Justin Honaman leads the worldwide Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) and Retail Go-to-Market team at Amazon Web Services. He is also the worldwide segment leader for Food & Beverage. His team’s focus within CPG and Retail is on delivering supply chain, ecommerce, data / analytics and digital engagement business solutions for customers globally. Justin has spent the majority of his career in Consumer Goods and Retail both on the customer side (Coca-Cola, Georgia Pacific) as well as the technology / consulting side (Accenture, EY). Justin lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Eugene Roytburg is the CEO and Co-Founder of Cloverpop, a leader in Decision Intelligence. Prior to founding Cloverpop, Dr. Roytburg’s career spanned three decades in management consulting (Kearney, Strategy, & Nielsen) and in enterprise analytics. Dr. Roytburg pioneered the area of Foresight Analytics as Founder and CEO of 4i inc. (acquired by Fractal.ai in 2017). Dr. Roytburg has advised over 80 organizations across CPG, Retail, Pharma, Insurance and Manufacturing on combining Foresight Analytics/AI, Technology and Business Knowledge to shape the future of business problem solving, decision making and knowledge creation.

Lanny is the Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Cloverpop. Lanny is a thought leader in driving implementation and scale of Decision Intelligence technologies, founder of the Decision-BackTM️ approach. He has 10+ years of growth strategy and foresight analytics consulting experience working with the world's leading brands.

Deepak Jose is a leader in digital transformation, commercial strategy, data sciences, and analytics. Deepak leads a global end-to-end analytics solutions team of data scientists, engineers, DevOps, product strategy managers, and business translators. Before Mars, Deepak was part of global brands like Coca-Cola, ABB, Asurion, and Mu Sigma in strategic roles driving business growth. He is a member of the Retail & CPG Executive Advisory Forum for Amazon Web Services, a Client Advisory board member for Fractal AI, an Executive Data Council member at BCI Summit, and an advisory board member for start-up organizations in robotics. He is an MBA from George Washington University School of Business and a mechanical engineer from NIT Calicut, India. Deepak is originally from India and has worked and lived globally. He co-authored the international bestselling book, Leading through pandemic - Unconventional Wisdom from Heartfelt leaders. Deepak was 2022 Global Top 100 Innovators in Data & Analytics by Corinium Intelligence. He is an industry influencer in Data & Analytics. He has spoken at multiple Retail and CPG industry summits focusing on Digital Transformation, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, and sustainability (Consumer Goods Forum, Grocery Shop, Amazon Innovator Summit, Microsoft Webinars, Salesforce/ Tableau conferences, Databricks AI summits, Institute for Business Forecasting events, Promotion Optimization Institute and CDAO Summits, etc.). He believes in leveraging the power of technology to solve complex problems.

Matt Weber serves as the Director of Business Insights and Analytics at Kum & Go, leading a team committed to fostering a data-driven culture. Through the power of analytics and data, Matt's team helps empower Kum & Go to realize its strategic vision and build deeper connections with customers. Before joining Kum & Go, Matt spent over a decade at Nationwide Insurance in various Marketing and IT positions. Notably, he served for six years in Nationwide's Enterprise Analytics Office as a Data Scientist, where he developed advanced analytic and machine learning data products. Matt graduated with a degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Iowa State University (go Cyclones!).

Johnny Stoddard is a data scientist at his core, with a background as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company. As a management consultant, he helped executives from retail partners address pressing challenges including marketing, strategy, commercial transformation, operations, organization, big data, and advanced analytics. Johnny has degrees from Brigham Young University in Economics, Business Strategy, and Visual Arts. When Johnny is not working with data, he can often be found spending time with his children or in the mountains prepping for an upcoming endurance race, mountain climbing, or skiing.

Boyd Nash-Stacey is the Principal Economist and head of the Center of Excellence at Prevedere, a predictive planning company that delivers data-driven business intelligence and economic insights. Boyd works with a wide range of firms in sectors from Consumer Packaged Goods to Commercial Real Estate delivering actionable insights and thought leadership on external factors influencing firm decision making and planning. Prior to joining Prevedere, Boyd spent ten years as a Senior economist with BBVA, focusing on U.S. national macroeconomics, monetary and fiscal policy, demographics, and regional dynamism. He has published research on factors driving the slowing prime-age labor force participation, commodity prices and regional economic performance, financial inclusion, generational economic divides, and the market attractiveness of major U.S. cities. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Consensus Economics, Business Weekly, Business Insider, American Banker, and Texas Monthly. He holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in econometrics and forecasting from the University of Houston.

Elena launched her career in management consulting by assisting companies in assessing global market opportunities. Her enthusiasm for data and technology was initially sparked by her interest in consumer and market insights. Over the years, she has had the privilege of collaborating with many exceptional individuals and working for prominent companies that have provided her with opportunities to travel and work in several countries across the globe. Most recently, Elena has held two significant positions as the SVP Digital CE at Roche and Global VP / CDO at Danone. Her extensive experience in these leadership roles has made her an expert in the field of digital & data transformation, and she is highly regarded for her ability to develop and implement innovative strategies that drive growth and success. Elena's exceptional skills and expertise have led to her being appointed to an adjunct professor faculty role at UALR. In this position, she teaches a special topics class entitled "CDO Fundamentals," where she imparts her knowledge and insights to students seeking to excel in the field of digital & data transformation.

Ashok Viswanathan is an accomplished executive with over 16 years' experience in driving supply chain transformation through innovative application of analytics and technology. Ashok is currently the Director of Supply Chain Analytics at Best Buy where he leads a team of analytics professionals and product managers delivering solutions across transportation, warehousing, end-to-end network strategy, and reverse supply chain. He has a PhD in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Binghamton University, is an adjunct faculty at Rutgers University, and speaks and publishes at various forums in the field of supply chain and analytics.

Mark’s marketing experience spans across multiple categories and a little under 2 decades, his journey with Materne North America began October 2022. As the Chief Marketing Officer at GoGo SqueeZ, Mark is responsible for ensuring the sustainability and profitability of the brand in maintaining market shares and positioning. He defines the brand marketing strategy in line with the general strategy of the company and ensures the optimum position of our brands and products. Prior to Materne, Mark began his career at Procter & Gamble where he was classically trained managing digital and traditional brands. Mark furthered his career at The Campbell Soup company where he worked for one of the most iconic brands, Goldfish Crackers, succeeding in delivering strong communication and Ecommerce strategies. His most recent experience prior to joining Materne was at Henkel Corporation where he led the Digital, Shopper, and Ecommerce Marketing organization.

Darrin Samaha loves brand storytelling. That’s why he is a marketer. His current role is Yesway’s VP of Marketing where he is responsible for the creation and growth of the Yesway convenience store brand across all marketing channels. His team is responsible for the launch and management of the award winning Yesway Rewards customer loyalty program, the creation and execution of its targeted advertising campaigns, development of the brand’s digital and social media strategy, and oversees all media and community outreach efforts. Additionally, Darrin was part of the strategic acquisition and integration team for the Allsup’s brand into the Yesway umbrella. Prior to joining Yesway, Darrin was Chief Creative Officer and founder of Blue Coda, a boutique brand and advertising agency where he led the firm’s creative teams on behalf of Home Depot, Virgin, Partners Healthcare and Harvard University. Darrin is a graduate of Tufts University and received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He lives in Boston with his wife and is an avid surfer and snowboarder and has a passion for the arts and music.

Irene Sibaja is the Retail Industry Principal for Treasure Data, a leading enterprise Consumer Data Platform (CDP) provider. Prior to joining Treasure Data, Irene was VP, Sam’s Club Customer Success for NielsenIQ. She brings over 25 years of retail, strategy and operations experience to this role. At her core, Irene is customer obsessed, and she uses this focus to drive innovative ROI solutions across diverse customer centric organizations. She has a BA in English Literature from Rice University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Lisa Johnston is the Editor-in-Chief of CGT. She joined the brand in 2020. Her journalism background includes writing for both business and consumer audiences, specializing in technology, retail, and consumer goods. In addition to moderating panels at a number of industry events and sharing editorial expertise as a media panelist, she's served as a judge for such programs as the Consumer Technology Hall of Fame and the Jesse H. Neal Awards.

Khurram Moiz has spent the past 12+ years successfully driving strategic, customer-centric, media optimization and analytics capabilities for Fortune 100 companies across Retail, Consumer Products, Food and Beverage, and Financial Services. In his current role at BlueConic as the Lead Principal of Retail Customer Success, Khurram is tasked with guiding and enabling customers as they navigate through their own digital transformation journeys. Having worked client-side at both Home Depot and AutoZone, and as a prior strategy consultant at Accenture, Khurram has first-hand experience in leading and influencing executive-level decisions with respect to marketing technologies and audience intelligence capabilities that serve cross-functional teams. As many of his core verticals accelerated digital transformation during the pandemic, Khurram further enabled brands to develop true one-to-one conversations with every customer - with a key focus on leveraging first-party data to develop strong, lasting customer relationships. Off the clock, Khurram is often found outdoors with his scouting family around metro Atlanta and usually in the middle of an intense deep dive on Marvel superheroes with his kids.

Rob Birse is the Vice President of Global Advanced Analytics & AI/ML Technology at Kellogg Company. Rob's remit is to build an analytics powerhouse that transforms the Kellogg Company's use of data to drive and sustain top-tier performance. In his role, he leads a cross-functional team of experts responsible for driving transformational change across Full-Funnel Marketing, Revenue Growth Management & Retail/Omni execution using the latest AI models and algorithms. Before Kellogg, he held global and regional transformation leadership roles spanning the software, semiconductor, and wholesale industries. Rob has maintained a reputation as a trailblazer throughout his career, often disrupting traditional industrial practices to create a competitive advantage. Originally from the UK, Rob & his wife live in Chicago, where they can often be seen swimming, biking, and running in preparation for their next Ironman Triathlon.