VP of Agentic Commerce & Commercial Growth at PayPal
PayPal
Mike is VP of Agentic Commerce, Commercial Growth for PayPal responsible for global commercialization, go-to-market, and operational execution across PayPal’s portfolio of AI-powered and agentic commerce products. Mike brings deep expertise having joined PayPal from Microsoft where he led AI and ecommerce strategy for Microsoft’s worldwide retail and consumer goods industry team. Prior to Microsoft, Mike was an agency operator, entrepreneur, and product leader driving digital transformation across B2B, DTC, and marketplace business models spanning a range of verticals including retail, CPG, high tech, industrial manufacturing, automotive, and foodservice across the US, Europe, and China.
Mike is also an adjunct professor at Northwestern University teaching Kellogg MBA, MS in Design Innovation, and MS in Product Design and Development students through the Segal Design Institute at the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Sunday Jan 10
1:00pm - 1:30pm
Exhibitor Big Ideas Stage 4
As AI agents begin browsing, comparing, and buying on behalf of consumers, retailers face a new question: how do you extend trust to an agent you didn't build, can't see, and don't control? Permissions, payment authority, and consumer consent all need to work seamlessly across platforms, surfaces, and modalities - or agentic commerce risks stalling before it scales.
Mike Edmonds, VP of Agentic Commerce Commercial Growth at PayPal, will discuss with X and X what a durable trust and control layer for agentic commerce actually requires: identity verification, spending rules, real-time approval, and interoperability across the industry standards that will define how agents transact. Moderated by X the panel will explore what retailers need to demand from this infrastructure, and how the industry can move fast without sacrificing consumer confidence.
