CXO Forum
About This Track
Faced with a constantly evolving business landscape and unprecedented levels of uncertainty, leaders such as the Chief Data Officers (CDOs), Chief Information Officers (CIOs), and Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) are forging pathways to adopt new technologies, and methodologies that empower innovation, reduce risk, and improve user experience to better serve their customers. The CXO Forum will host three dedicated panels for CDOs, CMOs, and CIOs respectively, where the leaders will share industry trends, lessons learned, and their advice for entrepreneurs.
The CXO Forum also provides an opportunity for the highest potential startups to interact with these thought-leaders. Each panel discussion will be followed by a private session where select entrepreneurs will present their products/services to the respective panel (five minute presentation followed by three min Q&A). The CXOs will get an understanding of what the most innovative startups are making possible today while the startups will benefit from the interaction and feedback from their largest potential customers.
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Track Agenda
- 05/07/2021 | 9:00 am – 9:45 am PDT
- 45 mins Hall ESpeakers
Inderpal Bhandari rejoined IBM as Global Chief Data Officer in December 2015. In this newly created role, he has leveraged his extensive experience to lead the development of IBM’s data strategy and drive IBM’s internal cognitive enterprise transformation. The work has culminated in the Cognitive Enterprise Blueprint; a roadmap for IBM’s clients on their own journeys to cognition.
Inderpal brings to IBM more than 20 years of experience in leadership roles at such leading companies as Cambia Health Solutions and Express Scripts/Medco Health Solutions.
Prior to joining IBM, Inderpal served as Senior Vice President and Chief Data Officer of Cambia Health Solutions where he led the development of Cambia’s data strategy and drove the transformation of the company’s consumer experience strategies. Prior to that, Inderpal served as Vice President of knowledge solutions and Chief Data Officer at Express Scripts/Medco Health Solutions, where he was responsible for maximizing the utility of the company’s data and its readiness to respond to emerging market trends. Before that, he founded Virtual Gold, growing the company into an international market leader for analytics in call centers and professional sports.
Inderpal is an expert in transforming data into business value and improved customer experiences by delivering strategic, innovative capabilities that use analytic insights to enable growth and productivity. In 2017, he was named U.S. Chief Data Officer of the Year by the CDO Club, and has been featured as an industry expert by Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, US News & World Report, CNN and FOX.
Inderpal earned his Master of Science Degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and holds a PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.
C-level leader with track record of Digital Transformation and impact by Data Science - Chief Data Officer, Chief Analytics Officer Board member for innovation of a global standards organization 20+ years of creating significant business value in world-class companies and startups Deep expertise in using data at scale, AI, Machine Learning, and Advanced Analytics Builder, Operator with Entrepreneur mindset of rapid scaling Extensive experience in hiring technical talent from top technology companies and leading large (1000+ employees), global, high-performing teams Collaborated with renowned researchers, filed multiple patents, and won many awards Transformed many functions: R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success in multiple industries - High Tech, Financial Services, Transportation, Retail, Online Retail, Media and Entertainment, and Healthcare Keyur Desai is the former Chief Data Officer for TD Ameritrade. With 30 years of expertise in Global Enterprise Data Management, Data Monetization and Analytics Mr. Desai has consistently maximized the impact of data, analytics and data products on business results, operational efficiency, enterprise risk and innovation. At TD Ameritrade, he was accountable for generating outsized business outcomes for the firm, using data and analytics. With a globally dispersed team, he led Enterprise Data Strategy, Enterprise Data Governance, Master Data Management, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Self Service Data Lake Platform, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data Systems Architecture, Data Architecture, Agile Program and Change Management, System Availability and Support. With data being a Board topic, he provided Risk and Audit Committee updates on data risk. Early in his career, Mr. Desai was on the founding Team of MicroStrategy, Inc. a pioneer in business intelligence. Mr. Desai is the recipient of numerous awards for data and analytics leadership and innovation and serves on the Board of Advisors of Springbuk, a healthcare analytics company, and Families without Borders, a non-profit organization that focuses on economic empowerment and education of youth in African countries. Ashok Chennuru currently serves as the chief data and analytics officer at Anthem. He is a veteran Anthem employee with more than 20 years of experience. Ashok holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri and a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Madurai University in India. Experienced C-level data, digital and analytics executive with 20+ years of leadership experience at multiple Fortune 100 companies, ranging from healthcare to industrial conglomerates. Proven track record in delivering value to a broad range of strategic and operational business problems through data and advanced analytics. Authority in best practices for "how to best make Digital/AI/ML work" with unique multi-industry leadership experience. Adept at building differentiating advanced technology competencies and high-performance corporate organizations throughout the career. Recently highlighted in HBR and Forbes for leadership in driving data-driven cultures. Dr. Anthony Scriffignano, Senior Vice President and Chief Data Scientist for Dun & Bradstreet, is an internationally recognized thought leader in the data science space. He leads a team of data scientists focused on advancing Dun & Bradstreet's core capabilities and IP globally. With an extensive background in advanced algorithms and linguistics, he holds multiple patents and presents globally on data and technology trends, multilingual challenges in business identity, and artificial intelligence.
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- 05/07/2021 | 9:50 am – 10:35 am PDT
- 45 mins Hall ESpeakers
Chandar Pattabhiram is a seasoned marketing executive who brings to Coupa more than 23 years of experience in both fast-paced and large technology companies including Marketo, IBM, Badgeville, Cast Iron Systems, Jamcracker, and Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Prior to joining Coupa, Pattabhiram recently was CMO at Marketo where he was responsible for all aspects of marketing and in charge of positioning Marketo as the digital marketing industry’s innovation leader and the best solution for high-growth and enterprise businesses. Previously, Pattabhiram was head of worldwide marketing for Badgeville where he was part of the team that won multiple industry awards for innovative storytelling including the Best Platform-as-a-Service for 2013. Prior to that, Pattabhiram was vice president at IBM Cast Iron Systems where he was responsible for all product marketing and channel marketing efforts. In 2010, IBM acquired Cast Iron as a centerpiece of its Cloud strategy.
Pattabhiram also spent years at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) as a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies in the high-tech, retail, and oil and gas industries. He has authored and has been quoted in more than 1000 articles and is a frequent keynote speaker at leading software industry events. In June 2017, he was named by LinkedIn as one of the top 5 CMOs in the world to follow for thought-leadership in the digital marketing domain.
Pattabhiram earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from PSG College of Technology and a M.S. in management from the University of Texas. He is a Strategic Board Advisor to Gainsight and LendingUSA and is on the Board of Directors for BlueShift, an AI platform for customer engagement.
Jean English joined Palo Alto Networks as chief marketing officer in August 2019. She has more than 20 years of business-to-business marketing experience. Most recently, she served as senior vice president and CMO at NetApp. Previously, Jean spent 17 years at IBM in a variety of roles, including vice president of Global Marketing for IBM Cloud, and led the go-to-market transformation for IBM’s cloud business. During her tenure with IBM, she also served as CMO for IBM Asia Pacific, wherein she was responsible for all aspects of marketing, communications and citizenship. Jean serves on the board of ATHENA International and is a member of the National Charity League. Both organizations focus on helping women develop and strengthen their leadership skills.
Denise has 20 years of technology marketing experience at high-growth companies. Prior to joining Snowflake, she served as CMO for Apigee, an API platform company that went public in 2015 and Google acquired in 2016. She began her career at collaboration software company Genesys, where she built and led a global marketing organization. Denise also helped lead Genesys through its expansion to become a successful IPO and acquired company. Denise holds a BA in Business Administration and Economics from Stockholm University, and holds an MBA from Georgetown University. Stacy Greiner is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) for Dun & Bradstreet, a leading global provider of business decisioning data and analytics. In this role, Stacy leads the company’s global brand and marketing strategy and operations, focusing on delivering innovative programming that drives sales and growth.
Stacy has spent over two decades helping organizations around the world use emerging technologies, data and analytics to better serve their customers, create new business models, and transform their operations.?Prior to Dun & Bradstreet, she was CMO at DMI, a global digital services firm, where she transformed marketing into a modern growth engine to enable the company’s rapid expansion.
Previously, Stacy led marketing for Cisco System’s Software Platforms Group, building its business in edge analytics. She also served as the first CMO for DXC’s Big Data and Analytics division.?Before DXC, Stacy was Director of Marketing at IBM, where she led product marketing for the Business Analytics division.?She started her career as a Technology Consultant at Accenture at the company’s Center for Strategic Technology.
Stacy holds a BS in aerospace engineering from Iowa State University and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Carol Carpenter joined VMware in June 2020 as chief marketing officer. As CMO, Carpenter is responsible for leading all aspects of the Global Marketing organization, which includes Corporate Marketing, Partner, Segment and Field Marketing.
Carpenter brings to the role more than 25 years of technology sector experience. Most recently, she was vice president, Product Marketing at Google Cloud. Over the past three and a half years, Carpenter and the team led the transformation of Google Cloud from its early stage to its leadership position in cloud – building the team, crafting the brand positioning and campaign playbooks, enabling sales and the shift from products to solutions in its go-to-market. Prior to Google Cloud, Carpenter was the CEO of ElasticBox (acquired by CenturyLink) and held leadership and marketing roles in technology at Trend Micro, Keynote Systems and Apple and more.
Carpenter holds a bachelor of arts in economics degree from Stanford University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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- 05/07/2021 | 10:40 am – 11:25 am PDT
- 45 mins Hall ESpeakers Bill Miller is the senior vice president and chief information officer of NetApp, a hybrid cloud data services and data management company with revenues exceeding $6 billion annually. In this role, Bill leads NetApp's IT organization, supports the company's ongoing transformation, and works with peer organizations to advance business strategy and technology initiatives. He also directs the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs, which help the company's engineering and field organizations use, improve, and showcase the value of NetApp technology solutions to customers, some of whom are peer CIOs. Bill is also responsible for deploying, leveraging, and innovating around NetApp's new technologies and its partner technologies, producing narratives to underscore the company's value proposition to its external customers. We cover many of these topics and more in our conversation. Prior to joining NetApp, Bill was the senior vice president and chief information officer of Broadcom.Miller is the senior vice president and chief information officer of NetApp, a hybrid cloud data services and data management company with revenues exceeding $6 billion annually. In this role, Bill leads NetApp's IT organization, supports the company's ongoing transformation, and works with peer organizations to advance business strategy and technology initiatives. He also directs the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs, which help the company's engineering and field organizations use, improve, and showcase the value of NetApp technology solutions to customers, some of whom are peer CIOs. Bill is also responsible for deploying, leveraging, and innovating around NetApp's new technologies and its partner technologies, producing narratives to underscore the company's value proposition to its external customers. We cover many of these topics and more in our conversation. Prior to joining NetApp, Bill was the senior vice president and chief information officer of Broadcom. Jeff Nadler is the Chief Information Officer for Teladoc Health, overseeing enterprise information technology, information security and infrastructure for all Teladoc divisions globally. Mr. Nadler previously served as Chief Technology Officer for ActiveHealth Management, an independent subsidiary of Aetna. Bringing more than 25 years of strategic leadership in information technology, Mr. Nadler has specialized expertise in the healthcare, financial services and insurance industries, and broad experience building and managing large, high-performing technology teams. He is adept at developing enterprise-scale, custom application platforms with proven scalability, performance, security and reliability. Mr. Nadler holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Union College. Pranab Sinha is the Senior Vice President and CIO at Genesys. In his role, Sinha leads the company’s global IT organization, spearheading a strategy to drive the internal deployment of innovative technologies and programs to enable operational efficiencies and customer and employee satisfaction. Sinha has nearly 20 years of experience leading all aspects of enterprise IT with a deep focus on security and operational resiliency. Prior to joining Genesys, Sinha was the CIO at MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc., and previously served as Vice President, Enterprise IT, for Seagate Technology.
Ramaswamy (Ram) Nagappan is the Chief Information Officer for BNY Mellon | Pershing. With more than 30 years of information technology experience, Ram oversees the firm’s technology product management and digital experience delivery for wealth management solutions. As a member of Pershing’s Executive Committee and BNY Mellon’s Technology Executive Council, he is closely involved in setting the firm’s strategic direction. A spokesperson on technology trends and issues, Ram has been featured in a number of technology and financial publications and on Bloomberg Radio. He is a regular keynote speaker and panelist at industry events and conferences.
Ram has been instrumental in developing many award-winning solutions. Most recently, Ram was recognized by ComputerWorld as a Premier 100 IT Leader and by the New Jersey Technology Council as “CIO of the Year.” Prior to assuming his current role, Ram served as managing director and chief technology officer at DLJdirect and CSFBdirect, pioneers in online internet brokerage. He also played a significant role in establishing iNautix Technologies India Private Limited at Chennai, India, a technology affiliate of BNY Mellon that provides an array of technology development service. In these roles, Ram’s work was focused on business areas including clearance, settlement and trading order management, as well as market making.
Before joining Pershing, he was a technology consultant to Guardian Life Insurance, Bakst International and Data Software Research Corp. Ram is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Operations & Technology Advisory Committee and has served on technology advisory committees for various national securities exchanges. A graduate of Anna University Chennai (India), Ram earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication. He has also completed the Securities Industry Institute® (SII) program, sponsored by the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Microsoft Word - Radhakrishnan_Ravi_Bio_abbreviated_07.23.20 Dr. Rohan Amin is Chief Information Officer of Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) at JPMorgan Chase, which serves nearly half of America’s households with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, wealth management, and small business loans. Rohan manages a technology budget of $4 billion and over 12,000 technologists globally. He is a member of the CCB Leadership Team and the firm’s Global Technology Operating Committee (GTOC).
Previously, Rohan was the Global Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Chief Technology Controls Officer (TCO) for JPMorgan Chase. He was responsible for the firm’s cybersecurity, technology controls and resiliency programs. He led the firm’s fortification of its cyber defenses and developed a world leading Information Security team. He also led the company’s Identity & Access Management and Technology Resiliency programs. He was the Chair of the Board for the Financial Systemic Analysis and Resilience Center (FSARC) and the Vice Chair of the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). He is currently a Board Director for Ionic Security and on the Technical Advisory Board for Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania.
Rohan came to JPMorgan Chase in 2014 from Lockheed Martin, where he led the development of the corporation’s global computer network defense strategy and the creation of the Lockheed Martin Computer Incident Response Team (LM-CIRT). He also ran Lockheed Martin’s Global Cybersecurity Solutions division that provided advanced information technology, cyber and electronic warfare systems and solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and international customers.
Rohan was a three-time recipient of Lockheed Martin’s NOVA award, its highest recognition. Within the defense industry, he was instrumental in establishing the Defense Security Information Exchange (DSIE), a cyber threat fusion and sharing forum between major defense industrial base partners. Rohan also co-authored the seminal paper on Intelligence Driven Defense and the Cyber Kill Chain – which introduced the world to new analytical tradecraft for combating Advanced Persistent Threats.
Rohan was also recognized as the Global CISO 2017 Breakaway Leader of the Year, the 2017 Information Security Executive People’s Choice Winner and the 2017 Information Security Northeast Executive of the Year.
Rohan obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computer and Telecommunications Engineering and his Master of Science in Telecommunications and Networking from the University of Pennsylvania. He also received his doctoral degree in Engineering Management and Systems Engineering from the George Washington University. He lives with his wife and two sons in New York.
Justin Dustzadeh is the Chief Technology Officer for Equinix. In this role, Justin drives the company’s technology vision, strategy and architecture as well as the overall technical innovation and focus on the developer community.
Prior to Equinix, Mr. Dustzadeh served as Head of Global Network & Software Platform at Uber. There, he and his team were responsible for the architecture, engineering and operations of Uber’s global network infrastructure, as well as software platforms enabling the company’s worldwide business.
Justin is an industry-recognized thought leader on software-defined infrastructure and has a wealth of executive experience, including leadership roles at Visa, Huawei, Ericsson, AT&T, a video search startup which he co-founded, and two leading telco service providers in France.
He holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Computer Science from Télécom Paris, and a B.S. in Theoretical Physics from École Normale Supérieure (Ulm) in Paris.
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Track Chair
Monta Vista Capital
NetApp
Soniya Ahuja is the Executive Chairwoman of I8N Tech LLC and 8ty6 which focus on augmenting marketing for their clients using deep data expertise, automation, and AI to power learning and pivoting campaigns. She has strategized and implemented multi-million dollar transformation and product development projects at companies like Deloitte, Broadcom, Anthem, etc.
Her extensive technical background comes handy when applying deep domain and technical expertise to various steps of marketing from prospecting to conversion to post-sales support.
She likes to volunteer her time to organizations like TiE that make an impact on the world.
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Exciting new paradigms in cloud and security with a zero-trust position
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Exploring the revolutionary future of entrepreneurship
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