RAMP Advanced Commerce and Mobile Retail Services Summit

Speakers

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 2013 – VISIT OFTEN FOR UPDATES

Ramon De Leon
COO
Domino's Pizza Franchise Chicago

Mario Di Prizio
Divisional Vice President, Mobile Commerce and Integrated Retail Applications
Sears Holdings

Bob Murray
Manager of Store Technology
Chico’s FAS

Tery Howard
Senior Vice President and CIO
The Miami Dolphins

Bill Deichler
Operations Manager Payment Methods
Murphy Oil USA

Asif R. Khan
Founder & President
The LBMA

Mark Horwedel
CEO
Merchant Advisory Group (MAG)

George Findling
Director of Emerging Technology & Enterprise Technical Architecture
Crate & Barrel

David Baldwin
President
Value Pay Services, LLC
(Subway)

Tripp Sessions
CIO
Benchmark Brands

Erik McMillan
President & CEO
BestFit Mobile

Tony Doye
Divisional Chief
Executive Officer
CompuCom Systems, Inc.

Jonathan Stephen
Head of Mobile &
Emerging Technologies
JetBlue Airways

Scott Shakespeare
General
Manager-Branding, Advertising & Promotions
Alon / 7–Eleven

Parthiv Sheth
Director, Business Intelligence
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Dodd Roberts
Executive
MCX

Nick Sheth
Senior Director, Global Business Development
The Gap

Donna Pahel
Director
Digital CRM
Giant Eagle

Nick Lewis
Lead Architect, Consumer Products & Services Americas Business Transformation
Cisco Systems, Inc.

John Hilton
Vice President – IT Business Systems
Express

Dee O'Malley
Senior Director, Payment Acceptance
Best Buy

Serge Azadian
Vice President – Information Systems
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
(A & P)

Len Dudis
Corporate Director – Information Technology
SeaWorld Parks
& Entertainment

Peter Vogel
Co-founder and CEO
Plink

Andy Chu
Divisional Vice President
Sears Holdings

Jack Philbin
Co-Founder
President and CEO
Vibes

Brent Hieggelke
CMO
Urban Airship

Alex Bäcker, Ph.D.
Founder & CEO
QLess

Cameron Franks
Senior Vice President
& General Manager
Tigerspike

Steen Andersson
Vice President
5th Finger,
A Merkle Company

Pat Polillo
Vice President Sales and Marketing
AJB Software

Scott Moeller
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
MShift Inc.

Usha Nandigala
Senior Global Program Manager-Dealer Systems
General Motors

Jim Stapleton
Chief Sales Officer
ISIS

Dan Dugan
Director Of Application Services
Batteries Plus, LLC

Jamie Henry
Senior Director of
Payment Systems
Walmart

Sharon Knitter
Senior Director
of Mobile
Cars.com

Gary Eppinger
CISO & IT VP of Enterprise Security, Retail Market Development, Legal and Healthcare Systems
SuperValu

Lee Jurgens
Director of Tender and Audit
Polo Ralph Lauren

Robert Notte
Chief Technology Officer
Jamba Juice

Christina Garcia
Senior Manager
OfficeMax

Dom Morea
SVP and Division Manager, Advanced Solutions and Innovation
First Data Corporation

Jill Chernin
Digital Marketing
Manager
L'OCCITANE en Provence

Ronnie London
Of Counsel
Davis Wright
Tremaine LLP

Greg Fox
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
Plink

Gene Cornfield
Chief Marketing Officer
CashStar

Jonathan Treiber
CEO & Co-Founder
RevTrax

Dr. Gil Roth
Head of Innovation & Portfolio Strategy
Retalix

Peter Fredell
CEO
Seamless

Marco Ventura
Vice President of
Business Development
T1Visions

James Mann
Partner
Davis Wright
Tremaine LLP

Sarah Tune
Partner
Davis Wright
Tremaine LLP

Cliff Mason
EVP Payments
Swift Exchange

Rob Whitehurst
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Aurasma

Jane Thompson
Former President Walmart Financial Services & CEO
Walmart

Fumi Matsumoto
CTO
uTest

Steve Schell
Vice President Retail Technology
Starbucks Corp.

Barbara Ballard
Vice President – Customer Experience & Marketing
C-SAM

Oren Levy
CEO
Zooz

Bob Balogh
Vice President and Sales Director of Merchant Sales
Vantiv

John Gapinski
President
Secured Retail
Networks

Mike Smith
Director Technology Services
Forest City
Enterprises, Inc.

Harry Patz
Chief Revenue Officer
North America
Velti

Brett Twomey
Senior Managerof Strategic Partnerships
TrialPay

Allen Weinberg
Managing Partner
Glenbrook

David Luther
Executive Vice President, Global Business Development
Mozido

Ed Durbin
Director of Retail
Solutions
AirWatch

Chad Hickey
Vice President of Sales
xAd

Sandeep Bhanote
Vice President and
General Manager of
Mobile Retail Solutions
VeriFone

Doug Rozen
Chief Innovation Officer
MXM Mobile
(The Hyperfactory)

Brian Dunphy
Senior Director,
Firethorn Mobile
A Qualcomm Company

David Wood
Senior Director Business Development & Sales
C-Sam

David A. Galante
Senior Product Manager
ExactTarget

Christopher Steiner
New York Times Bestselling Author
Forbes

Sriram Subramanian
Founder & CEO
ShoppinPal

Miko Matsumura
SVP Corporate Development & Strategy
Photon Infotech

Glenn Tinley
President
Mexia Interactive

Speaker Biographies

		Ramon De Leon COO Domino's Pizza Franchise Chicago

		Bob Murray Manager of Store Technology Chico's FAS Bob has over 20 years of technology and operations experience in various verticals such as Retail, Hospitality and Cinema entertainment. Bob has been with Chicos FAS since 2009, supporting the store channel for their four brands: Chico's, Soma, White House Black Market and the upcoming Boston Proper. Bob is responsible for the development and implementation of store technology solutions, which support the various applications that help deliver the client experience. Prior to Chicos, Bob worked for companies like IBM, Marriott, Epicor, Coach, JCrew, Urban Brands, and Fortunoff. His continuing focus is to understand the evolution of the business and how technology allows us to be continually connected to our clients.

		Mario Di Prizio Divisional Vice President, Mobile Commerce and Integrated Retail Applications Sears Holdings Mario has over 20 years of enterprise mobility experience in various market verticals such as Retail, Manufacturing, Health Care and others. Mario has been with Sears Holdings Corporation since 2011 and has been responsible for the development of their mobile application strategy and application development as well as Sears' In Store Mobile eCommerce products now seen in Sears' advanced digital stores. Mario worked on Enterprise Mobility solutions at Motorola Solutions before joining Sears.

		Tery Howard Senior Vice President and CIO The Miami Dolphins Tery Howard is entering her 13th season with the Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. She joined the Dolphins after 15 years with Carnival Cruise Lines, where she gained experience managing all of Carnival's shipboard technologies. As the CTO, Howard is responsible for managing and directing the technology initiatives and strategic direction of business operations at the Miami Dolphins and Sun Life Stadium. Her primary focus includes infrastructure, telecommunications, business systems and broadcast media, converging the technologies and services to position Sun Life Stadium and the Miami Dolphins at the forefront of the industry. After successfully deploying FanVision at Sun Life Stadium for the Miami Dolphins, Howard was tapped by owner Stephen Ross in 2010 to lead the company's deployment, distribution and activation of FanVision to twelve NFL and two NCAA stadiums. Howard also oversaw the expansion of the program at Sun Life Stadium to 25,000 devices, the largest deployment of any stadium. Respected throughout the industry, Howard is frequently called upon to contribute to IT presentations, panel discussions and workshops. Under her leadership, Sun Life Stadium and the Miami Dolphins were recognized by InfoWorld as one of the "Top 100" companies who have made the best use of technology to enhance their business, and was also recognized by PC Magazine as one of the "Top 10" companies that are using technology in intelligent ways to improve their business. Howard was also recognized by Sports Business Journal in 2011 as a Game Changer in Sports for her innovation and impact to the sports industry. Howard was also a finalist for the Technology Leader of the Year Award at the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. In addition to her responsibilities within the Dolphins' organization, Howard is also actively involved in various community initiatives and advisory boards, providing guidance and a leadership role in the community and beyond. Howard earned a Bachelor of Science and a Masters in Business Administration from Florida International University (FIU), and resides in Miami Beach with her husband Eric Howard and three children, Natalie, Charlie and Monica.

		Bill Deichler Operations Manager Payment Methods Murphy Oil USA Bill Deichler is manager – payment methods for Murphy Oil USA, Inc. He has been with Murphy since January of 1992 and has held a number of positions within the company. Currently, Bill manage all the payment processing for Murphy. Murphy owns and operates 1,131 retail locations in 23 states, with roughly $15 billion in annual sales. Responsibilities include managing the processor relationship, check processing, investigating and piloting new purchase mechanisms. He has a Masters Degree in Operations Management from the University of Arkansas and a Bachelors Degree in Economics from Denison University.

		Asif R. Khan Founder & President The LBMA Asif, is a veteran tech start-up, business-development and marketing entrepreneur with more than 15 years experience. He currently worksas a consultant, educator and speaker to the location-based marketing services community as founder of the Location Based Marketing Association (The LBMA). Prior to launching The LBMA, Asif worked with companies as diverse as Limited Brands, IBM, Baxter Pharmaceuticals, Molson-Coors, Communispace, BestBuy, American Airlines, ScotiaBank, and Sears. You can listen to Asif's weekly podcast - This Week In Location-Based Marketing every Monday at 10am. An avid technology evangelist, Asif also holds degrees in economics and management sciences from the University of Waterloo, blogs at www.asifrkhan.com and can be found on Twitter at: @AsifRKhan and @TheLBMA

		Mark Horwedel CEO Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) Mark Horwedel is CEO of the Merchants Advisory Group. Mark has spent 35 years in electronic card payments including almost 20 years as the CEO of a regional debit network, 5 years as a community bank CEO and 5 years as Director of Payments with Wal-Mart.

		George Findling Director of Emerging Technology & Enterprise Technical Architecture Crate & Barrel George is an Enterprise Technical Architect with Crate&Barrel, a leading furniture and housewares retailer headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois. He has been with the company for over nine years, and has extensive experience architecting, developing, and implementing retail technology solutions. Currently, George is the lead technical architect for Crate&Barrel's business and IT transformation initiatives, laying the foundation for the company's future business and technology strategies. Prior to his EA role, George created and managed Crate's Store Technology Group where he led the design and development of custom POS, tablet, hand held, and kiosk applications. Before coming to Crate, George worked for over 15 years with retail ISV's designing and implementing custom store systems for many of today's leading retailers. George has a degree in Computer Science from the University of Oregon.

		David Baldwin President Value Pay Services, LLC (Subway) As IPC's Director of Electronic Payments and President of Value Pay Services LLC, Dave Baldwin is responsible for insuring that all programs associated with electronic payments are reliable, secure and accurate for SUBWAY franchisees. His team manages and administers the SUBWAY® Card programs, End to End Encryption, the banking and card brand relationships for the Integrated Credit and Debit card program and the functionality of the internal payments platform. Prior to assuming his current role, Baldwin spent close to three years as the Vice President of Card Services for Value Pay Services LLC, IPC's wholly-owned subsidiary that manages and operates a number of key technology services for SUBWAY® franchisees. Initiatives included significantly increasing sales for the SUBWAY® Card program, internalizing the processing of credit cards in the United States and developing and deploying End to End Encryption technology to the system, to secure the POS. Baldwin has more than 20 years' experience in retail, technology and payments. Prior to IPC, he was Vice President of Sales and Client Management at Chockstone, where he and his team worked with leading national retailers like Brinker (Chili's) and Ticketmaster to personalize the consumer experience at the Point of Sale through gift, rewards and loyalty programs. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a BA in Liberal Arts.

		Tripp Sessions CIO Benchmark Brands Tripp Sessions joined Benchmark's leadership team as CIO with the focus of further developing the company's information technology strategy and roadmap, driving innovation and building a platform that allows for additional growth. He is tasked with all application development and technology infrastructure, including e-commerce application development, business intelligence architecture, call center technology, corporate telecommunications, network architecture, and enterprise application development/support. Sessions has extensive experience within the information technology space and comes to Benchmark from Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. where he served as Vice President of Information Technology. Throughout his tenure, Sessions led the transition and integration efforts for the two brands' restaurant technology and was promoted to lead the overall technology efforts as well as the International division. He holds a bachelor's degree and master's degree from the University of Georgia.

		Erik McMillan President & CEO BestFit Mobile Erik McMillan is President & CEO at BestFit Mobile, an agency which helps brands and corporations make the powerful transition to mobile. An entrepreneur and child of the internet from birth, Erik's education and experience is centered on harnessing the unbridled power and opportunity that has disrupted every industry on earth. His experience spans business, technology, marketing consulting, planning, development, and management for a wide range of projects across retail, education, energy, healthcare, real-estate, manufacturing, service, and government sectors. McMillan maintains an in-depth understanding of how and why information technology advances business and marketing performance. Erik has consulted companies around the world on mobile, web-enabled, secure, technology and marketing projects. Company Description: BestFit Mobile + Marketing builds engaging mobile solutions for large brands and Enterprises. This includes custom-developed mobile applications and websites and mobile products targeted towards Retail, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and Government clients. BestFit partners with clients to define their long-term mobile roadmap, grow mobile engagement with target audiences, and drive users and downloads to maximize ROI in the mobile channel.

		Tony Doye Divisional Chief Executive Officer CompuCom Systems, Inc. Anthony (Tony) Doye is Divisional Chief Executive Officer of CompuCom Systems, Inc., a 1.5B IT outsourcing company. A proven and well respected IT services executive, Tony has more than 30 years of experience in creating and delivering solutions that improve client service levels and nurture innovation. In this role, he provides executive leadership for all of CompuCom's sales and support functions including Services, Hardware and Software.Tony was brought in to CompuCom to eventually succeed current CEO Jim Dixon, who will become Chairman of CompuCom after a successful transition period. Prior to joining CompuCom in November 2012, Tony served as President and CEO of Fujitsu North America where he was responsible for the North American Outsourcing portfolio generating well over a billion dollars in revenue that spanned all Fujitsu International Business activities in the United States, Canada and Caribbean regions. Before taking that role, Tony was President, Global Outsourcing and Managed Services, at Unisys Corporation for more than two years. Tony spent the previous 10 years with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) where he held numerous global leadership roles in IT services, IT outsourcing, application outsourcing and consulting services. His last position at CSC was Group President, Strategy. Tony began his career with IBM. Tony is originally from London, England. His educational background includes completion of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program, and he did post-graduate work at The Open University and attended Cambridge University's Management summer program for Executives in the United Kingdom.

		Jonathan Stephen Head of Mobile & Emerging Technologies JetBlue Airways Bringing more than eight years of experience in the mobile industry, Jonathan Stephen joined the Interactive Marketing team at JetBlue Airways to take on the responsibility of driving JetBlue's overall mobile strategy as well as maintain enhance the products in JetBlue's mobile ecosystem. Prior to his tenure with JetBlue, Jonathan was the Director of Global Industry Initiatives with the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), where he was responsible for coordinating the various committees of the organization as well as responsible for the MMA's strategic initiatives, overseeing and publishing guidelines, best practices and educational tools for mobile media and marketing. His past has also included various roles throughout the mobile ecosystem having worked at companies such as Motorola, Vindigo, and Flurry.

		Scott Shakespeare General Manager-Branding, Advertising & Promotions Alon / 7–Eleven Scott Shakespeare is living proof that great marketing management can be built on a foundation of design. While he is the general manager of branding, promotions and advertising for Alon Brands, a consumer fuel wholesaler serving 580 branded retail convenience stores and over 300 company-owned 7-Eleven retail locations, he started his career in graphic design. This career path has served him well in directing the efforts of several marketing, advertising and public relations agencies. In 2012, Scott is set to meet a formidable challenge - overseeing the brand change of the 50-year old FINA fuel name to the new ALON brand in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arizona and Arkansas. Maintaining the loyalty of longtime customers while building a new brand will involve a deft touch and a sharp eye. Fortunately, Scott has both. Prior to Alon Brands Scott was the Director of Marketing at the Salt Lake City based convenience store chain Maverik, Inc., a 200+ store company in 7 inter-mountain states. At Maverik, Scott created and launched numerous innovative images and promotional programs including 360° illustrated store murals, a Lamborghini giveaway, digitally enhanced loyalty programs and a 3-year adventure reality television show. Shakespeare began his professional career in Seattle, Washington designing food packaging, moving to creative staffing and then to automotive aftermarket design for taking his skills to the retail environment. Scott lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and 4 children.

		Parthiv Sheth Director, Business Intelligence Hyatt Hotels Corporation Parthiv Sheth is an executive with over 15 years of business technology and consulting experience. He is currently the Director of Business Intelligence at the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, where he leads efforts to build and improve analytics and customer relationship management capabilities. He started his career at KPMG where he focused on delivering business and technology solutions to Fortune 500 clients. Before joining Hyatt, he led the business systems department and managed a portfolio of applications, including business intelligence at a national home improvement retailer. He has a Master's degree in computer science from University of Illinois at Chicago and MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

		Dodd Roberts Executive MCX A payments-industry veteran, Dodd Roberts is currently guiding the development of Merchant Customer Exchange, a mobile-commerce company launched in 2012 with backing from many of the nation's largest merchants with the goal of creating a customer-focused and widely accepted mobile-commerce solution. Dodd facilitates collaboration between MCX and its merchant owners, who include Walmart, Target, CVS, Lowe's, Best Buy and Sears, among others. Dodd is former President and CEO of the Merchant Advisory Group, a trade association of national brand merchants. Under his leadership the MAG became an independent entity and grew from a few merchants to a membership that includes approximatelysixty corporations from numerous industry verticals.While leading the MAG, Dodd was a vocal advocate for merchants, representing the merchant community on several industry boards and committees. Dodd spent 14 years as Director Accounting Operations for Southwest Airlines, where his responsibilities included all card related processing and contracts. During his tenure, Southwest became respected as a leader in the payments industry, eventually processing more merchant payment transactions annually than any other airline in the world. He intiated several new payments initiatives for Southwest in card processing and fraud prevention, including helping Southwest become the first airline to accept PayPal. Dodd started his career as a CPAfor three years at Arthur Andersen & Co. He earned a BBA in Accountingfrom Abilene Christian University, and lives in the Dallas area with his wife and three kids.

		Nick Sheth Senior Director, Global Business Development The Gap Nick Sheth is Senior Director, Global Business Development at Gap Inc, where he leads the global online marketing and business development efforts for all of the Gap Inc brands including Gap, Old Navy, Banana Republic, Piperlime and Athleta. Previously, he led the sales and business development efforts for Like.com, and spent several years in Europe and the United States with Yahoo!. Earlier he held a number of product management and business development roles and was a management consulting at Andersen Consulting. Nick has degrees in Molecular Biology and Business from the University of Texas at Austin.

		Donna Pahel Director, Digital CRM Giant Eagle Donna Pahel is a Director, Digital CRM, leading digital customer relationship marketing for multi-format retailer, Giant Eagle, Inc. Donna has 17 years of B2C and B2B marketing experience across multiple industries including retail and manufacturing with both client-side and agency-side perspective. She recently received honors as one of Progressive Grocer's 2012 Top Women in Grocery – Rising Stars. Prior to joining Giant Eagle, Pahel developed and led digital and traditional marketing and communications programs for global manufacturer, PPG Industries. Her educational and professional experience encompasses marketing, technology and design.

		Nick Lewis Lead Architect, Consumer Products & Services, Americas Business Transformation Cisco Systems, Inc. Nick Lewis leads Cisco's Retail and Hospitality industry solutions practice team for the Americas. Prior to joining Cisco, Nick built 15+ years of progressive experience directing retail industry technology strategy for Microsoft's US subsidiary, architecting sales analytics and supply chain management platforms for consumer packaged goods customers like Kraft Foods and General Mills, and building eCommerce architectures for retailers such as Domino's Pizza, Career Builder, and AutoZone. Nick holds a BS in electrical engineering from the US Military Academy, West Point and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business, Northwestern University. He is based out of Nashville, TN.

		John Hilton Vice President – IT Business Systems Express

		Dee O'Malley Senior Director, Payment Acceptance Best Buy

		Serge Azadian Vice President – Information Systems The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A & P) Serge is an IT Executive with over 20 years' experience leading strategic, developmental, and operational initiatives. He has held key leadership roles in widely recognized name brand companies, and gained significant expertise managing IT departments in global, multi-brand environments. He specializes in operating multi-channel retailing, including luxury goods, fashion apparel, skin care, and cosmetics. His technical expertise includes retail, wholesale, distribution systems, e-commerce, high availability mission critical environment, and legacy systems conversions. He further specializes in e-commerce, change management, M&As, IT security, disaster recovery, business continuity and risk management. COMPANY: Since 1859, the simple letters "A&P" have stood as a trusted source of fresh, high-quality food for the family dinner table. Starting with our first store at the corner of Vesey and Church streets in New York City, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company continually strives to better meet the needs of families in all of the neighborhoods we serve. Today, with more than 300 stores operating under the A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Pathmark, Superfresh and Waldbaum's banners, we're proud to be one of the largest grocery companies in the Northeast. Despite our size, we are still a local business, working with local growers, bakers and manufacturers. Our goal is to bring personal, top-notch service to the millions of people living in the diverse communities of the Northeast.

		Len Dudis Corporate Director – Information Technology SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment As Corporate Director of Information Technology for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Len Dudis leads a guest facing technology team supporting the deployment and integration of new technologies within the company's theme parks including restaurants, merchandise shops, ticket sales, information, and interactive elements within the park attractions as well as company websites and mobile applications. He also works closely with company line of business leaders to devise company technology strategies based on business goals. Len is a former business leader himself having spent 7 years leading local and corporate efforts in the resort industry prior to transitioning to IT in 2002.

		Andy Chu Divisional Vice President Sears Holdings Andy Chu is the Divisional Vice President of Mobile and Community Experiences at Sears Holdings. Andy leads the product and P&L of Sears and Kmart mobile. Sears Mobile was named 2011 Mobile Retailer of the Year by Mobile Commerce Daily. In addition to Andy's mobile responsibility, Andy also leads the community and social products and outreach programs for both Sears and Kmart formats. Prior to Sears, Andy spent over 11 years at Microsoft where he held a number of leadership roles in product, strategy, planning, and business development spanning Bing Mobile and Local, Windows Live Messenger Mobile and Hotmail Mobile, Windows Phone, cloud computing, low-cost PC and enterprise software businesses. During his tenure at Microsoft, Andy structured a number of strategic telecom operator and OEM deals, including Nokia, Samsung, RIM, Orange Group, Vodaphone, China Mobile, Korea Telecom, etc. Andy has over 14 years of experience in the consumer services, mobile, display, search, enterprise IT and telecom industries, where he previously worked at Verizon Communications in RF engineering, product management, and strategic planning.

		Jack Philbin Co-Founder President and CEO Vibes Jack spearheads the company's overall strategic direction and drives Vibes' position as one of the premier thought leaders in the mobile marketing and wireless industry. Jack has been instrumental in building mobile marketing as a strategic marketing channel by proving its value to a range of clients, from wireless carriers, to agencies, to consumer marketers. An entrepreneur and builder, Jack has specific expertise in business development, strategic client management, and consumer marketing. Jack is a graduate of Boston College and received his MBA at Northwestern University's J.L. Kellogg School of Management. He is extremely active in the mobile marketing industry serving as Chairman of the Mobile Marketing Association North American Board of Directors and is also a member of the CTIA Wireless Internet Caucus. Jack regularly addresses industry experts by moderating and speaking on panels CTIA, MMA, CES, and AdTech. Jack was honored with the MMA's "Outstanding Individual Achievement" award in 2005. Under Jack's leadership, Vibes was ranked #92 on the 2007 Inc. 500 list of fastest growing US companies and has received numerous awards for their innovation. Jack serves on the Board of Directors for the National Runaway Switchboard, the Illinois Technology Association, and served on the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors for Mayor Daley in Chicago.

		Peter Vogel Co-founder and CEO Plink Peter Vogel is co-founder and CEO of Plink, an online-to-offline rewards program that motivates members to make offline purchases. He has more than a decade of executive-level, online sales and marketing experience specializing in performance-based marketing, media buying and monetization of social media. Most recently, Peter was senior director of marketing and industry scout at Adperio, an interactive agency specializing in affiliate marketing, in-game advertising, social gaming monetization, virtual currency and Facebook Credits monetization. At Adperio, he incubated the idea of Plink, co-founded the company, spun it out of the interactive agency in 2011 and, in the summer of 2012, raised a $3 million Series A investment round from Grotech Ventures. Peter was previously co-founder of Memolink.com and led the company's sales team from 1997 through the mid 2000s. He received a BA from Washington University in St. Louis in economics.

		Brent Hieggelke CMO Urban Airship Brent Hieggelke is the CMO of Urban Airship, which helps the world's top brands grow mobile engagement through push notifications, and in-app purchases and subscriptions. Previously, he spent a decade helping brands optimize digital marketing initiatives in executive marketing posts at WebTrends, TouchClarity and Omniture. Most recently, Brent started and ran Second Porch, the first Facebook-integrated social vacation rental site sold to HomeAway, Inc. in May 2011. Early in his career, Brent co-founded New City, a media company in Chicago. Brent has been awarded multiple marketing awards, and is a frequent speaker at both marketing and digital conferences.

		Alex Bäcker, Ph.D., Founder & CEO QLess A National Champion of Informatics, Alex represented his country twice at the International Olympiads of Informatics. Alex holds a degree in Biology and Economics from MIT, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computation and Neural Systems and Biology from the California Institute of Technology, where he was awarded the Dean's award for 'great contributions and outstanding qualities of Leadership and Responsibility'. He has held positions at McKinsey & Co., the Center for Computation, Computers, Information and Mathematics of Sandia National Labs, and Caltech. Alex conceived QLess while standing in line. Prior to starting QLess, which he considers his masterpiece, Alex was also the founder of a pioneer of search engine marketing technology that has boosted the reach of search engine marketing campaigns by up to 580% while simultaneously reducing their cost per action by up to 78%, the invention factory, a semantic people search engine with machine vision which beat Google and every other search engine tested 3 to 1 or more in results relevance in a blind people search comparison, and the first resume- or file-based search engine. Alex was appointed by the President to serve in the California Institute of Technology's Information Sciences and Technology Board of Advisors. Alex has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences on diverse science and technology topics around the world. In 2011, Alex was honored as the keynote speaker at LA County's Tech Week, an honor that was previously accorded a Nobel Prize winner, the CEO of Cisco, the CEO of Adobe, the Chairman of Deloitte, and an astronaut. In 2010, Alex was honored as one of "40 under 40" for the inaugural 40 Under 40 M&A Advisor Recognition Awards. Alex's research on neural coding and artificial intelligence has been published in the world's leading publications such as Nature and Neural Computation. Alex likes to spend his free time with family, kitesurfing, filmmaking, traveling and playing & coaching soccer.

		Cameron Franks Senior Vice President & General Manager Tigerspike Cameron has 15 years experience working and innovating in the mobile sector. He worked for Sybase 365 (an SAP company) for 11 years, including roles in London, Sydney and San Francisco, and was a pioneer in carrier billing (2000), MMS marketing campaigns (2002) and Mobile Banking (2007). Cameron is part of the Tigerspike Leadership team and brings a thorough understanding of new mobile technologies in Banking, Retail and Media sectors and the ability to define and articulate mobile strategy and value both from Vendor and Customer perspective.

		Steen Andersson Vice President 5th Finger, A Merkle Company Steen has co-founded a number of digital marketing start-ups including: Realnet Access, Faxscape, Multiplay and 5th Finger, which was recently acquired by Merkle. 5th Finger is a leading mobile solutions company, and Steen is responsible for building its profile and attracting and retaining pillar clients such as Jos A Bank and Safeway. Steen leads a team of mobile experts who provide industry defining mobile solutions to marketing, e-commerce and loyalty executives specializing in tools & techniques such as responsive design, mobile loyalty, mobility planning and mobile behavior segmentation. Steen has now been on the forefront of mobile for over 11 years and works with the worlds largest brands and publishers to ensure their mobile strategies deliver compelling experiences to consumers which maximize utility, value, entertainment and ROI.?? Steen holds an Electrical Engineering degree from UNSW (Australia).

		Pat Polillo Vice President Sales and Marketing AJB Software Pat Polillo has been involved in the delivery of merchant payment processing solutions for more than 20 years With industry expertise in the technical implementation merchants, financial processors and participants need to manage when considering changes and implementing new payment processing components to an organization's financial operational systems, Pat brings to RAMP a foundation of knowledge related to EMV solutions, derived from having led teams in solutions delivery, support and account management on multiple tier 1 level EMV projects.

		Scott Moeller Chairman and Chief Executive Officer MShift Inc. In September 1999, Scott founded MShift with the vision of extending the reach and ubiquity of the Internet to the mobile environment. Today his vision extends to the re-engineering of transactions and payments, leveraging the capabilities of the Mobile Internet. The result: MShift's innovations in Mobile Wallets, and the AnyWhereMobile Payment Rail. Through AnyWhereMobile, MShift enables capabilities beyond those of competitive payment networks and seeks to insure that financial institutions, merchants and consumers all benefit within this new mobile payments ecosystem. Scott is a founding member of the Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup, invited by the Boston and Atlanta offices of the Federal Reserve. In this forum, he's led the MPIW's Cloud Security Team. Scott's recent speeches and presentations on payment transactions and technology innovation within mobile and online environments speak to the implications of an always on, ever-connected world.

		Usha Nandigala Senior Global Program Manager-Dealer Systems General Motors Usha Nandigala is Senior Mobility Program Manager at General Motors Corp, where she is currently leading the development of enterprise mobile apps for GM. Her responsibilities include defining and driving mobile apps strategy for the enterprise and guiding the business in harnessing new capabilities that are made available through mobile technology. Prior to this role, she served at OnStar as Enterprise Architect and Program Manager with focus on call center optimization strategies and guiding the business in identifying new capabilities with emerging technology as enablers. Earlier to this, she worked at Volkswagen of America as technical program lead and worked as a technical consultant at Perot Systems. Usha is an active volunteer at non-profit organizations and is currently serving as a board member for ICAE.org, which is a non-profit organization that promotes academic excellence and develops students to be ranked high in national and state competitions. Usha has MBA from Indiana University and has degrees in Computer Science and Electronics & Telecommunications engineering.

		Jim Stapleton Chief Sales Officer ISIS Jim Stapleton leads sales for Isis, a joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless chartered with building a nationwide mobile commerce system that will transform the way consumers shop, pay and save. As head of sales, Jim is responsible for developing relationships with merchants, acquirers, issuers and other enterprise customers of Isis. Before he joined Isis, Jim spent more than 22 years with AT&T, where he was a key player in the development of the mobile commerce joint venture that became Isis. While at AT&T, Jim designed, implemented and operated direct sales organizations and indirect distribution channels and was responsible for the launch of several flagship products. In his most recent role as Executive Director of Business Development, he led the development of AT&T's mobile payments market entry strategy, representing a key growth opportunity for the company. Jim is a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he received his Bachelors and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He is also a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.

		Dan Dugan Director Of Application Services Batteries Plus, LLC Dan Dugan is the Director of Application Services for Batteries Plus, LLC. His experience with both system development and management provides well-rounded insight into technical solutions to meet business needs. Dan leads the development and implementation of enterprise applications at Batteries Plus, including Web Application Development, ERP, BI, WMS, and Integrations. Previously, Dan worked as a consultant implementing ERP solutions with multiple Fortune 500 companies in the Insurance, Services, and Manufacturing industries. Dan has a Master's Degree in Business Administration, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in IT and Marketing, from Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI.

		Jamie Henry Senior Director of Payment Systems Walmart Jamie is an enthusiastic, energetic and experienced payments and product leader that enjoys taking products from initial concept to fully developed product launched to the market. Jamie has over fifteen years professional experience spanning the full product life cycle, including new business development, product development and management, product marketing, sales readiness, sales and customer support. Jamie joined Walmart Stores in 2010 to work on payment services in the Corporate Treasury department with focus on new and emerging payment technologies, including mobile payments and eCommerce payments. This role allows Jamie to work across the full Walmart enterprise that includes Walmart US stores, Sam's Club and Walmart International. Prior to joining Walmart, Jamie held leadership positions in technology, strategy, innovation and product management across multiple industries. Jamie's career has been centralized around bringing new product development initiatives to market. Jamie holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan, as well as Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering also from the University of Michigan. Jamie resides in Rogers, Arkansas with his wife and two sons.

		Sharon Knitter Senior Director of Mobile Cars.com Sharon Knitter joined the Cars.com team in 2006 and is now the site's Senior Director of Mobile. In this role, Knitter develops the strategic direction for Cars.com's regarding its mobile site and mobile apps to better serve car shoppers on the go. She also assists with the development of advertising products for manufacturers and dealers to help them reach this growing segment. Knitter will continue to monitor the growing mobile space to help Cars.com identify opportunities for growth on multi-media platforms and lead the third-party mobile automotive space. Before her role as Senior Director of Mobile Strategy, Knitter served as the Senior Director of Consumer Products at Cars.com. In this position, she implemented the strategic management and development of the site's consumer automotive buying and selling channels on the web. She also led the site's mobile initiative and successfully made Cars.com the first third-party automotive site with an optimized mobile presence. Prior to Cars.com, Knitter worked at the Tribune Co., where she began in 1987 as a research manager and later worked as both the manager of advertising development and director of recruitment strategy. Knitter is the co-chair of the IAB mobile committee and previously served as the president of the Newspaper Association of America's Research Federation. She is one of Mobile Marketer's Mobile Women to Watch 2013. Knitter lives in Oakbrook with her husband Richard.

		Gary Eppinger CISO and IT VP of Enterprise Security, Retail Market Development, Legal and Healthcare Systems SuperValu Gary Eppinger is the CISO and IT Vice President of Enterprise Security, Retail Market Development, Legal and Healthcare Systems at Supervalu. In his current role he provides vision and leadership for IT process compliance and security initiatives along with providing IT Leadership to other areas of the company. Gary is also responsible for Global IT Business Continuity and reports to the CIO for Supervalu. Gary comes to us with an extensive background in enterprise information security, auditing, disaster recovery programs, risk management, IT controls and processes. Gary has significant experience leading complex, global change management programs at several fortune 100 companies.

		Lee Jurgens Director of Tender and Audit Polo Ralph Lauren

		Robert Notte Chief Technology Officer Jamba Juice Robert Notte is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Jamba Juice Company. Throughout his more than 25 year retail technology career, Robert has extensive experience implementing technology solutions that maximize opportunities and solve business issues. In his current role at Jamba Juice, Robert is responsible for the company's overall technology needs, including strategic planning, infrastructure, store systems, mobile, and business applications and development. Prior to Jamba Juice, Robert served as Vice President of Information Technology for Backroads, Inc. and The Gymboree Corporation. In addition, Robert also managed a retail technical support team at STS Systems (now Epicor). Robert earned his Bachelor of Computer Science degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

		Christina Garcia Senior Manager OfficeMax Christina attended DePaul University in Chicago where she received her Bachelor's of Science degree in Computer Science. Prior to joining OfficeMax, Christina worked in various systems development and business analyst roles at companies including Heidrick& Struggles International, WebMedia Direct and Service Master. During her tenure at OfficeMax, Christina has worked in the ImPress business printing services group and has most recently served as the Sr. Manager in charge of systems development for the IT Retail Systems group, with responsibility for Point of Sale, Enterprise Returns, Payment Systems, and the In-Store Signage system.

		Dom Morea SVP and Division Manager, Advanced Solutions and Innovation First Data Corporation Dom Morea is SVP, Advanced Solutions and Innovation at First Data Corporation where he is responsible for leading the company's efforts in transformational initiatives such as Mobile Commerce and Personalized Marketing. He is a 20-year, plus veteran of the financial services industry. He has been with First Data since 2004; when he rejoined the company as SVP, Product and Business Development to lead product management for the company's merchant acquiring division. Before joining First Data, Morea was SVP of Strategy & Business Development at Encorus, a mobile payments company with operations in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to that, he spent six years with First Data where he served in several key innovation roles including the start-up of First Data's Internet Commerce Group, charged with development of enterprise-wide eCommerce strategy, and the successful development and management of major acquiring joint ventures with partners such as JP Morgan Chase. Morea has also previously held management positions at Credit Suisse and Citibank. He serves on the boards of several, influential organizations such as: Smart Card Alliance, ViVOtech and PNC Merchant Services and has been a featured speaker at a number of payments and mobile industry forums such as: CTIA, NACHA, Card Forum and the DRF. Dom Morea is a Cum Laude graduate of Hofstra University and lives in Atlanta.

		Jill Chernin Digital Marketing Manager L'OCCITANE en Provence Jill guides the digital team at L'OCCITANE implementing strategy on an international level and driving the company to test and experiment in a cross platform, multi-device environment. She has been passionately involved in the digital space for over a decade and credits an early love of videogames as both an inspiration and an inextricable link to the online world. With a background in Information technology and a degree in creative advertising she's been able to hone a unique ability to translate technical to art and back again.

		Ronnie London Of Counsel Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Ronnie London represents clients regarding media and communications, privacy, advertising, and accessibility matters. This includes advising clients such as online and traditional media providers in matters before federal and state courts and the FCC and FTC, and on general regulatory compliance. He also provides counsel and strategic advice on a broad range of litigation, administrative, enforcement and legislative matters related to communications, the media, and all aspects of consumer privacy. Ronnie is the editor of Davis Wright Tremaine's Privacy and Security Law Blog, PrivSecBlog.com.

		Greg Fox Vice President of Sales and Business Development Plink Greg Fox is vice president of sales and business development at Plink, an online-to-offline rewards program that motivates members to make offline purchases. Prior to Plink, Greg was senior vice president of sales and business development at Infinian, a digital coupon and loyalty cloud company, where he developed the go-to-market strategy. At Infinian, his sales and business development efforts led to deals with an array of QSR (Quick Serve Restaurant), casual dining and CPG brands, including McDonald's, Unilever and Pepsi, among an array of others; partners, including Facebook and Living Social; and agencies, including McCann WorldGroup and Ogilvy & Mather. Previously, Greg was vice president of sales at Cellfire, a mobile coupon and promotion company and Hands-On Mobile, a mobile games producer, while driving advertising opportunities at online video game portal IGN Entertainment, and the entertainment division of global publisher IDG. He holds a BS in Marketing and Entrepreneurial Studies from Babson College.

		Gene Cornfield Chief Marketing Officer CashStar Gene oversees marketing and the consumer product portfolio at CashStar, the world's leading digital gifting and incentives company, preferred by the world's leading retailers. He is passionately committed to helping retailers use digital currency to drive acquisition, lift and loyalty. He works closely with CashStar's product team to continually innovate the digital gifting experience, particularly in the mobile and social spheres. Gene is a 20-year technology industry veteran and former Microsoft strategist whose experience bringing groundbreaking products to market spans a variety of B2B and B2C sectors including social media, software, retail, e-commerce, clean tech, and telecom. Most recently Gene was EVP and Chief Marketing Officer at Cameo Stars, a social/mobile app and marketing company he co-founded in 2009 whose clients included Coca-Cola, American Idol, Paramount Pictures, and Under Armour. Gene was also the top marketing executive at several other companies, including EdNets, where he created a hyper-local retail loyalty program acquired by the US subsidiary of Rakuten (JASDAQ: 4755); FreeConferencePro.com, the top user-rated conference calling service; BroadVoice, which Gene helped grow into the #1-rated and fourth-largest independent VoIP provider in the US; and the Boston Strategy Group, where he helped clients ideate and execute transformational product and business strategies. Prior to Boston Strategy Group, Gene spent six years at Microsoft Corporation, where he developed the company's vision and strategy for the communications sector and helped pioneer the early Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry in the late 1990s, which included leading development and launch of the first cloud computing platform.Gene holds a bachelor's in English from Syracuse University.

		Jonathan Treiber CEO & Co-Founder RevTrax Jonathan Treiber has been at the RevTrax helm since its inception in June 2006, leading the company through its initial product launch, several rounds of capital raising, team expansion and key business partnerships. Jonathan led the execution of new product development and marketing, and continues to recruit a growing list of marquis advertising clients and promotional distribution channels with significant consumer purchasing power. Prior to RevTrax, Jonathan worked for Citigroup's Investment Banking Division. During his tenure at Citigroup, Mr. Treiber focused on many disciplines, including M&A, capital markets transactions and corporate finance. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Cornell University.

		Dr. Gil Roth Head of Innovation & Portfolio Strategy Retalix Dr. Gil Roth joined Retalix in 2004 serving in various roles within the company's product group including his current role as Head of Innovation & Portfolio Strategy. Prior to Retalix, Dr. Roth was one of the co-founders of Supply Science, a company that developed a demand-driven replenishment solution later acquired by Retalix which is still successfully marketed today. Prior to founding Supply Science, Dr. Roth managed the Optimization Laboratory at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology where he also earned a PhD. Degree in Operations Research.

		Peter Fredell CEO Seamless Peter Fredell has had a career in international banking and capital markets. Since 1992, as founder of Fredell& Co, investing in the financial and technological space.Fredell is today the largest shareholder of Seamless. He joined the board in 2009 and was appointed as CEO in 2011. Seamless launched SEQR, the revolutionary mobile payment solution in June 2012.

		Marco Ventura Vice President of Business Development T1Visions In his role as Vice President of Business Development at T1Visions, Marco oversees the global marketing and business development efforts for the company across five vertical markets, including retail, hospitality, corporate, healthcare and education. He started his career working for specialized European manufacturing companies providing solutions to Fortune 500 customers. Marco has 20 years of senior leadership experience as a manager, director and officer of numerous U.S. and European companies. He is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada with a major in Marketing and International Business.

		James Mann Partner Davis Wright Tremaine LLP James Mann's practice focuses on consumer payment devices, payment systems, and loyalty programs. Mr. Mann represents parties to agreements for the issuance of many types of consumer payment devices, notably debit cards as well as general purpose, private label and agent bank credit cards. He also advises on the design of online commerce platforms and represents parties to agreements regarding payment processing; the outsourcing of issuing and processing functions and the procurement of the related technology; the sale of issuing or processing businesses and the associated receivables; and network branding, pricing and marketing. In recent years, many such agreements have involved mobile payments, utilizing a variety of networks and technologies. Mr. Mann's transactional practice remains centered on the United States, but in recent years has also embraced the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and other foreign markets.

		Sarah Tune Partner Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Sarah Tune represents companies in domestic and international merger and acquisition transactions, including asset sales, joint ventures, recapitalizations and strategic alliances, acting for acquiring and selling entities. Sarah's concentrated industry experience is in wireless communications, digital media and hospitality.

		Cliff Mason EVP Payments Swift Exchange With more than 25 years of experience in financial services, Cliff has expertise in payments networks and services, including ACH, card, check, and alternative payment systems. He also has extensive expertise in credit, debit, prepaid and payment services, and emerging internet/mobile payment. Previously, Cliff served as SVP of sales for TxVia, an emerging payments technology company acquired by Google. Prior to his work with TxVia, Cliff was President of Last Mile Technologies, working with clients on a wide array of payments services, including enterprise payment services and strategy, delivery channels, and related financial service industry initiatives. His other experience includes 14-years at TSYS, where he played a major role in the creation of a new subsidiary company (Total Solutions, Inc.), serving as President and CEO. Under his leadership, Total Solutions revenues grew from $5 million to over $70 million. Following his successes at Total Solutions, he assumed responsibility for the debit and prepaid divisions at TSYS. Cliff has facilitated numerous panel discussions and spoken at major financial services industry conferences worldwide and was recently awarded a patent covering the use of barcodes for financial transactions.

		Rob Whitehurst Director of Strategic Partnerships Aurasma Rob Whitehurst is responsible for evangelizing Aurasma to the market and extending its lead in the Augmented Reality Space since launching in 2011. In this role, he is responsible for gaining and expanding strategic accounts while ensuring customer value. Prior to joining the HP Aurasma team, Rob spent eleven years at Gartner in various sales leadership roles including Regional VP of EMEA and APAC Events where he led the group to consistent double-digit growth making them the fastest growing regions. While at Gartner, Rob also held Senior Management roles within both IT and New Market development for the Research group.

		Jane Thompson Former President Walmart Financial Services & CEO Walmart Jane J. Thompson is an experienced and recognized leader in corporate America, having successfully lead multi-billion dollar organizations in a variety of consumer industries. Jane has served at the executive level of Fortune 50 organizations for over two decades. She is recognized as an innovator and marketer whose general management and operating skills have helped to maximize the performance of billion-dollar industry-leading businesses. She also has driven rapid-growth organizations from start-up to industry leadership in a relatively short time. Her successes have come in a variety of industries, including financial services, home services, retail, and online businesses. She also spent 15 years of her career in consumer-packaged goods, consulting on strategy, organization, and innovation at the executive level following her entry into business in brand management and marketing. Most recently, Jane has been a recognized as a leader in serving the underserved through innovative financial products, services and formats. She founded Walmart Financial Services at Walmart Stores, Inc. and led the group as its President to become the largest business in America serving underserved financial service consumers. Customers save one half billion dollars annually on financial services at Walmart; the business delivers equally meaningful bottom-line profit to Walmart. More specifically: The Walmart MoneyCard grew to become the leading prepaid card in American as the category grew from infancy. The Walmart MoneyCenters led the business growth as an innovative format that welcomes underserved customers. The WalmartMoneyCenter Express, a self-service ATM-like unit, is the platform for a broader offering of financial services. With low prices and innovative marketing, the business grew at a 9-year compound annual growth rate exceeding 50 percent. In addition, Walmart Discover and Walmart retail credit cards achieved growth year-after-year and helped drive top-line sales to Walmart. American Banker recognized Jane as Innovator of the Year in 2011. They also recognized her asone of the Top 25 Women in Finance. The prepaid card association recognized Jane as one of the Top 10 Women in the Prepaid, following numerous individual prepaid product awards. Over almost a decade, Jane has been a keynote speaker for numerous banking and financial service conferences. Jane served on the Executive Committee of Walmart U.S. She was also founder and chairman of the Walmart Women's Officer Caucus. Prior to Walmart, Jane's career demonstrated her general management, operating, marketing, and leadership skills in Fortune 50 companies: Her career began in brand management/marketing at Procter & Gamble. She has recently been recognized as a distinguished alumni of P&G with a dedicated chapter in the newly released book, *When Core Values Are Strategic* (2012), featuring 40 alumni sharing how experiences at P&G impacted their careers Jane also served for over a decade on the Executive Committee at Sears, Roebuck & Company, leading corporate strategy (including the mid-90s turnaround of Sears documented in the book, *The Hard Road to the Softer Side of Sears (2001))* and also leading three business groups: Sears Credit, Sears Home Services and Sears Online. Both Sears Credit and Sears Home Services were billion-dollar businesses that significantly improved top-line and bottom-line growth under Jane's leadership. The success of the Sears Credit business during her tenure is chronicled in a chapter of the book, *The New Law of Demand and Supply(2002).* Her teams were recognized with multiple Sears Chairman's Awards. She also founded the Sears Women's Network. Jane also spent over a decade with McKinsey & Company, Inc., the top-management consulting firm, ultimately as a partner serving Midwest consumer companies and focused on strategy and innovation in product and business design. Her clients included Kraft, Quaker, Sara Lee, ConAgra, Tropicana, Eckrich, General Mills, Pillsbury, Burger King, Beatrice, Pet Foods, Clairol, Kimberly-Clark and Bacardi. She was also the first women partner in the Chicago office, serving as a role model for others as a working mother and women leader. Throughout Jane's career, understanding customer needs, developing innovative business models that serve these needs better than competitors and delivering significant economic value for shareholders has been her hallmark. As a business general manager, she is noted for new business strategies, delivering the plan, and delivering superior customer service, while innovating across multiple dimensions of the business. She also has been recognized as a pioneer in supporting women as leaders in the business world within corporations and non-profit organizations. From 1995 to 1999, she was a member of the Board of Directors of ConAgra, then a Fortune 50 company, serving on the Audit Committee. Jane has been active in numerous civic and not-for-profit organizations: For the last decade, she focused on numerous boards related to higher education, including Bucknell University Board of Trustees, Bucknell Parents Committee, and the University of Virginia Parents Committee. She also served as a corporate board member for the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and the University of Arkansas Walton School of Business. During her career in Chicago, she held leadership positions focused on helping children, including serving as chairman and board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Chicago (one of the largest chapters in the nation) from 1990 to 2000. She also served as board member of Chicago's Children's Memorial Hospital. She also was very active in women's leadership as chair and active longtime member of The Chicago Network (1990 to present) and as a member of The Committee of 200 (1997 to 2002). She has been a speaker and attendee for many years at Fortune's Most Powerful Women's Conference. Today, Jane continues as a member of The Commercial Club of Chicago, The Economic Club of Chicago, The Chicago Network, and Women Corporate Directors. On a national level, she also serves as a Senior Advisor to the Center for Financial Service Innovation, the nation's leading authority on financial services for underserved consumers and on the Advisory Board of Grameen America, the microfinance organization founded by 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunus. During her career in Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business recognized Jane on numerous occasions as a business leader of impact. The Girls Scouts of Greater Chicago also recognized her leadership as recipient of their Luminary Award. Jane recently founded Jane J. Thompson Financial Services LLC. The mission of the firm is to support businesses focused on serving the financial services needs of the underserved and mass-market consumer. Top management advisory services as well as engaging a network of proven resources to drive strategy and growth for large corporate businesses as well as rapid-growth and start-up ventures are services of her firm. Jane grew up in West Virginia. She has a BBA from the University of Cincinnati (summa cum laude) and an MBA from Harvard University (Baker Scholar). Her husband, Steve, is president/CEO of a private company focused on curing cancer with research/discovery from Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They have two children, Baker and Brooke, both pursuing careers in Chicago.

		Fumi Matsumoto CTO uTest In this role, Fumi is responsible for shaping the product development roadmap, and leading the Product Management, Engineering, QA and IT functions. Most recently, Fumi was the Co-founder and CTO at Allurent, where he was responsible for directing product strategy and managing the product development team. Most notably, he led the highly successful initiative to shift the company's business model from licensed enterprise software to a SaaS delivery model. Prior to Allurent, Fumi was the CTO at Art Technology Group (ATG), where he spent 11 years as a founding employee, defining ATG's product positioning, feature development, and partnership strategies and personally driving the creation of ATG's Dynamo product line. He holds a Masters degree in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT and a B.A. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Cornell University.

		Steve Schell Vice President Retail Technology Starbucks Corp. Steve has worked at Starbucks for 15 years in varying roles. Most of these roles have involved store business solutions (POS, Labor Scheduling, Time & Attendance, Store Order & Inventory Management, etc). Over past 6 years, Steve has helped lead the Starbucks ERP project that successfully deployed to our EMEA and North America Regions. In his current role, Steve is accountable for enterprise store technology solutions (POS, Labor, Inventory Management, etc.) that are deployed to all stores in North America, and are in varying phases of deployment in Europe (currently only serving in a consultant capacity for Asia Pacific and Latin America markets). In addition to store technology solutions, Steve is accountable for our Enterprise Collaboration program, which involves a significant upgrade to our SharePoint Platform for the enterprise, and the implementation of our internal Social Networking solution for the company.

		Barbara Ballard Vice President – Customer Experience & Marketing C-SAM Ms. Ballard brings over 10 years of innovation and leadership in mobile user experience, drawing on her past engagements across the entire mobile ecosystem. She has worked with mobile startups, mobile operators and companies in numerous related verticals in between. She authored the book, "Designing the Mobile User Experience" in 2007. Ms. Ballard held management positions at a variety of mobile commerce companies, and has also helped majors like AT&T, Sprint, LG, The Weather Channel, Hallmark and Skyfire develop and deliver exceptional user experiences. She has degrees in industrial engineering and business, as well as significant graduate work in ergonomics, psychology, industrial design, and industrial engineering.

		Oren Levy CEO Zooz Oren Levy is an experienced professional with over 10 years of experience in payments, commerce and global business. Driven by a realization that one of the key factors to a successful payment process is the user, Oren co-founded ZooZ in 2010, creating the world's most innovative checkout platform. Prior to ZooZ, Oren was an executive director at Brookline (USA) for eleven years, managing its worldwide sales efforts and strategic partnerships initiatives. Before Brookline he held marketing and technical positions at BATM, Fundtech and L.G.E.S.

		Bob Balogh Vice President and Sales Director of Merchant Sales Vantiv Bob Balogh joined Vantiv over ten years ago and has held various positions within the Vantiv organization during his tenure. He is currently the Vice President and Sales Director of Merchant Sales where he is responsible for managing a nationwide team with a focus on payment solutions for large enterprise businesses. Prior to Vantiv, Bob served for over eleven years as an executive of a global business that distributed tires and automotive parts to Latin American and the Caribbean. Bob earned a Bachelor of Business Administration at Ohio University in Finance and Economics and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Ralph and LuciSchey Sales Centre at Ohio University.

		John Gapinski President Secured Retail Networks John Gapinski is the founder and President of Secured Retail Networks, a consulting and solution integration firm specializing in information security and compliance initiatives for the retail vertical market. As President of Secured Retail, John has helped retail organizations and restaurant chains across the country with the implementation and management of security solutions to protect valuable data and minimize threats. John has more than 15 years of experience in the field of information security. Prior to founding Secured Retail, John was the Director of Retail & Hospitality Sales at SonicWall and has been an entrepreneur in several ventures, covering a broad range of topics in the information security space.

		Mike Smith Director Technology Services Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Mike Smith is the Director of the Building Technology Services ("BTS") Group for Forest City Enterprise, Inc. which is a Cleveland, Ohio, based Real Estate Company. The BTS group works closely with the Forest City Residential Development, Commercial and Residential Management and Marketing groups to implement resident communications, building infrastructure and all technology for new development and existing projects. In addition to the communications infrastructure, the BTS group is involved with the research of solutions such as wireless internet access, building security, distributive antenna systems (DAS) building access and control systems, and environmental controls. The BTS group is also responsible for identifying ancillary service possibilities and negotiates all communication service provider agreements for Forest City's portfolio. The BTS Group is involved in all Development & Operational projects where they are responsible for all infrastructure and technology needs for all Forest City properties. Mike is also involved in the Forest CityMilitary projects where he is manages all technology initiatives and projects.Mike has 15 years of experience in the network design, administrator, project management and management of information systems. Mike is currently attending graduate school at Kent State University in the Executive MBA program and will graduate in May 2013. Forest City Enterprises, Inc. owns and/or manages 100+ residential rental properties, 35 commercial malls and office buildings in 29 states and the District of Columbia, representing more than 38,000 apartment units.

		Harry Patz Chief Revenue Officer, North America Velti Harry Patz is the Chief Revenue Officer, North America, and joined Velti in 2012. He is on the Advisory Board for two technology startups, Wavo.me and Notesolutions.com and most recently provided strategic advisory services to Verizon's Telematics Business Unit. Mr. Patz spent 20 years at the Microsoft Corporation, leading the Communications Sector North America for mobile, media, cloud, online, video and enterprise. He holds an MBA from The Johnson School at Cornell University and a BS in Management from Boston College. He lives in Westchester, NY with his wife and two daughters.

		Brett Twomey Senior Managerof Strategic Partnerships TrialPay Brett is Senior Manager of Strategic Partnerships at TrialPay where he is responsible for on boarding and managing partners that utilize TrialPay's online-to-offline tracking solution. Since joining TrialPay, Brett has partnered with leading companies driving growth and revenue for the mobile app, commercial video, finance, online and in-store shopping sectors both in the US and abroad. Prior to joining TrialPay, Brett was a Senior Wholesaler at MetLife Investors managing a team responsible for over $100MM in annual sales. He holds a BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

		Allen Weinberg Managing Partner Glenbrook Allen's analysis work is informed by more than 25 years of experience as a consultant and executive at leading financial services and Internet companies. Before founding Glenbrook, he worked in new product development, channel strategies, and pricing in the point-of-sale, e-Commerce, mobile commerce, and money transfer markets. Allen worked at First Data Corporation as senior vice president of product development and marketing with overall responsibility for POS, Internet, and back office products in First Data's multi-billion dollar merchant processing business. Before joining FDC, Allen was a vice president at Visa USA, where he oversaw merchant pricing (interchange) and new market development. He served as Senior Manager in Accenture's Strategic Services practice, where he led strategic planning, operations, marketing, and product development engagements and was one of the firm's worldwide payments experts. In addition, he was a founder and vice president of business development at a business-to-business exchange serving 50,000 client companies. Allen's current area of focus is the rapidly changing landscape of physical, ecommerce, and cross channel products and technologies from the merchant, processor, consumer, and card system perspectives. He works with dozens of the largest merchants and their technology providers, as well as the credit and debit/POS card networks, acquirers, mobile network operators, and venture capital investors focused on emerging payments opportunities.

		David Luther Executive Vice President, Global Business Development Mozido David leads worldwide sales and business development for Mozido, a top provider of mobile services to Retail, QSR, Bank, and Government clients. Mozido generates new mobile phone revenue streams, more visits through loyalty programs, and larger sales through customized offers for our clients. We provide our mobile services as PCI-secure hosted solutions that can include mobile payment, ordering, loyalty, analytics, shopping, showroom buster, store locator, and customized offers in a white labelled mobile application. Convenient mobile financial services such as International remittance, air-time top-up, International Long Distance minutes, and bill payment are also be offered through the Mozido hosted service. Prior to joining Mozido, David was an executive leader and innovator at Distra, Unisys, FIS, Brokat, S1, and GTE for financial service and payment solutions resulting in successful company growth and two IPOs.

		Ed Durbin Director of Retail Solutions AirWatch Ed Durbin is the Director of Retail Solutions at AirWatch, a global leader in mobile security, mobile device management (MDM) and mobile application management (MAM) solutions. In this role, Durbin is responsible for leading and growing AirWatch's retail customer base and providing strategic council to retailers globally. Prior to joining AirWatch, Durbin was at Intuit, a computer software company where he oversaw new business efforts. His 20 years of sales experience in the retail and manufacturing industries include positions at afterBOT, Inc., Invois, QRS Corp, QRS and Woodward and Lothrop. Durbin has special expertise selling business community management solutions, data synchronization, managed service, SaaS and data network solutions. Durbin received his degree from Montgomery College.

		Chad Hickey Vice President of Sales xAd As Vice President of Sales, Chad oversees xAd's national sales team and is responsible for driving the sales strategy for innovative mobile advertising programs on behalf of major brand advertisers. Chad brings to this role over ten years of success in leading revenue-driven sales teams with a focus on strategic and performance-driven client solutions. Prior to xAd, he ran digital local sales for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ajc.com, where he led the company's first mobile pilot program that included participants like Macy's, AT&T, and Kroger. He also ran East Coast National Sales for CityGrid Media, where his team closed the company's largest mobile-only campaign on Urbanspoon with client MasterCard to promote donations for cancer research. An Arkansas native, Chad has lived in NYC for the past three years and shares a west-side apartment with his pup Minnie.

		Sandeep Bhanote Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Retail Solutions VeriFone Sandeep Bhanote is Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Retail Solutions at VeriFone. Sandeep Bhanote was co-founder and CEO of Global Bay. He brings over 13 years of enterprise and mobile software experience. Throughout his career he has served many key roles including sales, marketing, product management and executive leadership positions. In addition to being a frequent speaker and content contributor to the media, he is the author of Global Bay's patent. Prior to Global Bay, Sandeep worked in technology at leading investment banks, including Waterhouse Securities, Goldman Sachs, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and JP Morgan.

		Doug Rozen Chief Innovation Officer MXM Mobile (The Hyperfactory) Doug Rozen leads Meredith Xcelerated Marketing's Mobile Practice, including The Hyperfactory—iMedia's 2011 Mobile Agency of the Year and one of AdAge's top 15 mobile agencies of 2012. As Chief Innovation Officer, Doug is also responsible the overall development & definition of emerging products & services across all of MXM. Ensuring innovative ideas exceed client needs; he works with teams to bring together emerging technology, creativity & data. His vision and know-how is helping position MXM as the recognized leader in consumer engagement with clients like Kraft, Lowe's, Nestlé, VS PINK, GlaxoSmithKline and more. Prior to joining Meredith, Doug was SVP, Global Lead – Communications, Design & Emerging Technologies at Aimia. There, he developed and oversaw the creative, interactive, media, mobile, social and research offerings as well as helped in the acquisition of Carlson Marketing by Aimia (formerly GroupeAeroplan). Before joining Carlson Marketing in 2006, Doug was Senior Partner and Managing Director at JWT. During this time, he helped establish digital@jwt, combined JWT's digital, direct and data service offerings to form connect@jwt, which ultimately led to RMG Connect—one of the top non-traditional integrated communications agencies of its time.

		Brian Dunphy Senior Director Firethorn Mobile, A Qualcomm Company Brian Dunphy is senior director business development and marketing for Firethorn Mobile, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm. Brian leads up the business development and marketing team and is primarily responsible for establishing new partnerships and business relations for expanding Qualcomm's technology & services adoption in the retail ecosystem. Prior to his current role, Brian held various business development & strategy leadership positions in Qualcomm including Global Market Development, Global Business Development, Qualcomm Internet Services and Qualcomm Wireless Systems. Throughout his career at Qualcomm, he has developed extensive relationships and closed key deals across the mobile ecosystem with operators, OEMs and content providers. Brian has been on the forefront of commercializing new technology solutions, including BrandXtend, BREW, QChat, Skifta and uiOne. Prior to joining Qualcomm, Brian worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers San Diego managing transaction services for high technology clients. Dunphy has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from San Diego State University.

		David Wood Senior Director Business Development & Sales C-Sam David Wood joined C-Sam in 2012 as Sr. Dir. Mobile Commerce, Americas. An accomplished business leader and strategist with deep expertise in wireless, mobile apps, wallets, payments, commerce and LBS, Wood has a long history of success working in emerging technologies and rapidly growing companies. Wood served as Mobile Commerce Lead for Qualcomm in 2003 and co-founded De Carta Software in 1996 as SVP Marketing and Business Development. In his earlier career Wood played key roles in product management at Palantir (now Nuance) and Input Software (now the Capture Division of EMC, developing critical technologies within the content management industry.

		David A. Galante Senior Product Manager ExactTarget David Galante is Senior Product Manager for ExactTarget'sMobileConnect product. MobileConnect is a SaaS offering which enables ExactTarget customers to create and manage mobile messaging programs. David has a long history in mobile starting at Motorola Mobility and Motorola Networks. During his 9 years at Motorola he managed next generation wireless infrastructure and mobile device projects. After Motorola David was Director of customer solutions for Alcatel-Lucent's Optism offering. Optism is a carrier-grade mobile profiling and advertising product, which delivers personalized mobile adverts based on subscriber opt-in preferences. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University. He currently lives in Carmel, IN.

		Christopher Steiner New York Times Bestselling Author Forbes An engineer with a passion for technology, Christopher Steiner was a Senior Writer at Forbes magazine for seven years. He is a New York Times Bestselling Author of two books, most recently Automate This, How Algorithms Came to Rule Our World. The book chronicles the march of algorithms and data from the very first hack of Wall Street to their current role as disruptors of the creative class in fields as varied as music, writing, law, medicine and marketing. Steiner's writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Discover magazine and Skiing Magazine. He makes regular appearances on television, including the Today Show and The Colbert Report, to explain and debate how technology, data and algorithms are changing every facet of business. Steiner holds an engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University.

		Sriram Subramanian Founder & CEO ShoppinPal Sriram is the founder & CEO of ShoppinPal, which brings the best elements of Amazon.com and the Apple retail store experience to brick & mortar retailers. He brings over 10 years of product management, engineering operations, and software development experience. Sriram was the lead product manager for PayPal's Express Checkout product line, which handles over $30 Billion in annual payment volume. Before PayPal, Sriram was a senior R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard, where he came through the acquisition of Trustgenix, an 8-person enterprise security startup in Silicon Valley where he joined as the first engineer. Sriram holds an MBA from UC Berkeley, an MS in Information Networking from Carnegie Mellon University, and an undergraduate EE degree from Pune University, India.

		Miko Matsumura SVP Corporate Development & Strategy Photon Infotech Miko's career spans over 15 years of entrepreneurial technology leadership, having built and led technology platform marketing and product organizations across a wide range of software organizations from startup to billion-dollar levels. Miko is based in Silicon Valley and has created shareholder value through buying and selling many companies. He is a Limited Partner with Focus Ventures, a VC firm with over a half billion dollars under management. Matsumura served as Vice President and Chief Strategist at Software AG, where he played a key role in the M&A team that drove Software AG from under a half billion to over one billion dollars in annual revenue through acquisitions. He joined Software AG through their $38M cash acquisition of webMethods, where he served as Vice President of SOA Product Marketing. He joined webMethods through their acquisition of Infravio where he served as Vice President of Worldwide Marketing. Previously, he was Chief Java Evangelist for the Java Platform at Sun Microsystems. He has worked extensively with software startup companies, raising more than $12 million in capital for silicon valley and overseas startups. He has worked extensively with investment bankers, venture capital firms and startups in an advisory capacity. Matsumura holds an MBA from San Francisco State University and a master's degree in neuroscience from Yale University. Matsumura was named at Cloud Expo 2009 West as one of the World's 30 Most Influential Virtualization Bloggers. He is the author of the book "SOA Adoption for Dummies". He was recently selected to be a Keynote Speaker for Social Media Week in San Francisco. His work has been covered in publications such as Newsweek, TechCrunch,VentureBeat, and WIRED Magazine. He is a contributing author to Broadband Convergent and has written for Forbes.

		Glenn Tinley President Mexia Interactive Glenn is the President and Founder of Mexia Interactive where spends most of his time travelling throughout North and South America meeting with clients and partners. Glenn is a dynamic entrepreneur who has launched, developed, and managed multiple successful businesses throughout his career. Considered a visionary who sees business trends ahead of the curve, Glenn is often heard providing business ideas to colleagues and peers that are years ahead of coming to market, but almost always do in some form. Currently Glenn leads MEXIA’s Board of Directors, an accomplished group of business professionals who are respected leaders in their respective industries, in the growth and direction of Mexia. Glenn lives in Winnipeg, Canada with his wife and 2 children.

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