Marco Andre is the Global Head of Marketing and Generative AI Excellence at Novartis. He’s a keynote speaker, AI advisor to executives, and a published author.
Marco has worked for 20+ years at companies such as Google, Procter & Gamble, and YouTube, where he held local, regional, and global roles in Marketing, Sales, Partnerships, and Operations. Marco’s achievements include scaling a country marketing operation 4x in two years, managing a $20M brand budget across 18 EMEA countries, and advising C-Level executives on digital transformation for brands worth $40B in sales.
Outside of work, Marco is the author of the book – Imperfect Stories and builds a ton of LEGO. He’s the proud owner of 20+ sets, with his favorite one being the Star Wars Millennium Falcon.

Betsy Rohtbart joined Marketing at IBM in December of 2022 as Vice President for IBM.com after starting her marketing career at Forbes and several digital marketing leadership roles at SAP, Pitney Bowes, and Vonage. She specializes in iterative, multi-phase, and multi-partner martech digital transformation.

Betsy pursued roles on the agency- and client-sides throughout her 20-year career leading teams and delivering quantifiable success through complex end-to-end website development, integrated digital program design and management, and post-merger brand and marcom integration.

She has a BA in English from Northwestern University and an MBA from Columbia University. In her spare time Betsy enjoys biking with her sons, tinkering with home automation with her husband, a data engineering leader at a healthcare startup (and former IBMer), and binging Netflix.

Jennifer Sacks, VP Brand Insights and Technology at Salesforce, has been with Salesforce for 13 years. Over her incredible career, she’s worked through customer and market insights and has significant experience in Salesforce’s technology communications and GTM. She studied business administration in California and according to her X profile, her favorite quote is “nothing will make you feel better except doing the work.”

RJ leads the Global Event Technology and Product team at Bloomberg where he manages a team of digital event technicians, QA specialists, product and project managers to oversee an event tech stack responsible for the execution of 2,000+ in-person, virtual and hybrid events annually in over 60 countries and 200 cities.
He previously worked at Meredith Corporation (now Dotdash Meredith) as a Senior Product Manager, responsible for digital back-end and front-end product enhancements across 30+ brands, including People, Entertainment Weekly, Martha Stewart, Better Homes and Gardens, and Allrecipes.
Based in New York City, RJ began his career managing large scale, in-person corporate productions including product launches and New York Fashion Week.

Brian Buckley serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Nasdaq. He is responsible for overseeing the planning, development, and execution of Nasdaq’s global marketing and corporate communications strategy. A core division within Global Strategy, the Marketing & Communications team produces unique campaigns and initiatives that promote Nasdaq’s strategic ambitions, as well as demonstrate the company’s commitment to championing inclusive growth and prosperity.

He has almost 20 years of advisory and in-house experience in the market infrastructure and wider financial sector. Brian’s expertise spans strategic organizational issues, including M&A, IPOs, crisis management, investor relations, corporate purpose and marketing.

Prior to joining Nasdaq, Brian was a partner at Brunswick Group, a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues, where he led the financial technology practice. During nearly a decade with the firm, in both their London and New York offices, Brian advised asset managers, banks, exchanges, and financial technology businesses on a range of complex issues. He has also held marketing and communications roles at Lloyds Banking Group and Morgan Stanley.

Brian holds a BSc in Management from Dublin Institute of Technology and an MA in Politics from Queen’s University Belfast.

Eszter Mattiassich-Aszody is Head of Global Events at Siemens Healthineers and Partnership Manager for the World Economic Forum.
She’s been with the Siemens family for nearly 17 years. She was Head of Communications for Siemens Energy in Australia and New Zealand. And prior to that, she was Head of Marketing Communications at Siemens AG for Australia and the Pacific area.
In these roles, she supported 360 communication plans and thought leadership initiatives with a focus on digitalization and Industry 4.0 in vertical markets such as mining, water/wastewater, defense, and the food and beverage industry.
She has a Master’s degree in Communications with a specialty in PR and Electronic Media, as well as a Grammar and Literature degree with specialties in teaching and psychology. As a Hungarian-Australian dual citizen living in Germany, she loves to immerse herself in cultures, enjoys travelling, she founded and runs book clubs, and rides motorbikes!

The “AI CMO,” Jacqueline Woods, is Teradata’s CMO; a vital member of the executive leadership and the company’s principal storyteller. She excels in highlighting the critical role of AI in creating and delivering value and is renowned for driving growth using modern marketing methods that are grounded in data insights as well as crafting exceptional customer experiences.
Woods joined Teradata from NielsenIQ’s executive leadership team where she spearheaded the revitalization of the company’s image, brand, and perception as Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. Woods’ journey included a pivotal role at General Electric as the Global Head of Customer Segmentation & Customer Experience, and a decade-long tenure at Oracle, in the office of the CEO, complemented by significant contributions at Ameritech (ATT) and GTE (VZN).
Her remarkable contributions have garnered acclaim like: Marketing Visionary by Marketers that Matter, one of the Most Influential CMOs by Insights Success, and is among the Top 50 Women Leaders of Connecticut for 2023 by Women we Admire.
Woods serves on the Boards of Avaya Holdings Corp. and Winnebago Industries, as well as the Board of Trustees for Community Reinvestment Fund USA, and is a founding member of the Black Executive CMO Alliance™.

With over 20 years of experience in providing internal and external IT services to a variety of industries, Ashley Azzopardi is Red Hat’s Senior Manager of Unified Communications & Collaboration. He’s been part of the Red Hat family for 12 years having started his journey there as a Senior Regional IT Infrastructure and Support Engineer.

He’s always been an advocate of “AV over IP” and using IT practices to scale, implement, improve and generally make the hybrid meeting and event experience better for audiences and users.

In addition to his IT proficiency, Ashley prides himself on fostering a growth-driven workplace by always being open to mentorship opportunities. He brings that same enthusiasm to the fitness world by coaching individuals who want to be healthier and improve their quality of life.

Jon has played a pivotal role in shaping the world’s most disruptive marketing technology platforms, with a focus on thought leadership, category creation, and strategic go-to-market.

Jon is currently laying the groundwork for his next start-up. In his most recent role as the CMO of Demandbase, Jon helped transform how B2B companies go-to-market. He was previously the CEO and founder of Engagio, which merged with Demandbase in June 2020. Prior to that, he co-founded Marketo, the leading marketing automation platform, where he served as the CMO and played a key role in helping the company achieve an IPO and category leadership.

In addition, Jon also serves as an independent board member, providing guidance to companies in refining their company strategy and go-to-market approach. Currently, Jon holds positions on the boards of AtData and Puppydog.io and he previously served as a board member at Scripted.

Jon is a frequent keynote speaker and author of several books, including Demandbase’s Definitive Guide to ABM/ABX and Marketo’s Definitive Guide to Marketing Automation. He was named Most Influential Marketing CEO of the Year by the Corporate Excellence Awards, one of the 10 Most Influential Tech Marketers in the world by B2B Marketing, and a Top 10 CMO for companies under $250M by the CMO Institute.

Jon holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Harvard and an MBA from Stanford. He continues to be a driving force in the industry, inspiring and teaching marketers around the world with his innovative ideas and unparalleled expertise.

Graham Addison is known for his strategic thinking, creativity, innovative solutions, and combining a passion for patients with business acumen throughout his career with Pfizer, Bristol Myers Squibb, and now, AstraZeneca.

In his current commercial leadership role, he leads global brand strategy and has steered the brand through the COVID-19 pandemic, guideline uncertainties, and competitor data shifts, turning it from a global decline back to growth in 2023 delivering $1.3 billion in sales.

He focuses on creating engaging experiences for internal teams, external customers, and patients by harnessing AR, VR, and AI to drive impressive outcomes. He’s gained much recognition, most recently being a “highly commended” Pharma Marketing Pioneer at the Pharmaceutical Marketing Society, and one of the UKs most effective marketers in 2020 and 2021 by Marketing Week.

He studied at the Oxford College of Marketing.

Leah is passionate about helping students gain access to better career pathways, which in turn transforms families and communities. She is a board director for JobsFirst NYC, a nonprofit that brings together people, institutions, and partners to design solutions that create career opportunities for NYC’s almost 200,000 out-of-school and out-of-work young adults.

Eugene Pitts is the Engineering Lead for the Enterprise Voice & Video team at JPMC. He is based in New York and is responsible for many of our communication tools at JPMC including; Zoom, Digital Signage, Video On Demand, and workplace conference room engineering. He has been with the firm for 13 years coming from a start-up that did control system automation programming. Eugene would love to see JPMC continue to make communication and collaboration easier and more open to everyone regardless of location, platform being used or where the user is located. In his free time, he enjoys biking, origami and computer data visualization.

Jodie Bartz, a seasoned Business Analyst at Mayo Clinic, contributes her expertise to one of the largest not-for-profit academic health systems in the United States. With over 20 years of experience in digital media production and webcasting, Jodie spearheads the development and delivery of streaming media solutions for the enterprise. Her commitment to transforming health and medicine through innovative technology makes her a valuable asset to the Mayo Clinic team.

Erica oversees global Corporate Communications and Employee Brand at Adobe, encompassing Corporate Comms, Public Affairs, Employee Comms, Executive Comms, and Talent Marketing. She partners across the C-Suite to drive companywide communications strategies focused on corporate reputation and employee engagement.

Erica is a transformative change leader, with a proven track record of over 20 years, harnessing disruption into growth, brand awareness and equity for top brands. In 2020, as many corporations went deeper into action on diversity, equity and advancement, Erica was a key leader in crafting the new framework for Adobe’s Taking Action Initiative (TAI). She was also one of the original architects in building Adobe’s HBCU strategy helping to design the objectives, criteria and programs. She also serves on Adobe’s AI Ethics Committee.

Erica was born in Detroit, Michigan and lived for many years in Atlanta, GA. She attended and played basketball at St. Augustine’s University and received her B.A. in Business concentrating in Marketing from Clark Atlanta University with highest honors. Erica currently resides in San Jose, CA. She serves on the board of the San Jose Jazz Association.

Accomplished Technology Executive, Entrepreneur and Business Partner who brings over two plus decades of excellence in sparking global transformation and improvement in Fortune 500, early stage, and turnaround environments. Leverage hands-on technical management to contribute at both strategic and operational levels. Understands how to apply technology for maximum revenue impact, and build resilient company infrastructure which are primed to grow in the long-term. Long-time mentor and coach to technical teams and innovators

Alexandra Kory is responsible for strategy and creation of cross-channel campaigns to increase awareness and demand for Teradata’s data and analytics solutions for Trusted AI in the European, Africa and Middle East region. She emphasizes an end-to-end approach in marketing, which ranges from campaign planning and control to dedicated follow-up to finding and creating new opportunities. She brings expertise in leading international teams of marketing experts as well as outsourced creatives and sales development representatives.

With over 20 years of experience in marketing and as an Art Director for leading companies in IT and manufacturing, she has a huge wealth of operational, creative and business expertise. With a Master’s in Communication Design and Media Studies from the Technical University of Applied Sciences of Augsburg and the University of Augsburg, she has received numerous awards for creation and brand consulting and is a guest lecturer for online marketing at universities and conferences. Alexandra Kory’s particular focus is the interplay of data-driven marketing and out-of-the-box thinking combined with innovative technologies.