2021 Judges for The Pitch

Healthtech
 

Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Lara Druyan is a Managing Director with Silicon Valley Data Capital. She joined SVDC from RBC where she was the Head of Innovation on the West Coast, responsible for the Bank’s transformation through the smart use of technology. She led the development of innovation strategy as well as the identification and evaluation of start-ups and partnerships that drove the Bank’s technology, analytics, payments and infrastructure roadmaps. She built a team that initiated, developed KPIs and managed over 20 proofs of concept across the Bank. Lara served on RBC’s Innovation Council and the Crypto Asset Oversight Committee.  Previously, Lara served as a Venture Partner for Almaz Capital, an Adviser to Pilot Growth Equity and as a Venture Adviser to SRI International where she helped them conceive of, launch and incubate new ventures. Lara served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee for the City of San Jose’s Federated Employee Retirement System (a $2B pension plan) for six years. 


Erin Yang
VP and Chief Technologist
Workday Ventures
Erin Yang joined Workday Ventures in 2020 to lead Workday strategic investing and help accelerate the growth of portfolio companies, leveraging her technology and product experience. In addition to investing, she is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing our relationships with disruptive enterprise technology companies, other investment partners, and industry thought leaders. Prior to Workday Ventures, Erin was a product leader in Workday’s Products and Technology organization for eight years, supporting growth from $134M to $3B+ in revenue and from 900 to 12,000+ employees. She led the technology product management team for four years, growing the team seven times over while scaling the technology platform that powers all Workday applications. This platform includes reporting and analytics, business process framework, integrations, infrastructure, and more. More recently, she led the new Workday Cloud Platform initiative from incubation to launch in a multi-faceted leadership role, directly managing sales, strategy, developer experience, product, and engineering organizations. 

Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management
Workday
Over 20 years experience as a Product Management and Strategy Executive. Responsible for successfully managing the software development lifecycle and delivering 18 award winning products to market. Results-driven product management professional focused on building long-term company value and driving revenue. Specialize in identifying product market opportunities, developing clear and effective business and product plans, product design and development, defining product positioning and messaging, product pricing and packaging, validating product plans, business development, and launching new products for high visibility and revenue growth.

Ari Qayumi
Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital
Ari is Founder and Managing Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on elevating investments for human progress. Previously, Ari was Principal at Silicon Valley Data Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on transformative data companies. Ari joined SVDC from Royal Bank of Canada, where she was Group Product Manager of Innovation on the West Coast and Director of New Product Development for RBC Capital Markets. Prior to RBC, Ari was Interim COO at IdeaFlow, a next-generation collective intelligence platform and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Wealth Management and Alternative Investments. Prior to that, Ari cofounded and operated a technology company that enabled dynamic pricing and personalized individual and group engagements. Ari is also a Researcher at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, where she focuses on habit formation, behavior sequences, and consensual technology design to facilitate sustainable behavior change at scale.

David Bray
Founder and Inaugural Director
GeoTech Commission, Atlantic Council
Dr. David A. Bray has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005, time on the ground in Afghanistan in 2009, serving as the non-partisan Executive Director for a bipartisan National Commission on R&D, and providing leadership as a non-partisan federal agency Senior Executive. He accepted a leadership role in December 2019 to incubate a new global Center with the Atlantic Council.

He also provides strategy to both Boards and start-ups espousing human-centric principles to technology-enabled decision making in complex environments. He was also named a Senior Fellow with the Institute for Human-Machine Cognition in starting in 2018. Business Insider named him one of the top “24 Americans Who Are Changing the World” under 40 and he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for 2016-2021. From 2017 to the start of 2020, David served as Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet coalition Chaired by Internet co-originator Vint Cerf, focused on providing support and expertise for community-focused projects that measurably improve people’s lives using the internet.

Aaron Miri
Chief Information Officer
Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin
Aaron Miri is the Chief Information Officer for The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School and UT Health Austin. Aaron brings more than a decade of healthcare experience driving growth and innovation, leading both provider and commercial healthcare enterprises, and providing thought leadership and close collaboration with state and federal representatives. As CIO, Aaron is passionate about humanizing technology by collaborating with clinicians, technology partners, and business champions to truly transform healthcare delivery for consumers, patients, and providers.

Micheal Skaff (@mskaff)
COO
Jewish Senior Living Group
Michael Skaff is the COO of JSLG. Previously, Michael served as the COO for the Masons of California, which runs state-wide membership programs and long-term and post-acute care, integrated mental health and in-home services around California. Earlier in his career, Michael was the CIO of LesConcierges, and CIO of the venerable San Francisco Symphony. Michael serves as an advisor to technology, media, and venture capital firms.

Joel Vengco (@jolaven) 
SVP & CIO
Baystate Health
Joel is responsible for the information and technology vision, strategy, and operations of the entire health system as Baystate Health's Vice President and Chief Information Officer, and provided the vision, plan, and execution behind the launch of TechSpring as founder. He serves as Co-Chair of the TechSpring Steering Committee. 

Prior to Baystate, Joel was Vice President and General Manager of a global businesses unit within GE Healthcare IT where he developed GE’s next generation healthcare solutions focused on population health management and analytics for the global market. Prior to GE he served as Director of IT and Chief Applications Officer at Boston Medical Center (BMC) where he oversaw various enterprise HIT applications and technologies that included primary point of care applications, such as the electronic medical record (EMR), ancillary applications and associated devices, integration technologies, and diagnostic modalities.

William Walders
CIO
Health First
William Walders is the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Operations Support at Health First. Founded in 1995, Health First is Brevard County's not-for-profit, community healthcare system. This $2B fully integrated delivery network (IDN) includes health insurance plans, hospitals, a multi-specialty medical group, and outpatient and wellness services. As a locally owned, not-for-profit organization, Health First is committed to investing in our community. In 2019, Health First provided more than $150 million in community support. 


Neil Gomes (BT150 Alumni)
SVP, Digital & Human Experiences
CommonSpirit Health
As a key member of the CommonSpirit Health IT and Digital team, Neil leads strategy, delivery, and operations of all digital products and capabilities for CommonSpirit as we lead digital transformation for our communities and drive real change for our nation. Neil’s areas of responsibility at CommonSpirit Health include: integrated Digital Front Doors, marketing tech/advertising tech, CRM, Search & Schedule, Be-found: patient–provider matching, digital content, the Care Anywhere virtual care continuum (ambulatory, virtual acute care, post-acute, community-centric care), full stack remote care, omni-channel engagements, digital therapeutics/guided care, personalized medicine, digital operations to address productivity in clinical and administrative operations, digital business models/digital partnerships, digital health platforms, human- centered design, digital innovation and future-tech platforms. Since Digital focuses on the whole ministry, Neil partners closely with our clinicians, operators, strategy teams, marketeers, finance and human resources, systemwide.

Joanne Moretti (@JoannMoretti)
Founder and CEO
JCurve Digital
Joanne has 30+ years experience in the Banking, High-Tech & Manufacturing industries, holding C level roles as well as Business Unit P&L responsibilities in Fortune 200 companies. Recently she took her years of successful commercial know-how and a team of top commercial experts, to start her own firm called JCurve Digital, a growth consultancy focused on helping companies realize digital transformation investments, to leap up the “JCurve” , enabling returns that investors expect. After only 12 months of operation, JCurve Digital is working with startups and mid-sized companies in the FinTech, Manufacturing, High Tech, Cybersecurity and CRM markets.

Praveen Moturu
Vice President, Chief Enterprise Architect
MARS
Praveen Moturu drives Enterprise Digital Transformation at Mars Inc. He is an innovative, accomplished business and technology leader, visionary with strategic leadership experience in transformation, technology and operations, promoting significant business and revenue growth within global and Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Preveen has had exceptional performance in global enterprises, start-up organizations, turnaround situations, cost-cutting mandates, IT systems/technology rationalization, and growth-oriented endeavors. He is able to create enterprise strategies that cascade throughout an organization. He has an elite understanding of technology and IT environment, with expertise in strategy, planning and service delivery. He has a proven ability to leverage technical background to create new business opportunities. Praveen has a significant record of inspiring and motivating individuals or teams to consistently achieve results. He is approachable, effective communicator who interacts at all levels to foster comfortable work culture.

Tracey Zimmerman
President & CEO
Robots & Pencils
I like to sit on the edge of the tech, design and communication worlds, and figure out how to use them to create delightful experiences, grow revenue and streamline workflows to deliver operational efficiency. I’m a problem-solver who is curious about the way things work, and driven to make the world a little bit better each day. I love to ideate around business opportunities and challenges. Then I make sure that those solutions actually come to life.

Jason James
Chief Information Officer
Net Health
Transformational CIO with over 20 years of leadership experience and 15+ years experience in managing global SaaS solutions, strategy, security, infrastructure, DevOps and operations. A frequent industry speaker and contributor to IT thought leadership publications.

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research covering Next Generation Apps and Human Capital Management. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell side firms and technology buyers.

Jim McLean
Partner
Silicon Valley Data Capital

Core Tech Infrastructure & Platforms

Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Lara Druyan is a Managing Director with Silicon Valley Data Capital. She joined SVDC from RBC where she was the Head of Innovation on the West Coast, responsible for the Bank’s transformation through the smart use of technology. She led the development of innovation strategy as well as the identification and evaluation of start-ups and partnerships that drove the Bank’s technology, analytics, payments and infrastructure roadmaps. She built a team that initiated, developed KPIs and managed over 20 proofs of concept across the Bank. Lara served on RBC’s Innovation Council and the Crypto Asset Oversight Committee.  Previously, Lara served as a Venture Partner for Almaz Capital, an Adviser to Pilot Growth Equity and as a Venture Adviser to SRI International where she helped them conceive of, launch and incubate new ventures. Lara served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee for the City of San Jose’s Federated Employee Retirement System (a $2B pension plan) for six years. 


Erin Yang
VP and Chief Technologist
Workday Ventures
Erin Yang joined Workday Ventures in 2020 to lead Workday strategic investing and help accelerate the growth of portfolio companies, leveraging her technology and product experience. In addition to investing, she is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing our relationships with disruptive enterprise technology companies, other investment partners, and industry thought leaders. Prior to Workday Ventures, Erin was a product leader in Workday’s Products and Technology organization for eight years, supporting growth from $134M to $3B+ in revenue and from 900 to 12,000+ employees. She led the technology product management team for four years, growing the team seven times over while scaling the technology platform that powers all Workday applications. This platform includes reporting and analytics, business process framework, integrations, infrastructure, and more. More recently, she led the new Workday Cloud Platform initiative from incubation to launch in a multi-faceted leadership role, directly managing sales, strategy, developer experience, product, and engineering organizations. 

Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management
Workday
Over 20 years experience as a Product Management and Strategy Executive. Responsible for successfully managing the software development lifecycle and delivering 18 award winning products to market. Results-driven product management professional focused on building long-term company value and driving revenue. Specialize in identifying product market opportunities, developing clear and effective business and product plans, product design and development, defining product positioning and messaging, product pricing and packaging, validating product plans, business development, and launching new products for high visibility and revenue growth.

Ari Qayumi
Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital
Ari is Founder and Managing Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on elevating investments for human progress. Previously, Ari was Principal at Silicon Valley Data Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on transformative data companies. Ari joined SVDC from Royal Bank of Canada, where she was Group Product Manager of Innovation on the West Coast and Director of New Product Development for RBC Capital Markets. Prior to RBC, Ari was Interim COO at IdeaFlow, a next-generation collective intelligence platform and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Wealth Management and Alternative Investments. Prior to that, Ari cofounded and operated a technology company that enabled dynamic pricing and personalized individual and group engagements. Ari is also a Researcher at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, where she focuses on habit formation, behavior sequences, and consensual technology design to facilitate sustainable behavior change at scale.

G. Nagesh Rao
Acting CIO
Bureau of Industry and Security
G. Nagesh Rao currently serves as Chief Information Officer (Acting) for the Bureau of Industry and Security within the US Department of Commerce.  Most recently he was Director of Business Technology Solutions (BiTS) at the US Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of the Chief Information Officer, and prior to Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence within SBA's Office of Investment & Innovation.

Dirk Schapeler
President Business Creation Company
NTK
NGK/NTK is a 4 billion USD Japanese technology company with global operations in automotive, medical and industrial products. With the shift of the automotive industry towards electrical and autonomous vehicles new business opportunities arise. My global and diverse team of more than 300 is developing new business areas through internal development, investment and acquisitions.

Main business areas in remote patient monitoring, ultrasound, plasma, clean air technologies, water management, power management for EV's, EV charging, service platforms, decentralized utilities, sensor technologies.

Rhonda Vetere (@RhondaVetereH)
Global CIO/CTO/Two-Time Author
Rhonda Vetere is a seasoned leader across industries, working in global executive positions at Santander Bank, nThrive / Pamplona Capital Management, Estée Lauder Companies, AIG, HP Enterprise Services, Barclays, Bank One / JPMorgan Chase, and several telecommunications companies. She has lived and worked internationally – in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Mumbai, and across India – and has managed teams of up to 20,000 people. Vetere is also the co-author of an HP special edition book, “Enterprise Service Management for Dummies”.

Rhonda contributes her perspective and knowledge by serving on boards for professional, educational, and athletic institutions, including the US Olympics and Paralympics, The Canadian Cloud Council, Longwood University, George Mason University School of Business, SWAAY Magazine, Miss Fashion Week, and Xcelocloud Inc.

Kenny Lauer 
CCO
Lifekind AI
Kenny is currently the CCO at Lifekind AI. Kenny is an experience creator at heart. Yes, his core comes from customer strategy work and he specializes in Marketing strategies and Digital Experiences (both face-to-face and remote) but his real goal is to use tech and engagement to ultimately drive the right behavior. While at the industry marketing leaders Peppers & Rogers Group and Carlson Marketing Group, Kenny consulted with large clients (like Ford, E*Trade, Adobe, Hewlett Packard, SAP) on how to build relationships with their customers at key touchpoints (like customer service). When Kenny was Director of Consulting Services for Prospero Technologies, on online community and interactive technology and services firm, he led Fortune 500 clients through the strategic process of building better relationships through online communities. While at KPMG, Kenny enjoyed a national charter to help business re-engineer their processes for maximum efficiency. Kenny began his career as an Evangelist for Apple Computers preaching and selling the amazing machines.

Ganesh Bell (@GaneshBell)
Member of the Board of Directors
Various Startups and Fortune 500 Companies
Ganesh Bell is the former President at Uptake Technologies, LLC. Uptake is an AI software company that aims to help other companies undergo the process of digital transformation. Prior to his becoming the President at Uptake Technologies, Bell was the Chief Digital Officer & General Manager of Commercial Software & Analytics at General Electric (GE). In this position, he led digital innovation and transformation. Bell has held leadership positions in strategy, products, engineering and marketing across a rare mix of large industry leaders, startups, and fast growth companies. Recently he was EVP, GM & Chief Products Officer at ServiceSource, pivotal in its growth and successful IPO by transforming the company to a multi-solution cloud and data services provider and the leader in Recurring Revenue Management.

Jay Brodsky (@jbrodsky)
CDO
American Geospatial Union
From his seat as CDO, CIO, CTO, consultant or board member, Jay has seen too many companies struggle to develop strategy, drive innovation, execute on opportunities, and change culture. His missoion is to do better, so Jay helps companies tackle digital challenges, achieve smart growth and manage risk.

Walt Carter (@Walt74)
CIO & CDO
Homestar Financial
With more than twenty-five years in technology leadership roles, Walt specializes in alignment to purpose and technology innovation. Prior to joining Homestar Financial Corporation as Chief Digital Officer and CIO in March of 2018, Walt and his teams implemented enabling technology upgrades for Primary Capital Mortgage to drive 205% growth in origination volume in just over two years. Before joining Primary Capital Mortgage, his team at Generation Mortgage received accolades from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, Bloomberg and MarketWatch for innovative use of technology as a key differentiator for the company. 

Walt is adept at working through complex business challenges and has successfully implemented several enterprise-wide packaged software solutions. Walt is a frequent speaker to professional groups on the topics of leadership, governance, risk management and compliance. 

Brian Cheney
Former CIO
Nintendo Corporation
Building on 30+ years as a technology executive in a global enterprise setting, Brian is now focusing his energy and experience on a smaller scale. He helps startups, small and medium businesses, and local charities to realize the same level of success he helped larger organizations achieve. Brian's many successful opportunities to lead strategic planning and technology to reinvent organizations and products at all scales has provided the insight and experience to help organizations of all sizes reinvent and grow. In his years of business and technology organization leadership, he has internalized that technology's successful application takes an intense focus on the business, strategy, people, and then technology to provide for the best outcomes.

Jay Ferro (@jayferro)
CIO & CDO 
Quikrete
Jay Ferro is the Chief Information Officer for Quikrete, the largest manufacturer of packaged concrete in the United States. Previously, he served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, the American Cancer Society and AIG. Known as a thought leader in the information technology arena, Ferro is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Ferro was selected as as one of ComputerWorld’s 2015 100 IT Leaders, as well as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Ferro was also selected to join Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2015 and participate in a rigorous year-long leadership development program alongside other prominent Atlanta leaders. His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In addition to his work with Priscilla’s Promise, in 2011, he was elected to the board of directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community.

Ben Haines (@bhaines0)
Former SVP and CIO
Oath/ Verizon Media
A transformational technology leader, Ben is focused on liberating companies from the legacy world of expensive and unproductive Enterprise Software and Technology. At Yahoo, Ben led multiple teams responsible for all of Yahoo’s internal end user computing, systems and applications ensuring they are addressing critical business needs. Ben has held CIO roles at Box Inc. a start up with 100% cloud based IT, Pabst Brewing Co. where he transformed the traditional IT infrastructure and application environment into a service-orientated organization delivering business value. Ben also spent 9 years with Red Bull leading teams across Asia Pacific, Europe and Americas.

Jennifer Ives (@iAmJives)
Senior Vice President | Global Partnerships
3Pillar Global
Jennifer Ives is the Senior Vice President of Global Partnerships for 3Pillar Global. She is a seasoned business leader with more than 20 years of experience leading teams, crafting revenue-generating business strategies and generating double-digit growth results at technology and information services companies around the world, ranging in size from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current role, she led P&L and sales activities for 3Pillar’s diverse portfolio of clients from industries including security, media, information services, and data analytics. In her current role, she is responsible for sourcing, developing, and implementing innovative strategic partnerships to guide and accelerate the continued growth of 3Pillar.

Praveen Moturu
Vice President, Chief Enterprise Architect
MARS
Praveen Moturu drives Enterprise Digital Transformation at Mars Inc. He is an innovative, accomplished business and technology leader, visionary with strategic leadership experience in transformation, technology and operations, promoting significant business and revenue growth within global and Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Preveen has had exceptional performance in global enterprises, start-up organizations, turnaround situations, cost-cutting mandates, IT systems/technology rationalization, and growth-oriented endeavors. He is able to create enterprise strategies that cascade throughout an organization. He has an elite understanding of technology and IT environment, with expertise in strategy, planning and service delivery. He has a proven ability to leverage technical background to create new business opportunities. Praveen has a significant record of inspiring and motivating individuals or teams to consistently achieve results. He is approachable, effective communicator who interacts at all levels to foster comfortable work culture.

Joanne Moretti (@JoannMoretti)
Founder and CEO
JCurve Digital
Joanne has 30+ years experience in the Banking, High-Tech & Manufacturing industries, holding C level roles as well as Business Unit P&L responsibilities in Fortune 200 companies. Recently she took her years of successful commercial know-how and a team of top commercial experts, to start her own firm called JCurve Digital, a growth consultancy focused on helping companies realize digital transformation investments, to leap up the “JCurve” , enabling returns that investors expect. After only 12 months of operation, JCurve Digital is working with startups and mid-sized companies in the FinTech, Manufacturing, High Tech, Cybersecurity and CRM markets.

Michael Liebow (BT150)
Senior Advisor
McKinsey and Co
Liebow has driven a broad range of digital business transformation efforts at companies ranging from startups to large global multi-nationals. He has held senior leadership roles with full P&L responsibility, led digital technology, operations, development, product management, marketing, direct and partner sales leadership, with hands-on experience building applications and platforms to solve real business problems. He has led global teams in North America, Europe and Asia. He was most recently the global leader and Managing Director for Accenture’s cloud platform business, which he grew from concept to manage over $300 million of cloud spend, with sales of cloud related services in the billions of booked revenue. Prior to that Liebow served as a CEO, a board member and an executive-in-residence with several portfolio companies of New Enterprise Associates, a top 3 global venture capital firm. Michael successfully exited two companies and incubated a third concept in partnership with salesforce.com. 

Geoffrey Corb (@geofdotedu)
Founder and Principal
vrtx
Geof is the founder of vrtx, an advisory firm focused on enabling transformation in higher education. Geof helps institutions use technology to achieve their best outcomes, with particular focus on the digital student experience and its enablement via customer experience technologies. Geof previously served as the Vice President of Higher Education Development at Oracle where he was responsible for helping institutions use modern digital technologies to enable institutional transformation, ensuring that their journey from on-premise to on-demand applications delivers the most value. Prior to that, Geof served as the Deputy CIO and Associate Vice Provost for Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University. Widely recognized as a visionary and tenacious change agent, Geof drove cloud-based CRM implementations across the Johns Hopkins enterprise, including the creation of a Salesforce Center of Excellence, and was awarded an innovation grant that funded the development of a novel solution to support research collaboration.  He also has deep expertise with ERP and cloud migration, having played a key role in JHU’s successful adoption of cloud-based applications and services, bringing tremendous efficiency and agility to the institution.

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research covering Next Generation Apps and Human Capital Management. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell side firms and technology buyers.

Jim McLean
Partner
Silicon Valley Data Capital

Data-to-Decisions & AI

Fintech

 

Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Lara Druyan is a Managing Director with Silicon Valley Data Capital. She joined SVDC from RBC where she was the Head of Innovation on the West Coast, responsible for the Bank’s transformation through the smart use of technology. She led the development of innovation strategy as well as the identification and evaluation of start-ups and partnerships that drove the Bank’s technology, analytics, payments and infrastructure roadmaps. She built a team that initiated, developed KPIs and managed over 20 proofs of concept across the Bank. Lara served on RBC’s Innovation Council and the Crypto Asset Oversight Committee.  Previously, Lara served as a Venture Partner for Almaz Capital, an Adviser to Pilot Growth Equity and as a Venture Adviser to SRI International where she helped them conceive of, launch and incubate new ventures. Lara served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee for the City of San Jose’s Federated Employee Retirement System (a $2B pension plan) for six years. 


Erin Yang
VP and Chief Technologist
Workday Ventures
Erin Yang joined Workday Ventures in 2020 to lead Workday strategic investing and help accelerate the growth of portfolio companies, leveraging her technology and product experience. In addition to investing, she is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing our relationships with disruptive enterprise technology companies, other investment partners, and industry thought leaders. Prior to Workday Ventures, Erin was a product leader in Workday’s Products and Technology organization for eight years, supporting growth from $134M to $3B+ in revenue and from 900 to 12,000+ employees. She led the technology product management team for four years, growing the team seven times over while scaling the technology platform that powers all Workday applications. This platform includes reporting and analytics, business process framework, integrations, infrastructure, and more. More recently, she led the new Workday Cloud Platform initiative from incubation to launch in a multi-faceted leadership role, directly managing sales, strategy, developer experience, product, and engineering organizations. 

Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management
Workday
Over 20 years experience as a Product Management and Strategy Executive. Responsible for successfully managing the software development lifecycle and delivering 18 award winning products to market. Results-driven product management professional focused on building long-term company value and driving revenue. Specialize in identifying product market opportunities, developing clear and effective business and product plans, product design and development, defining product positioning and messaging, product pricing and packaging, validating product plans, business development, and launching new products for high visibility and revenue growth.

Ari Qayumi
Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital
Ari is Founder and Managing Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on elevating investments for human progress. Previously, Ari was Principal at Silicon Valley Data Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on transformative data companies. Ari joined SVDC from Royal Bank of Canada, where she was Group Product Manager of Innovation on the West Coast and Director of New Product Development for RBC Capital Markets. Prior to RBC, Ari was Interim COO at IdeaFlow, a next-generation collective intelligence platform and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Wealth Management and Alternative Investments. Prior to that, Ari cofounded and operated a technology company that enabled dynamic pricing and personalized individual and group engagements. Ari is also a Researcher at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, where she focuses on habit formation, behavior sequences, and consensual technology design to facilitate sustainable behavior change at scale.

Walt Carter (@Walt74)
CIO & CDO
Homestar Financial
With more than twenty-five years in technology leadership roles, Walt specializes in alignment to purpose and technology innovation. Prior to joining Homestar Financial Corporation as Chief Digital Officer and CIO in March of 2018, Walt and his teams implemented enabling technology upgrades for Primary Capital Mortgage to drive 205% growth in origination volume in just over two years. Before joining Primary Capital Mortgage, his team at Generation Mortgage received accolades from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Kiplinger's, Bloomberg and MarketWatch for innovative use of technology as a key differentiator for the company. 

Walt is adept at working through complex business challenges and has successfully implemented several enterprise-wide packaged software solutions. Walt is a frequent speaker to professional groups on the topics of leadership, governance, risk management and compliance. 

Victor Fetter (@vpfetter)
CDO & CIO
Fortive
Victor Fetter is a digital leader with proven success navigating through technology and business disruption. He has over 25 years of experience using technology to strategically grow and transform global businesses. His experience spans the financial services, manufacturing, high-tech, and professional services sectors. As Fortive’s Chief Information Officer for Fortive, he is responsible for all aspects of technology for this industrial technology company. As a partner to the portfolio companies, he is developing the platforms of the future and deploying digital capabilities that enables a continued competitive edge. Victor recently stewarded the digital transformation of Vertiv, a private-equity backed provider of critical infrastructure. Prior to his role at Vertiv, Victor was Chief Information Officer at LPL Financial, a leader in the retail financial advice market that services approximately $535 billion in assets where he developed and executed a private cloud based digital strategy. Previously, as CIO of Dell’s online division, he led the digital transformation of a $20 billion e-commerce channel. Victor holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration from Spring Hill College. He currently serves on Oracle’s customer advisory board and is a Tricentis growth advisory board member. Victor is also a community advocate and previously served on the Board of Directors for three nonprofits. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

Mei Lin Fung
Co-Founder
People Centered Internet
Mei is the Chair of the People Centered Internet.She believes people must be at the heart of the Internet which can be an Internet of the People, by the People and for the People. Mei co-founded the People Centered Internet with Vint Cerf so that all can have access to the opportunities that are made possible when people are connected. She deeply believes that people can connect to thrive. With a passionate founding team, she created the Impact Network in 2017 and work closely with the IEEE Industry Connections Social Impact Measurement which she chairs. Mei incorporates the voice of the people and the voice of the community which she believes is vital in any measurement of social impact in order that the outcomes be sustainable.

Suzette Kent (@Suzettekkent)
Former Federal CIO
US Government Office Of Management and Budget
Suzette Kent serves as the Federal Chief Information Officer at the Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Kent is an industry leader of large-scale business transformation using technology, for the world’s most complex organizations. She most recently served as a principal at EY and has been a partner at Accenture, consulting president at Carreker Corporation and a Managing Director at JPMorgan.

Although technology change has been at the core of her professional career, retooling the workforce and creating new opportunities for people has been an essential element of efforts that she has led. She has served as an enterprise leader for organizational learning, diversity and inclusiveness, and career development at every organization in which she has worked.

William Velez (@william_velez)
CIO
Harvard Services
Over the past 24+ years, William Velez has become known as a technology executive who “speaks human.” He effectively collaborates with business peers and leverages IT to provide transformational leadership. He has a history of driving revenue success. William currently oversees information technology strategy and operations at Harvard Maintenance, with a focus on business digital transformation. Currently, William oversees Harvard Maintenance information technology strategy and operations across the company, with a focus on business digital transformation. Previously, as CIO of Intermex Wire Transfer, a leading money transfer/electronic payment solutions company, he directed wide-reaching technology strategies and initiatives. William was involved in business operations, digital business, and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance. William has also been CIO and VP at Abarca Health, a provider of healthcare IT, Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) and clinical solutions, where he drove the technology strategy for the company as well as its Medicare Part D affiliate.

Bernt Wahl
Executive Director
Brain Machine Consortium
Bernt Rainer Wahl is a mathematician, mentor, entrepreneur, and author. He served as CEO of Factle Corporation, Datahunt, and Dynamic Software, and is a former member of the UC Berkeley faculty. He teaches engineering, and serves as an Industry Fellow at the Center of Entrepreneurship and Technology and an Executive in Residence at the Skydeck. In 2002, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Malaysia. Wahl was an early pioneer in the fields of chaos and fractal geometry. He authored Exploring Fractals (1994) and co-authored The Fractal Explorer (1991). His firm Dynamic Software, which he co-founded in 1987 with Peter Van Roy, was an early pioneer in mathematical visualization. The work was showcased in the fashion industry.

Jay Ferro (@jayferro)
CIO & CDO 
Quikrete
Jay Ferro is the Chief Information Officer for Quikrete, the largest manufacturer of packaged concrete in the United States. Previously, he served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, the American Cancer Society and AIG. Known as a thought leader in the information technology arena, Ferro is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Ferro was selected as as one of ComputerWorld’s 2015 100 IT Leaders, as well as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Ferro was also selected to join Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2015 and participate in a rigorous year-long leadership development program alongside other prominent Atlanta leaders. His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In addition to his work with Priscilla’s Promise, in 2011, he was elected to the board of directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community.

Joanne Moretti (@JoannMoretti)
Founder and CEO
JCurve Digital
Joanne has 30+ years experience in the Banking, High-Tech & Manufacturing industries, holding C level roles as well as Business Unit P&L responsibilities in Fortune 200 companies. Recently she took her years of successful commercial know-how and a team of top commercial experts, to start her own firm called JCurve Digital, a growth consultancy focused on helping companies realize digital transformation investments, to leap up the “JCurve” , enabling returns that investors expect. After only 12 months of operation, JCurve Digital is working with startups and mid-sized companies in the FinTech, Manufacturing, High Tech, Cybersecurity and CRM markets.

Jim McLean
Partner
Silicon Valley Data Capital

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research covering Next Generation Apps and Human Capital Management. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell side firms and technology buyers.

Customer Experience & Commerce

Jim McLean
Partner
Silicon Valley Data Capital

Brook Colangelo
CIO
Waters Corporation
Brook Colangelo is Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Waters Corporation—one of the leading providers of research and specialty measurement technology for Pharmaceutical & Life Science companies worldwide—where he is driving global IT and business process transformation. Mr. Colangelo previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), where he led the transformation of K-12 learning at one of world’s leading education companies. Before HMH, Mr. Colangelo was Chief Information Officer of the White House under President Barack Obama. In this senior role, he was responsible for modernizing, securing, and managing all aspects of the technology platforms and infrastructure supporting the first-ever digitally connected President of the United States and branches of the Executive Office of the President. Earlier in his career, he led technology for the American Red Cross’ Hurricane Recovery Program, as well as for other organizations. Mr. Colangelo serves on the Board of Directors of ISO New England, which is responsible for keeping electricity flowing across the six New England states and ensuring that the region has reliable, competitively priced wholesale electricity. Mr. Colangelo is a founding member of the Boston Chief Information Officer Council and is a graduate of The George Washington University.

Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Lara Druyan is a Managing Director with Silicon Valley Data Capital. She joined SVDC from RBC where she was the Head of Innovation on the West Coast, responsible for the Bank’s transformation through the smart use of technology. She led the development of innovation strategy as well as the identification and evaluation of start-ups and partnerships that drove the Bank’s technology, analytics, payments and infrastructure roadmaps. She built a team that initiated, developed KPIs and managed over 20 proofs of concept across the Bank. Lara served on RBC’s Innovation Council and the Crypto Asset Oversight Committee.  Previously, Lara served as a Venture Partner for Almaz Capital, an Adviser to Pilot Growth Equity and as a Venture Adviser to SRI International where she helped them conceive of, launch and incubate new ventures. Lara served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee for the City of San Jose’s Federated Employee Retirement System (a $2B pension plan) for six years. 


Erin Yang
VP and Chief Technologist
Workday Ventures
Erin Yang joined Workday Ventures in 2020 to lead Workday strategic investing and help accelerate the growth of portfolio companies, leveraging her technology and product experience. In addition to investing, she is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing our relationships with disruptive enterprise technology companies, other investment partners, and industry thought leaders. Prior to Workday Ventures, Erin was a product leader in Workday’s Products and Technology organization for eight years, supporting growth from $134M to $3B+ in revenue and from 900 to 12,000+ employees. She led the technology product management team for four years, growing the team seven times over while scaling the technology platform that powers all Workday applications. This platform includes reporting and analytics, business process framework, integrations, infrastructure, and more. More recently, she led the new Workday Cloud Platform initiative from incubation to launch in a multi-faceted leadership role, directly managing sales, strategy, developer experience, product, and engineering organizations. 

Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management
Workday
Over 20 years experience as a Product Management and Strategy Executive. Responsible for successfully managing the software development lifecycle and delivering 18 award winning products to market. Results-driven product management professional focused on building long-term company value and driving revenue. Specialize in identifying product market opportunities, developing clear and effective business and product plans, product design and development, defining product positioning and messaging, product pricing and packaging, validating product plans, business development, and launching new products for high visibility and revenue growth.

Ari Qayumi
Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital
Ari is Founder and Managing Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on elevating investments for human progress. Previously, Ari was Principal at Silicon Valley Data Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on transformative data companies. Ari joined SVDC from Royal Bank of Canada, where she was Group Product Manager of Innovation on the West Coast and Director of New Product Development for RBC Capital Markets. Prior to RBC, Ari was Interim COO at IdeaFlow, a next-generation collective intelligence platform and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Wealth Management and Alternative Investments. Prior to that, Ari cofounded and operated a technology company that enabled dynamic pricing and personalized individual and group engagements. Ari is also a Researcher at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, where she focuses on habit formation, behavior sequences, and consensual technology design to facilitate sustainable behavior change at scale.

Asha Aravindakshan (@DCasha)
VP of Customer Delight and Operations
Sprinklr
Asha Aravindakshan (@dcasha) is the Vice President of Customer Delight & Operations at Sprinklr, where she works with other senior executives on cross-functional initiatives to achieve the corporate values of employee happiness, customer happiness and growth. She is the author of the book, Skills: The Common Denominator, which will be published in August 2021 by New Degree Press. Previously, she streamlined business operations to maximize accountability, growth and strategic alignment for public and private stakeholders. She brings an entrepreneurial agility with an unwavering commitment to amplifying impact. Asha serves on the Board of Directors for MIT Sloan Club of New York and as a Venture Partner for Verve Ventures. She’s presented at conferences in the Americas and is the recipient of awards on digital transformation and future of work. Asha studied business at The George Washington University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jonathan Becher (@jbecher)
President
San Jose Sharks
Jonathan is a frequent speaker at industry events and a published author on multiple technology and business subjects. He is a three-time CEO, had several senior leadership roles at SAP, a member of multiple Boards, and an adviser to early stage companies. These days I’m the President of the Sharks Sports & Entertainment focused on the next generation of fan/customer engagement.

Gunjan Bhow (@gunjanbhow)
CDO
Walgreens Boots Allaince
Gunjan Bhow is the Global Chief Digital Officer at Walgreens Boots Alliance. Prior to joining Walgreens, Bhow worked for Disney for five years as the senior vice president and general manager of digital, mobile and ecommerce. Prior to Disney he also worked as general manager, digital and mobile products at Amazon. Bhow, who has a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard, has worked as vice president and general manager of Plantonics, an audio communications equipment maker, and as head of products for VoSKY, a developer of software and hardware that connects Skype with enterprise Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems.

Alan Boehme (@ADBoehme)
CTO
H&M Group
Alan Boehme serves as Chief Technology Officer for H&M.  He was SVP & Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Procter & Gamble. Prior to this he was Chief of Enterprise Architecture for The Coca-Cola Company. Boehme was previously Sr. VP and Head of IT Architecture for the ING Global Insurance Business as well as serving as chairman of the global cross banking / insurance business (ING Group) enterprise architecture committee reporting into the global CTO office. Prior to his time with ING he served as VP & CIO at Juniper Networks, EVP & CIO Sage Software and the CIO for Emerging Technologies & Shared Services at GE Power Systems.


John Bollen (@ADBoehme)
CIO
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
John serves as Chief Digital Officer at Mobilitie and he brings over 25 years of technology experience to the position. John has worked for various start-ups in the Silicon Valley as well as for multi-national corporations such as NBC Universal/General Electric. John is responsible for creating and executing the long-term strategic plan to evolve Mobilitie’s digital capabilities across all client/customer touch points.  He has substantial experience in the field of information technology, specializing in digital strategy, construction, and guest experience design.  Prior to his post at Mobilitie, John served as the Senior Vice President & Chief Digital Officer of MGM Resorts International, helping implement the world’s largest hospitality Wi-Fi system.

John received his Bachelor’s Degree in Communications from University of California, Santa Barbara and Master of Business Administration from University of San Francisco. 

Jay Brodsky (@jbrodsky)
CDO
American Geospatial Union
From his seat as CDO, CIO, CTO, consultant or board member, Jay has seen too many companies struggle to develop strategy, drive innovation, execute on opportunities, and change culture. His missoion is to do better, so Jay helps companies tackle digital challenges, achieve smart growth and manage risk.

Jay Ferro (@jayferro)
CIO & CDO 
Quikrete
Jay Ferro is the Chief Information Officer for Quikrete, the largest manufacturer of packaged concrete in the United States. Previously, he served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, the American Cancer Society and AIG. Known as a thought leader in the information technology arena, Ferro is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Ferro was selected as as one of ComputerWorld’s 2015 100 IT Leaders, as well as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Ferro was also selected to join Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2015 and participate in a rigorous year-long leadership development program alongside other prominent Atlanta leaders. His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In addition to his work with Priscilla’s Promise, in 2011, he was elected to the board of directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community.

Victor Fetter (@vpfetter)
CDO & CIO
Fortive
Victor Fetter is a digital leader with proven success navigating through technology and business disruption. He has over 25 years of experience using technology to strategically grow and transform global businesses. His experience spans the financial services, manufacturing, high-tech, and professional services sectors. As Fortive’s Chief Information Officer for Fortive, he is responsible for all aspects of technology for this industrial technology company. As a partner to the portfolio companies, he is developing the platforms of the future and deploying digital capabilities that enables a continued competitive edge. Victor recently stewarded the digital transformation of Vertiv, a private-equity backed provider of critical infrastructure. Prior to his role at Vertiv, Victor was Chief Information Officer at LPL Financial, a leader in the retail financial advice market that services approximately $535 billion in assets where he developed and executed a private cloud based digital strategy. Previously, as CIO of Dell’s online division, he led the digital transformation of a $20 billion e-commerce channel. Victor holds a BS in Computer Information Systems and Business Administration from Spring Hill College. He currently serves on Oracle’s customer advisory board and is a Tricentis growth advisory board member. Victor is also a community advocate and previously served on the Board of Directors for three nonprofits. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

Mei Lin Fung
Co-Founder
People Centered Internet
Mei is the Chair of the People Centered Internet.She believes people must be at the heart of the Internet which can be an Internet of the People, by the People and for the People. Mei co-founded the People Centered Internet with Vint Cerf so that all can have access to the opportunities that are made possible when people are connected. She deeply believes that people can connect to thrive. With a passionate founding team, she created the Impact Network in 2017 and work closely with the IEEE Industry Connections Social Impact Measurement which she chairs. Mei incorporates the voice of the people and the voice of the community which she believes is vital in any measurement of social impact in order that the outcomes be sustainable.

Ibrahim Gokcen (@igokcen)
Member of the Board of Directors
Various Fortune 500 Companies
Ibrahim has overseen technology-led transformations of industries and businesses as a regional or global CIO, CTO or CDO working for Schneider Electric, Maersk and GE. Executing the transformations required changing the operating model & culture, launching new product lines & businesses, democratizing data and AI, re-architecting business models and processes and most importantly recruiting, investing in and empowering world-class technical talent. Currently, he invests in and advise companies with global Fortune 1000 clients, acting as their President, Chief Revenue Officer or Chief Technology Officer to drive scale. He also invests as a limited partner in VC funds that specifically focus on identifying and scaling international startups in both established and emerging technology hubs.

As a board director for public and private global companies, Ibrahim enjoys working with CEOs and their management teams as they transform their business models, talent mix, make their companies more secure and create new revenue streams. He specifically contributes to the boards and create value with his diversity of experience and deep expertise on technology, cybersecurity, AI, sustainability and global expansion.

Jesús Hoyos (@jesus_hoyos)
Owner
CX2Advisory
Jesús is an Independent Analyst, Speaker, Blogger and Influencer in CRM, Marketing, Customer Engagement, and Social Media, with expertise in the Latin American market and integrating marketing technologies with customer engagement. Partner and co-founder of Solvis Consulting, Jesús Hoyos has over 22 years of experience providing leadership in the execution of Customer Relationship Management initiatives. Throughout his career, he has assisted clients, vendors, and team members with business processes, requirements, project management, quality assurance, business cases, and best practices.

Daniel Jeavons (@dannyjeavs)
VP of Computational Science And Digital Innovation
Shell
Dan Jeavons currently works for Shell in the digitalisation department. He has led the multi-award winning Data Science Centre of Excellence since its inception in 2013, growing the team from the ground up to around 160 individuals. In 2018, he was recognised in the top 50 data leaders in the UK, and his team received the Hackett Award for Data Analytics in the same year.  

He has been a significant contributor to the development of Shell’s digital strategy which has now delivered over $1bln in cost reductions, production increases and additional customer margins. He was part of the team which developed the Shell.ai brand which is now externally recognised, and the work of his team and their impact has been recently publicized in mainstream journals like Forbes, the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times. He has also developed effective technology partnerships with a number of start-up companies leading to Shell investment and is a board observer for Kespry.

Patrick Naef (@panaef)
Managing Partner
Boyden
Partner at Boyden and non-executive director on the board of Franke Group. Board member of several start-ups, and sits on advisory boards of technology companies and VC firms. From 2006 to June 2018 CIO at Emirates Airlines Dubai, CEO of Mercator and non-executive director on the board of SITA. Other professional positions include CIO at SIG and Swissair as well as senior positions at Zurich Insurance and HP. Patrick Naef holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, and an Executive MBA from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Ashok Vantipalli (@avantipalli)
CIO
TireHub
Ashoik is a Global Information Technology & Business Executive with expertise in publicly traded companies, private equity and consulting environments. He subscribed to the philosophy and set of practices to enrich the lives of colleagues and lead to build technology enabled organizations. He has led several turnarounds and digital transformational (CIO/CTO) roles and have been recognized as a creative and motivational leader that embraces global cultures to maximize productivity and deliver business outcomes in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. 

Soon Yu (@SoonSpeaks)
Best Selling Author, CMO
Iconic Advantage
Soon Yu is an international speaker and best selling author on innovation and design who has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Entrepreneur Magazine and New York Times. His book, Iconic Advantage®, challenges businesses, from Fortune 500 to venture-backed startups, to refocus their innovation priorities on building greater iconicity, and offers deeper insights on establishing timeless distinction and relevance.  He regularly consults business leaders on developing meaningful Iconic Signature Elements, Signature Moments and Signature Communication. 

Joanne Moretti (@JoannMoretti)
Founder and CEO
JCurve Digital
Joanne has 30+ years experience in the Banking, High-Tech & Manufacturing industries, holding C level roles as well as Business Unit P&L responsibilities in Fortune 200 companies. Recently she took her years of successful commercial know-how and a team of top commercial experts, to start her own firm called JCurve Digital, a growth consultancy focused on helping companies realize digital transformation investments, to leap up the “JCurve” , enabling returns that investors expect. After only 12 months of operation, JCurve Digital is working with startups and mid-sized companies in the FinTech, Manufacturing, High Tech, Cybersecurity and CRM markets.

Andrea Chin
Executive Director
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Andrea Chin is currently Executive Director, PMO Lead for GTI (Global Technology Infrastructure). She is responsible for all the Infrastructure and Security projects which are foundational and core for GIS (Global Information Services). Her daily responsibilities include overseeing the outsourced global Project Management team and ensuring that the project Book of Work remains on time and on budget for The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC). She is a dynamic professional with a proven track record in execution and driving results. She leads and grows high impact teams through collaboration and ongoing relationship building and networking. Prior to her current role at ELC, she held various positions over an 11+ year period at Citigroup working across many different consumer functions and also in Singapore (2012-2013). Andrea is passionate about “Disruptive Technology” and led the efforts for Citibank in the mobile payments space with the launch of Google Wallet in the US (which included the NFC technology in major retailers). Prior to joining Citigroup, she worked in San Francisco at a mobile start-up Telephia (sold to Nielsen Mobile). Andrea also has experience in the CPG industry (brand marketing) working at IRI/The Clorox Co. in Oakland, CA.

Neil Gomes
SVP, Digital & Human Experiences
CommonSpirit Health
As a key member of the CommonSpirit Health IT and Digital team, Neil leads strategy, delivery, and operations of all digital products and capabilities for CommonSpirit as we lead digital transformation for our communities and drive real change for our nation. Neil’s areas of responsibility at CommonSpirit Health include: integrated Digital Front Doors, marketing tech/advertising tech, CRM, Search & Schedule, Be-found: patient–provider matching, digital content, the Care Anywhere virtual care continuum (ambulatory, virtual acute care, post-acute, community-centric care), full stack remote care, omni-channel engagements, digital therapeutics/guided care, personalized medicine, digital operations to address productivity in clinical and administrative operations, digital business models/digital partnerships, digital health platforms, human- centered design, digital innovation and future-tech platforms. Since Digital focuses on the whole ministry, Neil partners closely with our clinicians, operators, strategy teams, marketeers, finance and human resources, systemwide.

Praveen Moturu
Vice President, Chief Enterprise Architect
MARS
Praveen Moturu drives Enterprise Digital Transformation at Mars Inc. He is an innovative, accomplished business and technology leader, visionary with strategic leadership experience in transformation, technology and operations, promoting significant business and revenue growth within global and Fortune 500 multinational corporations. Preveen has had exceptional performance in global enterprises, start-up organizations, turnaround situations, cost-cutting mandates, IT systems/technology rationalization, and growth-oriented endeavors. He is able to create enterprise strategies that cascade throughout an organization. He has an elite understanding of technology and IT environment, with expertise in strategy, planning and service delivery. He has a proven ability to leverage technical background to create new business opportunities. Praveen has a significant record of inspiring and motivating individuals or teams to consistently achieve results. He is approachable, effective communicator who interacts at all levels to foster comfortable work culture.

Suzette Kent (@Suzettekkent)
Former Federal CIO
US Government Office Of Management and Budget
Suzette Kent serves as the Federal Chief Information Officer at the Office of Management and Budget. Ms. Kent is an industry leader of large-scale business transformation using technology, for the world’s most complex organizations. She most recently served as a principal at EY and has been a partner at Accenture, consulting president at Carreker Corporation and a Managing Director at JPMorgan.

Although technology change has been at the core of her professional career, retooling the workforce and creating new opportunities for people has been an essential element of efforts that she has led. She has served as an enterprise leader for organizational learning, diversity and inclusiveness, and career development at every organization in which she has worked.

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.

Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research covering Next Generation Apps and Human Capital Management. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell side firms and technology buyers.

Future of Work (FOW), the back office and Employee Experience (EE)

Jim McLean
Partner
Silicon Valley Data Capital

Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
Lara Druyan is a Managing Director with Silicon Valley Data Capital. She joined SVDC from RBC where she was the Head of Innovation on the West Coast, responsible for the Bank’s transformation through the smart use of technology. She led the development of innovation strategy as well as the identification and evaluation of start-ups and partnerships that drove the Bank’s technology, analytics, payments and infrastructure roadmaps. She built a team that initiated, developed KPIs and managed over 20 proofs of concept across the Bank. Lara served on RBC’s Innovation Council and the Crypto Asset Oversight Committee.  Previously, Lara served as a Venture Partner for Almaz Capital, an Adviser to Pilot Growth Equity and as a Venture Adviser to SRI International where she helped them conceive of, launch and incubate new ventures. Lara served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Investment Committee for the City of San Jose’s Federated Employee Retirement System (a $2B pension plan) for six years. 


Erin Yang
VP and Chief Technologist
Workday Ventures
Erin Yang joined Workday Ventures in 2020 to lead Workday strategic investing and help accelerate the growth of portfolio companies, leveraging her technology and product experience. In addition to investing, she is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and growing our relationships with disruptive enterprise technology companies, other investment partners, and industry thought leaders. Prior to Workday Ventures, Erin was a product leader in Workday’s Products and Technology organization for eight years, supporting growth from $134M to $3B+ in revenue and from 900 to 12,000+ employees. She led the technology product management team for four years, growing the team seven times over while scaling the technology platform that powers all Workday applications. This platform includes reporting and analytics, business process framework, integrations, infrastructure, and more. More recently, she led the new Workday Cloud Platform initiative from incubation to launch in a multi-faceted leadership role, directly managing sales, strategy, developer experience, product, and engineering organizations. 

Barbry McGann
SVP Product Management
Workday
Over 20 years experience as a Product Management and Strategy Executive. Responsible for successfully managing the software development lifecycle and delivering 18 award winning products to market. Results-driven product management professional focused on building long-term company value and driving revenue. Specialize in identifying product market opportunities, developing clear and effective business and product plans, product design and development, defining product positioning and messaging, product pricing and packaging, validating product plans, business development, and launching new products for high visibility and revenue growth.

Ari Qayumi
Managing Partner
Mindful Venture Capital
Ari is Founder and Managing Partner at Mindful Venture Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on elevating investments for human progress. Previously, Ari was Principal at Silicon Valley Data Capital, an early-stage venture fund focused on transformative data companies. Ari joined SVDC from Royal Bank of Canada, where she was Group Product Manager of Innovation on the West Coast and Director of New Product Development for RBC Capital Markets. Prior to RBC, Ari was Interim COO at IdeaFlow, a next-generation collective intelligence platform and an Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Wealth Management and Alternative Investments. Prior to that, Ari cofounded and operated a technology company that enabled dynamic pricing and personalized individual and group engagements. Ari is also a Researcher at the Stanford Behavior Design Lab, where she focuses on habit formation, behavior sequences, and consensual technology design to facilitate sustainable behavior change at scale.

Asha Aravindakshan (@DCasha)
VP of Customer Delight and Operations
Sprinklr
Asha Aravindakshan (@dcasha) is the Vice President of Customer Delight & Operations at Sprinklr, where she works with other senior executives on cross-functional initiatives to achieve the corporate values of employee happiness, customer happiness and growth. She is the author of the book, Skills: The Common Denominator, which will be published in August 2021 by New Degree Press. Previously, she streamlined business operations to maximize accountability, growth and strategic alignment for public and private stakeholders. She brings an entrepreneurial agility with an unwavering commitment to amplifying impact. Asha serves on the Board of Directors for MIT Sloan Club of New York and as a Venture Partner for Verve Ventures. She’s presented at conferences in the Americas and is the recipient of awards on digital transformation and future of work. Asha studied business at The George Washington University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Jonathan Feldman (@_jfeldman)
CIO
City Of Asheville North Carolina
Jonathan Feldman is an award winning CIO, speaker, and writer. He is often quoted in the media about IT innovation, was named a top CIO to follow by the Huffington Post, and honored with a Frost & Sullivan CIO Impact Award. Jonathan has spent his career turning around troubled IT organizations as a CIO, a consultant, and an organizational coach. Forbes has called his efforts “IT done right.” Jonathan is an pioneer in cloud computing, digital business transformation, and high performance IT leadership. His column with InformationWeek magazine, which won an American Society of Business Publication Editors award, started many industry conversations about how IT can better serve business. Jonathan speaks all over the world about IT innovation, and tweets about business technology leadership.

Jay Ferro (@jayferro)
CIO & CDO 
Quikrete
Jay Ferro is the Chief Information Officer for Quikrete, the largest manufacturer of packaged concrete in the United States. Previously, he served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, the American Cancer Society and AIG. Known as a thought leader in the information technology arena, Ferro is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Ferro was selected as as one of ComputerWorld’s 2015 100 IT Leaders, as well as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Ferro was also selected to join Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2015 and participate in a rigorous year-long leadership development program alongside other prominent Atlanta leaders. His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In addition to his work with Priscilla’s Promise, in 2011, he was elected to the board of directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community.

Andrew Nebus (@AndrewNebus)
Director of Digital Strategy
ASRC Federal
For over two decades, Andrew has rolled up his sleeves and led organizations to change how they work. His background includes building high performing teams, data strategy, modernizing workflows, AI, and executing strategy. Andrew thrives when decade-old policies, processes, and systems need help. Andrew is the hands-on executive who focuses on getting the right things done: cultural, strategic, and tactical change. As an influencer, he analyzes the impact of digital transformation, evidence based decision making, AI, data privacy, blockchain, chatbots, and how digital disruption overcomes legacy organizational culture.

G. Nagesh Rao
Acting CIO
Bureau of Industry and Security
G. Nagesh Rao currently serves as Chief Information Officer (Acting) for the Bureau of Industry and Security within the US Department of Commerce.  Most recently he was Director of Business Technology Solutions (BiTS) at the US Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of the Chief Information Officer, and prior to Chief Technologist & Entrepreneur in Residence within SBA's Office of Investment & Innovation.

Sanjay Sharma
Head of Information Technology
Jumeriah Group
Head of IT for Jumeirah Group with experience and passion for driving business transformation, change and outcomes with innovation and technology. Lead the Digital Transformation for Emirates Group to define the new business models, capability and platform for the digital enterprise. Led the team and established the first Data Lake based platform for Emirates Airline to develop customer genome, airline genome, event genome and location genome using internal, external and orthogonal data. Led the first of its kind Blockchain based initiatives in the aviation industry to redefine customer experience, supply-chain and loyalty program. Setup the first travel incubator in the region at DTEC, Dubai in collaboration with GE and Etisalat in an effort to crowdsource the best ideas to make travel simpler, better and more exciting. Developed a lean process within the organization to facilitate technology based experimentation in collaboration with Universities, Start-ups, established brands and Emirates’ community. Led the initiative to develop Internet of Things and data based innovative solution for asset tracking and presented the solution at Cisco’s IoT World Forum.


Micheal Skaff (@mskaff)
COO
Jewish Senior Living Group
Michael Skaff is the COO of JSLG. Previously, Michael served as the COO for the Masons of California, which runs state-wide membership programs and long-term and post-acute care, integrated mental health and in-home services around California. Earlier in his career, Michael was the CIO of LesConcierges, and CIO of the venerable San Francisco Symphony. Michael serves as an advisor to technology, media, and venture capital firms.

Scott Strickland
EVP and CIO
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
Scott Strickland has 26 years of information systems experience and the scars to prove it. Currently EVP & Chief Information Officer of Wyndham Hotels and resorts Scott is responsible for all aspects of IT at the world’s largest hotel company.  He and his team are standardizing platforms to enable internal innovation and transform both the guest experience and the IT organization.  In addition, the team supports over 6,500 franchisees globally for 19 Wyndham brands including Days Inn, Super 8, Ramada, LaQuinta, Tryp, and Howard Johnson.      

Previously while CIO at the D+M Group (the Bain Capital holding company for the consumer electronics brands of Denon, Marantz, and Boston Acoustics) Scott was responsible for all information services at this dynamic company.   He and his team had transitioned to a cloud infrastructure, implemented a common website platform across 72 countries in 18 languages, established consistent financial reporting, and transitioned to a global supply chain planning solution. 

Rhonda Vetere (@RhondaVetereH)
Global CIO/CTO/Two-Time Author
Rhonda Vetere is a seasoned leader across industries, working in global executive positions at Santander Bank, nThrive / Pamplona Capital Management, Estée Lauder Companies, AIG, HP Enterprise Services, Barclays, Bank One / JPMorgan Chase, and several telecommunications companies. She has lived and worked internationally – in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Mumbai, and across India – and has managed teams of up to 20,000 people. Vetere is also the co-author of an HP special edition book, “Enterprise Service Management for Dummies”.

Rhonda contributes her perspective and knowledge by serving on boards for professional, educational, and athletic institutions, including the US Olympics and Paralympics, The Canadian Cloud Council, Longwood University, George Mason University School of Business, SWAAY Magazine, Miss Fashion Week, and Xcelocloud Inc.

Geoffrey Corb (@geofdotedu)
Founder and Principal
vrtx
Geof is the founder of vrtx, an advisory firm focused on enabling transformation in higher education. Geof helps institutions use technology to achieve their best outcomes, with particular focus on the digital student experience and its enablement via customer experience technologies. Geof previously served as the Vice President of Higher Education Development at Oracle where he was responsible for helping institutions use modern digital technologies to enable institutional transformation, ensuring that their journey from on-premise to on-demand applications delivers the most value. Prior to that, Geof served as the Deputy CIO and Associate Vice Provost for Information Technology at Johns Hopkins University. Widely recognized as a visionary and tenacious change agent, Geof drove cloud-based CRM implementations across the Johns Hopkins enterprise, including the creation of a Salesforce Center of Excellence, and was awarded an innovation grant that funded the development of a novel solution to support research collaboration.  He also has deep expertise with ERP and cloud migration, having played a key role in JHU’s successful adoption of cloud-based applications and services, bringing tremendous efficiency and agility to the institution.

Adam Rogers (@adamr)
Investor and Advisor
Adam Rogers is the former CTO and CEO of the leading global provider of cloud-based human capital management (HCM), Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI). Rogers joined Ultimate in 1997 as its first intern, was promoted to CTO in 2002 and eventually CEO. As CEO, he helped Ultimate Software grow to over 6,000 employees and scale to over $1.4B in sales. He guided an $11B take-private deal and a $22B merger one year later. In his final year as CEO, Ultimate Software ranked #2 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. He now invests in and advises software businesses.

Joanne Moretti (@JoannMoretti)
Founder and CEO
JCurve Digital
Joanne has 30+ years experience in the Banking, High-Tech & Manufacturing industries, holding C level roles as well as Business Unit P&L responsibilities in Fortune 200 companies. Recently she took her years of successful commercial know-how and a team of top commercial experts, to start her own firm called JCurve Digital, a growth consultancy focused on helping companies realize digital transformation investments, to leap up the “JCurve” , enabling returns that investors expect. After only 12 months of operation, JCurve Digital is working with startups and mid-sized companies in the FinTech, Manufacturing, High Tech, Cybersecurity and CRM markets.

Tracey Zimmerman
President & CEO
Robots & Pencils
I like to sit on the edge of the tech, design and communication worlds, and figure out how to use them to create delightful experiences, grow revenue and streamline workflows to deliver operational efficiency. I’m a problem-solver who is curious about the way things work, and driven to make the world a little bit better each day. I love to ideate around business opportunities and challenges. Then I make sure that those solutions actually come to life.

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research, Inc.
Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research covering Next Generation Apps and Human Capital Management. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell side firms and technology buyers.