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Most organizations are seeking new ways to improve efficiency and drive positive business outcomes. By using hyperautomation, organizations can accelerate ideas, automate repetitive tasks, transform their systems and architecture, create seamless journey-based user experiences, eliminate human error, and create efficiencies using low-code integrations – all resulting in better outcomes for customers.

Join us on December 2nd to learn from a panel of experts who have already experienced automation at their organizations and will share their learnings:

• Where to start with your automation / digitization transformation
• Discussion of successful automation implementations and pitfalls to avoid
• What the future looks like with hyperautomation

Moderator:
Brian Rogan, SVP North America, Emergn

Panelists:
Nageswaran Vaidyanathan, EVP, Chief Technology Officer, OneMain Financial
Frank Sottosanti, Chief Marketing Officer, Transamerica
Mark Etwaru, Digital & Transformation Expert
Dany De Grave, Founder Unconventional Innovation, Sanofi Pasteur
Erich Kellow, Global Head of Information Technology and Digital Operations, BAT

                                                       
Vaidyanathan    Sottosanti            Etwaru               De Grave              Kellow

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES

Nageswaran Vaidyanathan, EVP, Chief Technology Officer, OneMain Financial

• Senior IT leader playing in the intersection of people, ways of working, infrastructure and information technology transformation.
• Currently accountable for all application delivery and operations, Digital transformation, infrastructure, IT security and data at OneMain Financial as part of the Executive team.
• Was accountable for Digital Customer Experience across Customer segments including Mobile Bank, web and tablet banking, Mobile Payments, Cards processing – physical and virtual, security for the digital applications. I am also accountable for driving Analytics for customer / fraud and Risk / Credit for the bank
• Was accountable for personal banking IT development and operations as CIO for Personal Banking IT at Danske Bank.
• Earlier I was accountable for the engineering for Allstate’s Connected platform building products and features as well as enabling mobility across insurance and non-insurance and looking for opportunities for monetization
• Was accountable to complete the implementation of a policy admin system for all P&C lines across business units and retire the legacy policy admin system. The policy admin system completed catered to exclusive and independent agents, contact centers, risk management, back office and the web
• Was accountable for day-day operations oversight, design and strategic initiatives for the Claims technology organization that not only supports Claims business but also across business organizations as new products are launched in Product and Sales/Marketing.
• I serve as a teacher / mentor for multiple employees within and outside the company as they look to grow professionally – mentor as part of the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Menttium Corporation, speaking on leadership at CampIT as well as teaching emerging professionals.
• Won the Chairman’s award three years in a row 2010-2012

Frank Sottosanti, Chief Marketing Officer, Transamerica

A Chief Marketing Officer with twenty years of sales and marketing experience in the Entertainment, Consumer Packaged Goods, Financial Services, and Insurance industries. Broad marketing and digital experience with a keen focus on creating and executing innovative solutions to complex business problems. Strong track record for developing high performing teams and process improvements that deliver measurable results. Trusted leader who builds effective partnerships and strategic marketing plans in matrixed organizations.

Mark Etwaru, Digital & Transformation Expert

Mark Etwaru is a thought leader and a champion for global innovation who has navigated some of the world’s largest organizations through areas of business strategy, organizational design, operational effectiveness, cost reduction, change management, risk management and margin improvement.

He has been at the forefront of some of the most critical capabilities such as Transformation, Cloud, Social, Digital, DevOps, AI and more recently Blockchain. Mark thrives on tackling complex, high-risk, and seemingly impossible initiatives. He excels at leading long-term strategic projects driving organizational change and transformation.

In addition to Mark’s day job he currently serves on the boards of multiple not-for-profit organizations, is an adviser to multiple incubators, and sits on multiple start-up advisory boards.

Academically, Mark is a lifetime student, he holds B.S. in Information Systems Management, a Master’s in Technology Management, is PMP certified and currently enrolled at Harvard, pursing a Masters in Psychology.

Dany De Grave, Founder Unconventional Innovation, Sanofi Pasteur

I go broad and drill deep.
I don’t need a plan to start.
I implement tomorrow today.
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Specializing in bringing tomorrow’s technologies and approaches into established businesses but only in a way useful to the business, in translating data science and AI output into language understood by business managers and executives (and vice versa), in creating platforms where people can unleash their talents and passion.
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Speaker at scientific, vaccine, future of work, artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain, competitive intelligence, regulatory, and learning conferences.

Erich Kellow, Global Head of Information Technology and Digital Operations, BAT

IT Leader with over 20 years international experience across leading companies in the FMCG, Transportation, and Healthcare industries. He is engaging with board level stakeholders, from identifying new opportunities to leveraging technology to deliver business value across Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

Recently Erich has been focusing on transforming global Operations through new digital platforms, agile ways of working, deeper insights & foresights and process automation.

Brian Rogan, SVP North America, Emergn

Brian is a leader in scaling some of the best IT companies in North America and globally, after having worked 20 years in the information technology management consulting, product, and services industry. He has held several executive roles, centered on managing world-class sales, solution, and marketing teams. He’s created and implemented go-to-market strategies and plans, and scaled client relationships to dramatic growth in revenue, profits, and margins.

Prior to his current appointment, Brian held Chief Revenue Officer and Executive Vice President of Sales roles with industry-leading global companies like Cognizant Technologies (Ranked #1 by Forbes, during his tenure), Sierra Atlantic, Highpoint Solutions and Symbio.

Most recently, Brian was the Founder and Managing Partner of LeverageHub, which focused on helping companies increase their new business development contracts and revenues with partners and alliances.

Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 1 CPE credit for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.1 CEUs and 1 PDU. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.