How Commerce, Creator, & Consumer Brands Are Built

Sydney Sykes is an investor, entrepreneur and nonprofit leader who is passionate about the direct consumer space, ecommerce, and venture capital. After graduating university with a psych major, Sydney was drawn to the world of startups and venture capital and joined NEA as an early consumer investor. During her time at Dollskill, Sydney grew and strategized the company's native brands while also angel investing and doing scout investing for Lightspeed. Sydney later joined Lightspeed as a Partner to focus on commerce, future shopping and ecommerce enablement for early stage companies. She is now committed to making an impact in the venture capital space by increasing diversity and furthering innovation in the industry.

Lio Pinchevski is the founder and CEO of Finaloop, the company providing real-time bookkeeping services specifically tailored to DTC and ecommerce brands. Formerly he was a CPA & parter at PwC, as well as a founder of a 7-figure e-commerce brand. Frustrated with traditional bookkeeping systems that couldn't keep pace with e-commerce, Lio built the platform for e-commerce which provides necessary integrations, and eliminates the need for a bookkeeper.

Izzy Gewirtzman is the founder of Shiplion - a consultancy that helps brands optimize and save on shipping costs. After realizing that contracts between businesses and carriers could be optimized to reduce costs and improve service, he started helping companies doing larger volume re-coup costs and optimize COGs by renegotiating their contracts with carriers like FedEx and UPS.

Athan Didaskalou is founder of July, the fast growing travel & luggage brand. He's a product guy by default, and decided to launch July 2019 with business partner, Richard We. They have been pushing to create innovative travel accessories and products that stand out from the competition.

Justin Seidenfeld is an experienced consumer goods expert with over ten years of experience in product design, development, and supply chain management. He is the founder of Doris Dev, a product design, development and supply chain management company, and the creator of Canopy, a humidifier with technology that offers health benefits for skin. Most recently, he incubated a managed service software company, Factored Quality, which provides quality control and supply chain management services through a single point platform with managed services.

Marshall Nyman is an expert in affiliate marketing, having worked in the industry for over a decade. After working in-house for brands on email marketing and affiliate marketing, he started Nymo & co - a DTC agency helping brands grow through affiliate.

Stephanie Kimel & Celia Lewis- Product Innovation: Personal Storage x Home Decor

Johnathan Solorzano is the founder of Solo Media Group, a digital agency specializing in Shopify development. After working as a whitelabel agency developer on some of the biggest shopify brands like Oatly, he started to work directly with brands within Shopify ecosystem.

Jennifer Meyer is a powerhouse in the world of PR, having worked in the industry for over a decade. She served as the Director of PR for Club Monaco, VP of PR & Marketing of Alice + Olivia, and had experience operating on the agency side as well.

Nathan Resnick is the Founder of Sourcify, a company that he founded in 2016 to help the best brands source, develop, and manufacture products with network of thousands of factories abroad.