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David is responsible for leading the company in its mission to provide retailers and branded manufacturers with the software and services needed to successfully sell their products via online sales channels.
Before joining ChannelAdvisor, David founded and successfully exited multiple venture-backed software companies. He was most recently an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Aurora Funds, a venture capital firm with more than $200 million under management. Prior to Aurora, David was president of Avesair, a mobile marketing company that was acquired by Inphonic. Previous to Avesair, David was co-founder and CTO of Netsation, a network management software company acquired by Nortel Networks.
David received a Bachelor of Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego.
David was awarded the Triangle Business Journal’s 2010 CFO of the Year Award. In 2008, he received the Triangle Business Journal’s Top 40 under 40 award. David has also been awarded four U.S. patents. He has been a chairman of the board for the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Foundation as well as for the North Carolina Council for Entrepreneurial Development.
Scot sets the strategic direction for the company, and works closely with the management team to align product direction with market trends. He is an industry thought leader, contributing regularly to several ChannelAdvisor blogs and speaking often at industry events.
Scot received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Computer Engineering degree from North Carolina State University.
Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year and Triangle Business Journal’s Businessperson of the Year.
Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg is the Chief Commerce Strategy Officer at Publicis Communications. Jason is a 4th generation retailer, who launched his first e-commerce site for Blockbuster Entertainment in 1995. In the subsequent 20 years, he has served as a principal customer experience architect for top retailers including Best Buy, Target, and Walmart. With a focus on e-commerce and digital marketing for omni-channel retailers, he has worked with over 100 clients on the Internet Top 500 and has been responsible for billions of dollars in on-line revenues. Under his twitter feed @retailgeek he is one of the most followed e-commerce subject matter experts on the web. He is a member of the board of directors of shop.org (the digital retail arm of the National Retail Federation). Jason has served as an expert witness in Federal Court on e-commerce, a guest lecturer on retail and e-commerce at the Kellogg School of Management for Northwestern University, hosts iTunes top e-commerce podcast called “The Jason & Scot Show”, and was voted one of retail’s top global influencers by Vend. He’s a Forbes contributor, Retailwire Braintrust, and Path to Purchase Institute faculty. In 2017, he was inducted into the National Retail Federation “The List” of people shaping the future of retail.
Alison Held is Product Manager for Marketplaces at ChannelAdvisor, responsible for research and product direction for e-commerce destinations such as Amazon and eBay. She works closely with the marketplaces, retailers, and ChannelAdvisor teams to stay up to date with channel developments and to optimize existing features for ChannelAdvisor customers. Before moving into the product management role, Alison worked directly with retailers to establish and expand their online presence on a variety of marketplaces using the ChannelAdvisor platform.
Christian Hassold is Director of Strategy & Corporate Development for ChannelAdvisor where he leads the M&A business practice and provides thought leadership on digital commerce. Prior to this role, he was Chief Executive Officer of HubLogix, a leading provider of cloud-based fulfillment automation for e-commerce retailers that was acquired by ChannelAdvisor in 2017.
Christian has been a principal of three successful start-up companies since 1999 and is a mentor for Alchemist, a top-rated start-up accelerator based in San Francisco. Christian holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and attended London School of Economics and Political Science.
Clay Roop is a Client Strategy Manager on ChannelAdvisor’s Digital Marketing Services team. He focuses on driving revenue growth for brands and retailers on Amazon through Amazon Advertising. Clay is tasked with developing and executing search strategies on Amazon to cut through the SERP clutter and convert sales at maximum value. As an accredited Amazon Advertiser, Clay works with some of ChannelAdvisor’s largest Amazon Advertising clients and utilizes the ever-changing advertising suite-of-services to increase revenue, reduce wasted spend and uncover new opportunities for growth.
Craig Morris started his career with DHL in 2006. In his first role with DHL Consulting, he worked on solving business challenges both within the DHL Group and for some of DHL’s largest customers. His core areas of focus included business strategy, product development and supply chain design.
Since 2012, Craig has been the Vice President of Strategy and Product Management at DHL eCommerce. Craig is responsible for managing the full lifecycle of product development. In his short time with the division, Craig and his team have launched a new multi-channel e-commerce fulfillment platform, and have worked to introduce more speed, reliability and flexibility into the U.S. domestic consumer delivery operations. He has big aspirations for the DHL eCommerce business moving forward, and hopes to position it as a leading innovator in e-commerce parcel delivery in the Americas.
Craig is an expert in all things related to e-commerce supply chains. From order management and fulfillment, to distribution and returns, Craig has worked with retailers directly on overcoming supply chain challenges and meeting business objectives and requirements.
Elizabeth is a member of ChannelAdvisor’s marketplace customer success team. She works closely with our self service clients to help ensure success with the Channeladvisor platform. Most recently she began working with some of our largest brands to utilize our Where to Buy Service Offering.
JD joined ChannelAdvisor in 2001 and has helped successfully launch and manage numerous marketplace businesses on Amazon, eBay and Rakuten Shopping. Previously he managed ChannelAdvisor’s Sales Engineering Team where he helped identify efficient and scalable opportunities for our partners using the ChannelAdvisor system. He currently serves as a strategic partner & category manager at ChannelAdvisor – helping to onboard partners and help them drive growth opportunities.
A 15+ year veteran of B2B and B2C e-commerce, Jonathan has held key marketing and leadership positions with multiple manufacturers, agencies, SaaS and technology organizations globally. Jonathan is a passionate storyteller and a brand and product evangelist who focuses on leading the product marketing charge for manufacturers in US and EMEA. When he’s not listening to the industry for clues as to what’s next or working on ways to innovate manufacturer and retail sales channels, you’ll find Jonathan hosting That eCom Podcast or enjoying time with his family in North Carolina.
Josh Jamieson has over 8 years of e-commerce experience working in various client service roles at ChannelAdvisor. Most of that time has been spent delivering ideas to help enterprise retailers grow their Amazon business as well as other marketplaces. His experience spans retailers in all categories and he has a passion for helping them reach their full potential to maximize Amazon sales.
Juozas, or Joe as friends call him, is an entrepreneur based in New York City. He is currently leveraging his years of online retail experience as founder of Marketplace Pulse, an e-commerce intelligence firm. His unique perspectives on business and technology have been featured in many of the world’s leading publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, Fortune magazine, and The Atlantic.
Link is responsible for ChannelAdvisor’s Digital Marketing Strategy, serving as a strategic consultant to leading brands and retailers, helping them with the strategy and solutions needed to successfully advertise their products online.
Link is a digital marketing and e-commerce thought leader who often speaks at industry events and regularly contributes to ChannelAdvisor’s blog. Prior to joining ChannelAdvisor in 2005, he managed online marketing for Art.com, an online retailer. Previous to Art.com, Link worked as a management consultant helping companies in finance, strategy and organizational design.
He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Drexel University and an MBA from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.
Mark is responsible for overseeing ChannelAdvisor’s solutions, helping brands and retailers worldwide improve their online performance by expanding sales channels, connecting with consumers around the world, optimizing their operations for peak performance and providing actionable analytics to improve competitiveness. Mark oversees the solutions that thousands of customers depend on to securely power their sales and optimize fulfillment on channels such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Walmart and hundreds more.
Mark has been with ChannelAdvisor nearly since its beginning. Previously he served as director of cross-border trade and director of services and before that, he served as the director of business development, managing strategic partnerships and exploring new business opportunities that benefit brands and retailers across ChannelAdvisor’s supported e-commerce channels.
Mark received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Michelle Hood is a Business Analyst at ChannelAdvisor, specializing in Marketplaces. She works closely with marketplaces, retailers and ChannelAdvisor teams to stay up to date with channel developments and optimize existing features for ChannelAdvisor customers. Before moving into the Business Analyst role, Michelle worked directly with retailers to establish and expand their online presence on a variety of marketplaces using the ChannelAdvisor platform.
Dell launched selling on marketplaces in 2016 and has levered Channel Advisor to scale and provide an omnichannel marketplace experience reaching over 100,000 customers. Mike has been the lead technologist and catalog manager for Dell. His day to day is spent in Channel Advisor optimizing Dell listings, managing product mix, and ensuring a seamless customer experience. His favorite Channel Advisor features include lookup lists, flex feeds, and csv import/exports. He uses Channel Advisor to give Dell a best in market tool set for listing and selling Dell computers on six marketplaces.
Mike’s bio is coming soon!
Sherif Mohamed is the founder and CEO of two successful eCommerce companies, CardMachineOutlet.com and DigitalShopper Global. CardMachineOutlet.com is the eCommerce leader in payment solutions to business and DigitalShopper is a high volume, multi-channel and global eCommerce brand with millions of products across many countries. Before starting his eCommerce companies, Sherif has held management and strategic positions with companies such as Microsoft and Intuit. Sherif earned his bachelor’s degree in Information Systems from Purdue University and his Masters of Business Administration from Duke University. In his free time, Sherif devotes all his attention to his two daughters ages 4 and 2 and his wife.
Steve is Head of Product Design and User Experience at ChannelAdvisor where he leads usability research and design for all products in addition to product design and product management for new self-service products. Steve is an innovative leadership veteran of multiple software enterprises and startups, with roles including VP of Engineering of Data Management at Qlik, a leading business intelligence and analytics platform, and CTO of HubLogix, a leading provider of cloud-based fulfillment automation for e-commerce retailers that was acquired by ChannelAdvisor in 2017. Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Northeastern University.