Preliminary Agenda – please note this schedule is subject to change.
TIME
DAY 2 | Wednesday 12th April
LOCATION
08:00 – 09:00
WELCOME & BREAKFAST
Gran Cru Foyer
Catch up and discuss your findings from day 1 over a hearty breakfast.
09:00 – 09:15
WELCOME
Grand Cru Ballroom
Martin Kraft
Chief Revenue Officer | Roboyo
Martin Kraft is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Roboyo and a veteran in the automation industry. He is responsible for driving Roboyo’s revenue growth, strengthening customer and partner relationships, and expanding the company’s market presence globally.
09:15 – 10:00
KEYNOTE From project to program: Unlocking automation at scale
Jesper Blomster
Digital Officer & Enterprise Architect | Scania
Jesper Blomster is a highly experienced professional in the field of business automation and RPA. He is dedicated to driving change through data-driven solutions on a global scale and is known for his multifaceted generalist skills. He approaches change management through a try-repeat-learn-grow mindset, continuously experimenting, refining, and learning to drive effective solutions. With his passion for driving change and commitment to growth, Jesper is dedicated to make a meaningful impact in the industry.
10:00 – 10:30
COFFEE BREAK
Grand Cru Foyer/Terrace
10:30 – 11:15
KEYNOTE Keys to future-proof the modern enterprise
Susan Carroll-Boser
Chief Information Officer | White Castle
11:15 – 12:00
KEYNOTE How is Automation paving the road to a digitized government
Gerard Badorrek
Fmr. Chief Finance Officer | GSA
Gerard Badorrek is former Chief Financial Officer and the Performance Improvement Officer of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). A transformation expert, Gerard has 25 years of experience with technology and service companies in the private sector and held COO and CFO roles before coming to GSA. He also served as the executive sponsor and chair of the federal RPA Community of Practice and was the governmentwide leader for the cross-agency priority goal of shifting from low- to high-value work through automation, process optimization, and burden reduction. He received the 2021 Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service and was named a FED 100 technology leader.
Jim Walker
Advisory Board Member | Roboyo
Jim Walker works across all levels of government to help show the tremendous value that automation brings to government agencies and educational institutions. Prior to Roboyo, Jim served as CTO and Evangelist for Public Sector at UiPath preceded by 32 years of leadership experience in government (NASA, MDA, DISA, and as an Army Major), where he led NASA’s “first in government” deployment of “Washington bot” and lead the technical team in the design, and development of the Bureau of Fiscal Services first bots at Treasury.
He also serves as a founding board member for the RPA Initiative at the George Mason University – Schar School of Policy and Government as well as a board member with the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC).
12:00 – 13:30
LUNCH BREAK
13:30 – 14:15
INTERACTIVE BREAKOUTS :
Strengthening automation impact with continuous process optimization through Lean/Six Sigma
Grand Cru Ballroom A
Misty Yoder
Sr. Manager, Business Processes & Compliance at McKesson
Tamra Butler
Robotic Process Automation Senior Manager at Southwest Airlines
Aaron Factor
Senior Hyperautomation Managerat Roboyo
Materializing identified value in process mining
Grand Cru Ballroom B
Sona Arora
Lead Solutions Engineerat Celonis
Jeff deSandre
Chief Information Officer at AmerCareRoyal
Ashraf Youssef
Senior IT Managerat Autodesk
Robin Schmid
Consulting Managerat Roboyo
Best practices for automation maintenance and support
Epicurean Theatre
Tyson Hiner
Business Automation & Service Manager at ONE Gas
Jose Perez
VP, Enterprise Automation Director at City National Bank of Florida
Mike Booker
Head of Global Managed Services at Roboyo
14:15 – 15:00
Process discovery best practices to build an evergreen cross-functional automation pipeline
Blake Treu
Director of Automation COE at PetSmart
Digital Officer & Enterprise Architect at Scania
Emily Vanidestine
Head of Financial Operations at Snap Inc.
Joe Hogan
Senior Consultantat Roboyo
Navigating the different paths to building a successful Citizen Development program
Tom Kelly
Sr. Manager, Digital Automation Center of Excellence at Altria
Maxim Ioffe
Global Intelligent Automation Leader at WESCO Distribution
Chris Conley
Automation Consultantat Roboyo
Bringing life to the integrated automation ecosystem with Low Code
Marc Wilson
Chief Partner Officer & Founderat Appian
Patrick Langenohl
Technology Lead Quality IT at Continental
Joanna Calibara
Head of Group Functions IT Quality at Continental AG
Carlos Cardona
VP Service Operationsat Virgin Pulse
15:00 – 15:15
COFFEE AND CLOSING REMARKS
Derk Weinheimer
CEO Americas | Roboyo
With deep experience delivering digitally enabled process transformation for multinational organizations, Derk is adept at leading organizational change and leveraging Roboyo’s emerging technologies. Delivering more effective ways of working, unlocking investment capacity, and driving Next Level continuous improvement across front, middle, and back-office operations.
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