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Director of Operations
Blenders
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Scaling operations for high-growth DTC brands
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Director of Ecommerce & Media
Liquid I.V
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Director II, Product Management
Allbirds
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Kristine Cruz

AVP, Ecommerce
NuFACE
Digital Commerce Leadership
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Director, Data and Analytics
ThirdLove
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VP Ecommerce
Guthy | Renker
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