Visionary Headliners, Rockstars
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Headliners

Sean Albertson

Sean Albertson

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
CX4ROCKS

Sean is a globally respected thought leader, keynote speaker, and advisor with over 25 years of experience transforming customer service and experience strategies for startups to Fortune 200 companies. As the author of the award-winning 4ROCKS: Reduce Effort, Drive Loyalty, Transform the Customer Journey, Sean reveals how to create loyalty-driving experiences at the intersection of technology and human engagement.

Maribeth Duggins

Maribeth Duggins

Director, Customer Insights
McKesson

David Weisman

David Weisman

Chief Experience Officer
NYC Health + Hospitals / Queens

David has worked at NYC Health + Hospitals/Queens since 2013, first as Director of Patient Experience and then as Chief Experience Officer beginning in 2020. He is the administrator for Patient Relations, Food and Nutrition, Pastoral Care and Language Access. In all of his roles and responsibilities, he has fostered a culture of person-centered care for continuous improvement of the care experience.

Rockstar Insights

Karen Bains

Karen Bains

Senior Director, Ambulatory Operational Excellence
UCLA Health

Karen leads enterprise-level initiatives focused on operational excellence, patient experience, and clinic transformation. She oversees multiple cross-functional teams—including Clinic Activations, Operational Capacity, Operational Patient Experience, Project Implementation, and the Ambulatory Float Pool—that are integral to supporting frontline operations and system-wide improvement. With a clinical background as a nurse and over a decade of healthcare leadership experience, Karen brings a strategic and human-centered lens to advancing care delivery across diverse ambulatory settings.

Paola Bianchi

Paola Bianchi

Director, Digital Strategy & Retail
NAPA Auto Parts

Lindie Busse

Lindie Busse

Senior Director, Field and Client Service – Planning and Delivery
Northwestern Mutual

Lindie has spent nearly all of her almost 29-year career in customer/care experience in the financial services industry. She has successfully managed intricate transformative portfolios, led client services teams, and earned consistent recognition as a results-driven top performer. Her expertise spans various aspects of program management, AI, process improvement and leadership where she takes pride in developing others through shared learning experiences.

Erin Cohee

Erin Cohee

Vice President, User Experience & Business Development
OneUnited Bank

Erin is the Vice President of Digital Customer Experience at OneUnited, an award-winning Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), the largest Black-owned and first Black-owned digital bank in the nation. She leads efforts to increase customer engagement and drive product innovation. Erin expanded the bank’s ATM network to over 100,000 surcharge-free ATMs – America’s largest – and launched Card Command, a user-friendly card management tool. She also built the OneUnited Customer Success team to deliver proactive, data-driven service, supporting the bank’s mission to close the racial wealth gap and promote financial literacy through technology.

Patricia Coyne

Patricia Coyne

Customer Operations Director
TruStage Customer Engagement Leadership Council Member

Kaitlyn Daleiden

Kaitlyn Daleiden

Principal UX: Experience Strategy
Nordstrom

Kaitlyn is a UX leader and content strategist at Nordstrom, supporting both customer and employee experiences, and advocating for the customer experience to ensure Nordstrom’s digital tools and experiences align with Nordstrom’s company vision of “making customers look and feel their best.” Prior to her time at Nordstrom, Kaitlyn spent 7 years at United Airlines where she specialized in content design, marketing, and personalization in various organizations including sales, technology and product giving her a unique point of view on how to create meaningful and engaging customer experiences.

Gavin Johnston

Gavin Johnston

Director of User Experience Research
Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Gavin has over 25 years of experience in customer experience and strategic planning. Over the years his curiosity about what makes people tick and how that leads to innovation has been the cornerstone of his work. He has led CX research and strategy teams for a broad range of products, services, and industries including hospitality, consumer packaged goods, pharma, food & beverage, healthcare, and financial services.

Fred Kleiman

Fred Kleiman

Vice President, Customer Service, Direct to Consumer
Tennis Channel

Brandel Kremer

Brandel Kremer

Director of Data Operations and Governance
Kellanova

Connie Lee

Connie Lee

Senior Director, Patient Access
UCLA Health

Connie is a board-certified healthcare executive where she oversees the Patient Access Organization, leading enterprise access efforts to ensure patients are connected to the right provider at the right time. With over a decade of experience across facility, regional, and national levels—including leadership roles at the VA and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles—she brings a strong track record in operational excellence, digital transformation, and care access innovation. She is passionate about advancing translational care and modernizing healthcare delivery by bridging clinical care, research, data science, and operations to better serve patients.

Mark Levy

Mark Levy

Vice President, Customer Experience
Frontier Communications
Customer Engagement Leadership Council Member

Mark Levy doesn’t just talk about customer experience—he’s spent over 25 years making it better. From transforming digital experiences at Comcast to leading CX at Frontier Communications, he knows what it takes to blend technology with human connection. As an executive coach, author, and publisher of the Decoding Customer Experience newsletter, he delivers real-world strategies that actually work.

Jessica Lim

Jessica Lim

Director of Customer Experience
Southern California Edison (SCE)

The Director of Customer Experience at Southern California Edison, Jessica has the unique challenge of meeting the needs of over 5 million diverse customers – from billing, power outages, and clean energy solutions. Her team has created a Voice of the Customer Program across the company using data and AI to drive prioritized problem solving to meet aspirational goals.

Spencer Mains

Spencer Mains

Head of Digital Workplace Experience
Pacific Gas and Electric

Spencer has over 25 years of experience in digital workplace transformation for large, medium and small companies in a variety of industries such as Gap Inc, PG&E, Landor and WPP. His obsession is around creating a delightful coworker experience using technology innovations as well as common sense UX.

David Massey

David Massey

Digital Experience Director
UPS

David has spearheaded customer-centric digital transformation for over two decades, pioneering UPS’s Experience Design revolution through data-driven optimization. As a digital transformation leader, he established UPS’s first customer co-creation programs that significantly improved digital experiences on ups.com and across UPS’s global digital ecosystem spanning 225 countries in 38 languages, directly contributing to substantial business growth and enhanced customer satisfaction.

Shri Nandan

Shri Nandan

Vice President, AI Products & Experiences
Comcast

Shri is a customer-obsessed CX professional who has dedicated her career to “meeting the customers where they want to be met”. Her leadership and advisory roles across diverse industries spanning insurance, fintech, pharmaceutical and telecom have honed her expertise in digital transformation and product strategy, enabling her to contribute significantly to customer-centric product and technology advancements. Using data driven approaches and high-performing teams, Shri has elevated the AI and digital product landscape enhancing customer experiences, and embedding strategic technological innovations across the business.

Priscilla Ottley

Priscilla Ottley

Vice President, Lead Service/Design Strategist- Commercial Banking
M&T Bank

Fab Facilitators

Jacob Bailon

Jacob Bailon

Director of Engineering
DATAMARK

With deep expertise in customer support operations and workforce optimization, I specialize in implementing agent assist solutions that enhance efficiency and service quality. My experience in analytics, process improvement, and AI-driven support tools enables teams to work smarter, not harder, while delivering exceptional customer experiences. By leveraging data and technology, I help organizations create scalable, high-performing support strategies that drive measurable results.

Chloe Duckworth

Chloe Duckworth

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Valence AI

Chloe Duckworth is the co-founder and CEO of Valence AI, an emotion AI startup building the emotional subtitle of the internet for conversational intelligence. Valence models analyze vocal tone to help human and AI agents better understand customers. Chloe has a background in computational neuroscience and previously worked in neurotech at BrainMind. Chloe is also the co-founder of Hope Hearted, a California nonprofit providing supplies and PPE to keep unhoused people safe from COVID and other viral infections.

Jay Erickson

Jay Erickson

Chief Innovation Officer
Modus

Jay’s two decades crafting impactful digital experiences, working with clients like Cleveland Clinic, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson, provide a uniquely broad perspective on driving digital transformation. His strategic leadership delivers practical insights into solving complex business challenges across diverse industries. Beyond client work, Jay’s regular speaking engagements at industry conferences and contributions to publications like HealthCare Business Today make him a valuable voice on translating visionary ideas into tangible, human-centered results.

Ryan Wang

Ryan Wang

Chief Executive Officer
Assembled

Master of Ceremonies

Brian Fitzpatrick

Brian Fitzpatrick

Partner, Events
Frost & Sullivan

Brian Fitzpatrick is the Global Lead for Frost & Sullivan’s Events Division, responsible for the Best Practice creation and execution of Frost & Sullivan events globally. He has over 28 years of management and leadership position experience and understands strategic, tactical business planning and financial management.

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