Ed Dale

sourced_title: Emerging Technology Associate Director

headline: Emerging Technology Associate Director at Ernst & Young

about:
I am an Associate Director at EY with more than 25 years of experience driving business transformation through technology, data, AI and product innovation.

Over the past year, I have served as the Business Product Owner for the EY CRM (Microsoft Dynamics 365) platform within the Copilot/Copper workstream, helping shape and deliver AI-powered capabilities that improve client engagement, opportunity management and seller productivity.

In addition, I am the Product Owner for Insights Account Triggers, leading the strategy and delivery of data-driven intelligence that helps client-serving teams identify opportunities, risks and actions across key accounts. I work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, Microsoft and EY leadership to define product vision, prioritize investments and drive adoption of innovative solutions that create measurable business value.

Throughout my career at EY, I have focused on applying emerging technologies—including artificial intelligence, machine learning, predictive analytics and knowledge management—to solve complex business challenges. I am passionate about translating business needs into scalable products, leveraging agile delivery practices and enabling teams to make better decisions through data and AI.

position: Emerging Technology Associate Director

company: Ernst & Young

description: I am the leader of the Emerging Technology team within EY Knowledge. For EY Knowledge we focus on EYK’s most important use cases, identify 3rd party products that can meet our needs, interface with vendors, run controlled trials of these products, and produce next step recommendations.

position: Search Program Manager

description:
Developed an enterprise search program from inception to maturity.
Established a vision of future intranet search at EY.
Deployed a series of iterative beta releases of new search capability to facilitate relevancy improvements, user interface maturation and change management.
Created a team of part time, global resources to maintain and extend search.
Demonstrated 80% improvement in search relevancy.
Continue to manage program through releases and updates of the search engine and search engine

position: User Experience Program Manager

description:
Developed usability as a discipline at EY.
Institutionalized usability within the intranet program at EY.
Led development of methodology for lab testing, expert reviews and card sorts.
Led the deployment of user interface standards for EY intranet.
Provided thought leadership around the implementation of Enterprise 2.0 within EY.
Managed team of dedicated usability professionals.
Created a brownbag series to evangelize usability.
Championed conference attendance for team members to expand know

position: Information Architect

description:
Led ideation and deployment of intranet home page.
Led ideation and deployment of intranet content management system.
Managed the product lifecycle of the intranet content management system.
Managed global core loadset testing for all intranet products.
Member Messaging & Collaboration Center of Excellence.

position: Product Manager CHS

description:
Managed the product lifecycle of the intranet community site product, Community HomeSpaces (CHS).
Led the ideation and deployment of a flexible web site content management system.
Led the product through 2 major releases and 5 minor releases.

position: Project Manager CHS

description:
Managed the development of community web sites.
Led content assessment activities.
Consulted on information architecture for each site.

position: Project Manager

company: Chase Manhattan Bank

description:
Managed a series of software and hardware projects.
Projects ranged in size and scope from large projects involving reengineering an entire business line to medium sized projects upgrading mainframe loan processing software to small development projects with Lotus Notes.

position: Credit Analyst

company: Bison Leasing Company

evidence_experience: "I am the leader of the Emerging Technology team within EY Knowledge. For EY Knowledge we focus on EYK's most important use cases, identify 3rd party products that can meet our needs, interface with vendors, run controlled trials of these products, and produce next step recommendations."

resolved_account_name: EY ifb


Dr Sujatha Krishnan-Barman

publicIdentifier: suzekb

sourced_title: Principal Advisor, Head of Digital Markets and Online Safety

headline: Principal Advisor at The Behavioural Insights Team | PhD Cognitive Neuroscience

company: BIT

end: Present

position: Senior Policy Advisor, Economy

position: Advisor

description: Advisor in the Financial Capability Lab

position: Lead Analyst/Senior Editor, Industry Briefing (Financial Services and Telecoms)

company: The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU)

description:
Led EIU’s global telecoms practice, and financial services practice in Asia/Europe
Managed team of contributors covering 60 countries, analysing industry developments, and directing and producing monthly coverage
Communicated developments via client meetings, monthly reports and media appearances (BBC News, CNN, France24, Sky News)

position: Editor/Economist, Asia

description:
Led EIU’s South Asia coverage, producing monthly economic and political forecasts
Oversaw pool of freelance writers generating daily and weekly news bulletins and wrote and edited longer bi-monthly analysis pieces
Presented the EIU’s views at regular client briefings, conferences, and in media appearances (BBC News, BBC Radio, CNN, France24, Sky News)
Maintained risk models, issuing regular evaluations of sovereign risk, foreign-exchange risk, banking sector risk and risks to business operations

position: Analyst, Investment Banking (Financing Group)

company: Goldman Sachs

description: Analyst in the Real Estate Finance Group in the Investment Banking Division.

content:
This Monday was a day when I felt like I got to sit in the room where it happens. My biggest takeaways were:
- These are knotty, really hard problems that don't have an easy silver bullet. One of the things that the Milburn review showed is that children who are not school-ready at ages 4-5 are nearly 3 times as likely to be NEET at ages 16-17.
- There is such a wide group of motivated, passiona

content:
Today's announcement of a UK under-16 social media ban matters… but the evidence suggests the hard work starts now, not when legislation passes.

BIT's research, alongside new work from Leonardo Bursztyn and colleagues, points to a structural challenge: social media use is inherently social. Compliance depends on reaching a tipping point where enough peers leave a platform to make leaving feel wor

content: Cannot. Agree. More.

content:
This is the culmination of a year long effort to do avatar research in a rigorous defensible way, to build the evidence base around what algorithms are serving to (young) people in the EU and the potential impact this can have on civic discourse.

A huge thank you to our partners at Sitra particularly Ilkka Räsänen and Kristo Lehtonen who commissioned this work (and are incredible clients to work

disposition: DISQUALIFIED

internal_vs_external: external

role_nature: other

band: clear

band_reasons: disqualified

evidence_experience: "I use behavioural science to help clients and partners undertake impactful initiatives across a range of areas including consumer and digital markets, and financial behaviour." - describes client delivery work, not internal firm knowledge/AI ownership.

resolved_account_name: BIT

in_612: yes

in_575: yes

suppressed: no


Wendy Stratman Miller

sourced_title: Director of Southern Office Professional Development

headline: Partner, North American Chief People Officer, McKinsey & Company

about:
I am the Chief People Officer for North America at McKinsey & Company, where I shape and manage the firm's People strategy, processes, and professional teams.

During my 20 years in numerous roles across McKinsey's People function, I have built and overseen an integrated team. This team has direct responsibility for recruiting, professional development, evaluations and reviews, learning, and human resources.

I partner globally to design our firm's regional People strategy, shaping our employee value proposition and experience. This includes building a robust diversity and inclusion strategy and fostering a stronger culture of development.

I am deeply committed to leveraging GenAI advancements within our organization, applying innovative solutions to enhance our approach to various HR initiatives including performance reviews. Every day, I am dedicated to building a remarkable firm that attracts, develops, excites, and retains exceptional people.

Prior to my People roles, I was a McKinsey consultant serving clients on various strategic topics with a focus on marketing and sales in the consumer and retail industries.

I have an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Accounting from Miami University. I live in Atlanta, GA, with my husband Matt and our three children. Outside of work, I'm an active tennis player, runner, enthusiastic cook, and avid traveler.

position: Regional People Leader, NA

company: McKinsey & Company

content:
Really enjoyed chatting with Bloomberg about how McKinsey & Company is wiring AI agents into our staffing processes. We’re taking advantage of emerging tech as we match our people’s expertise to our clients’ needs, in truly creative and impactful ways.

Used this way, tech will not replace human judgment or personal insight and connection; it will create more time for them. We’re able to devote

internal_vs_external: internal

band: review

band_reasons: disqualified; owns_internal_but_killed

evidence_experience: "I am the Chief People Officer for North America at McKinsey & Company, where I shape and manage the firm's People strategy, processes, and professional teams." - This is an HR/People leadership role, not knowledge/AI/IP-reuse/governance ownership.

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

in_575: no

suppressed: yes


Alina Mozzhukhina

headline: Senior Director, Global Professional Development at Bain & Company

company: Bain & Company

position: Senior Manager

position: Consultant

position: Associate

company: A.T. Kearney

position: Senior Business Analyst

company: Monitor Group

position: Analyst

company: Strategy Partners

evidence_experience: Career progression through Consultant to Senior Manager to Director/Senior Director of Global Professional Development - no mention of knowledge management, IP-reuse, AI, or information governance at any point.

resolved_account_name: Bain & Company Inc.


Chris Bradshaw

publicIdentifier: chris-bradshaw

sourced_title: Data and AI lead for Consumer Industries, UKIA

headline: AI & Data Lead for Consumer Industries at Accenture UK, Ireland & Africa

about:
Chris is recognised as a trusted advisor, leader and educator for all aspects of digital transformation.  His expertise lies in helping clients realise tangible value from digital technologies, particularly using data and automation, bringing innovative digital solutions to blue chip clients.  In his extensive management consulting career, Chris has driven transformations across a wide range of organisations, from FTSE 100’s to politically sensitive projects, working alongside senior stakeholders to shape and deliver transformation.

He has held leadership positions with Deloitte and Accenture and has served clients across a range of industries such as UBS, HSBC, Goldman Sachs, IKEA, AstraZeneca, BP, Virgin Media, Unilever, British Airways, Sainsbury’s, Saudi Aramco, Nestle and the Metropolitan Police Service among many others and is comfortable working with a wide range of tools including R, Python, SQL, Tableau and others.

He is founder and CEO of Merdon Consulting which was founded to bring the expertise he has established to the SME community.

company: Accenture

position: Director

company: Redkite

position: Associate Director

position: Founder and CEO

company: Merdon Consulting

description:
Merdon Consulting helps organisation leaders on their data driven transformation journeys bringing a grounded and practical approach to help organisations avoid being seduced by overhyped trends and achieving a transformation that drives real and tangible value.  Our services include:

- business planning
- education to help understanding and learning
- data & transformation strategy
- roadmap and business case development
- adoption and literacy
- vendor selection and due diligence
- progra

company: Elusive Parts

description:
As a new startup, Elusive Parts produces hard to find classic car parts using state of the art technology. Using reverse engineering process we save customers time searching for parts and produce high-quality parts faster than traditional methods, getting cars back on the road more quickly.

Using Computer Aided Design (CAD), 3D scanning and printing, Elusive Parts re-manufactures parts to their original specification or better, and can also customise parts to precise requirements.

position: Head of Delivery

company: Certua

description: Certua provides a platform for digital connection between businesses, financial institutions and the capital markets.   Owned all aspects of delivery from platform development to client projects, with a distributed team that grew from 12 to 20 with annual budget of £1m+, reporting directly to the Chairman and the Board.  Took the platform from 2 years of development to rapid scaling with take on of first 10+ clients in 12 months.

position: Management Consultant

company: Deloitte

description:
A leader within People & Programmes, responsible for the growth of the digital workforce function from 5 to 30 people, covering analytics, automation and other aspects of digital enablement, to revenues of £15m/year.  Accountable for all aspects of operation, including P&L, recruitment and general management.

Regular conference speaker and workshop leader considering the future of work, automation and analytics enablement.

Selected projects include:

Global Bank – Innovation ‘Skunkworks’
Led t

company: Sapient

description:
Responsible for the estimate review team for the UK, driving excellence in delivery and reporting directly to the quality assurance director, covering review of projects up to £10m.

Client projects included:
- Developed the Doctors Revalidation toolkit, reporting directly to the Chief Medical Officer, pioneering offshore and RMADS security delivery for the Department of Health
- Delivered Oracle HRMS, including the first self-service learning function and an innovative self-service joiners, mov

content: This is an interesting opportunity for the right candidate to make a big difference

evidence_experience: "His expertise lies in helping clients realise tangible value from digital technologies... bringing innovative digital solutions to blue chip clients" and "has served clients across a range of industries such as UBS, HSBC, Goldman Sachs..." - purely external client delivery throughout career.

resolved_account_name: umlaut company


Tony Cherbak

publicIdentifier: tonycherbak

sourced_title: President & Chief Operating Officer

headline: Board of Directors and Business Advisor at RGP

position: Special Advisor to the CEO

company: RGP

position: Chief Executive Officer & President

description: Retired as chief executive officer for RGP where, since 2013, I oversaw the Company’s global operations and successfully led the senior management team to execute RGP’s unique business model –  providing exceptional professional services to clients and offering our Consultants challenging, flexible and rewarding careers.

position: Member Board of Directors

position: President & Chief Operating Officer

position: Partner in Charge - OC Audit Practice

company: Deloitte & Touche

position: Audit Partner - Consumer Products Group

position: Auditor

position: CFO

company: Mossimo

disposition: QUALIFIED

primary_strip: A

internal_vs_external: unclear

band_reasons: ie_unclear; company_concern

evidence_experience: "Retired as chief executive officer for RGP where, since 2013, I oversaw the Company's global operations and successfully led the senior management team to execute RGP's unique business model - providing exceptional professional services to clients" - this describes overall company leadership and client service delivery, not ownership of an internal knowledge/AI/IP-reuse function.

resolved_account_name: RGP EMEA


Laureline Wolff

publicIdentifier: laurelinewolff

sourced_title: Senior Director, Marketing & Sales GTM Technology and AI Enablement

headline: Senior Director at KPMG | GTM Technologies & AI

company: KPMG

position: Principal Solution Engineer

company: Salesforce

position: Lead Solution Engineer

position: Senior Solution Engineer

company: MediaMath

position: Digital and Web Data Lead

company: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

description: Previous role: Digital Data Analyst

position: Consultant

company: Woger

description: Select clients: United Nations Capital and Development Fund; 2U Inc (NYSE:TWOU); FluentU; Babbel; Ippon Technologies.

position: Attachée, Political Chancery

company: French Embassy to the Republic of Korea

disposition: WEAK

primary_strip: C

band_reasons: weak_title2_only; low_conf

evidence_experience: Title indicates ownership of GTM Technology and AI Enablement function within KPMG's own Marketing & Sales organisation, but no detail provided on knowledge-base, IP-reuse, or confidentiality governance scope; prior background is Salesforce solution engineering and marketing/sales data roles, not knowledge management.

resolved_account_name: Global Strategy Group, by KPMG


Michael Fichtl

sourced_title: Global Head of Research

headline: Global Head of Research at Altman Solon

about:
Altman Solon’s Global Head of Research brings over nine years of leadership experience, driving innovation in research and knowledge management within the telecoms, media, and technology (TMT) sector. His role includes setting up and managing globally distributed research teams, optimizing operational strategies, and delivering first-class research support for consultants and clients. He also manages the organization’s research budget and continuously enhance Altman Solon’s information resources to meet stakeholder needs.

Specializing in media streaming, sports broadcasting rights, and direct-to-consumer (D2C) opportunities, he focuses on market trends across the US and Europe. With expertise in financial analysis and digital transformation, he works collaboratively to empower data-driven decision-making and support business growth.

position: Global Head of Research

company: Altman Solon

position: Head of Research

description:
In 2020, Altman Vilandrie & Company and Solon Management Consulting have cemented a decades-long partnership across the Atlantic to form Altman Solon, the world’s largest global strategy consulting firm with an exclusive focus on the TMT sector.

Altman Solon has an extensive international reach with offices in Boston, London, Milan, Munich, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Warsaw, with successful projects completed across the globe in more than 100 countries.

position: Head Of Research

company: Solon Management Consulting

position: Head of Strategic Research & Knowledge Management D/A/CH

company: Capgemini Consulting

description:
Leading an international research team and managing projects on competitive intelligence and market analysis;

Project management

Sector specialist for Energy & Utilities and Financial Services industries

position: Researcher, Knowledge Services, Energy & Commodities

company: Oliver Wyman

description:
Market intelligence and analysis in oil & gas, utilities, energy infrastructure, renewables, commodities
Working with partners and teams on international projects on business strategy, risk management, supply chain, commodity trading

position: Consulting Controllership

company: Marsh & McLennan Companies

position: Student employee

company: Studentenwerk Augsburg

position: Internship

company: GI Geoinformatik GmbH

description:
Visualizing and analyzing large sets of geospatial data for use in various industries, using software ArcGIS;
Taking part in trainings to mobile GIS;

disposition: STRONG

primary_strip: B

evidence_experience: "Global Head of Research brings over nine years of leadership experience, driving innovation in research and knowledge management... setting up and managing globally distributed research teams, optimizing operational strategies, and delivering first-class research support for consultants and clients... manages the organization's research budget and continuously enhance Altman Solon's information resources"

resolved_account_name: Solon Management Consulting


Pascal Lauener

publicIdentifier: pascal-lauener

sourced_title: Chief Digital Officer | Lead Architect

email_status: verified

headline: Chief Digital Officer · CIO/CTO · Lead Architect | The rare hybrid: senior leadership + hands-on architecture & code | AI & digital transformation in regulated industries (GxP/Pharma/MedTech) | Azure Expert

about:
Highly motivated and passionate Technology Architect (in my heart) and Senior Executive (in my mind) hybrid person with:

+ 15 years of experience as a Developer, Consult, and Architect in the areas of Software Development, DevOps, Cloud transformations, Agile transformations, IT architecture.

+ 10 years of experience as Senior Executive in Building / Leading highly performing teams, setting visions and strategies of IT and Digital Departments, supporting board members in developing the corporate strategy and compass in Healthcare, Finance, and Retail.

Passion for R&D and in-depth software, DevOps, and Cloud engineering. Always curious about new technologies and approaches, using them to solve the problems and to improve existing solutions.

position: Chief Digital Officer | Lead Architect

company: Arcondis Group

description:
Founded a new organizational unit (25+ people) with a dual mandate: modernize global internal IT and build an external Digital Services revenue line. Full P&L responsibility for both the cost center and the revenue line.

• Built CHF 2.5M recurring revenue through licensing + subscription models, productized digital platforms now actively sold to market
• Reduced internal IT costs ~40% in two years by automating manual workflows into AI- and data-driven processes
• Architected and led delive

position: Director Software Engineering | Lead Architect

company: Callista

description:
• Internal mandate: fully automated the end-to-end hiring process — from staffing request through application and hiring to contract — improving speed and candidate experience
• External mandate: led the cloud transformation of client SAP systems (secure public access, scalability) as Lead Architect, while supporting lead generation and account management

position: Head Global IT

company: Livinguard

description:
Built the global IT organization from the ground up while the company scaled from 40 to 120 FTEs across 5 countries within one year. Owned IT budget, strategy, and the vendor/partner landscape.

• Delivered a global DMS, EDI integration across ERP/CRM/accounting/e-commerce, and end-to-end traceability for regulated products
• Role ended due to the company's insolvency in 2022

position: DevOps Senior Project Lead

company: Roche Diagnostics Europe

description:
Part of an 8-year continuous Roche engagement (2012–2020): retained across three successive employers as scope grew from developer to architect to platform lead — a direct measure of client trust. (Consider adding this sentence to each Roche-related entry so the thread is visible.)

• Architected and operated a hybrid build/test/release platform for 250 developers in a regulated GxP environment; led a 10-FTE team through an offshore-to-nearshore transition
• Built an on-prem Kubernetes platfo

position: Tech Architecture Delivery Manager / DevOps Lead Architect ASGR

company: Accenture

description:
• Owned delivery and commercial results of a 10-FTE onsite/offshore DevOps team; trusted advisor to Roche
• Designed a "cloud-bursting" test environment dynamically extending on-prem Hyper-V clusters into AWS for on-demand scale • Authored and delivered Accenture ASGR's DevOps training curriculum (keynote speaker, lead trainer)

position: Tech Arch Associate Manager

description:
DevOps Lead
DevOps Architecture

position: Senior Software Engineer

company: Noser Engineering AG

description:
• Cut release cycles from days to 4 hours by re-architecting build/release for a 300-person development unit
• Technical lead for teams in Switzerland, Spain, and India; defined test automation and software architectures

position: Software Entwickler .Net / Leiter IT

description:
- Design und Entwicklung von WPF / Web / Applikationen
- Projektleitung IT
- Planen der IT Ressourcen
- Planen und Warten der kompletten IT Infrastruktur
- Schulung der Mitarbeiter

internal_vs_external: mixed

band_reasons: ie_mixed; company_concern

evidence_experience: "Founded a new organizational unit (25+ people) with a dual mandate: modernize global internal IT and build an external Digital Services revenue line. Full P&L responsibility for both the cost center and the revenue line." and "Reduced internal IT costs ~40% in two years by automating manual workflows into AI- and data-driven processes"

resolved_account_name: Arcondis Group


Mariola Holdcraft

sourced_title: Head of Operations & Strategic Programs (COO Office)

headline: Transformation Leader Bridging Finance, Operations & People | Strategic Programs | Shared Services | Leadership Development | ESG | EY | ICC Coach

about:
Senior global operations and strategic initiatives leader with 20+ years of experience building, scaling, and transforming shared services and global delivery organizations. Early-stage contributor to the establishment and expansion of EY’s Global Delivery Center in Poland, supporting growth from startup phase to 3,500+ professionals across multiple business functions.

I operate at the intersection of strategy and execution—leading enterprise-wide initiatives, PMO governance structures, talent deployment models, and operational transformation programs that align workforce capability with business growth objectives.

My expertise spans Shared Services leadership, Global Operations, Strategic PMO oversight, Learning & Talent Enablement, and Service Delivery excellence. I partner with executive stakeholders to design scalable operating models, improve efficiency, strengthen governance, and enhance organizational performance.

I bring a rare blend of startup scaling experience within a global enterprise environment. My leadership approach combines operational discipline with strategic foresight—enabling organizations to grow efficiently, strengthen governance, and elevate talent capability. I am particularly effective in complex, multi-stakeholder environments where alignment, clarity, and execution excellence are critical to success.

Currently open to Senior-level opportunities in Strategic Initiatives PMO, Head of Talent / Learning / Deployment, Shared Services, Global Operations, Service Delivery, and Transformation Leadership roles (remote or hybrid).

Outside of work, a mother of two strongly-willed children.

company: EY

description:
Partnered with the COO and leadership team to drive strategic initiatives and organizational development across EY GDS Poland (4k+ employees). Led cross-functional transformation programs improving operating models, leadership capability and organizational effectiveness.

Key contributions:

• Led strategic initiatives across operations, finance, talent and organizational development functions
• Delivered complex cross-functional programs ensuring alignment with schedule, budget and business obj

position: Corporate Responsibility Lead

description: Designed and implemented the CSR strategy for EY GDS Poland as well as built governance and employee engagement programs aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals

position: Talent Development & Learning Lead

description:
Led talent and leadership development initiatives supporting a 2.5k+ employee organization.

Key achievements:

• Designed and implemented leadership development programs aligned with global HR strategy
• Managed learning budget and program portfolio supporting capability development
• Led large-scale transformation programs, aligning workforce deployment and capability planning with evolving business needs.
• Championed talent development, onboarding acceleration, and learning frameworks to enh

position: EMEIA & Global Assurance Finance Manager

description: Led financial planning, governance and operational finance processes supporting the EY Assurance practice across EMEIA and global teams. Acted as a finance business partner to leadership and supported finance process transformation initiatives.

position: Finance & Accouting Service Delivery Manager

description:
Early in my career I led finance operations and shared services teams across global organizations, building strong expertise in finance processes, financial governance, and finance transformation programs.

• Built and led a 100-person finance & accounting services team supporting EMEIA operations
• Transitioned F&A processes from 11 countries into EY GDS
• Managed service delivery, KPIs, SLAs and continuous improvement initiatives

position: YPO FORUM Member & Moderator

company: YPO

position: General Ledger Team Lead

company: UPS Capital

description: Managed general ledger accounting activities within a multinational shared services environment

position: Travel & Expense Specialist

company: Hewlett-Packard Financial Services

content: Great post!  The landscape is evolving!!

evidence_experience: "Led strategic initiatives across operations, finance, talent and organizational development functions"; "Designed and implemented leadership development programs aligned with global HR strategy"; "Designed and implemented the CSR strategy for EY GDS Poland"


Janet Yesk

sourced_title: Global Design Research Lead / Global Co-Creation Lead - Accenture Experiences

headline: Inquisitive & strategic; product, service, and brand innovation; experience research and design; create compelling experiences through GenAI, XR, digital and physical design.

about:
Over 30 years of global experience helping organizations to create innovative human centered experiences, products, services, and interactions: developing methodologies in research, leveraging ethnographic learning, trends, insights, and usability to pioneer synergetic processes of design thinking and deliver tangible and tested solutions; understanding unmet human needs and behaviours to uncover opportunity space and create meaningful customer and user experiences.  Experience bringing products to market at scale, from initial strategy and development, through testing and refinement, to final build and launch. Understand and balance qualitative findings with business and financial imperatives for driving high impact growth.  Naturally inquisitive nature, constantly exploring, learning, expanding and envisioning new horizons for self and clients through investigation of the intersection of sociology, cultural anthropology and new technology.  Passionate, dynamic, and empathic individual.  Excellent presenter with persuasive communication skills, expert workshop facilitator, collaborative team builder and mentor, adept at working across cultures and languages, with extensive experience in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. for a wide range of clients and industries.

Dual national Europe and US, can work in UK.  Bilingual English & French.

position: Design Research Lead - Accenture Song North America

description: Director of Design Research for Design & Digital Products North America with a team of 50+ researchers.  Evangelize design research and integrate design thinking methods and services into global design processes, first for metaverse technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, web 3.0, and gen AI) then across service, commerce, marketing, and design & digital products.  Build design research practice and teams globally, ensuring continuity of quality, overseeing and reviewing all stages of

position: Global Design Research Lead - Metaverse Continuum Business Group Studios

description: Lead global design research team to create strategy, new product, interaction, and service design using metaverse technologies including VR / AR experiences, blockchain, and Web 3.0.

position: Principal - Design Research

company: PDD Group Ltd

description: Design and facilitate large scale innovation programs for clients across sectors from consumer to medical, embedding design thinking into innovation process, ethnography, insight creation, ideation techniques, forming the link between consumers/users, designers, and brands, developing the bridge from consumers to new product design and innovation strategy.  Run research projects in US, Europe, China, and SE Asia.

position: Partner

description: Design Research, Trend Research, Futurecasting including ethnography, online research, workshops, and exploratory.  Strategic analyst for brand extensions, re-stages, innovation, and development, expert group moderator, creative facilitator.

position: Design Research Director

company: Kaleidoscope ®

description: Led Design Research initiative developing methodologies and tools for consumer-centric innovation and new product development in multiple categories.

position: Research Manager

company: Olwen Wolfe and Associates

position: Show Writer

company: Walt Disney Imagineering

description: Wrote copy for development of Euro Disney Paris.

evidence_experience: "Design and facilitate large scale innovation programs for clients across sectors from consumer to medical" / "Lead global design research team to create strategy, new product, interaction, and service design using metaverse technologies... for a wide range of clients and industries."


Cars Gerhardt

publicIdentifier: carsgerhardt

sourced_title: Associate Partner at Valcon | Strategy execution | Digital transformation

headline: Transformation | Digital | Consulting | Financial Services

about:
I am an all-round professional with a rich track record in leading complex large-scale (digital) transformation programs, building teams and driving organizational design and change, predominantly in global tier-1 banks (Retail, Wholesale, Food & Agri) and insurers.

As an experienced management consultant, I have worked on a broad range of topics within the Financial Services industry (digital transformation, data & analytics, artificial intelligence, organizational design and technology portfolio management). In combination with different leadership roles, this has allowed me to develop a pragmatic and analytical mindset, combining strong people focus and organizational awareness to drive lasting change and deliver value.

I have a strong passion for delivering impact together with my clients, whilst developing fun and high-performing teams.

company: Valcon

description:
As an Associate Partner within Valcon, I am, together with my team responsible for succesfull delivery of strategy execution and digital transformation projects for Financial Services clients.

My current focus is on helping organizations identify, organize for and deliver value with GenAI technology across their organization.

Next to delivery of client engagements, I am, in my role as account lead, responsible for all client engagements, achieving commercial targets, effective team performance

position: Lead Business Management & Transformation

company: Rabobank

description:
As management team member, leading a team of 9 fte, I am responsible for setting and driving the Digital and Technology agenda for the international domain, supporting the Chief Digital Officer Wholesale & Rural in setting up and running the global organization and driving the global scaled agile transformation.

The scope of work of my team is focussed on all business management related topics (i.e. strategy execution, IT portfolio management, financial & risk management and organizational (SAF

position: Digital Strategy Manager

description: Responsible for setting strategic direction and acceleration of the Digital transformation of the global Wholesale bank

position: Management Consultant Digital Innovation & Change

company: :: projective

description:
* Responsible for execution of digital transformation and innovation programmes at multiple Banks
* Building digital / innovation practice and network

position: Manager - Financial Services Advisory (NL)

description:
* Deep understanding of the Banking sector, with a focus on customer and operations transformation and innovation, taking in to account Digital and FinTech challenges and opportunities
* Extensive experience in international project- and programme management roles and effectively executing organisational transformation programmes
* Change manager, with strong people management skills, providing clear vision, concrete ideas, a high energy level combined with hands-on experience and a practical mi

position: Manager - Financial Services Advisory (UK)

position: Senior Associate

company: Cognizant

description: Responsible for delivery of engagements and business development. I have been engaged in different project types (Operational Transformation & Cost Optimization, Outsourcing & Shared Services and Program/Project Management) at clients across a variety of industries (Banking & Financial Services, Manufacturing & Logistics & Professional Services).

position: Management Trainee Program

company: TNT

description:
Held 2 positions during a 3 year Management Traineeship:

Business Solution Manager (1,5 years):
Responsible for developing and implementing customer-specific international logistic and network solutions for international key accounts.

New Business Manager (1,5 years):
Responsible for new business development of digital solutions portfolio.

evidence_experience: "My current focus is on helping organizations identify, organize for and deliver value with GenAI technology across their organization." and "responsible for succesfull delivery of strategy execution and digital transformation projects for Financial Services clients"

resolved_account_name: Valcon


Amit Bajaj

publicIdentifier: abajajuk

sourced_title: Europe Sales Lead - Information Management - Financial Services

headline: Business & Technology leader | Driving sustainable growth, transformation and value creation for enterprise and private equity portfolios | Enabling public health and social care wellbeing and patient care outcomes

about:
Driving business growth for Virtusa UK & EuropeI across diversified sectors including Bio-Pharma and Medtech, Energy, Utilities, PE, Public Health and Social care (including the NHS)

In my previous role, I led the DX Strategy and M&A focus for Sumitomo's core energy related businesses, including the transition to decarbonisation.  Investing in industry leading businesses, scale-up, exits. Driving DX enabled shareholder value creation post-acquisition.

In earlier consulting roles, have enabled businesses to pivot on digital, orchestrating growth agendas for B2B and B2B firms, worked with PE backed professional services and Tech firms on carve-outs, integrations and value creation opportunities, shaped strategy and operating models and have lead business transformations and digital organisations.

Led business growth for a software platforms and products business in Europe  – across lending, commercial real estate, corporate banking, payments, insurance, trade finance, procurement and supply chain.

position: Head - Diversified Industries UK/I

company: Virtusa

position: DX and Investments - Steel, GX / Energy transition

company: Sumitomo Corporation

position: Digital Consulting Partner - Europe

company: Tech Mahindra

position: Managing Principal - Consulting

company: Infosys Consulting

description:
Leading digital transformation and consulting services for key clients:-
- defining strategic direction & leading high performance teams
- advising CXOs on addressing critical business challenges
- Help the business practice(s) improve their Digital transformation footprint

position: Head of Credit and Fintech Platforms - Europe

company: Infosys

description:
Leading the lending platforms business - product vision and strategy, local go to market, across retail lending, mortgages (resis and CRE), SME and corporate lending
Leading fintech propositions and platforms

position: Managing Financial Xformation Programs @ Infosys Japan

description: Leading IT portfolio for Global Financial Co; Credit Portfolio Mgmt,

position: Project Management

company: Fidelity Investments International

evidence_experience: "Driving business growth for Virtusa UK & Europe across diversified sectors" and "led the DX Strategy and M&A focus for Sumitomo's core energy related businesses" - all external client/portfolio-facing work

resolved_account_name: Infosys Consulting


Sachin Devalapurkar

sourced_title: Senior Program Manager and Services Director, IT Services

headline: Senior Program Manager and Senior Director, IT Services at Infosys

about:
Presently working as a IT Services Senior Director for a large Investor Owned Utility (IOU) in the USA, wherein, I am helping the client to transform into a digital utility with a specific focus on increasing Agile and DevOps adoption, implementing RPA and BPM automation solutions to improve quality and productivity. I am also advising the utility on adopting the Value Stream based Lean Agile Portfolio Management constructs in some of their portfolios to further improve the business-IT integration and end-to-end value delivery. All this while ensuring that the IT Services are delivered against stringent IT and Business SLAs and continuous improvements expectations.

As a Senior Program Management Practice leader, I mentor and coach multiple program managers within my practice and guide them in delivering / managing their individual programs across industry domains. I handle the responsibility of ensuring that best practices and learning’s from different engagements/programs are captured and shared with others in my practice to collectively improve the knowledge levels and increase the probability of program’s success.

Earlier to this, I was working as a Program Director for one of the leading satellite network services provider in the USA. I am responsible for the program delivery and help the client in their IT transformation journey.

Prior to that I was working as a Delivery Manager at Infosys Ltd. responsible for delivery of independent testing projects for large Banking and Financial Services clientele. Have over 19 years of IT experience in managing client relationships, consulting clients, solutioning and business development, and project delivery.

Have extensive knowledge of multiple business domain including Utilities, Banking and Financial Services, Insur

description: Responsible for overall IT services delivery for a large Investor Owned Utility (IOU) in the USA, wherein, I am helping the client to transform into a digital utility with a specific focus on increasing Agile and DevOps adoption, implementing RPA and BPM automation solutions to improve quality and productivity. I am also advising the utility on adopting the Value Stream based Lean Agile Portfolio Management constructs in some of their portfolios to further improve the business-IT integration and

position: Program Director

description: Responsible for program delivery across multiple client portfolios/ LOBs. Working closely with the Sourcing Management office to monitor and report on performance across a multitude of SLAs and KPIs. Ensuring deployment of best practices and learnings from within the account and experiences across the broader IT industry. Ensuring delivery excellence and cost benefits

position: Delivery Manager

position: Engagement Manager

position: Specialist in Design and Development

company: Tata Elxsi

content:
Moments like these make you pause and appreciate the everyday things 🙏🌱 Infosys being named a LinkedIn Top Company reflects the focus on growth, learning, and doing meaningful work together. Thrilled to work with such inspiring teams and at a dynamic workplace across the US and Canada.

 #LinkedInTopCompanies2026 #NavigateYourNext #ThriveAtInfosys #LifeAtInfy #InfosysAmericas #InfosysUSA #InfosysC

evidence_experience: "Responsible for overall IT services delivery for a large Investor Owned Utility (IOU) in the USA... I mentor and coach multiple program managers within my practice... ensuring that best practices and learning's from different engagements/programs are captured and shared with others in my practice"


Willow Frey

sourced_title: KPMG International AI Lead

headline: Chief of Staff to KPMG Global COO I KPMGI AI Lead

about:
In my Chief of Staff role, I support KPMGs Global Chief Operating Officer in the strategic and operational execution of our Global Strategy for the the benefit of our 276k colleagues. I work closely with senior leadership and the Global Management Team to drive aligned, effective delivery.

With a passion for technology and digital transformation, I have led key projects including KPMG International’s migration from SharePoint on premise to SharePoint Online. As KPMG International's AI Lead, I focus on driving adoption and accelerating our shift to an AI-enabled organisation.

Having worked with a wide range of clients across Australia, the UK and other parts of the KPMG network, I have gained practical insight into how businesses operate in different markets and how global strategies translate into real world delivery.

position: KPMG International AI Lead

company: KPMG

position: Chief of Staff, Associate Partner

position: Chief of Staff to Global COO, Director

position: Chief of Staff to Global COO, Senior Manager

position: Digital Enablement (Global Digital), Senior Manager

position: Senior Manager

company: KPMG UK

position: Manager

company: KPMG Australia

content:
Excited to share that KPMG has expanded its global alliance with Anthropic today.
Integrating Claude Cowork and Managed Agents across our platforms, including Digital Gateway, embeds AI directly into the flow of delivery - with trust and governance built in from day one.
In my role as KPMGI AI Lead, I’m particularly excited by the opportunity this creates to enhance how our people work and collabo

content:
The Global Board and Council meeting was a little different this week, with the election of Gary Wingrove as KPMG’s new Global Chairman & CEO.

I’ve been incredibly fortunate to work closely with Gary as his Chief of Staff for the past 3.5 years, and I couldn’t think of a better person to lead our people across the global network.

While in Rome, we took full advantage of the stunning setting and

content: Huge congratulations Gary Wingrove! Proud to work for and alongside you.

evidence_experience: "As KPMG International's AI Lead, I focus on driving adoption and accelerating our shift to an AI-enabled organisation." Also Chief of Staff to Global COO supporting execution of Global Strategy for 276k colleagues, and led SharePoint on-prem to Online migration internally.


Cristina Fernandez Se

sourced_title: EY Client Technology Director - Assurance Data Enablement Leader

position: Associate Partner - Global Data Capture and Transformation Lead

company: EY

content:
I Really enjoyed being part of this session and meeting such a great group of students.

You can genuinely feel the energy and creativity in the room, which makes these conversations especially valuable. Having the opportunity to share my experience with the next generation is something I find truly meaningful.
I was also honored to join the session alongside the professors and the dean, whose com

content: Very interesting point of view!

evidence_experience: "Part of the Global Assurance EY Helix leadership team, leading the data Capture and Transformation work stream, my focus is to bring standard processes and technologies to capture and transform data in more effective and efficient way at a global level for the common and non common IT systems, this also includes enablement and support, in addition to lead the Analytics Delivery Specialist Network at a global level."


Riikka-Leena Leskelä

sourced_title: Research Director

headline: Research Director and Senior Partner at Nordic Healthcare Group, Adjunct Professor at University of Helsinki

about:
Experienced researcher, advisor and educator in healthcare operations management, health economics and healthcare systems.

My mission is to improve social and healthcare services for the benefit of everyone: better experience and outcomes for users, better place to work for professionals and better sustainability for the benefit of payers, environment and future generations.

position: Docent / Adjunct Professor

company: University of Helsinki

position: Research Director

company: Nordic Healthcare Group

position: Project Manager

position: Analyst

position: Lecturer

company: Aalto University

position: Assistant

company: Aalto University School of Science and Technology

content: Suomi Areenalla keskustellaan paljon tärkeää asiaa. Perjantai-iltapäivänä pääsin päättämään tämän vuoden Pori-viikon keskusteluun, joka oli kaikesta huolimatta inspiroiva. Kiitos Annastiina ja Jacob, että jaoitte tarinanne ja kiitos Sylva ry työstä, jota teette perheiden hyväksi silloin, kun koko maailma murenee ympärillä. Ja onneksi meillä Pohjoismaissa terveydenhuolto on huippuluokkaa, ja moni l

content:
Syövän kustannukset on taas arvioitu. Tällä kertaa myös sairaalalääkkeiden todelliset kustannukset on saatu takautuvasti mukaan arvioon, minkä seurauksena lääkekustannusten osuus syövän kustannuksista pieneni aiempiin päivityksiin verrattuna.

Ja mikä mielenkiintoisinta, inflaatiokorjattuna syövän kustannukset ovat kääntyneet laskuun!

Kiitos Syöpäsäätiö, Cancer Foundation Finland ja Juha Pekka T

content:
Toiminnanohjaus sotessa - mitä ihmettä se on?

Tätä ainakin minä mietin. Nyt tarjoutuu oiva mahdollisuus perehtyä asiaan, vaikka koiraa ulkoiluttaessa tai työmatkaliikenteessä. Ja onhan se nyt vain mukava aloitus päivään, kun kuuntelee Mikan samettista baritoniääntä 🤩

Vahva kuuntelusuositus tälle!

content:
Kristiina Patja on viisas nainen. Kannattaa lukea tämä (ja kuunnella esityksiä jos mahdollisuus tarjoutuu)!

https://lnkd.in/dE_RmZ_Q

content: Mielenkiintoinen analyysi somen hyödyntämisestä! Somen logiikasta olisi hyvä jokaisen oppia enemmän. Ei pelkästään siksi, että osaisi itse hyödyntää paremmin omien viestien näkyvyyden parantamiseksi, vaan ensisijaisesti siksi, että jokainen olisi paremmin tietoinen siitä, miten meihin kaikkiin koko ajan pyritään vaikuttamaan. Sosiaalisen median lukutaito alkaa olla kansalaistaidoista tärkeimpiä!

evidence_experience: "Experienced researcher, advisor and educator in healthcare operations management, health economics and healthcare systems. My mission is to improve social and healthcare services for the benefit of everyone"

resolved_account_name: Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG) Finland


Jack Glenister-Batey

sourced_title: Planning Capability Owner

headline: Senior Project Manager and Delivery Lead | Manager at Valcon

about:
I am a seasoned consultant with a profound understanding of change and project management, boasting a well-documented history of empowering intricate functions in dynamic settings. With a career spanning almost 15 years, I have actively contributed to large, customer-facing business and regulatory change initiatives, including a high-impact divestment project for a prominent retail bank and a sanctions screening uplift programme for an international financial institution.

My expertise extends across Financial Services, Retail, Logistics, and Regulatory Standards.
My core strengths lie in seamlessly integrating project controls, implementing automated planning solutions, and enhancing governance structures to drive efficiency. At a Luxury Retailer, I led a 4-person planning team, embedded within a £200M transformation portfolio, overseeing around 40 Waterfall and Agile change projects, while standardising planning protocols and delivering strategic assurance.

In the Financial Services sector, I have successfully delivered projects focused on financial crime compliance and regulatory monitoring:
	• As Project Manager for the Sanctions Screening Project, I oversaw the implementation of project controls, analytics, and governance uplift for an EMEA payment screening programme. This included rule development, governance remediation, and the establishment of a Sanctions Analytics function.
	• As Project Manager for the Transaction Monitoring Tuning & Effectiveness Assessment, I led the tuning and control optimisation of Actimize SAM9 transaction monitoring rules. This involved threshold configuration, effectiveness testing, and compliance reviews across EU AG, FFT, Düsseldorf, and Milan.

Additionally, while working at a Financial Advisory Network Company, I led a team on

company: Valcon

position: Planning Capability Owner

description:
• Responsible for the curation and development of internal Planning IP.
• Provided training and coaching to the wider organisation on Microsoft Project and Planning including delivering regular lunch and learns.

position: Project Manager | Financial Crime

company: Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group

description:
As Project Manager for the Transaction Monitoring Tuning Project, I am leading the structured delivery of tuning and control effectiveness enhancements across key transaction monitoring rules within Actimize SAM9. This involved ensuring alignment with industry best practices, regulatory expectations, and operational effectiveness across German entities.

Key Responsibilities:
- Project Planning & Execution: Developed and maintained a structured Project Plan, outlining milestones, dependencies, a

description:
As Project Manager for the Sanctions Screening Project, I oversaw the implementation of project controls, analytics, and comprehensive governance for our client’s EMEA payment screening. This involved a holistic review, cleanup, and implementation of remedial measures, including governance uplift, rule development, and supporting with the establishment of a Rules and List Management function.
Key Responsibilities:

-Building and maintaining a comprehensive Project Plan, detailing tasks, timeline

position: Project Manager | Regulatory Compliance

company: The Openwork Partnership

description:
Project Manager for a pivotal financial monitoring initiative, aligning seamlessly with stringent FCA regulatory requisites. Tasked with rescuing and realigning the project to ensure successful delivery.

•	Orchestrated the construction and oversight of a comprehensive project plan, including resource forecasting.
•	Efficiently managed a blended resource team, comprising both client and Valcon personnel, to optimise productivity and maintain quality standards.
•	Established and oversaw a robust

company: Virgin Money

description:
Project Manager responsible for building a portfolio roadmap for the PRA/FCA.
•	Headed a 2-member team, orchestrating a tier 1 roadmap encompassing 31 of the bank's most strategically critical projects.
•	Collaborated closely with project sponsors and stakeholders to meticulously define and manage scope, priorities, timelines, key milestones, and RAID log.
•	Pioneered the automation of vital Management Information (MI) production, including a Portfolio Roadmap and lookahead reports.
•	Introduced

position: Delivery Lead

company: Vanquis Bank

description:
Delivery Lead within IT Operations responsible for documenting and streamlining the demand process within the function and providing support for the delivery of ~20 projects across the bank.
•	Established a baseline view of forward looking demand that was cleansed and validated.
•	Implementation of best practice processes for sizing work and allocating resources with a semi-automated link to Azure DevOps to create a ‘single source of truth’.
•	Implemented a robust process for identifying and

position: Planning and Assurance Lead

company: BSI

description:
The Planning and Assurance Lead, working on a critical compliance improvement programme, played a pivotal role in enhancing assessment delivery processes to meet evolving regulatory demands efficiently. Key contributions include:

- Developing a comprehensive programme plan incorporating ten workstreams spanning business and IT domains.
- Skillfully identifying interproject dependencies and establishing the critical path for seamless execution.
- Streamlining data reporting by introducing automa

content: View my verified achievement from O'Reilly Media.

content:
I had the privilege of working with Kristy at LBG on Project Verde and can vouch for the significant impact she had behind the scenes.

If you’re looking for someone in PMO, Operations, or Business Support, you’d do well to consider Kristy!

evidence_experience: "Planning Capability Owner @ Valcon (Jul 2022 - Present): Responsible for the curation and development of internal Planning IP. Provided training and coaching to the wider organisation on Microsoft Project and Planning including delivering regular lunch and learns." This is echoed at P2 Consulting as "Programme Planning Service Owner @ P2 Consulting (Dec 2019 - Jun 2022): Responsible for the curation and development of internal Planning IP." This shows sustained, multi-year ownership of an internal capability/IP function across the org, run in parallel with client delivery work (mixed profile).


Nic Roest

sourced_title: Director Consulting @ PwC | CIO & CDO Advisory

headline: Director Consulting driving Asset & Information Management at PwC

about:
I specialise in Asset & Information Management, helping asset‑intensive organisations gain executive control over performance, risk and cost by aligning asset management with coherent information and data practices across the lifecycle.

I work at the intersection of asset management, data management and IT strategy, shaping operating models that connect projects with operations and physical assets / products with their digital counterparts. My expertise includes information governance, data architecture and the foundations required for Digital Twin and AI‑enabled decision‑making.

I am driven by turning complex information challenges into practical, future‑proof business value in asset‑heavy environments.

company: PwC

description: As part of the CIO Advisory-practice at PwC the Netherlands I help clients understand and evolve the way they align data practices with their IT- and business strategy. Specific topics that have my attention are Data strategy & architecture, information- and data management and data governance.

position: Sabbatical

position: Head of Semantic Consultancy

company: Semmtech B.V. - Connecting information

description:
After 3 years back to help grow the company I originally founded.
As Head of Semantic Consultancy I built and managed the Consultancy-practice on tactic and strategic information management and knowledge engineering services to improve interoperability. This included owning our in house product development of exchange- and integration tooling to improve share-ability of project data- and knowledge libraries.

position: Business Consultancy Director

company: Knowledge Values

description: As Business Consultancy Director I built and managed the Consultancy-practice on model-based knowledge engineering. My team’s specific focus was on re-engineering complex, rule-intensive business processes through the application of artificial intelligence-principles. This included initiating the Knowledge Values Academy to facilitate our partners and clients in adopting advanced thinking skills.

position: Founder / owner

company: Idoro B.V. - data management

description: Initiated by me in 2006 next to my role in Warehousematch, Idoro proved to be front-runner in exploring semantic modeling techniques to tackle interoperability challenges and developing related semantic tooling for data exchange and knowledge management. In 2010, I sold my shares to my business partner who successfully continued Idoro and its activities as Semmtech.

position: Co-owner / Operations & IT-director

description: As co-owner I developed my entrepreneurial skills in setting up the Internet start-up Warehousematch.com, a European advertising platform for logistics real estate. Gradually my focus shifted to managing day-to-day operations and IT-development, and executing divers market research-projects for governmental bodies. In 2007 we sold our shares to a private investor who continued the running business with new management.

position: Process & Strategy Consultant

company: Accenture the Netherlands

description: At the start of my career, I gained valuable consultancy experience working for Andersen Consulting, currently known as Accenture, for 5 years. Initially as Process Consultant, and in the last two years as Strategy Consultant, I helped both multinationals as well as large Dutch companies to become more competitive - e.g. internet strategy -, and to be better organized - e.g. business process re-engineering -.

resolved_account_name: PwC Experience Center


publicIdentifier: parthoghatak

name: Partho Ghatak-Top Global CISO,CCISO,CISM,CISA,CRISC,CDPSE

sourced_title: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Grant Thornton LLP

headline: Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Grant Thornton Advisors LLC

about:
Information Security Executive specializing in collaboration and acting as a change agent with senior business leaders on technology direction, strategy, and business reengineering with differentiating IT capabilities. Demonstrated expertise in establishing large scale global IT applications and information security programs, developing world class talents, and automating tool-based capabilities that continuously monitors, detects and mitigates cybersecurity threats and vulnerabilities.

Successfully implemented global IT solutions and processes to protect availability, integrity and confidentiality of critical business information and systems. Strong leadership background with Fortune 500 companies driving innovative business solutions in a secure manner. Provides improved organizational processes and thought leadership, and leverages IT to achieve business goals with a key focus on security, digital, cloud and analytics with agile framework.

Core Competencies:
Information Security | Corporate Stewardship | Governance & Risk Management | Privacy & Compliance | Strategy & Planning | Program Management | Vendor & Contract Management | Vulnerability Management | Identity and Access Management | Data Protection | Global Business Solution & Delivery | Business to IT integration

Areas of Contribution:

Leadership:
Creation and management of global Governance, Risk and Compliance org | Expand IT capabilities to grow business footprint | Manage global workforce to achieve common goals & shared success

Strategic Planning and Roadmaps:
Cyber Security, Cloud & Mobile strategy | Assessment of trends and threats | Align risk management practices & business priorities

Project Execution:
Enterprise deployments of Identity & Access Management, Data Governance, Cyber Risk Asse

company: Grant Thornton LLP

position: Head of Information Security and Risk Management

description: Responsible for providing strategic leadership and formation and operation of the information security program. Promote collaboration, partnership, and security-by-design thinking approach among firm leaders. Manage people, processes, and technologies through the detection, containment, and remediation of security threats.  Provide security guidance and counsel key members of the leadership team to establish a comprehensive security program.

position: Director Information Security and Risk Management

company: Blue Shield of California

description: Responsible for establishing Blue Shield of California’s Information Security and Risk Management GRC practice and drive information security transformation programs. Led the organization that protects Blue Shield’s systems, members, and provider information against evolving external and internal threats. Started Blue Shield career in 2017 and thoughtfully transformed the information security governance, risk, and compliance management practice with a core belief in industry disruptive solutions

company: Kellogg Company

description:
Founding member and strategic leader responsible for setting up the Enterprise Cyber Risk Management office for the Kellogg Company. Provided thought leadership across the corporation and responsible for designing and delivering solutions that provided a strong, global defense foundation through people, process, and technology.

•	Delivered global and regional policies and standards, aligned with ISO/NIST/COBIT framework, part of a strong foundation for a GRC program – key policies include Acce

position: Sr Enterprise Application Lead

company: Navistar Inc

description:
•	Business Development: Development and maintain contact with key decision makers, lead team, proposal development, and pricing strategies
•	Lead and manage engagement planning and budgeting, define deliverable structure, manage delivery and engagement risk
•	Lead development of industry based solutions and methodologies to grow the practice
•	Coach, counsel and provide leadership for delivery teams and staffing process
•	Reduced costs and improve service with streamlined transportation manageme

position: ERP Application Delivery Consultant

company: HP UK

description:
Health care Administration System
Improve Cash flow by handling patient administration and billing more effectively with ERP software. Shorten the time from patient registration to claim settlement by consistently verifying, documenting, coding, and billing claims to applicable payers. Improve patient onboarding by planning patient appointments to align with medical and business priorities. Better manage staffing and patient resources, and document patient services as they occur to speed payment

position: Software Developer

company: HSBC

description:
Banking & Financials
Manage cash, payments, liquidity, risk, and compliance while integrating financial reporting with ERP software. By simplifying working capital, risk management, and compliance, treasury managers can gain complete transparency into and control over interrelated activities and automate critical processes. Control over these complex demands helps treasury departments ensure adequate liquidity to drive growth and innovation while preventing exposure to growing financial risks.

evidence_experience: "Responsible for providing strategic leadership and formation and operation of the information security program. Promote collaboration, partnership, and security-by-design thinking approach among firm leaders."

resolved_account_name: Grant Thornton (US)


Micaela Eller

publicIdentifier: micaela-eller

sourced_title: Associate Director, InnerSource Enablement Lead

headline: Associate Director, EY (CT Engineering) | Human‑Centered AI: Scaling Human Judgment for Better Outcomes

about:
Micaela is an Associate Director at EY establishing Client Technology Engineering’s InnerSource (internal open source) capability. She works at the intersection of human‑centered AI, platform engineering, and decision quality, scaling engineering teams without fragmenting systems, governance, or judgment. Her work focuses on building federated InnerSource ecosystems that amplify human ingenuity and create the conditions for leaders to make thoughtful, high‑quality decisions that enable meaningful contribution and durable business outcomes.

Prior to EY, Micaela led IBM’s global InnerSource and Open Innovation transformations, helping shape the platforms and practices behind IBM’s core AI ecosystem that underpins the watsonx platform. That experience reinforced a hard truth: transformation that prioritizes speed and productivity without structure does not scale. It decays.

She is a certified Scrum Professional, Product Owner, and Scrum Master, with experience spanning AI, software, biotechnology, and media. With more than a decade of experience in global program development, operations, and agile transformation, she is a trusted facilitator, coach, and storyteller, known for helping leaders navigate ambiguity by clarifying complexity through context.

Micaela is drawn to work where judgment matters more than momentum, where platforms outlive heroics, and where InnerSource functions as infrastructure rather than methodology. That is where organizations become more capable, not just more efficient, and where systems hold when things get hard.

company: EY

description: In my role at EY in Client Technology Software Engineering, I'm leading implementation of an InnerSource collaboration model and enablement infrastructure, which is designed to transform technical team operations by leveraging Open Source and Agile best practices. My goal is to establish a culture of open collaboration and drive innovation that will elevate our software engineering practices to new heights.

position: Global Program Delivery Lead, InnerSource Program Office, IBM Research

company: IBM

description: In my role as a Senior Global Program Delivery and Operations Leader within IBM Research, I led the InnerSource world-wide transformation and roll-out through launch of the InnerSource at IBM program office, platform and open innovations community. This involved developing a community growth strategy, building an education curriculum, and expanding the global program to support IBM's strategic AI and Quantum open source programs.

position: Sr Global Program Manager, IBM Watson

description: In my role as Senior Global Program Manager for the IBM Watson Embed and Agile Transformation programs, I conducted learning and development workshops on AI skills and Agile practices, developed novel business systems, innovative strategies, and led strategic integration of Watson AI across IBM's software portfolio in order to drive growth and accelerate product adoption.

position: Agile Transformation Project Manager & Agile Coach, IBM Cloud

description: In my role as an Agile Coach and Agile Transformation Project Manager for the IBM Cloud Developer Experience, I was responsible for designing, developing, and implementing business systems and processes to accelerate the enterprise Agile transformation. I established new ways of working and business processes focused around an Agile mindset to create a robust culture of collaboration and enhance cross-team collaboration. Additionally, I developed and delivered an Agile education program using th

position: Global Project Delivery Manager

company: Amgen

description: In my role as a Global Project Delivery Manager at Amgen, I was responsible for implementing Agile practices and process modeling discipline to transform the development, implementation, and expansion of the Global Launch Planning Platform. By enhancing cross-team collaboration, improving communication among stakeholders, and developing a global education and training program, I was able to establish consistent platform standards and improve time to value.

content: This is incredible…

content: As a new member of EY, I am proud to witness EY's participation in the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) Industry Affiliates Program. This collaboration merges world-class research with real-world experience and provides EY access to leading insights shaping the future of responsible, human-centered AI. This enables us to engage with critical questions regarding how AI can drive meani

content:
“If you do one thing:
Make sure you get the culture right.” Couldn’t have said it better myself.

content: "🔊..and Olivia Buzek sticks the landing, winning a🥇for post of the week" 👏

content: Not surprising but illuminating nonetheless.

evidence_experience: "Micaela is an Associate Director at EY establishing Client Technology Engineering's InnerSource (internal open source) capability... building federated InnerSource ecosystems"; also "led IBM's global InnerSource and Open Innovation transformations" - explicit ownership/leadership of internal knowledge-sharing/reuse infrastructure across two firms.


Julie A.

publicIdentifier: juliesilveira

sourced_title: Digital Director

headline: Digital Director

position: Digital Director

company: Fors Marsh

description:
Fors Marsh acquired BARÚ Advertising (May 2026), a California-based multicultural Marketing Agency. The acquisition expands Fors Marsh's presence in California and strengthen its ability to connect with communities and deliver programs that drive real-world outcomes.

Read more here:
https://www.forsmarsh.com/2026/05/20/fors-marsh-acquires-baru-advertising-and-the-wandersman-center/

company: BARÚ

position: Digital Media Supervisor

description:
Lead the agency’s digital media efforts across multicultural and general market campaigns, collaborating with the VP, Director of Integrated Media Strategy to shape digital strategies for clients in government, CPG, utilities, and entertainment.

Key responsibilities:

Own planning, buying, and reporting for all digital media campaigns

Manage Google Ads in-platform, including Search, YouTube (Demand Gen), and Performance Max

Execute retail media campaigns on Instacart and Kroger for CPG client

position: Associate Media Director

company: R/GA

description:
Account: Quest Diagnostics (Consumer Initiated Testing)
• Oversaw the Americas Media Practice driving media strategy and digital investments for the US in partnership with the Media Director
• Managed a multi-million dollar client focused on the next generation of personal wellness and digital health solutions leveraging performance-based media to drive online product sales
• Partnered with the hands-on-keyboard team in Argentina to activate programmatic, search and social
• Evaluated and devel

position: Manager, Digital Strategy & Investment

company: OMD USA

description:
Account: Principal Financial Group (Retirement, Investments, Insurance)
•	Led multichannel planning & reporting projects to completion working in collaboration with cross-functional teams (Strategy, Digital Activation, Video Investment, Marketing Sciences, etc.)
•	Served as a key contact for day-to-day communication with brand advertising clients & business unit marketers
•	Managed yearly budget & projections of $40M+ working directly with client and internal stakeholders
•	Led and negotiated l

position: Associate Media Manager, Integrated

description:
Account: Principal Financial Group (Retirement, Investments, Insurance)
•	Functioned in an integrated media role directly supporting Media Director with developing & presenting award-winning cross-channel brand media recommendations focused on driving consumer awareness
•	Delivered on campaign objectives to increase brand awareness YOY after a rebrand with foundational video everywhere strategy across tried & true pillars of premium news and sports
•	Negotiated and managed partner programs to de

position: Senior Digital Media Planner

company: Razorfish

description:
Razorfish – Seattle (Nike Brand Account)	2013-2014
•	Managed in-market campaigns for Nike+ Fuelband SE Holiday & Nike/DSG – Hyperwarm/Turkey Bowl
•	Developed impact plan for Nike + Fuelband SE 2014 continuation campaign leveraging top performing partners
•	Managed publisher billing, contracts, and ongoing performance optimizations & recommendations

4D, A Publicis Groupe/Razorfish Company – (Disney Interactive Account)	2012
•	Developed & presented digital media recommendations le

position: Digital Media Planner

company: Universal McCann

description:
Account/Campaigns:  Microsoft (IE8, Office for Mac, Hotmail, Retail Stores, Exchange Online, Search Server, Office Social, Win 7 Enterprise)
• Developed strategic media plans for Consumer/B2B campaigns with varying objectives, target audiences, and budgets
• Presented media strategy and digital plan recommendations to clients
• Leveraged research and industry insights to inform campaign strategy and reach niche target audiences
• Incorporated custom media solutions and innovation into all media

evidence_experience: "Lead the agency's digital media efforts across multicultural and general market campaigns... Own planning, buying, and reporting for all digital media campaigns" - purely client-facing media/advertising delivery work.

in_612: no


Tejan Gabisi

sourced_title: Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation

headline: Leadership | Strategy & Operations | Business Development | Product Management | Digital Transformation | Big 4 veteran delivering strategy and operations results across multiple industries

about:
Director level strategy and digital transformation leader with 20+ years of experience helping organizations define vision, execute digital transformation, and deliver measurable business results across energy/utilities, financial services, healthcare and technology.

I have a blend of consulting expertise (e.g. Deloitte, KPMG) and hands on leadership experience in industry, enabling me to bridge strategy with execution. My work has included launching data-driven digital platforms that improved safety and compliance, creating and driving product roadmaps that advanced customer experience and shaping corporate strategies that delivered growth and efficiency.

Selected business impact includes:

• Led a 40+ person team, accountable for $12M+ in annual consulting revenue and $45M+ in bookings
• Built and led a high-performing development team to design and implement big data pipelines
• Advised senior executives on aligning technology initiatives with corporate strategy.
• Directed an enterprise data governance and risk compliance program for a major U.S. bank.
• Reviewed the capital project governance and procurement operations for a multinational mining        corporation (>$5B project portfolio). Identified process and control enhancements that saved 8% in project costs and reduced procurement expenses by 10%.

I'm passionate about creating the future of organizations through strategic growth and emerging technologies, I thrive on guiding executives and teams to deliver impact at scale.

company: Logic20/20, Inc.

position: Director, Advanced Analytics

position: Director, Strategy & Operations

position: Senior Product Manager

company: Enstoa

description: Managed digital transformation and product development programs for enterprise clients, delivering cloud-based solutions and strategic guidance to executive teams in healthcare (e.g. Cedars Sinai) and other industries.

position: Manager

company: Deloitte

description: Led consulting engagements focused on innovation, analytics, and risk management for global clients. Delivered strategic recommendations and implemented solutions that drove business growth and ensured regulatory compliance in highly regulated environments.

company: KPMG US

description: Managed multiple strategy and operations engagements, specializing in risk management, process improvement, and governance for Fortune 500 clients in financial services, energy, and industrial sectors.

position: Presidential Associate Intern

company: Caesars Entertainment Corporation

description: Managed a $32M hotel (Paris Las Vegas) design and construction project budget, scope, quality, and schedule to ensure alignment with corporate objectives and business needs.

position: Action Learning Project

company: Marathon Oil Corporation

description: Created a template and quantitative measures to assess Marathon's relative competitiveness with industry peers in global supply chain operations.

evidence_experience: "Lead strategy and delivery for data-driven product initiatives at a business and technology consulting firm, focusing on risk mitigation for a Fortune 500 energy utility client (Pacific Gas & Electric)." and "Directed an enterprise data governance and risk compliance program for a major U.S. bank." - all work is FOR clients, not the firm's own internal knowledge/AI function.

resolved_account_name: Logic20/20, Inc.


Lisa Weber

sourced_title: Partner, Knowledge Management Leader - Mercer

headline: Knowledge Management Leader / Community Manager / Change Agent / Mentor & Coach

about:
Senior knowledge management leader with proven ability to translate business strategy into a knowledge management and collaboration strategy and plan. Strategic thinker with proven expertise developing and implementing products and solutions that reflect users’ needs and clients’ knowledge, collaboration and communication objectives.

Specialties: KM strategy, business requirements documentation, IT technical requirements documentation, content organization, communication, change management, writing / editing, collaboration, facilitation, project management, financial management, people management, communities of practice/interest development, community management,  community leadership, knowledge sharing best practice documentation, retention of critical knowledge, intranet best practice research, and competitive research.

Certified as a Community Manager from The Community Roundtable. Member of APQC. Member of Melbourne's KMLF (Knowledge Management Leadership Forum). Participant and contributor to ARK (Australia).

Team leader of team recognized by APQC for KM Maturity Level 4 (2021, 2022, 2023) and previously Level 3 (2019 & 2020). Content contributor to APQC via case studies and infographics, plus guest presenter at conferences and webinars.

Member of team recognized by KM World two years in a row (2013 & 2014) in their top 25 "KM Reality Award", plus InfoWeek's 2013 Top 10 social business intranets, and InfoWeek's Top 250 technology innovators for the social intranet.

company: Mercer

description: Responsible for the overall strategy, planning and implementation of knowledge management strategy for Mercer. Focus on championing organization-wide knowledge sharing so that the best information and intellectual capital is shared. Partner closely with Mercer leaders to create and lead the development and execution of knowledge management priorities in support of growing top line revenue and digital transformation.

position: Senior Principal, Knowledge Management Leader - Global Business Solutions

position: Senior Principal, Knowledge Leader - Global Business Solutions and Intellectual Capital Solutions

position: Senior Principal, Knowledge Manager - Retirement Business

position: Principal, Global Knowledge Manager, Corporate Knowledge Management

position: Senior Associate/Principal, Knowledge Manager, Human Capital business

position: Analyst/Associate, Knowledge Manager, HR Operations Consulting / HR Effectiveness business

position: Volunteer

company: Questo (Australia)

description:
Volunteer brainstormer, collaborator, ghost writer and editor for principal change agent.
Graduate of original Self unLimited (TM) program - a vocational adventure for the 21st century.

content: Re-posting to reach my KM network. Sam is a fantastic KM Leader.

content: Great event last week with Mercer colleagues and #APMP. I joined by Zoom and presented Mercer’s knowledge intelligence journey. Insightful questions and discussion about knowledge enablement, activation and modernization journey with tools, technology and culture to support pursuits, as part of an end-to-end client lifecycle. Kudos to the Mercer team who organized in the Gurgoan office. #Knowledge

content: Sharing with my KM network. Great team to join!

content:
What an incredible experience at last week's APQC Connect conference! The energy was truly inspiring. It was fantastic to reconnect with APQC colleagues, catch up with old friends, and meet new ones. Now back at my desk, I’m reflecting on key takeaways that have stayed with me so far — here are my top four:

1⃣ Strong foundations are essential for successful Knowledge Management (KM) programs. Wh

content: For any KM peers attending the APQC conference the week of the 20th, please connect with Jacek Włodarski and me - before, during, or after! Jacek is helping our Mercer/Marsh team blaze a trail on KM transformation. We look forward to connecting with others. #APQC

evidence_experience: "Responsible for the overall strategy, planning and implementation of knowledge management strategy for Mercer. Focus on championing organization-wide knowledge sharing so that the best information and intellectual capital is shared."

resolved_account_name: Mercer Pacific


Efren Carattini

publicIdentifier: efrencarattini

sourced_title: Associate Partner (Director) — Head of Data Foundations

headline: Head of Data Foundations | Enterprise Data & AI Platforms | Reducing Complexity, Accelerating Delivery

about:
Technology executive focused on simplifying complex enterprise environments and accelerating delivery through AI-driven platform transformation.

I lead global engineering organizations to modernize data ecosystems, reduce unnecessary complexity, and align architecture with business outcomes. Currently Head of Data Foundations at McKinsey, overseeing a $10MM+ budget and a team of 90 engineers and product leaders.

My work centers on making large-scale systems faster and more efficient to operate—rationalizing fragmented platforms, standardizing architecture, and applying AI where it meaningfully improves delivery. Recent impact includes $5MM in cost reduction and a 67% decrease in internal product complexity.

Strategy matters, but execution is the differentiator. I focus on turning architectural intent into measurable results.

position: Director — Head of Data Foundations

company: McKinsey & Company

description:
• Led a global team of 90 engineers and product managers to enhance agentic data capabilities.
• Oversaw strategy, planning, and delivery of data solutions using AWS, Azure, Snowflake, and Databricks.

position: Director, Domain Architecture

description: Lead combined architecture and engineering capabilities to ensure a coherent application of technology to the domain technology activities. Define architecture and engineering roadmap to support transformation to a hybrid workplace. Assume role as Lead architect in Firm-wide special projects. Develop, coach, and mentor technical team members, focusing on high potentials and recruiting exceptional talent, as needed, to create an exemplary engineering culture

position: Director, Global Architecture Chapter

description: Collaborated with Chapter Leads (CLs) from all groups to identify the core skills, practices, behaviors, and mindsets essential to deliver a transformative digital architecture. Coached and mentored architecture practitioners in mastery of skills and practices, and supported them in teaching the craft within each group/squad across Firm IT. Partnered to shape and influence foundational priorities and programs to accelerate the delivery of a digital foundation and ensure Chapters stay connected a

position: Senior Enterprise Architect

description:
Led delivery of software products/applications and execution of architectural best practices. Served as Portfolio Architect for Firm Finance, Product Architect for Procurement internal function, Architecture lead for the design and development of a proprietary trade settlement platform, and Technical Lead for the definition and creation of a dependency abstraction framework (MongoDB and Python). Defined architecture standards and served on the Enterprise Architecture Review Board.

• Acted as De

position: Enterprise Architect

company: Vonage

description: Led cross-functional teams of Directors of Development, Technical Managers, DBA's, Application Architects, Developers, QA/Testers, and Operations personnel in development and execution of Enterprise Architecture and project management. Defined and enabled technology capabilities to meet business objectives. Formulated Enterprise Architecture transformation roadmap and converted strategic initiatives into executable plans and work streams across business and technical teams. Identified opportunit

position: Development Director

company: NCS Technologies

description:
Efren owns the technical delivery for NCS's Self Service practice. The Self Service practice currently supports enterprise customers using ATG 2006.3, ATG 2007.1 and custom code (J2EE and PHP).

As Development Director of this offering, Efren is responsible for day to day planning and oversight of NCS and client personnel in efforts where NCS is the primary contractor. Typical activities include project planning and cost estimation, driving business and functional requirement activities, oversig

position: Technical Lead - Partner & Solutions Management

company: Motorola

description: Efren is a senior member of the Partner & Solutions Management organization at Motorola Good Technology Group. Efren's objective is to ensure that Good's set of products is viewed as a first choice by Motorola partners and customers.

position: Manager - Professional Services

company: Motorola Good Technology Group

description: Responsible for the professional services offering around application mobilization (via the Good Mobile Intranet product) and related training services. Experience working across both customer-facing pre-sales and post-sales engagement.

content:
A colleague once pulled me aside after a meeting.

"The way we handle technical support calls feels broken. Customers are suffering. Agents are spending too much time on the line. I don't know what the fix looks like — can you help?"

He wasn't describing a technology problem.
He was describing an intelligence problem.

(This was back when an "agent" was an actual human being sitting in a call cen

content:
An acquisition was on the table. Early 2000s. A mid-size company eyeing a well-known consumer brand.

I was brought in to assess the enterprise systems — HR, Finance, the operational backbone. Not manufacturing. The quiet infrastructure that keeps a company running.

I flew to Cincinnati. Spent several days in interviews across departments.

The technology wasn't broken. Systems worked. Infrastruc

content:
Part 2: The framework that explains everything happening in AI right now.

In Part 1, I described three forces driving the urgency I see daily — fear of being left behind, genuine curiosity, and an echo chamber that social media supercharges.

The framework that maps all three? Gartner's Hype Cycle. I first encountered it in the late 90s. I've watched it play out five times since.

Here's where we

content:
"Why can't we just vibe code this?"
"Why can't we build an agent?"
"Just add an MCP server — I did it over the weekend."

I hear these almost daily. And I get it — the energy is real.

Tech has never been more accessible. The barrier to building has collapsed. Everyone wants to be part engineer, part product manager, full-on innovator. That's not a bad thing.

But here's what happens often: the pe

evidence_experience: "Led a global team of 90 engineers and product managers to enhance agentic data capabilities" and earlier "Lead combined architecture and engineering capabilities... Assume role as Lead architect in Firm-wide special projects" and "Architecture lead for the design... Product Architect for Procurement internal function" - consistent internal Firm IT/architecture ownership since 2015.


Philipp N.

publicIdentifier: novikovph

sourced_title: Regional Director - GRC Advisory | Digital Transformation

headline: GRC | IT SOX | ex-KPMG

about:
I am a GRC, SOX compliance, and digital transformation leader. I work with C-level executives, board members and government decision-makers to design resilient governance frameworks, optimize internal controls, and drive data-driven organizational change. I’ve supported the delivery and oversight of multi-billion-dollar infrastructure and investment initiatives across the public and private sectors in North America and Europe, including managing risk and compliance through corporate asset acquisitions.

Skills and specialization include:

–   GRC & Enterprise Risk Management
–   IT SOX Compliance & ITGC Frameworks
–   Digital Transformation & Process Automation
–   M&A Asset Integration & Risk Advisory
–   Project Assurance & Internal Audit

Visit my website to know more: novikovph.pages.dev

company: STÆR

position: Executive Director | STÆR Development

position: GRC Manager

company: Freelance

position: Leaders 2050 Canada: Member

company: KPMG Canada

position: Global Infrastructure Advisory Consultant

position: Senior Wealth Advisor Associate

company: CG Wealth Management Canada

position: Multiple Roles for Business Strategy & Infrastructure Development

company: АО МОСИНЖПРОЕКТ

position: Strategic Advisory Partner for Governance & Risk Management

content:
Hello everyone,

It's been a while since I last connected with you all.

I’m looking to connect and brainstorm with specialists in Compound AI Systems. I have a few specific architectural questions and would love to exchange insights on:
- MapReduce
- Iterative Synthesis
- Deterministic RAG
- Dynamic Backlinking
- Context Decompositions
- Local & Edge AI deployments

If you are working in this

content: The reality of today’s world in the short PWC film

band_reasons: disqualified; company_concern

evidence_experience: "I am a GRC, SOX compliance, and digital transformation leader. I work with C-level executives, board members and government decision-makers to design resilient governance frameworks, optimize internal controls, and drive data-driven organizational change."

resolved_account_name: STÆR


Amit Veergoudar

sourced_title: Sr. Director for Digital Transformation

headline: Sr. Director Digital Transformation

about:
Innovative, result oriented, and highly motivated Digital Transformation leader with 23+ years of  experience in developing and implementing digital transformation strategy, scalable technology solutions for  fortune 500 companies in Retail, Insurance  and healthcare domains.
Proven track record in driving business growth, fostering client relationships, and leading cross-functional teams in the retail and technology sectors.

Industry Domains : Retail , Healthcare and P&C insurance.
Specialties:
Business Development, Relationship building, Strategic Consulting, Delivery Management, Portfolio management, P&L management, Leading Digital Transformation, IT Consulting.
•Ecommerce, Multichannel, Omnichannel, Marketplace,B2C,B2B
•Advising/strategizing & architecting large scale Global Transformation Programs, Omni Channel Digital Large Solutions involving E-Commerce, Digital Marketing, Customer Experience and Mobile commerce
•Vendor management, contract negotiations, Sales & business development, Competitor Evaluation, Managing portfolio of accounts, IT strategy, strategic account planning & governance.
• Lead generation, Opportunity identification and creation, RFP Proposals, MSA Execution, SOW, Estimation, Budgeting, Resource Planning, Allocation, Quality Processes, Risk Management, Change & Delivery Management
•SDLC, IT road map creation, solution design, building large engineering teams, management of large transformation programs. Leading large managed services programs.
•Development Methodologies – Waterfall, Agile, Iterative, Rapid ProtoTyping, Scrum, Kanban
•Peak season readiness and enhancing platform scalability and reliability. Performance Engineering, Holiday readiness planning.
•IBM Websphere Commerce(HCL WCS), SAP Hybris Commerce, Adobe , Java, J2EE, Microser

position: Sr. Director for Digital Transformation

company: Infosys

company: Ulta Beauty

position: Program Director - Ecommerce Operations (Infosys)

company: Ralph Lauren

position: Global Development Manager and Digital Program Consultant (Infosys)

company: Sears Holdings Corporation, represented by Infosys

description:
This Program involves development & maintenance of eCommerce sites for Sears Holdings Corporation. Associated with the client in various roles and in different programs for the past 7+ years. Following are few of the key programs I have lead and managed successfully for Infosys.
Transformation of the online platform to IBM WebSphere commerce platform.
Migration to WCS 7.0, Marketplace program, Holiday Readiness, Internationalization, Omni-channel initiatives, Loyalty program, Migration from IBM

position: Development Manager for Allstate P&C Insurance

company: Allstate Insurance Company, represented by Infosys

description:
This Program involved development and maintenance of the New Business Application of Allstate. It was based on J2EE platform and Allstate uses this application to sell Personal Property & Casualty Insurance products. There were various sub-projects/programs as part of the larger initiative.
Roll-out of the platform to all the states in US for Auto and property insurance
24x7 support of the platform
Maintenance and enhancement projects for the platform for both auto and property insurance.

Roles

position: Technical Lead & Project Lead

company: Anthem, Inc., represented via Infosys

position: Senior Software Engineer

company: IKON Office Solutions, represented by Infosys

content: Happy 45th to this great institution - Infosys and proud to be part of this journey.

evidence_experience: "Director for Digital Transformation (infosys) @ Ulta Beauty" and "represented by Infosys" pattern across all roles - each role is delivery of digital transformation services to a named external client, not internal firm knowledge/AI ownership.