Drew Cashmore

Drew is a commerce executive with a background in fundraising, building, commercializing and scaling intrapreneurial ventures within the world’s largest retailers.

He was an original architect of and former executive at Walmart Connect in the U.S. and Canada, helping to scale the business to $2BN and beyond. This included insourcing the business, establishing the brand and sales enablement practices, leading internal change management, and developing the in-store advertising strategy. In addition, he was a founding member of Walmart’s eCommerce and digital marketing platforms and the CMO of a SoftBank-backed Live Shopping platform called Firework. Drew is currently the Co-Founder and Managing Director of a new retail innovation platform called Adaptive Retail Group.

Outside of work, Drew is a startup advisor, angel investor in scalable tech and education platforms, and a father of two amazing kids. He received awards for both Top 30 Under 30 in Marketing and Top 40 Under 40 in Retail Innovation. Drew is a public speaker, thought leader, writer, aspiring actor (one can still dream), and shared keynote addresses at events including Shoptalk, GroceryShop, The Lead Innovation Summit, Smart Retail Tech.