Trace3 Evolve Agenda

Regional Dinners

7:00PM - 10:00PM

Castellana 1, Level 3

Hosted by: Stephanie Benoit-Kurtz

Sponsored by: Cisco, HPE, and Commvault

Laura Cox - Sr. Sales Director, Channel, HPE

Laura is currently the Sales Director for the HPE U.S. Data & Cloud Channel partners. Leading a team of Partner Business Managers who work with our Gold and Platinum partners focused on driving joint business powered by the HPE edge-to-cloud strategy and unified HPE Green Lake platform.

Laura recently celebrated 20 years with HP/HPE and has held a variety of roles focused on sales, sales leadership, and strategy & planning. Laura is in her second year as part of the channel sales leadership organization.

Kristyn Hogan - VP, Global Collaboration Partner Sales, Cisco

Kristyn Hogan leads Cisco’s Global Collaboration Partner Organization. Kristyn and her team are responsible for leading the strategy and execution across each of Cisco’s unique routes to market.

Kristyn works closely with Cisco's regional partner organizations, Global Partner and Routes to Market Sales (GPRMS), business entities, and sales teams to accelerate partner adoption of Cisco Collaboration solutions, with a focus on delivering creative enablement, enticing demand generation offers, and rich partner profitability to drive growth across the $4B+Collaboration business.

Carrie Kelly - Global VP, Integrated Marketing, Commvault

Carrie Kelly serves as Global Vice President of Integrated Marketing at Commvault, where she leads the company’s communications and media, branding, content marketing, and demand generation teams. An industry veteran with over 20 years of marketing experience, Carrie excels in driving go-to-market initiatives and growth marketing strategies for B2B software, SaaS, network infrastructure, and cybersecurity companies. She has worked across amix of brand agencies, start-ups, and public and enterprise companies, including Cisco, CA Technologies, and Fonality, and previously served as CMO at Cyderes and Critical Start. A passionate storyteller and revenue-driven marketer, her professional motto is: “The power of revenue-driven marketing is where data meets creative storytelling. One cannot thrive without the other.”

Julie Chickillo - VP, Head of Cybersecurity, Guild Education

Julie Chickillo is an information security, risk and compliance professional with over 15 years of experience in InformationSecurity Governance, Risk and Compliance, Threat & Vulnerability, IT Audit,Privacy, DevSecOps and Legal. She has proven leadership, presentation and communication skills, and a natural ability to work with business partners to effectively achieve risk reduction and regulatory compliance while supporting the business goals and initiatives. Julie is excellent at interpreting government regulations, mandates and working with technical teams to achieve compliance.

Gina Yacone - Advisory CISO, Trace3

Gina is the Advisory CISO for TRACE3's Mountain State region, based in Denver, Colorado. Gina aids senior security leaders by offering insight into the latest industry trends, assessing vulnerabilities, architecting robust security frameworks, and implementing advanced security solutions tailored to protect precious digital assets.

Gina supports continuous learning and community engagement. She's earned her master’s degree in Cybersecurity from the University of New Hampshire's School of Engineering and possesses seven revered security certifications, including accolades from ISACA, HITRUST, (ISC)², and CompTIA. A sought-after voice, she's delivered insights at over 50 conferences and holds memberships in esteemed organizations such as ISSA, ISACA, and WiCyS.

Networking Break

10:30AM - 10:45AM

Lunch

12:00PM - 12:45PM

Castellana 1, Level 3

Join us for a thought-provoking session on how to power your company’s growth using Generative AI. A Goldman Sachs research study estimates that Generative AI could raise Global GDP by 7%. This is a time of great industry disruption we have not seen since the birth of the internet. Join our expert panel to discuss practical use cases that every company can benefit from today and the implications that come along with it. We will also provide an overview on how to best get started while keeping your company’s IP protected, the implications of the High-Performance Architectures required to facilitate AI and multi-cloud cost optimization.

Allen Clingerman - Field CTO, Dell Technologies

Accomplished, achievement-driven IT Technical Executive contributing business value by developing a strategic plan while leading customers and partners to successful outcomes by achieving measurable business results. More than 30 years of award-winning experience in Enterprise Architecture Design/Consulting, IT Professional Sales and Leadership. His work experience ranges from Mainframe computers at IBM through large application landscapes and Engineered Systems at Oracle and Citrix.

Allen is driving our PowerEdge & Data Centric Workload practice for the Channel, helping partners build unique solutions underpinned by Dell Technologies to deliver higher partner margins, differentiation in the market and Dell Field Sales alignment. Our focus areas include: Generative & Traditional AI, HPC, Analytics, Data Lakes, SAP, Oracle, SQL, Hybrid Cloud, Containers and VDI. In addition to his technology interests, he enjoys all things automotive and spending time on the water with his family in Florida.

Josh Lindstrom - Director of Data & Analytics, Trace3

Josh Lindstrom holds the position of Managing Director of Data & Analytics at Trace3. Boasting a career spanning more than twenty years, Josh possesses an exceptional ability to harness technology for driving business growth. His association with Trace3 has been characterized by a clear mission: to accelerate the expansion of their Data practice, and he has been successful in this endeavor.

Guided by his strategic direction, Trace3's Data practice is making significant strides as a frontrunner in the realm of Data Programs. This acclaim can be attributed to the approach that Josh has cultivated, which places a paramount focus on generating impactful use cases and delivering concrete outcomes that resonate with clients. Under his astute leadership, Trace3 has successfully positioned itself as a preeminent provider of Data solutions. Furthermore, the organization remains steadfast in its dedication to helping clients reach their strategic aspirations.

Castellana 2, Level 3

Discover how to embrace transformation and innovation while safeguarding against risks as you prepare your people for the future with AI Innovative Solutions. By exploring the balance between risk, progress and safety with enterprise browsers you can empower your workforce with AI-driven learning to navigate confidently inevitable change.

Uy Huynh - Vice President of Global Solution Engineering, Island

Uy Huynh is a security expert and motivational leader with more than 20 years of experience in the security industry. He is currently the Vice President of Global Solution Engineering at Island. Prior to Island, Uy led global engineering teams at Google, Carbon Black Security (which was acquired by VMWare), and McAfee. Throughout his career, Uy has led hundreds of employees, held multiple global roles, developed leaders, and assisted hundreds of organizations to achieve their security objective.

Nicole Blackburn - Manager of Management Consulting, Trace3

Nicole is an experienced consultant with over 9 years of consulting experience, adept at leading ambiguous program implementation and organizational transformations with diverse sets of stakeholders across cross-functional teams.

Her hands-on experience spans many industries including financial services, aerospace, auto, optical components, oil and natural gas and retail.

She has keen analytical and problem-solving abilities leading to robust organizational change aligned to new business models, initiatives, and technologies. She brings the ability to facilitate scalable solution strategies through effective communications, facilitation, training, monitoring& evaluation, and stakeholder engagement.

Izabela Lundberg - Manager of Management Consulting, Trace3

Izabela is a change agent, strategic advisor and consultant with extensive experience with fast-growing startups and Fortune 500 Executive Leadership Teams. Through over 15 years of experience, she assisted her clients in mitigating their growing pain and overcoming the most significant challenges through effective talent, leadership, cultural and organizational transformation, and innovation.

She employs strong interpersonal and behavioral skills to partner with business-unit leaders and executive teams to achieve the desired future state by utilizing problem-solving, strategic advisory, data, analytics, technology, training, facilitation, and communication.

Izabela is a Forbes Contributing Writer, a best-selling author, keynote speaker, blogger and podcast host focused on thought leadership and innovation.

9:00aM - 5:00pm

Registration

11:00am - 12:15pm

Lunch

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Rich Fennesey, CEO Trace3 - Kick-Off

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Derek Jeter, Five-Time World Series Champion & Hall of Famer & Tyler Beecher, Executive Chairman - Trace3

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Networking Break

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Chris Nicholas, VP of Cloud & Katherine Walther, VP of Innovation - The Edge of Tomorrow

3:00pm - 3:45pm

TBD

3:45pm - 4:45pm

Chris Voss, Former FBI Negotiator

5:00Pm - 7:00pm

VIP Lounge - Cocktails and Appetizers

8:00am- 9:15am

Breakfast

9:30am

CTO Trace3 and Bryan Kissinger, CISO, VP Security

10:00am

The Phoenix and the Unicorn - The Why and How of Corporate Innovation

11:00am- 11:15am

Break

11:20am- 11:45am

Ashton Mullinix - VP of Strategy and Analytics, The Detroit Lions

11:45am- 12:15pm

Founders Formula with host Katherine Walther, VP of Innovation - Lacework, Harness & Symmetry

12:15pm- 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm- 5:30pm

Taste of Tech. Breakouts Gourmet Food and Beverages with featured topics: Security, Modern Infrastructure, Data, Cloud

7:00pm

The Annual Trace3 Outlier CIO Awards Gala

SAVE THE DATE FOR 2024: SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2024