Events

Glenn Lurie, President & CEO – AT&T Mobility and Consumer Operations at AT&T. Glenn forged AT&T’s exclusive iPhone and iPad deals with Apple, and now Glenn’s team leads AT&T’s biggest growth engine, wirelessly connecting emerging devices in auto, health, homes and consumer electronics.

Jeff Arinder, Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Delta Air Lines. Jeff led Delta’s purchase of equity stakes in Aeromexico and Brazilian airline Gol, investments that dramatically changed Delta’s competitive position in the fast-growing Latin American market.

Dwaine Kimmet, Treasurer and Vice President, Financial Services, The Home Depot. Dwaine is responsible for Home Depot’s credit card and warranty businesses and is a member of the senior leadership team.

David Krantz, CEO of YP. The company’s brands include the popular YP℠ app and YP.com, used by more than 70 million visitors each month, and The Real Yellow Pages®directory.”

Steve Necessary, Vice President, Video Strategy, Cox Communications. Steve is responsible for guiding Cox’s video-product roadmap, using “digital town halls” and other techniques to anticipate customer needs.

Brad Shaw, Vice President, Corporate Communications and External Affairs, The Home Depot. Brad leads Home Depot’s “How-To” community, where customers can interact with expert store associates and each other to receive and offer advice.

Dan O’Connor, Marketing Manager, New Product Development, UPS. Dan plays a leadership role in a new UPS service, My Choice® that enables consumers to customize and control package delivery.

John Morrow, Chief of Staff, Service Provider Video Technology Group, Cisco Systems, Inc (Now Chief of Staff and VP of Business Operations, Software Solutions at NCR Corporation). John shaped Cisco’s strategy for winning in the video market (cable and satellite providers).

Celeste Bottorff, Vice President, Living Well, The Coca-Cola Company. Celeste manages a network of employees, spread across the company, who enhance the company’s reputation by responding to online customer comments, critics and news.

Wayne Aaron, Vice President, Marketing Programs and Distribution Strategy, Delta Air Lines. In addition to leading marketing programs and distribution, Wayne runs Delta’s corporate advisory board, which gains input from large corporate accounts.

Josh Weiss, VP of Brand & Guest Technology, Hilton Worldwide. Josh assures a distinctive, high quality customer experience across the Hilton brand portfolio, working with 10 brands, 3900 hotels, and over 100 franchise owners across 91 countries.

Linda Rogers, Vice President Sales, AT&T. Linda’s group brings AT&T solutions to large corporate accounts, often with thousands of locations and multiple independent decision makers.

Hala Moddelmog, president, Arby’s Restaurant Group. Hala led Arby’s through nine consecutive quarters of same-store-sales growth and dramatically increased margins. She shared how Arby’s came to deeply understand the values, lifestyle and needs of its best customers, then shifted its menu, price and messaging to bring about this success.

James Anderson, senior vice president of public relations, Animation, Young Adults & Kids Media group, Turner Broadcasting System. James shared how the company propelled Cartoon Network and Adult Swim to the number one spots in their categories by creating an interactive community that engages the kids’ and young adult demographics—groups that will quickly abandon any brand they feel is “marketing” to them.

Matt Rushing, Vice President, Global Advanced Technology Solutions, AGCO Corporation. Matt led the innovation of new ways for farmers worldwide to use their smartphones or tablets to remotely control, monitor and service their equipment, improving yields, efficiency and safety.

Peter Shipp, Innovation Director, Global Health & Wellness, Kimberly-Clark Professional.
Peter and his team created the “Healthy Workplace Project,” a set of products, services, games, and communication tools to improve wellness, and an important new growth platform for Kimberly-Clark Professional.

Steve Macadam, CEO of EnPro Industries, manufacturer of proprietary engineered products for critical applications such as nuclear power plants, aerospace, oil and gas, and defense. Steve led his organization through a cultural transformation that spurred collaboration between divisions, stimulated innovation, and increased execution speed.

Billy Medof, President, Corrugated Packaging, Georgia Pacific

Cheryl Lester, Vice President of Operations, Sam’s Club, and former Regional GM, Walmart

Marcell Vollmer, Chief Operating Officer, SAP Ariba

Rimas Kapeskas, Managing Director, UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. Rimas manages the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, which invests in early-stage companies that are strategically relevant to UPS.

Rob Frohwein, Co-founder and CEO, Kabbage. Kabbage’s innovative small-business model uses real-item data such as shipping volume and eBay, Amazon, Square and Quickbooks activity to make credit decisions.

Mitch Free, Founder and Chairman, Fast Radius. Fast Radius uses 3D printing to make prototypes, parts and products for everything from museum pieces to rocket parts.

Isio Nelson, SVP of Emerging and Differentiated Services, Equifax

Dana Hudson, Division Merchandise Manager, Home Depot

Jay Caiafa, VP of Strategy, Americas, Intercontinental Hotels Group

Nelson Chu, Managing Director of Kinetic Ventures

Brock Kolls, Founder of TechConnectHub

Blake Patton, Managing Partner of Tech Square Ventures and Engage Ventures