Intelligent Automation Week - Chicago 2018 | IQPC | 29 July 2018 | Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, USA

We’re very excited the leading event in RPA, Cognitive Intelligence, and AI is back! Join us for our highly-anticipated Intelligent Automation Week Chicago

Who Will You Meet?
400+ Global Heads, VPs, Directors, and Managers of Finance, Service Delivery, Operations, Procurement, IT, Shared Services, Business Services, Call Centers, GBS & GPO from the following industries:
• Banking, Finance, & Insurance
• Food & Beverage
• Transportation & Logistics
• IT, Technology, Software
• Media, Social Media, & Entertainment
• Manufacturing
• Other (incl. Retail, Legal, Real Estate, Agriculture, etc.)
• Medical Supplies, Pharmaceuticals, & Health Care
• Construction, Engineering, Mining, Energy, Oil & Gas
• Aerospace & Defense

2018 Speakers

Todd Lohr
Principal, Intelligent Automation Practice Leader, KPMG

Terry Jones
Founder, Travelocity.com & Founding Chairman, Kayak.com

Henry Lyles
Director, Global Business Services Data Excellence & Automation, McDonald's Corporation

Mona Kahn
Director of Technology - Head of Intelligent Automation, Fannie Mae

Ryan Davis
Senior Vice President, Procurement Management – Technology, Bank of America

Curt Burghardt
Vice President, HR Shared Services & HR Systems, Walgreens

Arindam Mukhopadhyay
Managing Director, Global Head of Citi Shared Services Strategy, Citi

John Cottongim
CFA, Automation Director Mars Global Services, Mars

AJ Bernstein
Senior Director, Financial Shared Services, LinkedIn

Delphine Bernard
Global Head of Finance Operations, Uber

Joe Hassenplug
Senior Analyst, FSI, Office Depot, Inc.

Eric Liebross
Senior Managing Director, Operations, Auxis

Julie Christenson
CPA, Head, US FSC Innovation and Communication, Novartis

Michael Gilfix
Vice President, Digital Business Automation, IBM Hybrid Cloud

Juan Esteban Solano
GBS IT Service Operation, Americas, Bacardi

Max Cheprasov
Chief Automation Officer, Dentsu Aegis Network, USA

Leo Dehmer
Director of Sales, Kryon Systems

Sharath Gopinath
Program Manager, IT - Finance, Digital Transformation & RPA, Bacardi

Karen Cheung
Senior Manager - Digital Labor (RPA/RDA), Work & Performance Management, Southern California Edison

Samir Bagri
Director, Global Business Services (GBS), Delphi

Jitin Agarwal
Vice President, Enterprise Products, epam

Gene Chao
Vice President & General Manager, IBM Automation

Steve Carpenter
Executive Director, Global Business Services Information, Data & Analytics, Merck

Douglas Ausnehmer
Director, Supplier Management Office, Abbott

Kym Burke
Director, HR Services, The Mosaic Company

Michael Gilfix
Vice President, Digital Business Automation, IBM Hybrid Cloud

Jay Desai
Senior Director Head, Outsourcing Strategy & Governance – CoE, AbbVie, Inc.

Rodrigo Cal Cordova,
Shared Service Director, Bridgestone Americas

Vanesa Bui
Vice President of Hospitality Revenue, MGM Resorts International

Chris Gilmore
PMP, Application Technology Leader, Aetna

Pankaj Chowdhry
CEO and Founder, FortressIQ

Anupam Govil
President and Partner, Avasant

Lori Bondar
Vice President, Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, Avery Dennison

Cari Covent
Vice President, Intelligent Automation, Canadian Tire Corporation

Gene Chao
Vice President & General Manager, IBM Automation

Seth Goldberg
Senior Account Manager, Softmotive

Sandip Darji
Senior Director, Stanford University

Andrew Dennison
Senior Vice President - Senior Operations Analytics & Business Process Management, Putnam Investments

Anil Bhavnani
Director, BPO Operations, Global Financial Solutions, Pfizer

Seth Goldberg
Regional Director, Backbase

Rajesh Agarwal
Senior Vice President and Head - Process Engineering, Datamatics

Kamal Chin
Senior Program Management Lead, Intelligent Automation, Finance Shared Services, LinkedIn

Tyler Bent
Global Finance Program Leader, AIG

Evren Eryurek
Technical Director, CTO Office, Google Cloud Platform, Google - tentative

Bill Galusha
Director, Product Marketing, ABBYY

Joanne Griffin
FCA , EMEA Controller & Global Lead - Quality Insights, LinkedIn

Ashwin Ashok
Director, Robotic Process Automation & Technology Leader, Automation Anywhere

Leo Barella
Vice President, Enterprise Architecture, AstraZeneca - tentative

Nadia De Villa Nadia De Villa
Assistant Vice President, Business Optimization, Investment Division, Manulife

Richard Effirim
Senior Director, Performance Excellence, TXU Energy

Ying Chen
Head of Product Marketing, Platform Technologies, Pegasystems

Karen Cheung
Senior Manager - Digital Labor (RPA/RDA), Work & Performance Management, Southern California Edison

Juan Antonio Peña González J
Chief of Robotics & Collaboration Services, FEMSA

Matt Fleckenstein
Chief Marketing Officer, Nintex

Leo Dehmer
Director of Sales, Kryon Systems

Scott Furlong
Partner, Information Services Group (ISG)

Jitin Agarwal
Vice President, Enterprise Products, EPAM Systems

Pankaj Chowdhry
CEO and Founder, FortressIQ

Sandor Bathory
Principal, Automation Services, Agilify Automation

Mark Davison
Partner - Robotic Process Automation, Information Services Group (ISG)

Craig Ackerman
Global Head, RPA, Chazey Partners

Lee Coulter
CEO & SVP, Ascension Ministry Shared Services

Brad DeMent
Partner, ScottMadden

Ryan Davis
Senior Vice President, Procurement Management, Bank of America

Ian Barkin
Chief Strategy Officer, Symphony Ventures

Guy Kirkwood
Chief Evangelist, UiPath

Ritesh Jain
Associate Vice President & Head of Automation, HCL Business Services

Amir Issaei
Operations Research & Advanced Analytics, American Airlines

Jake Howard
Director, Sales & Business Development, UK & EMEA, Softomotive

Anton Groom
Intelligent Automation & Augmented Intelligence Leader, Walmart

Ed Hawkins
President, Agilify

Sallie Howell
Operations & Technology Lead, Synchrony Financial

Manish Jain
Senior Director, Strategic Program Delivery, Royal Bank of Canada

Ted Guthrie
Finance Director, North America, Cabot Corporation

Jeff Kudrle
Director, Innovation - Data Strategy, Governance & Process Excellence, The Coca-Cola Company

Melissa Leon
Director, Shared Services, Operations Finance, Four Seasons Hotels

Lonnie Johnston
Vice President of Sales, NICE

Jamel Jones
Director, IVR Operations, Comcast Cable

Max Just
Global Director - Business Integration and Program Management in Associate Services, The Coca-Cola Company

Brent LaRoche
Principal, Operational Excellence, Agilify Automation

Neeladri Roy
Senior Director, Technology Solutions, EPAM Systems

Angel Lopez
Global Operational Controller, The AES Corporation

Deepak Luthra
Head - Digital Center of Excellence, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Shadi Rezvan Shadi Rezvan
Senior Manager Shared Services & Transformation, Twitter

Barry Mitchell
Global Offering Leader, IBM Automation

Ashley McDermott
Robotic Process Automation Enterprise Program Lead, Senior Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Sandeep Mehta
Executive Vice President, Technology, Wells Fargo & Co. - tentative

Barry Mitchell
Global Offering Leader, IBM Automation

Jeff Machols
Vice President, Head of Continuous Improvement Center, Voya Financial

Richard Mackey
Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Intalere

Joseph Magliacano
Robotic Process Automation Analyst, Asurion

DereK Toone
Vice President Sales Americas, Automation Anywhere

Karlee Moore
Global OCM Lead - Financial Services, Eli Lilly and Company

Vartul Mittal
Former Business Process Transformation Specialist, Assistant Vice President - Continuous Improvement, LEAN & RPA, Barclays

Atul Soneja
Head of Business Development, EdgeVerve (an Infosys company)

Albert Rees
Senior Vice President, Head of Business Consulting, North America, EPAM Systems

Sameer Naik
Lead SAP Systems Engineer, ConAgra Foods

Fernando Nunes
Senior Process Automation Architect, MAN Diesel & Turbo

Sisir Padhy
Vice President Process Excellence & Innovation, Verizon

Albert Rees
Head of Business Consulting, North America, EPAM

Theodor Piletski
Managing Principal Intelligent Automation, EPAM Systems

Kane Peschl
Robotic Solutions Specialist, Redwood Software

Alicia Musgrove
Director, HR Shared Services, Walgreens

Regina Viadro
Vice President, Co-Head East & Midwest, IA Practice Adviser, EPAM Systems

Trey Robinson
Partner, ScottMadden, Inc.

Donald Rice
Director of Information Technology, Lincoln Financial Group

Josh Remacle
Digital Workforce Leader, Koch Business Solutions (KBS)

Scott Teeple Scott Teeple
Chief Technology Officer, Agilify

Neeladri Roy Neeladri Roy
Senior Director, Technology Solutions, EPAM Systems

Jasmine Tehara
Vice President, Business Optimization, Investment Division, Manulife

Dhru Shah
Director Robotics, AT&T

Phil Searle
Founder & CEO, Chazey Partners

Danny Thompson
Senior Vice President, Market and Product Strategy, APEX Analytix

Tamera Smith
Manager, Digital Innovation Support & Compliance, Smart Process Automation & Robotics Center, Fannie Mae

Avnish Singh
Assistant Vice President, Head of Business Applications, EdgeVerve (an Infosys company)

Ted Shelton
Chief Customer Officer, Catalytic, Inc.

Ram Velineni
Solution Architect & Technical Lead, Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Mini Suri
Senior Vice President, Citi

Kim Stanley
Director of HR Technology, United Airlines

Rahul Sualy
Director Finance, RPA CoE Lead, ConAgra Foods

Jon Theuerkauf
Advisor & Former Managing Director and Group Head of Performance Excellence, The Improve and Innovate Company, BNY Mellon

Manavpreet Thiara
Director, Global Infrastructure Software & Automation, First Data Corporation

Danny Thompson
VP Software Product Management, APEX Analytix

John Vacheresse
Application CoE, Finance, Real Estate & Procurement Solutions, Loblaw Companies Limited

Regina Viadro
VP & Head of RPA Competency, EPAM Systems

Brenton Westwood
Technical Consultant, Southern Company

Kristen White
Senior Director, Financial Controls & Risk Management, Cisco Systems

Judith Williams
Global Workforce Management Leader and Partner, Mercer

Judith Williams
Global Workforce Management Leader and Partner, Mercer

Shafi Yusuf
Senior Vice President, Head of Reengineering Transformation & Digitization and Robotics Automation, Bank of the West

Richard Mackey
Senior Vice President, Information Technology, Intalere

Greg Meinhardt
Director of Finance Operations, CH Robinson

Hector Chahin
Director Employee Experience and Analytics, PMO-Human Resources, United Airlines

Edward Brooks
Founder, The RPA Academy

2018 Sponsors, Exhibitors & Partners

• ABBYY
• ACTIVEOPS
• Agilify
• ANTWORKS
• apexanalytics
• AppZen
• AUTOMATION ANYWHERE
• AUXIS
• AVASANT
• AZUQUA
• blueprism
• Catalytic
• CELONIS
• Chazey Partners
• Chetu
• DATAMATICS
• edgeverve
• epam
• HCL
• ( hs ) HYPERSCIENCE
• IBM
• ICS
• ISG
• KPMG
• KRYON SYSTEMS
• NICE
• nintex
• PEGA
• REDWOOD
• RPAi
• scottmadden
• softomotive
• Softek
• Symphony
• UiPath

MEDIA PARTNERS:

• ABI research
• AiiA IQ
• AI - Adam
• ASDReports
• Automated Invoice Processing
• sson
• ENTERPRISE SERVICES OUTLOOK
• GBS, GPO & BPO Best Practices
• GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES
• HUMANS FOR AI
• innovation & tech today
• IT FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
• MANUFACTURING TOMORROW
• MORPHEUS
• planet ganges
• Quantum Blockchain & Artificial Intelligence
• Robotic Process Automation
• Robotic Process Automation & Artificial Intelligence
• Robotic Process Automation Community
• Robotics Guru
• RPA in Shared Services
• The RPA Academy
• sson
• World BPM Magazine