Brett Hurt

Name: Brett Hurt
Function: CEO and Co-Founder
Company: Bazaarvoice
Country: USA
Industry: Social Commerce Technology
Topics: eCommerce and multi-channel marketplace

The Investors View on eCommerce and Multi-Channel Retailing

This panel will provide an inside investor's view of the status of the eCommerce and multi-channel marketplace. Moderated by CEO and Co-Founder of Bazaarvoice Brett Hurt, this panel will address such questions as: What do financial markets/investors think are the most valuable eCommerce/multi-channel businesses, and why? How do financial investors compare investing in this industry vs. other internet/consumer industries? What is a company worth to an investor? How can management make it be worth more? What do investors look for when they commit capital? -- among others.

Biography

Brett is the Founder and CEO of Bazaarvoice, the leading provider of hosted and fully managed customer rating and review solutions for
retailers online. Brett is responsible for guiding the company's strategy and overseeing day-to-day operations. Brett is a seasoned
executive and is widely recognized throughout the online industry for turning ground-breaking ideas into leading businesses. Bazaarvoice was recently named as a top 100 company in North America by "Red Herring" magazine.

Brett has extensive experience in the online marketing arena, especially as it pertains to the eCommerce industry. He founded Coremetrics in February 1999 after spending 10 years developing Internet-based software. Brett helped grow Coremetrics into the leading marketing analytics solution for the eCommerce industry, servicing more than 600 clients today. Coremetrics was eventually rated #1 in the industry by Forrester Research.
Prior to Coremetrics, Brett was the founder and CEO of Hurt Technology Consulting and BodyMatrix, an online retailer of sports nutrition products. Before that, he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Brett has more than 15 years of Internet programming experience and has developed multiple software applications, including Internet marketing analysis solutions, eCommerce platforms, Web-based classroom management applications, virtual communities, multiplayer online games, and Bulletin Board System (BBS) software. He started programming when he was 7 years old, launched a BBS on a 110-baud modem when he was 10, and created one of the first Internet-based multiplayer games in 1990. Brett holds an M.B.A. in High-Tech Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.B.A. in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas at Austin.

Brett serves on the Board of Directors of Shop.org. He serves on the Board of Advisors for the non-profit Web Analytics Association and is an
Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Wharton School. He also actively advises several early-stage ventures based in Texas. Brett is a regular
speaker at various industry events and universities.