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Barry Powers leads IBM Software Group’s Cognitive Insurance Industry Solutions team for North America. His team of industry consultants are responsible for working with senior, line of business executives in all major insurance companies.� The team’s focus is in understanding customers strategic initiatives and applying IBM’s software and services capabilities. The Solutions team was responsible for IBM’ Cognitive vertical industry strategy in Insurance and drove both organic and inorganic growth in IBM’s evolution from technology to vertical development and acquisition. He and his team led the development of the IBM Blueprints for vertical solutions development across all brands.� Barry Powers has 29 years of experience in Financial Services and Insurance.� Prior to joining IBM, Barry Powers worked with leading insurance software and services companies including CSC and CGI� In addition to managing sales executives and complex sales processes for these companies, Barry Powers helped develop new solution offerings including the Insurance industry’s first widely used product configuration tool, rating engine, electronic commerce application.

Sophia Yen is a Senior Principal at EY and the Strategy & Innovation Leader in the Insurance Consulting practice, focused on working with clients to drive profitable growth through strategic ventures, market trends & insights, innovation, and digitization and emerging technologies. She also serves on the EY Americas Insurance Leadership team.

Sophia has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry with deep experience in reinsurance, insurance, banking, disruptive technologies and digital transformation. She has led global initiatives focusing on growth, M&A integrations and separations, integrated business and financial strategy planning, and streamlining target operating models.

Sophia has a unique combination of industry and consulting experiences as she started in consulting and then spent half of her career in the insurance and banking industry before returning to consulting. Some of her notable accomplishments included driving the transformation at UBS Investment Bank where she achieved more than 30 million in cost savings. Prior to UBS, she was at Swiss Re and held several senior leadership roles, including running their Americas Client Solutions team, SVP of Financial Services Origination, Chief of Staff to the CEO and COO and Head of Operations and Reporting, where she was responsible for the strategic financial planning, reporting, and operations of a $2.5+ billion portfolio and was a member of the Americas Executive Committee.

She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science (dual major: Finance & Computer Science) from Boston College and graduated both with high honors. She is a sought-after speaker at industry conferences throughout the Americas, EMEIA, and Asia on such topics as strategic transformation, digital transformation, enabling innovation, culture change, and diversity & inclusion. Sophia lives in Chappaqua, NY with her husband and daughter.

Roger Hartmuller is VP of the information services group for Allstate Insurance, where he is responsible for driving Allstate�s information strategy, which provides significant competitive advantage for the company.

Jean-Stephane Faubert is a senior solutions architect at InEdge. He has more than 20 years of experience designing and implementing information technology solutions. For more than half of his career, his focus has been in the design and implementation of Analytics solutions. Faubert has designed analytics solutions for clients in the insurance, banking, brokerage, health and other industries.

Martina Conlon is a principal at Novarica, a research and advisory firm focused on insurance technology strategy for insurers.

Jim Weiss is manager and assistant actuary in the Personal Automobile Actuarial Division at Insurance Services Office (ISO), a Verisk Analytics Company. His primary responsibilities include product development and filing strategy for personal auto predictive modeling initiatives, with a focus on vehicle rating and usage-based insurance (UBI). Weiss was lead actuary on the multi-state filing of both of ISO's telematics-based rating plans, and is a frequent presenter on UBI and personal lines analytical topics. He is co-author of "Beginner's Roadmap to Working with Driving Behavior Data," which was awarded the 2012 Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) Management Data and Information Prize, and author of "Five Simple Rules to Leverage Four Generations of Talent," which placed first in the 2013 Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Society Diversity Essay Contest. Weiss is a Fellow of the CAS, a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, and a CPCU.

Margaret Resce Milkint is Managing Partner of The Jacobson Group. She handles executive management and actuarial searches on a global basis in the areas of life, property and casualty, healthcare, reinsurance, and consulting (benefits, life and health, property and casualty) for the organization's retained search practice. She also plays a significant role in the continued development of the entire organization as a member of Jacobson�s Executive Management Team. Margaret is a key player in establishing cross-border relationships and broadening the firm�s global reach.Margaret joined the firm more than 25 years ago and has successfully completed search engagements including Board of Director members, CEOs, CMOs, CFOs, COOs, CIOs, CROs, Chief Underwriters and Chief Actuaries. Her international search expertise encompasses disciplines such as actuarial, underwriting, risk, finance and investment, legal, IT, sales and marketing, and claims. Prior to her tenure with the firm, she was employed by Allstate Insurance Company of Northbrook, Ill.Margaret received her bachelor's degree with concentrations in English, French and marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She currently serves as a Career Development Speaker for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois. She is the former Chair of the Board of Directors for Easter Seals, DuPage and the Fox Valley Region, and a current Board Member of the Illinois Technology Foundation, focusing on the importance of communication, social media and networking skills. Margaret is also a volunteer instructor for Jobs for Youth, a non-profit organization addressing youth employment. Additionally, Margaret is a member of the Chicago Finance Exchange.As the co-founder of the Women�s Insurance Networking Group (WING), Margaret is a champion of diversity and equality in leadership in the insurance industry. WING was launched as a platform for networking among the insurance industry�s female leaders and enlightened males, those who understand the importance of diversity and equality in leadership in the insurance industry.Margaret's expertise on career and recruiting issues is widely-recognized throughout the industry. She was most recently called upon to share her perspectives with Best�s Review, Insurance & Technology, The Actuarial Review, LifeHealthPro, TechDecisions, and Diversity/Careers. She further communicates her insights with the industry through bylined articles; these were most recently featured in Stepping Stone, Riskpertise, and Broker World. Margaret is also called on to speak at many regional and national conferences, including National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC), Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI), Society of Actuaries (SOA) and the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS).

A 20-year veteran of the technology and analytics industry, Bill has a long history of building and managing world class analytic organizations that drive business growth.� At AudaExplore Bill is responsible for building and leading a best in class Decision Sciences organization.� Prior to joining AudaExplore Bill has held several analytic executive roles at industry leading organizations including Head of Analytics at Dun & Bradstreet and Leader Analytic Consulting at Fair Isaac.� He has worked with many Fortune 1000 clients building analytic organizations and solutions to drive growth and incremental revenue.� Bill served on the Board of Directors of the Buro de Credito from 2010 to 2014 and is currently a Board Advisor for BizEquity.� He holds a B.A. and M.B.A from the University of Delaware with a focus on Innovation and Technology Management.�� Bill resides in Delaware with his wife and two children and in his off time he enjoys sports, traveling and spending time at the beach.