Keynote Speakers

Abhii Parakh
Vice President, Head of Enterprise Experience,
Prudential Financial

Hema Widhani
Chief Digital and Marketing Officer,
Prudential

Carolynn Smith
Vice President, Head of USB Service,
Prudential

Jill Pavlovich
Senior Vice-President of Digital Shopping Experiences,
Albertsons Companies

Jon Freier
President of Consumer Group,
T-Mobile

Ajay Kapoor
Global Director, Performance Driven Marketing,
General Motors

George Colony
CEO,
Forrester

J.P. Gownder
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Katy Tynan
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Dipanjan Chatterjee
Vice President, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Judy Weader
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Sharyn Leaver
Chief Research Officer,
Forrester

Audrey Chee-Read
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Rick Parrish
VP, Research Director,
Forrester
Guest Speakers

Dr. Brita Andercheck
Chief Data Officer,
City of Dallas

Tarshena Armstrong
Director of Diversity Marketing & Development,
General Motors

Dr. Nicole Kendall Arrighi
Assistant Dean,
Tennessee State University

Charles Bates
Manager, Business Operations Services (BOS) Customer Care Group,
American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC)

Abder Benghanem
Head of Global Marketing Operations,
General Motors

Vishal Bhalla
SVP, Chief Experience Officer,
Advocate Health

Mary Rose Bufalino
Head of Customer Loyalty for Canadian Personal & Business Banking,
Bank of Montreal

Jim Conner
Director of Operations,
Gant Travel

Missy Dunagan
Director, AI Strategy and Solutions,
tekcity.ai

Dwayne Francis
Sr Manager, CRM & Loyalty,
Curaleaf

Guy Friedel
Head of Creative Building,
Amazon Ads

Victoria Gnatoka
Customer Experience Manager,
Expedia

Tim Greulich
Managing Director,
Deloitte Digital

Maria Hokanson
EVP ‑ US & Canada Marketing,
Dairy Queen

Matt Hunt
CXO, VP Customer,
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota

Tom Hutchins
Vice President - Technology Governance, Strategy & Business Operations,
Tractor Supply

Kyle Johnson
President & CEO,
Lighthouse Works

Greg Kihlstrom
Consultant & Advisor,
The Agile Brand

Barbara Lincoln
Director of Customer Satisfaction & Integration,
Erie Insurance

Lauren Lovelady
Manager of UX Strategy,
Cracker Barrel

Aron Meyer
Portfolio Management | Digital Workplace Solutions,
Unisys

Cory Munchbach
Chief Executive Officer,
BlueConic

Aniket Navalkar
Vice President, Survey & Insights,
Advocate Health

Chima Ogbuokiri
Senior Vice President of Growth and Partner Marketing Strategy,
AMC Networks

Abhii Parakh
Vice President, Head of Enterprise Experience,
Prudential Financial

Julie Rickis
Head of Market Research,
MassMutual

Andy Rieger
Sr. CX Manager,
Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Phil Rubin
Founder & Principal,
Grey Space Matters

Todd Sale
Senior Vice President of Customer Experience,
Corpay

Kamilah Sanders
Founder/CEO,
Greater Than Equal®

Christie Sandoval
Senior Vice President, Customer Experience,
T-Mobile

Sulabh Saxena
Director of Technology,
AT&T

Tyler Saxey
Sr. Director OMNI Global VOC and Care Solutions,
Foot Locker

Zach Schendel
Head of Research,
DoorDash

Ryan Serpan
United States Head of Consumer Experience Consulting,
Blend 360

Kerry Sette
Vice President of Consumer Research and Insights,
Voya Financial

Reed Smith
Ardent Health,
Chief Consumer Officer

Sera Tanner
Customer Experience Director,
Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut

Brad Thomas
Senior Customer Onboarding Program Manager,
Docusign

Naj Uddin
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer,
AARP

Chris Valleskey
Group Director, Creative Technology,
Eversana

Sanjay Venkatesh
VP of Marketing Technology,
Sony Corp of America

Heather Ward
Director of Marketing,
Hensel Phelps

Norm Yustin
Partner,
Russell Reynolds Associates
Forrester Speakers

Mo Allibhai
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Max Ball
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Gina Bhawalkar
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Senem Guler Biyikli
Analyst,
Forrester

Fadjanie Cadet
Director, Diversity & Inclusion,
Forrester

Dipanjan Chatterjee
Vice President, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Audrey Chee-Read
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Katy Cobian
VP, Executive Partner,
Forrester

Emily Collins
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

George Colony
CEO,
Forrester

Rowan Curran
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Su Doyle
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Eric Epstein
VP, Executive Partner,
Forrester

Colleen Fazio
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Chuck Gahun
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Angelina Gennis
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Melissa Gill
VP, CX Executive Partner • Executive Program,
Forrester

Michele Goetz
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

J.P. Gownder
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Katerina Gryparis
VP, Executive Partner,
Forrester

Patrick Hayes
Product Manager, Certification,
Forrester

Kim Herrington
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Kara Hoisington
Principal Consultant,
Forrester

Ian Jacobs
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Pete Jacques
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

David Johnson
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Keith Johnston
VP, Group Director,
Forrester

AJ Joplin
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Aaron Katz
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Zeid Khater
Analyst,
Forrester

Sucharita Kodali
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Nikhil Lai
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Sharyn Leaver
Chief Research Officer,
Forrester

Jessica Liu
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Stephanie Liu
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Brigitte Majewski
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Christina McAllister
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Carter McCrory
VP, New Business Sales and Revenue Development,
Forrester

Mary Pilecki
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Mike Proulx
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Brandon Purcell
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Jonathan Roberts
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Ron Rogowski
VP, Executive Partner,
Forrester

Jen Sanning
Executive Partner,
Forrester

Rich Saunders
Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Joe Stanhope
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Fiona Swerdlow
VP, Research Director,
Forrester

David Truog
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Arielle Trzcinski
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Shar VanBoskirk
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Peter Wannemacher
Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Rusty Warner
VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Doug Washburn
VP, Research Products,
Forrester

Judy Weader
Principal Analyst,
Forrester
Julie Young
Senior Consultant,
Forrester
Case Study & Spotlight Speakers

Charles Bates
Manager, Business Operations Services (BOS) Customer Care Group,
American Honda Finance Corporation (AHFC)

Jim Conner
Director of Operations,
Gant Travel

Michelle Couture
Global Lead for Customer Experience Product Marketing,
Zoom

Kaitlen Elmore
Sr. Director, Voice of the Customer Programs,
Concentrix

Jeff Fettes
Founder,
IntouchCX

Simon Gough
VP Product Management,
Medallia

Tim Greulich
Managing Director,
Deloitte Digital

Victoria Harrell
Senior Product Marketing Manager, Customer Experience,
Medallia

Shelton Hook
Vice President of Applications & Solutions,
Carenet Health

Kyle Johnson
President & CEO,
Lighthouse Works

M.J. Johnson
Sr Director of Product Marketing,
CallMiner

Jim Katzman
Principal CX Strategy & Enablement,
InMoment

Brian Kavanaugh
Director, Global Field & Customer Marketing,
Bynder

Greg Kihlstrom
Consultant & Advisor,
The Agile Brand

Joel Knight
Head of Customer Success,
Calendly

Sofia Knutson
Senior Solutions Engineer,
SurveyMonkey

Claudia Lee
Sr.Product Manager,
Observe.AI

Lauren Lovelady
Manager of UX Strategy,
Cracker Barrel

Steve Loyka
Principal CX Advisor,
Medallia

Gina Massa
Sr. Director, Voice of the Customer Programs,
Concentrix

Holly McCann
Executive Vice President, Enterprise Sales,
Carenet Health

Brian McIntosh
Chief Consulting Officer,
BlastX Consulting

Aron Meyer
Portfolio Management | Digital Workplace Solutions,
Unisys

Deon Nicholas
Co-founder, CEO,
Forethought

Kristie O’Donnell
Director, Product Pre-Sales,
Nice

Milind Pansare
VP Product,
Observe.AI

Manesha Powar
Head of Product Management,
Qualtrics

Jack Pursley
Sr. Director, Voice of the Customer Programs,
Concentrix

Dustin Raney
Director of Identity Innovation,
Acxiom

Andy Rieger
Sr. CX Manager,
Hill’s Pet Nutrition

Amy Roberge
Head of Global CX Solutions Engineering,
Zoom

Brandon Sailors
Vice President, CX Strategic Accounts,
CSG

Todd Sale
Senior Vice President of Customer Experience,
Corpay

Irv Salisbury
Director of Solutions Architecture,
Fullstory

Lori Sarsfield
VP of Customer Success,
Fullstory

Sulabh Saxena
Director of Technology,
AT&T

Tyler Saxey
Sr. Director OMNI Global VOC and Care Solutions,
Foot Locker

Zach Schendel
Head of Research,
DoorDash

Jason Schoch
Pre-Sales Engineer,
NICE

Ryan Serpan
United States Head of Consumer Experience Consulting,
Blend 360

Phil Simpson
SVP Global Sales,
FullStory

Mark Smith
SVP of Customer Experience,
CSG

Hadley Spadaccini
Sr. Product Marketing Manager, AI & Analytics,
Medallia

Ryan Tamminga
SVP Product and Services,
Alchemer

Brad Thomas
Senior Customer Onboarding Program Manager,
Docusign

Sylvain Tremblay
Chief Revenue Officer,
Uniphore

Emily Walker
Head of Commercial Customer Success,
Fullstory
Chris Wallace
SVP, Global Growth,
IntouchCX

Heather Ward
Director of Marketing,
Hensel Phelps

Dave Warfield
Vice President of Sales for the Financial Services sector,
Acxiom

Brett Wiegl
SVP Product Management, AI,
Genesys

Jason Wolf
President,
Fullstory

Kelly Zunker
Conversational AI Consultant,
Cognigy
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