Chuck Marcouiller is Avalara’s Director of Sales and Use Tax Learning. Prior to joining Avalara, Chuck spent over 20 years in various roles sales and operational roles at world renowned payroll and human capital management company ADP.

Rick Gemereth is the CIO and Senior VP of Lionel LLC, the iconic American designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads, based in Concord, NC. Rick provides corporate technology leadership and oversees many of the company’s business processes, including ERP and financial systems integration, as well as many other technologies used to streamline the business. Rick’s core focus at Lionel is aligning information technologies with the culture of the workforce in pursuit of the business vision.

Louis Jimenez is the owner and founder of Blue Marlin Chronicles (BMC), one of the first e-commerce businesses specializing in big game deep sea fishing tackle. BMC, based out of Florida, is a premier retailer of fishing equipment with customers located throughout the US, as well as many international destinations. Louis operates several ecommerce outlets, as well as BMC’s affiliated brick and mortar store, which opened on September 1st, 2015.