Contributors

Jon Earnshaw

CTO & Co-Founder • Pi Datametrics

As CTO of Pi Datametrics, Jon Earnshaw is passionate about the future of search technology and in particular, personalisation and semantic search, which is changing both the way we search, the way we interact with search engines, and the subsequent outcome of a search. Jon is an accomplished speaker and well known within the digital...

Jacqui Wallis

Managing Director

With over 22 years experience within the agency world, Jacqui has enjoyed a diverse career spanning the iconic launch of Apple ‘Think Different’ campaign, and marketing the first Nokia keyboard handset, to helping new digital businesses disrupt the status quo, including most recently launching Auto Enrolment via NEST Pensions.  Currently, at Illuma she is leveraging...

Josh Newman

Head of Production • TUI Group

Josh started working at TUI in 2015, where he is responsible for the production of international content, with an emphasis on video and innovation. Prior to joining TUI, Josh worked both as a series producer on multi-channel editorial campaigns for CNBC International and as a producer and director of videos, animations, interactive screens and apps...

Jessica Stephens

Chief Marketing Officer • TrustedHousesitters

Tech entrepreneur Stephens sold her first start-up Local Daily Deals to MoneySupermarket, before setting up a mobile marketing platform, which was bought by SmartFocus in a cash and shares deal worth more than 10x revenue. Now CMO at TrustedHousesitters, the world’s largest house- and pet-sitting site, she is accelerating its presence in the US, Canada...

James Brotherhood

Marketing Director • YMCA

James is a passionate advocate of digital marketing with 20 years’ experience ranging in start-up companies, blue chips and the third sector. James believes that businesses should learn from charities not just charities from businesses. Today consumers want brands to demonstrate positive impact, moving away from transactional relationships in favour of experiences. Charities have been...

Jonathan McCauley-Oliver

Digital Revenue Manager • National Rail

Olly has spent the last 18 years in and around the digital advertising business, with spells at Excite, Mirror.co.uk and Nationalrail.co.uk. He’s been witness to all the industry’s ups and downs and tried to follow the trends; programmatic being the latest. For someone for whom technological wizardry doesn’t come easily Olly is always trying not...

John Barham

Head of Paid Media • ROAST

John brings to the ROAST team a wide knowledge of all things Paid, how these channels best work together, and how advertisers can maximise their success in these areas. His digital career began nearly 10 years ago as a PPC Account Executive working across clients such as British Gas, John Lewis, Swiftcover, and the BBC....

Jonathan Lewis

Head of Digital and Partnership Innovation • Channel 4

Jonathan is responsible for driving Channel 4’s industry leading commercial innovation and digital revenue growth through its award-winning data strategy and integrated marketing partnerships. He oversaw Channel 4 becoming the first European broadcaster to launch programmatic buying on its TV on-demand platform, All 4; the launch of the Premium Video Ad Xchange (PVX) enabling advertisers...

Jeremy Waite

Chief Customer Officer • IBM iX

Jeremy Connell-Waite is Chief Customer Officer for IBM iX. Jeremy travels around the world talking to executives about consumer trends, digital transformation, AI and the future of cloud computing. He is also an IBM ambassador who helps companies combat climate change through the use of technology. He has been voted the most influential person on...

James White

eCommerce Consultant • Nosto

James found a passion for ecommerce while working as a digital marketing consultant, focusing primarily on ads and email marketing strategy. This exposed him to the jungle that is the ecommerce ecosystem where he discovered Nosto…the easiest way to deliver personalised content onsite, via email and ads. He continues to guide online retailers through that...

James Downes

Director • Pancentric Digital

James  has been working in the Digital industry since 1995 in a variety of roles including CTO, Sales and FD. With establishing Pancentric in 2003, he wanted to bring his clients into the digital world through a better understanding of the values of the new economic model. As an evangelist of the design thinking process,...

Jessica Stephens

Chief Marketing Officer • SmartFocus

Jess brings an invaluable breadth of marketing and leadership experience to SmartFocus. With an unashamedly enthusiastic approach to data, she knows all about the huge impact disruptive technology has in bringing brands closer to their consumers. As the Chief Marketing Officer, Jess is responsible for bringing SmartFocus’ brand to life and telling our unique story...