Speakers

Alfreds started to code at 12 doing Minecraft mods, continued at 14 with Java mobile apps for his household, and finished school externally while starting to work full time as a Software Engineer at 15. Having a passion for front-end, Alfreds became naturally interested in PWA technology and pushing its boundaries on real-world projects. He is an active contributor to the PWA theme for Magento ScandiPWA and is a go-to person for several Fortune500 companies to plan their high-load front-end architecture.

As Dotdigital’s Head of Sales, Americas, Ashley leads responsibility for the region’s BDR and sales teams.

Ashley comes to Dotdigital with over 7 years of experience in the SaaS and ecommerce space, most recently working as a Regional Sales Director for NetSuite and, prior to that, for Bronto Software to grow their customer base. Within that time, she helped to enable new teams, build relationships with partners in the ecosystem, and introduce new processes and procedures.

Ashley is passionate about enabling her team to succeed and bring on new business. She is eager to continue enabling growth at Dotdigital!

Brandon is Commerce Client Director at Rightpoint, a global experience agency, and has been helping merchants succeed on the Magento platform since 2016 as a Solutions Architect, Consultant, and Strategist.

Denis began his career in the web hosting industry in 2000, with the formation of eBoundHost, which eventually generated a sister company – JetRails. Denis and his team have helped grow JetRails into a leading provider of fully-managed web hosting for Magento and Adobe Commerce users. He is passionate about working with clients daily to understand their infrastructure challenges and improving experiences and outcomes for eCommerce merchants. Denis collaborates closely with product and technical support teams at JetRails to ensure ultimate Customer Success.

Jason Morrell leads partnerships for Adobe’s Commerce Services team. Originally joining Magento’s Strategy and Growth team shortly after its divestment from eBay and continuing through the Adobe acquisition in 2018, Jason brings a 10+ year background in digital commerce, payment systems, tax and fraud services, and high conversion checkout.

Jorge is an internet professional with over 20 years of industry experience and expertise in areas including application development, infrastructure security, dev ops, web design, and internet marketing. At Turning Point Brands, a publicly traded consumer products company, Jorge leads a team of developers that support a wide variety of B2B & B2C e-commerce initiatives across multiple Magento instances. Jorge’s future plans include upgrading a Magento 1 installation and building out front end technologies for faster shopping experiences across multiple B2C brands

Joseph Maxwell is the president of SwiftOtter, Inc, an Adobe Commerce specialized agency. He has been working with Adobe Commerce for over ten years. He has trained thousands of developers to be more proficient on this platform and uses this experience to build better experiences for ecommerce-enabled merchants. He lives in Kansas City, KS, with his wife and three children.

Krish is the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Industry Relations for Auctane where he is focused on long-term relationships between e-commerce merchants and e-commerce marketplaces. A respected expert in cross border & marketplace e-commerce, Krish is often quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Yahoo!, Bloomberg and the New York Times. In addition, Krish serves as the Vice President of the Package Shippers Association (PSA), which serves as the voice of the package shipping industry.

Matt Serwin oversees strategic ecommerce platform relationships and expansion at Klaviyo with the goal of expanding access to Klaviyo’s Unified Customer Platform, enabling global merchants as they seek build personalized, scalable relationships with their customers through marketing automation and data analytics. He has been with Klaviyo for 4 years in a variety of roles as the Partner team has expanded from its inception. He lives in Boston, MA and works out of Klaviyo’s headquarters in Downtown Boston. In his free time he enjoys traveling with his wife, boxing, and photography.

Mike Byrnes is Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Bolt. He leads the teams that partner with ecommerce platforms, technology providers, and SIs which enable Bolt’s One-Click Checkout to be simple to set-up for any merchant. For the past 20 years Mike has been at the forefront of helping organizations reduce the friction in their shopping experiences to accelerate sales. He has led partner and revenue generating functions inside ecommerce business in the education, media, consumer and B2B segments. Prior to joining Bolt, Mike led business development and solution architecture for Amazon Alexa’s ‘no-click’ replenishment business. Before that he spent 11 years at O’Reilly Media, who has been the thought leader and champion of Open Source developer communities for over 40 years.

Nitu Walker leads the sales enablement and evangelism effort for Commerce Services at Adobe. She has over 10 years of experience in sales, commerce, payments, and partnerships, including collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to drive product value and beneficial relationships. Immersed in the eCommerce ecosystem, Nitu enjoys working with sales teams, partners, and merchants and is passionate about creating awareness around the impact that key commerce business features can have on their growth.

Rob has been an IT leader for over a decade and worked in the field for over 15+ years. Has attained a BS from SIUC and several industry certificates. He specializes in complex hardware, software, and networking troubleshooting as well as industrial controls and server/SAN management. He’s been with Zanders, where he heads up IT, for over 6 years. During that time, he’s experienced significant challenges, but ultimately, has seen this 60-year-old sporting goods distributor evolve from operating an onsite and underperforming eCommerce store, to a highly successful cloud based platform.

Robert first became an active member of the Magento community as the CTO of Rand Marketing, a full-service digital agency that was acquired back in 2017. His passion for helping businesses grow and thrive on the internet has continued to shape his career. As the Director of Partnerships & Alliances at JetRails and host of The JetRails Podcast, he has continued to bridge the gaps between eCommerce merchants, ever-evolving technologies, and winning strategies. His many years of experience and expertise have made him a frequent contributor and leader in the eCommerce industry.

Steve Kamerman is a tech executive, inventor, and thinker. He taught himself to code as a child in the 90s and has been collecting knowledge ever since. He has used his expertise in scalable web architecture to accelerate the internet for more than 15 years. Steve co-founded ScientiaMobile, which catapulted an open-source project (WURFL) into the gold standard for mobile device intelligence. This, combined with ImageEngine (a product he created), improves the web experience of more than a billion people daily, including you!

Sushanth is an experienced engineering leader and solutions architect, serving as a trusted advisor for organizations implementing cloud native solutions. Sushanth functions as a strategic advisor to executive business and technology decision makers. He specializes in containers and cloud-native technologies and is passionate about making them easy to understand and adopt. Prior to joining AWS, Sushanth built IT solutions for multiple industries, using a wide range of technologies. This includes a stint as the architect for a digital-commerce web store implementation. He is based in Chicago, IL.