Speakers 2022

Rosie Mastrandrea leads product marketing for Microsoft industry solutions including Sustainability, Energy, Automotive, and Media & Communications. Rosie and her team partner across engineering, marketing, sales, and corporate functions to build solutions to accelerate progress toward a more sustainable future.

Responsible for Oracle’s vertically oriented Global Business Units: Communications, Construction & Engineering, Food & Beverage, Financial Services, Health Sciences, Hospitality, Retail and Utilities.

Julia White is Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer and member of the Executive Board at SAP SE. In her role, White leads the product and industry solution value propositions, go-to-market approach, global brand and digital marketing, corporate communications, and government affairs.

Joining IBM on May 1, 2020, Howard Boville is Head of IBM Hybrid Cloud Platform. He directs IBM's global network of more than 60 cloud data centers across 19 countries and 18 availability zones across six regions.

C-Level Executive Managing IT Transformation & Digital Supply Chain for multi billion dollar company. Entrepreneur - Supply Chain - Food & Beverage, Media & Entertainment Love the building process especially in a multi-continent, multi-vertical industry scope.

Category Design is the most powerful (underground) skill in business. Category Designers introduce us to new ways of living, working and playing. They break new ground, make a big difference and in business, earn (on average) 76% of the total value created in the market category they design.

Venkat Ramaswamy is Professor of Marketing at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA. He is a globally recognized thought leader, idea practitioner, and eclectic scholar with wide-ranging interests in innovation, strategy, marketing, branding, IT, operations, and the human side of the organization.

Philippe is an IT executive with over 20 years of experience in solution delivery and project management, in the information technology field.

John guides organizations who seek to transform their operations and IT environments. With over 30 years of experience, John leverages his strong technical and analytical background to offer solutions to complex business problems.

Kieron Allen is an Acceleration Economy Analyst examining the innovation, opportunity and future impact of the Metaverse on culture, work, social engagement, vertical industries, the customer and more.

Executive leader and advisor in art and science of ‘strategy activation,’ Christian Anschuetz helps industry leaders re-imagine and re-invent how their companies do business. His unique blend of market-shaping vision and leading-edge tech savvy coupled with a strong belief in the power of service over self helps leaders step beyond conventional thinking.

Chris Atkins serves as Vice President for Digital Government Transformation in the SAP Public Sector Industry Business Unit (IBU).

Aaron Back (Bearded Analyst), Chief Content Officer / Principal Analyst for Acceleration Economy, focuses on empowering individuals and organizations with the information they need to make crucial decisions.

There are few people in this industry as passionate and insightful about transforming the back-office into a driver for business innovation and agility, as Indy Bains. In his role as VP of Industry Solution Marketing, Indy leads the marketing direction and strategic vision for industries at Workday.

Dane Baker is the co-founder and CEO of EcoCart, a sustainability technology that enables businesses to calculate and offset the carbon emissions of their operations and then encourages consumers to engage with them through transparent and authentic front-end experiences.

Seasoned leader and innovator in Digital Operations, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Automation, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and the Future of Work

An accomplished, highly successful and results-driven Senior Executive with CEO, Presidential, COO, SVP and Board-level experience in businesses that have generated outstanding results in all retail channels, including both distributed and vertical models.

Seasoned marketing executive with a track record of building, directing, and empowering talented cross-functional teams that positively impact results at both startups and Fortune 200 organizations. Passionate about combining creative and analytical thinking to increase brand awareness, acquire customers, improve loyalty and grow sales through integrated campaigns

I believe that businesses run on stories. Whether content strategy, brand-building, business strategy, or community engagement, organizations need a clear vision of their story to be able to connect to customers and employees.

Financial Services Technology professional with over 23 years working with Financial Services clients to optimize operating models by delivering digital solutions.

Robert B. (Rob) Carter is executive vice president of FedEx Information Services and chief information officer of FedEx Corp.

Min Chen is the founder and CEO of Wisy, a Silicon Valley based startup that solves a $1T problem in the CPG & Retail industry by reducing out-of-stocks and waste with artificial intelligence.

As Vice President of Product Development at Oracle Hospitality, David is responsible for R&D and cloud application management globally.

Chris leverages his industry and technology experiences to help customers plan and execute their digital transformation journey.

Geoffroy has worked in supply chain and manufacturing for over 25  years. He has held leadership roles with manufacturers, consultancies, and software solution providers in companies such as Honeywell Aerospace, Axcelis Technologies, and PwC's Advisory practice.

Sohan DeMel is Vice President of Global Product Strategy and Business Development in Oracle Product Development.

I am an old school nerd. My love for technology started in the 1980s playing Tradewars with the 300 baud modem attached to my Tandy 1000 and continues today as Deputy CISO for the largest health plan on the planet. My favorite classes from my undergraduate program at Drexel, as well as my Masters program at Capitol have all involved learning

Dan Drawbaugh is Chief Executive Officer of The Steadman Clinic (TSC) and Steadman Philippon Research Institute (SPRI) in Vail, Colorado. As CEO, Drawbaugh leads a team of talented physicians, researchers, scientists and administrators who make TSC and SPRI one of the most sought after orthopaedic sports medicine destination centers globally, where world-class medicine and world-class research strategically align.

Chief Content Officer and Co-Founder of the Acceleration Economy, Bob leads the strategic direction of the global analyst network and actively covers the Cloud and Digital Business categories. Creator of Cloud Wars Top 10, a ranking and ongoing analysis world's most-influential tech companies driving digital business and the digital economy.

Nate Evenson is the Co-Founder and President of Najaxa Software, a Microsoft Data Platform and Acumatica ERP Services and Consulting company based in Fargo, ND.

Emma Fish leads the Google Cloud Public Sector Industry Solutions and Government Programs teams. A long-time Googler, Emma has led GTM and Programs teams across Google for Education and Cloud with a focus on supporting Governments at the intersection of technology and innovation. Emma has over ten years of experience supporting and growing Governments and Education organizations through technology transformation.

Simon Floyd is a Director for Manufacturing Industries at Google Cloud. He is dedicated to digital transformation within manufacturing and transportation industries through the application of smart technology, business strategy and creative solutions that span the product life cycle from design, to manufacturing through service.

Laura leads marketing and investor relations at Specright, the first cloud-based platform for Specification Management.

inancial Services Industry Solution Marketing for Workday. He is responsible globally for Workday’s Financial Services marketing strategy and execution for Workday’s Financial Management and Human Capital Management Solutions.

With 27 years of overall experience in Enterprise Software Product and IT Services sectors, Salil Godika is Chief Executive Officer, Synoptek India. Salil’s expertise in marketing, business development as well as delivery helps link deep delivery expertise to service marketing and business development activities, while contributing to the overall growth of Synoptek’s global business.

Ibrahim Gokcen has spent the last 25 years transforming businesses of all sizes using software, AI/ML and launching new products, services and businesses. He is currently the Managing Partner of Velocis Digital, LLC, a US-based management consulting and strategy execution company focused on scaling early-stage and medium-sized companies and expanding their operations globally.

Lev Gonick is Enterprise Chief Information Officer at Arizona State University. Enterprise Technology at ASU leads the design and agile management of all enterprise infrastructure, applications, products, services and analytics. Lev also chairs the Sun Corridor Network, Arizona's Research and Education Network.

John leads IBM Consulting, IBM’s global professional consulting services unit, an organization in 150 countries with deep industry expertise and market-leading capabilities in business transformation and technology implementation.

Born and raised in New York, Peter has spent the last 20+ years in the Bay Area and has spent his entire adult life working in technology. He started as a founder of his own digital agency in the mid-90's, progressing to senior roles in consulting and agencies, before moving on to help build multiple successful open source enterprise software companies.

My approach to success: Read voraciously, apply what's learned in small, controlled methods, implement in large scale. Teach others what I learn, learn from others. Lead a balanced life. Be a nice person.

Tim Hall is the Senior Vice President of Product at Redis and oversees all product management teams for the company’s commercial software and managed services.

Jennifer Harris-Kroll knows people and how to treat them. As the Director of Growth at Anthill, Harris-Kroll works closely with Dr. Muriel Clauson and Dr. Young-Jae Kim to expand the company’s HR tech platform worldwide.

Chris Hughes is an Acceleration Economy Analyst focusing on Cyber Security. Chris currently serves as the Co-Founder and CISO of Aquia. Chris has nearly 20 years of IT/Cybersecurity experience.

Don Ingle serves as Industry Executive Advisor for State, Local and Education at SAP, providing a government executive leader’s perspective to SAP public sector strategy and customer engagement.

A thirty-plus-year grizzled veteran of the ERP wars. Intent on delivering new tools, processes, and attitudes to a market space where challenged and failed projects are a growing concern. What was the last technology that made ERP software faster, cheaper, and easier to implement, maintain and upgrade? Go ahead. I’ll wait.

Dr. Henna Karna has more than 25 years of experience leading innovation across digital/data in high-tech, CPG, risk management, and insurance industries (across vendors, brokers, and independent agents). This has included leading businesses and advising Fortune 500 companies on digital innovation and disruption, while designing and developing patent-pending technology and applications in the field of genetic algorithms, behavioral analytics, deep neural nets, & digital-data technologies.

As a professional speaker, advisor, coach, author, and former award-winning tech executive leader who has a deep passion for improving communications and relationships, Gayle Keller leads, facilitates, inspires, and revitalizes gender inclusivity, communications, and personal branding programs for select corporations and organizations.

As Co-founder & CEO at Apparel Intelligence, Inc., Jessica has a clear mission to drive growth in digital fashion 3D technology for the vision of global sustainability. With a decade of diverse experience focused on digital media, art, and fashion design, she is committed to bridging the synergy between the digital and fashion industries. She has worked with renowned global brands such as Lucasfilm, the Art Directors Guild, Clo Virtual Fashion, Fred Segal, and Decentraland.

Senior financial executive with broad global experience in finance, accounting, treasury, M&A, business partnering, tax, audit and operations. Direct experience with IT services, life sciences, travel, financial services, information providers, technology, publishing and healthcare. Specialties: Finance Function Optimization/Transformation, Spin-off Transaction, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Due Diligence, Acquisition Integration, Enterprise Risk Management, ERP and System Implementation, Accounting Policy, Budgeting and Forecasting, Accounting Operations, Control, Financial Reporting (internal and external), Global Business Services and Internal Control Environment.

Experienced technology leader with deep understanding of manufacturing, apparel, luxury goods, outdoor, and retail industries. Skilled in project management, software development, legacy system integration, and change management to support growing organizations.

Keith Lohkamp is senior director of healthcare industry strategy at Workday, responsible for the product direction and strategy for the healthcare industry.

Shane is currently VP Product and Engineering, Head of Machine Learning & AI at Workday. Shane is also the Founder and CEO of the enterprise software company BlueMesh.com, a team that developed a solution for technology  developers – a solution to improve the way we all interact with technologies.

Speaker | Advisor | Helping Individuals and Businesses Understand Technology, Improve Processes, and Align with Stakeholders Supply Chain Advisors LLC

Sam is the Global Head of the Industry and Value Advisory organization at SAP – an organization responsible for driving incremental economic value for SAP customers by leveraging SAP technology innovations.

Ronak Mathur is an Acceleration Economy Analyst focusing on Automation. Ronak is a Software professional with 4+ years of experience specializing in Robotics Process Automation.

experience in successfully working with Governments across the country to transform their service delivery to both their citizens and employees. For the past 10 years Tim has been focused on SaaS and Cloud solutions for government at Salesforce and Workday. Tim resides in Sacramento and is an avid Peloton and Hydrow enthusiast

Jerry McGlynn is Practice Director, Consulting at Synoptek. With over 30 years of IT Consulting and Strategy Development experience, Jerry is not just a technologist but also a business leader who can transform operations and drive effective change management.

Marketing executive with a proven track record of using strategic business skills and background to deliver exceptional results with growing businesses.

Joe Miles joined Google Cloud in August 2020, and is responsible for the industry solution strategy for Google Cloud in the healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) industries consisting of payer, provider, biopharma, med tech and wholesaler industry segments.

Lisa Miller serves as Senior Vice President of Platform Alliances. In this transformational role she is responsible for the strategic vision, thought leadership and execution of Equinix’s Platform Alliance Partners. This role aligns the technical and go to market partnerships which will grow solution reach, accelerate new business and drive revenue growth across all selling motions.

Business Data Scientist and Project Manager (Waterfall & Agile) with experience in Business Intelligence, Robotics Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics and Machine Learning in multiple business fields, gained within global business environment over the last 20 years.

John Muehling is an Analyst who has implemented data strategies and business processes for some of the world’s largest brands. His understanding of technology and day-to-day revenue operations enable a unique perspective that he is able to successfully shares with both executive stakeholders and front-line operators.

Steve Mullaney brings 30 years of marketing, product management, and engineering experience in network infrastructure and security to Aviatrix.

Acceleration Economy Analyst focused on business & technology strategy for the SMB CIO and the current CIO of Paragon Films, Kenny analyzes the impact of technology to drive business, process, and customer value for mid-market companies.

Experienced and hands-on global leader with over 20 years of experience in technology, innovation and new product development. Currently specializing in developing innovative products and services relating to blockchain, IoT and sovereign identity technologies while building and supporting teams through ideation to commercialization.

Michael Noel is an internationally recognized technology/cybersecurity expert and bestselling author who has presented at over 300 events in over 90 countries around the world.

Greg Pavlik is senior vice president and chief technology officer for Oracle Cloud Platform. He is responsible for product strategy, the technical roadmap, and solution architecture initiatives.

Kelsey leads Customer Success at Crosschq - the HR technology leader that is reinventing hiring to help organizations build winning, diverse teams.

Sheri Rhodes is chief customer officer at Workday where she oversees the company’s customer experience organization, which includes Professional Services, Education Services, Customer Success, and Workday Support. In this role, she leads the teams responsible for empowering all customers to reach their full potential with Workday through an unmatched end-to-end customer experience that helps ensure they realize the full value of their Workday solution.

As Global Vice President Falk manages SAP's Banking Industry Business Unit globally and is responsible for delivering the sustainable intelligent enterprise to traditional banks, neo-banks and fintechs.

Senior Information Technology and Cybersecurity Executive with 3+ decades’ experience driving enterprise-scale digital transformation within Federal Government. Recognized as builder, collaborator, and solutions innovator with vision, audacity, and drive to lead complex multibillion-dollar technology initiatives.

Louis Rosenberg, PhD is a technology pioneer in fields of virtual reality, augmented reality and artificial intelligence. He founded Unanimous AI to amplify the intelligence of networked human groups using the biological principle of Swarm Intelligence combined with AI.

Wayne Sadin, an Acceleration Economy Analyst focused on Board Strategy, has had a 30-year IT career spanning Logistics, Financial Services, Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Direct-Response Marketing, Construction, Consulting, and Technology.

As CEO and President of SADA Systems, Tony Safoian firmly believes that technology can empower people to transform their world. To this end, he places innovation at the core of the business model, coupled with exceptional customer experience and managed services. Under Safoian’s guidance, SADA has differentiated itself by proactively addressing a rapidly evolving market across Enterprise, Midmarket, Government and Education sectors, while anticipating the needs of its customers—often even before they do.

Simo Said is leading global product marketing for the entire portfolio of cloud ERP products and solutions at SAP including: RISE with SAP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, cloud ERP for Midmarket and Financial Management.

Dr. Mamoun Samaha, CTO at the International Technological University and Professor of Computer Science at Northeastern University, is an operator and academic with a long track record of success in the classroom and board room.

John is Area Vice President of sales for Oracle’s North America Government & Education CX Industries.

Intellectually Curious: Enjoy navigating between the big ideas and executional realities to create an achievable strategic product vision. Possess a hunger to learn and a seeker of new challenges.

Partner for Change. Director of Industry Strategy at Workday, responsible for the product direction and strategy for the retail, consumer and hospitality industries with 25+ years of industry and software experience.

Over two decades of experience building, optimizing, and evangelizing channel programs and go-to-market strategies.

President and Co-Founder, Activate

Matt came into sustainability and ESG from supporting Capital Markets and some of the world's largest data aggregators and asset managers at Microsoft. Today, he's moved over to our WW Sustainability team and guides companies across industries through this topic and how Microsoft and technology can help.

Tamar Shapiro is a Partner of Data & Analytics at TZP Group where she works closely with portfolio companies to enable them to leverage their data to drive engagement, sales and profitability. She also partners with the investment teams to apply advanced analytics to sourcing investments, conducting due diligence, assessing potential performance and optimizing the overall portfolio.

John is a strategic thinker and business builder who loves to reimagine what is possible with smart people who are not afraid of the future. He has the ability to visualize voids in the market and then define a people, product, process, and position approach to creating a brand where that void once existed.

Amit serves as President and Chief Customer Officer and is a Co-Founder of WorkSpan, the #1 co-sell management network that empowers companies to turbocharge and scale their co-sell revenue growth.

Nicholas Smith is the Program Lead for Digital Services at Oracle. Since 2015, Nicholas has leveraged his experience as a Naval Officer to help form strategic cloud solutions for the U.S. federal government and Department of Defense.

Tom Smith is an agile content and marketing professional who has worked for diverse brands and teams over the course of a career that began in journalism and evolved to include web analytics, SEO, performance marketing, demand gen, email marketing, digital marketing and A/B testing. Prior to joining Acceleration Economy, he spent more than seven years at Oracle helping to drive new initiatives for Oracle’s corporate website.