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Braze Announces Keynote Speakers Guy Raz, Leslie Odom Jr. and Omar Johnson for Forge 2023 Conference
Marketing leaders from Activision Blizzard, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Inc., KFC Global, McDonald's, Panera Bread, VSCO, and The Walt Disney Company slated to speak
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMarketing leaders from Activision Blizzard, e.l.f. Cosmetics, Inc., KFC Global, McDonald's, Panera Bread, VSCO, and The Walt Disney Company slated to speak on innovation and creativity in customer engagement\n\n\n NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nBraze (Nasdaq: BRZE), the comprehensive customer engagement platform that powers interactions between consumers and the brands they love, has announced two keynote speakers for its ninth annual customer conference, Forge – Guy Raz, award-winning reporter, podcast host and the creator behind NPR’s ‘How I Built This,’ as well as Leslie Odom Jr., renowned actor, singer, and author. At Forge, Guy will take the stage to lead an interview with two innovative brands about what they are doing to stand apart in today's world from a marketing and customer engagement perspective. Leslie will host an inspiring conversation about his artistic and creative process, providing lessons from life and Hamilton that are relevant to all creatives and marketers. He will also share a musical performance featuring songs from Mr, his 2019 album. Guy and Leslie join the agenda along with opening keynote speaker Omar Johnson, former CMO for Beats by Dre and the Founder of ØPUS United, and Cleo Wade, New York Times bestselling author.\n\n\nOver a dozen marketing experts from Braze customers around the globe are also confirmed to speak at the conference, including:\n\n\n\nAland Failde, SVP, Marketing for Second Dinner\n\n\n\nAllegra Krishnan, Chief Loyalty & Engagement Officer for McDonald’s\n\n\n\nAshley Travis, Sr. Director, Digital CX for KFC Global (YUM! Brands)\n\n\n\nBrigitte Barron, Director, Global CRM for e.l.f. Cosmetics, Inc.\n\n\n\nBrooke Erickson, Sr. Email Marketing Manager for Peacock\n\n\n\nGeoffrey Bernard, Vice-President, Marketing, Data and Consumer Insight for La Presse\n\n\n\nHoward Lee, Senior Manager, Campaigns Marketing for The Walt Disney Company\n\n\n\nJackie Hill, Head of Lifecycle Engagement for Canva\n\n\n\nJason Vu, Sr. Manager, Marketing Analytics Engineering for Activision Blizzard\n\n\n\nJeremy Brandt-Vorel, Digital Marketing Manager for National Geographic\n\n\n\nLogan Dunn, Head of E-commerce for Wyze\n\n\n\nMatthew Donovan, Vice President, Marketing Technology & Operations for FanDuel\n\n\n\nMeenakshi Nagarajan, SVP, Chief Digital Officer for Panera Bread\n\n\n\nNisha Mehta, Senior...