San Francisco, CA – March 23, 2017 — RichRelevance®, the global leader in omnichannel personalization, today announced the appointment of Carl Theobald as President and Chief Executive Officer. A seasoned technology executive, Theobald brings more than 25 years of experience driving rapid growth for enterprise and cloud businesses through innovation, product vision and execution.
In his role as CEO, Theobald will be responsible for leading all of RichRelevance’s global operations as the company builds on its position as the #1 leader in retail personalization to expand into new areas. Former RichRelevance President and CEO Eduardo Sanchez will remain with the company as a Board Advisor.
“RichRelevance has established itself as the clear market leader with extraordinary underlying technology,” said Theobald. “As we look forward, consumers are increasingly expecting business interactions to become personal experiences. RichRelevance’s use of advanced AI to serve highly personalized and relevant information in real-time will make this a reality. I’m excited to work alongside our employees and clients to unleash the power of the RichRelevance platform as we expand our market reach.”
RichRelevance sits at the intersection of three major tech trends – personalization, commerce and artificial intelligence – and today serves more than 220 companies around the globe. The RichRelevance platform has delivered more than $20 billion in commerce revenue by using sophisticated machine learning and algorithmic decisioning to instantaneously match any consumer with the most relevant content including product recommendations, search results, content, offers, and video.
“We’re excited to welcome Carl as we embark on our next phase of growth,” said Bill Pearce, Chairman at RichRelevance. “Eduardo has played an instrumental role in cementing RichRelevance’s leadership and building a profitable business in retail personalization. We are well positioned to build on this foundation to expand into new areas given our current success and base of remarkable customers.”
A veteran technology executive, Theobald brings extensive experience in driving rapid growth through product innovation, vision and execution. He most recently served as CEO of FollowAnalytics, a mobile marketing platform serving diverse brands in retail, travel, automotive and financial services. Prior to that, Theobald served as CEO of digital commerce platform Avangate, growing the company 6x in just four years.
Theobald began his career within the Oracle product organization and ultimately served as the VP of CRM Products where he drove order-of-magnitude revenue growth by bringing new and innovative products to market. Theobald holds a master’s in engineering from Stanford University and completed his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering at Princeton University.
EMEA and US events bring together leaders innovating the omnichannel customer experience
for HP, Macy’s, Tesco and others
San Francisco, CA – February 27, 2017 — RichRelevance®, the global leader in omnichannel personalization, today announced its 2017 Client Advisory Summit series in the U.S. and EMEA. The conferences will showcase the future of the retail customer experience – with a focus on the people and brands using data and technology to elevate every aspect of shopping. Speakers include customer experience leaders from HP, Macy’s, Tesco, Accenture and others, as well as noted digital marketing gurus Bryan Eisenberg and Damian Ryan.
Both events will provide attendees with practical tools and strategies for transforming RichRelevance’s technical achievements, including a decade’s worth of innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), into superior, full-spectrum customer experiences that deliver business impact. The conference will also introduce significant business intelligence enhancement to the Relevance Cloud™ personalization platform, and go deep on RichRelevance’s new Find™ product that powers and personalizes product search in tandem with personalized browse and navigation, content and recommendations.
The 2017 Client Advisory Summit series kicks off in London on February 28 – March 1 and then moves to New York City on March 9. Highlights include:
Client Advisory Summit 2017 EMEA
- Located at the award winning Sopwell House, the RichRelevance EMEA Client Advisory Summit is the only European forum dedicated exclusively to the subject of omnichannel personalization.
- The 2017 event features customer presentations from Tesco, the Book People and Media Markt, Russia.
- Additional keynotes include digital marketing expert, Damian Ryan, author of ‘Understanding Digital Marketing”, and Accenture’s Managing Director of Interactive, Christine Connor.
Client Advisory Summit 2017 US
RichRelevance’s U.S. Client Advisory Summit assembles an all-star list of retailers at the trendy APELLA event space. Customer presentations include HP and Macy’s.
- Bryan Eisenberg, an internationally recognized authority in online marketing and New York Times best-selling author, will keynote the morning session.
Accenture’s Jeriad Zoghby, Global Lead for Personalization, will deliver a keynote on the Future State of Personalization.
“Personalization is not a campaign or a point solution; it is a strategic initiative that evolves every touchpoint around the customer,” said Eduardo Sanchez, CEO of RichRelevance. “The 2017 Client Advisory Summit series provides retailers with a chance to learn directly from the people who are designing the next generation of end-to-end personalized experiences that combine data with AI, beacons, IOT sensors, wearables and other cutting-edge technology to stand out and delight consumers.”
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