The Digital Deep Dive With Aaron Conant

Udayan Bose is the Founder and CEO of NetElixir, a digital marketing agency designed to help the growth of eCommerce businesses, B2B companies, and retail brands through strategic solutions and an AI-powered platform. Udayan is also the Co-founder of The Udaan Trust, a nonprofit foundation of NetElixir that supports underprivileged young women in India to pursue their education goals and build suc...

Jon Reily is the SVP of Commerce and Loyalty at Bounteous, a leading global digital experience consultancy. In his role, he leads Bounteous' Commerce Center of Excellence, providing best practices, thought leadership, and co-innovation for brands. With more than 20 years of experience in the digital space, Jon is a Top 100 Retail Influencer, an eCommerce expert, and a UX/CX specialist. Before Boun...

Dries Buytaert is the Founder, Chief Technology and Strategy Officer, and Board Member of Acquia, a venture-backed software company offering products and services for Drupal, an open-source website-building platform he founded and leads. Honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, he has also been recognized as CTO of the Year by the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council an...

Martin Heubel is the Strategy and Amazon Consultant at Consulterce, a strategy consultancy helping B2C household and CPG brands increase their 1P vendor profits on Amazon. As the founder, he has over five years of experience assisting CPG and household brands to master their bottom line. Before Consulterce, Martin was a Senior Category Manager at Amazon, where he helped brands such as Nestle and M...

Franz Jordan is the General Manager and Vice President of Perpetua, a SaaS platform that helps brands, media agencies, and Amazon sellers improve ad performance through AI-powered automation. He has nearly 10 years of experience as an entrepreneur in the Amazon, eCommerce, and market intelligence spaces. Before Perpetua, Franz was the Co-founder and CEO of Sellics, the premier provider of AI-power...

Todd Hassenfelt is the eCommerce Director of Growth Strategy and Planning at Colgate-Palmolive, an innovative growth company that reimagines a healthier future for people, pets, and the planet. He has extensive leadership experience in brick-and-mortar and eCommerce channels, serving as a leader on both sales and marketing teams.  Todd has also sold some of the top brands in the US to multiple cha...

Andrew Lipsman is the Principal Analyst at Insider Intelligence, the leading research, data, and insights provider helping companies maximize revenue, optimize ad spend, and anticipate digital disruption. In his role, he reports on retail and eCommerce, following trends, including holiday shopping, retail media, social commerce, DTC brands, and leading marketplaces like Amazon and Walmart. Andrew...

Jacob Harrison is the Director of eCommerce Investment Strategy at CMI Media Group, a full-service media agency specializing in strategic healthcare marketing. For more than eight years, he has launched, developed, and implemented some of the largest marketing programs in the retail, finance, and consumer goods spaces. Jacob has built and led world-class teams and driven significant growth for age...

Rick Watson is the CEO and Founder of RMW Commerce Consulting, which provides eCommerce strategy consulting to help businesses accelerate their go-to-market processes. Rick founded the company after spending more than 20 years as a technology entrepreneur and operator in the eCommerce industry with companies including ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, and Pitney Bowes.  During a partnership with...

Tim Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of Flowcode, a QR code generator platform for DTC companies. He was the former President of Google Americas, where he built and led the platform from a SaaS search provider to one of the largest ad businesses in the world. Tim was also the Chairman and CEO of AOL, where he helped establish the site as a content company before selling it to Verizon for $4.4 bill...

Michael Southworth is the Co-founder and CEO of Elemerce, a full-service eCommerce marketing agency that has successfully launched and developed several multimillion-dollar eCommerce brands. Elemerce's team specializes in marketing, SEO, consumer products, eCommerce trends, and Amazon's marketplace to help clients reach their goals, increase brand equity, and elevate their Amazon sales. As a conne...

Tom Logan is the Co-founder and CEO of Cohley, a content generation and testing platform that helps brands create content for social ads, email marketing, websites, and more. Tom is also a member of Founders Pledge, an initiative enabling philanthropy among founders and investors. Before founding Cohley, Tom was the Director of Customer Development at Piqora and a Client Success Manager for Wildfi...

George Wescott is the Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at A-Ventures Global (AVG), a private equity portfolio focused on technology solutions and services for eCommerce optimization. As a digital pioneer, he has over 25 years of experience developing and managing high-performing digital marketplaces, brands, and communities. George is an investor and holds multiple technology board and advisory...

Saoud Khalifah is the Founder, CEO, and CTO of Fakespot, an online service that detects fake reviews and misinformation using AI. Since 2016, 20 million people have used this free service to analyze reviews on Amazon, Best Buy, Sephora, Walmart, and Yelp. Saoud was on the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Retail and eCommerce. Before founding Fakespot, he was a Software Engineer at Goldman Sachs. I...

John Ghiorso is the Senior Vice President of eCommerce at Media. Monks, a global marketing services company. He is also the CEO and Founder of Orca Pacific, a full-service Amazon and eCommerce agency that brings cutting-edge strategies and managed services to over 100 industry-leading brands, including Reebok, Godiva, Levi, and Mars. The company completed a merger with Media. Monks in 2020.  In hi...

Chris Perry is the Co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at firstmovr, a satellite Center of Excellence (COE) for eCommerce education and change management. He is also an Executive Educator and Keynote Speaker at Path to Purchase Institute. With over 11 years of experience as an eCommerce leader and executive educator, Chris aims to empower leaders to embrace change with actionable knowledge, stra...

Tyler Gregg is the Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at Ampd, an ad automation toolkit that enables brands to launch expert Google Ads to Amazon campaigns. Ampd began as a data science company helping DTC brands leverage Google analytics and advertising data. During his seven-year tenure at the company, Tyler has held various roles, including Strategic Business Development Manager, Head of G...

Destaney Wishon is the Co-founder and CEO of BetterAMS, an advertising services firm that helps brands increase their advertising sales on Amazon. She started at BetterAMS as an Account Executive, where she provided perspective on new industry standards for brands' eCommerce strategies. Destaney is passionate about providing in-depth, strategic recommendations on sponsored products, brands, and di...

Charlie Hull is the Managing Consultant at OpenSource Connections, a search, discovery, and analytics firm focusing on software development and technology consulting. He is the co-author of Searching the Enterprise and is a member of the Search Network, a group of independent search professionals who release regular, free reports on search. Before joining OpenSource, Charlie was the Owner and Mana...

Garrett Bluhm is the Co-founder and CEO of Drafted Commerce, an online retail brand advertising and media agency supporting full-service Amazon agencies, Amazon Advertising, Amazon DSP, and various major retailers. He founded Drafted Commerce as a way to provide a data-driven approach to helping private equity companies identify opportunities, validate acquisitions, and help brands build internal...

Ajay Bam is the Co-founder and CEO of Vyrill, a fan video discovery, insights, and content marketing platform enabling brand marketers to maximize awareness and revenue. As a product management professional, entrepreneurial thinker, and innovator, he has over 13 years of experience working with startups and world-class brands in web and mobile product development, including native IOS/Android apps...

Whitney Gibson is a Partner, Chair, and eControl Attorney at Vorys eControl, an online seller enforcement team. In his role, Whitney integrates technology, data, and services to confront online sales control challenges. He also provides manufacturers with innovative approaches to protect and grow brands online. Whitney received his JD from the University of Cincinnati College of Law.  Blake Burrus...

John Feather is the Senior Consultant at HHF Strategy, a consultancy that partners with companies to provide structured strategies and heart-led innovation. As a successful brand manager, he was the Senior Associate Brand Manager for Pull-Ups at Kimberly Clark, where he co-managed annual commercial programming. John was also a Brand Manager at the ScottsMiracle-Gro Company, where he drove the mark...

Sreenath Reddy is the Founder of Intentwise, a technology platform that provides professional advertisers, large-scale aggregators, and high-volume agencies with automation, competitive intelligence, and data infrastructure for Amazon and other eCommerce sites. With more than 20 years of experience in the digital advertising and data analytics space, he utilizes AI to solve marketplace eCommerce c...

Corey Apirian is the CEO of Davinci Micro Fulfillment, a full-service logistics company that uses technology and partners with brands and retailers to help market, sell, fulfill, and ship their products. As an accomplished supply chain and operations leader, Corey has over 15 years of senior management experience. With more than 20 years of experience in the eCommerce fulfillment industry, Corey h...