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Main Stage Session:
Executive Thought Leadership Panel
Nov 12 - 3:15pm - 3:45pm 
Main Stage
Highlights Of This Session
Executive Thought Leadership Panel
Join us on the main stage for an exclusive 30-minute executive thought leadership panel sponsored by Rapidscale. This session will feature a dynamic discussion with C-Level Technology Executives, providing invaluable insights into the pressing issues and future trends shaping the technology landscape in 2024 and beyond.
Moderator
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Chief Revenue Officer
John McKenna
John is an entrepreneur-minded executive who has successfully opened new markets and business units for innovative, growing companies like RapidScale. He joined RapidScale after serving as SVP of Strategic Initiatives at Expedient, where he led their new market expansion efforts and was Channel Chief for a team that grew Channel revenue 6X over four years. With more than 28 years of sales leadership experience, John has a proven track record of success in enterprise business, public sector, healthcare, & channel markets and building great sales organizations.
Panelists
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SVP IT
Chuck Williams
Executive leader with deep experience in applying technology to solve business challenges. Results oriented with a proven record of success. Fosters close working relationships with executive decision makers to achieve corporate objectives. Possesses strong leadership and communications skills and maintains deep technical competencies.
Specialties include service delivery, information security and compliance, data services, e-commerce, software development, and infrastructure management.
CISO
Ali Syed
As the global CISO Ali has accountable for Amway's global Information Security & Risk. In addition, he is leading the program assurance function for our global commerce modernization.
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Associate VP for IT and CTO
Ben Rapin
Ben Rapin is the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer for Grand Valley State University. In this senior-leadership role, Ben oversees the areas of Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Architecture and Academic Research and Computing — providing exceptional services, innovative solutions, and resources to facilitate learning, teaching and research in support of GVSU’s educational mission and strategic priorities.
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Vice President Global Change & Capability
Grace Hansen
As a visionary technology leader, Grace is responsible for leading the Digital Transformation at Stellantis globally. Throughout her career, Grace has held several leadership positions in the IT areas of Digital Transformation, Network Architecture, Identity Management, Data Center Operations, and Systems Integration. She is passionate about digital and creating thoughtfully planned customer experiences that are engaging and drive adoption. As a global leader, Grace is known for building and growing successful teams with an emphasis on transforming the organization and accelerating digital adoption. Grace believes that success comes from creating an ecosystem of partners that collaborate and inspire each other to innovate.
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