CEO Pamela Maynard believes Avanade’s purpose is to make a genuine human impact. She is committed to Avanade’s vision: to be the leading digital innovator, creating great experiences as we realize results for our clients and their customers through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. She says three of the most important things she does are to make sure our clients are successful on their digital journeys, ensure we stay on the pulse of the next wave of technology, and make sure our Avanade team feels inspired, confident and cared for.

Before being named CEO in September 2019, Pamela was President of Product and Innovation, focused on defining and delivering innovative solutions for our clients. Earlier in her Avanade career she was President of our European organization after serving as General Manager of Avanade UK.

Pamela is a passionate supporter of diversity and inclusion and is the executive sponsor of our Women’s Employee Resource Group, which inspires women and empowers connections to drive personal and professional growth and innovation. She also is executive sponsor of our Technology for Social Good initiative, through which we bring the power of our cloud and digital technology skills and expertise to non-profit organizations, digitally transforming their work and accelerating their social impact.

Pamela draws inspiration from the varied backgrounds and cultures she encounters as she travels the world. When she is not meeting with clients or inspiring our teams, you will find her enjoying time with family and friends.

Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences on the Microsoft ecosystem. With 39,000 professionals in 25 countries, we are the power behind the Accenture Microsoft Business Group, helping companies to engage customers, empower employees, optimize operations and transform products, leveraging the Microsoft platform. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation. Learn more at www.avanade.com.

Chairman, researcher, board advisor, speaker, award winning and ‘best selling’ author, educator and workshop facilitator. Passionate expert on the role, value, and governance of digitization in enterprises and their ecosystems.

Ziff Davis recognized  Dr. Peter Weill as #24 of The Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, the highest-ranked academic. 

Tom Reichert is the global leader of DigitalBCG at Boston Consulting Group, chair of the practice areas, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee. In his role as chair of global practices, he also oversees BCG's large-scale change initiatives: transformation, enablement, and postmerger integration. Tom is a member of the firm's Operating Committee, and he also chairs the board of BCG Digital Ventures.

Tom previously served as BCG’s chair of North America, overseeing operations in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. He was also global leader of BCG's Technology Advantage practice, having led the practice in the Americas and the Operations and IT banking segments worldwide.

Since joining BCG in 1995, he has worked extensively in Europe, Australia, and Asia, helping clients transform their businesses and IT functions. His expertise spans a wide range of topics, including business strategies, large-scale change, and risk management.

Tom played a key role as a lead instructor for Digital Transformation, an online course developed by BCG in partnership with the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. The course, available on Coursera.org, enables students to examine the pace of digital change and the imperative it creates for businesses.

In 2014, Consulting magazine named him one of the industry's top 25 most influential consultants in the leadership category. Prior to joining BCG, Tom was acting CIO at BT Financial Australia/New Zealand and was a relationship manager for small to medium-sized companies for Dresdner Bank in Germany.

I chose to join Software AG because I believe we can be the best, most innovative company in the digital transformation space. Many companies want to ‘change the world’. I’m convinced that at Software AG, we have the three elements to do it: the talent, the technology, and extraordinary customers.

With more than twenty years experience as a technology executive, I bring hands-on IoT and software expertise, a wealth of international experience, and technical know-how blended with an entrepreneurial vision to Software AG.

I learned from my journey across different countries and cultures that diversity is a crucial element in building an environment that stimulates creativity and innovation. Being inclusive is a fundamental part of my business approach and the future of Software AG rests on our ability to deliver innovative solutions for our customers. And this can only happen if we recognize and harness the diverse range of thoughts, experiences, and skills across our company.

I have been a frequent guest speaker at industry events and conferences where I demonstrate the value of the connected IoT ecosystem and my obsession for customer-centric innovations that can deliver unprecedented organizational performance.

I am a citizen of the world, born in India, and having worked and lived in England, Finland, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. I’m also an avid cyclist and runner, and currently reside in Darmstadt, Germany. 

Kalman Tiboldi is Chief Business Innovation Officer of TVH Group, worldwide market leader in replacement parts and accessories for material handling and industrial vehicles, and has over 35 years' experience in using information technology for business process innovation.

Kalman merged IT and business in a new department called Business

Innovation through IT (BI²T), and managed to promote the collaboration between IT and business as a driving force behind innovation. With his team he has successfully implemented a flawless IT infrastructure with flexible applications, based on service-oriented architecture, using DevOps, and has turned TVH into a real-time extended enterprise.

Providing the leadership and direction towards the development and implementation of information systems, Kalman is taking advantage of cloud-based services, Big Data, Internet of Things and strongly supports Open Source solutions.

Three years ago, Ruben designed an agile transformation for the IT Division of SD Worx (700 employees) and successfully applied it afterwards in his own IT department of around 150 employees. Complex legacy projects began to accelerate shortly thereafter, reigniting the organisation’s belief in own IP software development.

On CIOFEST he will share his five keys to success: Business-IT fusion, OKR methodology, a new HR model, radical change in reward systems and a managed innovation of standards.

Shafi has been 13 years at Toyota Motor Europe.

Peter Janze is Managing Director of digital@M GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of the City of Munich. With his team, he has set himself the goal of significantly supporting and advancing the digitization of the city in its many facets.

He sees the modernization of the Public Sector as an opportunity to use new technologies in a way that focuses on the needs of citizens.

In his previous position, Peter Janze was CIO and CDO, where he supported the digitization and transformation of business models. With the project "Digital Workplace", he was voted into the top 5 at the "CIO of the Year" in 2018.

After studies and a PhD in mathematics, physics, computer science and business administration in Mainz (Germany) and Valencia (Spain), Jochen Göttelmann started his professional career as software developer at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

After several IT positions in reinsurance (Cologne Re) and private banking (Credit Suisse) he worked 12 years for Allianz Global Investors, in the latest position with European responsibility for the core IT systems.

2015 he moved as CIO to Lufthansa Cargo, now in charge of the logistics IT at Lufthansa Group. His work is characterized by a strong business focus with long years experience in technology, always succeeding to apply the best technology and to drive the digtalization for his industry.

A seasoned CIO providing leadership and vision through 20 years experience of senior management positions in large manufacturing and heavy building materials businesses in the UK, Europe & North America.

Craig joined salesforce from Shell where he had 32 years of Oil & Gas experience with key assignments in all regions, in both the Upstream and Downstream. As a global CIO of one of our largest customer, Craig comes with a deep understanding of our products, our culture, and the challenges that face a modern CIO in the fast changing world of technology. At Shell he was responsible for the executive relationship with Salesforce, and as part of that role, trailblazed the setup of a global internal Salesforce Centre of Competence with 200+ people to drive the adoption and phenomenal growth of Salesforce solutions within all areas of Shell's businesses, while significantly reducing IT operating costs. He brings us a passion for business, diversity, people, delivering value from technology, and customer success.

Mark Foulsham is COO at Kensington Mortgages, where he is responsible for lending operations, customer servicing, technology, digital, data, procurement partnerships and business change.

Mark has extensive business experience within start-ups, joint ventures, SMEs and multi-nationals: in particular those with entrepreneurial and pioneering leadership.

Natura & Co is a Brazilian global personal care cosmetics group, headquartered in São Paulo. The Natura &Co Group currently includes Natura Cosméticos, Aesop, The Body Shop and Avon. The Group is present in 73 countries across all continents except Antarctica.

Renata Marquez is a dynamic IT executive, with international experience,. She has built her career mainly in biotechnology and consumer industries.

Next to being CIO, Renata is also

- Google Brazil Advisory Board Member
- CIONet Advisory Board Member
- FIA & IT Media CIO Academy Advisory member
- ASUG Board of Directors - Events & Communication Director
- Member of Singularity São Paulo Chapter

Paulo Cesar Imelk is passionate about technology and is convinced that IT professionals need to be creative, need to get away from the obvious, help with innovative systems deployments, and find new solutions that make processes more practical. He believes that digital transformation is only valid if it makes sense for the business and is achieved with cross-functional teams.

Azul Seguros is part of Porto Seguro Group and offers simple solutions and competitive prices to clients and businesses partners, always seeking for quality in service. Azul Seguros has more than 1,9 million clients and 33 thousand partners / brokers. The company was a pioneer releasing a popular kind of insurance, Azul Seguro Auto Popular. Cooperation, transparency, justice and listening with genuine interest are essential values for the company.