Keynote Speakers

George Colony
            CEO, 
Forrester          

Rick Parrish
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Kelsey Chickering
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

AJ Joplin
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Sharyn Leaver
            Chief Research Officer, 
Forrester          

Shar VanBoskirk
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Dipanjan Chatterjee
            Vice President, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Keith Johnston
            VP, Group Director, 
Forrester          

Jay Pattisall
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Angelina Gennis
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

John C. Miller
            VP, Consumer & Retail Solutions, 
AT&T          

Jennifer Davidson
            VP, Client Experience, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          

Melanie Au
            VP, Digital Banking, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          

Angela Sarino
            VP, Business Partner Marketing, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          
Guest Speakers

Luis Angel-Lalanne
            Vice President, Complaints Transformation, 
American Express          

Melanie Au
            VP, Digital Banking, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          

Greg Barber
            Director of Experience & Market Research, 
CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield          

Samir Bhutada
            Global Vice President of Digital Transformation, 
The Coca-Cola Company          

Rebecca Biestman
            CMO, 
Guild          

Julia Binder
            Senior Director of Customer Experience Strategy & Analytics, 
Toast          

Sara Bonds
            SVP of Strategic Partnerships, 
APP (Association of Pickleball Players)          

Amy Cheng
            Senior Director Experience Insights, 
Shipt          

Chris Conner
            Senior Director of Digital Management and Strategy of Consumer Energy, 
NRG Energy          

Jennifer Davidson
            VP, Client Experience, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          

Purvi Doraiswamy
            Senior Vice President, Digital Operations, 
AARP          

Nancy Flowers
            Vice President of Customer Experience, 
Voya Financial          

Dan Gamber
            Director of Experiences, 
Bridgestone          

Josh Heitsenrether
            Senior Managing Director, Marketing & Digital Strategy, 
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)          

Jeanne Jones
            VP, Member Marketing, 
BECU          

Todd Keith
            Head of Experience Design (XD), 
Regions Bank          

Al Krueger
            Senior Director, Experience Strategy, Research, and Design Practice, 
Highmark Health          

Amy Lokey
            Chief Experience Officer, 
ServiceNow          

Erica Luxenburg
            Director of Product Research, 
Lowe's          

John C. Miller
            VP, Consumer & Retail Solutions, 
AT&T          

Gregg Molander
            Senior Director of Brand Experience, 
AARP          

Holly Moreland
            Sr Director, Customer Engagement Strategy and Technology, 
Hilton          

Lana Pruett
            Director of Customer and Digital Experience, 
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas          

James Russo
            Strategy & Insight Lead T-Mobile Advertising Solutions, 
T-Mobile          

Angela Sarino
            VP, Business Partner Marketing, 
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)          

Robyn Simburger
            Marketing Director, Merchandise Marketing and Media, 
AutoZone, Inc.          

Kathy Doyle Thomas
            President, 
Half Price Books          

Dr. KimArie Yowell
            Chief Talent and DEI Officer, 
Rocket          
Forrester Speakers

Max Ball
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Gina Bhawalkar
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Senem Guler Biyikli
            Analyst, 
Forrester          

Dipanjan Chatterjee
            Vice President, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Audrey Chee-Read
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Kelsey Chickering
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Alyson Clarke
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Emily Collins
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

George Colony
            CEO, 
Forrester          

Rowan Curran
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Shaili Desai
            Principal Consultant, 
Forrester          

Su Doyle
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Shannon Germain Farraher
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Colleen Fazio
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Shalika Fernando
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Chuck Gahun
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Brad Haag
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Kim Herrington
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          
David Hoffman
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Brian Hopkins
            VP, Emerging Tech Portfolio, 
Forrester          

Pete Jacques
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Keith Johnston
            VP, Group Director, 
Forrester          

AJ Joplin
            Senior Analyst, 
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          

Rohit Makhijani
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

William McKeon-White
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Rick Parrish
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Jay Pattisall
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

John Pedini
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

James L. McQuivey, PhD
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Mike Proulx
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Ron Rogowski
            VP, Executive Partner, 
Forrester          

Jen Sanning
            Executive Partner, 
Forrester          

Rich Saunders
            Senior Analyst, 
Forrester          

Joe Stanhope
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Betsy Summers
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Fiona Swerdlow
            VP, Research Director, 
Forrester          

Arielle Trzcinski
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Katy Tynan
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Shar VanBoskirk
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Lily Varon
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Peter Wannemacher
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Judy Weader
            Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Brendan Witcher
            VP, Principal Analyst, 
Forrester          

Jenna Wohead
            Director, Product Management, 
Forrester          
Case Study & Spotlight Speakers

Gary Batroff
            SVP Sales and Partnerships, 
Thematic          

James Bauman
            Senior Director Experience Management & Analytics, 
TruGreen          

Yogi Bhatnagar
            Pre-Sales Consultant, 
Ada          

Menon Billingsley
            Head of Solution Strategy for Technology, Media, and Telecom, 
Qualtrics          

Bill Boga
            Executive Director of Contact Center Strategy & AI Transformation, 
Kaplan North America          

Brian Calderwood
            VP IT - Member Experience, 
CVS          

Frank Chevallier
            VP Product Management, 
Five9          

Maya Desai
            Director of Business Advanced Analytics, 
DIRECTV          

Brian Donnelly
            Head of Portfolio Marketing, Business Messaging, 
Meta          

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

Amit Erande
            GM of AI and Personalization Services, 
Treasure Data          

Ian Felder
            Director, Product Marketing – Journey Management, Analytics and Reporting, 
Genesys          

Niki Hall
            Chief Marketing Officer, 
Five9          

Mary Iapicca
            Vice President, Customer Experience, 
ZoomInfo          

Shezan Kazi
            Head of Ai Transformation, 
Dialpad          

Roxanne Knapp
            AVP Experience Design Strategy, 
MetLife          

Gayathri Krishnamurthy
            Head of Product Marketing, 
Level AI          

Prashanth “PVK” Krishnaswami
            Head of Market Strategy, 
Zoho          

Matt Lawler
            Vice President of Data and Insights, 
AEG Global Partnerships          

Connie Leary
            VP, Experience Advisory, 
Medallia          

Stephanie Leheta
            Senior Director - CX Strategy, Governance & Design Thinking, 
CIBC          

Ed Matanes
            Product Marketing Associate, 
CallMiner          

Brendan McGuire
            Head of Strategic Accounts, 
Ada          

John McMullan
            Director, VoiceAI Product Marketing, 
Observe.AI          

Mitch Milner
            Senior Principal Solutions Engineer, 
Qualtrics          

Vincent Petrillo
            General Manager and Vice President of US Commercial, 
Trustpilot          

Cheryl Abellanoza, PhD
            Associate Director - UX Research, 
Verizon Connect          

Manisha Powar
            Head of Product Management, 
Qualtrics CX          

Charles Quincy
            Senior Director of Product Management, 
Genesys          

Jason Singh
            Head of Partner Marketing, Business Messaging, 
Meta          
Hadley Spadaccini
            Sr. Product Marketing Manager, AI & Analytics, 
Medallia          

Kalyan Tummala
            VP, Product Marketing, 
Uniphore          

Erin Veltkamp
            Sr. Product Marketing Manager, 
CSG          

Keith Wilson
            Executive Director of Product, 
CSG          
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