Trends/Analysis

Jon Sherry Visit Author's Page

Jonathan Sherry is founder and CEO of Alium, an intelligence platform that helps buyers and sellers of Marketing and eCommerce solutions make smarter decisions. Before Alium, Jonathan co-founded CB Insights. Over the course of his 11+ years as their COO, he built and led CB Insights to what it is today: the venture industry’s preeminent source of research and intelligence. Jonathan holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a board member and investor in tech startups, venture funds and broadway productions.

Mike Sabutis Visit Author's Page

Mike Sabutis is senior sales vice president at Datasite, a provider of virtual data rooms for M&A dealmaking.

James RobbinsVisit Author's Page

James Robins is a seasoned chief marketing officer with over 20 years of experience driving high-growth strategies in both B2B and B2C markets. James is currently CMO at Yodeck, the Intelligent Digital Signage Platform™, where he leads marketing strategy and execution.

Omar QariVisit Author's Page

Omar Qari, CEO, Logicbroker
Omar is CEO of Logicbroker and a member of the Industry Partner Council at the National Retail Federation. Omar is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of experience in enterprise software. Prior to joining Logicbroker, Omar was an operating partner at K1 Capital. Omar was also co-founder and CEO of Abacus, another enterprise software business that was acquired by K1 in 2018. Omar pursued his MBA at The Wharton School and studied Computer Science at Wake Forest University. He lives in New York City with his wife and two daughters.

Navdeep SidhuVisit Author's Page

Navdeep Sidhu is an accomplished technology and product leader with extensive experience driving strategy, innovation, and growth in enterprise software. As CEO of meshIQ (formerly Nastel Technologies), he leads the company’s vision and execution in delivering observability and control for complex integration and middleware environments. Prior to meshIQ, Navdeep held senior product and strategy roles at Software AG, where he led product strategy and business development for API, integration, and microservices solutions. Earlier in his career, he held product leadership, engineering, and consulting roles at InfluxData, Sterling Commerce, and Deloitte. Navdeep earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from Punjabi University and completed executive business leadership studies at EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Germany.

Jeff FagelVisit Author's Page

Currently the chief marketing officer of JamLoop, Jeff Fagel is a four-time CMO with deep experience across adtech, CTV, and brand marketing. He has held marketing leadership roles at Epsilon and Madhive, helping scale go-to-market strategy, positioning, and marketing across enterprise, mid-market, and SMB clients. Earlier in his career, Fagel led brand and retail marketing at PepsiCo, Gatorade, Frito-Lay, and ConAgra, experience rooted in the practical challenges brands and local businesses face when connecting with audiences, driving conversion, and proving marketing impact.

Danielle FairfieldVisit Author's Page

Danielle Fairfield, vice president, head of retail, oversees the retail team for NuORDER, a leading global commerce platform that enables retailers and brands to connect, collaborate, and make smarter buying decisions. In her role, she is responsible for understanding the key challenges and complexities that major retailers face in order to help them optimize their merchandising vision, process, and operations. With 20 years of industry expertise, she is uniquely positioned to help retailers understand their pain points and implement longstanding solutions.

Danielle joined NuORDER in early 2020 because she is passionate about how technology can transform the merchandising process. Prior to NuORDER, she worked in retail buying, planning, strategy, and operations at Saks Fifth Avenue, Hudson's Bay Netherlands, Galeria Kaufhof, and Lord & Taylor. During her retail tenure, Mrs. Fairfield led merchandising process transformations, launched new technological solutions, and managed some of the biggest brand portfolios across a variety of categories.

Kristina NolanVisit Author's Page

Kristina Nolan is president of DMi Partners, a full‑service digital marketing agency specializing in affiliate and influencer marketing that help some of the world’s leading brands drive measurable growth. She is a frequent speaker on the future of commerce media and performance marketing’s role in driving strategic growth.

Michael FullmanVisit Author's Page

Michael Fullman is a creative executive and design-first leader working at the intersection of experience, culture, and emerging technology. As chief creative officer of ACRONYM (formerly VTProDesign), he helps shape the next generation of brand experiences — immersive, human, and built across physical and digital worlds.

His work spans live concert design and production, large-scale brand environments, product experiences, and hybrid activations that blend story, space, and interaction. No matter the medium, Michael’s focus is the same: making experiences that feel tangible, emotional, and unforgettable.

Michael believes technology is most powerful when it serves craft — and that innovation should deepen connection, not distract from it. He leads teams with a balance of creative instinct and systems thinking, building the structures that allow ambitious ideas to scale without losing their soul.

Jeff OttoVisit Author's Page

Jeff Otto is chief marketing officer at Riskified, a leader in AI-driven fraud prevention and risk intelligence for e-commerce. He brings deep expertise in marketing strategy, business development, and customer engagement, having held leadership roles at Marqeta, Salesforce, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Passionate about emerging technologies, he frequently shares insights on ecommerce, customer experience, and fraud tactics through speaking engagements, webinars and publications.