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The Increasing Importance of HR as a Driver of Transformation & Engagement
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The Increasing Importance of HR as a Driver of Transformation & Engagement

April 9, 2025

With over 20 years of experience, Dr. Gerrit Spengler is known for his work as an expert in the fields of human resources, organization design, strategy & transformation, and general management. Gerrit has worked for 14 years within Volkswagen Group and presently serves as Chief Human Resources Officer for Volkswagen Group of America & Volkswagen North American Region. Over his career, his work has taken him across three countries (Germany, Russia, United States). Prior to his current role, he served as CEO and General Director for Volkswagen Group Russia. He has also held HR leadership positions at both Volkswagen Group Russia and Volkswagen AG. Before joining Volkswagen, he worked for BMW, Mercer, Oliver Wyman, and MAN Truck & Bus. Gerrit holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration – Organization & Strategy from Technische Universität Chemnitz and a M.S. in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

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Leveraging a Skills Strategy to Solve the Biggest Business Challenges
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Leveraging a Skills Strategy to Solve the Biggest Business Challenges

April 9, 2025

With a business focus on addressing some of the most complex diseases of our time, Amanda Poole leads a global People team working together to foster a highly engaged workforce and inspirational culture at BMS. Made up of Talent and Culture, Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Business Partners, Leadership Development, People Services and Inclusion & Diversity, the BMS People Organization is focused on business evolution, growth, development and wellbeing.

Recognizing that people are at the heart of corporate success, Amanda is committed to creating exceptional experiences for our colleagues as they define what’s possible for the future of science and the patients BMS serves.

Amanda has deep pharmaceutical industry experience having joined BMS in 2004 in a career that spans both international and domestic assignments across varied business functions. She brings expertise in global talent management, change management, recruitment, M&A, labor relations and executive coaching. She previously worked for Raytheon, where she was an inaugural member of their HR Leadership Development Program.

Amanda is deeply passionate about the future of the pharmaceutical and People/HR sectors. She is dedicated to harnessing the power of rapidly advancing technologies, including AI, to create cutting edge, yet simple, experiences.

Amanda has a BS degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from The College of New Jersey. She serves as the executive sponsor of the Black Organization for Leadership and Development (BOLD) People and Business Resource Group at BMS and is a member of the Human Resources Policy Association (HRPA), Center for Executive Compensation.

She is an avid global traveler, enjoys playing tennis and spending family time with her husband and two teenage boys. At BMS, each colleague is asked “Who are you working for?” and keeps this person in mind each day as their purpose. Amanda works for her mom and brother-in-law.

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HR Innovations to Empower People for a Thriving Workforce
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HR Innovations to Empower People for a Thriving Workforce

April 9, 2025

As the senior vice president and chief people officer of The Kroger Co., Tim leads all areas of HR and Labor Relations including Total Rewards, Labor Relations, Diversity, Business Unit Human Resources, People Operations, Training and Development, Talent Hiring, Retention and Engagement, Corporate Affairs, Associate Communications, Shared Services and Aviation.

Tim joined Kroger in 2010 as vice president of Talent Development. He was promoted to group vice president of Human Resources and Labor Relations in 2014 and was appointed as Chief People Officer in 2015. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2018. Prior to joining the company, he served in several HR leadership positions over 21 years at Procter & Gamble. Tim has an extensive global HR generalist background in leadership development, performance management, strategy development and employee communications and engagement.

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The AI Amplifier: How Work Tech Can Directly Drive Business Impact
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The AI Amplifier: How Work Tech Can Directly Drive Business Impact

April 9, 2025

Ben Blackman is a Strategic Account Executive at Paradox with over a decade of experience in the HR/TA technology and advertising industries. After working for CareerBuilder and SmashFly, Ben joined Paradox in 2022 with a focus on helping organizations transform their candidate experience and back-end workflows through automation and conversational AI. In his current role, Ben helps prospective clients to evaluate Paradox’s suite of solutions, develops business cases, and addresses challenges related to the hiring process.

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Sustainable Innovation
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Sustainable Innovation

March 21, 2025

Manoj Mathew passionately leads the Sustainability Practice at Cognizant, actively collaborating with G2000 clients on business and technology changes. The practice engages with diverse industry sectors to build innovative AI-driven solutions for managing net-zero transformation. Cognizant aims to help customers move beyond ESG disclosure to enable businesses to drive performance against targets and devise commercially scalable models.
Cognizant is driven by a vision to Engineer modern businesses to better everyday life. Cognizant’s engagements span multiple verticals, including financial services, manufacturing, mining, pharmaceuticals, food and food service, travel, and hospitality. Heavily leveraging a systems-design approach, and multidisciplinary engineering competencies Cognizant delivers AI-driven, transformative solutions.
Manoj works closely with clients to comprehensively embed sustainability goals and performance models into core business activities, such as circular product development, supply chain surveillance and resilience, and critical infrastructure management for asset efficiency and energy transition. These efforts are helping clients achieve significant reductions in carbon emissions and successfully transform their business models.
Manoj holds a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Kerala, India, and has over 25 years of experience in product development, supply chain, corporate strategy, and performance management across various industry sectors. Manoj’s interests include AI-engineered solutions for precision resource management, asset risk management, and designing circular logistics models.
Manoj is based out of The Hague in the Netherlands.

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Panel: Planning for Medical Device Manufacturing of the Future: What are the Five Big Things We Need to Talk About?
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Panel: Planning for Medical Device Manufacturing of the Future: What are the Five Big Things We Need to Talk About?

March 3, 2025

Innovation and R&D: Fueling our industry, R&D drives groundbreaking solutions. We will explore strategies to stay ahead in technology and product development

Manufacturing Processes and the Future: Optimizing processes for agility and sustainability is key. We adapt to innovations to lead the industry forward

Quality in the Age of AI/ML: Exploring the future of medical device manufacturing and how automation will reshape operations while maintaining quality standards and leveraging technologies for risk mitigation and improvement

Regulatory Compliance: Employing effective strategies for clearance and ongoing compliance

Supply Chain Resilience and Sustainability: Enhancing supply chain resilience and sustainability through strategies that leverage digitization and AI to bolster efficiency, traceability and fortify against unforeseen challenges

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Unlocking Career Growth at Scale: Leveraging AI and Emerging Technologies for Hyper-Personalized Learning
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Unlocking Career Growth at Scale: Leveraging AI and Emerging Technologies for Hyper-Personalized Learning

January 21, 2025

Ashley Walvoord is Verizon’s Chief Learning Officer, bringing a people-first approach to connecting learning and career development across the employee lifecycle. With a focus on creating a robust skills ecosystem, Ashley is committed to empowering employees at every stage of their careers, ensuring they have the tools and opportunities needed to thrive. She is passionate about leveraging innovative technologies to transform the learning landscape and align it with the rapidly evolving digital world. Under her leadership, Verizon’s talent practices in performance management, assessments, and skills development have been highlighted by leading organizations such as Forrester, Gartner, Harvard Business School, and SHRM. Verizon’s learning and development programs have earned recognition from Training Top 10 Hall of Fame, CLO Learning Elite, Brandon Hall and ATD Best.

Ashley holds a Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of South Florida, and has published multiple articles, chapters and presentations on the science of work and talent management. Her leadership is marked by a profound commitment to inclusion, culture, and innovation and she is enthusiastic about giving back to the community, volunteering her time in business development for education, diversity, and social-emotional learning initiatives.

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How AI Reshapes Leadership Development and the Workplace
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How AI Reshapes Leadership Development and the Workplace

January 21, 2025

Abilitie
Since 2015, Abilitie has been at the forefront of business education and leadership development, crafting lively programs that blend human connection and technology to deliver transformational experiences for organizations, teams, and individuals. Our dynamic offerings, including the flagship 12-Week MBA program, focus on core business skills such as financial acumen, leadership, strategy, and decision-making.

Abilitie’s curriculum helps leaders develop the timeless and universal capabilities required to manage numbers and lead people. We provide more than frameworks and tools. Our expert faculty guides leaders through collaborative and competitive simulations and case studies. We’ve had the privilege of working with thousands of leaders at hundreds of companies across dozens of industries. In our experience, the true challenge of leadership lies in leveraging relationships to drive results and driving results to build relationships at one and the same time.

Trusted by over 100 Fortune 500 clients, including Dell, GE, Coca-Cola, and Southwest Airlines, we invite organizations to discover how Abilitie can enhance employees’ abilities to navigate real-world management and strategy scenarios. Our commitment to leadership excellence has earned us recognition as a leading solutions provider; in 2024 Abilitie was named to Training Industry’s Top 20 Leadership Training Companies list and ranked #842 on the Inc. 5000.

Propel your leaders to their potential today with Abilitie.

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Speed to Market: The Power of Centralized Data and the Promise of AI
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Speed to Market: The Power of Centralized Data and the Promise of AI

December 2, 2024

Ken has spent over 30 years in product, project and IT operations leadership focused in the software and life science industries. Prior to joining IDBS where he focuses on software to manage biopharma manufacturing process data, Ken served as Director, Project Management at BIOVIA. Previously, he was Director of Commercial Operations at Fischer Imaging and Director of IT at Allos Therapeutics and Genomica.

Ken holds a BSc in Computer Science from Cal Poly and an MBA from the University of Colorado, Denver.

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Abundance of IQ, Scarcity of EQ – The Criticality of Leadership in an AI World
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Abundance of IQ, Scarcity of EQ – The Criticality of Leadership in an AI World

November 25, 2024

Fares “rallying cry” for his organization is #BreakingRecordsTogether, as he believes in achieving ambitious goals through strong collaboration and sharing, through building skills and confidence, and through being openminded to technical evolutions that help businesses & organizations to serve consumers better than ever before.

Fares leads the global Product Supply Organization of P&G’s biggest business, producing world-class Fabric-Care products and serving consumers around the world. After starting his P&G career 35 years ago in the Dammam plant, he led 4 different P&G plants in Yemen, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, before broadening his scope as the Product Supply Director of P&G’s Central Europe, Middle East & Africa & Western Europe regions.

After this, Fares led P&G’s Global Ambi Pur Division as General Manager, bringing in his extensive Supply Chain-, Business- and Consumer experience. Before taking on his current role as Global Leader of Fabric Care Product Supply, Fares led P&G’s European Supply Chain organization for 10 years, developing the Product Supply function to automate and digitize the end-to-end planning systems as he led in parallel the in Global Business Services and IT for supply planning.

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Fireside Chat: How Amazon is Creating New Opportunities for Employees and Delivering Packages Faster with Generative AI
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Fireside Chat: How Amazon is Creating New Opportunities for Employees and Delivering Packages Faster with Generative AI

November 25, 2024

Stefano Perego is Amazon’s Vice President of International Operations & Global Operations Services. In his role, he manages Amazon’s customer fulfillment and transportation networks internationally, as well as real estate, reliability processes, supply chain procurement, engineering, and security for the company’s operations globally. With over 13 years of experience at Amazon, Stefano’s journey with the company has been marked by several key milestones. He played a pivotal role in the launch of Amazon Operations in Italy, headed fulfillment for France, Italy, and Spain, led the network’s transition to robotics in the UK, and managed fulfillment and supply chain networks across Amazon’s North American and European business before taking on his current role leading all operations in Europe, the Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Stefano has an MSc MEng from Politecnico di Milano in Italy and lives in Luxembourg with his wife and two sons.

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#WeUnlockPotential
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#WeUnlockPotential

November 26, 2024

Ms. Maria Pia De Caro currently serves as Global Operations & Sustainability EVP for Pernod Ricard, where she is responsible for the entire supply chain organization including strategy, manufacturing operations, planning and logistics, procurement and safety, sustainability and quality management. Ms. De Caro has a track record of more than 30 years of leadership in areas such as engineering, manufacturing, M&A and supply chain at a number of fast-moving consumer goods companies like Procter & Gamble, Unilever and Mondelez. Ms. De Caro holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome and is an avid supporter of diversity and inclusion.

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The Importance of Resilient Global Supply Chains
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The Importance of Resilient Global Supply Chains

November 26, 2024

Erika joined H&M in 2022 as the Global Head Supply Chain Strategy & Design and most recently as VP Global Supply Planning after 25 years at Procter & Gamble. Throughout her career in supply chain, Erika has held roles spanning across the globe, including Mexico, Central America, United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden and from retail logistics, supply planning, to global strategy and innovation. She has a proven record in leading cross-functional transformations and leveraging technology to drive cost, sales, cash improvement and environmental impact. Erika is a creative leader with a multicultural toolkit to empower teams and organization to deliver sustainable and innovative performance.

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Future-Ready Logistics: Harnessing Generative AI for Supply Chains
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Future-Ready Logistics: Harnessing Generative AI for Supply Chains

November 26, 2024

C.H. Robinson | TMC
C.H. Robinson solves logistics problems for companies across the globe and across industries, from the simple to the most complex. Our single, global multimodal transportation management system, Navisphere, connects our entire network of 200K companies to provide customers with greater supply chain efficiency, real-time insights, and visibility. Through our TMC division, we combine global TMS technology with a full suite of logistics managed services and consulting to help shippers optimize and automate their supply chain across all modes and regions.

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Decision Intelligence: AI for Resilient and Autonomous Supply Chains
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Decision Intelligence: AI for Resilient and Autonomous Supply Chains

November 26, 2024

Jerome Froment-Curtil is the Regional Vice President for Europe at Aera Technology, a role he has held since 2022. He leads the company’s field operations and growth across Europe, drawing on his extensive experience in technology and enterprise solutions.

Previously, Jerome was the Global Head of Partner Solutions at Workday and Managing Director for France, where he built strategic partnerships worldwide.

He also served as Managing Director for Southern Europe at Unit4 and held senior roles at SAP, managing key global clients.

Jerome started his career as a strategy consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, gaining expertise in digital transformation, cloud technology, and strategic growth across the European market.

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The Speaker Roundtable from NAFMS24 — A Conversation About Food Manufacturing Issues and Ideas
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The Speaker Roundtable from NAFMS24 — A Conversation About Food Manufacturing Issues and Ideas

November 14, 2024

At Executive Platforms’ North American Food Manufacturing Summit, two of our keynote speakers and one of our leading solution-providers sat down to record a special episode of the BluEPrint Podcast series reviewing the top-of-mind issues and ideas of food manufacturing executives today as chosen by the NAFMS24 attendees, weighted by popularity.

With topics ranging from process optimization, to digital transformation and artificial intelligence, to controlling costs, building and maintaining culture, supporting growth, workforce development, sustainability, and much more, this is a conversation that should be of interest to every food and beverage manufacturer working today. Give it a listen!

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Practical Ways to Deal With Operational Complexity

October 15, 2024

Douglas Guilherme is the Supply Chain Vice-President for US & Canada for The Hershey Company. Douglas leads Supply Chain driving best practices and building winning organizations to accelerate Leading Snacking Powerhouse vision. Douglas leads a diverse team in the business of supply. Every individual in his team strives to provide a demonstrable and sustainable competitive advantage.

Douglas serves as Member of Board of Directors for Goodwill – Easter Seals Minnesota and devote passion and dedication to develop underrepresented individuals.

Prior to this role, Douglas has led large Supply Chain corporations for 29 years in companies such as Procter & Gamble for 14 years and Ecolab for 4 years where he served as Global Senior Vice-President for Supply Chain.

Douglas earned his bachelor’s degree on pharmacy and biochemistry, followed by 2 post graduations titles on Operations and Administration and followed by Master’s on Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Later Douglas studied Machine Learning, and Exponential Technologies from Singularity University and Technology Acceleration Program from Wharton.

He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Renata and children, Luisa and Vinicius.

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