BC's Largest Digital Marketing Conference

Speaker Bio: Shyloh Mahy

Client Solutions Manager

Shyloh is a seasoned growth leader with 7+ years of experience driving client acquisition strategies, launching innovative products, and maximizing ROI across media channels for DTC & Retail businesses. He is passionate about building measurable marketing strategies that drive results. Outside of the office, you'll likely find him out exploring local trails in Vancouver!

Jessica Sheth-Gupta
Senior Partner Lead

Jessica is a Senior Partner Lead at Google, where for over 10 years, she has been a trusted advisor to major advertisers. Her expertise lies in helping these brands navigate the complexities of the digital space, and strategically positioning them for success in the age of AI.

Speaker Bio: Vanessa (V) Gaik
Executive Director, Brand Partnerships

As Executive Director of Brand Partnerships & Sales at TikTok Canada, Vanessa (V) Gaik helps brands efficiently reach, resonate and inspire communities on TikTok while driving ROI. A strategic marketer with a passion for creativity, she has a proven track record building multi-million dollar businesses for the likes of Yahoo!, Facebook and Instagram within Canada and beyond. While V brings zero talent to her personal TikTok account, she does bring 18+ years of experience in media, marketing, sales and technology - which lends a unique perspective to modern day business challenges. A builder at heart, she thrives in ambiguity and chaos and stays motivated by the endless opportunity to drive meaningful change.

Speaker Bio: Rich Conway
Head of Agency / Canada Sales Lead

Rich Conway is a marketing advisor, digital expert, and sales leader, currently serving as head of agency and key client sales at X Canada.  With 14 year's experience at the world's leading agencies and technology companies including IPG, Dentsu, MiQ and Meta, he is recognized for driving business growth and delivering exceptional results in APAC and North American markets, earning multiple prestigious marketing awards including Australia's 'B&T' 30 under 30 winner (2018). Rich is passionate about building meaningful consumer connections that drive business outcomes, leveraging the power of social insights & conversation. He believes that social media is a playground for creativity and innovation, and that a campaign cannot truly be 'good' if it isn't backed by a hypothesis.  Rich's social algorithm is optimized for content related to space, sports, artificial intelligence, and bulldogs.

"How the Canucks Engaged Hundreds of Millions of Potential New Fans"
John Delaney
Director, Social Media

John Delaney is a digital marketing leader with over a decade of experience and an expertise in audience engagement, social strategy and direct to consumer communications. Having worked across the music, media, and sports industries, John is no stranger to cultivating audiences around some of the nation's biggest brands and keeping them strategically engaged.

Speaker Bio: Lana Rogers

Founder & Director

Leading with signature drive and all heart, Lana Rogers has been immersed in the marketing and public relations industry for almost two decades. As the Founder of Gentle Lion Communications, a strategic marketing and communications company based out of Calgary, Alberta, Lana is known for redefining the communications model and bids farewell to formalities and best-kept industry secrets.

Speaker Bio: Darian Kovacs
Principal

I am an Indigenous leader in the digital marketing space, having founded Jelly Digital Marketing and PR, the agency, and Jelly Academy, the training company. I am passionate about advancing the needs of underserved populations in digital marketing.

Geoffrey Blanc
General Manager

Geoffrey has developed a proven expertise over 18 years in digital, notably in e-commerce and ERP implementation. Today, as the General Manager of Cyberimpact, Geoffrey continues to propel this email marketing platform to new heights, with his strategic leadership and experience.

Speaker Bio: Weston Jones

Business Development Manager

Beginning in restaurants Weston learned from an early age the power of experience. He started his sales career behind a bar and transitioned those skills into the sales arm of Paper Crane. His sales approach is one of empathy, understanding, problem solving and above all else strong personal relationships.

Creating AI Workflows That Don’t Suck: Strategies to Improve your GenAI outputs
Speaker Bio: Tyler Frans
CEO

Tyler Frans is CEO of Sense & Motion (also known as "Sam") an AI agency focused on accelerating effective AI adoption. He was previously a Partner and COO at Domain7, a digital agency, and a founder of Civil Space, a community engagement platform, both acquired in 2021. Tyler is passionate about making technology accessible and helping people leverage AI in both their businesses and day-to-day lives.

Speaker Bio: Hiba Amin 

Founder at Sandia / Representing Growclass

Ronnie Malewski
Managing Director

Ronnie Malewski is the Managing Director of NPD Canada leading their expansion into Canada. He has more than 19 years of experience in digital marketing having spent his career prior at WPP and Dentsu. He's helped both SMBs and enterprise brands grow their businesses. He's worked with major brands like Adidas, Coca Cola, General Motors, Loblaws, and Microsoft. He is involved in the local marketing community as a speaker, a mentor, and chairman for community work. He is a proud father and husband and an investor in various start-ups.

Blake Smith
Sales Lead, Mid Market Canada

Blake is the Sales Lead for Mid-Market Canada, overseeing sales and marketing strategy across a segment of our Canadian ecosystem of clients and agency partners. Prior to joining Reddit, Blake spent the last seven and a half years at Meta/Facebook, supporting their Disruptors, SaaS, and eCommerce verticals as an Industry Manager. While at Meta/Facebook, he also worked in global product marketing leadership roles to launch and scale ad solutions across both brand and direct response. Blake also spent at Twitter, AdParlor, and BlackBerry in product marketing and management positions. Blake lives in the Toronto area and is a proud dad to his three year old daughter Chloe, dog dad to his nine year old goldendoodle Tucker, and happily married to his husband Eric. He can be found enjoying the outdoors, and loves to spend time with family and friends. Blake's favourite reddit community is r/daddit.