Fast Forward: The Future of Digital Marketing has Arrived

Kelly Owen Grover is a cross-functional go-to-market growth strategist, currently leading growth efforts across three global business units at Acoustic. With almost twenty years of experience, Kelly has held sales, business development, partnership, new venture, and marketing roles at multiple international companies. She specializes in translating aspirational company goals into an actionable go to market strategy, extending far beyond the customer-facing team and connecting financial growth with elevating customer value.

Bret Sanford-Chung is a globally renowned builder of brands who employs the unique experience of having practiced marketing from every perspective – as Agency Creative Director, Chief Marketing Officer, Global Agency Leader, and Educator. Bret is currently Managing Director of the Marketing Consulting practice at KPMG, helping clients accomplish large-scale corporate transformation.

Richard supports the sales teams at all Royal Caribbean Group brands. Richard was involved in deploying the first hardware for Royal Caribbean’s sales representatives as well as pioneering CRM platforms for the company’s sales organization. He has a broad reach and influence beyond Royal Caribbean as a sales leader. In his role, he is focused on assuring the most effective and efficient processes for sales enablement.

Chris oversees the Customer Success Organization at Marriott Digital Services (MDS). MDS is Marriott International, Inc., the world's largest hospitality company internal Digital Marketing Agency, managing digital strategy for 4,000+ hotels globally. He began his 22-year Marriott career in operations as an Room Service Associate in the UK and grew into the digital space in 2006 and emigrated to the US in 2017.
Chris is a strong advocate for the travel, tourism and hospitality industry globally. He contributes to multiple related initiatives, including serving on the Marketing Advisory Board for the Hotel, Sales and Marketing Association for 2 years.