Speakers
Kevin Yip
COO
Blueboard
Day Two
9:40 am | Discover: Case-Study Led Presentation Delivered by Blueboard
10:00 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?
Liane Hornsey
Chief People Officer
Palo Alto Networks
LEAP: Pioneering radical approaches to learning through the ‘FLEXWORK Coalition’
Day One
2:40 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?
2:00 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 Return to the Office
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 | Discover: “PRO Unites”: Driving Non-Traditional Approaches to Curating a Diversity & Inclusion Strategy for Every Level of a Large-Scale Tech Workforce
11:50 am | Develop: What Impact Can Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Programs Make on Your People & Company Performance?
Scott Pitasky
Chief People Officer
Unity Technologies
LEAP: Driving a bulletproof culture in times of change with the ‘In It Together strategy’
Day One
10:10 am | Discover: Driving a Comprehensive Business Culture in Times of Change Through Unity’s “In It Together” Strategy
10:50 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing Non-Traditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
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 Return to the Office
Dave Almeda
Chief People Officer
UKG
LEAP: Transforming the employee experience with the “Manager Effectiveness Program”
Day One
9:00 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
8:20 am | Discover: Holding Managers Accountable: Revolutionizing the Employee Experience by Establishing a High-Trust, Data-Driven “Manager Effectiveness Program”
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
9:20 am | Discover: Re-Writing the “Future of Work” in Tech: Building a HighPerforming People Strategy to Enable Your Firm to Thrive in 2021 & Beyond
10:00 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?
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
9:00 am | Discover: Radically Re-Inventing the Theory Behind Effective Team Building and Workforce Planning in Tech: Exploring Cisco’s “TeamBuilder”
10:00 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?
Candace Byrdsong Williams
Global Lead – Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
GitLab
LEAP: Driving an industryleading approach with Gitlab’s ‘Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Certification’
Day Two
10:50 am | Discover: Championing Collective Learning & Responsibility for DE&I Through GitLab’s “Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Certification”
11:50 am | Develop: What Impact Can Transforming Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Programs Make on Your People & Company Performance?
Gabrielle Metz
Global Head of Leadership Transformation
Ericsson
LEAP: Driving a businesscentric leadership development strategy with the ‘Ericsson on the Move’ initiative
Day One
8:00 am | Discover: “Ericsson on the Move”: Driving a Business-Centric Leadership Development Strategy to Cultivate an Ultra-Competitive, High Performing Tech Workforce
9:00 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
Adrienne Szewczyk
Head of Organizational Development
Lextech
LEAP: Leveraging ‘LexGo’ to drive a connected virtual workplace culture
Kerry Brown
Head of Transformational Change & Future of Work
SAP
LEAP: Leading the ‘Future of Work’ taskforce to enable positive business change through people
Day Two
12:30 pm | Discover: Spearheading Disruptive People Strategies to Equip Your Workforce to Thrive with the Changing Face of the Industry
1:10 pm | Develop: What Can We Learn from the Tech Leaders Taking Novel Approaches to the Way They Leverage Their Product & Network?
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
11:10 am | Discover: “Netflix Virtual HBCU Boot Camps”: Championing Industry Partnerships & Product Agility to Transform the Way We Develop & Engage a Diverse Future Tech Workforce
11:50 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
12:50 pm | Discover: Enabling Leaders to Create People-Centric & Digital-First Workplaces Through Data & Dialogue: Introducing Slack’s “Future Forum”
1:10 pm | Develop: What Can We Learn from the Tech Leaders Taking Novel Approaches to the Way They Leverage Their Product & Network?
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 | Discover: How LogicMonitor’s ‘Quarterly Talent Planning’ Initiative Turned Its Traditional Review Process Upside Down & Is Attracting More Diverse Tech Talent
1:10 pm | Develop: What Extra-Mile Approaches Can We Take to Attract, Develop & Retain Top Quality Tech Talent?
Charles Stevens
Principal, Military Talent Development
Amazon
LEAP: Leading non-traditional approaches to talent attraction through the ‘military advancement’ program
Day One
12:10 pm | Discover: Engineering a Research-Backed Approach to Amazon’s “Military Advancement”: Transforming the Way we Engage, Develop, & Retain Diverse Workforces in Tech
1:10 pm | Develop: What Extra-Mile Approaches Can We Take to Attract, Develop & Retain Top Quality Tech Talent?
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 Return to the Office
Lila Millsap
Director, People Partnerships
InVision
LEAP: Transforming the future of work with ‘InVision’s Remote-First Organization & Culture Design’
Day One
10:30 am | Discover: Leading the Way for Completely Distributed Work: Creating the Culture & Infrastructure to Thrive Remotely with InVision’s “Remote-First Organization & Culture Design”
10:50 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing Non-Traditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
Hope Weatherford
Head of Talent Attraction
InVision
Day One
10:30 am | Discover: Leading the Way for Completely Distributed Work: Creating the Culture & Infrastructure to Thrive Remotely with InVision’s “Remote-First Organization & Culture Design”
10:50 am | Develop: What More Can We Learn From the People Leaders Harnessing Non-Traditional Workforce Strategies to Drive a High Performing Tech Workforce into the Future?
Steve Dobberowsky
Director, Strategy and Value Services
Cornerstone
Day One
2:40 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?
2:20 pm | Discover: Skills Are Only the Starting Point: How Modern HR Technology Is Changing Learning Strategy & How Work Gets Done
Matthew Reyes
Strategy & Value Services Associate Principal
Cornerstone
Day One
2:40 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?
2:20 pm | Discover: Skills Are Only the Starting Point: How Modern HR Technology Is Changing Learning Strategy & How Work Gets Done
Graham Walters
Chief People Officer
DraftKings
Day Two
7:30 am | Panel: How Turbocharged Tech Firms Are Gaining a Tech Talent Advantage in the Return to the Office
Rachel Bycer
Senior Learning Business Partner
Instacart
Day One
11:10 am | Fireside Chat: The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid & Virtual Onboarding
Sheryl Lavi
Senior Learning & OD Partner
Elastic
Day One
11:10 am | Fireside Chat: The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid & Virtual Onboarding
Chris Allen
Client Services and Innovation Director
AMS
Day One
12:50 pm | Discover: Building Your Tech Workforce. It’s time to Think Beyond Just Acquisition
1:10 pm | Develop: What Extra-Mile Approaches Can We Take to Attract, Develop & Retain Top Quality Tech Talent?
Annie Hammer
Head of Technology Advisory, Americas
AMS
Day One
12:50 pm | Discover: Building Your Tech Workforce. It’s time to Think Beyond Just Acquisition
1:10 pm | Develop: What Extra-Mile Approaches Can We Take to Attract, Develop & Retain Top Quality Tech Talent?
Jen Quirk
Regional Marketing Manager
Enboarder
Day One
11:10 am | Fireside Chat: The Do’s and Don’ts of Hybrid & Virtual Onboarding
Thomas Boyle
Regional VP of Sales
FUEL50
Day One
8:40 am | Discover: Case-Study Led Presentation Delivered by Fuel50
9:00 am | Develop: What Are the Most Critical Aspects of a Disruptive Learning or Leadership Development Strategy?
Alex Bratton
CEO & Chief Geek
Lextech
Elizabeth Fierman
VP of People
Robin