Intelligent Automation Week Conference 2023 - Chicago | Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) | 19 June 2023 | Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile, 540 Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611, US

It is the premier conference for professionals looking to stay ahead of the automation curve. The three-day event will feature industry-renowned keynote speakers, practitioner-led panel discussions, and networking opportunities with industry peers. This is the only event that brings together cross industry and cross functional perspectives with a shared focus on solving business problems, creating new opportunities, and adding capacity.

What to expect?
• Earn CPE Credits – While attending Intelligent Automation Week, you can earn up to 29.5 total continuing professional education credits from NASBA and SHRM.
• Learn From the Best – With 60+ interactive sessions, swap stories and gain tailored insights to help you succeed in your most crucial tasks. Listen to top speakers, brilliant thinkers, and innovative ideas.
• Build Your Network – ROI & Benchmark with the best connect with industry leaders and discuss strategies for stakeholder buy-in and funding your intelligent automation projects during our networking opportunities.
• Fast-Track Your Progress – Put your citizen developers to the test. Don’t miss out on our citizen development hackathon in our Innovation Hub.What better way to capture best practices and governance models.
• Discover – Learn about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and emerging technologies that can help transform your business enterprise. Increase your process efficiency and return on investment while we test the limits of Generative AI.
• Be Inspired – Join Women in Tech (WIT) while we hear from inspiring female leaders and their stories during our evening reception.

2023 Speakers

Ryan Davis - IA WEEK CHAIRMAN
Senior Vice President - Technology, Procurement Strategy & Innovation Executive, BANK OF AMERICA

Carlos Manteiga Bautista
M.D., Chief Operating Officer, Corporate & Investment Banking, SANTANDER NORTH AMERICA

Anurag Voleti
Vice President & Chief Data Officer, BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD ASSOCIATION

Caleb Pearson
Vice President, Media & Digital - U.S. Marketing, MCDONALD'S

George Leu
Global Order Management Smart Automation & Strategic Programs Senior Director – GBS, PROCTER & GAMBLE

Swarna Kuruganti
Digital Innovation - Operations Transformation, MOFFIT CANCER CENTER

Joshua Reicher
Chief Digital Officer, CENLAR

Andra Milender
Chief Mission Officer - Community Impact Programs & Former Chief Technology Officer, WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY (WIT) & EQUIFAX

Wali Saleem
Vice-President, Consumer Lending Intelligent Automation, WELLS FARGO

Rahul Trivedi
Vice President of Intelligent Automation, TRANSUNION

Ram Tyagi
Vice President & Head of Investment Operations Technology, HARRIS ASSOCIATES

Cristina Duta
Director, Intelligent Automation - GBS, AECOM

Thomas Dixon
Senior Vice President Consumer Continuous Improvement, Process Automation & AI, CITIZENS BANK

Lee Coulter
Godfather of IA & Chief Digital Officer, ACRESIS

Zia Bhutta
Chief Executive Officer & Partner, ANAI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Jeff Machols
Senior Vice President, Continuous Improvement, VOYA FINANCIAL

Shannon Geegan-Katcher
PMP, GISP, Vice President, Digital Innovation, GTI ENERGY

Jordane Barochez
Vice President, Operations, Finance, Analytics & Automation, MASTERCARD

Ravi Narasimhan
Vice President, Information Technology, UNITED HEALTH GROUP – OPTUM

Danilo Barbosa
Digital Transformation Manager - Finance Innovation, META

Kim Meredith
Director, Intelligent Automation Enterprise Technology, SYSCO

Matthew Matousek
Vice President - Digital Transformation, OPTUM

Patty Boland
Vice President & Senior Architect, Intelligent Process Automation, CITIZENS BANK

Asad Nabi
Chief Enterprise Architect & Head of Architecture, Integration & Automation, LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA

Dhruval Shah
Head of Robotics CoE - New Technology Development & Innovation, AT&T

Glen Stambone
Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Director, Project Management Office, BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM

Emily Fry
Vice President, Innovation Operations, GEISINGER

Ian Barkin
IA Influencer, Author & Founder, STEALTH MODE

Neeraj Mathur
Director, Intelligent Automation, VMWARE

Maxim Ioffe
Director, Global Intelligent Automation CoE, WESCO DISTRIBUTION

Paula Bolton
Chief Marketing & Program Officer, WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY (WIT)

Zak Kasza
Director, Digital Marketing Strategy, MCDONALD'S

Matthew Kelly
Senior Vice President, Digital & Automation, NORTHERN TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT

Henry Lyles
Director, Global Technology Solutions & Intelligent Automation CoE, MCDONALD'S

Jack Deem
Assistant Controller, CON EDISION

Bill Arneson
Director, Revenue Cycle Process & System Support, MOFFIT CANCER CENTER

Kelly McNeil
Senior Strategic Program Director, TRAVELNET SOLUTIONS

David Friedman
Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, RYDER SYSTEM, INC.

Curt Burghardt
Vice President, People Delivery, WALGREENS

Armando Lambert
Vice President, Enterprise Optimization, BAYVIEW ASSET MANAGEMENT

Bhadra Parmar
Global Procurement Leader, Global Supplier Management, MERCK & CO., INC.

Matthew Muphree
Assistant Vice President, Employee Technology & Enablement, GM FINANCIAL

Sherry Smith
Vice President, Center for Operational Transformation, AVIA

AJ Hanna
Senior Vice President - Transformation & Automation, CORONIS HEALTH

Julie Jones
Senior RPA Developer, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Camille Ready
Senior Director, IT – Data Delivery & Intelligent Automation, GEORGIA-PACIFIC

Christina Custis-Thomas
Director, Cross Functional Operations Team & Administrative Services, All State Benefit, ALL STATE

Emmanuel Lai
Vice President - Intelligent Automation Program Leader, WELLS FARGO

Ramana Rao
Director, GBS Digital, NEWELL BRANDS

Tara King
Director of Quality Assurance, MERCK

Hari Busarapu
Senior Director - Digital Transformation, OPTUM ADVISORY SERVICES

Jyoti Nigam
Senior Vice President – Chief Operational Practice Excellence, NORTHERN TRUST ASSETS

Ajay Jindal
Senior Director of Automation CoE , LEXISNEXIS

Claire Grosjean
Former Managing Director, Analytics, Digital Automation & Program Team - Global Ops & Servicing, SVB

Lee Patsel
Senior Manager, GBS Service Management & Governance, ADM

Angela McKeirnan
Director, Global Procurement Center of Excellence, DENTSPLY SIRONA

Samuel Aborne
Managing Director, CoE FM Operations - Google, CBRE

Tamra Butler
Senior Manager, Robotic Process Automation, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Tim Bracken
Director of Automation - Innovation Institute, GEISINGER

Lance Griffith
Vice President of Global Enterprise Architecture, CORONIS HEALTH

Dr. Ian Swift
Director Technology Digital & Data, MGM RESORTS

Sameer Naik
Enterprise Analytics Manager, CONAGRA BRANDS

Julio Viquez
Senior Manager, Intelligent Automation, VMWARE

Andrew Enderle
Senior Process Automation & Technology Analyst, AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE

Tony Brooks
Director of Enterprise Cloud Services, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO

David Houck
Senior Manager, Automation Delivery, DISCOVERY FINANCIAL

Shelly Blakeman
Principal, Change Management, DELTA DENTAL

Anand Parankussam
Director of RPA CoE, ADIENT

Benjamin Coblentz
Data and Technology Manager, AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE

Lee-Anne Ostby
Operational Excellence Manager, META

Stephen Nielson
Manager of Digital Health, MERCYONE

Isha Gulati
Expert Application Engineer, BT - RPA Technologies, DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Andrew Lamadline
Digital Workforce Product Manager, KOCH INDUSTRIES

Alexis Westergren
Manager, Digital Marketing & Demand Generation, ARITY

Jason Iffrig
Director Software Engineering, MASTERCARD

Amanda Blumeyer
Account Director, WALKER SANDS

Amit Katewale
Senior Software Engineer & Team Leader, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Daniel Ireland
Senior Manager, Automation & Business Strategy, DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES

Naomi David
Marketing Director, WALKER SANDS

Larry Rieger
North America Intelligent Automation Lead, MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL

Brad DeMent
Partner, SCOTTMADDEN

Anoop Sahgal
Vice President, Product Marketing, AUTOMATION ANYWHERE

Antti Karjalainen
Chief Executive Officer, ROBOCORP

Mariesa Coughanour
Head of Advisory, NA Delivery & Mindshare, COGNIZANT AUTOMATION

Erik Lien
Chief Executive Officer, C TWO - formerly RPA SUPERVISOR

Russell Michna
Managing Director, U.S. & Canada, CHAZEY PARTNERS

Phil Searle
Founder & CEO, CHAZEY PARTNERS

Eric Beins
Chief Operating Officer, TEAMJourney

George Penton
Partner, SCOTTMADDEN

Trey Robinson
Partner, SCOTTMADDEN

Bruce Orcutt
Senior Vice President of Product Marketing, ABBYY

Ahmed Zaidi
Chief Executive Officer, ACCELIRATE

Kurt LaCroix
Chief Revenue Officer - North America, DRUID.AI

Chuy Michel
RPA Lead - North America, CHAZEY PARTNERS

Shail Khiyara
President, VOCAL Council

Jules Miller
Executive Producer & Senior Market Analyst - Intelligent Automation Week Chicago, IQPC & SSON

Marie DiTrapani
Vice President & Principal Market Analyst - Intelligent Automation Week Chicago, IQPC & SSON

Danilo McGarry
Global Head of AI & Automation, Digitization & Process Transformation, ALTER DOMUS

Ian Barkin
IA Thought Leader & Founder, STEALTH MODE

Amol Rajamane
Global Digital Automation Technology Leader, DUPONT

Rameshwar Balanagu
Head of Digital Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, AVAYA

Brent Ruth
Lean Digital Transformation Leader, CATERPILLAR

Curt Burghardt
Vice President of People Delivery, UNAM

Jeff Machols
Senior Vice President, Continuous Improvement, VOYA FINANCIAL

Ryan Davis - IA WEEK CHAIRMAN
Senior Vice President - Technology, Procurement Strategy & Innovation Executive, BANK OF AMERICA

Patty Boland
Vice President & Senior Architect, Intelligent Process Automation, CITIZENS BANK

Thomas Dixon
Senior Vice President Consumer Continuous Improvement, Process Automation & AI, CITIZENS BANK

Rahul Trivedi
Vice President of Intelligent Automation, TRANSUNION

Matthew Murphree
Assistant Vice President, Employee Technology & Enablement, GM FINANCIAL

Samuel Aborne
Senior Vice President, Services & Ops Enablement, CBRE

Lori Pon
Assistant Vice President, Claims Transformation, THE HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP

Steve Carpenter
Executive Director GBS Digital, MERCK

Henry Lyles
Director, Global Technology Solutions & Intelligent Automation CoE, MCDONALD'S

Christina Duta
Director, Intelligent Automation - GBS, AECOM

Max loffe
Director, Global Intelligent Automation CoE, WESCO DISTRIBUTION

AJ Bernstein
Senior Director of Finance Transformation, META

Camille Ready
Senior Director, Corporate Data Delivery & Enterprise Intelligent Automation CoE, GEORGIA-PACIFIC

Jenica Casanova
Lead Automation Product Manager - Clinical, HUMANA

Pete Persson
Director, Intelligent Automation, ENTERGY

Neeraj Mathur
Director, Intelligent Automation, VMWARE

Lee Patsel
Senior Manager, Global Service Management & Governance, ADM

2023 Sponsors

• ABBYY
• Accelirate
• Automation Anywhere
• BotCity
• CampTek Software
• Chazey Partners
• Cognizant
• C TWO (formerly RPA Supervisor)
• Datamatics
• Druid.AI
• Genus Technologies
• Hypatos
• JourneyTEAM
• Kofax
• Linko
• Mimica
• Miracle Software Systems
• Orby AI
• Kognitos
• Robocorp
• Ripcord
• Turbotic
• Scott Madden Management Consultants
• WonderBotz