Jad has a passion for building bridges between people and within organizations. In his role as chief data officer at Fulton Bank, he looks for opportunities to connect the business and technical teams to obtain results that will impact the organization as a whole with information and not just the goals of one team. He enjoys working with people and understanding their strengths and challenges to harness their abilities and help them to grow in their careers as well as personally. To him the most important aspect of any organization that he is involved with both professionally and personally, is the human aspect. He wants to build relationships that help everyone showcase their talents in a way in which we all win. Jad held various leadership roles in the financial, insurance and telecommunication industries and he is currently involved at the executive advisory level with global companies that are delivering disruptive technologies. In addition, he is engaged in supporting various community organizations in the local Philadelphia area.

Dr. Murugan Anandarajan is a professor of MIS at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, where he also serves as the academic director for the Center for Business Analytics and the senior associate dean for academic programs. His research, teaching, and publications focus on various areas of analytics, including unstructured data mining, cybercrime, and the strategic management of emerging technologies.

Christina’s search work focuses on functional roles in human resources including CHRO, CPO, divisional and regional heads of HR, and centers of excellence leaders in talent management, talent acquisition, learning and development, HR operations, total rewards and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Christina’s industry expertise is predominantly focused on the technology and services sectors, including software/SaaS and cloud, consumer-tech, fin-tech, information services and professional services. She has experience working for companies at various stages of their lifecycles, including PE/VC-backed, high-growth pre-IPO, and public, many of which are expanding globally.

Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Christina worked in the private wealth management business of JPMorgan Chase, providing customized solutions including capital advisory, investment asset allocation, and trust and estate planning recommendations for individuals within the private equity, hedge fund, and trading spaces. She began pursuing her MBA during her early years at JPMorgan Chase.

Peter Coffee, VP for Strategic Research at Salesforce, has been with the company for 15 years. His global work supports C-suite teams, data governance professionals, and innovators in connected product and “big data” domains in many industries and institutions.

Prior to joining Salesforce, Peter spent eighteen years as a technology analyst, columnist, editor, and frequent contributor for IT publications including eWEEK, PC Week, Computer Language and AI Expert. He has written widely on cloud security and privacy, and was a chapter contributor to Prentice Hall’s Nanotechnology: Science, Innovation, and Opportunity. He previously served as the first Manager for Desktop Computing Planning at The Aerospace Corporation, where he also worked in space-asset applications of AI techniques. Before that, he held project management roles at Exxon Corporation ranging from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic.

Peter received his engineering degree from MIT in 1978 and an MBA from Pepperdine University in 1985; he has held college faculty appointments in expert-systems programming, IT management, and business analytics, while also lecturing at Stanford, CalTech, Harvard Business School, and the Sloan School of Management at MIT as well as other institutions in Europe, Asia and South America. He advises on curriculum and degree program planning in analytics and “big data” initiatives for three U.S. universities. He is co-founder and President of the Foundation for Intelligent Life on Earth, a Seattle-based sponsor of efforts addressing climate change, conservation, STEAM education, and exploration of earth and space.

Tamas Hevizi is the Head of Privat­­e Equity at Automation Anywhere. His team supports 80+ private equity firms around the world enabling value creation plans with intelligent automation in their portfolio companies. The private equity program focuses on automating front and backoffice processes for significant EBITDA gains in key PE sectors like healthcare, life sciences, industrials, technology, BFSI and consumer/retail. They partner extensively with startups and service providers to deliver business outcomes.

Previously Mr. Hevizi had various global leadership roles at SAP. He managed SAP’s global Private Equity program and led SAP’s global Value Engineering organization focused on technology value creation.  Prior to joining SAP, Tamas spent over 15 years in various technology startups and as a partner at Ernst & Young.

Tamas holds a Masters in Finance from Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary. He is also alumnus of the inaugural Wharton School General Management Program.

John Heyliger is the Director, Workforce Planning, Strategy & Analytics at Space for Lockheed Martin Corporation. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading strategic workforce planning, new ways of working, talent analytics, STEM pipeline programs and digital workforce transformation value streams.  Previously, John led Talent Acquisition function at Lockheed Martin that focused on college, intern and experienced professional recruiting, as well as global mobility and employment branding from Feb 2014 to September 2019.

Throughout his career, he has led several critical initiatives for Lockheed Martin, including implementation of workforce planning process and systems, recruiting automation applications and scaling the recruiting function to support 3,000+ external hires annually. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, John spent more than 20 years in talent acquisition and talent management roles in technology, industrial and services industries.

Philip Moyer is VP of Strategic Industries, Google Cloud. Philip and his team manage the relationships with Google’s largest enterprise customers as they leverage Google Cloud to innovate within their industries (Retail, Healthcare, Telecomm, Media, Entertainment, Gaming, Manufacturing).  Prior to Google, Philip was Director of Financial Services at Amazon Web Services where he managed Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and Payments. He previously managed a Venture Capital portfolio in FinTech, Healthtech, and MarTech at Safeguard Scientifics, He was CEO of two financial technology companies, EDGAR Online and Cassiopae. He spent 15 years at Microsoft where he managed global customer teams, industry teams and services organizations. Philip has a Computer Science degree from University of Pittsburgh and started his career as a software engineer for nuclear submarines at GE Aerospace.

Dr. Snyder is a recognized thought leader in technology and innovation. He has more than 30 years of experience in emerging technologies, business strategy and innovation, and digital transformation for Global 1000 companies and startup ventures.  He is the co-author of Goliath’s Revenge: How Established Companies Turn the Tables on Digital Disruptors and the author of The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution.

Dr. Snyder is currently the Chief Digital Officer of EVERSANA focused on accelerating the life sciences commercialization model.  Dr. Snyder was recently the Global Head of Digital and Innovation at Heidrick Consulting.  Before Heidrick, he was the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Safeguard Scientifics. Prior to Safeguard, Dr. Snyder was the Co-Founder, President and Chief Strategy Officer at Mobiquity (recently acquired by Hexaware), a leader in delivering innovative mobile and digital solutions for enterprises.

Dr. Snyder is a Senior Fellow in the Management Department at the Wharton School, an Adjunct Faculty Member in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, and has lectured at MIT, Babson, Duke, Georgia Tech and INSEAD.  Dr. Snyder is a Digital Economy Project Fellow for the World Economic Forum and sits on the Penn Health Tech Advisory Board.

Greg Tinker is CTO of Anexinet and SVP of Automation. He is responsible for researching, identifying, and applying innovative technologies that drive business outcomes. Recognized as a leader in the IT industry, Greg has multiple patent filings, Nemours disclosures, and published articles.  Prior to Anexinet, Greg founded an award-winning, IT engineering and services firm, SereneIT, focused on data centers, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), automation, and cloud/Hybrid IT. In 2020, Anexinet acquired SereneIT and appointed him to the Board of Directors.

Early in his career, Greg discovered a passion for Linux Security and coding.  In 1999, he joined HPE where he held several positions, and ultimately was elevated to the title of Distinguished Technologist/Strategist.  He studied Mechanical engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University and resides in Georgia with his wife and two children. Greg enjoys coaching baseball, spending time with his family, and recreational water sports.

At Anexinet, we stand true to our founding mission of more than two decades: “To drive better business outcomes by leveraging valuable technology.” We are committed to our clients’ success and work to ensure that they are utilizing the right technology for their organization. We help mid-market and Fortune 1000 companies improve how they engage with their customers through: compelling experiences, automation and employee enablement, integrated business applications, applied intelligence, and infrastructure modernization.

Tom Whalon is the Director of Enterprise Architecture at SEI. He brings 40 years of experience in advanced technology, design innovation and platform architecture. His career has encompassed substantial time at both small, entrepreneurial companies as well as larger established firms like SEI.

SEI’s Enterprise Architecture Team establishes a technology strategy and roadmap that enables SEI to support current and future business and technology capabilities. Across the enterprise, Architecture drives a shared strategic vision that allows SEI to continuously and quickly adapt the architectural designs, innovative technologies, advanced application patterns, and modern data structures that empower the services in the SEI platforms.

Julia Alexander is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of ExecOnline where she is responsible for global course operations, data and analytics, and university partnerships.

Julia previously served as CEO of Dalberg Research, an emerging markets-focused global research firm and began her career at Goldman, Sachs & Co.

She brings her passion for data-driven decision making, innovative content delivery channels, and superior client service to ExecOnline’s programs.

Julia holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in International Relations from Stanford University

Allen Born focuses on originating and executing middle-market investment banking transactions in the technology sector. He has advised on exclusive sale assignments, buy-side transactions, financings, and various other strategic advisory assignments and has completed more than 50 transactions totaling over $13 billion in consideration.

Prior to joining Fairmount, Allen was a member of Stifel Nicolaus’ technology investment banking group, where he led the firm’s Internet investment banking effort. Prior to the acquisition, he spent five years as a member of Legg Mason’s Strategic Advisory Group, where he was responsible for executing middle-market M&A and financial advisory engagements. Previously, Allen worked in business development and branch operations at Epoch Internet, a privately held Internet service provider.

Allen serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (“PACT”) as well as the steering committee for the Phorum Technology Conference. 

Allen Born received his M.B.A. with a concentration in Finance from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and his B.S. in Finance, with a minor in Economics, from The Pennsylvania State University.

Mick Collins is a Global Vice President within the SAP SuccessFactors GTM team, supporting business development for the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and People Analytics products. In this role, Mick is responsible for driving global business strategy for each solution and supporting regional sales teams to grow pipeline and boost sustainable solution revenue. Specific responsibilities include crafting internal & external product communications, engaging with partners, owning product demo health, advising on solution roadmaps, incubating new products, supporting strategic deals, and maintaining executive relationships with long-term customers.

Mick’s expertise is drawn primarily from 15 years of consulting and marketing in the HR analytics & planning domains. Mick has delivered hundreds of presentations and workshops to public- and private-sector organizations on how to build their capabilities for data-driven decision-making in HR.

Mick has a Master’s degree in Political Science from Virginia Tech and a BA (Hons) in Economics & Politics from the University of Leeds, England.

Pritesh joined L’Oréal in 2005 and has played multiple roles supporting Digital Technologies, Enterprise Architecture, and managing Business Relationships in the last 17 years of his tenure at L’Oréal. He has had an integral role on L’Oréal’s Digital team to modernize eCommerce and content management platforms, which have become the global standards for the organization. For the last four years, as the CIO for L’Oréal USA, he manages business relationships with stakeholders. Additionally, driving investment decisions by fostering a culture of agility, sustainability, and diversity to create the beauty that moves the world.

Allan Frank is the CEO of the strategic technology advisory firm, Think New Visions.  He founded the company after retiring as Chief Technology & Innovation Officer for Capgemini Invent, a global business unit of the Capgemini Group.   He also led the Data & Analytics Solutions practice within Capgemini Invent North America.  He brings over 45 years of technology and business leadership.  His background includes Chief Digital Officer for The Hackett Group, President, CTO & Cofounder of Hackett/Answerthink, Inc, CTO for the City of Philadelphia, and Partner-in-Charge of Enabling Technologies Consulting, CTO & Board member with KPMG Peat Marwick.

Allan focuses on the application of transformational technologies the disruptive role of Artificial Intelligence in the Re-Imagined Enterprise. Allan is also a recognized expert in the areas of information delivery, decision support and knowledge management. He has been recognized for his contributions to the IT Industry by several technology publications including Philadelphia Tech, where he was selected as one of the top 10 Technology Leaders in the region and InformationWeek, where he was selected as one of the top 10 Technology Innovators in the United States.  Mr. Frank received the Computerworld Premier 100 Award which identified him as one of the top 100 people in the U.S. having an exceptional ability to lead their organizations through the effective use of technology.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Master of Science in Computer Science and Master of Business Administration in Finance from Lehigh University and he is also a non-practicing Certified Public Accountant.  He currently serves as a member of Board of Advisors of the Drexel Lebow College of Business.

Vijay leads the Corporate Development, Venture Investments & Strategic Partnership functions at UiPath. At UiPath, we are on a mission to unlock human creativity and ingenuity by empowering workers through automation. We envision a world with a robot for every knowledge worker. With >$818 million in Annual Recurring Revenues (ARR), UiPath is the automation platform of choice for 10,000+ customers globally including 90% of the Fortune 10 and 75% of the Fortune Global 500.

Prior to UiPath, Vijay ran M&A Strategy for SAP. He founded and served as CEO at konciergeMD to harness the power of modern web and mobile technology to improve the doctor-patient relationship. Vijay holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and an undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester.

Rajendra Prasad (RP) is a senior managing director and the global automation lead at Accenture. He heads a team that has helped organizations across the globe successfully implement and scale their intelligent automation transformations. He has spent over two decades innovating and defining frameworks for driving efficiency and managing change in software engineering. Prasad holds multiple patents and built Accenture myWizard®, an AI-powered intelligent automation platform. He is also co-author of the 2021 book “The Automation Advantage” published by McGraw Hill.

Bharti is an accomplished and versatile leader with 25 years of experience in Healthcare and Big 4 Management Consulting.  She has been at the forefront of strategy, business and digital transformations to champion data-driven decision making and customer centricity with a dynamic and collaborative leadership style.

In Novartis since 2018, as VP of Commercial Operations, Insights, Data and Analytics, Bharti led the vision and creation of the US function from ground up for competitive advantage. 

Prior to Novartis, she held roles at Bayer Healthcare across Internal Consulting, Process Re-Engineering, Digital Health, CRM, and Chief Data Officer. She was also at Deloitte Consulting Public Sector practice, leading multi-million-dollar initiatives.

She is recognized as an industry thought leader and is the recipient of numerous industry awards including Life Sciences Top Voice and Top 100 Data & Analytics innovators.

Neerav has spent over 15 years focusing on innovation and growth strategies, and on the executive leadership teams of a fortune 500 company and at a venture backed start-up. He’s worked to launch/re-launch 87 new brands and products and established 14 global analytics centers of excellence for Fortune 500 firms across 11 different industries.  His focus is in facilitating large scale Digital Transformations and leveraging Big-Data and Machine learning to innovate products, processes, services, and experiences.  He’s a two-time recipient of the Ogilvy Award for Advertising Research. In 2019 and 2020, Neerav was a finalist for the AiConics Award in AI Innovation for Sales and Marketing for his work at Realogy and at HOMER/Begin Holdings.  At Amazon Web Services and Amazon advertising he served as an AI Innovation Advisory Principal, leading AI for Marketing and Advertising.  At Capgemini he leads the Customer First Practice for the Insights and Data Group which specializes in all aspects of Marketing, Advertising, and Customer Experience Transformation using Data & AI.

Ben is an award-winning entrepreneur and technologist, and is the Chief Operating Officer of Exyn Technologies, an autonomous robotics company pioneering GPS-denied and infrastructureless autonomy in multi-modal robots. He previously co-founded and served as COO/CTO of Reelio, Inc, a venture-funded marketing automation platform acquired by Fullscreen Media, formerly a division of AT&T. Ben attended University of Pennsylvania for Computer Science & Engineering. A four-year track & field athlete and NROTC member, Ben also founded and ran two profitable startups while at Penn, until receiving his US Navy commission upon graduation.

He served as a Naval officer for nearly six years, including two combat tours. His experience includes leading armed boarding teams in the Persian Gulf and managing the communications division on a missile cruiser. Later, he earned his certification in Nuclear Engineering from the Navy Nuclear Power School and ran a nuclear reactor division aboard USS Harry Truman (CVN-75).  Following his Naval service, Ben worked for Lockheed Martin where he helped found the New Ventures division, pursuing non-traditional, cutting-edge projects in energy, materials science, and technology. He graduated with his MBA in May of 2013, and was later selected for Wharton Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in 2017.