Donny Salazar is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience leading and growing teams in the world's most innovative creative and fashion start ups. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Office of fashion active retailer Carbon38 in Los Angeles, California. He previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of omni-channel sneaker marketplace Flight Club - arguably the preeminent resource and authority on the sneaker buying and selling market. Prior to joining Flight Club, Donny was the SVP of Operations at jewelry start-up Chloe+Isabel. Donny was also the VP of flash sale retailer, Gilt Groupe, where he joined in 2008 as one of the early team members. At Gilt, he was responsible for scaling the supply chain to support hyper-level growth, where revenues grew from $10M to over $500M during his four years of tenure. Prior to that, Donny held marketing roles at Revlon and general management positions at McMaster-Carr Supply Company. Donny has an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a BS from Northwestern University.

Lori Chao is a Director of International Communications at JD.com, China’s largest retailer, online or offline. She started at JD in New York last year, after 12 years at The Wall Street Journal, where she covered business and technology. She was a foreign correspondent in Brazil and China, and won awards for her reporting on the Chinese tech sector. She was part of the team that started the Journal’s logistics vertical, and wrote about the many ways that e-commerce is changing global supply chains and the future of retail.

Lori continues her work in logistics now by joining one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced e-commerce giants. She assists with outreach to brands, technology and logistics partners around the world for JD, which, in addition to being the largest retailer, operates China’s largest nationwide distribution network. JD is now leading the industry in robotics and automation, and was the first e-commerce company in the world to deploy delivery drones. Twitter: @JD_Corporate

Jill is the Vice President of Supply Chain Strategy for The Neiman Marcus Group. The Supply Chain Strategy team leads Vendor Relations, Corporate EDI, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Capital Projects and DC Receiving for The Neiman Marcus Group.  Jill has 25 years of experience with Neiman Marcus and over 20 years in Operations & Supply Chain. Jill has lead teams that have implemented Warehouse Management Systems, a Corporate EDI Mandate and Oracle Retail implementation. Her team leads the way to ensure the NMG Supply Chain and its facilities are ready for the future. Jill’s has recently focused on Supply Chain improvements, working on creative ways to move product from suppliers to the store and customers in the fastest and most efficient way. Jill graduated from Colorado State University.

Linda is group Vice President of Strategic Services for PVH Corp. Her primary focus is on logistics and supply chain related initiatives between PVH Corp., its vendor/retail trading partners and worldwide providers.

With 20+ years tenure, Linda leads a team in multiple areas of responsibility. These include EDI business process management, Customer Logistics/Omni Channel Ready Merchandise compliance, Merchandise Marking, RFID enablement and Vendor Relations including inbound logistics compliance and performance reporting.

Linda is involved in many industry committees and has been a member of the GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Initiative Executive Leadership Committee since 2013.

Bill’s career began as a logistics service provider and he developed his experiences as a service provider in all disciplines of transportation and contract logistics. Bill transitioned to the customer side of the table when Cisco Systems hired Bill after he implemented 4 DC’s in Asia for them. Contracts, International Trade and developing Manufacturing transformation models continued to round out his experience. Before REI, Microsoft hired Bill to assist with global logistics as they launched the XBOX where his role grew to a Directorship then continuing to build on experiences including Director of Worldwide Logistics Sourcing.

Bill joined REI in December 2012 to lead Supply Chain Technology, Process Improvement, Global Logistics and REI’s Network Expansion strategy. Supply Chain Technology Services supports the integration of Supply Chain and enterprise systems at REI and is often the first point of escalation for DC systems issues. Bill was promoted to Divisional Vice President of Supply Chain Operations in 2014 leading Network Expansion, Distribution Operations and Supply Chain Technology Services. Network Expansion strategy culminated in 2016 with the opening of REI’s newest Net Zero Energy and LEED Platinum distribution center in Goodyear, AZ. Current supply chain focus emphasizes the distribution impacts on customer experience. Evolution of the Omnichannel capabilities are rebalancing online with brick and mortar fulfillment and the urgency of inventory placement.

Bill also has a passion for academic development of the next supply chain leaders and sits on both the deans advisory and student advisory boards serving the Western Washington University School of Business and Economics and Manufacturing and Supply Chain degree program.

Todd Skiles is the Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Solutions for Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) and Dedicated Transportation Solutions (DTS) at Ryder System, Inc. Focused on matching Ryder’s solutions with the real and vital needs of customers, Todd is responsible for overseeing the sales and solution teams for all of the SCS and DTS verticals and functions.

Prior to his current role, Todd held the position of Vice President of Sales of Ryder’s Fleet Management Solutions Southeast region. He was responsible for sales across 100 sales professionals and 8 Directors of Sales, and as a buyer-focused sales leader, he led his team to record revenue growth in 2012.

Todd joined Ryder in 1986 as a Rental Manager and has held positions of increasing responsibility within both the SCS and FMS divisions, including Account Manager, Director of Business Development (FMS and SCS) and Group Director of Sales. He was inducted into the Ryder Roundtable in 1995 and served as its Chairman from 2005 to 2006.

Additionally, Todd was commissioned as a logistics officer in the US Army in 1986 and graduated in 1987 from the Army’s Officer Supply Chain and Logistics school in Fort Eustis, Virginia. He served as Company Commander at a medium truck company in the Persian Gulf War and was awarded the bronze star for leadership in a combat role. He is also a Life Member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Todd attended Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a degree in Government Studies.

As Target Senior Vice President, Fulfillment Operations, Preston is responsible for direct-to-guest fulfillment operations including internal fulfillment centers, third party fulfillment, and direct vendor shipping, as well as the related process improvement, guest experience, and product management teams.

Preston specializes in designing and managing direct-to-guest fulfillment operations, including optimizing operations by using data and automation to move product more efficiently. He spent 10 years in various leadership positions at Amazon building direct-delivery capabilities within a growing, large-scale operation. Most recently prior Target, he spent four years with Liquidity Services as vice president of operations leading efforts to improve profitability and capacity within supply chain networks for some of the world’s largest technology and retail companies.

Preston is originally from Ohio and earned his BSMSE in Engineering from Kettering University, and his MBA from the University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business as a fellow of the Tauber Institute for Global Operations.