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Managing Partner at Rossman Partners, keynote speaker and author. Mr. Rossman is an expert at digital and ecommerce business models and operations. He has led engagements on ecommerce, Internet of Things strategies, marketplace and API driven platform business models.. He is a sought after speaker on creating a culture of operational excellence and innovation. Mr. Rossman has worked with clients across various industries, including retail, insurance, education, consumer products, industrial products and transportation.
John Rossman is a business strategist, operator, and expert on digital transformation, leadership, and business reinvention. He has consulted with many great brands including Novartis, Fidelity Investments, Microsoft, Walmart, and Nordstrom. He served as senior innovation advisor at T-Mobile and senior technology advisor to the Gates Foundation. He is an operator and builder whose love is diving into business problems and customer needs designing solutions and business opportunities.
John was an executive at Amazon.com where he played a key role in launching the Marketplace business and third-party selling platform and led the merchant services business.
Manny Bernabe helps companies compete in a data-driven world. He is an expert in AI, machine learning, analytics, and data management technologies. Manny assists clients with AI strategy formation, use case identification, AI pilot management, and employee training.
Most recently, Manny was the Head of AI Product and Lead Data Scientist at Uptake, an AI industrial IoT startup that was listed as #3 on Forbes Most Promising AI Companies in America in 2019.
Prior to Uptake, Manny held the role of Investment Strategist for FlexShares. line of Northern Trust Asset Management. At FlexShares, Manny designed and launched quantitative financial products totaling +$13 billion in assets under management.
Manny earned his B.S. in Finance (Honors) from DePaul University, a Data Science. Specialization from Johns Hopkins University, and has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam series.
As one of the founders of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Matt is a global pioneer in the cloud computing space. Over 30 years, he has delivered 9 cloud computing products and helped generate over $2 billion in revenue for companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Rackspace.
As a business leader, Matt is a visionary. He can decipher core components of a complex problem to deliver a compelling, impactful solution and he places a premium on building trust with his business partners. With a customer-centric focus, Matt is committed to providing inventive solutions and creating plans that outpace competitors.
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- Managing Partner at Madrona Venture Group
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- Digital and Innovation Advisor / Boston College / Bainbridge Island, Washington
Mr. Arens was a Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Merchant Services and Sales with Amazon where he was in charge of the commercialization of Amazon's overall enterprise services business and responsible for driving enterprise direct sales, channels, alliances, and partnerships.
EXPERIENCE
Background Mr. Arens was a Managing Director at managing consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal. Prior to that he was Vice President of Merchant Services and Sales with Amazon where he was in charge of the commercialization of Amazon's overall enterprise services business and responsible for driving enterprise direct sales, channels, alliances, and partnerships. Mr. Arens was a senior executive at Syncra Systems, a supply chain management company providing B2B internet-based collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment solutions. Mr. Arens started his career at IBM and served in various senior level sales management roles during IBM's historic transformation from a hardware company to a services company. When he left he was responsible for IBM's overall global B2B market place initiatives.
Consultant to CEOs Mr. Arens' specialty is creating pragmatic digital strategies based on Amazon's principles of leadership and customer innovation. Wes collaborates closely with CEO's to refine their own vision for digital, define their unique market point of view for superior customer value, and build a roadmap to improve business outcomes. He knows the hard questions necessary to challenge and transform the business and can objectively assess internal capabilities and gaps and illuminate blind spots including talent acquisition. In the end Mr. Arens helps organizations build a plan to accelerate the speed and quality of day to day decision making. His approach has helped dozens of companies unlock their own brand of innovation and prioritize the bets necessary to transform and improve results.
Speaker Frequent keynote speaker and leads workshops on a wide variety of innovation, internet of things, digital strategy and creating a culture of agility, trail and error, scaling and accountability. My goal is to give people tools they can immediately use to operate differently (like we would at Amazon). Please contact me to discuss your event (johnerossman@gmail.com)