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Did you miss our February Episode?

Where are YOU trying to innovate in 2021? On February’s Marketing for the Now, will.i.am and an incredible roster of speakers joined Gary to answer this question LIVE on the show. Don’t miss out on this special episode dedicated to INNOVATION!

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featuring an impressive lineup of speakers

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Entertainer

will.i.am

Tech Entrepreneur & Philanthropist

will.i.am is an Entertainer, Tech Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Among his leadership roles in entertainment and business are: frontman of Black Eyed Peas; Consulting Producer and guest on “The Age of AI” series/YouTube Learning with Robert Downey Jr.; Executive Producer, “Parkland Rising” documentary film with Katie Couric; Coach on “The Voice” (UK) for ten seasons, and Coach on “The Voice Kids” (UK) for four seasons; Mentor on “The Voice” (US); Guest Recording Artist on NBC’s “Songland”; Executive Producer and Mentor on “Planet of the Apps”/Apple TV with Gary Vaynerchuk, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Alba; creator/performer, “Yes We Can” music video; voice actor and composer on “Madagascar”/(FOX); and actor in “RIO” and RIO2” (FOX) films.
Citi

Carla Hassan

CMO

Carla Hassan is the CMO of Citi! She oversees Citi’s Branding and Sponsorships, Global Consumer Banking marketing and its Institutional Clients Group’s marketing and sponsorships. Previously, Carla held C-Suite roles at Toys “R” Us, PepsiCo, The Kellogg Company and more. Carla serves on the advisory board of the ANA’s #seeher initiative and was named an Ad Age “Women to Watch”.
Skillshare

Liana Douillet Guzmán

CMO

Liana Guzmán is the CMO at Skillshare where she’s responsible for full funnel...right down to sales. Liana spent 4 years at Blockchain, most recently as the company’s COO where she grew its user base 10x to over 40M. Liana is an award-winning philanthropist...and claims she may be the only “country music-loving, mean rice and bean-making francophile.”
Pencils of Promise

Adam Braun

Founder

Adam Braun is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur and Founder of Pencils of Promise, the award-winning non profit that has built more than 500 schools globally. He was also Co-Founder & CEO of MissionU, a higher education startup named one of FastCompany’s 50 Most Innovative Companies before being acquired by WeWork. He’s been featured as a speaker at The White House, the United Nations and the Clinton Global Initiative.
Prime Video & Amazon Studios

Ukonwa Ojo

CMO

Ukonwa Ojo, CMO of Prime Video & Amazon Studios, is responsible for leading global brand and originals marketing. She’s held top leadership roles at MAC Cosmetics, Coty, COVERGIRL, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser, General Mills and Meadwestvaco AND she has been recognized with over 50 awards and honors!
Gannett

Mayur Gupta

Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer

Mayur Gupta is the Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer at Gannett - USA Today Network! Mayur leads a team of marketers, growth hackers and data scientists to drive the company’s transformation from a news media platform to a digital content subscription marketplace. Previously, Mayur has held top roles at Freshly, Spotify, Kimberly Clark and SapientNitro and is a serial investor in a long list of startups. If he wasn’t leading the transformation at Gannett, he would be playing Cricket for India or Tennis for the USA!
Rocket Mortgage

Casey Hurbis

CMO

Casey Hurbis is the CMO of Rocket Mortgage who is driving new, innovative strategies, leading a 300 person in-house marketing agency in Detroit. Casey launched Rocket Mortgage’s two Super Bowl commercials, which claimed the top two positions on USA Today’s Ad Meter. His leadership helped place Rocket Mortgage into Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2021 list. He came from 24 years in automotive marketing – most recently for FIAT where he brought the brand to the US.
PepsiCo Beverages North America

Greg Lyons

CMO

Greg Lyons, CMO, PepsiCo Beverages North America, leads PepsiCo’s $22 billion beverage portfolio in the U.S! Greg has been with PepsiCo for over 20 years, launching more than $2 billion in new innovation, including LIFEWTR and bubly and most recently Driftwell, Mtn Dew AMP Game Fuel and Bolt24. He’s also a data junky, building new inhouse capabilities including a tool to measure and adjust Pepsico’s media spend REAL TIME.
IKEA

Umesh Sripad

Chief Digital Officer, US

Umesh Sripad i the Chief Digital Officer at IKEA USA who is expert in Product Management, Technology, & Consumer Marketing. He leads the brand’s digital transformation creating a seamless omni-channel customer experience that delivers home furnishing inspiration through bricks & clicks. Previously he led global Product, Marketing, Data, User Experience and Engineering teams at organizations including CNN, Weather Channel and Overstock.com.
Air Company

Greg Constantine

Co-founder and CEO

Gregory Constantine is an award-winning businessman, product developer, and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and CEO of Air Company, which uses technology and creativity to help decarbonize the planet. The company is applying its technology in a number of verticals, including spirits, fragrance and renewable fuels. Air Company has been awarded Time Magazine’s invention of the year, NASA’s CO2 Challenge Winner and many other awards.
Oracle

Lisa Joy Rosner

Senior Vice President, Brand and Digital Marketing

Lisa Joy Rosner is SVP of Brand and Digital Marketing at Oracle, who claimed an entirely new role at Oracle focused all on content. Lisa Joy is a Silicon Valley vet, having worked in data and analytics her entire career. She lives by her mantra, “Tell me it can’t be done and I’ll do it!” -- birthing 4 children in 4 years while launching 2 startups!
Fortune 500

Renata Ferraiolo

VP of Marketing

Renata joined her Fortune500 company in Brazil in 1997 and has been a globe trotter as she took on leadership roles in Marketing and Sales in Brazil, Switzerland, Netherlands and the USA. She is revered as an award-winning, result-driven, “people person” with over 23 years of Global FMCG experience living true to her purpose!

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