We’re proud to offer transformational leadership insights, ideas and journeys on growth from some of the world’s biggest and best practice organizations.
Hear what Global 2000 leaders (VP and above), and their companies, are doing to plan, refine, and implement innovative Go-To-Market Strategies for Relentless Growth. (More speakers to be added in the coming weeks.)
Board Member, Former President & Chief Growth Officer
As a sought-after executive, independent board director and strategic advisor, Heidi Anderson Hupe has spent more than three decades building businesses and driving growth in emerging and mature B2B and B2C markets. Her knowledge spans the media, technology and healthcare industries, with experience driving change in large publicly listed companies as well as faster-paced private equity-owned companies and start-up companies. Areas of expertise include driving client value and growth; transforming organizations through building and upskilling commercial talent; and promoting diversity and inclusion to drive business results. Heidi has a track record in executive leadership of highly regulated businesses, strategy development, M&A, technology transformation, digital transformation and scaling for growth. A gifted storyteller, Heidi uses her skill at connecting business needs with innovative solutions and taps her extensive network to put brands and companies on the map. She is adept at launching new products and initiatives; differentiating brands in crowded markets; leading turnaround and transformation initiatives and navigating companies through mergers and acquisitions. She is known for her infectious enthusiasm; quick, strategic thinking; leadership skills and ability to rally teams to unparalleled results.
Heidi is particularly passionate about leveraging technology to drive innovation and change in healthcare. She is currently CEO of The Nora Collective, a tech-enabled, data-driven start-up focused on providing essential support and resources for women as they reach midlife and navigate the often confusing and challenging healthcare journey. Heidi is an active board member of Solis Mammography, serving on the Quality and Compliance Committee. She also serves as a strategic advisor at AliveCor, TaskHuman, Healthdom, Familia Kitchen and Spacely.
General Manager, Lennox Residential
Lennox Industrials
Bio is forthcoming.
Global Customer Growth & Innovation Evangelist
Ranked for the last six years in the Top 50 Business Thinkers in the world by Thinkers50, Tiffani Bova is a thought leader who Forbes says, “reshapes our perception of growth.”
As both a practitioner and academic, she offers a unique perspective. She has helped lead the tech industry through several evolutions over her nearly 30-year career as Salesforce’s former growth and innovation evangelist, and previously as a research fellow at Gartner as well as a sales, marketing and customer service executive for start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. She is the author of two Wall Street Journal bestsellers: GrowthIQ and The Experience Mindset.
Her forward-looking insights and guidance helped some of the largest global technology companies—including Microsoft, Cisco, Salesforce, HP, IBM, Oracle, SAP, AT&T, Dell and Amazon Web Services—expand their market share and grow their revenues. She was a trusted advisor to senior executives who were responsible for shifting from on-premises to as-a-service business models, resulting in new billion-dollar divisions.
In the late 90s and early 2000s, she was a pioneer of cloud computing and previously led direct and indirect sales, marketing and customer service for two of the largest web-based start-ups in the U.S. She also spearheaded a newly formed division of a Fortune 500 company to $300 million in revenue over two and a half years.
Currently, Tiffani runs the research and strategy organization at The Futurum Group and works closely with the entire leadership team to develop as well as scale its data and intelligence platform and insights.
Tiffani has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Fortune, Fast Company, Bloomberg, MSNBC-TV, Yahoo Finance, Inc. and Forbes.
Corporate Director, Board Chair, Risk and Governance & Nominating Committee Chair, Former Fortune 100 Division President & CEO
Maryann Bruce is an accomplished board director and former Fortune 100 Division President and CEO with more than 30 years of leadership experience across financial services and other highly regulated industries. Widely respected for sound judgment and the ability to translate complex strategies into execution, Maryann is a trusted advisor to boards navigating high-stakes growth, transformation, and risk oversight.
She currently serves on the boards of Amalgamated Financial Corporation and Amalgamated Bank (NASDAQ: AMAL), where she chairs the Enterprise Risk Oversight Committee, and ASA Precious Metals Fund (NYSE: ASA), where she serves as Nominating and Governance Chair. Beyond the financial sector, Maryann is a minority owner of the Carolina Ascent Football Club and serves as a board member, a role she assumed after co-founding the Empower Her Fund to advance equity and opportunity for women in professional sports.
A champion for the evolution of corporate governance and the advancement of women, Maryann’s leadership legacy includes presiding as the former Board Chair of C200, an invitation-only global association of trailblazing corporate executives and entrepreneurs, and as the former Chair of the Board for Wrestle Like A Girl. Her current influence extends to serving as the Carolinas Chapter Co-Chair of Women Corporate Directors and as an advisory board member of the UNC School of Law’s Director Development Initiative. She is also a member of the Duke University Women’s Impact Network (WIN) Leadership Council and a founding member of Paradigm for Parity.
A summa cum laude graduate of Duke University with a B.A. in Economics, Maryann holds the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from the National Association of Corporate Directors and Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute. This credential underscores her advanced understanding of the board’s role in overseeing cyber risk. In today’s rapidly evolving landscape, Maryann is particularly focused on helping organizations navigate the AI-Talent Paradox through proactive upskilling and resilient culture-building - critical components of modern go-to-market strategies and sustained organizational growth.
Strategic Advisor & Former President
FranklinCovey
Jennifer Colosimo is a multi-functional senior executive with 35 years of experience in building effective teams and organizations that achieve results through strategy execution including GTM, digital, operational, and leadership/culture transformation that leads to profitable growth. As the former President at FranklinCovey, she led the commercial organization in the US, six international direct offices, and 60 global licensees. Throughout her career, Jennifer has led global operations, ESG, and multiple GTM teams, and currently serves as a strategic advisor to PE-backed and public companies.
Jennifer is the co-author of the book Strikingly Different Selling and co-authored the book Great Work, Great Career with Stephen R. Covey. She has been published in Chief Executive, Forbes, and Training Industry magazines and has been a guest on multiple podcasts.
Vice President, Consulting & Digital Services
Schneider Electric
Bio is forthcoming.
CVP, Workforce Strategist & Transformation Leader
Microsoft
Katy George is corporate vice president of workforce transformation at Microsoft. She leads a team focused on understanding AI’s impact on labor markets and shaping Microsoft’s workforce strategy. Previously, she was chief people officer and a senior partner at McKinsey & Company, where she led global operations and workforce research. Katy holds a Ph.D. in business economics from Harvard University and a B.A. from Oberlin College. Her work bridges technology, labor economics and organizational design to prepare for the future of work.
EVP, Chief Industry Growth Officer
Interactive Advertising Bureau
Sheryl Goldstein is the executive vice president, chief industry growth officer at the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau). In her role, she oversees engagement with the IAB’s more than 650 members across all the IAB’s vast initiatives, activities and thought leadership programs. Under Sheryl’s watch are the member engagement, centers of excellence, research and professional development teams. She also oversees the IAB’s CRO Council, which brings industry revenue leaders together biweekly to address important industry issues.
Sheryl Goldstein is a “net vet” with more than 25 years of driving meaningful revenue growth through consultative selling in the dynamic digital landscape (Yahoo, AOL, About.com). She is adept at building successful teams, developing go-to-market strategies and gaining consensus across key stakeholders. Her background includes a wide variety of digital media platforms and technologies and numerous leadership roles.
In addition to her experience as a sales leader and executive team member, Sheryl brings years of talent development and training to her role. She is passionate about the industry and is committed to making the digital media landscape a great place for diverse talent to thrive and have long, exciting careers.
Sheryl is a current board and executive committee member of IAB’s Tech Lab, and an active board member of 212NYC and the Sandy Hook Promise Media Advisory Board. Sheryl previously held board positions for Makers, She Runs It, the NY Ad Club, Women in Communications, Inc. and the IAB. She serves on the Rutgers Business School Advisory Board for Marketing and is helping RBS craft a digital marketing graduate program. She is an award-winning sales leader (Yahoo Accelerator Award, AOL Best Media Partner presented by Verizon, AOL Presidents Club, AWNY Crystal Award Winner). Sheryl is a member of Chief, an invitation-only executive women’s networking organization.
Sheryl is a graduate of Syracuse University Newhouse School and lives in New Jersey and New York City.
Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer
HireRight
Jamie Ikerd is the chief strategy and transformation officer at HireRight. Ikerd will lead HireRight's strategic planning, enterprise project management, corporate development and innovation initiatives in her new role as chief strategy and transformation officer. She joins HireRight from Built Technologies, where she served as chief operating officer.
Ikerd's extensive background includes executive leadership roles in multiple industries and functions—including verticalized SaaS, technology and hospitality. She also spent several years at Bain & Company, focused on scale business strategy and transformation work.
Vice President, Global Commercial Operations
Rockwell Automation
Beth Kilgo is vice president, global commercial operations in global sales and marketing at Rockwell Automation.
In this role, Beth develops and drives strategies and programs that increase selling capacity while optimizing commercial costs by partnering with our regional leaders, global industry accounts and information solutions sales team. She builds organizational capabilities to support our industry strategy, provides insights to help our sales teams make informed decisions and ensures we’re best prepared to grow our expanded portfolio. Beth has leadership accountability over our global commercial operations function, including sales incentive, planning, process and enablement, software as a service (SaaS), field sales operations, commercial effectiveness, commercial data and sales insights, and enterprise software and high-velocity sales.
Beth joined Rockwell in 2024 with more than 30 years of experience, most recently as vice president of revenue, strategy and operations at New Relic, Inc. Prior to that, she worked at LivePerson, Inc. as senior vice president, revenue, strategy and operations. She held similar positions at Amazon Web Services, Veritas and Oracle, including sales leadership positions at Oracle. She was also a partner at Arthur Andersen in its business consulting practice, specializing in technology and mergers and acquisitions.
Beth holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma.
Operating Partner
Francisco Partners
Theresa Kletch is an Operating Partner at Francisco Partners Operating Executives (FPO). Based in Charlotte, she joined FPO in 2017.
Theresa has a B.A. in human relations and Latin American studies from the University of Pittsburgh.
She previously worked at Oracle Corporation, TOA Technologies, Kana Software, Consona Corporation and Knova Software.
Vice President, General Manager – Americas Business Unit
Lanza
Bio is forthcoming.
Head of Portfolio Support Group Digital & AI, NA
Advent International
Jaimee Michaud joined Advent in 2019. She is a senior director and serves as head of digital and AI, North America for the portfolio support group. Jaimee focuses on supporting portfolio companies to drive growth and operational efficiency by leveraging data assets and adopting innovative technologies.
Previously, Jaimee worked at Apax Partners and supported portfolio companies across various industry verticals for digital transformation initiatives and optimizing operations utilizing data. Before her private equity career, she spent seven years at Shutterfly, Inc., spearheading its mobile analytics team as well as providing consumable and actionable insights for business leaders, marketing teams and product teams.
Jaimee holds a B.S. degree in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Vice President, Sales Effectiveness & Experience
TransUnion
Purvi Mody is a sales strategy and enablement leader at TransUnion, where she brings together strategy, customer insight and sales enablement to drive growth and transformation across the enterprise. Since joining TransUnion in 2015, Purvi has played a pivotal role in shaping how the company shows up for both customers and associates globally.
She joined TransUnion to lead the company’s global brand refresh in preparation for its IPO and later led several enterprise transformation initiatives. These include the TU Experience, a global, immersive, change management program designed to align strategy, build enterprise capability and strengthen connection to TransUnion’s mission, as well as leading the Customer Experience team, where she launched TransUnion’s first B2B global listening program.
Today, Purvi splits her time serving as chief of staff to the head of Financial Services Sales and as a sales enablement leader, where she drives transformation initiatives, operational rigor, strategic communications and enablement programs to support sellers and accelerate performance. In this role, she led a transformation program to assess and evolve the sales organization’s readiness to support new product growth and long‑term revenue objectives.
Purvi began her career in management consulting, focusing on strategy execution and program management across the private, public and non‑profit sectors. She holds a B.S. in business management from Purdue University.
Board Member & Former SVP, Head of N.A., U.S. General Manager
Ms. Okey has served in various positions of increasing responsibility in the biopharmaceutical industry for over 30 years. She most recently served as the Senior Vice President, Head of North America, Rare Diseases and U.S. General Manager, Rare Diseases at Genzyme, A Sanofi Company.
Ms. Okey brings significant experience in pre-launch, launch and commercialization of rare and orphan disease products, as well as large market products. During her time at Genzyme, she oversaw 500 employees and was responsible for six business units: Gaucher Disease and MPS1, Fabry Disease, Pompe and Neuromuscular Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Endocrine Diseases and Leukine and Immunologic Diseases, totaling revenue responsibility > 1B US$.
Stephanie has successfully launched 13 therapeutic agents, 9 of which are in the orphan disease space and 2 with REMS designation. Ms. Okey is highly knowledgeable about complex approval and commercialization processes, healthcare stake holder systems and creation of high growth markets. She holds extensive experience in the commercialization of orphan disease products in a patient centric business model. Prior to her 19-year tenure at Genzyme, Ms. Okey held roles at Bristol-Myers Squibb and Genentech, Inc.
Over the past five years, Ms. Okey has served as an Independent Board Director on five publicly traded boards: Albireo Pharma, Inc., from April 2018 until acquisition by Ipsen in March, 2023, serving on the Audit and Compensation committees. PTC Therapeutics from December, 2018 - present, including service on and Chair of Nominations & Governance committee. Crinetics Pharmaceuticals beginning July, 2019 – present, serving on the Audit, Nominations & Governance committees and current Chair of the Compensation committee. Orphazyme A/S, from March 2021 – May, 2022 until its acquisition by KemPharm, serving on the Audit, as well as Remuneration & Compensation committees. Catalent, Inc., from August, 2023 – present, serving on Compensation & Leadership as well as Nominating & Corporate Governance committees.
As of February, 2024, Stephanie serves as a Board Member, City of Hope National Medica Center. In addition, she previously served as a member of the board of directors of the California Life Sciences Association from October 2014 to January 2016. Ms. Okey holds a B.S. in Zoology from The Ohio State University and an M.S. in Immunology and Medical Microbiology from Wright State University.
President
RevSpring
Nicole Rogas is president of RevSpring, where she helps organizations simplify complex consumer and patient engagement through data-driven communication and payment solutions. She is a growth-oriented executive known for scaling platforms, sharpening go-to-market execution and translating strategy into measurable results.
Prior to RevSpring, Nicole served as president of symplr, where she led commercial strategy and drove growth across sales, customer success and services. Earlier in her career, she spent nearly two decades at Experian Health and its predecessor organizations, holding progressively senior leadership roles across sales, solutions and commercial operations. A pragmatic, people-first leader, Nicole brings a board-level perspective on growth, customer experience and leading through change.
Managing Director
Wynnchurch Capital
Alexis Underwood joined Wynnchurch in 2024. Prior to joining Wynnchurch, Alexis held various leadership positions at several Koch Industries companies, including most recently, Guardian Glass and Georgia Pacific.
Alexis has been involved in driving increased profitability through commercial excellence, improved go-to-market strategies, and optimized pricing for portfolio companies.
She holds a B.A., Communications with a Concentration in Commerce from the University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School for Communications & Wharton School.
Chief Commercial Officer
Landscape Workshop
Birte von Schwarzenfeld is chief commercial officer at Landscape Workshop, one of the nation’s leading providers of commercial landscaping services. In this role, she oversees company‑wide sales and marketing—focusing on accelerating organic growth through customer‑centric strategy, differentiated go‑to‑market execution and strong commercial discipline.
With more than 20 years of experience, Birte is a former strategist who has evolved into a transformational sales and marketing executive with a strong track record of driving revenue growth and margin expansion across industrials, building materials, distribution and services. Prior to joining Landscape Workshop, she served as senior vice president of commercial solutions for a $2.6 billion commercial roofing business—where she led go‑to‑market, marketing and product strategy, launched new services as well as private‑label offerings and delivered above‑market growth and significantly higher gross margins.
Earlier in her career, Birte held senior leadership roles at Hilti Group, where she served as SVP and head of corporate strategy and development, as well as sales director for the Energy & Industry West division. Before that, she spent several years at Flex, including roles as vice president and general manager of global account management and vice president of corporate strategy, overseeing global P&L responsibilities and large‑scale transformation initiatives. She began her career at Boston Consulting Group, advising Fortune 500 companies on strategy and operations.
Birte is known for combining strategic rigor with hands‑on execution and for building high‑performing, collaborative teams grounded in empathetic leadership. She holds an MBA with high distinction (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School and a master of science in physics with distinction from Technical University Berlin, including a Fulbright‑sponsored exchange year at Duke University.
Independent Board Director, Top 30 Asian American Board Director, NACD D.C., CPA
Janet Wong is an independent board director and business advisor with unique experience working in the high technology, manufacturing, consumer products and services industries. Her qualifications include recognition as an experienced financial expert as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. Her board experience includes both U.S. publicly listed companies and private companies. She is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified, demonstrating her qualifications and commitment as an experienced board director.
She is a partner (retired) with KPMG, one of the largest global professional services firms, where she spent the majority of her career based in the San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices. This role provided her with experience working and advising Fortune 500 companies as well as start-ups that grew to successful publicly listed companies. She has global corporate experience in Asia, Europe and North America. Her expertise includes financial accounting, internal controls, risk management, cybersecurity and AI oversight, M&A and strategic planning.
In June 2024, Directors & Boards named her to its Public Company Women Directors to Watch. In May 2023, Board Prospects named her to its list of the Top 30 Asian American Board Directors in the U.S. In April 2022, NACD named her to its 2022 Directorship 100™, an annual honor for leading directors and governance professionals. Janet is a frequent speaker on board topics including governance, audit committees, risk management, cybersecurity and AI oversight.
She has been a strong supporter of leadership development throughout her career and now as a board director speaking on leadership and board readiness programs. Janet is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and a NACD Certified Director. In addition, she is a member of Women Corporate Directors, Extraordinary Women on Boards, National Association of Corporate Directors and the Silicon Valley Directors Exchange. In April 2025, the Committee of 100, a non-profit organization of prominent Chinese Americans, invited her to its membership.
She is a graduate of Louisiana Tech University with a Master of professional accountancy and Golden Gate University with a Master of taxation. She completed executive education programs on corporate board governance at Harvard Business School and Stanford Law School. She holds a Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University and NACD.