Stephanie Mehta (Moderator)

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer, Mansueto Ventures

Stephanie Mehta is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Content Officer of Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Inc. and Fast Company. She previously served as editor-in-chief of Fast Company, where she oversaw digital, print, and live journalism. Under her leadership, Fast Company was a National Magazine Award finalist in design for three years in a row, and the title added two new annual conferences. She has worked as a writer and editor at Vanity Fair, Bloomberg Media, Fortune, and The Wall Street Journal.

Mehta sits on the boards of the American Society of Magazine Editors, the Women’s Forum of New York, and Airbel Impact Lab, the research and innovation arm of the International Rescue Commission.

Mehta began her career as a business reporter at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Virginia. She received a BA in English and an MS in journalism from Northwestern University. A Chicago-area native, she now lives with her husband and two children in Scarsdale, New York.

John Chin

Senior Director of Marketing, Grabango

John Chin is a seasoned consumer marketing veteran with over 30 years of experience bridging the retail, media, and technology verticals.  

 John is the Senior Director of Marketing for Grabango, the leading provider of checkout-free technology for large-scale retail chains. Grabango delivers a next-generation shopper experience and is the only enterprise-class, checkout-free solution suitable for operation in existing stores.

 He has held key positions throughout the evolution of retail: starting as a buyer for a billion-dollar brick-and-mortar retail chain, overseeing e-commerce vendor relations during the dot-com bubble, spurring on the growth of digital advertising for major CE introductions such as HDTV and the iPhone, and launching the Best Buy Express automated store concept across airports. Prior companies include CNET, Monster Cable, Technicolor, and WideOrbit.

 John is a Silicon Valley native and earned an accounting degree from San Jose State University. He has lived in San Francisco his entire life and continues to enjoy the city with his wife, two sons, and chocolate Labrador retriever.