Lookman Fazal is a senior IT executive who specializes in building high-performance teams that work together to drive and implement the vision and strategic goals of the business.

Lookman has been responsible for delivering large-scale information technology transformations. He is credited with introducing and successfully overseeing innovative programs such as cloud enablement, B2B and B2C strategies and improvement initiatives, infrastructure modernization, IT and PMO professionalization, and full-scale cybersecurity initiatives, all with a focus on increasing investments and creating fiscal solvency.

With over 25 years of executive management experience, Lookman has consistently driven change by teaming with his business partners to rapidly deploy cutting-edge technology strategies across multiple teams and departments.

Lookman’s dedication to inclusion in leadership has been widely recognized with his being awarded Inclusion Lab’s 2022 Top Inclusive Leader for prioritizing an inclusive and empowering workplace, and additionally being recognized in the 2022 Top 50 Multicultural Leaders in Technology for exemplary leadership in the field of technology.

Lookman firmly believes in technology’s ability to create a positive influence on the world and change lives for the better, and continues to build forward-thinking IT strategies with this goal in mind.

He has a Masters in Management from Stevens Institute of Technology and has 10 certifications and 5 patents.

Prior to joining NJ TRANSIT, Lookman Fazal worked with several Fortune 500 companies in various leadership roles at EmblemHealth, Avaya, Lucent, and Novartis. His last role was serving as the Executive IT Leader and the Global Head of Technology and Security for Argo Turboserve Corporation. In his role at Argo, Lookman managed a multimillion dollar budget, a global staff across 3 continents and 28 locations around the world.

Specialties: Strategic IT Planning, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security, IT Risk Management & Compliance, Application Development, Organization Design & Governance, Leadership Development, Data Center Integration/Consolidation, Portfolio Management, Process Improvement, Specialization in Strategy, endorsed by Harvard Business School

Justin Lahullier joined Delta Dental of New Jersey in early 2000, has held several key positions in areas including Compliance, Product Development, Strategic Planning, and Informatics.  He was previously Assistant Vice President of Strategic Decision Support and Data Services where his focus was on driving value using analytics, data visualization, and storytelling.  He was promoted to Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Services in April of 2017.

Justin’s current focus is on driving value from all areas of IT to the business and external partners with a focus on optimizing IT delivery and support. Key successes include partnering with the business to deliver outcomes aligned with corporate strategy while providing leadership and governance to critical strategic and technical initiatives. Current initiatives include Hi-Trust compliance, improving customer experience and leveraging data and analytics with a focus on driving efficiencies, reducing risk and enabling the business.  Justin also has launched the company’s first IT focused 18-month professional development program dubbed “CIO University.”

The mission of Delta Dental of NJ/CT’s IT department is to delivers value by providing innovative, cost-effective technology, security and analytic services that are strategically aligned with business goals and objectives, while delivering excellence in customer service. The IT Motto at Delta Dental of NJ/CT is “Be The Business”

Outside Delta Justin is a 23-year veteran and past Chief of the East Rutherford Fire Department.  A former Chief of the East Rutherford Fire Department, Lahullier also serves as a appointee by the Bergen County Freeholders to a seat on the Public Safety and Communications Advisory Board.

Lahullier holds a master’s in Health Care Administration from Monmouth University and a Post Graduate Certificate from Drexel University in Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Raymond Lipps has more than 20 years of global IT leadership experience with respect to the developing of people and managing risk in the fields of information technology, information security, data privacy, business resiliency, business continuity, change management, technical training, project management, risk-related metrics programs, vendor management, corporate outsourcing and compliance. He is senior director of global IT security at Celgene Corporation.

Lipps served as a leader in the information security for several international firms such as Celgene Pharmaceuticals, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Roche Pharmaceuticals, Prudential and the State of New Jersey. He has in-depth experience in international risk and has used his business-related experience in challenging environments throughout the pharmaceutical, financial and public sector. He also has experience working globally in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Additionally, Lipps was selected by ExecRank as a Top Security Executive in 2012, named “Chief Information Security Officer of the Year — 2016” by New Jersey Technology Council and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Geneva College.

Over 25 years of progressive experience managing functions, projects, departments and budgets ? Visionary Senior IT Director using technology to enable the business to do what they do even better. ? Extensive experience in major projects, including data center consolidations, storage and infrastructure upgrades, software refresh, major systems application release, internalization of disaster recovery ? Directed IT technical and infrastructure areas, including service desk, network operations center, data center operations, facilities management, voice/PBX, change and problem management, data and mobile communications ? Management of outsourced services providers ? Strategic vendors relationship management for all areas of information technology including hardware, software, telecommunications and services ? Effectively managed the change and problem management areas, created and updated policies and procedures, oversaw various regulatory and industry audits and assessments ? Performs management with sense of urgency, dependability, and integrity, making the correct decision at a critical juncture in a crisis or critical situation in a timely manner ? Strong communication and interpersonal skills with an outgoing personality, team building and leadership skills that lend themselves to significant interaction within the organizational hierarchy ? Successfully completed Advanced Negotiation Training and Skills, resulting in high levels of vendor service and responsiveness and cost savings ? Build, enhance, and motivate a high performing IT and infrastructure team

Specialties: Infrastructure Management & Strategic Planning, Financial Management and Budgeting, Process Improvement, 7×24 Data Center Operations, Voice, Data, and Mobile Communications, Vendor Relationship Management, Business Continuity, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Facilities Services, Service Desk, Help Desk, Project Management, VMware, HP NonStop, PBX systems, , Nimble Storage, Cisco 

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.

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.

Ms. Wolfson holds a master’s degree in technology management from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Queens College in New York City. She is also a Member of the Governing Body of the Society of Information Management (SIM) and a frequent speaker at CIO executive forums.

Rizwan joined Cartus in the summer of 2018 taking on the role of Senior Vice President of IT with enthusiasm and a keen eye on the future of technology at Cartus. Rizwan was CEO Katrina Helmkamp’s first senior executive hire after she took the reins of Cartus in late spring of 2018.

Before coming to Cartus Rizwan worked as a senior IT Executive for 20+ years with broad and diverse experiences in business focused IT leadership, with 8+ years in Financial Services. Rizwan brings deep technology and business domain expertise in Retail, Business Banking, Commercial Banking, and Digital Banking functions to Cartus.

With extensive leadership experience in creating and supporting business strategies that enable growth and transformation and a solid track record in leading the delivery of large-scale, mission critical complex enterprise initiatives, Rizwan will lead the technology department at Cartus into a new phase.

An accomplished wildlife and nature photographer who also happens to speak 8 languages Rizwan is a most passionate about the track days he spends driving very fast cars. You can find him behind the wheel of some of the world’s most awe inspiring super cars. He has a goal to lap a Bugatti so if anyone has a spare Veyron he could borrow and take to Imola for the weekend he can be reached at extension 8885.

Roota Almeida is the Head of Security Governance at Amazon Stores where she leads the Security, Governance and Risk Management area to drive transformative changes and enhance information security program effectiveness. 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.

Snehal Antani is co-founder & CEO of Horizon3.ai, a cyber security startup focused on AI-enabled red teaming. Prior to starting Horizon3, Snehal served as CTO for the US Department of Defense, responsible for transforming the technology capabilities of the command to include cyber security, advanced R&D, AI, and data analytics. Snehal was formerly the CTO of Splunk, and before that, a CIO at GE Capital. Snehal started his career at IBM as a software engineer, where he earned 16 patents for his work in cloud, distributed computing, and large-scale data processing. Snehal earned in BS in Computer Science from Purdue, where as a freshman he watched Tom Brady play Drew Brees. He earned is MS in Computer Science from RPI, where he never attended an RPI football game.

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.

Deepak Batheja is a visionary, C-Level executive with extensive Global Technology Operations experience. He has a strong track record in accelerating business growth & valuation by rapidly identifying white spaces and establishing new Digital business models. Experienced in enterprise reengineering; driving turnarounds, M&A lifecycle, and preparing organizations for PE transactions under highly challenging situations. He is an exceptional change-agent and well-recognized in the industry as a CIO/CTO who executes complex IT turnaround and transforms the organization from a cost center into a revenue enhancing, competitive advantage. Most recently, Deepak was the Chief Digital Officer & CIO at iQor (a Product Support & BPO Company serving F1000 clients in 66+ countries; with 45k+ employees across 18 countries). ? Established an Innovation department which improved performance and productivity by 10+% through new Digital capabilities (Cloud, IoT, Analytics, next gen CRM, Gamification, and IVA). Additionally, Deepak uberized the Field-Services operations by integrating the Customer, Field Engineering, Repair, and Logistics lifecycle through a (first-ever) Digital platform. ? As the Head for the Data Services & Analytics business, he repositioned it into a leading-edge, “data-technology firm-in-a-box” and delivered an advanced Analytics platform which improves productivity and efficiency at a fraction of industry costs. ? Successfully integrated a $1B acquisition and rebuilt the Technology organization by scaling it through right-shoring. Deepak runs a complex, mission critical, high-transaction IT environment (processing 1B+ transactions/yr.) encompassing 4 Data Centers, 2235 Servers, 37000+ virtualized endpoints (one of VMware’s marquee deployments), 2.5+ Pb of data, and 147 applications. He successfully eliminated technology debt, achieved 99.997+% uptime, and reduced IT cost/seat by 14%+ which improved investor ROI. ? Stabilized a high-leverage, revenue generating “end-to-end Seat-in-a-Box” SaaS platform. Previously, as the CIO & EVP-Products at Interactions (an AI/ML Intelligent Virtual Assistant Co.), he rapidly integrated the acquired AT&T Bell Labs team and refocused them on Augmented-AI to deliver 15% improvement in automation levels. He introduced a Voice-Biometric offering and multi-lingual capabilities to accelerate growth and global expansion. 

As the growth-focused CIO/CTO at Sutherland (a global BPO Company focused on Fortune-1000 clients across 9 verticals with 60,000+ employees across 19 countries), Deepak successfully built world-class cloud-based IT operations that underpinned revenue growth from $350m to $1.2b+. ? Successfully led three global M&A Day-0 integrations within 72 hours of acquisition. ? Creatively harvested 250+ products which enhanced the corporate attractiveness through 22 Copyrights and 3 Trademarks. He stood up an InfoSec function that enabled a ‘Vertical Go-toMarket’ approach. He built a high-performance team and drove accountability through a metricsbased culture and personally traveled around the world to close key strategic clients. ? Pioneered SmartLeapTM, a Digital BPaaS Platform for Infrastructure Management which introduced $43m revenue with unparalleled profitability and transformed a legacy business model. ? Successfully rejuvenated the Healthcare acquisition by incubating Patient Lifecycle Management (PLM), a multi-disease, patient-centric Care-Management platform that empowered patients with Health Information data while reducing healthcare costs by creatively integrating patients, payers, providers, and employers. DEEPAK BATHEJA C: +1 (732) 213-6675, E: dbatheja@yahoo.com LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakbatheja DBB_Bio_1018_1 CONFIDENTIAL Page: 2 of 2 ? Drove the company to a leadership position in Digital Customer Experience by personally fostering an alliance with Microsoft and delivering the first-ever Dynamics CRM for BPO industry. ? Revitalized a Work@Home (W@H) platform and created new revenues by pioneering Emiratization in UAE to accelerate growth in Middle East. ? Turned around Sutherland’s global technology operation (comprising of 18 data centers, 40,000+ endpoints, and 1300+ applications that processes 6B+ customer transactions/yr.) and enhanced IT productivity by 100%. Deepak stood up a virtually non-existent BCP/DR function and recovered the Egypt operations during the political revolution with zero business impact. Prior to Sutherland, as the CTO and Head of Product Strategy/Product Management at SunGard (a $22b LBO), he stemmed a rapidly declining revenue base by devising a new Cloud Storage DR (DRaaS Service) proposition and secured investments from Investors to enhance revenue by $180m. He was instrumental in transforming Unisys from a product-led organization to a 92% services-led organization, resulting in an influenced revenue of over $600m. Deepak was a founding member and CIO for the Unisys Global Transformation practice, responsible for Unisys 3D-Blueprinting (3DVE) – a cross-competency enabler for building services business. ? As the Global VP, RTI – he stood-up a $150m Unisys IaaS Cloud Computing / Real Time Infrastructure (RTI) business along with a delivery organization of 1500+ practitioners. His nextgen Cloud Orchestration portfolio introduced a competitive offering to IBM, EDS, and HP’s Cloud offerings and enabled CIOs to harvest & orchestrate their existing investments in IT assets through self-healing, autonomic, ‘Sense-and-Respond’ capabilities. He successfully enabled a $1B operating unit to adopt RTI as its overarching strategy. His work received numerous industry accolades including “The Most Innovative Solutions Award” by HP for BPM capabilities. Prior to Unisys, Deepak was a founding member of Deloitte’s DC.COM technology services business and led strategic transformational initiatives at F500 clients. He recovered a set of failed enterprise IT initiatives for a $3B insurance company and transformed Porsche Cars NA’s technology environment. Originally from Bell Labs, Deepak spearheaded significant next-generation technology innovations in the areas of On-Demand Computing, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Distance Learning, Video-onDemand for world renowned organizations such as AT&T, Bell Labs, Lucent, and Bellcore since 1990, and built AT&T’s GlobeView® ATM platform as a Charter Member. Deepak was recognized by Computerworld as one of the Top-100 CIOs, ranked #8 Private Co. CTO by ExecRank, and has been acknowledged by InformationWeek for four consecutive years as a Top250 Business IT Innovator who uses Technology to drive business value. SELECT INDUSTRY RECOGNITIONS, AWARDS AND INDUSTRY EMINENCE • 2016 Premier-100 Technology Leaders. Recognition by Computerworld • 2013 Top US CTO. Ranked #8 Top Private Company CTO by ExecRank in 2013 • 2010-13 Top-250 Business-IT Innovator. Delivering Bus. Value through Tech., InformationWeek • 2012 Best CIO Award. Leveraging IT for Business Performance by CMO Asia, July’12 • The Wall Street Journal Interview. Securing the Vault, The Wall Street Journal, November 2008 • Author. Get It Done – A Blueprint for Business Execution, Wiley, 2006, Co-authored with Unisys • Provisional Patent. Method for Adapting Messaging and Content for Mobile Users, Deloitte Consulting, US Patent and Trademark Office, Docket: 19604-086867, April 2001 EDUCATION. • Unisys General Management Program, Wharton University • Masters degree in Distributed Computing, Rutgers University • Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering

Doug, bringing more than 20 years of IT leadership and digital transformation for various Insurance & Financial industries like UBS, Chubb and NJM Insurance.

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.

Dora Boussias is an industry-recognized, award-winning executive and thought leader in data, AI, and leadership. With nearly 30 years of corporate experience at leading companies like GE, Stryker, and Prudential, she has consistently driven business-value innovation and developed scalable solutions across global organizations.

As a trusted advisor, international keynote speaker, and coach, Dora expertly leverages her deep insights to guide leaders and organizations in crafting and executing tailored data and AI strategies. A longtime advocate and mentor, she is also particularly passionate about empowering women in tech to \’be the captain of their ship,\’ helping them steer their strategic growth and career success to their fullest potential. Her journey from a 17-year-old immigrant to corporate executive fuels her unique perspective at the intersection of technology, leadership, and career advancement.

Dora’s expertise spans Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Education, and Healthcare/MedTech. She has earned several prestigious accolades, including the Global Data Power Women, AI100 Leaders, and Global Leadership Institute Awards. Actively serving on multiple boards, she has been featured on over 30 podcasts and in published interviews, spoken at major conferences, and had her insights featured on the cover of CIO Review magazine. Dora’s deep practical insights on data and AI continue to resonate, and she is increasingly sought after for her impactful talks on business transformation, leadership, and career strategies, helping audiences achieve success with greater confidence and speed.

Christopher Callahan is the Chief Information Security Officer for Weichert Companies, a family of full-service real estate and financial services companies.   As a Corporate IT/Cyber Security specialist with substantial regulatory experience, he is dedicated to drive strategic information security controls, establish risk and compliance best practices, create visibility with the executive leadership, control Cyber Security spending, and institute Information Security roadmaps in order to meet business objectives.

With deep Cyber Security and risk management experience, Christopher serves as a trusted advisor to executive teams in designing and executing strategies to protect businesses, employees, and customers from Cyber threats in large, enterprise-wide, complex environments.

Knowledgeable about crown jewel assessment and remediation, Christopher has established sound security governance structures and implemented comprehensive IT Security Programs, including policies, guidelines, internal controls, performance monitoring and measuring, and awareness training, to ensure optimal vulnerability management, protection of assets, and compliance with government regulations and industry standards.

With a commitment to value creation and as a leader in Quality Assurance, operational efficiencies, and organizational readiness, he is an expert in streamlining and reengineering business processes that are audit-proofed and low risk.

His previous experience includes technical positions in diverse sectors – management systems & services, software, and banking.  Christopher’s keen business and strategic planning acumen were gleaned as successful owner of a small business services firm.

In addition to his degree in Computer Technology, he holds certificates as a GIAC Information Security Professional [GISP] and Certified Information Systems Security Professional [CISSP].

He currently resides in Mount Olive, New Jersey.

Chris Colla is the current Vice President of IT and CIO of B&G Foods, Inc. He is an active member of the Society of Information Management’s New Jersey Chapter. Chris is a respected technology & process management executive with 20 years leading organizational change and operational excellence through innovative technology solutions.

He has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Mount Union in Alliance, OH and a Master of Science in Information Management and a Master of Business Administration from the Stevens Institute of Technology School of Business.

He has held Information Technology leadership positions at Accenture, Diageo, Sharp Electronics, and Haier America before B&G Foods. He has true international experience from living and working for two years in Tokyo, Japan as a member of a global supply chain initiative for the Sony Corporation while at Accenture.

William Compton is senior vice president and chief information officer, responsible for the global information technology function including enterprise applications, technology infrastructure, information security and business analytics.

Mr. Compton has more than 20 years of experience in information systems, systems implementation and business transformation. Prior to joining Integra in February 2013, he was chief information officer and vice president of global shared services at ConvaTec. Earlier, he spent 10 years with Bristol Myers-Squibb and several years consulting on information systems.

Mr. Compton received a B.S. in business administration and M.I.S. from East Carolina University and an M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary.

Dale Danilewitz is Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of AmerisourceBergen.

Prior to being named to his current role in 2012, he was Chief Information Officer at AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group. Danilewitz joined the company in 1999 as Vice President of Information Technology.

Prior to joining AmerisourceBergen he held management positions with American Airlines, The Sabre Group, and spent three years working for Whirlpool Corporation in the Advanced Technology Group.

Danilewitz holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science from South Africa and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from the Imperial College of London.

Jim is the Chief Technology Officer at Billtrust with over 25 years’ experience building highly scalable and robust systems. He is a driven IT business and technology executive who has led several organizations through major growth phases, infrastructure initiatives and M&A integration.  Jim has been involved with multiple successful startup companies where he led all aspects of the IT organization. Jim is a former CIO of the year finalist for NJ, recognized for his contribution to driving breakthrough innovation and creating a strategic IT organization. He serves on multiple executive advisory boards for industry leading organizations and has been an industry speaker at various technology events dealing with the future of IT organizations and building cloud based solutions. He is currently a member of the Society for Information Management of NJ. Jim has also contributed to several trade articles on best practices within the business environment dealing with outsourcing business practices. Jim joined Billtrust in October 2002. Prior to Billtrust, he was the Executive Vice President of Product Development for Paytrust, Inc. where he was responsible for all IT initiatives. Prior to Paytrust, Jim worked as a Manager for Logic Works, as a Senior Consultant at Atlantic Information Management and as Senior Product Analyst for the U.S. Army. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business and Finance from Mount Saint Mary\’s College and management training from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

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

Richard is currently serving as a Sr. Advisor to KPMG US, focused on Enterprise Innovation, a Startup Mentor for leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners at Lake Nona, a Mentor to students in the Executive master’s in technology management Program at Columbia University, and a Strategic Advisor to various early-stage startups focused on Web3, Blockchain, Metaverse, Online Art & NFT platforms, Generative AI, Visual Search, and Quantum Resistant Cybersecurity. Richard is also a trusted advisor to the venture capital community and is a CIO Advisory Board member at Greylock, Mayfield Fund, Lightspeed Ventures, and Landmark Ventures. 

Mr. Fisher has over 30 years of IT experience including application development, training, and cybersecurity consulting, and brings the following credentials to the table:

• BS, Computer Science
• MS, Computer Science
• Masters of Business Administration (MBA)
• ISACA Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
• EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
• SANS/GIAC Certified Web-Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)

To combine his passion for cyber-security with his extensive experience in application development, Mr. Fisher formed Affinity IT Security Services to offer the following services:

• Cyber-security Vulnerability Assessments and Penetration Testing
• Application and website Security Testing
• Information Security Policies and Procedures
• Information Security Governance

A hands-on practitioner, he is equally comfortable dealing with technical project teams and C-level executives.

A dynamic and engaging speaker, in addition to his role as an consultant He has spoken on Cyber-security at SIMPosium, QCon, OWASP, JavaSIG, NJMMA, Chamber of Commerce, and Regional IIB meetings.

Mr. Fisher is an enthusiastic member of OWASP and serves on the Executive Council of the NJ Chapter of the Society of Information Management (SIM) as President.  He is an active member in the New Jersey Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and serves on its Executive Council.  He participates as a member of the Underwriter’s Laboratories Standards Technical Panel (STP) developing cyber-security standards for interconnected devices, healthcare devices, and industrial control systems.

A transformational leader with a successful track record of outstanding results through the application of Information Technology, Innovation, Design Thinking, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, Program & Change Management.    A trusted partner known for asking the right questions, fact-based decision making, innovative problem solving, stakeholder empathy, who creates highly effective, highly collaborative teams.   

Seasoned and self-aware global technology and people leader with a passion for driving business transformation, innovation and impact at pace to achieve incremental successes throughout the transformation journey.  Equally passionate about driving transformation through a high performing, diverse and inclusive team.  Leadership experience spanning the Information Technology function within multiple industries and geographies; covering areas such as pandemic (COVID-19) crisis management and resilience, value generation, data management, process improvement, cyber security, emerging market strategy development, team development/motivation and senior leadership relationship management. Continuously learning and building a network of impactful and results oriented leaders.

Jean Hill is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s Corporate Performance Improvement in New York, and is also the National Solution Leader for CPI’s Digital and Technology Services practice. She specializes in leading initiatives that re-imagine enterprise strategy and leverage technology to drive transformative change and results. With more than 25 years of experience, Ms. Hill has provided leadership for complex engagements, delivering actionable plans to ignite change, address leadership gaps and drive value. She has worked across multiple business contexts including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), enterprise transformations and periods of rapid growth.

Currently at A&M, Ms. Hill is working with a $30 billion financial services company to establish new capabilities in an effective and compliant manner, including a multi-business line transformation to improve overall regulatory compliance. She also recently developed and implemented a strategy for a major healthcare provider that entailed a new sourcing model, revamping their technology offerings and restructuring their technology organization that led to $400 million in savings.

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Hill was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of First New York Securities, where she built a technology platform that allowed the business to transform from a prop shop into an asset management company. She held a number of senior roles at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Merrill Lynch and DLJ. As a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, she led both its global wealth and institutional technology services organizations. She created and implemented managed-services models with strategic partners in the service desk and desktop support, among others. These initiatives led to steady service improvements and savings of more than $100 million.

Ms. Hill earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a J.D. from Fordham University. She is admitted to the New York Bar. She is an active Cornell alum and serves on the Cornell Council, the President’s Council of Cornell Women and the Advisory Board for the Cornell undergraduate business program. Ms. Hill also sits on the Board of Directors for Per Scholas, a workforce development non-profit. She is a passionate advocate for diversity in the workplace and frequently speaks and leads panel discussions at diversity forums and events.

Gerard Insall is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Avis Budget Group, Inc. In this role, Gerard is responsible for the management of all facets of Information Technology for Avis Rent-A-Car, Budget Rent-A-Car and Budget Truck including Enterprise Applications, IT Operations, Networks, Architecture and IT Strategy. Prior to this position, he served as the Vice President of IT Operations for Avis Budget Group, Inc. where he led the IT Operations separation effort for the former Cendant Corporation as Cendant split into four companies.

Gerard has held various management positions over the last 20 years working with Cendant Corporation, Avis Rent A Car, WizCom International LTD, and Resorts Condominium International. His positions have been in the areas of application development, business systems management, project management, relationship management, and IT Operations. Among Gerard’s accomplishments at Avis Budget Group, Gerard has led several strategic negotiations for the company and is highly regarded for his negotiating abilities. Gerard also led the strategic initiative for the Business Process Outsourcing of several areas within the company’s finance and accounting function. Gerard has a strong record of building talent, motivation, and teamwork among his staff and organizations.

Gerard has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Saint John’s University in New York. 

Michael Iwanoff, Chief Information Security Officer at iconectiv, leads the Global Information Security organization and is responsible for building and implementing enhanced security policies, standards, and technology controls and establishing security strategy and direction for the company.

With more than 15 years of experience in IT Risk and Security, Iwanoff has successfully built and implemented comprehensive IT Security, Risk and Compliance programs for global organizations. His professional experience spans telecom and financial services at leading organizations including AIG, Barclays, Comcast, and AT&T. Prior to his current position, he served as the Vice President — Chief Security Officer for the Property Casualty division of AIG, a global financial business. Iwanoff is a member of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force

Iwanoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree from New Jersey Institute of Technology in Computer Science, and is currently pursuing his Masters of Science degree in Information Systems Assurance. He has also earned numerous security certifications, including CISSP, CISM, CISA, and CRISC.

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.

David has been working on delivering security in the financial services space for over 20 years.  He was the first hire for IntraLinks, one of the first SaaS companies focused on the financial services and helped build them into a leader in their market.  He has built successful teams delivering best in class service as the CTO for Pequot Capital and the CIO for MacAndrews and Forbes.  As a Cybersecurity Solutions Architect with Presidio, he is part of a team that looks for ways help companies operate securely in a multi cloud world, leveraging experience and analytics while focused on service delivery, compliance, and governance.   

Sudhanshu currently serves as the VP of Cybersecurity Governance, Risk, and Compliance and is responsible for security policy management, third party risk assurance, security education and awareness, and IT security compliance.  He has a strong background in security, compliance and internal audit.  Prior to joining Comcast, Sudhanshu worked for Wyndham Worldwide where he held similar leadership roles.  He has also worked for several other companies including IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Deloitte.  Sudhanshu obtained his undergraduate and MBA degrees from Bucknell University and Northeastern University.

I am a futurist, visionary, technology strategist and a digital transformation evangelist with proven ability to define transformative business-focused IT strategies to maximize today’s opportunities while preparing for the future. I successfully defined and executed technology vision and strategy to evolve enterprises as technology organizations, managed global digital transformation programs, developed cost take out strategies and worked on emerging technologies like AI/ML, Blockchain, Robotic Process Automation. I am a recognized thought leader known for innovating fast and reliable solutions

I am a strategic and versatile executive with extensive international and domestic leadership success at both multinationals and start-ups. I believe strongly in integrating core values into business vision, connecting strategy to execution, and inspiring colleagues and teams to achieve their best.

My colleagues view me as a transparent leader with uncompromising integrity and high expectations of performance, as a coach who seeks to challenge and develop staff, and as a mentor who wants to help guide and counsel top performers. Most importantly, I am valued for inspiring colleagues to achieve their best in a collaborative, team-based environment. I am known as a calming force who drives organizational and process change initiatives while maintaining high standards for performance.

My core competencies include P&L Management; Enterprise IT Strategy, IT Development, Technology Implementation, Transformation, Aligning Business & Technology, Risk Management, Strategic Planning & Analysis, Performance Turnarounds, Team Development & Leadership, Client Relationship Management, Cross-Functional Leadership, Emerging Technologies, Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Architectures, Public/private/hybrid cloud strategy & execution, organizational design and effectiveness.

New Jersey Transit has hired Bilal Khan as the agency\’s Chief Technology Officer for Infrastructure and Operation (CTO – I&O).

Khan brings more than 17 years of Information Technology experience to NJ Transit. He most recently served as the technology executive of SHI International, where he worked with Fortune 500 companies advising in the areas of Digital Workspace, Cloud Computing and Cyber Security. NJ Transit notes that during his tenure, he helped define computing strategies for some of the world’s largest hotel chains, banks and hospitals along with several state and federal agencies. 

Khan has also worked as a Head of Unified Communication at Argo Turboserve Corporation where he managed network systems based in 28 countries, lead the initiative such as secure communication, protecting customer data and migration of Datacenter in the cloud. 

Khan has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and holds certifications from Amazon, Microsoft and Cisco Systems.

Senior IT Executive with a proven track record of delivering strategic and transformational initiatives. Deep experience in strategic planning, building cross functional teams, and organizational change management planning. Adept at leveraging leadership, communication skills, and technology experience to partner with executive leaders, program sponsors, key stakeholders, and project teams to deliver on strategic organizational goals.

Andrew Laudato started his career as a computer programmer and quickly realized he was as passionate about business as he is about technology. The intersection of business and technology is where innovation happens and where people and companies succeed.

After spending more than 20 years as a CIO/CTO, Laudato currently serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Vitamin Shoppe. In this role, he leads operations across digital commerce, information technology, enterprise portfolio management, supply chain, strategic sourcing, and commercialization.

Laudato is a member of the CNBC technology executive council, the New York City CIO executive council, and a founding member of the George Mason University\’s Center for Retail Transformation. In addition, he serves on the board of Lideranca, a private company focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Mr. Laudato shares decades of experience, wisdom, and lessons learned in his recently published book, Fostering Innovation: How to Build an Amazing IT Team, available at local bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and on andrewlaudato.com. 

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. 

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. 

Doug McCrea currently serves as the Chief Information Officer for Rider University.  Previously, he was a Senior Director of IT for Rutgers University-New Brunswick and has held other leadership roles across his 20+ years with the organization.  Doug also owns and operates an IT consulting and information security firm which provides comprehensive technology services to small and mid-sized businesses.  He has deep knowledge and expertise in IT leadership, operations, cybersecurity, innovation and transformation across multiple industries.

Ganesh Murugan is the Head of Cyber Strategy & Execution. In this role, he is responsible for developing and executing a holistic cybersecurity strategy with a robust operating model and driving the progress towards desired cybersecurity maturity. He’s been with the firm for about three and a half years. His responsibilities include establishing a robust cybersecurity program with maturity goals, developing annual roadmaps, overseeing budgeting/talent, process improvement, producing comprehensive CISO updates for the senior business leadership and executive committees including the firm’s Board of Directors and CEO on a regular basis to ensure ongoing buy-in and alignment of priorities, mobilizing cross-functional efforts on important priorities, driving well-thought out industry partnerships and ensuring that the cybersecurity strategy effectively supports the overall technology and risk strategy for the firm. In this capacity, he partners closely with the IT and Risk Management leadership and their teams. Prior to this role, Ganesh was with JPMorgan Chase & Co. for nearly 10 years, where he held many leadership roles. Most recently, he led an internal consulting and advisory team supporting the Global CIO and Global Technology Operating Committee, providing CIO advisory, governance and technology strategy for technology investments of approximately $10B and leading global transformation efforts. Before that, he spent several years designing and developing applications for major financial services firms in the US and Asia by leading engineering teams with end-to-end technical leadership responsibilities. Ganesh holds a Master of Business Administration (Strategy & Finance) from New York University Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Technology degree from Anna University in India.

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

Rajeev Nair, the CIO, of J Knipper & Co, and KnippeRx, plays two key roles. In addition to the traditional CIO role that is responsible for Knipper’s overall technology strategy, he also fulfills the CTO role, of being responsible for direct IT revenue that amounts to 20% of the enterprise revenue. He has P&L responsibility for service offerings that generate immediate revenue, and a product portfolio that generates future revenue, while ensuring Knipper’s technology supremacy is unparalleled in the market.

Rajeev has more than 25 years of technology leadership experience in a variety of organizations, but most notably in the Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical industries. Prior to leading Knipper’s IT, Rajeev was the Global CIO of Jubilant Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical company with operations in US, Canada, Europe & Asia.

Al Omari has been the Chief Information Officer and Vice President of DCH Auto Group, an automotive retail company with $2.5 billion in revenue, Mr. Omari led a number of key initiatives, including the digital transformation of customer experience using mobile devices, and innovative business analytics and dashboards. He reported to the President and served as member of its Dealership Operations Board. Prior to that, Al served as Director of Technology and ERP Consulting at Dixon Hughes Goodman, where he founded a startup providing clients with visualizations and dashboards, which reached $1 million in revenue within 12 months.

Al is an active member of the board and the treasurer of the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management (NJSIM.org) and servers on the board of the NJ SIM charity foundation, and a guest speaker at CIO events.

Al has over 20 years of experience in delivering business solutions to large organizations. His experience covers areas such as customer and operational data analytics, warehousing, visualizations and dashboards, acquisitions, ERP and CRM systems, cloud computing, and a wide array of innovative mobile technology solutions. After earning his MBA from University of North Texas, Al started his career with KPMG as consulting manager.

Tamir Peres was named Vice President and CIO of Sunoco Logistics in 2012. He leads the Sunoco Logistics Information Technology group with a mission to foster business growth and to deliver world-class, real-time information and strategic innovations. Tamir developed a multi-year technology road map focused on rationalizing applications, optimizing infrastructure, and innovating technology to drive successful organic growth, mergers, and acquisitions. Tamir led the company through a digital transformation, introducing competencies and capabilities and developing a business-centric approach, enabling EBITDA growth from $573 million to $1.23 billion in five years.
A key component was implementing SAP, mobility and analytics along with supporting the organization in building and adopting best-in-class business processes.

Prior to joining Sunoco Logistics, Tamir served as Director of Corporate Information Technology at Sunoco, Inc., where he was responsible for all strategic and tactical aspects of technology across the Refining and Supply, Retail Marketing, Chemicals, Logistics, and Coke business units. Through a broad portfolio of applications, Tamir managed the delivery of services and innovations to 18,000 internal customers and to millions of Sunoco consumers at convenience stores and gas stations in 26 states.

Tamir holds an MBA in Management Information Systems from Temple University, where he graduated with Honors and received the MIS Academic Excellence Award. He completed Wharton’s Executive Education program and is a CPA.

Mr. Puglisi is a business and technology professional with extensive experience managing complex business and technical environments across industries. He has repeatedly maximized the effectiveness of existing staff and improved relationships with business leaders. He is adept at building and leading teams and creating cross-functional partnerships to deliver on business initiatives. Mr. Puglisi has particular strengths in leadership, strategic vision, innovation and communication. In his column, View from the Bridge, he writes about business and technology and makes interesting, often humorous personal observations. Mr. Puglisi is currently a member of the North Andover Investors Collaborative, Board member of a specialty beverage manufacturer, Partner at Versento and advisor to several other companies. Most recently, Mr. Puglisi was Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Innovairre Communications, the worldwide leader in fundraising, supporting agencies and nonprofit organizations. Prior to that, Mr. Puglisi was Vice President and CIO for EMCOR Group Inc., the world\’s leader in specialty construction, facilities services and energy infrastructure, Vice President and CIO at Chartwell Re, a major insurance and reinsurance company and Corporate Director of IT at Lehrer McGovern Bovis, one of the largest Construction Management firms in the world. Mr. Puglisi started his business career as a partner of a quantitative marketing analysis consulting company for over 14 years. Responsibilities included sales, account management, marketing, product development, system installation, training, support and management consulting.

Mark Sander has over 25 years of industry experience in the Pharmaceutical and Consumer Products industries.  With a proven record of leading business transformation through the use of technology, he is a CIO, board member and digital strategist who builds bridges between IT and the business, transforms IT organizations to align with business operations and uses digital transformation to drive top and bottom line growth.

He has held senior leadership roles at several major pharmaceutical companies (Pfizer, Merck/Schering-Plough) as well as two start-ups, most recently leading Information Technology for Global Quality Operations at Teva Pharmaceuticals, servicing 35,000 users across 130 locations globally. Prior to joining Teva, Mark served as the VP and Global CIO for Church & Dwight, the $3.5B Consumer Products company. 

Mark earned his B.S. double major in Applied Mathematics (Operations Research and Management Science) and Industrial Management (Tepper) from Carnegie Mellon University.  Additionally, he earned an M.B.A. (International Business and Finance) from the Stern School of Business at New York University.

An active member of the New Jersey chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), Mark has previously served multiple terms on the Executive Committee (Vice President of Administration & Vice President Communications), been active in the mentoring program, and co-founded the North Jersey CIO Roundtable.  Mark has also held a seat on the Board of Advisors for TenFour, an IT Infrastructure Services company, since 2016. 

Ms. Schiereck has over 25 years of senior IT executive experience leading technology strategy, innovation, development, delivery, infrastructure, operations, and cybersecurity across Medical Device, Pharmaceutical, Aerospace/Defense, Consumer Packaged Goods and Energy/Utilities industries. She is a strategic, forward-thinking digital change agent with the ability to transform IT into a growth engine and has a proven track record of leveraging data, analytics and technology as a competitive advantage to drive top and bottom line growth.

Prior to joining Enovis, Ms. Schiereck was the Chief Information Officer at Ortho Clinical Diagnostics where she led the global IT organization and built the future global footprint to enable seamless digital customer and employee experiences through new digital ecosystems of products, services, and solutions. Prior to Ortho, Ms. Schiereck was the CIO at Brighton Cromwell, a leader in the defense industry in engineering and delivering parts for U.S. Weapon Systems. She led the company’s digital transformation agenda and positioned Brighton Cromwell as a true, data-driven company driving revenue and profit growth. Prior to Brighton Cromwell, Ms. Schiereck served as the SVP IT, CIO for the Commercial Division at inVentiv Health where she modernized legacy applications and infrastructure with cloud-based solutions, delivering new and streamlined sales and customer facing capabilities while decreasing business risk. Prior to inVentiv, she was deputy CIO at Warner Chilcott, a $4B global specialty pharmaceutical company. In earlier roles, Ms. Schiereck was Vice President, Enterprise Applications at Covance, Managing Director of Enabling Technologies at PSEG, and held Divisional CIO roles at Novartis and Pfizer/Pharmacia.

Ms. Schiereck holds a Master of Business Administration from Lehigh University and a Bachelor of Science from New York University, Stern School of Business. She is a member of Chief, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), Society of Information Systems (SIM), HMG’s International CIO Advisory Board, Evanta’s CIO Governing Body, SIM Women’s Council, and startup Advisory Boards.

Ms Seasock is an innovative business advisor focusing on mid-size companies. Specializing in enabling client growth and management success through internal executive teams and/or Advisory Boards that support vision, innovation, change that supports operation, finance, and technology and employee growth.

As a professional mentor she focus on business that are interested in strategic growth . Specializing in enabling client growth and management success, Candida has developed her own award-winning approach “Growth Path to Success”. This approach is based on targeted business development, strategic marketing, fostering strong and long-term client relationships and implementing 360-degree agility into a company’s processes and operations. She has successfully assisted management teams ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to emerging growth companies.

Ms. Seasock is best known for her work in building high-value market recognition for mid-size companies. She understands how to quickly generate business opportunities, identify revenue streams, and develop marketing cycles. Everything she does is based on sound management and personal ethics principles that differentiate Candida from other consultants. She rejects the transactional mentality in business and refrains from working with companies that do not value and respect the inherent human aspect with employees and customers. Ms. Seasock succeeds by becoming entrenched with an executive leadership team in the pursuit of excellence and continuous growth. To confirm Ms. Seasock\’s approach, many of her best clients have achieved Fastest-Growing company awards in Philadelphia and South Jersey.

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.

Mr. Spokane has more than 20 years professional experience as a senior IT Manager. In his current role, he has leveraged his infrastructure experse to transform the organization’s data center to utilize virtualization and cloud computing. Mr. Spokane started his career as a developer and worked with various Microsoft-based development and database platforms in a variety of business sengs with an emphasis on healthcare technology. He has extensive experience in database design and architecture in CRM, direct marketing and home-grown ERP Systems. Aer holding several VP positions in IT, he gained extensive experience in infrastructure and operations. He considers himself a “hands-on” executive and has always maintained close es back to his roots in development and infrastructure. Mr. Spokane currently serves as Executive Vice President of the Society for Information Management\’s New Jersey Chapter (SIM-NJ), aer serving three terms as Vice President of Programs. Mr. Spokane earned a BS in Business from Ithaca College. He lives in western New Jersey with his wife, Sandra, and two daughters, Marissa and Olivia, ages 18 and 13, respectively. In his off me, he is an avid classic car fan and enjoys running and camping with his family.

Millie Torres has been with Broadridge for over 20 years with increasing responsibility in roles that included Product Management, Quality Assurance, and Strategy and Business Development. She is the Executive Sponsor for several of their high risk clients, in that role she has led efforts to partner with, gain insights and develop plans to upgrade services for those clients.  Based on her broad industry knowledge she was recently appointed as the Global Head of Regulatory, Risk and Control for Broadridge Financial Solutions’ Technology and Operations business.   Prior to Broadridge Millie spent 18 years at the Bank of New York, progressing from a Customer Service role to running their Shareholder Services and Operations Transfer Agent business. 

Jeffrey S. Wills, Vice President of Business Technology Solutions (BTS) at AbbVie Inc. is responsible for overall management and delivery of the services necessary to run BTS like a business.  He is also responsible for the evolution and maturity of the BTS operating model while supporting the AbbVie/Allergan integration. 

He has strong experience leading and managing world-class governance processes and enterprise-wide IT portfolio, program and business process systems for global IT organizations. Jeff is respected for his leadership developing and mentoring his team of highly-skilled IT pros in delivering excellence to the business. Prior to AbbVie, Jeff served as Vice President of Allergan’s Global Service Desk, Site Services & BT Transformation from 2018 to 2020 and served as interim CIO in 2019. While at Allergan he successfully led the Office of the CIO and several acquisitions & divestitures. Prior to Allergan, Jeff held various positions of increasing responsibility at Actavis, Forest Laboratories, and Accenture. 

Active in his community, Jeff has served on Long Hill’s board of adjustments, Little League board, committee chairman and den leader for cub scout Pack 56, and he coaches youth baseball, softball, and soccer. 

Jeff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Vermont. A father of three children ages 8, 10, and 12, Jeff is a big fan of college basketball, the NY Yankees and enjoys playing golf and skiing when he can break free from his kids sports and school activities.