Rich has built successful technology businesses for more than 20 years. Prior to joining SparkPost as CEO, he was Group VP of the Oracle Data Cloud, which he turned into one of the fastest growing divisions at Oracle. Prior to Oracle, Rich was CEO of AddThis and led the company through rapid growth and its profitable acquisition by Oracle. Rich also founded Mt. Weather Capital and RedShift Ventures. He was responsible for multiple exits, including Cronos Integrated Microsystems (acquired by JDS Uniphase for $750mm).
Outside of work Rich is a competitive cyclist and he races and rides all over the world.

He holds an MBA and JD from the University of Maryland, and a BA in Economics from Denison University.

Kath Pay lives and breathes email marketing and is recognized as an international email marketing thought leader. She devotes her time to developlng customer-centric ecommerce journeys using a holistic, multi-channel approach.
Being an industry veteran of 21 years, Kath is a regular author, expert contributor, international Keynote speaker, and trainer. Some of the brands she has helped are: Barclays, Hiscox, Facebook & Ebay – to name just a few.

Amie Durr is responsible for delivering technologies that help businesses support and drive their messaging needs with a focus on scale, usability, engagement, and analytics. As the only person she knows with a background in both Mathematics and Anthropology, Amie has spent her career marrying her love of data and technology with her love of understanding people and processes. She is an evangelist and strong supporter of innovation and generally doing cool stuff, championing both the voice of the customer and the market, as well as the creative, technical skills of the engineers.

As the leader of SparkPost's on premises software business, Joal is responsible for driving adoption and technology wins for SparkPost's many PowerMTA and Momentum customers. Jol loves heling companies grow through long term trust based relationships that bring results for all involved. Joal has abackground in business development and law, and holds a JD from the University of Maryland. Outside work, Joal is an avid rock climber and lover of any excuse to be outside.

After a degree in music, Kieran Cooper spent 15 years in marketing for arts organisations where he made extensive use of technology, including setting up one of the first arts websites in 1995. He moved to the field of email in 2005, working for Lyris in the UK. Since 2014 he has been a Technical Account Manager at SparkPost, looking after enterprise customers all over EMEA including Booking.com, Vente Exclusive, Intercom and Capital One UK. He became a Certified Data Protection Officer in 2017.

Steve Henderson is Head of Deliverability at Emarsys. He is an email marketing, data protection, GDPR, e-Privacy, email deliverability, and information security expert. He specializes in email marketing compliance and email delivery optimization. Steve has worked with the DMA Email Council since 2012 producing practical compliance and deliverability guidance for the email marketing industry.

As the Vice President Compliance and IT Security of SparkPost, James leads all aspects of SparkPost’s IT Security and IT Compliance initiatives, bringing 20 years of experience in IT Security, IT Audit and Data Compliance. He has held leadership roles at some of the world’s largest public and private international companies across multiple industries ranging from manufacturing and leasing to entertainment/hospitality to high tech. Prior to joining SparkPost, James was Director of IT Security and Compliance for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts where he was responsible for IT Security, IT Risk & Governance and IT Compliance programs such as PCI DSS and GDPR.

James has broad experience in the IT Security and Compliance space including disaster recovery/BCP, application and database security, cloud security architecture and design, telecommunications, network security, international data governance, IT Risk and IT forensic investigations. James has also consulted in the public and private sector internationally and spoken on many IT Risk related topics, emerging technologies as well as helped organizations undergo business related IT transformation where security and compliance were a focus.

Steve Henderson is Head of Deliverability at Emarsys. He is an email marketing, data protection, GDPR, e-Privacy, email deliverability, and information security expert. He specializes in email marketing compliance and email delivery optimization. Steve has worked with the DMA Email Council since 2012 producing practical compliance and deliverability guidance for the email marketing industry.

As the Vice President Compliance and IT Security of SparkPost, James leads all aspects of SparkPost’s IT Security and IT Compliance initiatives, bringing 20 years of experience in IT Security, IT Audit and Data Compliance. He has held leadership roles at some of the world’s largest public and private international companies across multiple industries ranging from manufacturing and leasing to entertainment/hospitality to high tech. Prior to joining SparkPost, James was Director of IT Security and Compliance for Hershey Entertainment and Resorts where he was responsible for IT Security, IT Risk & Governance and IT Compliance programs such as PCI DSS and GDPR.

James has broad experience in the IT Security and Compliance space including disaster recovery/BCP, application and database security, cloud security architecture and design, telecommunications, network security, international data governance, IT Risk and IT forensic investigations. James has also consulted in the public and private sector internationally and spoken on many IT Risk related topics, emerging technologies as well as helped organizations undergo business related IT transformation where security and compliance were a focus.