Dustin Bartolomeo-Damon

publicIdentifier: dbartdamon

sourced_title: People Intelligence & Analytics Director

headline: People Analytics & Talent Leader | Dad, disability advocate, building more human workplaces

about:
I've spent my career building better systems: financial systems, hiring systems, workforce systems. And now, as a parent, the everyday systems that determine whether people can fully participate in the world.

Across 18 years at PwC, my career has moved from Audit to Talent Acquisition and Recruiting Leadership to People Intelligence & Analytics. On paper, those may look like different chapters. To me, they've always been connected by the same question: How do systems create opportunity, and where do they create friction?

In Audit, I learned to ask better questions, follow the evidence, and understand the story behind the numbers.

In Talent Acquisition, I saw how access to opportunity is shaped long before someone accepts an offer. As PwC’s Entry Level Talent Identification Leader, I led 120+ recruiters hiring more than 10,000 professionals annually, building inclusive, tech-enabled strategies that connected people to opportunity and helped meet critical workforce needs.

After helping build one of PwC’s largest early-career talent engines, I became interested in the larger system around it: the patterns, experiences, and decisions that shape how people enter, grow, and thrive at work.

Today, in People Intelligence & Analytics, I lead work that helps leaders make better people decisions at scale across talent strategy, workforce planning, employee experience, recruiting, retention, and organizational performance.

I’m also a first-generation college graduate, which shapes how I think about access. Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

Outside of work, I’m a dad to two incredible kids. Raising a child with cerebral palsy and hydrocephalus has changed how I see design, accessibility, resilience, and agency.

It's made something clear to me:

A ramp. A sidewalk. A

company: PwC

position: Entry Level Talent Identification Leader (US/MX)

position: Entry Level Recruiting Director

position: Mid-Atlantic Campus Recruiting Lead

position: Director | Washington Metro Talent Acquisition Leader

position: Talent Acquisition Manager

position: Assurance Associate

position: Assurance Intern

company: PricewaterhouseCoopers

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“Daddy, I’m sorry we couldn’t take the stairs.”

Those words from my son, Luca, who has cerebral palsy, hit hard as we were stuck in a SEPTA elevator on the way home from Philadelphia’s Disability Pride Festival.

Earlier that day, we listened to city leaders talk about disability rights and accessibility. One speaker said, “Transit isn’t just a right. Transit is freedom.”

But our trip to the

content:
I installed bidets and grab bars in our bathrooms.

I didn’t expect to write about that on LinkedIn.

But then this morning, Luca woke up and went to the bathroom all by himself. Step stool. Potty seat. Up on the toilet. The whole routine. And he was so proud to tell me.

I had one of those parenting moments where you try to act normal, but inside you’re thinking: this is huge.

Because when you’

content:
“Daddy, I can’t get down the ramp because there’s a car parked there.”

A parked car.
A blocked curb cut.
A path that was supposed to be there, but is covered in snow.

That is what everyday inaccessibility looks like for us.

And on those same outings, people often stop me to say kind things.

At the grocery store yesterday, one woman even put her hand on my shoulder and said, “I want you to k

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Rajendra (Raj) Jodhpurkar

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sourced_title: Global Chief Information Officer | Digital Transformation

email_status: verified

headline: Global CIO | Digital Transformation

about:
I am a dynamic, versatile, and accomplished executive with a successful track record of leading multiple large and complex global deliveries for over 40 US Life Science & Healthcare customers, including Fortune 500 companies. I provide unique insight and expertise as a Total Solutions provider, primarily for the Healthcare domain, with global exposure across the US, EMEA, and APAC regions.

Key highlights from my career include:
- Established 100+ global teams spread across US, France, Singapore, Mexico, and India
- Led initiative for CareNet (complete analytics solution for delivering insights in healthcare)
- Named in patent for transaction monitoring technology developed at CA
- Steered organization wide domain upskilling for 2000 people
- Produced 10+ transformation leaders playing key roles in the organization
- Delivered 100+ proactive proposals & proof of concepts with 25+% conversion
- Won 30+ new logos with 40% pipeline conversion & 12-15% YoY growth
- Led technology refresh & technology transformation initiatives and built capacity for multi-million-dollar business, while leading life sciences and healthcare solutions
- Attained high customer satisfaction with 7/7 rating on value for money and Net Promoter Score of 10/10
- Presented Persistent Life Science & Healthcare solution @ HIMS, Las Vegas in 2015, and in BIO Conference in Philadelphia in 2014, International conference of rare diseases @ Jaipur in 2015

As a senior executive, I am adept at leveraging technical solutions to lead digital transformation initiatives, mapping technology solutions with business requirements to provide strategic direction. I spearhead delivery organization and share subject matter expertise in increasing business value. I consider myself as a people engagement specialist who i

company: InfoCepts

end: Present

description: Taking up the new position as Chief Information Officer at InfoCepts. I'll be driving our digital transformation. In this role, I'll be responsible for building data, information security, and systems roadmap for supporting business objectives through effective implementation of new technologies, applications, systems & data consolidation, integration & standardization.

position: Head - Business Planning & Strategic Initiatives

description: Responsible for anchoring and supporting company's strategy and business planning exercise; aligning all functions to ensure achievement of the same. Responsible for keeping company up-to-speed with market intelligence, forecasts, industry trends and building business cases for identified interventions. Responsible for anchoring and deploying identified strategic initiatives along with the top leadership team and respective functions.

position: Delivery Head Life Sciences & Healthcare, Associate Vice President

company: Persistent Systems

description: As the current Delivery Head for Persistent, I utilize my skills in operational transformation to achieve and manage the entire P&L with 12% of organization’s annual revenue. To drive key organizational strategy and initiatives, I collaborate with the CXOs to initiate better and effective implementation organization-wide. Key achievements here include charting of the LSHC strategy, leading a global team of 900 people across US, Europe, Australia, and India, along with the completion and full int

position: Centre Head

description: Here, I clocked 10% of annual organization revenue with highest margin in the entire organization. I was known for organizing the best town-hall meetings and nurturing a highly accomplished and motivated core and ops team. I was also acknowledged with ensuring consistent branding and engagement of employees to promote inclusion, and led several organizational initiatives both at the centre and organization level.

position: Delivery Partner

description:
I joined Persistent as a Delivery Partner, which was the most significant role I held here. I wore many hats under this role, which allowed me to function and deliver at the peak of my abilities, and provide excellent leadership to the organization, which in turn helped in catapulting the organization towards increased growth and profitability.

Here, I not only earned lucrative business for the Enterprise, Telecom, and Finance BU, but also enabled a start-up environment from scratch, to increas

position: Development Manager & Sr. Software Engineer

company: CA Technologies

description:
At Computer Associates, I worked on multiple projects and initiatives, which included:

- GA Release of Unicenter Management for WebSphere Application Server 3.6 on Mainframe
- GA Release of Unicenter Management for WebLogic Application Server 3.5 on Windows and LINUX
- Design of Transaction Monitoring Tool for version 3.5
- Invention and presentation of an innovative business logic which was pending for patent
- Design and Development of Complete Monitoring Solution for Version 3.0
- Developmen

position: Associate Software Engineer

company: Cambridge Technology Partners

description:
I initiated my career with Cambridge Technology Partners as an Associate Software Engineer, where I led multiple clients and delivered innovative solutions for them. These included:

- Hewlett-Packard, Cupertino, California, USA: Automated customer registration databases update by third-party vendors, utilizing EJBs running in a cluster of Web Logic Servers
- Ryder, Inc., Denver, Colorado, USA: Held a “Rapid Solution Workshop” to acquire business and technical requirements for a new PowerBuilder

content:
AI Secured. Secured AI.

Attending the India Cybersecurity Symposium 2026 today at JW Marriott, New Delhi — and what makes it special: 7 of us CIOs are traveling together from Nagpur for this national event.

As AI moves from pilots to production across enterprises, two questions define our agenda as technology leaders: How do we secure AI? And how do we use AI to secure everything else?

Excited

content:
On Labour Day, one question keeps coming back to me.

Last month, at Raisoni Tech Hackathon 2026 in Nagpur, I asked a room full of bright students:   Why does any company exist?

Answers came in:
“to solve problems”
“to build technology”

And then one student said: “To make money.”
That’s the answer most engineers are not trained to think about.
And that’s exactly the gap.

We need to move beyond

content:
Two numbers from the Nasscom GCC Summit 2026 floor:

42% of leaders see their India GCC as an "Active Partner" to the global business.
3% call themselves an "AI-First Enterprise."

That gap is the entire industry's next five years.

The theme was the Strategic Leap — execution to ownership, scale to judgement, pilots to operating system. The live Mentimeter polls were the honest mirror: 30% still

content:
Six years ago, almost to the month, I wrote a LinkedIn post about a project we called 'InfoEverest' — the rollout of Oracle Fusion Cloud as our new internal HR and ERP backbone at Infocepts.

Rereading that post today is surreal.

We had just kicked off the program in January 2020. Two months later, COVID-19 hit. What was meant to be a milestone year for our digital transformation suddenly became

content:
One of the biggest takeaways from my conversations at Sify Technologies Limited. booth during #IndianCybersecuritySymposium2026 was the pace at which the cyber threat landscape is changing.

From autonomous AI agents enabling faster attack execution to infostealer malware targeting everyday digital tools, cyber threats are becoming more intelligent, adaptive, and harder to detect.

These discussi

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Kaj Burchardi

sourced_title: Head of Emerging Technology

headline: Managing Director - Head of Emerging Technology Europe, Middle East, South America, Africa - at BCG Platinion Netherlands

about:
I am the Lead of our Emerging Technology unit with BCG Platinion EMESA (Europe, Middle East, South America, Africa). The objectives of the unit are to identify new innovative propositions and bring them to our clients. One key core topic for this unit is blockchain. We are developing several products and propositions around this technology.

I am head of Platinion Netherlands, a Company of the Boston Consulting Group providing Information Technology (IT) consulting services focused on the development and implementation of business-critical IT architecture and solutions.

With more than 20 years’ consulting experience concentrated on IT in banking, I have acquired deep industry expertise across a broad range of topics, including IT architecture strategy, core banking system modernization, agile and digital transformation, mobile and digital banking, multichannel integration and Blockchain.

I have achieved to
- build lasting client relationships with yearly revenues in millions of Euro
- set up and grow new businesses / country offices of our company (from 0 to 55 people in 2 years, from 0 to 140 people in 3 years) in the US and Europe
- set up a world-wide multi-disciplinary blockchain team across BCG and BCG Platinion with 50+ members

Before joining BCG, I was a strategy consultant with Proxicom, Germany.

position: Practice Area Lead for Banking and Insurance, Global Lead for Digital Asset

company: BCG Platinion

position: Head of Emerging Technology

position: Managing Director - Head of Platinion Netherlands

description:
Platinion Netherlands is a Company of The Boston Consulting Group, focusing on IT and Digital topics - especially IT architecture and IT project management in large scale, high-risk projects.

My focus is on IT in Banking with special attention to IT architecture strategy, Core Banking System modernization, IT transformation, Multi-channel integration, mobile / digital banking and Blockchain.

position: Managing Director, Head of Core Technology Practice

description:
Platinion North America is a division of The Boston Consulting Group, focusing on IT topics - especially IT architecture and IT project management in large scale, high-risk projects.

My focus is on IT in Banking with special attention to IT architecture strategy, Core Banking System modernization, IT transformation, Multi-channel integration, and mobile / digital banking.

position: Managing Director

description:
Platinion is a 100% subsidiary of The Boston Consulting Group, focusing on IT topics (from IT Strategy to IT architecture and IT transformations in large scale, high-risk projects).

My focus is on IT in Banking with special focus on IT strategy, IT transformations (post merger integrations and data migrations) as well as IT architecture, incl. core banking system modernization. I am also looking into the new area of mobile / digital banking.

position: Associate Director

position: Manager

position: Project Leader

content:
Failure in establishing AI initiatives is less to do with the model and more to do with establishing real meaning.

This is a common pattern that I've seen across industries: a use case is piloted, results impress, the business moves to scale — and then progress stops. The constraint here isn't intelligence. It's semantics. Terms like 'customer' or 'revenue' exist across multiple systems simultane

content:
⚙ Banks don't need to become blockchain companies to compete in digital assets.

As we highlight in BCG and Anchorage Digital's new report, the smart move is to act as an orchestrator of a modular tech stack — building internally where banks have a durable edge (core banking integration, payments, identity, monitoring) and partnering for digital-asset-native layers like custody, wallets, smart c

content: Excited to share that I'll be speaking at #Money2020EU! Use my code JOINME200 to save €200 on your Standard Pass: https://lnkd.in/eZH2qAcR Money20/20

content:
In many discussions around modernization, I still see banks searching for a single, universal answer. In reality, the banking value chain is becoming more specialized. Payments, SME banking, and digital propositions require speed, flexibility, and real-time capabilities. Other domains continue to depend on resilience, control, and regulatory maturity.

What matters is not replacing everything at

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Hoyoung Pak

sourced_title: Chief AI Officer

headline: Chief AI Officer | Transformation Specialist | former Ninja Turtle | Partner and Managing Director at AlixPartners

about:
As AlixPartners Chief AI Officer my role is to draw on my industry and consulting experience to drive the practical implementation of AI and related technologies in our internal operations, across our service lines and make it integral to the way we advise our clients and deliver our results.

I have extensive experience in both management consulting and industry executive roles. My technical knowledge and understanding of the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with clear commercial outcomes has enabled me to deliver successful projects for Private Equity, Consumer, Retail, Technology, Media and Telecommunications clients.

In addition, I have expertise in consumer insights, customer lifetime value, pricing, demand planning, and digitally enabled operations.

Before joining AlixPartners, I worked in industry as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at a global design and packaging graphics firm. In this role, I delivered an enterprise-wide transformation that increased EBITDA for the company by 20% using a combination of process improvement, automation, and ML.

position: Chief AI Officer

company: AlixPartners

description: Driving the practical implementation of AI and related technologies in our internal operations, across our service lines, and making AI integral to the way we advise our clients and deliver our results.

position: Partner & Managing Director

position: Chief Operating Officer

company: sgsco

position: SVP and GM of Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chain

company: Uptake

position: President and CEO of Ace Wholesale Holdings

company: Ace Hardware

description: Led Ace Wholesale Holding - a $360MM division of Ace Hardware.  Responsible for full P&L of two acquisitions - Emery-Waterhouse (East Coast) and Jensen Distribution (West Coast) - and growth of newly-formed EJD in the middle of the country.

position: Executive Vice President of Global Operations and Data Sciences

company: IRI

description: Led all processes related to the successful delivery of POS and panel data, enabling clients to grow their business via levers such as pricing, promotions, assortment and mix. Managed a global team of more than 3,000 employees across US, Europe, and India

position: Senior Vice President of Operations

company: Groupon

description: Led all critical operations and account management functions - including Customer Service, Editorial, Account Management, and Lead Generation.  Managed US team of more than 1,000 employees.

position: Vice President of Customer Service and Discover Lean

company: Discover Financial Services

description:
Launched Discover Lean - an internal process improvement organization - with focus on company-wide initiatives across a broad range of functions including marketing, risk, customer service, collections, new accounts, IT

Led Customer Service Operations which included workforce management, performance management, planning/budgeting, CS reporting, CS tools/products

content:
I had the privilege of hosting a roundtable at the FT Outstanding Directors Exchange last week with a group of public company board directors on a topic that doesn't get enough attention: not how boards oversee AI, but how board members use AI to do their job better.

The directors in the room weren't asking how AI works. They were asking how to use it to become more independent - less reliant on

content:
Spent last week in Budapest with our AlixPartners PMDs talking about where AI is driving step-change results – for our clients and for how we deliver.

Andrew Csicsila and I co-led the session, and what struck me wasn't any single presentation. It was the pattern across all of them.

The agentic examples Andrew Hogenson, Nitin Jain, and Greg Magrisi showed were live engagements with real outcomes

content:
This week, I'll be joining the Financial Times @Outstanding Directors Exchange (ODX) to host a roundtable on the strategic use of AI in board oversight.

One of the themes that comes up repeatedly in conversations with directors is the challenge of forming an independent point of view on AI.

Boards are being asked to make decisions about a technology that is evolving rapidly, creating new opportu

content:
You don't always get to feel a firm's energy. A few weeks ago in Budapest, I did.

Hundreds of senior leaders, all carrying client responsibilities, leaning into where AI is going and what it means for the moments that matter most to our clients.

The time outside the sessions was just as good. Reconnecting with colleagues I've worked with for years. Meeting spouses over dinner. Getting to know t

content:
Recently attended Anthropic's first Partner Summit in Carlsbad.

It was a good opportunity to hear directly from the Anthropic team - and from partners across the ecosystem - about how enterprise AI is actually starting to get deployed.

I especially appreciated the perspectives from Daniela Amodei, Steve Corfield, and Rich O’Connell on model safety, roadmap direction, and how they think about the

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Kevin Braine

sourced_title: Global Head of Research & Operations, Compliance Risks & Diligence

headline: Global Head, Kroll Integrity Due Diligence

about: I advise boards and assist General Counsels, Heads of Ethics and Chief Compliance Officers set up or enhance internal compliance programs and conduct due diligence on a wide range of third parties to identify, understand, and mitigate a range of regulatory and reputational risks - AML, corruption and bribery and modern slavery risks in particular.

position: Global Head of Integrity Due Diligence, Investigations Diligence & Compliance

company: Kroll

position: Regional Managing Director EMEA, Compliance Risk & Diligence

description:
Responsible for Kroll's Compliance Risk & Diligence business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa with oversight of the delivery of both our solutions and client relationships in the region.

Kroll's compliance and due diligence solutions include:

- A broad range of background screening and monitoring services, country risk reports and enhanced due diligence reports.
- The design, set-up, and implementation of compliance programs and policies; and
- The  Kroll Compliance Portal , a web-based

position: Board Trustee, Duff & Phelps Charitable Foundation

company: Duff & Phelps

description: The Duff & Phelps Charitable Foundation was established in 2018 to nurture innovative ideas, impact economic and social issues, and enable progress in underserved communities around the globe. With our employee-directed fund, Duff & Phelps colleagues work together to recommend grants and volunteerism to qualifying charitable organizations to assist them in achieving their ESG goals. Since its inception in 2018, the foundation has donated over USD 1.25 million to charities all over the world.

position: Director - Business Intelligence Services

company: Deloitte

description: Managed third party due diligence investigations for a range of corporate clients.

position: Director - Corporate Investigations - Western Europe

company: Control Risks

description: Led a business unit focussed on integrity due diligence, M&A and litigation support cases.

position: Senior Associate

company: The Risk Advisory Group

description: Managed complex investigations for corporate clients.

position: Project Director

company: Afa-Press

description: Produced investment guides and supervised advertising sales in a number of emerging and developed markets.

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Dasanj Aberdeen

publicIdentifier: dasanjaberdeen

sourced_title: Director of Artificial Intelligence and Innovation

headline: LinkedIn Top Voice | AI Product + Innovation Leader | Adjunct Professor | Interdisciplinary Value Creator | Speaker | Mentor + Coach | Endurance Runner

about:
I'm a Director with 10+ years of transformation experience in product management, agile project management, digital marketing and consulting to Fortune 100 companies in technology, media, and telecommunications, financial services, and healthcare. I lead teams to design, build and market products with artificial intelligence (AI), low-code, Internet of Things (IoT), and cloud to deliver value and rich experiences to customers while driving business outcomes.

Representative experience:
• Led conversational AI product development with 4.6/5 customer satisfaction & $100M+ in savings.
• Product leader for the low-code build of the first collaboration platform for 17K+ employees.
• Developed IoT product strategy and roadmap to scale subscriber base over one million.
• Led cloud-based CRM implementation and launch, improving the experience for 30M customers.
• Developed high-performers, successfully championed promotion cases, and fostered inclusive team environments with cross-functional team leadership as a people-first people leader, mentor and coach.
• Gleaned insights from data analytics to optimize network integrity, technician effectiveness and product KPIs.
• Written communication, speaking and visual content creation to drive business development, secure product funding, generate product awareness, teach learners, create conversation, and build community.

I'm an immigrant from the Caribbean, a global citizen, and a modern polymath. I enjoy art, reading, writing, photography, travel, French, health and wellness activities, nature, and interdisciplinary learning.

I mentor, coach and use technology to democratize knowledge and promote inclusion. I believe we can improve the human experience and make the world more equitable for all with technology.

Certifications:

company: KPMG

description: Own the development lifecycle and innovation of a patent-pending generative AI product to drive global customer adoption and business growth.

position: Director of Content Strategy

description:
Technology Content Lead, driving content strategy, thought leadership roadmap, market research, and marketing activation approaches for data and analytics, AI, including generative AI, and cloud.

Advisory Insights enables KPMG's Advisory business to achieve greater market success with thought leadership and strategic insights.

See more here: https://advisory-marketing.us.kpmg.com/speed/index.html

position: Director of Product Management

description:
Consulting | Technology and Innovation

I help clients shape the future of their business with new products, services and business models to accelerate digital transformation, improve customer experience, and create value.

• Lead globally distributed, cross-functional design, product, engineering and QA teams through product discovery, strategy, design, development, launch, and management
• Develop agile operating models that accelerate enterprise agility, innovation, & product delivery
• Pr

position: Asset Management Auditor

description: Audit services for asset management clients including investment management companies and advisors, mutual funds and private equity firms.

position: Adjunct Professor

company: Temple University College of Engineering

description: I teach Design Thinking to graduate students at Temple University's College of Engineering, Engineering, Technology, and Management Department, empowering the next generation of well-rounded, business savvy engineers.

position: Graduate Student - Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship (IME)

company: Fox School of Business and Management - Temple University

description: I learned how to manage the strategic and tactical challenges of innovation in existing companies and new entrepreneurial ventures in today's rapidly changing landscape. The IME program is jointly delivered by Temple University’s Fox School of Business and College of Engineering.

position: Pennvention Innovation Competition - Mentor and Judge

company: University of Pennsylvania

description: I mentored teams to develop product-market fit with dedicated resources for over $20,000 in cash and development prizes. Pennvention is a tech innovation competition, hosted by the Weiss Tech House at the University of Pennsylvania.

position: Pro-bono Consultant

company: PennPAC (Pro bono Alumni Consulting)

description: I provided pro-bono project-based consulting services to non-profits with fellow Penn alumni via PennPAC. Projects provided tangible deliverables and actionable recommendations to each client.

content:
“Automation. Efficiency. Productivity.”

Organizations are chasing these words as the holy grail of AI adoption.
But the human element is missing.

What about the people?

People are feeling left out and reacting.

In my experience, you can’t deploy AI tools and expect instant transformation.
Adoption will stall. Teams will resist. Value will be patchy.

That’s because great products are built wit

content:
Working hard is not enough anymore.

I’ve seen this belief hold back so many talented people I mentor.

◾ You’re capable.
◾ You’re experienced.
◾ You do the work.
◾ You solve real problems.
◾ You contribute innovative ideas.
◾ You build products that create value for customers.

Yet, the opportunities, recognition, and visibility go to someone else.

For years, you’re taught: “Your work will spea

content:
Most people are addicted to collecting skills.

They take $9000 bootcamp courses, earn certifications, read books, and build expertise in different areas.

Yes, that matters.

But skills collection alone doesn't automatically create impact.

From my experience, the real advantage comes from integration.

Integration lets you connect knowledge from different areas and turn it into something usef

content:
Women’s History Month is coming to a close, and I’m thinking about this:

Progress is more than being present in the room.
It’s being heard, being valued, and being empowered to lead in a world that is changing faster than ever.

With AI, women are navigating disruption, pivots, and reinvention. At the same time, women continue to face real challenges in business and tech:

◾ Underrepresentation i

content:
A list of skills doesn't communicate your value.

I’ve seen high performers use a long list of skills to show what they’ve done. They list data analysis, product management, project management, marketing, leadership, and communication skills on their resume and LinkedIn.

Their knowledge and experience are real, but they tell the story in isolation.

In my experience, you create outsized results

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Charlotte Sobolewski

publicIdentifier: charlotte-sobolewski

headline: Board Member | Entrepreneur | Artificial Intelligence Leader

about:
With over 20 years of experience in consulting, strategy, and digital transformation, I am a Partner and Transformation Leader at EY, where I help clients achieve their business goals through innovative and integrated solutions leveraging AI and advanced technologies. I have established new revenue streams, built a pipeline of over $60M, and delivered and scaled new products to market, positioning Canada as a global delivery leader.

As a trusted advisor and partner, I collaborate with executive leaders across multiple competencies and industries, leveraging my expertise in agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies, diverse technology, systems, and processes, and human-centered design. I am passionate about optimizing business performance, driving bold transformative change, and empowering cross-functional teams and diverse stakeholder20

position: Artificial Intelligence Leader, Consumer Products and Retail

company: EY

position: Associate Partner, Business Consulting | Digital Transformation Leader

description:
• Established new revenue streams, resulting in a multi-million dollar relationship with recurring revenue
• Built a pipeline of ~$57Mn CAD, collaborating with executive leaders across 5 competencies
• Delivered and scaled new products to market, establishing Canada as global delivery leader
• Delivered complex digital transformation for financial services organizations, with hands-on experience using agile, waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies.
• People Leader for Business Transformat

position: Marketbox Affiliate - Solution for the Fitness, Health, and Wellness Industry

company: MarketBox

description:
MarketBox is a cloud based sales, scheduling and e-commerce platform, helping fitness, health, and wellness business owners simplify and grow their businesses.  On desktop or mobile, MarketBox manages a trainer or fitness club's back-office, and allows them to operate multiple revenue streams, providing flexibility to deliver services at client's homes, in the park, or at an independent location with the click of a button.

As an affiliate to bring the MarketBox solution to market in the fitne

position: North America Lead

company: Element AI

description:
As the Head of North America for Element AI I orchestrated the people advisory service line, and organized client offerings from project inception to final delivery. I drafted the People Dimension for a new AI Maturity Framework, including the critical path for advanced adoption requirements, and guided the company through four periods of growth.

Some key achievements in this role include:

• Promoted from Builder of Advisory Services to the Head of North America within 18 months, currently ac

position: B Element (Co-founder)

company: The B Element Org

description:
B Element was a learning platform to help dedicated fitness and wellness professionals learn the necessary business skills to thrive in today's world. Business DNA was created, composed of a series of 36 modules to help leaders and practitioners excel in their careers.

What started as an idea launched into an initiative and formalized company (www.belement.org). Resigned as the co-founder and sold shares in the company, as it moves into its next period of growth.

position: Digital Human Capital Lead and Future of Work Sprint Co-Lead

company: Deloitte Digital

description:
With Deloitte Digital I led the digital capability expansion across seven human capital service lines in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) to train practitioners and ensure fluency in digital DNA and transformation. I also created a beta activation pipeline and oversaw the activation process by managing client interactions and collaborating with cross-functional and global teams.

Some key achievements in this role include:

• Promoted from Digital Management Consultant to Digital Human Capital Le

position: Senior Manager, Digital Services

company: TD

description:
With this company I spearheaded an elevated digital employee platform to create efficiencies in day-to-day work output for over 90,000  Canada and US employees.

Some key achievements in this role include:

• Successfully managed two external consulting assignments valued at $300K.

• Transformed the online user experience for over 90,000 employees across North America through the successful implementation of a human resource intranet workstream project.

content:
Proud to celebrate the communities across Canada that are making physical activity more accessible, inclusive, and enjoyable for everyone!

Congratulations to Québec City on being named Canada's Most Active Community for 2026, and to all provincial and territorial winners. Behind every recognition are volunteers, community leaders, schools, organizations, and residents who are creating opportuniti

content:
When was the last time someone asked you a question that made you feel truly seen?

Last night, I attended Jess Janz’s book launch for “The Table Where We Meet: Lessons Learned from Dinner With 1,000 Strangers” and I left thinking about a dinner I almost didn’t attend.

On June 7, 2024, I walked into a Dinner with Strangers event knowing no one.

No networking agenda.
No expectations.
Just an ope

content:
Canada’s ParticipACTION Community Challenge presented by Novo Nordisk  is entering its final days, and communities across the country are stepping up to become Canada’s Most Active Community.

Congratulations to the current leaders and to the more than 2.5 million Canadians already participating and building healthier, more connected communities through physical activity!

The national winning com

content:
I am excited to share I recently joined the GoodLife Kids Foundation Board of Directors!

GLKF is focused on enabling and supporting kids and youth with autism and intellectual disabilities through physical activity and fitness, through the MOVE by GoodLife Kids Program.

I’m looking forward to collaborating with my fellow board members and the GLKF leadership team to support its continued growth

content:
Happy July 1 from Poland! 🇵🇱

This year, celebrating Canada Day feels a little different.

I’m currently in Poland with family and recently spent time in Kraków retracing parts of my family’s history and trying to better understand what life looked like during the occupation of Poland in World War II.

Growing up, I heard stories from my Dziadzia and my Babcia around kitchen tables and family gat

evidence_experience: "I help clients achieve their business goals through innovative and integrated solutions leveraging AI and advanced technologies" and "Built a pipeline of ~$57Mn CAD, collaborating with executive leaders across 5 competencies"

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Michael Hayes

sourced_title: Director of Artificial Intelligence (full-time embedded role)

internal_vs_external: unclear

evidence_experience: None provided - no About or Experience text available.

resolved_account_name: Grant Thornton (US)


Ben Jones

sourced_title: Global Head of Digital Strategy & Experience

headline: Partner @ PA | StoryTeller | Chief Innovation & Product Officer | Digital Transformation | AI & Machine Learning | Future Vision & Disruption

about:
Ultimately, I’m a story teller. That’s what really matters and I’m good at it. I am a creativity-led innovation leader who uses AI to turn imagination into execution at scale. My strength is not incremental improvement or technology for its own sake, but the ability to reframe problems others accept as fixed and to design bold, human-centred futures that organisations can actually deliver.

I combine deep creative instinct and the power of storytelling with exceptional AI literacy, enabling teams to move beyond innovation theatre and into real transformation: new products, new operating models, and new ways of working that feel radically different because they are. I’m most effective where ambition is high and clarity is low, helping boards and executives cut through legacy thinking, unlock original ideas, and embed AI as a creative force inside the organisation.

company: PA Consulting

description: Leading everything digital everything strategy and everything experience. Helping clients understand the future, create a path toward it and execute/ co create  game changing solutions that impact humanity.. Bringing together the perfect mix of human insights, scientific breakthroughs and all inspired, infused and informed with most innovative tools that artificial intelligence offers. And;  if they don’t exist, we build them..

position: Partner - AI Champion & Future Vision

description:
Leading Future Vision & Innovation initiatives, helping organizations define bold, long-term strategies that shape industries and drive transformation. I work with C-level executives to create breakthrough innovation roadmaps, product strategies, and AI-led initiatives that position businesses ahead of disruption.

Key Contributions:

AI & Emerging Tech: Driving AI-powered transformation as PA Consulting’s GTM AI Champion, helping organizations integrate AI into business models and operations.

position: Advisor - Non Exec

company: Fanalysis

description: The future football fan engagement.

company: Mettle

description: Mental wellness for Men: Mettle is a early stage startup redefining and solving the taboo or Mens Mental Health.

company: The Jamie Oliver Group

description:
As the Non-Executive Director, I advise Jamie Oliver and the Jamie Oliver Group’s Board on planning and implementing digital transformation initiatives to transform the company’s customer engagements from analogue to digital, reaching new audiences in relevant channels.

My efforts on this front have helped me boost Net Promoter Scores (NPS) to at least 70 and Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) to over 97%.

position: Chief Product Officer

company: FitXR

description:
My accomplishments in this role include:

•	Defined the three-year vision for the VR/MR-focused business, achieving 2x user membership conversion within 6 months.
•	Restructured the Engineering, Design and Product functions into high-performing cross-functional (XFN) teams to accomplish the organisation’s Outcomes and Key Results (OKRs).

position: Chief Product Officer | AI & NLP Leader

description:
Scaled Deep Tech from Vision to $700M Valuation: Led product vision, strategy, and execution at Primer.ai, a pioneer in AI, NLP, and NLU solutions for government and enterprise clients. Spearheaded the development of a platform and suite of products that applied advanced AI/ML techniques to unlock value from unstructured data — redefining how humans interact with machines through natural language.

Key Achievements:

Raised $110M Series C funding at a $700M post-money valuation, fueling growth a

position: Founder

company: Bull 1n a Ch1na Sh0p

description:
Built Bull in a China Shop to prepare FTSE 100 companies for the future, defining bold 7-year visions and shaping disruptive value propositions. Led teams using radical candour and unfiltered truth, applying disruption theory to challenge norms, refine what exists, and create industry-defining futures.

Notable Clients & Impact:

Comcast – Project X | Shaped the future of Xfinity (7 years ahead).

Shell – Project Reach | Redefined the future of energy.

Zegna – A Virtual World | Merged physical

content: Having worked in the agency space for many years, I've often encountered claims like, "Oh, we came up with that" or "We built that," especially regarding anything related to Nike. I was fortunate to be a significant part of their digital journey from the beginning while at AKQA. We had the opportunity to work on an activation for the FuelBand, which was,  and still is, a beautiful product. However

content: I can’t agree with this more Scott Galloway ’s what I love most about my career. I learnt from the best ajaz ahmed  Daniel Bonner James Hilton . The story matters more. You can have a great product but without the words to go with it….. ? Hmmm.

content:
I have first hand experience with Ciaran, and if there’s one thing I can say for certain; you won’t regret speaking with him. Worst case I’m wrong but t’s a free master class so if it cost you nothing …. So what’s not to like?
So give him a shout because he’s, one a lovely person and two, without doubt he’ll be able to help you

content: Your strategic plan was outdated the day it was approved. We built something different at PA Consulting – Live Strategy. AI agents monitor your world 24/7, synthetic personas show you what customers actually want, and vibe-coded prototypes let you test strategy before committing millions. It's built. It's real. And it changes everything about how fast (IF) you can adapt. It powers Human Wisdom wit

evidence_experience: "I work with C-level executives to create breakthrough innovation roadmaps, product strategies, and AI-led initiatives that position businesses ahead of disruption" - all external client-facing work, no internal function ownership described.

resolved_account_name: PA Consulting


Anas Harnouch

publicIdentifier: anas-harnouch

sourced_title: Head of Data Governance

headline: Data Governance & Strategy @ PwC | From metric chaos to trusted data for decisions and AI

about:
Most organizations don’t have a data problem...
They have a numbers problem...
 - Too many dashboards.
 - Too many KPIs.
 - Too many versions of the truth.
 - Not enough decisions.

I help large organizations get out of metric chaos by clarifying:
 - which numbers really matter
 - who owns them
 - how they are used to make decisions

Currently leading Data Governance at PwC France & Maghreb, I work hands-on with business and data teams to turn BI, reporting and data initiatives into trusted, decision-ready data products.

My work focuses on:
 - stabilizing critical metrics and KPIs
 - restoring trust in dashboards and reports
 - clarifying ownership and decision rights
 - preparing data foundations for real AI use cases

Experience across large organizations including PwC, Wavestone, Stellantis, Renault Group, Sephora, Enedis and La Poste.

No buzzwords...
No slide-only strategies..
Just data people can actually decide with!

position: Head of Data Governance

company: PwC France

position: Chef de Projet Senior - Chief Data Office

position: Membre

company: DAMA France

position: Head of Data Management

company: PwC

description:
Team leadership: Managing a team of 6 across France and Tunisia (offshore), setting objectives, coaching, skills development and performance management. Full budget ownership including forecasting, spend tracking and allocation decisions.

Data strategy & roadmap: Defining and executing the data governance roadmap in alignment with IT and business leadership, prioritizing initiatives based on business value, risk and regulatory constraints.

Governance framework: Designing and deploying the ente

position: Project Manager

description:
Customer data delivery: Managing a data quality project for the Commercial and Marketing leadership, from scoping through production (source mapping, quality rules, testing, deployment).

Platform rationalization: Auditing the existing BI ecosystem, identifying inconsistencies across source systems and reporting layers, delivering consolidation recommendations.

Standards & lifecycle: Drafting retention policies, lifecycle management standards and reference documentation adopted across the data

position: Consultant - Digital Customer

company: Wavestone

position: Consultant - IT & Data Architecture

position: Product Owner

description:
AI product ownership: Functionally leading a Computer Vision product (drone photography analysis for network inspection), owning the backlog, coordinating with data science and engineering teams, running acceptance testing.

AI use case evaluation: Assessing and prototyping AI/ML use cases within the enterprise Data Factory, defining scalability criteria and presenting go/no-go recommendations to business sponsors.

content:
Most companies preparing for AI agents are still building content review processes.
Hallucination checklists, output validators, human sign off on what the model says.

Wrong problem.

A chatbot's worst outcome is a bad sentence. An agent's worst outcome is a bad action: a wrong approval, a wrong record update, a wrong system call, executed and gone before anyone reviews it.

The governance quest

content:
Your dashboard is lying to you, and it has a certificate of accuracy to prove it...

Nobody sets out to make a decision on bad data.

It happens one undefined "correct," one unassigned owner, one skipped check at a time, until the number everyone trusts is just a guess with good formatting.

Then AI learns from that same data and scales the guess faster than any human ever could.

Fix ownership

content:
Monday Data Fun :
Ask ten LinkedIn "experts" what an AI agent is and you'll get ten different slide decks. Zero definitions.

Here's mine: a system that plans, acts, and uses tools without a human approving every step. That's it.

The buzzword is easy. Governing it isn't.

#AgenticAI #AIGovernance #DataGovernance #CDO #DataLeadership

content:
Monday Data Fun:
"98% data quality" means nothing until you ask what was measured and against what scope.

Most quality scores are built on a handful of critical fields, not the full dataset, and the gap only shows up when someone actually asks.

Next time a number like that hits a steering committee, ask for the denominator before you ask for the celebration.

#DataGovernance #DataQuality #CDO #D

content:
A producer renamed one field. No warning, no version bump.

Three dashboards broke overnight. The on-call engineer spent his Saturday tracing a "why is revenue zero" alert back to a silent schema change nobody flagged.

This is the default state of most data pipelines. Producers ship changes, consumers find out when something breaks.

A Data Contract flips that order. Schema, quality thresholds, a

evidence_experience: "Team leadership: Managing a team of 6 across France and Tunisia... Governance framework: Designing and deploying the enterprise governance operating model (policies, ownership structures, stewardship, decision rights...)" - this is PwC's own internal data governance function, not a client-sold service.

resolved_account_name: PwC France


Marc Ziegler

publicIdentifier: marcziegler

sourced_title: Senior Partner | Global Head Digital Transformation

headline: Senior Partner at Porsche Consulting | Digital Transformation

about:
Experiences:
- Top-management consulting in Healthcare (MedTech & Pharma), Industrial Goods, Automotive, TMT and service sector(24 years)
- Business development & marketing of digital media sector in North Rhine-Westphalia (3 years)
- Thought leadership in digital business across industries:
Digital transformation, Industrial Internet of Things (Industry 4.0), data-driven services, ecosystem play, digital operating model, AI-Transformation , B2B Commerce, digital media, digital technologies
- Vast experiences in (digital) strategy development, digital business modeling, digital product management, ecosystem & platform building, marketing & sales, operational excellence
- strong general management & entrepreneur skills
- regular speaker at industry & tech conferences/events
- author of 15 widely acclaimed whitepapers on digital transformation topics
- planning, organizing & hosting of international tech conferences ("ADVANCE", "The World after Advertising")

Goals:
- to holistically advance digital & AI transformation journeys cross industries
-  to support larger tech companies in advancing strategic & operational excellence
- to support our clients in coping with market dynamics (scaling and becoming profitable in digital markets)
- to constantly keep track with the technology dynamics and there impact on companies

Deep industry expertise: Industrial Goods & Services, MedTech, Pharma, Automotive, Media, Telco, IT, Service Industries

company: Porsche Consulting

position: Partner | Head of Digital Transformation Practice

position: Partner & Head of Digital Business

company: goetzpartners

description:
Management Consulting in the following industries: Industrials, Digital Media, Internet, Publishing, TV, Telecommunication, Software and all other industries that are highly affected by digital technologies ...
Focus on Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, Business Development, Product Development, Commercial Due Diligence, Go-to-Market, Restructuring, Performance Improvement,Trend Scouting and more ...

position: Senior Advisor

company: Senior Advisor

description: Management Consulting in Media, Internet, Telco and Software Industries (Digital Strategy, Business Development, Trend Scouting, Product Development, Coaching)

position: Geschäftsführer

company: Mediencluster NRW GmbH

description:
- regional development of North Rhine-Westphalia's media and internet industry
- all media segments with a specific focus on digital media (online, mobile, games)
- connecting companies
- organizer of digital media related events (conferences and round tables)
- Host & organizer of ADVANCE - International Web & Startup conference in Cologne
- Founder Coaching
- Financing Coaching (subsidies and VC)
- location marketing

position: Director

company: ConLead

description:
Operating Partner for Private Equity Companies:
- strategy
- sales/marketing

position: Managing Director and Founder

company: TIMElabs Management Consulting

description:
- Management Consulting for TMT-markets with a focus on digital media
- Technology foresights/predictions
- market studies
- Strategy, Process & Product Design

position: Managing Partner "Media & Online"

company: Detecon International GmbH

description:
Managing Partner der internationalen Media & Online Practice:
- Strategy Consulting (Growth & Consolidation)
- Business & Process Design
- Product Marketing
- Sales Consulting
- internationale studies on the future of web
- member of marketing council
- regularly speaker on international media & web conferences

content:
My biggest takeaway from the AI Impact Award:
AI transformations don’t fail because of technology. They fail because leaders avoid hard choices, especially around change. Winners instead:

✅ Didn’t run more pilots. They stopped more of them.
✅ They funded AI only where business impact was explicit.
✅ They accepted “good enough” data to move fast.
✅ They put accountability into the business — not i

content:
Something felt fundamentally different at health.tech | global summit. in Basel last week.

For years, healthcare conferences have been full of bold statements about AI, data, and digital transformation. This time, the tone had changed. The conversation is no longer about potential. It is about execution.

Across discussions with pharma executives, founders, investors, and tech leaders at the Heal

content:
Very important topic, my colleague Dr. Roman Hipp is touching upon. In order to accelerate AI adoption and reap the benefits from automating workflows across functions, pharma companies need to:

✅ Run AI like a business, not a lab. Success demands robust data quality, governance, security, and talent.

✅ Create a repeatable, governed, and business-linked data operating model that turns data into

content:
Aufruf an mein Netzwerk: Wer setzt KI erfolgreich in der Praxis ein?
Viele Unternehmen erzielen bereits heute ergebniswirksame Erfolge durch den gezielten Einsatz von KI und schaffen echten Mehrwert für Kunden, Mitarbeitende und ihre Organisation.

Um genau diese Erfolgsgeschichten sichtbar zu machen, starten @manager magazin und Porsche Consulting die zweite Runde des AI Impact Awards.
Gesucht we

evidence_experience: "to support our clients in coping with market dynamics (scaling and becoming profitable in digital markets)" and "Top-management consulting in Healthcare (MedTech & Pharma), Industrial Goods, Automotive, TMT and service sector" - entire career is client-facing strategy/digital transformation consulting delivered to external clients.

resolved_account_name: Porsche Consulting


Antoine Nasr

sourced_title: Strategy and Transformation Leader, Middle East - Senior Managing Director

headline: Head of Middle East - Senior Managing Director

about: Specialties: Restructuring and Transformation, Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Corporate Finance, Private Equity, Center of Government Advisory

position: Head of Middle East

company: FTI Consulting

company: Kearney

position: Principal

company: Booz & Company

position: Associate

company: Booz Allen Hamilton

company: Credit Suisse

description: Internship

position: Consultant

company: Oracle

content: We’re proud to share that FTI Consulting has been recognised in Vault Consulting’s Top 25 EMEA list, ranking #8 overall as one of the Top 10 best consulting firm to work for in the region. This achievement reflects our commitment to fostering a culture where our people feel supported both personally and professionally, and to creating a collaborative environment where they can grow, develop and ma

content:
I am pleased to share that FTI Consulting has strengthened its Strategy & Transformation practice in the Middle East with the appointment of Aurélien Vincent as a Senior Managing Director.

Aurélien will enhance our financial services capabilities across the region, supporting clients in banking, capital markets, asset management and fintech, as well as financial regulators and public institution

content:
I am pleased to share that FTI Consulting has expanded its Strategy & Transformation practice in the Middle East with the launch of a dedicated Healthcare and Life Sciences Advisory capability.
We are delighted to welcome Oussama Nicolas and Tara Makarem as Senior Managing Directors, co-leading this new offering and supporting public and private-sector clients across the Middle East.

Under their

content:
Glad to share the launch of “Silent Systems, Loud Burden”,  a new report by FTI Consulting in collaboration with the FII Institute.

The report explores whether countries are truly prepared to prevent future health burdens and lays the groundwork for the development of a forthcoming Preventive Health Readiness Index.

This Knowledge Partnership brings together FTI's healthcare expertise and FII In

content:
It was a privilege to represent FTI Consulting at the World Governments Summit in Dubai for the launch of our joint report, Creative Futures: The Springboard for Sustained Economic Growth and Diversification.

For the third consecutive year, we are proud to partner with WGS on meaningful thought leadership that supports governments in shaping resilient, future-ready economies. This collaboration r

primary_strip: A

evidence_experience: Public Sector Practice Lead, EMEA - Senior Managing Director; Senior Partner and Government Practice Leader @ Kearney - all client-facing practice leadership roles focused on serving government/public sector clients, no mention of internal knowledge, IP-reuse or AI-on-knowledge-base function ownership.

resolved_account_name: FTI Consulting


Vlad Anichkin

sourced_title: Partner - Head of AI & Transformation


Marko Ruusinen

publicIdentifier: markoruusinen

sourced_title: Practice Lead, HCLS

headline: ServiceNow, Customer & Industry, HCLS, Experience Management, ITXM, XLA

about:
With over 27 years of experience spanning the full IT lifecycle, I am a seasoned technology leader specializing in strategic transformation and innovation.

Currently serving as Practice Lead for Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) within Cognizant’s ServiceNow Business Group (SNBG), I focus on delivering impactful solutions in Customer Service Management (CSM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) on the ServiceNow platform.

My career is built on a foundation of deep technical and business expertise.

position: Practice Lead, HCLS

company: Cognizant

position: Senior Advisor and founder

company: Experience Fellows Inc.

description:
Experience as a service is for organizations that think people matter.

We offer services to run your experience management program; tool, communication, and data expertise.

position: Principal Consultant

company: Thirdera

description:
Thirdera Digital - Elevating the User Experience

Thirdera got acquired by Cognizant

position: Business development

company: Trust Lab

description:
Founded in 2019, we provide Trust & Safety Industry Solutions with US, Europe, and Asia offices.

Solutions include bad content and actor detection, safety measurement, testing, and benchmarking.

Our team has deep T&S domain expertise in engineering, product, data science policy, and operations.

position: Country Manager, Americas and angel investor

company: HappySignals Ltd

description:
HappySignals helps organizations to save employee time and increase productivity. We help our customers improve performance of their internal services by shifting the focus to experience management through employee happiness and lost work time.

Using our quick-to-answer, ready-made surveys, our solution generates response rates far above the industry averages. With vast amount of feedback data HappySignals helps its customers to identify and prioritize areas for development and highlights busin

position: Partner and co-founder

company: Softico Oy

description:
Need to make sure your systems talk properly to each others? Let us help.

Softico provides professional Integration and Service Management Services. Our consultants are all senior level who are used to work with customers to deliver on-time on-budget.

No need to pay our invoice if you're not happy with the result.

position: Founder Series Co-Chair

company: VLAB

description:
VLAB is a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors and technologists to enable them to effectively grow high-tech ventures amidst dynamic market risks and challenges.

Established in November 1990, VLAB has been a premier forum in Silicon Valley for 25 years.

Past panel participants have included CEOs and senior level executives from companies such as Yahoo!, Tesla Motors, Siri, Google, Tellme, Mint,

position: Vice-chairperson and Member of the Board

company: Savon Luppo ry

description: Organizing travel activities to northern Finland / Lapland.  http://www.visitfinland.com/lapland/

evidence_experience: "I focus on delivering impactful solutions in Customer Service Management (CSM) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) on the ServiceNow platform" - all prior roles are founder/exec positions at vendors selling ITSM/experience management products to external customers, not internal knowledge/IP-reuse ownership.

resolved_account_name: Cognizant Consulting France


Jon G Shende

publicIdentifier: jonshende

sourced_title: SD,AmericasHead -Digital Engineering & Security|IAM|ML|AWS|Program CISO

headline: CTO| Global Technology Executive | AI, Data, Cloud & Cybersecurity | Product & Platform Strategy | Enterprise Transformation EY|Savvis Technology|Cognizant|Thales

about:
For 16+ years , I have led enterprises through successive waves of technology change, from infrastructure, cloud, and large-scale operations to cybersecurity, data security, cryptography, and now AI.

I began as an engineer and architect, designing and operating complex enterprise environments. As my career progressed, my responsibilities expanded into executive leadership across global multi year digital transformation, technology strategy, security functions leading to CISO responsibilities, product and portfolio management, go-to-market, business growth, and executive advisory.

In the last 15 years I’ve led global organizations leading teams of up to 1,800 professionals, managed technology and transformation portfolios from $5M to $100+ million, and carried accountability for complex, regulated environments spanning Savvis, AWS, Azure and now Google  cloud platforms, global data centers, hundreds of applications, and tens of thousands of users.

The consistent thread has been building an operating models that allow enterprises to adopt and scale technology whilst aligning engineering, operations, security, governance, investment, and measurable business outcomes.

That perspective shapes how I approach AI today, after 8 years of working on Machine Learning to LLMs and in the last 2 years AI.

AI today, intersects with data, identity, applications, infrastructure, models, agents, cryptography, policy, and runtime operations. My work focuses on understanding not only where AI exists, but how it behaves, what it can access, which authority it operates under, how policy is enforced, and whether the organization can demonstrate that observed execution remained within approved boundaries.

Leveraging my past experiences spanning cloud, SRE, cybersecurity, data protection,

position: Chief Technology Officer

company: Thales Cybersecurity Products

description:
DataSec.. PQC, AI Fabric Committee, Patent (IP) Committee, hands on engineering architecture
-Partnered to shape Thales’ AI Security Fabric collaborative into a unified enterprise security narrative.
-Led strategy and architecture thinking for securing AI end to end, spanning discovery, sensitive data exposure, policy enforcement, runtime control, governance, evidence and assurance.
-Lead AI discovery concepts to identify shadow AI, model interactions, data exposure paths, and high-risk executi

position: Exec Advisory Board

company: ForenSec Global Inc

position: CISO-vCTO LLM| AWS -Azure Cloud Sec| Machine Learning

description:
Led strategic initiatives for global client companies w/revenues or assets from $5B to over $34B in multi-year contracts as vCTO or vCISO, managing SOC,ZTNA, SASE, AWS/Azure, Security/Access/Privacy for LLM.Delivered transformative outcomes in security eng & digital modernization

𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅 & 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
Security engineering & AWS/Azure transformation programs, ensuring scalable/compliant infrastructures with integrated IAM & Security
𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐓𝐎
𝐀𝐖𝐒: IAM,Cl

position: SASE IAM, LLM Risk Platform Co-Designer

description: Owned product design, build, testing and customer deployment

position: vCTO AWS and Azure, Machine Learning, customer vCISO

description:
ForenSec contract with Global $5B corporation vCISO, SaaS transformation,legacy on premise system.
Generative AI,Artificial Intelligence Security, P&L - MyVayda Identity Risk Platform and Cost Analytics design and creation owner
Digital transformation migrating systems, apps to the cloud, microservices project with edge to cloud security . AWS/Azure/GCP Security SME
Built Machine Leaning framework integrated Machine Learning for analysing structured and unstructured data, training models and pre

position: Member

company: InfraGard

position: Global Vice President Ops (Google), TVM,IR,AI/ML

company: Sutherland

description:
-Retired current SOC,build transition plan, led onboarding & transformation to a modern SOC in partnership with Google Security during 12-15 hour work days over 1st 4 months
-created & documented best practices, log analysis, retention, AI/ML automation process plan, data analysis, log integration across systems to go live
-Improved Incident Management process globally, adding alignment with industry regulations and standards and lead critical non technical investigations across verticals.
-Crea

position: Chief Information Security Officer

company: SaaS Company - providing Cloud product services

description: CISO - developing operational plan, budget, cost optimization, vendor management, product security, risk and cybersecurity/SOC planning and Ransomware response strategy

content:
Most AI discussions focus on model capability, but, what happens when three different policy layers meet inside the same enterprise:

-What the provider permits.
-What the enterprise authorizes.
-What regulation requires.
Does these decisions always align? Maybe not...

An AI provider may block activity our security team has formally approved, or allow something our own policies prohibit because o

content:
"U.S. launches AI-driven vulnerability coordination for critical infrastructure
Fact: The White House announced the Gold Eagle Initiative, bringing frontier-model developers, technology vendors and critical-infrastructure operators together to share vulnerabilities discovered by advanced AI and coordinate remediation. Participating sectors include finance, healthcare and energy, with federal invol

content:
Arambh Labs you are too kind, it’s always an honour to chat with Neha Garg  on all this around agents of security for #AI

You should invite Pradnya (Global CISO) on next time as well as Shambhulingayya (Global Senior Cybersecurity Executive & Expert). Two stellar experts on all things cybersecurity

content:
Anthropic ‘s Deputy CISO, Jason Clinton wrote an article on agentic AI risk and it’s worth the read time, if you’re building an approval process for agents right now.

The core argument is zero risk isn’t the job. A CISO who blocks every agentic use case gets shadow adoption with no telemetry and no off switch. A CISO who approves without controls gets an incident that can set the AI program back.

content:
AI token spend is becoming an engineering control problem, not just a budget line.
Coding agents, retrieval, tool calls, retries, and long-context workflows can turn one developer request into dozens of model interactions. Per-user limits and monthly budgets may show who spent the money, but they do not stop a runaway workflow or prove the spend produced value.
In this article, I set out aN operat

evidence_experience: "Led strategic initiatives for global client companies w/revenues or assets from $5B to over $34B in multi-year contracts as vCTO or vCISO" and "Partnered to shape Thales' AI Security Fabric collaborative into a unified enterprise security narrative" - all product/service work sold externally or built for sale, not internal firm knowledge governance.


Cyril Colléatte

publicIdentifier: colleatte

sourced_title: Directeur conseil CIO Advisory

headline: CIO Advisory | Stratégie et transformation IT | DSI

position: Directeur conseil CIO Advisory

company: Onepoint

position: Enseignant vacataire - "Management des systèmes d'information" (MBA)

company: IAE Paris - Sorbonne Business School

position: Manager de transition

company: Avogadro

description: Management de transition (COO/CIO/CTO), réalisation de schéma directeur, assistance au choix de logiciels, pilotage de portefeuille de projets, démarche qualité.

position: CEO

company: Ecole O'clock

position: Enseignant vacataire - "transition numérique de l'Etat"

company: Sciences Po

position: Conseiller développement durable et numérique du ministre

company: Ministère de l'Éducation nationale et de la Jeunesse

position: Conseiller numérique du ministre

position: Directeur de la transformation des outils de gestion,

company: Malakoff Humanis

evidence_experience: "Conseil en stratégie SI et architecture d'entreprise : élaboration de schéma directeurs, accompagnement de fusions-acquisitions, définition de modèles opérationnels, pilotage de transformation." and "Management de transition (COO/CIO/CTO), réalisation de schéma directeur, assistance au choix de logiciels, pilotage de portefeuille de projets"

resolved_account_name: Onepoint


Una Fox

publicIdentifier: unafox

sourced_title: Firmwide Chief Data Officer

headline: Firmwide Chief Data Officer @ KPMG |

about:
As Firmwide Data Chief Data Officer at KPMG, I lead firmwide data strategy focused on building for needs in AI, agentic systems, and
next-generation data platforms into the firm's data ecosystem.

I have a proven track record of building data for AI and Analytics platforms and leveraging data as a multiplier to transform and scale dynamic and creative direct-to-consumer, and B2B businesses.

I am passionate about creating growth opportunities, enhancing direct-to-consumer businesses, and using technology as a strategic advantage. I have successfully led large-scale cross-company initiatives, founded and launched new businesses, and built and managed high-performing teams globally.

position: Firmwide Chief Data Officer

company: KPMG

position: Founding Member

company: CXO/RISE

position: Chief Global Data & Analytics Officer

company: Aristocrat

position: Board Member

company: NextGem

position: SVP, Analytics and Data Insights

company: MUFG

position: VP Digital Marketing & ECommerce - DTC

company: The Walt Disney Company

position: VP Enterprise Consumer & Marketing Analytics

position: VP, Consumer Retail & eCommerce

content: Exciting times!

content:
To everyone who has contacted me recently, thank you for the warm wishes. I wanted to share a quick update: I am officially one month into my role as Firmwide Chief Data Officer at KPMG.

This transition follows the close of an incredible 4.5 years at Aristocrat and I am so grateful for the wonderful learning journey and experience with my former colleagues there.

My first 30 days have been a fan

content: Great role available with a great leader!

evidence_experience: "I lead firmwide data strategy focused on building for needs in AI, agentic systems, and next-generation data platforms into the firm's data ecosystem."


Neema Uthappa

publicIdentifier: neemauthappa

sourced_title: Global CIO, Oliver Wyman Group

headline: Global CIO, Oliver Wyman & Marsh Management Consulting

about:
My mission is to leverage my expertise and experience to create value and impact for the organization and community.
As a senior tech executive, I am recognized as a visionary and creative leader with a strong focus on AI strategy, change management, and P&L management, driving transformative digital innovation and enterprise growth on a global scale. I bring extensive experience as a Global CIO, leading digital transformation, AI strategy, data analytics, cloud modernization, human capital initiatives, and enterprise innovation across Fortune 500 organizations worldwide. My leadership consistently delivers measurable outcomes, including reducing operational costs by up to 30%, forecasting revenues exceeding $14 billion, and managing large, diverse teams across multiple continents.
I specialize in orchestrating large-scale enterprise transformations and building next-generation AI strategies and ecosystems that align business objectives with cutting-edge technology innovation to unlock sustainable growth. My expertise extends to vendor management and navigating complex mergers and acquisitions, ensuring seamless integration of technology, operations, and business value creation.
Currently, I serve as the Global CIO of Oliver Wyman Group. My career began as one of the first three executive women officers in the Indian Navy, where I contributed to establishing intelligent building systems. I have held key leadership roles at American Express, McKesson Corporation, and McKinsey & Company, where I led next-generation data and finance transformations that earned my team the ‘Way We Work’ award. I am also an inventor, having created a card product at American Express that earned me the Platinum Genius Medal, and I hold multiple patents for my innovative work.
I am passionate

company: One Family, Inc.

description:
Economic Empowerment-Preventing family homelessness through advocacy.
education and innovation.

company: Oliver Wyman

description:
Lead the global technology strategy, governance, and transformation initiatives supporting employees across 60+ offices worldwide.
Spearhead enterprise-wide AI modernization, finance transformation, cloud migration, and data platform consolidation efforts.
Strengthen cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management frameworks while establishing robust global operational continuity systems.
Optimize vendor strategies and oversee multi-year technology investments, achieving multimillion-dollar savings

position: Head Of Engineering for Cloud Data Analytics & AI

company: McKinsey & Company

description:
•	Envisioned a global strategy and executed a 7-pillar enterprise AI & data strategy, reducing IT operational costs by 30%+ while improving platform scalability and reliability.
•	Led McKinsey’s global transition to cloud-native architecture, modernizing financials (Oracle → SAP), HR platforms (People Central), and core data ecosystems.
•	Co-Led McKinsey’s GenAI strategy, deploying enterprise-wide use cases and embedding AI into consulting operations.
•	Directed engineering teams across 140+ off

position: Global Director of Automation, AI & Platform Engineering

company: McKesson

description:
Led the Automation, AI, Platform Engineering and Innovation Labs at McKesson Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ. Formed strategic partnerships with tech giants like Apple and Google, introduced cutting-edge solutions for last mile delivery, and played a pivotal role in addressing the opioid crisis with other companies such as IBM, Walmart
Pioneered introduction of smart glasses and AR/VR for training and error handling at Distribution Centers with a potential to save 220 million annual savings in a pha

position: CDO/Head of Enterprise Business Intelligence & Cloud,Data Analytics

company: Arizona Public Service - APS

description: Led the digital transformation of Arizona's largest utility provider, modernizing legacy systems and saving significant costs. Co-Lead the Customer care and billing modernization from Oracle on-prem to cloud, whilst building cloud platforms for IoT, Solar & electricity trading and optimization of assets, leading to a 15% reduction in IT operating expenses and improved resource allocation. Also resulted in 30% reduction in server hardware costs

position: Business, Finance & Application Leadership roles

company: American Express

description: Led key roles in various domains, including personalized card products that generated revenue upto 700 million, mobile products, Basel implementation/treasury, Joint Ventures & acquisitions, security and anti-financial-crime initiatives, revamping fraud, and privacy/risk management for card members/customers, where I introduced transformative strategies. Has the distinction and wholistic experience of working in all 3 wings of Amex-tech, business, and finance plus decommissioning some card produ

position: COO/General Manager,Strategy & Operations

company: Ramky Estates & Farms Ltd

description: One of India’s biggest civil engineering, construction, and industrial infrastructure companies, as their Chief Operations Officer role for real estate group, responsible for new product strategy ,execution, & launch ,IT operations management and ERP/infrastructure of the firm, managing all daily operations, network & IT for 15K employees across India, Malaysia, China, and Singapore, with  P&L responsibility.

position: Staff Officer, Operations & Infrastructure

company: Indian Navy

description: As one of the 1st three women Officers to be inducted into the Executive Branch /works of the Indian Navy, this was a Crucial decision-making role in strategizing for $1.9 billion in military assets, contributing to major military buildups, armament contracts/logistics, Nuclear Submarine planning, Asia’s largest Naval academy planning & implementation, earning accolades for operational leadership and project delivery

content: June is widely recognized as Father’s Day month, but it is also Men’s Mental Health Month -an important opportunity to shine a light on a topic that is often overlooked. Statistics continue to show that men are at higher risk of suicide and are less likely to seek support when they need it most. I had the pleasure of dining with Elijah Green Omar Cooper Jr Alex R. yesterday and was truly impressed

content: Hi All,If you're in the Boston area, please register and attend our event! Can’t make it in person? You can still support us by participating in our silent auction to help make this event a success.Register Here-https://lnkd.in/eeyDXrbE

content:
Partner with Me to Support One Family and Make a Difference-I’m proud to serve on the host committee for One Family’s 2026 Annual Celebration!
One Family partners with families across Massachusetts to prevent homelessness by supporting them in completing college degrees, increasing their income, and building long-term stability for their families. I’ve seen firsthand the impact this work has in ex

evidence_experience: "Lead the global technology strategy, governance, and transformation initiatives supporting employees across 60+ offices worldwide. Spearhead enterprise-wide AI modernization, finance transformation, cloud migration, and data platform consolidation efforts." Also prior role: "Co-Led McKinsey's GenAI strategy, deploying enterprise-wide use cases and embedding AI into consulting operations."

resolved_account_name: Oliver Wyman


Jean-Christophe LAISSY

publicIdentifier: jclaissy

sourced_title: Partner & Director - AI, Data & Digital Strategy

headline: Global Technology & AI Executive | CDIO | CAIO | CTO | AI & Data Monetisation (€1.5B) | Cloud Migration (€200M savings) | M&A Integration | Partner & Director at BCG

about:
I'm a global technology, digital and AI executive with 30+ years spent building and transforming enterprise technology for Fortune 500 and CAC 40 leaders as CDIO, CIO and CTO inside industry, and most recently as a Partner advising boards on AI and digital strategy.

What has always energised me is hands-on transformation: standing up the operating models, teams and platforms that turn technology into measurable business value.

A few milestones along the way:
• Architected a €1.5B data monetisation strategy, turning environmental data assets into high-margin recurring revenue
 • Led a full cloud exit ("#ZeroDatacenter"), making a major French listed group the largest to fully leave its data centres, c.€200M in savings
 • Built a cybersecurity business line from zero to €60M ARR in three years
 • Directed large-scale ERP/PLM convergence and post-merger IT carve-outs (incl. a €12B divestiture)
 • Managed a €920M budget and a 4,000-person organisation across 80 countries

Today my focus is on the next wave: responsible AI, GenAI and agentic operating models, sovereign cloud, and product-centric organisations, and on bringing that, alongside three decades of operational experience, back to the heart of a technology organisation where transformation actually happens.

Beyond my executive roles, I advise technology start-ups, chair the ISC Paris Endowment Fund, and founded The Tech Pioneers Club, a network of 200+ CIOs, CTOs and CDIOs.

Native French and Spanish, fluent English. Comfortable operating across cultures and geographies, a habit formed early, growing up between continents.

company: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

description:
I advise boards and C-suites of Fortune 500 and CAC 40 industrial leaders, across aerospace & defence, automotive, energy and logistics, on AI, data and enterprise-scale technology transformation.
• AI & GenAI value realisation: designed enterprise AI/GenAI strategies and agentic operating models driving 20–40% productivity gains across group-wide functions, with Responsible AI governance embedded throughout
 • IT cost & operating-model transformation: architected an €80M+/year efficiency progra

position: Group Management Committee Member — Global Chief Digital & Information Officer (CDIO)

company: Veolia

description:
I led the global Technology & Digital Business Unit of this €41B resource-management leader, a €920M budget and a 4,000-person organisation across 80 countries, including 60 autonomous CIOs in 50 markets, reporting to the COO.

• Data monetisation (€1.5B): architected Veolia's first global data monetisation strategy, generating €1.5B+ in high-margin incremental revenue within four years by commercialising environmental data assets
 • Industrial IoT & AI: launched AI/IoT platforms for smart water

position: Senior Vice-President & Global Chief Information Officer (CIO)

company: Alstom

description:
I led global technology and data strategy with a €320M budget and a 1,500-person team across 20 countries, driving operational efficiency and complex post-M&A technology integrations.

• ERP convergence (SAP, 120 sites): designed and deployed a unified SAP "Core Model" tailored by business unit (Power, Grid, Transport), standardising Finance, Procurement and Supply Chain for 40,000 users
 • Engineering modernisation (PLM): implemented a global converged Product Lifecycle Management platform for

position: Vice-President & Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

company: Thales

description:
I directed global technology innovation and product architecture for this €16.5B aerospace, space and defence leader, managing a €220M budget and 600 experts across 30 countries.

• Cybersecurity business line creation (€0 → €60M ARR): co-founded and built from scratch the Cyber Solutions Business Line, scaling it to €60M in Annual Recurring Revenue within three years and positioning Thales as a premier sovereign cybersecurity partner in the EU defence market
 • Architecture standardisation: st

position: Head of Global IT Infrastructure & Operations

company: Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi

description:
Led global IT infrastructure and operations for the world's #1 automotive alliance. €200M budget, 350 professionals, 20 countries.

Operational Turnaround : Reduced IT operational costs by 25% over three years. Slashed major incidents on critical applications from 61 (2006) to just 5 (2008), transforming service reliability across the Alliance.

Global Shared Services : Created 5 shared service centers (India, Russia, Brazil, Romania, Spain) with common ITIL processes, balancing central govern

position: Chief of Staff of the Group CIO

description:
Right hand to the Group CIO, coordinating strategic initiatives across the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Based 2 years in Tokyo to lead cross-cultural IT alignment with Nissan, a mission that was as much diplomatic as it was technological.

Strategic IT Sourcing : Led the cross-functional team that defined the worldwide IT sourcing strategy. 3 RFPs totalling €480M over three years, the largest IT deal in Europe in 2006.

Alliance Coordination : Managed the strategic relationship with Nissan's IT De

position: Program Director for Digital Working Environment

description:
Directed the Renault Group's employee Working Environment program. €20M budget, team of 40, designing and deploying the digital workplace that would later scale across the entire Alliance.

Global Digital Workplace Rollout : Deployed across 23 countries, 19 languages, 47,000 users, with 275 interfaces to SAP and Oracle ERP. Achieved 95% alignment with business requirements.

This program laid the foundation for the Alliance-wide digital workplace infrastructure that became a cornerstone of Ren

position: Head of Internet Technologies Department

company: ArcelorMittal

description:
Promoted to lead the Internet Technologies department, pioneering enterprise web applications at a time when most industrial groups were still in early digital experimentation.

Enterprise-Scale Deployment : Designed, built, and deployed a portfolio of 400 web applications for collaborative work and electronic data management, serving 70,000 internal users across the group.

This role was an early proving ground for what would become a career-long pattern: turning emerging technology into oper

content:
Le coût de l'#IA #cloud ne se résume pas au prix du #token !

Un sujet que beaucoup de dirigeants sous-estiment encore : la sélection d'une plateforme IA cloud n'est pas une décision d'achat, mais trois décisions liées, à savoir le choix du modèle, l'architecture du workload et le control-plane (gouvernance, orchestration et observabilité).

Ce qui ressort de l'analyse est frappant :
1/ Le token n

content:
En cherchant à comprendre l'émergence des #ForwardDeployedEngineers, j'ai progressivement réalisé que le véritable sujet n'était pas un nouveau métier, mais une nouvelle manière de créer de la valeur dans les entreprises.

L'#IA ne transforme pas seulement la #productivité individuelle, elle modifie surtout la manière dont les entreprises coordonnent les #compétences, les #connaissances, les #déci

content: View my verified achievement from Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

content:
Le passage à l'échelle est le principal point de blocage de l'#IA en entreprise. Multiplier les #pilotes ne suffit plus, l'objectif est l'industrialisation.

Trois priorités pour sécuriser le retour sur investissement :

- #Alignement : l'industrialisation exige de concilier trois impératifs : la vision du comité éxécutif, la stabilité de la direction informatique et l'agilité des équipes opératio

content:
Anticiper les mutations technologiques est obligatoire pour garantir la #résilience de l'entreprise. Les architectures informatiques entrent dans une phase de recomposition.

Quatre tendances à intégrer dans vos schémas directeurs :

- #Infrastructure : l'intelligence artificielle devient le substrat des réseaux et des systèmes, notamment pour le développement des véhicules définis par logiciel.

evidence_experience: "I advise boards and C-suites of Fortune 500 and CAC 40 industrial leaders, across aerospace & defence, automotive, energy and logistics, on AI, data and enterprise-scale technology transformation" - this is the current BCG role and is explicitly client delivery, not internal ownership at BCG. Prior CDIO/CIO/CTO roles were at client-side industrial companies (Veolia, Alstom, Thales), not at the consulting firm itself.

resolved_account_name: BCG GAMMA


Rainer M. Zierhofer

sourced_title: Partner, Head of Competence Center Digital Transformation & Information Technology

headline: Partner at Horváth | Trusted Advisor to Boards and Senior Executives on Technology, AI and Business Transformation

about:
I advise boards and senior executive teams on how to leverage technology, AI and large-scale transformation to drive measurable business value.

As a Partner at Horváth, I lead complex, technology-enabled transformation initiatives with a strong focus on financial services and other regulated industries. I support senior leadership teams in shaping and executing strategies across technology, operating models, cost transformation, performance management, and AI adoption at enterprise scale.

At the core of my work is one central question: How can technology truly improve performance, resilience and competitiveness?

I bring a combination of strategic clarity, deep business and technology expertise, and hands-on transformation experience – with a strong focus on tangible impact rather than hype. I am particularly passionate about helping organizations turn technology investments into measurable business outcomes.

Over the past years, I have worked closely with CIOs, COOs, CEOs and executive teams, acting as a trusted sparring partner in critical transformation and investment decisions.

I am particularly interested in advisory board and non-executive roles, where I can support boards and executive teams with my experience in technology-enabled transformation, alongside my role as a Partner at Horváth.senior

company: Horváth

position: Partner, Head of Frankfurt Office

position: Partner, Head of Competence Center Financial Industries

position: Partner, Head of Competence Center IT Management & Transformation

position: Partner, Competence Center Financial Industries

position: Founder and Head of Frankfurt Office

position: Principal, Competence Center Financial Industries

position: Senior Project Manager, Competence Center Financial Industries

content:
Agentic AI ist kein Zukunftsthema mehr – sie verändert IT und Business jetzt.
Autonome Entscheidungen, neue Operating‑Modelle, messbare Produktivitätsgewinne:
Agentic AI stellt klassische IT‑Strukturen grundlegend infrage.
👉 Die CIO‑Studie 2026 geht genau diesen Fragen nach:
• Welche Auswirkungen hat Agentic AI auf IT‑ & Business‑Operating‑Modelle?
• Wo entstehen konkrete Use Cases in Development

content:
Digitalisierung, AI, Automatisierung, neue Tools: Die Möglichkeiten waren nie größer. Und trotzdem höre ich in Gesprächen immer wieder dieselbe Frage:
🤏  Warum sehen wir noch keinen Effekt aus unseren Investitionen?
Genau deshalb freue ich mich besonders über den Themenschwerpunkt der ersten Horváth #CxONews-Ausgabe 2026: „Digital Value – Wie Digitalisierung und KI endlich liefern“.
In dieser Aus

content:
🔍 Wir suchen Verstärkung im Bereich IT Cost & Value Management!
Die effiziente Steuerung von IT‑Kosten und der messbare Wertbeitrag digitaler Investments sind heute entscheidend für nachhaltigen Unternehmenserfolg. Genau hier setzen wir an – und erweitern unser Team.

Was diese Rolle besonders macht:
Du arbeitest an der Schnittstelle zwischen IT, Business und Finance.
Du gestaltest modernes IT‑Con

evidence_experience: "I advise boards and senior executive teams on how to leverage technology, AI and large-scale transformation to drive measurable business value" and "I have worked closely with CIOs, COOs, CEOs and executive teams, acting as a trusted sparring partner" - all client-directed advisory work, no internal firm knowledge/IP-reuse ownership mentioned.

resolved_account_name: Horváth


Jennifer Schulze

publicIdentifier: jenniferschulze

sourced_title: Sr. Director | Gen AI Enablement - Digital Innovation

headline: Sr. Director | Innovation Partnerships | Gen AI Enablement | Digital Transformation

about:
With over a decade of experience at KPMG, I specialize in strategic growth leadership, alliance ecosystem management, and digital transformation strategy. As Sr. Director for Generative AI Enablement and Digital Innovation, I focus on driving and scaling generative AI adoption across KPMG U.S. teams, fostering innovation, and enabling the development of digital industry solutions tailored to market demands.

My work has included building KPMG’s Global Digital Health Hub into a global growth engine operating across 70+ countries and activating KPMG’s alliances with leading technology providers including Google Cloud, Microsoft, and ServiceNow. My mission is to leverage the fast-evolving capabilities of generative AI and agentic AI to create value, accelerate outcomes, and unlock new business models across industries.

position: Sr. Director | Innovation Partnerships | Gen AI Enablement | Digital Health | Google Cloud Alliance

company: KPMG

description:
•	Helping to drive and scale digital innovation and GenAI adoption across KPMG U.S. teams.
•	Founded and scaled KPMG’s Global Digital Health Hub, building from initial seed investment into a global growth engine spanning 70+ countries.
•	Managed strategic investment, full P&L oversight, and team expansion to drive cross-sector healthcare and technology innovation.
•	Delivered substantial direct revenue bookings and influenced hundreds of millions of dollars in pipeline expansion within 18 months

position: Head of Cisco EMEAR Consulting Partners

company: Cisco

description:
•	Established strategic partnerships and go-to-market programs across EMEAR for Cisco Consulting Services, targeting Big 4 firms and technology integrators.
•	Achieved 150% of plan while driving Country Digitization initiatives and pioneering new models for alliance-led digital transformation.
•	Led strategic engagements with Deloitte, EY, McKinsey, and BCG to advance Cisco’s global consulting ecosystem and market activation.
•	Awarded Cisco Innovation Award for significant contributions to glob

position: Director, Global Alliances Planning & Ops | Alliance Director | Sr. Manager, Security Alliances

company: Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)

description:
•	Directed global alliance planning and operations for a $2B partner ecosystem, building business planning, sales enablement, and go-to-market strategies for emerging technology partners.
•	Incubated partnerships with AWS, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Workday, and more, scaling early-stage relationships into multimillion-dollar pipelines.
•	Oversaw global sales operations for strategic partnerships with IBM, HP, and Hitachi Data Systems, achieving 120%–150% of sales targets across multiple years.
•	B

content:
Spent today at the University of Maryland  getting a firsthand look at why the region is earning its reputation with the Capital of Quantum.

From groundbreaking research and world-class labs to the startups taking shape in the Discovery District, it was exciting to see how the ecosystem is coming together—from science to commercialization.

One unexpected highlight? The view from the top of The H

content:
It's an exciting time as applications OPEN for the Fall Cohort 4 of the Launch powered by KPMG accelerator!!! Calling all founders - you do NOT have to be located in UNC or be based in NC. Apply by July 31st!

https://lnkd.in/etwm6aV3

Emil Runge Brad Jenkins Jordan McAlister Ginger Luckey Launch Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Innovate Carolina KPMG US

content: Another incredible line up for the KPMG US Tech & Innovation Symposium in Deer Valley, Park City, Utah, July 27-30!! Exploring all things AI, Quantum, the future of work, the space economy, digital assets and more…

content:
One of my favorite uses of AI has nothing to do with work.

A few days ago I saw someone ask ChatGPT to create an image of what it thought their workspace looked like based on their conversations. Naturally, I had to try it.

The first image is what it came up with. The second is reality.

Candles? Yep.
Plants? Yep.
Books everywhere? Also yes.

What made me laugh was that the AI-generated image pr

content:
I completed MIT Sloan’s “Implementing Agentic AI: Building Your Organizational Playbook” Program with a few weeks ago.

The certificate is nice. Glad I did the work, however, the bigger takeaway for me is:

Even the most seasoned builders and leaders are learning in real time. This is a new market. The skills that matter most right now are agility, judgment, curiosity, and thoughtful execution.

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evidence_experience: "Helping to drive and scale digital innovation and GenAI adoption across KPMG U.S. teams." - however the bulk of the role and prior experience (Global Digital Health Hub, alliance ecosystem management, P&L, revenue bookings) is external-facing partnership/growth work, not internal knowledge-base/IP-reuse ownership.