We’re proud to offer timely insights, powerful ideas, and innovative journeys from some of the world’s top revenue, sales, marketing, customer success, operations, and HR/Talent leaders.
Hear what Global 2000 executives (SVP to C-level), and their companies, are doing to succeed in today’s challenging environment of accelerated convergence and change. (More speakers to be added in the coming weeks/month.)
Chief Customer Officer
Sophos
Teresa Anania joined Sophos in July 2024 as chief customer officer. In this role, she is responsible for delivering a world-class post-sales organization. She ensures a customer-centric culture, aligns departments to deliver a seamless experience, advocates for customer needs, improves retention, drives revenue growth and provides a competitive advantage.
Teresa has over 25 years of experience in customer experience and sales leadership across public and private sectors, excelling in both direct and indirect sales channels. She has driven value creation, led customer success, support, professional services, sales, product management, operations and marketing.
She specializes in scaling post-sales customer engagement for enterprise, commercial, and volume segments, delivering significant ROI and driving revenue.
She was previously chief customer officer at Zendesk. Prior to Zendesk, she was senior director, Customer Success at Autodesk, and chief operating officer at Algor. She holds an MBA in finance and info tech, and a BSc, double major in accounting and info tech from Duquesne University. She also serves as a public board independent director for On24.
Chief Digital Officer, SVP
Andersen Corporation
Kelly is responsible for enterprise digital technology strategy and implementation and providing strategic partner support to each of Andersen’s divisions and functions.
Previously, she was vice president of information technology (IT) and responsible for Andersen enterprise customer experience technology (marketing, sales, quote & order, service and portal). She was also director of technology for Renewal by Andersen where she was responsible for all aspects of IT, including manufacturing technology and retail technology teams. She is a member of Andersen’s executive committee.
Kelly joined Andersen in the fall of 2014. Prior to Andersen, Kelly held a variety of IT leadership positions at Target, Thomson Reuters and Accenture. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Saint Olaf College. She serves on the Board of Trustees for the Science Museum of Minnesota and is on the board for CIOs Against Cancer. She also serves on many technology advisory boards and is a member of CESMII, the Smart Manufacturing Institute.
General Manager, Lennox Residential
Lennox
Lanessa Bannister is the leader of Lennox Home Comfort Solutions Residential HVAC organization. Lanessa has more than 25 years of in the HVAC industry with responsibilities in engineering, sales, sales leadership and general management. She has a passion for leading change, developing people and driving results.
Chief Digital Officer
CHG Healthcare
Scott Boecker leads CHG Healthcare’s digital innovation and strategies to improve the staffing experience for healthcare providers and organizations. He has more than 20 years of product experience with venture-capital-backed startups and billion-dollar companies including Ticketmaster and Nike.
After attending film school in New York and moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a screenwriter, he discovered a deeper passion for fast-growing Internet businesses and digital product development during the first dot-com boom in the late 90s.
Chief Marketing Officer
ADP
Gus Blanchard is chief marketing officer for ADP. In this role, Gus leads ADP’s global marketing and communications organization, including the Growth Marketing, Brand to Demand and External Communications groups. Leveraging a deep background in sales and an intuition for clients’ needs, Gus delivers on the critical task of ensuring a cohesive, collective approach to Sales and Marketing to successfully attract and retain clients, expand market share and strengthen the ADP brand.
Previously, Gus served as senior vice president (SVP) for Global Enterprise Sales (GES). Gus implemented multiple programs and initiatives that produced a high-vitality salesforce distributing domestic and global HCM solutions in the enterprise market space.
Prior to his role as SVP for GES, he served as SVP for ADP TotalSource Sales, overseeing over 800 sales associates that delivered consistently strong double-digit growth over five consecutive years. Earlier to this role he held a number of leadership positions including division vice president (DVP) of Major Accounts Sales – Southeast Division.
Gus is a founding executive sponsor of ADP’s Hispanic/LatinX Business Resource Group, Adelante. He is also a proud advocate and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity and the Girls and Boys Clubs of South Florida.
Gus earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration-management with Honors, with an emphasis on marketing, organizational communication/development and quantitative methods from the University of Florida.
EVP, Sales & Customer Excellence
Avantor
James Bramwell, executive vice president, Sales and Customer Excellence at Avantor, is responsible for the Americas, Europe and global Strategic Partners commercial organizations and enhancing customer experience.
Previously, he served as executive vice president of the Americas and led the Avantor Global Services and Strategic Partners organizations. James served in several roles at VWR, including senior vice president, Strategic Partners, area vice president of the Southwest U.S. and Mexico and vice president of Major Accounts.
James was one of the founding members of the Avantor Foundation and served in various roles including Board Member and president. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business management from Brigham Young University.
Chris Byrne is the recent president of Marketing Strategy & Brand at UPS who led this global shipping giant’s marketing, strategy, brand advertising, digital marketing and analytics. Prior to this, he served as president, Global Marketing spearheading both U.S. and international field marketing, digital marketing and the customer experience.
During a 16-year tenure at Xerox, Bryne served in progressive leadership roles that spanned across GTM strategies, strategic initiatives, global sales and revenue transformation, and enablement, commercial operations and lean Six Sigma deployment across the North American agent operations organization. In previous roles, Chris was a professional senior consultant helping to solve complex business problems for Fortune clients across industries.
Bryne received his MBA from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business.
SVP, Global Marketing
Element
Blake Cahill is global SVP of Marketing at Element Materials Technology and leads a global Marketing Transformation to up-level strategic marketing, customer and audience understanding—increasing brand awareness and delivering best-in-industry digital experiences.
Blake was formerly the SVP, global head of Digital Marketing, Media & E-Commerce at Royal Philips based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where he led a high-performance global team of 300+ digital marketing, media and e-commerce experts. This enterprise team was responsible for Philips’s transformation across four professional & consumer groups and 17 market clusters covering 100 countries.
Before joining Philips in 2012, Blake worked at Banyan Branch where he led client execution, acquisition and thought leadership at the leading digital & interactive agency that was subsequently acquired. Prior to that, Blake held various marketing roles at social, digital and enterprise telecommunications companies such as Visible Technologies, AT&T, Belgacom & Ameritech.
Over a 25+ year career in marketing, digital, customer experience, technology start-ups and media, Blake’s passion is in witnessing the intersection and constant iteration of customer and technological change in marketing.
President, Worldwide Field Operations
Samsara
Lara Caimi is the President of Worldwide Field Operations for Samsara (NYSE: IOT), which allows businesses that depend on physical operations to harness IoT (Internet of Things) data to develop actionable business insights and improve their operations. In her role Lara is responsible for all presales, sales, post sales, support and partnerships functions at Samsara.
Before Samsara, Lara was Chief Customer and Partner Officer for ServiceNow, overseeing nearly 2,500 global employees across organizations including customer success, professional services, and channel ecosystem. Previously, she served as ServiceNow’s Chief Strategy Officer and was a partner at Bain & Company, where she advised technology companies on growth and go-to-market strategy.
Lara joined the board of Confluent, the event streaming pioneer, in 2020. She is also a member of FirstBoard.io, whose mission is to increase female representation on corporate boards and at the highest level of corporate governance and management. Lara holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and English Literature from St. Olaf College, a MIB from the University of Sydney as a Fulbright Scholar, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
SVP, Global Partnerships
NBCUniversal
Zach Chapman leads a team responsible for shaping effective, long-term strategic partnership frameworks across the NBCUniversal portfolio of owned and operated distribution linear, digital and streaming channels, as well as via key premium content providers and technology partners.
Whether it be via unmissable sports and entertainment, award-winning news networks, blockbuster movies or unforgettable theme parks, NBCUniversal has been shaping culture for almost a century. Zach and his teams are now on a mission to make NBCUniversal the number one destination for marketers to reach audiences in a brand-safe, premium environment across all international markets.
Prior to his role at NBCUniversal, Zach spent the last eight years with the Walt Disney Company in a variety of leadership roles in core growth areas. He started the programmatic and audience sales teams as VP of Multimedia Sales and Global Digital at ESPN, ran ESPN International as VP ESPN International across LATAM, EMEA and APAC for several years, and was charged with merging and growing the Category Partnership and Ad Sales Research organizations for Disney/ESPN/ABC.
A long-time digital native (Wired magazine and Hotwired starting in 1996), Zach has led sales teams with an emphasis on digital innovation and growth for iconic brands such as Sports Illustrated and Entertainment Weekly, for premium sports brands NBC Sports and Olympics and SBNation, as well as with the U.S. Hispanic Market as SVP of Digital Sales for Univision Communications.
Chief People Officer
Commvault
Martha Delehanty, chief people officer for Commvault, joined the company understanding that people are at the heart of growth, innovation and opportunity, to help “get ‘em, build ‘em and keep ‘em” for the future.
Martha uses her decades of human resources experience at Verizon Operations and Verizon Wireless to guide and coach Commvault team members to build fantastic, life-changing careers. All while helping ensure that Commvault is a naturally relevant contributor to its customers’ value chain.
Martha earned her bachelor’s in psychology from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s in business from the University of Texas. When she’s not working, she’s working out; advocating for young women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); and serving on the board of trustees for 180 Turning Lives Around, a non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating domestic violence.
Senior Partner, HCM Advisory & Human Insights
UKG
Julie Develin, MSHRD, SHRM-SCP, was recently named a “Top 100 Influencer” in all things work and related trends. Her expertise is constantly sought after as a speaker on the impact of employee relations, workplace flexibility, employee development/upskilling, and AI in business operations and human performance.
Develin is currently a Senior Partner and HCM Advisory & Human Insights at UKG (formerly Kronos) – an American multinational workforce management and human capital management cloud provider with 6,000+ employees. In this role, she works with nationwide organizations on strategic workplace initiatives to enhance productivity, improve communication, and increase satisfaction across large enterprise to SMB workforces.
Having worked more than 20 years in the human resources field as an executive and advisor, Develin is committed to exploring new ways to find the intersection of humanity and technology to enhance employee relations and foster talent development to help make every workplace great. Additionally, she is passionate about improving experiences and enhancing the overall relationship HR professionals have within their company.
Develin co-hosts "The People Purpose Podcast," a show dedicated to exploring all facets of the dynamic world of work. She is a SHRM-SCP and holds a Global Talent Management Leader (GTML) credential. Julie earned her M.S. in human resources development from McDaniel College and continues to work as an adjunct professor in the human resources management and human services management programs there.
Former Chief Commercial Officer
Dropbox
Debbie Dunnam is a proven technology industry veteran with a successful track record of driving innovation, delivering profitable top-line growth, and building strong, collaborative leadership teams. She has held executive roles in sales, marketing, services and operations.
As chief commercial officer at Dropbox, Dunnam was responsible for the B2B sales teams, revenue operations, strategy, business development, marketing and customer experience. She also led all the delivery teams at ServiceSource as their chief operating officer.
Prior to joining ServiceSource, Debbie served as corporate VP of inside sales at Microsoft, and as SVP of worldwide services sales at Cisco. She also held executive leadership roles at both Dell and HP and was recognized as one of the “Women of the Channel” by Channel Reseller News.
Debbie received a B.B.A. in management from Northwood University.
SVP & GM – Global Channel, Sales
Innovation & Ops
HP
Kobi Elbaz serves as the senior vice president and general manager of Global Channel, Sales Innovation & Operations at HP. In this role, he is responsible for directing the company’s global go-to-market model across all HP solutions and services. This worldwide organization spans HP Channel, Sales Operations, Transformation, M&A Integration and End User Sales Centers of Excellence.
Prior to taking the helm in his current role, Kobi served as senior vice president and general manager (GM) of HP’s Global Channel Organization, responsible for all channel and partner-facing programming and engagement on a global scale, across the entire HP portfolio. Under his leadership, the company expanded HP Amplify, a first-of-its-kind global channel program, to all partners and integrated all HP products and services into one unified global platform. The award-winning HP Amplify program provides the insights, capabilities and collaboration tools needed to drive growth as digital transformation and customer purchasing behaviors continue to evolve.
Since joining HP in 1996, Kobi has served in a variety of leadership roles including SVP & GM of HP’s Global Personal Systems Category, VP & GM of Americas Personal Systems, VP & GM of EMEA Personal Systems, and country managing director for HP Israel.
Chief Operating Officer
Paramount Advertising
Steve Ellis is the chief operating officer at Paramount Advertising.
Steve oversees strategy and operations for the advertising business for CBS, CBS Sports, Paramount +, the Paramount cable networks and Pluto.
In this role, Steve has been responsible for overseeing the transformation and unification of the Paramount advertising team since the merger of CBS, CBS Interactive and Viacom.
Steve also oversees the development of Paramount Ad Manager, a new advertising platform and product that will provide SMBs direct access to Paramount’s ad-supported streaming inventory.
Prior to Paramount, Steve was the founder and CEO of WHOSAY, an early venture-backed influencer and social marketing company founded in 2009. WHOSAY was instrumental in establishing the marketplace for the creator economy among agencies and brands. Paramount acquired WHOSAY in Jan 2018.
Before WHOSAY, Steve was the founder and CEO of Pump Audio, a music licensing company that created a marketplace for independent artists and their music for placement in TV shows and advertising. Pump Audio was acquired by Getty Images in June 2007.
Steve Ellis is originally from England but moved to the USA in 1988 to attend the Wharton School of Business, where he earned a B.Sc. in economics and management.
Blue Angel Lead Solo Pilot, Stanford Fellow,
Best-Selling Author & “Gratitude Guru”
Since 2015, John Foley has been recognized as one of the top 10 most in-demand speakers and has spoken to some of the highest-performing organizations in the world.
His experience as a former Naval Commander and Blue Angel Pilot allows him to share invaluable insight into cultivating trust, leadership and teamwork under challenging environments—something he has put to use by inspiring audiences to reach for their highest potential and sustain excellence through dynamic change.
John employs the intense realities of his aviation career as a metaphor to motivate and breathe life into teams to reach for their highest potential and sustain excellence under dynamic change.
In 2011, John founded the Glad To Be Here® Foundation, which donates 10% of his speaking fees to charities around the world—impacting thousands globally, including sponsoring 47 children across 47 countries. It’s all part of his mission to cultivate a sense of purpose larger than self within organizations everywhere.
Chief Executive Officer
IVX Health
Doug Ghertner joined IVX Health as its CEO in January of 2018. With over 100 clinics in 30 markets, IVX Health is a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for those with complex chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis and other conditions. The company’s experience-first model includes amenities such as flexible appointment scheduling with evening and weekend availability, guaranteed private suites, high-speed Wi-Fi, flat-screen TVs with streaming TV and movies, and comfortable recliners with room for guests.
Doug brings nearly 25 years of healthcare experience to IVX Health including senior leadership positions at CVS Health, Change Healthcare and Emdeon. Most notably, he served as CEO of Change Healthcare prior to its sale to Emdeon in 2014.
Doug holds a bachelor’s degree with special attainments in commerce from Washington and Lee University and a master’s degree in business administration from the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia.
Chief Executive Officer – Quantis.ai, Board Member & Former Amazon & GE Executive
Cate Gutowski assumed the role of chief executive officer at Quantis.ai in August 2023. Quantis.ai, a cloud-based IIoT and AI software & technology company, serves industry giants like Coca-Cola with its software platform, Pocket Factory, which operates in over 20+ countries.
Before joining Quantis.ai, Cate served as the chief operating officer (COO) at Primo Water, a $2.2B publicly traded company. At Primo Water, she oversaw daily operations including Profit & Loss Centers, go-to-market functions and operations. She delivered double-digit growth and improved operating margins during her tenure.
Prior to Primo Water, Cate led the Worldwide Sales Enablement function at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where she played a crucial role in AWS's growth from $17B to $57B. Based on this new rapid growth, AWS leadership invested in the field propelling the salesforce from 10,000 to 40,000 sellers.
Cate's expertise in sales leadership and product management also contributed to the development of AI and Machine Learning tools at AWS, enabling faster onboarding and facilitating the rapid global expansion of the company as the market leader of cloud technology.
Cate's career began 27 years ago at General Electric (GE) where she started as a trainee on the Technical Leadership Program. She rose to a senior executive role at GE Corporate where she led the worldwide commercial function. Her pioneering contributions to digital transformation and the application of AI and ML in sales have earned recognition from Forbes, CNBC, MSNBC, CIO Journal and the Wall Street Journal. As a sought-after speaker, Cate frequently shares her perspectives at industry events and leading universities such as Harvard & MIT.
A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she also holds an Executive MBA from the University of South Florida.
Chief People Officer
Cadent
Jim Johnstone is a seasoned human resources executive with over 15 years of experience providing strategic leadership across all aspects of HR.
Prior to joining Cadent, Jim served as senior vice president, head of Human Resources at WWE, vice president, head of HR B2B Division at AOL, and director, Human Resources Relationship Leader at American Express.
Jim’s previous experiences include human resources management, M&A, talent acquisition, and career and organizational development.
EVP, Global Revenue Enablement &
Customer Success
Sage
Shawn Lewis is the executive vice president, Revenue Enablement & Success at Sage, UK’s second-largest technology company and one of the world’s leading suppliers of enterprise resource planning software and the largest supplier to small businesses.
In his role, Shawn is responsible for delivering revenue growth and retention objectives across Sage. His team plays a pivotal role in driving improvement to GTM design and enablement, setting sales excellence standards, leading digital transformation and customer success initiatives. Shawn attributes his accomplishments to his authentic leadership style, characterized by high energy and a hands-on approach, which he believes are fundamental in leading high-performing teams. His proven expertise in high-tech software, information and data service industries coupled with his experience in healthcare IT business acumen distinguish him in formulating unique solutions to complex business problems.
Prior to joining Sage, Shawn has over 20+ years of experience building and supporting industry-leading technology Sales and Operations teams at Change Healthcare, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and Sungard. With a proven track record of success and a relentless drive for continuous improvement, Shawn Lewis stands as a formidable force in shaping the future trajectory of the broader technology industry.
Head of Gen AI Solution Architecture
Bria.ai
Chris MacDonald is a visionary leader in the field of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, known for driving innovation and elevating performance across industries. With more than a decade of experience, he has a proven track record of integrating advanced AI solutions to deliver tangible business outcomes. As the current Head of Gen AI Solution Architecture at BRIA AI, Chris leads the charge in integrating cutting-edge visual generative AI platforms into customer’s strategies and tech stacks, directly contributing to the company’s rapid growth and success.
Previously, as the Head of AI and Analytics at PTC, Chris spearheaded the strategic planning and execution of AI initiatives that transformed the firm’s product lines and accelerated its SaaS transformation. Under his leadership, PTC’s AI and analytics services solidified remarkable improvements, including significant reductions in development time and increases in customer adoption. MacDonald’s ability to create frameworks for deploying advanced analytics and driving business outcomes make him a sought-after expert in AI strategy.
Chris’s influence extends beyond corporate walls as a trusted advisor, keynote speaker, and thought leader. His insights have been featured in numerous publications and podcasts, and he has been instrumental in shaping the AI strategies of several leading organizations. MacDonald’s dynamic approach to balancing AI innovation with governance, privacy, and ethical considerations sets him apart as a forward-thinking leader in the AI space.
A passionate advocate for technology’s transformative power, Chris is dedicated to empowering teams, inspiring collaboration, and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible through AI.
EVP, Chief People &
Administrative Officer
Cox Media Group
Mary Ellen Marcilliat-Falkner is the Executive Vice President, Chief People & Administrative Officer at Cox Media Group (CMG). Mary Ellen draws on her deep business experience and a wealth of HR knowledge to lead CMG’s People Solutions’ (HR) team and corporate communications. She’s used this opportunity to cultivate CMG’s dynamic culture, elevate employee engagement and launch a purposeful DE+I program; all while enhancing the company’s approach to talent and performance, learning and development, compensation and benefits, and employee and labor relations.
Mary Ellen’s award-winning career began in field operations at Cox Automotive, where she earned the position of Senior Vice President of HR Business Partners and HR Operations. A true driving force within Cox Auto, she led a team of leader-facing HR business partners and employment practice professionals, providing invaluable support across all of Cox Automotive’s U.S.-based businesses and corporate functions.
In 2017, Mary Ellen transitioned to Cox Media Group as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer. In this new frontier for her, she co-developed a visionary initiative called the EXLab. This groundbreaking program, launched in partnership with Cox Enterprises and its divisions, revolutionized people practices, communications and internal business partnerships. Through design thinking and audience feedback, the EXLab enabled a future focused “One Cox” employee experience, propelling the organization into a new era.
Outside of the office, Mary Ellen is passionate about environmental conservation and animal welfare. She is actively involved in organizations such as the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the National Resource Defense Council, Sierra Club, and the National Audubon Society.
Throughout her career, Mary Ellen has put action behind her long-standing commitment to empowering women. She proudly served on the board of directors for Women in Technology, advocating for women in Georgia’s STEAM community. Although her board service concluded in December 2021, she continued serving on the Women in Technology Advisory Council for another year. At CMG, Mary Ellen helped launch EmpowHERed, CMG’s first women-focused BRG.
Mary Ellen graduated from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas with a bachelor’s in accounting and holds the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) designation.
Chief Executive Officer, Tax & Accounting
Wolters Kluwer
Jason Marx is the CEO of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, a leading global provider of software, integrated workflow solutions, and information for tax, accounting, audit and compliance professionals. As CEO of the global division, Jason leads Wolters Kluwer tax and accounting operations worldwide, with activities across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Previously, Jason served as president & chief executive officer of Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, North America where he led the development and delivery of customer-focused software, solutions and information services for tax and accounting professionals throughout the United States and Canada. Prior to this, Jason served as president of CCH Small Firm Services and group executive for Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Brazil.
Jason has more than 30 years of experience in the tax and accounting, financial services and information technology industries, with proven abilities to drive top-line growth and deliver innovative customer solutions. Before joining Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting, he was vice president & general manager, Residential & Indirect Lending of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. There he led the development of award-winning software solutions that improved lending profitability and productivity and delivered significant business growth.
Before joining Wolters Kluwer in 2007, Jason held executive leadership positions within the banking and financial services industry, including FMF Capital, CitiMortgage, Household Financial Services, and as a co-founder of AMRESCO Residential Credit Corp.
Jason is a member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council and has been named by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People for 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Michigan and an MBA in finance from DePaul University.
Managing Director & President, U.S. Business
KARL STORZ
Sonal currently is the Managing Director & President - U.S. Business, KARL STORZ United States (KSUS), where he leads a team of 2700+ employees across research and development, manufacturing, and commercial operations. In this position he is responsible for the overall operations of KARL STORZ US and the associated profit and loss performance. He is active in developing corporate strategies to continue achieving profitability, business growth and increase market share for KARL STORZ through the introduction of state-of-the-art technologies, innovative solutions and harnessing the capabilities of the human capital at KSUS.
Sonal was previously Managing Director, KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America, Inc. the commercial operations arm for KARL STORZ in the US and led a team of 1600+ employees where he spearheaded a period of significant innovation and market share expansion.
Sonal has a diverse background of competing in global markets across Medical Devices, Consumer health and B2C business environments. Over the past two plus decades, he has worked in senior commercial, marketing and strategy positions at KARL STORZ, Philips, and GE across the world in the USA, Netherlands, Switzerland, Thailand, and India.
Prior to joining KARL STORZ, Sonal had a short stint as CEO, Onera Health (Series B sleep diagnostics start up) based in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Sonal had a 12.5-year career at Philips; where in his last role, he served as the North American Business Leader for the Sleep and Respiratory Care business. He successfully led the $1.3 billion enterprise with 700+ FTEs through the COVID pandemic, meeting the surge in demand for ventilation and oxygen solutions, and transitioned the business to a more service-oriented model.
Sonal is currently on the Board of Directors of California Life Sciences, and in the past has served on the Board of Directors for Respironics Inc. and Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC). Sonal is passionate about solving problems and delivering patient care across the health continuum in myriad care settings and making a measurable difference in patient outcomes.
Sonal grew up in India and Nigeria and holds dual citizenship (American and Dutch). He holds an MBA degree from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland, and a Master’s in Philosophy and a Master’s in Economics from the University of Pune, India.
Chief Commercial Officer
EIS
Anshu Mehrotra is the current chief commercial officer at EIS, a global industrial distribution leader for process and production materials and fabricated solutions.
He previously served as SVP of Sales & Marketing at Belden, a global leader in end-to-end signal transmission solutions for mission-critical applications in enterprise and industrial markets. As the global sales and marketing leader for the enterprise, Anshu’s focus is on developing and driving organic growth strategies in support of enterprise business objectives.
Prior to this role, Anshu was the leader of the Industrial Welding business for ITW including market-leading brands Miller Electric, Hobart, Bernard and Tregaskiss. As the business leader, Anshu is responsible for all aspects of developing and leading business growth strategies and execution plans for critical end users in targeted segments–end-user driven, demand generation-based commercial strategy; supported through strong partnerships with preferred channel partners.
Anshu received his MBA from Northwestern University at Kellogg School of Management and an M.S. from Northern Illinois University.
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer
Varonis
Guy serves as chief financial officer and chief operating officer for Varonis. He is responsible for global operations, executing business strategies and financial management, including legal, treasury, investor relations and purchasing.
Prior to becoming chief financial officer, Guy served in various finance roles within the company since 2011, most recently as vice president of Finance, during which time he was responsible for financial planning, reporting and operations and was instrumental in building and managing the global finance organization.
Prior to joining Varonis, Guy held positions at Ernst & Young as an audit manager and KPMG, working with both foreign and domestic public and private companies. Guy holds both a B.A and M.S.A. from Boston College and is a Certified Public Accountant in the U.S. and Israel.
Chief Marketing Officer, North America
Schneider Electric
Shonodeep Modak is the chief marketing officer of Schneider Electric’s Energy Management Business. His mission is to elevate marketing performance, supporting business growth and commercial impact, as well as enrich the digital customer experience and thought leadership across the full scope of Energy Management globally.
Prior to this, he was chief marketing officer for the North America region of Schneider Electric. Throughout his 20-year career at multiple Fortune 500 companies, Shonodeep has fused analytics with creativity to drive profitable growth and improve market position.
SVP, Global Operations & Monetization
ServiceNow
Parisa Naseralavi leads and drives operational efficiency across the ServiceNow Global Sales organization, delivering services that maximize seller productivity and performance, scale the business through a digital first approach, and create an unmatched commercial experience for customers and partners.
Parisa is a top-performing, results-driven C-level executive leader with an exceptional record of initiating and completing global, high-profile programs recognized for materially contributing to the bottom line. She is known as a change catalyst for solving hard problems by designing and executing winning strategies and tactics.
She has a strong track record of accelerating business transformations with an expansive background in global revenue operations (including sales operations, partner operations, services operations, customer operations) new product introductions, customer satisfaction, finance and M&A strategy/integration. Parisa joined ServiceNow in June 2020 and was promoted to her current position in January 2023.
Before ServiceNow, Parisa held multiple leadership roles at VMWare and Cisco. And while at Cisco built an almost 20-year track record of consecutive successes revitalizing Cisco’s global Service Supply Chain, rejuvenating their global Customer Service Operations, and reimagining and rebuilding Cisco’s entire global Finance division where she has implemented 120+ new process and system enhancements and saved over $13B in operating costs, all while strengthening Cisco’s global BI, QTC, cash management, forecasting and pricing systems.
Passionate, driven and never complacent, Parisa is known for her ability to blend a strategic business-focused approach with an innate ability to innovate, see ahead of an organization’s need and create the highly engaged operations required to deliver unprecedented results. Parisa is a Certified Six Sigma Level 3 Champion and holds an advanced Engineering degree from London’s South Bank University.
Parisa believes the key to delivering high-quality results rests in energizing and inspiring others. She mentors and coaches a wide variety of next-generation leaders and is a recognized thought leader and strategic partner earning the trust and confidence of cross-functional peers and top-level executives.
While known for her commitment to achieving exceptional results, Parisa’s success is ultimately driven by her higher purpose and passion—creating cultures where people love their work and do the best work of their lives, and building organizations that make the world a better place.
Recent SVP, Business Operations & Strategy
Yahoo
For over 27 years Kalina has been working as a navigator plotting the course for companies to work better today, and prepare for the future: from Saatchi & Saatchi where she led Zenith Media in Eastern Europe; at Deloitte where she consulted clients like S&P, McGraw-Hill, Meredith Publishing and Cablevision; as EVP of Strategy at Viacom Sales; and currently as SVP of Business Operations and Strategy at Yahoo Advertising.
Kalina's approach to growth and transformation is centered on human potential and building collaborations across internal silos, and among unlikely partners in the ecosystems; and is informed by deep understanding of the technological, business and societal changes. Igniting innovation and energizing culture and diversity, Kalina creates the playbooks that empower people and organizations to unlock potential with purpose.
SVP, MarketPoint
Humana
Tracy Nolan, senior vice president of MarketPoint at Humana, is responsible for leading an omnichannel sales strategy for their individual Medicare line of business while meeting organizational targets for new membership, retention and engagement. She is a member of the company’s Management Team Extended, which assists the management team in setting out and executing on the company’s strategic goals.
Prior to joining Humana in 2022, Tracy served as the senior vice president of T-Mobile’s Consumer Sales organization leading a team of over 20,000 employees across the company in both retail and distributor/dealer channels. Prior to the Sprint/T-Mobile merger, she held several senior leadership roles at Sprint across the Consumer Sales organization, including president, National Sales, Strategy and Operations.
Tracy is a graduate of Clarkson University, where she majored in marketing research and information systems. She continued her executive education at the Harvard Business School and Terry Business School at the University of Georgia. In 2023, Tracy also completed the certification to become a Licensed Insurance Producer.
Chief Executive Officer
Symplr
BJ Schaknowski is CEO of symplr, the leader in enterprise healthcare operations software and services. A former Marine, he is a 25-year veteran of the software industry, with previous leadership roles in CA Technologies, Intuit and Sage Software.
Prior to joining symplr, BJ spent time in executive-level marketing, services and sales roles at Vertafore and LexisNexis Software Solutions. Throughout his career, he has prioritized balancing value and outcomes for employees, customers and shareholders; he has also extended this commitment to his philanthropic work, including his work on the board of directors for Susan G. Komen.
He received his bachelor’s degree in communications from the State University of New York at Geneseo and his MBA from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business.
SVP, Americas Sales
Equinix
Arquelle Shaw is senior vice president of Sales for the Americas at Equinix, the world's digital infrastructure company, where she is responsible for leading sales strategy and revenue growth across the region. Arquelle has extensive technology, operational and organizational leadership experience. Her depth of experience helps clients to harness Equinix’s trusted global platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure to enable their digital transformation. Arquelle is a transformative sales leader with a passion for building client-centric, solution-driven sales organizations that help clients achieve critical business objectives. Under her leadership, her team has reported revenue growth every quarter she has led the Americas Sales organization at Equinix.
Prior to Equinix, Arquelle was a sales executive at Accenture, leading sales in Communications Media and Technology. She worked as a trusted partner to key clients and helped shape and deliver business outcomes driving clients’ end-to-end transformation.
Arquelle also was vice president of Global Sales and vice president/GM of the Multinational Client Group at American Express. In these roles, Arquelle created and implemented global alignment around a new GTM strategy, significantly shifting revenue growth. She also led the successful transition of the organization’s employees and clients into the American Express Joint Venture, American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT).
Arquelle has held senior sales leadership positions at AT&T, where she led multi-billion dollar sales organizations responsible for building integrated technology solutions helping clients digitally transform their businesses. Throughout her career, she has focused on helping her clients and mentoring her teams, and as a result, she has been named one of the “Most Influential Business Women” by the San Francisco Bay Area Business Times multiple times.
Equally important, Arquelle serves as a champion and mentor for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives within Equinix and her community. She proudly leads the Equinix Women Leaders Network (EWLN) and Equinix Women in Technology Sales to amplify the voice and visibility of Equinix women around the world. She also is an executive sponsor of Equinix BlackConnect and is a founding member of the Equinix PrideConnect Parents Group. She also volunteers as a “Woman of Impact” for the non-profit organization Girls Inc. where she supports creating opportunities for girls in underserved communities through funding and mentoring.
SVP, Human Resources
Verizon Business
Karyn is an experienced Human Resources executive that pairs business and talent strategies with operational excellence to ignite growth and deliver results. She has successfully led major transformations supporting technology evolutions, new product launches, key restructurings, and M&A. Karyn is a C-suite collaborator who fosters trusted relationships with key decision makers, customers, and teams. She builds a value-based culture focused on a foundation of integrity, respect, and accountability – and leverages data science and market data to design/deliver best in class employee and customer experiences.
Currently, Karyn is SVP of Human Resources for Verizon Business. Her leadership and vision align HR services and EX with business strategies. She is responsible for providing global HR support to 30,000+ employees in 50+ countries.
In her prior role, Karyn served as the Vice President of Human Resources leading the HR teams supporting Verizon’s Global Network and Technology (75,000 employees) and Product and New Business organizations (10,000 employees).
Earlier assignments included leading the Total Rewards team designing and delivering compensation policies and procedures, implementation of employee recognition programs, and HR support for mergers, acquisitions, and integrated deals. Stetz also created an HR Shared Services organization that supported administrative and transaction-based activities.
Karyn began her career in GTE Wireless as a HR Business Partner and held leadership positions in a variety of areas including Executive Compensation and Benefits, HR Operations, Staffing, and Employee Relations.
SVP, NAM Strategy & Operations, North America
Schneider Electric
Bryan Stevens has 20 years of experience within Schneider Electric in a variety of sales, operations, strategy and leadership positions. While staying focused on improving the customer’s experience, Bryan brings a passion for understanding new markets and business models and driving change to capitalize on those opportunities through collaboration, creativity and leadership.
As the current SVP of NAM Strategy & Commercial, Bryan leads go-to-market design and transformation, pricing, sales operations and digital transformation. He served as VP of Sales Operations & Pricing and VP of National Sales & Ops during his earlier years at the firm.
Prior to this, Bryan ran the U.S. National Sales + Software organization for Secure Power division, a U.S.-based organization that supports customers in designing, deploying and operating infrastructure, software and services in all mission-critical environments, from small edge applications to large datacenter environments. Additionally, he has held general management/P&L roles in leading Canada and Mexico business.
Bryan has his bachelor’s degree from Bates College with a major in physics and a minor in mathematics.
Chief Executive Officer
Cleverbridge
Wendi Sturgis is the chief executive officer of Cleverbridge, a customer success and process automation company since 2021. She has over 25 years of experience as a technology and marketing leader at some of the world's largest tech companies.
Prior to Cleverbridge, Wendi was a founding executive at Yext (NYSE: Yext) where she worked from 2011 to 2019, serving in multiple roles, including SVP of Sales and Services, chief customer officer, and most recently, CEO of Yext Europe.
She has previously held executive positions at Oracle, Gartner, Right Media and Yahoo!, where she was vice president of Account Management for North America in charge of the North American Search business.
She is currently an independent director for The Container Store and Sabre Corporation. She has served on multiple boards including Dailyworth.com, Kustomer (acquired by Facebook) Student Transportation of America (Nasdag: STA), Step Up Women's Network and Chair of the Georgia Tech Advisory Board. Wendi currently serves as a trustee for the Georgia Tech Foundation.
SVP, Global Partnerships
ServiceNow
Erica Volini, senior vice president, Global Partnerships at ServiceNow, works with over 2,000 partners who are a part of the ServiceNow global ecosystem. Erica joined ServiceNow in 2021 to help transform the go-to-market strategy for partners and has since brought her vision to life, leading the growth and expansion of the ServiceNow partner ecosystem. She also led the launch of a new partner program in January 2023 aimed at helping partners differentiate.
Before ServiceNow, Erica was a principal at Deloitte Consulting for 23 years, building and leading the Global Human Capital practice. She is known externally as an expert in the Future of Work and was a co-author of Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends report. Her work has been profiled on CNN, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, Forbes and several other media outlets. In September 2021, Erica was appointed an HR Advisory Council Member of Betterworks.
Erica received her B.S. ILR from Cornell University.