Innovator Spotlight: Meet A Few of This Year's B2B Tech Innovators💡
Meet the CEOs & Founders of Kojo, Buildertrend, Ghost, and Crisp
We’re just over a month out from the 2024 NAW Innovators Summit, powered by Applico! After last week’s big announcement of Ted Decker, CEO of The Home Depot, as our keynote speaker, we’d like to highlight some of our tech innovator CEOs attending this year’s Summit.
Want the chance to meet them in person? Space is quickly running out, so register to secure your spot, and we’ll see you on Sep 25-27 in Austin, TX!
Now, let’s meet the CEO & Founders of some of our 2024 innovators:
Kojo | Maria (Rioumine) Davidson, Co-Founder & CEO
Kojo is the leading multi-trade software for contractors, providing an all-in-one solution for planning, tracking, receiving, and paying for materials. With integrated digital purchasing via distribution, Kojo transforms how contractors procure and manage their materials. Kojo also recently launched support for Prefab.
More than 25,000 construction professionals trust the Kojo platform to help them manage projects across 48 states.
Maria will be presenting on Day 1 of the Summit during the Exchange.
Buildertrend | Dan Houghton, Co-Founder & CEO
With over 1 million users and 2 million completed projects worldwide, Buildertrend is the all-in-one software solution for residential construction professionals. Buildertrend has become the go-to technology solution for residential construction firms, offering tools to manage every aspect of a project from start to finish, including project management, material management, sales, rebates, payments, and finances.
If you work with residential home builders, remodelers and specialty contractors, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn about your customers’ most trusted tech solution.
Dan will be presenting on Day 1 of the Summit during the Exchange.
Ghost | Dee Murthy, Co-Founder & Co-CEO
Ghost’s B2B marketplace helps distributors, brands, and retailers to buy, sell, and ship surplus inventory. Dealing with surplus or off-season inventory can be a challenge for distributors. Ghost is powered by a data engine that enhances product discovery and automates the entire process from posting to payment.
Ghost's technology makes the process seamless for buyers and gives sellers full control of where their products are sold. Sellers also get paid right away, as soon as products ship, providing upfront liquidity. Ghost’s solution not only helps distributors avoid costly inventory write-downs, but also creates new revenue opportunities by tapping into underutilized stock.
Dee will be presenting during the Day 2 Tech Innovator Pitches.
Crisp | Dag Liodden, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer
Crisp connects data across retailers, distributors, and brands, providing real-time insights throughout the supply chain. It serves more than 6,000 companies, including 90 of the world’s largest 100 CPG companies, across a network of over a quarter million stores.
Its technology ingests complex, varied data from retailers and distributors and combines and standardizes that data, thus enabling better decision-making in inventory management, product distribution, and marketing and sales strategies. Its solution enables distributors to make better, data-driven decisions and create new revenue opportunities to monetize data back to suppliers. Whether you’re looking to enhance existing vendor portals or set up new ones, Crisp’s solutions can boost profitability and unlock new revenue streams for your business.
Dag will be presenting during the Day 2 Tech Innovator Pitches.
Join Us at The Innovators Summit
The NAW Innovators Summit, powered by Applico, is the premier annual event connecting B2B distribution tech innovators with top industry leaders. This once-a-year opportunity allows you to network and discover new solutions to elevate your business.
Participants can schedule private 1:1 meetings with tech innovators to discuss collaborations and tailoring their solutions to your business. Early access to meeting requests and bookings will be available via the event app, which will launch right after Labor Day, so don’t wait to register!
🗓 When: September 25-27, 2024
📍 Where: Omni Austin Hotel Downtown, Austin, TX
🔑 Who Should Attend: Top decision-makers at leading distribution firms focused on innovation and technology solutions.