Speakers
Early-confirmed speakers:
Jonathan is the Season 1 Winner of the hit reality TV business show, “The Apprentice Asia” aired in 2013. Today, he serves as Chief of Staff of AirAsia based in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to his TV stint, Jonathan worked for over a decade as a marketing manager in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, and consumer goods industries. In 2012, he was awarded the Young Mansmith Market Master Award in Brand Management for having led digital marketing initiatives for GlaxoSmithKline in the region. In 2014, he launched his best-selling book in Asia, "From Grit To Great", an autobiography and memoir about his passion in hacking the corporate world. Jonathan will be taking his strategic marketing experience and share with the audience how to truly develop a 360 degree eCommerce strategy.
Minh has worked at many senior marketing roles for eCommerce startups & corporates focusing on Southeast Asia. Minh is also a Southeast Asia eCommerce guest columnist for some Asia tech/travel news portals. His interview articles are featured on Yahoo News Singapore, WebinTravel/Tnooz, e27.co, and some local tech news sites. Currently Minh is based in Bangkok, Thailand and keeping his main focus on Indonesia and Vietnam. He enjoys blogging on his blog EcomEye.com, one of the most comprehensive eCommerce & Travel blogs in SEA.
Vinnie is entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Southeast Asia with over 20 investments to date. He was part of the founding team of Meetro, a notable start-up that built a location-based services (LBS) social messenger built out of a garage in Palo Alto. Lauria co-founded Lefora.com and served as VP of Product until the company’s acquisition by CrowdGather. He was a contributing author to the book “Web 2.0 Fundamentals: With AJAX, Development Tools, and Mobile Platforms”. He will be speaking from a successful VC’s perspective on the growth of Southeast Asia eCommerce and his criteria for investment.
With over 22 years of consumer electronics retail experience, Gary has built and led the digital department of Harvey Norman from the ground up. Recently crowned as the “2013 Best Multichannel Retailer” in Australia, Gary and his team are recognized as pioneers of the industry leading change and innovation. In his case study, Gary will be sharing the importance of an effective OMS system for increased levels of customer satisfaction.
Wael is the former Vice President of Marketing at Bobobobo, a leading fashion and travel website in Indonesia. His expertise lies in ensuring a good sync between website’s online and offline marketing efforts to increase web traffic on the website. Customer satisfaction is a key element of any e-commerce strategy and Wael will be sharing his experience in effectively increasing customer retention through customer satisfaction.
Ilias is currently responsible for the whole of Meritus Group’s initiatives in the digital space. Prior to joining Meritus, he was in the web startup and internet marketing space for more than 8 years. Ilias has been actively working on the cross-border and social media marketing strategies of the Meritus Hotels & Resorts’ to further increase its presence in the region and will be sharing his insights on the same.
Tito Costa is theRegional Managing Director for Zalora Group, the leading online fashione-commerce destination in Asia Pacific. He joined Zalora after launching twointernet companies in Italy and four ventures in Pakistan as Rocket InternetManaging Director for Italy and South-east Asia. With a wealth of knowledgeabout the e-commerce space in not just Asia but internationally, Tito ismost suited to present a case study on Zalora’s usage of mobile marketing inits e-commerce strategy.
Roger’s passion for online, interactive media and mobile business has been a cornerstone of his 30 years of experience in the technology space. In additional to being a serial entrepreneur, Roger had helmed the Asia Pacific operations of ZDNet, CNet Networks and SoftBank Forums. In his role as the CEO and Founder of Clozette, a leading social networking and shopping portal operating in 6 countries in Asia, he will be sharing his expertise on the best way to sync the online and offline worlds.
As the CEO of Tarad, Pawoot is responsible for managing Thailand’s largest “B2C” e-marketplace with over 101,000 merchants. Since Tarad joined Rakuten Inc. (the biggest eCommerce company in Japan) in 2009, Pawoot is spending more of his time driving the eCommerce ventures in Thailand and advocating the progress of the industry. As the President of the Thailand eCommerce association, He will be sharing his domestic knowledge of Thailand and how he thinks retailers can really capture growth in one of the leading Southeast Asia markets.
Ian Darric is currently the Digital Media Manager for APAC focusing on Display for Skyscanner, a leading global travel search site, providing instant online comparisons for millions of flights on over a thousand airlines, as well as car hire and hotels. He leads traffic acquisition efforts such as prospecting and re-marketing, as well as trying out the latest innovative forms of digital media. Before Skyscanner, he was with BeMyGuest, a provider of Tours and Activities in Asia. Ian has been an expat in Singapore, and enjoys the dynamic Travel and Digital Media industry for over 5 years now. Prior to working in Singapore, he was at the forefront of branded online campaigns for Multiply.com and ABS-CBN in the Philippines. His projects include branded multi-media campaigns for a reality TV show champion and singer-songwriter, as well as American lifestyle company, Converse. He started his marketing career with Entertainment Gateway Group (EGG.ph), a mobile content provider in the Philippines. Ian graduated from the University of the Philippines with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Major in Marketing. On his free time, Ian enjoys training and friendly-racing for marathons and triathlons.
Willson Cuaca is co-founder and managing partner of East Ventures, an early stage investment fund focus on Internet company.
East Ventures started investing in Indonesia in year 2010 when nobody believed in Indonesia's consumer Internet potential. Over the years, East Ventures has expanded its portfolio geography to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Most of its portfolio companies manage to get subsequent funding round and ride on top of Indonesia middle class consumer growth. East Ventures made couple of exits from its investment through M&A to local and international companies.
Willson also runs a startup, Apps Foundry, the company behinds Indonesia most popular e-reader, SCOOP. Willson received a B.Comp Science from Bina Nusantara University – Jakarta
Saran is responsible for the product management, product marketing and product innovation for one of the largest eTailers in India. Built in 2007, FlipKart is one of the top 10 websites in India and considered the company which made online shopping popular. He is driving his cross-functional teams throughout the product lifecycle to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery. Saran will be sharing his experiences on how Flipkart successfully became India’s largest e-commerce player.
William is a Singapore-based Norwegian entrepreneur and technology investor who was a co-founder of the price comparison portal Zoomit.com (later merged with Kelkoo, which was sold toYahoo! in 2004). He served as one of the judges on the television series Angel's Gate, which was broadcast on Channel NewsAsia in 2012.
Simon Torring is Head of Special Projects for Luxola, the largest beauty and cosmetics e-commerce in APAC. At Luxola, Simon oversees strategic project and product development across 11 countries with a strong emphasis on data-driven strategies. This includes LxEdit, Luxola’s online beauty magazine with websites in English, Thai and Bahasa Indonesia. In this case study, Simon will share with the audience on how Luxola has executed an effective content strategy.
Harvard Business School graduate and McKinsey alumnae, Claudia was the Chief Marketing Officer at Zalora, the largest online fashion commerce company in Singapore, early in its inception. Claudia has also successfully set up and sold Deu Samba, an eCommerce platform in Brazil for 600% ROI within 5 months. A definite e-commerce veteran, Claudia will be sharing her thoughts on what are the key elements of a successful e-commerce company.
Roger Egan, is the CEO andCo-Founder, of one of the largest and most successful online grocery stores inthe region, growing 20% month-on-month and employing over 300 people in itsfourth year of operation. Roger firmly believes that technology and productinnovation are the key to scaling an e-commerce company and he will share hisinsights on how e-commerce companies can effectively compete with traditionalbricks & mortar firms through product innovation.
Richin heads the marketing department at iBuy Group Limited in Singapore, he has over 8 years of experience in marketing and has managed both the digital and traditional landscape regionally. Within his current capacity, he oversees a team of marketers, managing the company’s search and display campaigns, email, mobile, lead gen, affiliate and offline endeavours. Richin has been part of the pioneering team at DEAL.com.sg, prior to which he has also held marketing positions with O&L and Faber-Castell in Singapore.
Reto Peter is the co-founder of Edit Suits Co. Before venturing out out on his own, Reto was Managing Director of Operations at Zalora Singapore & Hong Kong. Amongst overall managerial duties, he was instrumental in the build-up of the logistics, customer service, and production infrastructure for the fast growing fashion e-commerce company.
Mike Brown is Regional General Manager of Uber Technologies.At Uber, Mike is responsible for Uber's operation in South Asia and Australia.Prior to Uber, Mike ran Corporate Development at Twitter. Mike started hiscareer as an early employee of Facebook. Mike attended Yale College and heearned an MBA from Stanford Business School.
Having been a part of many successful start ups in Indonesia, Ferry is currently the CEO of Bilna.com a very promising e-commerce firm which he believes will revolutionize the way people shop in Indonesia! Ferry will be sharing with the audience the Bilna case study of how the company has successfully captured Indonesia’s booming market.
Before founding TATE & TONIC, Matteo was the Regional Marketing Director of Zalora, overviewing the expansion of the company across the whole SEA region in its first year of operations. Before moving to Singapore, he Co-Founded NEOSEO, a leading Italian Digital marketing agency, where he managed the marketing budgets of some of the biggest Italian blue chips companies.
Matteo started his career in Investment Banking at Rothschild in Paris and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Bocconi University and a CEMS MSc at HEC & ESADE university.
As the COO of the Lazada Group, Pierre is responsible for Customer Service, Supply Chain, Logistics, Last Mile Operations & Content Production across the six operating countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. In this case study, Pierre will be sharing how Lazada have launched their marketplace operations and what was unique about the structure which brought on hundreds of sellers seamlessly.
Douglas angel invests and mentors budding startups from his Alma Mater Ngee Ann Polytechnic. He is also the Co-Founder of VanityTrove, a social commerce platform to help women discover beauty. Data is a daily part of his life which makes him best suited to be part of the opening panel that will discuss the importance of data in providing a relevant product offering according to changing customer needs.
Stéphanie is the founder of the luxury online destination for pre-loved designer fashion, StyleTribute.com. The platform offers high-end fashion lovers the opportunity to sell and buy luxury and designer items within a highly controlled environment and with a free premium concierge service. She is inchrage of the overall strategy and marketing efforts of the brand and will present on how to avoid brand dilution while giving customers discounts.
Vedanarayanan possesses more than a decade of professional experience spanning ecommerce management, digital marketing, team building, process & framework establishment, P&L management, financial services consulting & business development. He heads marketing at www.stayzilla.com – The largest online marketplace for Stays in one of the fastest growing ecommerce economies in the world – India.
Dirk is a founding partner at Alps Ventures and works with companies to improve day-to-day operations. He is lead partner and founder of Clusterhaus, Europe's leading TechHub group with over 150 start-ups under its roof, as well Duriana, a leading c2c mobile first marketplace in SEA.
Stefan is a German entrepreneur and investor, specialising in technology based companies and internet start-ups. His newest venture is as founding partner of Passion Capital early-stage VC fund and co-founder of White Bear Yard. Companies Glänzer has founded or co-founded include companions.de, Ricardo.de, myblog.de and Mendeley and his investments include Last.fm, Wahanda.com, Reality Jockey, Smarkets, Adzuna, Timetric, Tradeshift and ERepublik.
Thomas is the Head of Online, eCommerce for Courts, Singapore’s largest electronics store. He has extensive experience in Retail Management & e/mCommerce Business Management and is currently working on improving Court’s omni-retailing strategies. He will be sharing with the audience the Courts story on how the company is effectively reaching its customers through innovative online and offline channels.
With more than five years of public relations and journalism experience, James Lin currently serves as the Head of Public Relations at Qoo10, the top Singapore-based e-commerce platform with 1.5 million registered users. He will be giving the audience an insight into how Qoo10 has become one of Singapore’s most popular websites through its extensive e-commerce strategy.
Roger is the Online Sales Director at Mango, an internationally famous multinational brand. Mango sells online in more than 75 countries across the globe. Roger focuses on ensuring Mango has the same brand experience online as offline. He will be sharing his insights on how Mango being a large international brand has successfully managed to expand and execute country specific online strategies.
Timothy Hughes is the Vice President Marketing of Agoda (a Priceline Company). Agoda.com is Asia's premier and fastest growing online hotel reservation company with more than 390,000 hotels in 38 different languages. Timothy is a “retired” blogger and pundit. Previously he was the editor and publisher of one of the top online travel industry blogs (the BOOT: the Business Of Online Travel) and a writer at the Travel Tech and Online Industry blog Tnooz. Tim is a former lawyer and venture capitalist. As a venture capitalist and consultant he helped a number of start-ups (inside and outside travel) secure funding, set up online media companies, managed investments in public companies and held regular client briefing sessions for a brokerage house. When practising as a lawyer he represented technology, new media, Internet, telecommunications and broadcasting clients in Australia, Europe and Hong Kong. He first joined the online travel industry in 1999 and has worked for top tier online travel companies in Europe, the Americas and Asia. Tim has a Bachelor of Commerce and Hons Law Degree from the Australian National University.
Nishant Kapoor is the Founder and CEO of Life Project Limited, which operates a collection of family focused e-commerce websites in Hong Kong, such as PetProject.HK, LifeProject.HK and Todd ler.HK. His experience includes building, testing and optimizing aspects of ecommerce websites to maximize engagement and conversion, using digital marketing as a customer acquisition and brand building tool, building customer service focused ecommerce organizations.
Vincent as the Director of eCommerce, Asia Pacific for Deckers Outdoor Corporation drives and executed the regional omni-channel, e-commerce, and digital marketing strategy. He is responsible for the overall sales direction of search engine marketing, search engine optimization, pay-per-click, email marketing, affiliate programs, social marketing, O2O, O2M and other programs within APAC.
Shahin is currently heading eCommerce & Business Development function at adidas South East Asia (SEA), a role which he took over in early 2013. In this role, Shahin is responsible for spearheading eCommerce strategy and Omnichannel commercial initiatives of adidas in SEA as well as overseeing adidas online business in SEA region, with e-Stores in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia.
Reuben is the Chief Information Officer at SSI Group, a multi-brand specialty retailing company in the Philippines that has been operating for 25 years and today handles over 100 international brands of fashion, beauty, and food. Two years ago he pursued the inception of the Digital Media Office to support the efforts of the individual brands into getting onto digital both online and mobile. With over 10 years in retail and 15 years experience on Internet technologies, he is channeling his expertise to manifest the Omnichannel strategy for the group.
Ross is the co-founder and CEO of Wego.com, an online comparison shopping service for flights, hotels, rental cars, packages and other travel products. An avid with a firm belief in the travel marketing potential of the Internet, Ross leads the marketing and overall business efforts of Wego.com. He will be part of a panel discussion on how to adapt your mobile marketing strategy according to changing mobile user behavior.
A serial entrepreneur and one of the prominent leader in the startup industry in Indonesia.
Natali co-founded Urbanesia.com, a city directory, which has already been acquired by the biggest media company in Indonesia Kompas-Gramedia and also started Golfnesia.com, a golf reservation system, a joint investment between local Indonesia investment and Itokuro, an Internet media company from Japan.
Now Natali is the co-founder and CTO of Tiket.com, an online travel and entertainment system. Natali with the other co-founders have transformed the startup into a very successful and profitable company. With over 5000 tickets sold a day, Natali has scale the technology and startup into an enterprise company.
Damian is a shareholder and strategic advisor of KupiVip, a leading Russian online shopping club organizing designer brand sales in fashion and fashion accessories. Before his current role as founding partner for e.ventures Russia, he co-founded leading Russian eCommerce player KupiVip and Fastlane Ventures, arguably the country’s most important company builder.
Punit is the Director of Digital Marketing for Jabong, a leading e-commerce company in India. His expertise lies in increasing visibility, profitability and performance for diverse organizations ranging from SMBs to large reputed organizations in retail, fashion e-commerce, travel, IT, health, and internet sector. He will be giving us an insight into the Indian e-commerce industry and on how Jabong is entering the m-commerce space.
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Thanawat is an internet entrepreneur with over 10-year hands-on experiences in the online business. He founded Priceza, the leading Price Comparison shopping site for SEA currently operating in Thailand and Indonesia and expanding to cover all six major countries in South-East Asia. He built Priceza from scratch to now serve over than 40 Million active visitors yearly. He was leading Priceza to raise fund from CyberAgent Ventures in 2013 to help support Priceza to expand across SEA.
Personalization and machine learning veteran. 5 patents pending in recommendations domain, and over 4 publications in international conferences. He developed Personalization engines for Amazon.com, IMDB, Zappos and audible. He is Masters in Computer Science, specializing in Machine Learning from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA) and a BTech in the same from IIT Guwahati(India).
As Global Innovation Officer at Signal, Todd works with leading media companies, agencies, and brands around the world to plan and execute sophisticated cross-channel marketing strategies. With a background rooted in engineering and technology, Todd began his career with Intel Corporation and Accenture before spending the past 15 years in the digital marketing industry with senior leadership positions at aQuantive and DoubleClick.
Chinmay Malaviya, Managing Director of Foodpanda, is a motivated entrepreneur and start-up go-getter at heart. He is determined for Foodpanda to cultivate a culture that sees eating in a different light – essentially a grand plan for Foodpanda’s quick, fast, and tasty food to reach every home in Singapore. Given Foodpanda’s successful online and mobile strategies, Chinmay will be leading a workshop on how to execute an effective mobile strategy.
Dyson is currently Director, eCommerce Channels, Asia Pacific at Marriott International, responsible for driving Marriott’s e-distribution business growth in the region. He has extensive experience working with multinational corporations including The Walt Disney Company across functions such as e-commerce, technology, television and hospitality, and is best suited to lead a roundtable discussion on how you can effectively implement a multi-channel e-commerce strategy.
Betty is a seasoned professional in e-commerce and digital marketing for brick-and-mortar businesses in Hong Kong, China and Asia Pacific region. Currently, she is the Director of E-commerce & Digital for the APAC regional office for Fossil Group, leading the e-commerce, digital marketing and CRM development in the region for Fossil, Skagen and WSI. Prior to Fossil, Betty was in senior positions at various leading global and regional retailers, including Walmart China and Sasa.com, starting up and developing their e-commerce business.
Venkat Nott is experienced in creating startups and building them into successful global companies.
He is the founder/ CEO of Vinculum and focusses on Corporate Strategy and Global Business Development. He is passionate about creating high power teams and SaaS (Software as a Service) based path-breaking software products. Venkat has a degree in Engineering from NIT Calicut (formerly REC Calicut) and an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Cheryl is the Group VP of Marketing for GrabTaxi (known as MyTeksi in Malaysia), an independent taxi booking mobile application that aims to change the way more than 650 million people across Southeast Asia move. Cheryl plays a pivotal role in the company's user growth, which has exploded in the past 12 months, making it the region's number one taxi booking mobile app. Cheryl has spent a decade in the digital space and has a profound understanding of digital audiences and enjoys building businesses around them.
Frank is a Korean startup executive with a proven track record of building scalable e-commerce businesses in Asia. He is currently leading CBT initiatives for Ticketmonster and has vast experience in expanding brands across borders in Asia. He will be leading a round table discussion on how to build and benefit from local partnerships for a successful cross-border e-commerce execution.
Philip joined PricePanda as a Managing Director and is now based in Singapore to build the regional office. PricePanda is the number 1 shopping comparison engine in Southeast Asia, already present in 5 of the biggest SEA markets. It serves millions of shoppers to find the best prices across all kinds of categories and helps hundreds of shops increase their sales with valuable traffic. Philip has an engineering background, worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company and did his MBA at INSEAD in Singapore. With his passion for internet and entrepreneurship he will moderate in the round-table discussion on price comparison.
As the CMO of Bangkok-based WearYouWant.com, Thomas is currently working on defining the company's marketing strategies both digitally and offline. Thomas has received various personal accolades throughout his career among which are placements in the Google Creative Sandbox, nominations for the Cannes Lions and various e-commerce awards in Scandinavia. With vast experience in the e-commerce and retail space, he is best suited to join the panel on mobile customer engagement.
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Laura manages the Australian arm of the world’s best style centric search engine- ShopStyle.com.au. ShopStyle.com.au aggregates 400 of the world’s best retailers, many of whom are situated overseas in the US or UK and are eagerly wanting to tap into APAC consumer demand. From large multi-channel such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Macys to leading pureplay etailers such as Net-a-Porter and ASOS. Laura’s passion is raising the standard and performance of ecommerce in APAC.
A strong advocate in the field of B2C marketing automation, personalization and retargeting. Ben has 10 years’ experience working for various organisations, developing solutions across categories from Mobile Payments to Marketing Automation. He is now responsible for overseeing the growth of EMARSYS throughout SEA as well as the daily operations of the business in Singapore. With both a passion for technology and data driven marketing, Ben has successfully assisted many blue chip organisations in implementing successful customer engagement strategies, receiving global acclaim for solutions that he has designed.
Daniel is Managing Director of FALCON Agency - SEA fastest growing Digital Agency, responsible for ensuring success and growth of digital companies across South East Asia. Before founding FALCON, Daniel worked as Entrepreneur in Residence at Daily Deal in Germany until its exit to Google, before he gained further experience as Operations Manager at Home24 in Berlin, Europe’s largest online furniture shop. In 2012 he founded DoctorPage and served as COO until its merger with DocDoc Pte. Ltd. in 2013, where he was appointed CIO.
Daniel holds management degrees from WHU – Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, a top tier university for management in Germany and HKUST – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Edwin Lee, VP of Global Retail, leads MediaMath’s retail go-to-market strategies. He employs MediaMath technologies to meet global retail business and marketing objectives, developing new programmatic advertising products and custom solutions. Edwin is responsible for global sales and product solutions in the retail vertical.
Edwin brings over 19 years of client service, and over 14 years in digital marketing and media, working with global Fortune 500 companies. Prior to MediaMath, Edwin spent nearly 11 years at iCrossing / Proxicom where he lead strategy, creative, web development and digital media teams.
Edwin’s interest in technology and media stems from days as a technology management consultant where he transformed companies to act faster and more efficiently through the use of technology. Prior to that, he got his MBA in General Management from USC and a BA in Quantitative Economics from Stanford.
Outside of work and having played competitively at Stanford, Edwin can be found on the golf course, preparing for his Sr. PGA Tour debut.
Will is Managing Partner at Oracle Corporation. Will is responsible for the growth of the Marketing Cloud business across APAC.
Will joined Oracle in 2013, through the acquisition of Eloqua . Will re-located from the UK to Sydney in 2012 to lead the growth of the region. Prior to this relocation Will was responsible for Eloqua sales in the UK Enterprise market.
Prior to his tenure at Eloqua will held business development and sales positions in various marketing technology businesses including smart FOCUS, Email Vision and RedEye.
Will holds a Bachelor of Sciences degree from The University of London.
Sanjeev is the CEO & Co-Founder of IntelligenceNODE andcurrently works with brands and retailers across Europe, South East Asia, andthe USA, helping them with decision making/strategy calls around pricing,merchandising, consumer loyalty, logistics and competitive insights
Sanjeev has previously worked as CFO for Exclusively.In (a multi brand ecommerceluxury fashion portal) and SherSingh.com (private label ecommerce fast fashionbrand) – both now acquired by Myntra.com. He has also worked as Head ofResearch and Analytics for ClientKnowledge UK (now acquired by ICAP). He wasalso the CEO & Co-founder CIBnode, the precursor to IntelligenceNODE.
Timothy is a e-commerce veteran / technologist with over 20 years of demonstrated career success developing and executing operational strategies to promote organisational growth and optimal utilisation of emerging technologies.
Working with Companies such as Ensogo, Living Social, Beecrazy, Harvey Norman, DealsDirect, Allied Express, dStore, TopShop, Centrebet, EziBuy, Swift Digital, 3D3, Perfume Connection, Gifts Australia, Quinn Direct just to name a few. Across Australasia and South East Asia.
As Vice President of Bazaarvoice’s Asia-Pacific region, Zach is responsible for the success and growth of Bazaarvoice’s APAC footprint. Based out of Sydney, Zach oversees the vision and strategy for market penetration.
Tenured at Bazaarvoice for eight years, Zach is passionate about the company and the ongoing opportunity for delivering consumer word-of-mouth where it matters most to increase engagement and influence purchase decisions. He most recently served as Vice President of Commercial and Velocity Sales in North America, where he was responsible for the evolution of sales acquisition for multiple verticals including consumer brands, manufacturing and apparel spanning companies of various sizes and buying cycles. Prior to joining Bazaarvoice, Zach spent six years leading digital marketing and eCommerce programs for multiple product lines. He has been influential in building high performing teams and establishing executional strategy that poises businesses for continued growth.
Zach holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Finance from the University of West Florida.
Jennifer is part of the global digital team at MasterCard, working with the largest retailers around the world on their digital strategy and ground-breaking projects.
Previously part of the MasterCard UK&I Emerging Payments team she was responsible for the deployment of MasterPass,MasterCard’s digital wallet proposition working with many of the major banks, technology providers and multi-channel and pure play retailers.
She is passionate about the digital industry and specialises in business development and strategic partnerships. Professional experience is heavily focused on this sector and ranges from mobile ticketing implementations, to the deployment of new mobile operator business models, mobile marketing programs for major brands, developing mobile commerce applications and commercial due diligence on M&A activities.
Anthony Chan brings in 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and consulting with Microsoft, Oracle and Accenture. Most recently he was the Marketing Enablement Lead in Microsoft responsible for the execution of Marketing Impact programs in Asia. He currently looks after the Strategic Products with Sitecore for the Greater Asia region (SEA, GCR, Japan, ANZ) In his role, he has many discussions with customers and partners about the use of Commerce, Social, Email and Print to drive innovative experience for marketing.
Stefan is a Partner at Monk's Hill Ventures,an early stage technology venture capital fund based in Singapore and Jakarta.Previously he was Founder & Managing Director of Rocket Internet Southeast-Asia and co-founded a.o. Zalora, Lazada and FoodPanda. He was also a Venture Partner at Global Founders Capital, a US$200M early stage fund and a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. Stefan obtained his Bachelor degree from a global program from the Copenhagen Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Tsinghua University in Beijing and his MBA from London Business School.
Patrick Sim, General Manager at Experian Marketing Services, a multi-national information services company helping global e-commerce clients optimize their performance marketing, through use of data and automation.
With 15 years of experience spanning both B2B and B2C environments, Patrick understands business needs of various industries. Bringing with him a wealth of expertise and experience, Patrick has greatly influenced leading companies across varied industries – hospitality, retail, insurance and finance – to reengineer their customer engagement and drive revenue conversion altogether.
With a keen interest in digital marketing, Patrick advocates the powerful combination of internal and external data to extract valuable insights and utilize it for maximum messaging impact to target audiences using a cross-channel strategy.
Bradley leads Adyen’s operations in the Asia-Pacific markets, responsible for strategic and commercial activities across the region. Before joining Adyen in Singapore, Bradley held senior positions at ecommerce and mcommerce focused organisations based in London and San Francisco. Within these roles his time was dedicated to helping the largest and fastest growing companies develop their payments strategies on a global basis. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh, with a Master’s Degree in business management.
Tim Lee is Vice President of Global Strategy at SingPost eCommerce. He manages strategy, mergers/acquisitions, alliances, strategic initiatives, and China. He has 18 years of experience managing global e-commerce and holds 7 e-commerce related patents. He headed up the global e-commerce teams of both Visa and American Express. He has also done strategy consulting at PwC and launched multiple start-ups in Silicon Valley. He received his MBA from Kellogg and his economics degree from UC Berkeley.
Yuko joined Criteo in September 2012, as Managing Director for Corporate Business Development and Operations APAC at the Criteo Tokyo office. Playing a key role in negotiating a strategic alliance with Yahoo! Japan, Yuko made a significant contribution to solidifying Criteo’s position in Japan. Yuko was subsequently engaged in market entry activities in Southeast Asia, and oversaw the preparations for Criteo’s entry into China and Singapore.The Singapore office was established in October 2013 and Yuko transferred thereto accelerate growth for Criteo in the Southeast Asia region.
Yuko has deep experience in the Internet industries working for organizations such as Sony Corporation, Sony Corporation of America, Walt Disney, Internet Group and Q Entertainment Inc.
Yuko holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Abhishek is Head of Sales (Asia) for EdgeVerve Systems Limited, an Infosys company, specializing in Digital Products and Platforms. Abhishek graduated from National University of Singapore as a Computer Engineer. With over 15 years of work experience, spanning IT engineering and product management roles across various geographies in Asia, Abhishek brings a rich experience of market understanding and strategy execution and focuses on Digital Customer Experience including Precision Marketing and eCommerce Recommendation Engines.
Ashwin Puri is currently Vice President of Komli Media and manages the P&L globally for RevX & Mobile businesses. Prior to Komli, Ashwin worked at Vuclip (the largest independent mobile video service) where he established Vuclip’s advertising business globally and the mobile operator business across Southeast Asia. Ashwin also co-founded and is currently an investing partner at Plutus – a sector agnostic early stage angel fund. Prior to Vuclip, Ashwin was with VeriSign where he started and ran the Enterprise Messaging & Mobile Banking business across North America & Asia Pacific. Ashwin has also spent over 5 years with Sprint in the US and BPL Mobile (now Vodafone) in India across product strategy and infrastructure development roles. Ashwin has an MBA in International Business & Entrepreneurship from Thunderbird, Phoenix in USA and a BS in Electronics Engineering from Pune University in India. Ashwin is an avid golfer and in his spare time, he loves to travel and discover new cities, cultures and local cuisines.
Xiaoming is responsible for expanding the Rakuten Marketing business in the Asia Pacific region. He specializes in advertising technology and launching new businesses in new markets. Xiaoming started his career at Doubleclick, where he was a sales engineer manager. He later worked at Yahoo, where he globally launched Right Media. He went on to become managing director, Asia Pacific, at Audience Science, where he helped to launch their business in APAC region.
Nadia Tan is responsible for developing marketing effectiveness solutions and provides strategic consumer and advertising insights to key clients. Her work includes measuring the efficacy of advertising on Facebook and building custom insights to help clients make better informed business and marketing decisions.
Prior to Facebook, Nadia worked at Google on the Global Search Team based in New York and was a strategist on the sales team based in Singapore. She graduated with an honors degree in chemical engineering from National University of Singapore and MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. In her free time she spends time with her two adorable dogs.
Deepesh is the Head of Retail and e-Commerce for South East Asia where he leads a team that is responsible for helping large organizations drive return on investment and profitability from their marketing strategy.
Deepesh graduated from Leicester University in the UK where he studied Chemistry with Business Management. Post graduation Deepesh quickly moved in to sales before moving to work for Facebook back in 2008. Deepesh has been with Facebook for over five years, spending the first three years in the UK office working with some of Europe's largest ecommerce companies.
Co-Founder and Managing Director of TrustedCompany.com - The #1 review open review platform in SEA, India & Brazil, helping online businesses to transform customer reviews into more sales. He is responsible for Strategic Partnerships & Internationalization in TrustedCompany.com and has prior experience in emerging markets B2B marketing in China, as well as management consulting with Roland Berger Consultants.
Shiraz Kabir has an in-depth understanding of the digital ecosystem having worked in multiple roles across search, display, & mobile. He joined Google in 2005 as one of the first employees of early-stage Google India. As a strategic account manager for the Media & Entertainment vertical, he spearheaded mobile sales for Google in India. Subsequently, he joined InMobi to lead mobile performance sales for Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Having worked in the mobile space since 2009, Shiraz has closely watched the Southeast Asian mobile ecosystem evolve from a feature-phone market to a smartphone market. Currently, as Sales Director - SEA at Sociomantic, Shiraz enables e-commerce marketers grow their sales across devices using programmatic display technologies.