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This list showcases the top United States based Vice President operating in the Information Services space. If you think a Vice President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Henock Gessesse
Vice President and General Counsel of Freshworks
Henock Gessesse is the General Counsel at Freshworks.
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About Freshworks: Freshworks provides businesses with SaaS customer engagement solutions.
Chuck Stevens
Executive Vice President and CFO of General Motors
Chuck Stevens was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Motors effective Jan. 15, 2014. Stevens is responsible for leading the company’s financial and accounting operations on a global basis. Stevens was previously CFO of GM North America since January 2010. He led GM’s financial operations for U.S. Sales, Service and Marketing, GM Canada, GM de Mexico, North America Manufacturing, Customer Care and Aftersales, and OnStar. He was also interim CFO of GM South America from December 2011 to January 2013.
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Tony Cervone
Senior Vice President, Global Communications of General Motors
Tony Cervone was named senior vice president, Global Communications, in May 2014. As GM’s top communications executive, he is responsible for the company’s overall global communications strategy. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and a senior advisor to CEO Mary Barra. Prior to his current position, Cervone served since 2011 as executive vice president of Group Communications for Volkswagen Group of America in Herndon, Va., where he revamped the company’s communications activities for its VW and Audi brands. From 2009 to 2011, Cervone was senior vice president and chief communications officer for United Airlines in Chicago, where he helped manage the company’s eventual merger with Continental Airlines. From 1999 to 2009, Cervone worked at GM in several senior communications positions of increasing responsibility. From 1999 to 2000, Cervone was executive director of Corporate Communications, responsible for media relations, issues management and labor and employee communications. From 2001 to 2003, he served as executive director of Executive and Financial Communications; from 2003 to 2006, vice president of GM Europe Communications; from 2006 to 2007, vice president of GM North America Communications; and from 2007 to 2009, vice president of Global Communications Strategy and Operations. In 2000, Cervone served for a short period as vice president of Chrysler Group Communications for DaimlerChrysler AG in Auburn Hills, Mich. From 1985 to 1999, Cervone worked at Chrysler Corp. – which became DaimlerChrysler AG – in virtually every aspect of auto industry communications, from product and technology to supplier and crisis communications. He managed pre- and post-merger communications related to the merger of Chrysler and Daimler-Benz. Cervone has a bachelor’s degree in Fine and Applied Arts from Central Michigan University where he majored in Journalism, with Business Administration and Advertising minors. He completed the General Motors Senior Executive Program in 2003. Cervone is a member of the Arthur Page Society, the Public Relations Society of America and The Seminar. He is a board member of Detroit Public Television (DPTV), The LaGrant Foundation and serves on the Advisory Council for the Department of Communication at the College of Charleston. He is a former trustee of The Institute for Public Relations, and former board member of the Automotive Press Association and the Ad Council. Cervone was also named one of the 2014 Automotive News All-Stars.
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About General Motors: General Motors manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Deepak Singh
Vice President, Compute Services of Amazon Web Services
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec
Vice President and General Manager, Amazon S3 of Amazon Web Services
Mai-Lan Tomsen Bukovec is the Vice President and General Manager of Amazon S3, the object storage service of Amazon Web Services. Mai-Lan has been on Amazon Web Services since 2010. During her tenure at Amazon Web Services, Mai-Lan has also been General Manager of AWS computing services, such as Amazon Simple Workflow, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Auto Scaling, and Amazon CloudWatch.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Matt Wood
Vice President of Amazon Web Services
Matt Wood works at Amazon Web Services, pulling from over a decade of expertise in distributed systems, architecture, web-scale analytics, big data, machine learning and high performance computing to help customers bring their ideas to life through technology. After medical school, Dr. Wood completed his PhD in machine learning and bioinformatics, joined Cornell as a research fellow, and contributed to the next generation DNA sequencing platform at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Since joining Amazon Web Services in early 2010, he has played a role in introducing many significant new features and services to customers on the AWS Cloud, including AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Machine Learning.
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Adrian Cockcroft
Vice President Cloud Architecture Strategy of Amazon Web Services
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About Amazon Web Services: Amazon Web Services provides information technology infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services.
Bob Barron
Senior Vice President of Sales, GameTime of GameTime
Bob Barron is a senior-level sales and marketing professional with more than 23 years of experience managing dynamic sales teams. His experience includes working with industry leaders and Fortune 100 companies to develop global distribution networks. Bob is currently responsible for managing all domestic and international sales activities for GameTime and is also part of the PlayCore operating committee. He is an active member of several industry organizations and is a strong advocate for building better communities through play..
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
Bill Cox
Vice President of Finance, GameTime of GameTime
Bill is experienced in operational reporting and control for multiple manufacturing facilities and distribution centers. As a member of GameTime’s senior management team, he is responsible for all financial activities and achievement of GameTime’s strategic goals.
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About GameTime: GameTime is a leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer, located in Alabama.
Nitesh Bansal
Senior Vice President and Global Head Engineering Services of Infosys
Nitesh is passionate about bridging the physical-digital divide, advocating AI, machine learning and process automation to amplify business value. He has worked with numerous clients helping them understand ways to leverage Industry 4.0 and IoT technologies leading to digitization and improvements in manufacturing operations, and effectively use servitization for new revenue models. Nitesh is also responsible for leading the innovation charter for Infosys and has a core group of researchers who focus on technology trends and their intersection with business value. This group works on Horizon 3 and Horizon 2 technologies and has been responsible for launching services like Autonomous Technologies, Additive Manufacturing, Software Defined Networking and 5G, that have now become mainstream. One of the key focus areas for Nitesh has been to drive value through transformation of networks – going from significantly hardware based to software based systems. He is actively involved in helping both network providers and enterprises to identify and drive value through technology transformations. Nitesh is on the Executive Supplier Advisory Board (E-SAB) of Open Networking Foundation (ONF). He is a regular speaker at recognized business schools and also a member of the Industry Advisory Board of the Tauber Institute of Global Operations as well as Ross School of Business at University of Michigan.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Anant Adya
Senior Vice President and Head (Cloud, Infra and Security) of Infosys
Anant Adya is SVP and Head of Sales and Engagements for Cloud, Infrastructure and Security (CIS). CIS helps customers in their Digital Journey through combination of AI led solutions combined with capabilities from partner and startup ecosystem.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Stephen DE
Associate Vice President & Portfolio Head – Financial Services of Infosys
Stephen Sanjay D. E. is the Delivery Manager of Independent Validation and Testing Services at Infosys since January 2014. Stephen has over 15 years of IT experience. Stephen currently heads IVS – Tools, IP and Service offerings (TIPS) unit, specializing in testing solutions and COEs such as Automation Testing, Performance Testing, Data Warehouse Testing (DWT) and Test Data Management. Previously, Stephen was Senior Sales Manager of FSI Asia at Infosys Limited. Stephen has successfully ideated and managed organization-wide testing solutions. Stephen founded test- related forums and local chapters that inculcate in-depth testing knowledge. Stephen co-created and delivered multiple tools that created value improved testing efficiency. Prior to Infosys Limited, Stephen was Manager of User Centered Design and Business Architecture at Vanguard. Stephen earned his B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Bharathiar University.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Danette Seward
Vice President Global Alliances of Infosys
As Vice President for Infosys’ Global Enterprise Alliances, Danette has direct responsibility for partnerships with Microsoft, SAP, Adobe, IBM and Oracle. Leading a team of highly specialized business alliance managers she helps clients and partners embark on a journey of digital transformation with Infosys at the center of their IT and business needs. She has the unique opportunity to work directly with clients and partners across the globe to empower them to achieve more together. Danette has been a strong advocate for Diversity and Inclusion in the workplace throughout her career. Over the past 3 decades she has created gloal communities to connect women to support each other and learn together through trust and shared accountability. She has a passion for mentoring women that have chosen career goals in the IT industry, both technical and non-technical, particularly in a global capacity.
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About Infosys: Infosys is a provider of consulting, technology, and outsourcing, and next-generation services.
Viv Goldstein
Vice President of Bionic
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About Bionic: Bionic ignites growth revolutions within the world’s largest companies as they face disruption.
Todd Hyatt
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of IHS Markit
Todd Hyatt is executive vice president and chief financial officer of IHS Markit. Todd served in those same roles at IHS after previously serving as chief information officer, senior vice president of FP&A, and leading the finance organization for the company’s engineering segment. He also worked for LoneTree Capital, US WEST/MediaOne, AT&T, Arthur Young and Arthur Andersen. He holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Wyoming and an M.S. in management from Purdue University.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
John Leslie
Senior Vice President of IHS Markit
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Jonathan Gear
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of IHS Markit
Jonathan Gear is president of resources, transportation and CMS for IHS Markit, including business lines supporting the automotive, energy, chemicals, maritime and aerospace industries. Earlier, he served in multiple senior vice president positions and as president/COO of IHS CERA. Jonathan previously held leadership positions at Activant Solutions, smarterwork.com and Booz Allen Hamilton. He holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Sari Granat
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of IHS Markit
Sari Granat is executive vice president and general counsel at IHS Markit, responsible for the company’s legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs, enterprise risk and information security functions. Prior to joining Markit in 2012, Sari was lead counsel and chief administrative officer of TheMarkets.com LLC. She has served in senior legal and strategy positions at media and technology companies including Dow Jones & Company and Kaplan, Inc. Sari holds a B.A. in English from Yale University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Laurel Hesch
Senior Vice President and Head of Business Operations of Arcesium
Laurel Hesch is a Senior Vice President and the Head of Business Operations for Arcesium. Prior to the formation of Arcesium, Laurel spent 11 years with the D. E. Shaw group in roles within the firm’s Treasury, Finance, and Operations departments. She also served as Head of Management Reporting for the D. E. Shaw group.
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About Arcesium: Arcesium is provider of middle- and back-office technology and services to alternative asset managers.
Manish Pandey
Vice President R&D of Synopsys
Manish Pandey is a Fellow at Synopsys, and an Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He currently leads the R&D teams for Machine Learning and Systems, Formal Verification and Power Analysis at Synopsys. He previously led the development of several static and formal verification technologies at Verplex and Cadence. He also has extensive experience in distributed systems and computing infrastructure, leading the display advertising security group at Yahoo, and storage analytics systems at Nutanix. Dr. Pandey has been the recipient of the IEEE Transaction in CAD Outstanding author award, and holds over two dozen patents and referred publications. He completed his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and B.S. in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Manoj Gandhi
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Verification Group at Synopsys of Synopsys
Manoj Gandhi joined Synopsys with the company’s merger with Viewlogic in December 1997. In his current position, Mr. Gandhi and his organization are responsible for Synopsys’ verification solutions, including simulation, testbench automation, hybrid formal verification, and system level design. Mr. Gandhi has over 15 years of HDL simulation and verification experience having begun his EDA career at Gateway Design Automation in 1986. He has a B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Burkhard Huhnke
Vice President of Synopsys
In his role as vice-president at Volkswagen’s North American Engineering and Planning Center (EPC), Burkhard Huhnke encourages innovation in the market, builds relationships with national R&D organisations and liaises with universities. Huhnke previously served as head of Product Engineering at VW’s Chattanooga plant, leading the product engineering teams for the Passat and mid-sized SUV projects. From 2006 to 2011 he was executive director of VW’s Electronics Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California. His other achievements include helping to initiate the Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Center (VAIL) at Stanford University and leading the Autonomous Car Project: Volkswagen Passat Junior.
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About Synopsys, Volkswagen Group: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Jim Ivers
Vice President, Marketing, Software Integrity Group of Synopsys
Jim Ivers leads all aspects of Cigital’s global marketing strategies, branding initiatives and programs, as well as product management and product marketing. Jim is a 30-year technology veteran who has spent the last ten years in IT security. Prior to Cigital, Jim was the CMO at companies such as Covata, Triumfant, Vovici, and Cybertrust, a $200M security solutions provider that was sold to Verizon Business. Jim also served as VP of Marketing for webMethods and VP of Product Management for Information Builders.
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About Synopsys: Synopsys is the Silicon to Software partner for companies that develop electronic products and software applications.
Brian Lobdell
Vice President of Lead Edge Capital
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About Lead Edge Capital: Lead Edge Capital is a growth equity and buyout firm focused on software and internet related companies.
Steven Bertoni
Vice President & Senior Editor of Forbes
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About Forbes: Forbes, featuring articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing topics.
Deborah Brewster
Senior Vice President (Strategy); and Head of Initiatives of News Corp
Deborah Brewster is Senior Vice President (Strategy), and Head of Initiatives at News Corp, which includes developing News Corp’s businesses as well as building and acquiring new digital businesses. Before this, she was Deputy Managing Editor at The Wall Street Journal.
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About News Corp: News Corp is a media and information services company that creates and distributes engaging content and other products and services.
James W. Cox
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development of Fiserv
James W. Cox is Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Fiserv, Inc., responsible for driving the company’s merger, acquisition and divestiture strategy. Cox rejoined Fiserv in this role in 2017, having previously served in this role from 2006 through 2013. Cox has led the company through acquisitions that have driven differentiation in key solution areas and expanded its capabilities and scale, as well as divestitures that aligned the company with its strategic objectives. Key acquisitions he has spearheaded include CheckFree Corporation, Open Solutions, Inc. and CashEdge, each of which furthered the company’s delivery of solutions in step with the way people live and work today. Previously, Cox served as EVP, Group President of Fiserv Health Solutions. He joined Fiserv in 2001 through the acquisition of Trewit and has 30 years of financial services experience. Prior to joining Fiserv, Cox was managing partner of Lund Koehler Cox & Arkema, LLP, now part of Baker Tilley Virchow Krause. While a practicing CPA, Cox frequently advised clients on their merger and acquisition programs. Cox earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting at the University of Minnesota and practiced as a licensed CPA until 2000.
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About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Jason Blumenkrantz
Vice President of Engineering of Fiserv
Jason Blumenkrantz is the VP Engineering at Fiserv
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About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Dan Myers
Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking Solutions of Fiserv
Dan Myers is chief executive officer and founder of Online Banking Solutions (OBS). As a successful entrepreneur and 30-year industry veteran, Myers helped define the cash management space and developed cash management software that is still being used by financial institutions nearly 30 years later. At OBS, Myers provides development and management experience relevant to financial software innovation and proven strategies for commercial banking. Prior to founding OBS, he founded Magnet Communications, Inc. in 1996, the first company to use the Internet’s technology and networking capabilities to provide cash management services to the banking industry. Magnet became one of the most successful Internet-based cash management solutions providers as evidenced by its product depth, prestigious customer base and Myers’ nomination to the regional E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in 2001. Having led the company to market success, he left Magnet in 2002 and started OBS, which has now developed the next generation of products and services for the banking industry. Before founding Magnet, Myers established Interactive Technology Corporation (ITC) in 1980. The cash management software developed by ITC became the industry’s predominant system, serving the needs of more than 200 banks worldwide. Myers remained president of his original organization through mergers with DISC, a Baltimore, Md.-based provider of financial software for domestic and international financial institutions and corporations. During his tenure, the DISC Access product evolved from an interactive TTY product to a multi-channel, multi-client solution capable of operating on several hardware platforms. Myers was also the development manager for National Data Corporation in the 1970s, where he was responsible for the industry’s first electronic systems linking banks with their business customers for data exchange, information reporting and transaction initiation services. Close
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About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Ken Owens
Vice President Cyber Cloud Security Engineering of Fiserv
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About Fiserv: Fiserv is a provider of technology solutions to the financial services industry.
Patrick O’Malley
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of Seagate Technology
Patrick O’Malley assumed the role of EVP & CFO effective August 25, 2008. In his previous role of SVP Finance & Treasurer, he was responsible for Corp. Accounting, Reporting, Treasury, Credit & Collections and Risk Management along with Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis and support for our Business Unit GMs, Sales & other functions. In October 2005, he returned to Finance from the Sales Organization where he coordinated the Company’s activities surrounding the Consumer Electronics market as the SVP, Consumer Electronics Business Development from January 2004. O’Malley joined Seagate in 1988 & has held various management roles within the Finance organization including Manager of Consolidation & Cost Accounting, Director of Finance – Corporate FP&A, Sr. Director of Finance for Oklahoma City Operations, Sr. Director of Finance for Desktop Design, VP of Finance for Recording Media Operations & SVP of Finance for Manufacturing Operations. Prior to joining Seagate, he spent four years as a Sr. Staff Accountant for Arthur Young & Co. O’Malley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Notre Dame (Class of 1984).
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About Seagate Technology, Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
B.S. Teh
Senior Vice President of Sales & Sales Operations of Seagate Technology
B.S. Teh is senior vice president of global sales and sales operations. He is responsible for Seagate’s worldwide sales and field marketing, with a focus on driving scale and breadth in customer and market coverage. Teh joined Seagate in 1989 as a field customer engineer. He has served in a variety of leadership roles with the company across multiple functions in California, Singapore and Shanghai, including sales, marketing, business operations and field technical support. Most recently, he was senior vice president of Asia-Pacific sales and marketing, based in Singapore. Teh holds an MBA from the University of South Australia and an EE degree from the National University of Singapore.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
John Grieci
Senior Vice President of Customer Advocacy of Seagate Technology
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Jason Feist
Vice President of Engineering of Seagate Technology
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Joy Nyberg
Senior Vice President of Human Resources & Internal Communications of Seagate Technology
Joy Nyberg is responsible for leading Seagate’s global human resources efforts, including: compensation and benefits, leadership and learning, staffing and on-boarding, HR central transaction centers, HR compliance, internal communications and community engagement. Prior to joining Seagate in 2007, Nyberg was vice president of Compensation and Benefits at Maxtor Corporation. She has also held senior HR positions at KLA-Tencor and ESL/TRW. Nyberg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Jose State University.
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About Seagate Technology: Seagate offers consumers and businesses with data storage solutions to create, share, and preserve digital content.
Sanjeev Khati
Vice President and Market Unit Lead of Tata Consultancy Services
Sanjeev Khati is the Vice President and Market Unit Lead and he is the former Head of Business Development for Banking and Financial Services USA at Tata Consultancy Services, Sanjeev is responsible for driving the unit’s business development vision, strategy and targets, leading the sales force to structure and shape deals that deliver value and sustainable outcomes for clients. Sanjeev also heads the Capital Markets Unit for TCS USA, responsible for guiding the development of client relationships, driving overall unit strategy, customer centric offering development and fostering industry partnerships. Sanjeev specializes in envisioning and delivering large scale Technology and Business change programs for clients in the Financial Services Industry. With more than 19 years of experience and a proven track record, he has overseen many large transformation programs encompassing Application and bespoke Software development, Package Implementations & Reengineering, Systems Integrations, Operations & Infrastructure Outsourcing and Consulting engagements for his clients. His work experience has spanned across clients from various industry sub segments viz. Payments, Core Banking, Wealth and Asset Management, Capital markets and Market Infrastructure firms. In his previous roles as Senior Client Partner, Sanjeev has led TCS’s relationship with some of the world’s largest investment banks, asset managers, hedge funds, clearing houses and exchanges to deliver results in the areas of business planning and process optimization, business and IT architecture, application management, IT and Infrastructure outsourcing and business process outsourcing. Sanjeev is an avid business reader and golfer. He has a passion for sustainability and supports multiple non-profit organizations. He has completed an Executive Leadership Program from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, and he is based in New Jersey.
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About Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services is a multinational information technology services, business solutions and consulting company based in India.
DJ Reali
Senior Vice President, National Advertising Sales of The Weather Company
As head of industry sales, US and EMEA, for The Weather Company, an IBM Business, D.J. Reali leads the sales team’s efforts for the company as they develop data-driven, media and technology solutions as well as long-term initiatives to drive persistent growth among Weather’s largest accounts. Reali was named to this role for his developmental guidance and success with clients including Procter & Gamble, State Farm, Unilever, Kraft, Kellogg’s, GSK Consumer Healthcare, and Subaru, among others. His role includes helping the team build and manage relationships at the highest levels of Weather’s client and agency partnerships. He is closely involved in the development of the company’s ongoing selling strategy and has played key roles in crafting core sales initiatives, including the the digital NewFront, the cable Upfront, the company’s first ever “AllFront,” and product positioning for the company’s WEATHERfx data and analytics platform, JOURNEYfx platform, and Watson Ads cognitive offering. He previously served as senior vice president, agency partnership and development; senior vice president, multi-platform sales; and vice president and regional manager of Midwest advertising sales. Reali joined Weather in 2000. Reali’s career in media spans over 30 years and includes time on both the agency and media sales sides of the business. Before joining Weather, Reali was an account executive at HGTV. Prior to that, he was partner and group media director for J. Walter Thompson. He began his career as a media planner at Campbell-Mithun Advertising. Reali received a bachelor’s degree in advertising and public relations from the University of North Dakota. He spends his time between the New York and Chicago offices of The Weather Company.
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About The Weather Company: The Weather Company is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.
Raj Bhullar
Vice President of Manufacturing, Quality & Reliability of Quanergy Systems
Raj Bhullar serves as vice president of manufacturing. Bhullar has responsibility for global manufacturing and operations activities, along with overseeing the company’s supply chain efficiencies and logistics strategies. In addition to establishing the supplier management and distribution operations for the company’s LiDAR sensors, he also manages IT. Most recently, Bhullar was the vice president of manufacturing for Ultimate Solutions Corporation where he was responsible for the management of the entire manufacturing process and engineering teams, along with the design and development of new products. He also served as director of manufacturing and operations at Vitesse Semiconductor where he organized the manufacturing process, equipment and labor to meet a 300% growth in sales. Bhullar holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Technology from GND University.
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About Quanergy Systems: Quanergy is a developer of solid state sensors used to offer smart sensing services for self-driving cars.
Debbie Atwell
Vice President, Public Records for Risk Solutions Business of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Debbie Atwell is Vice President, Public Records for the risk solutions business of LexisNexis®. In this position, Atwell is responsible for managing the business between the risk and legal business units. This includes leveraging existing solutions and identifying new opportunities that would apply across these two business units. Prior to joining the risk solutions business, Atwell worked in the legal business in a variety of sales capacities, most recently leading the team who managed the Top 20 Customers for U.S. Legal Markets. She is a ten-time winner of the company’s Circle of Excellence sales award, and has been with LexisNexis for 16 years. Atwell earned her bachelor’s degree in Finance from Baldwin Wallace College and graduated Magna Cum Laude, and attended business school at John Carroll University in Cleveland.
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Bill Brower
Vice President, Claims Product Management of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Bill Brower serves as VP of claims product management at LexisNexis Risk Solutions.
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
William Min
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of LexisNexis Risk Solutions
William Min is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel at LexisNexis.
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About LexisNexis Risk Solutions: LexisNexis Risk Solutions provides information to assist customers in industry and government in assessing, predicting, and managing risk.
Alpa Jain
Vice President, API Center of Excellence of Experian
Alpa Jain is Vice President of the API Center of Excellence for Experian Information Technology Services (EITS). She is responsible for overall API Experian strategy, including ensuring the applications meet the needs of the business as a whole. She oversees the technical and business fitness of the application portfolio and their associated costs and risks, as well as development of the applications governance process to gain consensus on a prioritized set of measurable business outcomes that applications must support. Alpa joined Experian in 2012 and has well-rounded expertise in key business functions, including managing and running the Prospecting suite of solutions in Consumer Information Services (CIS) Product Marketing, as well as experience in areas of legal/compliance, sales and the National Customer Assistance Center (NCAC). Prior to joining Experian, she worked for various firms leading and managing teams to execute large-scale projects in both public and private sectors across North America. Alpa has a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Structural Engineering from the University of Calgary. She also has an MBA from the University of California, Irvine.
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About Experian, Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Angela Granger
Vice President of Experian
Angela Granger is Vice President of Experian With over 20 years of experience in analytics, Angela Granger leads a team responsible for the design and delivery of advanced analytical solutions which accelerate the profitable growth and market position of Experian clients. Since joining Experian in 1993, Granger has leveraged the latest statistical techniques in predictive modelling, data intelligence and business intelligence to maximise clients’ return on investment. She plays an instrumental role in analytics research and development, having participated in the design and commercial introduction of several advanced analytics products and services aimed at helping clients predict customer behaviour and effectively manage a wide range of decisions related to repayment of debt, account utilisation, default and fraud prevention. Prior to her current role at Experian, she was with HSBC where she was responsible for bankcard portfolio inbound call cross-sell strategies and acquisitions. Granger is named as an inventor on a US patent, Credit Portfolio Benchmarking, which defines a system and method for analysing massive amounts of current and historical trade data across financial institutions to allow peer group performance comparisons.
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About Experian: Experian unlocks the power of data to create opportunities for consumers, businesses, and society.
Jim Clancy
Vice President of IT Operations of Confirmation
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About Confirmation: Confirmation is the leading digital platform and global network for confirming financial data.
Paul Crockett
Vice President, Product and Innovation of Elsevier
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About Authess, Elsevier: Elsevier is a world-leading provider of information solutions that enhance the performance of science, health, and technology.
Hari Shetty
Sector Head & Senior Vice President – Technology Platforms, Products & Gaming of Wipro Technologies
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About Wipro Technologies: Wipro is a global information technology, consulting and business process services company.
Howard Dratler
Senior Vice President Of Sales of OpenText Corporation
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About OpenText Corporation: OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
Madhu Ranganathan
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of OpenText Corporation
Madhu joined OpenText as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer in April 2018. With more than 25 years of financial leadership experience, Madhu brings to OpenText a strategic mindset with global industry expertise and deep operational focus in software, hardware and tech-enabled services businesses, as well as a demonstrable track record of building shareholder value. Madhu is skilled at leading and supporting business transformation initiatives, strategic acquisitions and global capital raising. Prior to OpenText, Madhu served for more than 9 years as the Chief Financial Officer for [24]7.ai, a highly global, enterprise-class software and services company that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to dramatically improve customer experience. At [24]7.ai, Madhu was responsible for worldwide finance, accounting, treasury, planning, tax, internal audit and procurement. During her tenure, Madhu worked closely with the CEO and management team to transform the company into a technology innovator. Madhu started her career with Liberty Mutual Financial Services and has held senior financial roles at Rackable Systems, which became SGI and is now part of HPE and Redback Networks, a telecommunications equipment company acquired by Ericsson, services platform Jamcracker, and e-Business software provider Backweb Technologies (IPO on NASDAQ). She also has public accounting experience with PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLC. Additionally, Madhu currently serves as Board Member and Audit Committee Chair for ServiceSource (Nasdaq: SREV) and previously served as a Board Member of Watermark, a Bay Area organization focused on professional development for women. Madhu holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Massachusetts, is a Certified Public Accountant in California and a Chartered Accountant from India.
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About OpenText Corporation: OpenText is the leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM).
David Levine
Vice President Information Security, CISO of Ricoh Company
David Levine is Vice President of Information Security and CISO for Ricoh USA, Inc. In this role, he has responsibility for operational security, security policy, access management, eDiscovery and litigation support and HIPAA compliance. Levine chairs Ricoh’s Security Advisory Councils, leads Ricoh’s Global Virtual Security team and is routinely engaged in customer opportunities to discuss risk and security. Levine has held a wide and diverse variety of positions during his 23-year tenure with the company, giving him a great perspective on technology, the business and security. Levine is a Governing Body Co-Chair with Evanta, a member of Forrester Research’s Security and Risk Leadership Board and the FBI’s InfraGard Program. He holds a BA degree in information systems from Eckerd College.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Bruce Nelson
Vice President, Support Services of Ricoh Company
Bruce Nelson leads the customer support services division at Ricoh. His areas of expertise include technical support, engineering, customer support, remote monitoring, and global support. Bruce has held various positions at Ricoh over the past 25 years, including director of business development, VP of field operations, and VP of support services. With a deep expertise in developing, launching, and improving processes and procedures, Bruce has shared his vast knowledge at Oracle Open World and IQPC.
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About Ricoh Company: Ricoh is a global technology company provide office imaging equipment, document management systems and IT services.
Asim Fareeduddin
Vice President, IT Security & Regulatory Controls Assurance of RELX Group plc
Asim Fareeduddin is the Vice President, IT Security & Regulatory Controls Assurance at RELX Group.
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About J. Mack Robinson College of Business | Georgia State University, RELX Group plc: RELX Group plcis is a global provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries.
Hassan Malik
Vice President, Search and Analytics of Clarivate Analytics
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About Clarivate Analytics: Clarivate Analytics accelerates the pace of innovation by providing trusted insights and analytics.
Darcy Frisch
Managing Director & Vice President of Hearst Ventures
Darcy Frisch is vice president at Hearst Ventures, where she identifies, executes and oversees Hearst’s investments in early stage digital media and information businesses. Since joining Hearst Ventures in 2000, Ms. Frisch has been involved with many investments including drugstore.com, XM Satellite Radio, Circles and MobiTV. She currently is a board director at Nexage and board observer at RAMP. She previously served on the boards of Sphere (sold to AOL in 2008) and Voxpop.tv (sold to IAC in 2011). Prior to Hearst, Darcy was with the investment group E2Enet. She also held positions as a tax analyst at KPMG and as the legislative assistant for tax for U.S. Senator David Boren of Oklahoma. She received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and earned her MBA at the University of Virginia’s Darden Graduate School of Business.
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About Hearst Ventures: Hearst Ventures, a corporate venture fund, invests in early-stage information, software and technologycompanies
Carina Ertl
Global Vice President Marketing of Swarovski Group
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About Swarovski Group: Swarovski delivers a diverse portfolio of unmatched quality, craftsmanship, and creativity.
Charles L. Houser
Senior Vice President of 11:11 Systems
Charles L. Houser is the Senior Vice President at 11:11 SYSTEMS.
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About 11:11 Systems: 11:11 Systems is creating a new model delivering the power of “Everything Connected” in connectivity, cloud, and security solutions.
Osmar Olivo
Vice President Of Product Management of Inrupt
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About Inrupt: Inrupt is delivering Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s original vision of a web of shared benefit, for everyone.
Michael Jordan
Vice President, EAM Practice of Utopia
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About Utopia: Utopia is an enterprise data solutions provider that leverages its proprietary Enterprise Data Lifecycle Management (EDLM) methodology.
Leyton Perris
Vice President of Global Sales & Solutions of OLR
Leyton oversees OLR’s global services portfolio. Understanding the mission-critical demands of retail, he’s an expert at designing solutions to meet our clients’ diverse business needs.
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About MindBridge AI, MindBridge AI, OLR: OLR is retail industry experience to safely take our clients into an empowered commerce world.
Adithya Sastry
Senior Vice President & General Manager, Digital Modernization of Hitachi Vantara
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About Hitachi Vantara: Hitachi Vantara drives data to meaningful outcomes.
Frans van Rijn
Executive Vice President of Hitachi Vantara
Frans van Rijn leads improvements to the Hitachi Data Systems integrated supply chain, working with customers, partners, and factories. He joined Hitachi Data Systems in 1990 as the director of European logistics. He assumed responsibility for Global Logistics in 1998. Before joining Hitachi Data Systems, he held various positions in IT and logistics at 3M.
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About Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Vantara: Hitachi Vantara drives data to meaningful outcomes.
James F. Pearson
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of FirstEnergy Corp.
Jim Pearson leads the finance functions for FirstEnergy, and is responsible for Investor Relations, Treasury and Corporate Risk. Pearson began his career at Ohio Edison subsidiary, Penn Power, in 1976. Ohio Edison later merged with Centerior Energy in 1997 to form FirstEnergy. Pearson held several positions in the Accounting Department before being named director of Financial Reporting at Ohio Edison in 1992. He was promoted to group controller for FirstEnergy Solutions in 2001. In 2004, Pearson was named group controller of FirstEnergy’s Strategic Planning and Operations Group, and he was named treasurer of FirstEnergy in 2005. He was promoted to vice president and treasurer in 2006, and to senior vice president and treasurer in 2012. He was elected senior vice president and chief financial officer in 2013, and to his current position in 2015.
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About FirstEnergy Corp.: FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.
Bennett L. Gaines
Vice President, CIO of FirstEnergy Corp.
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About FirstEnergy Corp.: FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.
Samuel L. Belcher
Senior Vice President & President, FirstEnergy Utilities of FirstEnergy Corp.
Sam Belcher is responsible for nuclear fleet operations and the safe, reliable operation of FENOC’s three nuclear power plants: Beaver Valley Power Station; Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station; and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. Belcher joined the company as senior vice president and chief operating officer in 2012 from Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, where he was senior vice president, Site Operations. Previously, he held the positions of site vice president and plant general manager at Constellation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station. Prior to Constellation, Belcher served as director of Fleet Operations at FENOC and held a number of operations leadership positions with Energy Northwest’s Columbia Generating Station and Entergy Nuclear’s River Bend and Arkansas Nuclear One.
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About FirstEnergy Corp.: FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.
Leila L. Vespoli
Executive Vice President Corporate Strategy, Regulatory Affairs & Chief Legal Officer of FirstEnergy Corp.
As executive vice president, markets, and chief legal officer, Leila Vespoli is responsible for the legal affairs of the company; the company’s competitive subsidiaries; Federal, State, and Local Governmental Affairs; Corporate Strategy; Corporate Affairs and Community Involvement; and Rates & Regulatory Affairs. Also reporting to her is the Corporate Department, which includes Real Estate and Records Management. Vespoli also chairs the FirstEnergy Foundation. Vespoli began her career in 1984 as an associate attorney with Ohio Edison, which merged with Centerior Energy in 1997 to form FirstEnergy. After a series of promotions, she was appointed associate general counsel in 1997, and named vice president and general counsel in 2000. Vespoli was named senior vice president and general counsel in 2001, executive vice president and general counsel in 2008, and elected to her current position in 2014.
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About FirstEnergy Corp.: FirstEnergy (NYSE: FE) is a diversified energy company dedicated to safety, reliability and operational excellence.
Piyush Malik
Senior Vice President of SpringML
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About SpringML: SpringML is a data analytics company that helps its customers make informed decisions through seamless machine learning integrations.
Richard Socarides
Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of GLG
Richard Socarides is Chief Communications Officer at GLG, where he oversees global communications, media, and policy. He also leads GLG’s Social Impact programming, which delivers the power of GLG’s platform to nonprofits, foundations, and social entrepreneurs. Previously, he held a number of senior communications roles at Time Warner, New Line Cinema, and AOL. He also served as White House Special Assistant and Senior Advisor to President Bill Clinton, and worked on Capitol Hill as Special Assistant to U.S. Senator Tom Harkin. A lawyer by training, he was a partner at the New York City law firm Squadron, Ellenoff earlier in his career. Richard is also a writer and regular contributor to The New Yorker and a frequent commentator on television. Richard is a Trustee of the State University of New York. He is a longtime human rights and LGBT rights advocate.
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About GLG: The world’s insight network.
Sarika Puri
Vice President, Product & Engineering of Dell Technologies
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About Dell, Dell Technologies: Dell Technologies provides essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future.
David Sweet
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development of Bottomline Technologies
David leads strategy and corporate development processes for Bottomline. As a globally oriented executive with 25 years of experience working with private and publicly traded technology companies, David has a unique set of experiences across the full life-cycle of the software industry: as a venture capital investor, an entrepreneur, a board member, and corporate development executive.
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About Bottomline Technologies: Bottomline Technologies provides corporations, financial institutions, and banks with e-payment, invoice, and document automation solutions.
Isabel DuPont
Vice President Content Production & Product Delivery of Gladson
Isabel brings her vast experience in understanding the challenging information needs of manufacturers and retailers to Gladson, leading the company’s content production and product management teams. These groups form the core of Gladson’s unique data capture and output services, delivering Gladson’s industry-leading content offerings. Prior to Gladson, Isabel spent 22 years at research giant ACNielsen where she oversaw a customer base of more than 500 small and medium-size companies. During that time, Isabel helped to restructure and modernize the data and report delivery process, including developing new products that were tailored to customer needs. Isabel’s background also includes helping to prepare customers for data synchronization efforts, including GDSN and supply chain initiatives.
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About Gladson: Gladson provides product images, product content, and other related services for the U.S. consumer packaged goods industry.
Thomas Kucinski
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Information Services Group
Tom Kucinski is responsible for the firm’s overall human resources function, with a particular focus on strategic talent management, leadership development and organizational change initiatives. An accomplished global Human Resource leader with more than 30 years of experience in the professional services, finance and consumer products industries, Tom joined ISG in 2013 as its Global Leader – Total Rewards and HR Operations and was named to his current post in 2017. Prior to ISG, Tom held HR leadership roles at NASDAQ OMX, Nielsen and American Express, with a particular emphasis on compensation and benefits strategy and design. An avid distance runner, Tom holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., and a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of Scranton, Scranton, Pa.
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About Information Services Group: Information Services Group was founded in 2006 by a group of industry veterans whose vision is to create a new leader in the fast-growing
Brett Gilliland
Vice President of Keap
Brett Gilliland is Vice President at Infusionsoft, a complete sales and marketing automation software for small businesses combining CRM, email marketing, lead capture and e-commerce.
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About Elite Entrepreneurs, Keap: Keap helps small businesses get organized to deliver services and close more business.
Joseph Bravman
Vice President Operations of Lynk
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About Lynk: Lynk helps the world’s knowledge seekers, builders and sharers amplify the impact of business insights.
Peter Cronin
Senior Vice President of JobDiva
Peter Cronin is JobDiva’s Vice President of Sales and has been with this company for more than 3 years. Peter has had 20+ years Business Development and Management for Start – Up, Mid-Sized and Multinational Accounts with Medical products and Medical IT. He has helped introduce Medical/Surgical technology and Medical IT systems for Fortune 500 Companies to major Healthcare institutions in the US. His background combines Traditional and Alternative Medicine and Medical methodologies. Peter’s experience with business building has included Planning, Infrastructure, Build Out and Business Development. Peter’s responsibilities include managing current clients while always looking out for their best interest, along with generating new business for JobDiva. Peter has a B.A. from St. Louis University and likes to ski, sail , fish and read in spare time.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Jennifer Santiago
Vice President, Sales of JobDiva
Jennifer Santiago joined JobDiva in 2014 to assume the role of Vice President, Sales, drawing on her extensive experience in sales and customer relationship management. An expert in software technology and SaaS solutions for the staffing industry, Ms. Santiago is responsible for promoting JobDiva’s award-winning Talent Acquisition and Management solution. Based in New York City, Ms. Santiago’s primary responsibility is providing practical advice and comprehensive technical guidance in the selection, use, and application of staffing software technologies.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Gene Liu
Senior Vice President of JobDiva
Gene Liu is JobDiva’s Vice President of Technology and has been instrumental in the building and growth of the system’s infrastructure since inception. Prior to joining JobDiva in 2001, Gene was a Project Leader for Algomod Technologies Corporation, JobDiva’s sister company, for over 23 years working with Citibank. At Citibank, he was responsible for the development and implementation of systems for trade services. The well-developed systems processed up to thirty percent of the total US exports. He managed large teams of developers, analysts, and various professionals in different phases of the project development life cycle. Since 1979, he worked closely with Mr. Obeid in delivering some of the most advanced innovations in the application of information technology to business processes. Moreover, managing early in his career, Gene was a programmer for C&W Incotel, Citibank, Routers and Computer Horizons. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Computer Science from Hunter College, City University of New York.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Jack Shein
Senior Vice President of JobDiva
As Senior Vice President, Jack Shein is responsible for generating new business development opportunities for JobDiva. Throughout his career, he has held various executive-level positions in staffing and human resources at The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) and Instinet. His post-graduate work is in Human Resources at Long Island University, New York — Master’s Degree. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as Senior Adviser for the Human Resource Association of New York. Jack has held many positions with HRNY including Vice President of Technology & Communications for HRNY and has served as a member of National Human Resource Technology Management Panel for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Past Chair of the HR/NY Certification Committee.. Jack has been an Adjunct Professor for Human Resources Certificate Program at Wagner College’s teaching Workforce Planning and Employee/Labor Relations.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Edward Berkowitz
Senior Vice President, Sales of JobDiva
Ed Berkowitz is a highly accomplished and dynamic professional with 25+ years of sales achievements in various market segments. Ed’s goals and responsibilities at JobDiva are maintaining excellent service for his clients and working with potential clients to show them how JobDiva will allow them to achieve their ultimate goals in the staffing industry. Ed carries an extensive knowledge of sales processes, demonstrating business management and team management skills repeatedly throughout his career. Ed is known for his history of generating new business through tactical negotiation and growing new relationships with key decision makers, while identifying the client’s relevant and strategic business issues and recommending appropriate action.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Charles Rouhan
Senior Vice President of JobDiva
Charles Rouhana is JobDiva’s Technology and Deployment Leader. He has played a major role in designing, developing, and enhancing many features of the solution such as harvesting, VMS interfacing, resume parsing and processing. Charles leads the JobDiva development team. Charles also manages deployment and the mapping of client processes to JobDiva’s functionality. Prior to joining JobDiva in 2002, Charles worked at the DISCOVER Lab of Cornell University where he participated in research and development of video conferencing on mobile networks. He also participated in early research and development of Internet access over Bluetooth. Charles also worked at Ericsson and helped implement the first trials for mobile Internet access. His project was presented in multiple IT exhibitions with great success. Charles holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY and a Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Saint Joseph University in Beirut, Lebanon.
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About JobDiva: JobDiva Leading Global Applicant Tracking System.
Paul N. Saleh
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of CSC
Mr. Saleh has more than 25 years of corporate finance experience. Prior to his tenure as CFO at Gannett Co., he served as CFO for leading brands including Walt Disney International and Sprint Nextel. Upon leaving Sprint Nextel in 2008, Mr. Saleh launched Menza Partners, an operational and financial advisory group focusing on media, telecommunications, and technology industries. Prior to the merger between Sprint and Nextel Communications Inc., Mr. Saleh was executive vice president and CFO of Nextel Communications from 2001 to 2005 where he led a profitability increase as Nextel’s revenues grew to $16 billion and market value increased more than tenfold. Saleh served as senior vice president and CFO of Walt Disney International where he held other senior financial positions since 1997. Before joining Walt Disney, Mr. Saleh was with Honeywell Inc. for 12 years, where he was vice president and treasurer from 1994 to 1997, and held other various leadership positions in finance, treasury, investor relations, strategic planning and operations. Mr. Saleh holds a Master of Business Administration with distinction in Finance; a Master of Science in Computer, Information & Control Engineering; and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, all from the University of Michigan. He resides with his family in the Washington D.C., metropolitan area.
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About CSC: CSC is an IT services company providing technology-enabled business solutions and services.
Dominique Hurley
Vice President, Strategy & Innovation of HealthVerity
Dominique Hurley is the Vice President, Strategy & Innovation at HealthVerity.
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About HealthVerity: HealthVerity powers the discovery, licensing, and linkage of traditional and emerging healthcare data.
Sam Bhattarai
Vice President Of Product Management of Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions
Sam is Director of Technology and Business Enablement for Digital solutions (IoT) at Toshiba Corporation with 25 years of industry experience. Sam holds a Masters of Electrical Engineering (MSEE) and a MBA in Management of Technology (MOT) from the University of Minnesota.
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About Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions is retail’s first choice for integrated in-store solutions.
Alok Shukla
Vice President, Product Management of ShiftLeft
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About ShiftLeft: ShiftLeft delivers a new model for protecting cloud or data center hosted software.
Michael Smith
Vice President and CAO of Tyler Technologies
Michael Smith has been the Chief Accounting Officer of Tyler Technologies, Inc. since March 2006 and served as its Vice President. Mr. Smith served as Vice President of Finance of Tyler Technologies Inc since June 2006. Mr. Smith held the roles of Director of Strategic Planning and Controller.
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About Tyler Technologies: Tyler Technologies is a software company providing integrated software and technology services to the public sector.
Jeff Kalowski
Vice President, Legal of Imprivata
Jeffrey Kowalski joined Imprivata as Vice President, Legal in 2014.
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About Imprivata, Rapid7: Imprivata helps health organizations secure their networks, and provides single sign-on solutions for health information access.
Edwin Meijer
Vice President Software Engineering of Stem
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About Stem: Stem brings and optimizes energy consumption to business through its distributed storage technology.
Jessica Rivera
Executive Vice President, People & Performance & Chief Legal Officer of MotionPoint
Jessica Rivera is the Executive Vice President, People and Performance and Chief Legal Officer at MotionPoint.
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About MotionPoint: MotionPoint solves the operational complexity and cost of website localization that translate, deploy, and operate multilingual websites.
Ann Sung Ruckstuhl
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer of Unisys
Ann is a Silicon Valley veteran and four-time CMO. She was elected Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer by the Unisys Board of Directors effective December 2016. Ann is responsible for Unisys’ marketing, GTM strategy and partner functions. Ann has led game-changing innovations in AI, SaaS, cloud, mobile, cybersecurity, e-commerce, networking, servers and embedded systems. She brings more than three decades of strategy, marketing and product management leadership from startups to Fortune 1000 companies including eBay, HP, LiveOps, SOASTA, Symantec and Unisys. She is known for building high-performance marketing teams at top Silicon Valley brands and her ability to scale companies from tens of millions to billions in revenue. Ann holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida.
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About Unisys: Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. They provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves
Gerald Kenney
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Unisys
Gerald P. Kenney joined Unisys in October 2013 as General Counsel and Secretary and was elected a senior vice president by the Board of Directors in November 2013. In this role Gerry is responsible for global legal operations, corporate secretary functions and the company’s ethics program.
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About Unisys: Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. They provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves
Inder Singh
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of Unisys
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About Unisys: Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. They provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves
Inder Singh
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer of Unisys
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About Unisys: Unisys is a worldwide information technology company. They provide a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology that solves
Dawn Mortimer
Assistant Vice President, IoT/Telematics Claims Product Management of Verisk
Dawn Mortimer serves as assistant vice president of IoT/Telematics Claims Product Management at Verisk.
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About Verisk: Verisk Analytics enables risk-bearing businesses for better understand and manage their risks.
Dawn Mortimer
Assistant Vice President, IoT/Telematics Claims Product Management of Verisk
Dawn Mortimer serves as assistant vice president of IoT/Telematics Claims Product Management at Verisk.
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About Verisk: Verisk Analytics enables risk-bearing businesses for better understand and manage their risks.
John Nelson
Senior Vice President of CAMP
John Nelson serves as Senior Vice President of CAMP North America at CAMP Systems International, Inc.
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About CAMP: CAMP is a provider of aviation management products and services including aircraft maintenance tracking and information.
Kristen Rhodes
Vice President, Strategic Solutions of ServiceChannel
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About ServiceChannel: ServiceChannel is the cloud-based service automation platform for facility maintenance and repair services.
Kristen Rhodes
Vice President, Strategic Solutions of ServiceChannel
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About ServiceChannel: ServiceChannel is the cloud-based service automation platform for facility maintenance and repair services.
Don Cole
Senior Vice President of BY LIGHT Professional IT Services
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About BY LIGHT Professional IT Services: BY LIGHT Professional IT Services is a provider of IT, cloud, cyber and infrastructure solutions to the US Federal Government.
Joe Boyd
Vice President of BY LIGHT Professional IT Services
Joe joined By Light in 2014 and serves as Vice President of Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) programs. Before coming to By Light, Joe held the position of Senior VP with CACI International, Inc., and is a retired Army Signal Officer and former DISA SES/Chief, Network Services. Joe is a senior information systems executive and program manager with over 38 years of military, Federal/DoD, and private industry experience designing, acquiring, implementing, operating and sustaining a myriad of information technology solutions for the Department of Defense. Joe’s strengths include extensive experience directing, leading, and managing a variety of multi-million dollar defense telecommunications programs and contracts at both the tactical and strategic levels and is highly knowledgeable in a wide range of computer, voice, data, video, terrestrial and satellite transport technologies with particular expertise in building and sustaining IP networks. He holds a M.S. Degree in Management from National-Louis University and a Bachelor of Professional Aeronautics Degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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About BY LIGHT Professional IT Services: BY LIGHT Professional IT Services is a provider of IT, cloud, cyber and infrastructure solutions to the US Federal Government.
Jason Cole
Senior Vice President of BY LIGHT Professional IT Services
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About BY LIGHT Professional IT Services: BY LIGHT Professional IT Services is a provider of IT, cloud, cyber and infrastructure solutions to the US Federal Government.
Robert Bob
Vice President and Space and Missile Defense Systems of BY LIGHT Professional IT Services
Bob joined By Light in 2010, and has 31 years of Department of Defense experience developing and managing multi-discipline and diverse organizations in both the corporate world and within the U.S. Army. Before By Light, Bob supported government customers at Redstone Arsenal Alabama Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (AMCOM), the Program Executive Office Command, Control, and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T), the Army Materiel Command (AMC), the U.S. Army Security Assistance Command (USASAC), and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Bob is a native of North Alabama and served 26 years in the Army Signal Corps achieving the rank of Colonel.
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About BY LIGHT Professional IT Services: BY LIGHT Professional IT Services is a provider of IT, cloud, cyber and infrastructure solutions to the US Federal Government.
Attorney Patrick Moran (FL)
Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Celtra
Patrick Moran leverages over four decades of experience as a corporate litigation attorney in Michigan and FL to serve clients through his private legal practice in Grosse Pointe Farms. In his time as an attorney, Patrick Moran has worked on a wide range of cases, including some that have been brought to the US Supreme Court and the Federal Courts of Appeal in a number of districts. A former senior partner at a law firm in Fort Lauderdale, FL, he has also held positions with a number of logistics and insurance companies in Warren, MI, via his previous role as executive vice president and general counsel for CenTra, Inc. Prior to this, he was a founding partner of Simpson and Moran, a law firm that he helped grow to encompass a team of 50 professionals in multiple offices throughout Oakland County.
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About Celtra: Celtra is the Creative Management Platform that empowers agencies, media suppliers, and brand leaders
Lisa Young
Vice President of Service Delivery of Axio
Lisa Young is Vice President of Cyber Risk Engineering at Axio. Lisa’s responsibilities center on delivering all facets of Axio’s cyber risk engineering approach to clients, with a specific focus on program design and implementation. Previously, Lisa was a senior engineer at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Melon University, where she was a member of the Cyber Risk and Resilience Management Team. In this role, Lisa was responsible for teaching courses on risk and resilience management, including CERT- RMM, the OCTAVE® risk-based assessment method, and the Measuring What Matters: Security Metrics Workshop based on the G-Q-I-M methodology. Independent of her work at Axio, Lisa is an Adjunct Instructor at the CISO Institute for the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University. She is an active member of The Society of Information Risk Analysts and is a frequent speaker at SIRACON. Also an active member of ISACA, Lisa is a regular contributor to the @ISACA publication and presents at various ISACA and CACS events worldwide. Lisa has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of South Florida and a M.S. in Cybersecurity Public Policy from the University of Maryland University College. Lisa also maintains the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certifications.
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About Axio, ISACA: Axio is cyber resilience optimization company that provides a trusted, clear, actionable, and defensible means of managing cyber risk.