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Tim Cummins
An international, cross-industry career that has moved from corporate management to extensive research, advisory and capability development services to public, private and third sector organisations. Tim has lived and worked in the UK, France (3 years) and United States (20 years), building an impressive research and entrepreneurial record, with demonstrated commitment to delivering social benefit.
As Founder and President, World Commerce & Contracting (formerly International Association for Contract & Commercial Management), Tim has built a 72,000 member worldwide non-profit association which increasingly influences commercial policies and contracting practices in major corporations and governments. In September 2019, he was presented with the Financial Times ‘Market Shaper of the Year’ Award.
Tim was until recently Professor and Chair, International Commercial & Contract Management, University of Leeds, School of Law, where he taught and led development of inter-disciplinary commercial programs.
Prior to founding World Commerce & Contracting, Tim was on the Chairman’s staff at IBM Corporation and led the development of worldwide commercial processes and skills. His early career included management roles in banking, automotive and aerospace industries, where he led negotiations up to $1.5 billion in value. He has served in advisory roles for government departments in various countries, including the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and Japan.
World Commerce & Contracting
Roderick Wade
Rod Wade, Vice President Contract Management & Procurement is an executive team member at MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc. in San Diego, California reporting to MedImpact’s CFO and is responsible for all corporate contracting, procurement and negotiation activities. Rod leads teams that support sales and buy-side contracting, as well as MedImpact’s procurement and vendor relations operations. Rod’s teams provide support to MedImpact’s Sales, Account, Finance, Legal, Regulatory, Network, International, IT, Health Services, Government Services, M&A and affiliate/subsidiary companies.
Prior to joining MedImpact, Rod was Senior Manager, Contracts at American Specialty Health, Inc. in San Diego and prior to that was Senior Contract Consultant/Assistant Secretary for Prudential Insurance Company of America, Prudential Health Care Plan, Inc., and Prudential HealthCare Plan of California, Inc. in Los Angeles, California.
Rod attended the University of California Berkeley, received a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from California State University Northridge and a Master of Business Administration degree from California Lutheran University.
MedImpact Healthcare Systems, Inc.
Sally Guyer
As Global CEO of one of the world’s fastest growing non-profits, Sally’s mission is to inspire and support the World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) team and global community to collectively drive recognition and excellence in Commercial and Contract Management.
She is an experienced and accomplished commercial and contracts management professional, holding senior commercial positions at a range of corporate and multi-national organizations. Her focus is on the creation of positive and successful business relationships, constantly striving to ensure that businesses realize their true potential and value.
In 2019 Sally was invited to become Chair of the Board for the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and in 2021 she was appointed Professor in Practice in Strategy and Innovation at the University of Durham Business School.
World Commerce & Contracting
Matt Patel
For over two decades, Matt Patel has a passion for modernizing contract lifecycle management through process optimization and innovative technology. Matt aims to solve complex contracting challenges with the ideal combination of modern technology and optimized processes, to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction. As COO and co-founder at Malbek, Matt is focused on global enterprises to deliver best-in-class AI-infused CLM solution with essential integrations to bring contracts into the digital age. Matt enjoys a variety of hobbies outside of work including skiing with family and friends in the winter and water gardening in the summer. When you meet Matt, be sure to ask him about his koi pond!
Malbek
Ashish Seth
Ashish is a seasoned professional in the field of Contract and Commercial Management with over 27 years of experience in global IT, Telecom, Infrastructure and Engineering Research & Development industries. He is currently working with Capgemini as India CCM Head.
He is a Subject Matter Expert with strong acumen of Commercial, Legal and technical aspects of doing business. He has a proven ability to solve complex business problems through simplified commercial alternatives that cover full lifecycle of business relationships. He is a thought leader and influencer who strives to deliver both social and economic benefits in business relationships.
Prior to Capgemini, he worked with Ericsson, IBM and Intel at leadership CCM positions for both buy and sell side.
Capgemini Technology Services India
Sachin Shinde
Sachin is a seasoned Contracts cum Commercial Manager and is a Certified Contract Management Practitioner (CCMP) from IACCM, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Scrum Certified with more than 20 plus years of experience in procurement, pre and post sales Contract and Commercial Management across diverse functions, Client Engagement, Account Management, Strategic Sourcing, Transition & Transformation, Negotiations IT governance etc.
Capgemini Technology Services India
Christina Wojcik
LexFusion
Buddy Broussard
LegalSifter
Kingsley Martin
Kingsley has been at the forefront of technology innovation in the legal practice. He has 30 years of experience in the practice of law, software design and development, strategy and management. In 2012, Kingsley was recognized by the ABA as a Legal Rebel. In 2013, he was honored as one of the Fastcase 50; an Innovator by Law Technology News; and a national Law Journal Trailblazer and Pioneer.
Kingsley developed some of the first document assembly systems. He taught himself the C computer language and automated his tax practice. Later, Kingsley was one of the leading innovators in developing the theory and practice of knowledge management. He wrote the Knowledge Management Workbook.
Next, Kingsley pioneered the new discipline called contract analysis. He is a founder of KMStandards and has developed software capable of automatically analyzing legal agreements and creating contract standards. Using this software, Kingsley has developed the free web resource ContractStandards.com providing model contracts, checklists, and clauses, together with other contract resources. Kingsley is also a founder of Akorda.com a startup applying AI to contract review.
Kingsley holds law degrees from Oxford University (First Class Honours) and Harvard Law School.
KMStandards, LLC
Fraser Hill
Fraser leads the digital transformation agenda within the managed supply chain across Upstream, Downstream, Integrated Gas, Projects and Technology in Shell. His team of 120 staff is accountable for digital transformation of the supply chain, technology, process design, AI, big data and digital.
Fraser has also been the driving force behind the development and implementation of a new operating model, known as Project Optimus
Lockheed Martin
Alex Short
Director within PwC's Commercial Control practice leading the Digital Commercial proposition, enabling clients to adopt the latest digital solutions to drive their commercial and contract management functions with a focus on delivering material P/L impact and reducing risk exposure.
PwC
Paula Mendez
Attorney with 20 years of experience in commercial contracting, with a focus on Aerospace & Defense, social media platforms and GenAI. Joined Accenture Argentina in 2016 and transferred to Accenture US in 2019. Currently, Deputy Portfolio Lead for Software & Platforms, Contracts Lead for one of the top five social media platforms and part of Accenture’s GenAI LLM Legal Network, providing legal support to GenAI deals in different industries
Accenture
Kirsten Morris
Kirsten has over 25 years of consulting experience assisting clients with contractual disputes and compliance issues. Kirsten leads the national data solutions and automation stream within the Contract Assurance and Performance team. This team specialises in identifying items of interest and anomalies within large volumes of data, as well as streamlining validation and monitoring activities through the development of bespoke data based, and often automated, tools.
KPMG AU
Simon Geale
As Chief Procurement Officer at Proxima, Simon is accountable for driving product and product service innovation, market and media relations. His job means that he works with and advises executives procurement teams and vendors on all thing’s procurement now and next. He is a two-time failed tech entrepreneur, master shape shifter in PowerPoint and regular commentator in the media. As a father of two young girls when not working he spends his time moonlighting as a taxi driver, dinosaur or being ridden around his house like a horse.
Proxima
Maggie Frey
Maggie joined LegalSifter in 2017 and is responsible for growing the business and serving clients primarily in technology-driven industries. Prior to LegalSifter, she spent 13 years in supply chain management including implementation leadership, strategic sourcing, and risk management positions at FreeMarkets (now SAP/Ariba) and Medrad (now Bayer). Maggie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Pittsburgh.
LegalSifter
Ulrika Soderlund
Ulrika Soderlund is Director Contract & Commercial Excellence at Saab Dynamics AB, Missile Systems, in Sweden. With a background as a Business Analyst Consultant, Ulrika has built a solid and many faceted experience from diverse industries. During the last 15 years her field of work has been within the defence industry, focusing on delivering value through commercial contracts on the international market.
SAAB Dynamics AB
Peter J Walker
Australian Taxation Office
Jana Sukkarieh
AI-driven innovator with a proven track record in transforming research into real-world solutions. From academia to entrepreneurship, I have driven groundbreaking projects in cybersecurity, education, and law. As Founder & CTO of Noha-Z (https://www.nohaz.co/), I am building a platform that transforms knowledge management through "computable" documents, focusing currently on contracts. Backed by a PhD in AI from Cambridge University and experience at various tech companies, I am passionate about leveraging language and machine intelligence to create positive change.
Neurons on hybrid algorithmZ (Noha-Z)
Bernadette Bulacan
Bernadette Bulacan is a frequent speaker regarding the digital transformation of global enterprises. As Vice President and Lead Global Evangelist for Icertis, the recognized leader in enterprise contract lifecycle management, she is charged with sharing contract management best practices with legal and contracting teams and evangelizing the use of innovative technologies like AI/ML and blockchain. Prior to Icertis, Bernadette was a co-founder and Assistant General Counsel of Serengeti Law, which created e-billing and matter management platform, Serengeti Tracker (acquired by Thomson Reuters.) She held leadership roles at Thomson Reuters and QuantAI, an intellectual property AI analytics start-up. Bernadette was recently named 2020 Women of LegalTech by the American Bar Association. Bernadette advised start-up technology companies at Graham & Dunn, a Seattle firm and Venture Law Group, a Silicon Valley firm. Bernadette received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her law degree and LL.M from the University of Washington.
Icertis
Bindu Johnson
Global Switch
Ian Radford
Having come from a formal financial background, I moved across to IT and spent a number of years working in software development, programming, project and program management at all levels in a number of different industry sectors. Being an entrepreneur at heart I started a number of companies specialising in business intelligence and information security which taught me a number of very important lessons. With this experience under my belt, I moved back into IT and worked for various consultancies and organisations driving new strategies, change management and partner and supplier relationship management. Curiosity, is now driving me to delve into Ai to see and understand how this can best be applied to SRM and contracting to influence the maximum value delivery.
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Brian Tang
BRIAN W TANG is founding executive director of Law, Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship Lab, the award-winning interdisciplinary and experiential programme at University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law (LITE Lab@HKU ) . His current wide-ranging research areas cover AI governance, emerging capital markets for tokenized securities and carbon markets, sustainable financing and the role and impact of technology on the future delivery of legal services and education.
Brian is a member of the Microsoft-SMU Asian Dialogue on AI Governance and was a member of the IEEE Standards Association’s Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems Policy Committee. Brian has authored or co-authored chapters in Artificial Intelligence in Finance (Edward Elgar, 2023), The AI Book (Wiley, 2020), The Regtech Book (Wiley, 2017), The Fintech Book (Wiley, 2016) and Reconceptualizing Global Finance and its Regulation (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
Brian is part of the small vanguard of educators incorporating generative AI into his teaching and has applied his pedagogy to upskilling in-house lawyers, and also leads a climate contracting initiative involving leading law firms and legal departments in collaboration with The Chancery Lane Project .
Brian previously spent nearly 20 years at global investment bank Credit Suisse in Hong Kong, and at law firms Sullivan & Cromwell in New York and California and Mallesons in Perth, Australia.
Brian is co-chair of the Asia Pacific Legal Innovation and Technology Association (ALITA) , APAC Regional board member of Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) , and board member of the Fintech Association of Hong Kong .
LITE Lab@HKU at University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law
Luke Kenny
Luke is the CEO of Local Government Procurement. He is responsible for $1b in annual spend under contract. He oversees a procurement training organisation and a Procurement Consulting practice. Luke has been with Local Government Procurement for 8 years. He is a Board Chairman, and has spent the last 25 years in senior executive roles across public and private sectors.
Luke has an MBA, a Communications Degree, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is a certified Executive Coach, and currently completing a post graduate law degree.
Local Government Procurement (NSW)
Matt Tizzard
In recent years Matt has been at the sharp end, working with WorldCC Enterprise Members, Commercial & Contract teams. Matt heads the EMEA region at WorldCC leading on evangelising & delivering on our mission for a world where all trading relationships deliver social and economic benefit. One contract at a time.
Virgin Media
Sophie Taylor
Sophie leads Addleshaw Goddard's legal technology consulting team which is focused on providing strategic support to in-house teams on their legal technology journeys.
As a qualified commercial contracts lawyer by background, Sophie has a particular interest and passion towards contract lifecycle management (CLM). She brings a lawyer-led perspective to optimising contracting processes, providing practical advice to help guide teams through the selection, design, and effective implementation of CLM software and other legal technology solutions. Sophie has been engaged with the recent GenAI developments and has been helping legal cut through the hype to understand the practical application of GenAI, develop use cases, and improve their prompting techniques.
Addleshaw Goddard
Sally Sfeir-Tait
I am a relentless optimist. I am passionate about building legal and operational infrastructure for the new economy.
I am on a mission to unburden creative minds. That mission involves the creation of a digital infrastructure required for scalable, automated, repeatable, and responsible data-access, supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
All paths have led me to this point. Throughout my career, the roles I held involved shaping new legal systems, forming new departments or creating a new function.
I have a unique background and experience having held various senior in-house roles including General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Policy and Legal adviser within a Financial Services Regulator, and I was Partner at international Law Firm, Clyde & Co LLP. My career fuses the complex and interconnected worlds of regulation and technology having advised the private and public sectors on FinTech, Blockchain, ICOs, cryptocurrencies, Smart initiatives, artificial intelligence, and innovation. I have an insider’s understanding of regulation. I understand the challenges and I know what needs to be done.
As Honorary Research Professor at UCL, I coordinate UCL’s RegTech collaborations and projects together with my colleague, Philip Treleaven.
Regulaition
Natalia Crnomarkovic
Natalia Crnomarkovic is an award-winning digital transformation executive leader with over 20 years of experience in strategic innovation, digital transformation, contract intelligence, legal informatics, and as a senior lawyer specializing in IP and technology transactions. Natalia leads the Future Law Portfolio at the Australasian Society for Computers and Law, a multidisciplinary, intergenerational think tank aiming to co-design the future of technology, law, and society. In this role, Natalia collaborates with C-suite executives, regulators, academics, lawyers, GRC, and technology professionals to develop thought leadership with global reach on topics such as the responsible use of GenAI in the Law, Rules as Code, Regulatory Digital Twins, and next-generation contracting (also known as Smart Legal Contracts). In previous roles, Natalia led the Ernst & Young APAC Law Innovation Hub and Oceania Law Technology team and as Distinguished Fellow with the Centre for Legal Innovation provided thought leadership on Digital Contracting for NetZero.
AUSCL Australasian Society for Computers & Law
Natasha O'Callaghan
Senior Manager within PwC's Commercial Control practise, a chartered accountant and IACCM Practitioner with 9 years experience in audit, reviewing contracts, and how suppliers deliver against them. This has included leading transformation projects and driving forward the use of technology and AI to identify real-time value leakage and commercial optimisation opportunities from both a demand and supply-side perspective.
PwC
Adrian Gibby
KPMG Australia
Matthew Baginski
Matt is a leader and change agent with experience in numerous industries. He prides himself on his reputation as an accountable and resilient leader, building collaborative relationships, industry-leading teams and leveraging technology.
His passion is around nurturing talent and the joy of the ‘a-ha!’ moment. In late 2015, Matt joined the landmark Crosstown LRT project, based in Toronto.
Matt succeeds by simplifying problems, understanding requirements, and accessing the power of teams. He has extensive, progressive experience in successfully delivering large scale and complex initiatives for private and public sector clients.
AtkinsRealis
Michael Gormley
Michael Gormley Jr. has been with the CobbleStone Software team since January of 2018. Michael progressed through his career at CobbleStone becoming a Senior Account Manager and then CobbleStone Sales Manager. During Michael’s time with CobbleStone, he has assisted many clients in the evaluation and onboarding process to present the numerous benefits of CobbleStone’s CLM software, provided advanced support with client contract administration requirements, assisted with a frictionless implementation process, and supported post execution activities to ensure a positive client ROI.
CobbleStone Software
Daniel Lewis
Daniel Lewis is a recognized leader in advancing legal technology, with 10+ years at the industry’s cutting edge. He is the US CEO of LegalOn Technologies, a global AI contract review technology leader. Previously, as co-founder and CEO of Ravel Law, Daniel helped pioneer the use of data analytics and visualization to transform legal research. After LexisNexis acquired Ravel Law, Daniel oversaw several of LexisNexis's business units, including as the VP of practical guidance and analytical content.
Daniel is a graduate of Stanford University Law School. Daniel was a visiting Professor at IE Law School and a Fellow at CodeX, the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics.
LegalOn Technologies
Natasha Blycha
Natasha is one of the world’s pre-eminent Live Contract experts. She is recognized in Chambers as a global fintech expert with technical product design experience and deep legal understanding as a co-author of the seminal 2022 Oxford text on SLCs and 2024 Springer Digital Asset text (forthcoming). Founder of award-winning national tech law firm Stirling & Rose and former Global Head of Digital Law at a major international law firm, Natasha advises Legal Commissions on SLCs, DAOs, and digital assets in the UK and Australia and has been awarded the Financial Times Most Innovative Lawyer, Thought Leader of the Year, Finalist Partner of the Year, and Innovator of the Year.
StirlingandRose
Sharon Morris
Sharon is a passionate advocate for driving shared values and positive change in the world. She recognises the advancement of the capabilities of our commercial, procurement, contracting, supply chain, and legal professionals as integral to building a better future for people, prosperity, and the planet.
As the Group Regional Head of APAC at WorldCC, Sharon spearheads the association's activities throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Her commitment extends to supporting the WorldCC Foundation, where she actively champions sustainable and inclusive contracting practices.
With over two decades of executive experience in Australia and internationally, particularly in the non-profit membership space, Sharon has played a pivotal role in advancing global procurement and supply chain expertise, while ensuring diversity and inclusion are top of mind. Whether as the Director of Global Programs at Procurious or as General Manager for the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands, Sharon has consistently aimed to elevate the capabilities and profile of the procurement and supply chain profession across the region.
Sharon is dedicated to driving positive change in the world—one contract at a time!
World Commerce & Contracting
Louis Wihl
Louis is a technology and commercial contracts lawyer with over 12 years’ experience advising a range of both customer and supplier clients, from early-stage organisations to household names and listed companies.
He leads on the drafting and negotiation of a wide range of high value, business critical and strategic contracts, often in the context of digital transformation projects and regulated outsourcings. These include agreements for software-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service, on-premises software licences, systems integration services, IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing and other IT and cloud-based technology solutions.
Louis also advises on the use of emerging technologies and is Deloitte Legal’s UK Artificial Intelligence Legal Advisory Lead. In this role he brings together the best of Deloitte’s AI legal knowledge together with Deloitte’s business, technology and sector expertise to provide comprehensive solutions to the challenges AI poses, enabling organisations to make the most of the opportunities AI offers.
Deloitte Contracts Global
Paul Culvenor
Paul Culvenor is a mining engineer who has spent his career in commercial leadership roles with Australia's leading mining contractors. He Co-Founded Hevi in 2022 to build the Contract Administration platform to stop the issues that were constantly happening on sites.
Hevi
Rahul Marwah
Rahul is an Associate Director in Sourcing and Procurement Advisory, with over 17 years of industry and consulting experience across 8 diverse industries spanning 5 countries. He is an expert in Tech Sourcing, Operating Models, and Digital Transformation within procurement. Rahul has previously helmed procurement for Audi Australia and brings a wealth of experience from the Oil & Gas, Automotive, FMCG, and Financial Technology sectors. At KPMG, he also leads the Pride Network and is deeply committed to Diversity and Inclusion initiatives for LGBTIQA+ pillar.
KPMG
Kendall Richardson
Kendall is a preeminent procurement and supply chain advisor in Australia, with a distinguished career spanning over 18 years across diverse sectors, including Government, Defence, Construction, Health, Education, Technology, and the Not-for-Profit sectors. As the elected Chair two industry bodies, she plays a pivotal role in shaping procurement standards and best practices at a national level. Kendall is the Director of Mindset Procurement, where she provides strategic advisory services on procurement, contract and supply management. Her ability to blend strategic vision with operational excellence, and collaborative approaches has earned her a reputation as a trusted advisor and a leading authority in the industry. Beyond her professional achievements, Kendall is deeply committed to supporting small businesses, startups, and non-profit organisations. She is the Treasurer of Villagehood Australia, a charity dedicated to assisting mothers during the early years of parenting, and the Founder of the Women in Procurement Association, a not-for-profit focused on empowering women in the procurement profession. Kendall’s dedication to fostering growth, innovation, and collaboration within the procurement community is evident in her work. Her insights into technology in contracting are shaped by her extensive experience and her passion for driving positive change through strategic contracting practices.
Mindset Procurement
Léa Di Betta
Enthusiastic and meticulous multilingual commercial professional within depth knowledge in hight end contracts, expertise in compliance and supply chain management. Passionate about knowledge sharing, customers satisfaction and top-notch account management. 10 years’ experience in a large civil aerospace FTSE 100 company, currently working in Parker Meggitt as a commercial manager in Engineering Material Group.
Parker Aerospace
Sep Zarrin
Sep Zarrin is a highly versatile experienced Associate Director at Investructure with a track record of high performance in providing commercial advisory services on some of Australia’s most high-profile complex major projects. His qualifications in civil engineering, finance, and construction law empower him to articulate complex problems to various project stakeholders, thereby providing commercial value at every stage of the project life cycle.
Investructure
Takamasa Makita
Takamasa is an Inclusion & Diversity partner. He has lived, studied and worked in multiple countries (Japan, UK, Hong Kong, Belgium, Dubai/UAE) with expansive international and extensive legal experience. Taka has worked at several top international law firms and multinationals, predominantly focusing on Intellectual Property, IT and general corporate and commercial work. Developing ease of communication on and between multi-levels, team work and leadership based on these attributes as his strength.
He is a keen triathlete, marathon and ultra runner, scuba Dive Master and qualified YTT200 yoga teacher, but really prefer a laid back round of golf.
Accenture
Jacob Beckerman
Jacob is the Founder and CEO of Macro. His background is in Investment Banking and Engineering, and his Master's dissertation in CompSci focused on the best ways to digitize and analyze legal contracts.
Macro
Kerryn Kohl
Kerryn Kohl has over 20 years of experience in transforming organizations through human-centered innovation. As the founder of several successful ventures, she focuses on designing and implementing cutting-edge EdTech solutions, driving digital and cultural transformations, and empowering individuals to reach their full potential.
Kerryn is the author of "Oh ShiFt! Now What? - Unleashing Leadership Potential in the Digital Age" (2024/25) and "Accelerated Learning for Breakthrough Results." She also contributes to various publications and speaks at events such as Gartner's Re-imagine HR, Learning Innovation Africa, and Innovation Mauritius.
Passionate about lifelong learning and personal growth, Kerryn integrates her background in Social Science and Education with Behavioral Economics, Technology, and the latest academic research to create tailored, transformational solutions to achieve strategic objectives.
She is the founder of Life Online, incorporating Talenttalks.net, Advisory&, and KerrynK.com, and the co-founder of C'ynergy. Her ventures specialize in AI education, tech development, transformation consulting, leadership development, and wellbeing coaching.
Previously, she consulted for Accenture before establishing a coaching and consulting practice that supported returning mothers with flexible and hybrid work, a first of its kind at the time. This practice merged with a research institute and developed an LXP platform serving 60,000+ employees. Having relocated to Australia, Kerryn most recently established the Group Risk Capability Academy at an Australian Bank, boosting productivity by 70% through Generative AI.
Specializations:
AI and Digital Transformation Leadership and Cognitive Synergy between Human and AI EdTech Solutions Capability and Competency Framework Development Learning and Development Strategy Culture Transformation Wellbeing and Personal Development Coaching Kerryn is dedicated to personal empowerment, leveraging AI to help individuals achieve their goals and reimagine their futures. She envisions a future where human-AI synergy drives personalized education, seamless skill integration, and enhanced productivity.
Kerryn is always open to engaging in insightful conversations. Contact her to discuss innovative solutions or share ideas.
Life Online Pty
Loretta Gaid
BeyondTrust Corporation
Ian Oppermann
Dr. Ian Oppermann is co-founder of ServiceGen, helping Governments accelerate digital service delivery. He is also an Industry Professor at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). From 2015 to 2023, Ian was the NSW Government’s Chief Data Scientist working within the Department of Customer Service where he held numerous roles including chairing the NSW government’s AI Review Committee and Smart Places Advisory Council. He was CEO of the NSW Data Analytics Centre (DAC) from 2015 to 2019.
Ian is considered a thought leader in the area of the Digital Economy and is a regular speaker on data, broadband enabled services and the impact of technology on society. Ian has an MBA from the University of London and a Doctor of Philosophy in Mobile Telecommunications from Sydney University. Ian is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, is a Fellow and Past President of the Australian Computer Society, Fellow of the NSW Royal Society, and a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
ServiceGen
Nikodem Szumilo
The Bartlett Real Estate Institute
Isabela Godoy
Vitta
Rui Caminha
Visual Law Studio
Rodrigo Costa
Rodrigo Costa is a seasoned AI/ML practitioner and Vice President at Deutsche Bank, where he leads the Strategic Sourcing and Innovation Practice. With over 12 years of experience in the banking industry, Rodrigo specializes in leveraging data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to help companies define strategic roadmaps, implementing data-driven solutions that enhance productivity and deliver measurable impact. He holds a Master's degree in Computational Data Analysis from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Systems Engineering at The George Washington University, blending academic knowledge with practical expertise to drive innovation.
Deutsche Bank
Tim Chopping
Able AI
Tommy Levi
Agiloft
Vishwajeet Singh
Adani Group
Yeshasvini Ramaswamy
Yeshasvini Ramaswamy is a Cultural Transformation & Analytics expert with extensive exposure in leading projects for Fortune 100 across UK, US, Australia, Dubai and China. She has represented India among emerging 25 women leaders in the Fortune Most powerful women partnership program hosted by the US State Dept in 2012 & 2017. She is now the Co-Chair ASSOCHAM National Council on Quality and Productivity.
She was awarded The Super Achiever Award by the World Women Leadership Congress Awards in 2017. She has also been featured in Biz Inked a case study publication of IIM Bangalore and CII's Bold & Brilliant coffee table book on women achievers in 2018. She was awarded the Times Power Women Award (Excellence in Entrepreneurship) in 2019 and was recognized by I-Create for achieving the milestone of creating 4k entrepreneurs and 12k jobs among the disadvantaged women and army veterans in 2020. Yeshasvini is mentioned in the book “Undeterred: The Six Success Habits of Women in Emerging Economies” by Rania Habiby Anderson as a leading Indian Women Entrepreneur. She was awarded the Fellowship by the Institute of Directors in 2021.
Culturelytics
Amita Basu
Amita is an advanced analytics professional with 15+ years of experience in leading and shaping transformation programs, CRM initiatives, digital marketing on Big Data platforms and predictive analytics based business strategy, involving teams across U.S.A, U.K, EU and Asia. She is passionate about building diverse teams, helping her clients overcome problems from top-down to bottom-up and providing state of the art solutions.
KPMG
Carl Coughlan
An accredited professional with a diverse range of expertise and skills. Having established himself firmly in Financial Services Outsourcing, Audit, Risk and Compliance. He diversified into Utilities in 2021 to establish the Yorkshire Water’s Commercial Contract Audit function. Taking an innovative approach through the challenging environment of the pandemic, to create a first class offering, utilising internal and external capability, technology, and AI. Resulting in an award winning team and exceeding our financial targets and objectives.
Yorkshire Water
Rajesh Sreenivasan
Rajah & Tann Singapore LLP