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Former Head of Innovation and Creativity
The Walt Disney Company

As Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney, Duncan helped teams at Disney Parks, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, Imagineering and Animation to innovate, creating magical new storylines and amazing experiences for consumers around the globe. He now brings his Disney experience to audiences around the world, delivering a series of keynotes, masterclasses, and ideation forums, that help people capture unlikely connections, leading to both disruptive thinking and revolutionary ideas.

CEO and Co-Founder
Paccurate

Working in the logistics tech space since 2009, James has helped create a variety of enterprise shipping technology including spearheading the design of an award-winning multi-carrier TMS. Since 2015, he’s been evangelizing the use of AI to achieve cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable shipping. Today he's the CEO and co-founder of Paccurate, a VC-backed AI company that makes parcel shipping more sustainable.

Sr. Manager of Digital Product Management
Chico’s FAS Inc.

Akash Luthra is senior manager of digital product management at CHICO’S FAS. He is responsible for driving retention and fulfillment workstreams for all of CHICO’S FAS brands (Chico’s, White House Black Market, SOMA). Akash leads his team for better customer and employee experiences by providing data insights that anticipate their needs, creating end-to-end experiences that exceed expectations, and measuring the overall impact. Akash has held various roles on the digital teams at Ulta Beauty, Wells Fargo, and Coca-Cola Bottling. He has a bachelor’s degree in the Computer Information Systems from DeVry University and an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management.

Head of Product
MOO

Head of Product at MOO, where I've been for the last 5 years. MOO is a design, ecommerce and print company, known for creating high quality uniquely customised products at scale. We manufacture and ship thousands of items daily to over 150 countries and territories around the world and much of my time at MOO has been in designing, developing and maintaining technical products to enable those capabilities.

eCommerce Order Operations Coordinator
Patagonia

Bethany Castle is the Order Operations Coordinator at Patagonia, EMEA. She sees her role as the spider on a web between Customer Services, Logistics and Finance for a company whose mission is very close to her heart: Being in business to save our home planet. As a human, she spends as much time outside and moving, reading, or experimenting with vegan recipes using the produce from her shared allotment.

Partner
Sullivan & Worcester

Gerry is leader of Sullivan's Litigation Group. He has unique experience in software, privacy, licensing, internet and IT outsourcing and implementation disputes. He also regularly represents clients in financial services disputes, IP disputes, Founder disputes, employment discrimination/restrictive covenant litigation, wrongful denial of insurance coverage cases and other business disputes. Gerry has substantial trial experience in state and federal courts throughout the country, in appellate proceedings, and in U.S. and international arbitration.

VP of Industry Strategy
CommerceHub

Chris Koeppel has 16+ years of ecommerce experience, with a successful track record in designing and scaling inventory transformation models to enable retailers to leverage their platform beyond traditional wholesale. Previously an ecommerce architect for Nordstrom and significant brands within, Chris brings a valuable understanding of alternative business models and optimizing retail reach with trusted partnerships. He is well versed in fulfillment services spanning across both physical and digital channels, advocating an omnichannel approach to get products closer to customers. Now, VP of Industry Strategy at CommerceHub, Chris brings his passion for unlocking innovative solutions to help brands and retailers truly deliver on customer expectations and thrive in the ever-changing retail landscape.

Executive Assistant & Communication Partner
QVC

Andrea Mingers is an Executive Assistant & Communication partner at QVC eDistribution, the fulfillment subsidiary of QVC Germany. She joined the QVC family in 2015. With her extensive project management background, she has led the post-dispatch customer communication project for QVC Germany. For the cross-departmental project team, customers were at the heart of all decisions aiming at providing best-in-class service and full delivery transparency. Picking weeds in the garden is her favorite meditation exercise.

Senior Product Marketing Manager
EasyPost

Travis leads all go-to-market strategy for new products at EasyPost. Travis has been involved in bringing several new EasyPost products to market and works closely with customers to ensure EasyPost technology is delivering what they need.

Partner
Dentons Europe LLP

Dr. Christian Schefold, LL.M., is a Partner in the Berlin office of Dentons, a member of the Corporate practice and co-heading the German Compliance practice. He focuses on compliance, corporate and data protection law. Christian headed the compliance consultation department at Daimler AG where he was co-responsible for setting up a compliance network within the Daimler group worldwide. Prior to this task, he worked several years as senior counsel with Daimler Financial Services AG being responsible inter alia for IP, IT & DP law and public private partnerships (namely for the legal set-up of the German motorway tolling system Toll Collect). He is constantly practicing data protection law since 1996. Christian’s favorites are setting up compliance management systems (CMS), especially Data Protection CMS as well as Data Transfer Regimes for international corporations to fulfill GDPR requirements.

Senior Associate
Dentons Europe LLP

Sebastian von Haldenwang is a Senior Associate in Dentons’ Berlin office and a member of the German Compliance practice group. Sebastian advises clients on compliance issues and focuses on data protection and market entry advice. In this function, he has given advice on all matters related to GDPR-compliance and cross-border data transfers as well as accompanied several multinational IT and tech projects entering the EU market through Germany. Sebastian has assisted clients in forensic and litigation matters as well as during privacy incidents. Sebastian is a lecturer for privacy law in the Department of Information Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam. He regularly presents on data protection in research data management at the Research Data Management Project Brandenburg (FDM-BB), a joint project of the University of Potsdam and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Sebastian is a native Spanish speaker and enjoys basic proficiency in Chinese.

Director Business Development EAME
Neovia Logistics

When it comes to Supply Chain, Retail is the best place to be - only ecommerce tops it!”. Julia Edler looks back at 20+ years working with the world’s Top Retailers, leading Consumer manufacturers and high street Fashion brands. Passionate about Supply Chain in general and Logistics in particular, Julia has performed in a large variety of areas going from Supply Chain Analysis, through Warehouse Design & Optimization to Network Optimization, to name a few.

Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Officer
Luke’s Lobster

Ben co-founded Luke's Lobster, a Maine sustainable seafood company buying directly from fishermen to supply their restaurant group, branded grocery business, and online market. Luke's is the highest scoring Certified B Corp restaurant group and seafood company in the US. Ben focuses on the brand's innovation, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility. He’s the author of Real Maine Food, the Luke's Lobster cookbook, sits on the board of the Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative and the Maine Business Immigration Coalition, and is an advisor to many startup food companies. He lives in Portland, ME.

Solution Expert for SAP Customer Experience
SAP Customer Experience

Niklas Fechner is a Solution Expert for Customer Experience Solutions at SAP. In his role, he supports companies on their way to e-commerce and customer portals in the DACH region. In short, a guy who works on e-commerce and customer experience at SAP.

Solution Expert for SAP Customer Experience
SAP Customer Experience

Customer Experience shouldn’t be complex, and neither should this bio. Hannes Schaetzle is a Solution Engineer for Customer Experience. He supports companies on their way to futureproofing their sales & service experience in the DACH region at SAP.

Global Product Owner
H&M Group

As product owner at H&M group Mikael and his team reaches millions of consumers across the world each day with the goal to provide the customers with a great customer experience. 
He is a customer centric product manager passionate about the intersection of technology and customer, with a love for cross-cultural collaborations and finding the power of diverse personal and professional backgrounds.
He will now participate and share insights he have from being in the retail industry for the past +10 years focused the intersection of business and technology.

Chief NA Data Privacy and Security Counsel
Capgemini

James Farnsworth is an Associate General Counsel for Capgemini North America, Inc. He has over 15 years of experience in data privacy and security law, and presently serves as Capgemini’s North America Data Privacy Officer and Chief North America Privacy and Security Counsel. James oversees Capgemini’s North America data privacy program, including compliance with the company’s Binding Corporate Rules and applicable federal, state and provincial laws. He chairs the company’s North America data privacy forum which meets regularly to discuss developments and leading practices on data privacy and security matters. He also has extensive experience in negotiating data privacy and security agreements, oversees responses to security incidents, and developed the company’s data privacy training course. James earned his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.

Co-Founder & CEO
parcelLab

Tobias Buxhoidt is co-founder and CEO of parcelLab. Growing up in his family's third generation logistics company, Tobias's background led him to recognize that logistics and supply chain sectors were primarily focused on cost and speed rather than the experience. Five years on, Tobias spearheads parcelLab's mission to bring brands and people closer together by breathing new life into data complexity. As CEO, Tobias has helped define parcelLab as the global Operations Experience leader and oversees the team of experts in bringing the solution to new brands and markets.

Co-Founder & CTO
parcelLab

Julian Krenge is co-founder and CTO of parcelLab. He is passionate about creating tech that is functional, seamless and well-built to fulfill needs. This passion led Julian to co-found parcelLab and become the brains behind the world leading OXM platform. As CTO, Julian's focus remains on the product: its development, vision and how it can connect people and brands. In just five years, Julian has grown the platform from parcelLab's first customer to now over 500+ customers operating in 153 countries, sending over 13 million emails a day.

Co-Founder and COO
parcelLab

With a background in digital marketing and media, Anton is passionate about all things PR and growth. Anton has overseen parcelLab grow from a small start-up of just three founders, to a category defining scale- up with over 100 employees worldwide in just five years. Anton's goal is to make it as easy as possible for brands to tap into the potential of Operations Experience and his enthusiasm for exceptional customer experience and technology inspires the parcelLab team daily.

EMEA Team Lead, Solutions Consulting
parcelLab

Angus Knights is a leading expert in Post-Purchase Technology. With extensive experience consulting the world’s leading enterprise and DTC brands on how to evolve their customer journey, Angus leads parcelLab’s Solutions Consulting organisation in EMEA. In his spare time, Angus will be found lacing up his running shoes and heading to the nearest track or trail.

General Counsel and Compliance Officer
parcelLab

Harpreet Sagoo is a UK qualified lawyer and the General Counsel at parcelLab. She has an extensive technology background with focused disciplines in M&A strategy, IP protection, Litigation, Ethical compliance and working with sales on complex cross border transactions. Harpreet has been recognized for her strong communication and interpersonal skills and for building effective agile legal teams. She is an active member of several groups focused on diversity and inclusion within the legal field.

Product Marketing Manager
parcelLab

Natalie is a Product Marketing Manager at parcelLab based in sunny Cleveland, Ohio. After spending years on the CPG side of ecommerce, her move to parcelLab in early 2022 was natural, with her interest in best-in-class, experiential ecommerce. After working on sales enablement most days, Natalie can be found after work walking her two rescue dogs, Morty & Pippa or trying to break 90 at her local golf club.

Director of Solutions Consulting
parcelLab

Jay has worked in technology, in some capacity or another, for 27 years. He has been a programmer, a teacher, a product manager and a variety of other roles in technology. In that time, he found that his passion is in working with brands, and for the last 11 years he has focused on MarTech within the ESP space. Specifically, helping brands connect with customers BEFORE transactions occur. He is now on the parcelLab team as the Director of Pre-Sales, North America, where he works with the sales force to transform the POST-sales experience gap for US based brands.

People Operations
parcelLab

Lisa has worked in Human Resources for 5 years, currently flexing into both the People Operations and People Partner spaces. Prior to joining parcelLab, Lisa explored entrepreneurship for 2 years, running her own social media business. Ultimately, she found her way back to HR, and finds a great deal of joy in supporting employees through the full lifecycle. When she’s not writing offer letters and implementing new HR systems, Lisa enjoys spending time with her fiancé & 2 dogs and working out.