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Ajeet Singh

Co-founder & Executive Chairman
ThoughtSpot

Driven by his passion for creation, Ajeet has built two multibillion-dollar technology companies from the ground up - ThoughtSpot and Nutanix. Prior to starting ThoughtSpot, he was co-founder and Chief Products Officer at Nutanix, the leader in the enterprise cloud industry and largest tech IPO of 2016.

Frank Slootman

CEO
Snowflake

Frank Slootman currently serves as Chairman and CEO at Snowflake. Frank has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the enterprise software industry. Mr. Slootman served as CEO and President of ServiceNow from 2011 to 2017, taking the organization from around $100M in revenue, through an IPO, to $1.4B. Prior to that, Frank served as President of the Backup Recovery Systems Division at EMC following an acquisition of Data Domain Corporation/Data Domain, Inc., where he served as the Chief Executive Officer and President, leading the company through an IPO to its acquisition by EMC for $2.4B. Slootman holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics from the Netherlands School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Ivo Bennema

Manager Business Intelligence Services
T-Mobile

Ivo Bennema is Manager Business Intelligence Services at T-Mobile, the second largest mobile phone company in the Netherlands with 5.7 million customers, where he is spearheading the transformation to being a data driven, customer-focused organization. An avid believer in Agile and passionate about the necessity of robust data strategy. Ivo is a data visionary committed to connecting business and technology to deliver value with data analytics. Ivo joined T-Mobile in 2009, starting as a Customer Service Specialist, then a number of different roles focused on customer journey insights, which gives him a unique understanding of the needs of frontline workers to have the right tools and data to deliver excellent customer outcomes.

Yasmine Ndassa

Senior Director, National Sales Strategy & Insights
Comcast

Yasmine Ndassa is Senior Director on the Compensation, Strategy and Insights team in the Xfinity Consumer Services (XCS) Sales organization at Comcast. Dr. Ndassa leads the Insight Enablement function within CSI, with a portfolio that includes cross-channel sales analytics, strategic & innovative analytics tools deployment & data management. Prior to joining the Sales organization, Dr. Ndassa was Senior Director for Business Process Analytics at Comcast, which she joined in 2010 to start HR Analytics for the company. Dr. Ndassa holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics from Harvard University. She has translated her passion for structured problem solving and data- driven storytelling from biomedical research into business analytics.

Iaroslav Boutorin

Manager, Merch Analytics & Planning Support
Canadian Tire

Iaro Boutorin is the Manager of Merchandise Analytics & Planning Support at Canadian Tire Corporation. He leads a team of analysts supporting merchandise planning, forecasting, assortment and analytics functions, reporting, and business expertise. Iaro led the implementation of ThoughtSpot throughout the organization, bringing analytics to nearly 4500 frontline users in less than 1 year. He previously managed Pharmacy Procurement at Shoppers Drug Mart and was an Allocation & Replenishment Analyst at Sears Canada. Iaro holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Finance and Economics from the University of Toronto.

Valerie Logan

CEO & Founder
The Data Lodge

Founding The Data Lodge in 2019, Valerie is ""all in"" on data literacy. With advisory services, bootcamps and community services, she is certifying the world’s first Data Literacy Program Leads. Previously, Valerie was a Gartner VP and leading advisor to Chief Data Officers. She pioneered research in Data Literacy and the “speaking of data” by creating Information as a Second Language ® (ISL). She has two decades in global consulting experience and a Master's in Applied Math from New Mexico State."

Monica McEwen

VP Public Sector
ThoughtSpot

Monica McEwen leads ThoughtSpot’s Public Sector team, as well as overseeing the Southeast regions of North America. She has more than 20 years of experience in the analytics and data warehousing space. Prior to joining ThoughtSpot, Monica started Qlik’s Federal practice, where she developed a successful go-to-market strategy and built a high performing team that consistently doubled annual revenue. Monica holds a BA in Business Administration from Colby College where she was President of her class for all four years.

JP Krieger

Technical Lead
Datastrong

JP Krieger is a Technical Lead of Datastrong, LLC in Fairfax, Virginia. JP has been leading and consulting on teams developing cutting-edge analytics solutions for various clients in both the commercial and public sectors. He has a B.A. in Business Administration, Computer Information Systems from James Madison University.

Sumeet Arora

SVP Engieneering
ThoughtSpot

Sumeet Arora is the SVP of Engineering at ThoughtSpot. Arora leads ThoughtSpot’s global engineering team in continuously improving and scaling the AI-powered data analytics platform. Prior to joining ThoughtSpot, Sumeet served as SVP and GM of Service Provider Networking at Cisco. In this role, he led the engineering & product management team for the Service Provider routing portfolio and was responsible for driving profitable market share growth of this multi-billion dollar business.

Cindi Howson

Chief Data Strategy Officer
ThoughtSpot

An analytics and BI expert with 20-plus years’ experience, Cindi is the author of Successful Business Intelligence: Unlock the Value of BI & Big Data and was previously a Gartner Research VP and lead author of the Analytics and BI Magic Quadrant.

Sudheesh Nair

Chief Executive Officer
ThoughtSpot

Prior to ThoughtSpot, Sudheesh President of Nutanix where he helped grow the company from $0 to over $1 billion in revenue and over $9 billion in market capitalization. Sudheesh focuses on building world-class teams of enablers and disruptors who believe that innovation can, and should, happen in every function and at every level.

Gal Barnea

Product Engineering Manager
AWS RedShift

Gal leads the Partner Engineering team on the Amazon Redshift team. In this capacity, he works closely with key technology partners to drive adoption of Amazon Redshift and grow the technical ecosystem surrounding it. During his career, Gal built & lead engineering teams, oversaw large scale data and analysis initiatives, and worked with some of the world’s largest brands.

Kathleen Maley

Data & Analytics Executive<

Kathleen Maley is an analytics thought-leader who charts the vision and course for modern analytics strategy, harnessing the power of data to create actionable insights and measurable ROI. With more than 15 years of experience as a P&L owner and analytics executive at Bank of America and a super-regional bank in the midwest, she leads others at all levels of an organization through the strategic application of analytics and leverages deep expertise in business intelligence, analytics, predictive modeling and machine learning to maximize the impact of business-centered analytical solutions. Kathleen is a servant leader who transforms analytical teams into business-value generators and guides business leaders through the adoption of data-based decision tools and culture.

Jim Bramblet

Managing Director - North America Insurance Practice Lead
Accenture

Jim Bramblet is Accenture’s North American Insurance Practice Leader. Throughout his career, he has focused on large scale transformation programs at large and mid-sized carriers in the P&C and Life / Health businesses. His direct experience with clients has traditionally been at the intersection of technology platform transformation and operating model redesign – across core Insurance functions of Distribution, Policy Administration, Operations and Claims. Over the past 5 years, his work with clients has incorporated all elements of digital transformation including Experience Design, Data, Analytics, Cloud Migration, Workforce Redesign and Digital Solution implementation at both the enterprise and point solution level.

Marco Peralta

Senior Vice President, Global Product Development
Mastercard

Marcos Peralta is a Senior Vice President in Mastercard Data & Services, leading a global multi-functional team that focuses on developing insights, analytics, consulting, and new products for Mastercard Data & Services. Marcos has over 25 years of executive and consulting experience in strategy, payments & loyalty, new business & product management/development, operations optimization and IT. With a strong emphasis in economics and delivering tangible results, Marcos has been instrumental in helping his clients to capture $ 150+ million in incremental EBITDA and cost savings. Prior to joining Mastercard, Marcos worked for Kearney, EY, KPMG, IBM and his own consulting boutique. Marcos holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University and a CPA degree from University of Tucuman, Argentina.

Steve Wooledge

Vice President, Customer & Partner Initiatives
Alteryx

Steve Wooledge is responsible for partner go-to-market strategy and key customer initiatives for Alteryx. He is a 19-year veteran of enterprise software in both large public companies and early-stage start-ups and has a passion for bringing innovative technology to market. Previously, Steve was chief marketing officer at Hazelcast and has held senior management positions at Arcadia Data (acquired by Cloudera), MapR, Teradata, Aster Data, and Business Objects.

Thomas Mazzaferro

Chief Data Officer
Western Union

Thomas Mazzaferro joined Western Union in February of 2020 as the Chief Data Officer. Before that he made his mark at HSBC and JP Morgan Chase, spearheading digital initiatives in technology, operations, risk, compliance, and retail banking. At HSBC, Thomas was the Global Head of Retail Stress Testing & Capital Management, and moved on to become the Chief Data Officer of HSBC N.A. While at JP Morgan Chase, Thomas held COO roles in IT, and was Executive Director of Risk Management and a Business Unit CFO.

Emmett Kilduff

Founder & CEO
Eagle Alpha

Emmett founded Eagle Alpha in 2012. Previously, he was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley was the first investment bank to create a big data team within its research department.

Michael Costonis

Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer
CNA

"Michael Costonis is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer for CNA, responsible for all information technology, analytics and operations functions across the organization. Michael has led major initiatives to launch digital programs designed utilizing Serve Design techniques, incorporating modern API architecture, which were largely deployed in the cloud. As well, he has pioneered a patented analytical method for optimizing claim outcomes, which became the basis for several large claims transformations. Michael has authored several articles in leading insurance trade publications, and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Bloomberg News, Reuters News, Financial Times, Forbes, Best’s Review, Insurance & Technology, InformationWeek, National Underwriter, Technology Decisions and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Scott Holden

CMO
ThoughtSpot

Scott Holden is the CMO at ThoughtSpot where he is responsible for product marketing, demand generation, content marketing, PR, AR, and events. Prior to ThoughtSpot, Scott spent seven years at Salesforce running a number of marketing teams, including leading marketing for the Salesforce1 Platform, Sales Cloud, Chatter, Industry Marketing, Customer Marketing, and SMB Marketing. Previously, Scott ran the Transportation & Logistics team at Walmart.com. He began his career at JPMorgan as an M&A investment banker, covering Technology and Healthcare companies.

Angela Hooper

Vice President, Customer Success
ThoughtSpot

Angela is the VP of Customer Success leading the Americas. She is an expert at guiding technical organizations through, from strategy and thought leadership, to support and account management. She pulls upon her systems engineering, marketing and sales experiences at ThoughtSpot to elevate her team and customers. Before joining in 2016, Angela served as the Global Sales Engineering Leader at Datameer and was a customer success/sales engineering leader at Platfora, IBM, and independent start up consulting firms. Angela has a BBA from the University of Notre Dame in Information Systems and serves on the University Advisory Board helping to shape the curriculum and talent pool coming into our Analytics Industry.

Bob Baxley

Senior Vice President, Design & Experience
ThoughtSpot

Bob Baxley is the SVP of Design & Experience at ThoughtSpot. He focuses on building and leading design processes and practices to deliver innovative product experiences for customers that blend consumer quality UX with deep technical capabilities. Previously, Baxley has held executive design leadership roles at Apple, Pinterest and Yahoo!, where he and his teams designed products and experiences impacting hundreds of millions of users around the world.

Anjali Kumar

Senior Director of Product Management
ThoughtSpot

Anna Sum

Senior Solutions Engineer
ThoughtSpot

Anna Sum is a Senior Solutions Engineer in the ThoughtSpot ANZ team. She is an experienced Technical Professional with a demonstrated history of working in Data Analytics and Information Technology. Prior to ThoughtSpot, Anna spent over 10 years at IBM helping clients make better, faster business decisions through the innovative use of business analytics.

Ruha Benjamin

Associate Professor, African American Studies
Princeton University

Ruha Benjamin is a professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. She has studied the social dimensions of science, technology, and medicine for over fifteen years and speaks widely on issues of innovation, equity, health, and justice in the U.S. and globally.

Her second book, Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, examines the relationship between machine bias and systemic racism, analyzing specific cases of “discriminatory design” and offering tools for a socially-conscious approach to tech development. She is also the editor of Captivating Technology.

Lee Ann Ruf

Senior Solutions Engineer
Hayes

Lee-Ann is the Director of Product at Hayes. Through her vision, strategic mindset, and with 20+ years of experience building industry leading SaaS products, she has led her team through numerous new product launches on the MDaudit Enterprise platform over the past year, including most recently an AI/NLS powered analytics solution. Her focus and unrelenting drive to deliver has positioned Hayes as the market leader in the billing, compliance and revenue integrity space.

Before joining Hayes, Lee-Ann led clinical interoperability initiatives within the Strategy and Innovation group at Fresenius Medical Care. Lee-Ann holds a BA in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from Central Michigan University.

David Spirk

Chief Data Officer
Department of Defence

Ritesh Ramesh

Chief Technology Officer
Hayes

Ritesh is the Chief Technology Officer at Hayes and leads the technology team, overseeing product management and development, architecture, and security of the MDaudit Enterprise platform, the nation’s leading healthcare compliance and revenue integrity SaaS platform. Ritesh has more than 17 years of technology experience with deep expertise in emerging technologies, Cloud, Digital and AI. Before joining Hayes, Ritesh was a Senior Director at PwC where he focused on driving next generation digital, analytics and technology initiatives enabling customer experience, revenue growth and operational excellence across multiple industries. Ritesh has a MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Masters in Computer Science from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Matthew Glickman

VP, Data Marketplace & Customer Product Strategy
Snowflake

Matthew Glickman led the development of business-critical analytics platforms at Goldman Sachs for over 20 years. As a Managing Director, he was responsible for the entire data platform of Goldman’s $1 trillion asset management business. Matt also co-led Goldman’s risk management platform where his team built Goldman’s first, company-wide data warehouse that helped Goldman navigate the 2008 financial crisis. Matt led the launch of the Snowflake Data Marketplace and currently leads Snowflake’s Financial Services industry vertical as well as the Snowflake Data Marketplace.

Sean Zinsmeister

Vice President, Product Marketing
ThoughtSpot

Sean Zinsmeister is the VP of Product Marketing at ThoughtSpot, where he is responsible for architecting the messaging and go-to-market strategy for ThoughtSpot's Search & AI-driven analytics platform. Prior to joining ThoughtSpot, he led Product Marketing at Infer, the leading predictive analytics platform for Enterprise Sales & Marketing teams, through a successful acquisition in 2017. He’s widely regarded as a thought leader in data, analytics, and AI, with his works appearing in publications like VentureBeat, Forbes, Information Age, and more.

Sean holds advanced degrees from Suffolk Sawyer School of Business and Northeastern respectively in strategic marketing and project management.

Lisa Aguilar

Director, Product Marketing
ThoughtSpot

As the Director of Product Marketing, Lisa Aguilar is responsible for helping to shape the go-to-market messaging and strategies at ThoughtSpot. Prior to ThoughtSpot, Lisa was at DataRobot, the leader in automated enterprise AI and Machine Learning; and at Alteryx, the leader in analytics process automation. While at DataRobot, Lisa was responsible for building and executing the go-to-market strategy for their AI-driven forecasting and anomaly detection product line. At Alteryx, Lisa revamped their product launch process, go-to-market messaging motions and worked closely with the VP of product management and executives on platform messaging and positioning.

Juan Tello

Chief Data Officer
Deloitte

Juan is a Principal in Deloitte’s Strategy & Analytics practice and is Deloitte Consulting's Chief Data Officer. He is responsible for fostering value creation from the use of data assets throughout the entire data value chain of data, technology, process and talent. Juan works closely with our firm leadership to define strategies and execution initiatives to deliver on our business goals, by enabling our business outcomes through data management, governance, analytics and Artificial Intelligence.

Sanjeev Chaudhary

Platform Architect
Wipro

Sanjeev is a result oriented technology industry leader, pioneering, designing and managing complex digital designs/solutions primarily in Telecom across the world. Leveraging 23+ years of EDW/Big Data, AI/ML (delivery and operations) expertise to identify, create and deliver innovative service strategies driving business development, go-to-market strategies. Delivered solutions that leverage data to achieve business-based outcomes. Have been part of strategy team for technical/business future readiness working with C-level executives.

Christian Kleinerman

Senior Vice President, Product
Snowflake

Christian Kleinerman is a database expert with over 20 years of experience working with various database technologies, currently serving as Senior Vice President of Product at Snowflake. He has more than 15 years of management and leadership experience. At Microsoft, he served as General Manager of the Data Warehousing product unit where he was responsible for a broad portfolio of products. Most recently, Christian worked at Google leading YouTube’s infrastructure and data systems. Christian earned his bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Los Andes University, and he is a named inventor on numerous Snowflake patents.

Manik Gupta

Vice President, Analytics & Insights, North America
Bayer Consumer Health

Manik oversees multiple Centers of Excellence, including Consumer Insights/Human Truths, Digital Insights, Consumer Engagement, Enterprise Business Intelligence, and Advanced Analytics and Data Science. Prior to his current role, Manik was responsible for leading advanced analytics for AT&T Business where he owned the development and delivery of big data and IoT analytics solutions for the enterprise market. Prior to AT&T, Manik held senior leadership roles at Georgia-Pacific and Deloitte Consulting’s Strategy and Analytics practice.

Manik is a graduate of Emory University’s Goizueta Business School and has an engineering degree from the National Institute of Technology, India.