What to Expect During the 4th Annual Solutions Review WorkTech Insight Jam on December 14

The editors at Solutions Review have compiled a schedule of events for the 4th annual Solutions Review’s WorkTech Insight Jam 2022, a community web event for enterprise technologists. This year’s event theme is The Proliferation of Cloud-Based Automation Technologies.

What is the WorkTech Insight Jam?

The WorkTech Insight Jam is a community web event that shares expert insights and proven best practices for evaluating, deploying, and using ERP, BPM, and CRM solutions. The Solutions Review editors are bringing the best and brightest minds in the WorkTech industry together for a one-day social media gathering. Participants will include industry analysts, experts, influencers, practitioners, and software solution providers under the hashtag #WorkTechInsightJam.

This year Solutions Review is doubling down on its popular Expert Panel segments to meet the demand for what its editors do best; bring industry experts together to publish the web’s leading content for enterprise technologists.

Join One of the Largest WorkTech Software Buyer and Practitioner Communities

Solutions Review ERP, BPM, Marketing Automation, and CRM are some of the largest software buyers and practitioner communities on the web. Our “Universe of Influence” reach covers more than 7 million business and IT decision-makers, alongside C-suite and other top management professionals in the industry. Our readers primarily use our site as an enterprise technology news source and trusted resource for solving some of their most complex problems with top-rated software solutions.

Our collection of vendor-agnostic buyer’s resources can help WorkTech software buyers and practitioners during the research and discovery phase of their buying cycle. This critical stage of information gathering is where buyers narrow down the field of solution providers to a short list they plan to engage. The mission of Solutions Review is to make it easier for buyers to connect with the best providers.

Event Details

Uncover insights personalized to your interests. From analysts to IT and the Public Sector, there will surely be something for everyone. Solutions Review editors will be breaking the web event into three main tracks so you can find the insights that are best for you:

8:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Advice for ERP, BPM, and marketing software buyers

11:00 AM: Executive Roundtable: The Proliferation of Cloud-Based Automation Technologies, featuring panel moderator Anders Lillevik of Focal Point. Panelists include Camela Thompson of CaliberMind, Chad Ruff of Act!, Guido Patanella of Nexthink, Sanket Akerkar of Acumatica, and Tony Newcome of ActiveCampaign. Watch it on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Anders Lillevik, Founder and CEO of Focal Point

Anders Lillevik is the founder and CEO of Focal Point, a procurement automation solution designed to centralize and streamline the entire procurement process. He is a former CPO turned entrepreneur with deep knowledge of the procurement industry. After being a procurement executive for over 20 years, Anders founded Focal Point to help organizations maximize the value of their procurement spending. He often speaks to automation technology saving the industry millions in excess procurement spending.

Camela Thompson, Vice President of Marketing at CaliberMind

Camela Thompson is the VP of Marketing at CaliberMind, a B2B platform that provides companies with in-depth revenue insights. Camela has spent 15+ years in Revenue Operations in the tech industry in successful startups such as Qumulo, Extrahop, and CDK Global (formerly Cobalt) before proving herself as a customer-first growth marketer. Previously, Camela ran her own consultancy where she specialized in creating customer-centric brand narratives.

Chad Ruff, Chief Technology Officer at Act!

Chad Ruff is the Chief Technology Officer at Act!, where he’s responsible for overseeing the company’s various engineering efforts. These include product development, research, quality assurance, DevOps, IT, and infrastructure efforts. He also helps lead Act!’s strategic planning and customer relations. With nearly three decades of creating successful technology companies with fruitful exit strategies, he employs new technologies creating and implementing technology strategies across the company.

Guido Patanella, the Senior Vice President of Engineering, Cloud and Architecture, at Nexthink

Guido Patanella—the Senior VP of Engineering, Cloud and Architecture at Nexthink—is a Cloud Computing Technology and Engineering leader with years of experience building and leading teams that design, implement, and operate large-scale SaaS/Cloud architectures of enterprise software companies. He’s previously served as Chief Technology Officer, Lead Cloud Technologist, and Senior Principal SaaS Architect at companies like TeamSystem, Workday, and Oracle.

Sanket Akerkar, Chief Revenue Officer at Acumatica

Sanket Akerkar is the Chief Revenue Officer at Acumatica. In that role, Sanket is responsible for leading worldwide sales, business development, customer success, and the technical enablement and business relationships with Acumatica’s various partners and resellers. He was previously responsible for sales, marketing, and services at Nauto, where he helped the company expand across developed and emerging markets across North America, Europe, and Japan.

Tony Newcome, Chief Technology Officer at ActiveCampaign

Tony Newcome is the Chief Technology Officer at ActiveCampaign, where he leads technology and product and works to set the vision for those teams. He’s also responsible for helping ActiveCampaigns teams execute their product roadmap, evolve their technology strategy, scale infrastructures, and more. Previously, Tony was a Senior Vice President of Engineering at Salesforce, where he was responsible for building products in the Salesforce Marketing Cloud and leading its engineering teams.

12:00 PM: Executive Roundtable: Is No-Code Automation the Way of the Future? Brought to you by HighGear and featuring panel moderator Dinesh Varadharajan of Kissflow. Panelists include Vaughn Thurman of HighGear, Anders Lillevik of Focal Point, Anthony Channon of Intent HQ, Jay Henderson of Alteryx, and Samuel Zita of Jitterbit. Watch it on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Dinesh Varadharajan, Chief Product Officer at Kissflow

Dinesh Varadharajan is the Chief Product Officer at Kissflow, a no-code/low-code work management platform. Dinesh is a seasoned thought leader in the industry. His years of experience help him speak to the challenges and opportunities of LCNC adoption and how to jumpstart stalled digital transformation. Before being appointed CPO, Dinesh acted as Kissflow’s Vice President of Product Management, where he helped launch the 4.0 version of the company’s flagship product Kissflow Workflow.

Vaughn Thurman, CEO at HighGear

Vaughn Thurman serves as HighGear’s CEO and leads his team of Workflow Champions with honesty, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to helping customers streamline operations. His dedication to superior customer service and passion for technical excellence is a permanent part of HighGear’s DNA. A seasoned entrepreneur, Vaughn has worked with enterprise technology for nearly 30 years. In 2003, Vaughn started his second startup, Swift Software, which led to the creation of HighGear.

Anders Lillevik, Founder and CEO of Focal Point

Anders Lillevik is the founder and CEO of Focal Point, a procurement automation solution designed to centralize and streamline the entire procurement process. He is a former CPO turned entrepreneur with deep knowledge of the procurement industry. After being a procurement executive for over 20 years, Anders founded Focal Point to help organizations maximize the value of their procurement spending. He often speaks to automation technologies that save the industry millions.

Anthony Channon, CTO at Intent HQ

Anthony Channon is the Chief Technology Officer and Acting Chief Product Officer at Intent HQ. He has over ten years of experience as a Data Scientist and Data Architect. He has undertaken complex analysis projects and designed and delivered next-generation data capabilities in the academic, government, and commercial sectors. His prior roles include the Head of Science and Development at Recordsure, Group Head of Data Science at TUI, and many more.

Jay Henderson, the SVP of Product Management at Alteryx

Jay Henderson has over twenty-five of experience as a product leader for companies that develop software for analytics and marketing technology markets. His focus covers all three product disciplines: product management, marketing, and strategy. He formulates product strategies and connects them to execution, which has helped him scale products, revenue, and organizations. He previously worked as a Senior Vice President of Product Management at Acoustic and IBM’s Director of Offering Management.

Samuel Zita, the Vice President of Solutions at Jitterbit

Samuel Zita is the Vice President of Solutions Engineering at Jitterbit, an API transformation company. Samuel has over twenty years of experience in the software industry, concentrating on customer success, integration, software architecture, systems analysis, and other categories. Before he joined Jitterbit, Sam was the Director of Customer Success – Integration at AgilOne, Director of Customer Success at RightScale, Director of Integration Services at Appirio, and Master Trainer at PeopleSoft.

12:30 PM – 4:30 PM: Best practices segment for ERP, BPM, and marketing practitioners

1:00 PM: Executive Roundtable: Industry 4.0: Charting the Future of Industrial Automation, featuring panel moderator Kenny Mullican of Paragon Films, Inc. Panelists include Alexis Chevallot of Capto, Arjun Chandar of IndustrialML, Edmund Zagorin of Arkestro, Ricardo Craft of Conexiom, and Sasha Grujicic of NowVertical. Watch it on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Kenny Mullican, the CIO of Paragon Films, Inc.

Kenny Mullican is the CIO of Paragon Films, Inc., where he’s responsible for analyzing the impact of technology to drive the business, process, and customer value for mid-market companies. He has years of industry experience improving business processes, supporting critical business strategies, formulating business system architecture plans, and directing the development, implementation, and maintenance of business application systems.

Alexis Chevallot, the CEO and Co-Founder of Capto

Alexis Chevallot is the CEO and Co-Founder of Capto, an open-sourced robotic process automation (RPA) software solution. Alexis has years of global experience in technology markets across Beijing, Los Angeles, Boston, Luxembourg, and London. Alexis first joined Deloitte in Paris and later joined PwC Lux to lead the implementation of data transformation projects across Europe and the Middle East. He has extensive knowledge of implementing automation with various technologies (i.e., OCR, ETL, and RPA).

Arjun Chandar, the Founder & CEO of IndustrialML

Arjun Chandar is the Founder and CEO of IndustrialML, a Boston-based enterprise software company helping industrial customers make factories smarter. He’s an experienced entrepreneur, business leader, data scientist, engineer, inventor, and expert in Industry 4.0. Arjun has spent his career leading the development and deployment of advanced technologies for manufacturing operations and production and equipping manufacturing teams with real-time data.

Edmund Zagorin, the CEO and Founder of Arkestro

Ricardo Craft, the Executive Vice President of Product Management at Conexiom

Ricardo Craft is the EVP of Product Management and Product Marketing at Conexiom, a fully automated, purpose-built solution for automating purchase orders, invoices, advanced shipping notices, and other essential commercial documents. Before Conexiom, Ricardo was the SVP of Product Management and Product Marketing at ServiceSource, as well as several other roles during his over ten year career. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Sasha Grujicic, the COO of NowVertical

Sasha Grujicic is the Chief Operating Officer at NowVertical, a software and services company that helps organizations transform their business, advance their automaton journeys, and evolve into future-ready, intelligent operations. In his role, Sasha is responsible for guiding and building upon NOW’s M&A vision, managing the day-to-day operations of NOW, driving commercialization throughout the organization, and working with the NowVertical CEO to acquire and integrate new companies.

2:00 PM: Executive Roundtable: How to Build a Process Automation Tech Stack, brought to you by HighGear and featuring panel moderator Vaughn Thurman of HighGear. Panelists include Bernd Ruecker of Camunda, Charlotte Adams of Bonitasoft, Dan Parsons of Thoughtful, Conor Egan of Contentstack, and Matthew Agnew of Blueprint Software Systems. Watch it on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Vaughn Thurman, CEO at HighGear

Vaughn Thurman serves as HighGear’s CEO and leads his team of Workflow Champions with honesty, integrity, and an unwavering commitment to helping customers streamline operations. His dedication to superior customer service and passion for technical excellence is a permanent part of HighGear’s DNA. A seasoned entrepreneur, Vaughn has worked with enterprise technology for nearly 30 years. In 2003, Vaughn started his second startup, Swift Software, which led to the creation of HighGear.

Bernd Ruecker, the Chief Technologist and Co-Founder of Camunda

Bernd Ruecker is the Chief Technologist and co-founder of Camunda. As the leader of Camunda’s developer relations, Bernd is responsible for helping developers utilize BPM technology to the full extent, coaching countless users to implement business logic centered around long-running flows. He is currently focused on developing new workflow automation paradigms that fit into into modern architectures around distributed systems, microservices, event-driven architecture, and more.

Charlotte Adams, the VP of People at Bonitasoft

Charlotte Adams is the VP of People at Bonitasoft, where she’s responsible for developing HR policies at the employees’ service and supporting the company’s growth by creating favorable work conditions to promote professional fulfillment. Charlotte graduated from IAE de Grenoble with a Master’s degree in Strategic Human Ressources Management. She developed strong HR management skills within different software companies such as Digimind, Arturia, and now Bonitasoft.

Conor Egan, the VP of Product and Engineering at Contentstack

Conor Egan is the VP of Product and Engineering at Contentstack, an API-first, headless CMS technology platform. In that role, Conor is responsible for managing Contentstack’s industry-leading product and engineering teams. He has 15+ years of experience building products that have earned multiple software patents, won industry awards, and helped lead digital transformation initiatives at some of the world’s largest brands.

Dan Parsons, the Co-Founder and Chief Platform Officer at Thoughtful

Dan Parsons is the Co-Founder of Chief Platform Officer at Thoughtful, a fast-growing tech company in the digital automation marketplace. As the Chief Platform Officer, Dan is helping the company develop a world-class team of employees to reimagine how businesses operate, provide customers with process automation as a Service (SaaS model), produce an outsized ROI, and more. He also has experience advising early stage companies on fundraising, product development, founder dynamics, and more.

Matthew Agnew, the Director of Product Marketing at Blueprint Software Systems

Matthew Agnew is the Director of Product Marketing for Blueprint Software Systems, a business transformation platform provider. For over 10 years, Matthew has been a resource for sales, marketing, communications, and product management in the SaaS technology sector, using his creative background to help organizations find new and innovative ways to succeed. Some of his other roles include Solutions and Product Manager, Product Marketing and Lead Communications Specialist, and more.

4:30 PM – 8:30 PM: Industry trends and predictions for 2023

Why Participate?

Wondering what’s in it for you? Join us for the 4th Annual WorkTech Insight Jam to get advice on ERP, BPM, and marketing software buying, best practices for piloting new and emerging technologies, and discover what the future will bring. It will also be a top-notch networking event featuring many of the foremost thought leaders in the field.

FAQ

What: The 4th Annual Solutions Review WorkTech Insight Jam

When: Wednesday, December 14, 2022, from 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM (EST)

Where: Twitter (using the hashtag #WorkTechInsightJam), YouTube, LinkedIn