Accelerating Strategy Execution & Engaging People in Its Achievement

Deidre Paknad
CEO and co-founder

Deidre is CEO and co-founder of WorkBoard. She’s led several high growth organizations as CEO and founder and as an executive at IBM. She’s seen first hand how alignment, accountability and transparency drive results and create resilience. Deidre has over a dozen patents and has twice been inducted into the Smithsonian Institution for innovation. Goldman Sachs named her one of the 100 most intriguing entrepreneurs of 2019.

Keynote: Thriving in an Accelerating World with a Digital Operating Rhythm
Tue., April 12 - 8:30am-9:40am PDT

Rich Barger
Global Director, Cyber Threat Intelligence Operations & Product Strategy

Rich Barger is the director of global operations and product strategy for Accenture’s Cyber Threat Intelligence practice. In his role, Rich leads a multi-disciplinary team of passionate cyber intelligence professionals who monitor existing and emerging cyber threats to enable secure business operations for clients. He is responsible for integrating and delivering actionable threat intelligence to some of the most highly regarded, world-class enterprises. Prior to Accenture, Rich was the director of Splunk’s security research team and global director for Security[RC1] Operations where he led the security operations center.

Speed and Operational Excellence with a Digital Operating Rhythm
Wed., April 13 - 9:45am-10:20am PDT

Colleen Berube
CIO and SVP Operations

Colleen Berube is Senior Vice President of Operations & Chief Information OfficerAs Zendesk’s chief information officer and head of operations, Colleen is reshaping Zendesk’s benchmark for modern IT at scale and a customer-centric workforce. She is passionate about the role of both customer and employee experience in the digital age.With more than 20 years of experience across multiple industries and an ever-changing technology landscape, Colleen is a digital- and business-model transformation leader. Her innovative strategies help companies put their customers at the center and create work environments focused on collaboration and open communication.Previously, she was an executive in residence with PwC where she worked on a range of commercial and internal initiatives. Prior to this, Colleen was vice president of IT for Adobe Systems, and also held executive-level IT roles at Cisco Systems, Palm, and SAP.In her spare time, Colleen is an avid rower. She takes what she learns about discipline and teamwork on the water to the business world. She holds a bachelor’s degree from State University of New York at Potsdam and an MBA from the University of North Florida.

Driving Operating Scale & Efficiency
Wed., April 13 - 11:15am-12:00pm PDT

Marcus East
Chief Digital Officer

Marcus East is the senior vice president and chief digital officer at T-Mobile, leading a talented team of designers, digital marketeers, engineers, product specialists and technologists with the mantra of “technology in the service of people.” Marcus and the Digital team create experiences that allow T-Mobile customers to seamlessly manage and enjoy their relationship with the company, removing friction in the pursuit of the goal to simplify and digitalize — one of the Un-carrier’s top priorities. Marcus brings a wealth of experience from tech companies like Apple, Google and IBM as well as major consumer brands like Marks and Spencer and National Geographic. He joined T-Mobile from Google, where he was technical director in Google Cloud’s Office of the CTO, helping its largest enterprise customers harness the power of digital transformation. Prior to that he was EVP and CTO at National Geographic.

The Power of Aligning on Great Outcomes
Wed., April 13 - 9:00am-9:40am PDT

Kate Boatman
Vice President of Digital Product and Business Management

Kate Boatman serves as the Vice President of Digital Product and Business Management for T-Mobile US, where she is driving the omnichannel expansion through digital transformation for the Consumer and Emerging business lines. The OKR methodology has been instrumental in accelerating success across commercial outcomes, product excellence, and a culture of innovation and collaboration. She will discuss the importance of getting the leadership team aligned, and how balancing aspirations and achievement requires not just OKRs but a digital operating rhythm that enables focus and faster decisions every week.

The Power of Aligning on Great Outcomes
Wed., April 13 - 9:00am-9:40am PDT

Margo Georgiadis
CEO-Partner

Margo Georgiadis is a seasoned CEO and company builder with a passion for innovation, technology and health. A mission-driven leader with a track record for delivering results, Georgiadis brings more than two decades of distinguished leadership, business transformation and technological innovation to drive growth. Most recently, she served as an Endurance Partner at venture catalyst firm General Catalyst, where she focused on building and scaling health technology companies focused on improving clinical outcomes, access and affordability. Previously, she served as President and CEO at Ancestry.com, where she led the democratization of access to everyone’s family story and built new platforms in personalized health. Georgiadis spent nine years at Google as President of the Americas and Vice President, Global Sales Operations, where she led the company’s commercial operations and advertising sales for Google’s largest region. As Chief Executive Officer of Mattel, Inc., she spearheaded an 18-month turnaround to reset the mission and align the organization, product and channel strategy, partnerships and operating platform. Georgiadis has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Groupon, Executive Vice President of US Card Services and Chief Marketing Officer at Discover Financial Services, and as a Partner at McKinsey and Company. She holds a BA in economics as well as an MBA from Harvard.

Raising Velocity with OKRs: How Google and Other Growth Companies Do It
Wed., April 13 - 10:30am-11:15am PDT

Brian Hull
VP Strategic Initiatives, Office of the CEO

Brian Hull leads Strategic Initiatives in the Office of the CEO at DataRobot, the AI Cloud leader. His team is responsible for driving mission critical business transformation projects including the deployment and adoption of OKRs to promote transparency and accountability throughout the organization. He began at VMware in direct and channel sales roles, and spent 6 years in Cisco-acquired startups: first leading the National Channel organization at Meraki, and later moving to AppDynamics as the global Revenue Operations leader responsible for sales strategy, go-to-market, tech stack and quote-to-cash operations.

Transparency and Focus to Usher DataRobot to the Next Stage of Growth
Tue., April 12 - 11:15am-12:00pm PDT

Kathy Krumpe
Associate Director

Kathy Krumpe lives to make work better for people. She leads organizations, teams and individuals to create radical clarity, alignment and connection to drive business results, while having fun and learning along the way. Kathy is an expert in operational leadership and employee culture, bringing a broad range of experience to every engagement. Former COO at Future State, Kathy is now an Associate Director at Accenture, lead partner at Accenture for WorkBoard, an Agile ScrumMaster, WorkBoard OKR coach and Advisor for How Women Lead. When not making workplaces more inspiring for people, Kathy can be found with her family, 5 cats and dog Abby, in the mountains of Trinity County, California living off-off the grid, operating heavy machinery and enjoying all things outdoors.

Speed and Operational Excellence with a Digital Operating Rhythm
Wed., April 13 - 9:45am-10:20am PDT

Joel Neeb
VP Execution and Transformation, Office of the CEO

Joel Neeb is the VP of Execution and Transformation in the Office of the CEO at VMWare, where he is helping to accelerate a cultural and operating model renaissance at the software giant.

He was previously the CEO of the consulting firm, Afterburner Inc. He led more than 100 former elite military professionals, including fighter pilots, Navy SEALS, and Army Rangers, in achieving strategic objectives and fostering elite teams for Fortune 100 companies and professional sports teams.

Joel holds a BA from the U.S. Air Force Academy and an MBA from the University of Texas. Joel enjoys competing in sporting events; he completed the New Zealand Ironman Triathlon in 2015 and was a contestant on American Ninja Warrior in 2018 and 2019. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.

Mobilizing to Achieve Bold Strategies Faster
Tue., April 12 - 9:45am-10:20am PDT

Jamie Temple
Results Management Office Executive - Office of the CEO

Jamie Temple is the Results Management Office Executive in the Office of the CEO at VMware, where she is supporting the culture and operating model shifts as the company continues their SaaS transformation with a focus on results and transparency.

She has been with VMware for over 11 years and joined through the AirWatch acquisition ($1.54B). As Chief of Staff for End User Computing (EUC) sales, Jamie was instrumental in EUC’s transformation to become One EUC Team with a central focus on realizing customer value. She helped the entire cross-functional team build and execute against a multi-year strategic plan to achieve 12 quarters of 20% growth.

She also supported Business Operations and Global Cloud Sales strategy teams at VMware where she led transformational initiatives to drive VMware’s shift to SaaS and Subscription.

Jamie holds a BS in Wireless Engineering from Auburn University. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and two children.

Mobilizing to Achieve Bold Strategies Faster
Tue., April 12 - 9:45am-10:20am PDT

Kate Villari
Senior Director, Transformation, Strategy & Performance

Kate joined AstraZeneca in May 2020, as Director of Strategy, Transformation and Performance. She started her career in aerospace & defense software, at Analytical Graphics, Inc., in the technical support department where she continued into the product management department for another 5 years.K ate brings over 15 years of experience in transformational change across industries, organizations, programs and processes to help teams bring strategies to life. She is an active member of the Project Management Institute and serves as a panel reviewer for Program Management Professional® (PgMP) applicants. Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts in Information Technology from Immaculata University.

Accelerating Innovation & Transformation
Tue., April 12 - 10:30am-11:15am PDT