Robert has a demonstrated track record of successfully leading teams that are delivering measurable, bottom line improvements to industry-leading global enterprises through the development and implementation of information management and decision support solutions. Trusted thought leader by business line partners.

His experience includes the formation and start-up of an enterprise IT organization and associated development and delivery models resulting from corporate formation. Extensive track record executing numerous acquisitions and divestiture lifecycles including the development of an execution playbook. Numerous successes leading global-scale, complex solutions development and delivery initiatives. Expert in global manufacturing supply chain process operations including constraints optimization, advanced planning systems implementation, lean operations design, and quality and risk management. Robert loves steep learning curve environments.

As an IT leader, Robert continues to be a mentor and coach to a wide array of teams and individuals and thrives in a fast moving, collaborative environment. Knowledge acquisition and contribution are never ending journeys.

Dr. Johnson is SVP - Chief Actuary & CIO for AvMed Health Plans. In this position, Dr. Johnson oversees Actuarial, Underwriting, IT, Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence.

Dr. Johnson establishes and drives strategies related to pricing, reserving, medical cost analytics, risk adjustment estimation and analytics, and data governance. He is also responsible for oversight of the IT managed services relationship, including both onshore and offshore resources.

Prior to joining AvMed, he served as Deputy Commissioner of Life & Health for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.

Dr. Johnson became an Associate of the Society of Actuaries in January 2015. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Florida State University, a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Physics from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Sue Kozik joined Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana in August 2018 as senior vice president and chief information officer. In her role, Kozik leads the IT organization and also has enterprise wide accountability for the Project Management Office and Cybersecurity Services. With each of these areas, she enables Blue Cross to maintain its leadership position in a constantly changing and intensely competitive healthcare marketplace.

Kozik is an innovative business leader and CIO with a proven track record of delivering results in highly regulated and competitive industries. She came to Blue Cross from Seattle-based Group Health, a $4 billion nonprofit integrated healthcare delivery system which was sold to Kaiser Permanente. Prior to Group Health, she held executive positions at Independence Blue Cross, TIAA CREF, Lucent Technologies and CIGNA. For a number of her CIO roles, Kozik was the first leader in the company to hold that executive position, bringing technology to the conversation and to the board level.

She has been honored by the IT industry with many prestigious awards, including the CIO 100 Award, the HP Innovation Award, and by the Washington Diversity Council as one of their “Most Powerful and Influential Women.” She was also profiled in Dan Roberts and Brian Watson’s 2016 book Confessions of a Successful CIO—the Conversation Continues. In 2020, Sue was recognized by the National Diversity Council as one of the nations Top 50 CIO’s.

Kozik graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and served as a member of the college’s board of trustees for 15 years. Since 2012, Kozik has been a member of the board of directors at Tech Impact, a national nonprofit focused on workforce development and technology services. Sue also works with a number of technology startups and advisory boards.

In his role he serves as CIO with key priorities of operating and securing the IT landscape, enabling strategy and delivering projects as well as leading digital value creation. Chad directs IT investments totaling $160M+ per annum executed via 260+ internal employees located around the world along with support of contract staff and managed service firms. Starting in 2018 Chad led the strategy and execution of a 30-month carve out from Johnson Controls completing ahead of schedule in July 2021. Since then he has focused on improving the digital customer experience and most recently Smart Manufacturing Strategy.

Chad has more than 22 years of experience designing, building and deploying systems around the world in various manufacturing environments. Fifteen of those years have been in the Clarios IT organization. Prior to his career in IT Chad managed the systems group for a private electrical engineering firm where he designed and deployed industrial automation, batching and traceability solutions worldwide for clients such as Cargill, Agribrands Purina and Mars Pet Food. Chad also has engineering experiences from Kimberly-Clark Corporation infant care division and IBM server manufacturing.

Abe Kuruvilla is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) responsible for CoreLogic’s global information technology and strategy spanning applications, data, cybersecurity and infrastructure. He brings a wealth of experience across global acquisitions, digital transformation, delivering new products with next gen technologies and running highly efficient and successful technology footprints. Prior to his current role, Abe led the product development and support teams in aligning the technology strategies with CoreLogic business segments and oversaw the integration of the Collateral Technology teams and solutions.

Abe joined CoreLogic in 2016 from Dell Financial Services where he served as CIO. His responsibilities included leading the standardization of business capability and processes, delivering a comprehensive IT strategy and multiyear roadmap, and expanding IT solutions to support business growth from the U.S. to 25 countries. Prior to Dell, Abe held various leadership roles at De Lage Landen Financial Services (Rabobank) and SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals.

Abe earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from Drexel University.

David Bingenheimer is executive vice president and chief information officer for  Ecolab Inc., the global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and vital resources. 

Prior to joining Ecolab in 2022, Bingenheimer was the chief information and digital officer for Honeywell Aerospace. Before joining Honeywell in 2017, he served as the chief information officer for the flooring segment of Mohawk Industries.  

Throughout his career, Bingenheimer has held information technology roles of increasing responsibility for several industrial and manufacturing companies, including vice president of IT at Eaton Corporation, director of the Global Oracle Center of Excellence at Johnson Controls, director of technology delivery and strategic consulting for Mercury Marine, and global program manager for GE Medical Systems. 

Bingenheimer has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater and an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  

Ecolab is a trusted partner at nearly three million customer locations. With annual sales of $12 billion and 44,000 associates, Ecolab delivers comprehensive solutions, data-driven insights and personalized service to advance food safety, maintain clean and safe environments, optimize water and energy use and improve operational efficiencies and sustainability for customers in the food, healthcare, hospitality and industrial markets in more than 170 countries around the world. 

Doney Largey is Chief Executive Officer of Everlake Life Insurance Company, an Illinois-based insurance company specializing in life insurance and annuities that was was established through the purchase of Allstate Life Insurance Company and Allstate Assurance Company by entities managed by Blackstone in November 2021.  

Prior to Everlake, Mr. Largey served as Blackstone’s Managing Director and Head of Transformation, where he focused on working to identify opportunities and drive efforts to optimize the effectiveness and the efficiency of cross-functional processes.

Mr. Largey has significant senior leadership experience in a number of prior insurance leadership roles, including at AIG, where he was the Chief Operating Officer for Finance and the Chief Finance Transformation Officer.  Prior to AIG, Mr. Largey was Executive Vice President—Global Operations and Reengineering at ACE Group and Executive Vice President—Finance and Accounting Center of Excellence at EXL Services.

Mr. Largey received a BS in Accounting from Wake Forest University.

Matt Christensen oversees the F&G's strategy, transformation and information technology functions. Matt joined F&G in 2019 with over 15 years of industry experience. Before joining F&G, Matt previously served as a Principal for Blackstone Insurance Solutions and held various leadership roles with Jackson. Matt also serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Central Iowa.

Diego Silva is Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Gates Corporation, responsible for the global IT organization including the strategic direction, execution, and support of Gates information systems infrastructure, security, and network operations. Prior to Gates, Diego served as the vice president of technology and architecture at Flowserve, where he partnered with the executive leadership team and Board of Directors to set the IT strategic direction for the company, from ERP implementations and master data management to cyber security, application architecture, digital transformation and M&A. Prior to Flowserve, Diego held leadership positions in IT consulting and technology start-up companies. Diego holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering from the Universitario Autónomo del Sur in his native Uruguay. He is also a recipient of the prestigious Fulbright scholar award and the 2022 Colorado CIO of the Year ORBIE award.

In his 25 years in the technology, process outsourcing, and consulting industries, Pratap has exemplified service, accountability, respect, and integrity. At companies such as IBM, Infosys, Conduent, and Accenture, he led with a growth, transformation, and innovation driven mindset, with the client at the center of everything he did.

Prior to joining Greenway, Pratap was President & Group CEO of the Commercial Sector at Conduent, where he served as the business sponsor of a three-year transformation initiative to improve client satisfaction, business performance, and profitability. He also championed the formation of Conduent’s healthcare segment strategy, which integrated technology and services with core client processes and underlying data flows.

Pratap holds a bachelor’s in computer science and an MBA in marketing management from the University of Pune in Pune, India. He also completed the IBM Executive Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his free time, Pratap enjoys an active lifestyle that includes staying fit, playing golf, and riding motorbikes.

Raul has a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master's degree in Business Administration by Boston University.

Prior to joining Grupo Bimbo, he used to work in Citibank Corporate Unit in Mexico.

He joined Grupo Bimbo in 1998, working in sales as Corporate Regional Manager and Regional Sales Manager at BBU. In 2006 he was appointed General Manager of Peru, and 3 years later he was promoted to VP National Account in Bimbo Mexico. In 2013 he held the position of Global VP Corporate Sales, which he left to assume Latin South Presidency. Since April 2017, he holds the position of VP Global Information and Transformation.

Hector Dominguez leads Hilton’s Global Infrastructure, Engineering & Operations team, with responsibility for global networks, data centers, cloud infrastructure, collaboration platforms, identity, and access management platforms.  He also oversees the global hotel and corporate support teams.  His teams are responsible for critical initiatives for our new Cloud based Property Management strategy, and the implementation of our global SD-WAN strategy.

In his previous role at Hilton, he led the Engineering team that built Hilton’s first hybrid cloud environments in 2015, which now processes hundreds of millions of transactions daily.

Before joining Hilton in 2000, Hector worked as a Technical Advisor at FedEx in the Reliability and Release Management team for the Line Haul Division, where he supported multiple application environments for key areas in air operations and flight planning.

Brant leads the product development teams in Information Technology Group for revenue cycles at Parallon, a subsidiary of HCA.  This includes the strategic direction, delivery of the systems and the ongoing support of these systems for over 250 hospital clients. 

In previous roles, Brant has provided leadership and strategy for different organizations, which include, Information Security Protection, Project Management, a HCA partner Software Company, and implementation of large software efforts across the HCA enterprise.  

Brant is also an Adjunct Professor for the Masters of Pharmacy Informatics program at Lipscomb University and Undergraduate at Vanderbilt University in the Department of Human and Organizational Development. Brant serves on the non-profit boards of Williamson County Soccer Association and Interfaith Dental.

John is Chief Information Officer at Hyster-Yale Group responsible for Information Technology, cyber security strengthening, and global ISO9001 certification. John is a people-first leader who seeks Excellence achieved through a relentless focus on Value, Leadership and Service. Hyster-Yale is a public company which designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of forklift trucks and aftermarket solutions marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names.

Eric Decker is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Independent Health, a regional health plan headquartered in Buffalo, NY.  Decker leads the planning, organization, and oversight of Independent Health’s information technology activities.  He is accountable for identifying and implementing technology solutions that map to the organization’s business strategies.  

In the past eight years, Decker has overseen the successful implementation of several key initiatives, including the launch of Care For You, a care model for patients beset by multiple chronic conditions, and thRed, an integrated primary care product for individuals.  Decker also led the development of middleware and data integration layers, along with several new member and provider engagement capabilities.

Decker joined Independent Health in 2010.  In his previous role as vice president, enterprise architecture and technology implementation, Decker led Independent Health’s Enterprise Architecture (EA) function, IT strategic planning, the business analysis and quality assurance teams.  

Decker received a bachelor’s degree in computer science, a master’s degree in computer science and engineering, and a master’s in business administration from the University at Buffalo. He is currently the vice chair of FeedMore Western New York, and chair of Healthcare Executive Group.

As Senior Vice President (SVP) and chief information officer (CIO) for LifePoint Health, Al Smith leads the organization’s Health Information Technology Services (HITS) across a $9B + organization which includes 60+ acute care hospital campus, behavioral health hospitals, more than 2000 employed MDs and a number of free standing Inpatient Rehab Facilities (IRFs). In his role, he is responsible for implementing information technologies that support LifePoint’s mission and drive operational performance and financial excellence for the company.

Al has more than three decades of industry experience, including roles in healthcare systems, health insurance and technology consulting. Prior to joining LifePoint, he served as SVP and CIO for RCCH HealthCare Partners and Capella Healthcare, both now part of LifePoint Health. Before that, he served in a number of other leadership positions, including as vice president of applications and interim CIO for Vanguard Health System, client results executive for Cerner Corporation and vice president of clinical applications for Carolinas Healthcare System (now Atrium Health) in Charlotte, North Carolina. His career stated as a consultant with both Andersen Consulting and then progressed to management roles at First Consulting Group.  

He holds a B.A. in financial administration from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a past chairman and current member of the HIT Task Force for the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH), Tennessee CIO Board Member as well as a past board member of the Tennessee Health Information Management Society (TN HIMSS). He has been named to Becker’s Hospital Review’s “100 Hospital and Health System CIOs to Know”.

Peter Gawroniak is an Information Technology professional with 30 years of experience in the planning, design, deployment, and support of business computing infrastructure and operational processes.

Peter has been with Integra Life Sciences since 2014.

Prior to coming to Integra, Peter worked at Aventis, Bristol Myers Squibb and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.

Nimesh Mehta is Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer of National Life.  He focuses on all aspects of technology operations to effectively align business and technology strategy with a customer centric focus.  

He was previously the Head of Life & Annuity Operations and also served as the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer at the company.  His proven track record in developing transformative strategies within an emerging, fast paced organization brought him to the company in 2008.  

Prior to joining National Life Group, Nimesh served in various leadership positions at Lincoln Financial Group for over 14 years.   

He graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering with specialization in Chip designing from Case Western Reserve University.  He has since received an MBA from Case Western Reserve University concentrating in Strategy, Marketing and Finance. 

Mehta is the 2020 DallasCIO of the Year, recognizing his leadership in information technology.

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Paul Sweeney is the Americas Head of Strategy & Transformation. In this role Paul is accountable for the strategic transformation of the America's Division to align with the US CUSO and BHC structuring.

Since December 2021, Paul is also the Head of GPDAD Corporate Services Group (CSG), inclusive of Procurement, Vendor Risk Management, Travel & Expense, Market Data Services, Corporate Real Estate & Facilities, Operational Resilience, and Business Continuity Management. In this role Paul has led the targeting operating model (TOM) effort to transform GPDAD-CSG through the identification and delivery of functional enhancements that support SMBC's business strategy.

Prior to his current role, Paul led the Profitability, Efficiency, and Controls pillar of the Americas Division Transformation effort, focusing on Finance Transformation, Project Liberty and AD Efficiency Management. This involved securing transformational cost reduction enabling improved profitability and scalability while enhancing controls.

Paul joined SMBC in September 2019 after 14 years at JPMorgan Chase Asset Management, where he most recently led the transformation of its design, delivery, and maintenance of financial management information systems with a focus on controls, operational leverage, streamlined processes, and data quality. Paul also served as CFO of JPMorgan Chase Asset Management's Global Investment Management Operations, where he developed strategic goals for the organization and established, tracked, and reported on financial targets aligned with those goals.

Interested in the application of technology to culture and business. Technologist who has successfully collaborated with and lead teams for 20+ years to realize technology gains.

Tony Rooney became Sylvamo’s Vice President and Chief Information Officer following the spin-off of the global Printing Papers business from International Paper in October 2021. Tony is responsible for Sylvamo’s global IT Strategy and Operations which includes building and leading the IT organization.

At International Paper, Tony served in a variety of IT roles including IT Architect, Senior Manager Business Intelligence, Senior IT Manager EMEA, and prior to joining Sylvamo, as the IT Director, EMEA and Global Cellulose Fibers.

Prior to joining IP in 2001, Tony held IT leadership roles in several other companies including VP Technical Services for Thomson Financial (now Thomson Reuters) and was a Principal Consultant for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).  

Tony is a graduate from the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland where he studied Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science.  He is married, has a son and a daughter, and divides his time working from both Memphis and Belfast each year.

Mike is representing Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest hotel company with more than 9000 hotels across 23 brands in more than 90 countries worldwide. With 20 years tenure, Mike is currently serving as the Vice President of Technology Services responsible for Cloud Operations, Network, Telephony, End User Services,  Data Services, Application Support & Maintenance, and Contact Center Program Management.

Mike is a passionate IT people leader with a strong history of maturing teams through people development and leadership. “Great innovation is often realized within, people need to feel that are part of something bigger, have leadership that clears the path for success, and are given the tools and autonomy to succeed. Leaders work for their teams, not the other way around!” As such Mike has led most of the IT teams at Wyndham at one point or another with the common goal to innovate and optimize processes & technology and achieve more through the growth and development of people. Mike has served in several critical roles in Wyndham’s transformation journey contributing to one of the fastest and most expansive transformations in the industry; over 48 months migrating and closing four data centers, first-ever industry CRS to 3rd party migration, PMS to 3rd party migration, a full digital transformation, a corporate SPIN, 4 acquisitions, Contact Center Transformation to Cloud and complete AWS migration.

Mark Isenberg is an Executive Vice President of Healthcare Advocacy with Zotec Partners. Mark joined Zotec in 2001. Currently, he works with healthcare organizations and lobbyists to advocate on behalf of Zotec’s clients and physicians at large on matters related to public policy and healthcare legislation. Mark’s experience as a seasoned revenue cycle management professional, as well as his past experience as Special Assistant to former Indianapolis Mayor Stephen Goldsmith gives him insight to better assist organizations in charting congressional and regulatory strategies. Mark graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Science Degree. He is a member of the Radiology Business Management Association and serves on its federal affairs committee.