Visionary Headliners, Rockstars
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Headliners

Christina Kerley

CK Kerley

Keynoter, Futurist & Instructor – Rutgers Business School
allthingsCK

​Powerhouse keynoter, Rutgers Business School Instructor, and Corporate Trainer Christina “CK” Kerley has guided scores of Fortune 500s—and thousands of executives—through 25 years of digital disruptions, revolutions, and reinventions. She’s currently focused on: AI, The Tech Megatrends, and whatever’s coming next. More info at: https://allthingsCK.com

David Weisman

John McCahan

Vice President Customer Care
FTD

John joined FTD in 2019 and was brought in to lead service transformation post-bankruptcy. He brings a broad range of customer centric Contact Center and CX strategic leadership, attained in various industries including; banking, logistics, manufacturing, business services, and retail. He has led customer service transformations for both public and privately held companies. Prior to FTD, John held leadership positions at Avon, Milacron, Fifth Third Bank, Target, and Equifax. John was a paratrooper and served 8 years in the US Army as a Captain on humanitarian and combat missions. Recently, he was named to the “100 Leaders Transforming Customer Experience”.

Aarthi Murali

Aarthi Murali

Executive Vice President
Holman

Rockstar Insights

Chad Anderson

Chad Anderson

Vendor Manager of Customer Care Operations
Mercedes-Benz USA

Chad has over 25 years of experience in the contact center industry, excelling in developing and managing high-performing teams. His deep knowledge of efficient customer service strategies and innovative technologies has consistently increased customer satisfaction and operational efficiency. Chad’s dedication to continuous improvement and exceptional results makes him a trusted expert in contact center management.

Fred Beason

Fred Beason

Director, Customer Service Experience
Aviso Wealth
Customer Engagement Leadership Council Member

Tashonda Betts

Tashonda Betts

Customer Contact Center Manager
Tucson Electric Power

Tashonda is an accomplished subject matter expert in the Utility Industry. She has over 25 years of experience and a deep knowledge of utility processes and how they impact the customer. Tashonda manages a group of approximately 150 employees in multiple facets including Operations, Training, Quality Assurance, Supervision and Customer Service. Her team of employees handle over a million customer phone calls and more than 100,000 customer emails a year. Tashonda maximizes her team’s results through the practices of Shared Leadership, Solution Based Thinking and Pro-achievement. She has also implemented numerous technological and procedural changes to keep abreast within the industry and exceed customers’ needs and expectations.

Jennifer Bloomfield

Jennifer Bloomfield

System Director, Consumer Experience Initiatives
Memorial Hermann Health System

Jennifer is the System Director of Consumer Experience Initiatives for Memorial Hermann, the largest non-profit health system in Houston with more than 36,000 employees and affiliated providers. In this position, Jennifer drives change at a system level, connecting the dots between otherwise siloed teams to create personalized, memorable experiences for patients and staff. With more than 15 years of healthcare leadership experience, Jennifer’s current focus is leading the system through a moments that matter strategy to drive improved, frictionless experiences for all consumers during the key interactions in their health journey.

Scott Campbell

Scott Campbell

Senior Vice President, Chief Client Experience and Corporate Communications Officer
American National
Customer Engagement Leadership Council Member

As Chief Client Experience Officer, Scott Campbell leads American National’s service center operations, UX/UI practice, client insights program and the company’s strategic innovation efforts. With 25 years of experience, he brings a passion for driving client satisfaction and brand growth through outstanding experiences.

Sebastian Cosgrove

Director, Global Customer Service
Air Canada Cargo

Sebastian started his career as a flight attendant with Air Canada and has held progressively more senior roles within the organization on both the passenger and cargo side of the airline. Sebastian launched Air Canada’s enterprise social media platform and supported in the development of Customer Service at Cargo. Today, the Customer Service department includes multiple Service Centres across Canada and the United States as well as post-customer care.

Jason DaCosta

Senior Vice President, Customer Operations
Alarm.com

Jason is a transformational leader and customer service practitioner, having built contact centers and their operations from scratch to scale. He focuses on building processes and best practices from a foundation of continuous ongoing improvement by pushing teams to deliver “best in the world” outcomes, while identifying opportunities to innovate by leveraging new and dynamic technology.

Clancey Dollard

Director, 24/7 Support Center
University of Arizona

Building teams that improve the lives of their customers is a passion for Clancey. As a Certified HDI Support Center Director, Clancey has the understanding and experience for what it takes to provide meaningful customer experiences. One of his strengths is his deep understanding of small contact center (<100 agents) operations.

Annabel Fuller

Lizeth Foster

Senior Manager, Operator Services Call Center
Harris Health System

Annabel Fuller

Annabel Fuller

Vice President, Customer Care
Paramount+

Carl Gilbert

Vice President Operations
Safe-Guard Products International

Carl is currently Vice President of Operations at Safe-Guard Products International and has over 20 years of experience as a Global Operations and Customer Experience Executive. He has been an integral part of business growth using best-in-market strategies and has a proven track record of business transformation and technology enablement to drive efficiencies and service delivery. Carl’s successful career has spanned several industries including F&I, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Shipping & Logistics, Financial Services, and Telecommunications.

Kevin Gober

Kevin Gober

Senior Director, Arena Talent Experience
Miami HEAT

Carl is currently Vice President of Operations at Safe-Guard Products International and has over 20 years of experience as a Global Operations and Customer Experience Executive. He has been an integral part of business growth using best-in-market strategies and has a proven track record of business transformation and technology enablement to drive efficiencies and service delivery. Carl’s successful career has spanned several industries including F&I, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Shipping & Logistics, Financial Services, and Telecommunications.

Jeff Grant

Senior Technology Consultant, Enterprise Contact Center
Southwest Airlines

Jeff has dedicated his IT career to bringing known and unknown technology and product capabilities to his Customers. It is his goal to align the organizations goals and visions with his products to create the best possible Customer experience. It is a journey. Sometimes there can be turbulence and delays. At the end of the day we all strive to be better than what we were yesterday and to leave our Customers smiling.

Jerry Howe

Jerry Howe

Vice President of Global Marketplace Support
Turo

With over 30 years in the high-tech sector, Jerry has passionately transformed customer care organizations globally, an obsession evident from pivotal leadership roles at McAfee, Intel, Airbnb, OfferUp, and Turo. Deeply invested in optimizing customer journeys, Jerry focuses on amplifying productivity and profitability, especially within startups and high-growth companies. Beyond building top-tier teams that prioritize culture and collaboration, Jerry is an innovator who has set new standards in holistic customer experience.

Charlene Judge

Charlene Judge

Senior Director, Digital Product Management
RBC Insurance

Charlene has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry and leads a digital product management team at RBC Insurance responsible for the design, delivery, and optimization of digital products across the insurance value chain.  Driven by curiosity and inspired by innovation, she has a keen interest in technology, product management, client centricity, process simplification and change management. Charlene is also a member of the Board of Directors for Breast Cancer Canada.

Stephen Lotz

Stephen Lotz

Vice President of Customer Experience
Discover Financial Services

Ben Narramore

Ben Narramore

Director of Operations/Service Management
PlayStation

Ben is a dedicated and accomplished professional with over 20 years of experience in service management. Currently at PlayStation, Ben directs highly skilled teams in the Network Operations Center, where they implement cutting-edge monitoring tools and manage critical services. The work is characterized by a relentless pursuit of operational excellence and customer-focused solutions. This dedication not only enhances the user experience but also reflects their core value of driving industry standards ever-forward.

Michael Pace

Michael Pace

Vice President, Global Member Services and Operations
Virgin Pulse

Tope Sadiku

Tope Sadiku

Strategic Planning Leader – Strategy, Transformation, Agile and Digital Revolution
The Kraft Heinz Company

Ian Schmehl

Ian Schmehl

Operations Vice President – Enterprise Operations
State Farm

Cippy Seidler

Cippy Seidler

Director, Consumer Care Center
Banner Health

Speaking to and working with many diverse contact groups around the world has inspired and enlightened Cippy. It has brought positivity, new ideas and creativity to an already open mind about the importance and truly critical nature of the contact center environments. She has worked most of her career in Retail and Health Care contact centers helping others appreciate why internal and external customer service and brand loyalty begins in the contact center.

Tisa Sinclair

Tisa Sinclair

Director, Social Response
AARP

Tisa’s work experience has given her the opportunity to engage in several areas of communications—from public relations to customer care and digital marketing, working for major brands like Delta, CBS, and Accenture. As Director of Social Response for AARP, the nation’s largest nonprofit whose mission is to empower people to choose how they live as they age, Tisa leads the team that forges the ongoing social care strategies, processes, and official responses to members and non-members as they interact with AARP’s digital content.

Vikesh Vaswani

Vikesh Vaswani

Senior Vice President, Customer Care Strategy and Operations
Altice USA

Michael Wireko

Michael Wireko

Vice President, Care
Grubhub

Michael is the VP, Care at Grubhub but has a unique background and passion for metrics and analytics. In his decade at Grubhub Michael has led several teams focused on utilizing data and KPIs to drive business impacts across the organization and is eager to share realistic tips on how to integrate data into customer service decision making to drive results.

Fab Facilitators

Matthew Carracher

Matthew Carracher

Chief Operating Officer
AcquireBPO

With a career spanning over two decades in the BPO industry, Matthew brings a wealth of experience and insight to the forefront of customer experience innovation. Matthew is responsible for driving strategy, streamlining operations, and maximizing performance in global HR processes, compliance, and workforce management. His expertise lies in transforming traditional customer service models into dynamic, AI-driven experiences. Matthew has a proven track record of providing invaluable insights and actionable strategies to elevate customer experience to unprecedented levels.

Art Coombs

Art Coombs

President & Chief Executive Officer
KomBea

Art has held leadership positions with global firms and their call/BPO centers worldwide for the past thirty-five years. Currently, he is the president and CEO of a company he founded. Art has worked for 20+ years developing and marketing tools that blend human intelligence and automation to improve call center phone interactions.

Phil Gray

Phil Gray

Chief Product Officer
Interactions

Phil leads innovation initiatives at Interactions, collaborating with customers and partners to create and operationalize disruptive technology inventions that transform customer experience. He has extensive experience with Conversational AI and customer experience technologies. Prior to joining Interactions, Phil founded and led Versay, a natural language, speech applications company. He also held leadership roles at Nuance and Eloyalty.

Abhinandan Jain

Abhinandan Jain

Chief Growth Officer
Startek

Passionate about the role of technology in delivering world-class customer experiences (CX), Abhinandan has been at the cutting edge of digital CX design for more than 25 years. Having enabled hundreds of companies from telecom operators and best-loved retail brands to insurance and healthcare providers to unlock the potential of digital transformation, today Abhinandan is focused on the opportunity technology presents to improve the contact center agent experience to drive employee engagement and deliver a superior CX.

Jaclyn Lo

Jaclyn Lo

Senior Customer Success Manager
ProcedureFlow

Jaclyn is a CX leader specializing in onboarding, digital adoption, and change management strategies within Contact Centers. Passionate about employee empowerment and driving sustainable results, her expertise lies in identifying potential roadblocks, managing stakeholders, and implementing effective communication plans to drive successful software implementations.

Edwin Margulies

Edwin Margulies

Chief Evangelist
Nextiva

Edwin is a serial entrepreneur who is passionate about customer experience (CX), usability, and human factors engineering. Over the course of 45 years, he has authored 18 books, many of which focus on customer satisfaction, including “Mastering the Customer Experience,” “How to Audit and Benchmark Your Voice Response System,” and the “Web Site Usability Almanac.”

Sean-Minter

Sean Minter

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
AmplifAI

Sean is a strategic visionary dedicated to elevating large organizations by harnessing the synergy of AI, people, and processes. Sean believes that people are at the heart of every successful transformation, and that tomorrow’s great transformation will be driven by those augmented by the right technology.

Matt Nelson

Matt Nelson

Chief Information Officer
Alta Resources

Matt, a seasoned CIO in the BPO space, demystifies the world of AI with clarity and insight. His pragmatic and approachable style, along with his ability to simplify complex technology concepts makes him a welcome voice in learning how to apply innovation to your own organization.

Devin Poole

Devin Poole

Senior Product Marketing Manager
Coveo

Devin has been researching and advising executives on customer service and customer experience strategies for the past 15 years as an Analyst at two leading research firms. He writes and speaks on topics such as digital customer service experience, service channel strategy, personalization, AI, the Effortless Experience, and the agent experience. Throughout his career, he has worked across the globe, advising companies from Fortune 50 to technology startups.

Amit Shankardass

Amit Shankardass

Chief Marketing Officer
VXI Global Solutions

Amit has more than 20 years of experience in the CX industry, having steered growth programs for some of the largest BPOs in the world. His experience includes the design of products and services to ensure CX organizations remain impactful today and adapt for tomorrow.

Ian Tempro

Ian Tempro

Chief Operating Officer
IA Solutions

As an industry veteran with 20 years of experience in steering contact center operations, Ian’s leadership as COO of Insta Answer has been instrumental in incorporating service focused technology to drive improved customer engagement. He is committed to helping brands reach their CX goals and is recognized for his ability to build truly bespoke programs across diverse industries.

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