Professor Ashish Sinha

Ashish Sinha — Professor and Head of School of Marketing, Australian School of Business, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia — obtained his PhD from University of Alberta, Canada in the area of Marketing Science with minors in Statistics and Economics. His major area of interest lies in developing models that help managers make better decisions. This interest is a natural extension of his work at Information Resources Incorporated (IRI), Chicago, USA, where in the role of Vice President and Chief Modeler of Analytics Insight Group he spearheaded the development of several multi-million dollar products including Attribute Drivers, Consumer Mix Drivers and Portfolio Drivers.

He has consulted for many Blue Chip companies, including Kraft, Pepsico, Frito-Lays and Campbell Soup Company. He has advised many consulting houses and regulatory organizations, including Mckinsey, (RI and ACCC, and was involved in the design and marketing of the analytics offerings of Synovate Aztec in Australasia and Synovate MMA in the United States. He most recently sold his Big-Data Analytics company to IRI. His work has appeared in many academic and trade journals. He is also the recipient of several academic awards, including the Davidson Award for the Best Journal of Retailing Paper, Australasian Marketing Journal Best Paper Award, Academy of Marketing Science Best Dissertation Award and AMA Best Market Research Paper Award. He is a twice-finalist for the prestigious INFORMS Marketing Science Institute Gary Lilien Practice Award in recognition of his work in the areas of category management, assortment and disruptive innovation.

Gavin Stewart - Marketing Director, Ashton Media About Gavin Stewart - Marketing Director, Ashton Media
Gavin Stewart is the Marketing Director and co-founder of Ashton Media, leaders in the creation, production and marketing of highly targeted, invitation-only, executive conferences. Gavin is an expert B2B marketer with over 13 years experience delivering event audiences. Specialties include: audience development, marketing strategy, email marketing, DM, SEO, SEM, analytics, social media, creative and sales.