The Brain Trust

Our Keynotes and CR Talks

Guy Kawasaki

Chief Evangelist Canva, Author, Podcaster

Cassie Kozyrkov

Founder
Kozyr LLC

Rita McGrath

Founder, Valize
Strategy Professor, Columbia Business School

Fireside Chats

Vala Afshar

Chief Digital Evangelist, Salesforce.com
Co-Founder and Co-Host, DisrupTVShow

Rachel Barger

President, GTM
UKG

Nabil Bukhari

Chief Technology & Product Officer
Extreme Networks

Anant Jhingran

IBM Fellow & CTO, Software
IBM

Monica Kumar

EVP & CMO
Extreme Networks

Steve Lucas

CEO
Boomi

Marc Potter

CEO
Actian

Hari Shetty

Chief Strategist and Technology Officer
Wipro

Brian Solis

Head of Global Innovation
ServiceNow

Jiani Zhang

EVP & Chief Software Officer
Capgemini

North Star Moderators

Dr. David Bray (BT150 Alumni)

Principal/CEO & Distinguished Chair of the Accelerator
LeadDoAdapt Ventures, Inc. & Stimson Center

Esteban Kolsky

Advisor to Kings and Queens
ThinkJar, LLC

Liz Miller

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Ari Qayumi

Founder, General and Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital

Tricia Wang

Co-Founder

Soon Yu

Best Selling Author, CMO
Iconic Advantage

VIP's and #ChangeAgents

This event brings together a world-class network of change agents in transformation.  These early adopters convene to share, ideate, and debate what's next in the world of business and technology.  This event is dedicated to these pioneers.

Biplab Adhya

Managing Partner
Wipro

Sumit Anand

Chief Information Officer and Head of Strategy
At Home

Gabriella Angiolillo

Director, Product Management
Kong Inc.

Shan Appajodu

SVP of Engineering
Salesforce

Liz Bacelar (BT150 Inductee)

Executive Director Global Tech Innovation
The Estee Lauder Companies

Nitin Badjatia

SVP, CX Solution Management
SAP

Austin Baik

AI Governance | Algo Transparency
TikTok

Jonathan Becher (BT150 Alumni)

President
Sharks Sports & Entertainment

Michelle Becka

Executive Director, Experience Marketing
Ingram Micro

Brian Behlendorf

CTO at the Open Wallet Foundation
Chief AI Strategist at The Linux Foundation

Thomas Benjamin

SVP Product Development & Engineering
BOOMI

Arun Bhatacharya

Head of Ecosystem & Partner Marketing
Synopsys

Lorraine Bobek

TMT North Americal Marketing Lead
Capgemini

Alan Boehme (BT150 Alumni)

Future Tech Advisor to CEO
H&M

Cari Bohley

Vice President, Talent Management
Peraton

John Bollen (BT150 Alumni)

Industry Solutions Leader
ServiceNow

Michelle Bonat

Chief AI Officer
AI Squared

Brett Bonthron

EVP & Global High Tech-Industry Leader
Capgemini

Jennifer Brafman Staffen

Sr Global Analyst Relations Manager
UKG

Jason Brenier

Chief AI officer
Reverie Ventures

Corregan Brown

Director of Engineering, Restaurant Experience
Chick-fil-A

Bradd Busick (BT150 Alumni)

CIO
MultiCare Health System

Raffaella Camera

Strategic Growth
Super League

Tracey Cesen

Founder & CEO
Forever Human.ai

Joseph Cevetello (BT150 Inductee)

Director, Public and Social Impact
Slalom

Kristina Chambers

Chief Data and Analytics Officer
TTX Company

Anne Chen

SVP, Market Strategy
Salesforce

Andrea Chin (BT150 Alumni)

SVP - Head of Delivery
Forever Human.ai

Indy Cho (BT150 Inductee)

AVP Analytics and Data Products
Costco

Chris Claridge

Chair
Trust Alliance NZ

Giuliana Coli

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships
WPP

Justin Cook

COO, GTM
UKG

Edgar Cossio

Principal Electrical Engineer
Resolution Copper

Antonella Crimi

Global Head of Analyst Relations
Unit4

Peter Danenberg

Senior Software Engineer
Google

Lara Druyan (BT150 Alumni)

Board Director
CIBC Bancorp USA

Jana Eggers (BT150 Alumni)

CEO
Nara Logics

Jean English

Senior Vice President, and Global CMO
Juniper Networks

Vlad C. Enache

Chief Relationship Officer
A Few Emerging

Stuart Evans

Distinguished Professor
Carnegie Mellon University

Brad Everett

VP of Corporate Marketing
Unit4

Glenn Facey

Senior Vice President - Strategic Accounts
Brightspot

Jay Ferro (BT150 Alumni)

EVP, CIO & CTO
Clario

Brittany Galli

CEO
BFG Ventures

Mohit Garg

CEO
Oloid

David Giambruno (BT150 Alumni)

VP
Tivity Health

Kim Gibbons

Analyst Relations Manager
AWS

Julia Glidden

Board Chair
Pivotl

Ibrahim Gokcen (BT150 Alumni)

Chief Data & Analytics Officer
AON

Bob Gourley

CTO
OODA

Gamiel Gran

Chief Commercial Officer
Mayfield Fund

Gabe Greenbaum

General Partner
B Capital Group

DeWayne Griffin (BT150 Inductee)

Chief Digital and Information Officer
Insight Global

Anjali Gugle

Product Security and Data Strategist
Cisco Systems

Adam Gunther (BT150 Alumni)

Digital Identity Executive Advisor

Gaurav Gupta

Vice President
HARMAN (a Samsung Company)

Caitlin Halferty

Global Chief Data Officer
Ericsson

Clay Helm

Vice President, Brand Marketing & Communications, IBM Consulting
IBM

Perry Hewitt (BT150 Alumni)

CMPO
data.org

Denise Holt

Founder and CEO
AIX Global Media

Josh Horton

Director of Data, Analytics & AI
Cox2M, GearTrack, & Kayo

Daniel Jacker

CEO
ZaiNar, Inc

Jennifer Jackson

Chief Marketing Officer
Actian

Yogaraj (Yogs) Jayaprakasam (BT150 Inductee)

SVP, Chief Technology and Digital Officer
Deluxe Corp.

Sudhir Jha

EVP and Head of Brighterion
Mastercard

Anne Kao

Board Advisor, Product
AppFaktors

Aiaz Kazi (BT150 Alumni)

Founder and CEO
rtZen.ai (artisan)

Sunny Kim (BT150 Alumni)

President
Bespin Global US

Robert Kleinschmidt (BT150 Alumni)

CIO & SVP, Marketing
AirBorn Inc

Phil Komarny (BT150 Alumni)

Chief Courage Officer
LifeTrek / Maryville U

Monica Kumar

EVP & CMO
Extreme Networks

Kenny Lauer (BT150 Alumni, AX50)

Partner | Ecosystem & Experience
Meyer Sound

Danielle Lee

Senior Director - Global Analyst Relations & Public Relations
Actian

Stephen Lennon

Chief Operating Officer
Actian

Jake Levy

COO
ZaiNar

Warren Lewis

Director, IBM Consulting
IBM

Manish Limaye (BT150 Alumni)

SVP, Chief Architect - USIS
Fmr Equifax

Andrea Lin

VP Corporate Strategy
Salesforce

Richard Ling

Managing Partner
Palm Venture Studios

John Luo

Private Investor

Laura Macdonald

Chief Growth Officer
Hotwire

Edward Macosky

Chief Product and Technology Officer
Boomi

Sharon Mandell

SVP and Chief Information Officer
Juniper Networks

Angela Marano

Vice President, AI & Data Transformation
Southwest Airlines

Carol Marting

AWS Analyst Relations
Amazon

Lev Mass

Founding Partner
Crux Capital

Kate Mauser

Head of Analyst Relations
Boomi

Raleigh McClayton

CEO
Brightspot

Geoff McDonald

Senior Director, Analyst Relations
ServiceNow

Emma McGrattan

SVP - Engineering and Product
Actian

Jared Miller (BT150 Inductee)

CEO/Founder
Future Flexible

Jay Moore

Global Head of Analyst Relations
Wipro

Wesley Mukai

Vice President
Rockwell Automation

Gokul Muthuswamy

Director, Product Management
Raindrop Solutions

Andrew Nebus (BT150 Inductee)

Senior Director, Defense Programs
ASRC Federal

Patrick Nicolet

Chairman
Linebreak

Anthony Noble (BT150 Inductee)

SVP and Chief Strategy Officer
American Tower Corporation

John Nosta

President
NostaLab

Cathleen Obata

VP, Market Strategy
Salesforce

Zainabu Oke

Vice President and General Manager
AAA NCNU

Omar Jacques Omran (BT150 Inductee)

Chief Technology Officer
Six Flags

Mitesh Parikh

Venture Partner
Mindful Venture Capital

Barney Pell

Venture Partner
Radical Ventures

Rebecca Plasencia

Digital Storyteller
Cognizant

Joanna Popper (BT150 Alumni)

(Former) Chief Metaverse Officer
CAA

Phil Potloff

GM, AWS Software Marketplace
AWS

Marc Potter

CEO
Actian

Dr. Janice Presser

Founder
Teamingscience.com

Christy Punch

Digital Employee Experience Strategist

Ashwin Rangan (BT150 Inductee)

Managing Partner
The Insightful Group

Aaratee Rao

Managing Director
JP Morgan Chase

Sunitha Ray (BT150 Inductee)

Field Chief Technology Officer
Shopify

Jonathan Reed

Co-founder
diginomica

Jonathan Reichental (BT150 Alumni)

Founder and CEO
Human Future

Raja Renganathan

Chief Growth Officer
Randstad Digital

Frank Ricotta

CEO
BurstIQ

Rhett Rumery

Senior Vice President Business Strategy
Blockchains, Inc.

Gurvinder Sahni

CMO
Persistent

Robert Scoble

Founder
Scobleizer Inc

Geoff Scott

CEO
ASUG

Erik Severinghaus (BT150 Inductee)

Co-CEO
Bloomfilter

Hari Shetty

Chief Strategist and Technology Officer
Wipro

Nitish Shrivastava

Senior Vice President, Head of Products Business
Persistent Systems

Dharmendra Singh

General Manager & Head of Sales
Wipro Limited

Denny Somach

President
Denny Somach Productions

Rahul Sood

Chief Product Officer
Pindrop Security

Aku Srikanth

Founder
WomenOfGenAI

Eng Tan

VP of IT
Automated Health Systems

Minerva Tantoco

CEO
City Strategies LLc

John Taschek

Chief Market Strategy Officer
Salesforce

Pankaj Tiwari

TMT Market Unit - GTM Leader
Capgemini

Daniel Turchin

CEO
PeopleReign

Jean-Claude Viollier

Executive Vice President - Head of West Geo Americas SBU
Capgemini

Bernt Wahl

Executive Director
Brain Machine Consortium

Jonathan Wan (BT150 Alumni)

CEO
Ironmind

April Wang

Executive Director, Experience Design
Ingram Micro

Nancy Wang

Venture Partner
Felicis

Karson Ward

COO
Raindrop Systems, Inc.

Andy Weinstein

CEO
GODOT

Jeff Welser

Vice President of IBM Research at the Almaden Lab
IBM

Laurie Wheeler (BT150 Inductee)

Chief Operating Officer, Information Services & Technology
MultiCare Health System

Benjamin Wiener

Senior Vice President and Strategic Business Unit Head
Cognizant Moment

Chris Wong

CEO
Lifesite

Clinton Wood

Founder
DigitalTransformation.GURU

Johnny Wu (BT150 Inductee)

EVP and Chief Clinical Officer
Centurion Health

Soon Yu

Best Selling Author, CMO
Iconic Advantage

Jiani Zhang

EVP & Chief Software Officer
Capgemini

Constellation Analysts

Larry Dignan

Editor In Chief
Constellation Insights

Doug Henschen

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Chirag Mehta

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Liz Miller

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Holger Mueller

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Martin Schneider

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research

Andy Thurai

Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

R "Ray" Wang

Principal Analyst and Founder
Constellation Research