Featured Experts
The Wine Sales Symposium offers the opportunity to meet and network with a wide range of wine sales and marketing experts. Here we're featuring some of them. If there is someone you want to connect with, take the opportunity to reach out to them ahead of the symposium to plan a meetup at the event.
Evgeny Bazhutov
Founder & CEO / WineSpot AI
Evgeny Bazhutov is the Founder and CEO of WineSpot AI, where he leads product vision, platform architecture, and AI innovation for winery operations. With over 20 years of experience in restaurant industry management and software development, Evgeny focuses on applying practical AI solutions to improve customer experience and operational efficiency in the wine industry.
He specializes in intelligent automation, AI-powered customer communication systems, and deep integrations with leading DTC platforms including Commerce7 and RedChirp. Under his leadership, WineSpot AI has developed tools such as the Email Bot, Smart Help Center, and Voice AI Concierge — designed to reduce workload while enhancing guest engagement.
Evgeny is passionate about building scalable technology that empowers winery teams, increases operational clarity, and elevates every stage of the direct-to-consumer journey.
Jennie Gilbert
Founder / RedChirp
As a Founder of RedChirp, Jennie is obsessed with helping businesses meet consumers’ newly expanded expectations for virtual interactions. Calling and emailing may have been enough before, but now 89% of consumers want to text with businesses. RedChirp makes business texting easy: phone numbers, compliance, web chat, payments, marketing campaigns, automation, and wine industry-specific integrations to tie it all together. A true nerd at heart, Jennie loves spreadsheets and a good data set to dig into, is a frequent speaker at business conferences and the co-author of two books. When not in the office, Jennie spends time cooking with her husband and chasing her Kindergarten-aged son. Her most prized possession is their well-worn, and heavily stained, wine-tasting notebook.
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