaborative business planning to bring the shopper path to purchase to life. In her role leading shopper and customer marketing, Barba collaborates with strategic grocery and club store customers in the development of shopper marketing strategies and business planning. Before helming the customer marketing team, she led Coke’s commercial planning, marketing partnerships & media, innovation and marketing activation in the East U.S.. Barba joined Coke in 1997 and has held a variety of roles in customer, marketing and commercial leadership. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Barba worked for Nabisco, where she held positions in field operations, retail sales and category management.
April Carlisle
VP , Marketing
Coca-cola
April Carlisle leads shopper marketing across the entire portfolio of Coca-Cola brands, developing strategic vision, plans and measurement, which include shopper marketing plans with customers, shopper marketing insights, strategies and toolkits developed with brands from the center; managing budgets and 50+ field-based shopper marketers that are embedded in the key customer teams; and the shopper marketing vision/strategies/governance for the 64 Coca-Cola bottlers.
Steve McGowan
Head of Shopper Activation and Strategic Partnerships
Mondelez International
Steve McGowan has more than 20 years of brand marketing, sales planning, sales strategy and shopper marketing experience. He has worked at H.J. Heinz, Cadbury, Kraft Foods and Mondelēz International. McGowan has been working in the shopper marketing space for the last eight years and currently leads the function for Mondelēz USA. A frequent speaker at Path to Purchase Institute events, McGowan is a member of the Institute's Distinguished Faculty.
Michael Pelletier
Sr. Manager, Shopper Marketing
The Coca-Cola Company
Michael Pelletier currently leads Coca Cola Co.’s national retail sales shopper marketing for the Military Channel. Pelletier leverages shopper insights and collaborative business planning to bring the shopper path to purchase to life within the channel. In his role leading shopper marketing, Pelletier collaborates with senior members of the Defense Commissary Agency in the development of shopper marketing strategies and business planning. Pelletier joined The Coca-Cola Company in 2000 and has held a variety of customer and marketing positions including within the following national retail sales teams: Southeaster Grocers, Wegmans, Safeway Albertsons, Walmart, Target, and SuperValu. Prior to joining Coca-Cola, Pelletier worked for The Pillsbury Company, where he held positions in retail sales, key accounts, sales management, and category advisory.
Michael Tilley
Biscuit Lead Shopper Marketing
Mondelez International
Michael Tilley oversees shopper marketing and strategic partnerships at Mondelez International, linking customer strategies and shopper insights with brand strategies and consumer insights. The global snacks company includes Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz and other worldwide brands. Tilley’s marketing experience spans 25 years at PepsiCo, Nabisco, Kraft and Mondelez International. A Southern Illinois University graduate, Tilley serves as executive in residence at its business school. He is also a faculty member of the Path to Purchase Institute.
Caribbean Salon III
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Transparency Track: Allergies, Diets & The Label: How to Earn the Trust of Cautious Shoppers
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
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<p dir="ltr">Knowing what’s in that cereal, peanut butter, or other grocery product has never been more important to shoppers than it is today. This is especially true for millions of American households with severe food allergies or dietary restrictions.</p>
<p dir="ltr">But how do we address label transparency in a way that effectively meets these shoppers' needs and ultimately motivates them to make purchases? In this presentation you’ll learn: </p>
<ul dir="ltr"><li>What shopping for severe food allergies and dietary restrictions looks like <em><strong>among real shoppers</strong></em></li>
<li>What label<strong><em> transparency really means</em></strong> to shoppers and how they evaluate a <strong><em>"trustworthy" label</em></strong></li>
<li>The <em><strong>impact of effective vs. ineffective label transparency</strong></em> on shopper behavior</li>
<li>What this all means to brands, and <em><strong>what they should do about it</strong></em></li>
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Laura Nicklin
VP
EnsembleIQ
Laura Nicklin is a seasoned market researcher with extensive experience in research consulting and storytelling with Fortune 500 clients. Within EnsembleIQ, she oversees a team of senior-level research consultants and partners with the Path to Purchase Institute to provide business intelligence relevant to brands, agencies, and retailers in the shopper marketing industry. Nicklin has worked closely with hundreds of clients in consumer goods manufacturing, retail, technology, and agencies to understand their business goals and design research programs to inform their decisions.
Prior to EIQ Research Solutions, Nicklin led a research team at Maritz Research and was responsible for the design and execution of customer experience programs within the retail and hospitality industries. She has also worked in product development research with several large CPG manufacturers.
Nicklin holds a Master of Marketing Research (MMR) degree from Southern Illinois University and has over 17 years of experience in the market research field.
Rick West
CEO
Plum
Rick West is the CEO and Co-Founder of Plum, the world’s first B2B marketplace exclusively offering Field Agent solutions.
Prior to starting Plum, Rick worked 16 years with Procter & Gamble in various assignments in the United States, Hong Kong, and Bangkok. Since P&G, he has been a start-up entrepreneur for 21 years.
He has co-founded multiple start-ups, including the Northstar Partnering Group, CORE4 Research, JOYN, Field Agent, and most recently Plum. He is a mentor and speaker within the entrepreneurial community and an active board member. He is also a member of the global Endeavor Entrepreneur network.
Rick is an enneagram 8 wing 7 and has a BBA in Personnel and Industrial Relations with a minor in Economics from the University of Kentucky.
Caribbean Salon IV
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Omnichannel Experience Track: New Paradigms for CPG/Retail Digital Commerce Marketing
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:15 PM
<div>Today’s shoppers have come to expect targeted and personalized ad experiences. Shopper data, digital media and sales-based analytics are at the core of strategies allowing CPG and retail marketers to deliver relevant, effective digital messages to consumers. Join senior executives from Albertsons Companies and its partners Quotient and Facebook, to learn how they are delivering targeted, personalized and optimized programming focused on driving sales.</div>
<div>In this session, you will:</div>
<ul><li>View new, powerful technologies and capabilities being deployed to power campaigns.</li>
<li>Learn from campaign results and what this means for the shopper, Albertsons and its CPG partners</li>
<li>Understand how current tactics and strategies are enabling new models of digital-first marketing for the sector</li>
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Carlos Garcia
Industry Manager, CPG-Retail
Facebook
Carlos Garcia leads the US CPG-Retail team at Facebook where he consults with Grocers, Drug Stores, Mass and Club retailers on using mobile to grow sales both in-store and online. Garcia and his team are integrated with Facebook's CPG team, building Shopper Marketing programs that drive deeper partnerships between CPGs and CPG-Retailers. By connecting data with machine learning technology, the solutions Garcia and his team develop add convenience to shoppers' lives, while driving measurable business results, helping to create a zero friction future.
Prior to Facebook, Garcia was a television sales leader at Univision Inc., where he coached brands on tapping the explosive and often underserved US Hispanic audience. Before that he created television and print ads for the award-winning “Priceless” campaign as part of Mastercard's North America Brand Building group.
Garcia attended Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he studied Marketing and Studio Art. He splits his time between New York City and Connecticut with his wife Luna, daughter Elle and Burmese cat Neezle.
Karen Moore
VP, National & Shopper Marketing
Albertsons Companies
Karen Sales is VP, National & Shopper Marketing for Albertsons Companies. Sales has held multiple sales, customer strategy and shopper marketing leadership roles for Coty, Sara Lee Apparel & Foods and Coupons.com. She has an MBA from the University of Oregon and a BA in Business Leadership from the University of Puget Sound. Sales resides in Boise, ID with her husband and two children.
Jason Young
Chief Marketing & Media Officer
Quotient
Jason Young is Quotient's SVP of Media & GM of Crisp Mobile. He leads Quotient's media business and brings more than 20 years of digital advertising experience.
Young joined Quotient as part of the company's acquisition of Crisp Mobile in 2017, where he was CEO. He was previously CEO and founder of Smart Device Media, a premium mobile ad network company that was acquired by Crisp in December 2011. Prior to Smart Device Media, he spent nearly two decades at Ziff Davis, as part of the executive team that led Ziff from print to a digital. He served as President of the internet division from 2001-2007 and as CEO of the company until 2010.
Caribbean Salon III
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Transparency Track: A Corporate Blueprint for Transparency Success
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
<div>Transparency fears are real and often differ from one discipline to another. But don’t let that stop your company from creating a successful transparency initiative. Procter & Gamble’s Trade Standards Director Erin Hennessey discloses the road map that steered the CPG market’s biggest transparency initiative to date. Learn how a shared commitment to the consumer united c-suite champions, a multifunctional team, and a single leader who stayed true to the vision.</div>
Erin Hennessey
Trade Standards Director, Corporate Industry Affairs
Procter & Gamble
Caribbean Salon IV
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Omnichannel Experience Track: Winning a New Generation: Engaging Millennials by Tapping into Their Passion
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
<div>Today's millennial are savvy when it comes to shopping and they seek out brands that deliver transparency and authenticity. Since 1933, illy has been serving the unmistakable velvety taste of its coffee around the globe and has operated in a way that has strong appeal to the values of millennials. This session details how illy activated core tenants of its brand to reach this audience with an omnichannel promotion that centered around the idea of enjoying coffee as a way to fuel passion in their lives. </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will learn:</div>
<ul><li>How to mine for true authenticity in your brand to connect with millennials. </li>
<li>How to identify and support shopper's passion. </li>
<li>How to facilitate the creation of user-generated content (UGC) to support your brand. </li>
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Jim Cusson
Founder & President
TheoryHouse
Jim Cusson is the leader and architect of Theory House, a creative agency with expertise in retail experience. He has been an integral part in supporting success for brands like Google, Pepsi, McCormick, Starbucks, Delta Faucet, Food Lion, The Fresh Market, and others. Among his early successes was convincing his client, Delhaize, to approve the world’s first scented billboard for its beef brand. More recently, his agency developed the retail communications for Google’s launch of Android One globally and Theory House has helped Delta Faucet bring a digital endless aisle. He is often quoted in business journals on the subject of retail marketing, including The Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Fox News.
Beverly Stotz
CMO
illy cafe North America
Beverly Stotz has the honor of overseeing the marketing of the illy brand in the USA, Canada and Mexico. She is responsible for developing the brand across all channels and touchpoints in North America, including company-owned retail and franchise locations. Illy is a super-premium, Italian coffee brand known for its unique blend of 100% sustainably grown Arabica coffee which delivers a beautiful taste and an inspiring experience. During her tenure, illy has grown from being primarily a B-to-B focused brand, to an iconic consumer brand , which is enjoyed by coffee lovers each day in more than 140 countries around the world.
In her 25 years of marketing and selling super premium consumer brands, Stotz has also worked on other brands such as Hood, Haagen-Dazs, L’Oreal, Cover Girl, and Noxzema. Stotz has a passion for active sports such as ski racing, running and golf and also loves fine wines and travel. A lifelong resident of the greater NY City area, she lives with her husband and 17-year-old son.
Caribbean Salon V
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Collaboration Track: The New Era of Sampling: Engaging On-The-Go Millennials
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
<div>The multi-screen, always on environment has created a cluttered landscape which left millennial consumers distracted and brands struggling to compete for their attention. Learn how Johnson & Johnson leverages product sampling to capture this audience across multiple channels. The Listerine team will discuss how they integrate e-commerce sampling into new product launch plans while showcasing the power of creating a "surprise & delight" moment. </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will:</div>
<ul><li>Understand the new era of sampling - a critical tactic in generating trial and HHP.</li>
<li>Review Listerine's Ready! Tab sampling strategy and how Johnson & Johnson engages on-the-go millennials through e-commerce and in-store sampling activation. </li>
<li>Learn how CPG brands can build incremental value by introducing their products to qualified shoppers who have adopted e-commerce as a lifestyle choice. </li>
</ul>
Kristen Possanza
Sr. Account Director
BrandShare
Kristen Possanza is a Senior Account Director at Brandshare, a leader in sampling and omnichannel shopper engagement solutions. Possanza strategizes national sampling and shopper marketing campaigns for leading CPG brands utilizing shopper insights and data to drive the path to purchase. She plays a strong role in Brandshare’s business development across the food, health, and beauty categories. Possanza graduated with an MBA from Villanova University and a bachelor's degree from The University of Tampa. Prior to joining Brandshare, Possanza held positions in field sales and category management. Possanza is an active member of the Villanova Alumni Association and MBA Mentorship program, both as a mentee and a mentor to a current business student.
A native of Philadelphia, Possanza enjoys fine dining, travel, and long-distance running and volunteers with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and the Neighborhood Gardens Trust.
Yasmeen Spotwood
Shopper Marketing & Consumer Activation Manager
Johnson & Johnson
Yasmeen Spotwood is a Shopper Marketing & Consumer Activation Manager at Johnson & Johnson, Group of Companies. Spotwood joined Johnson & Johnson in 2016 and has had the opportunity to work across a range of icon brands, including Johnson's Baby, Aveeno Baby, Stayfree, Carefree and Healthy Essentials which is a Johnson and Johnson's scan platform. Spotwood currently leads the Shopper Marketing and Consumer Promotion strategies for Listerine, BandAid, and Neosporin. Spotwood has extensive experience in developing promotional and shopper strategies grounded in key insights, and flawlessly executing activation plans along the path to purchase. Yasmeen continues to focus on bringing thought leadership, innovative ways to delight and provide value to shoppers.
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Coffee Break Hosted in the Solutions Experience Gallery
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
Caribbean Salon III
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Transparency Track: New Product Innovation: Creating Success in a Shifting Consumer Landscape
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
<div>The effects of Millennial and Generation Z consumers and the impact of their purchasing decisions are showing in the food and beverage new product development process. New product success is driven by a number of factors, but one of the newest and most dominant trends among younger generations is sustainability. These consumer groups are seeking products across all aisles that are not only good for their health, but for the environment. They also expect companies to practice what they preach, by showing concern for the environment and creating transparency during the manufacturing process.</div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will learn how:</div>
<ul><li>Consumers are seeking products that are good for their health and offer transparency such as what ingredients are in the product, where they came from and what purpose they serve.</li>
<li>New successful new product launches highlight environmentally friendly and natural products – even in home goods, personal care and healthcare</li>
<li>The key to optimizing the natural/organic trend is to understand what differentiates and drives shoppers to buy these products, and to identify the patterns in their purchase behaviors that can be leveraged for incremental growth.</li>
</ul>
Larry Levin
EVP, Marketing & Shopper Intelligence
Information Resources Inc.
Larry Levin serves as executive vice president within IRI’s Consumer and Shopper Marketing (CSM) Center of Excellence. In his role, Levin oversees the commercial sales strategy for all of IRI’s new consumer and shopper products, and he leads its survey and new product innovation growth sectors within the CSM Center of Excellence.
Levin joined IRI in February 2010 to lead its Survey Solutions group and was then promoted to run its overall Consumer Insights business. In 2012, he assumed the leadership of IRI’s Mid-Market vertical, further driving IRI’s portfolio among this wide-ranging industry portfolio. In 2016, Levin rejoined IRI’s CSM organization to drive the aforementioned solutions across IRI’s portfolio of clients.
Bob Tomei
President, Marketing & Shopper Intelligence
Information Resources Inc.
As president of Consumer & Shopper Marketing, Robert I. Tomei oversees growth, development and management of IRI’s consumer and shopper insights, consumer segmentation, new product innovation, shopper marketing and activation services and solutions. He also manages IRI’s product management function around the company’s core content (point-of-sale, consumer, shopper, third-party supplied).
Tomei is a recognized consumer packaged goods industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience. He has a distinguished track record in general management and global marketing, developing innovative client solutions and creating strategic partnerships to drive profitable revenue growth, both in the United States and internationally.
Caribbean Salon V
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Collaboration Track: Collaborating to Unlock E-Commerce Growth
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
<div>
<p style="margin:0px 0px 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span><span><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="letter-spacing:normal;"><span><span style="text-transform:none;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#333333;">With the rapid growth and evolution of e-commerce, it can seem intimidating to<span style="background-color:#ffffff;"> brands </span>who are used to working more with physical retailers. So how do we do this in the e-commerce world? Our panel discussion will show how working with e-commerce and omnichannel retailers by focusing on their shoppers and collaborative ways of working is the key to mutual growth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="margin:0px 0px 7.5pt;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span><span><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="letter-spacing:normal;"><span><span style="text-transform:none;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span><span><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#333333;">In this session, attendees will:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<ul><li class="m_8856086306592275959gmail-m_-1582168144500713971gmail-m_-4649749530636224696" style="margin-left:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Understand the importance of great knowledge of e-commerce and omnichannel in unlocking growth</span></li>
<li class="m_8856086306592275959gmail-m_-1582168144500713971gmail-m_-4649749530636224696" style="margin-left:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Discover the opportunities for innovation, activation and longer-term strategy a collaborative approach to eCommerce represents</span></li>
<li class="m_8856086306592275959gmail-m_-1582168144500713971gmail-m_-4649749530636224696" style="margin-left:0in;color:rgb(51,51,51);margin-bottom:7.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Be able to ask the panel questions as part of an open Q&A session at the end of the discussion</span></li>
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SARAH GLEASON
Director
OxfordSM
Sarah has an MBA from Wharton and 18 years experience in brand management. Before entering consulting, Sarah was VP Strategy at Kraft. Here she was responsible for strategy, annual marketing plans and integrated marketing services giving her a wealth of experience when it comes to long term strategy. She has been with OxfordSM for over 4 years partnering with CPG and Consumer Health clients developing strategy and capability.
Jonathan Simpson
Consultant
OxfordSM
Prior to joining Oxford, Jonathan managed the shopper marketing function at Heineken USA for 3 years, where he worked with the consumer marketing and sales teams to drive flawless in-store activation, amplified throughout the shopper journey. At Oxford, Jonathan has been working with global clients to help integrate shopper thinking and strategy into their business, focused around the customer experience.
Dan Bracken
VP Consumer Engagement
Church & Dwight
Briahnna Cooper
Dir. Consumer Insights
Newell Brands
Briahnna Cooper leads the Insights team for the Baby and Food Divisions at Newell Brands and spearheads the Shopper Insights Center of Excellence for the company with an emphasis on omnichannel understanding. She plays a key role in using insights to redefine Go-To-Market strategies and Activation Plans accounting for dynamic retailer landscapes, continued shifts towards e-commerce and the evolution of the path-to-purchase. Cooper is also a key partner in informing category specific, retailer strategies as traditional B&M players enhance the omnichannel experience.
Carlos Garcia
Industry Manager, CPG-Retail
Facebook
Carlos Garcia leads the US CPG-Retail team at Facebook where he consults with Grocers, Drug Stores, Mass and Club retailers on using mobile to grow sales both in-store and online. Garcia and his team are integrated with Facebook's CPG team, building Shopper Marketing programs that drive deeper partnerships between CPGs and CPG-Retailers. By connecting data with machine learning technology, the solutions Garcia and his team develop add convenience to shoppers' lives, while driving measurable business results, helping to create a zero friction future.
Prior to Facebook, Garcia was a television sales leader at Univision Inc., where he coached brands on tapping the explosive and often underserved US Hispanic audience. Before that he created television and print ads for the award-winning “Priceless” campaign as part of Mastercard's North America Brand Building group.
Garcia attended Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where he studied Marketing and Studio Art. He splits his time between New York City and Connecticut with his wife Luna, daughter Elle and Burmese cat Neezle.
Alison O'Keefe
Offsite Media Client Lead for Kroger Precision Marketing
84.51°
Alison O’Keefe is the Offsite Media Client Lead for Kroger Precision Marketing on the Product, Strategy and Innovation team at 84.51°. Her role includes ensuring that offsite media buys are data driven, personalized and relevant for both Kroger customers and CPG clients, while also developing and scaling new offsite solutions that can take advantage of 84.51°’s best-in-class data and measurement techniques.
She graduated with both her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communications and started her digital career on the publisher side. At Scripps Digital, O'Keefe worked with sales teams across the country to sell, implement and optimize display, video and programmatic campaigns. From there, she entered the agency world at Empower, leading digital strategy, planning, and buying for multiple clients, focusing mainly in the retail and CPG space. O'Keefe joined 84.51° in October 2017 on the Partnership Management team, working on Kroger Precision Marketing for CPG clients such as Coca-Cola and Hormel.
Daniel Thorpe
Global Marketing Strategy - Access Lead
GlaxoSmithKline
Daniel Thorpe is the Global Marketing Strategy Lead within the Respiratory Category at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, one of the world’s leading OTC companies.
Over the past 15 years his career has led him to all corners of the globe, in leadership capacities at Rebel Sport, Metcash and at GSK. In his current and previous role as the Global Shopper Director he’s be heavily focused on scaling strategic e-commerce retailer partnerships, and internal capabilities and execution.
Caribbean Salon IV
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Omnichannel Experience Track: The Experience Store Expectation: Scalable Innovation to Deliver Premium Engagement in Retail
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
<div>
<div>The rise of experience stores creates high expectations for shoppers, and one in three shoppers will walk away from a brand they love after just one bad experience in store. With a focus on premium experience through retail innovation, LG uses a balance of technology and design to create a frictionless shopper journey as they lead the electronics space with connected home and AI.</div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will:</div>
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<ul><li>Explore how LG has created an innovation pipeline to identify scalable technology and creative solutions that bring the retail footprint to life for shoppers</li>
<li>Learn how data collection in retail amplifies the cross-category connected home shopping experience.</li>
<li>With a shopper-driven mindset, learn how LG uses retail technology, social and mobile to create a frictionless journey through the path to purchase.</li>
</ul></div>
Rachel Olson
SHOPPER MARKETING LEAD
LG Electronics
Rachel Olson leads the development and execution of all Shopper Marketing programs, content and technologies for LG Home Electronics products in the US.
Nicole Turner
SVP, Client Services
The Sandbox Agency
Nicole Turner leads the retail group at Sandbox to help brands transform the typical path to purchase through meaningful experiences at home, on the go and in store.
Grand Ballroom
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Keynote Session: A Global Perspective on the Future of Retail
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
<div>
<div><b>Understanding retailers and shoppers is part of Andy Murray's DNA as a veteran industry executive who knows firsthand all sides of the business, having worked in consumer goods, as an agency executive, and most recently at the world's largest retail chain — on both sides of the pond. Previously Walmart’s SVP of Creative and Customer Experience in Bentonville, Murray joined Walmart's British supermarket operator Asda in 2016 as Chief Customer Officer with the goal of bringing a new dimension to the UK chain’s strategy, merchandising and value proposition. </b></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><b>Murray will be joining us at P2PSummit to share his expertise about the current state of retail and the future potential it holds in a candid conversation with FCB/Red president Tina Manikas. Using his unique global perspective, Murray will discuss the key trends that are driving strategy not only for retailers but also for product manufacturers. He’ll also examine how dramatic shifts in consumer behavior driven by technology have altered the traditional retailer-manufacturer relationship and the impact those changes are having on the shopping experience. Looking for a roadmap to future success at retail? You might find it here.</b></p>
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Andy Murray
CCO
Asda
Andy Murray was appointed to the role of Chief Customer Officer in February 2016. Previously Walmart’s Senior Vice President of Creative and Customer Experience, Murray joins Asda with the aim of bringing a new dimension to the strategy and to overhaul the merchandising and value proposition and to transform the stores.
While at Walmart, Murray led the design of the new Walmart super centre prototypes and delivered a new advertising approach to bring an emotional connection back to the Walmart brand.
Prior to joining Walmart, Murray previously held a variety of senior marketing and technology roles with Hallmark and Procter & Gamble, as well as founding his own pioneering international shopper marketing agency, Saatchi & Saatchi X.
Murray is a retail marketing expert with a strong understanding of global trends, creative marketing and customer shopping habits.
He also inspired and chaired the University of Arkansas Centre for Retailing Emerging Trends Conference, which is attended by executives of some of America’s leading companies. For the last 15 years, Murray has been a member of the Soderquist Centre for leadership and ethics’ advisory board.
Grand Ballroom
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
Shopper Marketing Celebration
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
6:30 PM
9:00 PM
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<div style="text-align:center;">Shopper Marketing Celebration</div>
<div style="text-align:center;">Hosted by:</div>
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<ul><li>Reception</li>
<li>Dinner</li>
<li>Hall of Fame & Shopper Marketing Effie Awards Presentation</li>
</ul>
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Thursday, May 16, 2019
2019-05-16
The Shopper Marketing Celebration After Party
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
9:00 PM
11:00 PM
<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>Hosted by:</strong></div>
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Grand Ballroom Foyer
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Networking Breakfast
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM
Caribbean Foyer Registration
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Registration Open
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
7:00 AM
12:00 PM
<div>Registration is open to pick-up your badge and on-site materials </div>
Grand Ballroom
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Day 2 Welcome Remarks
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM
8:00 AM
8:15 AM
Grand Ballroom
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Keynote Session: Collaborating on the Future of Packaging: From Linear to Circular
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM
8:15 AM
8:45 AM
<div>
<div><b>Tom Szaky, recycling expert, visionary and author, sets out to do the impossible - eliminate all waste. With a startling seventy-nine percent of waste present in landfills today that can be recycled, the CPG industry was poised for responsible reuse and recycling to propel the world towards eradicating overconsumption and waste.</b></div>
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<p>Some of the world’s largest CPGs — Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Danone, Mars Petcare, Mondelēz International -- are partnering on an innovative solution to limit future waste. They are working with TerraCycle on a project known as<b> Loop</b>, which offers consumers an alternative to recycling and a new way to shop, for about 300 items and counting — from Tide detergent to Pantene shampoo, Häagen-Dazs ice cream to Crest mouthwash — all in reusable packaging. After using the products, customers put the empty containers in a Loop tote on their doorstep. The containers are then picked up by a delivery service, cleaned and refilled, and shipped out to consumers again.</p>
<p>Hear first hand from Szaky about the Loop program rollout in the US and abroad, and how Loop aspires to be an engine for brands to catapult this new model of packaging, as well as an engine for retailers to embed the offering into e-commerce as well as physical stores.</p>
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Tom Szaky
Founder and CEO
TerraCycle
Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle, a global leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams. TerraCycle operates in 20 countries, working with some of the world’s largest brands, retailers and manufacturers to create national platforms to recycle products and packaging that currently go to landfill or incineration.
In May 2019 TerraCycle launched Loop, a circular shopping platform that enables consumers to shop for household products in durable, reusable packaging. Loop is available in Paris, France, the UK and the 48 contiguous U.S. states, and is a key step in helping to end the epidemic of waste that is caused by 'single- use' consumption. In 2021, Loop will become available in Canada, Japan and Australia.
Tom and TerraCycle have received hundreds of social, environmental and business awards and recognition from a range of organizations including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Schwab Foundation, Fortune Magazine, Time Magazine and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Tom is the author of four books, “Revolution in a Bottle” (2009), “Outsmart Waste” (2014), “Make Garbage Great” (2015) and “The Future of Packaging” (2019). Tom created, produced and starred in TerraCycle’s reality show, “Human Resources” which aired on Pivot from 2014-2016 and is syndicated in more than 20 foreign markets on Amazon and iTunes.
Grand Ballroom
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Keynote Session: How Walmart Uses Data to Enable the Digital Enterprise
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM
8:45 AM
9:30 AM
<div>How does Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, use data and science to deliver exceptional customer experiences, both on the newly launched Walmart.com and in its 6,000+ stores? Ray Boyle, VP Data Transformation, will discuss how Walmart as a world-class technology company is leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to fuel growth and drive efficiencies. Finally, he will also expand on how Walmart is partnering with suppliers around the world to enable its evolution into a digital enterprise through data-driven decisions and automation.</div>
Ray Boyle
VP, Global Data & Analytics Platform
Walmart Labs
Ray Boyle is a Vice President with Walmart Technologies Global Data and Analytics Platform. His career spans over 25 years as a customer strategy, advanced analytics and technology professional with both domestic and global responsibilities. Boyle has spent his career developing teams and capabilities to help decision-makers develop game-changing customer strategies and decision optimization capabilities. Prior to joining Walmart, Boyle was the EVP responsible for IRI’s Shopper Analytics organization and the Vice President responsible for FICO’s Global Retail and Consumer Branded Goods practices.
Boyle earned his MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University. Boyle lives in Bentonville Arkansas with his wife Kelly. The Boyle’s have three children – Sean, Jack and Caitlin.
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Coffee Break Hosted in the Solutions Experience Gallery
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
Caribbean Salon IV
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Omnichannel Experience Track: Location-Based Marketing: A Practical, Back-to-Basics Interactive Guide
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>
<div>With the rapid penetration that smartphones have made within our society, location-based marketing has become a key resource for brands driving consumers further down the path to purchasing their products. With this quick growth has come a varied and oftentimes confusing set of strategies that marketers must evaluate. </div>
<div>inMarket will be hosting an informative and interactive session detailing the categories of mobile campaigns that every marketer should be familiar with as well as the strategies that make them successful. </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will explore:</div>
<ul><li>Detailed elements of Geofencing, Geotargeting, Geo-conquesting and Proximity Marketing.</li>
<li>Interactive Case-Studies showcasing real-world brand campaigns.</li>
<li>Simple step-by-step playbook for formulating location-based strategies for any brand. </li>
</ul></div>
Cameron Peebles
CMO
inMarket
Cameron Peebles is the CMO of location-based marketing company inMarket. With over 20 years' experience in B2B marketing, sales pipeline optimization, creative design, PR, and strategic positioning within the technology industry, Peebles has led the marketing initiatives of top companies in their respective spaces, such as Airpush, mobileStorm, Stamps.com Enterprise, Nero Software and PCMall. While at inMarket, Peebles and team have brought multiple, new products to market and have been in a position of thought leadership with inMarket inSights. A program that helps the industry learn the behavior of consumers through foot traffic and purchase data. inMarket inSights has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, CNN, MSNBC, USA Today, and Good Morning America as well as other national media outlets.
Caribbean Salon IV
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
CANCELLED- Omnichannel Experience Track: The Impact of Omnichannel on the Retailer-Manufacturer Relationship
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>E-commerce has changed day-to-day retail in many ways, including assortment strategy, innovation rollout, investment partnerships and vendor perceptions. How has it changed the relationship between retailers and consumer goods manufacturers? </div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will examine:</div>
<ul><li>What omnichannel issues are top of mind for retailers right now?</li>
<li>How has omnichannel changed the consumer goods conversation with both merchandisers and senior leaders?</li>
<li>How will impact long-term partnerships and success? </li>
</ul>
Caribbean Salon V
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Collaboration Track: The Collaborative Product Launch: How Brands Partner with Bazaarvoice to Drive New Product Success
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
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<p style="margin:0px;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color:#222222;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span><span><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="letter-spacing:normal;"><span><span style="text-transform:none;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span><span><span style="font-family:Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">As any marketer will tell you, a new product launch is a significant undertaking that requires teamwork and touches every part of the business. In order to drive results, you need to understand your audience deeply and craft an approach that resonates with shopper wants and needs. This presentation will cover how leading brands partner with ratings and reviews leader Bazaarvoice to collaboratively go-to-market and ensure new product success by tapping into each phase of the consumer decision journey.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;"><span class="m_3555141617562741749gmail-im" style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-style:normal;"><span><span><span style="font-weight:400;"><span style="letter-spacing:normal;"><span><span style="text-transform:none;"><span style="white-space:normal;"><span><span style="word-spacing:0px;"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;"><span><span><span style="color:#500050;"><span style="font-family:Corbel, sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Attendees will learn: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<ul style="color:#222222;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-bottom:0in;margin-top:0in;" type="disc"><li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-family:Corbel, sans-serif;">Methods for partnering on user-generated content collection pre-launch</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-family:Corbel, sans-serif;">Strategies for building product detail pages that highlight what shoppers love about your brand</span></li>
<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px;color:#000000;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="font-family:Corbel, sans-serif;">How Bazaarvoice helps turn ratings and reviews into actionable product insights</span></li>
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Veronica Ward
Sr. Product Manager
Bazaarvoice
Veronica Ward is a Senior Product Manager at Bazaarvoice and is based in Austin, Texas. Responsible for client tools, she is passionate about developing software solutions that help clients better manage their user-generated content for business results. Ward holds a BSE in Industrial and Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. In her spare time, you’ll find her behind the microphone as a pub quiz host.
Caribbean Salon III
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Transparency Track: Diamonds in the Data: Best Practices for Turning Data into Actionable Insights
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
<div>Nielsen and Catalina have vast amounts of consumer sales and behavior data - well beyond coupons. How can CPGs and retailers leverage this data for their transparency initiatives, enter new markets and experience growth in declining categories?</div>
Dagan Xavier
Co-Founder, SVP Data & Nutrition Sciences
Label Insight
When Dagan Xavier's father’s illness meant serious changes to his diet, Xavier realized how challenging it could be to meet one’s dietary needs just by reading a food label. In 2008, he co-founded Label Insight to provide product transparency to consumers, helping them better understand what’s in the products they use and consume.
Today, Xavier works with a team of dietitians, chemists, and food technologists, leading the development and ongoing evolution of Label Insight’s database. He also heads up the company’s Open Data Initiative, providing academic researchers with complimentary access to Label Insight’s unique data and tools, in order to impact and improve food and nutrition policy.
Dan Cropsey
SVP, Head of Data Strategy, Solutions & Partnerships
Catalina
Dan Cropsey has been on the forefront of marketing technology and consumer intelligence innovation for the CPG industry for over two decades. As product and technology executive for several ground breaking start-ups and leaders like Nielsen and Catalina, he brought enterprise scale solutions to thousands of brands, retailers, publishers and agencies. Dan is an industry expert and strategic advisor across all aspects of marketing data having fueled solutions ranging from brand strategy, marketing mix and advertising through promotion, merchandising and supply chain.
Currently as SVP of Catalina's Data Strategy, Solutions and Partnerships, Cropsey enables and enriches the data necessary to deeply understand and seamlessly influence shopper behavior across the entire consumer purchase journey. Cropsey is also an integral leader across Catalina’s digital solution portfolio and partnership ecosystem leveraging his experience launching several industry-firsts across social media, television, and digital media including the launch of Nielsen Catalina Solutions as one of its founders.
Natalie Williams
VP, Product Leadership
Nielsen
Natalie Williams is VP of Product Leadership for Nielsen's U.S. Retail Measurement Business. She is accountable for leading client discovery, solution design and delivery of incremental coverage and retail measurement products for the U.S. CPG industry. Prior to joining Product Leadership in 2016, Natalie held Global Operations roles of increasing responsibility across North America, United Kingdom and India, accountable for global quality and product reference data management. She also served on the inaugural leadership team in Bentonville, Arkansas, accountable for successfully deploying Walmart and Sam's Club when they returned to the cooperative model in 2012. Natalie is a graduate of Nielsen's Emerging Leaders Program and holds a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida.
Caribbean Salon III
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Transparency Track: Shopping for New Tech: How to Avoid an Impulse Buy With No ROI
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
<div>Panel Moderator: Ronak Sheth, CEO, Label Insight</div>
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<div>Consumers' expectations of the shopping experience continue to rise. These leading tech companies equip omnichannel retailers and CPGs with the tools they need - from package design to artificial intelligence, to augmented reality and e-commerce analytics - to meet consumers' demands for transparency and a better shopping experience. But how does a brand or retailer decide which new tech is the right investment, given where the future of e-commerce is headed?</div>
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<div>In this panel session, attendees will:</div>
<ul><li>Gain insights in working with large food and beverage manufacturers' SmartLabel content, which is often useful beyond regulatory use within other departments.</li>
<li>Hear best practices to alleviate the complexities that CPG companies face in managing their data to succeed with transparency initiatives for their shoppers. </li>
<li>Learn how to evaluate the latest technologies available that are fueling e-commerce innovation, from Amazon to rising online retailers. </li>
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Ronak Sheth
CEO
Label Insight
Ronak Sheth has been Chief Executive Officer of Label Insight, previously serving as Chief Strategy Officer. As a member of the executive team, he touches all aspects of the business, with a focus on leading growth strategy, client development, and sales and product innovation. He has 17-plus years of experience leveraging consulting and technology to facilitate higher-confidence strategic business decisions for global clients. Sheth has served organizations across industries, including consumer products, retail, pharmaceuticals, sporting goods, automotive, high-tech, chemicals, oil & gas, and legal. He holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management sciences from Northwestern University.
GIRISH DHANESHWAR
VP CONSULTING
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
Girish is a Vice President within Cognizant Consulting and he leads the Consulting business for the Consumer, Retail and Manufacturing businesses for the Americas. Girish is an experienced professional in the CPG/Retail industry with a deep understanding of these domains. In a career spanning close to 30 years, he has handled key leadership roles in the industry as well as on the consulting side across North America, Middle East and Asia. He joined Cognizant in 2008 and has over the years led several large transformational programs for some of the world’s largest companies. Prior to Cognizant, Girish worked with leading multi-national firms like PepsiCo, Marico and Manhattan Associates. In recent years he has built a strong Digital supply chain transformation practice helping customers adapt to the rapid changes driven by the new digital economy. He has been working with customers on transformational programs in the area of Omni channel commerce, supply chain, sales and marketing, smart manufacturing etc.
Rob McCarthy
President, Digital & CMO
sgsco
Rob McCarthy is an experienced brand builder who brings 20 years of client-side expertise to the sgsco collective. Today, he is both responsible for building sgsco’s brands (as CMO), as well as playing a direct role in building our clients’ brands (as head of the Digital Pillar). From 2015 to late 2017, McCarthy played the same role for sgsco’s Design Pillar, which more than doubled in revenues under his leadership.
Sgsco’s Digital Pillar includes THR3D, the company’s global CGI pipeline for the creation of digital brand assets; Kwikee, a leader in the creation, management & distribution of brand content for e-COM and traditional retail connections; as well as the companies digital agencies Armstrong-White & Traffik with studios in Chicago, Detroit, New York, Toronto & Amsterdam. Sgsco weaves all these services, along with its global design and pre-media teams, seamlessly together to deliver the industry’s most robust end-to-end design to print business -- focused on synchronizing the physical and digital shelf for both manufacturers and retailers.
McCarthy spent 18 years at Anheuser-Busch InBev where he held a variety of positions including vice president of Budweiser & VP, Bud Light. While leading Budweiser, McCarthy launched the award-winning “Made in America” music festival with Jay-Z. Additionally, as an early indication of his passion for the role packaging plays in the marketing mix, he developed the “Folds of Honor” Fourth of July program, which delivered Budweiser’s best annual volume and revenue performance of the decade through combining consumer-centric packaging and cause-related marketing.
McCarthy is a graduate of ABI’s Executive MBA program (Instead, France & the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania) and is a Six Sigma Green Belt. He holds a commerce degree in marketing and human resources from Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and an honors public relations degree from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax.
McCarthy lives in St. Louis with his wife Marilyn and their two daughters, Lauren & Lindsay.
Jennifer Silverberg
CEO
SmartCommerce
Jennifer Silverberg is the CEO of SmartCommerce, where she works with an international team to help major CPG brands own and drive their customers’ buying experience.
Jennifer has over 30 years of experience working with major CPG and other brands in senior marketing and leadership positions in companies ranging from startup to Fortune 50. Prior to founding SmartCommerce, Jennifer led Marketing at Channel Intelligence, one of the world’s leading commerce technology partners that was acquired by Google in 2013.
Jennifer is a lifetime consumer behavior voyeur, founder of Eat Yourself Well (a health and wellness foodie site that has gained over 500,000 followers on Facebook) and loves nothing more than exploring the world with her two adult kids.
Kurt Vogel
Senior Insights Manager
EDGE by Ascential
Kurt Vogel is an ecommerce leader with almost a decade of practitioner experience from managing a janitorial supplies D2C site and Amazon 3P business to leading the ecommerce businesses at WellPet natural pet food and LEDVANCE lightbulbs. Now, as a Senior Insights Manager with Edge by Ascential, he combines their leading omnichannel data capabilities with his firsthand experience to help brands strategically navigate the ever-changing ecommerce marketplace and stay ahead of their competition.
Caribbean Salon V
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Collaboration Track: Total Solutions Partnership Growth
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
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<div>The retail industry has undergone a significant transformation over the past decade, based upon changing consumer behavior, advancements in digital capability, shifting demographics, and evolving consumer preferences. Given this evolution, retailers and vendor partners need to be focused on adapting and remaining ahead of this evolution. Understanding the areas of focus retailers are trying to solve is vital to delivering total solutions value that is meaningful and sustainable. In this session, you'll learn about the three consistent objectives vital for business planning and execution across the retail spectrum: </div>
<ul><li>Differentiated Customer Experiences </li>
<li>Operational Efficiency</li>
<li>Layered Personalized Engagement</li>
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Michael Moore
CCO
The IMAGINE Group
Michael Moore is responsible for leading the recently established enterprise-wide sales and marketing organization for the IMAGINE Group. This includes unifying the family of five companies, shaping the new business strategy, and executing the plan for consistent, profitable revenue growth. Previously, Moore has held executive positions at Procter & Gamble, SuperValu and Lowes Foods.
Caribbean Salon IV
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Omnichannel Experience: Blurring Lines: How Nearly Everything We Know About Retail Could be Wrong
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
10:45 AM
11:30 AM
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<p dir="ltr">Delivery services, digital assistants with voice skills, payment schemes and shopper apps are all changing the nature of our relationships with brands and event the act of shopping. This session is about understanding the myriad transformational services and technologies that are blurring the lines between traditional retail and what most of us would consider "services". </p>
<p dir="ltr">With digital assistants poised to make more and more buying decisions on our behalf and delivery services literally fitting in between our relationship with retailers and brands, we now can imagine a world where services, brands, retailers and others are all compellingly equipped to provide for our needs and wants, and in new ways. These developments matter because shoppers now have more choices and options than ever before. If retail is a dance that retailers have traditionally led, it now seems that brands and services are equally capable of leading, maybe even more capable than retailers.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In this provocative session led by <strong>distinguished faculty member </strong>Curt Munk, you will learn about: </p>
<ul dir="ltr"><li>The importance of staying shopper-centric as the retail industry changes.</li>
<li>Why brands are in a unique position in 2019 to serve shoppers directly as the role of the retailer undergoes profound transformation.</li>
<li>Rules for how our industry should embrace services and prepare for digital assistants shopping on our behalf. </li>
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Curt Munk
Group Director, Strategic Planning - EVP
FCB/RED
Curt Munk, EVP – Strategic Planning, FCB/Red. Curt is the lead strategist and is a member of the leadership team at FCB/RED. His role consists of leading strategy development for clients as well as thought leadership and retail and trend identification for the agency’s international offices and clients. Munk is also adjunct faculty at DePaul University in Chicago and a member of P2PI's Distinguished Faculty.
Caribbean Salon V
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Collaboration Track: How Tyson Activated Consumers to Influence Sales at Kroger
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
11:45 AM
12:15 PM
<div>With today’s consumers being urged to “shop the perimeter” for healthy foods, foot traffic in frozen aisles – and the brands that reside there – have been in decline. That’s why Tyson decided to focus on driving families frustrated by mealtime planning into Kroger stores and down the frozen aisle, directing them to Tyson Grilled & Ready Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken. How? With a multi-media go to market strategy, that included Kroger Precision Marketing tactics and a highly targeted consumer influencer program designed to spark trips to retail, recipe usage, content creation and authentic product reviews.</div>
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<div>In this session, attendees will learn:</div>
<ul><li>How the Tyson Chicken team combined their internal data with data from Kroger's 84.51 subsidiaries to identify the target demographic.</li>
<li>How they identified and activated thousands of that target audience to drive trips in stores and down aisles. </li>
<li>How a unique product experience bridged at-home, online and in-store to boost both brand metrics and sales. </li>
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Kerry Lyons
CEO
Ripple Street
Kerry Lyons, is CEO for Ripple Street, an influencer marketing company that connects brands with the consumers who love them to drive targeted trials, branded content creation, authentic product reviews, insights and more. A freelance writer in her spare time, Kerry has been published by The New York Times, Huffington Post, Parents magazine and Budget Travel, among others. She is also an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at Mercy College.
Kelly Stock
Shopper Marketing Manager
Tyson Foods
Deliver Profitable Solutions to Drive Sales, Attract and Maintain Customers, and Build Solid Brands
Experience in project management, product development, sales planning/execution and brand marketing. Excellent project leadership ability, as demonstrated through category management, strategic planning and training. Extensive experience developing and implementing national programs, building relationships with vendors, and managing event support personnel with enthusiasm, efficiency and quality execution. Recognized as an innovative thinker with a focus on detail, timeliness, and presentation.
Expertise:
- Shopper Marketing-Developing and Selling Joint Value
- Strategic Thinking and Problem Solving -Budget Development and Management
- Coaching and Personnel Development
Caribbean Salon III
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Transparency Track: Personalization: Delivering Individual Experiences at Mass Market Scale
11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
11:45 AM
12:15 PM
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<div>Everyone talks a big game of personalization, but industry efforts to date have fallen short. Inmar has found that the secret to cracking the code is to combine the power of big data, advanced analytics and domain expertise with a shift in focus to meeting individuals’ needs.</div>
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<div>During this session, we will share 3 case examples showing how Inmar brings the promise of personalization to food retailing and marketing today and where we’re headed in the future.</div>
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Jim Hertel
SVP
Inmar
Jim Hertel is Senior Vice President of Analytics Research and Development at Inmar. His responsibilities in this position include new solution creation, business development, client service and strategy formation for Inmar’s retail and manufacturer clients. He is charged with generating actionable insights from Inmar’s immense data assets and adding value to Inmar’s solutions through the application of advanced analytics. Hertel came to Inmar from Willard Bishop – a food retail consulting company -- following Inmar’s acquisition of the consultancy. At the time of the acquisition, Hertel was Willard Bishop’s Managing Partner. Throughout his career, Hertel has developed insight-based growth strategies for companies including Anheuser-Busch, Campbell Soup Company, Kraft Foods, Unilever, Walmart, Coca-Cola and Purina.
Caribbean Ballroom Foyer
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Grab-n-Go Lunch Hosted in the Solutions Experience Gallery
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:15 PM
1:30 PM
Grand Ballroom
Friday, May 17, 2019
2019-05-17
Closing Keynote: Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Misty May-Treanor
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
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<p>As one of the most successful female beach volleyball player in the world, Misty knows that greatness doesn't just get served to you. </p>
<p>Known for her electric dynamic with long-time teammate, Kerri Walsh Jennings, her insights on teamwork, building trust and accountability are unrivaled.</p>
<p>Join us for the closing keynote on <strong>Friday, May 17</strong>, where Misty will discuss the motivation and tireless efforts it takes to overcome obstacles, all while honing in on fundamental skills including teamwork, collaboration, grit and determination. </p>
<p><strong>And that's not all! A handful of lucky keynote attendees will get something extra special. </strong></p>
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Misty May-Treanor
Professional Volleyball Player & Three-Time Olympic Gold Medalist
Olympic Gold Medalist
At 109 career wins, professional volleyball player and three-time Olympic Gold Medalist, Misty May-Treanor, has more career wins than any other female volleyball player in history.
With teammate Kerri Walsh, Misty earned gold medals at the Summer Olympics in Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), and London (2012).
Misty has dominated every level of the sport of volleyball, both as an indoor volleyball Champion (two high school State Championships at Newport Harbor High School, 1991-1995 and one NCAA Div 1 Championship at Long Beach State, 1998) and as the greatest beach volleyball player in the history of the game.
Above and beyond Misty’s achievements in her sport, she takes great personal pride in making a difference and impact in the lives of others less fortunate. Misty spreads goodwill through her work with Special Olympics and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, as well as many other causes and initiatives important to her.
Misty has created M2 Volleyball Camps & Clinics in an effort to teach young athletes and coaches the proper skills and techniques to be the best athletes/coaches they can be. Incorporated into M2 Volleyball Camps & Clinics are important education components such as motivational techniques, life skills, recruiting information, and more.
Looking back, it’s no surprise that this Los Angeles native became a professional athlete. Misty grew up playing beach volleyball at the Santa Monica Pier with her parents, 1968 volleyball Olympian Butch May and Barbara May, a nationally-ranked tennis player. In her adult life, Misty married Major League Baseball catcher Matt Treanor (currently playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers) in 2004 and competed on season 7 of Dancing with the Stars in 2008.