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In the latest episode of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from New York by David Obrand, the CEO of Salesloft, the AI powered revenue orchestration platform. Founded in 2011 by Kyle Porter and David Cummings, the company achieved unicorn status early in 2021. And then when Vista Equity Partners came on board as well, it raised the valuation of the business to $2 .3 billion.

Debbie West speaks with internal communications leaders about the challenges of managing the flow of information inside organisations. They discuss how to enable effective communication processes while minimising noise and distraction.

Our guests were:
1/ Keith Berman, Strategic Communications Leader
2/ Natalie Lambracos, Communications Manager, Protiviti
3/ Niamh O'Grady, Head of Marketing - UK, PageGroup

The first in a new season of our Unicorn Leaders series, Russell Goldsmith and Debbie West were joined online from Denver, Colorado by Sami Inkinen, the CEO and co-founder of Virta Health, the leader in type two diabetes reversal and creator of a new standard in medical care for people living with type two diabetes, prediabetes, or obesity. Founded in 2014, the company achieved unicorn status in December 2020, and hit a $2 billion valuation in July 2023

Our fourth and final episode recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Kevin Miller, CMO, The Fresh Market
2/ Jennifer DiPasquale, President & Co-Founder, Women in Retail
3/ Sophie Marchessou, Chief Customer Officer, Mirakl
4/ Emma McFerran, CEO, Lyst
5/ Christopher Clark, Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Grove Collaborative
6/ Arvind Gupta, President & CEO, Jesta I.S.

Our third of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Jake Stein, Head of Retail, Uber Direct
2/ Jasmeet Sabharwal, Senior Director, Marketing Strategy Bread Financial
3/ Kimberly Wallengren, VP Marketing, North America, Coach
4/ Riad Hijal, Head of Commerce and Solution Management, SAP
5/ Jesse Goldstine, General Manager, Retail, MoMA Design Store
6/ Gabi Saper, CEO & Co Founder, CMY Cubes
7/ Jenny McLean, Managing Partner & Retail Industry Lead, Clarkston Consulting

Our second of four episodes recorded at Shoptalk, Las Vegas, that we produced in partnership with Bread Financial, a tech-forward financial services company providing simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions.

Featuring:
1/ Jessica Calaway, Senior Manager, Market Research, Bread Financial
2/ Joe Laszlo, Vice President, Content, Shoptalk
3/ Andrea Moore, Chief Digital Officer, NEST New York
4/ Melissa Haque, Founder & Chief, Wild Dough
5/ Nikki Mendonça, Global Managing Director, Software & Platforms Practice, Accenture
6/ Kendra Bracken-Ferguson, Founder & CEO, BrainTrust
7/ Matt Dornfeld, Senior Director and Head of Global Partnerships, Feedonomics