Business Forecasting and Analytics Forum 2018 – Chicago | JPK Group | 17 September 2018 | Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River North, Apparel Center, 350 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654, USA

A whole different experience: our Business Forecasting and Analytics Forum. Absent from the forum are exhibit halls and pushy sales people selling their products. This is a knowledge sharing, dialogue forming and networking forum which provides the most comprehensive forecasting, planning and analytics curriculum on the market today. Attendees enjoy the relaxed environment that is truly attendee focused.

This 2 day forum is comprised of 3-4 focused tracks with multiple knowledge sharing session topics. Each session is led by a top practitioner in his/her industry. Attend this forum and walk away with real, concrete and actionable solutions while expanding your professional skill sets. Attendees from a wide range of industries and functional backgrounds make it a goal to attend every year. This broad makeup provides exceptional networking opportunities to enhance attendees’ experience at the event, as well as building lasting relationships for continued learning well into the future. The high level of attendee/speaker collaboration and engagement at the forum truly makes this a unique and favorable offering.

2018 Speakers

Gary Angel
CEO, Digital Mortar

Sanjay Saxena
Senior Vice President, Data Governance, Northern Trust Corporation

Collin Wolfe
Director of Operational Finance, JetBlue Airways

Paul Legutko
Senior Manager, Enterprise Intelligence/Digital Analytics, Ernst and Young

Patrick Brickley
VP of Finance, Everbridge

Kai Trepte
Chief Data Scientist and CTO, Open Black Box (OBB) Solutions

Peter V. Henstock
Senior Data Scientist: Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Statistics & Visualization, Pfizer

Nick Kadochnikov
Principal Data Scientist – Chief Analytics Office, Ibm

Erin Lavelle
Chief Operating Officer, Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS)

Phil Conlon
Director, Demand Planning, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Alla MacDonald
Senior Leader, Finance, Intuit

Bill Grah
Vice President, Supply Chain, Annie’s Inc.

Stephanie Reiter
Vice President, Finance, Lending Club

Raymon Hales
Senior Finance Controller, Corporate Planning and Reporting, Intel Corporation

Prashant Gupta
Principal Data Scientist, Cisco

Jesper Hybholt Sorensen
Senior Finance Director, Oracle

Stephen Denmark
Sr. Director, Operations, Seagate Technology

Arnaud Deshais
VP/Head of Supply Chain and Quality Assurance, Redbubble

Patrick Chilcott
Director of Finance, Emc

Jacky Wu
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Comverse

Ed Goldfinger
Chief Financial Officer, Veracode, Inc.

Anoop Tiwari
Senior Director, Strategy and Business Developmen, Cars.com

Pete Alle
Principal, Oliver Wight Americas

Kshitij Kumar
Vice President, Strategy and Tech, Head of Big Data Analytics Practice, Ericsson

Jonathan Morgan
Director, Operations Planning, Palo Alto Networks

Suneet Sudan
Demand Planning Manager, Palo Alto Networks

Piyanka Jain
Bestselling Author and CEO, Aryng

Shashi Kiran
Head of TAM (Total Addressable Market), Western Digital

Dan Liu
Global Insights Associate Director, Analytics Insights – Marketing Measurement, Clorox

Steve Perelli
Senior Manager – Data Architecture, Logitech

Ashish Joshi
Senior Director, Global Data, Analytics & Data Science, The Clorox Company

Jesse Gross
Chief Analytics Officer, Digital Mortar

Allan Gray
Partner and Co-Founder, End-to-End Analytics

Russell Halper
Principal, End-to-End Analytics

Ganesh Ramakrishna
Co-Founder, Opex Analytics

Flora Chan
Director of Supply Chain, Lytro Inc.

Daniel Morse
Global S&OP and Analytics – Director, Logitech

Bhushan Lengade
Director of Analytics, Ten-X

Dorothea Grimes-Farrow
Operations Consultant, Maine Pointe

Bill Gadala
Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis, Innovative Interfaces

Matt Armstrong
Vice President of Finance, Revinate

James Myers
Finance Consultant, FP&A, Hewlett-Packard

Dan Root
VP and Head of People Analytics, Bank of the West

Eric Garland
Managing Director, Competitive Futures

Sean Naismith
Head of Analytics Services, Enova Decisions

Juan Porter
President and Founder, TopDown Consulting

Jesper Hybholt Sorensen
Senior Finance Director, Oracle

Ryan Withop
Product Analytics Lead, Chosen

Arik Johnson
Founder and Chairman, Aurora Wdc

Olga Corbett
Finance Leader, Ace Hardware Corp

Scott Mygind
Director of Financial Planning & Analysis, Glencoe Capital

Justin Clark
Principal, Opex Analytics

Miguel Gallardo
Supply Chain Performance Lead, Factors Group of Companies

Victoria Luo
Division Demand, S&OP Lead, Abbott Nutrition International

Joe Elberts
Director, Finance, SunCoke Energy

Matt Borneman
Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, AIT Worldwide Logistics, Inc.

Christopher Gortzig
Former VP Finance, Sodexo

Robert Zwerling
Founder and Managing Director, Aurora Predictions

Michael Ryan
Managing Partner, The M. Ryan Group

Sarah Reeser
Chief Executive Officer, Analytical Intel, Llc

Eric Garland
Managing Director, Competitive Futures

Sean Naismith
Head of Analytics Services, Enova Decisions

Jeremy Stierwalt
Director, Data & Analytics, Protiviti

Kristen Daihes
Partner, Opex Analytics

Phil Britton
Competitive Insights Manager, Ulta Beauty

Siamak (Sammy) Amirghodsi
VP, Data Management and Analytics, Options Clearing Corporation

Juan Porter
President and Founder, TopDown Consulting

Eric Kuhnen
Principal and Managing Partner, Focal Partners

Tony Reese
Senior Director, Scimitar Inc.

Judith Schieve
Competitive Intelligence Lead, Motorola Solutions