The agenda at Catalyst 2007 will provide a rare opportunity to hear from the top industry experts and other leading online retailers. Their presentations will provide valuable insight into the latest trends and best practices to help online retailers achieve their online sales objectives.
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Mattias Berg |
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Mattias joined PriceRunner, the price comparison company, in May 2004 as Chief Financial Officer, based in Sweden. In September 2005, Mattias joined PriceRunner in the UK as Country Manager. Tasked with driving growth and development for the business, he works closely with the management team to grow the user and retailer base and develop the PriceRunner offering to achieve the goal of becoming the number one price comparison service in the UK. In his role as CFO, Mattias was responsible for driving all aspects of the financial function from financial control, business analysis and human resources to managing the accounting department in Sweden and the external accountancy firms in UK and France. Prior to joining PriceRunner, Mattias worked for five years for the Swedish investment bank, Öhman Fondkommission, advising clients in sectors such as Internet, Telecommunications, Oil & Gas and Private Equity with respect to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, initial public offerings and private placements of equity. |
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Colleen Aubrey Senior Manager, Business Development Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.fr |
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Colleen Aubrey is responsible for recruiting merchants who are able to offer unique selection, competitive pricing and outstanding service to Amazon customers. Colleen and her team identify and recruit merchants to deliver the most comprehensive and competitive range of media, consumer electronic, toys, sporting goods, home and garden products to consumers. Previous to working at Amazon, Colleen managed job board www.careerone.co.uk, News Corporation’s Australian recruitment brand after starting out in ecommerce with HotJobs.com. She has an MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management. |
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Linus Gregoriadis |
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Linus Gregoriadis is Head of Research at E-consultancy, a company which publishes reports and organises events and training relating to best practice internet marketing and e-commerce. Since being recruited in 2005 as part of a strategy to deliver high-quality content, he has covered topics ranging from affiliate marketing to e-commerce technologies, and email marketing to shopping comparison engines. He is part of an E-consultancy editorial team which won Publisher of the Year and Best Editorial Team at the 2006 UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP) Awards. Linus contributes regularly to the E-consultancy news blog and has spoken at events including the most recent Search Engine Strategies conference in London. Before joining E-consultancy, he worked as a market research consultant for Intrepid Consultants, working closely with various teams at Microsoft, including MSN. Linus also previously worked as a national newspaper journalist. He holds degrees from Oxford University (BA Hons in Classics) and Cranfield School of Management (MBA). |
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Dan Lumb |
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Dan Lumb has been involved with the Schuh Internet business since May 2000 or as time began. Dan has integrated the systems, built a strong ecommerce workforce and overcome hurdles over these years setting up a true Multi-Channel business. Schuh has over 60 high street stores and trades online with Shoe-shop.com (2000) Schuh.co.uk (2002) Vivaladiva.com (2004) and now eBay (2005). Dan's philosophy of the 3 P's. People, product and processes has been a massive influence of Schuh's online success so far. Dan has pioneered as the first High Street Shoe fashion company to openly trade with eBay in the UK using the marketplace to increase brand awareness, manage excess stock and sell bargains galore!! |
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Brue Fair |
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Bruce Fair is the Commercial Director, Yahoo! Marketplace UK. In this role he is responsible for both direct and agency revenue generation across Kelkoo, Yahoo! Cars, Yahoo! Travel, Yahoo! Finance and Yahoo! Business Development and manages several key accounts including eBay, Amazon, DSG and Moneysupermarket.com. Bruce joined Yahoo! when it acquired Kelkoo in 2004. He has over six years e-commerce experience and has worked in sales management for several leading Internet companies, including DealTime/Shopping.com and Hitwise. Having focused on the retail sector in his role at Hitwise, Bruce built on his extensive experience specifically in the field of online retail. At Kelkoo, Bruce was responsible for driving the dramatic expansion of Kelkoo’s network of commercial partners, which more than trebled in the last year. Kelkoo’s network of advertising clients now includes more than 41 of the top 50 UK retailers as well as leading names in the travel and automotive industries. |
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Carl-Olav Scheible |
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As General Manager Merchant Services for PayPal (Europe) Ltd., Carl is responsible for the strategy, growth and financial performance of PayPal's Merchant Services business which provides payment solutions to small and large eCommerce merchants. Prior to running Merchant Services, Carl was General Manager and responsible for PayPal's operations in 6 European countries. Carl holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from Michigan State University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. |
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Robert Swerling
Strategic Partner Development Manager |
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Robert is a senior member of Google's direct sales and partnerships organisation for Google in Europe, Middle East & Africa. Robert was formerly COO of Credit Market Analysis Limited, a company that he co-founded in 2001, which has become the leading provider of intra-day credit derivative data systems and services to the financial markets.
Robert began his career as a commercial barrister with Maitland Chambers in Lincoln's Inn, where he practiced for 4 years. He has first class degrees from Oxford and Cambridge. |
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Nigel Whiteoak
Seller Experience, eBay Shops and eBay Express eBay UK |
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Nigel has been with eBay since 2005. He is currently responsible for Seller Experience as well as eBay Shops and eBay Express.
Before joining eBay he worked in variety of eCommerce and marketing roles for RS - a leader in the B2B mail-order industry, and started his career at the Boston Consulting Group. Nigel holds an MBA from INSEAD and a 1st in Engineering from Cambridge University. |
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Richard Firminger
Regional Sales Director, Northern Europe for Yahoo! Search Marketing Yahoo! |
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As Regional Sales Director, Richard has overall responsibility for managing and directing Yahoo! Search Marketing Sales in the UK, Netherlands and Nordics; accelerating growth, best practice and service levels within the search market.
A sales authority in the marketing and publishing industries, Firminger has held positions at leading sales agencies and publishers including AdLINK, DoubleClick, CMP Media and VNU Business Publications. Most recently, Firminger was Managing Director of the mobile marketing company Enpocket. Under his direction, Enpocket trebled UK turnover and headcount last year and exclusive media partnerships for permission-based mobile marketing were secured with companies such as Emap and Claritas (Acxiom). |
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Shannon Clouston
Chief Shopper www.DoorOne.co.uk |
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Shannon Clouston has been with eBay's Shopping.com network of online comparison sites, including the newly launched DoorOne.co.uk, since 2004.
As Chief Shopper for DoorOne.co.uk, she provides invaluable information to both consumers and media, by providing an insight into how consumers shop online. Shannon can advise on a number of online shopping issues including; how to save money and time by shopping online, cross border shopping, what consumers are searching for/buying from across the globe and using the internet in tandem with the high street. Shannon shares her insights as Chief Shopper for the Shopping.com network of sites across the US and Europe. Shannon started her career in journalism before overseeing marketing communications at a number of large agencies in New York and San Francisco, as well as at online DVD company, Netflix Inc. in California. Shannon holds a Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University and a Master of Science Degree from Northwestern University. |
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Nathan Jackson
Managing Director CyberSource Ltd. |
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Nathan Jackson is responsible for all of CyberSource activities in the UK and the expansion of the company's customer base into continental Europe.
Nathan has over 20 years of experience in technology and European electronic payment and risk management issues. He began his career at Unisys, where he held various positions in IT operations, marketing and sales. During his career, he has served as a consultant on emerging technologies for real-time online payment, including credit card, prepaid, micro-payment and e-wallet transactions. In 1998, Nathan joined Bottomline Technologies Europe Ltd, which managed the provision of payment services for 90 of the top 100 FTSE companies. At Bottomline, he was responsible for the company's portfolio of secure payment solutions. A member of the Institute of Directors, he has frequently spoken on payment and fraud topics around the UK and the Continent. |
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Patrick Sherlock
Director of eCommerrce and co-founder of Luzern Solutions Luzern Solutions |
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| Patrick, a director of eCommerrce and co-founder of Luzern Solutions, brings 20+ years of experience in the Technology sector. He has served in a number of senior management positions both in Ireland and Europe and had led a variety of business functions. Most recently he was head of Supply Chain Web technology development at Marconi, responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive range of products and services to the Global Supply Chain organisation. Pat holds a B. Sc. in Business & Information Technology from Trinity College Dublin. | ||
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Gareth Thomas
Associate Director Brands2Life |
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Gareth Thomas is an associate director at public relations consultancy, Brands2Life. Over the last ten years he has devised and run more than 40 public relations campaigns to raise awareness of both large and small technology-driven brands in the traditional media. He currently heads Brands2Life's interactive division which helps companies take advantage of emerging social media channels to ensure that their brand stands out from the crowd on the web.
Gareth began his career as a press officer with the Department for Education and Employment and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wales. |
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Scot Wingo
President and CEO ChannelAdvisor Corporation |
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As President and CEO of ChannelAdvisor, Scot Wingo leads the company in its mission to provide retailers and manufacturers with the services and technology they need to successfully utilise online marketplaces as effective sales channels.
In July of 1999, Scot co-founded AuctionRover.com, his second startup company. In a nine-month period, the company launched, received funding, and signed an agreement with eBay. In April 2000, GoTo (renamed Overture, now part of Yahoo!) acquired AuctionRover. Com. The deal created GoTo Auctions, a premiere online auction destination. In July 2001, Overture spun off ChannelAdvisor and invested in the new company. |
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James Scott
SME Team Manager, UK & Ireland ChannelAdvisor Ltd. |
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James Scott joined ChannelAdvisor UK in March 2005 as their second UK hire. During the fist 18 months James was instrumental in establishing the company's first operations outside North America.
James now heads up the SME (small & mid-sized enterprise) team in the UK. He is responsible growing ChannelAdvisor's UK client base, as well as training and ongoing development of existing clients. James also manages reseller partners and relationships with strategic partners for this segment. Prior to ChannelAdvisor, James worked for ExxonMobil Corp (Esso) where he held a variety of roles, from working with the Toyota F1 racing team to planning natural gas supply to mainland Europe. He subsequently gained retail and marketing experience as Founder and Managing Director of Property Investor Software Ltd. James received a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) degree from Loughborough University and is an Alumni of London Business School. |
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