Senior Vice President
Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG)
Cisco
Gary Bridge leads Cisco IBSG, the company’s global consultancy that helps CXOs from the world’s largest public and private organizations solve critical business challenges through transformative strategies, changed business processes, and intelligent technology deployment. A former professor of Columbia University, Bridge was previously corporate vice president of IBM’s Worldwide Marketing Management and Market Intelligence.
Chairman and CEO
Cisco
As the CEO of the worldwide leader in networking solutions, John Chambers has led Cisco through 15 years of the most dynamic, innovative era in information technology. During that time, the company has grown in revenue from $1.2 billion to $36 billion. Under his leadership, Cisco has also emphasized worldwide corporate social responsibility initiatives in areas such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure. Prior to joining Cisco, Chambers held leadership positions with Wang and IBM.
Vice President and CIO
Whole Foods Market, Inc.
Mike Clifford is the leader of the company’s decentralized information technology function located in 11 regional offices around the country and in the U.K. He is responsible for all aspects of IT. Previously, he was vice president and division CIO for Dell, Inc.'s public and Americas international group. Before Dell, he spent 15 years at PepsiCo, Taco Bell, and Pepsi-Cola in North America.
Co-Director, The Law Lab
Harvard University
John Clippinger is co-director of The Law Lab at Harvard University, a multidisciplinary center founded to research the role of social, neurological, and economic mechanisms on the role of law in facilitating cooperation and entrepreneurial innovation. The Law Lab is designed to be a global collaborative network of university, nonprofit, and industry partners. Previously, Clippinger directed the Social Physics project at the Berkman Center.
Author
Jim Collins has authored or coauthored five books, including "Built to Last" and "Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t." His most recent book is "How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In." A former faculty member at Stanford Graduate School of Business, he founded a management laboratory in Boulder, Colorado, where he now conducts research and teaches executives.
Senior Vice President and CIO
Cisco
Rebecca Jacoby has more than 14 years of experience at Cisco in a variety of operations and IT leadership roles. She is responsible for making the Cisco IT organization a strategic business partner and for producing significant business value for Cisco in the form of financial performance, customer satisfaction and loyalty, market share, and productivity. Her strong commitment to operational excellence, innovative approach to business problems, and aptitude for partnering cross-functionally are reshaping and elevating the role of IT at Cisco.
Senior Vice President and CTO
Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.
Katrina Lane is responsible for the company’s efforts to create, enhance, and utilize technology to drive Harrah's business objectives. Groups in her area include innovation, gaming, IT development, and IT project management and shared services. She also has responsibility for key initiatives to develop new technical capabilities for Total Rewards, plus all company websites. Previously, she was VP of channel marketing.
Author
Charlene Li is a thought leader on emerging technologies, focusing on social technologies, interactive media, and marketing. She is coauthor of Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies. Named "One of the Most Influential Women in Technology" by Fast Company, she is founder of Altimeter Group, which consults to organizations seeking to thrive in a new economy driven by social media tools and techniques.
Senior Vice President
U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Canada Markets
Cisco
Chuck Robbins has over 20 years experience building and directing teams to conduct and oversee next-generation sales operations and is chartered with leading the top revenue-generating operation for Cisco, responsible for $8 billion in sales. Robbins has earned a reputation for, and brings to the senior leadership team, his approach to customer intimacy, integrated country management, and high field engagement and enablement.
Consulting Associate Professor
Stanford University
Paul Saffo has over two decades experience as a forecaster exploring long-term technological change and its impact on business and society. He is a Visiting Scholar in the Stanford Media-X Program and a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. He writes on technology issues for ABCNews.com, and his essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Harvard Business Review, and Fortune.
Chief Technology Officer
Cisco
As Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior is responsible for helping drive the company’s technological innovations and strategy, and works closely with its senior executive team and board of directors to align these efforts with Cisco’s corporate goals. As an evangelist for what’s possible, she pushes the organization to stretch beyond its current capabilities both in technology and in its strategic partnerships and new business models.
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