Our Team

The People Behind GyftHint

We're a team of commerce builders, data thinkers, and gifting enthusiasts on a mission to make every gift feel intentional — and every gifting moment a growth opportunity for the merchants who power them.

Our Story

Born from a Frustration Every Gift-Giver Knows

GyftHint started with a simple observation: gifting is one of the most emotionally significant things people do, and yet the commerce infrastructure around it is almost entirely built for the buyer, not the recipient. Wishlists were buried. Hints were dropped and ignored. Merchants had no idea a purchase was even a gift until it was too late to do anything meaningful about it.

Our founders set out to fix that. By building a consumer app that makes sharing gift preferences effortless, and a merchant platform that turns those signals into revenue intelligence, GyftHint connects the two sides of every gifting transaction in a way that's never existed before.

Today, GyftHint is trusted by Shopify merchants across North America to surface higher-intent buyers, increase average order values, and make the gifting season their most profitable time of year — every year.

GyftHint founders at a whiteboard

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Intentionality

We believe the best gifts are the ones that show you were paying attention. Everything we build is designed to make that easier.

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Merchant Partnership

Our merchants are partners, not customers. Their growth is our growth, and we build accordingly.

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Data with Purpose

We collect only the signals that create genuine value — for consumers, for merchants, and for the gifting experience itself.

Leadership Team

Leadership

Ed Jette

Ed Jette

Founder & CEO

-25 Years of Sales Leadership & Entrepreneurship -3x Founder with 1 Successful exit to Barnes & Noble -Venture Magazine-Top 100 -Entrepreneur -Northeastern University

Steve Kahn

Steve Kahn

Chief Financial Officer

- CFO at Sears Home Services - BU Controller at Bridgewater Associates - Divisional CFO at Avaya - MBA - University of Michigan

Nick Romagnoli

Nick Romagnoli

Chief of Staff

- Ops & People Leadership - ERISA Attorney, Adjunct Prof. - Retail & Tech Startup Experience - Former COO - Greentree - Tax Manager - Deloitte - Johns Hopkins University - Brooklyn Law

Bill Kahn

Bill Kahn

Chief Customer Officer

-Strategy, Transformation & Customer Success Advisory Board Leadership -Software, Consulting and Outsourcing Experience -Former Partner - PWC, VP - Conduent, Director - Salesforce, VP – Centrical -Harvard University

William Collins

William Collins

Chief Marketing Officer

- 25+ Years Marketing Leadership - Buy-Side & Sell-Side M&A - Published Author - Former Verizon, Alliance Data - MBA – Baylor University - BS -Montana State University

John Stadtler

John Stadtler

Strategic Development Advisor

-Partner, PWC -Villanova – BSA Accounting -MIT / Harvard–Exec Education

Rohan Kulkarni

Rohan Kulkarni

Fractional Chief Technology Officer

-Director of Engineering, Expedia Group -Mentor & Coach - Coda and Global Mentorship Initiative -Master's in Computer Science - Illinois Tech

Davis Wei

Davis Wei

Fractional Chief Data Officer

- CEO SaintLaurent Consulting - Data and AI Architecture Leader - Former Sr. BI Engineer - Amazon - Director, BI Mgr – Morgan Stanley

Do Young Kim

Do Young Kim

Financial Analyst

- Finance and Ops Leader - CFO - Achieve Forum - Divisional CFO - COO – Avaya - Ops and Finance Dir. TwentyEighty -MBA – Duke University.

Strategic Advisors

Our Advisory Board

GyftHint is backed by a world-class group of advisors with deep expertise across e-commerce, venture, technology, and brand building.

Matthew Adam Smith

Matthew Adam Smith

Strategic Advisor

-Director, Walmart -Former SVP Hornet Advertising Director, Dr Oz & Fast Company -Indiana University – BA, Public Affairs

Russ Howard

Russ Howard

Strategic Advisor

-Co Founder – Multiple C2C Exchanges (Gift Card SaaS Xchange) -VP Business Development – GameStop, Take 2, Acclaim -Pioneer @ Blockbuster -Board Member – Multiple -SE Louisiana University - BA

Mara Slesers

Mara Slesers

Strategic Advisor

-Global Human Resources Director, NielsenIQ -Workforce Staffing, People Analytics, Senior HRBP, Amazon -Vice President, Media Analytics, Program Manager, Nielsen -Associate Research Director, Starcom -Library & Information Specialist, Leo Burnett -Dominican University, Master's in Library & Information Science -Valparaiso University, BA in English

Jonas Roeser

Jonas Roeser

Strategic Advisor

- Co-Founder - CBD Move Free - Co-Founder - Agent Review -Xerox Pixi marketing award recipient -John Hancock Bright Idea award -Seattle Pacific University – BA Economics

Blane Bremer

Blane Bremer

Strategic Advisor

-Angel investor and board advisor -VP, Authvia - Former Twilio, Zipwhip, AmTrust, 1stdibs -University of California Irvine - BA

Jose Bonetti

Jose Bonetti

Strategic Advisor

-Co-Founder/Managing Partner, GBH -CTO/Managing Partner, Prosophia Advisors -Co-Founder/Partner, Actualize Partners -Professor of IT, PUCMM -MBA – Carnegie Mellon

Want to Join Us?

We're always looking for curious, driven people who care about building things that matter. Check out our open roles or reach out directly.