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Jeff Dennes

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

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

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

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

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.

Michael Burgess

Michael Burgess was appointed President, HBC Digital following the acquisition of Saks Inc. by Hudson’s Bay Company. Mr. Burgess is responsible for digital across Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, Hudson’s Bay and Outlets. Previously, he served as President of Saks Direct where he was responsible for ecommerce at Saks Inc. Prior to joining Saks, Mr. Burgess was Executive Vice President of the Consumer Division at FTD and held various other executive positions. He earlier served as a consultant at McKinsey and Company.

Mr. Burgess has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Burgess also has a Master of Business Administration from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Burgess currently serves on the Board of Shop.org, the digital division of the National Retail Federation.

Bill Kirchen

Grammy nominated guitarist, singer and songwriter Bill Kirchen is one of the fortunate few who can step onto any stage, play those trademark licks that drove his seminal Commander Cody classic Hot Rod Lincoln into the Top Ten, and elicit instant recognition for a career that has spanned over 40 years and includes guitar work with Nick Lowe, Emmylou Harris, Doug Sahm, Elvis Costello and many more. Named “A Titan of the Telecaster” by Guitar Player Magazine, he celebrates an American musical tradition where rock ‘n’ roll and country music draws upon its origins in blues and bluegrass, Western swing from Texas and California honky-tonk.

John Caldwell

John Caldwell has over 13 years experience in the digital media industry, holding senior level roles in digital native organizations, as well as leading the digital transformation & innovation at an major media company. Most recently Caldwell complimented his media experience by accepting a leadership role in the rapidly emerging data and analytics industry, working directly with the publisher, marketer, and advertiser technology ecosystem.

With this unique blend of digital, media, data/analytics, operational and business development skills, Caldwell brings a collections of experience and substantial knowledge base to a variety of organizations looking to accelerate its digital transformation.

Caldwell’s digital career followed 8 years at The Coca-Cola Co., where he held several roles of increasing scale and responsibility in account management, marketing and general management.

Jeffrey Hunter

Mr. Hunter has 20+ years of professional experience in strategy & business development, data science, analytics, technology strategy, organizational & operational strategy / design /management, and corporate development within the High Tech & Financial Services sectors. He has conceptualized and built multi-million dollar Technology-Driven services businesses through the launch of new platforms that bridge technology, data and business models. He has used his business acumen and knowledge of IT on successful transformational efforts that have resulted in $100M+ revenue creation and millions of dollars in savings and improved management of large-scale business practices and global workforces.

Additionally, Mr. Hunter is considered to be an expert in Data Science, Digital Transformation and Enterprise Data Management and has successfully leveraged advanced technologies with business process to optimize business performance and drive operational/business strategies. The results of these skills were the conception and launch of several successful digital platforms – including DLJdirect.com, OANDA.com, InterDealer Capital Exchange (ICX), FXtrade.com and VisualCV.com.

Mr. Hunter has earned an M.B.A. From the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (Durham, N.C.); a B.S. in Organizational/ Industrial Psychology, George Mason University (Washington D.C.) and an Advanced Certificate from Suisse Federal Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland) in Applied Mathematics.

Christine Hung

Christine Hung’s team is responsible for building data platforms and developing machine-leanring and business analytics capabilities at The New York Times. As the company transforms from a traditional newspaper to a technology and interactive media organization, a cohesive data strategy that ties infrastructure development, analytics and product optimization all together is crucial. Hung is responsible for executing the long-term vision for the group — from building the data foundation to using machine-learning algorithms that enhances customer experience and drives in revenue.

Prior to joining The New York Times, Hung led the iTunes global analytics team at Apple. Her team was responsible for providing strategic insights to senior executives to grow the iTunes business globally. Before Apple, Hung was a senior business analyst at McKinsey & Company with a focus on financial institutions and CPG companies.

Hung was born and raised in Taiwan. She holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from National Taiwan University and a joint MBA/MA degree from Stanford Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Education.