2026 US WIRexec Leadership Summit

Lineup

• More details about Irene Gustaitis

  Irene Gustaitis

  Irene Gustaitis is a global insights and strategy executive with over 20 years of experience turning consumer understanding into high-impact business decisions. As Head of Global Consumer Insights at Amazon Prime Video & MGM Studios, she built the market research function from the ground up into a global, multi-disciplinary organization. Today, her work informs and shapes content greenlights, renewals, and multi-million-dollar investment strategies worldwide. Irene pioneered proprietary insights infrastructure at Amazon and ethical, predictive models that connect human behavior to performance outcomes. Prior to Amazon, Irene held senior leadership roles at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Ipsos, and Nielsen, where she led global research teams, launched new business verticals, advised C-suite leaders, and helped define modern standards for audience measurement, content testing, and advertising effectiveness. She has presented thought leadership at major industry forums including NAB, ARF, MRA, and ESOMAR, and is widely respected for her ability to bridge data science, storytelling, and executive decision-making. Irene holds an MBA from Pepperdine University and a BA from UCLA. She has served on multiple industry boards, is currently a WIRe Mentor, and is an advocate for developing the next generation of insights leaders. Outside of her professional work, Irene enjoys sailing with her husband and two teenage sons. She is actively involved with the Los Angeles Maritime Institute, and serves as a docent for the National Wildlife Federation.

• More details about Denise Foley

  Denise Foley

  With 20+ years leading global strategic partnerships, Denise Foley has worked with some of the world’s most influential brands — VISA, Netflix, Nestlé, Levi’s and others — helping them accelerate growth, expand into new markets, and strengthen consumer connection. After more than a decade building other companies, she took the leap in 2020 to build her own: a brand that blends my Brazilian roots, love of fashion, and deep expertise in business strategy. Today, she leads Sunset Vibes and DEIA Uniforms, where she's redefining swimwear, resort wear, and hospitality uniforms through inclusive design, sustainability, and innovation. Her background in enterprise partnerships, market expansion, and digital strategy has been the foundation behind scaling those businesses into major hotel groups, national spa chains, and fast-growing retail partners. She thrives in high-growth environments, solving complex problems, building high-performance teams, and turning bold ideas into scalable systems. Her career — and her company — are grounded in global perspective: she's a dual Brazilian-American citizen, fluent in Portuguese and Spanish, conversational in French.For fun, loves to explore Nevada’s desert landscapes, read cookbooks, travel, and soak up life with her husband and very energetic 4-year-old son.

• More details about Bobbi Rebell

  Bobbi Rebell

  Bobbi Rebell, CFP® is the Founder and CEO of Financial Wellness Strategies. She is the author of Launching Financial Grownups: Live Your Richest Life by Helping Your (Almost) Adult Kids Become Everyday Money Smart, as well as How to be a Financial Grownup: Proven Advice from High Achievers on How to Live Your Dreams and Have Financial Freedom. Bobbi was previously a global business news anchor and personal finance columnist at Thomson Reuters and held various journalist positions at top news outlets including CNBC, CNN and PBS. She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received her Certificate in Financial Planning from New York University.

• More details about Anese Cavanaugh

  Anese Cavanaugh

  Anese Cavanaugh is the CEO of Active Choices, Inc., founder of the IEP Method® (Intentional Energetic Presence®), and creator of the Positive Energy Workplace Initiative®. She is the author of the books CONTAGIOUS CULTURE: Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives (McGraw-Hill, 2015), CONTAGIOUS YOU: Unlock Your Power to Influence, Lead, and Create the Impact You Want (McGraw-Hill, 2019), and THE LEADER YOU WILL BE: An Invitation (a leadership storybook). For more than two decades, she has worked with CEOs, senior executives, and high-performing teams to develop more effective, energized, and sustainable leadership. As a business leader, strategic advisor, and keynote speaker, she is devoted to helping leaders show up with greater intention, presence, and accountability — and, through them, creating positively contagious workplace cultures where people can do their best work.

• More details about James Pickles

  James Pickles

  James Pickles is a Speaker, Coach and facilitator that helps high performers stay that way, sustainably. Since 2020, he has have delivered over 50 talks and workshops to a combined audience of over 3500 people from various sectors and industries, including M&S, Mintel, GSK, Watch Me Think, and Smart Pensions. He also provide personal coaching and mentoring to private clients who want to improve their performance, communication, and resilience. His sessions are candid, impactful, and have tangible, practical application. His clients often report immediate personal and financial benefits, such as averted resignations, increased retention, and better collaboration. With over 20 years of high performance, high expectation sales and management experience in market research, he knows the challenges and pressures of working in relentless results-driven environments. He's walked many miles in your shoes, leaned the hard way, and now helps others tread an easier path.

• More details about Brin Moore

  Brin Moore

  An industry leading executive, Brin has over 20 years of diversified expertise in building, leading and mentoring world-class sales, business development, product and marketing organizations in the Market Research Industry. Brin started in quantitative & qualitative research at companies such as IRI and Greenfield Online and has experience in both custom and syndicated research. With a move to the San Francisco Bay Area in the early days of online, was a member of the founding management team at Greenfield Online, Brin has stayed at the forefront of emerging technologies for market research and consumer insights and has had experience with online sample, mobile research, video and data visualization, among others. Brin has been responsible for building new products, growing international markets, full P/L management, brand marketing, and ROI. Demonstrated leadership in partnering with senior teams, transforming margin challenges into sustainable, high yield profit centers and on strategic initiatives focused on increasing market share, profitability, and shareholder value. The key to her success has been building and mentoring the right team(s) for the business.