Featured Speakers

Mick Ebeling

CEO of Not Impossible Labs, One of“Fortune’s” World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Only 2x Recipient of “TIME” Best Inventions of the Year, Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year

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Mick Ebeling

CEO of Not Impossible Labs, One of“Fortune’s” World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Only 2x Recipient of “TIME” Best Inventions of the Year, Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year

CEO of Not Impossible Labs, One of“Fortune’s” World’s 50 Greatest Leaders, Only 2x Recipient of “TIME” Best Inventions of the Year, Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year

Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 50 World’s Greatest Leaders, a recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award and listed as one of the world’s most influential creative people by The Creativity 50’s, Mick Ebeling has sparked a movement of pragmatic, inspirational innovation. As a career producer and filmmaker, now founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs, Ebeling harvests the power of technology and story to change the world.

Ebeling founded Not Impossible, multiple award-winning social innovation labs, on the premise that nothing is impossible. His mantra of “commit, then figure it out” allows him to convene a disparate team of hackers, doers, makers, and thinkers to create devices that better the world by bringing accessibility for all. This unconventional approach brought to life highly acclaimed initiatives such as the EyeWriter, Project Daniel, Don’s Voice and Music: Not Impossible --bringing the ability to drawback to a paraplegic street artist, crafting 3D-printed arms to Sudanese amputees, giving a ‘voice’ to an ALS patient who hadn’t spoken in 15 years, and developing wearables that allow deaf and hearing people alike feel music haptically in a “surround body” experience.

Since its inception as an innovative technology incubator, Not Impossible has also spun off two independent companies --Bento (gobento.com), a simple text-based service that addresses food insecurity, and Vyb Life, a wearable medical device company focused on mitigating the symptoms of Parkinson's disease and currently in clinical trials in both the US and EU.

Working with a wide array of Fortune 500 companies, Ebeling not only pushes the bar on innovation, he also shares the emotionally resonating story of doing so. These narratives of overcoming seemingly impossible odds to “Help One. Help Many” have inspired people across the world to do the same.

Ebeling’s book, Not Impossible: The Art and Joy of Doing What Couldn't Be Done, recounts the life experiences that led to the founding of Not Impossible. Published in a multitude of languages, the book was hailed as “a unique and inspiring tale of brave abandon” by Nicholas Negroponte. Named one of Wired’s ‘Agents of Change’, a two-time SXSW innovation of the year award winner, a two-time Tribeca Disruptor innovation winner, a fellow with The Nantucket Project, and recipient of every major creative and advertising award, Ebeling is on a mission to provide “Technology for the Sake of Humanity.” By tapping into a community of passionate and talented engineers, makers, idea generators, and storytellers, Ebeling is making the inconceivable, the unbelievable and the impossible, Not Impossible.

Bonnie St. John

Paralympic Ski medalist, Fortune 500 business consultant, Rhodes scholar, former White House official, and best-selling author

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Bonnie St. John

Paralympic Ski medalist, Fortune 500 business consultant, Rhodes scholar, former White House official, and best-selling author

Despite having her right leg amputated at age five, Bonnie St. John became the first African-American ever to win medals in the Winter Olympic competition, taking home a silver and two bronze medals in downhill skiing at the 1984 Winter Paralympics in Innsbruck, Austria. In recognition of this historic achievement, Bonnie was quoted on millions of Starbucks coffee cups and was honored with her portrait in the Main Hall of Trinity College at Oxford as a distinguished alumna.

Bonnie has achieved the highest levels of success in a variety of endeavors throughout her life. In addition to her success as a Paralympic athlete, she is a bestselling author of seven books, a highly acclaimed keynote speaker and leadership expert for the Fortune 500, a television and radio personality,and an experienced conference facilitator. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, and won the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, taking an M.Litt. in Economics. Upon her return to the United States, Bonnie served in the White House as a Director of the National Economic Council during the Clinton administration. In 2015, St. John was inducted into the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) Hall of Fame.

Today, Bonnie travels the globe speaking, leading seminars, and researching her various writing projects. As CEO of the Blue Circle Leadership Institute, Bonnie leads several international virtual leadership programs including Transformational Leadership – designed to address the unique challenges of multicultural women in the workplace. Bonnie’s latest work, MICRO-RESILIENCE: Minor Shifts for MajorBoosts in Focus, Drive, & Energy, outlines a quick, easy, and immediately effective program of tools and techniques for a competitive edge in today’s dynamic world of changes and challenges.

Bonnie St. John has been featured extensively in both national and international media including TheToday Show, GMA, CNN, CBS Morning News, NBC News, PBS, NPR, and The New York Times, as well as People, “O”, Forbes, Success, and Essence magazines, to name just a few.

NBC Nightly News called Bonnie, "One of the five most inspiring women in America."

Keynote Speakers

Frank Calderoni

Former Chairman & CEO,
Anaplan

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Frank Calderoni

Former Chairman & CEO

Anaplan

Unlocking Opportunities in an Uncertain World

Frank Calderoni is the Chief Executive Officer of Anaplan and the chairman of the company’s board of directors. Frank is a technology industry veteran with over 30 years of successful executive leadership. Before joining Anaplan, Frank served as the Executive Vice President (EVP), Operations and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Red Hat, Inc. from June 2015 to January 2017.

He also served as EVP and CFO at Cisco Systems, Inc. for seven years. Prior to that, he served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President (SVP), Customer Solutions Finance, and Vice President, Worldwide Sales Finance. Frank joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, where he was the SVP and CFO. Prior to that, he was the SVP, Finance & Administration and CFO for SanDisk Corporation. Frank also sits on the board of Adobe Systems, Inc.

Ana Pinczuk

Former Chief Development Officer,
Anaplan

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Ana Pinczuk

Former Chief Development Officer

Anaplan

The Autonomous Enterprise — Moving from Insights to Outcome

Ana Pinczuk is the Chief Development Officer at Anaplan, where she drives Anaplan’s business and technology teams including Product Management, User Experience, Engineering, Infrastructure Platform, Customer Care, and IT. Prior to this role, Ana held several P&L roles including President and General Manager for HPE Pointnext, HPE’s $8B services business, and Chief Product Officer at Veritas. Before that, Ana spent 15 years at Cisco where she held various roles including SVP, Global Services Sales, Services COO, and SVP, Global Services Support.

Ana serves on the board of Aptiv (APTV). She is also a member of the International Women’s Forum, Cornell Computer and Information Sciences Advisory Board, and Carnegie Mellon University Engineering Advisory Board. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including Latina Leaders Top 100 Most Influential Leaders 2020, ALPFA 2019 Top 50 Latinas, Fortune’s 2018 and 2017 Top 50 Latinas, Watermark 2018 Make Your Mark Development Award, 2016 Women of Influence Award, 2017 and 2016 HITEC 100, 2014 Corporate Index (Top 25 Hispanics), 2013 Latina Style Executive of the Year, and 2013 TWIN Award.

Ana holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, a Master of Technology Management degree from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, and a Master of Science Degree in Software Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Victor Barnes

Chief of Connected Planning,
Anaplan

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Victor Barnes

Chief of Connected Planning

Anaplan

In Conversation with MassMutual & Coca-Cola

Victor C. Barnes is Chief of Connected Planning. Before joining Anaplan, Victor was the Global CFO of the McDonald’s Division at The Coca-Cola Company, culminating a 26-year career at Coca-Cola leading global teams. His roles included Commercial Finance Director, where he led the integration of a $4.1B brand acquisition, Regional Controller for sub-Saharan Africa based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and CFO of Coca-Cola’s Canada business unit based in Toronto.

Victor holds an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a bachelor’s degree from Northern Illinois University. He received his CPA credentials in the state of Georgia, and an Executive Coaching certification from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

Sara Baxter Orr

Former SVP Strategic Growth,
Anaplan

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Sara Baxter Orr

Former SVP Strategic Growth

Anaplan

In Conversation with MassMutual & Coca-Cola

Sara Baxter-Orr is the SVP Strategic Growth at Anaplan, responsible for driving initiatives and programs that guide the expanding role of the transformational finance leader. Previously, she was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at the $30 billion Verizon Business Group. Sara has built and led world-class finance teams that drive transformative thinking and measurable business impact. Baxter Orr has been a speaker at the New York Stock Exchange, at Harvard’s CFO of the Future Summit, and other notable venues. Baxter-Orr is a graduate of UCSD and has served various leadership roles at the University.

Andrew Byers

Senior Manager, Financial Systems & Analysis,
Simon Property Group.

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Andrew Byers

Senior Manager, Financial Systems & Analysis

Simon Property Group.

Andrew Byers is an accomplished Master Anaplannerwho has successfully implemented financial budget and forecasting solutions including Anaplan at Simon Property Group. A Purdue University graduate, Andrew started at Simon Property Group almost 11 years ago.

James Sloan

Chief Financial Officer,
Swire Coca-Cola, USA

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James Sloan

Chief Financial Officer

Swire Coca-Cola, USA

James Sloan serves as Chief Financial Officer of Swire Coca-Cola, USA, a position he has held since July 2015. James provides finance and IT strategic leadership for the company. His expertise has been invaluable as the company is undergoing unprecedented growth. Over the last three years, Swire has quadrupled in size.

The company’s territory has expanded to the point where it is the only Coca-Cola bottler in the United States with territory stretching from the Canadian border to the border. During James’ tenure sales volume has increased 132% and the number of employees grew by 113%, to over 6,000associates. James led the transformation of the finance and IT functions in support of the company’s growth and to better meet the needs of the business.

Debora Shoquist

Executive Vice President of Operations,
NVIDIA

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Debora Shoquist

Executive Vice President of Operations

NVIDIA

Debora Shoquist is executive vice president of operations at NVIDIA. She is responsible for the company’s operations and supply chain functions. These include manufacturing product and test engineering, foundry operations, supplier management, contract manufacturing management, supply planning, logistics, and the company’s quality management system. She was also responsible for overseeing the construction of the company's new 1.25 million-square-foot corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif.

Shoquist joined NVIDIA in 2007 as senior vice president of operations and was named to her current role two years later. She has more than 20 years of executive experience in general management, manufacturing, and operations, including plant management, engineering, information services, finance, and human resources.

Previously, Shoquist was executive vice president of operations at JDS Uniphase and senior vice president and general manager of the electro-optics business at Coherent, a commercial and scientific laser equipment manufacturer. She spent 11 years in key executive roles at Quantum, including president of the Personal Computer Hard Disk Drive division, and 10 years at HP in various engineering and manufacturing management roles. Shoquist holds a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Kansas State University and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Santa Clara University.

Erin Siemens

Chief Customer Officer,
Anaplan

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Erin Siemens

Chief Customer Officer

Anaplan

Erin Siemens is Chief Customer Officer. As CCO, Erin connects with customers to solve their biggest business challenges and deliver strategic value.

Prior to Anaplan, Erin spent more than 13 years at ADP working in a range of high-impact leadership roles and leaves a legacy of having built and led a world-class Customer Success function in a $1.5B technology business. Erin has been diligent about driving great customer experience across numerous industries including technology, higher education, automotive, pharmaceutical, and human capital management.

Erin holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and is an alumna of Arizona State University. She has a track record of driving a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture, is an avid reader and mentor, and both advises and learns from other thought leaders by engaging with Gainsight’s CCO Advisory Board and The Outcome Selling Advisory Ecosystem.

Danny Meyer

Global Head of CIO Practice,
Anaplan

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Danny Meyer

Global Head of CIO Practice

Anaplan

Ben Paul

Group VP Corporate Finance,
Warner Bros. Discovery

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Ben Paul

Group VP Corporate Finance

Warner Bros. Discovery

Ben Paul, Group VP Corporate Finance at Warner Bros. Discovery (formerly Discovery Inc.) is heading financial management reporting and planning. In his role he partners with CFOs across the company to drive Finance transformation.

His 12 plus years’ experience from large and small organizations in finance and strategic management positioned him for the corporate FP&A role within Discovery.

Undergrad from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management (with 1 year spent at Hawai’i Pacific University), Master’s degree in Finance and Banking from WHL (Lahr, Germany).

Tim Bishop

Managing Director,
Goldman Sachs

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Tim Bishop

Managing Director

Goldman Sachs

Tim is global head of Finance Planning and Analysis Engineering and Transformation.  Previously, Tim was global head of Controllers Technology, the Finance and Risk Platform and Data Engineering. He began his career in London as a developer in Operations Technology and after six years relocated to Tokyo, where he spent 18 months managing Regulatory Technology. Upon returning to London, Tim managed the EMEA Product Control Technology team before assuming responsibility for the EMEA Controllers Technology team. In 2006, Tim moved to Bengaluru to manage the Bengaluru Federation Technology teams and relocated to New York in 2008 to take a senior management role in Controllers Technology. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1994 as part of the Technology graduate program and was named managing director in 2011.

Between 2017-2020, Tim was an adjunct lecturer at the Columbia University School of Professional Studies.

Dave Couture

National Managing Principal: Technology Strategy and Partnerships,
Deloitte

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Dave Couture

National Managing Principal: Technology Strategy and Partnerships

Deloitte

Dave Couture is a member of Deloitte’s Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for Deloitte’s overall Technology Strategy and Partnerships that shape our offerings and operations for today’s needs and tomorrow’s opportunities. Dave oversees our Ecosystem and Alliance relationships and Strategic Growth Offerings (i.e., Cloud, AI, Cyber, Blockchain/Digital Assets, 5G/Edge, and ESG) critical to advancing the digital transformation across all industries and functions. Given the ever-increasing pervasiveness of technology, Dave works closely with a broad array of stakeholders to maximize the productive and ethical impact of technology advancements to benefit society, business and the people within.

Carson Small

Global Financial Forecasting Lead,
Mars, Inc

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Carson Small

Global Financial Forecasting Lead

Mars, Inc

Carson Smallis the Global Financial Forecasting Lead at Mars, Inc.—a multinational manufacturer of confectionery, petfood, and vet health services. In her current role, Carson is working to launch an AI-driven financial forecasting solution that uses Machine Learning algorithms to forecast financials, shifting associate time from manual data consolidation to generating predictive insights.

Carson began her career in market research analytics with Nielsen, supporting Mars as her client. She then joined Mars as a Finance associate, taking on roles in strategy and digital analytics over the past 5 years. Carson lives in Kentucky with her husband Patrick and Shepard mix, Lady. On a nice weekend, Carson enjoys spending time outdoors, usually rock climbing, trail running or doing house projects.

Session Speakers

Alex Black

Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovations,
Blackstone

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Alex Black

Senior Vice President, Technology & Innovations

Blackstone

Alex Black is a Senior Vice President within Blackstone’s Technology and Innovations group, where he is focused on developing and delivering technology across the firm. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Black founded OneCloud, an iPaaS solution for enterprise applications. He has also consulted hundreds of Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries and applications (including Anaplan) throughout his career.

He received a BS in Economics from Butler University and is involved with several education and entrepreneurship organizations in New York and Miami.

Amy McVicar

Manager, Product Management,
Autodesk

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Amy McVicar

Manager, Product Management

Autodesk

Amy McVicar leads the Revenue Data Science Product Management team at Autodesk. She drives alignment on complex data problems between Sales, Customer Success, Marketing, and Finance. She is a doctoral candidate researching organizational readiness for advanced data capabilities such as AI at Grenoble Ecole de Management

Anant Sonawane

Lead, Supply Chain Systems,
Nextracker

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Anant Sonawane

Lead, Supply Chain Systems

Nextracker

As a part of NEXTracker’s Supply Chain Operations team, Anant is responsible to drive the end to end Digital Transformation Strategy Vision. Since last 2 years, Anant has been instrumental in Benchmarking, Identifying and leading the implementation of different Business Systems Programs to drive Efficiency across supply Chain functions such as Materials Planning, Sourcing, NPI etc.

He lead the Anaplan - Phase 1 end to end Implementation focused on Demand and Supply Planning related use cases. Prior to working with NEXTracker, Anant has 12 year of ERP consulting experience in manufacturing and Automobile industry domain. Anant is passionate about exploring Innovative New age Technology Solutions to enable Nextracker Stakeholders address day to day challenges.

Angshuman Das

Lead Enterprise Architect,
Mattel

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Angshuman Das

Lead Enterprise Architect

Mattel

Angshuman Das is the Lead Enterprise Architect for the Commercial/B2B domains at Mattel and serves as Leader for the Anaplan Center of Excellence. With 22+ years of industry experience, he has architected large integrated Anaplan projects like zero-based budgeting, lease accounting, sales forecasting, and line planning for Mattel.

Prior to his joining Mattel, Angshuman served on AT&T's finance planning team for Business Solutions, and previous to his work with AT&T, he served for 11 years as Hewlett Packard’s Sr. SAP Solution Architect and Delivery Manager, where he solutioned many SAP applications in multiple SAP domains.

Arun Kalra, MD

Head of FP&A,
PJT Partners

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Arun Kalra, MD

Head of FP&A

PJT Partners

Arun Kalra is Managing Director & Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at PJT Partners, based in New York. In addition to leading the FP&A function, he also focuses on Corporate Development at PJT and on Corporate Operations. Prior to joining PJT Partners, Arun worked at UBS in both its Group and Investment Bank Corporate functions, and in his most recent position, led the Funding and Governance practice within the Investment Banks Reward Function. Arun received his BSc from the London School of Economics.

Asslam Umar Ali

Principal Performance Management ,
Fortescue Metals Group

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Asslam Umar Ali

Principal Performance Management

Fortescue Metals Group

Asslam is a Principal Performance Manager with over 15 years of experience. In his current role, he manages the enterprise planning program - including the Centre of Excellence - at Fortescue Metals Group. He is very passionate about the core concept of connected planning and specialises in business-led transformation with direct positive impact across the business functions - not just operating margins.

He strongly believes in breaking down data silos and helping stakeholders with their finance vision. Asslam envisages the digital evolution will improve decision making with a single source of truth and will close the loop between strategy and execution.

Brent Corbett

Senior Director, Worldwide Sales Strategy & Operations,
VMware

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Brent Corbett

Senior Director, Worldwide Sales Strategy & Operations

VMware

Brent Corbett is leading transformation at VMware as the Senior Director, Worldwide Sales Strategy & Operations. Brent is an accomplished business enablement and sales operations executive with deep industry experience and demonstrable results in global technology corporations.

Brent Orr

Master Anaplanner,
Intuit

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Brent Orr

Master Anaplanner

Intuit

Brent is a Master Anaplanner currently working for Intuit. He has spent his career in planning and forecasting for a variety of companies. He is currently building and managing several Anaplan models and was an early adopter of Cloudworks. And while he enjoys discussing all things Anaplan he would rather talk about golf or pickleball.

Collin Ryan

Senior Anaplan Architect,
Deloitte

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Collin Ryan

Senior Anaplan Architect

Deloitte

Collin is a Senior Anaplan Architect with Deloitte. He has spent 5+ years delivering and designing complex Anaplan solutions across sales and finance use cases cross multiple industries.

Dominic Riggott

Resource Planning Manager,
E.ON UK

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Dominic Riggott

Resource Planning Manager

E.ON UK

Dominic Riggott is an experienced Resource Planning Manager with over 13 years of rich professional industry experience.

During his time in this sphere, Dominic has been successful in crafting and implementing robust resource planning strategies within fast-paced corporate environments, collaborating with cross-functional departments to identify short and long term business resourcing needs, governing financial budgets, using a logical approach to mitigate business risks and exceeding expectations set by stakeholders.

In the future, Dominic intends to utilise his skill set and experiences to continue to add value to organisations. His specialties include: Strategic Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting, Stakeholder Engagement, Contact Management, Process Optimisation, KPI Excellence, Cost Reduction and Service Delivery Excellence.

Fernando Schreiner

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis,
Gensler

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Fernando Schreiner

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

Gensler

An experienced Financial Planning & Analysis leader with 33 years of service, Fernando boasts a demonstrated work history in the architecture & design, legal, and technology industries.

Skilled in Cash Flow, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Team Building, and Professional Services, he possesses an exceptional background in internal control assessment, finance decision support, and FP&A.

Hayli Hay

Senior Manager, Anaplan Forecasting & Planning,
Autodesk

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Hayli Hay

Senior Manager, Anaplan Forecasting & Planning

Autodesk

Building people, teams, and companies is my passion. My leadership track record bears witness to the transformative power of getting things done. I have spent a lot of time, in a lot of companies calming chaos, making decisions, pivoting for change and delivering measurable results through empowered productive teams. Focusing on what is best for the customer, what is best for the people, and what is best for the company enables me to bring nearly twenty years of technology strategy, program management and people leadership to Autodesk's core business functions.

Jacqui Cliffe

UX Transformation Manager,
DaVita

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Jacqui Cliffe

UX Transformation Manager

DaVita

Jacqui Cliffe is a UX transformation manager at DaVita. Jacqui began her career in management consulting and has 7 years of experience with enterprise-wide implementations and deployments. Jacqui first learned Anaplan as an end-user upon joining DaVita in 2018 and has developed her skills with the tool over the years. She joined DaVita’s CoE team last year to lead its UX program.

Jeff Elliot

Tech Lead, Supply Planning,
Google Data Center

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Jeff Elliot

Tech Lead, Supply Planning

Google Data Center

Jeff is the Tech Lead for the Google Data Center Supply Planning team. He's led efforts to stabilize and advance DC planning processes and data flows, leveraging Anaplan as the team's primary software.

Joe Lichtman

Product Leader in the Sales, Marketing, and Global Services Operations,
AWS

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Joe Lichtman

Product Leader in the Sales, Marketing, and Global Services Operations

AWS

Joe Lichtman is a Product Leader in the Sales, Marketing, and Global Services Operations at AWS. He is responsible for driving product and strategy for sales planning and leads the Anaplan COE.

Joey Penick

Vice President for North Enterprise Marketing & Public Sector,
Lumen

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Joey Penick

Vice President for North Enterprise Marketing & Public Sector

Lumen

Joey Penick serves as the Vice President for North Enterprise Marketing & Public Sector at Lumen. He leads a talented and diverse marketing team that focuses on engaging customers and driving demand around Lumen’s go-to-market strategy for Enterprise, Public Sector and Channel Partner segments.

Jonathan Goldsmith

NVIDIA

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Jonathan Goldsmith

NVIDIA

Jonathan has been developing and implementing S&OP, capacity, and demand planning processes across multiple industries for the past 15 years. He started using Anaplan in 2018, and has been involved in every stage of companies developing their Anaplan capability from initial demonstration of Anaplan to setting up the center of excellence. He joined Nvidia in 2021 after doing the initial implementation as a consultant.

Jonathan Morgan

Sr. Director, Supply Chain BizOps,
Palo Alto Networks

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Jonathan Morgan

Sr. Director, Supply Chain BizOps

Palo Alto Networks

History running S&OP, Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Spares Parts Planning, Inventory Management and Analytics. Now managing Supply Chain CoE, Control Tower and Analytics.

Background in high tech, consumer products and telecom. Experience building and scaling teams during extended hyper growth periods and implementing and managing multiple Planning tools.

Josh Baker

VP, Corporate Operations,
PJT Partners

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Josh Baker

VP, Corporate Operations

PJT Partners

Josh Baker is Vice President of Corporate Operations & Product Management. He acts as primary business partner to the corporate functions within PJT, based in New York, and covers various business applications and processes primarily related to Anaplan and Workday.

Prior to joining PJT Partners, Josh spent five years in various consulting roles focused on technology-enabled finance transformation. Most recently, he served as Solution Architect and Anaplan Team Lead at Deloitte Consulting supporting a diverse portfolio of clients in Financial Services, Technology, and Pharmaceutical sectors. Prior to Deloitte, he played an active role in the startup and expansion of Enterprise Performance Management practices at both Lionpoint Group and CohnReznick. Josh received his B.S. in Finance from Bentley University.

Julian Robson

Director, Enterprise Financial and Capital Planning & Analysis,
S&P Global

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Julian Robson

Director, Enterprise Financial and Capital Planning & Analysis

S&P Global

A lover of all things change, Julian Robson helps orchestrate systems, data, and, most importantly, people, whom he drives to learn, develop, collaborate, and improve together.

At S&P Global, Julian supports and empowers colleagues across the Enterprise in unlocking the benefits of best-in-breed front-end applications and middleware while supporting further digital finance innovation.

A chartered accountant by profession, Julian, prior to joining S&P Global, spent 15 years in leading Finance roles inside the Biotech, Pharma and FS spaces, where he supported a wide range of global organisations to deliver and realize their transformation goals and objectives.

Leonardo Mota

FP&A Manager, Anaplan,
Nubank

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Leonardo Mota

FP&A Manager, Anaplan

Nubank

With 16 years of experience working with Performance Management solutions, Leonardo Mota joined Nubank to support its Anaplan implementation and, for the last 18 months, has managed its Anaplan Center of Excellence. Prior to Nubank, Leonardo worked as a solutions architect with Anaplan Partner Keyrus. He received a degree in Computer Science from the Instituto Brasileiro de Tecnologia Avançada and holds an MBA in Business Management from INDEG-ISCTE Executive Education.

Matt Engle

Sr. Director, FP&A,
Advance Auto Parts

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Matt Engle

Sr. Director, FP&A

Advance Auto Parts

Matt Engle is the Sr. Director of FP&A at Advance Auto Parts (AAP). He has successfully led Anaplan implementations at two fortune 500 companies. Most recently, Matt led the development of the strategic long-range planning model at AAP, which facilitates connectivity of the organization’s strategic goals to financial commitments. Matt has nearly 15 years of FP&A experience specialized in driving strategic growth in organization ranging from healthcare to distribution and retail. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management and a finance degree from Miami University.

Matt Kasold

Senior Finance Manager,
Cisco

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Matt Kasold

Senior Finance Manager

Cisco

Matt has over 15 years of Finance and Sales FP&A experience and is now a Senior Finance Manager at Cisco Systems. He is no stranger to Connected Planning as he currently manages several financial planning, sales forecasting, and sales quota planning activities.

Matthew Dickerson

Planning Systems Manager,
Jaguar Land Rover

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Matthew Dickerson

Planning Systems Manager

Jaguar Land Rover

Matthew is a Planning Systems Manager, leading the Connected Planning development across JLR. He is subject matter expert in Demand Planning/Forecast, S&OE/P, and Supply Chain Planning, and has lead the rollout of Anaplan across these areas.

Mellanie Webb

Director Sales Strategy & Analytics,
Lumen

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Mellanie Webb

Director Sales Strategy & Analytics

Lumen

Mellanie leads a Sales Strategy & Analytics team at Lumen that builds advanced analytics and business intelligence to inform & monitor our go-to-market sales strategy in addition to sales and revenue quota management for NA Sales and Customer Success.

Michael Moore

Strategist, Enterprise Planning Architect,
HP Inc.

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Michael Moore

Strategist, Enterprise Planning Architect

HP Inc.

As Enterprise Planning Architect for HP, Mike Moore spends his days transforming business performance management with Connected Planning. Connected Planning, Mike says, is a team sport, and he leverages it to build organizational mathematical models (which can be financial models, supply chains, staffing models, sales forecasts, or carbon budgets) to predict HP’s future, allocate budgets, and track performance.

In his personal life, Mike enjoys computer science and mathematics. He is fascinated by mathematical operations on higher dimensional objects in geometric algebra (projection, translation, rotation) and geometric calculus (acceleration). He holds a BA degree in Philosophy from Stanford University and an MS in Computer and Information Science from University of Pennsylvania.

Mohamad Hadi

Sr. Manager, Sales Transformation,
Philips

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Mohamad Hadi

Sr. Manager, Sales Transformation

Philips

Mohamad currently leads the Sales Transformation Strategy at Philips North America. His passion is to serve his customers by solving complex business solutions to meet a diversity of business needs through digital transformation.

In his personal life, Mohamad was born and raised in Lebanon. After moving to Atlanta, Georgia, he earned his BA in Information Systems and MNR in Computer Science from the University of Georgia. Prior to joining Philips, he led the Enterprise Performance Management Center of Excellence for a Technology company where he implemented an end-to-end Connected Planning Anaplan implementation for Financial and Workforce planning.

Monica Gibbons

Director of Project Management, Enterprise Technology Finance,
Fidelity Investments

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Monica Gibbons

Director of Project Management, Enterprise Technology Finance

Fidelity Investments

Monica started at Fidelity eleven years ago as an Associate Financial Analyst. Over the course of her career, she has had the unique opportunity to impact the firm by working on and leading several different Finance modernization and business process improvement projects. In her current role, she is the Project Manager and Scrum Master of Technology Business Management (TBM), which is a cross-functional effort that has consisted of designing, building, and implementing Fidelity’s first enterprise-wide agile costing model (powered by Anaplan).

Nikalaus Satish

Staff Software Engineer,
Palo Alto Networks.

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Nikalaus Satish

Staff Software Engineer

Palo Alto Networks.

Experienced in building Supply Chain Solutions using Planning tools such as Anaplan and RapidResponse to enable Demand Forecasting, S&OP Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory management, Component Forecasting and Capacity Planning. Facilitated Application Evaluation and Implementation projects.

Paula Natoli

Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Solutions,
Americas at Google Cloud

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Paula Natoli

Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Industry Solutions

Americas at Google Cloud

Philipp Ahrendt

Head of Financial Modeling & Analytics, Corporate Controlling,
Bayer Ag

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Philipp Ahrendt

Head of Financial Modeling & Analytics, Corporate Controlling

Bayer Ag

Philipp Ahrendt, together with his team, are responsible, among other things, for the digitization of planning and reporting processes in Corporate Controlling. The team uses modern self-service tools like Anaplan to react quickly to changing requirements and stakeholder needs.

Before joining Bayer in 2018, Philipp spent 5 years as a consultant for Controlling / Finance in the Chemicals, Oil and Pharmaceuticals sector.

Prasad Varahabhatla

Sr. Director, Sales & Data Operations,
Philips

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Prasad Varahabhatla

Sr. Director, Sales & Data Operations

Philips

Prasad leads the Sales Incentive and Data Operations Organization for Philips North America. His passion is to drive value through data-driven, technology-led digital transformation.

Prince Ayinde

Business Analytics Manager,
LinkedIn

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Prince Ayinde

Business Analytics Manager

Prince Ayinde is a Master Anaplanner and solutions architect with a proven track record of high impact technical leadership. His areas of experience include financial services and technology sectors across different functions from financial planning and analysis to sales. Prince is currently helping LinkedIn build a world-class Anaplan Center of Excellence with a technical governance framework, integrated architecture, and customer-centric solutions.

Robbie Phelps

Anaplan Architect,
Outreach

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Robbie Phelps

Anaplan Architect

Outreach

As Center of Excellence lead for Anaplan implementations at Outreach, Robbie leverages his 10+ years of professional experience to provide consulting support and project management to the team working to automate both budget owner variance reporting and expense spend visibility. Prior to Outreach, he served as an Anaplan model builder for corporate FP&A at Zillow Group. His experience includes Corporate Forecasting, Scenario Planning, and Real Estate Banking.

Robbie holds a master’s degree from the University of Washington, a bachelor’s from the University of San Diego.

Sam Shapiro

Sales Finance Manager,
NextRoll

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Sam Shapiro

Sales Finance Manager

NextRoll

Sam Shapiro earned his accounting degree from Menlo College, where he played baseball for the duration of his studies. Since graduating, he’s worked in finance for several different technology companies, most currently at NextRoll, where he serves as Sales Finance Manager.

Born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sam, a 4th generation Shapiro, takes pride in his great grandfather’s ambition in founding a travel goods retail store in 1917. His family owned and operated the local shop for 90 years.

Scott Soukup

Director, FP&A Architecture, Assurance, and Insights,
Ciena

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Scott Soukup

Director, FP&A Architecture, Assurance, and Insights

Ciena

Scott started at Ciena over twenty-two years ago as a Manufacturing Quality Engineer. The Quality Engineer's insatiable need for data to understand manufacturing processes set him on a journey of digital transformation all those years ago. As part of that Ciena journey, Scott has had roles in Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, and IT. His current role finds him happily embedded within the Financial Planning and Analysis team where he leads the Anaplan Model Building, Information Assurance, and Insights teams.

Stella Osunkwo

Specialist IS Engineer,
Amgen

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Stella Osunkwo

Specialist IS Engineer

Amgen

Stella currently works as a Specialist IS Engineer and as a member of the Anaplan Platform Team at Amgen, where she supports the several Product teams that use the Anaplan Platform. She has experience building proof of concept applications to demonstrate the value of the Anaplan technology and has designed workflows using Anaplan's collaboration features.

Steve Benton

Deputy Director of Finance,
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

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Steve Benton

Deputy Director of Finance

Arizona Department of Environmental Quality

As Deputy Director of Finance for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Steve Benton is responsible for digital transformation and serves as business project owner for Anaplan implementation. Steve has broad experience in various Finance roles in both the Private and Public sectors. Delivering customer-centered solutions through data and technology is his key focus.

Steve holds an Executive Masters of Global Management from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BS in Accounting and Finance from the University of Arizona.

Thomas Luna

SVP, Supply Chain,
Erin Condren

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Thomas Luna

SVP, Supply Chain

Erin Condren

Thomas is the SVP of Supply Chain at Erin Condren Designs (ECD) where he is responsible for the full digital transformation and modernization of their supply chain. Thomas drives this high priority effort across ECD’s supply chain planning, procurement, logistics, and manufacturing functions.

Prior to Erin Condren, Thomas served in various Supply Chain and Logistics leadership roles at Sprinkles Cupcakes, Nestle Skin Health, The Hackett Group, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo where he helped drive and manage innovative supply chain solutions.

Young Lee

Vice President, Technology & Innovations,
Blackstone

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Young Lee

Vice President, Technology & Innovations

Blackstone

Young Lee is a Vice President within Blackstone’s Technology and Innovations group. He oversees a team that provides technology solutions and implementations across Blackstone’s Private Equity and Real Estate businesses. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Lee was a Senior Associate at JPMorgan, where he was focused on building financial models within the fund administration business.

He received a BA in Economics and Mathematics from New York University.