Company Profiles
Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.
Melissa Campanelli is Editor-in-Chief of Total Retail. She is an industry veteran, having covered all aspects of retail, tech, digital, e-commerce, and marketing over the past 20 years. Melissa is also the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle.
Jamie Rau is the marketing director for Micro Kickboard, the U.S. distributor for innovative Swiss company Micro-Mobility, maker of the world's best-rated scooters and kickboards and other innovative products used for urban mobility.
Rich Stendardo is the CEO of Yottaa, an e-commerce acceleration platform.
Senior Vice President of Consumer Products and Services at Magid
Harnil Oza is a CEO of Hyperlink Infosystem, a mobile app development company based in USA & India having a team of best app developers who deliver best mobile solutions mainly on Android and iOS platform. He regularly contributes his knowledge on the leading blogging sites.
James Glover is the co-founder and CEO of Coherent Path, an email marketing optimization and email personalization solutions provider.
Tom Caporaso is the CEO of ebbo, an all-in-one loyalty company that has helped leading brands build unforgettable customer experiences for over two decades. He has been in the loyalty space for over 25 years, empowering brands to build better relationships with their customers for the long-term. In addition to his loyalty expertise, Tom also received a 2020 leadership award from The Hartford Courant and has helped ebbo earn the Connecticut Top Workplaces award every year since 2013.
Dana Gibber is the co-founder and COO of Headliner Labs, the leading technology platform in chat marketing, enabling hundreds of retail brands to market to their customers via chat channels. Platform partners like Saks Fifth Avenue, Cole Haan, Sally Beauty and Kenneth Cole use Headliner to power AI-infused smart messages to their customers through channels like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Dana also writes a regular column on digital marketing for retail for Women’s Wear Daily. Dana worked as a law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as well as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review. Dana received a J.D. from Yale Law School, and her A.B. magna cum laude from Harvard College.
Michael Stone is the Chairman and Co-Founder of global brand extension licensing agency Beanstalk and the author of "The Power of Licensing: Harnessing Brand Equity" (Ankerwycke, 2018).
Bart Mroz is CEO at SUMO Heavy, a digital commerce strategy firm. The company builds, connects, expands and invests in growing online retailers. This group of experienced strategists, consultants, designers and developers works to build solid brands and to create effective online retail solutions. Bart is an expert in e-commerce, business consulting, and technology strategy.
Kristina Stidham is the digital content director at Total Retail and sister brands Women in Retail Leadership Circle and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality at NAPCO Media. She is passionate about digital media and handles video, podcast and virtual event production for all brands. You can often find her at WIRLC, TR, WLT&H or industry events with her camera and podcasting equipment—or at home on Zoom—recording interviews with thought leaders and business executives.
Kristina holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Production from the Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication in Philadelphia. Go Owls! When she's not in the office, she loves to go on long walks, sing around the house, hangout with her family and two pet guinea pigs, and travel to new places.
Ashley Chiaradio is the Senior Content Strategist at Total Retail. Ashley has been creating content for more than 7 years, and provides a unique insight in covering the retail industry having worked directly for retailers in the past. She’s passionate about profiling women leadership in the space.
Michael Brown is CEO and co-founder of Vicarious PR, a multi-award-winning video game PR and marketing agency based in the US. Having led campaigns for clients such as Tencent, HBO and Behaviour Interactive, Michael has grown a boutique agency into a leader in the field. Having several years experience as a PR and marketing specialist, and several more as a games journalist, Michael also received the PR NEWS 2018 Rising Star award.
Derek O'Carroll is CEO of Brightpearl, a cloud-based ERP for retailers and wholesalers. Recognized as a leading retail expert, his mantra is to deliver on Brightpearl’s mission to automate the back office for today’s merchants.
Brightpearl is a retail operations platform for retailers and wholesalers with a clear mission to automate the back office so merchants can spend their time and money growing the business. Brightpearl’s complete back office solution includes financial management, inventory and sales order management, purchasing and supplier management, CRM, fulfillment, warehouse management and logistics.
Polly Wong is the President of Belardi Wong, a leading direct marketing agency based in San Francisco.
Andrew Furman serves as Senior Vice President of Sales at Outbrain overseeing North America. Outbrain is a digital native advertising company at the center of the feed discovery innovation.
In his current and past roles, Andrew consults brands, agencies, and publishes on how to successfully execute digital content marketing strategies and initiatives. Andrew has over 20 years of advertising sales and sales management experience, which includes over six years at FOX in both NY and Chicago. Andrew graduated from Indiana University School of Business with a BA in Marketing/International Business and received an MBA from Baruch Zicklin School of Business in NY. Andrew resides in Chicago with his wife and twin children and is an avid skier.
Kyle Mitnick is the founder and president of Advertise Purple, a global adtech agency that is a leader in affiliate marketing management. A seasoned tech entrepreneur and angel investor, Kyle was ranked 37th on Entrepreneur.com's Top 360 Entrepreneurs for 2019. Under Kyle’s leadership, Advertise Purple has repeatedly made Inc. Magazine’s lists for Best Workplaces and Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America and has also been recognized as one of the Top Advertising and Marketing Companies in America.
Sally Holtgrieve is a senior editor at Total Retail, Women Leading Travel & Hospitality and Women in Retail Leadership Circle. She is responsible for content development, content management, content production and other tasks for the groups. Sally is from Northern Virginia and attended Christopher Newport University in Newport News. She moved to Austin, Texas in 2015 for an adventure and returned to the East Coast in 2021 with a husband, son, two cats and a dog. Sally enjoys hiking and camping, walking and eating her way through new cities, and waking up before anyone else to read and savor a cup, or four, of coffee. She can be reached at sholtgrieve@napco.com.
Kendra Franklin is an Editorial Intern for NAPCO Media. She is attending Temple University for her bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Production, with a minor in Content Creation.
Devon Russell is the Editorial Intern at NAPCO Media. She has written for The Temple News as a freelance news writer and is currently a staff writer and artist for Lunar Lit Magazine. She is a junior at Temple University pursuing a degree in English with minors in Journalism Studies and Geography & Urban Studies.
Ethan Cohen acts as the VP of Ecosystem & Community at Yotpo.
Mark Hook is the Global Communications Director at Brightpearl, a retail-tailored digital operations platform built for omnichannel merchants.
Bobby Marhamat is the CEO of Raydiant Screen Signage, a digital signage provider that helps businesses turn their TVs into interactive signs that drive sales, improve the in-store experience, and reinforce brand messaging. Prior to joining Raydiant, Bobby served as the COO of Revel Systems where he worked on the front lines with over 25,000 brick and mortar retailers. Bobby has held leadership positions including CEO, CRO, and VP of Sales at companies such as Highfive, Limos.com, EVO2, Verizon Wireless, LookSmart, ServerPlex Networks, and Sprint/Nextel. When Bobby's not spending his time thinking about the future of brick and mortar retail, you can find him traveling, reading, or tending to his vegetable garden.
Jon Stamell is the CEO of Oomiji, the first predictive, conversation-enabled customer data platform.