Alexander Group

EXECUTIVE FORUM

Speakers

Continuing the 22-Year Tradition

We’re proud to set the gold standard in offering top revenue, sales, ops, customer success and HR/talent leaders powerful ideas, actionable insights and innovative transformations across cultures, customer-centric models and hybrid employee experiences from some of the world’s biggest and best practice organizations.

Learn how enduring cross-industry leaders, and their companies, are doing it differently – growing in the face of unprecedented change and market conditions while preparing for a promising year in 2024.

Our initial group of anchor speakers are listed below; we’ll add another 20+ executives across high-growth sectors in the coming weeks/month. Stay tuned and plan to join us this October!

Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Michelle Sam Alkahrrat - Ceridian

Sam Alkharrat

EVP & Chief Revenue Officer
Ceridian

Sam Alkharrat, EVP and chief revenue officer of Ceridian: a global leader in HCM solutions, leads the Revenue Organization comprised of GTM strategy, RevOps, enablement, demand marketing, business development, partnerships and ecosystems, and solution engineering. In his own words, his mission is “to drive revenue growth and customer success globally – leveraging my expertise in AI, cloud, sales and partnerships.”

An accomplished B2B software executive, Sam has decades of experience building and nurturing high-performance cultures at enterprise technology companies. Prior to joining Ceridian in 2023, he held progressive leadership roles at Workday, C3 AI, VMWare, SAP and Cisco Systems.

Sam has enjoyed serving as a Board Member on such companies as Gaia Ventures, aiXplain, Mindtickle, Picacity AI, Enveil, Borza Labs, Ruum by SAP, KlozeAI, MarketBeam and LiveRoute.

Sam holds a Global Executive MBA from Duke University and a B.S. in Science from the University of Toledo.

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Executive Forum - Keynote - Peter Blacker - NBCUniversal

Peter Blacker

EVP – Streaming & Data Products,
Head of DEI – Global Ad Sales, NBCUniversal

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Roundtable Leader - Tony Carroll

Tony Carroll

GTM/Revenue Advisor, Former COO
& Commercial Executive

Tony is a global executive with extensive experience in the technology sector leading global organizations through critical transitions to achieve their next level of financial, operational & market success.  He brings pragmatic, results-driven leadership with a keen business acumen and P&L oversight that spans broad-based experience in sales leadership, revenue operations, new business development, and Go-to-Market planning & execution.

In his current role as Senior Vice President, Revenue Operations at Bestpass, Tony's responsible for developing Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies, implementing an integrated technology stack to drive analytical insights and support key GTM processes across the customer life-cycle continuum.

Previously at MetricStream, Carroll was the Chief Operating Officer responsible for developing, operationalizing and executing strategies that drove growth and profitability across the entire enterprise.  During his tenure, he enhanced business growth by redesigning the GTM structure and solution offerings, which drove consistent quarterly growth by doubling new logo acquisition while maintaining customer expansion and increasing customer retention.

Throughout his career, Tony has held several worldwide Operations and Sales leadership positions in other high-tech companies including Kony Inc. (now Temenos) Oracle and Primavera (now Oracle.)

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Erika Chandler - Panelist

Erika Chandler

SVP, Global Revenue Operations
Genesys

Erika Chandler leads Revenue Operations, Strategy and Enablement at Genesys. Her team is responsible for driving growth strategies, leading field operations, providing revenue intelligence and insights, crafting sales incentives that align to company growth priorities, and enabling competitive effectiveness globally. 

She has 20+ years of experience building and nurturing high-performing team cultures at enterprise technology companies, including Genesys, Cisco Systems and Elastic.  Creative and data driven, she is recognized as a transformational leader proficient at innovating new strategies and building sales capabilities that yield consistent results.

She has expertise in both building and revitalizing organizations by creating multiyear strategic plans supported by yearly operational plans, investment models, and metrics. Erika holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics and Computer Science.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Bruce Chesebrough - New Mountain Capital

Bruce Chesebrough

Operating Partner
New Mountain Capital

Bruce Chesebrough is an operating partner at New Mountain Capital, where he spearheads the Commercial Excellence function. He has spent his entire career optimizing revenue performance as both a PE operating executive and CRO.

Over the course of his career, Bruce has worked in more than 100 industries including enterprise software, e-commerce, insurance, manufacturing, distribution & logistics, life sciences, defense, building materials, engineering, chemicals, construction, and medical devices.

Prior to New Mountain, Chesebrough was an operating executive at TPG Capital in a similar capacity.  Prior to joining TPG, he held positions as managing director of the Revenue Enhancement practice at Alvarez & Marsal and chief revenue officer at Corbis Corporation. 

Bruce holds a B.A. in economics from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is a Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) and a former member of Board of Directors of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Tony Colon - ServiceNow

Tony Colon

SVP, Customer Success
ServiceNow

Tony Colon serves as ServiceNow’s global senior vice president of Customer Success. Tony joined ServiceNow as senior vice president of the customer & partner excellence team before his charter was expanded in April 2023 to lead all of Customer Success, an organization that includes customer outcomes, customer & partner excellence, strategic operations and the company’s training and certification organization. Tony and the customer success organization are dedicated to revolutionizing the enterprise software experience to drive exponential returns, successful digital transformations and quick time-to-value for ServiceNow customers.

Tony's expertise lies in completely reimagining the way customers and partners experience technology. He has built four $100M+ businesses throughout his 20+ year career at places like Salesforce and most recently, Cisco, where he led a team of more than 2,000 engineers, designers and researchers focused on delivering integrated digital experiences for customers and partners anywhere and everywhere they connect with the company.

Tony is also an industry influencer on the topics of diversity and inclusion, leadership, team culture, addressing the IT skills and talent gaps, as well as innovations in cloud computing and agile delivery.

Tony is a strong believer that the best companies foster a culture that embraces diversity and inclusion, cares for its people and is committed to helping others. He is a champion for lifelong learning, with his signature motto, "Always be learning; Always be coachable."

He is also active in a number of social and professional causes. He serves on the advisory boards of the Covenant House and the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC) and is a member of the Forbes Technology Council. In 2019, Tony was named to the HITEC 100 list and selected as a Gender Equality Superhero by Fairygodboss.

Tony holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Executive Forum - Keynote - Doug Conant

Douglas Conant

Former Fortune 500 Chairman, CEO & President

Doug is the only former Fortune 500 CEO who is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, a Top 50 Leadership Innovator, a Top 100 Leadership Speaker, and one of the 100 Most Influential Authors in the World.

A devoted leadership practitioner and teacher, Doug’s 45-year career is defined by achieving high performance through an intentional commitment to studying, practicing, improving, and spreading the tenets of “leadership that works.”

He is Founder and CEO of ConantLeadership, former President and CEO of Campbell Soup Company, former President of Nabisco Foods, and former Chairman of Avon Products. He has also served on multiple corporate boards including AmerisourceBergen and RHR International. He began his career in marketing at General Mills and held leadership positions at Kraft.

Doug is also Chairman of CECP—Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose, a member of the board for both The Partnership for Public Service, and Hope College. He recently retired as Chairman of The Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance, and as board member of the National Organization on Disability. Previously, he was Chairman of:  The Conference Board, Grocery Manufacturers Association, and Enactus. His latest Wall Street Journal bestselling book, co-authored with Amy Federman, The Blueprint: 6 Practical Steps to Lift Your Leadership to New Heights, is a seminal treatise on leadership and a practical guide for leading effectively in a chaotic world. He is also the New York Times bestselling co-author with Mette Norgaard of TouchPoints: Creating Powerful Leadership Connections in the Smallest of Moments.

Doug is a graduate of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and served as the Chairman of Kellogg Executive Leadership Institute for five years. He is a former instructor of leadership at the Higher Ambition Leadership Alliance and he teaches the concepts advanced in The Blueprint to seasoned and aspiring leaders in: The BLUEPRINT Boot Camp.

Doug is the 2022 recipient of the Stephen R. Covey Principle-Centered Leader Award and a Top Thought Leader in Trust Lifetime Achievement Award Winner. He has also been lauded as a Top 100 Leadership Speaker by Inc. Magazine; a Top 100 Most Influential Author in the World; a Top 30 Leadership Professional by Global Gurus; a Leader to Watch by the American Management Association (AMA); a Top 50 Leadership Innovator Changing How We Lead; and a Top 75 Human Business Champion.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Linda Crawford

Linda Crawford

Operating Advisor, Board Member
& Former CEO

Linda currently serves on the Boards of Verint (VRNT) and Equilar and advises CEOs and leadership teams of private and venture-backed companies.  She’s also an Operating Advisor at Katalyst Ventures.  Previously, she enjoyed serving on the Boards of ChannelAdvisor (ECOM) and Demandware (NYSE).

Linda’s career was spent at some of the world’s leading software companies driving innovation, employee success and customer success.   She was the CEO of Helpshift, a venture backed company focused on AI driven Customer Support Solutions for B-C companies. Prior to this, Crawford was the CRO of Optimizely - #1 experimentation platform focused on solutions for marketing optimization.

Earlier, Linda honed her executive skills across nearly a decade at Salesforce in several progressive positions including EVP and CEO of the Sales Cloud – and as SVP Sales Strategy which included the Sales Engineering, Sales Development, Strategy, Ops, Industries, and Enablement teams.  Prior to Salesforce, Crawford held leadership roles at Siebel Systems … the company credited for the creation of the CRM industry and Rivermine.

Linda received her MBA and BA from James Madison University.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Amy Cropper - Amazon

Amy Cropper

Recent Head of Talent Acquisition
Strategy & Enablement
Amazon

Amy Cropper has more than 25 years of experience shaping talent acquisition strategy, leading transformational change, and enabling global delivery of top talent to meet the goals of Fortune Global 500 organizations .. .most recently with Amazon.  Her sweet spot is aligning processes, strategy, technology, and operations to maximize efficiencies, effectiveness, and candidate experience at scale.

Amy served as Amazon’s Head of Talent Acquisition Strategy and Enablement for Ads, Devices and Entertainment. In her 7-year tenure at the company, she also held leadership positions within the Consumer and Operations Talent Acquisition (TA) organizations.  She was also a central internal team member responsible for building Amazon’s HR technology.

Prior to this, Cropper was the Global Talent Acquisition Technology Strategy Lead for Accenture, where she drove the TA technology strategic initiatives, programs, processes, change management, and training to enable 100k+ joiners globally.  She also serves on the Advisory Board of Rosie Riveters, a non-profit organization whose mission is to close the gender gap in STEM by engaging pre- to middle-school girls in curriculum that encourages productive struggle that builds participant critical thinking, problem solving skills, and overall confidence in STEM.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Elizabeth Dresdale - Incline Equity Partners

Elizabeth Dresdale

Principal, The Catalyst Group
Incline Equity Partners

Elizabeth Dresdale, Principal, joined Incline in January 2022. She is responsible for identifying, assessing and recommending sales and go to market improvements for portfolio companies. 

Previously, Elizabeth was Vice President of Commercial Operations and Interim Head of Sales at A Place for Mom, a private equity owned business in the senior living space. Prior to that, she was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company (McK), where she led strategy, sales, operations, corporate development and transformation engagements across industries, including technology, media, telecom, consumer goods, healthcare and financial services.

Elizabeth received her M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School and her B.A. in History from Brown University.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Jeff Duchemin - BD

Jeff Duchemin

VP & GM, Integrated Diagnostic Solutions
Becton Dickinson

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Keynote - Rich Fabian - FUJIFLIM Sonosite

Richard "Rich" Fabian

President & Chief Executive Officer
FUJIFILM SonoSite

Rich is the Chief Executive Officer of Fujifilm Sonosite, the global leader in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS). Point of Care brings imaging technology to the patient’s bedside, offering immediate answers and needle guidance to care givers in specialties such as Emergency Medicine, Anesthesia, Critical Care, Orthopedics, and many others.   

“Born of the Battlefield”, POCUS was originally created by Sonosite from a Department of Defense grant to enable immediate imaging and answers for injuries on the battlefield.  Once physicians saw the value of ultrasound, POCUS spread quickly to treat any patient, anywhere, at any time.  POCUS remains the fastest growing segment of medical imaging due to the tremendous value that ultrasound delivers to patients.

Rich has over 25 years of progressive healthcare leadership experience.  He started his career as a financial analyst, but he has branched into business operations, marketing, sales, operations, and general management before being named CEO of Fujifilm Sonosite.

Rich is a passionate advocate of life science industry, and he currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Life Science Washington.  He is also on the Executive Board of the Medical Imaging and Technology Association (MITA) as well as a board member for the world’s largest medical technology association, AdvaMed.  Rich strongly believes in the enormous potential of startup companies and serves as a mentor to several leaders in healthcare.

Rich earned his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business and a BA in Economics from the University of Michigan. At Michigan, he was on the varsity swim team and was part of 2 Big Ten Championship Teams.  Originally from Pittsburgh, he has been a resident of Washington State since 2000 and makes his home in Downtown Kirkland.  Rich and his wife Suzette have two adult daughters.

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Executive Forum - Roundtable Leader - Mike Flannagan - Microsoft

Mike Flannagan

CVP, Global Customer Success
Microsoft

Mike Flannagan leads a global organization, responsible for the strategy and execution of consumption, support, and operational excellence to ensure Microsoft customers successfully adopt and derive maximum value from Microsoft technologies.

As part of his charter, Mike oversees the Global Customer Success team which forges strong and sustainable relationships with customers—bringing together technical expertise, analytics, and global best practices from every major industry to ensure customers receive the world’s most secure, reliable, and high-performing cloud experience. Mike is also responsible for global business operations across the Customer Service and Support business, as well as the interlock and management of the shared services function. In addition, he manages the global P&L for the worldwide support business, representing nearly $5B USD in revenue and operating in 100+ countries with 12,000+ customers. This includes leading the design and delivery of offerings and programs that enable the field to support customer health, drive consumption, and enable a connected customer experience.

Prior to Microsoft, Mike was a Senior Vice President at SAP, Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Cisco, Global Head of Networking and Telecommunications for SFX Entertainment and Chief Information Officer of a Live Nation subsidiary.

Mike is an NACD Board Leadership Fellow, graduate of Directors’ College at Stanford University and serves on several boards of directors. Mike earned his MBA from Auburn University, where he is a guest lecturer and member of the Graduate School Dean’s Advisory Council. He also serves on the Advisory Council for the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs College of Business.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Desiree Grace - Cembre

Desiree Grace

President, Americas
Cembre

Desiree Grace is currently president of Americas, for Cembre, Inc., an Italy-based manufacturer of electrical connectors, printers and associated products. She leads sales and operations for the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Desiree’s prior role was vice president, Strategic Distribution in North America, for Panduit. She developed and drove everything channel-related within North America for Panduit. Prior to this, she managed the Utility channel for Eaton North America, as their vice president of Channel Development and Operations. Earlier she served as vice president of Sales & Marketing, Anamet Electrical, district manager, Panduit Corporation, and branch manager at WESCO.

Desiree is considered an expert on distribution, and has consulted for various companies, as well as been a featured speaker at Affiliated Distributors, NAED, NAED Women in Industry, LeanIn, Midwest Manufacturing Council, and others. She is the 2017 NAED Women in Industry Trailblazer Award winner.  Desiree currently participates in an ongoing podcast with tED magazine’s podcast, DistributED, and is a former co-host on the WAM (Women and Manufacturing) podcast. She is a passionate advocate for a fair and equitable workplace and equal pay for equal work.

Desiree is also adjunct faculty at Augustana College in Rock Island, IL.  She holds a B.A. in Accounting and Political Science from Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, and a Master's of Business Administration with concentrations in Marketing and Operations from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Desiree volunteers with Dress for Success and Habitat for Humanity.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Patrick Hogan - Black & Veatch

Patrick Hogan

Chief Client Officer
Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch’s first chief client officer (CCO), Patrick Hogan, holds a senior leadership position as part of the company’s strategic transformation. The role focuses on further strengthening client relationships and ensuring client satisfaction. As CCO, Patrick partners with professionals across the company to align Black & Veatch’s full portfolio of integrated solutions and services with the needs of clients globally.

Patrick leads sales strategy and execution, with management responsibility for global advisory, enterprise sales & client account management and enterprise marketing & communications. He has extensive experience building sales communities, cultivating client relationships and taking cutting-edge solutions to market to address the changing needs of government, utility, commercial and industrial clients.

Before he joined Black & Veatch, Patrick spent 20 years in several enterprise and business unit leadership positions for Honeywell, most notably with several chief commercial officer positions where he stood up Commercial Excellence as an enterprise-wide global initiative.

Originally from Ireland and growing up in the U.K., Dr. Hogan earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Bristol, a Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the University of Cambridge, and later in the U.S. completed the Strategy and Management Program at The Wharton School.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Tom Johnson - Dynata

Tom Johnson

EVP & Managing Director, Americas
Dynata

Tom is a seasoned sales executive and sales organization leader, with experience selling to global Fortune 500 clients in B2B information and market research. He leads client development activities in the U.S. and Canada, driving sales execution and new business development, while building client-focused relationships internally with the services, product and marketing organizations.

Prior to joining the company, he served as Senior Vice President of Global Sales Strategy for Interactive Data Corporation (IDC). Previously, Tom was Senior Vice President of North American Sales and Client Services for Survey Sampling, Inc. and was with Gartner, Inc. where he was Group Vice President, North American Consulting.

Tom holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Tammy Kaiser - Kyndryl

Tammy Kaiser

VP, Human Resources
Kyndryl

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Isaac Knoot - Boston Scientific

Isaac Knoot

VP, Global Business Services
Boston Scientific

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panelist - Mahesh Kumthekar - True Value

Mahesh Kumthekar

VP, Corporate Strategy & Transformation
True Value

Bio is forthcoming.

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Sasha Lucas

SVP, Head of CX & Former VP, Digital Marketing
Verizon

As Head of Customer Experience for Verizon, Sasha is at the  forefront of developing the company’s innovative strategies to evolve the customer experience. She is responsible for unlocking customer insights and end-to-end experience design across customer journeys with one mission – to create amazing digital first, omni-channel experiences for customers that deliver value, build trust, and ultimately differentiate the Verizon brand.

Prior to this role, Sasha led several transformation efforts in Digital Marketing and Experience for the Verizon Consumer business. In these roles, Sasha was responsible for driving real-time digital marketing efforts, digital sales growth, adoption of digital service tools, customer experience and overall digital operations.

Under Sasha’s leadership, the team leveraged a combination of analytics, automation and emerging technology to build simpler, smarter and more intuitive experiences, setting the standard for a unique, innovative and personalized journey for over 130 Million Verizon customers.

Sasha is a seasoned marketing professional with over 20+ years of experience transforming business at the intersection of digital, design, and technology to deliver digital transformation. She is skilled in managing complex, cross-functional agile teams in matrixed environments.

Before joining Verizon, Sasha spent eight years at Citibank N.A. holding various roles in digital development, experience and strategy for the Citi Cards and Global Consumer business.

Sasha is passionate about building great teams, and growing and developing women in technology. Sasha earned a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Miami (FL) and an MBA from the Goizueta Business
School at Emory University.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Julie Lukas - Abbott

Julie Lukas

DVP, Global Commercial Execution
& Former DVP Global HR
Abbott Laboratories

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Mike Marcellin - Juniper

Mike Marcellin

Recent Chief Marketing Officer & Board Member
Juniper Networks

Mike Marcellin is a board member, strategic advisor and the chief marketing officer of Juniper Networks. Mike built and led global marketing teams in various management roles at both Juniper Networks and Verizon. He is also led strategy, product management and software development teams across his 30-year career in tech.

Mike is a member of the Ridge Ventures CMO Advisory and a Board Member of U.S. Ignite, an NSF-sponsored initiative. He also is an Advisor of Talentsky – and a former vice chairman/board member at TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association). Mike holds three patents and was a Rodman Scholar at the University of Virginia, where he received a B.S. with distinction in systems engineering.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Kevin McGurn - Vevo

Kevin McGurn

President, Sales & Distribution
Vevo

Kevin McGurn is Vevo’s president of Sales and Distribution, based in New York. He joins Vevo from Fullscreen, where he served as head of Sales for the company, as well as Otter Media properties including Crunchyroll, Roster Teeth SoompiTV and VRV. Prior to Fullscreen, Kevin was chief revenue officer of Shazam. He previously served as senior vice president of Sales at Hulu for nearly seven years, where he grew the sales team from zero to half a billion dollars in advertising revenue. Kevin has also held prior senior roles at NBC Universal and DoubleClick.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Carolyn Mellor - Alteryx

Carolyn Mellor

SVP, Revenue Strategy & Operations
Alteryx 

Carolyn Mellor leads Revenue Operations, Strategy and Enablement at Alteryx. Her teams are responsible for driving the strategy and execution of operations and enablement for all aspects of GTM at this global, leading analytics automation platform company.

Mellor has led Product, Sales, Support, Enablement and Operations functions and teams for 20+ years across all levels of scale and growth. 

During her tenure at PayPal, Carolyn created the first global sales operations and enablement team, as well as the global pre- and post-sales technical support organization.

While at Procore Technologies, Carolyn architected the revenue operations, strategy and operations team. In addition, while at Zendesk, she led the first GTM strategy and operations team. 

Carolyn is passionate about building and scaling global organizations to provide great GTM experiences for customers. She received her degree at the University of Nebraska.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Kate Migliaro - Searchlight Capital

Kate Migliaro

Head of Portfolio Talent, Value Creation
Searchlight Capital Partners

In her current role, Kate Migliaro is focused on building management teams aligned to the value creation plan and driving organizational effectivess through organizational design, compensation philosophy, and leadership effectiveness.

Prior to Searchlight, Kate was selected to help spearhead talent management and organizational effectiveness on the Apollo Portfolio Performance Solutions (APPS) team where she built the talent and diversity, equity, and inclusion playbooks to maximize portfolio company performance.  In her previous roles, Kate served in generalist human capital roles as well as specialist roles in compensation.  

Kate is a US Army Veteran with five years active duty experience in the Military Police Corps. During her service, she was deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan supporting and building local national law enforcement capabilities. She was awarded the FYo8 FORSCOM J.P Holland Award for best Military Police Company in the Army, the combat action badge and bronze star.

Kate earned her degree in American Politics and Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy.  She is currently the Chairwoman of America’s Warrior Partnership’s Board of Directors and an advocate for veteran employment.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Michelle Jackie Sloan - Sloan

Jackie Mika

VP, Customer Experience
Sloan Value 

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Keynote - Shonodeep Modak - SE

Shonodeep Modak

Chief Marketing Officer
Schneider Electric

It's tough to be daring in 100-plus year-old industrial B2B and B2C businesses, but by fusing smart analytics with demand creation strategy, Shonodeep has driven breakthrough results that have enabled these companies to remain relevant and grow market position.

From developing and marketing the world's first fuel economy improving motor oil brand at ExxonMobil to doubling gas compression business share at GE, Shonodeep is an instigator of growth. He brings more than 20 years of commercial experience across energy, oil & gas, retail, aftermarket services and electrical distribution. Creative and data-driven, he has architected and led nimble, global teams that have propelled portfolio expansion and driven demand creation.

After GE, Shonodeep joined Schneider Electric as Chief Marketing Officer for North America Operations responsible for animating the region’s imperatives into impactful marketing strategies. Now as Chief Marketing Officer for the Energy Management business of the company, his scope expands globally into thought leadership and marketing of Schneider’s breakthrough innovations.

Shonodeep has earned his MBA from The George Washington University and holds a B.S. from Mississippi State University.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Greg Nesbitt - FUJIFILM Visualsonics

Greg Nesbitt

VP, Global High Frequency
FUJIFILM VisualSonics

Greg Nesbitt has extensive commercial leadership experience and a record of success in the pre-clinical and clinical medical imaging markets. Greg began his career with GE Healthcare, where he spent 14 years in commercial leadership and corporate roles. He then served as vice president for Wolters Kluwer Healthcare Analytics business providing advanced analytics and consulting to the pharma and life sciences sector. Greg spent ten years as a vice president with Philips Healthcare leading sales teams in imaging and patient monitoring. He most recently led Philips’ overall IDN commercial strategy and Enterprise organization. 

Greg is currently with Fujifilm VisualSonics, which provides ultra-high frequency ultrasound and photoacoustic imaging to the pre-clinical and clinical research markets. He has general management responsibilities for the business as the VP of Global High Frequency.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Katie Panza - Intersection

Katie Panza

VP, Revenue Operations
Intersection

Katie Panza is a seasoned revenue operations and enablement leader with 15+ years of experience. In her current role at Intersection, an out-of-home media company, Katie initiated the creation of a formal Sales Operations function, growing the team over the last six years. Currently, she leads Revenue Operations holistically, covering sales strategy & enablement, client success, ad operations and pricing & inventory. 

Prior to Intersection, Katie held roles in the tech & media industries at organizations such as AOL, Chryon and Canon. Throughout her career, she has implemented and driven the adoption of new tools and processes, led change management around compensation plans and organizational structure, and automated reporting and processes utilizing a variety of BI tools. 

Katie has earned her MBA from Hofstra University and holds a B.A. from Wesley College.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Katherine Parente - PegaSystems

Katherine Parente

Chief People Officer
Pegasystems

Katherine (Kate) Parente is Chief People Officer at Pegasystems, responsible for the company’s global people strategy and operations. In her 25+ years of experience, Kate has established, developed, and led strong international teams across a wide range of HR disciplines in financial services, technology, and professional services firms.

Parente’s areas of expertise include people strategy, total rewards, executive compensation organizational and leadership development, workforce planning, and culture and value proposition.  She served in progressive management roles at such companies as:  FactSet, Axiom, ITG,  The Mcgregor Group, Texas Instruments, and Goldman Sachs.

Beyond her work aspirations, Parente is a trusted and dedicated coach, mentor, and sponsor. She has memberships in the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Institute for Applied Management and Law (IAML), and the Weston Women’s League of Weston, Connecticut.

Kate holds a BA in Business Administration from the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where she was a recipient of the Talented Minority scholarship.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Michelle Ragusa McBain - SonicWall

Michelle Ragusa-McBain

VP, Global Channels
SonicWall

Michelle Ragusa-McBain is a highly visible thought leader in the global technology channel and serves as Vice President, Global Channels at SonicWall. Her mission is to enable partners to grow and profit with the boundless shift to cybersecurity.

Entrepreneur Magazine named her as one of the top 4 people to inspire women to pursue a career in Tech, SMB Magazine recognized her one of the 150 most influential people in the global IT Business Community. CRN named Ragusa-McBain amongst 2022 Women of the Channel.  CompTIA named her Advancing Women in Technology Leader 2021, and Channel Futures awarded her the Circle of Excellence for Channel Leadership & Innovation and DE&I 101 award, and recipient of the prestigious Cisco Worldwide Innovation and Growth Award.

Michelle has keynoted the largest and most influential technology conferences globally including Channel Partners, CRN, CompTIA, IT Nation, and Kaseya. In her free time, she is a passionate advocate for Women, Diversity and Inclusion in Technology.  Michelle serves as Chair Emeritus of Advancing Women in Technology for CompTIA, sat on the board of CRN’s Women of the Channel, is Co-Founder of Tech Worlds Half non-profit; a longstanding member of the National Women in Technology Group and most recently serves as Florida Leader for Alliance of Channel Women.

Michelle loves volunteering and giving back to various organizations including American Heart Association and Ronald McDonald House.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Rob Rosiello - Vectra AI

Rob Rosiello

SVP, Americas
Vectra AI

Rob Rosiello is currently the SVP Sales & Field Operations for the Americas at Vectra.ai, a global cybersecurity leader in AI-driven threat detection and response. Vectra helps organizations detect, prioritize, investigate, and respond to cyberthreats BEFORE they become breaches.

Leveraging 30 years of experience, Rob is accountable for the vision, strategy, and field & partner execution that ensures client acquisition, expansion, retention, client satisfaction … while achieving increased revenue and growth in key markets.

In prior roles, as a CRO / EVP Operations, Rosiello was charged with building sales, channels, business development, enablement, customer success, and Revenue Operations teams. He is adept at organizational transformation, addressing changing portfolio, routes to market, evolving market dynamics, and organizational development & maturity.

Rob is on the board of MentorLead and is active in community and charitable organizations; currently serving on the Children’s Ambassador Panel with CASA Kane County, and as a Volunteer Supervisor with the Northern Illinois Food Bank. He is a frequent speaker at conferences/events including a keynote at Alexander Group Executive Forums previously. Rosiello holds an M.S. in Management of Technology from NYU and a B.A. in Psychology from Brooklyn College.

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Executive Forum - Roundtable Leader - Steve Rutledge - Informatica

Steve Rutledge

SVP, Global Revenue Operations
Informatica

Steve Rutledge is senior vice president of revenue operations for Informatica. In his role, he is responsible for the go-to-market strategy, systems, processes, enablement, and analytics for the global sales organization.

Steve brings more than 20 years of experience in the enterprise software industry. He has a proven track record of building out and growing the revenue operations functions, integrating with marketing, finance, IT and other teams to create a common operating environment, and being a partner to the CRO to grow bookings and revenue.

Prior to joining Informatica in 2021, Rutledge held Revenue and Sales Operations leadership positions at Conga/Apttus and Genesys, Inc. Additionally, he held roles in Product Marketing and Product Management, both at Genesys and Intel … starting his career in Pre-Sales.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panelist - Shibu Sasidharan - Dematic

Shibu Sasidharan

SVP, Global Commercial & Strategy
Dematic

Bio is forthcoming.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panel - Justin Singh - McGraw Hill

Justin Singh

Chief Transformation & Strategy Officer
McGraw Hill

Justin Singh was named chief transformation and strategy officer in June 2022. In his role, he drives McGraw Hill's digital transformation agenda, focusing on positioning McGraw Hill to serve the needs of students, instructors and education institutions of today and the future.

Justin leads corporate strategy, transformation, business development and imperative growth programs across the company. He works to set McGraw Hill's strategic direction, unlock efficiencies and drive long-term business transformation projects. Furthermore, Justin oversees McGraw Hill's inorganic and digital innovation portfolio.

Before joining McGraw Hill, Justin held roles at EY Strategy with extensive global experience in the education industry. Justin has an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor's degree in commerce from The University of Melbourne.

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Executive Forum - Keynote Panelist - Warren Stone – Neogenomics

Warren Stone

Division President, Clinical Services
Neogenomics

Warren is a highly accomplished enterprise leader with extensive global experience in the Life Science and Diagnostic sectors, and currently serves at the President of the Clinical Services Division at NeoGenomics.

A hands-on leader, Warren is championing the transformation of NeoGenomics from an overall business perspective, with specific focus on the development of an organizational growth culture, digital transformation of systems and tools, go-to-market strategies, and Revenue Cycle Management delivering productivity, margin expansion and accelerated revenue growth.  With an emphasis on customer experience.

Before joining NeoGenomics, he served as the President of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics and various international roles for Merck KGaA in his 28 year tenure with them.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Sofia Tulchinsky - Salesforce

Sofia Tulchinsky

SVP & COO, Alliances & Channels
Salesforce

Sofia Tulchinsky joined Salesforce in 2011 and is the SVP, COO Alliances & Channels. In this role, she leads a global shared services team responsible for strategy & operations, partner program & support, indirect market dev, M&A integration and enablement delivery. This year, she has predominantly focused on how Salesforce engages with its partner ecosystem to ensure the highest level of success for their joint customers. Continuously evolving their partner ecosystem is critical to Salesforce's success. Before joining Alliances & Channels, Sofia was part of the global business planning and customer success strategy & operations teams.

Prior to joining Salesforce, Sofia spent nine years at Exigen Group. She joined Exigen when it was an early-stage startup, working on the launch, M&A Integration and managing the sales operations/productivity teams.

Born in Ukraine, Sofia immigrated to San Francisco with her family at age four and has lived in New York, Miami and Los Angeles. She received both her B.S. and MBA from Golden Gate University.

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Executive Forum - Exec. Panel - Kush Tulsidas - One Rock Capital

Kush Tulsidas

Operating Partner
One Rock Capital

Kush Tulsidas is an Operating Partner focused on sales and marketing strategy and execution at One Rock’s portfolio companies. He is responsible for assessing the growth potential of companies in the investment stage and improving profitable revenue growth post acquisition. Mr. Tulsidas brings over 20 years of experience building and improving businesses and has worked in both large corporate settings as well as in private equity. Prior to joining One Rock, Mr. Tulsidas ran a consulting firm focused on growing private equity-backed companies in the middle market. Prior to that, he worked with The Riverside Company as an Operating Growth Executive. During his career, he has assisted companies across multiple industries improve sales organizations and processes, implement and drive appropriate key performance indicators (“KPI’s”) and grow revenue.

Previously, Mr. Tulsidas worked for the Nielsen Company, where he spent nine years in senior leadership roles within the Sales, Consulting and Process Improvement departments. His most recent role at Nielsen was Senior Vice President, Client Consulting where he led the team responsible for servicing and retaining existing clients, growing share of wallet and driving new business in the media industry. Before joining Nielsen, Mr. Tulsidas worked at Cintas Corporation within their International Business and Six Sigma groups. He also founded and exited Soondar Secrets, an Organic Beauty company. Mr. Tulsidas started his career at KPMG in the audit function.  

Mr. Tulsidas holds a B.Com. in international business and information systems from Curtin University and University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. Mr. Tulsidas is also a Six Sigma Master Blackbelt and holds various certifications in Six Sigma, management, sales & negotiation and other trainings.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Angie Volk - 3M

Angie Volk

VP, U.S. Sales – Medical Solutions
3M

Angie Volk leads the U.S. Sales team for 3M’s Medical Solutions Division, which will be the largest contingent of the new Healthcare-focused spin-off scheduled for early 2024. Her team supports this multibillion-dollar division’s products used across hospitals, transitional care facilities, and home healthcare.

Angie spent the majority of her career at Boston Scientific in the Cardiology Division, gaining cross-functional experiences across R&D, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Sales, and Sales Operations. She also led the Urology and Critical Care commercial team at Becton Dickinson, the multinational medical technology and devices company, prior to joining 3M.

Volk is especially passionate about building high-performing cultures grounded in transparency and shared accountability, as well as talent development and upskilling across functions. She holds a BS in Mechianical Engineering from North Dakota State University and an MBA in Marketing from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.

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Executive Forum - Executive Panel - Dan Walsh - Spotify

Dan Walsh

Global Head of Business Strategy & Operations
Spotify

Dan Walsh is an experienced business leader currently serving as the Global Head of Business Strategy & Operations at Spotify. Dan oversees all operations across Spotify’s advertising business inclusive of campaign management, programmatic ad sales, pricing and yield, ads business insights, training & development, and sales/business operations.

Prior to Spotify, Dan was at Amazon Prime Video, where he was based out of the UK. He managed all EMEA marketing efforts across social and new marketing channels. He was responsible for driving growth in the 18-34 audience segment through the use of content development, influencers, media partnerships, IRL events, and social e-commerce.

Dan started his career in Advisory Services in NYC at Ernst & Young before heading into the media world. He moved to Yahoo / Tumblr where he began working in Sales Strategy & Operations, leading to his role as SVP of Global Business Operations at BuzzFeed, overseeing the growth & execution of $250M+ in ad revenue.

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