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Chris Guerra

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Chief Executive Officer
Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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  • Blue Acorn iCi
    Chief Executive Officer
    Blue Acorn iCi
    Jul 2023 - Current (2 years 11 months)
  • Blue Acorn iCi
    Co-CEO
    Blue Acorn iCi
    Jan 2019 - Aug 2023 (4 years 8 months)
    Chris led the acquisition process and helped find Blue Acorn iCi's forever home- Infosys. Chris continues to run the day-to-day business is now leading the charge for all things Adobe, Salesforce Commerce and Shopify for Infosys. In addition, Chris continues to serve as executive sponsor for numerous clients and actively helps them to find new opportunities to leverage Infosys's broader capabilities and scale.
  • Blue Acorn iCi
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Blue Acorn iCi
    Jan 2016 - Dec 2019 (4 years)
    Chris held the role of Chief Revenue Officer of Blue Acorn iCi for two years. During this time, he merged Blue Acorn, BrandShop, iCi Digital, and Mediotype and established a new sales infrastructure to attract and retain the leading companies in the world.
  • Blue Acorn iCi
    Chief Marketing Officer
    Blue Acorn iCi
    Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (3 years)
    Chris has led Blue Acorn to being the only partner in the world to win Partner of the Year for Magento, Demandware, Optimizely and Monetate. He has attracted over 100 of the worlds best brands and retailers to engage Blue Acorn for design, development and optimization services. In 2017, he helped find a new strategic partner for Blue Acorn- Beringer Capital. In 2018, Blue Acorn's private equity company Beringer Capital acquired BrandShop, a provider of store operations including fulfillment, payments, security and call center. Chris led the integration of BrandShop into Blue Acorn and manages all marketing, business development, sales and account management.
  • Blue Acorn iCi
    Director of Sales and Marketing
    Blue Acorn iCi
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2014 (3 years)
    When Blue Acorn reached 20 employees, Chris joined to build out the sales and marketing team collectively known as the brand team. The brand team took Blue Acorn from a boutique agency to North American Partner of the Year for Magento and Optimizely. In two years Chris tripled company revenue and was promoted to Chief Marketing Officer.
  • BORN
    VP, Ecommerce
    BORN
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2012 (3 years)
    Originally known as Whitefield Group, Chris was the second employee of what is now a 400+ organization. During his tenure, the group purchased an agency based in London called FMG specializing in digital, photo and video and Pod1 specializing in Demandware, Magento and Hybris. Chris lead the ecommerce practice and played an influential role in integration the agencies into what is now known as the Born Group.
  • Portalis AG
    Managing Director, North America
    Portalis AG
    Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 (2 years)
    To gain international experience, Chris joined Portalis AG, Germanys top shopping engine. Chris worked out of the Hamburg office before opening the US division in NYC. He managed all aspects of the US business and played a key role founding the original search engine for daily deals.
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    Founder
    BrandOrders
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2009 (2 years)
    After years in a family owned retail environment, Chris recognized a problem with the wholesale buying process. The antiqued B2B shopping process was lagging far behind B2C eCommerce experiences. Chris raised venture funding and founded BrandOrders to centralize the wholesale buying process.
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    Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
    ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA WORKS
    Jan 2007 - Dec 2008 (2 years)
    After building out revenue streams to monetize what celebrities wore in TV, Music and Film, Chris took the idea and translated it to Facebook. Plink or (product-linking) was a new technology to allow facebook users to tag the products seen in their photos. Chris helped to raise a new round of venture capital and grow the install based to over 200k daily active users.
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    Director of Retail & Social Media
    ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA WORKS
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2007 (2 years)
    After developing a direct cost per click affiliate network of retailer partners, Chris was promoted to manage all digital revenue. In addition to managing the companies largest revenue stream, Chris managed the creation of one of the internets first social shopping networks- StyleLogue.
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    Manager of Retail Services
    ENTERTAINMENT MEDIA WORKS
    Jan 2005 - Dec 2006 (2 years)
    After graduating from business school, Chris joined Entertainment Media Works. The venture backed organization took a "digital" approach to product placement and identification for top TV, Movie and Music studios. Chris helped to create & manage a retail distribution channel including over 350 retailers and executed numerous website sponsorships & advertising deals.
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  • Florida Atlantic University
    Bachelor of Business Administration, Marketing
    Florida Atlantic University
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    StarStyle Music
    Led Product Development, Project Management and Business Development of StarStyle Music for Entertainment Media Works, which provided fans of artists to buy what they see in music videos. First-to-market application led to deals with major and independent record labels. Notable mention in Billboard Magazine. Listed on filed patent applications.
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  • S
    2017 Partner of the Year
    Salesforce Commerce Cloud
    May 2017
  • Monetate
    2016 Partner of the Year
    Monetate
    May 2016
  • Magento
    2015 Partner of the Year
    Magento
    Apr 2015
  • Optimizely
    2014 Partner of the Year
    Optimizely
    Apr 2014
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    Inc. 5000
    Inc Magazine
    For the fifth consecutive year, Blue Acorn ranked among the fastest growing companies in America - this year coming in at #1110 (#13 in SC)
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  • USA TODAY
    Silicon Harbor has become a tech landing spot for some weary city dwellers
    USA TODAY
    Jul 2017
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    New Online Sites Aim to Connect Industry
    Womens Wear Daily
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    Rethinking Mobile Engagement Online and In-store
    Internet Retailer
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