David Womack

publicIdentifier: davidwomack

sourced_title: Head of AI & Experience Transformation for Cognizant Moment, UK/Europe

headline: AI Transformation Leader | Cognitive Infrastructure & Complex Systems | Founder | Author

about:
For twenty-five years I have worked at the intersection of emerging technology, human behaviour, and complex systems — first as a creative and innovation leader at R/GA and Adobe, now as Head of AI Transformation at Cognizant Moment.

My focus is on AI as cognitive infrastructure: systems that help organisations understand and act within environments too complex for conventional tools. In practice this means working with enterprise leaders on operating model redesign, AI investment strategy, and proof-of-value programmes that translate technology into measurable outcomes. I lead teams working across retail, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare, and infrastructure — helping organisations connect AI strategy with real commercial and customer outcomes.

Across all of these sectors the most interesting challenge is the same: how do organisations build AI capabilities that genuinely change how they understand and serve customers, lower cost to serve, and stake out new competitive ground.

The work I find most personally compelling extends this into environmental systems. I helped conceive and build the agentic AI platform underpinning SPUN's global fungal network mapping, and I lead programmes within Cognizant OCEAN, applying remote sensing, digital twin architectures, and predictive modelling to water systems. These projects reflect a deeper interest in how AI can help us steward complex natural systems that have historically been impossible to observe at scale.

I am particularly interested in the implications of climate change for human systems — infrastructure resilience, financial risk, and the institutions that will need to adapt. If you are working on these problems, I would like to know you.

description: I lead AI & Experience Transformation for Cognizant Moment across the UK and Europe, working closely with executive teams to define AI investment strategies and transformation roadmaps. This includes modelling ROI, analysing the impact of AI on customer behaviour and demand formation, and designing proof-of-value programs that test organisational and market adoption before scaling investment. In addition to leading transformation programs with clients, I help define and build Cognizant’s capabil

position: OCEAN transformation lead

description:
I lead sector initiatives exploring how AI, sensing technologies, and digital infrastructure can support resilient water systems and environmental infrastructure.

Ocean integrates remote sensing, digital twin architectures, and predictive modelling to improve the stewardship and performance of complex natural and infrastructure systems.

The initiative reflects a broader interest in how AI can serve as cognitive infrastructure for understanding and managing environmental systems.

position: Global Head, Experience Strategy, Digital Experience

description:
Led the global experience strategy discipline across enterprise clients and international markets.

Partnered with C-suite leaders to reposition customer experience as a strategic capability linking brand, technology platforms, and organisational design to drive business outcomes.

Directed multidisciplinary teams spanning research, service design, product strategy, and platform architecture.

Led transformation programs that helped organisations:

• redesign customer journeys and service ecosys

position: Strategic Advisor/Core team member

company: SPUN | Society for the Protection of Underground Networks

description: Collaborate with scientists and technologists working to map and protect global underground fungal networks. Helped conceive, design, and launch a bespoke agentic AI platform supporting SPUN’s global research initiatives. The platform integrates environmental sensing data, distributed research collaboration, and AI-driven analysis to support large-scale ecological mapping. Through this work, I I explore how new AI tools can enable to steward complex natural systems that have historically been di

position: Co-Founder

company: b-theory

description:
Co-founded an incubation platform exploring how emerging technologies are reshaping environments, economic systems, and enabling new forms of value creation.

b-theory supports experimentation with ideas, ventures, and frameworks that anticipate structural shifts in how institutions and operate as AI becomes embedded in economic systems.

The work complements my enterprise role by exploring how AI functions as cognitive infrastructure for collaborations with natural systems.

company: SVA MFA Interaction Design

description: Served as a founding faculty member in the Interaction Design graduate program at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Taught and mentored masters students exploring how emerging technologies reshape human behaviour, institutions, and complex systems.

position: Executive Creative Director, Experience Design

company: R/GA

description:
Led experience design and innovation initiatives at R/GA, one of the most influential innovation firms of the digital age.

In addition to serving as Executive Creative Director for Experience Design, I led innovation work within R/GA’s Mobile and IoT Lab, exploring emerging technologies and new forms of connected products and services.

Also served as a mentor within the R/GA Techstars accelerator partnership, supporting early-stage companies developing new technology platforms and digital prod

position: Lead, Adobe ThinkTank

company: Adobe Systems

description:
Led a think tank examining the future of digital experience, design systems, and emerging technologies and their impact on Adobe’s platform ecosystem.

Convened and collaborated with leading thinkers in technology and design to explore how emerging platforms would reshape creative practice, interaction design, and the systems through which organisations engage customers.

The initiative produced a journal and organised a series of conversations and conferences that brought together practitioners

content: Amsterdam I'm heading toward you! I'll be in town on June 30 to present with Google and Unilever on using AI to increase customer value. The event is invite only so DM me if you're interested.

content: If there's anyone who is going to have a unique but well-grounded perspective on how AI is disrupting industries it is Theo Forbath. I really recommend you check out his new substack "Above the Model". It's a gem!

content: For anyone whose job is to create change within large scale intransigent systems

content: Way to go Isabella Lindholt and our Cognizant team!

content: Instead of (or in addition to) buying that next pack of lion's mane gummies, please consider putting that money towards preserving one of the world's greatest repository of living fungal knowledge. The risk of losing these natural technologies--millions of years in the making--is a global emergency.

evidence_experience: "In addition to leading transformation programs with clients, I help define and build Cognizant's capabilities in these areas — developing the methods, perspectives, and partnerships through which we suppo[rt clients]"


Diego Gastaldi

publicIdentifier: dgastaldi

sourced_title: AVP, Global Practice Head, Smart Products

headline: Global Practice Head, CMT Sales Head, Americas, Cable TV Pioneer

about:
High-performing, high integrity and genuine business leader with cross-functional and global experience in the high-tech industry. Successful strategist and execution leader; have built businesses around a vision, driving strategy and execution through to profitability. Accomplishments in General Management, Innovation, Strategy, Business Development, Sales, Operations, P&L Management and M&A activities (acquisitions and divestitures). Expert understanding of ‘B2B’ engagement models and ‘B2C’ delivery of value added services. Successfully developed, redefined, integrated, grown and managed business, including launch of new products and expansion into new markets and segments. Multilingual (English, Spanish and Portuguese) and Multicultural.

Specialties: Solid analytical, negotiation and execution skills; extremely creative and resourceful.

position: Global Practice Head, Smart Products + CMT Sales Head, Americas

company: Cognizant

end: Present

position: Managing Director, SP/Telco Vertical - Americas

company: VMware

position: Managing Director, Cloud IoT

company: Cisco

description: Led the global restructuring of the IoT ‘go to market’ organization for long term sustainable growth for the company’s SaaS/PaaS IoT solutions, in partnership with Product Management, Engineering and Operations. Engaged with all customers globally, with focus on strategy, commercial engagement, negotiations and profitability of an annual $200M+ business.

position: Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Strategy

company: Technicolor

description: Led Strategy and Corporate Development efforts for long term organic and inorganic growth within the company’s industry, as well as expansion into adjacent segments such as cloud, infrastructure, mobility, smart cities, etc.

position: Senior Vice President Business Development, Planning & Operations

description:
Led the commercial integration of Cisco’s CDBU business in North America into Technicolor, aligning all central functions (Finance, Legal,
Operations, HR, etc.). Defined the overall strategy and go-to-market approach for emerging segments, including strategic partnerships.
Drove the analysis and strategy in complex and large deals. Responsible for the overall regional execution and governance.

position: Vice President Special Project

description: Member of the executive team that led the carve out and sale of the CDBU assets. Responsible for the long term planning forecast that ultimately drove the valuation of the asset. Led the Sales and Marketing tracks in roadshows, Management Presentations and interaction with advising bankers for potential buyers.

position: Senior Director Business Development

description: Responsible for managing Cisco's CPE business globally, across Service Providers. Direct accountability for overall performance of the P&L. Responsible for go-to-market strategies to maximize growth and profitability. Strong focus on Gross and Contribution Margin while improving operational efficiencies across both nascent and mature product categories. Partnership with Sales, Product Management, Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain and Services to drive execution. Responsible for the creation

position: Director of Operations, Office of the CTO

description: Responsible for implementing mechanisms to drive Innovation into Cisco’s DNA, across the company, into all Business Groups [BG] and along with strategic customers worldwide. Lead and facilitate cross-BG collaboration and alignment to integrate ‘products’ into ‘solutions’. Lead engagements with Tier 1 Service Providers, operating joint innovation and incubation engines (e.g. AT&T’s Foundry).

disposition: DISQUALIFIED

internal_vs_external: external

role_nature: other

band: clear

band_reasons: disqualified

evidence_experience: "Leading the Smart Products Practice with focus on Next Generation Networks, Digital Thread/Digital Twins, and Digital Health, leveraging IoT technologies across verticals. Working with key partners on creation, integration, deployment and scalability of cutting edge technology solutions." - describes external, market-facing practice leadership, not internal firm knowledge ownership.

resolved_account_name: Cognizant Consulting France

in_612: yes

in_575: yes

suppressed: no


Gonzalo Gonzalez

sourced_title: Associate Partner - UK AI Lead

headline: Associate Partner, UK AI Lead

about:
As an Associate Partner at Wavestone and UK AI Lead, I help organisations navigate their AI journey, with highly skilled team and offerings that include, but are not limited to: Strategy and AI Governance; Data & AI Platforms; Low-Code AI implementations; Complex Agentic AI implementations; and Driving AI Adoption & ROI.

I have 15+ years experience working in collaboration with clients such as: Barclays, Janus Henderson Investors (JHI), Deutsche Bank, HSBC, GenRe, AXA XL, Santander and Payments UK (formerly Payments Council).

position: Associate Partner - UK AI Lead

company: Wavestone

position: Senior Manager

company: Accenture UK

position: Principal Consultant

company: BCS Consulting

position: Business Analyst for Account Switching Programme – Barclays

company: CGI

description: I am part of the Business Analyst team of the Account Switching Delivery Programme and additionally support the Project Management Team.

position: Innovation Consultant

company: Logica UK

description: As part of the innovation team, I worked together with the UK Innovation Director at Logica on the development of visual and interactive roadmaps to engage with our clients.

position: Account Switching PMO - Payments Council

description: Responsible of the PMO activities for the Account Switching Programme team at Payments Council.

position: Financial Services support team (Sales and BC)

description: Executed regular reporting activities and pre-sales deliverables.

content:
Our latest UK Technology Leader Survey at Wavestone found a familiar pattern: AI is now a top business priority; but a gap persists between ambition and execution, which is driven by challenges in skills, data, governance, operating model and ROI.

The technology function is now on the frontline of the AI race, expected to drive AI transformation for the business while also transforming itself. Mo

content:
1,000 new talents by 2026 !

🚀 Wavestone is entering a new growth cycle  driven by AI and plans to recruit more than 1,000 talents in 2026 across our key geographies.

👀In the UK, we’re looking for outstanding talent to join our Data & AI team; from AI Product Owners to Data & AI Engineers.

🥇If you are ready to join a high-performing, fast-growing team delivering impactful and interesting Data &

content:
The 2026 Women Entrepreneurs in Tech Prize is officially open! 🟣

This second edition will highlight European start-ups pushing the boundaries of what AI can deliver through cutting‑edge technologies.

Sharing as I know within my network lots of successful female entrepreneurs in AI. Note that:
📅 You have until February 20 to apply: https://lnkd.in/dur6jZcc
🏆 This award awaits for you!

evidence_experience: "I help organisations navigate their AI journey... I have 15+ years experience working in collaboration with clients such as: Barclays, Janus Henderson Investors (JHI), Deutsche Bank, HSBC, GenRe, AXA XL, Santander"

resolved_account_name: Wavestone


Tammy Safran

publicIdentifier: tammysafran

sourced_title: Director, Enablement for Strategic Client Accounts (SCA)

headline: Enabling Sales, Account Management, and Operations for Global Clients

about:
Enablement professional after 15+ years in sales. Over the course of my career, the one constant was focusing on the client. The subject matter, the day to day responsibilities and the industries may have changed, but my focus was always on the client, whether they were internal or external clients. I've worked with Fortune 500 global organizations to sports teams. Over the years, I have honed skills in enablement, client service, project management, problem resolution, negotiation, marketing, event planning, business development, sales and lead generation.

Most recently, my focus has been driving revenue by creating standard processes, developing playbooks, managing projects, and determining best practices in account management.

My strengths include developing a strong and loyal client base, collaboration across functions, project management, determining creative solutions, stakeholder management, self-training on new systems, lead training, and ensuring the overall strategy is achieved.

company: RGP

description: In partnership with sales leadership and the sales organization for RGP's strategic client accounts (SCA), driving revenue growth. As this is a new role in the organization, developing enablement plan to include creation of playbooks/collateral, collating success stories, training and onboarding.

position: Director of Client Service, Strategic Client Program

description:
•	Valued sales lead on global accounts producing 133% and 200% YOY revenue growth
•	Enabling and selling consulting services to executives and upper management in Finance & Accounting, HR, Supply Chain and Audit across global, fortune 50 companies
•	Partner with Sales leadership to implement global sales strategy
•	Create and enhance client-oriented collateral including onboarding documents and playbooks
•	Developed account and individual pipeline dashboards utilizing Salesforce
•	Manage Operati

position: Recruiting Manager

company: Robert Half International

description:
•	Developed and maintained a strong and loyal client base
•	Clients included CFOs, VPs and Directors of Finance and Accounting
•	Identified potential new clients through sales calls, networking and referrals
•	Negotiated client rates and fees

position: Manager, Events

company: Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce

description:
•	Planned and executed all aspects of monthly events including seminars, luncheons, award shows and trade shows
•	Ensured fulfillment of sponsor contractual obligations at each event
•	Prepared marketing plans and managed event budgets

position: Manager, Club Marketing

company: National Hockey League

description:
•	Provided customer service to all 30 Clubs in the areas of Sponsorship, Marketing and Ticketing
•	Planned and managed an annual 3-day marketing conference and trade show including site selection, contract negotiation, on-site execution, sponsorship fulfillment, trouble shooting and hospitality
•	Developed and executed national promotions with clients such as Ticketmaster
•	Ensured corporate sponsorship fulfillment for nationally televised games

position: Senior Auditor

company: PwC

content:
Virtual Bingo by Neon Entertainment

🎉 So much fun at work!

Thank you to the RGP Pride ERG team for organizing this event featuring comedian Katie K.

Even if I didn't get Bingo, I still had fun dancing in my chair, singing songs, laughing, and spending time with my RGP work family.

#pridemonth #ERG #DareToWorkDifferently

content:
A Salesforce Agent invited me to Agentforce World Tour NYC…

And I’m glad I went.

I learned how Salesforce is using agents, saw a demo of their Sales Agent, and walked away with some practical best practices:

💠 Start small and iterate — learn and improve as you go
💠Demystify AI — what it is and what it isn’t
💠Define clear business requirements for each agent’s role
💠Keep the user experience in m

content: Join RGP on March 4th to learn how to leverage AI to run projects more effectively.

evidence_experience: "In partnership with sales leadership and the sales organization for RGP's strategic client accounts (SCA), driving revenue growth" and "Enabling and selling consulting services to executives and upper management...across global, fortune 50 companies"

resolved_account_name: RGP EMEA


James Leach

publicIdentifier: jamesleachinnovation

sourced_title: Managing Director, Head of Innovation United Kingdom Ireland and Africa

about:
I lead teams to capture growth.

My career consists of leading and growing high performing teams, be that in the world of technology start-ups or with multi-national enterprises. In this time i have developed deep specialism in using innovation to give my teams and my clients a competitive advantage.

I'm hugely excited about being in innovation right now and working at the intersection between data and AI and business strategy. I truly believe that this moment is a point in time when innovation is more needed than ever before. When growth is challenged, and all businesses are working in a cost constrained environment, innovation and utilising data and AI effectively provides the opportunity for all to get ahead.

 Simply though. for many, innovation is not yet truly front and centre of their business. Rather, innovation capabilities are bolted on to the side of the business without being integrated with core activities.

If organisational innovation is to live up to its promise, then it must be aligned with core business objectives. This is nothing short of an existential issue for business: innovation is essential to surviving disruption; but only if it has purpose.

I'm hugely excited about what the next few years will bring, and having the experience of navigating through volatility will stand the winners out from the rest.

company: Accenture

description:
Reporting directly to the Executive Leadership Team, I lead Accenture’s Innovation capability across the UK, Ireland, and Africa. I am responsible for strategy, delivery, and overall business growth across all sectors.

Built the Innovation Practice from the ground up, growing it into a 60-strong, high-performing team with a multi-million-pound annual budget.

Created a culture of excellence with cross-functional teams aligned to a shared mindset, methodology, and client transformation behaviour

position: Managing Director, Client Innovation Lead UKI, Accenture

position: Client Innovation Services Lead UKI Accenture, & Head of Financial Services ?Whatif!

description:
Led Client Innovation Services for Accenture UKI, responsible for helping clients thrive during disruption and for accelerating Accenture’s consulting transformation.

Led a team of 60+ innovation specialists delivering cross-sector client transformation through strategy, co-creation, and rapid experimentation.

Helped organisations shift mindset and culture to enable self-sustaining innovation and internal disruption.

Worked at the intersection of business, design, and emerging tech to bring f

position: Senior Manager | Innovation Programme Director | Digital Transformation

description:
Joined Accenture to scale innovation from siloed experiments to enterprise-wide impact.

Led a 50-person team focused on strategic inspiration, co-creation, and scaling client innovation.

Embedded innovation into core business processes and structures across a diverse set of clients and sectors.

Championed data-led experimentation to drive behavioural change and unlock new growth levers.

position: Chief Commercial Officer

company: Chelsea Apps

description:
Part of the UKI leadership for this high growth innovation agency.

I spent this 5 years helping organisations handle digital disruption. Originally joining Chelsea Apps as one of the first employee's I have led the commercial function as the business has grown from £60,000 per annum turn over to a turnover of £8m, with a staff of over 100.

Leading the commercial function of the business I have been integral to the changing and evolving position of Chelsea Apps and our route to a future of su

position: Client Director

description: New business leader at this cross platform App Development & Consultancy. Working with FTSE100 clients to deliver internal and external facing solutions.

position: UK Director

company: Target 250 ( Acquired by DN Capital)

description:
Running of the UKI commercial division responsible for all clients sales and marketing campaigns.
•  Reporting directly into the CEO.
•  Directly responsible for all departments client retention and client growth.

evidence_experience: "Led Client Innovation Services for Accenture UKI, responsible for helping clients thrive during disruption and for accelerating Accenture's consulting transformation... Led a team of 60+ innovation specialists delivering cross-sector client transformation through strategy, co-creation, and rapid experimentation."

resolved_account_name: umlaut company

in_575: no

suppressed: yes


Julia Martusewicz-Kulinska

sourced_title: Research Director

headline: Research Director at Analysys Mason

about:
Economist with over eighteen years of research, forecasting, and regulatory experience, mainly in the telecoms industry, including defining and analyzing relevant markets, determining market power, designation of the Significant Market Power (SMP) operator and market research. Accountable for cooperation between the regulatory authority and the European Commission, in terms of relevant market designation and market data collection.

Experience in a multinational and multicultural working environment: Principal Analyst in Analysys Mason (London), Competition Analysis Section Manager in ictQATAR (Qatar) and Research Analyst with Frost & Sullivan’s Information and Communication Technologies Unit (Warsaw).

Specialise in: market research, market analysis, country and regional reports, telecoms forecasting, telecommunications market analysis, competition analysis, and regulatory framework implementation.

position: Research Director

company: Analysys Mason

position: Principal Analyst

position: Senior Analyst

description: Member of the regional markets research team, contributing mainly to the European Core Forecasts, Telecoms Market Matrix and European Country Reports programmes.

position: Owner

company: Casa Bonita S.C.

description: Overall responsibility for managing firm’s day-to-day business operations; analytics, sales, marketing, planning. Negotiations with suppliers, pricing negotiations, policy and strategy, staff recruiting and management, sales, marketing, website development.

position: Competition Analysis Section Manager

company: ictQATAR

description: Economic support of the Regulatory Authority: market and competition analysis, market definition, assessment of competition and market power, dominance designation, design of effective and proportionate regulations and remedies, price benchmarking, analysis of competition issues, periodic market/sector review and survey of the sector.

position: Manager – Department of Telecommunications Market Analysis

company: Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej

description:
Management and responsibility of the tasks in the Department (3 divisions), responsible for relevant telecommunications markets analysis (in accordance to the EU Directive), SMP decisions and local markets analysis, SMP designation, planning adequate regulatory measures according to the outcomes of market analysis and drawing up administrative decisions imposing SMP obligations

Collecting, processing and analysing market data: pricing and market trends.

position: Research Analyst – ICT, EUROPE

company: Frost & Sullivan

description: Primary research and analysis of the European fixed telecom market (initial role), author of the regular expert reports and new report titles, analyst briefings and presentations, contribute articles to company’s website, the trade press and speeches at conferences, work directly with clients on a limited number of consulting projects, coach analysts in the team.

position: Head of Analysis and Information Division

description: Management and responsibility of the tasks in the Division (6-8 employees), preparation of market analysis for high level management for decision making purpose, collecting, processing and analysing  market data, preparation of questionnaires for consumer satisfaction researches in cooperation with external entities, participation in EU meetings connected with market analysis and data gathering (IRG Working Groups, Implementation Report  WG), publication of the Telecommunication Market Report fo

content:
👉 Fixed-wireless access is structurally reshaping the broadband market in emerging Asia–Pacific, becoming a second growth engine behind fibre.
👉 It is rapidly gaining share in India’s fixed broadband market, where strong take-up of 5G FWA has expanded the market overall. However, it has also constrained fibre growth in both connections and revenue.

📓 For more on that topic, check the article by

content:
🛰 Everyone talks about SpaceX as a space and AI company. But its biggest business today? Connectivity. It is generating the most revenue, underpinning profitability, and supporting its launch and manufacturing ecosystem.
Bold futures are often funded by quietly dominant core businesses.
👉 In this Analysys Mason's podcast, our experts break down SpaceX's IPO filing document to understand how Sta

content:
💶 Orange, Bouygues Telecom and Iliad (Free) will acquire and carve up SFR (Altice France) in a landmark deal that would shrink the market from four MNOs to three.
🗼 The split would see SFR’s subscribers, spectrum, B2B unit and infrastructure distributed across the three buyers, in what would be an unprecedented carve-out for the European telecoms sector.

More about the recent market developments

content: 📡 🛰  Great read on how modern geopolitical conflicts are reshaping the space industry. Analysys Mason's Alexander Clark is using the Russo-Ukrainian and Iran wars as case studies, to explain how conflict-driven disruption is altering risk, resilience and strategic priorities across the global space value chain.

content:
📳 Lithuania’s mobile market shifts from volume to value. In 2025, mobile connections declined by 3.9%, revenue grew by over 10% and ARPU increased by 12%. The drivers are structural: SIM registration, migration to contract plans and growing 5G adoption.
📳 This is a good reminder that declining subscriber numbers do not necessarily signal a weaker market. In some cases, regulation can accelerate t

evidence_experience: "Economist with over eighteen years of research, forecasting, and regulatory experience, mainly in the telecoms industry" and "Senior Analyst...contributing mainly to the European Core Forecasts, Telecoms Market Matrix and European Country Reports programmes" - all external, published research/consulting work for clients and regulators.

resolved_account_name: Allolio&Konrad Consulting GmbH


Daniel Gaspers

sourced_title: Head of Digital & AI Services

headline: Technical Product Manager realizing digital & AI services

about:
Sprich mich gerne an – ich freue mich über Austausch, Feedback oder die Möglichkeit, dein Projekt oder Startup mit meiner Erfahrung zu begleiten.
Mein CTPO-Mindset besteht aus 3 Aspekten: Product Value, Tech und Team. Daraus resultieren neue digitale Erlösquellen für bis zu 30% mehr Umsatz oder gehobene interne Prozesseffizienzen mit einem ROI <2 Jahre. Dafür entwickle ich digitale Services, konzipiere skalierbare, zukunftssichere Architekturen – von der Anbindung bestehender Legacy-Systeme über individualentwickelte Software und Cloud-Infrastrukturen bis hin zu IoT-Geräten, mobilen Apps und Webplattformen. Besonders stark in datengetriebenen Geschäftsmodellen, KI (LLM, Computer Vision, Prediction), IoT und der Verbindung von Software mit Industrie und Mittelstand.

position: Head of Digital & AI Services

company: UNITY Consulting & Innovation

description:
Der Bereich Digital Services ist eins von sieben Geschäftsfeldern innerhalb der UNITY AG mit rund 70 Mio. € Jahresumsatz. Aktuell umfasst das Team ca. 30 Personen.

Wertschöpfung durch digitale Services:
Entwicklung und Skalierung digitaler Plattform-Services zur Erweiterung bestehender Geschäftsmodelle und Erschließung neuer Erlösquellen sowie interner Lösungen zur Prozessautomatisierung – von der Geschäftsmodellentwicklung über datenbasierte Entscheidungen, Pricing & Go-to-Market bis zum skali

position: Senior Manager

description: Interim-CTPO, Product Owner, Enterprise-/IT-/Software-Architekt sowie Projektleiter von Teams mit ca. 10 Kollegen in über 100 Projekten bei mehr als 50 Kunden seit 2017.

position: Manager

position: Senior Consultant

position: Consultant

position: Founder & Software Engineer

company: DaJaMa Development

description: Development of mobile & web applications

position: Software Engineer

company: veed (acquired by Studydrive)

description: Conceptual development of the product. Planning of the distributed application architecture on AWS. Development, testing and maintenance of the application.

position: Student Software Engineer

company: Universität Paderborn - Paderborn University

description: In the GET Lab

content:
Starker Schritt – zur richtigen Zeit! 💪

Für mich ist das die konsequente Weiterentwicklung dessen, was ich in den letzten Jahren rund um Software- und AI-Entwicklung immer wieder vorangetrieben habe: weg von Konzepten, hin zu echter Umsetzung.

UNITY Consulting & Innovation zündet den AI Booster 🚀 Die Integration von AI-Experten der NEXT Data Service AG ermöglicht eigenes Inhouse AI- und Softwar

band: review

band_reasons: disqualified; builder

evidence_experience: "Der Bereich Digital Services ist eins von sieben Geschäftsfeldern innerhalb der UNITY AG mit rund 70 Mio. € Jahresumsatz... Entwicklung und Skalierung digitaler Plattform-Services zur Erweiterung bestehender Geschäftsmodelle und Erschließung neuer Erlösquellen"; "Interim-CTPO, Product Owner... in über 100 Projekten bei mehr als 50 Kunden seit 2017."

resolved_account_name: UNITY Consulting & Innovation


Karen Odegaard

sourced_title: Partner, AI & Data Lead & AI Transformation Leader

email_status: verified

headline: AI, Platform & Technology Executive

about:
Trusted leader and advisor with demonstrated expertise in providing technology strategy, innovative solutions and delivery excellence.

Sales, consulting and practice leadership, delivering value-led solutions for clients in various industries including Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare & Resources

company: Guidehouse

position: Member Board of Directors

company: Recast Software

position: VP, AI Innovation & Business Development

company: ServiceNow

description: Work across sales, strategy, partners and customers to drive market growth and evolution of ServiceNow's AI platform and solutions.

position: Managing Director, Enterprise AI

description: Enterprise AI leader driving AI strategy, technology, architecture, business case development, value realization, adoption and delivery across platforms and capabilities.

position: Managing Director, Enterprise Platforms

description: Technology leader within Accenture's CIO organization responsible for business and technology products, platforms, application and IT portfolio of enterprise services.

position: Infrastructure Senior Manager

description: Work with clients in various industries including Technology, Financial Services, Communications and High Tech to deliver process and technology solutions that drive and improve IT Operations

position: Member Of The Board Of Advisors

position: Software Developer

company: Gartner

description: Software Developer and lead technical resource for CRM and Service management solutions

disposition: STRONG

primary_strip: B

internal_vs_external: mixed

evidence_experience: "Global AI & Data leader driving Guidehouse's AI & Data strategy, services, solutions and workforce across commercial and public sector markets. AI Transformation Leader driving cross-organizational AI led business transformation across internal corporate functions, client service delivery and talent."

resolved_account_name: Navigant


Nas F.

publicIdentifier: nasfarzan

sourced_title: Partner, Technology and Data Services Group

headline: Partner, Technology and Data Services - Optimus SBR

about:
I am a highly adaptable and results-oriented strategic leader and problem solver with over 15 years of progressive managerial consulting experience involving the scoping, planning and delivery of business and digital transformation initiatives for clients across the financial services, transportation, health care and not-for-profit sectors. I thrive on solving challenging business problems involving the use of technology and data, and in developing and implementing innovative yet pragmatic solutions that modernize the way companies and people work.

Please reach out to me to learn more about how Optimus SBR's technology practice can assist your organization in taking the next step forward.

company: Optimus SBR

position: Vice President, Technology Services Group

position: Principal, Technology Services Group

position: Sr. Manager, Financial Services Group

position: Manager, Financial Services Group

position: Sr. Associate, Financial Services Group

position: Associate, Industries & Government Group

position: Senior Advisor

company: Officialize

description: Athlete-centric digital marketing agency that assists top professional athletes in building, managing and monetizing their online presence.

content:
It’s been a privilege to work with Ercole, Natalie, Alex and the team at IGNITE Student Union over the last several years.

One of the things that makes our relationship with IGNITE so unique is the true alignment of organizational values that has been the bedrock of our partnership.

Optimus is proud to be a sponsor of IGNITE 25!

content:
Optimus SBR's Technology Services Group continues its growth, driven by demand for advisory and implementation expertise that enables organizations through AI, automation, and digitization.

We're looking for authentic, skilled, and ambitious individuals to join our technology, data and cyber advisory practice as Senior Associates and Managers.

What's in it for you?
🎯 Getting to be part of a hig

evidence_experience: "Please reach out to me to learn more about how Optimus SBR's technology practice can assist your organization in taking the next step forward."

resolved_account_name: Acceleration Strategy Inc


Marine Folk

sourced_title: Head of AI Strategy & Operations

headline: Head of AI Strategy & Operations

about: Sia is a new kind of global management consultancy built for this world of change and HyperTransformation.

position: Head of AI Strategy & Operations

company: Sia

position: Head of Corporate Development

position: Head of Datascience marketing & sales

description: We are convinced that AI is the pillar of the new generation. The business expertise of our consultants, combined with our Data Scientists and AI products, allows us to support our customers across the universe of data to meet their business challenges.

position: Membre du comité d'organisation

company: Institut G9+

position: Manager Customer Experience & Digital Strategy

company: Sia Partners

position: Vice présidente du Conseil de Corporation

company: EMLYON Business School

position: Consultante

company: BearingPoint

position: Secrétaire Générale du Bureau Des Elèves

content:
AI experimentation is easy. Scaling it is the real challenge.

What we see across many organizations is a productivity gap: AI tools are everywhere, but only a few teams redesign how products and software are actually built.
At Sia, we believe the shift is deeper — humans are moving from implementers to orchestrators of AI systems.
That’s why we’re heavily investing in upskilling our teams, includ

content:
Agentic AI is no longer a concept — it’s becoming an operating model.
Moving from 50 to 400+ agents in a few months is not about volume. It’s about building the foundations of an enterprise-ready Agent Store: governance, use case discipline, industrialization, and adoption.
The real challenge now is not creating agents — it’s orchestrating them, embedding them in workflows, and measuring ROI at sc

content: IA : au-delà du buzz > Dans ce nouvel épisode du podcast de l’Hypertransformation by Sia, Sébastien Missoffe, DG France de Google, apporte une lecture très pragmatique de l’IA : usages réels, expérience utilisateur, et conditions d’une adoption à grande échelle. Je recommande!

internal_vs_external: unclear

band_reasons: disqualified; ie_unclear; low_conf

evidence_experience: Head of Datascience marketing & sales role: "The business expertise of our consultants, combined with our Data Scientists and AI products, allows us to support our customers across the universe of data to meet their business challenges" - this is client-facing sales of AI/data capability, not internal knowledge ownership. Head of Corporate Development is a growth/M&A function, out of scope.

resolved_account_name: Sia


Tim de Sousa

publicIdentifier: timdesousa

sourced_title: Managing Director - Technology (Privacy | Information Governance | Technology Ethics)

headline: Global Privacy, Information Governance , Data Protection and Tech Ethics Leader | CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, AIGP | IAPP ANZ Advisory Board Member | IAPP Vanguard Oceania Award Winner 2025

about:
Legal and policy specialist with a focus on emerging tech, privacy and information governance.

I've held senior roles with the Westpac Group, NSW Department of Customer Service, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s industry-leading Digital Trust and Privacy team, and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

While at the Department of Customer Service, I built and led Australia's first Whole-of-Government Policy Lab, using agile methodologies and human-centred design to solve public policy issues, beginning with digital systems and services.

While at the OAIC, I led the OAIC’s Open Government, Technology and Regulation team, including redeveloping and implementing the OAIC’s methodology for data breach enquiries and Commissioner-initiated investigations.

Proven track record in the delivery of complex legal and policy advice, strategic problem solving, governance, compliance and risk management, project management, stakeholder management, and presentation and training.

IAPP ANZ Advisory Board Member.

company: FTI Consulting

position: Senior Director -  Technology (Privacy | Information Governance | Emerging Tech)

position: ANZ Advisory Board Member

company: IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals

position: Executive Manager - Privacy

company: Westpac

position: Principal

company: de Sousa Advisory

description: de Sousa Advisory is a specialist privacy advisory service, focusing on privacy policy and governance, compliance, and best practice in Australia, the Asia Pacific and the EU.

position: Director - NSW Government Policy Lab

company: NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation

description: The NSW Government Policy Lab is the first of its kind in Australia. The Lab brings together a diverse and multi-skilled team of specialists, who co-design policy approaches with client agencies to enable the development of tested, effective, user-focused digital policy and strategy.

position: Board Director

company: iappANZ

description: Board Director, and Cochair of iappANZ Annual Privacy Summit Committee

company: elevenM Consulting

description: elevenM is a specialist privacy and cyber security consultancy.

content: Look alive, WA, there’s a new privacy sheriff in town.

content:
The OAIC has been flagging a big decision involving the use of pixel tracking, and here it is.

The decision establishes that the use of tracking pixels to track website visitors to health-related websites to enable targeted advertising on social media platforms, amounts to a collection sensitive information - which means that valid consent is required. That consent is nearly impossible to demons

content:
After over 5 years, I’ve left FTI Consulting. It was a career highlight to build the Australian Information Governance, Privacy and Security practice from the ground up with Chris Hatfield, working with clients across the APAC region, and (at various times) a great crop of privacy professionals including Jack Fletcher, Rose M., Tom Kench, Domenic Mansueto and Nuhulan Ahmed.

I’ll be taking a br

content:
A fantastic (and packed out) session this morning with FTI Consulting Health (Sabine Bennett, Kerrie Young and Frieda Zhang) and the excellent team at Salesforce (Bryan Tan and Hilary Cinis), getting into the weeds on how, when and why to deploy AI solutions in healthcare settings, and how to govern AI effectively.

Key Takeaways included:
1) AI risk is risk - and like all risk domains, it requir

content: The Financial Stability Board has put forward a strong position on AI, but there’s more to be said. I’m happy to have been able to support AUSCL Australasian Society for Computers + Law to put this very robust and detailed submission together to set out practical steps on managing AI risk.

evidence_experience: "It was a career highlight to build the Australian Information Governance, Privacy and Security practice from the ground up... working with clients across the APAC region" - explicitly client-delivery practice building, not internal-firm knowledge/IP-reuse ownership.

resolved_account_name: FTI Consulting


Karoliina Hagman

sourced_title: Data & AI lead Accenture Nordics - Technology


Jason Jaworski

publicIdentifier: jmjaworski

sourced_title: Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

headline: Chief Operating Officer at Stambaugh Ness

about:
I build the operational foundation that allows professional services firms to scale with intention better processes, aligned teams, and strategy that moves from whiteboard to execution.

As COO, I own the internal engine of our firm. That means designing and improving the systems, structures, and processes that let our people do their best work and positioning the organization to grow without losing what makes it effective. My focus is always forward: not just solving today's operational problem but building the infrastructure that handles tomorrow's.

Over 25 years of executive-level experience in operations, strategic planning, and project management has sharpened one core skill seeing where a firm needs to go and building the operational path to get there before the gap becomes a problem.

Wired as a Strategic Achiever — I think in systems, plan in horizons, and execute in sprints.

Core focus areas: Operations Management · Strategic Planning · Process Improvement · Financial Oversight · Program & Project Management · Organizational Development

If you're a COO, operations leader, or executive in professional services and want to exchange ideas on building high-performing firms — let's connect.

position: Chief Operating Officer

company: Stambaugh Ness

description:
As Chief Operations Officer, it's my responsibility to lead the execution of the firm’s day-to-day operations and work collaboratively with the firm’s board of managers and management team.

Founded in 1918, Stambaugh Ness is a multi-discipline, professional services firm serving clients nationally with a strategic focus on the architecture and engineering, professional services, construction and real estate, and manufacturing industries.  With Stambaugh Ness, clients have access to a diverse me

position: Director of Project Management

description: As Director of Project Management it is my responsibility to strategically build project management / operational standards and processes that will work in each cross-functional business area.  In doing so, while each area deals with a different line of business, it’s important that the KPI’s for the company are consistent and offer a true reading on company performance.  While processes and standards are of extreme importance, they do need to be efficient and simplistic, so they are easy to imp

position: Director, Strategic Programs - EPMO

company: Southeastern Grocers

description:
Partner with Sr. Executives to shape the program objectives based on business need, ensuring they are aligned with the overall corporate strategies
Manage and control the setup, planning, execution and delivery of program/project deliverables by directing, facilitating, influencing and coordinating project-related activities and resources according to the SEG’s standard project delivery process (PDP) to ensure delivery is on time, within budget and meets or exceeds the sponsor’s expectations.
Bu

position: Solution Delivery Manager

company: Deltek

description:
Responsible for the success of all services work performed within Ajera global services group.
Responsible for specific revenue, utilization, accounts receivable and margin goals.
Provide sales support to development team by reviewing, collaborating and assisting in the delivery of proposals to both clients and prospects.
Collaborates with Executive VPs, VPs and Solution Development Directors in other service areas to develop integrated service strategies for key accounts.
Collaborates with Con

position: Manager - Project Management Consulting Services

description:
Manage and mentor team of Project Management Consulting Services team
Assist with sales of PM consulting services
Develop client proposals and quotes for PM consulting services
Implement Project Management tools using Deltek products
Evaluate A/E firms Project Management Practices
Help A/E firms improve Project Management Practices
Engage Project Managers
Instruct monthly Project Management Workshops throughout North America
Host onsite Project Management bootcamps
Host Project Management Webina

position: Project Management Consultant

company: Axium

description: Axium acquired by Deltek in June 2014

position: Project Manager

company: the jdi group, Inc.

description:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage multi-discipline engineering projects
Develop and maintain client relationships
Negotiate terms and conditions
Develop project scope
Proposal development and delivery
Develop and manage project schedules
Manage budget and manpower
Manage project change requests to client
Approve invoices sent to clients
Maintain communication flow to/from client and project team
Manage the overall quality and project delivery to the client
Set-up and maintain AJERA
Mar

position: Project Controls

company: Matrix Technologies, Inc.

description: As a Project Controls Manager at Matrix Technologies, I was responsible for developing client relationships for multi-discipline engineering projects, scheduling, writing proposals, specification writing, managing budgets/hours, cost estimates and final checking.  Led Primavera scheduling and project management documentation for two large refinery projects.

content: Don’t miss!   Jeff, Becky and Tom are best in the business. Register below…

disposition: QUALIFIED

primary_strip: A

internal_vs_external: internal

evidence_experience: "As COO, I own the internal engine of our firm. That means designing and improving the systems, structures, and processes that let our people do their best work" - this is general operations ownership (finance, process, org development), not specifically internal knowledge/IP-reuse/AI-on-knowledge-base or information/data governance.

resolved_account_name: Stambaugh Ness


Gerry Amann

publicIdentifier: gerry-amann

sourced_title: Senior Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, Accenture Federal Services

about:
Executive leader with more than 25 years at the intersection of law, governance, and enterprise operations. I have served as Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at a multi-billion-dollar technology and professional services organization, advising boards and executive leadership on governance, risk, compliance, and strategy across the United States, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America. My work has spanned public procurement, cybersecurity governance, internal investigations, litigation, M&A, and the commercial and market-facing dimensions of a major enterprise.

Outside of work, I serve on the Board of Directors of Koterra, a nonprofit dedicated to healing veterans with brain injuries through non-pharmaceutical care, and on the Advisory Board of the William & Mary Washington Center. When not in the office you'll find me riding the Peloton, struggling on the golf course, and cheering on my beloved New York Mets.

position: Member, Board of Advisors

company: William & Mary

description:
The William & Mary Washington Center is W&M's campus in the city, providing high-impact academic and experiential learning opportunities for undergraduate students in Washington, DC through semester programs, summer institutes, and internships across government, policy, business, and related fields.

Contribute to the Center's strategic direction, alumni engagement, and efforts to expand access to Study in DC opportunities for all W&M students.

position: Member, Board of Directors

company: Koterra

description:
Koterra is a nonprofit dedicated to healing veterans suffering from brain injuries and related conditions through non-pharmaceutical treatments delivered via a network of trusted clinics, with comprehensive support for veterans and their families.

Contribute to board governance, strategic planning, and organizational development in support of Koterra's mission and long-term growth.

company: Accenture

description:
Operational Strategy | Scalable Growth | Risk Management | Organizational Leadership

Responsible for overseeing and optimizing the firm’s day-to-day operations while aligning strategic initiatives with long-term business objectives, empowering teams to deliver exceptional outcomes for our clients and stakeholders.

Work closely with the CEO, customer portfolio leads, corporate function leads, and Board of Directors to define and execute business strategy, anticipate and manage enterprise risk,

position: Senior Managing Director and General Counsel - Growth Markets

description:
International Business | Risk Management | Cross-Cultural Leadership

Oversee delivery of all legal services to Accenture’s business across Asia, Middle East, LATAM, ANZ and Africa. Drive collaboration, communication and consistent client experience across multiple cultures and legal regimes. Provide strategic advice to senior business leadership on risk management, compliance, and governance; promote and enhance ethical business culture. Member of Growth Markets Leadership Team and global Legal

position: Senior Managing Director and General Counsel - North America

description:
Strategic Advisor | Legal Leadership | Operations

Responsible for delivery of all legal services in the $29B North America market, and operated as a strategic advisor to North America and global Accenture leadership.  Member of the North America Leadership team and Accenture’s global Legal Executive Committee.

Executive sponsor for global Legal Operations, encompassing budget, technology, learning, and outside counsel management for Accenture's multinational legal team.

position: General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Accenture Federal Services

description:
Directed all legal and government relations services for multi-billion dollar U.S. Federal business entity, serving clients across defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health and achieving market-leading revenue growth. Trusted advisor to Board of Directors and executive management in sensitive matters of risk, compliance, corporate policy, DE&I and governance.

Ensured effective Board operations, including governance practices, board and committee charters, meeting agend

position: Practice Lead, U.S. State & Local Government

description: Directed all legal support to U.S. State & Local Government client group, including state, city, nonprofit, and higher education clients. Led diverse legal team in the negotiation of complex technology transactions across multiple regulatory environments. Advised senior management regarding contract risk, regulatory compliance, and business strategy. Coordinated cross-functional teams including outside counsel, media, and government relations professionals to address disputes, litigation and oth

position: Senior Counsel, U.S. Federal

description: Provided full range of legal services to U.S. Federal Government client group, including procurement counsel, contract/subcontract formation, regulatory compliance, government investigations, and litigation.

content: Accelerating time-to-value for the Federal mission!

content: An amazing asset to the W&M community and beyond!

content: William & Mary Weekend is coming to Washington, D.C., May 28–31! It's a wonderful chance to reconnect with the community that shaped so many of us. Find out more and register at https://weekend.wm.edu.

content: Proud W&M alum. The issue I repeatedly hear in executive conversations: the talent equation has changed, and we are all working out how to find people who can confidently apply AI as a force multiplier, while bringing the judgment and communication the work still requires. That combination of human-centered education and AI fluency is exactly what employers are looking for. Well earned, W&M. Go Tr

band_reasons: disqualified; owns_internal_but_killed

evidence_experience: "Responsible for overseeing and optimizing the firm's day-to-day operations while aligning strategic initiatives with long-term business objectives" - operations/legal/compliance leadership, not knowledge/AI/IP-reuse governance.


Dambaru Jena

publicIdentifier: dambaru

sourced_title: Principal Director - Data and AI | Big Data | Cloud | CIO Strategy

headline: Principal Director - Data and AI @ Accenture | MBA, MCA | Data and AI Strategy, Transformation, Modernization |AWS and Google Certified

about: As a Principal Director at Accenture, I lead IT modernization initiatives and advise on Data and AI solution strategies for various fortune 500 companies and government agencies. With over 25+ years of experience in EDW, MDM, Data and AI, I have successfully led large-scale digital transformation projects, including a $70M project for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). I am passionate about leveraging Data and AI to drive business growth and innovation. I hold an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an MCA from the National Institute of Technology Warangal. I am also certified in AWS, GCP, Hortonworks, and ICAgile.

description:
* Leading MDM and Data Governance for an oil and gas client in Middle East for supply chain modernization.
• Led IT Modernization initiatives with USPS and VA, focusing on enterprise data strategy and migration to Azure.
• Advised Department of Navy on IT solution strategies and multi-cloud optimization.
• Managed a $70M Digital Transformation project for DLA, implementing a Hybrid Data Lake and AI/ML solutions.

position: Senior Managing Consultant, Strategy & Analytics | Big Data | MDM

company: IBM Global Business Services

description:
• Led Data & Analytics Modernization Strategy and Implementation projects for Healthcare, Banking & Finance, and Automobile clients.
• Specialized in MDM Architecture, Data Governance, and Implementations to drive successful outcomes.
• Contributed as a thought leader by developing blogs, IP, and engaging in speaking engagements.
• Supported business and practice development initiatives to enhance overall growth.

position: Partner, MDM Practice Lead

company: Ajilitee

description:
• Led IM Strategy, Data Governance, and MDM for healthcare clients in NJ area.
• Developed ICD-10 remediation strategy & BI Roadmap for a healthcare client.
• Managed Informatica Multi-domain MDM project for a healthcare client in NJ.

position: Director, Reporting & Analytics

company: UnitedHealth Group

description:
• Led the Reporting & Analytics team for TRICARE, overseeing a project of 30+ team members and a $6 MM budget.
• Chaired the R&A Steering Committee and served as the Business Owner for Access to Data and Reporting Initiatives.
• Responsible for planning and setting up the R&A department at UnitedHealth Group.

position: Senior Principal

company: Hewlett Packard Enterprise / Knightsbridge Solutions

description:
• Led a team of 15-25 professionals in implementing MDM and Data Governance for a Pharma client, resulting in improved data quality and compliance.
• Managed multi-million dollar DW/BI projects, overseeing end-to-end solutions delivery and pre-sales processes.
• Expertise in Health and Life Science and Finance industries, driving successful project outcomes through strategic planning and execution.

position: Sr. DW Architect / PM

company: The Regence Group

description:
• Led architecture team for the REWARDS system, managing a team of 10-15 members.
• Developed detailed project plan including work breakdown structure, schedule, costs, and resource plan.
• Oversaw $35 million project spanning 4 years, resulting in project success and accolades.
• Featured in "What Works" section of The Data Warehouse Institute Magazine.

position: Data Warehousing Architect

company: Sequent

description:
• Led the architecture, design, and development of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) for Sequent Computer Systems in Portland, Oregon.
• Designed ETL and BI architecture to streamline data processing and reporting capabilities.
• Implemented innovative solutions to optimize data storage and retrieval processes, enhancing overall system performance.

evidence_experience: "Leading MDM and Data Governance for an oil and gas client in Middle East for supply chain modernization" and "Managed a $70M Digital Transformation project for DLA" - all client-facing delivery, no internal-firm function ownership.


Darci Komen

sourced_title: Associate Director, Pacific North Talent Enablement Leader

headline: PacNorth Talent Enablement Leader at EY

company: EY

position: Assistant Director, Talent Attraction & Acquisition

position: Supervising Associate, Talent Attraction & Acquisition

position: Senior Associate, Talent Attraction & Acquisition

position: Assurance Associate

description: Position entailed assessing compliance with financial regulations and controls by executing audit program steps; testing the general ledger, account balances, balance sheets, income statements, and related financial statements; examining and analyzing records, reports, operating practices, and documentation. Additional EY involvement included assisting with campus recruiting events and assisting with Entrepreneur of the Year program. Promoted to Assurance Senior before transitioning into Campus

position: Assurance Intern

position: Collections Specialist

company: Apex Learning

description: Managed collections for Apex Learning and Brightmont Academy. Worked alongside the accounts receivable department in contacting past due accounts.

evidence_experience: US-West Early Careers Assurance Service Line Lead; Talent Attraction & Acquisition roles throughout career; assisting with campus recruiting events

resolved_account_name: EY ifb


sharad sachdev

publicIdentifier: sharad-sachdev

sourced_title: Global AI&Data Lead for Accenture Song, Senior Managing Director

headline: Global AI&Data Lead for Accenture Song

description: Responsible for embedding AI and data capabilities across Accenture Song, the world's largest tech-powered creative group. Working with clients and teams globally to ensure AI and data drive tangible business growth and more relevant customer experiences. Sitting at the intersection of creativity, technology, and commerce to help organizations reinvent how they connect with the world.

position: Managing Director (Gen AI, AI and Data)

position: Principal

company: Opera Solutions

position: Director

company: Zeborg Inc

position: Sr. Associate Consultant

company: Mitchell Madison Group

position: Software Engineer

company: Patni Computer Systems

content:
Excited to share that I have just taken on a new role as Global AI & Data Lead for Accenture Song!

Song is the world's largest tech-powered creative group. Our belief is simple: the only way to grow businesses is by creating relevance for their customers.

That means bringing together creativity, technology, AI and data across the full spectrum of how companies connect with the world.

My focus

content: It was an honor to speak with Ping Wu, CEO of Cresta, about his vision and plans for the company. Our conversation was deeply insightful, especially hearing how he sees customer service evolving in the era of agentic AI. Exciting perspectives on the future of customer experience and AI-driven transformation. Ping Wu, Lan Guan, Luke Mills, John Bolze, Ndidiamaka Oteh, Ami Palan, Erik Sandquist, Sea

evidence_experience: Responsible for embedding AI and data capabilities across Accenture Song... Working with clients and teams globally to ensure AI and data drive tangible business growth and more relevant customer experiences.


Claus Birkholm

sourced_title: CIO, VP

headline: CIO, IT Strategy, Digitalization, PMO, Management, Board member, ...

about:
Now proud winner of the "CIO of the year" in Denmark 2025 :)

First and foremost I'm a passionate CIO with global footprint that likes to drive the digital agenda and always looks for optimization potential.

I have 8 years of experience as CIO in the Engineering business and 8 years of experience from the industry at GN Resound as Director of Applications Development, ERP manager and Program Manager. Prior to that, I have 8 years of experience in the consultancy business as Project Manager and ERP consultant.

Based on the 24 years of intense IT experience I find it relevant to look for sparring at the board level and would like to offer my capabilities within:
- IT Strategy
- Digitalisation
- ERP programs also covering related systems, CRM, BI, E-invoicing etc.
- Cyber defence and insurance

position: CIO, VP

company: NIRAS

description:
Driving the digital agenda is key in all businesses and in NIRAS we have formed a strong collaboration between Global IT and the Business units focusing on Digital deliveries and Digital services to our customers.
Our start point for digitalization is strong, since we after the merger of NIRAS and ALECTIA picked the best solutions from two complete IT landscapes and designed the New stronger NIRAS and cleaned up our legacy systems.
External IT benchmark result 2020: In best 1/3 on user satisfa

position: CIO

company: ALECTIA

description:
In this new established role the key deliverable will be to turn the IT focus in ALECTIA from being mainly IT operational into being a balanced IT development and operations function.

This turned out to be a great journey and after delivering business improvements driven by the successful ERP implementation focus was aimed at bringing open support cases in balance and improving security and establishing an end to end IT strategy.
This was accomplished just in time for the next challenge to arr

position: Owner

company: Claus Birkholm

description:
CIO, IT Manager, IT Program manager ...

Since March working full time as "Temp. IT ERP responsible" for a Danish company. Main assignment is selection of an ERP solution.
ERP solution selected on time and budget by end of June. Implementation of Delteks Maconomy solution for Professional Service Organisations started immediately after summer with a strong internal project team of 40+ participants.

Project delivered in 8 month, May 2015: Implementation of Delteks Maconomy system incl. CRM, Pro

position: Director, IT Service Development

company: GN ReSound

description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Implementation of new business applications, changes to existing solution and 2nd + 3rd level support for GNR’s business applications (Platform ownership of SW to support: ERP, BI, CRM, WEB, E-com and PLM)
- Ownership of the IT infrastructure and the Inf. Development team
- Lead Project Portfolio, Project Execution & Service Transit. Board
- Member of IT Management & Manager for 5 managers
- Budget responsible for department and the project portfolio

Result:
- Delive

position: Director, IT Applications Development

description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Implementation and Development of new business applications, changes to existing solution and 3rd level support for GNR’s business applications:
   - Sales & Marketing (Navision, MS CRM+Salesforce.com, Sitecore incl. E-Commerce)
   - Finance incl. Consolidation & HR (Navision, MS Analysis Services, SAP SEM/BW, Mployee)
   - R&D & Global Operations (Agile, Navision)
   - Development (Navision, .NET, Sharepoint, Biztalk)
- Member of IT Management & Manager for 3 Manage

position: IT, ERP Manager

company: GN

description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Roll out of ERP in GNR (Navison), manage changes to existing solution and 3rd level support for both GN Netcom og GN Resound
- Budget responsibility for group and ERP project portfolio
- Roadmaps
- Manage Supplier contracts and relations

Results:
- Re-organized the group incl. re-defined roles and responsibilities
- Re-planned the ERP roll out to 18 GNR subsidiaries
- Expanded the group from 8 to 18 consultants enabling parallel Navision roll outs
- IT Program Manage

position: Senior Project Manager

company: Intentia Danmark A/S

description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Implementation of ERP system, Movex
- PM for implementation of Movex at ILVA incl. opening of new store in Malmø
- PM for implementation of Movex at Jünckers
- PM for implementation of Movex at Synoptik (stopped because of acquisition by Pearl)
- Member of international methodology group

Results:
- Top performer on personal utilization each year
- Appointed PM on strategic important customers
- Used in pre-sales for strategic accounts

position: Project Manager and Business Consultant

company: Lindhard A/S

description:
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Project Management and Business consulting in relation to implementation of the ERP system  BaaN
- Key Account Manager for BaaN customers in DK

Results:
- Delivering the first BaaN 5 implementation in DK at Cristplant in Århus (started as consultant but got the PM role after request from the customer)
- Delivered 2 BaaN projects in Greece (as PM and consultant) in close co-operation with newly acquired German subsidiary
- Honored for highest utilization

content:
Hvis du interesser dig for Governance, så har jeg været en tur i Dataklubben for at snakke om dette emne, og vi runder selvfølgeglig også AI ...
Spotify: https://lnkd.in/e7RJ-5-5
Apple Podcasts: S12 Ep93: NIRAS: Governance boardet & bedre beslutninger
Podimo: https://lnkd.in/evB6rk3X
Inspari.dk: https://lnkd.in/eyf9cumQ

content: Titlen som ‘Årets CIO’ er trygt givet videre til en ny Claus 👍 og det har virkeligt været inspirerende at læse om Lundbecks imponerende AI rejse og Claus’ løft af IT ind i forretningsstrategien, virkelig stærkt!

content: Tak til de mange gode ansøgere til jobbene som IT sikkerheds specialist og IT operation specialist, som gav os et super grundlag for at rekruttere 2 kommende kollegaer, som vi ser meget frem til at få ombord :)

evidence_experience: "Driving the digital agenda is key in all businesses and in NIRAS we have formed a strong collaboration between Global IT and the Business units focusing on Digital deliveries and Digital services to our customers" and "Our start point for digitalization is strong, since we after the merger of NIRAS and ALECTIA picked the best solutions from two complete IT landscapes and designed the New stronger NIRAS and cleaned up our legacy systems" - clear ownership of the firm's own internal IT/digital function at CIO level, spanning global IT, systems, security, ERP, governance.

in_612: no


Kristin Francisco

sourced_title: PwC US Chief Operating Officer of Assurance

about:
I serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Assurance, where I focus on driving operational excellence and integrating emerging technology to help our practice work smarter and faster while delivering quality to clients navigating the capital markets. I'm deeply committed to quality and passionate about finding solutions to our clients’ toughest challenges. Over the past 30 years, I’ve provided audit and accounting services to a wide range of clients.

Most recently, I served as the Trust Solutions Financial Services Managing Partner, where I directed strategy, delivery and operations for our Financial Services practice. Prior to that, I held leadership roles as the East Regional Assurance Leader and the Northeast Assurance Market Leader.

With proven expertise, bold insights and tech that moves business forward, we help you drive your company to the leading edge. PwC provides professional services across Audit and Assurance, Advisory and Tax. We bring a range of capabilities so you can solve faster, solve more and realize more value. These capabilities include cloud and digital, deals, sustainability, cybersecurity and privacy, governance/boards, risk, transformation and much more. Across our global network of nearly 328,000 professionals in 152 countries, we are committed to advancing quality in everything we do.

Developing future leaders is a passion of mine. I’ve enjoyed sponsoring prospective partners and leading professional development initiatives, including Asset Management Learning and Education Programs and the Northeast Women's Partner Group. In 2011, I was honored to be named a Massachusetts Society of CPAs Woman to Watch for my leadership and contributions to the accounting profession and my community.

I hold a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Boston

company: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

content:
I’m excited to celebrate all of our new PwC partners today! This milestone represents years of hard work, leadership, and a consistent focus on delivering for our clients, our teams, and our firm. Congratulations, partners!

#PwCProud #PwCPartner #NewPartnerDay

content:
It’s an honor to be listed among Forbes 2026 Best-in-State CPAs.

This is a special profession. It sits at the intersection of people, business, and purpose. I’m thankful for the colleagues who’ve shaped my perspective over the years, and for the professionals across PwC who continue to raise the bar on quality, integrity, and client service.

#CPA #Accounting #PwCProud
https://lnkd.in/dw3A

evidence_experience: "I serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Assurance, where I focus on driving operational excellence and integrating emerging technology to help our practice work smarter and faster while delivering quality to clients"

resolved_account_name: PwC Experience Center


Amaury Coulomban

sourced_title: CISO and DPO

headline: CISO & DPO at Wavestone

position: CISO and DPO

company: Wavestone

position: Career Development Manager

position: Cybersecurity Manager Consultant

position: Cybersecurity Senior Consultant

position: Cybersecurity Consultant

position: Research Intern - NECOMA Project

company: Institut Mines-Télécom - Télécom SudParis

description:
NECOMA : Nippon-European Cyberdefense-Oriented Multilayer threat Analysis
Characterization of DDoS attacks using Machine Learning and Data Mining algorithms. Study of the state of the art, conception of a solution and delivery of a proof of concept.

position: IT Engineer Intern - For EDF - Application and servers maintenance for planning activities

company: Sopra Steria

description: Responsible for the maintenance and industrialization of Linux and AIX environments. Realization of various projects from contact with the client to delivery.

position: Postman

company: Le Groupe La Poste

description: Sort and delivery of mails.

evidence_experience: CISO and DPO @ Wavestone (Apr 2023 - Present), following a career path entirely within Wavestone from Cybersecurity Consultant up through Manager. The CISO/DPO role is an internal governance and security-ownership function for the firm itself, not a client-delivery engagement.


Frances Dare

publicIdentifier: francesdare

sourced_title: Senior Director, Provider Practice Lead

headline: Healthcare executive and change agent

about:
I help organizations discover and achieve their potential.  I catalyze innovation and guide organizations and teams to achieve sustainable business success. I get things done. My experience includes strategy and operational leadership inside organizations as varied as not-for-profits to three global, Fortune 500 corporations.

As both an operational executive and strategy consultant, I've delivered revenue growth, operational improvement, and competitive advantage. I’ve catalyzed industry innovation through advocacy, research, and thought leadership. My healthcare experience spans the healthcare continuum as well as solution providers.  I’ve also worked with global corporations in the telecom, financial services, and retail sectors.  Impact examples include:

*Founded and led the Virtual Health practice for Accenture, a previously unseen opportunity.  From an initial team of two, the business became a matrixed team of 75+ business, technology, and clinical strategists within three years. Delivered direct and in-direct revenue growth with clients among the industry's largest providers, payers and solution providers. Advancing leading research and published perspectives,  positioned Accenture as a leader in the telemedicine, telehealth and virtual health market space.

*Orchestrated a partnership between a top-five U.S. health system and a digital mental health startup, creating a co-developed solution and support services for people with chronic conditions. The offering tapped an unrecognized opportunity for clinically curated consumer self- and peer-care models. The minimally viable product was introduced to market within 90 days.

*Co-led Cisco’s healthcare public policy and government affairs program. Through executive branch consultation and congressional testimony

position: Consulting Partner and Provider Practice Lead

company: Cognizant

description: In a world where uncertainty has outpaced strategy, Cognizant Consulting designs business solutions for future-ready businesses.

position: Founder & Principal

company: Dare Advisory Group

description:
www.dareadvisorygroup.com
Global consultancy providing strategy consulting, leadership and team development, and executive coaching for sustainable transformation and business growth.

position: Chief Development and Culture Officer

company: Edera L3C

position: Americas Practice Lead

company: Heresy Consulting

description: Global Organizational Development Consulting

position: Managing Director

company: Accenture

description: Health Strategy Managing Director | Virtual Health practice founder and lead | Connected Health Practice Managing Director

position: Director, Healthcare and Health Policy

company: Cisco

description: Director, Internet Business Solutions Group Advisory Services | Co-lead, U.S. Healthcare Government Affairs and Policy

position: Vice President Healthcare Global Industry Group

company: EDS

description: VP, Healthcare Global Industry Group | Managing Consultant, Government Consulting Services | Senior Marketing Executive, Healthcare Strategic Business Unit

position: Executive Coach  / Consultant

company: International Education Services (IES)

evidence_experience: "Founded and led the Virtual Health practice for Accenture... Delivered direct and in-direct revenue growth with clients among the industry's largest providers, payers and solution providers." - this is building/leading a client-service business line, not an internal knowledge/AI function.


Ushma Thiagarajan

sourced_title: Regional Practice Lead and Delivery Manager, Oracle Practice, Infosys North America Region

about:
Ushma has vast experience managing large and diverse delivery programs/portfolios, primarily in the products and packaged solutions space. She is a seasoned IT services professional with a proven track record of delivering successful programs/projects at one of India's largest IT services firms. Key attributes that stand out:
•	Keen eye on latest technology trends, with proven experience in leveraging them to deliver superior business results.
•	Excellent stakeholder management skills and strong executive presence
•	Extensive experience across multiple domains, primary being Supply Chain Management and Banking/Finance
•	Ability to coordinate execution across large, cross-functional teams, and provide guidance to adapt to changing business conditions, while ensuring continued operational excellence and stakeholder satisfaction
•	Experience in multiple broad areas in the IT delivery space, including program management, product management, application development and application maintenance.

company: Infosys

position: Regional Practice Lead and Delivery Manager, Engineering and Enterprise Applications practices

description: This role involves providing management support to multiple clients on key programs they are executing in the packaged products implementation and engineering services spaces, and ensuring operational excellence in multiple cross functional talent supply chain activities including acquisition, enablement and deployment in engagements across the South East region.

position: Regional Practice Leader, Enterprise Applications Services practice, US South East Region

description: This role involves providing management support to multiple clients on key programs they are executing in the packaged products implementation space, and ensuring operational excellence in multiple cross functional talent supply chain activities including acquisition, enablement and deployment in engagements across the South East region.

position: Oracle Practice Lead, Infosys Raleigh Innovation Hub

description: The role involves supporting multiple clients with program execution, managing operational metrics for the practice, hiring and resource management and planning for establishment of the Oracle Experience Center at the Raleigh Innovation Hub

position: Senior Project Manager

description:
Portfolio Manager - Project Connect
The role involves management of a portfolio of projects in the Oracle packaged products space a leading networking and telecommunications equipment provider.

description:
Portfolio Manager - Digital Channels
Managed multiple activities in the Digital Channels space within application development area of a marquee Insurance company, including financials monitoring and reporting for the portfolio and leading the Content Management and Business Rules Extraction tracks in this area.

description:
Portfolio Lead - Policy Admin Department:
Managed the IT team activities for the Policy Admin department of a marquee Insurance company, across multiple applications and SDLC phases including requirements management, design and development, QA/UAT and deployment.

description: Portfolio management for a set of accounts, for engagements in the Oracle economy space

content:
I'm excited to share the I've completed the Business Acumen for Executives program at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania!

This experience strengthened my perspective on:
*Aligning strategy with execution for measurable outcomes
*Driving competitive advantage through data-driven decision-making
*Balancing growth, cost, and customer value in dynamic markets

Many thanks to Shaji Mathew

content:
I’m happy to share that I’ve completed the Infosys AI-First Delivery Leadership certification.

This program strengthened my perspective on leveraging Infosys Topaz, Generative and Agentic AI, and automation to drive tangible client outcomes—faster decision-making, improved service quality, and scalable efficiency.

My sincere thanks to Infosys Americas leadership for enabling this learning opport

evidence_experience: "This role involves providing management support to multiple clients on key programs they are executing in the Oracle economy products space, and ensuring operational excellence in multiple cross functional talent supply chain activities including acquisition, enablement and deployment in engagements across the North America (US and Canada) region."

resolved_account_name: Infosys Consulting


Doug Wilson

headline: Senior Vice President, Technology & Data Practice Lead at OptimusSBR.com helping clients realize the value of their technology initiatives and investments

about:
Consulting executive at OptimusSBR.com with 25+ years experience in the areas of IT and data strategy, IT portfolio management, business analysis, systems development, QA/testing, transformational program delivery, Cloud computing, digitization, digital channels and payments.

I lead the Technology and Data Practice at Optimus SBR, one of North America’s largest independent consulting firms, and a key partner to financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies across industries, and all levels of government.

At Optimus SBR, we have built a different kind of consulting firm. We measure our success by results not theory, and are focused on translating strategy into execution. We collaborate with our clients, integrate with their teams, and don’t prescribe pre-determined answers.

As a team of entrepreneurial thinkers, we are committed to bringing a Bold Attitude to every client engagement and ensuring value for money – because great work should not cost more.

company: Optimus SBR

position: CIO, North American Treasury & Payment Solutions and Payments Modernization

company: BMO Financial Group

position: CIO, Personal & Business Banking Canada

position: Vice President, Enterprise Program Execution, Project Management Office and Enabling Services

company: TD

position: Sector Vice President, Systems Integration & Consulting

company: CGI

position: Vice President, Customer Solutions

company: McKesson

position: Practice Leader, Strategy & Transformation

company: Cap Gemini Ernst & Young

position: Director, Outsourcing Services

company: NCR

content: It really is a different culture at Optimus SBR!

content: We’re hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?

content: Great opportunity to join our expanding team!

evidence_experience: "I lead the Technology and Data Practice at Optimus SBR... a key partner to financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies across industries, and all levels of government."


Dave Fransen

publicIdentifier: davefransen

sourced_title: Global Enterprise Applications Technology Leader (BU CIO)

headline: Transformative CIO I Business leader I Change enabler I Cloud advocate

about:
Technology Services leadership experience in telecom, retail and professional service industries with a proven ability to create value based teams and a service oriented culture.

Capabilities including technology innovation, service delivery excellence, sourcing management, team motivation and mentoring and business transformation.

Experienced partner with business leadership, both Canadian and Internationally, to continually improve the core and strategic delivery needs of the organisation.

company: PwC

position: Canadian CIO

position: DVP Technology Services

company: Canadian Tire Corp

position: Director, Technology Services and Enterprise Architecture

company: Bell Mobility

evidence_experience: "Technology Services leadership experience... proven ability to create value based teams and a service oriented culture" and role as Canadian CIO / BU CIO at PwC, indicating ownership of PwC's own internal enterprise technology and applications function rather than client-facing delivery.


Volker A. Pfirsching

publicIdentifier: volkerp

sourced_title: Partner, Head of Innovation Management Central Europe

headline: Pioneer in Digital Shift: comprehensive, human centric and successful digital transformation.

about:
Digital Shift and Digital Transformation, IT Strategy, IT Governance, IT Value Management, Technology & Innovation Management.

International and worldwide projects, broad industry expertise and board level management consulting.

Special Industry Know How in Automotive, Telecommunication, Travel&Transportation, Healthcare/Life Science and Banking / Insurance

company: Arthur D. Little

position: Principal

description: Management Consultant with a focus on IT Strategy, IT Governance and IT Value Management. Project- and Sales accountability.

position: Participant / Venture Capitalist

company: Luxury Fashion Trade GmbH

position: Test Engineer

company: Siemens VDO Automotive S.p.A.

description: Development Driver Information Systems

position: Intern IT Consulting

description: SAP Implementation, Process Optimization

position: Intern

company: CSC

description: Process Optimization, Functional Design

company: bintec

description: Network Administration, Development

content:
One consulting question I have come back to since the very beginning of my career:
"What would the competitor look like that we would truly hate to face?"

The “nightmare competitor” method is so powerful because it forces us to step outside our own structures, assumptions and legacy constraints. It expands the horizon beyond incremental improvement. In the age of AI, this question becomes even mo

content:
𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

And not because the topic is new, but because the consequences of unmanaged digital dependencies are becoming much more tangible:

The Anthropic case made one thing very clear: access to critical AI capabilities can be affected by national security and export-control decisions almost overnight.

At the same time, Europe is making digital sovereignty a cor

content:
Digital sovereignty has become one of the most discussed topics in boardrooms, I recognize. Yet many discussions still start with the wrong question: "Which technology provider should we choose?"

I think the more important question is: "Where are we willing to accept dependency? And where can we not afford it?"

As AI becomes deeply embedded in business processes, dependencies are no longer limit

content:
As the LeanLeaderSummit 2026 comes to an end, a big thank you to the organizers and to everyone who joined my session on Digital Sovereignty!

What impressed me most was not only the great turnout, but also the quality of the discussions afterwards. It is clear that digital sovereignty has moved far beyond a technology topic — it is becoming a strategic leadership challenge that touches resilience

content:
𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺.

A recent IBM study found that only 9% of executives claim to have an excellent understanding of their AI dependencies, while 71% say switching their primary AI vendor or model would be difficult today. (https://lnkd.in/gC9RQvEn)

This resonates strongly with what I see in discussions with clients: Many organizations are raci

evidence_experience: "(Digital) Transformation, Technology & Innovation Management; IT Strategy, IT Governance, IT Value Management" and "International and worldwide projects, broad industry expertise and board level management consulting" - this is service sold to clients.

resolved_account_name: Arthur D. Little


Michael Payne

publicIdentifier: mikecpayne

headline: Global Head of Data, Analytics & Software Engineering | Generative AI & MLOps | Data Platforms & AI Governance | Driving Enterprise Digital Transformation & Scaling Secure AI Solutions to Production

about:
Strategic Technology and Data executive with a proven track record of spearheading organizational and technology transformations.

Expertly applied generative AI and ML to solve core business problems and managed risk, delivering 40+ scalable solutions to production in commercial SaaS and internal products. Combined technical vision with financial acumen, managed a $15M P&L with 200+ staff and drove double-digit productivity gains through MLOps and Agile. Trusted by executive leadership to define strategy, build governance frameworks, reduce risk, and guiding global teams through complex digital evolutions.

position: Head of Data Platforms

company: Marsh

description: I led the strategic vision and execution of our global Lakehouse platforms across AWS and Azure, directly supporting five major business units and corporate functions. By designing a comprehensive platform roadmap focused on advanced data governance, quality, cataloging, sharing, and security, I successfully drove a 50% year-over-year increase in platform adoption. I collaborated closely with executive business leadership to transform raw data into a core strategic asset, resulting in the delive

company: Mercer

description: As a strategic leader at the forefront of AI, data, and analytics, I drive transformative initiatives. I optimize data-driven decision-making, implement cutting-edge AI solutions, and foster collaborative partnerships across functions. Guiding a high-performing team, I focus on unlocking strategic insights through advanced analytics. Additionally, I ensure robust performance and security measures, contributing to business growth and success in the dynamic landscape of AI and data.

position: Senior Director of Digital Delivery

description: Leading all activities associated with the lifecycle delivery of Mercer Digital Applications. This includes work on new SaaS products, existing products, and marketing technologies for the Mercer.com and associated sites. Responsible for platform, solutions, and cloud engineering functions for Mercer Digital and consulting with broader Mercer Technology teams. Directs DevOps activities for all Mercer OSS applications, and mobile app delivery to appstores. Guides forecasting for all Mercer AWS co

position: Director of Digital Delivery

description: Managed multiple delivery teams working on transformative Change the Business initatives with highly scalable microservice architectures. Created KPI framework for delivery and a balanced score card to measure progress towards strategic delivery goals including quality, efficiency, business value delivery, and alignment with reuse program. Responsible for delivery methodology and implementation of staffing strategy, including building out geographic diversity to staffing.

position: Delivery Lead

description: Responsible for software delivery in the Mercer Career line of business globally. Focused on delivery of high quality, scalable and resilient applications using BDD and Kanban with development to release DevOps  and test automation. I am helping to build the best collaborative teams which work together to meet business objectives.

position: Software Development Leader

description: As the global application delivery software development leader for Mercer's Health line of business I support the NASA, EMEA, and APAC regions as well as the Mercer Marketplace.  I enjoy building extendable high quality applications, designed to delight our customers and meet business needs. I ensure the best return on investment by advocating the right technology and team structures. I am leading efforts which deliver custom development on .NET, MicroStrategy, and Salesforce platforms using glo

position: Software Development Manager

description: As a Software Development leader I have had the opportunity to lead multiple complex software platforms simultaneously using the Microsoft .NET Stack (C#, ASP.NET, Azure services, etc.). I lead the implementation of SAML/ADFS authentication within a SaaS product. Implemented coding practices for secure and reliable coding on teams including code reviews, code analysis and security testing. Worked to establish DevOps strategy using T4 text templates, MSBuild and MSDeploy to improve application de

content:
📣 Mexico City Data + AI practitioners: IT’S TIME TO LEVEL UP.

Databricks DevConnect is officially coming to town, in partnership with Marsh, and we’re bringing the heat. 🔥

Why attend?
🔹 Technical Breakdowns: From Agentic workflows to MLflow 3.0 and Unity Catalog.
🔹 Live Demos: Real-world patterns, not just "hello world" examples.
🔹 Local Networking: Connect with MVPs and the Databricks team in y

content: Come meet us there and learn about some exciting opportunities on our team!

content: This is an extremely helpful overview of what was announced at Data & AI Summit!

content: ¡Come visit us! ¡Event of the year!

evidence_experience: "I led the strategic vision and execution of our global Lakehouse platforms across AWS and Azure...designing a comprehensive platform roadmap focused on advanced data governance, quality, cataloging, sharing, and security" (Head of Data Platforms @ Marsh); "As a strategic leader at the forefront of AI, data, and analytics, I drive transformative initiatives...Guiding a high-performing team" (Head of AI, Data and Analytics Engineering @ Mercer)

resolved_account_name: Mercer Pacific