Ken Sutton

Ken Sutton

Ken Sutton is co-founder, president and CEO at Yobe Inc., a software start-up that is pushing the boundaries of Artificial Intelligence powered signal processing.

Ken is a serial entrepreneur with nearly 20 years of strategy and corporate business management experience in the technology, marketing and finance industries. Prior to his tenure in Technology, Ken was a financial services professional who worked on critical projects for hedge funds, venture capital and private equity firms who focused on Pre-IPO investments in the technology and real-estate arenas. Ken started his first venture (TMG) directly out of University. The Tampa Marketing Group was a multi-state B2B marketing firm, focused on product development, market research and brand strategy. TMG managed regional product promotions for the following companies: Vivitar, Universal Studios, Disney, MCI, Major League Sports teams and AT&T to name a few.

Ken’s other start-up experience includes: Founding Member of Co-Mune Inc (a community focused connectivity and mobile commerce platform), and Managing Partner Sutton Willis and More (a boutique strategy and capital advisory firm). Ken attended the University of Connecticut has served as a proud member of the US Armed Forces (Army Ranger).

What it Will Take for Retailers to Succeed With Voice Commerce

Recent market research predicts that voice shopping will explode to over $40 billion by 2022, up from $2 billion today. As popularity in voice assistants like Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa grows rapidly, retailers are jumping at the opportunity to create unique and dynamic shopping experiences by leveraging the new technology. However, in an era…