Panels, podcasts, interviews and press from 2023 onward, each with its original source where one is public. Hosts retire their pages. This record does not.
GBG Unlocked New York
Customer panel on using onboarding and identity to grow without trading away trust.
With Gus Tomlinson (GBG) , Anna Fridley (Navy Federal Credit Union) , Frank Mosconi (Bally's Interactive)
Thoughtworks client session
Panel on how retailers are putting AI into production. No public recording.
With Rachel Laycock (Thoughtworks) , Henry Mori (1-800-Flowers)
MarketScale Retail
Featured expert on Adorama's Fastlane rollout: a 5–8% conversion lift among standard users and close to 20% among returning Fastlane members.
CommerceNext US Open Executive Retreat
Panel on redefining roles and redesigning workflows around AI for profitability rather than efficiency alone.
With Angelica Munson (Shiseido) , Shivani Tejuja (Charlesbank Capital Partners) , Rohit Nathany
Signifyd blog
Conference report quoting Hani on the tariff panel, including a pull-forward in demand as shoppers bought ahead of expected price increases.
With Mike Cassidy (Signifyd)
Signifyd FLOW Summit 2025
Digital commerce breakout on sourcing, pricing and customer acquisition under shifting tariff policy.
With J. Bennett (Signifyd) , Indy Guha (VMG Partners)
Ikigai Labs executive event, held alongside The AI Summit New York
Invitation-only executive panel on putting AI to work in retail operations.
Talk Commerce
On moving Adorama from a price-led brand to an experience-led one, and what “the creator” means as a customer definition.
With Brent W. Peterson (Talk Commerce)
Signifyd
Customer testimonial on fraud prevention and approval rates.
CommerceNext 2024
The Fearless Commerce Podcast
Recorded at FLOW Summit. Unifying customer data across platforms to improve experience, security, personalization, returns and fraud prevention.
With Mike Cassidy (Signifyd)
commercetools blog
Panel commentary written up from the CommerceNext generative AI webinar.
CommerceNext webinar
Panel on where generative AI earns a place in retail customer experience.
With Allan Dick (CommerceNext) , Marc Stracuzza (commercetools) , Amy Salino (Cerberus Capital Management) , Bill Bass (FULLBEAUTY Brands)
RETHINK Retail Podcast
Recorded at the Adorama flagship in Manhattan. How specialty retailers compete with giants through technology, personalization and community.
With Kirat Anand (RETHINK Retail)
Signifyd customer stories
Customer story with attributed quotes on approval rates and manual review load.
CommerceNext
Long-form Q&A on the economic climate, where generative AI earns its place, and why one physical store still matters.
With Katja Teichmann (CommerceNext)
Commerce Famous, Episode 005
From Verizon, Comcast, Ericsson and HBO to retail, and modernizing a company that has been selling online since the late 1990s. Re-released May 2024.
With Ben Marks (Commerce Famous)
CommerceNext Ecommerce Growth Show 2023
PayPal Newsroom
Coverage of the NRF panel, including Adorama's conversion gains and drop in cart abandonment from simplifying checkout.
NRF 2023: Retail's Big Show
Panel on payments, checkout simplification and turning consumer behavior data into action.
With Frank Keller (PayPal) , Daniel Crisologo (Nordstrom) , Brendan Witcher (Forrester)
Clinical AI and competency assessment · Agentic shopping and product discovery inside assistants · Buying versus building AI at enterprise scale · Platform modernization at scale · Digital identity, payments and checkout
Hani Batla is Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Adorama, and co-founder and chief executive of Theonix, a health-technology company building an AI copilot for procedural training. He holds twelve granted US patents and is a graduate of NYU Stern.
High-resolution headshot and long-form bio on request.