Meet Magento Florida

With over 15 years of experience, Phillip has built and managed eCommerce solutions for some of the world’s most recognizable brands. He helps leading brands define commerce goals, create digital strategies to meet those goals, and align tactics that continually drive results. Phillip is also the organizer of the Magento SoFla Meetup and hosts the successful podcasts Magetalk, Future Commerce, and Merchant to Merchant, with over 100,000 monthly listeners.

Mark's passion over the last decade has revolved entirely around Magento. His interest in the Zend and Magento frameworks started with the early days of Magento 0.8, with an even longer devotion to eCommerce and PHP for over 20 years. Mark's sole focus moving forward is making learning Magento as simple as possible, curating new premium tech-ed courses and lessons all about Magento 2 for M.academy. Mark has spoken at conferences such as Magento Imagine and Meet Magento, and his full-stack eCommerce programming expertise paved the way for him to become an Adobe Commerce Certified Expert. His love for open-source software also led him to build and maintain docker-Magento, the most implemented and popular development environment for Magento 2. Mark is married to his wonderful wife Juliann, and they are the proud parents of twin girls, Lily and Brielle. Mark lives in Northeast Ohio and loves eating chipotle burritos, bowling, driving his 240sx, and unfortunately, watching Cleveland Browns games.

Joseph Maxwell is the president of SwiftOtter, Inc, an Adobe Commerce specialized agency. He has been working with Adobe Commerce for over ten years. He has trained thousands of developers to be more proficient on this platform and uses this experience to build better experiences for ecommerce-enabled merchants. He lives in Kansas City, KS, with his wife and three children.

Muliadi is the founder of ICUBE, one of the leading e-commerce agencies and Adobe Solution Partners in the Asia Pacific. Muliadi has been focusing on the eCommerce area especially in retail omnichannel and retail innovation for the last 20 years. His past e-commerce projects include some of the well-known international brands such as TOMS Shoes, RelaxTheBack, Rayban, Behr, Oprah Store, Footlocker, and local leading retail brands such as Kawan Lama Group, The Body Shop, MAP Group, Erafone, Hush Puppies, Wacoal and more. In June 2020, the merger of SIRCLO and ICUBE took place, where Muliadi until today took on the role of SIRCLO’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Enterprise Solutions.

Brent is a serial entrepreneur and marketing professional with a passion for running. He is a 5x Magento master and has been involved in the Magento community for nearly 15 years. Brent is the co-founder of Wagento and the host of the podcast Talk Commerce. He has run 25 marathons and one Ironman race. Brent has been married for 29 years.

Digital Nomad, Consultant, and Architect. Although "Sharp on the edges", working to build a healthy environment for developers experiencing mental challenges. In Addition to his role as a Solution Architect at SwiftOtter, Inc., he dedicates time to building healthy work environments for developers experiencing mental challenges.

Sanne has been working with Magento for almost a decade. Prior to working at Hyvä, she's been leading sales and marketing teams at various companies in the Magento ecosystem. She is a known speaker at events and loves working at the intersection of technical innovation and commercial success. Sanne is also chair of the AFRIpads Foundation, enjoys the Amsterdam perks, develops an ever-deepening affection for wine and cooking, and advocates for more diversity in the workplace.

Arron is a consultant working in eCommerce for 20 years and has been involved in the Magento community since 2009. Arron is also a co-founder of MDOQ which offers competitive hosting and development automation for Magento. Arron is a father of two and spends as much time as possible at his second family home in Orlando.

Certified Magento 2 Developer, project lead, and co-host of the Magentlemen podcast.

David is the CEO & Founder of Psyberware, specializing in eCommerce advertising and product data feed management for Magento merchants. He brings nearly 30 years of experience dealing with the technical challenges of marketing businesses online. He spent nearly a decade growing revenue as head of IT and Ecommerce at a mid-sized Magento merchant. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Business Management and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Damien Retzinger is the CEO and Founder of Graycore, LLC. He is a software engineer that has worked with Magento since 2015. He is a frequent contributor to Magento and MageOS, where you will often find him responding to questions on Slack or Discord. He loves automation and will do anything in his power to work more effectively.

CEO & Co-Founder of Optty, has over 20 years of industry experience in digital, fashion, retail, and fintech sectors. She co-founded Optty, a cloud-based platform that enables multiple Buy Now Pay Later and APM integrations from a single API. As an advocate of cross-border trade, digital customer experience, eCommerce, payments, and growth strategies, Natasha has worked with leading global marketplaces and technology companies. Optty boasts over 63 APMS and is available in over 60 Countries. Natasha is a regular contributor and Member of the Forbes Business Council.

Magento 2 Backend Developer, CEO of People Like Software, Co-host of the Magentlemen podcast.

Willem is the founder of Hyvä Themes, the fastest Magento frontend currently on the market. He has been working with Magento since 2011. After he started specializing in performance optimization on Magento, he accidentally built Hyvä out of frustration with the Luma theme and the PWA solutions currently on the market. Hyvä focuses heavily on performance, reducing complexity and thereby also reducing the build time and developer frustration.

Dave Hyman is the Chief Revenue Officer at Webeyez, a web analytics and monitoring platform that online businesses use to eliminate friction in the online shopper journey. Prior to co-founding Webeyez, Dave was the Director of Channel Partnerships at SimilarWeb and served as the Head of Sales for Yotpo.  Webeyez was founded in 2018 and is now an integral part of the e-commerce operations for a broad spectrum of brands from high-fashion apparel to hospitality.

Oleksandr Kravchuk's journey in eCommerce started 8 years ago with his acquaintance with Magento 1. During these years he has worked on many Magento 2 clients in markets of Europe, Scandinavia, and the Middle East and with projects of different sizes: from dozen orders per day to more than 50,000 simultaneous customers on a webshop. Last 2 years he has been working as Magento Department Manager at vConnect.dk, building and optimizing development processes to provide an even more fascinating experience for their beloved clients. Way of becoming an Adobe Commerce Certified Expert in different categories (Developer, Cloud Developer, Business Practitioner), altogether with Adobe Commerce Certified Master opened him a much better overview of not only how to solve business issues from the technical side but also understanding what business drivers are behind them. In 2022 he was recognized as Adobe Subject Matter Expert as a result of participation in a group for creating questions for the Adobe Commerce Master - Adobe Commerce Architect exam. His passion for open-source development led him to become a contributor to Magento 2 Platform and Magento Community Maintainer. One of the main achievements was the role of one of the core contributors to the In-Store Pickup feature of Magento 2 based on the Multi-Source Inventory solution (the Inventory). Due to his impact and dedication, he was recognized as one of the top 50 Magento contributors in 2019 and named Magento Master Maker 2020. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2022, he is temporarily living in Bulgaria, East-Europe. Dreaming to return one day to the peaceful Ukrainian sky, meeting his relatives, and friends, and finally pet his dog whom he has not seen for a year already.

Igor is a senior software engineer & architect working at Imagination Media since 2017, specializing in web development and high-performance applications. He has been working in the e-commerce industry since 2015 and developing and maintaining Magento websites since Magento 1. During these years, he helped to migrate many customers from Magento 1 to Magento 2, optimized their website performance, and architected and worked on many complex Magento implementations. He's specialized in architecting and building integrations between different applications, such as e-commerce and ERPs, CRMs, OMS, WMS, and data warehouses. He loves to work with anything DevOps related such as cloud, containers, Docker, Kubernetes, etc, and always tries to find tools and processes that improve his developer experience and of his colleagues.

In 2011 Josh Ward became the Director of Sales and Marketing growing a three-headed web hosting monster. That role turned into a decade of helping multiple web hosting companies grow their sales and marketing teams, increase revenues, and then get acquired. He's still in web hosting at Liquid Web as the VP of Sales over Acquisitions and Partnerships. Josh is a Texan who currently resides in North Alabama. He met his wife, Clesha, in high school and they have 4 wonderful kids.

Dave has over 25 years of experience as an Enterprise Solution Architect, Product Manager, and Solution Consultant focused on delivering demonstrative business ROI with digital commerce. He has worked for Intershop, Digital River, Magento, and Adobe. He is currently the Director of Product Marketing for Marketplacer. In the 2000's David led teams to implement eProcurement Marketplaces with the New South Whales Government, Shanghai Government, and Cisco. In the 2010s, he worked with companies like Nokia, Motorola, Ingram Books, Sun Microsystems, and HP on 3rd Party product-style revenue streams. At Meet Magento Florida, Dave will discuss how to think about the word Marketplace and what it could mean to Retailers and SI Companies.

Julia has over 15 years of working in eCommerce and B2B retail sales with Barr Display. Her passion to learn new things, problem-solving, and create more efficient workflows has led to the company’s success in an ever-changing ecom environment. She has three boys and loves to spend time in the kitchen creating food her kids won’t eat.

With over two decades of experience in the digital and retail space, Heather Nigro is a serial entrepreneur in e-commerce. Her successful track record is based on her in-the-trenches experience as a former executive on the retailer and digital agency side throughout her career. With extensive experience in consumer and luxury brands, she is responsible for driving over $1 Billion in sales for her clients. Her no-nonsense approach to consulting led her to be one of the most sought-after thought leaders in the digital space, dubbed by Forbes Retail as the “Rule Breaker of E-Commerce”.

Maier is the founder of Bemeir, a leading Magento development agency, and Adobe Commerce Solution Partner. Maier has been focused on retail technologies, eCommerce, and web development for the last two decades. He and his firm have worked with such notable brands as Hilton, Geico, Pepsi, Weedmaps, and key Adobe Commerce customers such as K&N Engineering, ViewSonic, and Nobel Biocare. Maier is very passionate about the Magento ecosystem and especially about Hyvä. In fact, his company is an official US Hyvä partner. Maier has worked with the Magento platform since 2010 and is a Magento 2 Certified Solution Specialist.  In a past life, Maier was a certified Magento Developer and was the CTO of a successful mid-sized Magento merchant. Maier founded the Brooklyn, NY Magento meetup and has spoken at Magento Connect events. He and his team are contributors to Hyvä and have built Magento extensions as well for the marketplace. This will be Maier’s first speaking engagement at Meet Magento and he is excited to participate! Maier is also launching the "Ecommerce Hotline" podcast in 2023, where he will be interviewing key members of the eCommerce community.

Ritesh Somani helps to drive value-added services and features for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source within the product team. He has over 15 years of experience delivering software solutions for SMB and enterprise customers in the commerce and payments spaces for platforms. Having started his own business, and having worked at startups and companies such as Intuit, Visa, and PayPal, Ritesh understands the needs of merchants and has successfully implemented easy-to-use and delightful solutions for millions of businesses worldwide.

Mudita Tiwari serves as Senior Director of Developer Experiences within the Product organization at PayPal. Tiwari joined PayPal in 2018 and currently focuses on creating seamless developer experiences, APIs, and SDKs that power the world of integrations and product implementation at PayPal. She has extensive experience in Agile Product Management and Program Management. Prior to joining PayPal, Tiwari worked as strategic technical partner to eBay’s Chief Architect, and VP of Developer Ecosystem. She created a strategic vision while executing complex technical programs to revolutionize cross-collaboration at eBay. She has a master’s in public policy and a business degree in informational technology. Tiwari is passionate about empowering customers by deploying initiatives for financial literacy and enablement.

Nitu Walker leads enablement, evangelism, and activation for Commerce Services at Adobe. She has over 10 years of experience in sales, commerce, payments, and partnerships, including collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to drive product value and beneficial relationships. Immersed in the eCommerce ecosystem, Nitu enjoys working with sales teams, partners, and merchants and is passionate about creating awareness around the impact that key commerce business features can have on their growth.

Brian Moore is a Senior Partner Solutions Architect at AWS where he collaborates with ISV partners to build solutions on top of the leading cloud platform. Before joining AWS, Brian spent time at Tealium, a customer data platform company, blending his passions for data, technology, and customer service. There he worked with enterprise clients to guide their adoption of CDP solutions on the cutting edge of areas like identity resolution and predictive modeling before moving to the partner side and building technology integrations.