Roger Christoph Buschmann

publicIdentifier: rogerbuschmann

sourced_title: Senior Manager | Practice Lead IT Compliance & Resilience

headline: Senior Manager & Lead for IT Compliance & Resilience @ zeb consulting

company: zeb consulting

description: Advising clients in IT Compliance & resilience relevant matters from health checks to design & implementation projects (incl. tool support) - from organisational structure over processes, controls and IT

position: Manager | IT Strategy & Digital Transformation

description:
Managing IT compliance projects as well as other IT & regulatory related projects for clients of the financial services branch
- regulatory health checks (BAIT, MaRisk, EBA guidelines)
- IT strategy & IT governance definition & implementation projects
- information security implementation projects
- corebanking system migration (incl. change of provider, set up new / adapt processes)
- ICS reviews and ICS implementation projects

position: Lehrbeauftragter

company: zeb.business school der Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin

position: Manager, CISA / ISO 27001 LA/I | Risk Advisory

description:
Manager in Deloitte's Risk Advisory Unit in the Service line Operational Risk -  for clients of the financial services branch

Leading and conducting IT audits and IT Compliance checks for several clients within financial services.

position: Consultant / Senior Consultant

description:
FSI Assurance - Risk IT
Consultant / Senior Consultant for clients of the FSI branch.

Focussing on audit and optimization of IT-relevant business processes as well as internal control systems. Assessment of operational risks and conducting certifications according to IDW PS 951 to several clients. During Year-End periods I focus on IT-Audits /Internal Audits and SOX-Audits as well as Journal Entry Testings / digital data analysis.

Focussing on clients of the financial service industry I have t

position: Master Thesis Student

description:
masters thesis in cooperation with Deloitte's Enterprise Risk Services division in Frankfurt.
Title: "The added value of data analysis in the context of audit activities"

position: Working Student

description:
Enterprise Risk Services (ERS)
Business Risk Solutions (BRS)
Financial Service Industry (FSI)

position: Intern

company: Accenture

description: Intern as a Analyst at a project for travel & transportation

content:
Heute bin ich gemeinsam mit meinen Kollegen Stefan Kloos und Alexander Geissler  auf der FinArch Week 2026 in Bad Nauheim und freue mich über den intensiven Austausch rund um die aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Finanz‑ und Datenarchitektur sowie Cyberresilienz und DORA. ✨

Das heutige Programm bietet spannende Einblicke in zentrale Themen wie:

- Regulierung & DORA – insbesondere Fragen rund um ICT

content: ...und auch wir suchen immer nach Verstärkung 💪! Also falls du Lust hast in die Welt der Regulatorik  und Cyber-Security einzutauchen - Worte wie DORA, NIST, NIS-2 oder auch GRC-Tools Begriffe sind, die dir gängig sind - und du auch Lust hast in einem solch tollen Team zu arbeiten - dann melde dich jederzeit gerne bei Stephan oder Mir - wir freuen uns!

content:
Great conversations, valuable perspectives, and a full day dedicated to one key question: how do we measure cyber risk in a way that supports real decisions?

This week, we had the pleasure of hosting an interactive workshop with Richard Seiersen from Qualys at our zeb consulting office in Frankfurt.

We started the day by discussing the current challenges and status quo in ICT risk management tog

evidence_experience: "Advising clients in IT Compliance & resilience relevant matters from health checks to design & implementation projects" and "Managing IT compliance projects as well as other IT & regulatory related projects for clients of the financial services branch"

resolved_account_name: zeb consulting


Jean-Alric Colcombet

sourced_title: Senior Consultant at EY | FSO | Emerging Technologies

headline: Analytics Engineer and Chief Operating Officer | @Modeo

company: EY

end: Present

position: Chief Operation Officer

company: Modeo

description:
D'une équipe de 3 à 15 en 2 ans.
Responsabilité sur : Recrutement, Outils, Partenaires, Ventes, Finance.
Lien entre les Data Engineers et Data Consumers.
Collaborateur et manager d'une équipe de 10 ingénieurs.
Recrutement de quatre Data Engineers et du premier Business Developer.
Co-Responsable des entretiens de profils techniques et du processus d'intégration

position: Gestion des risques de crédit / CIB / Digitalization & Transformation

company: Société Générale

description:
Basé au siège au sein du département des risques.

Collaborateur direct des Business Units et digitales afin d'apporter des solutions
innovantes pour répondre aux exigences métiers et réglementaires.
Équipe chargée de lancer et de mener à bien tous les projets de transformation
digitale pour le département des risques de crédit en banque d'investissement et
répondre aux besoins des analystes.

disposition: DISQUALIFIED

internal_vs_external: external

role_nature: other

band: review

band_reasons: disqualified; company_concern

evidence_experience: "Collaborateur direct des Business Units et digitales afin d'apporter des solutions innovantes pour répondre aux exigences métiers et réglementaires" (Société Générale, prior employer) and "Responsabilité sur : Recrutement, Outils, Partenaires, Ventes, Finance" (Modeo COO, running the whole company, not an internal knowledge function within a consulting firm).

resolved_account_name: EY ifb

in_612: yes

in_575: no

suppressed: yes


Dan Nolan

publicIdentifier: danielpnolan

sourced_title: Cloud Data Transformation Leader

headline: Data & AI Consulting Partner

about:
At Hakkōda, our focus is on empowering data-driven organizations, and as an Account Executive, my role is central to this mission. With a proficiency in cloud solutions and data analytics, I facilitate seamless data migrations and aid in the development of monetizable data-driven services. My expertise is further underscored by a successful tenure at Salesforce, where I empowered financial institutions through strategic digital transformations.

The accolades I've received, including Global Teammate of the Year and Best Key Growth Account, reflect my commitment to excellence and customer success. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, we've achieved impactful outcomes that resonate with our core values. At the heart of my professional journey is a dedication to innovating solutions that enhance both employee and customer experiences.

position: Cloud Data Transformation Leader

company: Hakkōda, an IBM Company

description:
Hakkōda was acquired by IBM in April 2025
Serve as a Cloud Data and AI Transformation leader creating overseeing delivery of strategic cloud data and AI platform programs.

position: Strategic Account Executive

description: Hakkōda was founded to enable data-driven organizations. Whether you need help future-proofing your data structure, migrating your data to the cloud as efficiently and securely as possible, or using your data to build and monetize data-driven services, we are your partner.

company: Salesforce

description: Core AE responsible for managing and growing relationship with a top 10 US bank across all Salesforce products and services

position: Account Executive - BFSI

company: Appirio

description: Focused on transforming Financial Services organizations by embracing cloud solutions and next-generation technologies

position: Enterprise Strategy & Architecture

description:
industries: Financial services
Retail/CPG
Travel and Transportation

position: Senior Consultant - CRM Transformation

description: Salesforce Architect

position: Senior Consultant & Analyst

company: Eagle Rock Alliance

description: IT Management Consulting primarily to Financial Services organizations focused on enterprise resiliency and technology infrastructure

position: Business Analyst

company: Natixis CIB Americas

description: Data Center & Business Application Resiliency Architecture, BC/DR Planning

band: clear

band_reasons: disqualified

evidence_experience: "I facilitate seamless data migrations and aid in the development of monetizable data-driven services" - selling to clients, not internal ownership

in_612: no

suppressed: no

match_method: unresolved


Malek Bitar

sourced_title: Digital Transformation Manager

headline: Digital Transformation Manager | Product Lead | Growth & Innovation

position: Digital Transformation Manager

description:
Strategic product lead at the intersection of foresight, systems innovation, and digital transformation. I’ve designed and delivered large-scale, future-facing solutions across the Gulf—ranging from AI-powered government platforms to gamified credit experiences and citizen-centric service ecosystems.

Through co-creation workshops, cross-sector design sprints, and moonshot ideation, I’ve helped our clients imagine what’s next and bring it to life—empowering users, aligning policy vision with tec

position: Digital Business Consultant

position: Digital Delivery Analyst

evidence_experience: "Strategic product lead...I've designed and delivered large-scale, future-facing solutions across the Gulf...helped our clients imagine what's next and bring it to life"

resolved_account_name: umlaut company


Nick Nicholson, CRISC

publicIdentifier: jamesnicholsoniv

sourced_title: Experienced Responsible AI Transformation Leader

headline: Financial Services - Consulting Leader | Innovative Tech Solutions Advocate | AI &Data and Business Process Reinvention Pioneer

about:
I am a dynamic leader with 15 years of proven career success in business development, technology enabled business transformations, program management, AI & digital strategy, operating models, cybersecurity, IT risk, and integrated business reinvention along with multiple M&A initiatives. Expertise spans end to end AI strategy & governance implementation, technology development and governance, digital transformation, risk management transformation, regulatory remediation programs, pre/post-merger integrations, capabilities assessments and target state roadmaps, audit. Clients include multiple top 10 and regional financial institutions, insurance companies, and FinTech companies.

I am a training and coaching, and entrepreneurial enthusiast with proven ability to lead global, cross-functional Teams of 50 professionals and multi-million dollar budgets in complex, fast-paced environments with evolving business needs and project objectives.

Results have led to cumulative yearend performance that consistently exceeds expectations, 30 engagement excellence awards won, 100+ million dollars in sales execution and engagements managed.

position: AI & Data Strategy and Governance Senior Manager

position: Independent Consultant

company: Lloyds Properties LLC

description: Independent Consultant for mid-size corporations and real estate ventures.

position: Experienced Digital Consulting Manager - Fin Services, Risk & Tech Enabled Business Transformation

description: Experienced professional focused on business development, technology enabled business transformations, program management, digital strategy, operating models, cybersecurity, IT risk, and integrated business risk. Expertise spans technology development and governance, digital transformation, risk management transformation, regulatory remediation programs, post-merger integrations, capabilities assessments and target state roadmaps, Responsible AI, and audit. Clients include multiple top 10 and re

position: Process Improvement & Risk Consultant Lead

company: KPMG US

description:
Risk Consultant for a large global professional services firm, within their Internal Audit and Risk Consulting Services Practice.

Select experiences include but not limited to:
- Internal Audit and SOX lead for multi-billion dollar organization – Results included high quality and timely deliverables, including communication of final observations and recommendations to senior management. All audits were completed within the planned timeframe and majority completed within the estimated budget. Ad

position: External Audit & Due Diligence Associate

company: Grant Thornton LLP

description: External Audit Associate for multi-national financial services firm, supporting external audits of telecom and financial services institutions. Additional roles include, Cross-Industry Audits, Transactions advisory projects, Proposal preparation, Independence and Compliance, and Inventories and Internal controls reviews.

position: Chief Internal Accountant

company: Transport Graphics

description: Position which included management of internal and external expenses; process job orders; AR follow-up and sales; Month/Year-end financial statement close.

position: Cost Analyst

company: Ole Miss Brand Services

description: Analysis of recruitment process; engaged SAP software; cost analysis for recruiting budget; final recommendations included strategies to reduce cost of recruiting by 20% while increasing recruiting domains.

position: Tutor

company: Private

description: Tutored undergraduate accounting students all of whom raised their grade by at least one letter grade.

evidence_experience: "Expertise spans end to end AI strategy & governance implementation... Clients include multiple top 10 and regional financial institutions, insurance companies, and FinTech companies."


Usman A. Fiaz, Ph.D.

publicIdentifier: usmanaminfiaz

sourced_title: Global Robotics & Physical AI Manager

headline: Global Robotics & Physical AI Manager at EY

about:
I am a senior researcher in robotics, control, and AI/ML with over a decade of combined experience in academia and industry. I received my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (ECE) from the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) in 2022, advised by John S. Baras. My doctoral research focused on assured autonomy in multiagent systems with safe learning via real-time temporal and spatial guarantees. I received my Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from PIEAS in 2015, and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, from KAUST in 2017, advised by Jeff S. Shamma.

Most recently, I was a Research Scientist in Autonomous Systems, Controls, and Communications at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). I also held an affiliate appointment with the Department of Electrical Engineering (ECE), and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR), at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). In past, I have spent time with Intel, ABB, Bell Labs, MERL, and CERN, working on several interesting projects. I have also taught courses in robotics, systems, and control.

Broadly speaking, my research interests and expertise lie in some of the modern areas of robotics, control theory, and AI/ML with special emphasis on autonomous multiagent systems.

More specifically, I am interested in the following topics:
1. Assured autonomy in multiagent systems; unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in particular
2. Novel and intelligent mechanical design of robots, systems, and components
3. Safe planning and control for autonomous vehicles (AVs)
4. Formal methods for verification of autonomous cyber-physical systems
5. Related applications of physical AI, and machine learning e.g., Sim2Real transfer

My updated CV and a list of projects and publications is available on my persona

position: Global Robotics & Physical AI Manager

description: As an Assistant Director (Manager), Growth & Innovation - Next Frontier (Robotics & Physical AI), I play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of Physical AI initiatives at EY. I leverage my extensive experience in Robotics, Control, and Physical AI/ML to provide expert technical guidance and best practices to EY clients and internal teams, enabling the successful integration of advanced technologies in robotics and next-gen AI applications.

position: Research Scientist, Autonomous Systems, Controls & Communications

description: I was a research scientist in autonomous systems within the Communication Technology Laboratory (CTL). I co-led the development of theory, frameworks, algorithms, and benchmark implementations (hardware and software) for various use cases and experiments related to the NIST-wide autonomous vehicles (AV) program. In addition, I served as a robotics and physical AI consultant to external stakeholders, supervised a team of software engineers and interns, and contributed to some other projects in co

position: Postdoctoral Fellow & Adjunct Faculty

company: University of Maryland

description: I held an affiliate appointment with the ECE Department, and the Institute for Systems Research (ISR). I co-advised three PhD students in ECE with Prof. John S. Baras, and to date maintain multiple active collaborations with the Maryland Robotics Center (MRC) faculty. I have also given lectures in the programs of MS Systems Engineering, MS Telecommunications, MS Robotics, and MS/PhD in Electrical, Mechanical, and Aerospace Engineering.

position: PhD Student & Graduate Research Assistant

description: I was a PhD Student in ECE (Robotics, Control & Learning) advised by Prof. John S. Baras. I conducted ONR-sponsored research on planning and control for autonomous multi-robot systems. My doctoral dissertation focused on assured autonomy in multiagent systems with safe learning via real-time temporal and spatial guarantees.

position: Graduate Teaching Fellow

description:
Course taught:
ENEE-660: Systems Theory (with John S. Baras)

position: Graduate Teaching Assistant

description:
Courses taught:
ENEE-222: Discrete Signal Analysis (with Gilmer L. Blankenship)
ENEE-408I: Autonomous Control of Interacting Robots (with Gilmer L. Blankenship)

position: Research Intern, Robotics & AI/ML

company: Intel Labs

description: Focused on autonomous driving at the Intelligent Systems Lab. Contributed to the OpenBot project. Developed a scaled RC vehicle for OpenBot-Sim2Real: Driving-policy transfer for smartphone-powered autonomous vehicles.

position: Research Intern, Robotics & Computer Vision

company: ABB

description: Focused on smart factories at the Future Labs. Developed a composable, safe, and perception-aware mission planning framework for autonomous UAV-based inspection tasks in a smart factory environment.

content:
I am delighted to share that I have recently joined EY as a Global Robotics & Physical AI Manager. In this new role, I will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of Physical AI initiatives at EY by leveraging my extensive experience in Robotics, Control, and Physical AI/ML.

I am also very happy to be joining Youngjun's amazing (EY.ai) team in Atlanta. Also a big thanks to Rodrigo

evidence_experience: "I leverage my extensive experience in Robotics, Control, and Physical AI/ML to provide expert technical guidance and best practices to EY clients and internal teams, enabling the successful integration of advanced technologies in robotics and next-gen AI applications."


Adam Pflantzer

publicIdentifier: adampflantzer

sourced_title: Manager, ServiceNow Digital Transformation | Human Capital Advisory

headline:
ServiceNow builder with agentic AI — Claude Code, MCP, and the @servicenow/sdk.
[Certifications in CSA, CSM, ITSM, Service Portal]

about:
I lead ServiceNow implementations at KPMG — CSM, HRSD, ITSM, Flow Designer, Service Portal — but the way I work has fundamentally changed. AI agents handle research, documentation, code, and testing in parallel while I focus on architecture, judgment, and client outcomes. One consultant, working like a team.
Requirements that took a sprint now take an afternoon. Integrations get prototyped before the workshop ends. It's not a productivity hack — it's a different operating model, and I've formalized it into a thesis I call the AI Digitizer: every enterprise engagement needs someone whose job is deploying AI as engagement-wide capability.
I'd rather ship a working prototype than a perfect slide. Now I can do both, same day.

If you're wondering what one person amplified by an intelligence layer can deliver — that's the conversation I want to have.

company: KPMG

position: Functional Lead of Visual Design

company: Acorio

position: Application Developer / Service Now Developer

company: CBS Corporation

position: Frontend Developer

company: Ogilvy & Mather

description:
Supporting the online presence and web initiatives of the General Services Administration (http://gsa.gov).

Primary responsibilities include:
 -- Wordpress custom theme development and support
 -- assisting in the maintenance, upkeep and development of a 5000+ page public facing website and internal intranet.
 -- working to help the GSA in driving innovation and improving the delivery of services to citizens through the Digital Government Strategy.

position: Web Development

description:
Creating fully w3c valid, cross-browser compatible web applications.
Implementation of markup into open source CMS such as Wordpress or Drupal.

position: TEFL Volunteer

company: Peace Corps

description: Making peace in English.

content: Having an agent sit in a meeting in my place is what I want to get out of AI. Don't totally take my job, just sit in the meetings and make me look good...

content:
Like a head of state, I don’t walk into the summit cold.
First, my AI envoys meet behind closed doors. They review the docs, challenge assumptions, surface risks, align on objectives, and draft the brief. They negotiate the details, pressure test the plan, and outline the concessions.

By the time I enter the room, the groundwork is done.
I’m there to review the briefing memo, make the executive c

band_reasons: disqualified; builder

evidence_experience: I lead ServiceNow implementations at KPMG — CSM, HRSD, ITSM, Flow Designer, Service Portal — but the way I work has fundamentally changed... every enterprise engagement needs someone whose job is deploying AI as engagement-wide capability.

resolved_account_name: Global Strategy Group, by KPMG

in_575: yes


Caitlin Crotty

sourced_title: Manager of Professional Development

headline: Manager of Professional Development at McKinsey & Company

position: Manager of Professional Development

company: McKinsey & Company

position: Manager

company: Deloitte

position: Senior Consultant

description:
• Led change management for global deployment of two concurrent supply chain projects for an oil & gas supermajor; plans included communications, stakeholder engagement, and org design
• Led spend analytics workstream for oil and gas refining company, delivering Tableau dashboards to help manage spend across the supply chain organization. Dashboards supported cost takeout initiatives.
• Supported internal strategy for oil & gas digital initiatives; oversaw design & construction of creative meeti

position: Summer Associate

position: Associate Director, Career Education & Advising

company: Rice University, Jones Graduate School of Business

description:
• Educated students on MBA industries, functions, and career paths and developed customized advice, strategy and preparation to help students achieve career goals.
• Tracked, analyzed and reported employment trends and outcomes to CMC and deans. Worked with JGSB Data Analyst to submit employment reports to rankings publications.
• Arranged and led annual “Week on Wall Street” trek to NYC with 12-15 Investment Bank visits for 25 MBAs by building relationships with alumni and employers to facili

position: Assistant Director, Career Management Center

description: I worked with MBA students and alumni, helping them conduct an informed, productive and ultimately successful job search.  Through one-on-one meetings and workshops I assisted students with resumes, cover letters, interview prep, company research and alumni outreach.  I also engaged employers to connect with Rice students via recruiting, company visits, and other campus events arranged through the Career Management Center.

position: Board Member: Co-Chair, Events & Professional Development

company: National Association of Women MBAs, Houston Chapter

description:
The National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering female business professionals, to assisting women into leadership positions in business, and to enhancing the diversity of the workforce worldwide.

The Houston Chapter serves the community of professional women in Houston, TX.  Working with my Co-Chair of Events & Professional Development, I conceived and planned an event series designed to promote members’ professional growth and network, w

position: Assistant Director, Career Services

company: Medill School, Northwestern University

description:
I advised Medill students on resumes, cover letters, networking and job search strategies.  The student population includes undergraduate and graduate journalism students, graduate Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) students, and undergraduate IMC Certificate students.  I enjoyed using individual meetings and workshops to help students think about and refine the skills and attributes that will make them competitive on the job market.

I also managed the curricular IMC summer team projec

internal_vs_external: internal

evidence_experience: "Educated students on MBA industries, functions, and career paths"; "helping them conduct an informed, productive and ultimately successful job search"; entire career history is in career services/professional development, not knowledge management or IP reuse.

resolved_account_name: McKinsey New Ventures (part of McKinsey & Company)


Christine Chen

publicIdentifier: christineychen

sourced_title: Senior Editor, McKinsey Institute of Economic Mobility

headline: Senior Editor, McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility

position: Senior Editor, Global Publishing

position: Strategic Communications Consultant

company: Justice Action Center

description:
- Consultant and sole communications strategist for first year of new nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting for greater justice for immigrant communities by combining litigation and storytelling
- Led multi-team media outreach effort for two major lawsuits and ensuing litigation challenging the Trump administration's immigration policies
- Highlighted stories of separated and reunited families affected by changing immigration policies through press, social media, and video vignettes

position: International Communications Lead

company: Facebook

description:
- Led international communications strategy, operations, and issues across teams in multiple countries
- Geopolitical and foreign policy issues management
- Crisis and content policy communications across multiple countries

position: Senior Manager, Public Policy & Government Relations

company: YouTube

description:
- Public policy lead for YouTube across a variety of issues including controversial content, terrorism, child safety, and copyright
- Worked with policy operations and enforcement team to refine content policies and responses to  violence and terrorism
- Partnered with senior executives and key members of cross-functional teams to develop effective public policy materials on YouTube product features or launches for global government relations teams.
- Partnered with PR, product, and engineering

company: Google

description:
-Managed public policy and government relations strategy around free expression and controversial content issues
-Conducted research, advocacy and outreach
-Served as Google's representative on the Board of Directors of the Global Network Initiative

position: Senior Manager, Global Communications & Public Policy, Free Expression & International Relations

description:
- Led communications strategy and media relations for free expression, international relations, and the Transparency Report
- Mitigated negative coverage, managed crisis communications, and course-corrected misinformation on Google's advocacy for a free and open Internet
- Strategic planning for free expression public policy advocacy

position: PR lead, Google Fiber

description: Strategic PR lead for launch and pre-registration for Google Fiber in Kansas City

evidence_experience: "Communications and editorial professional with extensive experience in technology, communications, public policy, and journalism."


Varun P.

publicIdentifier: varunpaliwal

sourced_title: Risk Transformation Leader

headline: Risk Leader | Risk & Controls | Internal Audit| AI & Data Risk Governance| Capital Markets | Regulatory Compliance | Technology Solutions & Compliance

about:
Varun is a seasoned senior leader with more than 20 years of experience in risk strategy consulting within the banking and financial services industries. Throughout his career, he has delivered exceptional expertise to global banks and other financial service providers, assisting them in enhancing their risk governance and management practices. Varun boasts a solid track record of successfully implementing target operating models, driving risk transformation initiatives, and overseeing regulatory and compliance management programs. He has effectively advised senior management and board members of global banks, conducting comprehensive assessments of their existing risk management frameworks in alignment with regulatory guidelines, while also addressing emerging risk areas. Furthermore, Varun has actively contributed to consulting and business analysis engagements, playing a pivotal role in conceptualizing innovative solutions, developing expertise, and providing invaluable delivery guidance in the realm of financial risk management. Notably, he has showcased exceptional leadership skills through adeptly managing diverse teams, leveraging both onshore and offshore models.

Before joining E&Y Canada, he worked with various investment banking clients in the Deloitte Canada, USA (Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs),  and was a part of Credit Suisse, IBM Algorithmics, Deloitte-US Advisory, Capgemini, and Tata Consultancy Services.

Skills: Stakeholder Management, Managerial Leadership, Risk and Regulatory Strategic Roadmap Development, Team Management, Project Management

position: Risk Advisory Leader

position: Risk Transformation Leader

company: EY

position: Risk Lead - Strategic, Regulatory & Financial Risk

company: Deloitte Canada

position: Management Consultant

company: Goldman Sachs

description: External Consultant to GS managing Risk and Finance - Internal Audit engagements

company: Morgan Stanley

description: External Consultant to MS managed Risk and Finance engagements in 2 Line of Defense.

position: Assistant Vice President Risk Management

company: Credit Suisse - Business Analytics

description: Responsible for delivering/managing risk management weekly risk reports for controlling the end-to-end process of collating risk data for measurement, analysis and subsequent reporting to senior management as well as to other downstream.

position: Asia-Pacific Lead - Algorithmics & OpenPages Risk Analytics Specialist

company: IBM - Risk Analytics

description:
- OpenPages GRC Solution: Operational Risk Management (ORM), Policy Compliance Management (PCM), Financial Control Management (FCM), IT Governance (ITG), Internal Audit Management (IAM).
- Algorithmics Financial Risk Management Solution - Capital Markets

company: Deloitte - Risk Advisory

description: Capital Markets - Governance, Risk & Compliance Management

evidence_experience: "delivered exceptional expertise to global banks and other financial service providers, assisting them in enhancing their risk governance and management practices" - all engagements are external client delivery.


George Markellos

sourced_title: Finance Strategy & Operating Model, Capability Group Leader

headline: PwC | Finance & business transformation, enabled by technology.

about:
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. (African proverb)

I help some of the world's most exciting companies deliver lasting change. I specialise in business and finance transformation, enabled by ERP and broader technology change. I've worked across a range of sectors including manufacturing, technology, defence, consumer goods, media, energy, life sciences, government and financial services.

I'm an engineer by background, and I love designing and building beautiful new things that have a purpose. Having supported many companies with the initial transformation of their Finance functions and broader operating models, we're now working with a number of forward thinking companies to re-imagine what their operating model will look like over the next decade. And things are already looking very different...

company: PwC

position: Director

company: KPMG

position: Managing Consultant

company: PA Consulting Group

position: Senior Consultant

company: SEMA Group

evidence_experience: "I help some of the world's most exciting companies deliver lasting change. I specialise in business and finance transformation, enabled by ERP and broader technology change." - this is service delivery sold to clients, not ownership of PwC's own internal knowledge/IP-reuse function.

resolved_account_name: PwC Experience Center


Nathalie Ajouz

sourced_title: Principal Consultant | Innovation, Data & Digital - Strategy, implementation and transformation

headline: Principal Consultant - Digital & Data

about: Nathalie is an experienced expert in process optimization through digital solutions, focused on achieving better ROI by streamlining operations and improving efficiency. She specializes in the end-to-end delivery of digital strategies, implementing innovative digital solutions, data use cases, and process optimizations. Nathalie also coaches organizations on improving their ways of working through better processes, setting clear OKRs, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

company: PA Consulting

description:
PA is a Global Innovation and Transformation Consultancy. We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future in a technology-driven world. At PA Consulting, we acknowledge that Innovation, Data and Digital are important directions for new revenues and growth. In our global Growth Team, we have extensive skills, knowledge and expertise to help your company with:

- Developing a successful Growth strategy with a strong focus on Innovation, Data and Digital
- Implementing new (p

position: Innovation Manager Platform Banking (Commercial Banking and Corporate & Institutional Banking)

company: ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

description:
Current Focus: Developing Platform Banking initiatives,  expertise in sharing & platform economy, creating ecosystem partnerships & in dept knowledge of Digital Platforms technologies

As an Innovation Manager, I'm  responsible to enable an environment in which business model innovation is encouraged and can take place successfully. I will manage the full implementation of the ABN AMRO Innovation Framework and facilitate the translation of several Innovation Initiatives into new business models.

position: Experiment Leader  | Customer Experience of Retail Banking

description:
Leading cross-functional teams that experiment with design and implementation of new sustainable business models and value propositions. Every experiment aims to create business model innovation and is based on the techniques & tools of:

- Lean Startup
- Design Thinking
- Business Model Innovation
- Experiment Design & Execution
- Customer Discovery & Validation
- Growth Hacking

position: Strategy Consultant - Commercial Clients

description: As a strategy consultant, I'am, on behalf of Commercial Client's management team, responsible for the businessline's strategy formulation and implementation. Commercial Clients serves Netherlands-based business clients with revenues from EUR 1 million up to EUR 250 million. In addition, Commercial Clients offers asset-based financing to clients in the Netherlands and selected countries in Europe. ABN AMRO’s Real Estate & Public Sector clients, Lease and Commercial Finance activities are also par

position: Board Member of Young Bankers ABN AMRO

description: Young Bankers ABN AMRO (YBA) is the bank's association for its young bankers under the age of 36, hosting over 40 annual events for its nearly 1300 members. This makes the YBA the most active young professional association of the Netherlands. I was responsible for all committees within the YBA

position: Management Trainee

description:
The ABN AMRO traineeship is a management training program that consists of a series of projects on which you work on for a period of 3 months. Every project is within a different segment of the bank. During this total period of 15 months, you receive intensive coaching geared towards your professional and personal development.

(1) March 2013 - June 2013: Retail & Private Banking - Legal Advisor
(2) July 2013 - September 2013: Corporate Clients Business Management - Business Manager for the Gene

position: Program Partner

company: Open-House

description:
Open-House is a business incubator & accelerator for the festival and event industry. Founded by ID&T early 2014. Focussing on startup & scaleups using the festival as playground. A perfect stage filled with creativity, entrepreneurial spirit and exciting temporary flexibility to boost innovation.

Partners of Open House next to ID&T and the Ministry of Economic Affairs are, Ballast Nedam, ETTU, ABN AMRO, SEEDS, NHTV, TU Delft, University of Amsterdam, Business Models Inc, Business Idea Rating I

position: Financial Coach

description: We are creating an ecosystem for the event industry with the goal to convert event and experience based ideas into Innovation Driven Enterprises. We support talented entrepreneurs in building their business and provide them a stage to grow, by offering 3 acceleration and incubation modules: Challenge, Develop & Launch. The market determines the innovations needed and Open House guarantees a launching customer for successfully developed challenges. Open-House is an initiative of the founders of I

evidence_experience: "we have extensive skills, knowledge and expertise to help your company with: Developing a successful Growth strategy with a strong focus on Innovation, Data and Digital, Implementing new (platform) business models, data use cases and digital propositions, Transforming the organization"

resolved_account_name: PA Consulting


Matthieu Salles

publicIdentifier: matthieusalles

sourced_title: Innovation Strategy & Transformation Leader

headline: AI Transformation & Innovation Leader

about:
For over 16 years, Matthieu has helped organizations anticipate and adapt to major technological shifts. He combines strategic vision, governance, organizational design, and disciplined execution to enable lasting transformation.

In recent years, he has advised business and technology leaders on harnessing Artificial Intelligence, shaping strategic roadmaps, and building AI-era capabilities.

An architect of alignment, he helps leaders shape transformations that prepare organizations for the future by strengthening what makes them unique.

company: onepoint

description:
Shaping actionable trajectories — Clarity at the intersection of AI and business strategy
·     Developed a five-year AI master plan, informing transformation priorities and investment decisions
·     Advised executives in structuring AI-related strategic choices (foundations, make/buy, sovereignty)
·     Envisioned a forward-looking ‘Watch for the Future’ capability to anticipate emerging trends

Building Corporate capabilities — Enterprise-wide transformation with CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs
·     St

position: Innovation Strategy & Transformation (Senior Manager)

company: Weave

position: Exploration Captain

description:
·     Curated and shared Silicon Valley best practices through live sessions, webinars, and reports
·     Launched an innovation immersion program for 10+ consultants (San Francisco, Tel Aviv, Beijing)

position: Business Technology transformation (Manager)

position: Project Manager

company: Bouygues Telecom

position: Radio Frequency Engineer

company: ST Microelectronics

evidence_experience: "Advised executives in structuring AI-related strategic choices (foundations, make/buy, sovereignty)" and "Structured hubs, labs, and factories for 3 global organizations (vision, operating model, governance)" - client advisory work, not internal ownership.

resolved_account_name: Onepoint


Samantha Unembu

publicIdentifier: samanthaunembu

sourced_title: Professional Development Manager

headline: Strategic Talent & Leadership Advisor | Professional Development Manager at McKinsey & Company

about:
Strategic talent and leadership advisor with 15+ years of experience supporting high-performing professional populations and senior stakeholders in complex global organizations.
My experience spans immigration law, talent strategy, leadership development, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, global mobility, and employee advisory across fast-paced, high-performance environments.

position: Professional Development Manager

company: McKinsey & Company

position: Canadian Immigration Law

company: QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey

position: Corporate Program Manager, Global Mobility for Pratt & Whitney Canada

company: Sirva Relocation

position: Immigration Specialist

company: BCF

position: Intern - Manager, Finances

company: Groupe ALCEA (Roland Garros)


Roland Mas Le Tallec

sourced_title: Senior Manager - AI Work Transformation for Customer Service, Data Governance, Data for Retail

headline: Senior Manager

about:
Expert Data in Retail - Data Monetization
Design and delivery of Data Products - Data Quality - Data Governance & Organization
Data & AI for Customer Service, Customer Satisfaction & Call Centers

20+ years experience in Retail / Consumer Goods and Services, including 10+ years of consulting (serving Intermarché, L’Oréal, Sephora, Yves Rocher, Margarines Saint-Hubert, BUT, Laboratoires Pierre Fabre), 4 years at Auchan as a Data Project Manager developing the Datasharing/Retail Media maturity within Business Units and managing a portfolio of Data Projects, as well as experience in Retail Key Account Management at Unilever and consumer marketing at la Française des Jeux and L’Oréal.
Roland is part of Accenture Song’s CPG & Retail Data Team, leading a team of Data Product Owners and developing new Agentic AI use cases for Data Quality in CPG & Retail.

company: Accenture

position: Manager, Consumer, Product & Sales Data - Retail / FMCG

position: Manager de Projets Data

company: Auchan Retail

description:
Senior project manager within Auchan Retail Data, an international team of 50+ data experts  :  data science, data management, IT & big data, shopper understanding, CRM, consulting, project management. Our mission is to spread the culture of Data throughout Auchan Retail, and to support Auchan Retail country BUs in collecting data and creating value from it. We provide  strategy consulting services,  trainings, operational support, plug & play segmentations and algorithms, technical solutions.
M

position: Consultant

company: Pixis Conseil

description:
Consultant Retail (Food, Textile) :
- Organisation : cartographie des organisations et  processus, définition des organisations et processus cibles, conduite du changement
- Stratégies de croissance dans les secteurs Retail et B2C (Food, Textile, Cosmétiques) : développement de nouveaux produits, concepts, canaux de vente ;
- Stratégies de branding et de communication
- Gestion de projets et animation d’ateliers de travail en environnement  complexe multiculturel

position: CEO, Founder, Owner

company: Lucky Day Underwear

description: Lucky Day designs & markets high-end underwear for men under the brand name Lucky Day Underwear. Items are designed and manufactured in France.

position: Sales

company: Kusmi Tea

description:
Sales at the Paris Champs-Elysées flagship store (opened dec. 2012) :
- sales, cashdesk, merchandizing
- stock management and orders (twice a week)
- training of other sales team members : training on tea knowledge, coaching of new hires

company: Oliver Wyman

description:
Strategy consultant with analytical and project management skills, specialised in growth marketing / branding / communications cases as well as sourcing and organization cases.
Industries : FMCG Cosmetics Retail Media Healthcare.

position: Product Manager

company: la Française des Jeux (French lottery)

description:
Euro Millions Product Manager

Assisted the overall Project Leader for the design, negotiation,  development and roll-out of the european lottery game Euro Millions, mostly on communication streams but also on financial, legal and other.
After the successful launch, I was in charge of operational marketing for France and providing support on multicountry developments and transversal issues.

content:
L’IA chaque jour, des formations chaque semaine, notre métier se transforme et nous accompagnons nos clients dans cette transformation que nous sommes en train de vivre.
Une boîte de 750 000 collaborateurs qui pivote de cette façon, c’est une sacrée preuve d’agilité, non ? :-)

content: View my verified achievement from Accenture.

evidence_experience: "Roland is part of Accenture Song's CPG & Retail Data Team, leading a team of Data Product Owners and developing new Agentic AI use cases for Data Quality in CPG & Retail." - this is client-facing service delivery, not internal firm knowledge/AI ownership.


Fanny Braun

sourced_title: Senior consultant in digital transformation strategy and international development

headline: Consultant in International Development Team 〰 EY Geneva

company: EY

description: Providing consulting services in strategy, digital transformation, IT positioning, data strategy, and project management for public sector clients in French-speaking Switzerland, as well as for United Nations organizations.

position: Consultant in digital transformation strategy and international development

position: Strategy Operations Consultant

company: Argon & Co

position: Digital Transformation Consultant

description:
CNAM project manager, business consultant and functional expert
• Member of Project scoping phases: benchmarking, workshop facilitation, formalization of needs
• Leading the testing and deployment phases of the solutions: assisting in the writting of detailed functional specifications, organizational
test plans
• Ensure project management activities: monitoring of planning & budget, analysis & reinforcement of performance indicators, coordination of stakeholders, animation of committees, prepara

position: Strategy Consultant

company: Capgemini Invent

description:
• Member of Project scoping phases: benchmarking, workshop facilitation, formalization of needs for Storelift’s supply chain
• Leading the benchmarking and the financial studies for each solution we found
• Ensure good communication with the client : CR, steerCo

position: Digital Learning Content Creator

company: L’OCCITANE Group

description:
• Blended-learning Bootcamp - My True Story program: digital transformation for retail, COVID program
• Managed logistic of «Casa De L’Occi» - 1 day event for L’Occitane’s employees : member of the global management team
• Content creation : Performance Review, Parental Leave, CRM
• Data analysis and collection (SEO, SMO, SMA, SEA, CTR, Google analytics)

position: Assistant Brand Manager Marketing

company: Ubisoft

description:
• Conduct the localiza6on of the marketing campaigns for 3 video games: Ghost Recon Legend, Just Danse, Assassin’s Creed
• Lead of strategic research on competitors
• Manage the Organization of the Ubisoft booth for the Madrid Games Week 2019

position: RH événementiel

company: ALTEN

description: Rh - événementielle dans le secteur de SIRT

content: View my verified achievement from EY.


Lisa Ingham

publicIdentifier: lisaingham

sourced_title: AI Manager | Finance Transformation & Applied AI

about:
I help teams make AI real. I’m an AI transformation leader and senior data scientist with 8+ years helping teams turn AI into real operational wins and revenue impact. I love partnering with people, demystifying what AI can do, teaching practical ways to use it, and building momentum from first use case to scaled adoption. I’m energized by high-stakes problems, crisp narratives, and pragmatic execution: identify the value levers, design the plan, build what’s needed, and drive change.

Always happy to connect with operators and builders working at the intersection of AI, value creation, and operating model change.

company: PwC

company: Blackstone

position: Analyst | Data Science Management Program

position: Data Scientist

company: Nelnet

position: Forensic Data Scientist

position: Forensic Technology & Dispute Services Intern

content: Excited to be leading applied AI and finance transformation initiatives at PwC, partnering with finance teams to design, build, and bring AI solutions into production.

content:
Great experience at Anthropic’s Partner Bootcamp with the PwC team. Excited to use tools like Claude Code to improve workflows and development for clients.

#Claude #GenAI

evidence_experience: "Data Science Manager | Deals & Value Creation @ PwC" and prior "Associate | Artificial Intelligence Management Program @ Blackstone" - all individual-contributor/technical AI delivery roles with no stated ownership of an internal knowledge/IP-reuse/governance function.


Cindra Maharaj

publicIdentifier: cindramaharaj

sourced_title: Practice Lead, US Banking and Markets

headline: U.S. Financial Services Lead | Banking & Markets | Capital Markets, Corporate Banking & Payments | Risk, Treasury, Tech & AI enabled Strategy | Partner

about:
I serve as U.S. Banking & Markets Lead at Baringa, where I am responsible for building and scaling our U.S. advisory platform, across banking, capital markets, corporate banking, and payments.

My work sits at the intersection of:
• Risk and regulatory strategy
• Capital, liquidity and balance sheet optimization
• Corporate Banking and Payments transformation
• Capital Markets and markets structure reform
• AI-enabled transformation grounded in governance, people and talent

I work with global banks, broker-dealers, corporate banks, payments providers, and emerging market entrants who are facing similar structural tensions, even if their starting points differ. Whether the issue is balance sheet efficiency, clearing reform, digital assets, treasury transformation, fraud and operational resilience, or AI governance, an underlying challenge is integration.

Advantage today does not come from isolated initiatives. It comes from aligning risk, capital, technology, and commercial strategy into a coherent operating model.

In addition to client advisory, I am focused on building and commercializing Baringa’s U.S. banking & markets business: scaling teams, deepening expertise, and expanding our footprint in the U.S. market.

position: Practice Lead, US Banking and Markets

company: Baringa

description:
Responsible for building and scaling Baringa’s U.S. Financial Services Banking and Markets businesss, with particular focus on capital markets, corporate banking, payments, and risk transformation.

Lead client relationships with global and domestic financial institutions, advising on financial resource management, people and talent change, markets infrastructure, digital assets, and AI-enabled transformation.

Charged with commercializing and growing the U.S. banking & markets offering — expand

position: Partner

description: Partner charged with building and commercializing Baringa’s U.S. risk and regulatory offering, scaling teams, deepening expertise across financial and non financial risk domains and expanding client relationships across banking and markets.

position: Director

description: Director leading complex tech and risk engagements while building long-term, multi-year client relationships and accounts across banking and markets institutions.

position: Senior Manager

description: Liquidity and Treasury domain expert

position: Deal Structuring - Capital Management

company: Shell

description: Natural Gas Storage modeling

position: Corporate Treasury

company: Morgan Stanley

description: Financial resource management;; liquidity, funding and crisis management

content:
After the financial crisis, liquidity moved from being a treasury concern to a strategic priority that shaped investment decisions across the bank.

I think operational resilience is following a similar path. What started as a regulatory requirement is increasingly becoming a business capability that influences technology investment, operating model decisions, and third-party partnerships.

As fir

content:
I just spent two days at Risk Americas in NYC where I really enjoyed moderating the Macro and Global Trends stream.

Geopolitical risk is an everyday discussion for financial institutions, it is flowing directly into credit, liquidity, financial crime, fraud, operations, AI, infrastructure, and regulatory strategy.

Over the last two days, Baringa  sponsored and moderated discussions across:
• Fi

content:
I spent the past two days at my first Women in Payments Symposium — themed: Unstoppable: Breaking Barriers, Building Futures.

And here’s what I’ve learned: Unstoppable isn’t about momentum.
It’s about removing barriers faster than they reappear.

The conversation wasn’t theoretical.
AI is accelerating. New entrants are reshaping the ecosystem. Stablecoins and agentic commerce are moving from edge

evidence_experience: "Lead client relationships with global and domestic financial institutions, advising on financial resource management, people and talent change, markets infrastructure, digital assets, and AI-enabled transformation." and "Charged with commercializing and growing the U.S. banking & markets offering"

resolved_account_name: Baringa


Jake Groezinger

publicIdentifier: jacobgroezinger

sourced_title: Senior Manager, Digital Strategy & Product Management

headline: Senior Manager, EY Consulting - Digital

about: Jake is a Product Manager on EY’s Digital Team based in New York City. Throughout his seven years of experience, he has helped lead agile design and development teams through builds of multiple consumer facing financial products and applications, particularly in the payments and money movement space.

position: Senior Consultant, Digital Strategy and Product Management

position: Undergraduate Course Assistant for Engineering Communications I & II

company: Binghamton University

position: Student Assistant at Watson Career and Alumni Connections

description: As a Student Assistant for the Watson Career and Alumni Connections office, I conduct regular student meetings to provide advice about resumes, cover letters, interview, and career goals.  I also assist in planning and carrying out various workshops and networking events to help students make connections in the engineering industry.  I routinely use powerpoint and excel to prepare presentations and documents for programming and office records.

position: Mentor Resident Assistant

description: As a Resident Assistant on campus, I oversee a group of 40 diverse students throughout the academic year. I plan and coordinate events that build community and promote campus involvement among the residents in my buildings as well as throughout the community of 1,200 residents. Due to the community housing 1,200 students, it is essential to create personal relationships with the residents and staff members in order to create an environment conducive to learning.

position: Undergraduate Course Assistant for Enterprise Systems

evidence_experience: "Jake is a Product Manager on EY's Digital Team based in New York City...he has helped lead agile design and development teams through builds of multiple consumer facing financial products and applications, particularly in the payments and money movement space."


Jayla Bradley

publicIdentifier: jayla-bradley

sourced_title: Innovation Manager | Global Agentic AI Forum Program

headline: Innovation Manager and AI Enablement Lead @ Accenture | Designing AI-Ready Organizations Through Learning, Policy, and Workforce Development

about:
Jayla Bradley is an AI and innovation strategist who helps leaders cut through the noise of emerging technology and turn it into real-world impact. She works with leaders to move beyond the hype by identifying real opportunities and turning ideas into solutions that are practical, scalable, and impactful.

By day, she’s an Innovation Manager at Accenture and an Adjunct MBA professor, working at the intersection of AI, workforce transformation, and leadership development. She focuses on helping people and organizations adopt AI in ways that are thoughtful, responsible, and grounded in real value.

Outside of work, Jayla is always in motion! Whether that’s roller skating, exploring aerial sports, or traveling and experiencing new cultures. She’s naturally curious, constantly learning, and brings that same energy into how she approaches technology, leadership, and life.

company: Accenture

description: As an Innovation Manager at Accenture, I spearheaded the launch of a global Agentic AI forum, bringing together C-suite executives to discuss emerging AI capabilities. This initiative aimed to identify business challenges and drive innovation. I also developed a scalable “event-in-a-box” model that streamlined the attendee experience and facilitated impactful learning sessions.

position: AI Leader and SMA | Agentic AI and Generative AI Learning Initiatives

description: In my role at Accenture, I spearheaded an AI learning initiative that empowered over 1,300 professionals from diverse sectors. By focusing on practical applications and responsible AI adoption, I delivered over 12,000 learning hours through interactive workshops and case studies, significantly boosting productivity and confidence in AI tools.

position: Executive Strategy & Process Transformation

description: I facilitated executive workshops and strategic planning sessions, utilizing human design thinking to address client challenges. I developed tailored solutions and future-state operating models to improve operational effectiveness. Additionally, I led a significant engagement involving multiple workshops for a Utilities company’s Oracle ERP implementation, ensuring comprehensive stakeholder engagement and user requirement capture.

position: Innovation Offering & Business Development

description: I played a pivotal role in shaping an AI strategy offering that prepared organizations for AI readiness and adoption. By identifying critical use cases and engaging with clients, I contributed to over $650K in influenced and direct sales. My work focused on ensuring that businesses could effectively integrate AI into their operations, enhancing their competitive edge in the market.

position: Spark!Talk Speaker “Learning to Dance with Gen AI”

company: New Leaders Council

description:
Jayla shared a five minute "Ted Talk" style presentation on how Gen AI tools like Claude transformed her work and creativity. She shared her journey from skepticism to empowerment, describing how Gen AI can amplify our uniquely human traits - creativity, adaptability, and empathy.

Key takeaway: "The future belongs to those who learn to dance with Gen AI."

Jayla is training others on how to use Gen AI tools to enhance their daily productivity, exploring topics like prompt engineering and resp

position: Atlanta Fellow | 2023 NLC Institute

description:
Jayla has pursued a national fellowship program focused on progressivism and equality called New Leaders Council (NLC). NLC was formed to train and support the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs, young professionals in their twenties and thirties who are leading industries, setting trends, and building institutions that support robust civic and political life in a global America.

Jayla was selected to join the Atlanta cohort of 20 other fellows to participate in a political

position: Industrial Engineer

company: The Walt Disney Company

description:
Developed a prototype application to analyze park entry wait times for accurate labor forecasting using Microsoft Power Apps, Flow & Power BI

Optimized Operations Concierge Team user workflow and system processes saving the company over 2 full-time equivalents of work

Analyzed user experiences and usability tests to reduce operating costs and increase process efficiency

content:
A lot of people are asking how to “get into AI” right now.

But I think a more practical question is:

What does AI actually look like in the workplace and what will work look like a few years from now?

I recently had the opportunity to join Nathan Pritts, PhD and Dwayne K. Brown, PhD, MBA  for Conversations X Connections at the The University of Arizona Global Campus to discuss what AI readines

content:
I was recently brought into a conversation with faculty at Clark Atlanta University focused on how AI should show up in the classroom in alignment with today’s workforce expectations.

The discussion quickly moved beyond how tools can support students… to how faculty can use AI to reshape the classroom experience and better prepare students for a workforce being redefined by it.

AI is already be

content:
Seven years ago, one of my very first Accenture experiences was attending the AA/HAERG Leadership Summit (African American and Hispanic American Employee Resource Groups) as an intern.

I remember being in the audience, listening to leaders share their experiences, building new connections, and trying to absorb as much as I could while imagining what my own career journey might look like.

This ye

content:
Grateful for these moments 🤍

Last Friday, I stepped away from the day-to-day for Accenture’s Day of Service. I had the opportunity to lead a group of high school students from C5 Georgia Youth Foundation, an organization focused on preparing students for college, career, and leadership. Together, we built “kits for success” for graduating seniors as they take their next steps.

As we talked about

content:
If you’re an executive in Sydney, I strongly encourage you to check this out.

Accenture and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are hosting an Agentic AI Forum on May 12 at the Sydney Connected Innovation Center, focused on what agentic AI actually means for enterprise leaders right now.

I’m closely aligned to this space at Accenture, and these are the kinds of conversations shaping how organizations are

evidence_experience: "My work focused on ensuring that businesses could effectively integrate AI into their operations, enhancing their competitive edge in the market" and "I contributed to over $650K in influenced and direct sales" - client-facing AI strategy offering, not internal firm knowledge ownership.


Olly Jeffers

sourced_title: Global Onboarding Innovation Lead

headline: Global Recruiting & Onboarding Innovation Leader | AI-Powered Employee and Candidate Experience • Executive & Global Integration

about:
I’m a global onboarding and learning innovation leader with over a decade of experience designing scalable, high-impact employee experiences. At Accenture, I lead the development of immersive, data-informed onboarding programs that support over 600,000 employees worldwide, from early talent to executive hires.

My work blends emerging technology and behavioral science to create journeys that are human-centered and results-driven. Whether integrating VR and spatial learning or using generative AI to personalize ramp-up experiences, my goal is to ensure every new joiner feels connected, confident, and successful from day one.

I thrive at the intersection of innovation, strategy, and people experience, designing programs that not only inform but inspire.

Let’s connect if you lead L&D, talent transformation, or are passionate about reimagining onboarding.

position: Global Recruiting and Onboarding Experience Lead

position: Global Onboarding Innovation Lead

description: As Global Onboarding Innovation Lead at Accenture, Olly drives the design and continuous evolution of the company’s enterprise onboarding experience. His work supports over 120,000 new joiners globally and focuses on blending immersive technology, personalization, and culture-building to create engaging, human-centered journeys for every new joiner.

position: Global Onboarding Year One Innovation Lead

description: Global New Joiner Experience Innovation Lead, supporting Accenture's new joiners throughout their first year in and out of the metaverse.

position: UKI Orientation and Induction Lead

description: In this role, Olly led onboarding for new hires across the UK and Ireland, from early talent to Managing Directors. He redesigned regional orientation experiences to reflect Accenture’s evolving culture, business priorities, and inclusion goals, introducing immersive technologies and measurable improvements in engagement and ramp-up time.

position: Learning Advisory - Employee Onboarding

description: Olly managed onboarding operations for one of Accenture’s largest tech clients in EMEA, overseeing seamless integration for thousands of hires. He facilitated high-impact orientation sessions and co-created client-specific onboarding content that aligned with business needs, cultural nuances, and operational workflows.

position: Creative Consultant

company: The Skills Farm Ltd

description: As a Creative Consultant at this startup training firm, Olly played a key role in shaping the company’s brand identity and learning experience design. He developed customer journey strategies, built digital content, and advised on program delivery based on his background in facilitation and instructional design.

position: Various Roles including Guest Trainer, Genius & Training Lead

company: Apple

description: Olly held multiple training and customer experience roles at Apple, progressing from technical support to facilitation and onboarding leadership. He delivered Apple’s Genius curriculum, supported product launch training, and helped shape in-store learning environments. This hands-on foundation in facilitation and onboarding set the stage for his later leadership in global learning innovation.

position: Instructional Designer Consultant

company: Amsys

description: Working freelance with Amsys, Olly designed classroom and video-based training resources for Apple retail programs. His work focused on instructional design for topics such as sales effectiveness, business use of iOS, and product training for both authorized and non-authorized retailers.

content:
With so much news and content coming out of Davos, this one initially passed me by—but it’s a great watch.
Accenture's Julie Sweet speaking with the WSJ Leadership Institute on why AI’s biggest value isn’t where most companies are focusing today, and why enterprise‑wide transformation is still a few years out for many.
A refreshingly clear perspective from #WEF26.
Watch the full conversation: http

content:
If you watch (or listen to) one thing today, make it this podcast.
Big thanks to Tom Sayer for sharing such a brilliant conversation with Marc Warner.
I’m still thinking about one big idea: AI is not just changing work — it could become one of the most powerful learning tools we’ve ever had. (I'm sure some already feel it is)
And maybe even more importantly, it made me think about the value of the

content:
The future of talent is here. Our Talent Reinventors report reveals that organizations embracing a distinctive talent strategy are delivering real value for their people and their business.

Discover how your organization can balance human ingenuity with intelligent technology to create workplaces where people and #AI learn, grow, and thrive together: https://accntu.re/4cPAYQq

evidence_experience: "I'm a global onboarding and learning innovation leader with over a decade of experience designing scalable, high-impact employee experiences... supports over 600,000 employees worldwide" - this is HR/L&D/talent onboarding work, an out-of-scope function.


Gregory Knight

sourced_title: Sr. Advisor Digital Transformation and Business Performance Optimization

headline: CEO & President | Executive Vice President | Digital Business Leader | Corporate Director | Chief Customer Officer | Business, PE and Tech Sr Advisor | AI Business Readiness

about:
I am an enterprise operator, board director, and advisor with experience leading and advising transformation, innovation, and earnings growth across complex businesses and industries. A consistent thread throughout my career has been translating deep customer and market insight into business results using customer experience, marketing, human-centered design, product innovation, and technology to help organizations create value, differentiate, and grow.

Today, I serve as a Senior Advisor to Boston Consulting Group, supporting digital transformation and business performance optimization. I also advise on private equity opportunities, bringing an operator’s lens to growth, technology, product, commercial, and operational value creation.

I serve as an independent director of Pentair plc and Fortis Inc. and as President and CEO of the National Sports Association of Wellness and Mental Fitness, advancing wellness, mental fitness, and leadership development in sports.

My work increasingly focuses on the intersection of AI, technology, cybersecurity, organizational capability, and leadership. I am currently immersed in AI and technology study through the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and recently completed Emory University’s Executive Coaching program, deepening my focus on how leaders and organizations adapt, make better decisions, manage emerging risks, and perform through change.

Previously, I held senior executive and C-suite roles at National Grid and CenterPoint Energy. As Executive Vice President and Division President at CenterPoint, I led IT/OT, supply chain, marketing, sales, customer experience, and economic development, while also leading commercial businesses with P&L responsibility for two competitive services businesses generating approximat

position: Non Executive Board Member

company: Fortis Inc.

description: Serve Serve on the Governance & Sustainability and Human Resources Committees, overseeing corporate governance, cybersecurity, digital and operational technology risk, executive compensation, leadership succession, sustainability initiatives, and enterprise risk management for one of North America’s largest regulated utility companies.

position: President & CEO

company: National Sports Association of Wellness & Mental Fitness

description:
As President & CEO of NSAWMF, I’m honored to lead a national nonprofit dedicated to making mental fitness a core pillar of athletic success — on and off the field. Co-founded with former NFL Pro Sammy Knight and licensed psychologist Dr. Jei Pearcey, NSAWMF exists to support the whole athlete at every level of sport.

Our work bridges science, coaching, and community to help athletes strengthen their minds, navigate pressure, and perform at their highest level — while also equipping the ecosyste

company: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

description:
Provide thought leadership and client support around digital transformation strategy and business performance optimization in customer experience, marketing and field operations.

The path to high ROI/ROO digital transformation initiatives is complex from a culture, business management and technology implantation perspective.  The enhanced digital paradigm is grounded is business performance optimization enabled by strong corporate sponsorship, interdisciplinary teams, business sponsor, produc

company: Pentair

description: Serve on the Audit & Finance Committee, overseeing financial reporting, internal controls, enterprise risk management, cybersecurity, compliance, and capital deployment. Advise on growth strategy, customer experience, sales effectiveness, marketing, digital transformation, and operational performance to drive sustainable value creation.

position: Executive Vice President and Division President, CenterPoint Energy

company: CenterPoint Energy

description:
Served in Executive Committee leadership role within 9b annual revenue and 6m customers parent company leading two commercial competitive services business divisions with combined $500m annual revenue while also leading enterprise business services unit.

Energy Systems Group, LLC Division
Served as President and Chief Executive for leading energy services business delivering $300m annually in competitive business revenue from engineering, procurement, construction, energy efficiency, micro grid

position: Chief Customer Officer

company: National Grid

description: Responsible for Customer Strategy and Operations for National Grid US Massachusetts, Rhodes Island and New York service territories. Lead transportation strategy to enhance service customers while also developing and deploying sustainability solutions to enable a clean energy future.  Responsible for engaging regulators and broad stakeholder communities to garner support for customer programs.  Develop CIS transformation strategy to enable digital transformation and operating efficiencies via te

position: Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service & Chief Customer Officer

description: Lead Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Operations and strategy in support of CenterPoint Energy's 9B annual revenue Gas and Electric regulated and retail unregulated business operations across six states.  Responsible for Minnesota's largest independent retail appliance sales as service  business P&L including strategies around direct sales, marketing, service and retention.  Responsible for developing CenterPoint growth strategies, business analytics, process improvement and also culture ch

position: Division Vice President, Customer Service

description: Lead CenterPoint Energy's Customer Service and Sales strategic operations for 5.2 million regulated and non regulated customers including cross- up sell products and services.  Lead Credit and Collection for regulated services for B/B and B/C customer segments . Provide strategic planning support around technology improvements (telephony, CRM, CIS, IVR and various digital channels) that increase business efficiency and customer satisfaction. Achieved top national industry customer satisfaction r

content: View my verified achievement from Emory Executive Education | Goizueta Business School.

evidence_experience: "Provide thought leadership and client support around digital transformation strategy and business performance optimization in customer experience, marketing and field operations." - explicitly client-facing advisory work at BCG, not internal function ownership.

resolved_account_name: BCG GAMMA


Jimmy Ramsteijn

sourced_title: Senior Manager Digital Transformation

headline: Senior Manager Digital Transformation bij PwC

about: Passionate about data driven business model innovation and the impact of emerging technologies on people & organizations. People describe me as a problem solver, I’ll take the extra step if the team needs it and I’m dedicated to the success of a project. Building relationships and working with different types of people is one of my strengths.

position: Senior Manager Digital Transformation

company: PwC

description:
- Developing digital/IT strategies and roadmaps to help clients transforming to a sustainable business model during complex situations (e.g. pre/post IPO, mergers and acquisitions).
- Advising clients on how to optimise their finance function and financial reporting processes to comply with new/relevant legislation/reporting standards (e.g. CSRD, ESEF, SOx)
- AI Transformations within the private and public sectors (e.g. AI strategy, use case development, process optimization, development of Age

position: Manager Digital Transformation

position: Senior Consultant Digital Transformation

description:
- Digital & IT strategy, roadmap & execution assignments for private equity owned companies / private business and the public sector;
- Experienced in (agile) project management, business model innovation, business transformation, IT implementation and change management;
- Supported a global public transport provider with the design & execution of their Zero Emission & data monetization strategy and the implementation of a data management platform;
- Operational and technical due diligence of PE

position: Consultant Digital Transformation

position: Senior associate

company: PwC Switzerland

description: - Secondment as part of the Short Term Exchange Program for senior consultants within EMEA from Sept - Dec 2022

position: Working student

company: Philips

description:
- Improved Philips’ IT project evaluation process by designing a ‘Value-Based Model’ based on theoretical research & interviews with professors and Rabobank International employees
- Built a value-based portfolio management tool to manage IT projects (continue, scale or stop) based on the designed value model

position: (Interim) Professional Business Banking

company: Welten

description: - Worked as an interim professional within the financial sector.

position: Matcher

description:
- Provided assignments for 150 interim professionals & managers within the financial sector
- Personal development & coaching of interim professionals

content:
Trots dat ik deelneem aan de Cruyff Legacy 14K!

Steun jij óók de Johan Cruyff Foundation? Via onderstaande link kun je doneren!

#CruyffLegacy #CruyffFoundation #pwcnederland #runforimpact

content: Want to work on AI transformations? Join our Digital Transformation team!

content:
Great to see that PwC has been recognized by #Forrester as Leader in AI Consulting Services 🚀

Want to know more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dYKSaSbu

content: Vacature in ons digital transformation team, neem gerust contact op voor een kop koffie!

content:
Exit readiness is more than clean financials.

A compelling value creation story backed by trusted data differentiates strong exits from average ones. This is where finance plays a critical role. Buyers look for confidence in forecasting accuracy, working capital discipline, leadership strength and a finance function that actively challenges and partners with the business.

Read the findings from


Andrew Trotman

headline: Editorial Manager, Global Communications at KPMG

about:
Building on more than two decades of creating B2B and B2C content and communication strategies for a range of audiences, I provide teams with assets, platforms and support that help them connect with each other and their customers to further company objectives.

Comfortable working independently or as part of complex teams, I am a versatile, confident and energetic collaborator with a growth mindset.

I am a multi-skilled Communications professional with wide-ranging experience in delivering clear and concise content through written comms, videos, podcasts, social media and PowerPoint decks.

company: KPMG

position: Communications Manager - EMEA

company: Cisco

description:
• Worked as part of a team supporting internal communications for 23,000+ strong team across EMEA
• Created strategy and content that helped executives communicate company information and news internally to staff and externally to customers and partners
• Worked closely with various teams across EMEA, US and Asia to ensure constant alignment on communications and translate strategy into execution
• Responsibilities included Town Hall events, EMEA appearances at global events, executive appearanc

position: Head of Communications - SMC EMEA

company: Microsoft

description:
• Oversaw internal communications for 1,500+ strong team in EMEA
• Led on creation of comms content, strategy and platforms that educated and guided employees, customers and partners
• Responsibilities included Town Hall events, newsletters, award programs, change and crisis comms, business updates and social media
• Proactively identified opportunities to enhance Microsoft’s reputation and perception and developed content accordingly
• Managed external team of social media content creators

position: Content and Communications Lead for Women at Microsoft Employee Resource Group (volunteer role)

description:
• Volunteer board role that worked to support women at Microsoft and other companies to increase their digital skills and advance their career
• Led small communications team, driving content production and strategy
• Ensured comms, content and branding alignment with other Women at Microsoft Employee Resource Groups globally
• Oversaw regular board meetings to ensure leaders are updated on major activities and comms related to these
• Mentored and advised early in career volunteers on comms bes

position: Senior Communications Manager - Strategic Partnerships Team (EMEA)

description:
• Oversaw internal and executive communications for Microsoft’s leading sales team in EMEA and its Vice President
• Led on the creation of content, strategy and platforms to support employee conversations with some of the world’s largest companies
• Responsibilities included creation of blogs, emails, events, newsletters, change comms, business updates, PowerPoint decks and social media

position: Senior Communications Manager - UK

description:
• Oversaw and ran Microsoft UK’s main news site and news Social channel
• Using data and news-led storytelling, the site grew to become Microsoft’s
most-read news platform outside the US
• Created written, audio and video content for international audiences and internal marketing and sales teams, as well as thought leadership articles for the UK CEO and a Storytelling Workshop for executives
• Generated regular media coverage for Microsoft in major publications

position: News Editor

company: Telegraph Media Group

description:
• In charge of team of around 20 journalists in the UK and abroad
• Commissioned, edited and wrote news articles and features
• Created and updated newslists, attended newsroom meetings
• Interviewed company executives and entrepreneurs

company: Daily Mail

evidence_experience: Led on creation of comms content, strategy and platforms that educated and guided employees, customers and partners; Responsibilities included Town Hall events, newsletters, award programs, change and crisis comms, business updates and social media


Martin Espenschied

sourced_title: Practice Lead Digital Core DACH

headline: Taking care of customers, colleagues and SAP capabilities since 2008

about: Martin is a seasoned SAP professional renowned for his unwavering dedication to customer satisfaction. With a robust track record in SAP spanning over 15 years, he excels in building and orchestrating international teams towards delivery of 24/7 Application Management Services and driving Continuous Improvement initiatives. Martin's approach is deeply rooted in understanding each customer's business, ensuring tailored solutions that perfectly align with their needs. Fearless in offering candid insights, he values honesty as a cornerstone of his interactions. Martin firmly believes in forging enduring partnerships founded on trust and reliability, viewing Continuous Improvement and Application Management Services as enduring commitments. His adept communication skills traverse all organizational levels, from the shop floor to the C-suite, fostering harmony between business objectives and IT strategies. Specializing in SAP production and logistics, Martin holds certifications in SAP PP and EWM, a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in business informatics and an executive MBA in general management.

position: Practice Lead Digital Core DACH

company: Westernacher Consulting

description: Driving growth, delivery excellence and strategic positioning of our Digital Core practice across the DACH region. Focus is on shaping industry‑specific value propositions, building high‑performing teams, and ensuring delivery of end‑to‑end SAP‑enabled transformation for our clients. I collaborate closely with global and regional leadership to align capabilities, strengthen our portfolio, and scale innovation across the Digital Core landscape.

position: Global Practice Lead Continuous Improvement & AMS

description: Lead the global strategy, growth, and operational excellence of CI&AMS as one of Westernachers core business pillars. Strengthen our end‑to‑end support and enhancement services to ensure measurable value across the full SAP lifecycle. Advance our global move beyond traditional support by promoting early enablement of AMS to enable fast stabilization and effective Problem Management post Go Live, fostering continuous improvement. Working closely with regional and global teams to shape scalable se

position: Associate lecturer SAP ABAP

description: Teaching a hands on course about SAP ABAP and the handling of the development workbench within SAP

position: Head of AMS / Support

company: SALT Solutions GmbH

description:
Responsible for the professional and disciplinary lead of an Application Management Services & Support team at SALT Solutions. The team consists of consultants and developers. We are using Scrum and Kanban methods within a DevOps approach to provide SAP services according to ITIL in the processes of 2nd and 3rd level Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management and small projects (up to 1000 man days of development).
Our focus areas are SAP MM,PP,WM/EWM,SD,SAP - ME system integrati

position: Service Delivery Manager

description:
Service level management according to ITILv3
Accompany and support the implementation, transition and operation of SAP solutions from an AMS perspective.
SAP consulting along the supply chain

position: IT Consultant / Developer

description:
Support and customer care within the area of SAP logistic modules
SAP consulting along the supply chain (WM/EWM, PP, MM, SD)
Development within ABAP
Go live support and user training

position: Student Employee

description:
Support and customer care within the area of SAP logistic modules
Project assistance
Supporting the ITIL v3 initiative within the AMS department
Support tools, Confluence Wiki, KEDB, CMDB, MS Sharepoint

position: Internship

description: Creation of a QM process to handover existing SAP implementation projects to support services.

content:
#Cluj is always a great place to be 😊
But this time it’s an absolute must with Alexandru on stage. One of the true GOATs in YL speaking about logistics… don’t miss it!

content:
☀ #ABAP exam day at Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS)!
A record turnout today: 18 students showed up for the final ABAP exam - despite a hot 25°C Friday. 🌡👏
Good luck and much success to all of you! After a semester of coding, debugging, and learning the foundations of SAP development, it's time to put your knowledge into practice.
While AI is rapidly changing the way software is

content:
🚀 Back to ABAP - and back to the classroom!

Today we kicked off my hands-on ABAP course at Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS) and I was impressed: almost 20 students joined in person, despite 30°C and sunshine outside,  to spend the day learning about SAP and the basics of ABAP programming.
Over the next two weeks, we will combine theory with lots of practical exercises — from basi

content:
Last week at 𝗪𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗵𝗶, was a strong reminder, why people are the most powerful driver of innovation in consulting.

The regional meeting brought together colleagues from across Westernacher Consulting for a series of inspiring sessions around AI in consulting and how to thrive as 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀.

What stood out most was not just the 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁

content:
🎯 CI & AMS done right is not a stepping stone - it’s a long‑term discipline for true SAP experts.

With the upcoming 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝗱, it’s a good moment to pause and feel grateful - especially for the outstanding people I work with in India 🇮🇳

𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆‐𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸. And yes, if we talk about 1st‑level mass ERP support, that perception may exist.

But real 𝗔𝗠𝗦 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀

evidence_experience: "Driving growth, delivery excellence and strategic positioning of our Digital Core practice... ensuring delivery of end-to-end SAP-enabled transformation for our clients" and "Lead the global strategy, growth, and operational excellence of CI&AMS... to ensure measurable value across the full SAP lifecycle" - these describe leading client-delivery service lines, not an internal knowledge/AI function.


Yvo Richner

sourced_title: AI Lead CH | Senior Managing Consultant

headline: Helping Companies and Colleagues make use of AI @ elaboratum suisse GmbH - Focus: AI, CAI & Behavioral Design

about:
With an MSc in Marketing and Strategic Management, I have worked in the logistics industry for more than a decade, all over the world.

Particularly interested in communication and the digitization and subsequent automation of operational processes, I enjoy learning and exploring new technologies. A few years ago, I started my deep dive into AI, Voice Technology and Conversational Design. And more recently, into Behavioral Design to try to tie it all together. I am no stranger to challenging situations and environments, and I enjoy applying my skillset to getting things done.

Outside of work, you can find me spending time with my family, gaming or reading and ever so rarely chasing a tiny white ball down a patch of grass.

position: AI Lead CH | Senior Managing Consultant

company: Eidra

position: Senior Managing Consultant | GenAI & Conversational AI

company: elaboratum Suisse GmbH

description:
Focus areas:
- GenerativeAI with a specific focus on LLMs & SLMs
- Conversational AI
- Behavioral Design

At elaboratum and elaboratum suisse, we are experts in digital business and cross-channel strategies. We help companies achieve customer excellence by leveraging the full potential of digital technologies. Hands-on experience combined with methodological competence and focus on digitalization is our advantage.

position: Managing Consultant

position: Co-Founder / Advisor

company: PeriPlus AG

description:
PeriPlus AG is an AI and FreightTech B2B service provider.

- Setting up a Joint-stock company
- Defining and executing strategical decisions
- Designing the operational structure
- Sales and Business development
- Product Management / Ownership (Scrum)
- Setting up a legal framework
- IP Protection
- Investor relations

position: VUI Design & Use Case Definition

company: Voicetech Syndikat

description:
We make voice-driven AI commercially viable for small and medium-sized businesses:
- Hospitality (customer service)
- eCommerce (voice ordering)
- Marketing (lead generation)

position: Founder

description:
At gavari.ch, we specialize in digital conversations:
- Conversation Design (VUI)
- Chatbots and Conversational IVR
- Interactive Advertisements (Voice Landing Pages)
- Alexa Skills and Google Actions
- Voice-Brand Strategies
- Workshops on everything Voicetech

position: Co-Founder / Consultant

company: CY Global Trade Consulting

description: CY Global Trade Consulting is a consulting company with a focus on logistics and international trade.

position: Co-Founder / Operations

company: CY-Syndicate GmbH

description: CY Syndicate is a business incubator focusing on worker-centric businesses.

content:
Good thing I started my Boxing-Journey last week, as apparently, I will be stepping in the ring tomorrow morning at insureNXT 2026! 🤣

Come and see me struggle for about 2 rounds:
May 21, 09:52 AM - 09:59 AM
Harnessing Silicon Personas: Engineering Behavioral Truth into Agentic Workflows
@ the Demo Arena

https://lnkd.in/eXEfaKnx

#insureNXT #Innovation #siliconpersonas #elaboratum #eidra

content:
Day one of GenAI Zürich 2026 half done, had some good exchanges and heard some interesting talks already!

Last time annoying you before my talk tomorrow morning - drop in, everyone is welcome! 😊

content:
Morgen geht es zur insureNXT nach Köln! Ich bin schon sehr gespannt auf den Austausch zu den neuesten Trends der Branche und freue mich auf inspirierendes Networking mit alten und neuen Gesichtern.

Sehen wir uns dort？ 🚀

Meine Session an Tag 2:
Harnessing Silicon Personas: Engineering Behavioral Truth into Agentic Workflows
May 21, 09:52 AM - 09:59 AM
Demo Arena

#insureNXT #Versicherung #Innovat

content:
Deck: done!

Excited to hold the first workshop of the day on Thursday morning, 02.04.2026 at the GenAI Zürich - 2nd Floor, Room 20 - 09:30 - 10:30 am.

Drop in, it will be hangover-friendly ;-) !

https://luma.com/s5w6iuqa

https://lnkd.in/ex3FHg8v

content:
Are you going to be at GenAI Zürich next week as well?

Meet me there, I will be there both days and will be holding a workshop on day 2 at 09:30 on our Silicon Personas product and how to generally leverage workflows for anything marketing.

Plus, I'll do an Ask Me Anything - so drop in! 😃

evidence_experience: "GenerativeAI with a specific focus on LLMs & SLMs / Conversational AI / Behavioral Design... we are experts in digital business and cross-channel strategies. We help companies achieve customer excellence" - all client-facing service delivery, no internal function ownership described.

resolved_account_name: Eidra


Isabelle Lescent-Giles, PhD

publicIdentifier: isabellelescentgiles

headline: Manager of Professional Development at McKinsey & Co | Talent strategy, staffing, performance assessment, people development, learning, succession planning | Problem solver, strategist and advisor to Senior leaders

about: I am the Professional Development Manager for McKinsey's Research Institutes - MGI on Economics, MHI on Health. IEM on Economic Mobility. I serve both as a thought partner to define, execute and assess our People and Talent strategy (talent attraction, development, staffing and reviews), and as a career and development coach for all Institutes colleagues, from analysts to partners. I thrive in complex, global, fast-paced ambiguous environment, building strategy, structures and teams to deliver outstanding impact on our clients (through our research, C-suite counseling and being "the voice" of the firm on cutting edge economic and social topics, from the impact of Ai on skills and competitiveness to equity and health)

position: Professional Development Manager

company: McKinsey & Company

description:
In my role, I
(1) advise on and create our People Strategy, Policy, Processes and Metrics, working closely with senior leaders (Directors and partners) at the McKinsey Health Institute and the McKinsey Global Institute
(2) represent the Institute on all people matters across the firm and liaise daily with firm functions (HR, talent, finance, reporting, learning), practices (such as healthcare, finance, tech) and offices across the globe to negotiate and build consensus, awareness and buy-in on

position: Professor, Global Strategy & Family Business

company: Hult International Business School

description:
(1) CURRICULUM DESIGN AND TEACHING:
-Designed, taught, institutionalized comprehensive curriculum (theory & practicum) on Family Business (Innovation, Strategy, Succession planning/Leadership, Change management) - Undergrads & grads
-Designed and taught MBA theory and practicum courses on consulting
-Redesigned and taught undergraduate courses on Global strategies, Change management, Coaching, Negotiations; the Art of Pitching and comparative economics

(2) COACH, ADVISOR AND MENTOR
-Led corpora

position: Senior Consultant

company: The Winthrop Group, Inc.

description:
Boutique consulting firm of applied historians with proven expertise in using historical narratives to inform contemporary business challenges. We use history to contextualize and reframe innovation, product development, talent management, M&A, leadership development & succession planning
I focus on helping global family firms, multigenerational firms and philanthropic foundations craft sustainable strategies, improve performance, resilience, engagement, reputation & social impact through ESG

position: Visiting Assistant Professor & Adjunct, Global Business & Family Business (Gellert Center)

company: University of San Francisco

description:
•	Developed & delivered classes on strategy and innovation, change management & family business
•	Coached Student Consulting Teams to deliver high impact recommendations for (1) Social Entrepreneurship in Colombia, (2) sustainability of Bay Area SMEs; (3) Sustainability in wine industry
•	Researched sustainability, innovation & resilience in global family conglomerates

position: Associate Professor of Global Business

company: San Jose State University

description:
•	Delivered & redesigned undergrad/graduate curricula on Global Strategy, International Management & Managing Global, Multicultural Teams and the impact of biculturalism on learning & careers
•	Mentored and professionalized AIESEC-San Jose, with new accounting & knowledge management systems; delivered a highly-rated national conference
•	Chaired Beta Gamma Sigma chapter
•	Academic advisor to the SJSU Rugby Club

position: Subject Matter Expert on Managing Global Teams and Advisor to the Education Division

company: The Economist

description:
•	Worked from conception to release with an international, cross-functional, virtual team of journalists, learning specialists and graphic/gaming designers to produce an online course on managing global teams for senior executive education
•	Advice about relevant and impactful business topics, markets and competitive landscape, and potential for disruption in executive education

position: Researcher and Research Working group leader

company: The Conference Board

description:
•	Designed & delivered custom research, case studies, report & presentations on global employee engagement & organizational design; collaborated with team of researchers & Conference Board leadership
•	Facilitated peer group discussions & meetings for C-Suite members, leading to actionable change in Employee Engagement Programs

position: Adjunct Assistant Professor of Global Business

company: NYU Stern School of Business

description: Taught economic history / history of globalization with Professor George W Smith

content: San Francisco and Silicon Valley gave birth to 321 unicorn companies and counting. Our next chapter is the edge of AI...

content: Our latest MGI report is live!

content: Quelle route choisir? Piketty ou Plenty?

content: Working alongside the robots

content:
March 8 marked International Women's Day. Many women in midlife are doing everything at once — building careers, raising children, caring for parents — and navigating their own health on top of it. Our health systems weren’t designed for that reality.

Prevention is one of the highest-return investments available today. Yet governments spend less than 2% of health budgets on it. When we design sy

evidence_experience: "(1) advise on and create our People Strategy, Policy, Processes and Metrics... (3) execute on our all people processes: lead and coordina[te]"