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2023 SCHEDULE

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7:30 DOORS OPEN
8:15  PRODCON BEGINS
8:25 KEYNOTE PRESENTATION 

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DEREK HYDE
Vice President - Information Technology
at the Brewers

9:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 

VANITHA SURESH
SVP, Technical Product Owner at Associated Bank

"Everyday Agile"

SHAWN SPARTZ
Creative Director at nvisia
ROB MIROBALLI

Principal Architect at nvisia 
KEN LUBERT
Fellow - Product Management at nvisia

SAVINA IMRHAN
UX Lead at nvisia
BARB VANDENBERG
Fellow - Product Management at nvisia

"Prototype to Product"

KELLY DECKER
Director of IT at Schneider
SENTHIL RAMAN

Manager of Platform Engineering at Schneider

"Integrating for Success: A Journey of Integration Modernization"

JILL RONK
IT Director at Thrivent
GORAN MICONOVIC

IT Director at Thrivent

"DevOps Unleashed!"

RALPH BUELLING
CIO at UW Credit Union

"Aligning Technology Investments with Company Strategy"

AMY OLSON
System VP of Clinical and ERP Applications at Advocate Health
JESSE DEPINTO

Co-Founder and CEO at Frontdesk
BRANDON WIENKES

Customer Digital Technology Director at American Family Insurance

"Change Management"

10:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS 

CLAUDIO D'AGOSTINO
CIO at CentroMotion
KIRSTIN STENLUND
Project Management Office at CentroMotion

"Changing your Mindset as a Leader"

ANDREW KIELBASA
Sr. Director at GEHC
HEBBA MAHMOUD
Director of Information Technology at CUNA Mutual
ANDREW LICHEY
VP of Product at IFS
SHALINI BADHWAR

Director of Software Engineering at Direct Supply

"Shaping Product Strategy and Measuring Business Impact"

MARK DAVIS
UX Lead at Blizzard
RACHEL KRAUSE
Sr. UX Specialist at NN/G
KRISTINE HOWELL
Sr. UX and CoFounder at Lynssa Method
KAT RICHARDS

Associate Dr. of Experience Strategy at Digitas

"UX Barriers - Evangelize Value"

SUBBU RAMANATHAN
Head of Software Engineering at Brady

"Architecture Strategies for Developing Successful SaaS Products"

CONRAD AYALA
Sr. UX Designer at WBMI
MICHAEL SIEDEL
UX Manager at Advocate Health SHAWN SPARTZ
Creative Director at nvisia
KAT RICHARDS
Associate Director of Experience Strategy at Digitas

"Operationalizing the UX Process"

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11:00 PANEL DISCUSSION 

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM WOMEN IN TECH

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MOLLY MULROY

Executive VP and Chief Administrative Officer at WEC Energy Group

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LORI VIDEKOVICH
Director IT Enterprise CRM at Generac

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LINDSAY WINN
VP Commercial IT Business Partner at Molson Coors

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DAMINI DHAWAL
VP of Strategy and Architecture - NAM at AIG

11:45 LUNCH + SPONSOR EXPLORATION

1:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

TAHA SUGLATWALA
Director at Uline

TIM ZORICH
Sr. Manager at U
line
"Adopting Agile Development for the Enterprise"

AMBER FIELD
VP of Software Development at Singlewire
STEVE LUECK

SVP. Director of Data Management at Associated Bank 

"Preparing the Next Generation of Agile Software Engineers: UW Madison"

CHRIS ZIMMERMAN
Director at Fleet Farm

"Leading the IT Rockstar"

CONRAD AYALA
Sr. UX Designer at WBMI
MICHAEL SIEDEL
UX Manager at Advocate Health SHAWN SPARTZ
Creative Director at nvisia
KAT RICHARDS
Associate Director of Experience Strategy at Digitas

"Operationalizing the UX Process"

DAVID MANSKE
Sr. Director IT
Digital Strategy and Technology at Generac
"Why DevOps is like a Gym Membership"

PAUL BEMIS
Director of Engineering at Zywave
JOSH SCHANKE
Director of Engineering at Zywave
KALVIN KRUEGER
Director of Engineering at Zywave

"Our Journey to Empowered Teams"

1:45 BREAKOUT SESSIONS

KYLE UTLEY
SVP Information Technology at Landmark Credit Union

 "Building Technical Wealth & Choosing where to Invest or Borrow"

DAN GALLEGOS
Assistant Vice President of IT at WBMI

“There and Back Again, Decisions about Custom Software and COTS”

NATE MAYER
Senior Software Developer at the Brewers

"MVP to Infinity: Brewers Architecture Evolution"

Karthik Jambulingam
Sr. Director of Enterprise Architecture at BatteriesPlus

"Cloud Ignition: Fueling Agility, Innovation and Growth"

KYLE ANDERSON
Sr. Director of Cloud at GEHC

"Generative AI Strategies on Platform & Cloud Engineering"

RYANN FOELKER
Strategy Design Director at AmFam
SARA MILLER
Sr. Strategy Design Consultant at AmFam

“Designing a Functional Future: The Art of Systematic Disruption”

2:30 FIRESIDE CHAT

LEADERSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE: A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH SRIRAJ KANTAMNENI AND TIM DICKSON

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SRIRAJ KANTAMNENI 
CIO at Schreiber Foods

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TIM DICKSON 
CIO at Generac

3:15 PANEL DISCUSSION

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & BUSINESS IMPACT

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SANDI GARDNER
CTO at WPS Health Solutions

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CHAD STEIGHNER
CIO at Clarios

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MIKE BERTELLO
VP of Business Technology at Faith Technologies

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VIGNESH SHETTY
SVP/GM at GEHC

4:00 CLOSING + RAFFLE
4:30 HAPPY HOUR ON THE TERRACE

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