John Surdakowski

Avex E-commerce

Leading eCommerce agency providing creative, development, email marketing & strategy for brands such as: Mondelez, Hugo Boss, KITH, O’Neil, HAUS, Undefeated, Marchesa, Balance Athletica, TomBoyX, Wolf & Shepherd, Badgley Mischka & Iconix Brand Group.

Founder & CEO

Agency-X Podcast

Agency X — Hosted by John Surdakowski, is a Podcast that takes a dive deep into the world of ecommerce, digital strategy, and the evolving landscape of marketing technology. From the challenges of building a brand to mastering the latest tools shaping the future of commerce, Agency X offers insights drawn from real experiences at Avex. Each week, we break down what works, what doesn’t, and the bold moves that drive growth for leading brands.

Host

Shogun

Shogun empowers brands and agencies to create unique ecommerce experiences by making it easy to build and optimize online stores. Shogun is seamlessly integrated with leading ecommerce platforms, and is trusted by over 12,000 eCommerce brands, including Leesa mattresses, MVMT watches, Gaiam yoga apparel, K-Swiss, and Chubbies shorts

Investor

GRIN

Grin is the #1 all-in-one influencer marketing platform designed to help brands own their influencer relationships. With our tools in your corner, you’ll build a pool of credible ambassadors and reap the financial and brand rewards that come with it. GRIN puts every aspect of your influencer marketing program at your fingertips, empowering you to own it every step of the way.

Inveterate, Inc

Govalo

Kinn

Consulting

Freelance creative direction, web design and development for various brands and agencies, including Google, Samsung, Havas, JWT, Campfire, USANetwork, Cinemax and Sony

Creative Contractor

Havas

Designed digital experiences such as: websites, mobile ads, video story boards and rich media campaigns.

Sr. Art Director Consultant

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

Designed and developed digital campaigns for Estee Lauder’s online creative department.

Art Director Consultant

Founder & CEO at Avex, a New York City based creative, technology and e-commerce agency for fashion & lifestyle brands. 

With 20 years of experience creating for the web, I’ve seen the digital landscape evolve. From Web 1.0 and Flash animation, to the explosion of mobile and e-commerce. I utilize my vast experience in creative, technology and business to help DTC brands achieve rapid growth. 

Throughout the years I've consulted for JWT, Havas, Estee Lauder, BBDO, NBC, MRM Worldwide, Nickelodeon, MTV Networks and many other New York based companies.

In 2015 I started growing my freelance business into a boutique digital agency, with focus on fashion, lifestyle and premium products. 

Avex has partnered with major brands such as: Hugo Boss, KITH, O’Neill, Undefeated, Simmons Serta Bedding, Marchesa, Eugenia Kim, Badgley Mishka, Ports V, Reem Acra, Iconix Brand Group, Google, PONY, Starter, Rocawear, Shutterstock, 88Rising, USANetwork, HBO, UBISoft, Sony Music and many more. 

Today, I continue to act as CEO and Founder (among other titles) of Avex. I’ve applied my experience and ability to adapt to creating a business that I am immensely passionate about. I love working with other creatives, building my team and taking on new challenges.

In 2019 Avex was invited to become a Shopify Plus Partner. Our agency focuses on helping brands navigate eCommerce.

Gladly

Vice President - Head of North America Enterprise Sales

Vice President of Sales US East and Canada

Vice President of Sales, US East

Senior Sales Director US IoT and AR

Senior Regional Director, IoT & AR Sales

Senior Regional Sales Director

Manage a sales team focused on strategic accounts within the Mid-Atlantic & South East regions. Working with leading discrete manufactures to transform their business in product development, optimize their service functions and enable strategies to leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to gain competitive advantage. 

PTC is a leading provider of enterprise business solutions in Product Lifecycle Management(PLM), Application Lifecycle Management(ALM), Service Lifecycle Management(SLM), Computer Aided Design(CAD) and the Industrial Internet of Things(IoT). 

http://www.ptc.com/internet-of-things
http://www.ptc.com/product-lifecycle-management
http://www.ptc.com/service-lifecycle-management
http://www.ptc.com/application-lifecycle-management
http://www.ptc.com/cad

Regional Sales Director - Mid-Atlantic & South East

Responsible for developing and implementing strategy, critical sales programs and consulting the Americas' sales leaders in attaining their revenue plans by developing a productive sales force. Act as a player / coach in support of front-line sales managers and sector VPs in developing sector / regional / territory pipeline and revenue growth plans in Enterprise Strategic Accounts and new Hunting organization. Developed and Implemented a Go-To-Market and Enablement  plan for the Internet of Things (IoT) Suite of Solutions across a global sales force.

Director Sales Enablement - AMERICAS

Global account manager for Bombardier Inc (Aerospace and Transportion Divisions)  as well as regional account responsibilities including BRP, P&WC, CAE, L-3, Thales, DND Canada, Irving Shipbuilding, Fleetway, IMP Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, and GD Canada. Responsible for leading growth for PTC in our most strategic customers in Canada.

Strategic Account Manager

Solution Sales - Clarity PPM Division

Territory Manager - Eastern Canada

Tenrox By Upland

Account Manager

I am passionate about helping brands create loyalty through customer service. We are a radically personal customer service platform and the only one built around people, not cases or tickets. We turn customer service agents into heroes by giving them one lifelong, channel-independent conversation with all the context needed to build lasting connection and loyalty.

Only Gladly makes customer service personal:

- No tickets or cases, just people
- One lifelong conversation vs an endless mess of duplicate tickets
- All channels out of the box, no-add-ons required
- A true single view of the customer
- Self service that is part of the conversation

Drive efficiency, revenue and decrease costs.....ping me to find out more.

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