Clarence So joined salesforce.com in 1999, its founding year, and currently serves as senior vice president of Strategy, focused on developing the mobile platform for social enterprises. During his first five years, he served in the role of vice president of Product Marketing, responsible for bringing the company's first dozen product lines to market. Following that, he led salesforce.com's global marketing efforts as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to salesforce.com, Clarence worked in a variety of engineering, sales and venture capital roles at IBM, Motorola and US Venture Partners. Clarence was born in Toronto. He holds a BSc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen’s University, Canada and MBA from UC Berkeley.

Barry Margerum is the Chief Strategy Officer for Plantronics, Inc., the leading supplier of communication devices that allow people to simply communicate. He is responsible for long range strategic vision and planning, new business development and new ventures.  Previously he lead the company’s initial efforts into the high growth mobile phone and PC markets, developing the market segmentation for the wireless office market and more recently developing its strategy for Unified Communications market.  His career highlights include CEO positions at both private and public companies, where he was responsible for developing business strategies and the timely execution of them.  He has been involved in the high technology field for over 25 years and been on the cutting edge of new technologies at companies like Euphonix, MITEM, GRiD Systems and Apple Computer.

Roland’s strategic planning experience spans over six years. He currently leads strategy at Skype and is responsible for providing strategic planning and consultative services to Skype’s senior leadership team. Roland’s prior strategic planning experience includes two years at Mars & Company where he led engagements with fortune 50 global consumer products clients and two years in the corporate strategy function of Ebay. Prior to this Roland was on the startup team of two successful software startups, DataSage (acquired by Vignette) and Delphi Technology where he held engineering and sales leadership roles. He is a graduate of MIT Engineering and Harvard’s MBA program.

For more than 30 years, Jim Stikeleather has designed, developed and implemented award winning information and communications technologies that help businesses and institutions succeed. He has spoken and consulted internationally on digital infrastructures, evaluation of emerging technologies, and provided strategic guidance on their application to achieve business outcomes. He participates in international technology standards bodies, has multiple book and industry-article contributions to his credit and advises a number of technology incubators. Additionally, Jim holds two patents. Jim came to Dell via Perot Systems. Perot acquired a company he started, the Technical Resource Connection (TRC), in 1996.

As senior vice president of new business, strategy and innovation at Redbox, Mark Achler manages the Company’s long-term planning and expansion into new business opportunities. Prior to joining Redbox in 2009, Achler co-founded one of the first personal computer retail stores in the country and participated in the launch of the IBM PC in Boca Raton in 1981. He then moved to Apple, where he was the worldwide introduction manager for the Apple. Achler is also a frequent speaker,resource and ardent champion for the entrepreneurial community; where he is a mentor for Excelerate Labs and the Chicago High Tech Academy.

Tim Johnstone is CSO of Hopelink, a large non-profit agency in Seattle that helps poor families in crises become stable and then takes them well down the road to self sufficiency. Prior to joining Hopelink, Tim was President of Johnstone Advantage Consulting Group, Inc., a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategy development and execution in service and manufacturing firms. Prior roles included the CEO of a specialty footwear manufacturer, SVP Division Manager of a JP Morgan Chase consumer finance unit, and as the VP Operations of a telecommunications equipment manufacturer. Tim has a BS in Economics and an MBA in Finance.

Nhat Ngo joined Omnicell in November 2008. Previously, Mr. Ngo led strategic business development for a business unit of Covidien, where he had global responsibilities as Vice President of Business Development and Licensing. Prior to joining Omnicell, he held a variety of senior leadership positions in marketing, sales, operations, strategic planning and corporate development at BriteSmile, Inc., a direct-to-consumer aesthetic technology company. Prior to BriteSmile, Mr. Ngo practiced corporate law at Shaw Pittman in Washington, D.C. He obtained a B.S. in Commerce, with a concentration in Finance, from the University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law.

Daniel Gastel is Head of Group CIO Strategy at UBS and has held similar positions at other major banks. He has helped structure and lead organization change programs in various industrial settings in both management and consulting assignments, in a career that spans nearly thirty years and began in software development. His interests include operations research, behavioral sciences, games theory, and macro-economics. He has a BA in Physics from Williams College and an MS in Computer Theory from New York University. He lives and works in New York City.

Jon Berlin leads the strategic planning and analytics functions for Wells Fargo’s small business division. In this capacity, he directs strategic initiatives for the overall small business segment, product lines of business, regional management, and distribution channels. An 11-year veteran of Wells Fargo, Jon has also led market research and retail channel marketing units. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, Jon’s career was in management consulting, as an Engagement Manager at Mitchell Madison Group and an Associate at Charles River Associates. Jon has a B.A. in economics from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Stanford Business School. He lives in the East Bay with his wife and two children.

Gabe Vehovsky - Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy & Emerging Businesses, Discovery Communications: As Executive Vice President, Digital Strategy & Emerging Businesses, Gabe Vehovsky is responsible for managing a carefully selected pipeline of new digital initiatives, working in conjunction with Discovery’s leadership. The Digital Strategy & Emerging Businesses team is part think tank and part product and partnership development with an entrepreneurially minded approach to identifying and nurturing business opportunities.

Jennifer Scott is an International Finance & Strategy Executive & she is presently leading Virgin Media’s Customer Strategy, enabling the company to envisage & prepare for the future of device convergence.  She considers how Virgin Media can leverage convergence, personalize & curate content so that customers have a seamless, intuitive & gestural experience. Previously, Jennifer was VP Finance at Expedia where she identified the value potential of the Affiliates business, helped grow the Media business and helped lead a new Enterprise Data Warehouse.  She manages the “big picture” and can implement change through strong planning, effective leadership and clear communication style.

Drew Aldrich is a Senior Vice-President and Chief Strategy Officer of Trans-Lux Corporation, a publicly traded company that has been at the forefront of Display and Lighting technology for over 90 years.  Mr. Aldrich was recruited to lead the financial/operational restructuring and go-forward strategy. Prior to joining Trans-Lux, Mr. Aldrich was a Director at the Venture Capital firm Visium, founder and CEO of CalendarFly.com and started his career as an analyst in the Esoteric Assets Group in the Structured Finance division of Standard and Poor’s. Mr. Aldrich has a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester.

Mark Kapczynski currently serves as VP of Corporate Development and Strategy for Experian's consumer business which includes key brands: freecreditscore.com, creditreport.com, and protectmyid.com. Mr. Kapczynski also has a successful track record as a serial entrepreneur, chief executive and media industry expert. His advisory venture, Kontrol Media Corp., is an idea incubator for startups and senior professionals in the media and technology markets including Web 2.0, mobile, and television. Mr. Kapczynski graduated from UCLA film school and continues to be active in multiple industry associations that span media, mobile telecom, technology, and Internet Web 2.0. In his free time, Mr. Kapczynski enjoys spending time with his wife and son as well as car racing and playing the drums.

John’s first career was as an athlete at sunny Stanford University, competing in ten world championships and winning a silver medal in, naturally, the Winter Olympics. After 7 years in consulting with clients like Goldman Sachs and Enron, John joined U.S. Cellular where he drove an innovation strategy which earned the company #1 ratings in the 2011 & 2012 ratings issues of Consumer Reports. Recently John made the leap to join Maddock Douglas – The Agency of InnovationTM – to pursue his passion of innovation. John is a competitive cyclist and writer with a degree in Product Design from Stanford, and an MBA from Kellogg.

Tom Kindem is a Director, Strategy and Planning at BAE Systems Inc., a $17.9B U.S. defense contractor. Prior to his current role, he worked at Booz & Company as a strategy consultant for dozens of defense companies and government clients. Before that, he was a satellite engineer for Lockheed Martin. Mr. Kindem earned his MBA from The University of North Carolina, his BS in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Tech, and was inducted into the relevant honor’s fraternity at both institutions.

Andy Miller is a 3 year melanoma survivor and Executive Vice President of Mission for the Lance Armstrong Foundation, also known as LIVESTRONG. He has served with the Foundation from over eight years in various roles. In his current role, he oversees LIVESTRONG’s strategic direction and the daily operation of its programmatic and marketing activities to inspire and empower those affected by cancer, including grants and partnerships, education, direct assistance and advocacy programs, and the development and implementation of LIVESTRONG’s health policy platform. Andy is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist with a master’s degree in Health Science Education from the University of Florida, where he specialized in community health promotion and communications.

Jonathon Karelse is VP of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at Toronto-based Wholesale Tire Distributors. There he has been charged with planning and executing the company’s new long-term strategy on value-chain management; and redefining its position in the marketplace. Prior to this role, Mr. Karelse was Director of Consumer Business in Canada for Yokohama Tire; and chaired the Rubber Association of Canada's Forecasting Committee. Mr. Karelse studied Economics at the University of Western and Law at the University of British Columbia; before later completing the MIT Sloan School of Management's Executive program in Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Kapil is the Senior Director of Strategy and Business Development at Rosetta Stone, the leading language software company. He is responsible to formulate the strategy and its execution plan for the non-consumer business of Rosetta Stone across all target markets worldwide. Previously, Kapil worked with PRTM a leading management consulting firm where he worked with clients across a wide variety of verticals - hi-tech, medical devices, software, etc. He has also worked with two successful start-ups and holds an MBA from ISB - a joint program of Wharton and Kellogg.

Mark Moser joined Samet Corporation in June, 2007 to lead organizational development and strategic Human Resources initiatives. In 2010 his role expanded to include leadership in the sales and marketing function, as well as developing organizational quality systems. Mark completed his undergraduate education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and earned his MBA at the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. Prior to joining Samet, Mark spent 14 years as a business unit manager in the service sector followed by seven years as the senior HR leader for an international company. Mark also serves as a member of the adjunct faculty at UNC Greensboro, teaching Organizational Change Management to students in the Bryan School of Business.

Steven Krawciw is an executive at a top-tier global private bank. Over his career, Krawciw has managed private banking products and advised executives, heads of multinational companies, and government leaders while working for CIBC Wealth Management, McKinsey and Co., and Monitor Company. Among his most memorable past projects is facilitating infrastructure development of the then-nascent South African government of Nelson Mandela. Krawciw holds an MBA (Finance) from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction degree from the University of Calgary. He is co-author of Quant Investor's Almanac 2011: A Road Map to Investing

Jessica Saperstein leads strategic planning, business development and growth initiatives for APD’s Major Accounts business serving mid-size clients. Jessica joined ADP as VP of Corporate Strategy. In this role, she was instrumental in driving ADP’s Corporate Strategic Agenda and leading ADP’s market entry into new adjacencies and vertical business segments. Jessica is a seasoned strategist, with over 20 years of strategy development and innovation experience as a management consultant and on the client side. She received her MBA from Columbia Business School and completed undergraduate degrees in Business and Communications at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark Chussil is Founder and CEO of Advanced Competitive Strategies. He’s a pioneer in business war-gaming, a 35-year veteran in strategy simulation and analysis, and a passionate, enthusiastic, and highly rated speaker about strategic thinking. Mark is the author of three books, chapters for five others, and numerous articles, and he’s been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Management Update, Fast Company, and elsewhere. He and his colleagues have helped dozens of Fortune 500 companies around the world make or save billions of dollars. Mark earned his MBA at Harvard and his BA at Yale.

Stephen has been working successfully in emergency medicine, one of the greatest natural laboratories for the study of chaos and complexity, for over two decades, during which time he has learned to recognize patterns and changes as they develop in individuals and systems, and the critical points along the way. He applies these observations with a working knowledge of queuing theory to business as the Chief Medical Officer for the West Division of Schumacher Group, a large patient-centered physician practice management firm specializing in Emergency Medicine, with recent diversification into hospital and community-based health care settings.

John Abbamondi enters his second season as vice president, strategy and business analysis, overseeing a team charged with long-term strategic planning and project management, as well as short-term business analysis. He also assists General Manager Josh Byrnes and the Padres’ baseball operations staff in contract negotiations, salary arbitration and related matters. Abbamondi joined the Padres in January 2011, following three seasons (2007-10) as assistant general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. During his tenure in St. Louis, he had a hand in all aspects of the club’s Major League baseball operations, including contract negotiations, player acquisitions and roster management. Abbamondi also oversaw the Cardinals' professional scouting and baseball analytics departments.

Ann Neir is an award-winning innovator who has successfully created leading-edge business models and scaled, systematized, and globalized infrastructures and processes for top companies Cisco and Sprint/Nextel. At Cisco, she has led the operational design and development for large-scale new business models to identify gaps related to innovation in order to build the necessary business capabilities to accelerate growth. Currently, Ann leads innovative, high impact business and go-to-market opportunities that shape global sales initiatives. This includes establishing strategic plans and objectives and ensuring those strategies are aligned across major parts of the organization. Recent initiatives have focused on Cloud business models and integrated sales planning to improve forecasting, to increase transparency and speed and to align customer business drivers.

Eugenia Copeland is senior director, strategy and planning for Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating (Mitsubishi Electric), Suwanee, Ga., a leading marketer of intelligent air-conditioning and heating technology. Over the past several years this division of Mitsubishi Electric has experienced an average annual growth rate more than 25%. Copeland is responsible for the development of the division’s long-term strategy and strategic planning processes. Copeland has over 10 years of consulting and strategic development experience with Office Depot, Inc. and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) helping Fortune 500 companies grow both their top and bottom lines. Copeland earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; a Master of Science in industrial engineering from Wayne State University, Detroit; and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Spelman College, Atlanta.

Elliot Rawls is Senior Director of Strategy and Corporate Development for Chicago-based, U.S. Cellular Corporation, a wireless carrier with close to 6M subscribers and over $4B in revenue. His team’s responsibilities include strategy development and assessment, strategic long range forecasting, enterprise risk management, and short and long-term business analysis. He’s also overseen the strategic and financial evaluation of numerous acquisition and divestiture opportunities. Prior to his current role, Rawls held positions at US Cellular in pricing strategy, business development, and research and communications. Prior to US Cellular, he was President of The Cambaire Corporation, a consultancy that provided market research, financial, and general management services. Rawls earned his MBA at Stanford and holds BA and BARCH degrees, both in architecture, from Rice University.

Jill Steinhour is a Marketing Executive with 20 years of strategic business planning, marketing analytics, product management and delivery experience in the High-Tech, Pharmaceutical, Bio-Tech, and Manufacturing industries. She has held leadership positions at HP, Agilent and IBM. In her current role as Director of High-Tech Industry strategy , Jill leads strategic engagements to access the digital performance and develop digital marketing strategies for Adobe customers. She has expertise in market research & sizing, customer insights, CRM & customer intelligence strategies and campaign & business performance management for consumer and commercial markets . She has also, managed and launched enterprise-wide corporate digital marketing B2C & B2B strategies leveraging best practices in interactive marketing technology.

As Vice President of Strategy, Dave is responsible for driving thought leadership, vision and direction across each of Cynergy's divisions. An avid and engaging speaker, Dave frequently presents at industry-leading conferences worldwide, as well as to key press and analysts. In earlier lives, Dave held senior engineering and marketing management positions at major software corporations including Microsoft and Sybase. Officially based in Cynergy's headquarters in DC, he is often on the road more than he is in the District, espousing Cynergy's work, research and experience in designing and creating incredible software experiences. You can reach Dave at dave.wolf@cynergysystems.com

Tony Haile is the CEO of Chartbeat, the leading real-time analytics service. In the last three years, Tony has built chartbeat from two guys around one desk to a company with more than 4,000 paying customers, including companies such as ESPN, the New York Times, Gilt Groupe and Starbucks. Prior to entering the startup world Tony competed in a round the world yacht race and led and managed polar expeditions in the high Arctic. Startups are apparently similarly exciting with less chance of losing a limb.

Todd Simpson is the Chief of Innovation at Mozilla, the developers of the Firefox Web browser, where he is working with the Mozilla community to keep the Web open and accessible. Todd loves building products and businesses around leading edge technologies. He has founded, built, and run numerous companies. Call Genie went public in Canada, Worldplay Networks continues to push the boundaries of video, EZone Networks was sold to Clubcom, and Jasomi was sold to Ditech Networks, a Nasdaq company that Todd ended up running. Todd also led research and development efforts at QSound Labs and Zi Corporation. Todd lives hockey, loves the outdoors, and is enjoying life in Silicon Valley. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science and has authored numerous patents and papers.

Mike Cooke is a distinguished Booz & Company Partner based in Chicago.  He leads the firm’s World-Class IT service offering and specializes in helping companies transform how they operate, while creating the capacity to invest in growth.  His firsthand experience dealing with boardroom-level strategic initiatives has helped make him a trusted strategy advisor to C-suite executives and industry leaders.  Mike has authored more than two dozen articles; his most recent piece:  “Does the company CIO have a future?” was published in the Financial Times.  Before joining Booz & Company, Mike worked at EDS and was a consultant for A.T. Kearney.  

Raj Ratnakar is Head of Corporate Strategy for TE Connectivity (formerly Tyco Electronics, a $15 billion company.) Raj leads strategic planning at the corporate/group level, across a portfolio of 18 businesses. His responsibilities include driving the annual strategy planning efforts, building strategic rationale for major growth initiatives (including M&A) and supporting other BU challenges. Raj was earlier with McKinsey in New York, where he served Telecom and Technology clients. Raj was earlier involved with the creation and growth of 3 start-ups in the technology domain. Raj has an MBA from Wharton and an MS in Engineering from the University of Maryland.

A Business / technology professional providing leadership and guidance to solve complex business and technical strategic problems. Consulting for implementation of strategic cost-effective programs, and efficient operations to meet future and current client requirements. Business transformation and process efficiency solutions in specialty areas like; Strategic Direction (roadmap), Supply Chain, CIO services, Enabling Technologies, Horizon Technologies, Enterprise Intelligence, Security, and ERP (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft). Focused on bridging the gap between business and IT. Areas of focus: * Horizon Technologies (Cloud, Virtualization, Social Media, M2M, BYOD, Mobile Apps, Smart Devices, Security) * Business Performance of IT

Dave McMurtry is an experienced Silicon Valley high tech executive, applying his passion for both technology and non-profits to Habitat for Humanity International where he is the Senior Vice President of Strategy and the executive sponsor of Habitat’s 5-year strategic plan for the $1.6B annual operation in 80+ countries. He spent the previous 15 years building technology companies, including Intuit, where he was the Director of Strategy/Mergers & Acquisitions when his team led acquisitions worth $1.5Billion. He is a Sloan Fellow with a Masters in Business from Stanford University and a BS in Business Administration from California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo.

David A. Lee is a retired US Army Colonel who currently leads Amazon's Employer Brand. In addition to leading the Army Strong campaign his military assignments include command of a 625 Soldier Multiple Launch Rocket System battalion, Strategic Planner for the Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he holds three masters degrees including one focused on strategy earned from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies.

Martez R. Moore is the Executive Vice President of Digital Media for BET Networks/ Viacom Inc. Prior to this role, Mr. Moore was the Head of Business Strategy & Development for BET Networks, where he led strategy, acquisition, and corporate partnerships activities. Previously, Mr. Moore was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, a principal with TSG Capital Group, and a M&A banker with Morgan Stanley & Company. Mr. Moore has also worked at The White House as a special assistant for Rahm Emanuel. Mr. Moore received his J.D. from The University of Pennsylvania Law School and a B.A. from Loyola University of Chicago.

Prior to founding SOUL, Murat was a Strategic Director for Honeywell where he launched a new business. He was a management consultant with Deloitte’s Corporate Strategy Practice in New York and advised his clients develop and execute growth strategies; both organic and acquisitive. Before joining Deloitte, he held business development roles in the chemical industry. Murat received his MBA from Columbia Business School and his masters and bachelor degree in engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He is a regular speaker at NYU Stern’s Executive MBA Program on M&A related topics. He lives in New York and Istanbul.

As co-founder and CTO, Adam Pisoni oversees engineering and the development of all software at Yammer. Before Yammer, Adam served as Software Architect at Geni - the company in which Yammer was originally created. Prior to Geni, Adam wasDirector of Web Engineering at Shopzilla, playing a pivotal role in systemsarchitecture and product development. Adam also co-founded and served as CTO of Cnation, a web development consultancy with clients including CBS MarketWatch, BizRate.com, Fox Interactive, Nissan of Japan, and Honda. Cnation's work for Honda earned them the 1997 Clio award for interactive design.

Anthony Renda is the CRM and Strategy Head for Siemens Wind Service Americas, a top tier supplier for OEM services in the Wind Turbine industry. Wind is a dynamic industry, marked with explosive growth and volatile competition. He is responsible for long range strategic vision and planning, new market entry, and customer relationship management. Mr. Renda is Six Sigma Black Belt certified, holds a BSME from UCF, and has worked in various Siemens businesses for the past seventeen years. He is currently based in Orlando, but travels extensively to support customer relationships, market expansion, and other strategic initiatives across the Americas. *Siemens is a global company with 360,000 employees and revenues of $73B in 2011.

Dr. Eng leads the Medical Strategy and Innovation team within the Medical Affairs Department of Specialty Care at Pfizer. Reflecting the rapid evolution of the health care environment, MSI leads and facilitates our understanding of these changes, and catalyzes the development of implications for how we develop and support specialty therapeutics. The MSI Team is focused on improving the medical interface and collaboration with key medical stakeholders such as Academic Medical Centers, Managed Care and Specialty Physicians. Recent initiatives have included the optimizing data planning, piloting new methods to increase transparency and access to medical experts within Pfizer, and developing planning processes that shift the focus from the product to the end medical customer.

Jeremy Hill is the Chief Operating Officer of the Societe Generale Research and Strategy Department (SG Americas Securities) responsible for developing and running the equities, credit, rates, economics, quantitative, and FX research platforms. Prior to this role, Mr. Hill was the Head of Investment Banking Compliance for Societe Generale in London, UK. Before that he held regulatory risk management roles at both Banc of America Securities and Credit Suisse. Mr. Hill previously worked as an attorney at Coudert Brothers focusing on corporate and merger transactions. He started his career at the boutique investment bank BlueStone Capital Partners covering internet sectors. Mr. Hill is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law.

Emi Kubota is the Vice President of i play., Inc., where she has worn many hats over the years, including management roles in Marketing, Strategy, Supply Chain, and Sales, where she has taken the lead in creating new systems and infrastructures as the company continues to grow. Emi has a BA in International Studies from Middlebury College, a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University School of International Affairs (SIPA), and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She loves living and working in her mountain hometown of Asheville, North Carolina.

Joseph Bradley is chief operations officer for the Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), the company’s global consulting organization, in charge of research, economics, communications, and operations. He is responsible for transforming Cisco IBSG's customer relationships, scaling business solutions, and communicating business messages. Bradley has produced several thought-leadership papers for Cisco IBSG, including his most recent work on the importance of Value-Based Decision Making in today’s business environment. Prior to joining Cisco, Bradley was CFO and senior vice president, shared services for C3 and general manager of the Data Communications Group at AT&T. He earned an economics degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Scott Coleman is a Senior Vice President at BofA Merrill Lynch on the Technology Innovation Portfolio team. He and his team are focused on the intersection of business and technology strategy and are responsible for finding innovative technology solutions to the Company's most pressing needs. Scott has more than 15 years of experience across the technology and telecom industries and has expertise in finance, public policy, and business development. Prior to joining BofAML, Scott was the global head of Technology Business Development at Morgan Stanley, and before that spent nearly 10 years in Equity Research at Morgan Stanley covering the networking and communications equipment sector.

Mr. Murphy got his MBA from ITAM University in Mexico City; he holds several certificates in Institutions Development and Strategic Analysis from Harvard. He was a professor for six years at UIA specializing in creativity, strategy, entrepreneurship and leadership. Mr. Murphy is an expert in reframing problems and restructuring organizations. He has held Executive positions in Banking in M&A, business intelligence and mass customization; in Consumer Products aiming at early market penetration strategies; and in Oil and Gas specifically on reframing business models and finding unattended or misinterpreted niches. Mr. Murphy has served in the Boards of several companies in Non-bank Banks for Small Business and Payroll Loans, Real Estate, Education and Digital Imaging companies.

Mat is the Founder and CEO of Crowdcast, a leading provider of collective intelligence solutions to improve collaboration and decisions. Crowdcast is venture backed and includes multiple F1,000 clients including Boeing, Genentech and the US Gov. Prior to founding Crowdcast, he was the Director of Financial Planning at Electronic Arts where he pioneered the use of collective intelligence to improve corporate forecasts. Mat holds a BS in Management Science from LSE, an MBA from UC Berkeley and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).