Speakers

Anil Chakravarthy

Adobe - President, Digital Experience Business

As President, Digital Experience Business, Anil Chakravarthy drives the vision and operations for Adobe’s Digital Experience business, one of the world’s largest SAAS businesses and the leader in the Customer Experience Management (CXM) category. In addition, he is responsible for the company’s worldwide field operations.

Joining Adobe in January 2020, Anil brings decades of product innovation and industry expertise to his role leading strategy, product management, engineering and marketing for Adobe Experience Cloud. With solutions for data and insights, content and commerce, customer journey management, and advertising, Adobe Experience Cloud is powering digital businesses across both B2B and B2C for companies of every size. The foundation of Adobe Experience Cloud, Adobe Experience Platform, is the industry’s first purpose-built CXM platform, enabling the delivery of personalized customer experiences in real-time at scale.

In his role overseeing worldwide field operations, Anil leads Adobe’s global enterprise sales organization and customer success functions, which are focused on supporting brands as they navigate digital transformation. Anil joined Adobe from Informatica, a global leader in enterprise cloud data management, where he served as chief executive officer from 2015 to 2020. At Informatica, Anil led the successful transformation of the company to cloud and subscription services.

Anil joined Informatica in September 2013 as the executive vice president and chief product officer responsible for product development, product management, and product marketing. Prior to Informatica, for nearly a decade, Anil held leadership roles at Symantec Corporation. Anil was the executive vice president of Information Security at Symantec, responsible for overseeing engineering, product management and operations for an extensive product portfolio including Data Loss Prevention, E-Mail and Web Security (on-premise and cloud), Managed Services, Trust Services and Authentication. Additionally, Anil led multiple product groups, including Endpoint Protection, Mobile Security and Management, Encryption, Storage and High-Availability, and India Product Operations as well as Enterprise Global Consulting.

Prior to Symantec, Anil led product management for enterprise security services at VeriSign. Anil began his career at McKinsey & Company, where he rose to become the co-leader of the E-Business Practice in the Business Technology Office in Silicon Valley. Anil received a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Institute of Technology, Varanasi, India.

Additionally, Anil received his Master of Science and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anil serves on the board of Ansys, Inc., and previously served on the board of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences.

Eric Hall

Adobe - SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Digital Experience

Eric Hall is Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Adobe’s Digital Experience business, responsible for Go-To-Market strategy and execution for the company’s industry-defining digital marketing solutions. His global team amplify Adobe’s unique digital marketing story in ways that energize, celebrate, and empower CMOs and experience makers.

Previously Eric was Senior Vice President and General Manager for Adobe’s Professional Services and Customer Success organizations, where he led a worldwide team that serves Adobe’s Digital Experience and Digital Media customers on everything from digital strategy to technology implementation, from training to technical support, and from initial onboarding to long-term value realization. During his tenure at Adobe, Eric has also led Field Strategy, Operations and Enablement, Americas Professional Services, and Digital Strategy & Solutions Consulting.

Prior to Adobe, Eric spent time as GitHub’s Chief Revenue Officer where he had oversight of existing clients and was responsible for new customer acquisition, developing sales methodologies and leading long-term planning for Fortune 500 customers.

Eric spent eight years at ServiceSource working with major technology firms to optimize customer revenue operations. He held multiple senior leadership roles, including SVP & GM Global Enterprise Accounts, SVP & GM of Operations and Data Services, and VP Business Excellence.

He began his career as a strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, serving customers in the US, Europe and Africa across a variety of industries and disciplines.

Eric received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Juris Doctor degree from Harvard Law School.

Luc Dammann

Adobe - President of EMEA

Luc was Vice President and Managing Director of Western Europe at Adobe, covering France, Iberica, Italy, Benelux, and the Nordics before stepping into his current role of President of EMEA.

His core mission is to accelerate Adobe's growth across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa and to reinforce Adobe's leadership as a catalyst for digital experience transformation for enterprise businesses.

Luc joined Adobe in 2016 from HP/Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, spending ten years as Vice President in charge of the Software Division for France. He was also a member of the Executive Committee. Previously, he held various management and sales positions in France and Europe, both for large software companies and start-ups (HP Software, Peregrine Systems, ATG, PeopleSoft, Vantive), in areas ranging from CRM, to eCommerce, IT Management and BigData.

Luc holds an MBA in Marketing from Laval University in Quebec, and a BA in Finance from Audencia Nantes Business School.

Anjul Bhambhri

Adobe - SVP, Experience Cloud Platform Engineering, Digital Experience

As Senior Vice President of Adobe Experience Cloud, Anjul leads the Experience Cloud Platform engineering organization, which is focused on powering digital businesses in both B2B and B2C.

Anjul brings over thirty years of experience in enterprise software development, with a focus on data, databases, analytics, and SaaS. She has launched technology ventures within mature companies and has a distinguished record of growing ideas into global organizations with significant revenue streams.

After joining Adobe in 2016, Anjul spearheaded the product strategy and engineering for Adobe Experience Platform (AEP), the industry's first purpose-built customer experience management platform, enabling personalized customer experiences in real-time at scale.

Anjul has led the AEP team from strategy and ideation to a high-growth initiative, becoming the backbone across M&E, Retail, T&H, FSI, and Healthcare enterprises. This innovation includes the launch of Real-Time Customer Data Platform (RTCDP), Adobe Journey Optimizer (AJO), and Customer Journey Analytics (CJA). In addition to AEP and applications, Anjul leads Adobe's world-class marketing automation, experimentation, and optimization solutions - Marketo, Campaign, and Target.

Anjul spent 14 years at IBM, most recently serving as Vice President of Engineering for the Big Data and Analytics Platform. There, she led product strategy, engineering, and technology adoption, working with C-suite clients across a variety of industries.

Anjul holds a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the University of Delhi.

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Suzanne Steele

Adobe - Vice President and Managing Director, United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI)

Suzanne Steele, Vice President and Managing Director, United Kingdom and Ireland (UKI)

Suzanne Steele is a customer-centric and people focused leader. She understands the importance of building client relationships to ensure competitive differentiation and growth, and how creating an employee centric culture focused around community aids business success.

The UK and Ireland (UKI) is one of Adobe’s largest markets globally, with brands across sectors at the forefront of embracing digital disruption. In her role, Suzanne is responsible for taking the UKI business to new heights, as well as supporting customers of all sizes to realise their mission of delivering personalised experiences.

She has 25+ years’ experience in leading and motivating management teams across data, software and analytics businesses. Her work in North America, Australia, the UK and Singapore includes senior roles at Experian, Visa Europe, and Morgan Stanley.

Ari Sheinken

IBM - VP Global Demand

I am a growth leader who specializes in applying advanced analytics to drive financial results. In my current role, I lead marketing demand generation globally for IBM directing $1B in spend to deliver over $20B in annual marketing sourced revenue. I lead an international team of over 1,000 employees responsible for all aspect of media, campaigns, and digital, and manage all the supporting martech, data, and analytics.

My approach to business growth through data-science has been recognized with the ANA Genius Award, I-COM Grand Prize, Stevie Gold Medal, SAMMY Product of the Year Award, Google Customer Success Award, GroupM Search Award, and covered by press including Harvard Business Review.Prior to my marketing roles, I spent a decade consulting with companies across industries and government agencies on the strategic application of analytics for business growth. Prior, I had a short-lived career as a film maker which shaped my storytelling leadership style (of course, if I'd been better at movies, I never would have discovered a passion for data-driven business).

Aidan Lyons

FanCapital - CEO

Aidan has twenty years of experience in leading data-driven marketing teams, marketing strategies, advertising, e-commerce, events and public relations experience in sports & entertainment, apparel, retail, and publishing industries. After leading efforts to transform the way Williams Racing F1 team engaged with fans his role has now developed to CEO of FanCapital, a collaboration of Dorilton Capital and Williams Racing. Their aim is to partner with premier athletes and sports teams building vertical audiences and achieve incremental monetization from platforms.