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José Pires serves as the Global Excellence & Innovation (E&I) Leader for Andeavor Corporation, where he oversees the global identification, prioritization and execution of mission critical business improvements and innovations that add value to the company, business partners and external clients in multiple markets.

Prior to his current role, Pires held Excellence and Innovation leadership positions in large, global companies in the electronics (Sony), semiconductor (Cymer-ASML), food (Nestlé) and infrastructure (Black & Veatch) industries. Throughout his career, Pires developed and refined E&I as an award winning program for innovation, leadership development, strategy execution and value creation globally.

Pires is an advisory board leader and keynote speaker for several global conferences on innovation, operational excellence, leadership development, strategy execution, business transformation, customer engagement and growth acceleration.

He holds a Bachelor in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and a Master in Business Administration focused in Investment Banking and Entrepreneurship from the University of San Diego.

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Manjeet is a results-driven product leader with 20 years of experience in product management, software engineering, data science, analytics, growth, and strategy. Manjeet is a strategic thinker and deeply passionate about learning customer problems with full empathy and providing elegant solutions. Manjeet has a great track record of delivering high-impact large-scale enterprise and consumer-facing products that have led to a significant increase in revenue, product engagement, and customer satisfaction for the business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and an MBA in Product Management & Marketing from Santa Clara University.

Manjeet is passionate about building great products and love comparing notes with other people who share that passion. He has deep expertise in product management, UX design, development, and analytics and loves working holistically across all 4 areas.

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I am an experienced Operations and Analytics professional, results oriented with a comprehensive knowledge of various business areas. Proven track record of positive results through process improvement, forward thinking, and strategy. Collaborate with partners to implement strategic projects in accordance with budget plans.

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In my career, I have been a methodology consultant, an application architect, an IT researcher, a founder and CEO of two IT organizations, OT Consulting and Cognitive Technology. I spent a significant part of my life in the Business Process Management, Application Lifecycle Management & Enterprise Application Architecture arenas. I've been recently serving as CEO of OT Consulting and since 2013 I've been dedicated to the startup of Cognitive Technology the house of myInvenio product. In these roles, I have met exciting research challenges like Process Intelligence, Process Mining, Automated Business Process Discovery, Social Network Analysis, and Advanced Analytics.

I joined IBM in 2021 as the Global Head of Process Mining following the acquisition of myInvenio to usher in process mining as a foundational intelligent automation capability within IBM’s offerings to offer a comprehensive AI-powered automation platform that continuously transforms insights into action. I am passionate about my family, my company, friends, sailing, and skiing. 

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Richard Rabin is the Product Marketing Manager for Process Intelligence at ABBYY, a Digital Intelligence company. He works closely with global enterprises to help them better understand and optimize their business process workflows, bottlenecks, and how to select the initiatives that will yield the most business value with intelligent automation, and how they will impact overall operational excellence. Richard has a remarkable academic background in Computer and Information Science and AI and has more than 35 years of software engineering expertise. He previously worked as a Senior Solutions Consultant at Appian, where he led sales of Appian’s digital transformation platform primarily in the pharma and financial services industries. Before that, he led his own consultant business, where he provided services for Kofax Insight in the areas of business intelligence, process intelligence, and behavior-based analytics.   

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As Vice President Customer Transformation at Celonis, Dr. Reinkemeyer is advising companies on their process transformation journey. He brings more than 20 years of industry experience, e.g. supporting Siemens’ Digital Transformation. Since 2008 he pursued Big-Data-Analytics to drive digital transformation and applied Process Mining since 2014.

In close collaboration with functional departments like procurement, sales, finance, logistics he leveraged Process Mining insights and built a user community in excess of 6.000 active users. In addition to IT, he commands international leadership experience in Strategy, Sales, Distribution, Compliance and is a regular speaker at international conferences and visiting scholar at Stanford GSB and UCSB.

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Anant started his career in operational roles across the Energy, Automotive and Pharmaceutical supply chains. Over the last decade his passion has been developing and deploying continuous improvement programs across both the pharma and retail industry. As a leader he has strived to deliver sustainable superior results through a focus on Integrity, Communication and Excellence.

In his current role as the Global Head of Operational Excellence for Walmart Customer Care he is responsible for leading his team in using big data, analytical tools and AI driven automation to reduce customer friction. Prior to joining Walmart he was with GSK leading the GSK Production System development and deployment for South Asia and North America. Before that he spent time in Bangalore as Vice President with ABB heading the Operational Excellence function for the Africa, India and ME regions.

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J-M Erlendson is a Business Process Architect, Methodology Specialist, Conference Speaker, and Transformation Engineering Lead with over 15 years of experience in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture, Supply Chain Management and Project Management, helping clients develop and implement business process frameworks, hone process-centric strategies, and execute process improvement and architecture modernization projects.

He is a leader in business, founding and running multiple highly-successful independent arts companies and charities. He is a process and EA tools expert and high-level trainer with years of experience in documentation, simulation, analysis, improvement and as a vehicle for change management. He combines this technical skill with strong leadership and relationship management skills, having run multiple BPM and EA-focused projects with cross-functional supporting teams.

He also has a strong track record in business development, creating new relationships both internally and externally to drive BPM adoption and sales opportunities. He has consulted for a variety of clients in Canada and the United States, particularly in public sector, retail, utilities, manufacturing, lottery and gaming, telecom and oil and gas.

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Top-level manager with vast experience in managing complex organizations, locally and globally and verity of industries Operations, Engineering and strategy experience.

Build and lead global, multi-cultural teams across the organization, Leverages technical and leadership skills to set the vision and lead change management. Creates and implements management systems and technical tools to optimize manufacturing productivity and efficiency improvement.

Leading Global Engineering & Production Function, Developing Key Talent and build strong and collaborative operation network. Business oriented with business experience in variety of sectors (Pharma, Biopharmaceptical, Consumables & Plastics, Agriculture, Semiconductors & Automotive) including cooperate level as well as Start-up's.

End-to-end leading of Organization CapEx plan (up to 800M$) including Greenfield project (project Director for Bioplant) , establishing an advanced technology manufacturing site, on site and global activity and financial control.

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Inventor, Entrepreneur, Innovator and US Patent holder. Sofia has Ph.D. in computer science and M.Sc. in electrical engineering and started her career as a rocket scientist.

She is founder of 2 leading innovative technology companies: Blueprint http://www.blueprintsys.com in 2004 and StereoLOGIC http://www.stereologic.com in 2008. Sofia is an author of many inventions in modeling and simulation ofcomplex business and technology systems adopted by more than 1000clients world-wide.

StereoLOGIC Ltd. is a pioneer in process and task mining since 2008.StereoLOGIC’s world’s quickest Process Mining and Task Mining solution reveals best opportunities for automation via deep diagnostics of business processes.

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Andrae Kirkland is an ASQ Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt who has led transformative initiatives for NASA, Nike, and Anheuser-Busch InBev. In his current role as a Sr. Program Manager at Twitter, Andrae pairs his continuous improvement expertise with next-level technologies to develop innovative solutions to combat some of the most pressing challenges that exist today - content integrity and data protection.

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José Pires serves as the Global Excellence & Innovation (E&I) Leader for Andeavor Corporation, where he oversees the global identification, prioritization and execution of mission critical business improvements and innovations that add value to the company, business partners and external clients in multiple markets.

Prior to his current role, Pires held Excellence and Innovation leadership positions in large, global companies in the electronics (Sony), semiconductor (Cymer-ASML), food (Nestlé) and infrastructure (Black & Veatch) industries. Throughout his career, Pires developed and refined E&I as an award winning program for innovation, leadership development, strategy execution and value creation globally.

Pires is an advisory board leader and keynote speaker for several global conferences on innovation, operational excellence, leadership development, strategy execution, business transformation, customer engagement and growth acceleration.

He holds a Bachelor in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and a Master in Business Administration focused in Investment Banking and Entrepreneurship from the University of San Diego.

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A former Research Director at leading IT industry analysis firm Gartner, Mark has an extensive background in enterprise architecture, business process management and change management, having held executive positions with a number of technology companies.

Mark has authored or co-authored four books on business and process management, including “Thrive! How to Succeed in the Age of the Customer” and “In Search of BPM Excellence” and  “People Centric Process Management.  Widely respected for his knowledge and views on business change, he is the creator of “Next Practice” and has variously been described as a ”BPM Guru”, a “Thought Leader” and a “Master of Mindset”. 

Mark is passionate about the people aspects of change, he has spent much of the last ten years travelling the world, learning, teaching and researching the cultural aspects of change and how executives perceive business and process improvement In this capacity he has literally taught hundreds of people and been fortunate to interview and interact with many CEO’s .

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I am a father of two, husband and data scientist. At my current role, I started as a single data scientist and grew a data science team consisting of data scientists, data engineers, and technical product owner and we are still growing. One of my main responsibilities is to design end-to-end machine learning projects. This involves me bringing all the data together, setting up environments, training machine learning models, and deploying them. I also led the communication of all projects with the internal customer and key stakeholders. Wearing multiple hats on various projects, led me to grow my skills on how to take a business problem and invent ways to solve it using machine learning.

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Responsible for Enterprise Architecture across Mars Wrigley and Corporate Functions business segments. Working alongside the segment CIOs to deliver Architecture Strategy, Transformation roadmaps and Architecture Services.

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Manjeet is a results-driven product leader with 20 years of experience in product management, software engineering, data science, analytics, growth, and strategy. Manjeet is a strategic thinker and deeply passionate about learning customer problems with full empathy and providing elegant solutions. Manjeet has a great track record of delivering high-impact large-scale enterprise and consumer-facing products that have led to a significant increase in revenue, product engagement, and customer satisfaction for the business. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering and an MBA in Product Management & Marketing from Santa Clara University.

Manjeet is passionate about building great products and love comparing notes with other people who share that passion. He has deep expertise in product management, UX design, development, and analytics and loves working holistically across all 4 areas.

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Rameshwar is the Head of Digital Automation @ Avaya. He is an International speaker and blogger on Digital Transformation, Enterprise Architecture & Automation.

He has partnered with the likes of CTO.Academy to Launch the next Generation Enterprise podcast to groom future leaders. He runs the 3^rd largest Automation meetup group in the U.S.A known as DFWRPA which runs on the 2^nd  Wednesday of every month and covers a wide range of topics dealing from Quantum to Cybersecurity .

He is an advisor at various startup’s focused on Blockchain & E-Sports

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Bill Wong is currently the AI and Data Analytics Practice Leader for Dell Technologies responsible for supporting Canadian commercial businesses and public institutions. He spends his time developing AI strategies for firms, providing guidance on how to accelerate AI development, worked with universities in advancing AI research, and publishes a quarterly AI newsletter focused on AI adoption in Canada.

Previously, Bill has held roles an enterprise architect in consulting and AI and analytics roles in development, and product management during his tenure at Dell, Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM. He also published numerous books and whitepapers on advanced analytics and data management and often speaks at conferences.

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A dynamic leader with proven expertise in developing and leveraging predictive analytics to build and execute transformative strategies for optimizing profitability and growth. Broad and diverse experiences in driving success in B2B, B2C, and online digital channels across multiple industries. Experience creating and leading best in class organizations in areas of pricing strategy, profitability management and big data and predictive analytics at McDonalds, GE, Cardinal Health, Officemax, Essendant, G4S and AutoZone. Led the development and successful implementation of the world’s first store-specific assortment and pricing optimization solution leveraging SAS and R. Drives change and innovation through effective cross-functional collaboration, communication, customer relations, and talent management. Demonstrated expertise leading high performance organizations to deliver P&L results across multiple industries. 

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A former Research Director at leading IT industry analysis firm Gartner, Mark has an extensive background in enterprise architecture, business process management and change management, having held executive positions with a number of technology companies.

Mark has authored or co-authored four books on business and process management, including “Thrive! How to Succeed in the Age of the Customer” and “In Search of BPM Excellence” and  “People Centric Process Management.  Widely respected for his knowledge and views on business change, he is the creator of “Next Practice” and has variously been described as a ”BPM Guru”, a “Thought Leader” and a “Master of Mindset”. 

Mark is passionate about the people aspects of change, he has spent much of the last ten years travelling the world, learning, teaching and researching the cultural aspects of change and how executives perceive business and process improvement In this capacity he has literally taught hundreds of people and been fortunate to interview and interact with many CEO’s .

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Jan Minnis is a graduate of Georgetown University, and has extensive experience as an executive in the private sector, education, and non-profit organizations. She is the former Chief Information Officer of the National Education Association (NEA).  Jan has deployed full life cycle change management and project management methodologies for a large customer list of non-profits such as National Education Association, Fannie Mae Foundation, Sukyo Mahikari, and Federal clients such as the CDC, NIH, and Dept. of Health & Human Services. She has spent many years as a technology leader delivering innovative solutions and providing operational efficiencies and process management. 

She is ITIL and Change Management/Prosci certified. She has deep experiences in fast-paced environments, managing multiple priorities and deploying enterprise level changes for strategic and critical multi-million-dollar programs.  Jan is originally from Washington, DC.  She currently lives in Lake Spivey, GA with her husband and four children. Following her work as an executive, she had provided consulting services around the greater Atlanta area as an organizational change consultant. She helps many Atlanta based companies with technology and enterprise-wide changes. Her commercial list includes SunTrust, Newell Brands, McKesson, Time Warner, Quintiles, and Freddie Mac.  She continues to work in the education sector as a board member of the SAT/ACT Leadership Enrichment Academy. Currently she is a Global Change Manager at WarnerMedia.

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José Pires serves as the Global Excellence & Innovation (E&I) Leader for Andeavor Corporation, where he oversees the global identification, prioritization and execution of mission critical business improvements and innovations that add value to the company, business partners and external clients in multiple markets.

Prior to his current role, Pires held Excellence and Innovation leadership positions in large, global companies in the electronics (Sony), semiconductor (Cymer-ASML), food (Nestlé) and infrastructure (Black & Veatch) industries. Throughout his career, Pires developed and refined E&I as an award winning program for innovation, leadership development, strategy execution and value creation globally.

Pires is an advisory board leader and keynote speaker for several global conferences on innovation, operational excellence, leadership development, strategy execution, business transformation, customer engagement and growth acceleration.

He holds a Bachelor in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas and a Master in Business Administration focused in Investment Banking and Entrepreneurship from the University of San Diego.

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Anthony (Tony) Huffman has over 15 years of operations leadership experience in the electronic solutions, life sciences, and aerospace industries. He has expertise in a range of digital transformation technologies and is a recognized expert in strategy deployment, quality systems, risk management, and EBITDA driven operational excellence. Tony has worked closely with operations leaders across 20 countries, establishing capabilities founded on Koch Industries, Market Based Management®, Danaher Business System, and Toyota Production System. Tony has led hundreds of operational excellence and strategy development events all over the world, including leading c-suite level members. Tony is driven to build and grow organizations, markets, and margins.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Northern Illinois University. He is certified in Operational Excellence, Six Sigma, and Leadership. Tony sits on the Board Advisory Team for the University of Illinois at Chicago; Supply Chain and Logistics Center, and Enterprise Digitalization; Digital Transformation for Manufacturing.

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Sam is a recognized expert in procurement and professional services industry and as an experienced chief procurement officer, leverages her skills, experience and understanding of global business complexities to develop innovative sourcing strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.

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Rudy was probably one of the first to recognize the potential of Process Mining. After 10 years in business consulting at IBM and other companies, he founded ProcessGold in Frankfurt, Germany in January 2010. It was the first consulting company specialized in Process Mining.

In 2016 ProcessGold published its own solution, which is used by EY worldwide as a standard for process audits. At the end of 2019 ProcessGold was acquired by UiPath where Rudy supports, as Vice President for Process Mining, the over 8000 customers of UiPath in the integration of Process Mining and Robotics Process Automation (RPA).

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Sandy Kemsley is an independent analyst and systems architect, specializing in digital process automation (DPA),  business process management (BPM), the social enterprise, enterprise architecture and business intelligence. During her career, she’s run product companies and service firms and worked for large organizations. She is also a globally-featured speaker on the topic of BPM and its impact on business.

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“What do you get if you cross a Quality Guru with a Computer Honcho? You probably get someone who sounds and acts like Norman Rankis” Quoted from Microsoft TechNet.

Basing his career on the above quotation, Norman has gained the reputation of being highly motivated and qualified Information Technology Director/CIO with an expansive experience in bringing technology solutions with cost savings to upper management.

Over the years, Norman has been exceptional in preparing and analyzing complex technical matters involving existing and emerging issues pertaining to the subject area. Norman serves as a subject matter expert.

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J-M Erlendson is a Business Process Architect, Methodology Specialist, Conference Speaker, and Transformation Engineering Lead with over 15 years of experience in Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Architecture, Supply Chain Management and Project Management, helping clients develop and implement business process frameworks, hone process-centric strategies, and execute process improvement and architecture modernization projects.

He is a leader in business, founding and running multiple highly-successful independent arts companies and charities. He is a process and EA tools expert and high-level trainer with years of experience in documentation, simulation, analysis, improvement and as a vehicle for change management. He combines this technical skill with strong leadership and relationship management skills, having run multiple BPM and EA-focused projects with cross-functional supporting teams.

He also has a strong track record in business development, creating new relationships both internally and externally to drive BPM adoption and sales opportunities. He has consulted for a variety of clients in Canada and the United States, particularly in public sector, retail, utilities, manufacturing, lottery and gaming, telecom and oil and gas.

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Anisa Aull is a Global Product Marketing Manager at Celonis, where she works to align the evolution of the core Celonis solution with customer needs and challenges. Her focus areas include Celonis's soltuion for system migration along with Celonis's Automation, AI Engine, Action Engine capabilities.

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Scott is responsible for the company's overall alliance strategy, execution and joint offering development. Previously, Scott was senior director of alliances at SAS, and led the company's global partner relationships.

Prior to SAS, Scott was the founder and managing partner of The Sequoia Architecture Group. He also served as a principal for PricewaterhouseCoopers within their management consulting services practice's information and technology practice. While at PwC, Scott helped FORTUNE 500 corporations create, develop, evaluate and implement ERP, CRM and client/server strategies and solutions.

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Peter Galdi is a Sr. Sales Executive at Signavio. He has spent much of his career focusing on helping his clients understand how to get the most information from their data and how to make improvements in their business transformation journey based on that information.

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Jon Knisley is a Principal at FortressIQ where he helps companies leverage process intelligence to accelerate their automation and transformation programs.

Prior to his current role, Jon served as the Chief Architect for Intelligent Business Automation at the Defense Department’s Joint AI Center.

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Jon Knisley is a Principal at FortressIQ where he helps companies leverage process intelligence to accelerate their automation and transformation programs.

Prior to his current role, Jon served as the Chief Architect for Intelligent Business Automation at the Defense Department’s Joint AI Center.