A Blueprint for Personalization at Scale

With over 25 years in Analytics and Marketing Applications, Mark is focused on helping brands deliver better customer experiences through the application of real-time decisioning and customer journey technology. Shortly after receiving his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Edinburgh Mark co-founded Quadstone – the first data mining company to focus explicitly on the analytics of customer behavior using a mix of visual rules and advanced analytics/AI. In the years that followed, Mark moved to Boston to build the US business and his leadership role expanded to global sales, marketing and product teams through three successful M&A transactions over next 10 years. Mark is a regular at industry conferences and events where he shares his insights on customer journeys, omni-channel marketing, solutions sales leadership and high-tech marketing.

Dan Gertsacov is the Chief Commercial Officer at Focus Brands where he is responsible for overseeing the commercial capabilities and digital platforms that drive greater top-line revenue and customer loyalty for more than 6,000 restaurants and cafes in over 50 countries under the brands Cinnabon, Jamba Juice, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Auntie Anne’s, Schlotzsky’s, Carvel and McAlister’s Deli. Prior to Focus Brands, Dan held leadership roles as CMO of Arcos Dorados (the world’s largest independent franchisee of McDonald’s), Regional CEO of a venture-backed FinTech startup and different leadership roles at Google in the US and internationally. Dan holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Goldsmith Scholar. A former Fulbright Fellow in Chile, Dan now lives in Atlanta with his wife, two daughters and their dog, Dulcinea.

Jason is President of Persado — a leading AI platform that optimizes the content and language used across all marketing, sales, and service channels — where he leads the commercial organization and all go-to-market functions globally. Prior to Persado, Jason was the Partner and Global Lead of Digital Marketing Operations at McKinsey & Company. As serial entrepreneur for nearly 20 years, Jason founded Agiliti, a unique consultancy focused on digital/marketing led growth. He also co-founded one of the first successful digital agencies in 1998, where he was CEO until selling the firm in 2005 to Horizon Media.