Vanessa Cartwright

Vanessa Cartwright, Chief Operating Officer at Astound Commerce

Vanessa Cartwright is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Astound Commerce North America. In this role, she leads all financial and business planning for Astound's North American operations, manages the client success team, and oversees operations, people management, and company culture.1

Prior to becoming COO, Vanessa served as Astound's Chief Client Success Officer. She played a key role in the successful integration of Astound and digital agency Fluid after the companies merged in 2018.13

Vanessa has over 20 years of experience in senior leadership positions at digital agencies. Before joining Astound, she held roles at Blast Radius (part of WPP), RMG Connect/J Walter in Canada, and Rapp Collins in the UK.1

As COO, Vanessa is excited to help guide Astound's future and execute on the company's mission of maximizing the brand and business value of every digital commerce touchpoint.1 She sees Astound's services as greatly enhanced by the company's recent acquisition of digital performance marketing specialist MarketForce.1

Vanessa is passionate about environmental causes and is proud of Astound's work with brands like The North Face and Rag & Bone to promote sustainable commerce models.1

Her LinkedIn profile (username: vanessajgcartwright) describes her as a "proven executive business leader, with experience developing and executing company vision."2