As organizations continue to accelerate their adoption of public cloud and SaaS, they run more and more expensive software in increasingly hybrid environments.
ITAM teams are focusing more on a broader view of licensing models and constraints, and how best to leverage existing licensing entitlements to optimize software license costs in the cloud. And FinOps teams, well-versed in optimizing cloud costs, are taking software running in the cloud in their purview.
Flexera’s Technology Intelligence Summit helps lift the silos of knowledge between on-premises, cloud and SaaS experts—and brings industry leaders together to discuss future needs as well as the potential to optimize the value of technology.
Collaboration between FinOps and ITAM is a business imperative for organizations running a hybrid infrastructure.
Ron Brill, President & Chairman, Anglepoint
AMERICAS
April 9, 2024
9:00 AM CDT |
Platform open to attendees |
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9:30 AM CDT |
Welcome Cyndi Tackett, SVP Marketing, Flexera |
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9:40 AM CDT |
The power of Technology Intelligence How ITAM and FinOps teams shine a light on the blind spots in a hybrid IT estate
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10:10 AM CDT |
Kindred spirits unite Stephen White, Vice President, Analyst, Gartner |
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10:40 AM CDT |
10 Minute Break |
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10:50 AM CDT |
Executive track Industry experts panel Beth Kaminski, IT Asset Program Manager, Dart Container |
Practitioner track The cost and risk of software running in the cloud Josh Fraser, SVP, Presales, Customer Success & Support Flexera |
11:20 AM CDT |
Executive track IT Priorities – Trends in 2024 and beyond Becky Trevino, Chief Product Officer, Flexera |
Practitioner track Cardinal Health’s Journey with Flexera One Kristin Rummer, IT Strategy & Governance Manager, Cardinal Health |
11:50 AM CDT |
Executive track Partner industry trends and collaboration Ron Brill, President & Chairman, Anglepoint |
Practitioner track ITAM and FinOps capabilities that help you drive business value Steve Schmidt, VP of Product Management, Flexera |
12:20 PM CDT |
Executive track Closing remarks/recap Cyndi Tackett, SVP Marketing, Flexera |
Practitioner track Closing remarks/recap Nancy Abercrombie, Sr. Manager, Customer Programs, Flexera |
EUROPE
April 11, 2024
12:30 PM BST / 1:30 PM CEST |
Platform open to attendees |
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1:00 PM BST / 2:00 PM CEST |
Welcome Catherine Picknell, Senior Director, Global Integrated Marketing, Flexera |
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1:10 PM BST / 2:10 PM CEST |
The power of Technology Intelligence How ITAM and FinOps teams shine a light on the blind spots in a hybrid IT estate
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1:40 PM BST / 2:40 PM CEST |
Kindred spirits unite Stephen White, Vice President, Analyst, Gartner |
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2:10 PM BST / 3:10 PM CEST |
10 Minute Break |
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2:20 PM BST / 3:20 PM CEST |
Executive track Industry experts panel Rachel Ryan, First Vice President – Global Head of IT Asset Management, Danske Bank |
Practitioner track The cost and risk of software running in the cloud Josh Fraser, SVP, Presales, Customer Success & Support, Flexera |
2:50 PM BST / 3:50 PM CEST |
Executive track IT Priorities – Trends in 2024 and beyond Becky Trevino, Chief Product Officer, Flexera |
Practitioner track Fireside Chat with ISS World Services AS: Beyond Information Technology Asset Management Adrian Urbanski, IT Asset Manager Lead - Global IT, Digitalisation & Services, ISS World Services AS |
3:20 PM BST / 4:20 PM CEST |
Executive track Partner industry trends and collaboration Ron Brill, President & Chairman, Anglepoint |
Practitioner track ITAM and FinOps capabilities that help you drive business value Steve Schmidt, VP of Product Management, Flexera |
3:50 PM BST / 4:50 PM CEST |
Executive track Closing remarks/recap Catherine Picknell, Senior Director, Global Integrated Marketing, Flexera |
Practitioner track Closing remarks/recap Nancy Abercrombie, Sr. Manager, Customer Programs, Flexera |
Adrian Urbanski
IT Asset Manager Lead - Global IT, Digitalisation & Services
ISS World Services AS
James Day
Head of IT Asset Management
NatWest Group
Kristin Rummer
IT Strategy & Governance Manager
Cardinal Health
Catherine Picknell
Senior Director, Global Integrated Marketing
Flexera
Rachel Ryan
First Vice President - Global Head of IT Asset Management
Danske Bank
As organizations continue to accelerate their adoption of public cloud and SaaS, they run more and more expensive software in increasingly hybrid environments.
ITAM teams are focusing more on a broader view of licensing models and constraints, and how best to leverage existing licensing entitlements to optimize software license costs in the cloud. And FinOps teams, well-versed in optimizing cloud costs, are taking software running in the cloud in their purview.
Flexera’s Technology Intelligence Summit helps lift the silos of knowledge between on-premises, cloud and SaaS experts—and brings industry leaders together to discuss future needs as well as the potential to optimize the value of technology.
Jim Ryan
President and Chief Executive Officer
Flexera
Jim Ryan is obsessed with candor, passion, professionalism, keeping score, celebrating success and giving back. He's known for driving change, developing talent and encouraging transparency, resulting in Flexera consistently being named a "top workplace".
He guides our company as its chief executive and provides strategic vision as we move forward. Jim has been with the company since 1998, spending seven of his years overseas running our international operations. Prior to becoming CEO in 2016, Jim was Flexera’s Chief Operating Officer.
Jim’s previous roles include everything from leading global sales and services, running our Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and managing many other functions within the company. He was instrumental in leading the spinout of Macrovision’s software business unit to the private equity firm of Thoma Bravo and, of course, our subsequent investments with Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan (OTPP) and TA Associates. Before that he held roles with Reliant Data Systems and Unison Software (now IBM Tivoli).
Josh Fraser
SVP, Presales, Customer Success & Support
Flexera
Josh is Flexera’s global leader for solution engineering, executive advisory and FinOps. He’s also responsible for Flexera’s IBM partnership. He's responsible for ensuring customers are engaged with the right product, people and process necessary to drive meaningful business outcomes around hybrid IT optimization. Prior to his current role, Josh held several executive leadership positions at Flexera including Vice President of Product Management for Flexera One. He has more than two decades of experience in the technology industry, with a strong focus on growth, go-to-market strategies and business transformation.
Prior to joining Flexera, Josh served as SVP at RightScale, the pioneer in cloud management, for nearly a decade and was responsible for all go-to-market, strategy and corporate development. Flexera acquired RightScale in the Fall of 2018. Josh earned a BS in Finance from Villanova University.
Becky Trevino
Chief Product Officer
Flexera
Becky Trevino is the Executive Vice President of Product at Snow Software - now Flexera. At Flexera, Becky leads the Product Management, User Experience, Product Marketing, and Product Insights teams. Her mission is to build one Product function from strategy through go-to-market.
Prior to Snow/Flexera, Becky led a variety of functions at cloud computing leader Rackspace including the Public Cloud Customer Success organization fanatically supporting over 40K customers and Marketing where she created a new category in the public cloud market – cloud-enabled managed services. Becky started her career in Engineering Operations at Dell. She holds an M.S. Engineering from The University of Michigan and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
You can find Becky on LinkedIn where she posts on #Leadership,# ProductManagement, #ProductMarketing, and #SaaS.
Roy Ritthaler
Chief Product Officer and General Manager
Flexera
Roy is responsible for defining the strategy and overseeing the development of Flexera’s portfolio of solutions as well as overseeing Flexera’s relationship with current and prospective customers. Additionally, he’s the General Manager of our Flexera division. An experienced product and marketing leader who is both analytical and creative, Roy has led high-achieving engineering, strategy and go-to-market teams.
Roy’s passion lies in delivering long-term value and helping customers succeed with the solutions they buy and deploy. He’s instinctively collaborative and adept at making connections and building bridges across an organization.
Prior to joining Flexera, Roy was Vice President of Go To Market for Cloud Management at VMware. Before that, he was with Hewlett-Packard and MicroFocus as the head of product marketing for its IT operations software business, which spanned the cloud, data center and IT.
Roy began his career as an electrical engineer at IBM in Toronto after graduating from Canada’s McMaster University. He and his wife have five children, some of whom are at home and some out in the world.
Steve Schmidt
VP of Product Management
Flexera
Steve Schmidt is the Vice President of Product Management at Flexera, responsible for product vision and strategy, with a focus on IT Asset Management, FinOps and M&A. Steve previously held the position of Vice Present of Corporate Development at Flexera, responsible for corporate strategic planning and leading more than ten successful M&A processes as well as other cross-product line initiatives. Steve was part of the team that spun Flexera out of Macrovision (later called Rovi and TiVo). While at Macrovision, Steve held Vice Present of Product Management positions, in both the Software Business Unit as well as the Distribution and Commerce Business Unit.
Before Macrovision, Steve was the Director of Product Management at InstallShield Software Corporation, which he joined in 1998. Steve began his 30+ year technology management career running global IT projects for Procter & Gamble’s Advanced Technology Group. Steve received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in strategy and marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Julia Veall
IT Asset Management - Senior Manager
Vodafone
Julia is a highly experienced ITAM and Service Delivery Manager with over 30 years working in the IT Industry with major corporate companies. Her focus has been on creating successful teams from the ground up by creating strategies for change, seeing the bigger picture and developing her ideas into deployed and delivered outcomes. Julia’s current role as Senior Manager - Asset Management has seen her create a recognized Centre of Excellence for SAM which is bringing together tooling and services across 12 EU markets.
Brian Hibner
SVP of Alliances and Services
Flexera
Brian is the global leader of Flexera's Alliances, Partnerships and Global Consulting Services. He’s passionate about helping Flexera's customers realize value from their IT estate across financial, operational and risk dimensions. Additionally, he works with partners to develop tech-enabled businesses to help their clients realize this value. He loves spending time with team members to develop their skills and capabilities in addition to helping them progress in their careers.
Prior to joining Flexera, Brian was the founder and leader of Deloitte's IT asset management business and led Deloitte's SAM managed services practice. He also assisted his clients in achieving $500 million in cost savings, avoiding $2.6 billion in extra costs, eliminating tens of thousands of hours through automation, and identifying and eliminating cyber risks associated with the use of software and hardware assets. Brian earned a BS in Management Information Systems from the University of Illinois.
Beth Kaminski
IT Asset Program Manager
Dart Container
Experienced information technology program manager with a demonstrated history of working in the IT Asset Management field with specific depth in software assets. Skilled in Asset Management, IT Service Management, IT Strategy, Management, and Software Audit defense. Accomplished public speaker to advance the SAM discipline. Strong finance and procurement background. Recipient of 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award ITAM Review Excellence Awards.
Stephen White
Vice President, Analyst
Gartner
Stephen White delivers research and advice across Environmental Priorities in IT Contracting, strategic Software Reseller selection, Software Asset Management and FinOps Managed Services and licensing models. A former business unit director for leading software providers, Mr. White leverages his experience in leadership and consulting to assist IT leaders assess market offerings.
Mr. White has over 22 years software industry experience addressing software license and asset management consulting. Prior to joining Gartner, he was the Software Sales Director for Insight U.K. and Ireland, where he was responsible for the complete licensing, asset management and cloud business. Before that, he was the Software Solutions Manager and Technology Leader for Computacenter, where he managed the licensing consulting and asset management practices.
Ron Brill
President & Chairman
Anglepoint
Ron Brill is the president & chairman of Anglepoint, the leading global SAM service provider for the Fortune 500. Anglepoint was ranked by Gartner as leading the Magic Quadrant for SAM services for the last 4 consecutive years. Outside of Anglepoint, Ron chairs both the ITAM Forum and the ISO Committee for ITAM Standards. He also leads the Special Interest Group for ITAM and FinOps as part of the FinOps Foundation.
Rachel Ryan
First Vice President - Global Head of IT Asset Management
Danske Bank
Kristin Rummer
IT Strategy & Governance Manager
Cardinal Health
Cyndi Tackett
Senior Vice President, Marketing
Flexera
Cyndi’s extensive experience with Flexera’s solutions engineering and business value teams makes her ideally suited to deliver our brand message to the markets we serve. A 12-year Flexera veteran, Cyndi has worked with hundreds of clients to solve business challenges associated with managing hybrid IT environments. She brings an unwavering commitment to ensuring Flexera’s customers are maximizing the value of their technology investments.
Cyndi graduated magna cum laude from Clemson University with a BS in Computer Information Systems.
Nancy Abercrombie
Sr. Manager, Customer Programs
Flexera
Nancy leads Flexera’s strategic Customer Programs that help communicate the voice of the customer to the business. She facilitates the executive Customer and Partner Advisory Boards and customer User Groups for ITAM and Cloud. As a believer in the power of collaboration, she's an advocate for understanding and translating the nuances that influence Flexera’s products, services and processes. Her passion about these relationships and the value they bring is integral to the success of the joint customer, partner and Flexera journey.
Prior to Flexera, Nancy lead Customer and Partner Advisory boards, Discovery programs, Beta and EAP programs and product launches at both Blackbaud and Benefitfocus. She also worked with many non-profit organizations before joining the tech world.
Catherine Picknell
Senior Director, Global Integrated Marketing
Flexera
Adrian Urbanski
IT Asset Manager Lead - Global IT, Digitalisation & Services
ISS World Services AS
Kimberly Floss
FinOps / Global Cloud Platform Enablement & Migrations
PepsiCo
Kim leads teams responsible for global cloud financial spend management across multiple cloud providers, enablement for "cloud-first" initiatives, and execution of application migrations from on-prem to cloud. She is a key part of the Flexera CAB, a leader within the Flexera Cloud User Group, an IBM Champion, and is a frequent speaker at various conferences on FinOPS. She also holds various certifications in Azure, AWS, FinOPS, and SAFE.
Kim has been with PepsiCo for almost 23 years and is focused on driving strategy for FinOPS, cloud hosting across various platforms, enabling ‘cloud first’ projects, and cloud migration from on-premise locations into the cloud. She is leading the way in cloud platform enablement and financial management to determine how to best identify cost reductions, identify / reduce risk, and refine processes to be more cloud centric. She leads geographically dispersed teams, embracing cultural differences to enable follow-the-sun execution. The teams are focused on cloud strategy, execution of IT transition, technical leadership, strategic planning, vendor partnership, process development for cloud support models, IT best practices leadership, and continuous process improvement. Kim and her teams do it all with extreme passion and energy.
Prior to the cloud journey, Kim led the Global Database Administration Team supporting Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Sybase, Teradata, Hana, mainframe databases. She has also held leadership positions within the International Oracle User Group (President, VP) and SAP DB2 User Community (VP).
James Day
Head of IT Asset Management
NatWest Group