On May 4th, hundreds of developers and technologists attended eCommerce Developer Day at the Plug and Play Center, hosted by LivePerson. The event, which was held in a top tech incubator facility in Silicon Valley, featured presentations, tech talks and demos from successful technologists and thought leaders in the industry to allow developers to explore opportunities for building the next generation of eCommerce applications with leading platform companies.

Rob LoCascio, CEO of LivePerson, opened the event by sharing some secrets to his personal startup success. He said, “An important strategy for developers and entrepreneurs is to work with top platform providers and tap into their technologies and valuable customer relationships. This is one of the best ways to monetize their code and expose their innovative applications to thousands of customers around the world.”

Next on stage were Rasesh Shah of Paypal, and Phil Robinson of Magento, who discussed the importance of a developer ecosystem to growing and strengthening their platform business. Jon Jessup of CloudConversion and members of RapLeaf and Verishow showcased their impressive applications built through LivePerson’s platform APIs.

Following the main stage presentations, several LivePerson Partners held demos, showcasing apps integrating and extending intelligent engagement solutions. Among the Partners present were: Verishow, Paypal, RapLeaf, Trilibis, Zizio, Demandbase, Cloud Conversion/Magento, noHold.

The day closed with a festive pre-Cinco de Mayo celebration on the patio where attendees networked with fellow technologists and entrepreneurs and waited eagerly for the iPad lottery.

Here is a small taste of the event...more to come - stay tuned!

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