TUESDAY, OCT. 23, 2018 Conference 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Trade Show 11:00 AM – 4:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24, 2018 Conference 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM Trade Show 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
TOM MARSHALL, Direct Energy Business
Tom Marshall is the Eastern Canadian sales leader at Direct Energy and has been working with clients for the past 13 years in Canadian energy markets on both the supply and demand sides of the meter to help clients manage their energy more wisely. Tom has worked with customers across the national retail, manufacturing and government accounts, helping them to use less energy.
LEAH MCHUGH, Amazon Operations Expert
Sangita Patel is one of the most engaging media personalities in Canada. Audiences are drawn to her daily as an entertainment reporter for ET Canada, and she’s also the host of HGTV’s high-stakes show Home to Win.
SANGITA PATEL, ET Canada; HGTV
GARY SAARENVIRTA, Daisy Intelligence
JOSH RAY, ShopHero
Gary Saarenvirta is one of North America’s preeminent authorities on artificial intelligence. He founded Daisy Intelligence in 2003, bringing autonomous machine intelligence to clients in retail, insurance and healthcare. Daisy Intelligence, operates an applied artificial intelligence (A.I.) software-as-aservice (SaaS) business delivering operational corporate decisions that are too complex for humans to make, resulting in efficiencies and profitability gains.
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Leah McHugh perfected the art of Amazon account management for a Boston-based lean start-up. For the past few years, she’s led clients through the process of brand marketing, business development, logistics and Amazon product listing trouble-shooting. Her areas of expertise focus around managing and protecting brands on Amazon, reviewing product quality and account management.
Josh Ray is a veteran in the tech industry with a unique background in logistics, marketing, and entrepreneurship – three key areas to eCommerce success. He has a passion for supporting small business owners and loves helping independent grocers successfully launch, market, and operate online grocery programs.
Sarah Seale is the President of CMR North Inc., a management resource company dedicated to the cannabis industry. Sarah brings over 15 years’ experience in the areas of operations, sales and franchise development to the cannabis market. SARAH SEALE, CMR North Inc.
Ken Wong is not your typical academic. With work that has earned him the cover of Canadian Business and Strategy magazine and a place in the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends, he is known for his energetic, entertaining and content-rich presentations. He is the Distinguished Professor of Marketing at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s KEN WONG, University, as well as a board member and Smith School of Business, advisor to a number of retail, financial and Queen’s University consumer packaged goods firms.
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