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Steven B. Ambrose, 48, is vice president and chief information officer at DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Ambrose is responsible for securing, operating, and applying the company’s information technology assets toward achieving the company’s strategic objectives. Prior to his current role, Ambrose was director of Enterprise Performance Management where he was responsible for the oversight of corporate performance, and served as the chief of staff to the CEO where he coordinated various corporate-wide initiatives. Ambrose joined Detroit Edison in 1998 and served in a variety of progressively more responsible information technology (IT) roles including the oversight of the company’s enterprise business systems, the IT operations of DTE Energy’s non-utility affiliates, and the stewardship of the company’s IT strategy and enterprise architecture. Ambrose earned an MBA with high distinction from the University of Michigan, a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, a master’s certificate in management information systems from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bellevue College.

Carlos Amésquita is the Chief Information Officer for The Hershey Company. He joined Hershey in August 2014 after a distinguished 28 year career with Procter & Gamble where he led Global Business Services and Information Technology for P&G North America. Carlos has had extensive international experience having lived in three countries and travelled extensively across five continents. His assignments have spanned Finance, Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain and HR. He created a new Innovation and Incubation organization and led major Big Data, Analytics and other IT initiatives. Carlos earned a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and an MBA from The Georgia Institute of Technology. He is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Carlos serves on the Board of Directors of the Hispanic IT Executive Council.

Brad Arkin is Vice President and Chief Security Officer for Adobe. As CSO, Arkin has ultimate responsibility for all security-related decisions and investments across the company. Arkin leads the teams responsible for the security of Adobe’s infrastructure, products and services, as well as teams dedicated to security incident response and communication, including Adobe Secure Software Engineering Team (ASSET), Product Security Information Response Team (PSIRT), Security Coordination Center (SCC) and Engineering Infrastructure Security team. Prior to joining Adobe, Arkin held management positions at StepNexus, Symantec, @Stake and Cigital. Arkin holds a BS in computer science from the College of William and Mary, an MS in computer science from George Washington University, and an MBA from Columbia University and London Business School.

Rio Tinto group CIO Simon Benney has over 25 years of experience in senior management in global organizations, business transformation and strategic consulting. From 2008 until joining Rio Tinto in 2014, Mr. Benney was with ArcelorMittal, where he established and ran the shared services division in Europe and served as CIO for Flat Carbon Europe, a $35-billion ArcelorMittal business. In 2006, he was nominated a senior vice president of EADS, where he was responsible for creating an IT shared service for the EADS group. In 2002, he joined Airbus as head of IT strategy; as global CIO from 2004, he managed the company’s global IT delivery and operations with a budget of over $1 billion and an internal staff of 1,100. Mr. Benney started his career in 1986 as an electronic engineer with the GEC Avionics group in the United Kingdom. He later joined Arthur Andersen in London before joining McKinsey & Company in Italy. Mr. Benney holds a master’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Imperial College, London and an M.B.A. from SDA Bocconi School of Management, Italy.

As Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), Steve is responsible for advancing HCSC’s Information Technology strategy to deliver on business goals and strategic imperatives across HCSC’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Steve is executing on a strategy to embrace the rapid changes in the Healthcare Industry and leverage new technology trends to drive operational excellence and innovation across the company’s key business segments: Group, Government and Retail. In addition, Steve is implementing a new IT operating model and comprehensive roadmap to fuel HCSC’s future direction and growth. Prior to joining HCSC, Steve served as Global Chief Information Officer for Aon PLC. Through his leadership, technology played an increasing role in Aon’s go-to-market strategy. He led the IT integration programs for the two largest acquisitions in Aon’s history—Benfield in 2008 and Hewitt Associates in 2010. In addition, Steve spearheaded a multi-year rationalization program which simplified Aon’s application portfolio and core technology footprint. Prior to joining Aon, Steve served as a management consultant leading numerous large-scale business-driven technology implementations in the financial services sector and other industries for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Steve is a board member of Lumity, a Chicago-based non-profit organization focused on exposing Chicago’s youth to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers. He graduated from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Management Science.

Michael Brown joined ExxonMobil in 1980 as a process engineer at the former Mobil Corporation Paulsboro, NJ, Refinery. He has held several managerial positions at theJoliet,IL, andBeaumont,TX, refineries. In 1996, Mike joined the Houston Gas Liquids group as General Manager of North America Gas Liquids, responsible for theU.S.,Mexicoand business development for South America andCanada. Mr. Brown’s next position was to lead the business process reengineering and SAP rollout for the U.S.-based Upstream, Downstream and Global Chemical assets of Mobil Corporation. Following the merger of Exxon and Mobil in 1999, Mr. Brown led a comparable effort for the combined company. In 2002, Mr. Brown was named Refinery Manager at the Baytown, TX, Refinery and then returned to Houston in 2005 as the GTL Project Executive for ExxonMobil Development Company. In January 2006 he was assigned Executive Assistant to Exxon Mobil’s Chairman inIrving,Texas. In October 2006 Mr. Brown was named Vice President Refining, assuming responsibility for Exxon Mobil’s worldwide refinery circuit. In March 2009, he was appointed Project Executive of the U.S. Real Estate Strategy Study Project. In July 2011, he assumed his current position as Vice President, Global Information Technology, ExxonMobil Global Services Company, responsible for ExxonMobil computing and telecommunications services. Mr. Brown earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University in 1980.

Tony Buttrick joined Flagstar Bank in March 2014 as chief information officer. In this role, he is responsible for developing and implementing information technology initiatives that support Flagstar’s strategic vision, while improving cost effectiveness, service quality, and business development. Prior to Flagstar, Tony spent 10 years with Bank of America in Charlotte, NC and held several technology and risk management executive positions, each with global responsibility. Prior to joining Bank of America, Tony spent 3 years with Fidelity Investments in a CIO role in Charlotte, NC, and 23 years total with the US Navy. He served 16 years on active duty in various special operations and intelligence assignments and 7 years as a DOD employee with the Office of Naval Intelligence in Washington, DC. While working in the U.S. intelligence community, he served in multiple roles to include; leading the U.S. government’s most state-of-the-art imaging facility, imaging technical advisor to the Central Intelligence Agency, and Chief Technical Officer for the Digital Production Program Office. Among the recognitions he has received is the National Intelligence Certificate of Distinction awarded by the Director of the CIA.

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Bob Casale is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). Bob has accountability for the oversight of information technology at MassMutual and its worldwide subsidiaries, equipping employees with the technology and tools they need to support policyholders and help achieve MassMutual’s business objectives. He is also directly accountable for enterprise-wide technology operations, solutions delivery for the U.S. Insurance Group and corporate units, data management, information and cyber security, enterprise continuity planning, overall IT governance and the research and development of emerging technology solutions. Over his career, Bob has worked across multiple businesses and industries. His broad experience and extensive understanding of technology, business operations and infrastructure, enabled him to drive the direction and implementation of the company’s “modernization vision”. This effort has enabled MassMutual to excel in the marketplace and positioned the company for continued growth. Most recently, Bob led the IT Effectiveness Transformation (ITE), a holistic initiative aimed at enabling tighter business alignment. As a result, MassMutual’s IT organization has transformed from a traditional technology provider to a strategic business partner that produces significant business value for MassMutual and its customers. Bob has an undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences and has earned his MBA from Boston University.

Karen joined Western and Southern Financial Group in January 2014 as Senior Vice President (SVP) and Chief Information Officer (CIO). She has over 25 years of experience leading Information Technology to develop and balance strategic, market and operational priorities supporting Wealth Management and Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance businesses. Karen previously worked for The Hartford Insurance Group in Hartford, CT. She joined the company in 2006 and held multiple CIO positions in the P&C and Wealth Management businesses. Prior to leaving The Hartford, Karen held the position of CIO for the Wealth Management businesses and VP of Service Operations. She also acted as a corporate auditor and liaison for HLIKK Japan, a subsidiary of The Hartford. In 2005 Karen joined JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) as SVP and CIO of the Insurance division and prior to JPMC she held various IT leadership roles at Allstate Insurance Company. Over the years, Karen has focused her attention on leadership development for women. At The Hartford, she built and co-led The Hartford’s Professional Women’s Network building a membership of over 1700. Karen was a core member of the JPMC Women in Technology & Operations team, and also acted as a corporate mentor for the national organization ‘Women Unlimited’. Karen holds her Series 6 and 26 Securities licenses and attended DePaul University. She is a member of the Cincinnati CIO Roundtable, Board Member of Cintrifuse in Cincinnati and Board Member for WCET / ThinkTV (PBS) Cincinnati/Dayton.

Paul Cheesbrough is Chief Technology Officer for News Corp. He most recently served as Chief Information Officer for News UK. In this role he was responsible for the organization’s technology strategy, delivery, transformation programs and digital products. Mr. Cheesbrough led enormous change at the company, moving it to more cloud-based technologies and putting innovation and engineering at the heart of the business. Before joining News International, Mr. Cheesbrough served as Chief Information Officer at the Telegraph Media Group, where he pioneered the development of a wide range of new digital products. Prior to the Telegraph, he was the Controller of Digital Media for the BBC, having started his career in IBM within its media division.

Anil Cheriyan is Chief Information Officer for SunTrust Banks, Inc. He is responsible for SunTrust’s Enterprise Information Services (EIS) division, the organizational unit that provides the company’s overall technology, operations and information-related support. Prior to joining SunTrust in April 2012, Cheriyan was senior partner at IBM Global Business Services, where he has served financial services industry clients and led a variety of business systems transformation, technology and process re-engineering initiatives. Before joining IBM in 2002, he was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting and served in increasingly responsible leadership roles on a variety of systems, customer information, data warehousing and e-business engagements. Previously he was a senior consultant with Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and information services manager for TVS Clayton, Ltd. Cheriyan earned master of science and master of philosophy degrees in management as well as a bachelor of science in electronic and electrical engineering from Imperial College in London.

As Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at SAS, Keith Collins heads the Information Technology and Technical Support Divisions and leads the company’s cloud strategy. Prior to being named CIO, Collins was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SAS, where he headed Research and Development. He has been instrumental in guiding SAS’ evolution as a provider of industry-specific solutions that deliver the benefits of powerful analytic technologies into the hands of users. Collins steered the effort to develop the company’s breakthrough SAS® Business Analytics Framework that redefined business intelligence as it is known today. In 2006, Collins established SAS’ CIO Customer Advisory Board (CAB). The CAB successfully brings together CIOs and CTOs from some of the world’s top companies to provide input about the business impact of current and future IT technologies and inform the company’s strategy. Collins is a graduate of North Carolina State University in computer science, and a founding member of the strategic advisory board of the department of computer science. In 2003, the university named him a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus. Collins is an advisor for Bull City Venture Partners.

Creighton Warren is the Chief Information Officer at USG Corporation, a leading manufacturer and distributor of building product solutions. In 2014, his leadership team received the Most Effective IT Team award sponsored by the Chicagoland chapters of the Society of Information Management (SIM) and Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP). He joined USG in 2003 and was accountable for the IT portion of major (> $150 MM) customer satisfaction initiative involving the company wide deployment of Oracle eBusiness Suite across fifty plus manufacturing facilities. Immediately prior to his current role, he was Senior Director, Technology – Information Technology at USG Corporation, responsible for the Application, Architecture, and Operations organizations. Mr. Warren started his career at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) and was a manager in the firm’s Network Solutions consulting practice. He moved to Heller Financial, a middle market commercial lender, where he was Vice President Information Technology responsible for Major Projects and eCommerce Technology Strategy. While at Heller, he successfully led Heller’s largest IT investment in over 10 years, an enterprise-wide technology architecture and integration initiative. As a result of that project, he was recognized as one of the Top 5 IT project managers in North America with the receipt of the 1998 Project Leadership Award sponsored by ABT Corporation. Prior to joining USG, Mr. Warren worked at a B2B Internet startup, Commerx, often recognized by its flagship marketplace Plasticsnet.com, as well as a small Chicago based consulting firm. He earned his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, and his MM with a concentration in Finance and Strategy from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He lives outside Chicago with his wife Michele and their three children.

During a diverse 25-plus year career, Steve Crowley has embraced emerging technologies to help companies improve productivity, grow revenues, and improve customer satisfaction. In particular, he has worked to fundamentally change the way people and organizations move money and transfer payments around the globe. As WEX’s shared services and chief information officer, Steve is responsible for the company’s global client operations teams, the information technology platforms and the company’s program office. He is also charged with integrating acquisitions, systems, processes, and best practices across WEX’s businesses. Prior to joining WEX, Steve held several senior leadership positions at Bank of America, where he helped lead the transformation of the bank’s ATM, online, and web payment and transfer systems. Steve has also held senior positions at NCR Corporation and General Electric, where he led teams developing healthcare, transportation, and financial service innovations, and gained experience in engineering technology, call center systems, manufacturing operations, and continuous improvement. Steve serves on the University of Southern Maine’s computer science advisory board. He has a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in civil engineering from Brigham Young University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University.

Craig A. Cuyar is the Global Chief Information Officer of Cushman & Wakefield, a commercial real estate services provider with operations in 63 countries. He is based in New York, New York, and has global responsibility for Cushman & Wakefield’s Information Technology strategy and operations. Prior to joining Cushman & Wakefield in 2008, Craig served as a CIO for fourteen years in a variety of professional services industries including healthcare, advertising, and residential and commercial real estate. Craig holds Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees from The Pennsylvania State University and an MBA in Finance from the Rutgers Business School. Dr. Cuyar is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University and teaches in their Executive Technology Management program. In addition to his teaching commitments he speaks regularly at professional conferences and serves on Advisory Boards for AT&T and the College of Information Sciences and Technology at The Pennsylvania State University.

Dick Daniels is interim chief information officer (CIO) for Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc. In this role, Daniels is responsible for the ongoing leadership of Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology vision, strategy and execution. Daniels reports directly to Bernard J. Tyson, chairman and chief executive officer, and is a member of the national executive team. Prior to Daniels’ appointment to the role of interim chief information officer, Daniels served as senior vice president of Enterprise Shared Services, which includes End User Services, National Facilities Services and National Pharmacy Operations. Daniels joined Kaiser Permanente in May of 2008 as Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology senior vice president and business information officer of Health Plan and Hospital Operations. In that role, he was accountable for developing the strategy and ensuring the delivery of innovative, leading-edge capabilities that drive Kaiser Permanente’s technology agenda, in partnership with, and supporting all business areas. Leading a diverse team that included the Regional Business Information Organizations, National Facilities IT, Pharmacy IT, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management and Innovation, Consulting and Analytics and IT Compliance, he was accountable for the strategic alignment across regional and national IT initiatives and the regional implementation of all national IT projects. Daniels has more than 30 years of shared services and information technology leadership experience. Before joining Kaiser Permanente, he served as senior vice president and divisional CIO for Capital One. In addition, as senior vice president at JPMorgan Chase, he was responsible for maintenance and support for all investor services business applications globally. Daniels’ broad experience in large, diversified organizations is key to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan successfully embedding a shared services approach that reaches across the program to improve service delivery, increase efficiency, and improve affordability. Daniels has a bachelor’s of applied arts and sciences degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University). In 2007, Computerworld honored him as one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders.

Julia Davis, 50, joined Aflac in July 2013 as senior vice president; chief information officer. In her position, Julia oversees the day-to-day operations and the strategic initiatives of Aflac’s Information Technology Division. Before joining Aflac, she most recently served as chief information officer at American Safety Insurance (ASI). Prior to her tenure at ASI, she served as chief information officer of the Equipment Finance Division for GE Capital Healthcare Financial Services and GE Capital Business Productivity Solutions. Additionally, she held IT leadership positions at GE Energy, Armstrong World Industries, Information Builders, Ogden Government Services and CRSS Services, Inc. Julia began her career in the U.S. Air Force as a software engineer and earned the rank of captain. She received a bachelor’s degree in engineering physics from Lehigh University and a master’s degree in system administration from St. Mary’s University.

As Chief Information Officer, Mandy works with CBRE’s senior global leadership team and IT organization to identify technology initiatives that support the company’s most significant global priorities. She is a business-centric leader whose career has focused on driving corporate success and competitive differentiation by leveraging technology, systems and data. Mandy has more than 25 years of progressive experience in IT and senior operational roles for companies that are leaders in their space and has served as Chief Information Officer for several leading global companies. She is based in Dallas, Texas.

Tarek El-Sadany is the Senior Vice President of Technology and Chief Technology Officer, Unisys Corporation. He was elected as a Senior Vice President by the Board of Directors in June 2015. He is responsible for driving Unisys’ technology business, utilizing his board experience in product development, services, government and entrepreneurship. Tarek leads a global technology delivery organization with deep expertise in designing and developing powerful, secure and reliable products that address an organization’s most pressing IT and business challenges through fast-evolving technologies and delivery models – from cloud and mobility to big-data analytics and high-end servers. As chief technology officer, Tarek ensures that Unisys delivers the most innovative products and software-led services offerings, using both Unisys proprietary technologies and third-party software solutions. Tarek was most recently chief operating officer of Remedy Informatics; a market leader in technology innovation in healthcare and life sciences. Before Remedy, Tarek served a three-year global appointment in Egypt, where he was the chairman and CEO of Egypt National Post and CEO of the Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center of Egypt. Tarek was previously vice president of Global Product Support for Oracle Corporation, managing a $5 billion business with more than 4,500 employees in 60 countries worldwide. Earlier, he held founding and senior leadership positions at software companies Datacme Corporation and TenFold Corporation after prior work at IBM’s global research centers. Tarek has served on the boards of directors and advisors of several high-tech companies and non-profit organizations. He is a frequent speaker at industry events, panels, conferences and colloquia. Tarek holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Louisville and a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Mr. Fasano joined AIG in October 2014 from Kaiser Permanente, where he was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer. He has extensive experience leading information technology programs at complex global companies, is a proven leader in the information technology field, and has served as Chief Information Officer at several high-profile financial services firms over the course of his 30-year career. During his tenure at Kaiser Permanente, the largest not-for-profit health plan and health care provider in the United States, Mr. Fasano drove the substantial turnaround of their broad technology capabilities, including implementing KP Health Connect, the world’s largest civilian medical record system. He also conceived and executed Kaiser’s digital health strategy, including the launch of consumer-focused mobile applications as well as mobile platforms used by the clinical staff. Prior to his role at Kaiser Permanente, Mr. Fasano founded Capital Sourcing Group in 2005, a company focused on providing strategic advice and consulting services to the Fortune 500 and the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Fasano has also served in IT leadership roles at financial services organizations. At Capital One Financial, he was the Business Information Officer; he served as Chief Information Officer at JP Morgan Chase and Deutsche Financial Services; and was a Managing Director at Bankers Trust, among other companies.

As managing director, chief information officer, Victor Fetter has oversight of the LPL Financial Business Technology Services business unit. He is responsible for bringing to life the company’s commitment to investing in the people and processes necessary to deliver the best technologies and technology experience in the industry for LPL Financial advisors and employees. Prior to joining LPL Financial in 2012, Mr. Fetter was vice president and chief information officer for Dell Online, where he led the digital transformation of Dell’s approach to providing global, multi-channel solutions for consumers and commercial customers. His accomplishments include driving IT efficiency with a focus on increased innovation, delivering highly scalable infrastructure solutions, and enhancing sales and corporate systems—including the architecture of global online, mobile, and social commerce capabilities. Earlier, Mr. Fetter worked at Mercer Human Resource Consulting, where he served as director of global applications development, chief information officer, and ultimately global chief information officer during his tenure. He held previous positions at Hewitt Associates LLC and Electronic Data Systems. Mr. Fetter has a Bachelor of Science in computer information systems from Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL.

Jim Fowler is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for GE. In this role, he is driving GE’s global Information Technology (IT) strategy, services and operations, and aggressively delivering innovative and transformational solutions for GE, its customers and employees. A global IT leader with 20 years of IT experience, including 15 years with several diverse GE businesses, Jim comes to this role from GE Capital, where he served as CIO since 2014 and was responsible for developing and delivering simple and consistent global business processes digitized through IT. Prior to GE, he held IT roles with NCR and Accenture. Jim holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and Marketing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, as well as an MBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also Six Sigma Black Belt certified. Jim and his family are based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Marc Frons is the Deputy Head of Technology and SVP, Global Head of Mobile Platforms at News Corp. Prior to joining News Corp. in October 2015, he was the CIO and CTO of The New York Times, where he was responsible for all technology strategy, operations and product development at the company. Mr. Frons is recognized as one of the leading innovators in digital media. He started his career as a journalist, a background that gives him unique insight into the capabilities for digital publishers. He was a reporter and editor at Newsweek and a senior editor at BusinessWeek before leaving there in 1995 to start the financial Web site SmartMoney.com, where he held the title editor and chief technology officer. SmartMoney.com was an early pioneer in interactive journalism and data visualization, and won several awards for its innovative technology and design. Before joining The Times in 2006, Mr. Frons was the chief technology officer for digital publishing for Dow Jones & Co., where he was in charge of technology and product development for The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and other Dow Jones properties.

Gam Dias is CEO and co-founder of Mo-Data Inc., a startup offering tools that enable citizen data scientists to liberate enterprise data and create valuable business insights. Mr. Dias heads up the sales and strategic consulting part of Mo-Data, helping global multinationals that include banking, television, mining and networking companies develop and execute their data strategies. With over 25 years of data and software experience, he began his career as a programmer for Woolworths and HSBC Bank, worked as practice director with retail consultancy Armature and Oracle Consulting, and, more recently, held the title of director of product strategy at Brio / Hyperion Business Intelligence. He also served as vice president of product for the text analytics company Overtone Inc. and is a founding member of the e-commerce consultancy First Retail. In 2006, he was appointed head of data Strategy for Aviva Insurance, where his team developed a data commercialization practice and the technology for federated customer data. Mr. Dias holds an undergraduate degree in computer science from the University of Liverpool and an M.B.A. from Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick.

Sven Gerjets is Time Warner Cable’s Chief Information Officer. In this role, he is charged with directing the information and data integrity of the company, with responsibilities that include billing and customer relationship management systems, business intelligence, enterprise cloud services, cyber/information security and operations support systems. Prior to joining Time Warner Cable, Mr. Gerjets was Senior Vice President, CTO Higher Education at Pearson Education where he led the product and platform engineering teams to provide a single, unified focus and set of accountabilities for technology development and growth. Before that, Mr. Gerjets was the Senior Vice President of Information Technology at DIRECTV, where he was responsible for leading the IT organization focused on delivering technology-enabled business solutions. In his early career, Mr. Gerjets was Director of Global Consumer IT at Symantec; co-founder of Genetimedic, an online health education company and various leadership positions at McCaw Cellular/AT&T Wireless. Mr. Gerjets holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Kennedy-Western University and completed Harvard Business School’s elite Advanced Management Program. Time Warner Cable is among the largest providers of video, high-speed data and voice services in the U.S., connecting 16 million customers to entertainment, information and each other.

Mike Gioja, the lead technology officer for Paychex, was named senior vice president of information technology, product management and development in July 2011. He joined Paychex as vice president of product management in November 2008, and a year later, development was added to his areas of responsibility. He is a senior executive with more than 30 years of experience in product management and strategy, as well as software and information technology. During his time at Paychex, Gioja has led his teams through the creation of product road maps and the launch of the Paychex Next Generation (PNG) platform and SaaS applications. Through his career, Mike has led implementation of large-scale ERP platforms and applications, as well as “best-of-breed” SaaS applications. He has been on the product side, providing software technology solutions as a vendor, and serving in CIO roles where he leveraged vendor solutions and built SaaS applications. Mike has held senior leadership positions with companies including IBM, American Express, Fidelity, SAP, PeopleSoft, Workstream, and Workscape. A native of New York City, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Oswego.

Guillermo Diaz, Jr., is responsible for Cisco’s global Information Technology organization and services. Focusing on transforming the overall IT experience by strengthening foundational business capabilities, enabling new business models, such as service, software and SaaS and accelerating innovative business outcomes for Cisco customers, partners and employees. Guillermo is a key leader of the Cisco Diversity Council and the executive sponsor of Conexión, Cisco’s Hispanic/Latino employee resource network. Since joining the company in 2000, Guillermo has been a major driver of the development of Cisco’s world-class IT organization by leading initiatives to build and manage significant business foundations. These include the Cisco IT Infrastructure, Network and Management Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Large Scale Platforms, and Cisco’s Internet and intranet network foundations – Cisco.com and Cisco Employee Connection. Additionally, he has led key business IT application areas, such as Cisco’s $45B+ Electronic Commerce, Technical Services, Professional Services, Service Sales and Marketing, Customer Service, Cisco Capital, and Cloud/SaaS platforms. Prior to Cisco, Guillermo held senior IT leadership positions with some of Silicon Valley’s most respected companies including Director of Global Network Services for Silicon Graphics, Senior Director of IT for Intelligent Electronics (Ingram Micro), and Manager of Telecommunications for Alza Corporation. He began his career in telecommunications with the United States Navy, where a military scholarship led to his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Regis University in Colorado. Guillermo is the recipient of the 2015 Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) “Estrella of the Year” award for outstanding individual leadership in the Information Technology field. He was also honored as one of 100 CIO/CTO Leaders in STEM. In addition, he has been recognized by the Silicon Valley Business Journal as 2014 Best CIO Community Champion and as one of the Top Hispanics in IT from 2009-2014 by HITEC. Other awards include the National Eagle Leadership Award in 2010 and CIO Magazine’s “Ones to Watch” Award in 2007. Guillermo lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and four children.

Suren Gupta is executive vice president of technology & operations for Allstate Insurance Company. He is a member of Allstate’s senior leadership team reporting to the Chairman, President and CEO. In this role he leads a global organization delivering innovative and transformational solutions for Allstate’s customers, agency owners and employees. He is responsible for enterprise-wide technology and network operations. His responsibilities for operations include providing service and support for approximately 16 million households and about 11,600 exclusive Allstate agencies and financial representatives in the U.S. and Canada. Gupta joined Allstate in 2011, bringing leadership, information technology, operations, product development and sales experience to Allstate. Since then, he has been instrumental in enhancing delivery capabilities, focusing on innovation and establishing global operations to enhance 24/7 support and development capabilities. Previously, Gupta was Wells Fargo executive vice president and group chief information officer for consumer lending. Under his leadership, real estate lending was re-engineered with new delivery capabilities that enabled the field sales force to serve customers more effectively with just-in-time information. Earlier in his career, Gupta provided key leadership and vision as a founding member of the corporate executive team of Airclic Inc., a startup wireless Internet venture, and was senior vice president, informational technology and operations for GMAC Residential, a division of General Motors. Gupta also has held senior operations, sales, marketing and strategic development roles at INTELSAT, a groundbreaking satellite telecommunications company. Gupta is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He also received a master’s degree in computer engineering from West Virginia University and an MBA from George Mason University. He serves on the Chicago Public Library Foundation Board and on the board of Pratham U.S.A, the American chapter for Pratham, which was established in 1994 to provide pre-school education to children in India’s slums. It now is the country’s largest nongovernmental organization with activities in 21 states of India to to provide education to millions of children who might otherwise work instead of attend school.

Gil Hoffman joined Mercy in 2012 as vice president, chief information officer providing the technical leadership that creates innovative solutions, exceptional patient experience, operational excellence, competitive advantage and new business opportunities. Gil and his MTS team of 875 technical healthcare professionals support 40,000 co-workers at 35 hospitals, 310 clinics and over 2,000 physicians in four states. Mercy is the 5th largest Catholic healthcare system. Since joining Mercy, Gil has led his team to be the first healthcare provider in the nation to be accredited by Epic to supply their Electronic Medical Record (EMR) services to other healthcare providers allowing MTS to commercialize their technical services. In addition, the MTS analytics team was awarded the ACO Project of the Year establishing Mercy as a leader in healthcare analytics. Mercy was voted Healthcare “Most Wired”, and recognized by ComputerWorld Honors in Emerging Technology. Prior to joining Mercy, Gil spent 39 years with Maritz Holdings, Inc. His career started out of high school where he worked his way from computer operator trainee to SVP chief information officer, simultaneously earning a master’s in computer science from Webster University. His technical work at Maritz with Fortune 100 companies in all industries has provided him valuable experience to transform the healthcare industry. Gil is known throughout the industry as a common-sense leader and hands-on innovator winning InformationWeek’s “Most Innovative Use of IT” 12 times and named by ComputerWorld magazine as one of the top 100 CIOs in the U.S. In January, 2014, Becker’s Hospital Review named Gil one of the nation’s top 100 CIOs to know.

Don Imholz has over 30 years of experience in information technology (IT), the majority at the executive level. He has also worked outside of IT with executive positions in finance, manufacturing, and supplier management among others. Mr. Imholz joined Centene as Chief Information Officer in September 2008. His current responsibilities include managing all aspects of information technology as well as other shared service functions such as claims processing. His focus is on implementing several major strategic information system projects, extending the use of the Internet, and creating industry leading business analytics to support Centene’s rapid growth. The organization has won a number of awards during his tenure. Mr. Imholz is a board member of the Centene Casenet subsidiary, which develops and supports advanced medical management systems. Prior to Centene, Mr. Imholz managed his own consulting company working for clients across a variety of industries. One of his clients was Centene. Before that, Mr. Imholz had a long career in Aerospace, first for McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing, working in a variety of functions and positions. Executive level assignments during his career included managing the McDonnell Douglas Information Services business unit and being Chief Information Officer for all of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. At the time of his Boeing retirement in 2008, Mr. Imholz was responsible for all information system development and support worldwide. Mr. Imholz holds a master’s degree in information systems management and an executive master’s degree in business administration, both from Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri in St. Louis, and has been honored with the UMSL College of Business Administration Distinguished Alumni Award. He has also attended executive training at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Kellogg School at Northwestern University. Mr. Imholz has been active advancing educational initiatives. He has served on the board and is past chairman of the board of directors for the Center for the Application of Information Technology, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Masters of Information Management Program for Washington University. He serves on the Leadership Council for the UMSL Business School and has served on its Information Systems Committee. He taught extensively as part of the adjunct faculty at Webster University and developed its information systems curriculum. Mr. Imholz has also been keynote speaker for many conferences and organizations. Mr. Imholz is also on the board of directors for theFamilyResourceCenter, a non-profit organization providing a broad range of social services in the St. Louis area, and on the Saint Louis Zoo Board. Mr. Imholz is married with four grown daughters, five grandchildren, and enjoys travel, golf and reading.

Chris Isaacson is Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer at BATS Global Markets. A founding employee of BATS in 2005, Mr. Isaacson is responsible for ensuring BATS remains an innovative, world-class leader in technology and his leadership has helped BATS grow quickly. Based at the company’s Kansas City headquarters, he oversees all technology and market operations, including technology strategy, software development and quality, as well as IT infrastructure and security. In his various roles at BATS, Mr. Isaacson has overseen technology and operations, including the trade desk, and, as a developer, was instrumental in the architecture and implementation of the BATS trading platform. He speaks frequently on panels at key industry events. For several years in a row, Mr. Isaacson has been recognized by Institutional Investor in their annual “Trading Technology 40” ranking, most recently placing #8 on their 2014 list. Mr. Isaacson began his career as a software engineer at Cerner Corp., the publicly traded, Kansas City-based healthcare information systems supplier. He was a software developer at Tradebot Systems from 2003 to 2005. He holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems with minors in math and finance from Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Neb., and was a two-time Academic All-America while competing in the decathlon. He also earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, where he currently serves on the Advisory Board at the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management. Mr. Isaacson holds Series 4, 7, 24, 27, 55, 63, and 65 licenses.

As the CIO of Synchrony Financial (formerly GE Capital Retail Finance), Carol Juel is committed to driving the company’s overall information technology strategy and vision, with a continuous focus on payments innovation. Throughout her more than 20 years in information technology, Ms. Juel has leveraged her deep technology and financial services background to develop creative technology solutions to meet the needs of customers and clients. As CIO of GE Capital Retail Finance for the last three years, she has led growth for clients, dealers and providers by developing strong technology partnerships, delivering innovative solutions and driving the company’s digital transformation. During her 10 years with GE, she has held senior leadership roles focused on IT governance, security, business development, digital and marketing. Before joining GE, she spent nearly a decade in technology consulting at Accenture, where she focused on the financial services sector, delivering strategic and complex technology initiatives to drive growth and operational excellence for clients. Ms. Juel earned a bachelor’s degree from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Mr. Gerhard is the CIO of the Related Companies, one of the world’s leading commercial and residential real estate development companies and developers of Hudson Yards, New York’s iconic development project on the West side of Manhattan. Gerhard has spent most of his career in the technology field, both as an entrepreneur in the software industry as well as in CIO roles for global organizations. Having started his first software company in the early nineties, which grew to become a major provider of activity based costing solutions to multiple industry segments, he then joined register.com as Head of Development in 1999, went through a successful IPO and later led internet startups for Goldman Sachs. After the dotcom boom in 2001 Gerhard entered the Corporate IT arena, where he spent the next 10 years in 2 consecutive CIO roles, first for Hines, a large global commercial real estate developer, from 2001 to 2007 followed by the Global CIO role for Australian based Westfield (2007 – 2011), then the World’s largest developer and operator of large regional shopping centers, before returning to the technology sector in 2011. After successfully establishing and growing a highly successful California based custom software engineering company he returned to a corporate CIO role at Related in 2014. Gerhard holds a bachelor degree in finance and computer science as well as an Executive MBA degree from Pace University in New York. He has served as a Board Member of Quest, Oracle’s International User Group, and has been recognized as one of the top 100 CIOs by Computerworld magazine.

Deborah Kerr is the executive vice president and chief product and technology officer at Sabre. In this role, she is responsible for leading the global product and technology organization. Prior to this role, Deborah served as executive vice president and chief product and technology officer at FICO, a leader in predictive analytics and decision management technology. Before FICO, Deborah held senior leadership roles with Hewlett-Packard, Peregrine Systems and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Deborah is a director of the DH Corporation Board, and is a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee and Compensation Committee. She is also a director of the EXL Service Holdings, INC Board. As part of the Sabre Passport to Freedom program, Deborah has participated as part of the Thorn Tech Task force, a non-profit organization committed to defending the children online. Deborah holds a master’s degree in computer science and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

Justin Kershaw leads Cargill’s global IT function, which is responsible for common and consistent processes, data, information and technology across Cargill business units and functions. Mr. Kershaw joined Cargill in 2012 as a food ingredient systems platform information technology leader and business partner. He took the leadership of service operations in 2013 before becoming vice president of global IT services in 2014. He was named CIO in June of 2015. Prior to joining Cargill, Mr. Kershaw worked at Eaton, where he served as vice president of IT for the fluid power group and, in 2009, was named senior vice president and CIO of Eaton’s industrial sector. Previously, he was with W. L. Gore and Associates, the makers of Gore-Tex. Serving in a number of roles including CIO, he led the transformation and optimization of operations through a global modernization of information technology and operational systems. Prior to Gore, he worked for F. Schumacher as director of IT and spent nine years at General Electric’s military and data systems division. Mr. Kershaw holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from La Salle University.

Dan Kieny is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Black & Veatch. Dan leads B&V’s information technology organization that supports a 10,000+ global workforce, delivering world-class solutions and services to clients. Black & Veatch is an employee-owned, global leader in building Critical Human Infrastructure™ in Energy, Water, Telecommunications and Government Services with 2013 revenue of US$3.6 billion. Dan previously served as Vice President and Global Innovation Director for MWH Global, Inc., a large engineering and construction company. Dan was a 2014 recipient of Microsoft’s CXO NEXT 10 Award, designed to recognize eminent enterprise leaders driving change, impact, and results with technology. In 2015 his teams were also named to the InformationWeek Elite 100 list of innovative users of business technology and their drone technologies were also recognized as one of the 20 Great Ideas for 2015 by the editors. Dan has leveraged his experiences in high-growth technology business development, product commercialization and expansion, intellectual property protection and global multi-site operational leadership to successfully implement award winning solutions across the public and private sectors including finance, mining, transportation, manufacturing, and construction industries. Dan is a national keynote presenter on Big Data and Predictive Analytics for the engineering and construction industries. Dan’s experiences include work in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, New Zealand and the United States. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.

Stuart Kippelman is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Platform Specialty Products (PSP), a global, diversified producer of high-tech specialty chemicals and provider of technical services. The business involves the formulation of a broad range of solutions-oriented specialty chemicals, which are sold into multiple industries, including agrochemical, animal health, electronics, graphic arts, plating, and offshore oil production and drilling. Stuart previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Covanta. He leads all aspects of global IT, leveraging innovative technologies to transform the way the business runs and generates revenue. For his transformational work at Covanta, Stuart has received numerous prestigious industry recognitions including Top 100 CIO’s in STEM 2015, Computerworld’s 2014 Premier IT Leader Award and the CIO.com Top 100 Award in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Prior to joining Covanta, Stuart held many leadership and technical roles of increasing responsibility at Johnson & Johnson. He was Corporate Director of Technology M&A and Emerging Market Growth, CIO/CTO of Health & Wellness, Vice President of Global Infrastructure Technology Engineering, and Development, as well as other roles in engineering, architecture, research, portfolio management, deployment and operations.

Stuart is a monthly guest columnist on WSJ, and is a featured blogger on Computerworld.com. He holds multiple patents in data mining, and Business Intelligence. He is actively engaged in helping guide and develop the next generation of IT leadership and serves as a career mentor both for Columbia University’s Executive Master of Science in Technology Management program, as well as the CIO Executive Council Pathways program.

David Kleidermacher is the Chief Security Officer for BlackBerry. David oversees security across all BlackBerry products, including mobile devices, embedded systems, cryptographic and key management solutions, enterprise software, and service offerings, and is responsible for ensuring BlackBerry’s continued leadership position in security. David leads security-specific R&D and industry collaboration, including security-specific partnerships and standards. Most recently, David founded BlackBerry’s Center for High Assurance Computing Excellence (CHACE) and co-founded DTsec, an industry cybersecurity assurance standard and evaluation program for connected medical devices that includes membership from FDA, NIH, DHS, NIST, and a variety of manufacturers and caregivers. David is also heavily involved in security-specific evangelism, business development, and M&A. David is a world-renowned expert with deep experience in operating systems, high assurance software development techniques, mobile device security and the Internet of Things (IoT). David has more than 24 years of product security strategy and engineering experience. Prior to joining BlackBerry, David served as Chief Technology Officer at Green Hills Software, where he was responsible for technology strategy, R&D, technical business development and technical marketing. David led the development team for a secure operating system technology that achieved the world’s only ISO 15408 (Common Criteria) software security certification above Evaluated Assurance Level (EAL) 6. He holds patents in the areas of software development tools, mobile security and IoT technology. David is a frequent speaker at industry events, such as the conference keynote speaker at Embedded World 2014, and a prolific writer on technology subjects, including the most comprehensive book on IoT security: “Embedded Systems Security: Practical Methods for Safe and Secure Software and Systems Development.” David holds a U.S TS/SCI clearance.

Sue Kozik is executive vice president and chief information officer (CIO). She is responsible for Group Health’s IT framework and guiding the IT strategy and technology investments for the organization. She leads the IT programs supporting Health Plan, Care Delivery, Population Health Management, Digital Strategy and Enterprise Analytics and Clinical Informatics. Sue has more than 30 years in information technology experience across a diverse mix of service industries. Most recently, she was senior vice president and CIO at Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. She has also served in executive roles at TIAA-CREF, Lucent Technologies, and CIGNA. She has been recognized by the IT industry with many prestigious awards including the CIO 100 and the HP Innovation Awards. Sue graduated from Bates College and has served as a member of their Board of Trustees for 15 years. She is a member of the Board of Directors for TaaSera and Tech Impact. Sue also serves on the CIO Advisory Boards of Neoris and IDG Ventures.

Suresh Kumar is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for BNY Mellon, where he is leading the Client Technology Solutions organization to become the industry leader in delivering innovative technology solutions that enable our clients and employees to succeed. Mr. Kumar serves on BNY Mellon’s Executive Committee, the organization’s most senior governing body, as well as the company’s Operating Committee. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of iNautix Technologies, a BNY Mellon Company that provides offshore development services. Before assuming his current role, Suresh was Chief Information Officer for BNY Mellon’s Financial Markets & Treasury Services (FM&TS) group and Pershing LLC. Prior to his appointment as CIO for Pershing, he served in that role with CSFBdirect and DLJdirect. As part of the team at DLJdirect, Suresh was instrumental in the company’s success in establishing a global presence in Japan, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Dubai, and pioneering the delivery of online brokerage services via the Prodigy Network, America Online and ultimately the World Wide Web. Suresh is a member of the board of Symphony Communication Services LLC, a secure communication and workflow technology company. He is also a member of the Pace University Advisory Board, and has previously served as a member of the HP FSI Advisory Board and the of the Technology Advisory Committee of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Technology Management Committee of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA). Suresh is also former Chairman of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Technology Advisory Committee. Suresh earned a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology at Madras, a Master of Business Administration degree from the Indian Institute of Management at Ahmedabad and a Master’s degree in Computer Science from the New York Institute of Technology. Suresh was named “CIO of the Year” in 2006 by the New Jersey Technology Council and was named to CIO Insight magazine’s annual list of “Top 100 CIOs” in 2007. Most recently, Suresh was named to Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders” for 2012.

Along with defining and executing Tech Mahindra’s Technology Solutions, Atul drives strategic initiatives that enable clients to transform their Business models leveraging technology advances – his current focus is Cyber-Security, Enterprise Business Solutions (EBS), and Healthcare Life Sciences opportunities. Atul completed his B.Engg. (1984) and MBA (1986) from Delhi University (India). In a career spanning 29 years, Atul has held CEO/CXO roles across multiple sectors including Technology, IT/BPO and Private Equity. His leadership and insights on transformation, have earned him a reputation for turning around businesses and building global, diverse, high-performing teams. He is a “Business Adventurer” – always looking for the next challenge and the associated “high”. Prior to joining Tech Mahindra, Atul’s assignments have included raising a small cap focused PE fund (Ambit Pragma, 6 investments), turning around Mahindra Satyam (President, Global Business), growing Aditya Birla BPO into an industry leader through the acquisition of Toronto listed Minacs, and leading global organizations at eFunds, Syntel, and HCL. As CEO of Mantra Online, he was credited with ending the Indian Government’s Internet monopoly in 2000. Atul is passionate about emerging technologies and enjoys mentoring entrepreneurs and start-ups. He co-chairs NASSCOM’s Task Force on Cyber Security. Till recently, he was actively involved with the Oditi foundation that focuses on skill development and employment opportunities for the under privileged. Atul currently resides in India with his wife, Jyotsna, and well-travelled Golden Retriever, Kaizer. An adventure lover and sports enthusiast, Atul spends his spare time skydiving, mountain biking and river rafting with his family. He is always game to get into a car and drive to explore – any place in the world.

Chad Lindbloom was named chief information officer in January 2015 following a 15-year period as chief financial officer in 1999. From June 1998 until December 1999, Chad served as corporate controller and joined the company in 1990. Chad holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Masters of Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

Manish Kapoor is senior vice president of Information Systems at NuStar Energy, L.P. He is responsible for providing Technology Infrastructure, Automation Technologies, Business Application Technologies, and Business Process Reengineering, as well as other activities. Manish believes in streamlining the business process before providing a technology solution, and sees technology as an enabler and not a solution. He also believes the ability of a leader lies in the collective strength of his team. Manish joined NuStar Energy from Valero Energy. Before Valero, he was with IBM/PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked with several Fortune 100 companies including International Paper, Bristol Myers Squib, United Technologies, Schering Plough, Publix, etc. Manish also serves on the boards of the YMCA of Greater San Antonio and the Alamo Asian Chamber of Commerce.

Meg McCarthy is Executive Vice President, Operations and Technology. She is responsible for clinical innovation, technology and service operations. Meg also has responsibility for process and performance improvement, procurement and real estate services for Aetna, Inc. Ms. McCarthy served as Vice President and Head of Business Solutions Delivery at Aetna, which brought together all IT project management, development, quality engineering and IT-related business-process reengineering functions, necessary to create, develop and deliver end-to-end business solutions. She also has served as Aetna’s CIO. Prior to joining Aetna in 2003, Ms. McCarthy was Senior Vice President of Information Technology at CIGNA Healthcare in Bloomfield, CT. She has 30 years of information systems and health care operations experience, with strengths in hospital, insurance and managed care business and systems. Her operations and consulting experience includes cost management, mergers, productivity management, care management, clinical work redesign, financial management, and information systems design and implementation. Ms. McCarthy has also worked in the hospital industry in CIO positions at Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver, CO, one of the largest Catholic Systems in the country and at Franciscan Health System. She was a consulting partner at Ernst & Young in the IT and Performance Improvement practice and also was with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) as a Senior Manager. Ms. McCarthy has been recognized as one of Insurance & Technology Magazine’s “Elite 8” and Computerworld’s Top 100 leaders. Ms. McCarthy has a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree, Hospital Administration, from Yale University, and a B.A. in Philosophy, Magna Cum Laude, from Providence College. Her professional affiliations include Yale University Hospital Administration Alumni Association and Yale University Delaware and Massachusetts Alumni Associations. Ms. McCarthy’s military experience includes U.S. Navy Medical Services Corps; Lieutenant at Bethesda Naval Hospital; and U.S. Navy Reserves, Lieutenant.

Kathleen McElligott, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, manages Emerson’s information technology strategy for the company’s global operations, including hardware, software, and services, as well as its telecommunications and data center infrastructure. She has held these responsibilities since February 2010. McElligott arrived at Emerson in 2000 as Vice President of Information Technology for Emerson Power Transmission. In 2003, she was promoted to Vice President of Information Technology for Emerson Industrial Automation, a title she held until her promotion to her current position for Emerson. Prior to joining Emerson, McElligott spent 22 years with General Electric, holding multiple information systems leadership roles, ultimately becoming CIO of supply chain for GE Aircraft Engines. McElligott is a member of the St. Louis CIO Board, Washington University’s Master in Information Management Industry Advisory Council and serves as an honorary advisor to the St. Louis Gateway to Innovation conference. McElligott also holds the Board President position for Connections to Success, a non-profit organization which inspires individuals to achieve economic independence and well-being. McElligott, who has been recognized as one of the “Most Influential Business Women” by the St. Louis Business Journal, was recently named to the Fontbonne University Board of Trustees. McElligott received a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Kent State University and a Master’s Degree in Business Management from Xavier University.

James McGlennon is EVP & CIO for Liberty Mutual Insurance, responsible for all aspects of Information Technology, including the applications and infrastructure on which Liberty’s strategic business units process $37 billion in revenue annually. He leads a global technology team of more than 4,000. Prior to being named CIO for Liberty Mutual in 2008, James was CIO for the Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, where he directed highly successful technology integrations for the acquisitions of Ohio Casualty Group and Safeco Insurance. Before joining Liberty in 2007, he spent seven years with BellSouth Corporation in Atlanta, where he led technology architecture and software development for the enterprise, and before that served as VP & CIO for BellSouth Customer Markets. He has also held senior IT roles at Fleet Financial and Computer Sciences Corporation; James began his career with Digital Equipment Corporation, where he worked in the US and Europe. James holds both Bachelor and Master of Engineering degrees from the National University of Ireland, and has completed Harvard University’s Advanced Management Program. He currently serves as a member of the board of the Museum of Science in Boston.

Kelvin McGrath is the CIO of Asciano Limited, Australia’s leading transport infrastructure company. He also serves as chairman of 1-Stop Connections and is the founder of MeetingQuality. From 2001 until he joined Asciano in 2010, Mr McGrath was the CIO of international building and construction materials group Boral Limited. Previously, he held a number of executive and senior positions in the IT industry in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Mr. McGrath holds a degree in electrical engineering and an M.B.A.

Paul Meller is Chief Technology Officer for Dow Jones. In this role, he oversees global technologies, optimizing efficiencies and facilitating product innovation. Prior to joining Dow Jones, Paul led the Google Cloud Platform business for the Eastern United States, focusing on launching their cloud computing and “big data” services into the market. He worked with some of the largest financial services and media organizations in the world to create industry-specific solutions using core Google data processing and analytics technologies. Paul has been developing software for over 15 years, working in various engineering, consulting, management and product development roles.

Vincent Melvin is senior vice president and CIO of Arrow Electronics, Inc., with responsibility for managing the company’s global information technology systems and services. Mr. Melvin has led transformational projects across Arrow’s global business. His team is responsible for all of Arrow’s global IT operations, development and support functions and participates actively with internal and external customers and suppliers. He is focused on delivering differentiated value and capability across Arrow’s complete range of electronics and technology lifecycle services. Prior to joining Arrow in 2006, Mr. Melvin was executive vice president and CIO of Sanmina-SCI, Inc., a leading electronics manufacturing services provider. He started his career with IBM, where he held a number of leadership and technical roles in information technology, supply chain logistics and sales. Mr. Melvin holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Trinity College and a master’s degree in industrial administration from Carnegie Mellon University. He is an active leader in the Colorado IT community and serves on the board of the Colorado Technology Association.

Rich Mendola, Ph.D., MBA, is the Enterprise Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice Provost for Library Services and Digital Scholarship for Emory University. When Rich arrived at Emory in 2005, his charge was to create more synergy and innovation across all of the academic and healthcare information technology (IT) functions that existed at Emory. Rich and his leadership consolidated the major University IT functions and created new research IT, information security and information architecture units. Working with the major divisions and schools within Emory, duplicative commodity IT services were reduced or eliminated, freeing up capacity for more innovation and mission-driven activities. Rich and his leadership team also worked to better leverage the University and Healthcare IT partnership. The academic and clinical areas at Emory share common networks, voice systems, data centers, storage platforms, email and communication systems and information security functions. Across the two domains, the data management groups work closely to leverage clinical data for research and to promote discovery in Emory’s clinical trials. Efforts remain underway to create additional common enterprise services. In 2013, Rich was asked to broaden the scope of his leadership to include the Emory libraries. As part of that organizational change, a new Emory Center for Digital Scholarship (ECDS) was also created. With new leadership now in place for the both the libraries and ECDS, the combined organization is poised to fully embrace a more digital future while building on Emory’s libraries many existing strengths. Other current priorities include leveraging cloud and mobile technologies; introducing more data analytics across the enterprise, and helping the institution address new demands for online learning. Prior to assuming his current position, Rich spent ten years at the University of Illinois, first as CIO of the UIC Medical Center, and then as Associate VP of Administrative IT for the University of Illinois three-campus system, a role in which he was the executive responsible for the successful implementation of a single ERP system across the entire University of Illinois system. In addition to his administrative roles, Rich has served as a faculty member in the health sciences at the University of Illinois and the University of Connecticut.

Ross Meyercord, who was named CIO in July of 2012, is responsible for all internal applications, infrastructure and associated services at Salesforce.com. Salesforce IT continues to push the envelope on extending enterprise applications to the cloud, leveraging its own Force.com platform as well as third-party providers. Mr. Meyercord is focused on building the architecture, processes and organization to support a $10 billion startup. Prior to Salesforce, he spent 22 years at Accenture in a variety of IT delivery and leadership roles for high technology clients. While at Accenture, he was the Accenture partner at Cisco responsible for a large portfolio of IT programs and application support and led major multi-year transformation programs at EMC Corporation and Sun Microsystems. Mr. Meyercord holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California. He started his career as an intern at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View while in high school.

Todd Miner joined Yelp in 2013 to oversee all IT and corporate systems. As vice president of corporate infrastructure, Mr. Miner ensures that Yelp’s internal systems and processes continue to scale globally. Prior to joining Yelp, he spent four years at Facebook, where he led sales and marketing IT as well as developer support engineering. Previously, he worked as a director at both eBay and PayPal. He began his career consulting with several high-tech companies at Accenture. Mr. Miner holds a B.A. in computer science and French from the University of California, Berkeley.

Kumar Mishra is the vice president of architecture and IT operations at The Nielsen Company, a global information and measurement company with 40,000 employees worldwide. Mr. Mishra provides leadership for the development of an innovative, robust and secure IT environment and oversees the day-to-day IT operations and strategic initiatives of Nielsen’s corporate platform. Prior to joining Nielsen, he held an IT leadership position at Olam International. Mr. Mishra has over 25 years of experience with several industry-leading organizations, where he has played major roles in planning, directing and implementing technology solutions to support global business operations. Mr. Mishra holds a master’s degree in mathematics and computer administration from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and an M.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.

Berni Mobley, senior vice president of information technology at SAS, is passionate about driving enterprise architecture strategy and enabling efficiencies through business technology. Ms. Mobley fills a strategic role of global IT lead, responsible for driving the transformation of enterprise systems and data globally through standardization and consolidation. She has held IT leadership roles at SAS for the past 13 years. She leads a global team of over 300 employees responsible for the development, delivery and support of SAS’ core business systems and enterprise data analytics. She is accountable for IT enterprise portfolio management and management of the global technology budget for SAS. In 2013, Ms. Mobley was selected as one of Computerworld‘s Premier 100 IT Leaders. Before joining SAS, Ms. Mobley held progressively responsible positions in IT, focused on the management and delivery of enterprise business solutions in industries such as banking, pharmaceuticals, insurance and application hosting. Throughout her 38 years in IT, she has gained extensive experience partnering with the business in product development, marketing, consulting and IT.

Luke Moranda is senior vice president and CIO at OCC. Mr. Moranda directs OCC’s technology vision and strategy, and leads the transformation of world-class systems and services to meet the needs of OCC clearing members. Mr. Moranda joined OCC in March of 2015 from JPMorgan Chase, where he was managing director of clearing technology and global payments technology, supporting the treasury services business. His responsibilities included leading the technology effort for global payment strategy, processing the movement of up to $5 trillion per day in real-time wires and supporting the global movement of up to $10 trillion per day in U.S. and U.S. dollar equivalents. He managed a 450-person global technology organization responsible for supporting JPMorgan Chase’s market-leading U.S. dollar wire business, along with global payment support functions including FX, investigations, fund control, and case management for sanctions screening. Earlier in his career, he was an application manager and senior project manager with Heller Financial Capital and a senior consultant with Accenture. Mr. Moranda received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Bradley University and holds an M.B.A. from the Keller School of Business at Indiana University.

Anne Mullins is Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Lockheed Martin—a global security, aerospace and Information Technology (IT) company which employs 126,000 people worldwide. She is responsible for leading the integrated IT strategy for the corporation’s five business areas. In addition to her role as CIO, Anne is also the Vice President of Lockheed Martin’s Enterprise Business Services division. Anne leads a team of 4,500 professionals located around the globe who support critical business operations including IT products and services; cyber security; Energy, Environment, Safety and Health operations; and Financial Services. Prior to taking this post, Anne served in several executive leadership roles at Lockheed Martin including Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Vice President of Global Solutions for the corporation’s information systems business. Anne holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University.

As Senior Vice President of IT for CVS/caremark, the Pharmacy Benefit Manager for CVS Health, Pushpendu Pal is responsible for all PBM applications. Pal’s previous role as the Chief Technology Officer for Global Technology Operations at Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt) included data center and infrastructure operations. Pal also served as VP/CTO of Anthem (Blue Cross Blue Shield for 14 states). His other roles there included Enterprise Application Development Officer for National and Specialty Business, and Application Development Officer for Enterprise Information Management and Enterprise Corporate Systems. Prior to this, Pal served as CIO of Bank One Financial Services, the consumer financial division of Bank One (Chase). Pal has served on the board of nPower Indiana, a nonprofit organization focused on providing technology services to small and nonprofit organizations. He also served on the advisory board for BDPA, the largest professional technology organization in the U.S. focused on development of minorities. Pal holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Institute of Technology in India and an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management in Chicago.

Mike is the Corporate Vice President of Information Technology for Illinois Tool Works. He has been with ITW since November 2007, prior to joining ITW Mike held various technical and leadership roles in various businesses during his 21 year career with Honeywell, including roles in Service, Sales Support, Field Operations and Information Technology organizations. Mike has a Masters Degree in Communication Systems Strategy and Management from Northwestern University in Evanston IL, and a Bachelors Degree in Telecommunications Management from Roosevelt University in Chicago. Mike was recognized by Computerworld as a “2006 Premier 100 IT Leader”. Mike currently resides in a suburb of Chicago with his wife and 3 children.

An experienced and accomplished leader with over 25 years of global experience in information technology, supply chain, life sciences and the medical device industry, Edwina Payne has served as vice president and CIO at Zimmer Biomet since 2012. As CIO, she has led the transformation of Zimmer Biomet’s IT organization, creating a global organization focused on delivering competitive advantage for the company. Ms. Payne began her corporate career at Kellogg Company, where she held leadership assignments in Brazil and Mexico, and Johnson & Johnson, where she served as a worldwide vice president and program manager of a global manufacturing deployment of SAP for Johnson & Johnson’s medical devices and diagnostics sector. She joined Zimmer Biomet in 2010. Ms. Payne holds a B.S. in computer technology from Purdue University, which she serves as a member of the industrial advisory board of the School of Computer Technology and the dean’s council of the College of Technology. She also serves on the SAP life sciences advisory committee’s steering committee. In 2012, she was named as one of CIO Magazine’s top 100 CIOs.

Brown University CIO Dr. Ravi Pendse is also a professor of practice in computer science and engineering and a Brown University Cisco fellow. Dr. Pendse’s research interests are in the areas of Internet of Things, Internet security, mobility and ad hoc sensor networks. He serves as co-chair of the university’s deficit reduction group and as chair of the campus data group. He also has great interest in entrepreneurship and assists Brown students in various entrepreneurial initiatives in the technology space. Dr. Pendse holds a B.S. in electronics and communication engineering from Osmania University in India. He earned an M.S. and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Wichita State University, where he began his academic career as an assistant professor and the director of the Cisco lab in 1994. He later became a full professor and the director of the Advanced Networking Research Center and also served as the university’s vice president for information technology. Dr. Pendse’s research programs have attracted nearly $22 million in support, and he has published more than 140 papers at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals. He is a senior member of IEEE.

Brad Peterson currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Nasdaq. He previously served as CIO and EVP for Schwab Technology Services (STS), responsible for Schwab’s technology innovation, development, infrastructure and operations. In addition to leading Schwab’s technology enterprise, Peterson also had responsibility for Project Services (which covered the planning, coordination and financial management of all company-wide projects) and Offshore Services (leveraging third-party offshore capabilities whenever appropriate). Peterson also served as CIO at eBay for five years. Prior to eBay, Peterson was the Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Epoch Securities after its merger with Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. He has also held senior executive positions at companies including Epoch Partners, Schwab, Pacific Bell Wireless and Pacific Telesis (now part of AT&T). He earned his master’s degree in management at MIT Sloan School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in systems science and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Steve Phillips is senior vice president and chief information officer for Avnet, Inc., reporting to Avnet CEO Rick Hamada. He is a member of the Avnet Executive Board and a corporate officer. Mr. Phillips came to Avnet with the 2005 acquisition of Memec, where he served as senior vice president and chief information officer since 2004. Prior to joining Memec, Mr. Phillips was senior vice president and chief information officer for Gateway Inc. He was previously the IT leader for Diageo’s European foods business. Early in his career, he served in a number of engineering and operations leadership roles at Thorn EMI. Under Mr. Phillips’ leadership, Avnet has been recognized with multiple IT awards, including CIO 100, InfoWorld Green 15 and InformationWeek Elite 100. In 2015, Mr. Phillips was inducted into CIO magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, a lifetime achievement that honors IT executives and visionaries whose leadership has significantly impacted the field of IT. Additionally, he received an HMG Strategy Transformational CIO Leadership Award in 2012 and was named a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader in 2011. Mr. Phillips is chairman of the board at Wick Communications, a news and specialty publications company. From 2008 through 2011, he served as chairman of the board of the Arizona Technology Council, a trade association that represents Arizona’s technology industry. Mr. Phillips holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from Essex University and a post-graduate Diploma in Management Studies from the University of West London. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

With more than three decades of technology experience, Scott Pittman currently serves as interim CIO of Dell, setting the vision and strategic direction of the organization while delivering innovative business and technology solutions for both Dell customers and team members. Prior to taking on the role of interim CIO, Scott served as vice president of infrastructure services at Dell, leading a global team of 3,000 IT professionals providing best in class infrastructure services in the areas of architecture, engineering, network/telecom, test, operations and end user services across Dell’s 170 global locations. Throughout his career, he has delivered the innovative solutions that empower Dell’s work force of 100,000 team members. Before joining Dell, he served as vice president of IT infrastructure and operations at Best Buy, group vice president of IT shared services at Wyndham Worldwide and vice president of network services at Bell South Enterprises. For a decade during his career, Mr. Pittman served and lived internationally in leadership roles in Australia, China, Germany, Chile and India.

Larry Quinlan is a principal at Deloitte LLP. He serves as Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) and sits on Deloitte’s U.S. Executive and Global Operating Committees. As CIO, Quinlan chairs the Global CIO Council and has responsibility for all facets of technology including strategy, applications, infrastructure, support, and execution. Quinlan spends significant time working with major clients discussing technology strategy, trends, and leadership. He has been with Deloitte since 1988 and has served in a variety of leadership roles including National Managing Principal for Process Excellence, leading the enterprise-wide effort to increase margins and effectiveness using the Lean Six Sigma methodology. Quinlan holds an MBA from Baruch College, City University of New York and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of the West Indies. He has been widely quoted in major publications including Forbes, The Wall Street Journal and InformationWeek and has spoken at major industry events. Additionally, he has been honored by institutions and publications including STEMconnector’s 100 Diverse Corporate Leaders in STEM, the Nashville Business Journal (2014 CIO Award), American Foundation for the University of The West Indies (Vice Chancellor’s Award), CARAH (Outstanding Corporate Contribution to Corporate America), and CIO Magazine (2012 CIO 100 Award). Quinlan serves on the boards of NPower, the Executive Leadership Foundation, and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NY).

Matthew Ray is president of HM Health Solutions. Since being named president in 2014, Mr. Ray has led HM Health Solutions in its mission to power the future of healthcare. He is a 25-year veteran of the healthcare industry. Prior to the launch of HM Health Solutions, he spent two years at Highmark Inc. as executive vice president and CIO and 22 years at Accenture, where he served in a roles including managing director of the firm’s North American health payer and health provider practices. Mr. Ray is a graduate of Boston College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance. He has been elected to the Pittsburgh Technology Council board of directors and was appointed by the governor of Pennsylvania to the Office of Administration/Office for Information Technology CIO Roundtable. He also serves on the boards of the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera and the Pittsburgh Symphony.

Craig Richardville is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS). Craig arrived at CHS in 1997 and has primary corporate responsibilities for information services, clinical engineering and transcription services. Prior to coming to Carolinas HealthCare System, Craig was with ProMedica Health System in Toledo, Ohio for 12 years, where he held several positions including Corporate Director of Information Services and Vice President & Administrative Director for Vanguard Health Ventures, ProMedica Physician Group. Craig started his career with a Fortune 50 company prior to his healthcare career in 1986. Craig is a Fellow member of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (FHIMSS); a Fellow member of the American College of HealthCare Executives (FACHE); a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME); and the Health Management Academy (HMA). Craig is the board chair for UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics; board chair for CareConnect Carolinas; board member for Healthy@Home, LLC; and board member for Carolinas Shared Services.

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Stuart Sackman leads ADP’s Global Product and Technology (GPT) organization, overseeing both client-facing product development and internal technology (CIO/CTO) operations. Stuart ensures that the GPT team’s work aligns with ADP’s overall technology efforts and our strategic goal of becoming the world’s leading provider of Human Capital Management solutions. Stuart joined ADP in 1992, and during his tenure has held positions with broad-ranging responsibilities across several ADP business units. In Stuart’s previous role as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Multinational Corporations (MNC) Services, which includes the ADP GlobalView and ADP Streamline businesses, he had direct P&L responsibility for ADP’s largest, most complicated global clients. He also played a leadership role in developing the organization’s product and marketing strategies. Prior to heading up MNC, Stuart was the Division Vice President and General Manager of National Account Services’ East National Service Center, which provides payroll and HR services to 700+ large employers headquartered in the northeast U.S. Prior to that, he was the Senior Vice President of Product Strategy for ADP Employer Services at a time when ADP was expanding internationally very rapidly. He also served as the Division Vice President and General Manager of eBusiness for ADP’s Major Account Services division, where he was responsible for P&L and the next generation “eXpert” suite of on-line payroll, HR and benefits solutions. Stuart started his ADP career in business development, where he identified the market opportunity and wrote the business case for entering the Time and Labor Management (TLM) business. During his tenure as DVP and GM of TLM he successfully acquired and integrated several businesses and expanded the product line to include solutions for small, mid-size and national account employers in the U.S. and in selected markets outside of the U.S.

Trevor Schulze is the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology at Micron Technology, Inc., where he is responsible for providing strategic leadership to Micron’s global IT team in delivering a comprehensive portfolio of business-aligned, leading-edge technology services and solutions. Prior to joining Micron in July 2015, Schulze served as Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Applications at Broadcom Corporation, where he oversaw direction and management of enterprise-wide IT systems supporting core business processes. At Broadcom, Schulze successfully spearheaded a multi-year, $280M business transformation of all G&A systems, cut IT development times and costs through a new mobile services framework and transition to DevOps methodology, and established a nearshore/offshore software development and support capability. Schulze joined Broadcom after four years as Corporate Vice President of Enterprise Applications and Global Infrastructure Services at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), where he established an IT organization focused on the development of innovative, cost-effective technology solutions that measurably improved global operations and product development. At AMD, Schulze led the successful rollout of numerous leading-edge applications and services, including an enterprise-wide SAP platform, an industry-first Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering for .NET development, a pioneering social business solution to foster collaboration and knowledge management worldwide, a private cloud for high-performance compute (HPC), and a global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) offering. Schulze spent the bulk of his professional career at Cisco Systems, occupying a number of strategic roles in which he drove global development and operational innovations that optimized the way the company designed, collaborated and produced products. In addition, he managed the engineering efforts of six platforms across multiple business units, ultimately generating billions of dollars in revenue. Schulze holds a number of patents in the area of core networking, and the products he helped design have won more than 15 ‘best product’ awards from industry organizations and publications. In 2012, he was recognized with CIO Magazine’s prestigious ‘Ones to Watch’ award.

Diane Schwarz is the vice president and chief information officer for Textron, Inc. Her responsibilities include leadership of the business units’ chief information officers and directing the day-to-day activities of Textron corporate information services. She chairs Textron’s Information Management Council and oversees Textron’s information technology supplier and outsourcing relationships. In her previous position, Schwarz was VP & CIO of Textron Systems where she consolidated the business unit’s technology footprint and enhanced the customer service provided by the information services function. She joined Textron in 2007 as the director of information technology services and support for Bell Helicopter. In the five years that followed, her responsibilities at Bell Helicopter broadened into areas encompassing business application technologies, contract management and special projects focused on modernizing enterprise technology systems. Prior to joining Textron, Schwarz was VP of information services at Sonitrol and held other technology leadership positions at Honeywell, Ultrak and Steelcase. She holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Wayne joined Sysco in October 2012, after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for SUPERVALU. Prior to that, he was with Cadbury Schweppes, first serving as Senior Vice President-Information Technology and then becoming CIO in 2008. He began his career in 1981 as a management trainee at Nabisco, where he stayed for 20 years, progressing through a series of roles with increasing responsibility, including Vice President-Sales Operations, Vice President-North American Supply Chain Process and Vice President-e-Business. He left Nabisco to become president of the Principles Group, a consulting firm, where he assisted companies such as IBM, Avaya, and Johnson & Johnson with technology-enabled business transformation strategies.

Mark Sims is CIO and Vice President, Business Transformation at The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company, the world’s largest marketer of branded consumer products for lawn and garden care. In this role, Mr. Sims leads the business transformation organization that includes the information technology and global business process teams. He is responsible for overseeing the team that manages the company’s existing systems as well as develops new solutions for the business. Mr. Sims began his career with Scotts Miracle-Gro in 2007 and has held various roles in strategy, M&A, enterprise risk management and process improvement. Prior to joining Scotts Miracle-Gro, he spent 15 years in management consulting, developing and implementing solutions that couple process transformation with technology to drive growth and productivity for organizations in industries including consumer products, retail and manufacturing. Mr. Sims holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial and operations engineering from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Cleveland State University. He also completed the advanced management program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sukhvinder Singh is the senior vice president of IT at Host Hotels & Resorts. Mr. Singh is responsible for defining the corporate position regarding the resources and investments made in all application systems and technology infrastructure and ensuring alignment of technology investments to the business. In addition, he works collaboratively with Host’s asset management team, property general managers and hotel brands to evaluate new hotel technologies and business applications. Mr. Singh joined Host in 2003 as a director of business applications responsible for leading and managing development efforts for Host’s key business applications, including PeopleSoft financials and human resources and the Cognos business intelligence suite. Before joining Host, he was a technology and management consultant for various firms, including IBM Global Services. Mr. Singh holds a master’s degree in computer science and industrial engineering from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge and a B.E. in industrial engineering from the Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi, India. He is a member of Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals.

Joseph Spagnoletti was appointed Campbell’s Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer in August 2008. He leads the company’s global information technology function, providing IT strategy to help Campbell meet its business goals. Joe reports to Craig Owens, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Since he joined Campbell in 1997 as Director-IT, Foodservice, Joe has held positions of increasing responsibility in global sales and marketing, supply chain, and research and development. Most recently, he was Vice President-IT for Campbell North America, where he successfully led several key projects, including the implementation of a trade management system and oversight of North American SAP implementations. Previously, Joe spent seven years as an Information Technology Director with medical technology company Becton Dickinson, responsible for the medical device and acute care businesses. He began his career developing and implementing financial systems for a New York City software development firm. Joe earned his B.S. degree in computer science and mathematics from Albright College in Reading, Pa. He serves on the Cooper Health System’s Audit/Ethics Committee; the Global Management Board of GS1, a non-profit organization that supports global supply chain standards; the Temple University Fox School of Business Advisory Board; and the Board of Governors of the Academy of Food Marketing at St. Joseph’s University. In 2004, Joe was recognized with Campbell’s Influence With Honor leadership award, and in 2011 he received the Temple University Fox School of Business IT Leader of the Year award. Under Joe’s direction, Campbell has been honored with industry awards including the 2010 Computerworld Top 100 Places to Work in IT recognition and the 2010 SAP Education Best Practices award.

Scott Spradley is Senior Vice President and the Chief Information Officer for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Most recently Scott was the IT leader responsible for driving HP’s IT Separation in what has become known as the world’s largest, most complex, and fastest business separation in history as well as a showcase for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Prior to that he was the CIO for HP’s Global Functions where he established and successfully drove transformation across a wide array of the company’s critical functions as well as HP Financial Services. Prior to joining HP, Scott spent over 20 years in a variety of leadership roles at Chevron and Intel Corporation. At Chevron, he was originally chartered with developing a strategic long-range plan spanning 20 years to ensure Chevron’s competitive advantage and was promoted to General Manager. Scott then took over leadership for Chevron’s Regional Shared Services organization. At Intel Corporation, Scott spent time honing his leadership skills across a wide array of roles ranging from Information Technology to Product Development to Human Resources. He held regional and worldwide roles, managed two expatriate assignments in Singapore and China, as well as relocated to San Diego to start Intel’s famous wireless chipset operation. In his time at Intel, Scott received several awards, including the Intel Quality Award, the IT Quality Award, and various other leadership awards. With a degree in Political Science from San Diego State University, Scott’s first professional role after college was working for a United States Senator. He and his family reside in Granite Bay, California.

Adam Stanley is Global CIO of Cushman & Wakefield, a leading global real estate services firms that helps clients transform the way people work, shop and live. He provides strategic and operational direction for the firm’s client facing and colleague technology systems and infrastructure across all global business lines. Drawing on his more than 20 years of industry experience and as an integral member of the global executive team, Adam is a change agent with proven success driving growth, performance, talent retention and innovation. Under Adam’s leadership, DTZ (prior to merger with Cushman & Wakefield) was named to the CIO100 for 2015 by CIO Magazine. Adam has also been honored as a Premier 100 Leader, one of Chicago’s Tech 50, Huffington Post’s Most Social CIOs, and the InfoWorld CTO 25. Prior to joining the firm, Adam served as Technology and Security Services Director for Aviva PLC, a FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 insurer and asset manager and the world’s sixth largest insurer. Adam’s numerous global and U.S. leadership roles have also included serving as the Global Chief Technology Officer of Aon, a global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage. He is deeply involved in the civic and charitable community and in addition to Board roles provides pro-bono technology, operations and organizational strategy advisory services to non-profit organizations.

Tony Stoupas is the Chief Information Officer of Moody’s, responsible for all aspects of the company’s global technology strategy and operations. Since joining Moody’s in early 2010, he has been driving a transformation effort to dramatically improve IT’s ability to deliver business value while building a more robust and reliable infrastructure. At the same time, and in conjunction with key business stakeholders, he has spear headed an effort to jointly develop and now implement a broad 5 year Business and IT Roadmap. Prior to joining Moody’s, Tony was a Managing Director at UBS, where he supervised IT organizations supporting the Global Payments Infrastructure and Global Head of Production- Enterprise and Shared Services IT. Previously, he held leadership roles with Mellon Financial Corporation, including Chief Technology Officer for Human Resources and Investor Relations. Tony also held senior positions at Computer Sciences Corporation in New York and Australia. He began his career at IBM Australia. Tony is an international IT executive with over thirty years of experience in service delivery, outsourcing and operations with a proven record of delivering large scale business and organizational change. Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from Monash University in Australia.

Brad is the CIO of PayPal. With over 25 years of professional experience, Brad is a seasoned technology executive and has held numerous senior executive positions at Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, First USA/Bank One, and Hillenbrand Industries. Brad has proven results in driving transformation and creating business value from solutions that impact the bottom line. At PayPal, Brad has held several roles, including Vice President of the PayPal Global Operations Technology Team. Brad has extensive experience in leading large, global teams to excel in delivering innovation and value while creating structure and process for scale. Brad has a deep expertise in product development, IT, operations, and strategy and holds 2 patents. As CIO of PayPal, he leads a global technology team enabling PayPal employees to change how the world uses money.

Luis E. Taveras, Ph.D. is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Hartford HealthCare (HHC). Hartford HealthCare is the premiere health care network in Connecticut with 15,000 employees and $2 billion in net revenue. HHC includes Hartford Hospital; The Hospital of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Center; Windham Hospital; The Institute of Living psychiatric center; VNA HealthCare; Clinical Laboratory Partners with more than 80 locations statewide; Hartford Medical Group; the Doctors of Central Connecticut; MidState Medical Group; Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, which includes five assisted-living and skilled-nursing facilities; Eastern Rehabilitation Network; and two regional behavioral health centers, Rushford and Natchaug Hospital. Prior to moving to his Hartford HealthCare role in 2009, Dr. Taveras served as the program manager for creating an internal information technology organization for The Hospital of Central Connecticut, guiding the hospital’s transition from a fully outsourced environment to an in-house model. From 2007 to 2009, Dr. Taveras was a partner with the Accenture Outsourcing Growth Platform. As a select member of the Outsourcing Multi-Tower sales team, he was responsible for leading the global pursuit of outsourcing opportunities exceeding $500 million in contract value. From 2003 to 2007, he managed Accenture’s Products North American Practice with responsibility for outsourcing delivery within the Accenture practice covering the health care, consumer and industrial business segments in North America. He was responsible for managing more than 900 North America-based employees and more than 6,000 support staff globally. He retired from Accenture in August 2009. Before joining Accenture, Dr. Taveras was acting Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President for St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of N.Y., a $1.5 billion integrated delivery system consisting of eight hospitals as well as nursing homes, primary care clinics and behavioral health facilities. Prior to that role, he was a senior partner and vice president responsible for Computer Sciences Corporation’s East Coast health care practice and a member of KPMG Consulting’s health care technology practice. Prior to that, he held a number of leadership positions with IBM’s health care and higher education practices. Dr. Taveras earned his Ph.D. at the University of Sarasota, his MBA from Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science from Wesleyan University. Dr. Taveras serves as Vice Chairman of the William G. Forbeck Cancer Research Foundation and is a member of the Board of Directors for the United Way of Northeastern Connecticut. He formerly served as president of the Ortley Beach Voters and Taxpayers Association.

Denise Taylor joined Westfield in 2015. In her role as Westfield’s global CIO, Ms. Taylor is responsible for leading the company’s next-generation technology strategy to produce solutions that strengthen business partnerships with retailers and tenants, enhance the consumer experience and enable Westfield Shopping Centers to be the premier shopping, dining and entertainment destination. Her focus on innovative solutions and seamless integration of new technologies that create customizable experiences will ensure the transformation of the flagship, iconic Westfield Shopping Centers around the globe into state-of-the-art, next-generation centers that connect the physical and digital experience for consumers, retailers and brands. Ms. Taylor holds an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University. Her career of more than 20 years includes leading global technology groups and information technology divisions at AEG, NBC Universal, Universal Studios and Universal Music Group.

Atticus Tysen is an Intuit senior vice president and chief information officer, responsible for the applications supporting the company’s human resources, finance, marketing and sales and support organizations. Before being promoted to his current role in 2013, Tysen was vice president of product development for Intuit’s Financial Management Solutions group, leading product development efforts for the company’s Small Business group. Since joining Intuit in 2002, he has also served as director of new technology and led the company’s patent program, building a process to protect the company’s intellectual property. Previously, Tysen was vice president of engineering at Aveo, Inc. where he set overall technical direction and led several groups to build and deliver proactive tech support and messaging systems for personal computer manufacturers such as Dell and Gateway. Prior to Aveo, he worked as a software engineering manager at OCTel and Apple Computer. Tysen earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.

Sankara “Vishi” Viswanathan is senior vice president and CIO for Day & Zimmermann. Mr. Viswanathan has over 20 years of experience in providing innovative technology solutions and strategies, managing offshore teams and building talent in IT. He has been with Day & Zimmermann for more than a decade. During that time, he has held a series of progressively responsible positions within the IT department and served as manager, director, and vice president before being named CIO. Most notably, he has played an integral role in Day & Zimmermann’s enterprise-wide implementation of the SAP enterprise resource planning system. Prior to joining Day & Zimmermann, he held positions at Intelligroup, Inc., SYSTIME and Congruent. Mr. Viswanathan holds a B.S. in mathematics from the University of Madras and an M.B.A from Villanova University.

Mr. Wardrip, as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Kindred Healthcare, is responsible for providing overall leadership, strategy, planning, and execution of all information technology initiatives for the company. This includes delivering a robust information technology environment that is focused on quality outcomes, simplicity of use, and an outstanding customer service environment that pairs with the overall corporate objectives. He serves as a key executive of the organization’s corporate senior leadership team, providing expertise, information, and advice for determining strategy, policy, goals, initiatives, and operational performance measures. He is also responsible for working with the executive management team to ensure Kindred is proactive in the development and execution of its security policies. Mr. Wardrip reports to the Benjamin Brier, President and Chief Executive Officer. He manages a team of approximately 600 people including about a 100 contractors and is based at company headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. Mr. Wardrip joined Kindred Healthcare, then Vencor, in 1996 as Director of Technology, to help establish an agile and scalable infrastructure that could support the diversity and growth plans of the Company. During this period Mr. Wardrip was instrumental in supporting the growth of the Company from annual revenues of $2 billion to $7+B in 2015. Kindred Healthcare is the premier provider of quality post-acute care services with more than 102,000 employees and 2,600+ sites of service. During this growth Kindred Healthcare has also established a reputation of being a technology leader in this industry and recognized as one of the top 25 innovative healthcare companies by Information Week. In 2015, Kindred was also recognized by CIO magazine for its technology innovations. Kindred Healthcare has also been recognized by Fortune Magazine as one of the most respected companies in healthcare. Prior to joining Kindred Healthcare, Mr. Wardrip spent 18 years with Humana, Inc. in various technical and managerial roles. Early in his career he gained first hand experience working in Humana’s hospitals. There he gained a great appreciation for clinical, financial, and operational procedures that have been beneficial as his career developed. After taking a position at Humana’s corporate office, he was involved in supporting the Company as they developed their insurance division and later its military subsidiary to specialize in military medical coverage. Mr. Wardrip was born in Louisville, Ky. where he currently lives with his wife Nina. They enjoy traveling, sporting events, and spending time with their three sons, Rene, Robert, and Richard as well as their three grandsons. Mr. Wardrip attended the University of Louisville and continues to support the school.

Yvonne is Chief Information Officer at New Relic where she is building a unified technology and data platform designed to catalyze the company’s growth. She is also executive sponsor of the New Relic’s Non-Profit program and Diversity efforts. Yvonne is a veteran in the technology industry and has worked across the US, Asia and Europe. She spent 17 years at Accenture, where she started her professional career as a computer programmer, and was ultimately promoted to Partner in the Communications & High Tech Strategy practice. Yvonne continued her technology /strategy focus for four years at VMware where she played a number of executive roles helping the company scale and diversify the business. Yvonne received her undergraduate degree and MBA from UCLA where she graduated with top honors. She lives in San Francisco with her 3 children and many pets.

As chief information officer for Accenture, Andrew Wilson leads the global IT operations and drives the digital agenda of a $31.0 billion company, including the infrastructure, services and applications that enable Accenture people to work anytime, anywhere to serve clients in more than 120 countries. Mr. Wilson ensures that Accenture is at the forefront of innovation as a digital business—from mission-critical applications to the network, from e-mail and laptops to enterprise social media and collaboration tools. He also leads CIO Ecosystem Products and Services, and in this capacity, is responsible for Accenture’s buy-side relationships with strategic suppliers as well as supplier management services delivered to clients. He is a graduate of Loughborough University in Leicestershire, United Kingdom with a combined degree in computer science and business studies. Born in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, Mr. Wilson now resides in Florida.

Kevin leads Booz Allen’s IT infrastructure strategy, which includes the company’s migration to the cloud, leveraging virtual and mobile technologies to achieve greater effectiveness and efficiency, improving and optimizing the performance and security of the firm’s networks and systems, and ensuring its IT infrastructure enables the delivery of services to Booz Allen clients. Kevin brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to his role at Booz Allen. Formerly, he was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for SRA International. He also worked at multiple leading technology companies (e.g., Perot Systems, Covad Communications) where he led and managed large-scale networks and IT infrastructure programs. Mr. Winter served in the United States Marin Corps and holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Mexico, MS in Telecommunications from George Mason University, and MBA from Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill.

Philip R. Wiser is the chief technology officer of Hearst Corporation and is known as a key pioneer in the creation of the online digital music industry and the emerging over-the-top TV market. As the CTO at Hearst Corporation—one of the world’s largest private diversified media and information companies—Wiser leads Hearst’s technology and digital product strategies that address the rapidly changing consumer and media landscape. Hearst’s major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, Internet businesses, television production, newspaper features distribution, business information and real estate. Prior to Hearst, Wiser was chairman and president of Sezmi Corporation, an industry-changing technology company in global Internet television market that he co-founded in 2006. From 2004 to 2006, Wiser was CTO at Sony Corporation of America. He also formed the Digital Business Group at Sony Music while serving as its CTO and SVP from 2001 to 2004, overseeing all technology strategy and digital businesses. While at Sony, Wiser was responsible for spearheading the creation and growth of a billion dollar digital media businesses by maximizing the combined benefit of technology and content for the company including music, books, movies and games. He built the first online music distribution platform as a founder of Liquid Audio, where he served as CTO and a director of its board from 1996 to 2001. Wiser’s passion is applying technology to enable content creators to reach their audience in new ways while always delivering an improved user experience for consumers. Wiser holds a master’s in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in the same field, graduating summa cum laude.

Bob Worrall joined Juniper in July 2015 as senior vice president and chief information officer leading the global information technology team. In this role, he leads the ongoing enhancement of Juniper’s IT infrastructure and applications architecture to support the growth objectives of the company. He and his team are also responsible for showcasing Juniper’s use of its technologies to the world. Prior to joining Juniper, Worrall was senior vice president and chief information officer, at NVIDIA with responsibility for deploying innovative technologies to enhance employee productivity and improve cost efficiencies. He also spent more than two decades at Sun Microsystems, including six years as chief information officer. He also held a variety of roles in the Sun’s IT organization, including vice president of applications and vice president of IT operations. Worrall has extensive international business experience, including a two-year assignment in The Netherlands. Worrall holds an MBA and a bachelor’s degree from California State University, East Bay.