2023 Business Seminar

Rose Jia

Rose Jia is an award-winning marketing and product leader who currently heads up growth marketing for Amazon’s omnichannel grocery division, including brands like Amazon Fresh. She and her team drive profitable growth through awareness, discovery, conversion, partnerships, and go-to-market initiatives. She is also considered a "Renaissance Marketer" — a multi-disciplined leader who leverages her wide and differing industry knowledge to build patented innovative products and solutions.

Eric Siu

Eric Siu is the founder of the digital marketing agency Single Grain. He is also the author of ‘Leveling Up: How to Master the Game of Life’ and the creator of ‘Leveling Up Heroes’, a personal growth membership NFT. He co-hosts the podcast Marketing School with marketing legend Neil Patel, which receives over 2.1 million monthly downloads. Over the years, Eric has helped companies such as Amazon, Uber, Airbnb, and Salesforce acquire more customers. He also speaks around the world on marketing, SaaS, and NFTs. Eric is an investor in companies such as Eight Sleep, Levels, Lime, Toucan, and more. Finally, Eric is a member of communities such as YPO and TED.

Diederik Kemmerling

Diederik Kemmerling was born on February 4th, 1981, and is a Dutch internet entrepreneur specializing in E-Commerce and Social Media. He has spoken on many international conventions on E-Commerce and Social Media and has given lectures at the University of Aruba. Kemmerling studied International Business & Languages with a specialization in New Media at the Hogeschool Utrecht in Holland and at the University of Huelva in Spain. Kemmerling worked for several years as an E-Commerce & Online CRM Manager for Douwe Egberts and Sara Lee in Holland. He was responsible for developing Online Sales strategies and with determination was able to increase online sales with 60% within two years. During his work at Douwe Egberts, he gained a lot of knowledge from Holland's largest Digital Marketing Agencies such as: Digitas LBi, iProspect, and New Craft, to name a few. In 2012, Kemmerling moved to Aruba and started The Lab Digital Marketing Agency. After two years he expanded The Lab successfully to Curacao. The Lab offers its services for over 120 clients, including the Aruba Tourism Authority, Marriott, Hilton, Digicel Caribbean, Kooyman, Coca Cola, Mc Donalds and many more. The Lab has also supported projects for Aruba Doet; an charitable organization, University of Aruba and Medellin Departments of Education. Kemmerling's work has allowed him to become an expert in the field of digital marketing, new media and online sales in the Caribbean. In 2017, The Lab received the honor of being awarded Best in Business by Guardian Group, for their professionalism, team work and their values. In addition, to his marketing company, Kemmerling organized and presented for five successful years; the E-Aruba & E-Curacao Digital Marketing Seminar with over 750 attendees and in 2019, the E-Curacao followed successfully. The E-Seminars invites locals and International Speakers to cover important insights of the industry in order to inspire locals to succeed in their businesses. Kemmerling is constantly looking for new ways to improve his company by searching for the newest and most innovative ways to market his customers with an online presence.

Omaily Lucas

Omaily Lucas is a highly experienced digital marketing professional with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Hogeschool Utrecht. She's currently the Branch Manager of The Lab Curaçao, has over ten years of experience in the field, and specializes in Social Media Marketing and Multi-Platform Marketing Strategy. Omaily began her career at the well-known Dutch electronic retailer Media Markt. She has worked with various clients, including Kooyman, McDonald's, Dynaf, and NAGICO. Her expertise lies in developing compelling content and results-driven strategies that have exponentially improved her clients' digital marketing impact. Throughout her career, Omaily has gained a reputation as a skilled and dedicated marketing professional with a strong track record of success. She is passionate about helping her clients achieve their marketing goals and continuously explores new and innovative ways to reach their target audiences.

Hajj Flemings

Hajj Flemings is a Detroit-based serial entrepreneur, brand technologist, and CEO of Rebrand Cities. He is also the founder of Prompt Camp and serves as the Creative Director of Modern Athlete. Hajj operates at the intersection of brand, design, technology, and web3 and has raised over $1.5M for his startups. He has worked with some of the world's most iconic brands, including Cadillac, Nike, AT&T, Disney, JP Morgan Chase, Detroit Pistons, and WordPress. Hajj has spoken at prestigious venues such as Harvard University, Instagram, and the U.S. Department of Defense as an international keynote speaker.
Hajj's story was chronicled as one of eight entrepreneurs selected for CNN's Black in America 4: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley documentary with Soledad O'Brien, which was watched by over 1 million people. During the filming of that documentary, Hajj came to understand the lack of access to technology that was creating a permanent underclass in communities of color. This led him to launch Rebrand Cities, a global civic design initiative digitally transforming over 1,000 SMBs in ten cities and three countries (including Haiti). In addition, Hajj became an original investor in PlayVS, an eSports platform founded by Delane Parnell that has raised $107M.
Hajj's life has been built on disruption. He has overcome cancer by living a committed plant-based lifestyle and running half marathons. He is most proud of being the husband of Kasandra and father to Kennedy, a world-changing young lady. Hajj's work is focused on creating a more human world that is accessible to all people.

Maciej Szczepaniak

Maciej leads global strategy & commercialization for offline measurement at Google. He helps advertisers connect their digital media strategies to offline sales. He is an experienced marketer, media analytics and brand building expert with over a decade of international experience spanning across all major markets in Europe, U.S. Canada, and Latin America. He has worked in several sales, product and business development roles at Google and is currently based in New York City. Throughout his assignments in markets like the US, France or Mexico he has worked with many start-ups advising them on their sales strategy, and market value proposition.

Ivy Lacle

Ivy Laclé was born and raised on the island of Aruba. She went on to complete further studies in The Netherlands specializing in Leisure & Event Management. As part of this specialization she focused on concept development and marketing of events. While in the Netherlands, she helped organized a successful TEDx event where she put her marketing and event management skills to the test. Last year, she moved back to Aruba to further develop her passion in marketing and to gain more knowledge in management. Ivy is an Account Manager at The Lab which is a digital marketing agency in Aruba. As an account manager she is responsible for setting and meeting online marketing goals for her clients. By doing this creativity and setting up strategies come hand-in-hand.