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Daniel Sokolovsky is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and co-founder and CEO of Warp, an innovative enterprise freight transportation service powered by advanced technology. As CEO, Sokolovsky is responsible for managing the company’s overall operations including managing the company’s organizational structure, guiding the Warp brand and overall company strategy.
Prior to founding Warp, Daniel built Amazon's last-mile service for every shipper not named Amazon as the founder of Jitsu (formerly Axlehire), an expedited urban, last-mile delivery provider. During his six years at Jitsu, Sokolovsky worked to push Jitsu into new verticals and sustainability partnerships. During his last two years at Jitsu, he was responsible for helping to guide the company’s growth strategy while working to quintuple the company’s revenue.
Bill is an accomplished executive with a proven track record of launching new and disruptive payment and fintech products to reach millions of consumers. His experience includes 30+ years at leading financial technology companies BitPay, Ingo Money, Forter, eBay, PayPal, BillMeLater, and CheckFree.
Prior to BitPay, Bill led the go-to-market strategy and plans for Ingo Money's push payment offering and Forter’s SAAS-based fraud prevention service. Prior, Bill was Head of eBay Motors, responsible for sales, integration, account management, and sales operations for the companies eBay Motors business unit. Prior to that, Bill was Senior Director of Merchant Marketing, where he was responsible for driving buyer and seller growth for eBay’s marketplace business across all aspects of the business, including go-to-market strategy, marketing, and seller support. Before eBay, Bill was a Senior Director of NA Merchant Marketing and Head of Sales Strategy and Operations at PayPal where he was responsible for driving the company's go-to-market strategy and market penetration for the companies flagship payment product PayPal Express Checkout. In previous roles, Bill led the market productization of the industry's pioneer buy now pay later product, Bill Me Later, which included developing go-to-market plans, defining the product's value proposition, engineering the sales approach, and building overall market interest. =
Over the years, Bill has built a track record of helping companies successfully introduce innovative, first-to-market products to e-commerce, disrupting static industries and creating massive new revenue streams. Examples include Decision as A Service – Forter, Inc; eCommerce marketplace storefronts for Coach and Target – eBay Marketplace; Express & Mobile Checkout – Paypal; Bill Me Later; E-Bill & WebPay – CheckFree. These products serve billion-dollar global markets for the world’s top banks, retailers, and billers.
At BitPay, Bill looks after all B2B and B2C go to market activities including demand generation, digital marketing, SEO, content development, client integrations, sales and sales support, and more for the company's crypto wallet app and crypto payment acceptance products.

Katerina Jones is chief marketing officer for Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in specialty financing, fleet data analytics, fleet management services, and life cycle cost management.

Martin Balaam is the CEO and founder of Pimberly, an enterprise SaaS platform for product information management and digital asset management for brands and retailers, accelerating their speed to market by automating and simplifying the management of vast quantities of product data, images, videos, 3D, and documents needed for today’s digitally rich, cross-border, omnichannel world.Before joining Pimberly, Martin was the owner and CEO of Jigsaw24, the UK’s largest IT solutions business serving creative film, TV & luxury brands, an investment alongside NorthEdge Capital LLC.

Daniel Shnaider is a visionary entrepreneur and co-founder of Warmy.io and AnyBiz.io, pioneering tools that transform email deliverability and B2B lead generation. Daniel is also the founder of MelaShield, an award-winning AI-driven melanoma detection platform. Driven by a passion for innovation and human connection, he builds technology that not only delivers results but creates lasting impact.

Emily Clark is the head of retail at Further, a leading data, cloud, and AI company focused on helping companies turn raw data into the right decisions. With over 15 years of experience in data, analytics, and digital marketing, Emily excels in leading teams to transform complex data into strategies that drive results.

Viki Zabala is chief strategy and growth officer at First Insight. She is a recognized authority in tech innovation with over 19 years of experience. Viki leverages her deep understanding of digital transformation and AI-driven strategies to redefine profitability and smart merchandising in the retail sector. Her role at First Insight, a leading voice-of-the-customer platform and AI company, coupled with her strategic vision, makes her a trusted voice in shaping the future of retail.

Christine Foster has 20 years of experience within digital marketing, content creation and media strategy. As senior vice president of strategy and operations at Kroger Precision Marketing Powered by 84.51°, Christine oversees the company’s portfolio of solutions across retail media, insights and incentives. She is passionate about using precision audiences to build enduring emotional connections.
Christine was honored as part of the 2025 class of Ad Age Leading Women in advertising. In 2024, she was recognized as a Retail Innovator Award winner by Retail Touchpoints, a Top Woman in Grocery: Senior-Level Executive by Progressive Grocer and Women of Excellence: Industry Impact by Path to Purchase.
Before joining KPM, Christine held multiple positions at Goodway Group, an independent digital marketing agency, including Vice President of Media Solutions. Her career has spanned all sides of media. She currently serves on the AdMonsters Advisory Board and the RMN Ascendant Council, and is a regular speaker at industry events.
Sumit Mahajan is head of consulting and industry sales at HGS, a global leader in optimizing the customer experience lifecycle, digital transformation, and business process management.

Amitha Pulijala is the chief product officer of Cyara, where she leads product and strategy for the company’s AI-powered CX transformation. A product and AI leader with more than 15 years of experience, she has built and led high-growth SaaS platforms across enterprise communications and customer experience, including shaping AI and digital CX strategy at Ericsson, Vonage, and Oracle. Amitha enjoys working with dynamic teams to launch scalable products and loves exploring emerging technologies.
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