Acknowledgements
Abhishek Vanamali
Chief Marketing Officer & Head of Partnerships, Zensar Technologies
Enterprise IT World CMO of the Year 2020 | 22+ Years of Technology Marketing & Partnerships Experience | Working on Cloud Technology Marketing since 2009 | Expertise in Brand Marketing & Advertising, Product Marketing, Performance and Strategic Marketing | Passionate, Inspiring & Creative Leader of large diverse teams | Advisor to CEOs and Boards of Directors | MIT trained in Marketing Analytics | Innovator & Self-starter | Amateur Programmer.
Amanda Holmes
EMEA & APAC Marketing Director, Kodak Alaris
Amanda Holmes is the APAC & EMEA Marketing Director for Kodak Alaris, with over 20 years’ experience in the B2B Marketing Technology sector, both on the client and agency side of the fence. A passionate marketing leader focussed on developing and mentoring teams to achieve their full potential. She also has a real love for all things fitness and is an avid cross fitter, participating in the CrossFit Open for the first time this year!
Angus Young
Head of Digital Products, RSPB
A passionate highly experienced International marketing, communications and business development professional, with success interpreting markets and increasing brand reach, delivering leading business growth for businesses working within B2B & B2C markets. Angus has delivered international award winning, product, brand, campaign & communications campaigns, to gain traction across key and new markets to achieve the business goals.
Ashish Babu
Chief Marketing Officer for Europe & UK, Tata Consultancy Services
Ashish leads TCS’ brand, communications, sponsorship, deal support and performance marketing for the UK & Europe region. As CMO, his focus is to enhance TCS’ reputation as a growth and transformation partner to brands across the continents. He has worked at TCS for over 14 years in various marketing and communications roles and has developed campaigns which have won 44 awards globally. Last year, Ashish was named among the top 25 Innovators in the EMEA region by Provoke Media.
Diana Buxton
Chief Marketing Officer, Banking, Capital Markets & Insurance, Cognizant
As the CMO of Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance, Diana Buxton and her digital first award-winning team focus on creating middle and bottom-of-the-funnel data-drive programs that drive account engagement for Cognizant’s deep vertical expertise and Industry consultative approach to drive better decision-making for clients operating in the digital marketplace. Diana’s marketing strategies drive strategic double digit growth, create brand awareness and activate the buyer audience, spurring new sales activity and establishing superior c-suite relationships.
Harriet Gorbeck
Head of Marketing Content and Events, BT
With over 18 years’ experience in Marketing, Harriet Gorbeck has worked in the professional services, insurance industries before moving into telco 6 years ago. Her experience includes strategic brand, digital, event, content and channel marketing. Driven by excellent consistent communications and challenging perceptions using detailed customer insight, alongside a clear channel strategy is the key to great customer experiences.
John Kunzier
President of Aerial Digital Agency & CMO of the JTD Group
John is a former CMO of a large IT staffing/services company with more than 15 years in corporate marketing. He led digital marketing for a $3 billion Technology and IT Services company and rebranded the company in 2017. John’s focus is increasing revenue, improving operations, and enabling sales with combination of best practices, creative programs, and technology to drive demand. He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Marketing, minor in Economics, and a statistics focus.
Juveria Samrin
Director - Marketing, ColorTokens
Juveria Samrin is the Head of Marketing, India at ColorTokens who leads demand generation to drive pipeline, Account-Based Marketing programs, Social Media and employer brand. Juveria specialises in creating impactful campaigns to drive pipeline and positioning and engage customers/influencers in the digital world. She has 16+ years of experience in helping organisations such as ColorTokens, Wipro, HCL and Aditi Technologies (now Harman/Samsung) take to market their best stories.
Kevin Sellers
Chief Marketing Officer, Ping Identity
Kevin Sellers currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for Ping Identity, a leader in providing secure Identity and Access Management for large enterprises around the world. Previously, Kevin was Chief Marketing Officer for Avnet, a global distribution and technology services provider. He is the winner of 5 Cannes Lions Awards, named a Top 10 CMO of 2020 by Industry Era, Internationalist of the year for 2019 and B2B Magazine Top Digital Marketer of the year in 2013.
Marisa Jansen van Vuuren
Senior Vice President: Brand and Major Projects, NTT Ltd.
Marisa leads the global brand team for NTT Ltd., she is responsible for the company’s purpose-led brand strategy and executing global brand and reputation programmes. Included in her portfolio are the company’s global partnerships with the Tour de France and Red Bull Basement as well as strategic partnerships focused on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal.
Massimo Ghislandi
Former VP Marketing & Sales - Translation Software Solutions - Global, SDL plc
A B2B marketing and sales leader with a passion for growth. Massimo scaled a global business and tripled it in size; built, grew and mentored a team of over 30 marketers; established and evolved a successful digital marketing operation. Curious, aware of different cultures and the regional subtleties necessary to market across EMEA, APAC and North America. Deep experience in digital marketing and demand generation having established and continued to develop SDL's marketing function, generating high volumes of inbound leads and ensuring customer retention and growth.
Max Baldwin
Group Sales and Marketing Director, NCC Group
An accomplished senior executive with extensive experience in strategic leadership, business transformation and growth across multiple business sectors including: IT Global Services, Energy, Education and Defence & Security. Responsible for global sustainable growth, Max leads Sales & Marketing at NCC Group, working to provide cyber security solutions that give tangible value to their 14,000+ clients worldwide and to deliver the strategy of ‘Making the world safer and more secure’.
Mohit Kochar
VP & Global Head Marketing, KPIT
Mohit Kochar is a growth leader with expertise in Strategy & Business Planning, Market/Business Development, Branding, Marketing & Corporate Communications, Product Management, Channel marketing, Corporate Affairs & Presales. He has 18+ years global experience in multiple industries like Automotive and Mobility, Information Technology, Consumer Durable, Manufacturing etc. Worked with MNC's like Bosch, TCS, Legrand, Wipro, KPIT in different roles and built marque leading product and services brands.
Navin Rammohan
Vice President, Segment Head Marketing - Business Verticals, Europe Mktg,
Sponsorship & Events, Infosys
A marketing and brand professional with over two decades of global experience in strategic planning, insight generation and marketing of technology services and products. Navin has a track record of building and leading marketing programs that have excelled in execution and delivered pipeline impact for sales. Currently the global field marketing head for all business verticals of Infosys and leads regional marketing for Europe. Responsibilities include driving the Account Based Marketing (ABM) program for the top accounts of Infosys.
Neha Kathuria
Global Head of Marketing, Mindtree
Neha Kathuria is Global Head of Marketing at Mindtree. With over 15 years’ experience working in the information technology industry, Neha has forged a career on results-orientated marketing and inclusive team-building acumen. In her role, Neha is focused on driving global business growth and strategic market positioning, overseeing all aspects of Mindtree’s go-to-market communications and branding. A driven business leader, Neha’s passion lies in fostering cohesive, productive and inclusive teams that are recognised for their insights and delivery that move the needle.
Neil Berry
Head of Global Account & Deal Based Marketing for FSI, Atos
Neil Berry is a B2B Marketer with over 11 years experience in Account-Based Marketing at some of the worlds leading Tech companies. Having started out as a Database Analyst, he turned his hand to marketing and was quickly introduced to the ABM methodology…this is where it started for Neil and continues to develop today. Having had experience on both the client and agency sides of our industry, Neil brings a wealth of hands-on knowledge from ground up delivery to building a programme and is now in the midsts of building an ABM Centre of Excellence.
Shikhar Vishnoi
Head of Marketing for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Zensar Technologies
Shikhar is the head of BFSI vertical marketing at Zensar Technologies. Shikhar is a B2B marketing specialist who is passionate about marrying digital strategies with consumer behavior and design experience. Shikhar has worn multiple hats within the Marketing function in his 5+ year tenure at Zensar. He has multi-geography experience in strategy and execution across marketing functions including demand generation, analyst relations, ABM, corporate branding, content strategy and digital marketing. Shikhar is also on the Zensar CSR committee.
Siddharth Asokan
Chief Marketing Officer, Softwire
Siddharth Asokan is currently CMO at Softwire where he is responsible for the overall marketing strategy and execution. Prior to joining Softwire, he was CMO at Futurice where he led the marketing transformation and helped them build a strong brand across Scandinavia and Germany. As Global Marketing Director during his time with Thoughtworks, he built and scaled a global marketing function. Siddharth has an exceptional track record of driving growth and building truly global brands. He has lived and worked in the UK, Finland, India and Singapore.
Tameka Vasquez
AVP, Global Marketing Leader, Genpact
Tameka is a strategist, educator, and futurist with a decade of experience working with multinational challenger brands in the technology industry. She is also a graduate school professor and a global public speaker. She has been featured by Udemy for Business, IBM Think Leaders, the Content Marketing Institute, among others. Tameka is a 2020 Fortune Magazine Fellow, a 2019 nominee for the Rising Star award for Women in AI sponsored by VentureBeat, and a 2018 recipient of the Innovators and Disruptors award sponsored by America on Tech and NBC Universal.