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Miami | October 1st -3rd

Growth + Profitability Summit Miami 2024

Ready to elevate your revenue, growth, and profitability to new heights? Discover how to Ascend to Prosperity amid today’s economic challenges.

We look forward to meeting you!

Ascend to Prosperity

Elevate Your Business to New Heights. The economic landscape has become as unpredictable as the weather. Successful organizations need to not only navigate but also rise above challenges – and agility is key.

Navigating the path requires more than resilience – it demands a strategic ascent. You need clarity, confidence, and agility. Every business decision can either propel you forward or hold you back. The stakes are high, not only for our businesses, but for the world at large.

Join us for this year’s Growth and Profitability Summit where theory meets action. We don’t just envision higher growth, revenue, profitability, and margins— we create the steps, strategies, and tactics to get there together. We’ll master the elements of sales, pricing, rebates, AI, and data… and we won’t rest until we’ve reached the highest peaks.

 

Why Attend

  • Network with industry leaders and peers who are navigating the same rugged terrain
  • Gain insights from experts at the forefront of commercial excellence
  • Discover strategies to prepare you for the future and propel you into growth and profitability

Highlights from Growth + Profitability Summit 2023

Speakers

Gina Bates
Gina Bates
Chief Revenue Officer, Vendavo

Gina Bates brings more than 20 years of sales and leadership experience from SAP, Coupa, Anaplan and Salesforce.

Gina has a proven track record building successful, high-performing teams, and is passionate about cultivating a strong team culture. She leads the Global Sales, Business Consulting, Sales Operations, and Partnership teams in all geographies. Gina is a Michigan State alumna.

Alex Hoff
Chief Product Officer, Vendavo

Alex Hoff has been with Vendavo since 2008 and has served in roles across pre-sales, professional services, marketing, and product management. In his current role as head of product management, Alex manages a talented team that brings innovative software solutions to market that enable B2B corporations to operationalize their commercial excellence strategies. Since 2018, Alex has led the transformation of Vendavo’s product portfolio from a first-generation on-premises software platform, to a portfolio of integrated cloud-native SaaS products.

Prior to working for Vendavo, Alex worked in various marketing and pricing roles for Fortune 500 companies in business services, retail/consumer goods, and freight transportation.

Alex earned his MBA with a Concentration in Marketing from the MJ Neeley School of Business at TCU where he also holds a B.S. in Psychology.  Alex was also among the early participants in the Certified Pricing Professional program from the Professional Pricing Society in 2008.

Ron Pasquzzi
Ron Pasquzzi
Chief Customer Officer, Vendavo

Ron Pascuzzi has more than 20 years of leadership experience in software, IoT, and consulting.

As Chief Customer Officer, Ron provides executive leadership across the entire customer lifecycle, from onboarding through to retention, expansion, and renewal. Prior to joining Vendavo, he spent 4 years as Chief Customer Officer at Plex Systems, Inc. where he led customer success and services.

Ron holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Western Michigan University.  He resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.

David Anderson
VP, Business Consulting, Vendavo

David Anderson is the Boston-based leader of the Americas Business Consulting team at Vendavo. Since 2001 he has worked inside companies to advance their strategic pricing agendas. Dave is a manufacturing engineer by training (BS, MSE from Kettering, Purdue), has an MBA from Harvard Business School, and he has had the great privilege of working in the field of strategic pricing with many fantastic pricing experts over the course of his career

Summit Agenda

We are working hard on the agenda, and it will take a little time before we share all the details. Please stay tuned for further updates.

October 1: Welcome Reception
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Come for early registration, networking drinks, and snacks! This is a great opportunity to break the ice and meet up with friends and industry peers!

October 2: Full Day Conference and Dinner
8:00 AM – 9:00 PM

We start the day with regsitration and breakfast. We will then host a full day conference with a bunch of insightful and interesting sessions as well as many opportunities to network. In the evening we will invite you for dinner.

October 3: Half Day Conference
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

We start the day with breakfast, then we will offer a couple of different breakout sessions, before ending our conference with networking lunch.

Event Details

  • Venues: Sessions on October 2nd will be held at the event venue Briza on the Bay. Welcome Reception October 1st, as well as sessions on October 3rd, will be held at Marriott Biscayne Bay.
  • Dates and Times: Event is set to take place on October 1-3. The summit kicks off with a Welcome Reception on October 1. Conference will commence morning October 2, and conclude with lunch on October 3. On the evening of October 2nd, we will invite you for dinner.
  • Accommodation: We have secured a special rate at Marriott Biscayne Bay. The rate is valid for the nights Oct 1-3. Booking link is received upon registering for the event.