Alex Dayon ist President and Chief Strategy Officer von Salesforce. Der Inhaber mehrerer Patente leitet strategische Initiativen bei Salesforce und berät Kunden von Salesforce bei der Produktstrategie und der Business Transformation. Alex kam 2008 durch die Übernahme von InStranetz zu Salesforce. Er war einer der Gründer und der CEO von InStranetz, einem führenden Unternehmen für Wissensdatenbanken. Davor war Alex einer der Gründer von Business Objects SA, wo er mehr als 10 Jahre lang den Bereich Produkte leitete. Alex hat einen Master in Elektrotechnik von der Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (SUPELEC) in Frankreich.

(Dienstag, 12. Juni 2018, 11:30 Uhr, Wir alle sind Trailblazer)

Joseph Godsey leads adidas’ global Digital Brand Commerce (DBC) organisation which is responsible for creating digital experiences across all consumer touchpoints to drive brand engagement and sales reaching €4bn by 2020 for the adidas and Reebok brands. The DBC team has the aim to deliver premium, connected and personalized digital experiences across all channels, mobile apps, and CRM connections. This is underpinned by powerful consumer analytics and insights to shape those experience and inform the broader organization. Joseph has been with adidas since 2007. In his previous role, he worked as VP for IT & Supply Chain in CIS (Russia+), where he built out comprehensive omni-channel and RFID capabilities spanning over 500 stores. He’s a passionate athlete, father and food & wine enthusiast.

(Dienstag, 12. Juni 2018, 11:30 Uhr, Wir alle sind Trailblazer)

Tony Prophet leads Salesforce’s Equality initiatives, focusing on gender, LGBTQ, and racial issues—ensuring the company reflects the diversity and upholds the values of the communities it serves. He reports directly to the CEO and Chairman Marc Benioff. Prophet is also a board member of Gannett where he chairs the Transformation Committee. He also serves on the board of College Track.

Previously, Prophet was the corporate vice president of Windows and Search Marketing at Microsoft—responsible for the business planning and product marketing of the Windows, Bing, MSN and Cortana brands. Before that, he led the worldwide operations of what is now HP Inc. with direct responsibility exceeding $50B. Prior to that, he led the worldwide operations of Carrier Corporation. He began his career in consulting and rose from associate to partner with Booz Allen, co-founding the firm's Los Angeles office.

Throughout his career, Prophet has worked for social justice including addressing the root causes of migratory worker flows, educating female workers in developing countries on reproductive health issues and reducing supply chain greenhouse gas footprint.

Prophet holds a BSIE degree from General Motors Institute and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business attending as a GM Fellow.

(Dienstag, 12. Juni 2018, 14:15 Uhr, Chancengleichheit und Diversity, Hype oder Wachstumstreiber?)

Music was Benjamin Zander’s life at a very early age. When Zander was nine he was already composing and by twelve he was studying under Benjamin Britten and Imogen Holst. He left home at the age of fifteen to study for five years with the great Spanish cellist Gaspar Cassado in Florence and at the State Academy in Cologne. After completing his degree at London University, he went to the United States on a Harkness Fellowship and has made his home in Boston ever since. There, as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic since its formation in 1978, and a guest conductor of numerous orchestras, he has become the centre of an intense, at times almost cult-like following. In his case, however, the followers are not starry-eyed acolytes, but rather some of the most well-informed musical intellectuals in America. For nearly thirty years, beginning with Michael Steinberg’s passionate advocacy on his behalf in the pages of the Boston Globe, critics and public have been united in their praise of Mr. Zander’s interpretations of the central repertory.

For 45 years he was on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, where his class on interpretation attracted students from all over the world, and he travels extensively giving masterclasses, conducting guest performances, and touring with his own recently formed Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra. He has established an international reputation as a guest conductor and has conducted the Israel Philharmonic for three consecutive years, and conducted orchestras as diverse as the Bournemouth Symphony, the Scottish and Irish National Orchestras, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, the Malaysian Symphony, the St Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Youth Orchestra of the Americas, the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and has appeared with the National Youth Orchestras of New Zealand, Australia and Venezuela.

Mr. Zander has a unique relationship with the Philharmonia Orchestra (London), with which he is currently recording a series of Beethoven and Mahler symphonies. Beethoven’s Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, and Mahler’s First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth Symphonies have been released thus far. Each of these recordings includes a full-length discussion disc with Benjamin Zander explaining the music. High Fidelity named the recording of Mahler’s Sixth as “the best classical recording of 2002.” The recording of Mahler’s Third was awarded the “Critics’ Choice” by the German Record Critics’ Award Association in 2004, and the recording of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony was nominated for a Grammy Award. Their recording of Bruckner’s 5th Symphony was nominated for a 2010 Grammy for Best Orchestral Performance.

Benjamin Zander has traveled the world lecturing to organizations on leadership. He has appeared several times as a keynote speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was presented with the Crystal Award for “Outstanding Contributions in the Arts and International Relations.” The best-selling book, The Art of Possibility, co-authored with leading psychotherapist Rosamund Zander, has been translated into seventeen languages.

In 2002, Mr. Zander was awarded the Caring Citizen of the Humanities Award by the International Council for Caring Communities at the United Nations. In 2007, he was awarded the Golden Door award by the International Institute of Boston for his “outstanding contribution to American society” as a United States citizen of foreign birth. In March of 2009, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from New England Conservatory of Music, and in 2012 he was awarded Faculty Emeritus status at that institution.

(Dienstag, 12. Juni 2018, 18:30 Uhr, Die Kunst des Machbaren)

Frank Riemensperger leitet seit 2009 als Vorsitzender der Geschäftsführung die Accenture-Ländergruppe Deutschland, Schweiz, Österreich. Der studierte Informatiker und Experte für Digitalisierung sitzt im Senat der Deutschen Akademie der Technikwissenschaften acatech sowie im Präsidium des IT-Branchenverbandes BITKOM und des Bundesverbandes der IT-Anwender VOICE und ist Mitglied in den Lenkungskreisen der Plattform Industrie 4.0 und der Plattform Lernende Systeme. Außerdem ist er Vize-Präsident der American Chamber of Commerce in Germany (AmCham) und Mitglied des Feldafinger Kreises.

(Dienstag, 12. Juni 2018, 16:15 Uhr, Digitale Transformation: The Battle)

Dr. Martin Hofmann ist Generalbevollmächtigter der Volkswagen AG und seit Dezember 2011 Leiter der IT im Volkswagen Konzern. Aufgabe der IT im Konzern ist es, die digitale Zukunft des Volkswagen Konzerns sicherzustellen, basierend auf der exponentiellen Entwicklung im Bereich der Informationstechnologien.

Beispielhaft dafür sind die IT Labs in San Francisco, Berlin und München, die in der Automobilindustrie in den Gebieten Data Science und Machine Learning führend sind.

Hofmanns Karriere begann als Manager im Volkswagen Konzern 2001 als Leiter des Prozess- und Informationsmanagement der Konzernbeschaffung.

Vor seiner Zeit bei Volkswagen arbeitete er bei dem internationalen IT Unternehmen Electronic Data Systems Corporation (EDS). Dort leitete er zuletzt den Bereich Digital Supply Chain in den USA.

Dr. Hofmann absolvierte das Advanced Management Programm der Harvard Business School, hat einen Doktortitel in Ingenieurswissenschaften der ETH Zürich und einen Abschluss in Wirtschaftsinformatik und Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Universität Mannheim. Sein größtes Interesse liegt in der Verbindung der Ingenieurswissenschaften und Informatik.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 11:00 Uhr, Wie Volkswagen und die Stadt Lissabon an der Zukunft der Mobilität arbeiten)

Susanne Arnoldy ist Partnerin bei PwC und verantwortet die digitale Transformation des PwC Consulting Geschäftes für Europa (digitize our own business). Ihr inhaltlicher Schwerpunkt liegt hierbei bei den Emerging Technologien, wie bspw. Robotics, Drohnen, Künstliche Intelligenz und Virtual & Augmented Reality. Sie interessiert sich insbesondere dafür, wie disruptiv neue Technologien sein können. Hierbei legt sie großen Wert auf den Gesamtkontext, da die isolierte Betrachtung einzelner neuer Technologie für sie nicht zielführend ist.
Sie verfügt über 20 Jahre Berufserfahrung und beschäftigt sich seit Jahren intensiv mit dem Handel. In diesem Rahmen begleitet sie mit ihrem Team Handelsunternehmen bei der Digitalen Transformation im In- und Ausland.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 13:00 Uhr, Trailblazer Panel: Der Mittelstand geht neue Wege)

Keiner kennt die Herausforderungen der Chemiebranche und die Reise zur Chemie 4.0 besser als Dr. Hans-Udo Wenzel. Früher bei Hoechst, dann Gründer und langjähriger CEO von Azelis, heute Gründer und Präsident der Aromata Group sowie der Deimos, einem italienischem Distributor von Life Science Ingredients, weiß er, worauf es in der chemisch-pharmazeutischen Industrie ankommt.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 13:00 Uhr, Trailblazer Panel: Der Mittelstand geht neue Wege)

Björn Angermann kam nach einer Ausbildung zum Industriekaufmann in der Metallindustie, dem Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und verschiedenen Stationen in der Verpackungsindustrie vor 10 Jahren zur Gundlach Packaging Group. Er hat in den vergangenen Jahren als Senior Key Account Manager maßgeblich das internationale Neukundengeschäft ausgebaut und den Aufbau von Gundlach Packaging DMCC in Dubai als Projektleiter mit gestaltet.

Mit Wirkung April 2016 hat Björn Angermann die neu geschaffene Position des Leiters Vertrieb und Marketing der Gundlach Packaging Group übernommen, um die Vertriebsaktivitäten zu bündeln und das internationale Geschäft weiter auszubauen.

Björn Angermann ist 42 Jahre alt, verheiratet und hat 2 Kinder.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 13:00 Uhr, Trailblazer Panel: Der Mittelstand geht neue Wege)

Richard Socher is Chief Scientist at Salesforce and an adjunct professor at the Stanford Computer Science Department. He leads the company’s research efforts and brings state of the art artificial intelligence solutions into the platform. Prior, Richard was the CEO and founder of MetaMind, a startup acquired by Salesforce in April 2016. MetaMind’s deep learning AI platform analyzes, labels and makes predictions on image and text data so businesses can make smarter, faster and more accurate decisions. Richard was awarded the Distinguished Application Paper Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2011, the 2011 Yahoo! Key Scientific Challenges Award, a Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship in 2012, a 2013 "Magic Grant" from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the best Stanford CS PhD thesis award 2014 and the 2014 GigaOM Structure Award. He is currently a member of the World Economic Forum's 'Young Global Leaders' Class of 2017 and was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the Global Fund for Women.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 15:00 Uhr, Eine Zukunft mit menschlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz)

Vinod Philip is the CEO of Power Generation Services for Power and Gas at Siemens and located in Berlin, Germany.

He started working for Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1997, later Siemens, and quickly assumed management positions with increasing responsibility, among them Head of Gas Turbine Engineering from 2010 – 2013 and CEO of the Generator Business Segment from 2013 – 2015.

In his most recent role as Chief Technology Officer in the Power and Gas Division, Mr. Philip was responsible for defining and implementing the technology and innovations roadmap for the Division.

Mr. Philip holds a Master’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Central Florida and also received a Master’s degree in Business Administration in International Business from Rollins College, Florida.

(Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2018, 14:00 Uhr, Kundenfokus statt Produktfokus: Siemens CUBE auf dem Weg ins digitale Zeitalter)

Detlev is CEO and founder of Parkling GmbH with the vision to build Parkling into a globally leading authority in on-street parking prediction and data.

Parkling has emerged in 2018 as a leading force in the on-street parking market, winning City of Stockholm's "New Solution for Street Parking Innovation" contest.

Detlev has extensive experience as a serial founder and entrepreneur of digital businesses as well as a top management consultant with McKinsey & Company. In his role as a business leader with digital focus, Detlev also draws on his university education as a physicist & economist and on his business-oriented MPA degree from Harvard University.

Setting Parkling apart from Detlev's previous digital ventures is its focus on big data and innovative data science techniques. At Parkling Detlev applies his passion for acquiring and developing talented people, having built up a world class tech, app and operations team, as well as his expertise in managing speed and uncertainty in the early stage startup environment.

Detlev’s philosophy in business promotes creativity & idea generation, strategy development based on analytical strength and finally operationally bringing ideas into action & taking talented people along on the way.

As a trained yoga teacher, Detlev values bringing mindfulness into daily life and interactions, and making time for reflection whether it be working remotely from the south of France or touring the Spanish countryside on his bicycle.

(Donnerstag, 14. Juni 2018, 17:00 Uhr, Parkling's Digitale Transformation: The Battle)

Stephanie Peterson is a Minnesota native who proudly resides in Nürnberg, Germany, following a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity supporting the international expansion of the Runtastic organization as CMO and Managing Director. During her tenure at Runtastic, Stephanie was responsible for growing the non-technical teams, products and services of the dynamic company. Her teams of nearly 100 diverse professionals were responsible for performance marketing & growth, brand development, communications, content creation, localization, social, PR, corporate events, and more.

In March 2018, Stephanie joined the DBC (Digital Brand Commerce) team adidas HQ in Germany. DBC is responsible for creating the digital future of adidas by delivering premium, consumer-focused digital experiences. Not sure what that really means? Think eCom; end-to-end, digital-first marketing campaigns and consumer journeys; next-level CRM, consumer engagement and data & analytics Incredibly complex and critical topics when it comes to winning as a brand, business and team!

Stephanie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Drake University and a Master’s Degree from the University of Minnesota. She also boasts diverse employment and educational experiences in Australia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and throughout the United States. In addition to working to make the world a more active and happy place, Stephanie loves to run, play soccer, ski, travel, read, drink coffee (and wine) and keep up-to-date on trending cat videos.

(Freitag, 15. Juni 2018, 11:00 Uhr, adidas transformiert das digitale Fußballerlebnis)

After completing her studies in economics in Mainz and Freiburg, Christa Koenen worked in various companies, including as a strategy consultant. Additionally, she earned her Master of Business Administration in Barcelona. Since 2004, Christa Koenen has been working at Deutsche Bahn AG – initially in Group Development, and later in the Services business unit. Prior to being appointed Chair of the Board of Managing Directors, she was Head of Controlling and Head of Business Development there.

In August 2011, she took over the management in the Finance/Controlling department of DB Kommunikationstechnik GmbH. In May 2014, Christa Koenen joined DB Systel as a Managing Director. She initially took over the management of Finance/Controlling, and as of 1 May 2015, has additionally chaired the management. Since October 2015, she has been the sole Chair of the Board of Managing Directors. She was appointed CIO of the DB Group on 1 April 2018.

(Freitag, 15. Juni 2018, 13:00 Uhr, Die Transformation der Deutschen Bahn)

Eileen O'Mara has taken multiple leadership roles in her six year tenure with Salesforce. Her most recent assignment was running the commercial business for Salesforce APAC and she returns to Europe as the EMEA CMO. She is a twenty year technology venture working in multiple Sales, Marketing and Consulting roles throughout her career. She is passionate about all things tech, equality, the power of giving back and her family.

(Mittwoch, 13. Juni 2018, 15:00 Uhr, Eine Zukunft mit menschlicher und künstlicher Intelligenz)