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Dora is an industry recognized, award-winning thought leader in data, AI, and leadership. Known for her real-world expertise, she serves as a trusted advisor and global keynote speaker, offering an inspiring and authentic presence. Fueled by her personal story, Dora is passionate about coaching women in tech to ‘be the captain of their ship’ providing them the necessary tools to steer their own career success to its maximum potential. With nearly 30 years of experience as a data and IT executive at renowned brands, and her ability to communicate complex ideas in a relatable manner, she excels in spearheading global change initiatives.

Coop is passionate about the people side of change. He recognizes changing minds can be difficult but knows often it’s much easier and simpler than we might think. Coop empowers leaders at companies around the world to understand and appreciate the underlying NeuroEfficiencies that people have, to speak directly in terms of what is important to them, and successfully sell their ideas and strategies.

Over the past 20 years, Tawana has devoted her career to boosting customer and employee experiences, encouraging innovation, and managing the ongoing changes of the aviation-world. She is a force behind the creation and application of customer experience plans that perfectly synchronize with the overall aims and objectives of the Aviation Authority and bring empowerment to employees.

Shruti is driving the path to create transformational customer-centric experiences across the customer lifecycle at Citi. She brings emerging digital and technology expertise together with business analytics, competitive knowledge, and customer best practices to propel growth.

Cheryl’s journey to Customer Experience evolved over the last 33 years. Understanding the operations of business, and spending 8 years in HR, she recognizes that associates are any business’s greatest asset. She helped to design a strategy to keep customers top of mind by solving customers issues a bit more intimately and helping to improve the return rate.

Kaitlyn is a UX leader and content strategist at Nordstrom, supporting both customer and employee experiences, and advocating for the customer experience to ensure Nordstrom’s digital tools and experiences align with Nordstrom’s company vision of “making customers look and feel their best.” Prior to her time at Nordstrom, Kaitlyn spent 7 years at United Airlines where she specialized in content design, marketing, and personalization in various organizations including sales, technology and product giving her a unique point of view on how to create meaningful and engaging customer experiences.

Pamela engages internal/external partners across all program areas to ensure a seamless, omnichannel customer experience and to grow the Department’s Voice of Customer program. She previously served as Project Director for the Maryland DHS Statewide Contact Center.

Miya has practiced Customer Experience across the healthcare ecosystem in large and small(er) organizations for 20+ years. She believes that CX is a team sport, and, in order to be successful, the customer has to be part of the team – providing input and insights to shape new experiences. As a CX leader, Miya is focused on introducing new and innovative CX capabilities that will positively impact customers as well as add value for internal stakeholders.

Drawing from over two decades of experience in sales, marketing, strategy, and business development, Demi has consistently delivered measurable results in enhancing customer satisfaction and driving top-line growth. In this presentation, Demi will share innovative insights and practical strategies and practices for enhancing customer experiences.

Karen has spent the last 20 years building a successful professional career leading technology strategy and transformation. She is currently employed at the largest hotel company in the world where she is responsible for the strategy and development of a multi-million dollar platform utilized by a 150,000 users across the globe.

Leslie has over 25 years of experience in building world-class client service teams and strategies for luxury brands, and leading operations for exponential growth. She is currently the Senior Director of Digital and CX at HOLLY HUNT, a luxury furnishings brand now a part of MillerKnoll. Previously, Leslie was the head of operations for Sotheby’s marketplace, and Head of Service at Chanel, Tourneau, and Bluefly.

Vanessa joined MuckRack in 2016 as a Customer Success Strategist and currently serves as the Vice President of Customer Success. In this role, she works to change the way professionals’ approach public relations and encourages better relationships with the media through a unique mix of technology and partnership. Prior to this, she worked in customer experience at Capital One and digital marketing at TITLE Boxing Club.

With over 20 years of experience in process improvement, and organizational growth, Namrata is a highly skilled, award-winning Administrative Executive. She has influenced the implementation of system-wide best practices and training initiatives that have had positive impacts on efficiency, productivity, and quality of care. She was awarded the Excellence in Leadership Award in 2018 and the 2015-2016 Best New Patient Experience Leader in Patient Access Service Center from Stanford Children’s Health. While at Orlando Health, she was recently awarded the Excellence Award in Leadership.

Laura brings more than 25 years of expertise in the travel industry and customer experience. She has held various leadership roles at Hertz’s International Contact Centre as well North America Contact Center and is currently based at Hertz’s HQ in Estero where she oversees CX and Sales. Laura’s extensive experience in transformation, technology enablement for enhanced customer experience and early deployment of GenAI is sure to make this an exceptional panel.

Phil leads innovation initiatives at Interactions, collaborating with customers and partners to create and operationalize disruptive technology inventions that transform customer experience. He has extensive experience with Conversational AI and customer experience technologies. Prior to joining Interactions, Phil founded and led Versay, a natural language, speech applications company. He also held leadership roles at Nuance and Eloyalty.

Over two decades ago, Michael embarked on a journey that transitioned him from product management to customer experience. During this time, he has steered companies like ADP, Coldwell Banker, and Sesame Workshop, through the stages of ideation, design, development, and ultimately, the launch of various digital experiences. His enthusiasm lies in providing practical and strategic guidance that delivers lasting value.