Kalyan Kumar CVP & CTO, HCL Technologies

Next gen application development and
data integration in an XaaS World

Kalyan Kumar (KK), HCL Technologies ’s CTO-IT Services, will share his vision for the next generation of data-centric applications that are poised to revolutionize how we fundamentally think about computing. The catalyst of this disruptive wave is emanating from the cloud which is bringing about a slow-yet-steady change in the way enterprises view their own existence, in terms of how they operate, how they plan to grow, which products they want to develop, how they plan to expand, or how they compete. The game changer is now enterprises are viewing all this with a “cloud state of mind” where everything is a service. The future is here…are you ready!

Rick Fitzgerald EVP & CIO of Equian LLC

Digital Transformation: Making it Real

Join Rick Fitzgerald, EVP & CIO of Equian, an industry leader in end-to-end payment processing that manages billions of dollars in claims annually, as he shares the digital transformation journey that Equian has embarked upon within the US Healthcare marketplace. Learn about the unforeseen challenges that the Equian team had to overcome, the innovative approach and technology that enabled their success, and the lessons learned along the way that you can apply to harnessing data for strategic advantage in your own organization.

Richard (Rick) Fitzgerald is Equian’s Executive Vice President of Technology and Procurement and Chief Information Officer. He is responsible for all aspects of the organization’s product development, technology operations and procurement functions.

Prior to joining Equian, Fitzgerald was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for nThrive (formerly MedAssets), a leading Revenue Cycle Management software and services organization. In this role, Fitzgerald oversaw the Company’s technology strategy, architecture, operations and corporate systems. He also lead all aspects of the Company’s procurement and facilities management.

Previously, Mr. Fitzgerald worked at Bank of America as Senior Vice President, consumer channels infrastructure services and production support. While at Bank of America, he was recognized as Enterprise Inventor of the Year in 2010, and named inventor on thirteen issued patents. From 1998 to 2007, Mr. Fitzgerald held various leadership roles within the General Electric Company. Mr. Fitzgerald is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Process Improvement expert and graduated from the GE Information Management Leadership Program (IMLP). He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Marquette University, and a bachelor’s degree from John Carroll University.

David Menninger
SVP & Research Director of Data & Analytics Research
Ventana Research

Seize Competitive Advantage

Power Business Insight with Operational Analytics

Today’s businesses need to operate smarter, requiring insights derived from analytics through process and technology. Dave Menninger from Ventana Research advises organizations how to apply analytics technology to drive optimal business value, enabling new insights through discovery, machine learning, predictive analytics and visualization. Learn the latest trends and approaches to harness operational data into analytics, from the edge to the cloud, and how connecting multiple transactional systems to operational analytics can drive disruptive change to your insights into customers, markets, and operational efficiencies.

Ian Fox
Head of Media Operations
Manchester United

Manchester United accelerating business performance leveraging the HCL Digital Experience Platform

Manchester United, a 140-year-old company transforms to engage with 659Mn followers globally while providing persona based-data driven insights, secured communication, robust engagement using Digital Experience Platform developed by HCL Technologies. Providing experiential user experience across multiple devices resulted in increased customer traction and revenue-generation. This session is for forward-thinking IT executives and data-driven business leaders looking to embark on digital transformation to embrace their customer community, deliver a superior digital experience and gain sustainable competitive advantage.

Raghu Chakravarthi
SVP of R&D and Support Services
Actian Corporation

Be Disruptive or be Disrupted: Activating your Digital Transformation Journey

There is a generational shift in business models and technology stacks happening around us. Meteoric rise in data consumption is being spurred by a combination of business needs for rapid innovation and technology needs for scalable architecture. Gone are the days of being a “traditional” company. We are all data producing companies and change within is being fueled by data and analytics. The challenge is to create differentiation consuming the data and derive insights for your business and more importantly your customers.

In this talk I will explore what this means to you. Learn about key design and deployment considerations as you design your technology architecture. I will highlight how you can be agile with data management, guarantee SLA’s and democratize data for users across your enterprise, partner and customer ecosystem. I will conclude with how Actian hybrid data stack can help you to be successful in your journey in this end to end transformation.

John Barron CIO
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Ireland

Data driven Tax

I’ll outline our initial data consolidation and how it drove improvements and business change via a consolidated customer view. Then I’ll discuss our ongoing journey to understand our data and some of the newer tooling we’re using plus where we’ll be heading over the coming years (at a high level).