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Welcome and thank you for joining us this evening. We have a very special evening planned for you, including
great opportunities to network with old friends and new, to bid on an exciting line-up of Georgia’s top technology
executives, and to contribute to a very worthy cause—the development and support of girls and women in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) careers in Georgia.
This event would not be possible without the tireless dedication of countless WIT volunteers or the support of our
generous event sponsors. We cannot thank them enough:
Our sponsors can be found on page six. Follow us on Twitter @WITATL, #WITConnect. Thank you again for joining
us and connecting for the future.
Sincerely,
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WIT Connect Co-Chair WIT Connect Co-Chair
WIT Board Advisors
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Program Director
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Claire Blake, Agile
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Table of Contents
Sponsors ..................................................................................................................6
This Evening’s Program ...................................................................................... 7
The Bidding Process ............................................................................................ 7
Silent Auction Candidates ..................................................................................8
Live Auction Candidates ................................................................................... 17
And the winner is…Admire her accomplishments?Nominate her for Women of the Year in Technology!
Grant Thornton and WIT are delighted to announce that nominations for the annual Women of the Year in Technology awards are now open. Nominate outstanding women whose accomplishments as technology executives deserve our attention, respect and applause.
NEW THIS YEAR: Girl of the Year Award
As part of WIT’s commitment to support the entire lifecycle of the careers of women in technology, we are proud to announce thefirst-ever Girl of the Year award. Every girl who participates and is fully engaged in a Girls Get IT program between January 1 and September 28, 2012 is eligible to be nominated by the GGIT host companies or mentors.
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Presenting
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Photography provided by:
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Table Sponsors
Sponsors
ADP
Cbeyond
CHASE Professionals
Datum Software
Elavon
IBM
IHG
Kaiser Permanente
McKesson
MDI Group
North Highland
OrangeBusiness
Services
Premier Logic
Pyramid Consulting
Randstad
SA IT Services
Scintel
Southern Company
Technology Association
of Georgia
The Coca-Cola Company
Xpanxion, LLC
ZeroChaos
What’s Up Interactive
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6 p.m. Silent Auction and Registration Open
7 p.m. Live Auction Begins (silent auction closes 15 minutes after live auction finishes)
9 p.m. Check-out for Winning Bidders
Auctioneers:
Silent Auction
This evening’s silent auction technology is brought to you
byBidPal,acompanydedicatedtoimprovingcharitable
fundraising events.
The silent auction will open at 6 p.m., and will close 15 minutes
aftertheliveauctionends.Youcanregisterandbidforthesilent
auctionononeoftheBidPalhandhelddevices.Ifyouarethe
winner of a silent auction, you must visit the check-out table
in the registration area to make payment arrangements for the
executive meeting you have purchased before your departure.
Live Auction
To participate in the live auction, you must register at the tables
located near the main entrance upon arrival. At that time, you
will receive a bid number and corresponding paddle, which you
may use to bid on any package during the live auction. If you
are the highest bidder of an auction, a bid runner will come to
you to collect contact and billing information. Please note that
despite giving information to the bid runner, you must also
visit the check-out table before departing the event.
Check-Out Process
As the winner of an auction, you must visit the check-out desk,
located near the main entrance, before leaving tonight’s event.
At the check-out desk, both contact and billing information will
be confirmed. For your convenience, checks, cash and credit
cards (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express) are accepted.
If you require an invoice, your credit card details will be
captured as a guarantee, and your payment must be received
in full by July 16, 2012.
Connecting with Your Auction Candidate(s)
No contact information for the auction candidate will be
provided until payment has been received in full. Auction
candidates will not schedule meetings with the winning
bidders until WIT has notified them that payment has been
received. Within one week of receiving full payment, WIT will
provide the auction candidate(s) with the winning bidder’s
contact information. The winning bidder will be copied on
this communication. At that point, it is the responsibility of the
winning bidder to contact the auction candidate(s) to schedule
their meeting. Winning bidders should contact their auction
candidate(s) no later than August 1, 2012. After that time, WIT
has no further responsibility to assist you with connecting with
the auction candidate(s).
This Evening’s Program
The Bidding Process
www.theauctionalliance.com
YOUR CONTRIBUTION COUNTSWIT and the WIT Foundation are proud to serve as passionate advocates
for advancing women in Georgia’s technology community, and your
generous support makes this possible. Funds raised through events such
as this evening enable WIT to provide networking, thought leadership,
and professional development opportunities to Georgia’s leading women
in technology. This money also provides critical funding to the WIT
Foundation’s educational initiatives and grants programs that support
our mission to increase the number of female students pursuing STEM-
related careers. Since 2007 alone, more than $1.4 million has been raised.
Thank you for your generous support, and for making a difference in the
technology community in Georgia.
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Adriana (Andi) Karaboutis
Dell, Inc.
Chief Information Officer
www.dell.com
Adriana (Andi) Karaboutis
currently serves as CIO for
Dell, where she oversees the
information systems that support Dell’s business
worldwide. Andi joined Dell in March 2010 as
VicePresident,GlobalOperations&Technology
IT, responsible for Manufacturing, Supply Chain,
Procurement and Product Development systems. Prior
to joining Dell, she served as Global Manufacturing and
Labor Information Officer for General Motors.
Brian Flynn
Crawford and Company
Executive Vice President and
Global Chief Information Officer
www.crawfordandcompany.com
As EVP and CIO for Crawford,
Brianisresponsibleforthe
company’s technology, including its strategic global
systems roadmap, business intelligence and analytics,
and worldwide innovation programs. He also serves
as Chief Privacy Officer, Chief Innovation Officer
andChiefProcessOfficer.UnderBrian’sleadership,
Crawford has been ranked among the InformationWeek
500 for the past three years. In 2011, his team was
ranked 36th.
Brian P. Shield
The Weather Channel, Inc.
Chief Information Officer
www.weather.com
BrianShieldhasservedas
EVP and CIO of The Weather
Channel, Inc. since 1998.
AsheadoftheITorganization,Brianoverseesall
technology infrastructure, internal systems, weather
forecasting, broadcast and software engineering, and
implementation of technology products and services.
He is also responsible for design and delivery of all TWC
technology products and services.
Carolyn Pleiss
AutoTrader.com
Senior Director, Project Office
www.autotrader.com
Carolyn developed and leads
the IT Project Office at
AutoTrader.com, centralizing all
project management resources within IT, in addition
to owning the IT Governance, IT Strategy and IT
Communications functions. She has elevated the
project management discipline across IT through PM
and SDLC process development and training. In 2012,
she is partnering with Application Development,
Enterprise Data to refresh the SDLC (Software
Development Life-cycle).
Carrie Wheeler
Cbeyond
Chief Information Officer
www.cbeyond.net
Carrie currently serves as SVP
and CIO for Cbeyond, where
she develops and executes
an organization-wide IT strategy that facilitates
achievement of Cbeyond’s business goals and advances
their mission. Carrie leads Cbeyond’s capital and
operating planning functions, management and
development of more than 70 applications. Additionally,
she oversees the development and deployment of all
customer-facing applications.
Silent Auction Candidates
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Cathy Callaway Adams
Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta
Executive Vice President and
Chief Operations Officer
www.fhlbatl.com
Cathy Callaway Adams is EVP
and COO at Federal Home Loan
BankofAtlanta,a$110billionwholesalebank.Cathyis
responsible for directing all administrative, operations,
and support functions of the bank, including IT,
human resources, financial management operations,
community involvement/volunteer programs, security,
facilities management, mail/print management, travel
and meeting planning, and purchasing. She also serves
on the bank’s executive management committee.
Charles A. Chesnutt
Genuine Parts Company
Senior Vice President of
Technology & Process
Improvement
www.genpt.com
Charlie joined Genuine Parts
Company as CFO of EIS, a wholly-owned subsidiary,
in 2002, to help rebuild EIS. He was named Senior Vice
President of Technology and Process Improvement
at GPC in 2007. In this role, he is responsible for the
Corporate Shared Services team, and for driving the
GPC IT model from a decentralized model to a shared
services model.
Chris Kenyon
Elavon
Chief Information Officer
www.elavon.com
Chris Kenyon has global
responsibility for Systems and
Technology at Elavon, including
application development, infrastructure, systems
operations, systems security and the processing
network. Chris joined Elavon in 2006 through the
acquisition of First Horizon Merchant Services, where
he served as EVP and CIO. He served in various
executive level Operation and Technology positions at
First Horizon for 10 years.
Clifford Skelton
Fiserv, Inc.
Executive Vice President and
Chief Information Officer
www.fiserv.com
As EVP and CIO of Fiserv, Inc.,
Clifford Skelton is responsible
for global IT infrastructure and operations, enterprise
architecture, technology governance, and programs
aimed at increasing the efficiency and effectiveness
of the company’s technology platforms. Prior to
joining Fiserv in April 2012, Clifford served as Global
Chief Technology and Operations Officer at Ally
Financial Corporation.
Dave Barnes
UPS
Chief Information Officer
www.ups.com
DaveBarnesistheSVPandCIO
for UPS, and is responsible for
GlobalTechnologyandBusiness
Services for all UPS business units. Dave is also a
member of UPS’s Management Committee. For the past
five years, Dave has been a member of the US National
UnitedWayBoardofTrustees.
Silent Auction Candidates
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David Webb
Equifax
Chief Information Officer
www.equifax.com
David (Dave) Webb is CIO for
Equifax, with responsibility
for global technology strategy,
operations and support for the delivery of the company’s
innovative solutions. Dave, a 30-year veteran of the IT
and financial services industries, joined Equifax from
SiliconValleyBank,where,asCOO,heledITstrategy
to support its global expansion, drove revenue and
productivity initiatives through the effective use of
technology.
Deborah Levine
Global Payments
Vice President, Global Talent
www.globalpaymentsinc.com
Deborah Levine serves as SVP,
Global Talent Management
with Global Payments, and has
primary responsibility for executive succession planning
and development, executive search and overall talent
management strategy. She has over 25 years of domestic
and international strategic Human Resources/Talent
Management experience within Fortune 500/1000
companiessuchasProgressiveInsurance,Allen-Bradley
Company, Cingular Wireless and AGL Resources.
Edwin Marcial
Intercontinental Exchange
Chief Information Officer
www.theice.com
Edwin Marcial, SVP and CTO for
the Intercontinental Exchange
(ICE), joined Continental Power
Exchange in 1996, and, in 1998, his technical vision led
to the design of an Internet-based commodity trading
system that would evolve into the ICE trading platform
in 2000. Edwin leads a team of technologists as they
continue to enhance the ICE’s core trading, clearing and
data systems and build new applications.
Gib Finley
Agilysys, Inc.
Director, IT
www.agilysys.com
As Director and Head of
Corporate IT for Agilysys, Inc.
Gib is responsible for business
applications and data center operations focused on
strategic initiatives and IT processes supporting internal
employees. Current efforts include improving ease of
business with customers, application rationalization,
building a global IT organization and a sourcing
structure to leverage the company’s purchasing power.
Gordon Steele
Newell Rubbermaid
Chief Information Officer
www.newellrubbermaid.com
As the SVP, CIO, Program
Management Office and Global
Indirect Procurement, Gordon’s
responsibilities include the development and execution
of strategies for all Global IT activities. He also tracks key
business activities around the world.
Silent Auction Candidates
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Greg Morrison
Cox Enterprises
Vice President and
Chief Information Officer
www.coxenterprises.com
Greg Morrison is Vice President
and Chief Information Officer for
Cox Enterprises, Inc., one of the nation’s leading media
companies and providers of automotive services. He is
responsible for technology planning for all corporate
headquarters operations.
Jay Ferro
American Cancer Society
Chief Information Officer
www.cancer.org
Jay is currently CIO for the
American Cancer Society (ACS),
a nationwide, community-based
voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating
cancer as a major health problem. Headquartered in
Atlanta, ACS has 12 chartered Divisions, more than 900
local offices nationwide and a presence in more than
5,100 communities. Jay is responsible for the people,
strategy and operations of the Global Information
Technology organization.
Jim Clabby
ING
Head of Corporate Applications
www.ing.com
Jim is the Head of IT for
Corporate Applications and US
Information Technology Chief
of Staff, and is responsible for delivery of all technology
solutions for ING’s Finance, Human Resource, Legal and
Communications functions in the U.S. In his career at
ING, Jim has held technology leadership roles, and has
also been the US Technology Chief of Staff and Head of
IT strategy.
Jim Conkwright
ACS/Xerox
Vice President,
Information Technology
www.acs-inc.com
Jim Conkwright is the Vice
President of Eligibility Systems
Development for the Human Services Solutions group
of Xerox Services. He joined Xerox in 2010 and is
responsible for all aspects of the delivery of Xerox’s
frameworkbasedeligibilitysystems.JimhasaBSin
Information Systems from Kennesaw State University.
Larry Quinlan
Deloitte LLP
Chief Information Officer
www.deloitte.com
Larry Quinlan is a Principal at
Deloitte LLP and serves as the
Global CIO for Deloitte – one of
the world’s largest professional services organizations.
Larry chairs the Global CIO Council and sits on the US
Executive Committee. As CIO, Larry has responsibility
for all facets of technology including strategy,
applications, infrastructure, support, and execution.
He leads the worldwide technology organization.
Silent Auction Candidates
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Lauret Howard
NASCO
Vice President, Strategy, Brand
and Risk Management
www.nasco.com
Lauret Howard, VP for Strategy,
BrandandRiskManagement,
has ultimate responsibility for NASCO’s business
strategy, alignment and execution, brand management,
corporate planning and enterprise risk management.
She has also served as NASCO’s CFO and Vice President
of Performance Services. NASCO provides IT solutions
exclusivelyfocusedontheneedsofBlueCross®and
BlueShield®Plans.
Lee W. Crump
Rollins, Inc.
Chief Information Officer
and GVP
www.rollins.com
Lee Crump is the CIO and GVP
ofBusinessSupportforRollins,
Inc. Rollins is the parent company of Orkin Pest Control,
and many other well known regional pest control
companies. Lee is responsible for all IT, the PMO, and
the Field Administrative Support Group (FASG).
Les Viszlai
CDC Software
Chief Information Officer
www.cdcsoftware.com
Les Viszlai, a global senior
executive, is CIO of CDC
Software. Les brings experience
in Governance, Data Center operations, Marketing
technologies,OperationalIT/Businessintegrationvia
M&A,SaaS/CloudComputing,andCorporateRealEstate
Facilities management to CDC Software. Prior to Joining
CDC, he served in management and IT roles with
companies that included General Electric, Accenture
and Cap Gemini Americas.
Mari Ripp
ADP
Senior Vice President,
Product Development
www.adp.com
Mari Ripp, SVP of Product
Development for ADP
National Account Services, leads the IT development
organization of over 600 associates developing and
supporting the payroll, benefits and Human Capital
Management products in the National Accounts product
suite. She lead the development of ADP’s recently
launched HCM product, ADP Vantage HCM. Mari
joinedADPin2001,leadingtheSmallBusinessServices
development organization.
Mark Ryan
Travelport
Chief Information Officer
www.travelport.com
Mark Ryan has global
responsibility for formulating
and executing Travelport’s
technology strategy. He leads a team of more than
1,200 Travelport technology professionals and oversees
Travelport’s joint venture technology operation in Delhi,
India. In addition, Mark manages 1,000 development
staff through relationships with application partners and
service providers in Asia, North America and Europe.
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Melanee Haywood
Delta Airlines
Managing Director
www.delta.com
Melanee Haywood is Managing
Director, Information Technology
for Delta Air Lines, Inc. Her areas
of responsibility include application development
and support for the Airline Operations and Corporate
Services portfolios. She provides leadership to more
than 400 technology employees who support these
designated business units.
Michael Noel
PRGX
Chief Information Officer and
Senior Vice President,
Shared Services
www.prgx.com
Michael Noel has been PRGX’s
CIO since October, 2009. In addition to his global IT
leadership responsibilities, he manages PRGX’s analytics
shared service operations and has overall responsibility
for driving innovation across the business. Prior to
joining PRGX, he was a partner in the IT Strategy
practice at Infosys Consulting, the management
consulting subsidiary of Infosys Technologies.
Mike Lackey
SAP
Senior Vice President
www.sap.com
Mike Lackey joined SAP in
2008 through the acquisition
of Visiprise, and has global
responsibilityforSolutionManagement,LoB
Manufacturing. Through previous roles at Visiprise,
NetVendor and Teradyne Manufacturing Software
Group, Mike has a unique set of knowledge that
covers both manufacturing software and design
collaboration along with over 20 years of experience
in the high tech sector.
Monica Moore
First Data
Vice President,
Global Information
www.firstdata.com
For more than 19 years, Monica’s
expertise in the technology
field has included executive roles in large corporations,
consulting and custom software development. She
has a proven track record for delivery with Oracle
Corporation, Cox Communications and AutoTrader.
com. In her current role, Monica is responsible for
global solutions development and service delivery of
information and analytics services.
Nancy D’Amico
LeasePlan
Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Officer
www.leaseplan.com
As SVP and CIO, Nancy
D’Amico is responsible for all
of LeasePlan’s project management, information and
communications technology functions. She also serves
as a member of the Executive Management Team.
Nancy’s 29 years of experience includes 12 years at
Delta Air Lines and 13 years with NCR Corporation. Her
background includes leadership positions in software
development, systems engineering and more.
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Pamela K. Kilday
SunTrust
Relationship and Delivery
Manager, Wholesale Enterprise
and Delivery Services
www.suntrust.com
Pamela is the Relationship and
DeliveryManagerforSunTrust’sWholesaleBanking
portfolio, including Treasury and Payments, End-to-end
Lending, Diversified Commercial, Commercial Credit,
Commercial Real Estate and Corporate Investment
Banking.PamhasbeentheCOOandHeadofSunTrust
Robinson Humphrey Services where she led a team of
over 180 professionals. She has also served as CIO of
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.
Robert Bennett
Federal Home Loan Bank Atlanta
Chief Information Officer
www.fhlbatl.com
As CIO and SVP for the Federal
HomeLoanBankofAtlanta,
RobertBennettisresponsible
for all technology strategy and operations. Prior to
joiningFHLBankAtlanta,RobertwasEVPandCIO
for Homebanc Corporation, a leading retail mortgage
bank in Atlanta. He also enjoyed a 17-year career with
BellSouthTelecommunications,servingasCIOof
BellSouthSmallBusinessServicesandotherroles.
Sallie Graves
ING
Head of Insurance and
Distributor Services IT
www.ing.com
Sallie Graves is the Head of IT for
US Insurance, including Retail
LifeandEmployeeBenefitsbusinesslines.Inthisrole,
she is responsible for designing, planning and building
technology innovations that enable ING to deliver
new products and reach new markets in the insurance
segment. Sallie leads the Insurance Architecture, PMO,
BusinessAnalystgroup,ApplicationDevelopment,and
Quality Assurance.
Shannon Johnston
ShopVisible
Chief Operating Officer
www.shopvisible.com
As COO, Shannon is responsible
for managing all hands-on
operational aspects of the
company, building and maintaining a scalable business
for all operational elements; including Human Capital
Management, Product Management, QA, PMO, Client
Management, Training and Professional Services.
Sheryl Fikse
Southwire
Chief Information Officer and
Senior Vice President, IT
www.southwire.com
Sheryl Fikse is CIO and SVP of
Information Technology Services
for Southwire Company. She is responsible for all
Southwire information and communications systems.
ITS delivers business value to Southwire customers
and protects the foundation upon which they conduct
business. Prior to joining Southwire in 2010, Sheryl
workedwithMYTecSoftasgeneralmanagerforNorth
America and Europe.
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Silent Auction Candidates
Steve Clancey
Georgia-Pacific
Chief Information Officer
www.gp.com
Steve Clancey, VP of Information
Technology, is the Divisional
CIO for the Packaging Segment
of Georgia-Pacific, where he is responsible for the
technology strategy, execution and operations for the
five businesses that comprise the Segment. Since
1995, Steve has served in various leadership positions,
leading applications development, electronic
commerce,businessintelligence,merger&
acquisitions and establishing the center of
excellence for technology infrastructure.
Sue Dodsworth
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Vice President, Global Diversity
www.kimberly-clark.com
In her role as Vice President,
Global Diversity Officer for
Kimberly-Clark, Sue Dodsworth
reports directly to the Chief HR Officer and the CEO.
Since joining Kimberly-Clark in 2002, Sue has served as
VP of several divisions. In 2007, Sue moved to the K-C
ProfessionalbusinessasVPofStrategyandM&A,andin
2010, she became Chief Diversity Officer.
Todd Hollosi
Ventyx
Chief Information Officer
www.ventyx.com
AsCIOforVentyx,anABB
Company, Todd is responsible
for establishing the IT strategy
and direction for all product groups across nearly
40 countries. He translates those strategies to a
functional organization with the requisite application,
infrastructure, and information architectures necessary
to optimally achieve business objectives. Todd is
responsible for all aspects and functions of IT from
the strategic level.
Walt Ehmer
Waffle House, Inc.
President and
Chief Operating Officer
www.wafflehouse.com
Walt Ehmer serves President and
COO of Waffle House, Inc., and
he is responsible for the entire Waffle House System.
There are over 1,600 Waffle House Restaurants in 25
States, with approximately 75% of those owned and
operated by Waffle House, Inc.
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The following three executives from Southern Company are being offered in our silent auction
in a very special package. Please refer to your BidPal device for more information.
Kenny Coleman
Southern Company
Chief Information Officer
www.southerncompany.com
Kenny Coleman is the SVP and
CIO for Southern Company, one
of America’s most respected
companies. Kenny leads more than 1,100 employees in
IT strategy development, operations and delivery across
120,000 square miles and nine subsidiaries. He came
into his current role from Alabama Power, where he
served as the VP of Alabama Power’s Southern Division.
Louise Scott
Southern Company
Regional Vice President and
Chief Information Officer
www.southerncompany.com
Louise Scott serves as Southern
Company’s Regional CIO
for Georgia Power. In this role, Louise oversees the
development and implementation of information
technology strategy and operations. She also oversees
technology execution for the distribution organization
at Southern Company.
Marie Mouchet
Southern Company
Chief Information Officer
www.southerncompany.com
Marie Mouchet is VP and CIO for
Southern Company Generation,
Southern Nuclear and Southern
Power. In this role, Marie leads the development
and implementation of IT strategy and operations
for Southern Company’s generation business, both
regulated and non-regulated. Her role provides strategic
and tactical planning and direction.
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Ed Steinike
Chief Information Officer
Ed Steinike, CIO, is responsible for
the leadership of the company’s IT
strategy, services and operations.
Ed began his tenure at The
Coca-Cola Company as Chief
Technology Officer in 2002,
responsible for all technology, including networks, data
centers, operations, data warehousing and systems
architecture. From 2004 to 2007, Ed was the company’s
Chief Development Officer and CIO for Coca-Cola
North America.
Rob Cain
Chief Information Officer
Enabling Function
Rob Cain is responsible for
building the Vision and Strategy
to ensure the availability of the
skills, capacity and execution
capability needed to support
demand, ensure sustainability, and guarantee the
effectiveness of all relevant IT solutions and platforms.
Previously, Rob served as The General Manager,
BusinessTransformationforCoca-ColaAG,andas
Chief Information Officer for Coca-Cola in Germany,
responsible for the commercial systems and information
technology organization supporting nearly six thousand
users across Germany.
Miriam McLemore
Chief Information Officer
Market Facing Function
Miriam Smith McLemore leads
marketing, interactive marketing,
customer-commercial and
technology(R&D,quality,science,
supply chain and procurement).
Prior to her current role, Miriam was Global IT Director
at The Coca-Cola Company, responsible for application
development, delivery and IT strategy for the Global
Marketing,SupplyChain,R&DandSciencefunctionsof
the Company. Miriam joined The Coca-Cola Company in
1991 in the Finance Division working with international
locations driving financial process consistency and
improvements in analysis and reporting.
Lorie Buckingham
Chief Development Officer
LorieBuckinghamisresponsible
for all applications development
and operations. She will hold
accountability for the execution of
the company’s global applications
portfolio, working closely with the
global senior IT leadership team as a strategic partner
and resource. Immediately, Lorie’s leadership guides
the design, development, building and deployment of
information systems applications and software including
SAP,Web,BusinessIntelligenceandMobile.Shealso
oversees the maintenance, support and upgrades of
existing systems and applications.
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TheCoca-ColaCompany(NYSE:KO)istheworld’slargestbeveragecompany,
refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. Along
with Coca-Cola, recognized as the world’s most valuable brand, the company’s
portfolio includes 15 other billion-dollar brands, including Diet Coke, Fanta, Sprite,
Coca-Cola Zero, vitaminwater, Powerade, Minute Maid, Simply and Georgia.
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Javier Polit
Chief Information Officer
Bottler Investment Group
Javier Polit is the CIO for the
BottlingInvestmentsGroupof
The Coca-Cola Company. In
this role, he is responsible for
setting strategic IT direction. His
primary focus is driving team member development
and progression, revenue generating capabilities, and
operational excellence to create shareholder value. He
delivers step changing capabilities by managing a 200+
million dollar budget and providing leadership direction
to 700+ team members based in North America, South
America, Europe, Africa, The Gulf and Asia.
Kimberly Keever, Vice President,
Information Security & Controls,
Coca-Cola Refreshments
Kim Keever is the VP of
Information Security and
Controls for Coca-Cola
Refreshments (CCR). Her team
is responsible for strategic
security direction, information protection, disaster
recovery/business continuity planning and oversight
of regulatory compliance for CCR. Additionally, her
team works to advance the strategic security related
objectives of The Coca-Cola Company. The team has
significantly reduced security risk; improved controls
and transformed ongoing operational processes to
enable sustainability of these controls.
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George Richter
Vice President, Supply Chain
George Richter oversees all
supply chain activities including
materials management,
purchasing, warehouse and
inventory-management
and material requirement
forecasting. Prior to joining Cox, George spent more
than 12 years with Arrow Electronics Inc., where he
served as Vice President of Product and Supplier
Management, leading the development effort for
supplier management, customer forecast management
and all aspects of purchasing as part of a global Oracle
R12 implementation.
Cyndi Scallion
Director, Strategic Sourcing
in Supply Chain
Cyndi Scallion is a Director in the
Strategic Sourcing group within
the Supply Chain Management.
She has responsibility for
the Indirect Categories. She
was awarded the 2011 Georgia Minority Supplier
DevelopmentCouncilBuyeroftheyearawardforher
work in the staffing sub-category that she directs. In
her 10 year career at Cox Communications, she has
held numerous positions both in the Human Resources
and Supply Chain organizations. Prior to joining Cox
Communications, she worked for Scientific Atlanta, a
Cisco Corporation.
As the third-largest cable provider in the nation, Cox Communications Inc. is
noted for its high-capacity, reliable broadband delivery network and superior
customer care. With more than 6 million total residential and commercial customer
relationships, over 22,000 employees and a firm commitment to education, the Cox
team is widely regarded as an industry leader, having earned multiple distinctions
in customer satisfaction, diversity practices and company strategy.
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Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) is an international hotel company whose goal
is to create great hotels guests love. IHG has more guest rooms than any other hotel
company in the world – that’s rooms in more than 4,200 hotels across nearly 100
countries. Their guests make over 180 million stays in IHG hotels every year, and
they operate seven hotel brands – InterContinental, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo,
Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites.
Eric Pearson
Chief Information Officer
As CIO for IHG, Eric Pearson is
accountable for all technology
systems supporting IHG hotels
and corporate offices globally.
This includes the development
and application of all global
systems supporting our day-to-day business of driving
top-line revenue. Previously, as Chief Marketing Officer
for the Americas division of IHG, Eric was accountable
for all sales and marketing activities across IHG brands in
the regions, including brand marketing, global sales, and
revenue management. In addition to his responsibilities,
EricbecameinterimHeadofGlobalBrandsinJuly2011.
Bates Turpen
Senior Vice President,
Technical Operations –
Global Technology
As SVP, Technical Operations,
BatesisresponsibleforGlobal
Operations, Global Networks,
Global Reservation Centers,
Database, Infrastructure and Enterprise Application
Support. He also serves on the IT Architectural Council
and heads up Global Security Council for IHG. He joined
InterContinental Hotels Group in February 1984, and,
priortobeingnamedSVP,TechnicalOperations,Bates
served in numerous technical and management roles.
Peter Tyrll
Vice President,
Global Technology
As VP of Global Technology, Peter
Tyrell has led his team in making
significant contributions across
revenue systems at IHG. Working
collaboratively with business
and technology teams, he and his team have delivered
key solutions in support of strategic business needs
related to IHG’s Reservation and Revenue Management
systems. He joined IHG in 2008 and has a long standing
technology career with organizations in the UK and US
- ITNET Ltd, Coca-Cola Enterprises and most recently,
Hilton Hotels Corporation.
Jeff Eckard
Vice President,
Owner, Operations and
Hotel Lifecycle Technologies
As VP of Hotel Lifecycle
Technologies, Jeff Eckard
works with technologies that
center around CRM, Tasks/
Project Management, Green Environment, Quality,
Scheduling, Document Management and Data Services.
Technologies that Jeff’s team utilize include Java, Oracle,
SalesForce, GWT and an emphasis on cloud computing
and application translation services. Jeff’s team also
uses off-the-shelf applications such as Steton (Quality)
and Alfresco (DMS). He has been responsible for nine
technology teams (and 21 software solutions) over the
course of 15 years at IHG.
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Lisa McVey
Chief Information Officer
Lisa McVey is CIO for McKesson
Provider Technologies and
Physician Practice Solutions.
She has overall responsibility
for IT leadership for MPT, the
largest division of McKesson
Technology Solutions (MTS), and the Ambulatory
Business.Lisadirectsandmanagescomputingand
IT strategic plans, policies, programs and schedules
for business and finance data processing, computer
services, network communications, and management
information services.
Bob DiLegge
Senior Director
Information Technology
BobDiLeggeisaSeniorDirector
with McKesson IT. In his 30
years at McKesson, he has spent
most of his time in McKesson
Provider Technologies –
ResearchandDevelopmentOrganization.Bobstarted
as a software engineer and worked his way to Vice
President of Software Development, where he lead
Product Management, Project Management, Design,
Development and Quality Assurance teams. He
transferred to McKesson IT’s – Infrastructure Services
Team in 2010, where he leads the Service Management
Team in the Application Hosting group of McKesson IT.
Jeremy Muench
Senior Vice President of
Operations and Six Sigma
Jeremy Muench is Senior Vice
President, Operations, and Six
Sigma Leader for McKesson
Provider Technologies (MPT),
leading cross-functional and
multi-business unit programs to improve operational
and financial performance. As Vice President,
Commercial Initiatives, Jeremy led strategic company-
wide efforts to simplify go-to-market activities,
focusing on improvements in cost structure, salesforce
productivity and customer satisfaction.
Mike Marchlik
Vice President QA and
Regulatory Affairs
As VP of Quality Assurance
and Regulatory Affairs for
McKesson Provider Technologies
Mike Marchlik oversees the
establishment, monitoring and
management of quality systems throughout MPT. He is
accountable for compliance with the United States Food
&DrugAdministration(FDA),aswellasCanadianandEU
medical device regulations. Mike works closely across all
MPT functions and business units to ensure that robust
quality systems are in place to continually improve the
quality of MPT products and services.
As the nation’s leading health care services company, McKesson provides
pharmaceuticals, medical supplies and health care information technologies that
make health care safer while reducing costs. McKesson touches virtually every
aspectofhealthcare.Bycombiningitsindustry-leadinghealthcareinformation
technology and scale with unsurpassed clinical knowledge, McKesson is helping
health care providers deliver better, safer care while reducing unnecessary costs.
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Randy Hyun
Senior Vice President
Strategy and Business Development
Randy has been with McKesson for over 12 years and has held numerous
roles at the company. In his current role as SVP, Corporate Strategy and
BusinessDevelopment,hehasresponsibilityforstrategicplanning,mergers
and acquisitions, and growth initiatives for McKesson Provider Technologies.
Randy is also a member of the leadership team for McKesson Technology
Solutions, a $3.3 billion segment of McKesson. Prior to McKesson, he held positions at a management
consulting firm and at an e-commerce start-up.
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Bill VanCuren
Vice President
Chief Information Officer
Billisaleadershipteammember
of NCR’s Industry Solutions
Group and Chief Financial Office
organizations, and sits on both
the Leadership Council and
Leadership Team. His current assignment as CIO has
oversight over the full application realization process,
portfolio management, global networks and processing
services for both internal and external customer services,
security and compliancy, and all workgroup computing.
Diana Tullio
Director of IT Strategy,
Architecture, and
Shared Services
Diana is responsible for IT central
governance (program portfolio
management), business planning,
continuous improvement,
software quality assurance, database and system
integration shared services, and India Development
Center oversight. In her current role, Diana is chartered
with providing vision and strategic change management
for the IT business at NCR including disruptive
innovation to processes, technologies, and people
aspects of the organization.
Barrett Schiwitz
Vice President
BarrettjoinedNCRthroughthe
acquisition of Radiant Systems
in 2011. At Radiant Systems,
BarrettwasresponsiblefortheIT
function that included enterprise
applications, technology
infrastructure, and the project management office. His
current assignment at NCR is to lead the integration
of Radiant Systems into NCR. This involves leading
a cross-functional team to establish the business
processes and infrastructure required for the Hospitality
line of business.
Ivan Alvarez
Vice President,
Services Technology
Ivan is a member of the NCR IT
and Services leadership teams.
His current assignment includes
management of the IT Systems
that support NCR’s Managed
Services Offers and the technology that enables services
delivery to NCR customers. This includes the selection
of the technology portfolio, the operational support
of the production systems and the infusion of new
technologies in these two areas.
NCRCorporation(NYSE:NCR)isaglobaltechnologycompanyleadinghowthe
world connects, interacts and transacts with business. NCR’s assisted- and self-
service solutions and comprehensive support services address the needs of retail,
financial, travel, hospitality, entertainment, gaming, public sector, telecom carrier
and equipment organizations in more than 100 countries.
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Julie Untener
IT Vice President -
ERP Applications
Julie serves as the IT Partner to
the Executive VP of the Integrated
Solutions Group and Senior VP of
Global Operations organizations,
and sits on the Leadership
Council. In Julie’s current role, she has company-
wide accountability for a single enterprise instance of
OracleeBusinesssSuite,includingOrderManagement,
Financials (with 100% GL coverage flowing thru ERP),
and Manufacturing Modules (with 60% manufacturing
inventory managed within ERP).
Dennis Ferguson
Vice President,
Technology and Infrastructure
Dennis is responsible for all
infrastructure technology
solutions, including the NCR
Network, Data Centers, Client
and all Infrastructure HW
and SW Solutions. He leads a team to provide above
benchmark SLA performance and solutions. In addition
to the centralized management and deployment of
infrastructure solutions, he is responsible for the NCR
Internal Help Desk and a Field Operations team that
supports resources and infrastructure at key
NCR Locations.
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