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The Future of Decisions. Now.
SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE, VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN

The Future of Decisions. Now.

June 27, 2023

As Head of Customer Operations at Unilever, Juan Carlos Parada is leading an innovative, customer-centric agenda designed to digitise and optimise the company’s complete end-to end value chain. Through their technology first approach, Customer Operations is driving transformation across the business; powering Unilever’s future-fit operations, creating full operational integration with customers as One Supply Chain, and delivering on their vision to become the FMCG industry first E2E value network operation that drives superior customer experiences to enable growth.

Fred Laluyaux is the CEO of Aera Technology, a company transforming the future of work through Decision Intelligence — the digitization, augmentation, and automation of decision making. An entrepreneur at heart and Silicon Valley veteran, Fred brings an impressive track record building successful startups and driving technology innovation. Prior to launching Aera, Fred was the CEO of Anaplan, which he grew from 20 to 650 employees, and a $1B+ valuation. He also held several executive positions at SAP, Business Objects, and ALG Software.

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New Role of Generative A.I in Achieving Supply Chain Orchestration: Featuring Microsoft’s Next Generation Journey
VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE

New Role of Generative A.I in Achieving Supply Chain Orchestration: Featuring Microsoft’s Next Generation Journey

July 5, 2023

As director of market solutions, Chris is responsible for leading the commercial and technology strategy for the Managed Services division at C.H. Robinson. His role includes identifying market solutions, setting commercial strategy, and aligning supporting technologies and global processes to drive growth, and deliver on TMC’s mission for connecting, automating, and optimizing the world’s supply chains. Prior to his current role, Chris was the Global Account Manager overseeing the TMC relationship with Microsoft and was a member of the global implementation team.

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Technology as an Enabler of Smart Supply Chains
VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE

Technology as an Enabler of Smart Supply Chains

July 5, 2023

Mike Bhaskaran is the Group Chief Operating Officer, Digital Technology for DP World. He is responsible for driving the digital transformation of all parts of our value chain globally and operates all aspects of our technology presence, driving global business process improvement and systems implementation.

Mike has valuable experience in Blockchain, e-commerce technology, and driving innovative digital capabilities in complex supply chains at scale. Mike started his career within Engineering before moving into Distribution Operations and Supply Chain at Dell Computer Corporation. Prior to joining DP World, Mike was the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Staples Inc.

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Building Competitive Advantage and Resiliency with Connected and Autonomous Supply Chains — A Conversation with Puneet Shukla of EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company
SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE, VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, PODCAST

Building Competitive Advantage and Resiliency with Connected and Autonomous Supply Chains — A Conversation with Puneet Shukla of EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company

July 21, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we spoke with Puneet Shukla, the Regional Head of EMEA for EdgeVerve, an Infosys Company, about how companies are leveraging technology to build both resiliency and competitive advantage into their supply chains through interconnected autonomous operations. How should organizations adjust their Digital Transformation journeys to reshape their existing operations? How do these new tools and capabilities shape the day-to-day working lives of workers? What should decision-makers keep in mind as they weigh their options? All this and more is discussed in this interview. Give it a listen!

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Bruno Ivanoff of Comet Group — Supply Chain Sustainability – Data Collection & Renewable Energy Sourcing
SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE, VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, PODCAST

Bruno Ivanoff of Comet Group — Supply Chain Sustainability – Data Collection & Renewable Energy Sourcing

August 8, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with Bruno Ivanoff, the Global Strategic Supply Chain Director of Comet Group, to talk about a themed lunch discussion he hosted with ten other senior supply chain executives revolving around the data collection and renewable energy sourcing in support of their companies’ Sustainability goals. Aligning and dovetailing beautifully with some of the content explored recently in our recent North American Sustainability & Responsibility Summit series, this conversation offers an interesting additional insights into which challenges and opportunities in this space are universal, and how European companies is in many ways are further ahead and even more ambitious than some of their North American counterparts. Give it a listen!

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Supply Chain Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity — A Conversation with René Buck of BCI Global
VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE, PODCAST

Supply Chain Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity — A Conversation with René Buck of BCI Global

September 12, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with René Buck, the CEO of BCI Global, to talk about how supply chain organizations are adapting themselves to the new era of frequent disruption in the changed and still-evolving post-pandemic business landscape. Using VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity) as a reference point, René offers some great insights into how supply chain leaders should be thinking and acting differently to build better and more resilient networks that serve customers better. It is a wide-ranging conversation with a lot of great content and takeaways. Give this one a listen!

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Generative AI and the Supply Chain of the Future — A Conversation with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson
VIDEO, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN — EUROPE, PODCAST

Generative AI and the Supply Chain of the Future — A Conversation with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson

November 3, 2023

At the 2023 edition of the European Supply Chain Executive Summit series held in Barcelona, Spain, June 19-21, we sat down with Chris Cutshaw of TMC, a division of C.H. Robinson, to speak about Generative AI, one of the most powerful new tools supply chain leaders are bringing online. Chris had given a presentation earlier at the event entitled, “New Role of Generative AI in Achieving Supply Chain Orchestration: Featuring Microsoft’s Next Generation Journey” that used real-world examples from an early-adapting industry leader to demonstrate what is possible. In this interview we discuss some of the key takeaways from that workshop, and a general overview of what senior executives should be thinking about and learning about as they work to build this new technology into their existing supply chain organization. Give this one a listen!

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Demystifying the Path to Multicloud
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Demystifying the Path to Multicloud

June 14, 2023

John Roese is Global Chief Technology Officer at Dell Technologies. In this role, John is responsible for establishing the company’s future-looking technology strategy and fostering innovation to make sure Dell Technologies is at the forefront of the industry with ground-breaking technologies that anticipate customers’ long-term needs today, tomorrow and beyond.

John joined Dell EMC in  2012 and was instrumental in shaping Dell EMC’s technology strategy as the company embarked on new growth and leadership across three of the most transformative trends in the history of IT – Cloud, Big Data and Trusted IT.

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Fireside Chat: New Tech is Evolving Fast, and Customer Adoption is Even Faster
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: New Tech is Evolving Fast, and Customer Adoption is Even Faster

June 14, 2023

An accomplished and results driven technology executive, Cheryl has built high performing, global product and technology teams that have created some of the web’s most innovative, popular and award-winning consumer experiences, and has spearheaded transformational change within organizations to drive business results at-scale.

As SVP New Businesses & Emerging Tech for Walmart Global Tech, Cheryl leads a team of technologists with a mission to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts by delivering value, speed, efficiencies and operational excellence for retail and emerging tech capabilities.

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How to Power the Next Generation of AI
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

How to Power the Next Generation of AI

June 14, 2023

Kavitha Prasad is the Vice President and General Manager of the Datacenter AI, Cloud Execution and Strategy group at Intel Corporation. As an experienced Business and Technology leader across a wide range of system applications, system architecture, business development, and go-to-market strategies, she has delivered competitive solutions to Cloud, Enterprise and Embedded markets.

Kavitha has a masterful track record of building high performance teams that consistently deliver high quality products at an aggressive cadence. As an established leader in the semiconductor industry, Kavitha’s broad hardware and software proficiency enables her to deliver multiple successful products in ASICs, SOCs, FPGAs and servers across multiple process nodes.

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Harnessing the Power of Data and Analytics to Build Competitive Advantage
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Harnessing the Power of Data and Analytics to Build Competitive Advantage

June 14, 2023

Scott Hallworth is HP’s Chief Data & Analytics Officer. In this role as part of the Digital & Transformation Organization, he is focused on delivering world-class data, analytics, AI/ML solutions, and IT operations, as well as leading cloud migration. Scott is a highly accomplished digital transformation leader with more than 30 years of experience transforming businesses through data, modelling, and advanced analytic skills.

Most recently, Scott served as Chief Digital Officer at Fannie Mae, where he was responsible for leading the development and execution of Fannie Mae’s data, analytics, and digital strategy. Prior to Fannie Mae, Scott was the Chief Data Officer and Chief Model Risk Officer at Capital One. He also has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Scott is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. He holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Applied Actuarial Mathematics from Bryant University.

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Fireside Chat: Unleashing the Power of Our People: Fusing Technology, Analytics, and Physical Experiences to Elevate the Customer Experience
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Unleashing the Power of Our People: Fusing Technology, Analytics, and Physical Experiences to Elevate the Customer Experience

June 14, 2023

Brian Tilzer is the chief digital, analytics and technology officer for Best Buy Co. Inc. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of information technology and digital at Best Buy to create a seamless and superior multichannel customer experience in support of the company’s Best Buy 2020 growth strategy. He also leads Best Buy’s enterprise data and analytics capability.

With more than 25 years of experience in strategic business development, operations and information technology, Brian has deep expertise in understanding, defining and delivering the technology necessary to provide a superior customer experience in a multichannel environment.

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Fireside Chat: Elevating Your Tech Team from Foundational Support to Dynamic Growth Driver
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Elevating Your Tech Team from Foundational Support to Dynamic Growth Driver

June 14, 2023

Brett Craig is executive vice president and chief information officer for Target and a member of its leadership team. He leads the strategic direction and management of the enterprise technology systems that elevate Target’s guest and team member experience. In this role, Brett is responsible for the company’s technology roadmap and oversees Target’s global product engineering, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data sciences, and architecture teams.

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TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Harnessing Digital to Build End-to-End Consumer Experiences

June 26, 2023

ulie Durham is a Chief Technology Officer at UnitedHealthCare, where she is responsible for the strategy and execution of $3.5B of technology investments that drive the company’s revenue globally.

Prior to her current role, Julie was the CIO for Optum Payment Integrity and Optum Connect, serving on the senior pursuit team that led the M&A integration of Equian for $3.2B. She also worked as a Senior Director, IT Geek Squad and Services at BestBuy, accountable for all aspects of technology for 20,000 members of different teams.

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Panel: Becoming a Leader, Growing as a Leader, and Mentoring Future Leaders
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Panel: Becoming a Leader, Growing as a Leader, and Mentoring Future Leaders

June 14, 2023

At NATES23 we recorded a panel discussing some of the unique challenges and opportunities involved in rising to a leadership position in a constantly evolving professional discipline, as well as understanding the leader’s role as a force to shape and demonstrate corporate culture within our organizations.

What does effective leadership look like on the day-to-day basis, as well as when thinking about the big picture? Give this one a listen to learn more!

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Fireside Chat: Innovating While Navigating a Complex Global Regulatory Landscape
TECHNOLOGY, VIDEO

Fireside Chat: Innovating While Navigating a Complex Global Regulatory Landscape

June 26, 2023

Cari Benn is Microsoft’s Assistant Chief Privacy Officer and is a leader in global privacy and data protection strategy. She is passionate about building a strong privacy culture that drives responsible innovation and respectful data use. Cari focuses on Microsoft’s strategy for advancing privacy in artificial intelligence, enterprise cloud and consumer services, and emerging technologies that underpin the world’s digital transformation.

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