January 11: Opening Party
January 12–14: Conference & Expo
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | NYC
Director, Partner Marketing for Retail & Consumer Goods
Microsoft Corporation
Ricardo is a go-to-market strategist and digital transformation specialist with 20+ years’ experience leading retail tech marketing and product teams to help retail organizations deliver elevated customer experiences and optimize their operations. He is currently the Director, Partner Marketing for Retail & Consumer Goods at Microsoft where he leads partner go-to-market across the Americas region. In this role, Ricardo helps Microsoft Cloud for Retail partners grow their business by delivering cloud-based AI solutions and services to retailers and consumer goods brands, solving their business challenges in supply chain, store operations, and elevating the shopper journey.
Ricardo is also the producer and host of The Retail Razor Show series of podcasts helping retailers cut through the clutter in retail technology. He is a founding Advisory Council member at George Mason University’s Center for Retail Transformation and is a featured member of RetailWire’s BrainTrust panel. He has been named a Top Retail Expert every year from 2021 through 2024 by RETHINK Retail. Thinkers 360 has named Ricardo a Top 10 Retail Thought Leader, Top 50 Management Thought Leader, Top 100 Digital Transformation Thought Leader, and a Top Digital Voice for 2024. He is passionate about helping retail and tech executives innovate and develop their leadership skills to succeed in the digital and AI era. Ricardo also devotes his time as a long-time supporter of the RetailROI charity organization that seeks to help children in need worldwide