A World-Class Marketing Conference in Central Ohio

Robert is an author, strategist and storyteller in Los Angeles. He is also Chief Strategy Officer of the Content Marketing Institute. Robert innovates creative and technical strategies for a wide variety of clientele, including AT&T, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Petco, and Caterpillar, ADP, Fairchild Semiconductor and KPMG tell their story more effectively using digital content strategies.

Michael Aagaard is generally known as one of the most passionate and enthusiastic people in the CRO industry. Michael is a sought after international keynote speaker and he brings his own special kind of crazy to every stage he gets on. He has worked full time with Conversion Optimization since 2008 and has helped companies all over the world create better experiences for their customers.

Amy is a professional sales copywriter, consultant and speaker from Brighton, United Kingdom. In her keynote, she will teach you to say NO to boring business content. She’s a sought-after copywriter and content-trainer who teaches businesses how to avoid drab business content and instead write copy customers love to read.

Alexa Hubley is the Customer Marketing Strategist at Unbounce. She thrives on building entertaining, winning marketing campaigns that help customers get the absolute most out of Unbounce. When she’s not at work, you can catch Alexa playing soccer or waiting in line for brunch (because some things in life are worth waiting for).

Lisa Pierson is a conversion copywriter and speaker devoted to putting customers first. Her mission is to rid the world of business-centric copy that alienates readers instead of making connections with them.

Adam is a principal consultant at Cardinal Solutions. He has over a decade of digital experience grounded in uncovering user and business insights that can drive creation of meaningful products and experiences. His expertise has been leveraged by everyone from startups to global organizations in strategically building brands, content, campaigns, sites, software, and apps.

Crystal Yan is a product and experience design leader focused on empowering organizations to be more customer-centric. Currently, she advises clients in the technology, healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors as an independent consultant and is a Product Manager and Designer with the United States Digital Service, a startup within the federal government using design and technology to deliver better government services to the American people.

Phil is an experience design director at McKinsey & Company working with a variety of industries to transform and enhance digital businesses and strategies. He is also the founder and organizer of the Speculative Futures meetup in San Francisco and Austin,TX and most recently organized the PRIMER conference. An educator and futurist, his events bring together design futurists from all over the world to teach and speak about strategies for designing for the future and the ethical challenges around emerging technologies.

John is partner and brand + strategy director at Upward Brand Interactions. He specializes in building and positioning brands with fresh ideas and effective strategies that are rooted in thorough research, drive home unique value propositions, and capture market share.

Nathan Vega is VP, Product and Business Development at Columbus Collaboratory, bringing to market products and services in cybersecurity and analytics. Nathan started his career at IBM where he built skills and took on a wide variety of roles over 15 years. Before leaving IBM, Nathan was an Offering manager working on IBM’s cloud platform, Bluemix, where he successfully brought Watson to market as a set of APIs.

Stuart Crane is a software entrepreneur and the founder/CEO of Voice Metrics. He began his career in 1986 working at Battelle in Columbus, specializing in database management and software development. In 1993 he co-founded CPR+, which became the leading enterprise system to the Specialty Pharmacy industry. After selling that business in 2013, Stuart has been building voice apps on Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Morgan is Vice President of Digital Strategy at Mercy Health, responsible for system-wide digital strategy for the largest health care system in the state of Ohio. Over the course of her career, Morgan has led teams in the start-up, software, technology, nonprofit and health care sectors in establishing and implementing enterprise-wide digital strategies.

Greg Weyman is vice president of marketing & ecommerce for Cincinnati-based Basco Shower Enclosures. In this role, he led the shift from traditional to digital marketing by launching the Basco e-commerce division in 2015. Since then, the company has partnered with six of the top ten e-commerce sites, experienced triple digit annual growth rates and transformed e-commerce into a formidable, multi-million dollar sales channel. Prior to Basco, Greg spent over 15 years with various marketing agencies, most recently serving as Senior Director of Strategy & Planning with New York-based Eric Mower & Associates.

Sherri Swabb is Director of Marketing at Yaskawa Motoman. She is responsible for developing and executing a clearly defined marketing strategy that supports Yaskawa’s direct, and channel, sales growth objectives in The Americas. Her foundation in finance predisposes her to be focused on providing a strong ROI from marketing investments. This results-oriented leadership style has helped Sherri gain the respect and confidence of the c-suite.

Jordan Link is a lead data analyst at IGS Energy in Dublin, OH. A self-professed Excel nerd, he preaches that analytics should be exciting and actionable, not boring and predictable. Jordan has a background in marketing with expertise in both online and offline data analytics.

Russ is Sr. Manager, Digital at Claritas where he leads their digital team in media channel business development, helping companies find their best customers. Russ started his career at Nielsen Catalina Solutions (NCS) where he leveraged his analytical and technical roles to eventually assume the position as company head in new mobile channel business development. After NCS, Russ worked for Quotient Technology as their head product marketer for new media and analytics solutions.

Phillip Keefe is responsible for product strategy and innovation at Claritas. Previously, he was director of research and development at Nielsen Catalina Solutions where he lead the development of several products, including In-Flight Optimization, Trial Builder and Cross-Media Measurement. Phillip has ten years of experience in advertising research, and prior to his professional career had graduated from Indiana University with degrees in marketing and economics.

Jerry is a Digital Marketing Manager for Kroger. He builds integrated marketing campaigns that drive top line growth. Currently, he's growing ecommerce revenue for Kroger, the nation's largest grocery retailer with $115B in annual revenue and 2778 US location. In June, he'll receive his MBA from Kellogg Northwestern. Talk to him about ecommerce, the retail industry, or pizza.

Val Geisler is ridiculously obsessed with email. An Email Marketing Conversion Copywriter and Strategist, Val spent over a decade on the inside of companies from non-profits to 7-figure businesses to tech startups. She brings her background in content creation, customer experience, and digital strategy to her incredible clients every day. Email isn't dead, and Val is here to help you bring yours back to life. You can find out more about Val at www.valgeisler.com or follow her on Twitter at @lovevalgeisler.

Cara leads branding and marketing operations for Veritiv. In 2014, Veritiv was established after the merger of Unisource Worldwide and xpedx. Within six weeks of selecting the business name, Cara’s team created Veritiv’s logo, visual identity platform and the initial veritivcorp.com, which were revealed publicly and across the company on the day Veritiv went public on the NYSE. With the brand fully deployed, marketing strategies are focused on optimizing digital channels, lead generation and marketing automation.