Ryan is a passion-driven, results oriented, brand builder & entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience. A nine-year veteran of Glaceau’s Vitamin Water and CocaCola, Ryan has a proven track record of developing and activating regional and local marketing strategies that bring brands to life and drive sales growth. Ryan is also the founder and CEO of Water Dog Paddle Co., a family-friendly eco-tourism company on John’s Island in Charleston, SC and is ranked the #1 outdoor activity to do on TripAdvisor. When on dry land and not paddling, Ryan continues consulting with beverage and apparel start-ups.
Rupert is a marketing strategist, consultant, and ideator that helps companies deploy creative strategies that win. He currently runs marketing at Zenlist, a real estate proptech company that has reimagined the home search process through a collaborative search ecosystem. He has worked for brands in the sports, entertainment, wellbeing, and proptech areas, and has consulted companies in D2C ecommerce, B2B SaaS and more. Rupert has created strategic engines that have and will continue to generate tens of millions of dollars for brands.
Suzanne is a global marketing and communications director with stand-out experience delivering growth within the luxury and prestige consumer retail sectors. She develops, leads and executes best-in-class innovative brand omnichannel strategies that align with corporate goals, and allow flexibility for localization and in-market activation. Suzanne ran all of UK marketing for Estee Lauder Companies’ Designer Fragrances plus men’s skincare. She also ran marketing for Godiva’s Global Travel Retail and Continental Europe Retail divisions. She has spent the past few years consulting with start-ups in the premium beauty and food industries.
Hal is a marketing and advertising expert specializing in building advertising campaigns, teams, and systems for customer acquisition at scale. He is the founder of H Street Digital, an Austin-based advertising agency that specializes in customer acquisition for Fintech, SaaS, DTC ecommerce, and Web 3 companies. Prior to running his own shop, he opened and managed Realtime Media’s Manhattan office, where his team managed digital advertising for clients including: Citibank, J.B. Hunt, Nasdaq, the Dallas Mavericks, Microsoft Azure, Heartland Dental, and several high-growth startups.
Jacqueline has spent 20+ years working with some of the world’s most iconic brands. A veteran of the Estee Lauder Companies and Google, Jacqueline has been on the front lines of the marketing industry’s transformation into a data-driven, digital-first industry. She has managed new product launches, delivered culturally relevant marketing strategies, spearheaded media buying, driven video and influencer strategy, and led data analytics modeling programs. Jacqueline rounded out her experience going agency-side at Omnicom Media Group, after which she launched her own consulting company working with start-ups and scale-ups to help entrepreneurs build national brands.