7. VP, People, MuleSoft
Anna Binder is the VP, People at MuleSoft, the company that makes it easy to
connect applications, data and devices. She is a human resources leader with 15
years experience working to recruit and retain talent at emerging technology
startups as well as leading public companies.
Most recently she was the VP of Client Services and Human Resources at
Readyforce, a professional network for college students. Prior to Readyforce,
Anna was the VP of People at IronPort Systems (acquired by Cisco) where she
was responsible for designing and building the culture and people programs as
the company grew to 700 people in 25 countries.
She is a business advisor, frequent speaker and community leader on topics of
leadership, culture and scaling organizations. Anna also serves as the Vice Chair
at Emerge California, which identifies, trains and encourages women to run for
public office. She has a BA from the University of Oregon and an MBA from IESE
in Spain.
VP, Global Talent Organization, Linkedin
Pat Wadors joined LinkedIn in January 2013 to lead its world-class talent (HR)
team. In addition to hiring, retaining and inspiring top talent, Pat is also
responsible for all employee-related HR programs at LinkedIn, including
compensation and benefits and performance management.
She came to LinkedIn from Plantronics, where she was Senior Vice President of
Human Resources, responsible for leading the company's facilities and human
resources programs across the all of its worldwide offices. From August 2011
until August 2012, Pat also served as the HR Executive Advisor to Twitter. In that
role, she worked with Twitter's head of HR, CEO and Board of Directors to help
guide their workforce talent strategies to scale the business, while also
attracting and retaining key talent. Previously, Pat also spent more than four
years at Yahoo!. As the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Yahoo!.
Pat led Yahoo!'s HR Business Partner function which supported 14,500
employees in more than 17 locations. Prior to Yahoo!, Pat served as the Chief
Human Resources Officer for Align Technologies and has also held senior human
resource management positions at Applied Materials, Merck Pharmaceutical,
Viacom International and Calvin Klein Cosmetics.
She graduated with a BS in Business Administration from Ramapo College, with
a major in Human Resources Management and a minor in Psychology.
8. Principal, US Technology People & Change, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Antonia Cusumano is a Principal and leader in PricewaterhouseCoopers' People
& Change practice. She leads the National Change Management practice. She
serves clients in a variety of industries, including health, pharmaceutical,
industrial products, energy, technology, utilities, and retail and consumer. She
has nearly 20 years of experience helping global businesses achieve their
strategic objectives through organizational transformation – with deep
experience helping companies translate their business strategies into tactical,
operational plans. Antonia is responsible for and involved in a wide range of
consulting assignments covering the people and Human Capital components of
M&A, business transformation, HR transformation; with deep functional skills in
organizational design/restructuring, organization risk and readiness, leadership
development, performance management, culture alignment, large-scale change
management, process re-engineering, executive coaching, and organizational
development.
VP and GM, Udemy for Business
Paul Sebastian is Udemy's Vice President and General Manager of Udemy for
Business, a corporate learning platform. Paul leads all marketing, sales, strategy
and operations for Udemy for Business. Paul joined Udemy with nearly 20 years
of experience leading widely recognized, successful B2B and B2C growth
initiatives at companies including T-Mobile, Disney Mobile, Microsoft, Sony and
SugarSync, and was most recently chief marketing officer at T-Mobile/Deutsche
Telekom HBS.
Director of Sales, Udemy for Business
Dan Chou is the Director of Sales for Udemy for Business. He is responsible for
Udemy's strategic relationships with key corporate clients.
9. Chief Knowledge Officer, Unisys
Gloria Burke is Chief Knowledge Officer at Unisys and is responsible for the
development of the company’s Enterprise Social Business Strategy. She is also
responsible for the company’s Knowledge and Collaboration programs,
processes and practices, as well as its supporting culture transformation
initiatives.
In addition, Gloria leads the visionary team responsible for the evolution of
“Inside Unisys”, the company’s social intranet environment that hosts its
authoritative knowledge base and collaborative work spaces. She serves as
chairperson of the company’s Knowledge & Collaboration Stakeholders Council
and Intranet Steering Committees. Gloria also serves as Global Portfolio Leader
for the Unified Social Business Practice at Unisys, and is one of the company’s
senior thought leaders on Enterprise Social Business and Change Management.
Prior to joining Unisys in 2009, Gloria spent 14 years at Booz Allen Hamilton as
its global knowledge and collaboration manager. She is a published author and a
frequent blogger on social technologies and culture transformation, with
articles and blogs featured on Unisys.com and in Social Media Today. She is a
seasoned conference presenter and panelist on these topics. Gloria has been
named by Information Week Magazine as #2 of the Top Ten Social Business
Leaders of 2013, and was also recognized in this leadership list in 2012.
SVP, Categories and Geographies, Elance-oDesk
Rich Pearson leads the category management, business development and
International teams at Elance-oDesk. Prior to joining Elance-oDesk, he led
marketing and business development at Posterous through its acquisition by
Twitter, and previously held senior marketing positions at Yahoo!, Attributor,
Homestead, Segasoft, and Del Monte Foods.
Rich holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business and a BS in Marketing and
Finance from UC Berkeley.
10. Business Development, Fitbit
With over 10 years of Business Development experience in the technology and
financial industries, Stuart's focus at Fitbit is on corporate wellness programs for
employers, insurers and population health companies. Stuart leads Fitbit's direct
to employer wellness programming, which incorporates Fitbit tracker
technology into wellness offerings to help employers create engaging wellness
challenges, and analyze group employee health.
Stuart attempts to hit his goal of 12,000 steps per day by taking walking
meetings, playing soccer and exploring Northern California on foot with his
family.
Environments Design Lead, Pauli Magierek, Airbnb Ground Control & Mike
Lewis, Software Engineer, Airbnb
Aaron Taylor Harvey is Airbnb's Environments Design Lead. He innovates
workspaces that reflect the values of the sharing economy in new and radical
ways; spaces which relieve anxiety, provide acoustic privacy and promotes focus
and collaboration.
Pauli Magirek is an Airbnb Hostess, working on a team called Ground Control.
She hosts the employee experience and treats the office as our very own Airbnb
listing.
Mike Lewis is a Software Engineer at Airbnb, where he is focused on prototyping
and scaling web platforms. He is a full-stack technologist, from analog and
micros all the way to high-volume web stacks and mobile backends. Mike is a
systems engineer at heart and an entrepreneur for the love of it.