International speakers to meet and learn from at B2B Rocks Paris 2019 — #1
B2B ROCKS (www.b2brocks.co) is the most selective European conference for B2B & SaaS startups. On September 12, the top 500 B2B founders in Europe will gather in Paris along with 50 international speakers for an intense day of knowledge sharing and networking with peers.
B2B Rocks is powered by Axeleo and sponsored by Salesforce, RSM France, Personio, Edenred, Intercom, and 2CFinance.
Dave Gerhardt
VP Marketing, Drift
Dave is a true expert in B2B marketing and brand building. When he joined Drift in 2015, he was employee #6 & the first full-time marketer, to jumpstart the company’s marketing efforts. Since then, 150,000+ businesses have used Drift and it has grown from $0 to eight-figures in revenue. Before joining Drift in 2015, Dave Gerhardt worked for Privy and HubSpot and created a successful podcast called “Tech in Boston”. Dave also recounted his multiple experiences and learnings at Drift in a book dedicated to conversational marketing which became a best-seller.
Åsa Nyström
VP Customer Advocacy, Buffer
Åsa is the VP of Customer Advocacy at Buffer, a social media platform used by hundreds of thousands of businesses to plan their content in advance and engage with their community through social media. An active part of creating Buffer’s vision, Åsa is passionate about incorporating flexibility, inclusivity, and equality into the workplace of the future. Currently based in London, Åsa has also lived in Australia, New York, and Sweden.
Mirko Novakovic
CEO, Instana
Mirko Novakovic had a great range of experiences as a software architect before co-founding and being CEO of Codecentric AG for 11 years. As an expert in custom software development, Codecentric AG is a leader in agile software development and innovative technologies in Germany. In the meantime, Mirko co-founded Center Device, a SAAS company for document collaboration.
Mirko capitalized on this remarkable experience to become a successful leader at Astana in 2015, an application performance monitoring (APM) service with a focus on modern containerized services.
Stan Massueras
Director EMEA Sales, Intercom
Since he started his career in 2004, Stan has managed large teams for giants such as Facebook, Twitter, and HP. Stan now holds the crucial position of European Sales Director at Intercom, the SaaS B2B which experienced the 2nd fastest growth in 2018 and which defines itself as the world’s first customer messaging platform. Stan achieved to restructure the sales team and to create true alignment and consistency between the Sales and Marketing teams, which led to cut the “time to close” by 30%.
