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Registration Required W. Lamar Chesney
Executive Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
W. Lamar Chesney is a seasoned financial and supply chain management professional with nearly forty years of diversified business experience as a senior executive in the financial services, manufacturing, audit services, educational, transportation, professional services, consumer products and energy industries. His career spans an array of functional responsibilities including (i) strategic planning; (ii) finance, accounting and treasury operations; (iii) international operations; (iv) leading business transformations, mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; (v) overseeing litigation strategy and management; and (vi) building integrated supply chain management organizations. (More)
Registration Required W. Lamar Chesney
Executive Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer, SunTrust Banks, Inc.
W. Lamar Chesney is a seasoned financial and supply chain management professional with nearly forty years of diversified business experience as a senior executive in the financial services, manufacturing, audit services, educational, transportation, professional services, consumer products and energy industries. His career spans an array of functional responsibilities including (i) strategic planning; (ii) finance, accounting and treasury operations; (iii) international operations; (iv) leading business transformations, mergers, acquisitions and restructurings; (v) overseeing litigation strategy and management; and (vi) building integrated supply chain management organizations. (More)
Prior to his current role as Chief Procurement Officer for SunTrust Banks in Atlanta, Mr. Chesney held senior positions with Marsh & McLennan Companies in New York, CPO at Delta Air Lines in Atlanta, CFO of the Global Concentrate Operations and CFO of the North Pacific Operations for The Coca-Cola Company, where for this latter position, he and his family resided in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Chesney is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Tennessee, a certified public accountant, a member of Cambridge's Who's Who Executive Registry, past member of several charitable organizations including YES!Atlanta and the Foundation for Medically Fragile Children and author of the book, Reflections – Selected Interpretative Vignettes of Life's Meaning and Message. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Peter S. Cook
Director Global B2B Sales Strategy, IBM
Peter S. Cook is Director Global B2B Sales Strategy at IBM, responsible for delivering mutual value from a customer's B2B ePurchasing activities. During Mr. Cook's tenure, IBM has transformed from being reactive to eProcurement enablement requests to a proactive, consultative approach aligned to a customer's Purchase-to-Pay goals. The role spans all of the B2B eCommerce touch points with a customer, IBM's complete product portfolio, in all geographies. (More)
Registration Required Peter S. Cook
Director Global B2B Sales Strategy, IBM
Peter S. Cook is Director Global B2B Sales Strategy at IBM, responsible for delivering mutual value from a customer's B2B ePurchasing activities. During Mr. Cook's tenure, IBM has transformed from being reactive to eProcurement enablement requests to a proactive, consultative approach aligned to a customer's Purchase-to-Pay goals. The role spans all of the B2B eCommerce touch points with a customer, IBM's complete product portfolio, in all geographies. (More)
Prior to this appointment, Mr. Cook held various leadership positions in IBM's GBS Supply Chain Management consulting group, having joined IBM as part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers acquisition. Beginning his career in the UK, he has lived and worked in Europe, South Africa, Australasia, and America contributing to how some of the largest companies in the world buy and now, sell. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Michael J. Freker
Vice President, Global Enterprise Systems, Corporate Information Management, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Michael Freker serves as the vice president for Global Enterprise Systems, providing technology leadership and strategic direction for the corporate application portfolio. He manages technology resources for all corporate groups including Finance, Human Resources, Communications, Global Manufacturing & Procurement, Corporate Affairs and Legal. Mr. Freker works closely with corporate leaders to ensure alignment between the technology teams and business directives to drive initiatives, adoption of common platforms, development methodologies and the implementation of performance metrics. He manages a diverse application portfolio spanning from internally hosted, cloud based to managed services. . (More)
Registration Required Michael J. Freker
Vice President, Global Enterprise Systems, Corporate Information Management, The McGraw-Hill Companies
Michael Freker serves as the vice president for Global Enterprise Systems, providing technology leadership and strategic direction for the corporate application portfolio. He manages technology resources for all corporate groups including Finance, Human Resources, Communications, Global Manufacturing & Procurement, Corporate Affairs and Legal. Mr. Freker works closely with corporate leaders to ensure alignment between the technology teams and business directives to drive initiatives, adoption of common platforms, development methodologies and the implementation of performance metrics. He manages a diverse application portfolio spanning from internally hosted, cloud based to managed services. . (More)
Mr. Freker has significant IT management experience and has previously served as vice president, Corporate Technology for HLTH Corporation (formerly WebMD) where he led support for all infrastructure, information security, business information and data warehousing for the corporation. His prior roles include director of applications for HLTH Corporation, a role as senior principal consultant for the Oracle Corporation, and project manager at Price Waterhouse LLP. (Collapse)
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Jeff Howe
Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine
Jeff Howe is a contributing editor at Wired Magazine, where he covers the media and entertainment industry, among other subjects. In June of 2006 he published "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" in Wired. He has continued to cover the phenomenon in his blog, crowdsourcing.com, and in August 2008 Crown Business published Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business. (More)
Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine
Jeff Howe is a contributing editor at Wired Magazine, where he covers the media and entertainment industry, among other subjects. In June of 2006 he published "The Rise of Crowdsourcing" in Wired. He has continued to cover the phenomenon in his blog, crowdsourcing.com, and in August 2008 Crown Business published Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business. (More)
Before coming to Wired, he was a senior editor at Inside.com and a writer at the Village Voice. In his fifteen years as a journalist, he has traveled around the world working on stories ranging from the impending water crisis in Central Asia to the implications of gene patenting. He has written for U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, Mother Jones and numerous other publications. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Robert Mahawald
Research Vice President, IDC
Robert Mahowald is a Research Vice President at IDC and leads the SaaS & Cloud Services practice as well as co-leads IDC's Cloud Services: Global Overview program. In his role, Mr. Mahowald advises clients on key trends and opportunities in the changing world of software creation and delivery. His research identifies trends and market dynamics in software development, licensing, and delivery characteristics of the SaaS delivery model, and provides a unique, pan-software market view with both demand (customer) and supply-side (vendor ) insights, building go-to-market and management strategies for SaaS and traditional IT vendors. (More)
Registration Required Robert Mahawald
Research Vice President, IDC
Robert Mahowald is a Research Vice President at IDC and leads the SaaS & Cloud Services practice as well as co-leads IDC's Cloud Services: Global Overview program. In his role, Mr. Mahowald advises clients on key trends and opportunities in the changing world of software creation and delivery. His research identifies trends and market dynamics in software development, licensing, and delivery characteristics of the SaaS delivery model, and provides a unique, pan-software market view with both demand (customer) and supply-side (vendor ) insights, building go-to-market and management strategies for SaaS and traditional IT vendors. (More)
An experienced speaker, Mr. Mahowald is well-known as a subject matter expert in the areas of SaaS, IT Cloud services and software application delivery, and he has been a featured lecturer at various executive events, industry seminars and conferences such as InternetWorld, and on such television programs as CNBC and CNET TV. Mr. Mahowald's research and commentary has appeared in trade journals and publications including The Wall Street Journal, USAToday, The New York Times, and Investor's Business Daily. (Collapse)
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Registration Required William S. McNee
Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology
Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing. (More)
Registration Required William S. McNee
Founder and CEO, Saugatuck Technology
Mr. McNee is the President and CEO of Saugatuck Technology, a strategy consulting and subscription research and advisory firm focused on emerging IT markets. Most recently, Mr. McNee has helped spearhead the firm's research into evolving business models as a result of the shift to software-as-a-service (SaaS) and Cloud Computing. (More)
Prior to founding the firm in 1999, Mr. McNee spent eleven years with Gartner, Inc., most recently as Group Vice President and Research Fellow, responsible for guiding the firm's overall research strategy. A recognized expert in enterprise software and related business/IT services, Mr. McNee spent five years leading Gartner's Business/IT Management practice as its Director of Research, focusing on CIO governance, IT sourcing models and e-commerce management strategies. A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. McNee has published hundreds of articles and consulted with thousands of user and vendor clients over the years, throughout the world. Prior to Gartner, Mr. McNee held strategic planning, business development and marketing positions at CBS, HBO, Comshare and the Institute for Social Research. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Mickey North Rizza
Research Director, AMR Research, a Gartner Company
Mickey North Rizza brings 22 years of global sourcing and supply chain management experience to her role as a research director in the procurement and sourcing practice at AMR Research. Mickey is a key member of the supply chain team and works to communicate effective procurement and sourcing strategies to AMR Research's clients. (More)
Registration Required Mickey North Rizza
Research Director, AMR Research, a Gartner Company
Mickey North Rizza brings 22 years of global sourcing and supply chain management experience to her role as a research director in the procurement and sourcing practice at AMR Research. Mickey is a key member of the supply chain team and works to communicate effective procurement and sourcing strategies to AMR Research's clients. (More)
Prior to joining AMR Research, Mickey worked at Moduslink Corporation, where she held the positions of vice president of global supply base management and director of procurement and sourcing. Mickey also worked as a materials manager at M/A-Com, Inc., a division of Tyco International. During her career, Mickey worked as a purchasing manager at Advanced Techcom, Inc., Innova Corporation, and Motorola.Mickey is a member of the Institute for Supply Management. Mickey earned a BA in material logistic management from Michigan State University. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Christopher S. Sawchuk
Global Procurement Practice Leader
Mr. Sawchuk has over 15 years of experience in supply management, working directly with Fortune 500 and midsized firms around the globe and in a variety of industries to improve all aspects of procurement, including process redesign, technology enablement, operations strategy planning, organizational change and strategic sourcing. (More)
Registration Required Christopher S. Sawchuk
Global Procurement Practice Leader
Mr. Sawchuk has over 15 years of experience in supply management, working directly with Fortune 500 and midsized firms around the globe and in a variety of industries to improve all aspects of procurement, including process redesign, technology enablement, operations strategy planning, organizational change and strategic sourcing. (More)
Mr. Sawchuk is a regular contributor to business publications, a frequent presenter at industry events, and co-author of ePurchasingPlus. He has been recognized by Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine as one of its "Pros to Know." Mr. Sawchuk's background includes engineering and operation roles with both United Technologies and IBM. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Heinz Schäffer
CPO NORCEE [Northern and Central Eastern Europe], AXA
Heinz Schäffer was responsible for establishing the Procurement function when he joined AXA Germany in 2003. He was instrumental in defining the organisational struc-ture, the key policies and in building the Procurement team. Today he actively contrib-utes to international AXA Procurement activities and, since the summer of 2007, is re-sponsible for Procurement Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hungary, Po-land, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine as CPO NORCEE (Chief Procurement Of-ficer Northern and Central Eastern Europe). Moreover, Mr. Schäffer also lectures at a number of German and Austrian Business Schools and contributes to various stan-dardization activities – e.g. he is a co-founder of the e-catalogue standard BMEcat. (More)
Registration Required Heinz Schäffer
CPO NORCEE [Northern and Central Eastern Europe], AXA
Heinz Schäffer was responsible for establishing the Procurement function when he joined AXA Germany in 2003. He was instrumental in defining the organisational struc-ture, the key policies and in building the Procurement team. Today he actively contrib-utes to international AXA Procurement activities and, since the summer of 2007, is re-sponsible for Procurement Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hungary, Po-land, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Ukraine as CPO NORCEE (Chief Procurement Of-ficer Northern and Central Eastern Europe). Moreover, Mr. Schäffer also lectures at a number of German and Austrian Business Schools and contributes to various stan-dardization activities – e.g. he is a co-founder of the e-catalogue standard BMEcat. (More)
From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Schäffer was General Manager of autinform ebc GmbH at Wiesbaden. He started his career at Alcatel, Stuttgart in 1987, where he held various positions, e.g, Head of Marketing Communication and Head of IS. Mr. Schäffer was educated at University of Stuttgart where he studied Computer Science and Business Administration. He was awarded a PhD in Business Economics at the University of Hohenheim. (Collapse)
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Registration Required Barbara L. Whittaker
Barbara Whittaker, former CPO, GM
Barbara L. Whittaker is a procurement and supply chain expert with extensive experience in the automotive industry, both OEM and supplier base sectors. She worked for the General Motors Company and Delphi Automotive for more than 30 years in the procurement, supply chain and program management areas. During this time, she was responsible for leading and managing diverse global teams through major organizational shifts, demonstrating unique transformational skills and abilities. The scope of Mrs. Whittaker's experiences span the full array of procurement and and supply chain categories, including raw materials, marketing services, IT, corporate administrative services, capital equipment and construction to service parts. Mrs. Whittaker has dealt with many complex supply chain situations and has a broad background and experience in program/order management. (More)
Registration Required Barbara L. Whittaker
Barbara Whittaker, former CPO, GM
Barbara L. Whittaker is a procurement and supply chain expert with extensive experience in the automotive industry, both OEM and supplier base sectors. She worked for the General Motors Company and Delphi Automotive for more than 30 years in the procurement, supply chain and program management areas. During this time, she was responsible for leading and managing diverse global teams through major organizational shifts, demonstrating unique transformational skills and abilities. The scope of Mrs. Whittaker's experiences span the full array of procurement and and supply chain categories, including raw materials, marketing services, IT, corporate administrative services, capital equipment and construction to service parts. Mrs. Whittaker has dealt with many complex supply chain situations and has a broad background and experience in program/order management. (More)
Over the span of her career, Mrs. Whittaker has been recognized by numerous organizations and publications from "Woman of the Year" in African Americans on Wheels to three GM Chairman's Honors awards, and most recently 2009 Woman of Excellence from the Michigan Chronicle. She also serves on several nonprofit boards such as the Board of Visitors for Wayne State University, Urban Entrepreneur Partnership Detroit 150 Task Force, and Haven Women's Shelter of Oakland County. (Collapse)
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Robert M. Calderoni
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Robert M. Calderoni is chairman and chief executive officer of Ariba, Inc. Under Mr. Calderoni's leadership, Ariba has transformed from a narrowly focused e-procurement vendor into a comprehensive spend management solutions provider. As the leader of the company, Mr. Calderoni spearheads Ariba's overall solutions and services strategy, and also oversees the company's daily operations including product development, sales, solutions delivery, marketing, and administrative functions along with his executive team. Mr. Calderoni is chairman of Ariba's Board of Directors and also serves on the board of directors for Juniper Networks. (More)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Robert M. Calderoni is chairman and chief executive officer of Ariba, Inc. Under Mr. Calderoni's leadership, Ariba has transformed from a narrowly focused e-procurement vendor into a comprehensive spend management solutions provider. As the leader of the company, Mr. Calderoni spearheads Ariba's overall solutions and services strategy, and also oversees the company's daily operations including product development, sales, solutions delivery, marketing, and administrative functions along with his executive team. Mr. Calderoni is chairman of Ariba's Board of Directors and also serves on the board of directors for Juniper Networks. (More)
Prior to Ariba, Mr. Calderoni served as senior vice president of Finance and chief financial officer for Avery Dennison. Before joining Avery Dennison, Mr. Calderoni served as senior vice president of Finance and corporate controller for Apple Computer, Inc., and as chief financial officer and vice president of Finance for IBM's $8 billion Storage Systems Division. Before IBM, he was with Arthur Andersen & Company. (Collapse)
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Kevin Costello
President, Ariba, Inc.
Kevin Costello is President of Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for directing all of Ariba's integrated global sales, marketing, services and channel organizations. In addition to leading the global sales teams focused on multi-national, enterprise and middle market customers, Mr. Costello oversees the Ariba Solutions Delivery team which is tasked with the development and delivery of the services and consulting offerings for Ariba Spend Management solutions. He directs Ariba's consulting and channel/alliance partner program to enable Ariba's customers to create and sustain enterprise-wide capabilities in selecting, negotiating, procuring, settling, and deploying goods and services. Mr. Costello brings 20 years of consulting experience in helping companies improve their competitive position through the use of the latest market strategies and technologies. (More)
President, Ariba, Inc.
Kevin Costello is President of Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for directing all of Ariba's integrated global sales, marketing, services and channel organizations. In addition to leading the global sales teams focused on multi-national, enterprise and middle market customers, Mr. Costello oversees the Ariba Solutions Delivery team which is tasked with the development and delivery of the services and consulting offerings for Ariba Spend Management solutions. He directs Ariba's consulting and channel/alliance partner program to enable Ariba's customers to create and sustain enterprise-wide capabilities in selecting, negotiating, procuring, settling, and deploying goods and services. Mr. Costello brings 20 years of consulting experience in helping companies improve their competitive position through the use of the latest market strategies and technologies. (More)
Prior to Ariba, Mr. Costello held a number of senior management positions with Andersen Business Consulting. Most recently, he was the global managing partner of Andersen's Market Solutions Team, where he was responsible for the supply chain, customer and channel, and technology integration services practice areas. He was also the global managing partner of Andersen Business Consulting's Strategic Business Relationships. (Collapse)
Bhaskar Himatsingka
Chief Technology Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Bhaskar Himatsingka is Chief Technology Officer of Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for Ariba's technical strategy and overall product architecture. Since joining Ariba in 2001, Mr. Himatsingka has been integral to the development and expansion of the company's product portfolio. He has contributed key components to Ariba's Platform Integration layer, led the initial development of the company's ground-breaking Ariba® Category Management™ solution and spearheaded efforts to drive integration across its Spend Management suite. Most recently, as Architect he helped drive the successful development and deployment of the on-demand offerings of the company's entire product line. (More)
Chief Technology Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Bhaskar Himatsingka is Chief Technology Officer of Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for Ariba's technical strategy and overall product architecture. Since joining Ariba in 2001, Mr. Himatsingka has been integral to the development and expansion of the company's product portfolio. He has contributed key components to Ariba's Platform Integration layer, led the initial development of the company's ground-breaking Ariba® Category Management™ solution and spearheaded efforts to drive integration across its Spend Management suite. Most recently, as Architect he helped drive the successful development and deployment of the on-demand offerings of the company's entire product line. (More)
Prior to joining Ariba, Mr. Himatsingka worked as a Consulting Software Engineer for Asera, Inc., a pioneer in the development of eCommerce infrastructure to enable the real-time enterprise. Previously, Mr. Himatsingka was a Principal Software Engineer at Oracle Corp. where he served as Team lead for the RDBMS Data Management team and earned several patents.
Mr. Himatsingka holds a Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Master of Science in Computer Science, from University of Minnesota. (Collapse)
Mr. Himatsingka holds a Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and a Master of Science in Computer Science, from University of Minnesota. (Collapse)
Tim Minahan
Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Tim Minahan is Chief Marketing Officer for Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the design and execution of the company's global marketing programs including branding, corporate communications, marketing communications, product marketing, Web marketing, sales training & development, sales support, demand generation and analyst relations. Mr. Minahan joined Ariba from Procuri, Inc., where he served as senior vice president of Marketing and worked closely with the executive leadership team in shaping the strategic direction of the company's growth. (More)
Chief Marketing Officer, Ariba, Inc.
Tim Minahan is Chief Marketing Officer for Ariba, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the design and execution of the company's global marketing programs including branding, corporate communications, marketing communications, product marketing, Web marketing, sales training & development, sales support, demand generation and analyst relations. Mr. Minahan joined Ariba from Procuri, Inc., where he served as senior vice president of Marketing and worked closely with the executive leadership team in shaping the strategic direction of the company's growth. (More)
Mr. Minahan is a widely recognized expert on supply chain management and technology issues. Prior to joining Procuri, Mr. Minahan served as chief services officer at AberdeenGroup, where he advised the world's largest supply chain and technology companies. During his tenure, he helped build Aberdeen's Supply Chain Research practice into one of the most influential of the top industry analyst firms. As Aberdeen's chief services officer, he defined the firm's research focus and methodologies, drove corporate branding initiatives, and reengineered the company's business model. Mr. Minahan began his career researching and writing on purchasing and technology issues, serving as senior editor of supply chain management for Purchasing magazine, and an editor for Electronics Purchasing, and a technology reporter for Government Computer News. (Collapse)
