2014

Eduardo A Dingler / Corporate Beverage Director, Morimoto Restaurants

Mexican born has worked in the restaurant business since the age of 14, in Napa Valley Bistro Don Giovanni, Tra Vigne, and Belle Arti. This are some of the restaurants that nourished his love for the business and more specifically wine after moving to Napa, California.

In July 2010 alongside Michael Galyen, whom he had previously worked at two other restaurants, he took the Beverage Director title at Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto's Napa restaurant.

Susan DeMatei, CS, CSW / Marketing Consultant, Owner, WineGlass Marketing

Susan DeMatei has worked for over 25 years marketing luxury goods. After graduating cum laude with a Bachelors degree from Boston University, she enjoyed a successful career as a leading national Advertising Agency Account Director working on Direct Marketing (websites, email, direct mail and analytics) for technology brands such as Sprint, Dell, Apple and Motorola.

Jason Cutrer / Founder & President, Six Nines IT

Jason is a 16 year veteran in the technology industry. He is an expert in all aspects of business technology, ranging from mobile devices and services, to connectivity solutions and networking. He understands the business needs and how to apply technology solutions for businesses using terminology they can relate to. Jason has worked in the Napa Valley for the last 5 years providing enterprise support and solutions to the wine industry and mid- market.

John Collins / CEO, GreatVines

Built by industry veterans, the GreatVines Beverage Selling Solution is designed to address account development, brand activation, relationship management (CRM), sales order entry, business intelligence and analytics plus trade marketing challenges unique to the Beverage Alcohol Industry – specifically producers and distributors of wine, spirits and beer. John is an executive with over 20 years experience in technology both inside and outside company boundaries, and an experienced business leader with particular expertise in all segments of Beverage Alcohol.

Karena Breslin / VP Digital Marketing, Constellation Brands

As Vice President of Digital Marketing at Constellation Brands Inc., the world's leading premium wine company, Karena manages digital strategy and execution for the company’s portfolio of 70+ wine and spirits brands including: Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois, Kim Crawford and SVEDKA. Her organization is responsible for all social media and website initiatives as well as digital advertising and content marketing. She also leads B2B and B2E initiatives including web and mobile applications as well as Constellation Brands’ enterprise community.

James Marshall Berry / Owner, JMB Web Consulting - Chief Strategy Officer, Wine and the Web

James is an Internet Consultant, with experience in all aspects of things that happen on the Internet, from back-end web server to front-end design work, email, hosting, SEO, Social Media and A/V content. Before stepping out on his own, James spent 10 years in IT experiencing all aspects of the IT Department, from tech support to interim Department Manager, leaving as Director of Internet Services, responsible for all B2B and B2C websites.

J. Smoke Wallin / Co-Chair, WITS

Smoke is an accomplished leader and successful entrepreneur in the CPG, beverage & technology industries.  He has advised many of the most successful brands, distributors, retailers and companies on their "go-to-market" strategies.

Lesley Berglund / Co-Chair, WITS

Lesley is an accomplished wine industry entrepreneur and CEO with a focus on change management.  Over the past 24 years in the wine industry she has started up the equivalent of nine new businesses, acquired and integrated four companies and led during periods of dramatic change.  As co-founder and former CEO of the Ambrosia Wine Catalogue/the Winetasting Network (which she sold in 2004) she has deep experience in consumer direct marketing of fine wines.

Scott Kubik / Client Director, Nielsen

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Scott Kubik / Client Director, Nielsen
Scott Kubik is Client Director for Nielsen's Beverage Alcohol Practice. Scott brings over 14 years of industry experience to support manufacturers, wholesalers, brokers and marketing agencies in understanding market dynamics, integrating disparate data sources and driving brand growth. He currently leads the Nielsen TDLinx/ BDN beverage alcohol client team working alongside over 150 client partners across the Spirits/Wine/ Beer industry. Scott was part of the original TDLinx on premise database development team during his tenure at Diageo. He earned his M.S.

DAY 2 General Sessions

Day 2: Tuesday, July 1

Tuesday, July 1, 2014 — 9:00am - 10:30am

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