Speakers
Liane Hornsey
Chief People Officer
Palo Alto Networks
LEAP: Pioneering radical approaches to learning through the ‘FLEXWORK Coalition’
Day One
2:20 pm | Develop: What Traditional Thinking Needs Challenging to Build A Fit-For- Purpose Learning Framework That Truly Meets the Needs of Your Unique Tech Business?
1:20 pm | Discover: Disrupting the Nature of Work: Pioneering Radical Approaches to Learning Through the “FLEXWORK Coalition”
Day Two
7:30 am | Panel: How Turbocharged Tech Firms Are Gaining a Tech Talent Advantage in the Short, Medium & Long Term
Scott Pitasky
Chief People Officer
Unity Technologies
LEAP: Driving a bulletproof culture in times of change with the ‘In It Together strategy’
Day One
10:40 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing NonTraditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
10:00 am | Discover: Driving a Bulletproof Culture in Times of Change Through Unity’s “In It Together” Strategy
Joanna Parke
Chief People Officer
ThoughtWorks
LEAP: Disrupting traditional thinking on developing tech talent with the ‘Empowering ThoughtWorker Growth’ program
Day One
12:30 pm | Develop: What Do We Need to Do More of To Better Develop & Retain Every Portion of Our Workforce in Tech?
11:30 am | Discover: Disrupting Traditional Thinking Around Growing & Retaining Qualified Tech Talent: Exploring the “Empowering ThoughtWorker Growth” Initiative
Susan Quackenbush
Chief Human Resources
Officer Vonage
LEAP: Championing first-class engagement and retention through the ‘Year of Growth’ initiative
Day One
8:40 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
8:20 am | Discover: Championing Curiosity & Engagement in Career Paths to Unlock the “Year of Growth” in Your Established Tech Firm
Rashmi Gupta
Chief Human Resources Officer
PRO Unlimited
LEAP: Partnering with industry leading research to drive a new way of thinking on diversity and inclusion with ‘Pro Unites’
Day Two
11:30 am | Develop: What Impact Can Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Programs Make on Your People & Company Performance?
11:10 am | Discover: “PRO Unites”: Driving Non-Traditional Approaches to Curating a Diversity & Inclusion Strategy for Every Level of a Large-Scale Tech Workforce
Katie Kulikoski
Chief People Officer
Progress Software
LEAP: Curating new, futureready people strategies for the tech workforce of tomorrow
Day Two
7:30 am | Panel: How Turbocharged Tech Firms Are Gaining a Tech Talent Advantage in the Short, Medium & Long Term
Dave Almeda
Chief People Officer
UKG
LEAP: Transforming the employee experience with the “Manager Effectiveness Program”
Day One
8:00 am | Discover: Holding Managers Accountable: Revolutionizing the Employee Experience by Establishing a High-Trust, Data-Driven “Manager Effectiveness Program”
8:40 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
Rich Lang
Senior Vice President of Human Resources
VMware
LEAP: Rewriting the next era of work by building the forwardthinking ‘Future of Work’ strategy
Day Two
9:40 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing NonTraditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
9:20 am | Discover: Re-Writing the “Future of Work” in Tech: Building a HighPerforming People Strategy to Enable Your Firm to Thrive in 2021 & Beyond
Gianpaolo Barozzi
Global Lead – Talent Management, Digitization & Innovation
Cisco
LEAP: Radically re-inventing the theory behind effective workforce planning with the ‘TeamBuilder’ program
Day Two
9:40 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing NonTraditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
9:00 am | Discover: Radically Re-Inventing the Theory Behind Effective Team Building and Workforce Planning in Tech: Exploring Cisco’s “TeamBuilder”
Candace Byrdsong Williams
Global Lead – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
GitLab
LEAP: Driving an industryleading approach with Gitlab’s ‘Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Certification’
Day Two
11:30 am | Develop: What Impact Can Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Programs Make on Your People & Company Performance?
10:30 am | Discover: Championing Collective Learning & Responsibility for DE&I Through GitLab’s “Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Certification”
Selina Millstam
Head of Talent Management
Ericsson
LEAP: Driving a businesscentric leadership development strategy with the ‘Ericsson on the Move’ initiative
Day One
8:40 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
7:40 am | Discover: “Ericsson on the Move”: Driving a Business-Centric Leadership Development Strategy to Cultivate an Ultra-Competitive, High Performing Tech Workforce
Forrest Tylutki
Head of Talent Acquisition
Omnitracs
LEAP: Rewrite the tech talent acquisition rulebook with Omnitracs ‘Talent Flow’ program
Adrienne Szewczyk
Head of Organizational Development
Lextech
LEAP: Leveraging ‘LexGo’ to drive a connected virtual workplace culture
Kerry Brown
Vice President of Workforce Adoption
SAP
LEAP: Leading the ‘Future of Work’ taskforce to enable positive business change through people
Day Two
1:10 pm | Develop: What Can We Learn from the Tech Leaders Taking Novel Approaches to the Way They Leverage Their Product & Network?
12:30 pm | Discover: Spearheading Disruptive People Strategies to Equip Your Tech Workforce with the Support & Agility Needed to Thrive with the “Future of Work”
Millette Granville
Vice President of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
2U
LEAP: Spearheading the ‘Netflix Virtual HBCU Boot Camps’ partnership to build a diverse pipeline of qualified tech talent
Day Two
10:50 am | Discover: “Netflix Virtual HBCU Boot Camps”: Championing Industry Partnerships & Product Agility to Transform the Way We Develop & Engage a Diverse Future Tech Workforce
11:30 am | Develop: What Impact Can Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Programs Make on Your People & Company Performance?
Rod Lacey
Vice President of People
Talkdesk
LEAP: Leading the ‘Talkdesk Experience’ Program to redefine employee experience in a new virtual setting
Courtney Branson
Vice President of People & Culture
SquareRoot
LEAP: Enabling rapid business growth with ‘Adventures in Empathy’ culture and communication design
Sheela Subramanian
Senior Director, Future Forum
Slack
LEAP: Pioneering the ‘Future Forum Consortium’ to skill the tech industry with an agile approach to the future of work
Day Two
1:10 pm | Develop: What Can We Learn from the Tech Leaders Taking Novel Approaches to the Way They Leverage Their Product & Network?
12:50 pm | Discover: Enabling Leaders to Create People-Centric & Digital-First Workplaces Through Data & Dialogue: Introducing Slack’s “Future Forum”
Sondra Calhoun
Senior Director of Learning & Organizational Development
Pushpay
LEAP: Re-establishing mission and vision by integrating ‘Pushpay Values’ into company identity as a meaningful driver of growth in tech
Heather Henry
Senior Director of Global Talent Acquisition
LogicMonitor
LEAP: Turning the traditional review process upside down to attract more diverse tech talent with the LogicMonitor’s ‘Quarterly Planning Initiative’
Day One
12:30 pm | Develop: What Do We Need to Do More of To Better Develop & Retain Every Portion of Our Workforce in Tech?
12:10 pm | Discover: How LogicMonitor’s ‘Quarterly Talent Planning’ Initiative Turned Its Traditional Review Process Upside Down & Is Attracting More Diverse Tech Talent
Charles Stevens
Senior Manager, Military Workforce Development & Military Advancement Program Lead
Amazon
LEAP: Leading non-traditional approaches to talent attraction through the ‘military advancement’ program
Day One
12:30 pm | Develop: What Do We Need to Do More of To Better Develop & Retain Every Portion of Our Workforce in Tech?
11:50 am | Discover: Engineering a Research-Backed Approach to Amazon’s “Military Advancement”: Transforming the Way we Engage, Develop, & Retain Diverse Workforces in Tech
Kristin Swanson
Senior Talent Development Manager & Coaching Mastery Lead
Ellucian
LEAP: Building behavioral data into learning strategies with ‘Coaching Mastery’ to better develop leaders
John Radford
Founder & Partner
Rewards Solutions, Aon
Day Two
7:30 am | Panel: How Turbocharged Tech Firms Are Gaining a Tech Talent Advantage in the Short, Medium & Long Term
Shelley Osborne
Vice President of Learning
Udemy
Day One
2:20 pm | Develop: What Traditional Thinking Needs Challenging to Build A Fit-For- Purpose Learning Framework That Truly Meets the Needs of Your Unique Tech Business?
1:40 pm | Discover: Championing Non-Traditional Approaches to Learning & Development: Unlocking Workforce Potential with “The Upskilling Imperative"
Katie Hollis
Senior Vice President of People
InVision
Day One
10:40 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing NonTraditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
10:20 am | Discover: Leading the Way for Completely Distributed Work: Creating the Culture & Infrastructure to Thrive Remotely with InVision’s “Remote-First Organization & Culture Design”
Hope Weatherford
Head of Talent Attraction
InVision
Day One
10:40 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing NonTraditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
10:20 am | Discover: Leading the Way for Completely Distributed Work: Creating the Culture & Infrastructure to Thrive Remotely with InVision’s “Remote-First Organization & Culture Design”
Steve Dobberowsky
Director, Strategy and Value Services
Cornerstone
Day One
2:00 pm | Discover: Skills Are Only the Starting Point: How Modern HR Technology Is Changing Learning Strategy & How Work Gets Done
2:20 pm | Develop: What Traditional Thinking Needs Challenging to Build A Fit-For- Purpose Learning Framework That Truly Meets the Needs of Your Unique Tech Business?
Matthew Reyes
Strategy & Value Services Associate Principal
Cornerstone