Alisia Muscat

Managing Director – AKQA Melbourne

As Managing Director of AKQA Melbourne, Alisia has been a trusted advisor to clients including Officeworks, AustralianSuper, HESTA, NAB & Bunnings, helping them navigate the new normal in a rapidly changing digital world.

Passionate about strategic communication solutions, Alisia brings a wealth of knowledge and experience across all major industry verticals. She operates best in a collaborative environment of diverse thinking, thriving alongside people who challenge conventions.

Alisia is passionate about creating environments where people constantly grow, learn and thrive. She seeks to inspire the 170 strong team in Melbourne to create powerful digital and offline brand experiences for clients, ensuring empathy with the individual remains at the heart of that experience.

Jessica Pantalleresco

Chief Marketing Officer, Vision6

Based in New York City, I’m a Chief Marketing Officer and Motivational Speaker with over 9 years’ experience helping brands grow market share In the US, China and Australia. My expertise is in full stack SaaS marketing with a strong passion for leadership, full-stack data-driven campaigns and content creation. I’m a passionate public speaker and thought leader in the digital marketing space and New York City Youth Motivational Speaker.

Julie Walker

Head of Marketing APAC, Slack

Julie Walker is passionate about marketing technology. Initially trained as an engineer, she has a unique background in global marketing, leadership, strategic planning, building teams and bringing innovative products to market. Her “superpower” is translating technology into compelling stories and she firmly believes that the future of business leadership depends on highly technical and analytical skills no matter what function you’re in.

Julie currently heads the APAC Marketing team for Slack and has previously held leadership roles for tech companies including HP, Agilent Technologies, Cymer, and PaperCut Software. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Melbourne, has completed post graduate studies at Harvard University, and sits on the board of Vic ICT for Women. When she’s not working, she’s spending time with her family and their labrador, Jake.

Tash de Mallet Hawes

Director, Audience Solutions APAC, PubMatic

Tash de Mallet Hawes is the Director, Audience Solutions APAC, at PubMatic where she leads a commercial team across the region that focuses on building relationships with advertisers, agencies and DSPs.

Tash has lead initiatives to drive revenue growth, build awareness and forge partnerships through education, consultancy & strategic alliance. She brings 10 years of programmatic experience having previously served as Head of Display at Cadreon.

Prue Cox

Director Marketing Solutions ANZ, LinkedIn

Prue is a senior digital media and technology executive with a career that spans over 20 years within digital media & marketing. She has held senior executive roles across global, multinational and start up organisations, specialising in high performance leadership and driving business transformation to deliver commercial results.

Prue joined LinkedIn in November 2017 as Director, Marketing Solutions ANZ. Her role is focused on working with client partners to deliver customer value and drive ROI for their digital marketing strategies.

Previously, Prue has worked across key digital and traditional media brands including Yahoo!, Ninemsn, News Corp & Seven West Media.

Prue is a regular speaker and contributor at industry forums and publications. As the Executive sponsor for Women@LinkedIN ANZ, she is passionate about women in leadership and diversity within the workplace.

Suzanne Steele

Managing Director, Australia and New Zealand, Adobe

Suzanne is a customer-centric leader who understands the importance of client relationships to competitive differentiation and growth.

Adobe ANZ is at the forefront of a market where no industry is immune from digital disruption. In her role, Suzanne is responsible for driving the ANZ business to new levels as well as supporting customers realise their mission of delivering exceptional experiences.

She has 25+ years’ experience in leading and motivating management teams across data, software and analytics businesses, with her work abroad in North America, the UK and Singapore including senior roles at Visa Europe, CACI London and Morgan Stanley.

Prior to joining Adobe at the end of 2017, Suzanne spent two years leading Experian’s ANZ operations as Managing Director, with proven success in driving high-performance and engagement through a period of significant business transformation.

Bridie Easton

Head of Customer Experience, Outfit

Bridie is a marketing and communications professional with experience in entertainment, music and tech, start-up environments.

She is a strategic and creative thinker and planner, responsible establishing business operations, user acquisition, user retention and internal and external communications across multiple territories.

Collaborative and culturally sensitive, having lived and worked abroad (UK, U.S & APAC), she is also experienced in leading and developing global teams, influencing and working with internal and external stakeholders.