Speakers

CEO

Hotjar

Mohannad Ali is the CEO of Hotjar, the Product Experience Insights software of choice for SMB and mid-market businesses. He brings a decade of leadership experience to the company, first serving as VP of Engineering at HelloFresh, and then joining Hotjar as their VP of Product and Engineering. With his talent for mentoring and developing distributed technical teams, Mohannad soon moved into the role of Chief Product and Technology Officer at Hotjar before transitioning to CEO. His cross-functional expertise allows him to speak to a variety of business development strategies, sharing pivotal insights on scaling organizations from early stages, high-growth, and implementation. Mohannad’s passions include radical transparency in remote work environments, of which he continuously replicates through his leadership practices at Hotjar.

When Mohannad isn’t connecting with and mentoring other Hotjarians, you can find him pursuing his passion for music by trying (and failing) to play the drums.

Chief Marketing Officer

Le Wagon

Amandine Aman currently serves as the CMO at Le Wagon, a global tech training school operating across 20+ countries with 40+ campuses. During her tenure at Uber, she played a pivotal role in launching cities in EMEA and led a global marketing team in San Francisco. She played a key role in the international rollout of Uber's new brand identity in 2018. Amandine is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion, notably as a co-chair at UberPride. Her marketing career began in France at Mars Inc and McCain Foods, and she has continued to excel on the international stage. As a fractional CMO, she is drawn to collaborating with companies dedicated to making a positive impact, including clients like Luko, Europe's leading neo-insurance, and Endless Network, focused on unlocking human potential through technology.

Creative Director

SubOne

Alex Antolino is a tech creative director turned creator. After working with fast-growing tech companies like Typeform and Hotjar, he is now helping develop the creator economy forward through branding.

Antolino co-founded MMMIND Studio, where he spent five years directing branded content and commercials for well-known fashion and tech brands (Pull&Bear, Calvin Klein, Microsoft…)
As Typeform’s Creative Director he defined the creative vision of the brand, and established and scaled its creative team. Since then, he’s led brands like VideoAsk and Aulart.
Most recently, Alex has partnered with creator brands like Chillhop Music (the popular lofi hip hop channel with +3M on Youtube) to help them define and evolve their narrative.

Alex's mission is to bridge the gap between brands and creators, helping creators build strategic brands, and teaching brands to think and engage like creators.

Chief Product Officer

Catchafire

Ghazal is a decisive and empathetic leader who thrives when problems are thorny and complex. She currently is the CPO at Causeway, a social impact platform. Ghazal has worked in companies big and small, creating new products and companies in Cleantech, Education, Health, and AdTech. She completed her undergrad degree at Stanford University and an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She also loves chocolate.

VP of Strategic Partnerships, NA

Uberall

As the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Uberall, Benish leads partner teams, collaborates with global counterparts, and drives partner success and innovation in the Americas. She's a recognized speaker and author in the local search industry. With a background in finance and extensive experience in sales, marketing, and business development, she has held strategic roles at organizations like Search Influence, Civic Science, BIA Kelsey, and Navads. Benish's speaking engagements include SMX, Pubcon, State of Search, and more.

CPO & Product Leadership Coach

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Gabrielle Bufrem is a product leadership coach. She also runs a course on building impactful products. Gabrielle has trained hundreds of product managers from startups to fortune 500 companies for over four years through mind the product. She is a speaker at conferences around the world where she talks about product leadership, decision-making, and building impactful products.

Previously, she was the head of product at little otter health - a mental health for kids startup that raised over 22M. Before little otter, Gabrielle built products and product teams across 3 continents and 9 industries. Gabrielle is originally from brazil. she speaks four languages fluently (portuguese, english, french, and spanish) and has lived across south america, europe, asia, and now lives in new york city. She loves advising startups, coaching product teams, giving keynotes, and writing about product. When she’s not building products, she loves to dance, cook, travel the world, and she absolutely adores a good cup of coffee - flat whites are her favorite.

Head of Growth Marketing, North America

AB Tasty

Mary Kate Cash is the Head of Growth Marketing for North America at AB Tasty. A proven growth leader, Mary Kate has a decade of experience working in various roles across operations and marketing in the SaaS industry. She has previously held positions at tech unicorns such as Diligent Corporation and SalesLoft.

Founder & CEO

Contentsquare

Passionate about data and statistics, Jonathan Cherki founded Contentsquare in 2012.


While studying at the ESSEC business school in France, he became fascinated with the gap between the digital experiences brands thought they were offering and what consumers were actually getting. As a college assignment, he started to develop the digital performance measurement technology that would later become Contentsquare.

He has since served as CEO of the company, growing Contentsquare exponentially and promoting the importance of UX to optimize the customer journey.

Ultimately, he wants to help create a world where every digital interaction improves our lives. In Spring 2017, Jonathan moved to New York with his family to launch the business in North America.

Founder

Kalyna Marketing

Mariya Delano is the founder of Kalyna Marketing, a marketing agency for B2B technical brands in SaaS, MarTech, data analytics, DevOps, and more. Beyond her client work, she is a contributor to Search Engine Land, content ambassador for Developer Marketing Alliance, and writes a newsletter titled Attention Deficit Marketing Disorder (ADMD). Mariya is originally from Zhytomyr, Ukraine and is currently based in New York, USA.

Founder

The Futur

Chris Do is a self described loud introvert, recovering graphic designer, middle child, serial entrepreneur, Emmy award-winning director, educator and founder of The Futur. He has an audacious mission of teaching one billion people how to make a living doing what they love.

Mr. Do has given talks and conducted workshops on: Negotiations, Pricing Strategies, Branding, Typography, and Content Marketing.

He has served: as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, advisor to Saleshood, advisory board member for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University.

He has taught Sequential design for over 15 years at ArtCenter and Otis College of Art and Design. Additionally, he has lectured all over the world including: EO GLCx, Pinterest, Dribble, AIGA National Design Conference, Adobe MAX, Birmingham Design Festival, Awwwards New York/San Francisco/Amsterdam, AIGA Miami, The Design Conference Brisbane, Hulu, Creative South, Digital Design Days Milan/Geneva, Lu Xun Academy Fine Art Dalian, Motion Conference Santa Fe, VMA Design Conference, MIT Boston, Bend Design Conference, Graphika Manila, Create Philippines, Rise Up Summit Cairo, RGD Design Thinkers Toronto, California Institute of the Arts, LA Art Institute, UCLA, MGLA, Cal State Los Angeles/Northridge/Dominguez Hills, Post Production World, Adobe Video World and San Diego University.

Product Lead

Adaptavist

Uxía is a seasoned Product Leader and speaker with over a decade of experience in the software sector. She has a strong passion for launching impactful products that effectively address real-world challenges. Throughout her career, she has successfully managed high-performing products, guiding them from concept to market in diverse software verticals. These include industries such as L&D, analytics, and even highly regulated fields like pharmaceuticals and clinical environments. Her expertise in aligning product strategy with business goals across different domains has not only allowed her to coach and build productive product teams but has also provided her with a platform to speak about the common challenges and emerging trends that product professionals encounter.

Founder

Culture Refinery

Denitresse Ferrell is one part International Speaker, one part Transformative Executive Leadership Coach, one part DEI Consultant, and one very large part Culture Whisperer. Having spent 20 years leading within Fortune 100 companies, Denitresse understands that an organization's bottom line and impact are directly tied to the culture and community it builds and maintains.

A culture where anyone can join in on water cooler conversation without feeling judged. A culture where new diverse employees feel welcomed in their work environment because they have confident mentors who look like them and can relate to them. A culture that shows that a polished personality doesn’t have to have an ounce of pretense.

Denitresse holds a BS in International Finance from Morgan State University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Her diverse corporate experience has spanned both the finance and manufacturing industries, including John Deere, Citigroup, and Merrill Lynch. She has held high-impact roles across multiple functions including finance, public affairs, digital marketing, supply chain, operations, process improvement, and strategy. Leveraging her vast experience, Denitresse and her team partner with organizations to develop personalized strategic plans and tailored learning and development interventions to cultivate and maintain inclusive workplace cultures on a long-term basis.

Denitresse is working to help create a world where everyone is free to be brilliant, whole, and authentic, and imagines the quantum leaps society will make in terms of innovation, productivity, and overall impact when we cultivate culture and unleash genius. We can all become healthier, happier, and more successful both individually and as a collective. It all starts with Culture.

Cofounder & CEO

SparkToro

Rand Fishkin is the cofounder and CEO of SparkToro, makers of fine audience research software. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his writing, videos, speaking, and his book, Lost and Founder. When Rand’s not working, he’s usually cooking a fancy meal for the love of his life, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you bribe him with great pasta or fancy cocktails, he’ll pull back the curtain on big tech’s dark secrets.

Founder

Aurum and Sharpe LLC

Bryan Hanley is the founder of Aurum and Sharpe, a commercial mortgage origination platform. He believes that to stay a step ahead in customer acquisition, we have to look within to find our own blind spots. Bryan has served as head of marketing at Telivy, a Y combinator backed startup that specializes in cybersecurity, in addition to serving as a senior mortgage banker for JP Morgan Chase. Bryan is a published author and speaker and has presented on marketing at Git Hub’s ‘Work From Home’ Conference and Black Tech Pipeline’s ‘In Streaming Color’ Conference. Bryan is a Scarlet Knight and holds a degree in Africana Studies from Rutgers University.

CMO

Dreamdata

Steffen Hedebrandt is Chief Marketing Officer at Dreamdata, a revenue attribution platform that collects, joins and cleans all data to give an insightful value to your business.Steffen is a subject matter expert in connecting marketing activities with revenue. He has an exceptional growth mindset, is data-driven by heart and loves all parts of scaling the commercial side of a business.

A notorious growth hacker with a successful track record of scaling businesses and building teams at Upwork and Airtame, Steffen knows the pain points of rapidly scaling marketing and growth firsthand.

Chief Marketing Officer

Unbounce

Pete Housley is the Chief Marketing Officer at Unbounce, the leader in AI landing pages and conversion intelligence software for marketers. He is a senior executive with President, CEO, CMO & CRO experience including retail, hospitality, digital pure play, and consumer goods industries. Pete served as Chief Revenue Officer at INDOCHINO from 2015-2021 achieving ~45% CAGR through his strategic and operational leadership. He is best known for his ability to build disruptive brands while blending tactics from various channels such as digital and performance marketing to achieve high-scale growth.

Pete is also the host “Unprompted” of one of North America’s top podcasts on AI Marketing, with over 40,000 listeners!

When he isn’t driving a customer-focused marketing strategy, Pete can be found skiing or mountain biking on local mountains.

Founder & CEO

How&How

Rog How is the Founder & CEO of How&How. Rog originally worked in radio production for national and international stations in both the UK and Australia. He moved into marketing and audio branding at the BBC, and for 10 years led the stakeholder management and radio production of campaigns such as the Royal Wedding, the London Olympics and the General Election.

Rog founded and sold an e-Commerce business as well as a coworking company alongside his wife, Cat How, before co-founding How&How in the spring of 2020.

Rog is a branding mentor for incubator programs in Lisbon; has spoken and chaired panels at conferences around the world such as Web Summit, Tech LA Week and UCLA; and regularly hosts and speaks at events around Europe and the U.S.

Conversion copywriter & strategist

Ekaterina

Ekaterina (Sam) Howard is a conversion copywriter and strategist working with B2B SaaS startups on improving their website conversion rates and attracting their best prospects. Series A and bootstrapped startups getting ready to scale run into challenges that slow down their growth, from messaging misalignment to websites that create too much friction for their best prospects. Sam helps solve those challenges and bring in more best-fit customers.

Content Director

Appcues

Content is often at the bottom of the list when people think about user onboarding and product adoption. But content and brand play a HUGE role in accelerating product adoption, especially in product-led businesses. In this session, Ramli John, Content Director at Appcues and author of the bestselling book “Product-Led Onboarding,” will provide a three-part framework to help marketers create content that turns users into lifelong customers. You’ll see real-world examples from today’s top companies, such as Thinkific, Canva, Miro, and more.

Founder

The Product Angle

Pradip Khakhar is the founder of The Product Angle - where he shares actionable learnings to help product people craft amazing products that users want to buy and use. As an advisor, Pradip works with founders through Fortune 100 companies, helping product people communicate, negotiate, and evangelize effectively while building trust and confidence in cross-functional teams.

Product Marketing & Growth Advisor

Forget the funnel

Georgiana is a strategic advisor and speaker who's passionate about turning customer value into revenue-generating outcomes. Marketing online since 2000, she began her track record as a marketing executive and product growth advisor in 2010 working with high-growth, B2B SaaS like Unbounce, Sprout Social, Bitly, Appcues, SparkToro, Invoice Simple and more.

Co-Founder

Bonfire

Kevan Lee is a VP of Marketing for high-growth tech startups. He specializes in storytelling and brand-building to drive differentiation, revenue, and impact for companies big and small. Previously built an iconic brand at Buffer and a unicorn at Oyster.

Founder

Heydays

Keisha Mabry Haymore is a connector, convener and social entrepreneur on a mission to change the world one connection at a time. She is the owner of Heydays, a business incubator and coworking space for founders and creatives to connect, create and curate anything. Keisha has been featured on National Public Radio, The Daily Show, Success Magazine, Huffington Post, Essence, Black Enterprise, Fox 2 News, Nine Network, The Business Journal and more. In addition, Keisha is the Grow With Google Digital Coach for Missouri—a program that provides free digital skills training to entrepreneurs to close the digital divide gap. Keisha is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Missouri, an Aspen Ideas Scholar, a Hatch Fellow, a TEDx speaker and her book Hey Friend: 100 Ways to Connect with 100 People in 100 Days is a movement to make the world friendly again, or at the very least, friendlier than it’s ever been. She’s delivered more than 150 keynote speeches for Fortune 500 companies and top brands like Spotify, Mastercard, Edward Jones, Square, Bayer, Meta, YUM!, Ikea, SHRM and US Bank. Learn more at keishamabry.com and heydayshq.com.

Director of Ecommerce

Clarins Groupe

Edouard is an eCommerce leader with 8 years of experience supporting the launch and growth of DTC websites in the luxury beauty space, such as Clarins Groupe, on a global scale. Passionate about designing digital experiences that drive results and raise the bar for best-in-class customer experience, Edouard brings focus and clarity to complex projects.

Chief Revenue Officer

Hotjar

Celine Maher is Hotjar's first Chief Revenue Officer and leads the growth, expansion and success of Hotjar’s customer base alongside the sales, customer success and support teams. With over 16 years of focusing on go-to-market strategy and delivering excellent end-to-end customer experience, Maher helps Hotjar elevate customer value, bring new and old perspectives into its product maturity and uncover new revenue streams. Prior to Hotjar, Maher worked at Zendesk and New Relic where she led strategies focused on product-centric led growth across the EMEA market for commercial and business development.

Voice of Customer

Harry's

Darren J. Major (he/they) is a seasoned Customer Experience professional with over two decades of expertise, hailing from Georgia before finding his niche in the bustling heart of NYC. Described as an "awesome mix of grits and mimosas," Darren has dedicated his career to shaping exceptional customer interactions, from his early days as an Associate to his current role as a respected leader in Management.

Darren currently serves as the Voice of Customer at Harry’s, where his passion for transforming raw customer data into tangible product and service improvements contributes to enhancing the overall customer journey.

In addition, Darren serves as the co-chair of Harry’s DEI Council. In this capacity, he spearheads initiatives to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization. He also serves as a co-lead for both the African American and LGBTQIA+ Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Darren is a passionate advocate for social progress, dedicating his time and energy to making meaningful contributions to his community. With a wealth of experience and a commitment to positive change, Darren Major continues to inspire and lead, shaping a future where inclusivity and excellence go hand in hand.

Cofounder

Mind the Product

James was cofounder and CEO of Mind the Product as the business expanded from a London product manager community to a global movement! The company exited in 2022 to Pendo in the US, and he's now assembling a founding team for a new venture, Rodeo - exploring the intersection of community, events, and digital media in the age of AI.

Director, Product Marketing

Unbounce

Jess Petrella is the Director of Product Marketing at Unbounce, a leader in AI for marketing. She has worked in SaaS for over 10 years and in that time has brought dozens of innovative products to market. She is focused keenly on driving business growth through effective go-to-market strategies, product positioning, and experimental PLG. Prior to Unbounce Jess led a SaaS marketing and sales team at a pre-seed startup to achieve 20% MOM revenue growth which led to their first funding round.

Operating Partner

OpenView

Kyle is an Operating Partner at OpenView, the expansion stage SaaS VC, where he helps portfolio companies fuel growth and become market leaders. He specializes in monetization, product-led growth (PLG), and SaaS metrics. Kyle shares growth insights with nearly 30,000 readers in Growth Unhinged, his weekly Substack newsletter.

Chief Marketing Officer

Hotjar

Mattia Santin is Hotjar's Chief Marketing Officer. He will leads Hotjar’s global marketing strategy and vision. Santin's focus is on scaling the demand generation engine, continuing to develop a distinctive brand and building long-lasting relationships with existing customers. He works closely with Hotjar’s product and revenue teams on defining Hotjar’s road maps and driving cross-functional projects to grow the business. Previously, Santin served as the CMO for two scale up businesses such as Atida and Leavy and as Uber’s Head of Media for EMEA. He has over 15 years of experience across eCommerce, retail, mobility, travel and healthcare.

Founder & CEO

B Squared Media

Brooke B. Sellas is the CEO & Founder of B Squared Media, an award-winning digital marketing agency focusing on social media management, advertising, and social media customer care. Her marketing mantra is “Think Conversation, Not Campaign” – and she believes in it so much that she wrote a book on it called, Conversations That Connect. She’s also the Host of the Marketing Agency Show by Social Media Examiner and teaches two Digital Marketing courses (virtually) at the University of California in Irvine.

Founder & CEO

Girl Louie

Sarah Shelton is a visionary leader and the driving force behind Girl Louie, a trailblazing creative agency. As the founder and lead creative, she brings a dynamic blend of artistic flair and strategic acumen to every project. With a passion for innovative storytelling, Sarah has established Girl Louie as a hub for crafting narratives that resonate. Her journey began with a background in marketing and design, which she fused with her innate ability to unearth the extraordinary in the ordinary. Under Sarah's guidance, Girl Louie has flourished into a haven for diverse talents, fostering a collaborative environment where ideas flourish and creativity knows no bounds. With a knack for understanding human emotions and cultural nuances, she spearheads campaigns that not only captivate but also incite meaningful action. Sarah's dedication to authenticity and her commitment to amplifying marginalized voices through her work have solidified her reputation as a thought leader in the creative industry. Her boundless energy, coupled with an unwavering belief in the power of storytelling, continues to push boundaries and inspire both her team and clients.

Lead Product Designer, AI

Miro

Ioana Teleanu is a UX Designer specializing in AI products, who has worked with renowned companies such as UiPath and ING Bank. She has also provided consulting and design services for several early-stage startups across the world.

Ioana is a seasoned Design Educator who has established a community of over 250,000 UX enthusiasts through her social channel UX Goodies. She has created multiple educational initiatives such as the Honest UX Talks podcast, a UX design course on Domestika and an AI & Design course on Interaction Design Foundation.

Principal Design Strategist

Adobe

Jake Tenenbaum is a Principal Digital Strategist within Adobe's Consulting Services practice. Today, Jake leads teams of strategic and technical consultants focusing on the strategic and technical implementation of Personalization at Scale and Content Supply Chain programs for Fortune 250 clients. He has spent the past 11+ years in eCommerce, the last 9 of which have been spent working in AdTech, MarTech and the implementation and strategy of customer-based marketing. Jake has worked for technology providers and led on the client-side, with experiences in Retail/eCommerce, Media & Entertainment, Home Improvement, Travel, Auto, IT, FinServ, QSR and Healthcare. With his strong strategic, technical and communication skills Jake has led hundreds of customer engagements to success. In his spare time, Jake teaches Digital Marketing at BrainStation and sits on the NYC & global committees for the LGBTQ+ technology non-profit, Out In Tech.

Founder

Fierceified Creative & Consulting

Known as your Website’s Secret Weapon, Lindsay Tramel-Jones is the Founder of Fierceified Creative and Consulting, a web design agency located in Maryland. Her company helps trailblazers fighting for equity to create impactful and user centric websites by leveraging the crosshairs of design and data. Her design and visibility strategies have helped small businesses secure multiple six figure corporate deals and increased the visibility of their website by 80% in 90 days. She is on a mission to improve the equity of life for underrepresented communities by positioning changemakers to be invited to have a seat at the table. Lindsay spreads this mission through her podcast, More Than A Brand which has been described as- “One of the most transparent and informative podcasts I have come across” by listeners.

Founder

BeCurious Studio

Stanley is an award-winning, brutally honest optimist, whose love for design and social impact has led him to become an expert in design thinking for the past 18+ years. As an experienced design strategist, he has honed his methods and shares a process that unlocks the complete potential of individuals, businesses, and humanity as a whole. With a history of serial entrepreneurship from a young age, Stanley has established himself as a prominent figure in the global design community. His unflinching honesty and unrelenting drive to create a better-designed future make him a highly sought-after asset for organizations striving to make a positive impact on the world.

He has collaborated with a diverse range of companies such as Bloomberg, Microsoft, Lincoln, Harris Poll, McGill University, TedMed, and many others. When not managing his creative agency, Stanley can be found speaking, presenting, and conducting workshops at esteemed institutions such as NYU, Launchpad Toronto, TheFutur, HXOUSE, and more. In his free time, he also engages in social impact initiatives and community betterment efforts.

Stanley currently has over 1,400 students who are benefiting from his design sprint methodology. He has designed products that are used by millions and his work has generated billions of dollars in transactions.

His lifelong mission is to educate people on the importance of design as a crucial investment in shaping a better future for all. Stanley believes that a well-designed framework can drive a massive transformation in how we lead our lives, build our products, shape our culture, and improve laws and policies that affect every individual.

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Chili Piper

Alina Vandenberghe is Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Chili Piper. She’s passionate about building fun SaaS products to solve hard problems and a company where employees thrive. Today, the Romania native and her husband are on their way to IPO — all while giving back to the community through our Citizens Of Our Planet foundation. Alina earned a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Polytechnic University in Bucharest, Romania. She currently resides in New York City.

Vice President of Conversion Rate and Site Optimization

Nogin

Anh is an eCommerce executive, brand strategist and AI optimization expert, with over 20 years of experience launching diverse brands, products and change management initiatives that position businesses for hyper-growth. She has masterminded on large-scale enterprise projects and built high-performance teams for numerous global and iconic brands, including Hurley, Old Navy, Kenneth Cole, and ModCloth.

Chief Operating Officer

Hotjar

Ken Weary is the COO of Hotjar, the SMB leader in online behavioral analytics. Ken joined Hotjar in 2016, a year after the company publicly launched its product. Since joining, he has scaled the remote first culture of the company from a team of 14 to over 300 people distributed across more than 40 countries (and growing). In his role, he oversees the company’s Finance, People, Compliance, and Business Operations Divisions.

Ken is also a digital nomad and has been traveling with his family across Central America, Europe, and Africa for nearly eight years. His unique personal and professional background makes him a sought after speaker and subject for conferences, podcasts, and online content focused on the future of work. He was even interviewed for Liam Robin and Rob Rawson’s “Running Remote” a new book that chronicles how successful remote companies have used distributed work to build amazing products, increase productivity, and provide new and unique freedoms for their teams.

Prior to his travels, Ken held leadership positions in traditional corporate environments where he gained great experience but was tied to his desk. He relishes life “outside the cube”.