Agenda

Marsha has been a driving force in the Magento community for nine years. She has worked internationally in multiple sectors across geographic and cultural boundaries. Her motivation includes strengthening communities and relationships to maximise benefit. She has hosted and supported high profile events including Meet Magento New York and Women in eCommerce events, is an active contributor of the Magento Association and is an international speaker. You have probably met her at a number of community and industry events or had the pleasure of attending one of her talks.

Ritesh Somani helps to drive value added services and features for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source within the product team. He has over 15 years of experience delivering software solutions for SMB and enterprise customers in the commerce and payments spaces for platforms. Having started his own business, and having worked at startups and companies such as Intuit, Visa, and PayPal, Ritesh understands the needs of merchants and has successfully implemented easy to use and delightful solutions for millions of businesses worldwide.

Parul is an E-Commerce enthusiast having deep expertise in software development and management, open source, release strategy, customer advocacy and experience led growth. Parul manages and executes strategies to foster stronger ties with the Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source Community of Developers, driving innovation through contribution programs and open-source tools. Parul is also a leader in diversity and inclusion efforts at Adobe, heading the Women at Adobe Employee network for Austin.

Mathias comes from a background in advertising in the music industry. After venturing into musical instrument wholesale he moved to the advertising side of things in the late 90s. He then spent over 20 years in OpenSource, bridging the gap between development and businesses. Since 2023 he serves the Magento Community as Executive Director of the Magento Association. In his few hours off Magento he tries to master the guitar while co-raising kids in Düsseldorf, Germany.

Eric Erway is the VP, Product at ShipperHQ, the world’s leading shipping experience platform based in Austin, Texas. As a product and user experience leader for the past 20 years, Eric has defined, designed, and developed world-class products ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to ShipperHQ, Eric served in various leadership roles at Cart.com, Adobe, Magento, Dell, and AOL. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant and holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Virginia Tech.