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Monday 9/16

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Registration Open at the Info Booth

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Welcome Reception

Tuesday 9/17

8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast

Location: Griffin Ballroom

9:00am - 10:30am

Mainstage: Welcome to Connect!

Gustavo Amorim
Chief Marketing Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Strategy Session – Innovation Sets the Stage for Success

Adrian Carr
CEO

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Marriott

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Matt D'Elia
Director, Catalog Platform

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Trustworthy Data for Superior Customer Experiences

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Reyes Holdings

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Brian Lee
Director, Data Management Office
Reyes Holdings

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Trustworthy Data for Rich Product Experiences

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Alex Osha
Product Manager

Location: Mainstage

10:30am - 11:00am

Networking Break & Connect Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace 

11:00am - 11:15am

Demo: Product Data Syndication and Rich Content at Scale for the Best Listings in Marketplaces

Alex Osha
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Cypress

Demo: Elevate Your User Experience with a Sneak Peek at Our New UI

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Demo: Unlocking the Power of AI: Crafting a Unified Customer Profile for Exceptional Experiences

Zsuzsanna Olah
Presales Solution Engineer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Demo: Mastering Customer Data: Unlocking Hidden Insights with AI-Driven MDM for Enhanced Business Outcomes and Competitive Advantage

David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant
Mikael Kastberg
Principal Solution Architect

Location: Palm B

Demo: Streamline Success: Effortless Efficiency in Onboarding Product Data from Multiple Sources

Melissa Duncan
Sr. Presales Engineer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm C

11:25am - 11:40am

Demo: Product Data Syndication and Rich Content at Scale for the Best Listings in Marketplaces

Alex Osha
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Cypress

Demo: Elevate Your User Experience with a Sneak Peek at Our New UI

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Demo: Unlocking the Power of AI: Crafting a Unified Customer Profile for Exceptional Experiences

Zsuzsanna Olah
Presales Solution Engineer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Demo: Mastering Customer Data: Unlocking Hidden Insights with AI-Driven MDM for Enhanced Business Outcomes and Competitive Advantage

David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant
Mikael Kastberg
Principal Solution Architect

Location: Palm B

Demo: Streamline Success: Effortless Efficiency in Onboarding Product Data from Multiple Sources

Melissa Duncan
Sr. Presales Engineer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm C

11:50am - 12:20pm

Empowering Data Stewardship Leads to Enhanced Customer Experience

Steva Curtis
Senior Manager of Data Governance and Merchandising

Location: Cypress

The Power of Where!

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant

Location: Dogwood

STEP Platform and SaaS Roadmap

Marc Richards
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm A

Efficient S/4HANA Migrations with Stibo Systems Platform: Leveraging Stibo Systems Platform for Cost Efficiency, Agility, and Data Quality Assurance

Miriam Molino Sánchez
Head of Retail Industry Practice
Gregory Urban
Senior Vice President, Global Professional Services

Location: Palm B

Demo: Putting the Pieces Together: AI in the Information Supply Chain

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Tom Grosch
Vice President Global Solution Engineering

Location: Palm C

12:20pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

Location: Griffin Ballroom

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Unleash the Power of Customer Data!

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Cypress

Transforming Master Data Capabilities for Enhanced Business Outcomes

Jeff Sutton
CTO / Head of Transformation

Location: Dogwood

Firing up Clorox’s Master Data Management Strategy

Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations
Jennifer Dahl
Director - Enterprise Data Strategy & Operations
William Mackesey
Associate Director Data Governance, The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company

Location: Palm A

Demo: Leveraging AI and MDM to Enhance Data Governance, Trust and Efficiency With Prompt Libraries

Anthony Brown
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Palm B

From Data as an Afterthought to a Data Driven Enterprise

Matthew Marsh
Senior Manager, Global Product Information

Location: Palm C

2:15pm - 2:45pm

IEWC Enhances STEP by Streamlining Product Onboarding via Workflows and Realtime Integration with SAP and Salesforce

Clayton Aschliman
Data Specialist
Grant Sayler
Data Governance Manager

Location: Cypress

Demo: Reach Sustainability Goals by Reducing Carbon Footprint and Support a Circular Economy Through Regulatory Compliance

Arnjah Dillard
Retail Practice Lead
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Product Data Management Roadmap

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Palm A

AI Innovation for Supply Chain MDM Optimization and Efficiency

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Debajit Das
Director, Technical Product Management
McDonald's

Location: Palm B

Modernizing Data for Better Customer Experiences

Janet Mongia
VP, Product Marketing
Tami Rand
PIM Manager

Location: Palm C

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Networking Break / Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Uniting Compliance and Customer Engagement: Leveraging STEP for Digital Product Passport (DPP)

Anthony Brown
Product Manager
Miriam Molino Sánchez
Head of Retail Industry Practice

Location: Cypress

Pivot to Outcome-Based Digital Experiences to Create New Business Growth and Delight Your Customers

Chuck Gahun
Principal Analyst

Location: Dogwood

PDX Roadmap: Driving the Next Wave of Product Data Exchange

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm A

Marriott International's Integration with STEP

Matt D'Elia
Director, Catalog Platform
Uday Sajjanapu
Senior Director - IT Apps Development

Location: Palm B

The ROI of Investments in Master Data and Data Quality

Rene Meijers
Principal MDM Consultant,
Stibo Systems

Location: Palm C

4:00pm - 4:30pm

STEP Updates: A Year in Review

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM
Marc Richards
Director, Product Management
Aurélien Schuster
Program Manager
Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Cypress

Overcoming Organizational Challenges through Collaboration

Brian Bantali
Principal Program Lead
Rosemary MacCallum
Principal Data Portfolio Lead
Chick-fil-A

Location: Dogwood

A Co-Operative's Five-Year Journey into Master Data

Hugh Stark
Head of Projects & Data

Location: Palm A

Driving Your MDM Supplier Utilization: Strategies, Tools and Support

Heidi Doren
Director, Professional Services Engagement
Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations

Location: Palm B

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Marketplace - Happy Hour

Location: Marketplace

Wednesday 9/18

8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast

Location: Griffin Ballroom

9:00am - 10:30am

Mainstage: State of AI: The Business Leader View

Gustavo Amorim
Chief Marketing Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: AI Success, Empowered by MDM. MDM Success, Empowered by AI.

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Ferguson

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Brandon Lassiter
Vice President, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Vision Session – ERP and Complex Business Ecosystem Success 

Oliver McVeigh
Chief Delivery Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with John Wiley 

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy
Senior Director - Enterprise Applications

Location: Mainstage

10:30am - 11:00am

Networking Break & Connect Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

11:00am - 11:30am

Data Quality for Content Supply Chain

Tesh Nair
Manager, AI & Data Management
Sid Smith
Manager, Enterprise Products & Data Engineering
Newell Brands

Location: Cypress

Honda's Collaborative Approach to Cross-Domain Master Data Management: Challenges and Practices

Kanako Kuramochi
Assistant Chief Engineer
Hideyuki Ueyama
Manager / Chief Engineer
Honda

Location: Dogwood

Customer and Supplier Data Management Roadmap

Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Additional Use of STEP Master Data Documentation and Facility Data

Jesper Keil
Master Data Process Manager
VELUX

Location: Palm B

Optimize the Digital Shelf Experience and Increase Conversions by Combining PIM, Syndication and Enhanced Content

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Palm C

11:45am - 12:15pm

Climb the Next STEP of Your Digital Transformation

Bronwynne Oliver
Head of Digital
Nikita Ticku
PIM Application Architect

Location: Cypress

Navigating MDM Maturity: Assessment, Roadmap Creation and Program Growth

Heidi Doren
Director, Professional Services Engagement
Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations

Location: Dogwood

Driving Efficiency and Growth: Colgate's Strategic Use of Product MDM and PDX Syndication

Chris Frank
Sr Director, Digital Content Applications, Global IT
Kanchan Sathe
IT Director
Anna Securda
Senior Manager, Global Product Data & Digital Assets

Location: Palm A

Building a Future-Ready MDM Foundation: FleetPride and Amplifi’s Journey to Transform Parts Data and Customer Experience

Chris Coylar
Chief Technology Officer
Todd Miller
Sr Director MDM

Location:Palm B

Demo: Data as a Service: Seamless Integration of Business-Critical Master Data

Mark Janssen
Product Manager
Melissa Lassiter
Product Scale Manager

Location: Palm C

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

Location: Griffin Ballroom

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Selling Beer, Bourbon, Bubbly and More with PDX: Total Wine & More's PDX Journey

Matthew Kirkpatrick
Director, Product Management
Alex Wang
Data Manager
Total Wine & More

Location: Cypress

Demo: Protect Your Customers, Protect Your Business

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Harnessing AI for Operational Efficiency: Panel Discussion with Motion Industries and OfficeMax NZ

Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy
Howard Blumenthal
Director, eCommerce & PIM
Jeff Sutton
CTO / Head of Transformation
Motion Industries

Location: Palm A

Delivering Personalized Digital Experiences: Kimberly-Clark's Strategic Redesign

Russ Jordak
Strategic Account Manager
Daniel Winstead
Associate Director, Content Platforms

Location: Palm B

User Journeys: Setting Up Your Users for Success

Shannon Mølhave
Senior UX Designer

Location: Palm C

2:15pm - 2:45pm

SRAM's STEP MDM/PIM Migration from On-Premise to SaaS

Todd Baltes
Enterprise Architect Manager

Location: Cypress

Improve Relationships with Your Trading Partners Using the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)

Janet Mongia
VP, Product Marketing
Gina Tomassi
Director, Digital Product Commercialization

Location: Dogwood

Your Voice: Influencing Stibo Systems' Roadmap

Kay Jensen
Principal Product Manager
Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy

Location: Palm A

Data Governance: Why People and Processes Are Just as Important as Technology

Serena Garner
Sr. Director, Master Data Management

Location: Palm B

B2B Modernization and AI Readiness

Toni Green
Director, Content & Integrations
Ray Liptay
Product MDM Implementation Lead
Nic Prellwitz
Professional Services Director

Location: Palm C

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Networking Break / Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Maximizing Value and Insight Across the Supply Chain

Arnjah Dillard
Retail Practice Lead
Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy

Location: Cypress

Demo: Three Bots and a Little AI

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Tom Grosch
Vice President Global Solution Engineering

Location: Dogwood

Customer Success Story: Fleetpride

Robert Freimuth
Senior Manager Master Data Management & Data Governance
Todd Miller
Sr Director MDM

Location: Palm A

Navigating the Transition: Migrating Seamlessly to Stibo Systems Cloud – Insights from Ahold Delhaize USA

Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations
Aristophanes Vakianis
SVP Global Revenue Strategy and Operations
Jason Stopinski

Location: Palm B

Digital Transformation for Product Data and Integration with GraphQL

Siva Pratap Reddy Gurijala
Director, ERP Applications
Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy
Senior Director - Enterprise Applications

Location: Palm C

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Closing Session: Customer Appreciation & Awards

Adrian Carr
CEO

Location: Mainstage

6:30pm - 11:00pm

Closing Party at Universal Studios CityWalk

4:00pm - 6:30pm

Registration Open at the Info Booth

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Welcome Reception

8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast

Location: Griffin Ballroom

9:00am - 10:30am

Mainstage: Welcome to Connect!

Gustavo Amorim
Chief Marketing Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Strategy Session – Innovation Sets the Stage for Success

Adrian Carr
CEO

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Marriott

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Matt D'Elia
Director, Catalog Platform

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Trustworthy Data for Superior Customer Experiences

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Reyes Holdings

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Brian Lee
Director, Data Management Office
Reyes Holdings

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Trustworthy Data for Rich Product Experiences

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Alex Osha
Product Manager

Location: Mainstage

10:30am - 11:00am

Networking Break & Connect Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

11:00am - 11:15am

Demo: Product Data Syndication and Rich Content at Scale for the Best Listings in Marketplaces

Alex Osha
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Cypress

Demo: Elevate Your User Experience with a Sneak Peek at Our New UI

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Demo: Unlocking the Power of AI: Crafting a Unified Customer Profile for Exceptional Experiences

Zsuzsanna Olah
Presales Solution Engineer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Demo: Mastering Customer Data: Unlocking Hidden Insights with AI-Driven MDM for Enhanced Business Outcomes and Competitive Advantage

David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant
Mikael Kastberg
Principal Solution Architect

Location: Palm B

Demo: Streamline Success: Effortless Efficiency in Onboarding Product Data from Multiple Sources

Melissa Duncan
Sr. Presales Engineer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm C

11:25am - 11:40am

Demo: Product Data Syndication and Rich Content at Scale for the Best Listings in Marketplaces

Alex Osha
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Cypress

Demo: Introducing the Next-Gen Instrument UI: Elevate Your User Experience

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Demo: Unlocking the Power of AI: Crafting a Unified Customer Profile for Exceptional Experiences

Zsuzsanna Olah
Presales Solution Engineer
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Demo: Mastering Customer Data: Unlocking Hidden Insights with AI-Driven MDM for Enhanced Business Outcomes and Competitive Advantage

David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant
Mikael Kastberg
Principal Solution Architect

Location: Palm B

Demo: Streamline Success: Effortless Efficiency in Onboarding Product Data from Multiple Sources

Melissa Duncan
Sr. Presales Engineer
Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm C

11:50am - 12:20pm

Empowering Data Stewardship Leads to Enhanced Customer Experience

Steva Curtis
Senior Manager of Data Governance and Merchandising

Location: Cypress

The Power of Where!

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant

Location: Dogwood

STEP Platform and SaaS Roadmap

Marc Richards
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm A

Efficient S/4HANA Migrations with Stibo Systems Platform: Leveraging Stibo Systems Platform for Cost Efficiency, Agility, and Data Quality Assurance

Miriam Molino Sánchez
Head of Retail Industry Practice
Gregory Urban
Senior Vice President, Global Professional Services

Location: Palm B

Demo: Putting the Pieces Together: AI in the Information Supply Chain

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Tom Grosch
Vice President Global Solution Engineering

Location: Palm C

12:20pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

Location: Griffin Ballroom

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Unleash the Power of Customer Data!

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Cypress

Transforming Master Data Capabilities for Enhanced Business Outcomes

Jeff Sutton
CTO / Head of Transformation

Location: Dogwood

Firing up Clorox’s Master Data Management Strategy

Jennifer Dahl
Director - Enterprise Data Strategy & Operations
Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations
William Mackesey
Associate Director Data Governance, The Clorox Company
The Clorox Company

Location: Palm A

Demo: Leveraging AI and MDM to Enhance Data Governance, Trust and Efficiency With Prompt Libraries

Anthony Brown
Product Manager
Karsten Schulze
PreSales Consultant

Location: Palm B

From Data as an Afterthought to a Data Driven Enterprise

Matthew Marsh
Senior Manager, Global Product Information

Location: Palm C

2:15pm - 2:45pm

IEWC Enhances STEP by Streamlining Product Onboarding via Workflows and Realtime Integration with SAP and Salesforce

Clayton Aschliman
Data Specialist
Grant Sayler
Data Governance Manager

Location: Cypress

Demo: Reach Sustainability Goals by Reducing Carbon Footprint and Support a Circular Economy Through Regulatory Compliance

Arnjah Dillard
Retail Practice Lead
Joshua Derrett
Presales Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Product Data Management Roadmap

Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Palm A

AI Innovation for Supply Chain MDM Optimization and Efficiency

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Debajit Das
Director, Technical Product Management
McDonald's

Location: Palm B

Modernizing Data for Better Customer Experiences

Janet Mongia
VP, Product Marketing
Tami Rand
PIM Manager

Location: Palm C

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Networking Break / Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Uniting Compliance and Customer Engagement: Leveraging STEP for Digital Product Passport (DPP)

Anthony Brown
Product Manager
Miriam Molino Sánchez
Head of Retail Industry Practice

Location: Cypress

Pivot to Outcome-Based Digital Experiences to Create New Business Growth and Delight Your Customers

Chuck Gahun
Principal Analyst

Location: Dogwood

PDX Roadmap: Driving the Next Wave of Product Data Exchange

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management

Location: Palm A

Marriott International's Integration with STEP

Matt D'Elia
Director, Catalog Platform
Uday Sajjanapu
Senior Director - IT Apps Development

Location: Palm B

The ROI of Investments in Master Data and Data Quality

Rene Meijers
Principal MDM Consultant,
Stibo Systems

Location: Palm C

4:00pm - 4:30pm

STEP Updates: A Year in Review

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM
Marc Richards
Director, Product Management
Aurélien Schuster
Program Manager
Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Cypress

Overcoming Organizational Challenges through Collaboration

Brian Bantali
Principal Program Lead
Rosemary MacCallum
Principal Data Portfolio Lead
Chick-fil-A

Location: Dogwood

A Co-Operative's Five-Year Journey into Master Data

Hugh Stark
Head of Projects & Data

Location: Palm A

Driving Your MDM Supplier Utilization: Strategies, Tools and Support

Heidi Doren
Director, Professional Services Engagement
Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations

Location: Palm B

4:30pm - 6:00pm

Marketplace - Happy Hour

Location: Marketplace

Wednesday 9/18

8:00am - 9:00am

Breakfast

Location: Griffin Ballroom

9:00am - 10:30am

Mainstage: State of AI: The Business Leader View

Gustavo Amorim
Chief Marketing Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: AI Success, Empowered by MDM. MDM Success, Empowered by AI.

Neda Nia
Chief Product Officer
Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with Ferguson

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Brandon Lassiter
Vice President, Enterprise Data & Analytics

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Vision Session – ERP and Complex Business Ecosystem Success 

Oliver McVeigh
Chief Delivery Officer

Location: Mainstage

Mainstage: Customer Fireside Chat with John Wiley 

John Tully
Chief Sales Officer
Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy
Senior Director - Enterprise Applications

Location: Mainstage

10:30am - 11:00am

Networking Break & Connect Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

11:00am - 11:30am

Data Quality for Content Supply Chain

Tesh Nair
Manager, AI & Data Management
Sid Smith
Manager, Enterprise Products & Data Engineering
Newell Brands

Location: Cypress

Honda's Collaborative Approach to Cross-Domain Master Data Management: Challenges and Practices

Kanako Kuramochi
Assistant Chief Engineer
Hideyuki Ueyama
Manager / Chief Engineer
Honda

Location: Dogwood

Customer and Supplier Data Management Roadmap

Jignesh Patel
Director, Product Strategy - Customer MDM

Location: Palm A

Additional Use of STEP Master Data Documentation and Facility Data

Jesper Keil
Master Data Process Manager
VELUX

Location: Palm B

Optimize the Digital Shelf Experience and Increase Conversions by Combining PIM, Syndication and Enhanced Content

Søren Lundtoft
Director, Product Management
Peter Sønderskov
Director, Product Strategy - PMDM

Location: Palm C

11:45am - 12:15pm

Climb the Next STEP of Your Digital Transformation

Bronwynne Oliver
Head of Digital
Nikita Ticku
PIM Application Architect

Location: Cypress

Navigating MDM Maturity: Assessment, Roadmap Creation and Program Growth

Heidi Doren
Director, Professional Services Engagement
Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations

Location: Dogwood

Driving Efficiency and Growth: Colgate's Strategic Use of Product MDM and PDX Syndication

Chris Frank
Sr Director, Digital Content Applications, Global IT
Kanchan Sathe
IT Director
Anna Securda
Senior Manager, Global Product Data & Digital Assets

Location: Palm A

Building a Future-Ready MDM Foundation: FleetPride and Amplifi’s Journey to Transform Parts Data and Customer Experience

Chris Coylar
Chief Technology Officer
Todd Miller
Sr Director MDM

Location:Palm B

Demo: Data as a Service: Seamless Integration of Business-Critical Master Data

Mark Janssen
Product Manager
Melissa Lassiter
Product Scale Manager

Location: Palm C

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Lunch

Location: Griffin Ballroom

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Selling Beer, Bourbon, Bubbly and More with PDX: Total Wine & More's PDX Journey

Matthew Kirkpatrick
Director, Product Management
Alex Wang
Data Manager
Total Wine & More

Location: Cypress

Demo: Protect Your Customers, Protect Your Business

Matthew Cawsey
Director, Product Marketing & Solution Strategy
David Fajardo
Senior MDM Consultant

Location: Dogwood

Harnessing AI for Operational Efficiency: Panel Discussion with Motion Industries and OfficeMax NZ

Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy
Howard Blumenthal
Director, eCommerce & PIM
Jeff Sutton
CTO / Head of Transformation
Motion Industries

Location: Palm A

Delivering Personalized Digital Experiences: Kimberly-Clark's Strategic Redesign

Russ Jordak
Daniel Winstead
Associate Director, Content Platforms

Location: Palm B

User Journeys: Setting Up Your Users for Success

Shannon Mølhave
Senior UX Designer

Location: Palm C

2:15pm - 2:45pm

SRAM's STEP MDM/PIM Migration from On-Premise to SaaS

Todd Baltes
Enterprise Architect Manager

Location: Cypress

Improve Relationships with Your Trading Partners Using the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN)

Janet Mongia
PIM Manager
Gina Tomassi
Director, Digital Product Commercialization

Location: Dogwood

Your Voice: Influencing Stibo Systems' Roadmap

Kay Jensen
Principal Product Manager
Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy

Location: Palm A

Data Governance: Why People and Processes Are Just as Important as Technology

Serena Garner
Sr. Director, Master Data Management

Location: Palm B

B2B Modernization and AI Readiness

Toni Green
Director, Content & Integrations
Ray Liptay
Product MDM Implementation Lead
Nic Prellwitz
Professional Services Director

Location: Palm C

2:45pm - 3:15pm

Networking Break / Marketplace Open

Location: Marketplace

3:15pm - 3:45pm

Maximizing Value and Insight Across the Supply Chain

Arnjah Dillard
Retail Practice Lead
Nils Pedersen
SVP, Product Strategy

Location: Cypress

Demo: Three Bots and a Little AI

Jesper Grode
Director, Product Innovation
Tom Grosch
Vice President Global Solution Engineering

Location: Dogwood

Customer Success Story: Fleetpride

Robert Freimuth
Senior Manager Master Data Management & Data Governance
Todd Miller
Sr Director MDM

Location: Palm A

Navigating the Transition: Migrating Seamlessly to Stibo Systems Cloud – Insights from Ahold Delhaize USA

Joy Olson
Director, NA Professional Services Operations
Aristophanes Vakianis
SVP Global Revenue Strategy and Operations
Jason Stopinski

Location: Palm B

Digital Transformation for Product Data and Integration with GraphQL

Siva Pratap Reddy Gurijala
Director, ERP Applications
Saravana Kumar Kuppusamy
Senior Director - Enterprise Applications

Location: Palm C

4:00pm - 5:00pm

Closing Session

Adrian Carr
CEO

Location: Mainstage

6:30pm - 11:00pm

Closing Party at Universal Studios CityWalk

Session topics

Whether you’re looking for best practices in data acquisition, governance and distribution or how data management and commerce can drive growth and efficiency in your business, Connect will cover the topics that matter most to you.

Are you meeting your customers’ expectations? Learn how to integrate customer data across the enterprise to deliver a better customer experience. Eliminate high volumes of duplicate customer records and ensure compliance with current regulations.
Are you delivering on your brand promise? Discover how to increase engagement and conversion with powerful product storytelling. Use high-quality, governed product data and AI-generated content across all your selling channels to reinforce your brand image with greater efficiency.
Are you looking to scale your innovation efforts? See how leveraging a single source of truth for your AI initiatives, via cloud-native master data management, can lead to AI-generated outputs of governed data.
Are you still grappling with the complex transition of your ERP to SAP S/4HANA before 2027? Get practical advice on how master data management can help smooth the process across a diverse IT landscape and ensure rapid time to value.