My name is Ira Dubinsky and this is my personal website. I’m an insatiably curious leader, problem solver and organizer who has worked across four continents and many different industries.
I started my first business in high school building websites and coding Javascript and PERL. I then worked as a solution engineer for Adobe before moving on to senior leadership roles in retail, consumer goods, foodservice and also had a stint in politics. I’m now using my rich experience to help build and market enterprise technology, with a particular focus on data, analytics, AI, machine learning and value chains.
With time at Unilever, Marks & Spencer and YUM! Restaurants, I have firsthand experience building businesses, campaigns, systems and launching products that delight customers and drive profitable growth.
I hold an MBA from London Business School.
I regularly contribute to business publications and speak at conferences on topics such as:
- The past, present and future of artificial intelligence in business
- Use cases and success stories for machine learning in supply chains
- Trends in digital marketing, retail and e-commerce
Having worked in several industries and in various roles, I’ve had the opportunity to develop expertise in the following areas:
- brand and business strategy
- product strategy
- product marketing
- advertising, media buying, public relations and communications
- digital/performance marketing and demand generation
- e-commerce
- retail operations, business planning and supply chain management
- new product development
- analytics, business intelligence and insight
- end-to-end customer experience
- software go-to-market strategy
- artificial intelligence and machine learning
- data engineering
I’m based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and travel frequently to the US and Europe.