Consumer Tech Playground
For senior digital leaders at mid-to-enterprise DTC & retail brands.
Monday, January 12, 6:30 - 9:30 PM
at Shift Midtown
At the 2026 CommerceNext NRF Reception, we're curating a consumer technology showcase, Consumer Tech Playground, where retail and brand executives will experience the emerging gadgets and intelligent technologies reshaping how we live, shop and interact with the world. Unwind from the day with a cocktail and a tech demo, all while building new connections with fellow retail and DTC senior leaders.
The Location
Shift Midtown
330 W 38th St
New York, NY 10018
(Located in Midtown, Shift is a 15-minute drive or walk from the Javits Center)
Join Industry Leaders in a Night of Networking
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You'll Be in Good Company!
See Who Registered For 2025:
Erik Quade, CIO at Tillys
Doug Jensen, SVP Global Data & Analytics at The Estee Lauder Companies
Brian Seewald, EVP Digital at VS & Co
Jonathon Kosoff, CDO at Tillys
Aylin Nazlim, Director, Program Management, Global Online at The Estee Lauder Companies
Heaven Schydlowsky, Director of Digital Product & Ecommerce at MERIT
Marissa Pipkin Caiano, VP, Strategic Partnerships at KEH
Joshua Sherman, Marketing Director at Grown Brilliance
Hani Batla, CIO/CTO at Adorama Inc
Joshua Rockoff, CMO at Camco
Sabina Rahaman, VP of Marketing at Clean Program
Lauren Porten, Director of Digital - North America at Eataly
Lauren Price, Head of Ecommerce & Digital Marketing at COS
Ross Miller, Advisor at Hue
Sudeep Arya, Head of Amazon and D2C-tech at AYABLU - Burt's Bees Baby
Russell Peterson, Sr. Director of Ecommerce & Marketing at Girl Scouts
Todd Kane, VP of Growth at CARE
Shari Ajayi, PR Director at Saatva
Katherine Cabe, Senior Director of Retention at AS BEAUTY CO
Eliane Awada, Head of Marketing at good light
Andrew Moers, President at Springboard
Jenna Posner, Founder at Chief Digital Agency
Barbara Hagen, VP, Sales and Marketing at ThriftBooks
Jason McNary, CEO at PDPAOLA- CEO. Faherty- Board Director Calypso St. Barth - President
Meghan Holzhauer, CMO at State Bags
David Llewellyn, VP e-commerce and Digital Marketing at Premier
Eden Zeilo, Head of Marketing at Sienna Naturals
Tatsiana Kulesh, Acting CMO at Dirty Dog Beauty Club
Geoffrey Sanders, Chief Marketing Officer at Firstleaf
Gregorio Gonzalez, Sr. Systems Administrator at KHAITE
Brad Kinnas, SVP of Ecommerce & Digital Marketing at aetrex, Inc
Claudia Goncalves, Director of Ecommerce at Diane von Furstenberg
Rob Varon, Director of Marketing at Jordan Craig
Ilan Tito, SVP Digital & Ecommerce at Love Wellness
Michael Falter, Chief Customer Officer at Chic Soul, LLC
John Lim, Director of Technology at bonton.com
Steven Schranz, President - B2B, Operations at Kathy Kuo Home
Gizem Basara, E-Commerce & Digital Marketing Specialist at SCL Footwear Group
Suparana Shokeen, VP, MK IT at CapriHoldings
Suzanne Hader, CMO at Trashie
Kate Fernandez, VP of Marketing at West Lane Capital Partners (mented cosmetics, blossom beauty, beauty bakerie)
Jim Nasto, Global POS Applications Lead at MARS Retail
Noah Treshnell, CEO at KEH
Amy Silino, VP Growth & Performance Marketing at Lands' End (former)
Michael Challinger, CEO at houzer
Ilun Hsu, Head Of Analytics at Capital One
Steve Choi, Director, Digital Marketing & Product Owner at Prudential Insurance
Jamie Mullaney, VP at Citi
Raphael Faccarello, Ecom director at Yonka Paris
Shan Liu, Sr Manager at Tory Burch
Yuri Glukhovskiy, Vice President - Strategic Partnerships at Circuit City
Suleman Rehmani, Chief Product Officer at Uncommon Goods
Wilson Lee, C.O.O. at Little Words Project
Meaghan Eichmann, Director, Business Operations at Google Store
Kacey Sharrett, VP, Global DTC at GoPro
Sarah Clarke, Director of Ecommerce and Digital Marketing at MILLY
Trang To, VP, Omni at Tapestry
Sara Griffin, CMO at The Shade Store and Saks OFF 5TH
Nick Antoniades, VP Marketing at IPSY
Amanda Griffiths, Vice President, Digital & Ecommerce at Davines & Comfort Zone
Julia Koulbitskaya, AVP ECOMM at Loreal - Redken USA
Mario Lang, Executive Director, Global Retail Technology at The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Khurram Noor, VP of Customer facing systems at Avolta
toni greco, Director, Retail Store Systems at Hudson Group
Yuliya Novak, CIO at Indagare Travel
David Cost, VP of Digital and Ecommerce at Rainbow Shops
Jennifer Evans, Chief Marketing Officer, Brand & Creative at Beyond Inc.
Ralph Vibhustien, Executive Director at The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
Leticia Viedma, Director, Growth at Rent The Runway
Devang Modi, VP, Digital at Bausch & Lomb
Kathy Kuo, CEO at Kathy Kuo Home
Colleen Hastings, Vice President, E Commerce at Colleen Hastings
Richard Ung, VP, Digital Product Management at Macy's
Susan Pizzano, Vice President, Marketing at FULLBEAUTY BRANDS
Louis Monoyudis, Chief Marketing Officer at Bokksu
Rich Pereira, SVP Strategic Initiatives at ReserveBar.com
Eileen Rizzo, CEO/CIO at Zachys Wine and Liquor
Marina Sukhova, Head of CX, Category Business Development at L'Oreal USA
Deepak Jose, Vice President of Data Sciences and Business Intel at Niagara
Stephanie Williams, VP Customer Marketing at Former Saks OFF 5th
Bari Schorr, VP Business Development at ORVA
Marilee Clark, Director of Ecommerce at revive skincare
John Douglas, Chief Technology Officer at Gymshark
John Caskey, CTO at KEH Camera
Mandeep Bhatia, SVP, Global digital product and innovation at Tapestry
Christian Fiorelli, SVP E-commerce at Alexander Wang
Scott Lux, EVP Global Ecommerce and Technology at Esprit
Ricardo LaJoie, VP PRODUCT CREATION at FOOTLOCKER
Michael Fulvio, Director of Customer Experience at Snipes USA
Bruce O'Leary, Executive Director Global Retail Technology at The Estee Lauder Companies
David Dancer, Chief Marketing and Operations Officer at Future Method
Laura Cantor, VP, Marketing at New York & Company
Kevin Ertell, CEO at Mistere Advisory
David Bolotsky, Founder at Uncommon Goods
Gaurav Rajan, Director of Personalization at Macys
Michelle Evans, SVP, Girl Scout Merchandising at Girl Scouts of the USA
Chris Hardisty, Chief Executive Officer at Alexis Russell Jewelry
Bill Carrig, President at Little Words Project
David Wish, VP, eCommerce at rag & bone
LeAnne Armstead Randolph, E-commerce Brand Marketing Manager at Kroger
Omar Samad, VP, Global Expansion at PVH (Calvin Klein & Tommy Hilfiger)
Sneha Narahalli, Head of Product & UX at Sephora
Josh Krepon, President at Steven Madden, LTD
Marta Singer, Marketing for High Growth Channels at PepsiCo
Ioanna Protopapadaki, CRM & Loyalty Manager at KORRES
Sree Sreedhararaj, Chief Technology Officer at IPSY
Jeff Haddox, CTO at Omni Retail Enterprises
Nathaniel Polky, VP of IT at Sugar Mountain
Raj Chowdhari, Sr. Dir. IT & Head of Security at Ex Vytalize
Jon Harding, CIO at Conair
Eric Formichella, Strategic Functional Capabilities Lead - Store Sys at Mars Inc
Mitchell Steinberg, VP Ecommerce at Give Back Beauty
Shayna Macklin, Director, Brand, Social + Partnerships at Playboy
Jillian Gorman, Head of Merchandising & UX Design at Samsung Electronics America
Allyssa Kaiser, Vice President, DTC + Performance Marketing at NEST New York
Andrei Rebrov, CTO at Scentbird
Pooja Chandiramani, VP-Marketing Analytics, Operations and Transformat at Coach
Jena Joyce, Founder at PLANT MOTHER
Jarid Lukin, GM, M&M'S Stores at Mars
Vijay Alagarasan, VP, Digital and Customer Facing Engineering at Tractor Supply Co
Justin Emig, VP, Digital & eCommerce at Artisant Lane Furniture Collective
Andrew Voudouris, Co-Founder & CMO at Turn5
Paul Knoll, Sr. Director, Marketing at Turn5
Michael Valeiko, VP of DTC Applications at Theory
Anum Arif, Senior Manager at CVS Health
Olga Egorova, Digital Marketing Manager at Samsung Electronics America
Cora Buel, Chief Revenue Officer at ThredUp
Stephanie Hartman, Senior Ecomm Category Manager at Steve Madden
Sophia Vitale, Senior Marketing Manager at Schweid and Sons
Bernd Strenitz, Vice President, SmartGift, B2B at 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc.
Michael Challinger, CRO at Sheep Inc
Ada Desmond, Director of E-Commerce at No7 Beauty Company
Elysa Strug, Director, Digital Marketing at Eddie Bauer
Stephen Palsi, Senor Marketing Manager at Schweid & Sons
TRAVIS GARCIA, VP, eCommerce at PrettyLitter
Becca Mignanelli, VP Ecommerce at Tapestry Coach
James (Jim) Schwieterman, Vice President Digital Operations at Bath & Body Works
Avani Oswal, VP, Strategy at Larson Jewelers
Meera Bhatia, COO at Fabletics Inc. - El Segundo, CA
Kristin Sword, VP, Marketing at Octave
Sarah Lubas, VP Wholesale, Retail Concessions & 3P Digital at Burberry
Alicia Reich, VP Digital Marketing at Movado Group
Steen Knigge, Head of Marketing, the Americas at BoConcept USA, Inc.
Michelle Jasmine, Director of Ecommerce at Paramount
Colleen Waters, VP, E-Commerce at Steven Madden, Ltd.
Gareth Hughes, Exec Dir Retail Tech at Estee Lauder Companies
Saloni Goyal, VP of Product at 1800Flowers.com
Heather Roetman, Executive Director Global Technology at Estee Lauder Companies
Andrew Neelon, SVP Development & Strategy at Elase Med Spa
Liz Dolinski, Fractional CMO at Foria
Mark Yessin, Head of Retail Media & Digital Commerce at Hain
Mike Coble, Director of Digital and CRM at EILEEN FISHER
Vilasinee Givanon, Visual Merchandise Senior Manager at Mac Cosmetics
Jerry Han, Associate Creative Director at Bloomingdales
Denise Ozpinar, VP of Ecommerce and Digital Marketing at FullBeauty Brands
Kent Zimmerman, VP, eCommerce & CRM at Shoe Carnival, Inc.
Jason Litka, Chief Information Officer at Turn 5, Inc.
Nicole Marie Orlando, Founder/CEO at The Laundry Lab
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Join us for the Consumer Tech Playground on January 12th at 6:30 PM at Shift Midtown.
Please register to attend before spots fill up. We’d love to have you there!