OPEX Week: Business Transformation World Summit 2023 | IQPC | 30 January 2023 | Hyatt Regency Miami, 400 S, SE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33131, USA

This event is to support decision makers and transformation leaders to master this change with the most relevant case studies from Fortune companies on rethinking your structure, capabilities and processes, the most trusted transformation leaders on developing a readiness culture for change, and the most enthusiastic conversations to spark ideas on innovation and leading transformation in the new hybrid environment!

2023 Speakers

CONFERENCE CHAIRS:

Brenton Harder
Head of Enterprise Automation, Fiserv

Becky McDonough
Vice President Business Transformation, Mastercard

SPEAKERS:

Hemant Purkar
Executive Director, Product Management, JP Morgan Chase

Martijn Gribnau
Chief Executive Officer, de Volksbank

Patrick O’Connell
Chief Digital Transformation Officer, US Navy

Phillip Meade, Ph.D.
Former Associate Director, Spaceport Integration and Services, NASA Kennedy Space Center

Irina Munteanu
Chief Finance Officer, Veolia Romania

Patrick Lenihan
Associate Vice President, Business Transformation Office, Eli Lilly

Jaime Lopez
Senior Vice President, Head of Enterprise Transformation, City National Bank

Judith Garcia-Galiana
Senior Vice President, Global Service Centers, 3M

Stuart Zurn
Vice President, North America Fulfillment Strategy and Operational Excellence, HelloFresh

Rachel Smith
Vice President, Technology - Transformation & Strategic Execution, McKesson

Ruben Del Toro
Director, Kaizen Promotion Office, Signature Aviation

Jean Hammelev
Vice President, Operational Excellence, Sonora Quest Laboratories

Stacie Ruen
Global Culture and People Development, General Motors

Elke Hollmann
Head of Global Process Development, Stratec SE

Dr Charles Brandon
Director, Process Improvement Program Office at HQDA, US Army

Stephen Donne
Head of Operations, Cumberland Building Society

Kevin Kosefeski
Global Head of Healthineers Performance System, Siemens Healthineers

Sameer Anand
Director, Enterprise Business Agility Transformation, BAE Systems

Dan Hebda
Chief Strategy Officer, MEGA International

Ryan Mayer
Head of Healthineer Performance System – Americas, Siemens Healthineers

Jason Schulist
Vice President - Operational Excellence, Boldt

Cristian Matei, Ph.D, LSS, MBB
Head of Business Transformation Veolia - Apa Nova & CEO of Advanced Thinking, Veolia

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

Roland Woldt
Business Transformation Business Unit, Software AG

Nathan Hillman
Head of Management System Integration, Ericsson

Andrea Giannotta
Head of New Ways of Working, RWE

Casey Palmer
Senior Manager, HR Projects, Chewy

Jasmine Ahmed
Global Director, Head of Finance Innovation, WPP

Stephane Deblock
Head of Process & Change Excellence, Finance Innovation, Meta

Ivan Cespedes
Senior Manager, Enterprise Programs (EPMO), SmileDirectClub

Angel García
Executive Director, Customer Operations & Operational Excellence, Allergan

Janie’ Jefferson
Finance Business Services - Process Excellence, The Home Depot

Hicham Wazni
Vice President Global Continuous Improvement, Howmet Aerospace

Nicola Moran
Director, Neon Partnerships

Neil Chapman
Director, Neon Partnerships

Daina Troupe
Vice President of Business Process Improvement and Transformation, First Advantage

Aditya Kejriwal
Strategy and Execution Leader, Cardinal Health

Tina Dinger
Senior Vice President - Enterprise Project Management Office, Northwest Bank

Scott Gillan
Executive Lead, Business Improvement, Warner Bros. Discovery

Rush Fozo
Senior Vice President, Investment Operations Outsourcing, Northern Trust

Rajendra Deshpande
Head of Process Improvement, BSH Home Appliances

Kerrie Cox
Senior Manager, Enterprise Business Process Excellence, The Home Depot

Rob Kenny
Senior Director Operational Excellence, Moderna

Cheryl Pammer
Senior Advisory Statistician, Minitab

Nathan Kotecki
Principal Program Manager, Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

Renata Moldovan
Head of Human Capital Development, Advanced Thinking

Adrienne Hill
Vice President, Automation CoE, American Express

Anish Sharan
Head of Digital Transformation, Pritzker Private Capital

Michael Dove
Vice President, Center of Process Excellence, PSCU

Kimberly Pilz
Vice President, Product for Intelligent Automation and Business Process Engineering, American Express

Fatema Pirone
Vice President, Enterprise Digital, CIBC

Abha Dogra
SVP Digital Technology and NAM Chief Information Officer, Schneider Electric

Romina Guevara
Chief Digital Officer – Central America, Michelin

Ryan Kerekes
Vice President, Process Excellence, GM Financial

Gerald Lackey
Vice President, Business Optimization & Agility, GAF

Preeti Gupta
Digital Transformation Leader | IT Executive | C-suite Strategic Advisor

Ranjit Vidhani
Head of Digital Transformation, McKesson

Stephanie Licht
Vice President, Head of Automation, US Bank Payment Services

Aaron Washburn
Senior Director, Business Process Improvement, CME Group

Vic Alexanian
Director, Business Improvement, CME Group

Dani Hollis
Process Engineering Director – Intelligent Automation, Corporate Risk Strategy, Planning, & Governance, Wells Fargo

Jose Teixeira
Director of Process Management and Center of Excellence, Ericsson

Erica Tetuan
Managing Director, Head of Enterprise Change Management Office, TIAA

Carolina Lockyer
Director of Product Management Automation & Workflow, Nike

Bala Maddali
Head of Conversational AI Channels, Product & Experience, Verizon

Robert Murray
Head of Innovation, NATO

Rajeeve Kaul
Corp Vice President - Global Pricing Officer, McDonald's

Shawn Fry
Director of Operational Excellence and Quality, BAE Systems

Frank Pineiro
Director, Enterprise Workflow Automation, BAE Systems

Bobby Cain
Vice President, Transformation, Schneider Electric

Parul Saini
Director of Business Applications, Uber

Hillel Lehmann
Head of Strategy and Transformation, Nestlé Health Science

Juan R Gomez Hoyos
Director of Continuous Improvement, RPM Specialty Products Group

Jeff Lojko
SVP, Client Experience Transformation, Bank of America

Prakash Kewalramani
Senior Director Data Governance, WWE

Orlando Gadea
Global VP Customer Experience, Stanley Black and Decker

Renaud Fournier
Senior Transformation Leader, Operational Excellence, AIG

Kush Pathak
AVP, Business Transformation Office, The Standard

Jen Wrobel
Director of Customer Advocacy, North America, VW Credit

Joe Mills
Senior Director, Transformation Strategy & Automation, Discover Financial Services

Joe Mills
Senior Director, Transformation Strategy & Automation, Discover Financial Services

Ekaterina Curry
Head of Global Ratings Operations, S&P Global

Bob Hemrick
Director, Governance, Quality Management and CI Strategy Group, DTE Energy

Danica Natoli
Business Integration & Strategic Initiatives, Whole Foods Market

Adriana Uribe
Vice President, Transformation & PMO, IT, Tiffany & Co.

Vic Nanda
Head, Quality Capabilities & Consulting, Nokia

Andrew Cable
Director of People Experience Delivery Excellence, Cisco

Ravi Rao
Executive Coach, Emotional Business

Sean Campbell
Partner, Reinvigoration

Lakila Bell
Operational Excellence Manager, Argus Insurance

Nick Hoppenjans
VP, Automation Center of Excellence, CoBank

Tony Levy
Director Product Marketing, Skan.ai

Simon Horan
Managing Director, L.E.K Consulting

Ted Shelton
Partner, Global Product Leader, Business Process Redesign, Bain & Company

JUDGING PANELS:

Steve Towers
President, BP Group

Doug Drolett
Americas Regional VP of Continuous Improvement, Essilor Luxottica

Jason Schulist
Vice President - Operational Excellence, Boldt

Cristian Matei, Ph.D, LSS, MBB
Head of Business Transformation Veolia - Apa Nova & CEO of Advanced Thinking, Veolia

Larry Crews
Senior Process Engineer, Cigna

Glenn Johnson
Process Excellence Manager, PSCU

Samantha Bureau-Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center, First Citizens Bank

Bob Hemrick
Director, Governance, Quality Management and CI Strategy Group, DTE Energy

Sanjay Gupta
ANDExcellence Leader, The Andersons, Inc.

Alexander Breskvar
VP Corp Quality Management, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

Ruben Del Toro
Director, Kaizen Promotion Office, Signature Aviation

Stacie Ruen
Global Culture and People Development, General Motors

ADVISORY BOARDS:

Beth Johnson
VP, Operational Excellence, Digital Finance, Goldman Sachs

Samantha Bureau-Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center, First Citizens Bank

Vipul Vohra
Business Processes Improvement - Automation Leader (Global), Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Cristian Matei
Head of Business Transformation Veolia - Apa Nova & CEO of Advanced Thinking, Veolia

Brenton Harder
Head of Enterprise Automation, Fiserv

David Hadd
Office of Intelligent Automation, Cigna

Anu Pujji
Principal of Operational Excellence, Amazon

Judith Garcia-Galiana
Senior Vice President, Global Service Centers, 3M

Reka Mishra
Chief Operations Office and Head of Strategy - Finance, Silicon Valley Bank, USA

Stephan Blasilli
Head of Global Lean Operations & Corporate Initiatives, EDP Renewables

Andrea Giannotta
Head of New Ways of Working, RWE

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

Ryan Mayer
Head of Healthineer Performance System – Americas, Siemens Healthineers

Angel García
Executive Director, Customer Operations & Operational Excellence, Allergan

Jasmine Ahmed
Global Director, Head of Finance Innovation, WPP

Yr Gunnarsdottir
Head of Business Transformation, CI & Agile Practices, Phillips

Sameer Anand
Director, Enterprise Business Agility Transformation, BAE Systems

2023 Sponsors

• EasySend
• Evans Consulting
• FormAssembly
• Kearney
• L.E.K. Consulting
• MEGA International
• Minitab
• Moovila
• Neon Partnerships
• Nintex
• OpusWorks
• Pipefy
• Reinvigoration
• Simon-Kucher
• Skan
• Skuid
• Software AG
• SS&C Technologies
• StereoLogic
• ValueBlue