Kevin joins Cisco as the Chief Digital Officer, bringing a bold vision, coupled with a diverse set of skills – a combination of global channel development, entrepreneurialism, and operational excellence.

As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, Bandy will help define our next generation digital strategy. He will lead our growth efforts across our Digital portfolio as well as work with teams across Cisco from go-to-market functions to Operations and IT teams, to design a comprehensive vision for us, our customers and our partners, to capture the true value of digitization by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of solutions and services.

In his previous role as Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation at Salesforce.com, Bandy was responsible for growth and market expansion by making Salesforce.com the foundation on which companies reengineer their front office operations. Creating faster responses to market transitions, increasing customer relevance, redefining ROI and establishing greater relevance in channel partner relationships generated wider, global adoption of broader cloud enabled operating models.

Prior to joining Salesforce.com Bandy was the principle of Rhea Springs LLC, a strategy consultancy firm founded to work in a personal advisory manner with Fortune 500 senior leadership. Rhea Springs designed and executed mission-critical, multi-year business transformation programs for major corporations.

In previous experiences Bandy was brought into Accenture to establish market relevance for the firm to the growth portion of their clients’ business. His efforts aided in the development of their Sales and Marketing Transformation practices and a market leading SaaS practice. Before joining Accenture he ran the growth and strategy efforts for a sales outsourcing company that assisted companies like IBM, Apple, GE, HP and other major FORTUNE®500 companies pursue higher sales growth by building and running sales organizations focused on retail, direct and indirect channels. This background, along with significant experience on the front lines managing major global sales operations, has enabled him to direct the development of innovative “routes to market” solutions for numerous large enterprises around the world.

Bandy also worked at IBM after he successfully completed the licensing of a software company to its Multimedia Studios. At IBM, he served as a Regional Sales Manager overseeing direct sales and distribution for the eastern United States, the Caribbean as well as defining global distribution strategies.

Bandy received a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee.

Jeff Dennes is the former Chief Digital Banking Officer and head of Business Development and Digital Transformation at BBVA Compass, where he was charged with digital integration of the bank’s products and services. His responsibilities included marketing, consumer and business banking, payments, customer experience, channel development and the business strategy. He is a member of the BBVA Compass Management Committee.
Before joining BBVA Compass, Dennes led digital efforts at SunTrust and Huntington National Bank, where he was head of digital and chief digital officer, respectively. He was listed among the 2011 Top 10 Innovators of the Year by Bank Technology News and also landed on Bank Systems & Technology’s Elite 8 in 2010 for his work at USAA, where he was the executive director of digital. In each position, Dennes worked to implement a revamped strategy across channels that included online, mobile and ATMs.
A 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, Dennes’ background also includes experience in integrated banking, investments and insurance self-service strategies and solutions.

Mayur Gupta is the Senior Vice President, Head of Digital at Healthgrades, the leading online resource for comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals. Mayur joined the company in August 2015 and leads the vision, strategy and development of Healthgrades digital healthcare marketplace connecting major health systems with enterprise, emerging and innovative marketing technologies. His role is to drive convergence in the healthcare ecosystem by connecting healthcare data and creating context with content and communication, in order to deliver the most relevant and seamless healthcare experience for patients.

Prior to joining Healthgrades, Mayur was the first ever Global Chief Marketing Technologist at Kimberly Clark, one of the largest global consumer packaged goods companies. He successfully established a Global Marketing Technology organization at KC with responsibility for building a global, connected, digital ecosystem across Media, Content, Data and Commerce organizations. His oversight included everything from big data and analytics, media and content, eCommerce, CRM, mobile, social as well as driving innovation through a network of start ups, incubators and VCs. The goal: to ultimately CHANGE CONSUMER BEHAVIORS and drive top line growth for the company through seamless consumer experiences.

Last year, Mayur was recognized as one of the “40 under 40” leading marketers in the industry by BrandInnovators and also received the CMO Programmatic Award by the CMOClub. Harvard Business Review (HBR) and the Economist profiled him as the model Chief Marketing Technologist in 2014. He sits on various Advisory Boards including the IBM’s CMO Council, BrandInnovators and Global MarTech Conferences besides being a mentor for a number of start-ups. He frequently writes on the convergence of Marketing, Technology, Creative and StoryTelling to fundamentally change consumer behaviors and has been a big proponent of putting the HUMAN at the CENTER.

A self starter, digital evangelist, marketing technologist & innovation thought leader, Mayur brings more than 15 years of experience in leading digital transformation on both the agency side and the Fortune 100s. Adept at influencing Senior Executives, company Presidents and the C-Suite in high stakes decision making, negotiations, strategic partnerships & public speaking and writing. Prior to Kimberly Clark, Mayur spent almost 13 years @SapientNitro leading digital marketing engagements for global brands like Coca Cola, Unilever, ESPN XGames, Mars, Citibank, Chrysler, FIAT Abarth, Motorola, Burger King & many others; he lead the largest production studio for the company for a number of years before becoming the marketing technology thought leader for one of the North American business units.

He is a Buddhist and lives in Chicago with his wife and two beautiful daughters who help do his Human Revolution each day. If he were not here, he would be playing Cricket for India or Tennis for the USA.

Anna Frazzetto leads the growth of Harvey Nash digital solutions, outsourcing and offshoring across the North American and Australasian regions. An IT solutions strategist who began her career as a software engineer, Anna plans and implements managed, outsourced and project-based IT initiatives for Global 1000 enterprises and growing multinationals. Today, she focuses on helping clients increase competitive advantage, business intelligence and speed-to-market by expanding digital capabilities and resources in the areas of Big Data, Cloud, social and mobile technology. Anna has directed projects for fast growing start-ups and leading global businesses including Hearst Publications, Omni Comm Group, GroupM, MSNBC, Honda, Hitachi and Clearwire Corporation.

Prior to joining Harvey Nash in 2005, Anna held senior executive and technology leadership roles at AIG, Agility Recovery Solutions and Spherion Technology where she developed and led the rapid expansion of key business lines. She is a sought-after industry speaker, member of HDI’s Support Center Leadership Certification Standards Committee and former HDI Strategic Advisory Board member. She is also actively engaged in ARA, an organization dedicated to attracting, retaining and advancing women in technology through mentorship.

Sharon Feder is the Chief Digital Officer of Rachael Ray’s parent company Watch Entertainment.

In her role as CDO, Sharon works across the company’s core media, consumer product and philanthropic initiatives to build new digital opportunities and experiences for the brand and its very loyal fan base.

Previous to joining Watch Entertainment, Sharon was the COO of Mashable, a company she joined early on and played a key role developing. She was actively involved in shaping Mashable’s community management offering, company culture and client-supported branded content, a program she helped pioneer at Mashable early in her career.

Sharon also held the roles of publisher, managing editor and features editor at Mashable.

In 2009 she co-founded and later sold MySocialDog, a hyper-local social network for dog owners.

Sharon is currently an advisor to The Muse, Mashable, FitBark and #GivingTuesday.

Dana Berchman is the Chief Digital Officer and Communications Director in Gilbert, Arizona, where she manages all internal and external communications, public relations and marketing initiatives. She leads a digital team responsible for developing forward-thinking policies on social media, digital communications, web initiatives and other tools to better serve the public. Previously, she worked at Arizona State University where she taught Journalism and Public Policy courses and handled media relations. Dana also spent six years working as a producer and director at MTV and two years as a producer and writer for Andrea Mitchell at MSNBC, both in New York City. Dana earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Arizona State University and her Master’s Degree in Journalism and Public Affairs from American University.