Washington, DC | Falls Church, VA | Pittsburgh, PA
Also known as: sasilver21
I help connect digital retail executives with career opportunities. I also collaborate with select technology companies for market development. I am proud to be part of the digital retail community and always willing to make relevant introductions. I spent years as Executive Director of Shop.org until August . At Shop.org I grew the membership to members, launched and grew the Annual Summit from zero to a Fastest trade show. I co-invented "Cyber Monday" in and conceptualized and launched Cybermonday.com in as a shopping site and business model that has generated more than . million for Shop.orgs scholarship fund. Following Shop.org, I spent months as a member of the founding team of Ifeelgoods, which replaces traditional retail incentives with virtual currencies and digital goods. I successfully evangelized Ifeelgoods from zero awareness to being well-known in the ecommerce space. By the time I left, Ifeelgoods had clients including Gap, Walmart.com, Ice.com, FTD, Meijer, Shoebuy.com and --Flowers.com. I'm passionate and intellectually curious about digital retail, cross-channel, social media, digital marketing, social gaming, virtual goods and e-commerce. A frequent speaker and spokesperson for the industry, I've been quoted in hundreds of articles in major news outlets including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The New York Times, NPR, BusinessWeek, The Washington Post. Specialties E-Commerce and multichannelcrosschannel retail. Executive search. Association management. E-commerce industry events. E-Commerce research. Association strategy development and execution. Facilitating the sharing of information among Internet and multichannel retail executives.
Laguna Beach, CA | Bloomington, IN | Chicago, IL
Also known as: sasilver21
Senior manager whose professional experience includes defining corporate strategy for start-ups and new ventures, structuring early-stage financings and strategic partnerships, performing financial planning and analysis, and operational/strategic consulting.
