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Syndigo Partner Kickoff Europe​ 2026 – Welcome to Vienna​

February 11 & 12 , 2026

Hotel Almanac Palais Vienna

Empowering Your Growth in 2026: Join Us for the Syndigo European Partner Kick-Off

As we step into an exciting 2026, Syndigo is building on a transformational 2025. With our Partner-First strategy at the core, we strengthened our portfolio of best-in-class solutions, completed our unmatched PXM and MDM offerings through the acquisition of 1WorldSync, and fueled innovation with AI—helping our partners deliver exceptional commerce experiences worldwide.

Join us at the Syndigo Europe Partner Kick-Off 2026 to explore the next chapter of collaboration. Discover our latest innovations, gain a front-row view of our product and go-to-market strategy, and unlock new ways to grow your business. Together, we’ll make 2026 our biggest year yet.

Who Should Attend

This event is built for:

  • Partner Sales & Alliance Leaders
  • Pre-Sales / Solution Consultants
  • Implementation & Delivery Leads
  • Practice Heads & Competency Center Leadership
  • Marketing and Customer Success Leadership focused on joint GTM

Sponsors

Cloudinary
Advellence
Sharedien
ThoughtSpark

Agenda Preview

Day 1 – February 11, 2026

Time

Topic

Speaker(s)

12:30 – 14:00h

Joint Lunch with Syndigo & Partners

15:00 – 16:00h

Registration open

16:00 – 16:30h

Introduction & Welcome

Karim Iskandar, Managing Director International & Ben Rund, VP Alliances EMEA 

16:30 – 16:50h

The Opportunity for Syndigo and its Partners

Simon Angove, CEO

16:50 – 17:10h

Celebrating Partner Success & Partner Program 2026

Simon Angove, CEO & Stephen Kaufman, Chief Strategy & Alliances Officer

17:10 – 17:30h

Break

17:30 – 18:30h

Platform Update: PXM & MDM Roadmap in the Era of Agentic AI

Product Team

18:30 – 19:30h

Refresh & Free time or Time for meetings

19:30 – 23:00h

Get Together, Dinner & Awards Ceremony

Day 2 – February 12, 2026

Time

Topic

Speaker(s)

7:30 – 8:30h

Breakfast Sales Meetings - Meet your Syndigo Sales to align on key opportunities. Pre-booked regional sales meetings

08:30 – 9:15h

Advisory Session From System Selection to Business Value:
Why & how choosing the right platform and delivering outcomes.

Markus Schrabback, CEO Xtentio & Temel Kahyaoglu Chief Analyst, TGOA

09:15 – 10:00h

Positioning Syndigo for the WIN

Helen Grimster – Director, Product Marketing

10:00 – 10:20h

Coffee Break - Time to Network

10:20 – 10:50h

Sales Win Stories with partners

Martin Gliesche, SVP, Sales Central Europe & Elliot Sands, Director, Sales Northern Europe

10:50 – 11:20h

Ratings & Reviews - Your E-Commerce Deal Entry

Riley Jenkyn, VP, Commercial Success

11:20h – 11:50h

Sustainability: Syndigo for ESG and upcoming EU Regulation Needs

Helen Grimster, Director, Product Marketing & Ian Rendall, Global SVP Solution Engineering

11:50h – 12:05h

Stanley Black & Decker Case Study: Power Couple PXM & DAM – Cloudinary & Syndigo

Tal Ofer, Alliances Director, Cloudinary

12:05 – 13:00h

Lunch Break – Time to Network

13:00 – 13:45h

Becoming a Syndigo Expert: Pre-Sales Excellence & AI in action

Ian Rendall, Global SVP Solution Engineering & Filipe de Azevedo, Sr. Solutions Engineer

13:45 – 14:30h

Multidomain MDM: Business value & key capabilities

Nikhil Bhatia, SVP, Product & Helen Grimster, Director, Product Marketing

14:30 – 14:45h

Coffee Break

14:45 – 15:15h

From Sales to Delivery: The ideal process from estimate, to scope to implementation proposal and optimal delivery setup across platform deals

Varaprasad Bolla, Sr. Director, Solutions Architect

15:15 – 16:00h

Implementation Best Practices on context of Syndigo guidelines

Pierre Magnet, Partner Success Executive

16:00 – 16:10h

Coffee Break

16:10 – 16:40h

PIM with Vendor Portal or Syndication - Success Setup for Implementation

Léa Désesquelles, Sr. Director, Customer Success and Operations

16:40 – 16:55h

DAM Case Study: Creative Photo Studio Use Case with Sharedien DAM & Syndigo

Simon Putzer, CEO, Sharedien

16:55 – 17:15h

Wrap-up & Closing

Ben Rund, VP, Alliances EMEA & ANZ

Meet the Executive Team

Simon Angove

Simon Angove

Chief Executive Officer

Simon Angove

Chief Executive Officer
Simon has over 25 years of leadership experience in technology, having both launched innovative start-ups and run large companies and divisions, in industries such as retail, financial services, and the public sector. Recently, Simon was CEO of Superion, a software provider to local government. Simon led a comprehensive transformation establishing product innovation, go-to-market execution, operational excellence, and a high-performing organization, which led to a multi-company merger that created CentralSquare, with #1 market share in public safety software. Before Superion, Simon led global business units at Verint, an omni-channel customer engagement software provider, and was a serial entrepreneur starting companies in cloud computing, retail in-store video analytics, and workforce optimization.
Tarun Chandrasekhar

Tarun Chandrasekhar

Chief Product Officer

Tarun Chandrasekhar

Chief Product Officer
Tarun is responsible for all functional and regional teams delivering PIM and MDM products and services, globally. Previously Tarun was Managing Direction for Enterprise PIM/MDM Operations, leading customer success, implementation consulting, project delivery, cloud operations, and technical support teams for Syndigo. Tarun has also served as SVP of Product and Engineering for Riversand. With a career spanning Product Strategy and Development, M&A strategy, Data Management Solution Consulting, Operations and Customer Success for cloud-native SaaS MDM solutions, Tarun has developed data management strategy and implemented data management solutions for large multinational corporations across multiple verticals in multiple regions of the world.
Karim Iskandar

Karim Iskandar

Managing Director, International

Karim Iskandar

Managing Director, International
Karim heads the International business for Syndigo with responsibility for go-to-market strategy, sales, finance, operations, product strategy and partnerships. Prior to Syndigo, Karim worked for JRNI, a customer engagement platform that drive shoppers to in-store experiences from digital channels; launching their business in both Europe and the USA. Karim thrives in hyper-growth environments starting his formative career at Forrester Research as it grew from $30M to $170M as part of its European launch team and ultimately help the position, UK General Manager. He has since held a variety of software, technology and research businesses both launch, scale and grow rapidly internationally.

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Hotel Accommodation

Book your hotel room today to guarantee a spot. The hotel is already fully booked. But there are a couple of hotels nearby. The event’s venue is:

ALAMANAC Palais Vienna, Parkring 14-16, 1010 Vienna