Agenda & Sessions
Wednesday, November 7
9:00am - 5:00pm
Pre-conference Workshops
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Registration Open
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Opening Reception
Thursday, November 8
7:30am - 8:30am
Breakfast & Partner Pavilion
8:30am - 10:30am
General Session & Keynotes
Experience Digital Freedom with Acquia
Michael Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer
Acquia
Innovation Showcase
Dries Buytaert
Chief Technology Officer
Acquia
Eric Black
Chief Technology Officer
NBC Sports Digital & Playmaker Media
Erica Bizzari
Digital Marketing Manager
Paychex
Matt Kaplan
Senior Vice President of Product
Acquia
Michael Mancuso
Digital Product Owner
Wendy's
Beth Linker
Director of Product Management, Acquia Cloud
Acquia
Eric Fullerton
Product Marketing Manager
Acquia
Jeff Beeman
Senior Director of Product Management
Acquia
The Future Is Conversational
Jeff Geheb
Chief Experience Officer
VML
Leah Sand
Director & Practice Lead, Content Systems
VML
10:30am - 11:00am
Break & Partner Pavilion
11:00am - 11:45am
Breakout Sessions
Build
Through the Eyes of All Users – How NDSU Optimizes Their Website for Everyone
Adam Segar
Partner Alliance Manager
Siteimprove
Nelson Harris
Sales Manager
Palantir.net
Manage
Adopting a Start-up Mentality for Digital Transformation at Scale
Annie Scharenberg
Website Center of Excellence
Nestlé Purina North America
Optimize
A Fresh, Never Frozen, Take on Creating Digital Experiences our Customers Love
Michael Mancuso
Digital Product Owner
Wendy's
Focus On
Driving Innovation with Acquia
Jeffrey Rausch
Director, Solution Delivery and Marketing Technology
Newell Brands
Jerry Phul
Sr. Director, MarTech & Web
[24]7.ai
Michael Scheidt
Senior Director, Technology
FINRA
11:45am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Driving Stakeholder Alignment and the Magic of Operational Honesty
Justin Galui
Director, Pega Community
Pegasystems
Manage
Show and Tell: How To Turn A Data Driven Strategy Into Dynamic Experiences
Carl Agers
Senior Vice President, Marketing Services
Hero Digital
Optimize
Solving the Personalization Puzzle
David Aponovich
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Acquia
Eric Fullerton
Product Marketing Manager
Acquia
2:00pm - 2:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Unlocking the Path to Experiential Commerce
Chad Hooker
Director, Product Management
ElasticPath
Dr. Ali Alkhafaji
Chief Technology Officer
TA Digital
Joe Brannon
Global Commerce Practice Director
TA Digital
Meagan White
Senior Manager, Product Marketing
Acquia
Manage
Workfront: How the Acquia Platform Enables a Better Way to do Work
Tim Eyre
Vice President of Demand Generation
Workfront
Focus On
Acquia Labs: Decoupled Drupal Architectures in the Drupal 8.6 era
Preston So
Director of Research and Innovation
Acquia
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Break & Partner Pavilion
3:15pm - 4:45pm
General Session & Keynotes
When the Whole World Is Watching: Behind the Scenes with NBC Sports
Eric Black
Chief Technology Officer
NBC Sports Digital & Playmaker Media
Dries Buytaert
Chief Technology Officer
Acquia
Featured Keynote: Erik Weihenmayer
Erik Weihenmayer
Adventurer, Speaker, Author, Teacher
5:00pm - 5:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Voya’s Drupal Journey – 5 Years in the Making
Matt Wetmore
Director of Content Delivery and Development
Voya Financial
Manage
Going Big: How Acquia Helps Our Customers Scale and What We’ve Learned Along the Way
Beth Linker
Director of Product Management, Acquia Cloud
Acquia
Jenni Lee
Product Marketing Manager
Acquia
Optimize
You’re Not Ready for It: A Practical Guide to Optimizing the Customer Journey
Mark Newcomer
Chief Strategy Officer
Mirum
Focus On
Healthcare Digital Experiences Get More Personal
Colleen Walsh
Dir. Digital Communications & Social Media
Steward Health
Claudia Linh
Director of Digital Channels
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Evening Entertainment
Friday, November 9
8:00am - 9:00am
Breakfast & Partner Pavilion
9:00am - 10:30am
General Session & Keynotes
Session Under Development: Panasonic
Lauren Sallata
Chief Marketing Officer
Panasonic
Using Artificial Intelligence for Competitive Advantage
Felicity Carson
Chief Marketing Officer
IBM Watson Customer Engagement
People + Technology: Schwab’s Digital Journey
Linda Albornoz
Vice President, Schwab Digital Cross-Enterprise Platforms
Charles Schwab
10:30am - 11:00am
Break & Partner Pavilion
11:00am - 11:45am
Breakout Sessions
Build
Zero to Drupal in 60 days with Acquia Lightning
David Aponovich
Sr. Director of Product Marketing
Acquia
Jeff Beeman
Senior Director of Product Management
Acquia
Manage
Building for Change: Pegasystems Drupal 8 Showcase
Derek Gilmore
Senior Director of Web Architecture
Pegasystems
Adam Kirby
Director of Marketing
Mediacurrent
Optimize
Transforming Your Marketing Technology to Become Highly Competitive in Today’s Digital Marketplace
Rohit Yerneni
Sr. Manager Digital Strategy, Architecture & Development
Panasonic
Focus On
Upgrading Acquia.com from Drupal 7 to Drupal 8: If We Knew Then What We Know Now
Eric Williamson
VP, Digital Marketing
Acquia
Jeff Reed
Senior Solutions Manager
Acquia
11:45am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
Constant Innovation through Continuous Deployments at the American Medical Association
Ann Dvoretsky
Director of Digital Technology
American Medical Association
Brian Clement
Senior Software Engineer
American Medical Association
Manage
Build the Deli, Not the Sandwich: Lessons From the Front Lines of Digital Platform Development
Luis Andrade
Director, Digital Experience - Global Marketing
UL
Josh Hoekwater
VP Group Account Director
Genuine
Optimize
Measure, Understand and Influence the Customer Journey with Google Analytics and Acquia
Alex Moore
Vice President, Analytics & Insights
HS2 Solutions
Jonathan Weber
Director, Analytics & Insights – “Data Evangelist”
HS2 Solutions
Chris Greatens
Director, Drupal Engineering & Solution Architecture
HS2 Solutions
Focus On
Why Open Source and Cloud Earns an “A” Grade for Digital Excellence
Andrew Smith
Assistant Director, Web Development and Operations
George Washington University
Jeanna Balreira
Director for Creative and Editorial Services
Trinity University
Joshua Charles
Director of Web Governance & Communications
Rutgers Business School
2:00pm-2:45pm
Breakout Sessions
Build
The Great Lift & Shift of Cvent.com: From an in-House CMS to a Scalable Drupal 8 Enterprise Platform
Jill Farley
UX/Content Strategist
Elevated Third
Suhitha Chigarapalli
Manager of Web Engineering
Cvent
Manage
Memorial Sloan Kettering Launches Personalization With Lift For a Superior Donor Experience
Brandy Reppy
Associate Director of Digital Operations
Memorial Sloan Kettering
Optimize
Personalization at Scale: How AMD Drives Growth in a Hypercompetitive World
Ron Myers
Corporate VP of Digital Marketing and Operations
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Focus On
Digital Chaos or Optimized Assets? Your Strategy for Brand Management with DAM
Steve Skidmore
Director of Product Marketing
Acquia
Courtney Trudeau
Marketing Development & Technology Director
EBSCO Information Services
Kendra Mack
Senior Marketing Copy Coordinator
EBSCO information Services
3:00pm - 4:30pm
General Session, Keynotes & Closing
Big Ideas in Digital
Gladys Nova
Director, Web & CX, Digital Technology
Baker Hughes, a GE Company
Mark Kramer
Vice President, Engineering & Technology
Pac-12 Networks
Vijay Kukreja
Vice President, Digital Strategy
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts