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Nicholas P. Resetar, Associate Attorney, Roetzel & Andress
Stephanie Leffler, CEO, OneSpace
Amazon has grown their ecommerce empire by building infrastructure to power their operation and then releasing that infrastructure to other companies in the form of services in the cloud.
Sam Segran, CIO, Texas Tech University
As IT professionals, we should strive to leave the cyber world better than we found “IT”!
Eric Wilson, Director Planning, Escalade Sports
Prediction is becoming more about behavior than history.
Vinod Subramanyam, AVP & Head - Digital Experiences at Brillio
AR/VR technology offers a doorway into a new way of shopping. The Solomomo Smart Mirror allows users to try on makeup via an augmented reality layered mirror.
Ryan King, CIO, Power Solutions International
Manufacturing “business to business” e-commerce websites are for most organizations mediocre or produce very little traffic and revenue. However; you will be surprised.
John Kenwood, VP, Capgemini [Euronext: CAP] And Charlie Li, EVP-Chief Cloud Officer, Capgemini [Euronext: CAP]
The great retail renaissance is underway, enlightened by digital, enabled by the cloud and enriched by an endless sea of data.
Savio Thattil, CIO & SVP of Technology, Sephora Americas
To my mind, the top retail technology trend is mobile payments, and offering consumers greater optionality in how they pay, particularly with the advent of Apple Pay.
Hilary Hahn, VP, Customer Experience Innovation, Sykes Enterprises, Incorporated
AI is fueling the best retail experiences. It is the backbone for support and sales agents to tailor the best responses expediently, that solve issues or complete sales.
Matan Holander, VP Business Development
Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce has evolved at multiple levels. Evidently, understanding the unique purchasing preferences of the modern day buyers have become increasingly critical to the long-term growth of B2B merchants.
Matthew Klyman, Chief Information Officer, Marshall Retail Group
We don't want retail to be a cold and sterile environment and we love the fact that we have a four wall environment that we get to talk to our customers.
Sheldon Monteiro, SVP and CTO, Sapient [NASDAQ: SAPE]
IT alone has the perspective and reach to bring its knowledge of enterprise processes and systems to digital business transformation.
Dr. Mark Chrystal, Chief Analytics Officer at rue21 & Co-Founder, MachineCore, Inc.
AI is going to grow up rapidly; Moore’s law may apply for a while, but its development will almost certainly outpace anything we have seen before.
Kyu Cho, VP-Consulting Services, Nisum
Retailers know that omnichannel is the way of the future. Having a digital presence is table stakes at this point, with mobile and social commerce not far behind.
Alistair Venn, Managing Director, Menulog Group
Technology innovation is not only driving a better customer experience, but is making it easier for retailers to manage business operations.
Anthony Jones, Head of eCommerce, Mid-Market Sales UKI, Google
What a fascinating space to be in right now. We’ve spent years waiting for technology to come and disrupt and, well, it looks like we’re more or less here.
Christine Schultz, CIO, Eddie Bauer
With the Deals Personalization tool in place, retailers will be able to engage the users of their branded apps in real-time.
