Connect, collaborate and learn in our interactive and growth-driven breakouts.
During each session time-slot, three concurrent breakouts will be offered.
Delaware & Franklin Ballrooms
Every organization wants to digitally transform. But identifying the right path to digital transformation can be difficult. The term has been around and used quite a bit since the late 90s… So, what is digital transformation today? What are some key topics for technology leadership to consider? How is digital transformation delivering new value to customers in today’s world?
As organizations look to integrate digital technology into every aspect of the business, a digital transformation strategy covering digitization, modernization, and discussions around Transformational Leadership is key.
In today's dynamic global landscape, building resilient and synergistic teams that can optimize resources and talent across borders is crucial. This panel discussion delves into the evolving future of work, exploring strategies for fostering agile and resilient global teams, maximizing distributed talent pools, and overcoming challenges in remote and hybrid team management. Led by John Deane, this session brings together industry experts to share their insights and experiences on navigating the complexities of global resourcing and teamwork.
Key topics will include:
• Building agile and resilient global teams capable of thriving in unpredictable environments
• Strategies for optimizing global resources and talent pools to drive operational efficiency and innovation
• Overcoming common hurdles in distributed team management, such as communication barriers, time zone challenges, and cultural differences
• How do you measure success, what KPIs indicate progress, effectiveness, innovation, strength, efficiency, resiliency, etc.
• Embracing the dynamic future of work: best practices for remote, hybrid, and in-office collaboration
Through interactive discussion and real-world case studies, attendees will gain valuable perspectives on cultivating a globally connected, adaptable, and high-performing workforce. Join us for an insightful exploration of the evolving global workplace and discover actionable strategies to enhance your organization's agility, resilience, and resource optimization.
Sustainable IT practices integrate economic progress, social equity, and environmental stewardship to build a better tomorrow. The technology community can and should work proactively to ensure a balanced and prosperous future for all.
In this session we’ll discuss how technology leaders can champion and drive sustainability initiatives and share the results of the landmark Columbus Green IT study/playbook. Additionally, we’ll hear from leading companies who will be sharing how they’ve implemented sustainable practices within their organizations.
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Tracie joined KeyBank in August 2021 as a Senior Vice President (SVP) Digital Transformation Executive. Her role is to provide strategic direction and consultative services across all segments within KeyBank focused on improving the client and employee experience. She leads a team Process Engineers responsible for process optimization as well as oversight of hyper-automation capability uplift focused on digital transformation.
Tracie has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology spanning multiple industries such as financial services, insurance, automotive and government. Engineering is Tracie’s background with a dual degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The Ohio State University (OSU) where she was also a collegiate athlete in Track & Field.
She loves giving back to her community and is a member of several organizations such as National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Women in Technology International (WITI) and National Black MBA Association.
An important aspect of Tracie’s life is her son, Cameron, who is a Junior at the University of Akron. Raising him as a single Mom truly shaped and impacted her life and why she started her own non-profit, DNA Rising. For DNA, Tracie is the Vice President whose mission is to provide adequate housing for distressed Veterans and single Mothers within the inner cities of Cleveland, Ohio.
Tracie also serves on several other boards to include The Ohio State University Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) Advisory Council and Families Flourish.
Michelle Greene is executive vice president, chief information officer at Cardinal Health, leading the Global Technology and Business Services team to deliver innovative, reliable, and secure technology capabilities that enable customers to thrive in a dynamic healthcare environment.
Greene serves on numerous boards including The Cardinal Health Foundation, Werner Enterprises, Goodwill of Southeastern Wisconsin, Goodwill Manufacturing, Inc., GreenPath Financial Wellness and Detroit Public Television. She is also an active member of The Links Inc., ITSMF (IT Senior Management Forum), Chief and Black Women on Boards.
Greene earned a bachelor’s degree from Valdosta State University and a master’s degree from Florida State University with a focus on Information Sciences.
Jay Parsons works for JPMorgan Chase as a Managing Director of Product within the Consumer & Community Banking (CCB) Product and Experience team. He is the Product Owner for Account Opening and Activation, which opens all of the consumer, business banking, home, auto, credit card, and investment products at Chase.
Jay has worked at JPMorgan Chase since 1998, working in the Consumer Bank, Central Technology, Digital, Treasury, and Mortgage lines of business during that time. Prior to joining the Product organization 5 years ago, Jay was a Managing Director in technology, and most recently owned the engineering teams for Chase.com and the Chase Mobile apps. His previous teams built QuickPay (now part of Zelle), the original version of QuickDeposit, as well as the first Chase iPhone app.
Jay additionally served as the Tech Center Lead for Columbus for Chase for 3 years, representing Chase’s 5,500 Columbus technologists to the CIO and her leadership team. Prior to Chase Jay was with Accenture for 9 years, working primarily in the credit card processing and retail banking industries.
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BBA in Finance. Jay lives in Westerville, Ohio with his wife Angela and 2 sons, Aidan and Beckham.
Greg is an accomplished technology business leader with over 20 years’ experience focusing on the IT vision to enable business development, process improvement, and streamlining, creating opportunity, managing change and ensuring compliance. He possesses excellent interpersonal skills at all business levels, enabling a respected leadership style, and a natural rapport with clients and stakeholders.
While at NiSource for the past 15 years, Greg as held positions as VP of Product Delivery, where he managed delivery of a $35M annual portfolio of 30+ regulatory, strategic and core technology programs of various sizes and complexities for the enterprise, heading 60 staff and contractors.
He also served as NiSource’s Vice President of Infrastructure where he was responsible for developing the overall IT strategy and corresponding integrated IT roadmap investments to support a multi-year business and IT transformation effort; this includes providing Data Center Services, Network Connectivity, Cloud, Workplace Tech and End-User Support across 7 states, 4 data centers and 250+ facilities.
Greg also has deep experience in managing a portfolio of Service Providers, Projects, Run-IT and IT Capital programs of $100M+ a year serving customers and employees nationally. Last, he’s been responsible for multiple global Managed Service Provider outsourced relationships, delivering on committed infrastructure services of 500+ global resources.
Allison is an accomplished technology leader with a long history of delivering value for the business. While she is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Express, she has held several senior level positions for established organizations here in Central Ohio.
Notably, she spent the better part of 15 years at DSW while serving many positions with increasing levels of responsibility. From Senior QA Manager to Sr. Director of Supply Chain to Vice President of Application Development where she was the leader of a global application development organization for a $3.5B company.
She also served as a member of the DSW executive committee reporting to segment CEO. She was also responsible for establishing innovation and strategic direction to meet business objectives. She has been a leader in Led Digital, Supply Chain, Store Technology, Business Intelligence, Corporate Systems, Data & Integration Development teams, as well as, the Architecture, QA and Project Management teams.
Channie Mize has more than 25 years of management consulting experience and is the leader for Slalom across Ohio. In 2019, Channie opened the Slalom office in Columbus (OH) and has expanded the organization beyond central Ohio with clients also in Cincinnati and Cleveland. The growth of the team during this team has been significant and their work has important impact across the state. With this growth, Slalom is at the forefront of the GenAI revolution and how organizations, experiences and technologies will need to rapidly scale and adopt these critical technologies.
Channie’s broad expertise lies at the intersection of human and technology. With her role spanning clients globally, her work has traditionally focused on taking complex advanced analytics and enabling them to be leveraged for better outcomes at the point of decision. Firmly believing that technology is meant to serve people, she has sought to ensure that work products are intuitive, understandable, and fit seamlessly into the human process and experience.
Prior to joining Slalom, Channie was a Partner at McKinsey & Co. and Global General Manager for Retail and CPG at Periscope by McKinsey, which is an incubated SaaS startup within the Firm specializing in leveraging advanced analytics to holistically address Pricing, Promotions and Assortment Optimization. Periscope by McKinsey grew considerably during her tenure. Channie also holds tenures at Accenture, IBM, and Office Depot.
Channie is a frequent contributor to publications and a speaker at conferences. She led a panel discussion at the World Retail Congress in Dubai in 2016.
Channie graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication. When she’s not working, she enjoys taking classes at OrangeTheory and CrossFit. She and her husband are the proud parents of three daughters who currently attend Columbus Academy.
I have worked at Accenture for the last 22 years. For the majority of my career I have partnered with my clients to delivery successful/large programs as well as develop strategies to stay relevant and cost effective in the ever changing world of IT.
Currently I am focused on innovative Cloud and Lean Product Development to help clients enable and immerse their employees in Modern Engineering practices (Cloud Native, XP, Dev Ops and Test Automation).
As the Global Operations Chief Information Officer at Wells Fargo, Stefano Peroni stands at the forefront of financial services and information technology, leveraging over 30 years of industry experience.
His professional journey includes a significant tenure at JPMorgan Chase, where, over the span of 20 years, he ascended to the role of Chief Technology Officer, showcasing his prowess in driving technological innovation and leadership.
Before his impactful stint at JPMorgan Chase, Stefano laid the groundwork for his career at Accenture, dedicating a decade to global consulting and immersing himself in system development and strategic execution.
An authority on system development methodologies and Agile best practices, Stefano excels in organizational change management and executive leadership. His strategic vision has been instrumental in leading numerous organizations through the complete system development life cycle and the meticulous definition of product journeys, establishing him as a transformative leader in his field.
Kishore Ravilla is a distinguished technology leader, has a track record of spearheading projects that bridge technology, strategy, and human resources. His diverse industry experience equips him to construct and lead top-performing teams, resulting in the successful implementation of solutions.
As the current Chief Technology Officer at OhioHealth Corporation, he has reorganized and leads Software Engineering, Architecture, Security & Infrastructure operations teams, providing pioneering solutions that not only drive business value but also elevate organization’s digital capabilities.
Ryan Tuma joined Huntington Bank in June 2015 and was appointed Commercial Digital Segment CIO in November 2020. In this role he is responsible for providing technology strategy, planning and execution of Huntington’s Commercial digital client channels and enterprise payment capabilities.
Tuma has over 25 years of progressive technical leadership experience within the financial industry. Prior to joining Huntington Bank, Ryan was with JPMorgan Chase & Co. for 14 years where he designed, built and managed various capabilities for Chase.com including the development of a world class platform to manage all monetary transactions initiated from Chase’s online channels. His most recent accomplishment at Chase was building a new cutting-edge online cash management solution called JP Morgan Access while transitioning the organization from waterfall SDLC to agile scrum. He concluded his time as the Executive Director for the Corporate Investment Bank directing various aspects of JP Morgan Access. He began his career at Software Architects as a software engineer building many online and middleware applications with .Net and Java.
Ryan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, Management Information Systems from Ohio University and is a certified IT Business Strategist from Ohio State’s Fisher College of Business.
Ryan and his wife, Jennifer, have three sons and reside in the northern suburbs of Columbus, OH.
When not working, you will find Ryan at one of his sons’ sporting or band events, taking in an Ohio State game, building something with wood, spending time with family and friends or enjoying a round of golf.
John has over 35 years experience in executive management and applied information services leadership. His experience was acquired in the manufacturing, retail, foodservice, healthcare, banking and government industries. John is currently Managing Director at Clipper Advisory Group, a strategic consultancy focused on technology-based business turnarounds, effective digitization strategy, modern technology organization management and the practical, value-based use of advanced analytics concepts. His most recent retail experiences include business process reengineering for supply chain, ecommerce and advanced analytics in a multi-brand, decentralized global economic model.
Prior to Clipper, John was Senior Vice President and CIO at Ascena Retail Group, a multi-brand retail enterprise that included iconic names Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lane Bryant, Justice, Maurices, Catherine’s, Dressbarn, Lou & Grey and Cacique. In that role, John was responsible for the recasting IT as a modern, eCommerce/analytics-based resource, utilizing these concepts to design and implement advanced omnichannel approaches to selling and supply chain management.
Prior to Ascena, John was CIO at Abercrombie & Fitch, where he was responsible for the global footprint of information and technology services. A large share of his time was spent in pursuit of A&F’s strategy of global expansion, its commitment to ecommerce, global supply chain and creating the practical foundation for omnichannel operations and the support of over 1,100 chain and flagship stores in 19 countries.
Before that, John oversaw Wendy’s International, Inc's over 6,500 stores as Executive Vice President, North American Operations. Leading to this, as EVP and CIO, he led the transformation of store technology services, improved IT performance, tapped opportunities through analytics and delivered product management value to store operations.
Prior to Wendy’s, John was Executive VP & CIO for Caremark Rx (currently a CVS/Caremark business), a sophisticated healthcare managed care pharmaceutical distribution business. Prior to this, he was Group Director of Internal Consulting Services at Whirlpool Corporation where he developed the first global IT strategy and capital investment function for this multinational, broad brand and product line manufacturing company.
Throughout his career, John has utilized his multiple client/industry consulting experience. His roles in major engagements while at Price Waterhouse included data and analytics development at companies like Mortgage Guarantee Insurance Corporation (MGIC), large project management for major manufacturing and service clients like the State of Indiana Unemployment Insurance Department, GE Aircraft Engines and the E.J. Brach candy company. All these engagements established John’s experience in team management, executive leadership and effective technical solution implementation.
John Chairs the Advisory board for sensor manufacturer SmartSense by Digi, speaks at industry events, and has chaired the TechTomorrow conference for CIOs in Columbus, OH. He has an MBA from Marquette University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from the Universidad Católica Argentina in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jen Huffstetler is Chief Product Sustainability Officer and Vice President/General Manager of Intel Future Platform Strategy. In this role, she is responsible for driving the integration and execution of the corporate-level product strategy to drive future growth across client, cloud, network, and edge to deliver sustainable computing for a sustainable future. This work is built upon Intel’s industry-leading sustainable semiconductor manufacturing.
Jen brings a diversity of business, marketing, and engineering experience from her 20+ years at Intel spanning semiconductor manufacturing, client, network and datacenter product management across CPUs, GPUs, DIMMs, SW and systems.
Jen holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Babson College, F.W. Olin Graduate School in Corporate Entrepreneurship. She is also a certified Executive Leadership Coach from the Hudson Institute, a Korn-Ferry Interpreter, and Birkman Certified.
Ken has been with LM for 27 years. He is currently responsible for leading the Service Management and Delivery organization at Liberty Mutual Insurance.
Ken has led in roles across much of Liberty Global Business. These roles include application development, customer reporting, security, infrastructure engineering, operations management, business rationalization and international standardization.
Ken has found success through guiding diverse teams to work towards common goals for LM. Some examples include PCI implementation, business unit transformation, privacy deployment, Development of numerous Underwriting, Claims, Financial applications and Global ServiceNow implementation.
Ken lives in Havelock, NC with his wife Karen of 26 years. The kids are out of the nest but stay nicely connected. He enjoys woodworking, home projects, fishing and traveling.
As an accomplished ESG and Environmental Affairs leader at Vertiv, Dan brings a unique blend of experience spanning over three decades, encompassing various domains. With a foundation in nuclear power operations gained during his service in the US Navy, Dan’s expertise extends across a wide spectrum, encompassing nuclear, mechanical, electrical, and electronic systems as well as business leadership.
Today, Dan is deeply committed to advancing the principles of Responsible Business and Sustainability and ensuring that Vertiv remains at the forefront of environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and ethical governance.
Mike Uttam, is the IT Program Lead for the Sony-Honda Mobility Project. In June 2022, Sony Group Corporation (Sony) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) signed a joint venture agreement to establish Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (SHM). SHM plans to begin delivery of its first vehicle in North America in the spring of 2026. The first AFEELA vehicle from Sony Honda Mobility Inc. (SHM) will be produced in NA.
Mike has over 30 years of IT experience at Honda, including 20+ years in Application Delivery, along with several years leading IT Infrastructure, Digital Workplace, and Data/Analytics Services. He also supports Honda Global and Regional Business & IT Sustainability activity associated with Honda Global Triple Action to Zero goals (graphic below).
Marcus Carano is a Project Manager at Smart Columbus, the Columbus Region’s collaborative innovation lab focused on advancing what is new and next at the intersection of technology and community good. Marcus joined the Smart team in 2023 and manages Smart’s corporate partnerships– engaging organizations in innovative solutions to advance community-wide sustainability and digitalization priorities.
Marcus previously served as the Senior Manager of Corporate Strategy at Besa, a Columbus based non-profit dedicated to increasing civic engagement through volunteerism. Marcus holds a Masters of Public Administration from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster.