Meet the Mavens
WINTER 2024 FEATURED MAVENS
Benn Achilleas
STREET CRED:
20+ years designing and launching award-winning technology, entertainment, and gaming solutions for top global brands. Mentor, advisor and consultant to 20+ startups. Formerly neoco, TrueFan, Playabl.
Jonathan Bumba
STREET CRED:
30 years leading technology organization go-to-market including sales, marketing and strategy. First worldwide sales lead for Azure, at Microsoft; first global sales director for Rackspace Private Cloud.
Jonty Whitehead
STREET CRED:
30 years leading televised sports programming innovation across the world’s top broadcasters. Emmy award-winning producer and executive. Formerly Fox Sports, beIN, Al-Jazeera Sports, Sky.
Oliver Presland
STREET CRED:
20+ years envisioning, architecting and delivering high-value, client-centric business transformation strategy, services and capabilities as a global technology consultant, organizational leader and CTO. Formerly IBM, Microsoft, Capgemini.
Ian Cowley
STREET CRED:
18+ years designing and developing high-volume, large-scale data and analytics focused integrations, projects and products leveraging innovative cloud native and big data technologies. Former CTO, TalentSee. Formerly Principal Big Data Engineer Milliman, Capita, Contemi.
Abhinav Singh
STREET CRED:
20 years leading business transformation and digital solutions across key enterprise roles, strategizing and delivering operational efficiency, customer experience optimization and cost reduction. Formerly J.P. Morgan, Citigroup.
Bryan Doerr
STREET CRED:
30+ years in executive, leadership and practitioner roles applying technologies to accelerate business performance and consumer experience. Former CEO, Observable Networks. Formerly Cisco, Savvis (now CenturyLink), Boeing.
Tim Beerman
STREET CRED:
30+ years leading product and engineering teams, shaping strategy and development to ensure products and service delivery meet the changing needs of clients. Former Officer, United States Air Force. Formerly CitiMortgage, Savvis (now CenturyLink.)
Michael Fontanetta
STREET CRED:
30+ years in IT, database and infrastructure management, driving innovation and modernization initiatives across various senior roles. IBM Champion 2023. Formerly, Acxiom, Information Resources, Inc., Mercer, Walgreens, Anixter.
The report
CURRENT ISSUE: WINTER 2024
There’s GOLD in that data!
Getting smarter, faster and better about your most precious AI-age resourcePLUS: Oliver Presland on the keys to achieving hybrid cloud mastery. Ian Cowley on ensuring big data project success. Bryan Doerr on an updated portfolio approach to AI investment. Tim Beerman on the AI-applicable lessons of cloud adoption. Abhinav Singh on how AI will transform CX. A global tour of data driven ESG strategies. A Maven Conversation with Sport Buff founders Benn Achilleas and Jonty Whitehead. And Michael Fontanetta on the role of Python in the mainframe-cloud connection.
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