LUNCH AND LEARN WITH KIBO, GOOGLE CLOUD, AND PUBLICIS SAPIENT
Next-Gen Grocery: Driving Seamless Shopping with Advanced Modern Technology
Heading to GroceryShop Las Vegas in October? Join Kibo, Google Cloud, and Publicis Sapient on October 7th from 1:00 – 3:00 pm for free cocktails and lunch while learning about why and how grocers and retailers are leveraging modern, flexible technology to optimize their end to end omnichannel commerce experience through personalized shopping experiences, adaptive inventory management, and seamless customer engagement strategies.
When: Monday, October 7th, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Where: Ri Ra Irish Pub (between the Luxor and Mandalay Bay)
Agenda
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Arrivals
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Cocktails and buffet lunch, networking
Meet our Speakers
Paul Tepfenhart, Global Director, Retail & Consumer Industry Strategy & Solutions, Google Cloud
Paul Tepfenhart is responsible for shaping Google Cloud’s global retail strategy, helping retailers unlock the power of the cloud, data and AI to drive value and improve customer experiences.
Paul’s extensive experience in retail has primarily focused on omnichannel commerce, operations, and innovation. Prior to Google, Paul was at H-E-B, a $36B Grocery Retailer, where he served as the SVP of Omnichannel Retail and Emerging Technology. During his eight year tenure at HEB, Paul built the grocer’s digital business from inception to a multi-billion dollar franchise and created the H-E-B Retail Innovation Lab to incubate the store of the future technologies and work with partners to transform operations and commerce. Paul’s teams were responsible for leading H-E-B/Central Market into the digital commerce age and for building the company’s portfolio of digital solutions across all customer and employee interactions. Paul also previously served as Sr. Director of Multichannel Retail at Walmart where his teams were responsible for the pilot and expansion of many programs we all use today such as home delivery and curbside, alternate pickup, and pickup today.
Eric Lessard, VP of Partnerships, Kibo
Eric Lessard is the VP of Partnerships & Alliances at Kibo Commerce, where he leverages over 15 years of experience in e-commerce and digital commerce to help companies scale and optimize their digital strategies. With a proven track record working with leading eCommerce firms like Mirakl, SAP Hybris, and ATG, Eric has a deep understanding of marketplace technologies, omnichannel strategies, and building strong partnerships. His expertise in driving growth and innovation has been instrumental in transforming businesses across various sectors.
Satyen Pal, GVP, Global Omni-Fulfillment Practice Lead, Publicis Sapient
Satyen leads omni-fulfillment supply chain practice for Publicis Sapient and has over two decades of experience spread across consulting and industry. He is a seasoned supply chain and retail technology professional with extensive leadership experience in omni-channel strategy, architecture, implementation, solution consulting and program management. Satyen has led many omni-fulfillment engagements for clients across NA and Europe
including HBC, IBM, Marks & Spencer, Tesco, DHL, Eileen Fisher, Lululemon, and Revlon etc. He provides guidance and oversight to all omni-fulfillment supply chain engagements.
Satyen also leads supply chain propositions development to help drive supply chain excellence for retail clients. He is an active speaker at various conferences including NRF, supply chain industry round tables and has written many whitepapers on advanced supply chain topics.
Satyen has a Master degree in industrial engineering specializing in supply chain management.
About Kibo
Kibo Commerce is a composable commerce platform for retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and wholesalers who want to simplify the complexity in their businesses and deliver modern customer experiences. Kibo is the only modular commerce platform supporting experiences that span Order Management, eCommerce, and Subscriptions. Companies like Zwilling, Ace Hardware, Boscov’s, Nivel, and REEDS Jewelers trust Kibo to bring simplicity and sophistication to commerce operations and exceed customer expectations.
About Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient is a digital business transformation company. We partner with global organizations to help them create and sustain competitive advantage in an increasingly digital world. We operate through our expert SPEED capabilities: Strategy, Product, Experience, Engineering, and Data & AI, which enables us to deliver meaningful impact to our clients’ businesses through reimagining the products and experiences their customers truly value. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe, with 20,000 people and over 50 offices worldwide.
About Google Cloud
Google Cloud is the new way to the cloud, providing AI, infrastructure, developer, data, security, and collaboration tools built for today and tomorrow. Google Cloud offers a powerful, optimized AI stack with its own planet-scale infrastructure, custom-built chips, generative AI models and development platform, as well as AI-powered applications, to help organizations transform. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted technology partner.
