I have been in the ecommerce space since 1999 (4 yrs after Amazon and eBay were founded) and have connected thousands of ecommerce leaders for the purpose of information sharing, learning and networking. I co-founded CommerceNext in 2017 — it's a community and series of conferences for ecommerce leaders. I am proud to be part of the digital retail community and always willing to make relevant introductions. I spent 10 years as Executive Director of Shop.org until August 2010. At Shop.org I grew the membership to 600+ members, launched and grew the Annual Summit from zero to a Fastest 50 trade show. I co-invented "Cyber Monday" in 2005 and conceptualized and launched Cybermonday.com in 2006 as a shopping site and business model that has generated more than $2.5 million for Shop.org’s scholarship fund. I'm passionate and intellectually curious about all things ecommerce including omnichannel, cross-channel/international ecommerce, digital marketing and customer experience. A frequent speaker and spokesperson for the industry, I've been quoted in hundreds of articles in major news outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The New York Times, NPR, BusinessWeek, The Washington Post. Specialties: E-Commerce and multichannel/crosschannel retail. Executive search. Association management. E-commerce industry events. E-Commerce research. Association strategy development and execution. Facilitating the sharing of information among Internet and multichannel retail executives.