Mentors

The mentors for the R/GA Connected Commerce Accelerator are some of the best, brightest, most innovative, entrepreneurial minds out there. Access to their massive networks or investors expertise and experience is something you will only find through the R/GA Connected Commerce Accelerator.

David Blumenfeld

Senior Vice President,
Westfield Labs
Program Partner
Kevin McKenzie

Chief Digital Officer,
Westfield Labs
Program Partner
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Antony Ritch

COO,
Westfield Labs
Program Partner
Lindsey Ann Thomas

Global Vice President,
Westfield Labs
Program Partner
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Steve Goetz

Director, Strategic Partnerships,
Macy's
Program Partner
Heejay Kang

Manager, Strategy & Innovation,
Macy's
Program Partner
Leslie Revitt

GVP, Strategy & Innovation,
Macy's
Program Partner
Mike Robinson

EVP, Digital Technology, Customer Experience & Site Merchandising,
Macy's
Program Partner
Derrick Carpenter

Chief Product Officer,
Blue Star Sports
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Raoul Aranha

Services Practice Leader- Security, Analytics, Search and Online Products,
Bank of America Merchant Services
Program Partner
Loren Padelford

General Manager,
Shopify Plus
Program Partner
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Alex Adelman

CEO & Co-Founder,
Cosmic Cart
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Brad Alan

VP, Commerce,
R/GA
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Ty Amell

Director, Platform Services,
PayPal
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Shelley Bransten

SVP Retail Industry Solutions,
Salesforce
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Shailesh Chaudhry

Director, Business Strategy, Retail Solutions Division,
Intel
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Sibyl Chen

Senior Manager, Media Partnerships,
Matterport
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Punit Chiniwalla, PH.D.

Senior Director
Singtel Innov8 Ventures
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Chris Colborn

EVP, Global Chief Design & Innovation Officer,
R/GA
Paola Colombo

SVP Managing Director,
R/GA San Francisco
Cristina Cordova

Business Development & Partnerships,
Stripe
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Nick Coronges

EVP, Global Chief Technology Officer, R/GA
Technology Partner, R/GA Ventures
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Pascale Diaine

Lead Manager,
Orange Fab
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Jeff Eddings

Director of Product Management,
Yahoo
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Kristy Frivold

Sr. Director, Innovation Lab,
Sephora
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Matt Galligan

Entrepreneur
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Sanjeev Gill

Head of Business Development & Strategic Partnerships,
Zendrive
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Jim Goodell

Partner & COO,
Astro Studios
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Balaji Gopinath

Managing Director,
R/GA Connected Commerce Accelerator
Chloe Gottlieb

EVP, Executive Creative Director, US,
R/GA
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Doug Guan

Director, Special Projects,
Instacart
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Valerie Hoecke

SVP Digital Experience & Commerce,
Benefit Cosmetics
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Michael Hughes

Director, Tech & Hardware Ecosystem Partnerships
IndieGoGo
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Joe Hurd

Director, Emerging Business,
Facebook
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Sumeet Jain

General Partner,
LUMA Capital Partners
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Shaz Kahng

CMO,
OMSignal
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Steve Katz

CEO,
Shoptouch
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Jim Kenney

President & CEO,
JPK Consulitng
John Kilpatrick

Product Executive,
Samsung
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Dana Marie Kruse

Director, Project Management
DocuSign
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Kitty Lam

Senior Product Manager, Mobile,
Sephora
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Nick Law

Global Chief Creative Officer,
R/GA
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Mary Lemmer

Mentor in Residence, R/GA Connected Commerce
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Brett Lovelady

Founder CEO,
Astro Studios
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Andrew Mager

Partner Engineer,
Postmates
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Kim Marder

CMO,
Delivery Agent
Lev Mass

Venture Advisor and Startup Mentor,
XSeed Capital
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Russell McLemore

Senior Director, Nike Innovation Accelerator
Nike
Paulo Melchiori

VP Executive Creative Director,
R/GA San Francisco
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Shawn Merani

Partner,
Flight VC
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Frank Mergenthaler

EVP, Chief Financial Officer,
Interpublic Group
Salim Mitha

Partner,
CAA, Evolution Media Capital
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Stephanie Naegeli

enior Global Digital Marketing Innovation Manager,
Nestle
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David Newman

Vice President, Operations and Customer Success,
Narvar
Tim Pacholke

Senior Director, Digital Innovation, Nike Explore Team,
Nike
Seema Patel

Sr. Director,
Visa Direct
Kelley Myers

Director, Product Management,
The Walt Disney Company
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Christie Pitts

Manager, Ventures Development,
Verizon Ventures
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Stephen Plumlee

EVP, Global Chief Operating Officer,
R/GA
Managing Partner, R/GA Ventures
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Vishwas Prabhakara

GM Yelp,
SeatMe
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Poojitha Preena

Founder,
area17
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Girish Satya

Operating Partner, Finance
TSG Consumer Partners
Mark Smith

Executive Director,
Verizon Ventures
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Jewell Strong - Sparks

Global Head of Innovation Scouting and Inclusion,
METRO AG
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Jonathan Steuer

Chief Research Officer,
Omnicom Media Group
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Chris Tacy

Principal,
Twiceten Consulting
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Phil Thompson

CTO,
Fossil Watches
Richard Ting

EVP, Global Chief Experience Officer,
R/GA Creative Partner, R/GA Ventures
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John Tomich

Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder,
Onestop Internet
Stefanie Tsen

Senior Director, Head of Omnichannel Experience and Client Services,
Sephora
Jennifer Vescio

Founder & Partner,
Ascent Ventures
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Hunter Walk

Partner,
Homebrew VC
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Kumi Walker

‎Director, North America Business Development,
Twitter
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Alan Wizemann

VP Guest Experience & Digital Product Management,
lululemon athletica
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