04/26/2023
04/28/2023
It was a momentous PIMpoint, full of inspiring customer stories, actionable PIM insights and great connections. Partners, customers, experts and PIM leaders shared on the future of PIM and how to activate the full value of PIM to open up new revenue opportunities, meet demands for sustainability and deliver more compelling digital experiences across channels.
Thought leadership. Market insights. PIM expertise. Customer stories. Here's a snapshot of the content, the energy and the connections that made PIMpoint Americas 2023 an unforgettable event.
City Winery, Chicago | The perfect venue for a springtime event, City Winery has a beautiful outdoor wine garden and is full of character. Conveniently located in the heart of Chicago's popular West Loop neighborhood, the event will feature a keynote venue, a Partner Pavilion and plenty of space to network and mingle.
Hotel recommendations from locals:
- Publishing House Bed and Breakfast (3 blocks)
- The Emily Hotel (0.6 miles)
- The Hoxton Chicago (0.7 miles)
- Nobu Hotel (0.8 miles)
- Crowne Plaza Hotel (1.1 miles)
Andy is the SVP of Sales and Marketing at Ntara. Ntara is a Platinum inriver partner that specializes in digital transformation for industrial and consumer products manufacturers.
In his role at Ntara, Andy is responsible for the agency's sustainable growth and revenue operations. He manages an all-star team of senior account directors, marketers and consultants who serve Ntara's diverse clients. Andy has decades of consulting experience in e-commerce and digital transformation for brands such as Xerox, Textron, Simmons Beautyrest, Harman Audio, Teradata, BNY Mellon, and many more.
Ms. Grimster has over 25 years of IT experience, 15 of which have been within master data management (MDM). Ms. Grimster has gained extensive knowledge of the product information management (PIM) and master data management (MDM) markets and technology during her time working for a number of software vendors. Ms. Grimster was instrumental in the design, development and delivery of Stibo Systems solution for customer data domain use cases.
Professional background
- Stibo Systems, Product Manager, User Experience
- Syndigo (formerly Riversand), Senior Solutions Engineer
- Dunn & Bradstreet, Data Integration Consultant
Håkan joined multi-brand global manufacturer Lantmännen in 2020 and is currently rolling out inriver PIM to 7 different companies. He's a native of Sweden and determined to offer PIM up as a smorgasbord for channels across the globe.
Jeff Beyer is the Chief Systems Architect for SATCO|NUVO, a privately-held lighting manufacturer headquartered in New York, with distribution centers throughout the continental U.S. as well as Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico.
Jeff began his career in systems architecture at Lockheed Martin, holding leadership positions on major government programs. He then began working as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies in diverse sectors including energy and banking/financial, architecting and implementing solutions to enhance operations and efficiency. For over 20 years, Jeff has been developing front and back-end solutions for B2B and B2C sites, providing technical as well as sales, marketing and operational vision to businesses transitioning to online sales.
John Fister is Senior Digital Product Manager at New Balance, where he specializes in the intersection of technology and business. His areas of expertise include ecommerce business management, merchandising, and digital product management, in which he has 20+ years of experience. At New Balance, he has led the NB.com merchandising, team, established the company's ecommerce business in the EMEA region, developed digital business strategies across multiple international regions, and spearheaded the development of emerging digital business channels.
Niels has more than twenty years of technology leadership experience in scaling high-growth, B2B companies like Esko (a Danaher Company), Stibo Systems, Oracle, SAP, OpenText and Boyum-IT Solutions (Acquired by Volpi Capital) where he still serves as chairman.
In addition, he is a special appointed member of the The Danish Business Regulation Forum where he advises the Danish government on future business-oriented EU regulation – particularly regarding the new EU data act, green taxonomy and GDPR, all relevant topic for his board role in inriver.
He will help guide inriver’s strategy to accelerate company growth. He holds a master degree in Business Administration and Auditing, and a bachelor degree in company law from Copenhagen Business School.
With a strategic mindset and a passion for customer experience, he helped transform inriver into the powerful and robust product information management platform it is today.
Before inriver, Johan took the lead in starting new businesses and held leading positions at DDMM, Sema Group, and UDK. He has worked internationally with software development and strategy for e-commerce and content management since the mid-1990s in North America, and across EMEA. Johan studied data communication, system development, and philosophy at the University of Umeå.
Brooke has dedicated her nearly 25-year career to driving business growth for data-related B2B software companies. Prior to inriver, she was Chief Marketing Officer of Datto, a security and IT vendor for MSPs to service SMBs that was successfully acquired for $6.2 Billion.
Previously, she also worked for some of the top companies in software, including Splunk, Qlik Technologies, CA Technologies, and SAP holding various global leadership positions in marketing, operations, and partner functions. She is also a member of Chief, an organization designed for women executive leaders to strengthen their leadership journey and effect change from the top-down.
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