Technology & Innovation Summit
North America

Technology & Data Leaders

November 2–5, 2025  |  Austin & Digital

Guest Speakers

Emanuel Bettelheim

Head of Data & Analytics Platforms,
Bloomberg

Alun Champion

Head of Enterprise Architecture,
Takeda

Nathalie D’Hers

CVP, Microsoft Employee Experience,
Microsoft

Michael Demissie

Managing Director and Head of Applied AI and Practice,
BNY

Tanishia Dorsey

Acting Chief Information Officer,
City of Dallas

Tom Ellis

Head of Consumer, Retail & Preferred Banking Technology,
Bank of America

Justin Fanelli

CTO,
Department of Navy

Kay Fuhrman

Partner,
Heidrick & Struggles

Vic Gilmore

Vice President, Digital Product Management, Enterprise Demand Creation,
Rich Products

David Goldberg

Senior Vice President of Data Asset Management,
TransUnion

Tao Guan

Director of Enterprise Architecture & Applications,
Noble Corporation

Tanya Hart

Chief Human Resources Officer,
First Horizon National Corporation

Allison Hom

Enterprise Data Performance Manager,
Chevron

James Huang

Deputy CIO,
Texas Health and Human Services Commission

Dr. Garfield Jones

Associate Chief Strategic Technology,
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

Kerrica Laake

CIO,
City of Austin

Dr. Ning Lin

Chief Economist,
Bureau of Economic Geology

Dak Liyanearachchi

Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer,
NRG Energy

Elga Lohler

Chief Human Resources Officer,
Smith & Nephew

Sandra Loughlin

Chief Learning Scientist,
EPAM Systems

Shreejit Nair

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer,
Ameritas

Heidi Norman

CIO and Director, Dept of Innovation & Performance,
City of Pittsburgh

Chris Pendergast

SVP and CTO,
Henry Schein

Femmie Schippers

SVP, Head of Digital People Experience & Corporate Functions & Interim Chief Technology Officer,
Takeda

Bob Schukai

Senior VP of Marketing, Communications and Enterprise Services Technology,
PNC Bank

Reena Tiwari

Former CIO,
LexisNexis+AI

Prashant Vithlani

Head of Division, Cloud, Network, and Security,
Samsung SDS America

Keynote Speakers

Forrester Speakers

Stephanie Balaouras

VP, Group Director,
Forrester

Indranil Bandyopadhyay

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Gordon Barnett

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Rhonda Burgess

Sales Manager,
Forrester

Bobby Cameron

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Carlos Casanova

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Jayesh Chaurasia

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Naveen Chhabra

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Joe Cicman

Joe Cicman

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Craig Le Clair

Vice President, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Andrew Cornwall

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Elizabeth Cullen

Researcher,
Forrester

Rowan Curran

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Madeline Cyr

Researcher, Digital Retail,
Forrester

Devin Dickerson

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Brent Ellis

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Boris Evelson

Vice President, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Chris Gallacher

VP, Principal Consultant,
Forrester

Chris Gardner

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Angelina Gennis

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Octavio Garcia Granados

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Mike Gualtieri

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Kim Herrington

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Linda Ivy-Rosser

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

David Johnson

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Aaron Katz

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Zeid Khater

Analyst,
Forrester

Andre Kindness

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Amanda Lipson

Research Ops & Delivery Manager,
Forrester

Akshara Naik Lopez

Akshara Naik Lopez

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Sudha Maheshwari

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Fiona Mark

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Bill Martorelli

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Sean McCormick

Principal Consultant,
Forrester

William McKeon-White

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Cheryl McKinnon

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Faram Medhora

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Mark Moccia

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Julie Mohr

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

David Mooter

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Lauren Nelson

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Alvin Nguyen

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Joe O'Brien

VP, CIO Executive Programs TL,
Forrester

Chioma Onwuanibe

VP, CIO Executive Partner,
Forrester

Michele Pelino

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Beth Perlman

VP, Executive Partner,

James L. McQuivey, PhD

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Jeff Pollard

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Christy Punch

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Ted Schadler

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Heidi Shey

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Srividya Sridharan

VP, Group Director,
Forrester

Kalyan Sumanam

VP, Principal Consultant,
Forrester

Betsy Summers

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Abhijit Sunil

Senior Analyst,
Forrester

Lee Sustar

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

JT Thykattil

VP, Research Director,
Forrester

Margo Visitacion

VP, Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Greg Willrich

VP, Executive Partner,
Forrester

Jenna Wohead

Director, Product Management,
Forrester

Greg Zorella

Principal Analyst,
Forrester

Case Study & Spotlight Speakers

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