Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Mike Pumper started his career with Sogeti in 2011. Since then, his career has rapidly accelerated both internally within Sogeti and at his clients.Through working with clients, Mike has gained experience in a variety of topics at many levels of expertise. He started his career at Baxter Healthcare as a Java / Spring developer, working closely with the business to develop a portal application. Mike started at National Merit Scholarship Corporation late in 2011 as a technical lead and solution architect, overseeing a small team that created a critical internal Java / Spring application that is still in use by the business today.After the completion of the Java / Spring application, National Merit embarked on an ambitious modernization project utilizing Microsoft technologies, including C# and WCF. The project is done in service oriented architecture, which Mike is in charge of managing and designing. Mike also continues to act as the technical lead, mentoring and leading a team of on-shore and off-shore resources as the project progresses.Internally, Mike has been committed to contributing to Sogeti’s excellence in any way he can. Mike took charge of reforming the technical interviewing process in Chicago in 2013, which gave interviewers more tools to ensure that recruits meet the Sogeti standard of quality. Mike has also given talks and lectures for Sogeti consultants and his clients on a variety of topics, including JavaScript, MVC, MVP, and MVVM, dependency injection, design patterns, N-Tier architecture, service oriented architecture, and continuous integration.

Fawad Butt is the chief data governance officer and executive director at Kaiser Permanente. He is experienced in successfully developing and maturing information and data management organizations and executing programs designed to enable capabilities around data governance, data quality, master data management, data strategy, data analytics and innovation management.At Kaiser Permanente, Fawad is responsible for building out a consistent data governance and data quality framework and the associated organizational structures.Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, Fawad spent 20 years helping technology and financial services companies including Northern Trust Corporation, TIAA-CREF, TD Bank, Sun Microsystems, and SGI/Cray Research.�

Kannan Jayaraman is Head of Business Development Insights and Data at Capgemini.

Dave is a globally recognized pioneer and visionary in the information management arena. With 20+ years experience in data infrastructure, governance, CDI/MDM, information architecture, big data, unstructured data, integration and analytics, Dave led the creation of several of the most widely used EIM products in market today. Throughout his career, Dave leads from the front by helping many of the world’s largest brands tackle their most complex business and technical challenges.“Desired outcomes are central to my approach for knowledge generation. Contrary to conventional views of data management, I feel desired outcomes should direct investments in data and information tooling. Applying pragmatic thinking and agile execution techniques, enables valuable insights without massive effort or investment.”Prior to re-joining Entity Group, Dave led research and development for IBM’s InfoSphere product suite that includes information governance catalogue, big data, MDM, data integration and data quality. Prior to IBM, Dave led research and develop for Initiate Systems, a leading MDM software vendor acquired by IBM in 2010. Dave served in key leadership roles at Hyperion, Vignette and Sterling Commerce. Dave started his career with Entity Group.

Dennis Bonilla is executive dean at the University of Phoenix College of Information Systems & Technology

Gaurav brings a wealth of experience both in technology and business as he executes on the innovation and expansion of KAYGEN’s Centers of Excellence.Gaurav has over seven years of Master Data Management program management and implementation experience in financial services, and over eighteen years of corporate IT management, enterprise architecture, technology evaluation, IT consulting, data integration and Program Management.Gaurav has a proven track record of managing, implementing and rolling out complex enterprise applications including MDM, ERP, CRM, SFA and BI applications and solving Data Management challenges in organizations including Fidelity Investments, Logitech and Cognos (now part of IBM).Gaurav holds MBA from Indian Institute of Management and B.Tech from National Institute of engineering in India.

Frank Downs is senior manager of cyber/information security at the ISACA

Adam Silverman serves eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals. His research focuses on eBusiness strategy, technologies, solutions, and operations, including eCommerce platforms, mobile commerce, and in-store commerce technologies. Having spent more than 15 years leading eCommerce teams, Adam has extensive experience of innovating at and operating multichannel retail businesses. He has specific expertise in helping eBusiness leaders define their strategy, understand the supporting technology landscape, determine the appropriate organizational structure, and define and measure success.Previous Work ExperiencePrior to Forrester, Adam was the vice president and general manager at Alibris, a marketplace for independent sellers of books and media. Along with establishing the strategic vision for the organization, he managed marketing, product development, and operations. Prior to Alibris, Adam was director of marketing for Musician's Friend, a $400 million musical instrument retailer. While at Musician's Friend, Adam helped define and deploy a full suite of eCommerce technology solutions designed to enable richer experiences for its customers and greater scale for the organization. Adam also developed one of the first social commerce applications for Wet Seal, where he was director of eCommerce.EducationAdam holds a BBA in marketing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with an emphasis in music. He has also studied international business in the UK at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology.

As vice president and principal analyst, Melissa Parrish serves B2C Marketing Professionals and is a leading expert on social and digital marketing strategy. In her research, Melissa explores how marketers use evolving technologies and platforms to create and deepen the bonds between them and their ever-changing customers.Melissa has been quoted frequently in publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and Fortune magazine. She has spoken at hundreds of events around the world, including Ad Tech, Mobile World Congress, OMMA Global, SXSW, and Social Media Week.Previous Work ExperienceBefore joining Forrester, Melissa was the director of community strategy at Time Lifestyle Digital group, where she was responsible for community and social media initiatives across the network's 10 titles, which include Real Simple, Southern Living, and Cooking Light. Prior to joining Time in 2007, Melissa was part of Crayon, a conversational marketing consultancy, where she managed social media projects for brands like Coca-Cola and American Airlines. Previously, Melissa held senior product and community roles at Meetup, the world's largest network of local groups, and Bolt.com, a community of more than 10 million teenagers and young adults.EducationMelissa earned a B.A. in drama and philosophy from Loyola University, New Orleans, an M.A. in liberal studies from The New School, and an M.F.A. in dramaturgy and script development from Columbia University.