Cindy is a senior executive with 20+ years of diversified management, technology and operations experience and has a proven track record of designing and delivering technology driven transformational programs in many blue-chip firms, including Factset, New York Life Insurance Company, ALICO, Merrill Lynch, Marsh & McLennan, Prudential, Booz Allan & Hamilton and MetLife. Cindy’s passion is for people development. She has sponsored various mentoring programs and Women in Technology initiatives.

Cindy has an MBA from NYU in Corporate Strategy/Entrepreneurship, and a BS from SUNY/Albany. Cindy is a Board member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) NY chapter, actively participates in SIM Women and serves on the Board of Success Academy.

Fred Harris is an accomplished Technology Executive with over 30 years of cross-industry experience in the Professional Services, Financial Services, Technology, Media, Telecommunications, Retail, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Performing Arts and Healthcare industries. Fred is currently the Head of Cybersecurity and Technology Risk at Société Générale. In this role Fred is responsible for the Second Line of Defense for all Technology Risk (Algorithmic Trading Risk, Cybersecurity Risk, Business Continuity Risk, Data Risk and IT Risk). Fred received both his Bachelor of Science and MBA from NYIT where he is also an Adjunct Professor, member of the Executive Counsel for School of Management and serves on the Executive Board of the Alumni Association.     

Tony Leng was formerly Managing Director of Diversified Search and led the firm’s Digital Transformation and CIO practice from its San Francisco office.  Previously, Tony was Managing Partner of Hodge Partners. Tony has conducted many “C” level searches for organizations where leaders are transforming/building organizations that are taking advantage of digital technologies.  He has conducted “C” level searches conducted for organizations such as Aurora Healthcare, Axalta, Catholic Health Initiatives, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Kaiser Permanente, Novant Health, PG&E, Polycom, Sutter Health, Symmetricom, TE Connectivity, and Wellmark. 

Prior to his executive search experience, Tony was a Board member of three public companies and CEO of a $600 million Public Company. Before that, Tony ran a $1 billion division of a telephone company focused on corporate users and had responsibility for all data services and networking products. While at the telephone company, he was founder and Chairman of its ISP and a board member of its 2 million-subscriber cell phone subsidiary. 

Tony uses his operating experience from being a CEO, financial background as a CPA and CA, and technical knowledge from the work that he has done for Tech companies to drill down and understand at a nuanced level what his clients are seeking to achieve as they build their teams. He has written numerous papers on technology leadership and the challenges facing technology leaders today and authors a blog, ‘Resources for the Modern CIO” (www.tonyleng.com).

The core of Tony’s consulting has been with senior leaders who are seeking to transform their organizations as they face a future of rapid change, digitization, regulation, shifting markets, and increasingly connected and informed customers.

Tony has facilitated the Fisher CIO Forum for the past 12 years.  The Forum is a monthly venue for CIO’s and CTO’s to discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and has afforded these leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis.  Participating companies have included: Blue Shield, Clorox, Cost Plus, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Facebook, FitBit, Franklin Templeton, Gap, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, Levi Strauss, McKesson, Macys.com, Matson, Mulesoft, Okta, PG&E, Restoration Hardware, Ross Stores, Safeway, Salesforce.com, Schwab, Splunk, Uber, VMWare, and Williams-Sonoma among others. 

Tony received a Bachelor of Commerce (with honors), University of Cape Town, South Africa and is a Chartered Accountant and CPA.

Vipul Nagrath joined ADP in 2015 as SVP and Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) with responsibility for all infrastructure, operations, enterprise applications, enterprise technology systems and processes, end user compute, and mobile & telephony across the globe.

In 2020, Vipul was promoted to a new role as SVP, Head of Product Development for Major Account Solutions & Human Resources Outsourcing.

Vipul and his team work closely with ADP’s senior business leaders to execute ADP’s business strategy and identify, prioritize and execute technology solutions that are cost effective, efficient and scalable globally. The focus of Vipul’s organization is to work collaboratively across the organization to ensure that we build strategic capabilities that support an excellent service experience for our clients and associates.

An industry leader in technology, Vipul brings more than 25 years of experience in developing forward-thinking solutions. Vipul previously served at Bloomberg L.P. from 2003 to 2015, where he started as a project manager in 2003 and rapidly rose through the engineering organization to become Bloomberg, L.P.’s Global Head of Research & Development. In this role, he oversaw technology research and development for all Bloomberg products.  He continued his growth & responsibility as the CIO and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bloomberg’s Enterprise Solutions business.

Vipul started his career as a developer with Granada Systems Design, Inc., then moved on to run his own boutique firm specializing in computer telephony integration from 1995 to 2003. Vipul earned a bachelors and master’s degree in computer science from Pace University.

Mark has extensively recruited chief information officers, chief technology officers, chief information security officers and other senior IT leadership talent across varied vertical sectors including Industrial, Consumer, Life Sciences and Higher Education. His consultative approach to search encompasses talent strategy, organization design, search process and diversity recruiting. Mark ’s clients range from the Fortune 100 (McKesson, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing) to smaller high-growth companies (Under Armour, Regeneron, DirecTV) as well as prestigious public and private universities (Harvard, Rockefeller, University of Florida).

Before entering the search field, Mark developed and marketed information systems within the Financial Services and Higher Education sectors. He currently serves on the Advisory Committee for Columbia University\’s executive graduate program in Information Technology Management.

Mark frequently addresses conferences and writes on information technology and career management topics. He is the creator of the “Executive Career Counsel” column in CIO Magazine and on CIO.com. He is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and has served as President of the New York Chapter. He sits on the Advisory Boards of The Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), the national organization dedicated to fostering executive talent among African-American IT professionals, and HITEC, the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council.

Mark holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Union College.

Anna Ransley is an experienced CIO and digital transformation executive, currently heading the IT function at Heineken USA as a Vice President, GIS.  This multi-faceted role consists developing and executing an ambitious technology transformation for a highly progressive organization by championing leading edge digital efforts as well as rebuilding core back-office systems to modernize the workplace.

Her extensive track record of setting and achieving business strategies by innovative application of technical solutions and re-engineering spanned roles in marketing and most areas of technology in a variety of industries and disciplines. These roles resulted in successful implementations of ERP and CRM Systems, leveraging big data and predictive analytics to uncover revenue generating insights and leading large organizational transformations of cross-functional and global teams.

Anna is an accomplished practitioner with career highlights that include international leadership roles at Boerhinger Ingelheim – a global Fortune 500 Pharmaceutical, Connolly, Inc – an audit recovery firm, Hyperion Solutions – a leading Software company acquired by Oracle, and consulting at Keane that exposed her to a number of fortune 100 companies and industries to frame her perspective.

Anna has a special interest in transforming teams into business differentiating partners, and believes that one of the best ways of accomplishing that is through developing organizational talent that has both depth in technology and business drivers to take advantage of rapidly changing landscape of technological advances.

John Repko is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of AIG. He leads AIG’s global technology and sourcing functions, overseeing core shared infrastructure, applications, technology partnerships, procurement and vendor management. He also works closely with AIG’s leaders in support of technology-enabled cross-business collaboration, process improvement and strategic sourcing to meet the changing needs of clients.

Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Repko was Global Chief Information Officer of Johnson Controls (JCI) since 2016, taking up this position with the merger of JCI and Tyco. He previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Enterprise Transformation Leader at Tyco from 2012. Mr. Repko also held chief information officer roles at Covance Inc., SES Global and General Electric’s GE Americom division. He began his career as Senior Accountant, CPA, with Ernst & Young.

Mr. Repko currently serves as a member of the Insight Venture Partners CIO Advisory Board and the Lightspeed Venture Partners CIO Innovation Advisory Network. He also is a CIO Mentor for the New Jersey Society for Information Management and the Columbia University Graduate IT Management Program.

Mr. Repko holds an M.B.A. in Systems from Drexel University and a B.S. in Accounting from Villanova University.

Denise Fleming serves as chief information officer and executive vice president of technology and global services for BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. Fleming is responsible for leading all aspects of BD’s IT systems and processes, the enterprise program management office and global shared service centers. She is also a member of the BD Executive Leadership Team.

Fleming joined BD from Boeing, where she was the vice president of IT and CIO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, responsible for driving innovative digital solutions, cybersecurity compliance and managing the value delivery of IT systems for 30,000 Boeing associates. Prior to Boeing, Fleming held several positions at Sprint before joining BAE Systems, Inc. as VP, Business Technology & Application Solutions. She has more than 25 years of experience in IT, business transformation and technology solutions.

Fleming earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia; a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University, Fuqua School of Business; and received an Advanced General Manager’s Program certificate from Insead Business School in France.

She is also a co-founder and board member of TechPACT, a non-profit focused on increasing diversity in STEM. She is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council where she serves on the IT Advisory Committee, and a member of the Technical Advisory Board for Greycroft Venture Capital Firm. As an executive member of the IT Senior Management Forum, she mentors high potential talent selected for development programs offered by the organization. Fleming received the Career Achievement Award at the 2022 Black Engineer of the Year Award Conference and was also recognized by Diversity Woman Magazine as one of the Elite 100 in the Class of 2022. She has been featured in various publications including Forbes and US Black Engineer & IT Magazine.

Gary Sorrentino currently serves as Global CIO for Zoom Video Communications. A former Managing Director for J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management, Gary was the Global Head of Client Cyber Awareness and Education.  For over 12 years, Gary was the Chief Technology Officer for J.P. Morgan AWM’s global technology infrastructure initiatives, where he managed its Data Privacy program and was responsible for Infrastructure, Application and End User Technology Production Support. In 2014, he assumed a new role as the lead for their Cybersecurity efforts and developed a firm wide “Protect the Client” Cyber program designed to raise cybersecurity awareness among employees and clients.  With almost 40 years of experience in Information Technology, Gary has served in various other IT leadership positions in firms across the financial services industry. Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2005, Gary was Head of Global Infrastructure and Head of Technology Efficiencies at Citi Private Bank, where he was responsible for Global Infrastructure Support and strategic technology initiatives. Other roles he has held include Global Technology CFO at Credit Suisse and North America IT Controller at UBS 

Scott Strickland will spearhead the ongoing effort to enhance and implement Wyndham’s overall technology strategy and the continued migration of the company’s 18 brands to the Sabre SynXis property management and central reservation system. Wyndham Hotel Group was the first global hospitality company of its scale to roll out the system helping economy and midscale hoteliers grow their business by more efficiently managing pricing and inventory

With 25 years of experience in the field of information technology, Strickland joins Wyndham from D+M Group where he led the company’s information technology function as chief information officer. Prior to this position, Strickland held the role of executive director, information technology with Nissan North America. Previously, he held technology roles at Stanley Black & Decker, IBM and Mars, Inc.

James (Jim) Swanson previously served as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Head of Digital Transformation for the Crop Science division of Bayer. Based in Monheim, Germany, Swanson led teams across the world using digital innovation and data science to transform and deliver world-class products and services sustainably. 

Most recently, Swanson was the Chief Information Officer at Monsanto for the past five years. His breadth of experience also includes executive and scientific roles at Merck, Johnson & Johnson and SmithKline Beecham. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Bioscience and Biotechnology and a master’s degree in Computer Science, both from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Swanson is a member of the St. Louis CIO Board, Washington University’s Information Technology Advisory Council and the External Advisory Committee of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University. 

Swanson is married with three daughters. In his free time, he enjoys running, biking, skiing, scuba diving and boating. Swanson volunteers with the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight Organization, United Way Ready by 21 and the American Heart Association. 

Sigal Zarmi is an award-winning Chief Information Officer (CIO) and former International CIO and head of Digital
Transformation at Morgan Stanley. She currently serves on two public company boards, ADT Inc. (NYSE: ADT, $5B+
revenue) and Hashicorp (NASDAQ: HCP) as well as BigID (Tech, VC sponsors). At Hashicorp, a hyper growth Tech
company which went public in December 2021, Sigal is the chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee and
serves on the on the Audit committee which includes Enterprise Risk Management. At ADT, where Sigal also serves on
the Audit Committee, she was involved in the acquisition of SolarPro.

With over 35 years of experience in driving large scale digital transformations, technology operations, strategic planning,
and talent development, Sigal is an expert in how technology increases revenue and improves organization’s efficiency
and effectiveness. In addition to her board roles, she is a Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley and BCG, acting as a trusted
strategic advisor to CEOs, CFOs, CIOs on digital transformation, disruptive technologies, cyber and workforce planning.

Yuri Aguiar is the Chief Information and Transformation Officer at The Ogilvy Group and, prior to that, he was the Strategic Portfolio Director on the leadership team at WPP Coretech.

Yuri has been a CIO, CTO and Director of Worldwide Technology Operations over his 18-year stint as a Global Leader in business technology. He prides himself in leading small efficient teams of independent thinkers that challenge the status quo. Currently studying for his Masters in Digital Marketing, Yuri uses his downtime on a flight simulator hoping to make it real someday.

His love for music continues to find expression outside of work. Yuri has helped organize charity concerts for Breast Cancer, US Veterans and for victims of the tsunami in Japan – often playing with the band.

He religiously follows his own business motto that “Good execution eats strategy for lunch.”

With over 15 years of experience in establishing and maintaining global security strategies, architectures, standards, and compliance, Roota is a recognized industry thought leader. Prior to Amazon, Roota has served as a CISO for Covanta and then for Delta Dental of NJ and CT and held security leadership positions at Merck and Pfizer. She serves on the Board of Advisors at several organizations, sits as a governing body chair, is an SC Magazine awards judge and also moonlights as a Faculty.

Senior technology executive who leverages emerging and digital technologies to transform organizations, formulate new business models, and facilitate enterprise growth. Business technology strategist with a reputation for driving innovation, developing new revenue opportunities, streamlining IT platforms, and decreasing costs and time-to-market.

Saad has a wide range of experience that includes applied research, management consulting, and leading technology organizations. Currently he is working as Chief Digital Officer where he is responsible for developing overall digital strategy and driving enterprise-wide transformation of Zones’ business model and service offerings. Previously his consulting work focused on IT and digital strategy, new product development, and supporting private equity firms on technology related aspects of their portfolio companies. His technology leadership roles include, Global CIO at Scholastic and divisional CIO at Aetna and The Hartford. He has worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he worked with clients on technology strategy and transformation of IT organizations. Additionally, he worked as a research scientist and product developer in the field of Artificial Intelligence at GE Corporate Research & Development and GTE Labs.

Saad has published numerous papers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He has been a speaker on a number of IT leadership topics at various conferences. Saad has been named one of the Premier 100 IT Leaders by Computerworld magazine. He has a BSc in Computer Engineering from METU, Ankara, Turkey, a PhD in Computer Science and an MBA from RPI, Troy, NY.

Shawn Banerji is the Managing Partner for the Technology, Digital and Data Leaders Practice at Caldwell Partners.  As a trusted advisor to organizations seeking to transform their businesses by unlocking the latent value of their legacy product portfolios, Shawn advises clients on the convergence of talent and innovation across all facets of the evolving digital enterprise. He specializes in the recruitment and assessment of these catalyst leaders who are resetting the value propositions of their organizations and industries through the power of data & analytics, accelerated software engineering, and Cloud. He is a loud advocate for increasing technology representation and diversity on corporate boards. He is also an ex-officio board member of SIM New York and serves on the board of advisors for The Center for Technology Management at Columbia University.  Shawn is co-located in TCP’s New York and  Stamford offices.

Akash is accomplished, award winning executive with 15+ years of global experience shepherding organizations into the modern digital era with the goal to drive margin expansion and growth, create an atmosphere for organizational efficiency, and  provide deep and valuable customer insights to improve customer experience and the customer journey. He’s is passionate about digital transformation, data hygiene, and data-driven decision making.

As Global E-Commerce Leader of SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, Akash leads strategic and tactical execution to scale E-Commerce globally.

Prior to this role, Akash was IT Director at GE Water, where he led InSight, an award winning IoT-based Asset Performance Monitoring (APM) and Remote Diagnostics platform, which helps customers to optimize asset utilization and reduce energy consumption.  

Akash holds undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from India, and MBA from the Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Dr. David A. Bray is a Distinguished Fellow and Chair of the Accelerator with the Alfred Lee Loomis Innovation Council at the non-partisan Henry L. Stimson Center. He is also both a CEO and transformation leader for different “under the radar” tech and dataventures seeking to get started in novel situations. He is Principal at LeadDoAdapt Ventures and has served in a variety of leadership roles in turbulent environments, including bioterrorism preparedness and response from 2000-2005. Dr. Bray previously was the Executive Director for a bipartisan National Commission on R&D, spent time on the ground in Afghanistan in 2009, served as a Senior National Intelligence Service Executive provided non-partisan leadership as a federal agency CIO and Senior Executive, worked with the U.S. Navy and Marines on improving organizational adaptability, and aided U.S. Special Operation Command’s J5 Directorate on the challenges of countering disinformation online. He has received both the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Award and the National Intelligence Exceptional Achievement Medal. David accepted a leadership role in December 2019 to direct the successful bipartisan Commission on the Geopolitical Impacts of New Technologies and Data. From 2017 to the start of 2020, David also served as Executive Director for the People-Centered Internet coalition Chaired by Internet co-originator Vint Cerf. Business Insider named him one of the top “24 Americans Who Are Changing the World” under 40 and he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. For twelve different startups, he has served as President, CEO, Chief Strategy Officer, and Strategic Advisor roles. 

David’s passions include complicated, near-impossible missions involving humans and technology in challenging circumstances. Through the efforts of a team of “positive change agents”, he led the transformation of the Federal Communication Commission’s legacy IT with more than 207 different systems to award-winning tech. This included rolling out new cloud-based IT that achieved results in 1/2 the time at 1/6 the cost. He received the global CIO 100 Award twice, which usually is awarded to private sector Fortune 500 companies, both in 2015 and 2017, for his transformational leadership in change-adverse settings. He also has been invited to give the AI World Society Distinguished Lecture to the United Nations on UN Charter Day. In 2025, he was invited to be an expert witness before a public Congressional hearing on AI, specifically to provide both verbal and written testimony as well as answers to questions from members of the U.S. Congress to help inform AI policies.

Business-minded technology executive who advances success in market by transitioning technology organizations from internal service functions into sources of competitive value.

I believe it is important to inspire people to become leaders themselves, to truly understand the perspective of customers, and to be authentic and respectful in our interactions. I am always looking for new ways to drive ideas to market that deliver significant value to people and revenue to organizations.

Andrew Campbell was appointed Vice President, Chief Information Officer of Terex Corporation on November 7, 2016. He is responsible for all information systems for Terex globally, and serves as the principal technology advisor to the senior management team.

Previously, Mr. Campbell served as Vice President and Group Chief Information Officer of Xerox Document Technology. Prior to Xerox, he held IT leadership positions at General Electric, Ceridian Corporation and Dais Analytic Corporation.

Mr. Campbell is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration, majoring in marketing and computer applications.

Lynne Chernow is currently the Interim CIO at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private, not-for-profit research and education institution with researchers focusing on cancer, neuroscience, genomics & quantitative biology, and plant biology.

Previously, she was a strategic consultant to CIOs and CISOs in the NYC area working with Information Technology leaders at the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Cybersecurity team at Fordham University.

Prior to consulting, Lynne was SVP of IT at HBO, guiding the media company\’s technology department in building innovative applications across the media supply chain in support of content distribution with HBO GO, HBO On Demand, iTunes, Xbox, and Amazon.

Lynne is a Distinguished Fellow at Avasant and was named a National Fellow of the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute. She volunteers with many organizations, with a focus on facilitating underserved women\’s entry into technology careers.

Michael Coden is a Managing Director at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Platinion, the arm of BCG that specializes in business-critical IT architecture, digital transformation, risk management, and cybersecurity solutions. Joining in May 2016, Michael has been instrumental in growing BCG Platinion North America from $30 million to $200 million in sales, and is a Global Leader of Cybersecurity for B of BCG’s Cybersecurity Practice. Michael advises Boards, CEO’s, and C-suite executives at companies in telecommunications, media, technology, financial services, insurance, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, healthcare, pharma, and other industries.

Michael is also Associate Director of the MIT research consortium: Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan (http://cams.mit.edu), which he co-founded in 2014. CAMS currently has 25 research sponsors including: Google, Microsoft, ExxonMobil, Cisco, SWIFT, State Street Bank, Liberty Mutual, Verizon, and others. From 2003 through 2016, Michael was Vice President of NextNine (now Honeywell), an Israeli technology company where he was recruited by the Board to lead US operations and global sales, developing C-suite relationships with ABB, ExxonMobil, Honeywell, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, Shell Oil, Yokogawa Electric, and others, tripling sales two years in a row. During 1999 through 2003 Michael was an independent consultant with selected assignments including: serving as interim CEO leading a successful turn-around of Digital Fairways Corporation (acquired by DXC/HP/EDS), a leading telecom and enterprise operational support system (OSS) software company by reducing costs and increasing sales approximately 10-fold; developing new business strategies for SMARTS (acquired by Dell/EMC) in the cable TV industry. In 1979 Michael co-founded, was CEO, and Board Chairman of Codenoll Technology Corporation, a leading fiber optics and networking company, that went public in 1980. Codenoll was acquired by ADC Telecommunications (now Arris) in 1996, where Michael continued for four years as Vice President of Marketing and Technology, increasing sales of Metropolitan Area Networks and Cable TV backbones to $300 million. Prior to Codenoll/ADC, Michael was Division Manager for Optical Information Systems (OIS) a subsidiary of Exxon, where his organization became the third company (after AT&T and Hitachi) to produce commercially viable semiconductor lasers. OIS was acquired by McDonnell Douglas. Prior to OIS, Michael was CIO of Maher Terminals (now Maersk), where he designed and implemented advanced automation of the second largest container shipping terminal in Port Elizabeth, NJ. He began his career as a hardware/software engineer at Hewlett Packard and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Board and Advisory Positions:

• Advisor to the National Security Council on the development of Executive Order 13636 and Presidential Policy Directive 21, on Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, receiving a letter of appreciation from the White House for his leadership.
• Member, Advisory Board HMG Strategy CIO and CISO Summits
• Technology Advisor, B Capital Group, Venture Capital
• Community of Chairmen, World Economic Forum, developed and conducted cybersecurity training
• Member, the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, NY
• Member, Executive Advisory Board of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (now NYU Engineering)
• Advisor, SenaHill Investment Group, LLC, Fin-Tech investments
• Entrepreneur in Residence at SAS Investors evaluating and advising technology investments for Canaan Partners, Rho Capital, and Sevin Rosen funds.

Michael has published numerous scholarly articles and a book, appeared on radio and television discussing advanced technologies and their business impact, and holds 16 patents in semiconductor devices, fiber optics, networking, and high efficiency cybersecure data protocols.

Michael has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from MIT, a Master’s in Business Administration from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Applied Mathematics from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. Michael received an Award of Merit from the American Chemical Society, and an Award of Merit from the Laser Institute of America. 

Mignona Cote is a proven problem solver with a unique ability to find, assess and fix information security vulnerabilities across a variety of industries. With more than two decades of experience in information security, risk management, compliance and auditing, Mignona helps Fortune 50 companies ensure the security of their data. She has a proven track record of transforming technical operations and building strategic solutions for companies like Aetna, Bank of America, PepsiCo and Verizon. Her expertise spans incident response, vulnerability management, access management, vendor management, risk and compliance, as well as auditing. She has completely reshaped secured solutions throughout large enterprise networks.

Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Chief Information Technology Officers (#4), Top 100 Most Social CIOs (#7), Top 20 People Most Retweeted by IT Leaders (#5) and Top 100 Cloud Experts and Influencers. Tim is a strategic CIO & advisor that works with large global enterprise organizations across a number of industries including financial services, healthcare, major airlines and high-tech. Tim’s work differentiates and catapults organizations in transformative ways through the use of technology as a strategic lever. Tim takes a provocative, but pragmatic approach to the intersection of business and technology. Tim is an internationally renowned CIO thought leader including Digital Transformation, Cloud Computing, Data Analytics and Internet of Things (IoT). Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. Tim is also the host of the CIO In The Know (CIOitk) podcast. CIOitk is a weekly podcast that interviews CIOs on the top issues facing CIOs today. Tim holds an MBA in International Business with Honors from Golden Gate University Ageno School of Business and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Golden Gate University.

Cliff Cree is a technology and business visionary with over 30 years of executive and hands-on experience. He spent 20 years with Viacom and is now in his 12^th year as the CIO at Horizon Media. He has help build Horizon into one of the world’s largest media agencies with over 8.7 Billion dollars of annual media spend .

Cliff has a strong record of success in creating robust and secure IT infrastructures, world class customer service organizations and tools that make his customers efficient and successful. He has proven to have the ability to bring the benefits of IT to solve business issues while managing cost and risk. He provides leadership through strategic thinking and decision-making. Cliff is known for seamlessly coordinating and collaborating with internal organizations as well as third-party partners. He builds and leads high-performance teams to manage, implement, and streamline complex IT infrastructures. He prides himself on his success on delivering complex projects within tight timeframes.

Cliff holds a BA in Business Administration and Technology from the University of Florida.

Richard Entrup is Managing Director and Head of Emerging Solutions, Enterprise Innovation at KPMG in the U.S. In his role, he’s focused on emerging technologies including Generative AI, Quantum computing, Spatial computing/immersive learning, Digital Assets/Blockchain, Space, Robotics, and others, helping clients explore the art of the possible and how to leverage emerging technology for business value.

Richard has significant experience leading digital transformation and innovation, digital marketing, technology operations, cybersecurity, and data/analytics/AI. Prior to joining KPMG, he led global technology operations, digital transformation, and innovation programs at many prominent global brands including Verizon, Christie’s, Disney/ABC, Time Warner, The Museum of Modern Art, Viacom, and Tiffany & Company. He has also served as a CIO, CTO, CDO, and CISO at several health care companies and an international law firm, with documented success aligning technology investments to strategic business objectives.

Richard is also a startup mentor at the Lead Sports Accelerator Program at Lake Nona, a mentor to students in the Executive Masters in Technology Management programs at Northeastern and Columbia University, and a startup and VC advisor, and sometimes investor, focused on GenAI, quantum, spatial/XR, web3/blockchain, digital art, streaming with embedded eCommerce, and quantum-resistant cryptography/PQC.

Michael Frankel is Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital.  He has held c-level executive roles (corporate development, strategy/innovation, CFO, COO) at large and small growth companies.  He is a Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Venture leader who has driven disruptive innovation and aggressive growth/expansion at global technology, information services and professional services companies including Deloitte, LexisNexis Group, IRI, GE Capital and VeriSign.  Michael has a track record of executing growth strategies using:

– Acquisitions (110+ acquisitions and strategic transactions)
– New offering/product development and innovation
– Complex ecosystems (alliances, co-development, licensing, partnerships)
– Market and geographic expansion
– Corporate venture investments (18+ CVC investments)

Michael has extensive experience supporting integration of acquired businesses and operational improvement and scaling of existing business units.  Michael has served as a growth operator in CFO/COO and GM roles for high growth technology businesses and units as well as leading a portfolio operations team that builds operating capabilities in portfolio businesses including product development and management, pricing, sales and sales enablement, marketing and back-office operations.

Tsvi Gal is Head of Enterprise Technology Services at MSK. Reporting to Remy Evard, CDO, Tsvi oversees the technical vision and leads MSK’s digital transformation and technological development. In addition to creating and delivering the multi-year strategy, Tsvi is leading the move to the cloud, enacting Agile and DevOps, and working closely with MSK clinical, research, and administration to enable and enhance the fight to cure cancer.

Tsvi joined MSK in early 2021 after serving as Chief Technology Officer at Morgan Stanley, where he was the recipient of the Einstein Award for Technology and Science from the President of Israel for pioneering online banking and trading. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Tsvi served in various CIO and CTO roles in several banks including Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and Wells Fargo as well as in non-banks including Exigen Capital (a private equity firm) where he was a General Partner, AT&T where he was President of ATT.COM and Time Warner Music where, as CIO, he led the launch of the digital transformation towards online music.

Tsvi holds a Bachelor’s degree in computer science from Rutgers University and an MBA from Golden Gate University. Tsvi is a board member of Israel Discount Bank (USA) and Exadel, a technology services company and several advisory boards. Tsvi is also a senior advisor for McKinsey. Tsvi served as the New York Chapter Chairman of the Society of Information Managers (SIM), a CIO association with more than 3,500 members nationwide, and was a technology advisor to the president of Rutgers University.    

Robert Galvin joined the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in December 2013 as the agency’s Chief Technology Officer. Mr. Galvin has over 25 years experience in both public and private sectors, including leadership roles at one of the largest specialty design-build contractors in the world – and as an executive at a leading supplier of ERP and field service management software for the construction industry. Prior to joining the Port Authority, Mr. Galvin was CTO of the School Construction Authority where he reorganized the Technology department and modernized their enterprise applications by deploying data warehousing, cloud, and mobile technologies.

Ms. Garvey previously held CIO positions with ANN INC., Warnaco, Brooks Brothers, Memberworks, and Sportmart, with previous experience at retailers such as Crate and Barrel, the Registry Stores, and Ames Department Stores, after starting her career in consulting with Arthur Andersen. Ms. Garvey holds a BS in Civil Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Marge has over 25 years of leadership and transformation in Information Technology.   She is currently the Deputy CTO at the MTA. Helping to lead the organization through its toughest period in history, she and her team are transforming the IT organization in to the lean fighting machine it needs to be in order to keep the NY region moving.    She has an undergraduate BS in Computer Science from Northeastern University and an Executive MBA from New York University.  She is a born and bred NYer and currently lives in New York City with her two daughters. 

Alex Golbin is senior technology executive with over 20 years of leading IT transformation, complex organizations, and leveraging state of the art technology.  In his current role at BNY Mellon, Alex leads Technology Third Party Governance.  Alex is accountable for managing costs, minimizing risk, and ensuring regulatory compliance for technology vendors and affiliates across the enterprise.

In his prior roles Alex established and led multiple global functions and programs, including IT Cost Optimization, Workforce Management, Vendor Management, Business Process Management, Workplace Technology, and Global Trade Technology.

Demonstrable results include delivery of $240MM in savings.  Alex is a frequent speaker at industry conferences for BPM, Innovation, Vendor Management, IT Finance.  

Alex has MBA in Finance and Management, BS in Computer Science, and Project Management Professional (PMP). 

Cybersecurity Executive Leader with extensive experience leading teams and providing clients with cybersecurity advisory services, incident response investigations, and other technical services, as well as guidance to C-Suite and Board level clients. I serve as a trusted advisor and partner to clients, law enforcement and government agencies, law firms, and industry organizations to address cybersecurity matters including incident response & forensics investigations, as well as vulnerability and threat management matters. He is a Ponemon Institute Fellow and affiliate board advisor to industry organizations including FS-ISAC, Retail-CISC, NH-ISAC as well as other ISACS, and member of the Shared Assessments Steering Committee Board. He has also served on the CLM Cyber Liability Council, the Board of Directors of the NY ISSA, the IT Policy Compliance Group, and the (i-4) Research Committee and he has been Interviewed / quoted in CNNMoney, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The London Times, Thomson Reuters, and other industry publications.

Douglas Hegley, Chief Digital Officer at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been at the forefront of digital transformation work in the cultural heritage sector for more than 20 years. With his background in psychology, he uses a human-centered approach that always puts people first. During his career he has helped create collaborative technology operations and to deliver engaging digital content. That work started out in 1997 at The Met, and continued at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2011 as the Chief Digital Officer, where he set the vision and strategy for digital media and technology, while also working on new leadership models, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration. In 2020, he returned to The Met as the Chief Digital Officer. Mr. Hegley is a strong advocate for productive and transformative organizational change, keeping pace with technology innovation and new business models. He has been recognized by his peers as a leader in the field, is a frequent public speaker, and has served on boards and committees at city, state, regional and national levels.

Risé Jacobs is the Senior Vice President, Technology at Astoria Bank and is responsible for collaborating with the business leaders to design and deliver IT services to the Bank.   She has been with Astoria since 2001, and has been in Information Technology for over 25 years.   Ms. Jacobs and her team have been awarded the Best Practices award by the Technology Managers Forum and she recently received the Diamond Award from LISTnet for her achievements and leadership in technology.  Ms. Jacobs also received an Individual Performance Award from the Association for Information Technology Professionals (AITP) for contributions to the organization and the technology profession.  She is on the membership committee of the Wall Street Technology Association and the Board of the LI/NYC chapter of the AITP.   She has presented to organizations including the AITP, Technology Managers Forum and InfraGard.  Ms. Jacobs has an MBA from Baruch College and holds several certifications, including Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) and the CISSP.

Daphne E. Jones is an accomplished and seasoned executive with extensive experience using digital technologies strategically, entrepreneurially, and globally within multi-national corporations. She has over thirty years of experience in general management and executive level roles at IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Hospira (now Pfizer) and General Electric. During her tenure at GE, she served as: SVP for Future of Work, SVP & CIO.  She ran IT for Product Engineering, Imaging, and Ultrasound, and was Senior Executive & CIO For Global Services – all comprising a $13B segment within GE Healthcare.

Prior to GE Healthcare, her early career days were spent at IBM and Johnson & Johnson as an IT Executive followed by her role as a Corporate Officer, SVP & CIO at Hospira, Inc. a  $5B global pharmaceutical and infusion technology company.  She was the first woman and African American to report to the Chairman of the Board with accountability for all aspects of Hospira’s enterprise, cyber, digital & analytics technology. A driver of change acceleration and leadership development, her career has been spent using digital technologies to transform business models, distribution channels and products. 

Daphne serves on the board of directors for AMN Healthcare, Inc., Barnes Group Inc, and Masonite International Corp and is regarded as an authority on how to prepare for and land a corporate board seat.  She is the recipient of the University of West Indies’ Luminary Award,  was named one of Illinois’ Most Powerful and Influential Women by the National Diversity Council, and was Computerworld Premier 100 CIO.   She is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Accenture Cybersecurity Women’s Council, The Digital Directors Network (DDN), and Executive Leadership Council (ELC). 

Daphne’s contemporary experience and thought-leadership helps drive innovation globally; enabling business transformation across major industries.  A corporate advisor, mentor and budding author; her inspiring life story from poverty to executive leadership has made her a sought after speaker and consultant.

Daphne earned her MBA and BS from Illinois State University.

Daphne’s first book WIN WHEN THEY SAY YOU WON’T: Break Through Barriers and Keep Leveling Up Your Success (November 15, McGraw Hill), drawn from her own rags to riches story, is an inspiring guide to help anyone achieve the career of their dreams with a winning mindset and proven playbook. Daphne’s been featured on Fox Business, TD Ameritrade, CNBC Make It, Cheddar.com, Fast Company and more!

Clarice Kennedy is Vice President at RGP, a publicly traded global consulting firm (NASDAQ: RECN) providing strategy and execution for Fortune 500 companies across many industries. www.rgp.com

With more than 20 years of experience in the technology industry, Clarice brings a wealth of experience to her current role, driving the strategic development of RGP’s Information Management practice, specifically in the areas of IT governance, business process transformation and program/project management.

Clarice began her career as a systems programmer and supported European traders at Security Pacific Bank, now Bank of America.  Recognizing the emerging demand for technology services as North American companies began using computers enterprise-wide, the entrepreneurial 24-year-old founded CCN, Inc., a technology consulting firm.  As CCN’s Chief Executive Officer for over two decades, she guided the company’s growth and expansion into a full-service provider of technology services and talent management solutions for some of the world’s leading companies.

Clarice serves on the Board of Directors for Dress for Success, a global non-profit organization that empowers women transitioning back into the workforce.  She is a mentor for Columbia University’s Executive Technology Management program, co-organizer of Women in Blockchain NYC meetup and serves as an advisor for the Society of Information Managers (SIM) NY Chapter.

Clarice holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems Management from Buffalo State College in Buffalo, New York. She lives in New York with her husband and her three greatest accomplishments – her children, Dylan, Connor and Aidan.

Chris Kulczytzky was Vice President, Enterprise Services for Global Technology at S&P Global. He was responsible for providing technology leadership and strategic direction for the enterprise business application portfolio. Chris managed technology resources for enterprise Finance, Order to Cash, Human Resources, Data and Analytics, Master Data Management, Data Governance, Communications, Procurement, Corporate Affairs, Risk Management and Legal. He worked closely with corporate leaders to ensure technology alignment with business strategy.

Prior to serving in his current role, Chris developed broad global technology and management expertise for more than a decade in various roles within S&P Global. As a vice president, Financial Technology Services, he was responsible for a multi-year global transformation initiative, which included replacing the Lawson Finance ERP with Oracle E-Business Suite R12. He previously served as senior director in the Finance and Administration PMO, an Information Technology Manager at Standard & Poor’s, a Financial Systems consultant and an Information Technology Audit Manager.

Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Philadelphia University and a Master of Business Administration degree in Marketing from the LeBow College of Business – Drexel University. Chris has earned the following certifications: Columbia University CIO Certification, Certified Information Systems Auditor (ISACA), Project Management Professional (PMI), Six Sigma Green Belt (Pivotal Resources) and Certified Internet Webmaster (Internet Foundations).

Michael Lederman is Vice President of Information Technology at The Leading Hotels of the World, one of the largest luxury hotel collections in the world comprised of more than 400 hotels in 80 countries.  He is a business technology strategist with a track record of transforming IT operations and driving innovation. His career spans a broad range of industries including higher education, financial services, non-profit and commercial real estate.  Michael earned his BS in Computer Science from Rutgers University and his MBA from Columbia Business School. 

As the Chief Information Officer at Taft, Andrea is responsible for firm-wide information technology and security initiatives across all of Taft’s offices and practices areas. Bringing more than 25 years of experience to the firm, Andrea has a track record of success defining business strategy, developing teams and leading technology and operations departments for large law firms and corporate organizations.  Prior to joining Taft, she served as the Chief Information and Technology Officer for a large law firm based out of NYC and spent time leading technology organizations for Faegre Baker Daniels LLP and Target Corporation based in Minnesota.  As founder of the non-profit professional networking forum i.WILL, Inspiring Women Igniting Leadership & Learning, Andrea is committed to supporting and empowering women. 

Enterprise Chief Data Officer and AI governance executive with more than 25 years of leadership experience across global financial institutions, federal regulators, and Fortune 100 enterprises. I specialize in building regulatory-grade data and AI operating models that enable innovation, client data sharing, and monetization while strengthening institutional trust in highly regulated environments.

My work sits at the intersection of data strategy, regulatory expectations, and enterprise architecture. I have led firm-wide transformations that shift organizations from reactive data oversight to governance-by-design — embedding policy, controls, lineage, and quality directly into modern SDLC and CI/CD pipelines to support scalable analytics and AI.

I am particularly focused on domain-oriented data mesh strategies that balance federated ownership with enterprise standards, allowing organizations to scale reusable data products responsibly without increasing regulatory or operational risk.

I regularly partner with CEOs, boards, regulators, and C-suite leaders to translate complex regulatory, architectural, and data challenges into clear enterprise decisions. Experience spans global banking, capital markets, telecommunications, and public-sector institutions.

John McCaffrey founded Cirrostratus Technologies in 2010, providing broad technology consulting services to municipal governments and educational institutions.  He is a noted speaker on the spectrum of topics in the IT arena, engaged by public sector entities as well as firms seeking to provide services and products to the sector.  He brings over 35 years of breadth and depth of tech knowledge in  assessment , planning, financing, procurement and project management to all clients.  He has been widely recognized for his expertise in the public sector information technology and finance, most recently being  named as a lead government innovator as one of Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.  Mr. McCaffrey was also recently recognized in for Excellence in Cybersecurity in Government at the Smart Cyber Government Symposium. 

Mr. McCaffrey  joined the Department of Information Technology (DoIT) in Westchester County, New York in 2011 as Deputy CIO and in 2012, he was appointed as CIO.  He served as the county’s Records Management Officer and exofficio board member of the Westchester County Historical Society.  As CIO, he was the lead administrator on business process revolution as well as enterprise digital transformation.  Focus areas included governance, budgeting/cost control, tech development and security among, others.  Some of the major projects that McCaffrey initiated included comprehensive security implementations and controls, broad compliance management, consolidation, shared services, 9-1-1 public safety agency coordination and public safety radio systems enhancement.   

Mr. McCaffrey has brought distinction to Westchester as a Top 10 Digital County each year from 2013-2017, most recently in the number one slot.  CIO Magazine recognized Westchester DoIT in 2016 as a CIO 100 award winner. 

From 2005—2012, Mr. McCaffrey was CIO for Orange County, New York.  He was recognized for revitalization of IT, improved service, and cost reductions through staff training and technology programs.  Mr. McCaffrey was also responsible for the creation of Orange County’s security policies and business continuity infrastructure and plan.  He was on Team Orange employee management training committee and Orange County’s business retention committee and served as advisor to the Orange County Business Accelerator. 

From 1999—2005, Mr. McCaffrey was the first director of MIS for the Village of Skokie, Illinois, hired to create and manage the new MIS department.  Prior to that, he served seven years as Deputy Commissioner of Finance in North Hempstead, New York, culminating an 18-year career there in prior positions of system development and technical management. 

Mr. McCaffrey possesses a Masters of Business Administration degree with a focus on IT as well as a degree as Masters in Network and Communication Management.  He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Finance and has 3 Masters Certifications in Electronic Commerce, Information Systems Security, and Wireless Networking.  He serves as an advisory board member to a number of IT firms and organizations and is also on the governing body or advisory boards for various CIO and CISO summits. 

Harry D. Moseley brought to Zoom a blend of transformational leadership, disruptive innovation, and corporate growth strategies. As the former CIO & Managing Director for KPMG, Harry was responsible for technology and innovation to support the firm\’s competitive growth. Over five years he identified and replaced legacy technology to dramatically improve productivity, security, and reliability. Before joining KPMG, Harry served as CIO & Senior Managing Director – Partner for Blackstone, where he led the company\’s transformation to the world\’s best digital alternative asset manager. Prior to Blackstone, Harry was a Managing Director for Credit Suisse, where he served as the CIO of Global Investment Banking, and Global Co-Head of Application Development / Co-CIO of the firm. Before Credit Suisse, Harry served as CTO & Managing Director for UBS Americas.

Harry was inducted into CIO Magazine\’s Hall of Fame, recognized as one of the world\’s top 100 CIOs by Computerworld, and honored by Irish Magazine as one of its Annual Wall Street 50. Harry is an Advisory Board Member of the New York Center for Dental Restorative Services, a Board Member of Rewards Network, a member of the Advisory Board of the New York City Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and a sponsor of nPower. He is a former Board Member of Bi-Sam (since acquired by Factset), a former Advisor to Aquiline Capital Partners, and a former Board Member of iLevel Solutions (since acquired by Ipreo). He also led Blackstone\’s investment in Watchdox (since acquired by Blackberry).

Accomplished and experienced global business and technology leader with a P&L mindset. World-class IT leadership and strategy consulting experience in companies ranging from startups to Fortune 50. Proven ability to anticipate market and customer needs and define new directions to drive growth through innovation. Builds strong internal and external relationships and leads cross-functional teams to consistently exceed goals. Proven track record of defining and implementing technology vision, strategy, and architecture to align with business and customer needs.

Key competencies:
– Vision and strategy development
– Customer experience evaluation, transformation, and delivery
– Digital marketing, CRM, and e-commerce (multi-channel marketing)
– Business process and organization (re-) design
– Strategic sourcing and partnerships
– Mergers and acquisition integration
– Talent development
– Cloud computing

Sunil Notani was the AVP of Big Data & Cloud at JDRF (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) which is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes research having contributed over $2B since its inception. He is an accomplished business and technology executive with two-plus decades of transformation and turnaround experience in Fortune Global 500 (Oracle, FedEx, Lufthansa) and high-growth multinationals (Hyperion, IDS Scheer, Singapore Airlines). Currently, he leads the digital transformation of the enterprise from disparate systems to the cloud at JDRF. He is a technology influencer with experience serving on the customer advisory boards of several leading cloud software companies to influence their product strategy and direction.

Prior to JDRF, Sunil had a distinguished career in the high tech industry. At Oracle Corporation, he led the global implementation of CRM that enabled the business to increase revenues by transforming all the sales, marketing and partner relationship processes. Prior to Oracle, he was at Hyperion Solutions where he led several business process optimization initiatives which contributed to increased revenue growth during an economic slowdown and acquisition by Oracle in 2007.

Sunil holds an Executive Master of Science in Technology Management from Columbia University; and a MBA majoring in Marketing; and a Bachelor’s degree with concentrations in Business Management, Computer Systems & French from the University of Bombay, India.

Jim Panos is currently the Chief Information Officer at Central National Gottesman Inc., a privately held $4+ billion merchant in the paper and pulp industry. Prior to that, Jim was the Director of Strategic Programs for The Dannon Company, where he led a number of key initiatives, including the implementation of Advanced Sales and Operations Planning for North America. He was also a partner at Accenture leading multiple Supply Chain and ERP programs in the Consumer Goods and Pharmaceutical industry groups.

Ashish is an accomplished operations & technology leader with over 20 years of experience across retail, manufacturing, distribution, and logistics industries.

Ashish serves as the Chief Information Officer, Tapestry, Inc. and is responsible for global information technology strategy & operations for the house of brands.

 Prior to tapestry, Inc., Ashish gained his experience across a cross-section of industries, and spanning various roles in Supply Chain, Operations & Information Technology in global organizations: LF Logistics, Philips Electronics, Carpenter Technology, and Armstrong World Industries.

 Ashish has a Master of Science, Management from New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Bachelor of Science, Business Logistics from Pennsylvania State University.

He grew up in Delhi, India, has lived in Tokyo, Japan and has traveled extensively across Africa, Asia, and Europe. He resides in New Jersey with his wife, son, and daughter.

Mary Pauline Murphy is the IT Division Systems Officer (DSO) for the Consumer Products Division of L’Oreal USA where she advises and manages strategic technology investments across the portfolio of brands and functions including but not limited to sales, marketing, digital and supply chain. Mary Pauline has led numerous technology teams across the Americas in building robust solutions which power & propel the business. Prior to L’Oreal, Mary Pauline spent seven years at Johnson & Johnson in the Consumer Healthcare Division. She holds a master’s degree in Technology Management from Columbia University in the City of New York and an undergraduate degree in Management Information Systems from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. 

As Avanade’s Chief AI Officer, Florin Rotar drives the global AI strategy and execution across all parts of our business, spanning leadership, sales, solutioning, delivery, capability and our partner ecosystem. He also accelerates Avanade’s internal transformation, identifying new ways AI can disrupt – and improve – how we work, operate and deliver for our clients.

Florin previously served as Chief Technology Officer at Avanade, where he led the strategic development of a portfolio of solutions and services centered on emerging technologies and innovation. He is a member of the Forbes Technology Council and was recognized by Entrepreneur Magazine as one of the Top 10 CTOs to Watch in 2023. Florin is passionate about people-first AI innovation and co-authored the book “We the People: Human Purpose in a Digital Age: A Guide to Digital Ethics for Individuals, Organizations and Robots of All Kinds.”

Florin holds a master’s degree in telecommunications engineering from Lund University. He is a world citizen, having lived and worked in 10 countries across three continents, and now calls the Pacific Northwest home. When he’s not busy raising young children, he loves running while listening to EDM.

Ken is an award-winning technologist, trusted digital transformation leader, and innovation amplifier. He is an author, speaker, and board member known for helping organizations define and pursue their digital transformation journeys with guiding experience, connections, conversations, and collaborations. Key to his success as an active practitioner and coach/mentor is helping senior executives embrace the value of values and prepare for next generation processes and workplace challenges (including resiliency, policy/process development, validation of technology vision/direction, road-mapping, and Enterprise Architecture).

• 2021 Award Winner – HMG Global Leadership Institute Award
• 2020 Award Finalist for the North Carolina Tech Awards (for Industry Driven Healthcare Tech)
• 2018 CIO of the Year Award (finalist) ORBIE Awards/Charlotte Business Journal

Senior Roles/Projects/Investments include:
• Chief Information & Innovation Officer, New College Institute
• Chief Innovation Officer, Curran Biotech
• VP of Digital Transformation and CIO, Pfeiffer University
• Chief Architect & Executive Director, Applied Technology Acceleration Institute
• EVP Digital Transformation & Emerging Markets, iTalent Digital Solutions
• Chief Information Officer, Murdock Research Institute
• Executive roles at Cisco, Bank of America, Duke Energy
• Private Equity Advisor Practitioner – Organization, Technology, and Process

A technology pioneer, Ken developed early Intranet systems for large banks which led to his participation in developing one of the first successful Internet-based training platforms.

• Enterprise Architecture Thought Leader and Coach (TOGAF Certified)
• Nanotechnology and Digital Water Thought Leader
• Focus on Simplification, Resiliency, and Automation via Cloud based solutions

IoT, PMO Acceleration, AI/ML, Business Intelligence, Data Science, M&A, DLT, CPaaS integration, Collaboration, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Help Desk/Contact Center, DevOps & Managed Cloud transformations

Board of Advisors – Curran Nanotechnology Transformation Group
Board Member – Water Innovations Alliance
Board of Advisors – NanoBCA

Vito Sardanopoli is an accomplished executive with broad expertise in the areas of cyber security, information technology and enterprise risk management.  Over his career he has helped to build and advance cybersecurity programs and information technology initiatives for organizations across multiple industries including healthcare, financial services, and retail. 

Vito currently serves as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for U.S. Imaging Network, a national provider of advanced diagnostic imaging programs.  In this role, Vito is building a comprehensive security, privacy and IT risk management program to support this growing enterprise.  Previously Vito served in cybersecurity and technology executive leadership roles as CISO for Quest Diagnostics, Atlantic Health System, Tiffany & Co, and The American Stock Exchange. 

Vito previously served as an appointed member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force (HCIC Task Force), which focused on identifying and addressing opportunities to improve cybersecurity practices across the healthcare industry. Vito currently also serves as an active member of the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cyber Working Group, which is tasked with helping to implement many of the recommendations included in the HCIC Task Force published report.

Vito earned a M.B.A. in Finance, and Technology Management and Operations, from New York University – Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Iona College.

Danielle Schmelkin is Chief Information Officer for Madewell, a premium denim brand for women and men. Prior to Madewell, Danielle was the Head of IT for Coach, part of the Tapestry family of global brands. She previously held leadership positions at Barnes & Noble, Campbell Soup Company, and Pepperidge Farm with additional experience at PepsiCo. Danielle started her career at Andersen Consulting focusing on statistics, Business Intelligence and Data Management, and overall IT enablement. She holds her B.S. in Statistics and Biometry from Cornell University.

As a leader in her field, Danielle has focused on Digital Transformation and has led Systems, Operating Model and Culture transformations focusing on acquisitions and divestitures.

Danielle is a member of the Society for Information Management and also serves on the board of URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps.

Bobby Singh, CISO and Global Head of Infrastructure, is responsible for delivering secure and highly available common technology services across TMX. As a member of the executive leadership team, Bobby is defining TMX\’s cyber security and technology vision and strategy, to advance the organizational agenda. He is responsible for TMX\’s information and IT systems and services, as well as all aspects of security, governance, risk, and compliance. He represents TMX in key forums focused on critical infrastructure, network evolution, intelligence, and availability. He has broad expertise in developing and implementing security programs for public and private sector organizations. Prior to joining TMX, Bobby has held positions at TD Bank, Rogers Communications and eHealth, where he designed multi-year technology and culture transformation programs. He received his MBA from University of Pittsburgh and holds CISSP, CISM, CISA and CPA designations.

Stephen Spagnuolo is a Director in the Baltimore office and leads cyber, digital security, risk focus areas, and client engagements. He has earned a recognized track record of delivering leadership talent and corporate development solutions with a principal focus on cyber security and operational risk across technology, financial services, and other industry sectors, ranging from early stage/startup to emerging growth to mid and large global corporates, banks and consultancies. In so doing, he leverages his deep and extensive network, particularly across the U.S. National Security and Wall Street communities.

Prior to Stanton Chase, Stephen launched and led the Digital Security Practice for several boutique executive search firms. Earlier he was with Russell Reynolds Associates in New York, as a member of the Global Banking & Markets Practice and then Co-Founder/Head of the Americas for Sheffield Haworth, a London-based global financial services recruitment firm, where in just a few years’ time, the platform and team he established and built earned ‘firm of choice’ recognition amongst their US based Tier 1 bank and corporate clients.

He currently serves as a cybersecurity expert and the on-call cyber security headhunter with RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange), and he is frequently engaged as a moderator and guest panelist on cyber security talent leadership, recruitment, and development for various executive leadership summits and forums, including Security Innovation Network (SINET) and HMG Strategy CIO & CISO Summits, the latter of which he co-established and built as an adjunct to HMG CIO.

A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Stephen served with distinction as a US Marine Corps infantry officer, having deployed to multiple overseas contingencies.

A 35-year veteran in the technology space, Mr. Taylor has a stellar track record of guiding IT transformation, design, deployment and integration initiatives, including multiple large-scale corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) integrations. With his deep expertise in high-level operational and technical skill sets, Mr. Taylor is an integral part of the company and a partner in innovation with the business. He strives to improve operating efficiency that stays as the business grows. Previously he was President and CEO of his own consulting firm where he advised C-suite corporate leaders on the need for technology investments to drive transformative growth. He was paramount in several successful M&A transactions, providing expert consulting to executive leaders throughout the transitions. Before he was a consultant, Mr. Taylor held multiple roles at Fidelity National Financial and Fidelity Information Services. Most recently as Account & Technical Delivery Executive where he delivered expert operational and technical guidance and coaching to a multidisciplinary technical team of 110+.

As Chief Technology Officer, Ishit heads up Global Technology at A+E Networks responsible for Cloud, Infrastructure, Enterprise Products & Applications, Data Analytics, Operations & Cyber Security. Ishit is a seasoned Technology Executive with a strong understanding of the media industry and a track record for creating solutions that drive revenue, profitability and customer satisfaction. Ishit is a transformational leader with experience driving positive change and leading large global teams to deliver highly complex programs that improve business outcomes. Previously, Ishit has held several technology leadership roles at A+E and NBCUniversal.

Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Business Continuity, ABN AMRO, U.S. Corporate and Investment Bank.  Steven has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry in cyber security, cyber risk management and business continuity. 

Steven is currently responsible for maturing, enhancing and expanding the information security and business continuity program across the US based investment bank.  He has extensive experience with FFIEC, NYSDFS and PCI requirements and worked extensively with boards of directors to implement enterprise risk management frameworks, technologies and process oriented strategies to minimize risks and maximize resources.  He provides strategic leadership to integrate the global corporate mandates while maintaining compliance with multiple regulations or directives including FINRA, NYSDFS, HIPAA, CCPA, GLBA and GDPR. 

Prior to joining ABN AMRO, Steven was the Head of Information Security for Rabobank Wholesale Bank USA.  He has held various cyber security and technology risk positions with other global organizations such as Citi, Bank of New York Mellon, TD Securities and EVO Payments Intl. and had consulting experience with Cap Gemini.  

Steven holds a Bachelor of Science in Management of Information Systems from New York Institute of Technology.  He holds the following industry certifications, CISSP, CISM and CRISC.  He is an active participant in the IIB Information Security and Operational Resilience Committee, FS-ISAC Caucuses and CISO Roundtable discussions.  Steven also volunteers his time as an Executive board member of his local CYO program.

Christopher Welga, a technology and risk management executive, has served the risk management, security and technology needs of Credit Unions for over 21 years. 

Chris has held the positions of Chief Information Security Officer and Vice President of Enterprise Risk providing leadership and development of teams in the financial institution areas of information technology, information and physical security, technology integration, business continuity, disaster recovery, financial regulation and compliance, financial crime and fraud investigations, loss prevention and recovery, anti money laundering, training, vendor management, enterprise and organizational risk management. 

In previous roles Chris had developed network, communication and application systems while managing Information technology, network, application and operational teams. 

He attended Dowling College, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Management and Leadership. He holds certifications as a Credit Union Enterprise Risk Management Expert and Credit Union Compliance Expert in Financial Institution Law, Regulation and Compliance from Credit Union National Association (CUNA). He also holds information technology certifications from Microsoft, Cisco, Novell and CompTIA.

Chris is an active volunteer in the community serving on several Longwood Central School District Board of Education committees including Information Technology, Policy, Budget, Security, and Legislative committees. He is also an Advisory Board member at Pace University – Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems.   

John Whiting is the (CSO) Global Chief Security Officer of DDB Worldwide, a large, global advertising network with 15,000 employees at several agencies around the world. John, is an established IT and Security executive with significant experience creating and implementing company critical initiatives in the disciplines of IT Operations, enterprise web infrastructures, agile software development, information security, security risk, business development, human capital development since 1994. A seasoned Cyber / InfoSec / Privacy executive with a comprehensive synergy of business acumen, enterprise technical, operational and security / control focused experience.

Steven Wolk is the CTO for PC Richard & Son. Founded in 1909, PC Richard is a family owned and operated chain of over 66 appliance, electronics, and mattress superstores located throughout NY, NJ, CT, and PA. Steve\’s deep background in retail began on the sales floor while in college, and he\’s applied those lessons learned to many roles in IT throughout his 33+ year career with PC Richard. As CTO, Steve feels fortunate to lead teams of very talented and dedicated people who are collectively responsible for all phases of technology development, acquisition, deployment, and support throughout the company.

Always looking to the future, Steve enjoys speaking about the evolution of retail at conferences and events, along with subjects ranging from leadership and personal success to a wide variety of technical topics. Steve is passionate about applying technology to create business value, along with a world-class experience for PC Richard\’s customers. He\’s driven to teach and finds it very rewarding to help others reach their full potential.

Steve is an IBM i zealot and advocate, and is deeply involved in the IBM i community. Steve is proud to be a long-standing speaker at COMMON conferences, speaking at IBM i related conferences globally, a subject matter expert, a member of COMMON’s Strategic Education Team, and especially to be part of COMMON’s speaker mentoring program. Steve recently joined The LUG (Large User Group), a group of over 100 of the world’s largest users of IBM technology, and is excited to be a LUG board member and architecture officer. Steve is also a board member of LISUG, the Long Island Systems User’s Group, and enjoys his role as emcee of LISUG’s monthly educational and networking events.

Steve and his wife live in Commack, NY, and enjoy travelling as a family with their two daughters. If you’d like to strike up a conversation with Steve, mention anything related to Disney or Star Trek, and you’ll have his undivided attention.

Gregory currently serves as the CIO for Veeco Instruments, a manufacturer in the semiconductor industry. In his role, he is leading a comprehensive technology program spanning business continuity, revenue growth, margin improvement, employee effectiveness, digital insights, and information security.

His career spans over 20 years of global transformations and IT turnarounds in the manufacturing, software, and media industries. He has worked for companies including CBS Corporation, CA Technologies (now Broadcom), IBM Business Consulting Services, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. In his consulting role, his notable clients have included: Gillette, Raytheon, Roche, Warner Lambert (now Pfizer), and Novartis. In each of his roles, building and motivating high-performing teams have been critical to his success.