Charles is the Chief Information Security Officer with the global food leader Sysco. Charles has a track record in digital transformation, emergent technology, and IT risk. Prior to Sysco, Charles served in the CISO role at Altria and Sterling National Bank, and he was the SVP of Global Operational Risk Management Strategy at Citi. Charles serves as an Advisory Board Member to IBM Security and the Richmond Technology Council.

Reema Poddar is a respected thought leader – a highly experienced technology executive and authority on data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cloud services, IoT and IIoT. Her successes include setting product and technology strategy, building and delivering commercially viable innovative product & services offering, accelerating digital & cultural transformations, enhancing customer experiences, and delivering great results & increased revenue in the digital market.

She has great experience working in startups, mid-size companies and large enterprises. She has joined as the President & CEO, Diagnostic & Pathway Information, Philips and prior to that she was the EVP & Chief Product Officer of Teradata. She is honored with numerous Business, Technology, and Leadership awards.

Poddar holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science and a Master’s Degree in Physics.

Phil is a member of a number of external Enterprise, start-up, and Government Boards, and a venture capital firm. He appears regularly in NBC, CNBC, Forbes, USA Today, Washington Post, and other outlets, and is the author of The Digital Big Bang (Wiley Publishing, 2019). Phil is married with three children.

Phil recently served as the Chief Information Security Officer of the world’s largest cybersecurity company, advised business and government executives worldwide, and helped grow shareholder value by ~10x during that time.

Prior to that, he was a long-time executive of the National Security Agency, with diverse assignments such as the creation and execution of highly disruptive technical and operational worldwide capabilities within the guidelines of the President, Congress, and Courts; formation and execution of forward-leaning national security strategies and policies at the White House, and; day-to-day operations of the national security organization responsible for the worldwide protection of classified information, generation of nuclear command & control codes, and production of the nation’s and our allies’ cryptographic keys. Other assignments included US Cyber Command; the US Senate; the Director of National Intelligence, and a special CIA/Pentagon joint center.

Stuart is the Chief Privacy Officer at virtualization giant VMware. Prior to this, he served as a Privacy and Data Protection Specialist Leader at Deloitte, working globally across technology, retail, government, and manufacturing sectors; helping clients to navigate complex data privacy and cyber security challenges.

Stuart has his BA from Flagler College, a Master’s and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He is a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), holds CIPP/US, CIPP/E, and CIPP/M certifications, and is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).

Mark Webber is Fieldfisher’s US Managing Partner and a leading European lawyer and English solicitor. He is one of a few leading EU/UK privacy and technology specialists based full time in Silicon Valley. With over 22 years of experience, Mark is recognized as an expert in the Data Privacy & Protection and Information Technology chapters of Who’s Who Legal: Data 2021.

He is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) training faculty and holds and regularly trains the CIPP(e) European data certification. He co-authored the UK chapter of Global Security and Privacy Law published by Wolters Kluwer.

Mark is a Foreign Legal Consultant registered with the State Bar of California.

Megan Cristina is the VP and CPO at Slack. Prior to that, she was the Director of Trust and Safety at Twitter and held a Sr. management role at Yahoo! for many years.

Megan has a BS from Santa Clara University, as well as CIPP/CIPM/and FIP certifications.

Prantik Mazumdar is an entrepreneur & venture investor and acts as a Digital Transformation Catalyst in organizations to drive change, growth & impact.

After graduating from NUS, he kick-started his career with the Singapore government to drive international trade promotion for the country.

He started his entrepreneurial journey with Happy Marketer in 2011 where he spent a decade scaling up one of the most awarded independent digital marketing services firms, before a successful exit to Dentsu International.
He is a regular columnist and in 2015, he was recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Marketers in the World.

Paramita Bhattacharya is a global marketing executive with over 20 years of experience working at some of the world’s most respected technology leaders, including Adobe, Nokia and Hitachi. Paramita has deep expertise in go-to-market strategies and execution along with brand development and P&L management. She brings transformative leadership experience to C-suite, boards, and teams across multiple industries in Media, Software, Cloud & IoT – serving a wide array of consumer, small business, and enterprise customers.

Paramita has a BA in Political Science from Delhi University and Master’s degree in Communication Arts from University of New Orleans/LSU, along with Executive Education from Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Paramita is an industry thought leader and Forbes contributor and has been recognized as Top 50 Woman leader in SaaS and Asian Americans Hall of Fame Top 100 in 2020, Global Top 50 Thought Leaders and Influencers on Customer Loyalty, Global Top 50 Thought Leaders and Influencers on Ecosystems in 2021 and Global Top 50 Thought Leaders and Influencers on CRM in 2022.

Prasad Ramakrishnan is an innovator in a “Cloud First” ecosystem who has successfully transitioned companies from a traditional IT architecture to a user experience enhanced cloud-only architecture. He has the ability to Operate at C-level as a business partner with the Board, other C-Level executives and third-party partners, and he has hands-on experience with managing core infrastructure, end user services, Cloud platforms and SaaS applications.

Prasad possesses a unique combination of product development, consulting operations and corporate IT experience, and brings experience in defining and implementing compliance requirements (e.g. SOX) for public and pre-IPO companies. He enjoys working in dynamic fast-paced environments where innovation and customer experience is the primary focus.

Prasad is passionate about expanding adoption of the cloud-first IT infrastructure paradigm & building high performing teams.

Michael Loechle is Chief Information Officer at Hitachi Energy. He is a strategic business partner who knows how to get things done in complex multi-level organizations. Agent of transformational change with strong influencing and implementation skills. Consistent track record as a transparent communicator, able to effectively lead large globally dispersed, cross-cultural teams, manage stakeholders, and interface with confidence at Board level. Strong, reliable and pragmatic leader with 10 years of experience in General Management and Auditing coupled with another 20+ years in Information Management.

Michael is an expert with driving strategic and pragmatic solutions to complex problems covering all aspects from strategy definition and implementation to global operations and sourcing.

Michael brings a broad and multidisciplinary education in business management and IT as well as in law and compliance. Experienced at Board level now looking for additional mandates as Member of the Board, advisor roles or coaching mandates to leverage the strong combination of IT, Digital, Business and Law further. He is comfortable with a wide range of cultures and geographies and has a professional experience that spans the globe.

Michael possesses extensive leadership experience in auditing and compliance, large transformational change projects, SAP implementation, Shared Service set up, IT outsourcing and Business Process Outsourcing. Strong commercial orientation with experience at headquarter level as well as in the local business and on divisional level.

Michael Gregoris is the CFO of Kraft Heinz Canada and Coffee North America, and in his role oversees FP&A, Strategic Planning, Revenue Management, Corporate and Trade Finance for the division. 

Prior to Kraft Heinz, Michael held increasing senior roles at Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB-InBev), including CFO of Labatt Breweries of Canada, and Global Finance VP of FP&A.  Prior to AB-InBev, Michael worked in Consulting at Accenture. He has also served on the boards of Brewers Retail Inc (“The Beer Store”), Brewers Distribution Ltd and Lime Connect.

With over 15 years of professional experience, Michael has successfully led transformational and strategic initiatives including M&A, integration and synergy capture, process change management and implementation of efficiency projects. He holds an Honours Degree in Engineering from the University of Toronto, and he is a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Shalini is the VP and CFO for Americas for Records & Information Management at Iron Mountain. She is responsible for Financial Planning & Management, financial performance of Operational & Commercial KPIs and short/long term growth plans for the NA & LATAM regions.

Prior to Iron Mountain, Shalini was COO at Demeter Technologies, where she led Business Development and Customer Acquisition. At Demeter, Shalini worked on commercializing Demeter’s flagship product, a precision agriculture application, which leveraged AI/ML and drone technology to provide insights on farm health and crop breeding.

Before joining the executive team at Demeter, Shalini worked at P&G in Finance & Strategy for over 10 years on mega brands such as Pampers, Always, Cascade & Febreze. At P&G, she led P&L management, product & retail strategy and cost innovation. Prior to P&G, she worked in Investment Banking at Credit Suisse and Technology/Product Development at Intel Corporation and LSI Logic.

Outside of work, Shalini leads important initiatives to drive social and community impact. Her volunteer leadership includes serving on the Board of Intel Involved, P&G United Way’s campaign, Greater Boston Food Bank and SOLV (watershed rehabilitation in NW Oregon). She currently serves on the Board of OptimEyes.ai, Cambridge Volunteer Clearinghouse and FEI Boston Chapter.

She holds an M.B.A. from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Global executive and seasoned professional with close to 25 years of experience in leading high-performing and cross-functional teams that are focused on achieving the targeted business outcomes. Proven success across multiple areas (business, technology, finance and digital transformation, leadership, stakeholder management and people development) coupled with broad international experience across various domains.

Setup, matured and scaled advisory practices for multiple consulting organizations. Expertise in strategy, enterprise architecture, business and technology optimization, digital transformation, program management, people development and practice management. Led several complex, multi-year, multi-million dollar strategy, design and transformation initiatives. Industry experience spans across various sectors including life sciences, manufacturing, banking and financial services, private equity, consumer goods, hospitality, transportation, and non-profit organizations.

Exposed to the diverse professional, personal and cultural environments while living and working in different countries such as US, Canada, UK, Uruguay, Brazil, Singapore, and India. A strong leader that puts premium on empowering people to achieve goals, building a positive culture, process excellence and effective communication.

Client organizations worked with include US Govt. Organizations, GE Group, RCI, TAM Airlines, Delphi, Singapore Airlines, JPMC, Merrill Lynch, Johnson & Johnson, CVS, National Grid, Comcast, World Bank Group, Honeywell, Marriott International Inc., Morgan Stanley, Medtronic, Allegis Group, TIG, Laureate, JM Family, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Boys & Girls Club, Baxter, Caterpillar, NCR Corp and many more.