The latest edition of the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List has arrived! Here are the people who made a splash in 2021 and are set for a barnstorming 2022.

RTIH has scoured the retail technology world to find the most influential figures for this comprehensive list of people and trends that shaped the industry in 2021 and will continue to drive it further in 2022.

2021 was a year like no other.

With Covid-19 continuing to drive a seismic change in shopping habits, and the likes of checkout free stores, rapid delivery services, the metaverse and NFTs breaking through to the mainstream, it was one of the most eventful years in the history of retail tech.

But behind all the news headlines stood the people who worked on and contributed to the development of the retail tech space.

Enter the RTIH Top 100 Retail Technology Influencers List.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been announcing the list in batches of ten. And now, in all its glory, here is the top 100 in full.

Andy Jassy

Twitter bio: Lead Amazon, married and father of two kids, big sports/music/film fan, experienced buffalo wings eater. Go Kraken!

Elodie Perthuisot

Twitter bio: Chief E Commerce, Digital Transformation and Data Officer at Carrefour.

Tom Goodwin

Twitter bio: Trying to understand the world by asking questions.Curious.I try to be quite reasonable about things. Fan of nuance & progress.

American Express says restaurant spending is up 70%, but sure, go and work on your metaverse strategy.

Make marketing sensible again
— Tom Goodwin (@tomfgoodwin) April 22, 2022

Dan Rose

Twitter bio: chairman coatue ventures / 20 years at facebook and amazon.

Suresh Kumar

LinkedIn bio: Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer at Walmart.

Harley Finkelstein

Twitter bio: @Shopify President // Entrepreneur.

Jennifer Maul

LinkedIn bio: General Manager - Amazon Just Walk Out Technology at Amazon.

Amanda Goetz

Twitter bio: Founder, @house__of__Wise (luxury CBD + community for women) | Single mom x 3 | Midwest. MIAMI | Pick my brain here: https://mentorpass.co/me/amandagoetz

Vala Afshar

Twitter bio: Chief Digital Evangelist @Salesforce | Columnist: @ZDNet | Show: @DisrupTVShow | Book: http://bit.ly/tposbe

Fiona Tan

LinkedIn bio: CTO at Wayfair.

Viv Craske

LinkedIn bio: Advisor for retail/FoodTech/online grocery scale ups | Author.

Gary Newbury

LinkedIn bio: 👉 "Senior Exec on Call" 👈 Rapid Performance Improvement Retail Supply Chains & The Last Mile 👉 www RetailAID ca 👈 Rethink Retail's Top 100 Global Retail Influencer 👉Interim CSCO👈

Ryan Breslow

Founder of online checkout technology startup, Bolt. Twitter bio: long live the king!

I have gotten 3-4 weeks into diligence with investors considering writing $100m+ checks where it was clear that they hadn’t used our checkout. This happened so many times that I had to put a doc titled Please Use Our Checkout Before Our Next Meeting at the top of our data room.
— Ryan Breslow (@theryanking) April 22, 2022

ShiSh Shridhar

LinkedIn bio: Global Retail Startups Lead | RETHINK Retail Top 100 Retail Influencer 2022 | Advisory Board GMU Center for Retail Transformation.

Shlomo Chopp

Twitter bio: DTC and e-commerce in shopping centers. | Patent Holder | CRE debt restructuring. Opinions have a 5 year investment horizon.

Karoline Gross

LinkedIn bio: Founder at Smartzer, Forbes 30 Under 30.

DeAnn Campbell

LinkedIn bio: Retail strategy & CX expert | Top Retail Influencer | Speaker | RetailWire BrainTrust | RETHINK Retail Advisory Council⚡︎ I help companies elevate customer experiences and profit margins.

Whitney Cathcart

LinkedIn bio: Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, 3DLOOK. The leader in Mobile Body Scanning and Virtual Fit and Try-on for The Fashion Industry.

Andrey Golub

Twitter bio: #DeepTech #Entrepreneur #AI #3D #FashionTech; @ELSECorp - #AI4Fashion #VirtualRetail #VirtualSampling, @ICOLGroup - #RoboFactories #DigitalTwins #CAD2Robotics.

Ying Zheng

After stints at both Apple and Google, Ying launched checkout-free stores specialist AiFi in 2016 with fellow Co-founder Steve Gu.

Fast forward to the present day and the company is working with a wide range of retailers, including Carrefour, Compass Group, Aldi UK, and Choice Market.

It also recently raised $65 million in a Series B funding round.

Steve Gu

LinkedIn bio: Cofounder & CEO, AiFi Inc. (Hiring).

Justine Moore

Twitter bio: @StanfordGSB | Author of Accelerated | Marketplaces, e-comm infrastructure, and Gen Z.

Hani Weiss

Twitter bio: CEO @MajidAlFuttaim - Retail.

Andrey Podgornov and Boris Shkolnikov

Andrey and Boris are CEO and CTO respectively at Qvalon, a member of the RTIH Innovation Awards hall of fame which offers a mobile solution for managing retail operational processes.

Michael Gabay

LinkedIn bio: Co-Founder and CEO at Trigo.

Katharine McKee

LinkedIn bio: Fortune 500 E-commerce Strategist l Startup Advisor l Digital Commerce Expert l Increasing Margins and Growth l Founder of Morphology Consulting® l Forbes Next 1000.

Tash Grossman

LinkedIn bio: Start Up Founder at Slip 🚀 Leading the receipt revolution...

Michael LeBlanc

LinkedIn bio: Founder | Strategic Advisor | Keynote Speaker | Podcaster.

DeAnn Campbell

LinkedIn bio: Retail strategy & CX expert | Top Retail Influencer | Speaker | RetailWire BrainTrust | RETHINK Retail Advisory Council⚡︎ I help companies elevate customer experiences and profit margins.

Stacey Widlitz

Twitter bio: Chief Int. Store Hunter SW Retail Advisors, Co-Founder @thedealmakehers. Duchess of Retail, NED,Angel Investor, Biz TV reg, fmr sell-side, Perma jet lag, forbes.

Michelle Grant

Twitter bio: Exploring the impact of digital transformation in retail and consumer goods. @Salesforce. Former Head of Retailing @Euromonitor. All opinions are my own.

Ok, I’m confused by the TiffCoin. Here’s the product detail page. The coin will give you access to Tiffany happenings, “bringing high glamour to the metaverse.” pic.twitter.com/TqOOSiKe5Q
— Michelle Grant (@MGTalksRetail) April 3, 2022

Marshall Kay

LinkedIn bio: Strategic Advisor to retailers, global brands, investors and others connected to Retail. Speaker. Writer on Retail topics for Forbes. One of 2022's most influential Thought Leaders (as awarded by RETHINK Retail).

Steve Dennis

Twitter bio: Keynote speaker, retail consultant, podcast host, @Forbes contributor, author of "Remarkable Retail: How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption."

Ben Zettler

Twitter bio: Digital Marketing & Ecommerce Consultant, @Shopify Expert, @ShopifyPlus Partner | #Terps '12 | @zettlerdigital | …but Dad first.

Vitaly Alexandrov

LinkedIn bio: Food Rocket | Forbes 30 under 30 | Insider: rising star of the rapid delivery industry.

Brendan Witcher

Twitter bio: @Forrester Vice President / Principal Analyst for Digital Business Strategy, Customer Engagement, eCommerce, Personalization, Omnichannel, Retail, Mobile, & AI.

Oliver Guy

LinkedIn bio: Empowering industry leaders to innovate & compete with greater agility. | Microsoft Retail.

Jeff Roster

Twitter bio: Retail Influencer, Orphan advocate with a focus on Senegal. Cohost of #ThisWeekInInnovation. #artificialintelligence #AI #startups #lowcode #blockchain #IoT.

Maria Tikhonova

Maria is Chief Operating Officer and Co-founder at eyezon, a platform that connects e-commerce shoppers with retail sales agents, friends, family and also product and category experts, via live streaming sessions, recently expanded to the UK.

The company, which launched in Russia in 2019, counts Adidas, De’Longhi, Panasonic, The Body Shop, VW and LG as clients.

Scott Thompson

Twitter bio: Founder and Editor @RTIH_RetailTech #retailtech #retailtechnology #retail #retailsystems #payments #onlineshoping #ecommerce #fintech.

Cas Paton

LinkedIn bio: Founder and CEO of OnBuy.com - Where loyalty is rewarded.

Deepinder Goyal

Twitter bio: Founder - @zomato. Favourite word - focus.

Alice Chang

LinkedIn bio: CEO and Founder, Perfect Corp - Leading the Beauty 3.0 Revolution through AI and AR

Paul do Forno

Twitter bio: Managing Director / Eminence Lead Commerce Practice @DeloitteDigital. B2B B2C Commerce DigitalTransformation Expert. Alum: @uofwaterloo.

Andrew Busby

It's happening! The @RetailTechShow is nearly here! Join me for live and exclusive views behind the scenes on Monday as the finishing touches are made.

Will it be tantrums & tiaras? Tune in to find out! #RTS2022 pic.twitter.com/LNTEyGmLGD
— Andrew Busby (@andrewbusby) April 22, 2022

Ron Thurston

LinkedIn bio: Amazon #1 Best Selling Author of RETAIL PRIDE, host of RETAIL IN AMERICA, 2022 Top 100 Retail Influencer.

Sebastian Siemiatkowski

Twitter bio: Co-founder and CEO of @Klarna. Smoooth shopping! Trying my best to be the nightmare of the bank establishment worldwide! Do all I can so customers will love us.

Warren Richmond

Warren is CEO and Founder at Situ Live, an experiential retail destination at Westfield London and 2021 RTIH Innovation Awards winner.

Emily Pfeiffer

Twitter bio: E-Commerce and brand strategy geek. Casual weight lifter. Chocoholic. Easily bored... (and my opinions? just mine).

Shannon Ryan

Twitter bio: EVP North America @Valtech. Former founder & CEO of non-linear (1995-2017). Interested in #retail, #digitalstrategy #digitaltransformation & the #metaverse.

David Polinchock

LinkedIn bio: Helping retailers and brands understand the emerging tech impacting the physical space, including AR & the metaverse. Proud Bucknell parent!

Rich Corbridge

Twitter bio: CIO @BootsUK | Advisor @SilverBuck_UK | Chair of BESTS @RCSI_Irl | #Digital #CIO #Health #Retail #TechAtBoots #CookBooks #House #Ibiza #Family | Own Views.

Tiffany Lung

Tiffany is a retail analyst, writer and a member of the RTIH Innovation Awards judging panel.

Touchdown Chicago! Most interesting “retail” in O’Hare - spotted lots of vending machines in the airport pic.twitter.com/t2PzXxrHNn
— Tiffany Lung (@TiffanyLung) April 20, 2022

Matt Bradley

Matt is Event Director at Retail Technology Show, which will take place at London’s Olympia on 26th-27th April.

Mike Cadden

LinkedIn bio: Immediately available IT Director/CIO/Programme Manager.

Catherine Shuttleworth

Twitter bio: ceo and founder of savvy marketing, retail commentator permanently curious and always on look out for great ideas

Martin Newman

Twitter bio: The Consumer Champion. Founder http://CustomerServiceAction.com Agent: http://KnightAyton.co.uk New book out now: http://bit.ly/PowerofCX

Christine Russo

LinkedIn bio: Leading Industry Analyst, Moderator, Advisory Board: metaverse, brands, fashion, tech, global retail for Brands, Retailers, Academics, Consultants, Media, Journalism, Tech Founders, Urbanists, Developers, Real Estate.

Greg Deacon

Megan Ludlow

LinkedIn bio: On the search for innovative businesses to help turbocharge M&S's digital transformation.

Trevor Sumner

Twitter bio: CEO of @perchexperience, reinventing #retail, founder of LocalVox, tech exec, #NYC native, amateur chef & global #scuba diver.

Bryan Roberts

Twitter bio: High quality tweets about shops, Haribo, mushrooms, burgers & football.

Nick Lansley

LinkedIn bio: Innovation Insider at Nick Lansley's Innovation Lab.

Brittain Ladd

Twitter bio: Consultant and Advisor | Robotics l Strategy l Micro-fulfilment | #BusinessTransformation | #FutureOfRetail | #TechInnovation

Sarah Hofstetter

LinkedIn bio: President at Profitero, Campbell Soup Board Member, 25+ year digital, marketing & tech entrepreneur.

Jennifer Stephens

Jennifer is Chief Customer Officer at Ted Baker.

Her CV also includes stints as Chief Marketing Officer at Feelunique and Multi-channel Marketing Director at French Connection.

Michelle Kearns

Twitter bio: Digital Leader @BootsUk Ireland | @OHT_Ireland. Founder | #CIO #Health #Retail #TechAtBoots #DEIinTech | Loving life #Dancing #Rugby #Shenanigans she/her.

Tom Price

Tom is Head of Site Acquisition at Sook, which allows businesses to rent its spaces in shopping locations with high footfall.

Hani Weiss

Hani is CEO at Majid Al Futtaim, Retail, a shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure specialist operating across the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

Andy Baldauf

Twitter bio: Digital & Innovation Shaper @migros | Done is better than perfect | Master #DigitalBusiness @fhhwz #digital #retail #ecommerce #marketing #innovation.

Tony D'Onofrio

Twitter bio: Top 100 Retail Influencer, CEO / CCO, Private Equity Board Advisor, 8800+Contacts / 160,000+ Linked-In Followers, Consulting, Motivational Speaker. Views my own.

NEW ARTICLE: Then and Now: RFID, Self-Checkout, and the Internet with All Those Things https://t.co/Z26GBmQz9z Definite RFID adoption trends, more selfcheckout contactless and the Internet of Things. JOIN the #retail #innovation #leadership conversation. #IoT
— Tony D'Onofrio (@tonycdonofrio) April 22, 2022

Luke Jensen

Twitter bio: CEO of Ocado Solutions. Bringing smart e-commerce technology to leading retailers globally. Retweets do not = endorsements. Views my own.

Richard Hammond

Twitter bio: Author of Friction/Reward and Smart Retail; sold globally in 22 languages. Created the friction versus reward metric (FvR), loves retail and customers.

Alex Richards

Alex is Technology Director at Boohoo Group.

He was a keynote speaker at the recent Smart Retail Tech exhibition/conference, and was also a part of the event’s retail technology awards innovation judging panel.

Sucharita Kodali

Sucharita is a retail analyst at Forrester.

Neil Saunders

Twitter bio: Managing Director of GlobalData Retail, founder of Conlumino. I analyse all sorts of things to do with retail, shopping, and consumers.

Andy Mulcahy

Andy is Strategy and Insight Director at IMRG, a UK online retail association.

Ashley Dudarenok

Bestselling #Author.

Paula Rosenblum

Twitter bio: Technology-driven customer-centric retail is my passion.

Maureen Hinton

Twitter bio: Retail analyst - UK, global, all views expressed are my own.

The times we are in - the announcement that @OcadoGroup has a deal to develop its technology for Auchan in Poland @AuchanPolska comes with an expression of sympathy and support for Ukraine https://t.co/kT1h5T8K1Q
— Maureen Hinton (@maureen_retail) March 15, 2022

Natalie Berg

Natalie is a retail analyst and founder of NBK Retail.

Sharon Peters

Sharon is the Head Of Technology- Corporate Functions at Marks and Spencer.

She is also a member of the RTIH Innovation Awards judging panel.

Toby Pickard

Twitter bio: Innovations, trends, futures insight provider | Speaker | Solutions that enhance retailing.

Jo Hickson

Jo is Head of Labs, Tesco Technology, Group Innovation. Check out her Twitter account here.

Matt Taylor

Matt is Technology Transformation Leader at EY, Retail and Consumer Products.

Frank Beard

Twitter bio: Marketing + CX at @StandardAI | Retail speaker, writer, analyst | Once spent a month eating at gas stations and lived to tell the tale.

Bryony Elliott

Bryony is co-founder of Hullabalook, a UK-based e-commerce startup which recently secured $8.2 million in a Series A funding round led by Nauta Capital and supported by existing investors Conviction VC and Passion Capital.

The cash will support the firm’s growth in the UK and new markets in North America and Europe.

Glenn Faulkner

Twitter bio: Proud father of 4, adopted Yorkshire man Technical Program Manager at AiFi. Views expressed are my own

Deborah Weinswig

Deborah is CEO and Founder of Coresight Research.

Oliver Banks

Twitter bio: Helping retailers to transform operations as an independent consultant. Podcast host of the Retail Transformation Show. Daddy of Two. Husband. Serious DIYer!

Paul Wilkinson

Twitter bio: Product Manager, Alexa Shopping - formerly @TescoLabs and “an unlikely Tesco employee” according to Wired. Own opinions.

"Alexa, Order my Groceries" - Lets you build most of your grocery basket with one phrase and a couple of taps, using your purchase history and your Alexa shopping list. This will only work for US folk with an Echo Show 8 or 10 and it shipped just before Christmas pic.twitter.com/2qa6ax0lrz
— Paul Wilkinson (@prw25) January 14, 2022

Steve Dresser

Twitter bio: Insight and advisory for retail execs worldwide. "The man supermarket CEO's turn to (BBC) "Let's make retail great again", #10. SEN Tribunal vet.

Rebekah Kondrat

Twitter bio: Retail Believer | Former @Apple, @WarbyParker, @OutdoorVoices, Joybird | Founder at Kondrat Retail | Ballerina | Retail is Alive™

Celia Van Wickel

LinkedIn bio: eCommerce | Retail | CPG | Insights Thought Leader.

Eva Pascoe

Twitter bio: Pioneer of Cybercafe Cyberia, ex-Topshop e-commerce, @ShopifyPlus, Cybersalon, retailtech, Future High Street, GrimseyReview 2.0.

Wendy MacKinnon

Twitter bio: Mobile Retail Consultant Founder SelfPay by @DigitalRetailApps. Founder PayTechs of Canada. @Iveybusiness alum.

Nadine Neatrour

Nadine is Marketing Manager at Selfridges and a member of the RTIH Innovation Awards judging panel.

Bob Phibbs

Twitter bio: Bob Phibbs, the Retail Doctor. Professional speaker on retail sales, training and marketing. Author, blogger, business makeover specialist, retail influencer.

Miya Knights

Miya is co-author of Omnichannel Retail and Amazon: How the World’s Most Relentless Retailer will Continue to Revolutionise Commerce, as well as a regular media commentator and events speaker.

Sarah Friswell

Sarah is CEO at 2021 RTIH Innovation Awards winner Red Ant.

How do we identify the top 100?

We use a variety of sources to select our top 100, including feedback from industry observers, research within our own networks, direct or third party nominations via our website, and social media tools.

In addition to social presence, we also take into account award winners, event speakers, books published, media appearances, and people building innovative companies, solutions etc in the retail space.

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