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What’s New in Workforce Development and Training for Manufacturers — A Conversation with Andrew Knez of Covalent Networks
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What’s New in Workforce Development and Training for Manufacturers — A Conversation with Andrew Knez of Covalent Networks

June 6, 2024

Andrew Knez has several years of work experience in various roles and industries. Andrew is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Covalent Networks, a company that specializes in workforce operations in complex manufacturing environments. Prior to this, Andrew worked as the Chief of Staff at NatureBox from 2013 to 2016. Andrew also served as an Associate at General Catalyst Partners from 2011 to 2013. Additionally, they worked in marketing at FanSnap for a brief period in 2010 and interned at the Boston Scholar Athlete Program in the same year. Andrew began their career as an Analyst at KAYAK in 2009.

Andrew Knez attended Williams College from 2007 to 2011, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts (B.A) degree in History. Andrew then pursued further education at Harvard Business School from 2016 to 2018, obtaining a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree.

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Bart Talloen — An Exciting New Chapter with World Economic Forum
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Bart Talloen — An Exciting New Chapter with World Economic Forum

June 21, 2024

Bart Talloen is a senior executive supply chain leader with thirty five years of global experience in Asia, Europe, and North America. His expertise and achievements in supply chain strategy and leadership, continuous improvement, and technology innovation are broadly recognized. He is the recipient of multiple awards, including most recently the “2023 Manufacturing Leader of the Year Award” from the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) & Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC) for his transformational leadership throughout his career.

During his career in pharmaceuticals Rx, OTC, consumer goods, and medical devices, Bart managed large E2E manufacturing and supply chain networks (including procurement, planning, manufacturing, warehousing, and distribution); acquired and divested businesses and manufacturing operations; lead strategy and technology innovation teams; and oversaw large scale business transformation programs. He also successfully executed an FDA Consent Decree and re-certified multiple sites.

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Staying Ahead of the Manufacturing Technology Curve — A Conversation with Shan Muthuvelu of UCBOS
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Staying Ahead of the Manufacturing Technology Curve — A Conversation with Shan Muthuvelu of UCBOS

June 27, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Manufacturing Excellence Summit series we sat down with Shan Muthuvelu, the CEO of UCBOS, to talk about technology trends manufacturers need to be aware of, and how to on top of developments as exciting new tools come onto the market. The biggest question that we keep finding new answers for is, “What are we going to do with all the data?” LLMs and Generative AI are opening up exciting new capabilities there, but it is important to remember all of this needs to work for and with the people doing the job day-to-day and over the long term. What do they want and need? What is going to make the biggest impact on their productivity and job satisfaction? What does the user experience need to look like for people to engage with the systems and capabilities being offered to them? How can companies tailor these broad possibilities to solve problems and open up new opportunities based on their own very specific scenarios? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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Helping Leaders Communicate Better with One Another — A Conversation with Lauren Schultz of Board.org
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Helping Leaders Communicate Better with One Another — A Conversation with Lauren Schultz of Board.org

July 17, 2024

As a Membership Director, Lauren helps to create opportunities for members to share insights, feel connected, and build relationships. She approaches all interactions with genuine empathy and works to create a space for comfortable, candid conversations.

Lauren has spent her career at the intersection of creativity and community. Her professional experience includes building a membership program at a new museum in San Antonio as well as directing the membership department at the oldest and largest national design association based in New York City. Through her work in nonprofit and association management, she has led member-facing teams, advocated for member needs, and strategized plans for community engagement.

Lauren attended The University of Texas at Austin where she earned undergraduate degrees in Art History and Italian. She received a graduate degree in International Arts Administration from St. John International University in Turin, Italy. She also earned a certificate in Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders from Yale School of Management.

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The Speaker Roundtable from NAFES24 —A Conversation About Finance Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from NAFES24 —A Conversation About Finance Issues and Ideas

March 12, 2024

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

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The Tech-Enabled CFO, Empowered by Generative AI — A Conversation with Tom Hood of AICPA & CIMA
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The Tech-Enabled CFO, Empowered by Generative AI — A Conversation with Tom Hood of AICPA & CIMA

February 22, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series we sat down with Tom Hood, AICPA & CIMA’s EVP — Business Engagement and Growth, to explore one of the most topical and timely topics out there at the moment: How is Generative AI going to impact me? Senior Finance leaders are in a particularly exciting place with this new and emerging technology, as their function already has a lot of familiarity and comfort-level with different forms of automation, and data already flows into their department. Is there an opportunity for Finance to be at the forefront of their organization’s adoption of Generative AI? What would that look like in real terms, and what should Finance professionals be thinking about and learning about as they prepare themselves for the future? How are associations like AICPA & CIMA helping people get up to speed, stay informed and engaged, and understand both the challenges and the opportunities of this exciting new tool? For all this and more, give this episode a listen!

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FP&A, EPM, AI, and the Future of Finance Software — A Conversation with Tim Caudill of Jedox
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FP&A, EPM, AI, and the Future of Finance Software — A Conversation with Tim Caudill of Jedox

February 29, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series we sat down with Tim Caudill, Jedox’s Regional VP Solution & Value Advisory, Americas, to talk about how the next generation of technologies becoming available to senior Finance executives. In many ways the Finance team is ideally suited to take these new capabilities and run with them: They have access to all the relevant data, and they are already comfortable both with automation and analytics. What do senior leaders need to know about these powerful new tools, and what should they be thinking about as they break down silos and connect all facets of the company to these digital communication and collaboration channels? It is an exciting time for Finance, and technology is one of the major drivers of that positive energy. Give this conversation a listen to learn more!

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Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope — Fraud, and What Finance Professionals Need to Know About It
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Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope — Fraud, and What Finance Professionals Need to Know About It

April 16, 2024

At the 2024 edition of the North American Finance Executive Summit series we sat down with Dr. Kelly Richmond Pope, a professor at DePaul University and a national instructor with Becker Professional Education, to talk about fraud. Senior executives working in Finance need to understand fraud, both because they are their organizations’ best line of defense against it, and also because so often the opportunities for fraud are connected to their roles and responsibilities. In this wide-ranging interview with a forensic accountant, author, and award-winning documentarian we explore motivations and examples of fraud that the attendees of NAFES24 need to understand, as well as how Becker helps Finance professionals educate themselves and even receive certification for expertise on the issues of fraud. Give this episode a listen!

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What Can Autonomous Software and AI Offer Finance Executives? — A Conversation with Reeka Labh of HighRadius
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What Can Autonomous Software and AI Offer Finance Executives? — A Conversation with Reeka Labh of HighRadius

June 13, 2024

HighRadius offers cloud-based Autonomous Software for the Office of the CFO. More than 800 of the world’s leading companies have transformed their order to cash, treasury, and record to report processes with HighRadius. Our customers include 3M, Unilever, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sanofi, Engie GBS Solutions, Kellogg Company, Danone, Hershey’s, and many more. Autonomous Software is data-driven software that continuously morphs its behavior to the ever-changing underlying domain transactional data. It brings modern digital transformation capabilities like Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Natural Language Processing, Connected Workspaces, and LiveCube, a No-code Platform, as out-of-the-box capabilities features for the finance & accounting domain.

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CPM, EPM, and What is Changing in the Market — A Conversation with Rob Knferowicz of Wolters Kluwer | CCH Tagetik

June 13, 2024

Rob Konferowicz is Wolters Kluwer CCH Tagetik’s leading expert on Corporate Performance Management Solution and helps enterprise companies make appropriate, long-term strategic decisions on CPM solutions during their software evaluation cycles. Rob translates customer requirements and industry challenges into best practices with CCH Tagetik.

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The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES23 —A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from NAHRES23 —A Conversation About HR Issues and Ideas

February 16, 2024

For this special episode of Executive Platforms’ bluEPrint Podcast series we had some of the top speakers from the 2023 edition of the long-running North American HR Executive Summit series sit down and speak to the challenges and opportunities submitted by attendees of the event as they filled out their delegate profiles, weighted by popularity.

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Kristin Saling, Author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience
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Kristin Saling, Author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience

October 10, 2024

Col. Kristin Saling
Acting Director of Army People Analytics
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs
Author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience

Kris is a Colonel in the US Army who is currently serving as the Acting Director of Army People Analytics in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army Manpower & Reserve Affairs. In this office she is responsible for developing, managing, and synchronizing the Army’s strategy, policy, and research in people analytics and talent management. She is a graduate from the United States Military Academy who served as an engineer officer for twelve years, including two deployments to Iraq, before serving as the chief analytics officer for the Army Talent Management Task Force.

She is also the author of Data-Driven Talent Management: Using Analytics to Improve Employee Experience.

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Betty Thompson of Booz Allen Hamilton — Mental Health Crisis: What Can Companies Do? What Can HR Do?
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Betty Thompson of Booz Allen Hamilton — Mental Health Crisis: What Can Companies Do? What Can HR Do?

January 18, 2024

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Betty Thompson, the EVP & Chief People Officer of Booz Allen Hamilton about a themed lunch discussion she hosted about how companies can help their employees address Mental Health issues. While these lunch discussions are among the most popular features of Executive Platforms’ events, they are by their very nature small-group private conversations among people who have opted in to engage on something that really matters to them. In this interview, Betty very generously shares some of the key takeaways of that conversation with a wider audience in the hopes that we can all do our part to improve access to Mental Health resources and destigmatize talking about this important issue. Give this episode a listen!

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Centering Equity in your DEI Journey — A Conversation with Toni Lowe of Huge
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Centering Equity in your DEI Journey — A Conversation with Toni Lowe of Huge

February 1, 2024

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Toni Lowe, the Chief Diversity Equity Inclusion Officer at Huge, a creative consultancy that works with organizations ranging from Google and Nike to Audi and the NBA. Toni hosted a themed lunch discussion on the importance of Equity as the foundation upon which all DEI programming should be built upon, and in this interview she shares some of the most important takeaways from that conversation. The acronym of DEI sometimes lumps things together in a way that clouds issues and makes it difficult to prioritize work that HR practitioners can and should do to move their cultures forward. Toni makes a powerful case that Diversity and Inclusion cannot be achieved if Equity has not already been addressed and included on an ongoing basis, but what does that look like in real terms? Give this episode a listen!

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Technology’s Impact on Talent Acquisition — A Conversation with Kristen Bailey of Paradox
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Technology’s Impact on Talent Acquisition — A Conversation with Kristen Bailey of Paradox

March 15, 2024

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Kristen Bailey, Paradox’s VP, Talent Acquisition, to talk about how technology is challenging and changing some of the tried, tested, and true approaches to Talent Acquisition. TA has always been an area of special expertise among HR professionals, and many organizations attribute their success at becoming employers or choice to how they attract and recruit their people in the first place. With that said, traditional methods can be time intensive, repetitive, and vulnerable to conscious and unconscious biases. All of that can be addressed and improved upon using the latest generation of HR tools and technologies. In this discussion we explore what HR leaders need to know about the evolving nature of recruiting. Give it a listen!

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Jessica Jones of Alliance Technical Group — Culture Transfer Strategies During Mergers and Acquisitions
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Jessica Jones of Alliance Technical Group — Culture Transfer Strategies During Mergers and Acquisitions

April 10, 2024

At the most recent edition of the North American HR Executive Summit we sat down with Jessica Jones, the VP of Human Resources & Legal Compliance at Alliance Technical Group. Jessica hosted a themed lunch discussion on culture transfer strategies during mergers and acquisitions, and in this interview she shared some of the key takeaways from that conversation. M&A activity is one of those topics where HR professionals have a lot of important work to do in a tight time frame, but are often reluctant to talk about specifics. One of the great advantages of the themed lunch discussion format is that it’s an hour around the table with people who opted into this specific topic because it’s relevant to their own experiences and expertise. What an opportunity for like-minded people to share best practices and lessons learned on an important but specific and sometimes sensitive topic. Give this episode a listen!

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