20+ Industry Leaders & AI Pioneers

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Speakers

Glenn Allison

Glenn Allison

Vice President, AI Platforms

Tractor Supply Company

Rod Arnold

Rod Arnold

Chief Marketing Officer

Soles4Souls

Brian Backer

Brian Backer

Vice President, AI Enablement

Ferguson

Mark Blaze

Mark Blaze

CEO

Greater Nashville Technology Council

Claudia Cividino

Claudia Cividino

President

Jared Jewelers

Robert Clements

Robert Clements

Managing Director

Inscription Capital and Family Office

Michael Diedrich

Michael Diedrich

Vice President Store Productivity

Tractor Supply Company

Justin Honaman

Justin Honaman

Global Head, Worldwide Retail, Restaurants & Consumer Goods Business Development

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Gordon Kelly

Gordon Kelly

Executive Vice President

UDig

Ashye Marcus

Ashye Marcus

Global GTM Industry Lead, Retail

Stripe

Joseph Martino

Joseph Martino

Vice President, Information Technology

Primaris Reit

Hejar Oncel

Hejar Oncel

CIO

Follett

Robin Raskin

Robin Raskin

Founder

The Virtual Events Group (VEG)

Jeffrey Rightnowar

Jeffrey Rightnowar

Senior Director, Client Strategy

Simbe Robotics

Chris Rose

Chris Rose

CEO

GUNNER

Bridget Roman

Bridget Roman

Sr. Director of Product Marketing, Strategic Partnerships

Cloudinary

Patrick Spear

Patrick Spear

COO

Alley-Cassetty Companies, Inc.

Buddy Teaster

Buddy Teaster

President & CEO 

Soles4Souls

Gautham Vadakkepatt

Gautham Vadakkepatt

Associate Professor of Marketing

Barry S. Miller College of Business

Howard White

Howard White

Global Head of Frontline AI Forward Deployment

Zebra Technologies

Mariya Zorotovich

Mariya Zorotovich

General Manager, Consumer Industries, Edge Computing Group

Intel

Deborah Weinswig

Deborah Weinswig

CEO & Founder

Coresight Research

Max Kahn

Max Kahn

President

Coresight Research

Steven Winnick

Steven Winnick

Vice President - Innovators

Coresight Research

John Harmon

John Harmon

Managing Director of Technology Research

Coresight Research

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