@Work Human Capital + Finance

@Work Human Capital + Finance: Investing in the Future of Work

Investing in the future workforce

Innovations in technology present exciting opportunities to increase productivity, efficiency, and innovation, especially when coupled with the brains, EQ, and interpersonal skills of a highly skilled workforce. CNBC’s @Work is an exclusive three-part event series that will examine the impact of new technology on three different disciplines—human resources, IT and finance.

CNBC’s @Work Human Capital + Finance summit will bring together financial leaders who play a critical role in shaping the workplace of the future to discuss new technology, funding innovation and growing the bottom line.

Who should attend: CFOs and senior financial executives who have a major role to play in quantifying the company priorities of the future.

Speakers

Joan Bottarini

Joan Bottarini was appointed Chief Financial Officer in November 2018. In this role, Joan is responsible for the global finance function, including financial reporting, planning, treasury, tax, investor relations, internal audit, and procurement. Joan previously served as the Company’s Senior Vice President, Finance – Americas since 2016. Prior to that position, Joan served as Vice President, Hotel Finance, Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) of the Company from 2014 to 2016 and as Vice President, Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis of the Company from 2007 to 2014. Prior to her roles at Hyatt, Joan served as an Assurance Manager at KPMG LLP. Joan holds a B.S. from Northern Illinois University.

Charles Evans

Charles L. Evans has served as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since September 2007. In that capacity, he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Federal Reserve System's monetary policymaking body.

Before becoming president in September of 2007, Evans served as director of research and senior vice president, supervising the Bank's research on monetary policy, banking, financial markets and regional economic conditions.

His personal research has focused on measuring the effects of monetary policy on U.S. economic activity, inflation and financial market prices and has been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Evans is active in the civic community. He is a trustee at Rush University Medical Center, a director of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a Governing Board member of Econ Illinois, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago Board of Directors and a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago and Civic Consulting Alliance Board.

Evans has taught at the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan and the University of South Carolina. He received a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Virginia and a doctorate in economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Paul Jacobson

Paul Jacobson is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer responsible for Delta’s global finance organization.

Throughout his career, Paul has been a key contributor to Delta’s strategies and has been instrumental in a number of initiatives including the purchase of the Trainer oil refinery; balance sheet initiatives that have resulted in nearly $10 billion in debt reduction; the expansion of the T4 facility at New York-JFK airport, and the airline’s capital allocation strategy.

Paul’s contributions have been instrumental in Delta’s return to the S&P 500 index as well as upgrades to Delta’s credit rating in recent years. The work of Paul and his team was recognized by Air Finance Journal when it named Delta Airline of the Year.

Since joining Delta as a financial analyst in 1997, Paul has held several positions including serving as Senior Vice President and Treasurer for Delta from 2005. In March 2012, he became Chief Financial Officer.

Paul serves on the Board of Trustees for the Auburn University Foundation, Board of Visitors at the Owen Graduate School of Management as well as the Harbert College of Business Advisory Board in Auburn.

Paul graduated from Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree of aviation management and later received a master’s of business administration from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Michael Bufano

Mike Bufano has served as Chief Financial Officer since April 2015. In this role, he is responsible for Panera’s finance, accounting and investor relations departments. Mike previously served as Senior Vice President of Planning and was responsible for financial planning and forecasting, as well as business analysis. Previously, he served as Vice President of Planning from July 2010 to August 2014.

Prior to joining Panera, Mike spent nine years at PepsiCo in various strategy, financial planning and business analysis roles for the company’s soft drink and bottle water business. In addition, Mike helped build the sales strategy and analysis function supporting the teams selling to PepsiCo’s largest retail partners. He also served as the head of Financial Planning & Analysis for Americas Beverages, including North and Latin America. Prior to PepsiCo, Mike worked for Accenture, consulting for clients in the telecommunications, banking, and pharmaceutical industries.

Mike earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from The University of Chicago and a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School of Business.

John Murphy

John Murphy is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Adobe.

With his appointment to executive vice president and CFO in April 2018, John Murphy is putting his more than 25 years of finance experience to work leading Adobe’s worldwide Finance and Operations team and driving continued business momentum.

Previously serving as Adobe’s Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) and Corporate Controller, John has quickly built a reputation as a champion for growth and innovation by leading initiatives to help the company scale the organization and re-imagine its processes using cutting-edge technologies.

Prior to joining Adobe in 2017, John was CAO and Global Controller at Qualcomm, where he managed a global team leading core financial functions for the company. Previously he spent 10 years at DIRECTV, ultimately leaving the company as senior vice president and Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. John also held senior financial positions at Experian and Nestlé and began his professional career at PWC.

He has an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and a B.S. in Accounting from Fordham University and is a licensed CPA (inactive).

If John wasn’t Adobe’s CFO he’d be starring in his own home renovation show on HGTV.

Wendy Borlabi

Dr. Wendy Borlabi (Dr. B) is currently working for the Chicago Bulls as the Performance Coach and is founder of Borlabi Consulting, a performance psychology firm. In addition, she is the Executive Director/Founder of Wisdom Knot which is a nonprofit that focuses on educating inner city youth on careers in sports. Prior to working with the Bulls, she was an independent contractor for the NBA (National Basketball Association).

She has worked for the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) at their training center in San Diego for six years (two Winter Olympic and one Summer Olympic Games).

At James Madison University (JMU) Dr. B worked for five years as the liaison between athletics and the Counseling and Student Development Center (CSDC). In those five years, she began the sport psychology services for the student-athletes, coaches and athletic department. In addition, she facilitated the development of the sport psychology department as a division of the JMU athletic department.

She received a B.S. in Psychology from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, a M.S. in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sport Psychology from Georgia Southern University, and a doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Sport Psychology and Exercise Psychology at Argosy University/Phoenix.

Martin Schroeter

Martin Schroeter is Senior Vice President, IBM Global Markets, responsible for IBM's revenue, profit and client satisfaction worldwide as well as IBM's Global Financing business, the world's largest captive IT financier. Additionally, Martin is accountable for IBM’s marketing and communications functions which are responsible for building the company’s brand and reputation globally.

He was previously Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, a position he held from January 2014 through December 2017.

Prior to that, he served as General Manager of IBM Global Financing, where he managed a total asset base in excess of $37 billion. Mr. Schroeter also served as IBM Treasurer, responsible for the company's balance sheet, cash flow, capital structure, interest rate and currency risk management and treasury operations.

He has also served in a variety of business line and finance executive positions, including Vice President of Global Technology Services, Asia Pacific; General Manager of IBM Global Financing, Asia Pacific; and CFO and Finance Director, IBM Australia and New Zealand.

Mr. Schroeter received his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University and his undergraduate degree from Temple University.

Nick Pinchuk

Nick Pinchuk is chairman and chief executive officer of Snap-on Incorporated, and serves on its board of directors.

Mr. Pinchuk was named president and chief operating officer in April 2007, when he was also appointed to Snap-on’s board. He was elected chief executive officer in December 2007 and subsequently chairman in April 2009. He joined Snap-on in 2002 as senior vice president and president of Snap-on’s Worldwide Commercial and Industrial Group.
Before Snap-on, Mr. Pinchuk was president, global refrigeration operations, a multi-billion dollar business unit of Carrier Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation. Prior to that, he served in executive, operational, planning and financial capacities within Carrier and United Technologies, including: president, Asia-Pacific air conditioning operations; global vice president, strategic planning; and chief financial officer, Carrier International Corporation. Before joining United Technologies, he was with the Ford Motor Company, where he held various financial and engineering positions. He also served in Vietnam as an officer in the United States Army.
Mr. Pinchuk received an M.B.A. from Harvard, and master and bachelor of science degrees in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He currently serves on the board of directors of Columbus McKinnon Corporation; on the board of directors for the National Association of Manufacturers; on the Board of Trustees of the Manufacturer’s Alliance for Productivity and Innovation; on the Senior Advisory Board of the Syracuse University School of Management; and on the Board of Trustees of Carthage College.

Snap-on Incorporated is a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professional users performing critical tasks. Products and services include hand and power tools, tool storage, diagnostics software, information and management systems, shop equipment and other solutions for vehicle dealerships and repair centers, as well as for customers in industries, including aviation and aerospace, agriculture, construction, government and military, mining, natural resources, power generation and technical education. Snap-on also derives income from various financing programs to facilitate the sales of its products and support its franchise business. Products and services are sold through the company’s franchisee, company-direct, distributor and internet channels. Founded in 1920, Snap-on is a $3.7 billion, S&P 500 company headquartered in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Steve Liesman

As CNBC's senior economics reporter, Steve Liesman reports on all aspects of the economy, including the Federal Reserve and major economic indicators. He appears on "Squawk Box" (M-F, 6AM-9AM ET), as well as other CNBC programs throughout the business day.

Liesman joined CNBC from The Wall Street Journal where he served as a senior economics reporter covering monetary policy, international economics, academic research and productivity. At the Journal, Liesman previously worked as an energy reporter, and Moscow bureau chief. He won an Emmy for his coverage of the financial crisis and was a member of the reporting team recognized with a Pulitzer Prize for stories chronicling the crash of the Russian financial markets.

Prior to joining the Journal in 1994, Liesman was the business editor for The Moscow Times, where, as the founding business editor for the country's first English-language daily newspaper, he helped create the publication's stock index, which was the country's first. Liesman also has worked as a business reporter for both the St. Petersburg Times in St. Petersburg, Fla., and The Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla.

Liesman holds an M.S. from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a B.A. in English from the State University of New York, Buffalo.

Nagraj Kashyap

Nagraj Kashyap is Corporate Vice President and Global Head, M12. Nagraj has over 20 years of experience in mobile and software with an emphasis on venture capital.

Prior to joining Microsoft in January 2016, he was senior vice president at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. In this role, Nagraj was the global head of the Qualcomm Ventures group (www.qualcommventures.com) and oversaw Qualcomm’s $1 billion strategic venture investment portfolio of 140+ investments. Nagraj has been recognized as a leader in corporate venturing through the GCV Powerlist awards in 2013 (#3) and 2014 (#2).
Nagraj built up Qualcomm Ventures from a US/China focused team of three in 2003 to a global leader in corporate venture capital with 25 investment professionals and direct investments in US, China, India, Brazil, Europe, Israel, Korea and Australia. Nagraj pioneered the first corporate VC seed investment program with the Qualcomm Ventures early stage fund. In addition, he started QPrize™ (www.qprize.com), the highly successful global business plan competition for early stage companies.

Under Nagraj’s leadership, the group experienced significant strategic and financial success with early investments in companies such as Xiaomi and Matterport, as well as strong investment exits including Fitbit (IPO - FIT); Invensense (IPO: INVN); Thundersoft (IPO - SZSE:300496); Ravello (acquired by Oracle); Cruise Automation (acquired by GM) and Waze (acquired by Google). Qualcomm Ventures evolved and considerably expanded the investment scope from mobile and wireless to include investments in Frontier technologies like drones and robotics and AR/VR where the application of mobile technologies is advancing the pace of innovation. Investments included leading companies such as 3DR and Magic Leap.

Prior to Qualcomm, Nagraj was an engagement manager at strategy consulting firm PRTM (now PwC). Nagraj currently serves on the CNS advisory council at the University of Texas at Austin.
Nagraj earned his MBA degree from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and his MS in computer science from the University of Texas, Austin.

Scott Darling

Scott Darling is President of Dell Technologies Capital (DTC), the Corporate Development and Venture Capital arm of Dell Technologies. The Dell Technologies family of businesses is comprised of Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream and VMware and generates approximately $75B of revenue. DTC pursues new and emerging technologies aggressively, at an approximate pace of $2B per year of investment in M&A and $100M per year investment in venture capital

Prior to joining Dell Technologies, Scott was President of EMC Corporate Development and Ventures where he was responsible for the M&A and Venture Capital investment activity for EMC. Prior to EMC Scott was a General Partner at Frazier Technology Ventures. Before joining FTV Scott was Vice President and Managing Director at Intel Capital; during his tenure at Intel Capital he managed the teams responsible for investing in support of the business units accounting for more than two thirds of Intel’s revenue.

Scott represents DTC on the boards of Barefoot Networks, DocuSign, Zscaler.

Tom Gimbel

Tom Gimbel is the founder and CEO of LaSalle Network, a staffing, recruiting and culture firm headquartered in Chicago. LaSalle has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies for 11 consecutive years, Fortune’s “Best Companies to Work for in Chicago” and “Best Medium Workplaces,” Forbes’ “Best Professional Recruiting Firms’” and to Inc. Magazine’s “Best Workplaces” list.

With over 20 years of industry experience, Gimbel is an expert on corporate culture, management/leadership and hiring, contributing to Inc. magazine and The Wall Street Journal. Gimbel also appears frequently on CNBC and in The New York Times, Fast Company, among others. Follow him on Twitter @TomGimbel

Craig Levine

Craig Levine is Global Chief Strategy Officer at ESL, the world’s largest independent esports company. In his role, Levine focuses on global strategic partnerships and strengthening ESL’s digital platforms and technology to engage fans and players worldwide. Previously, Levine served as CEO of ESL North America where he lead the North American strategy and operations of ESL.

Levine has helped pioneer the esports industry for over 15 years. As a longtime gamer, Levine founded Team 3D, the first truly professional and successful video game team in North America, in April 2002. In addition, Levine also co-founded ESS Agency, an event marketing and technology company specializing in video game entertainment. ESS Agency was acquired by Turtle Entertainment in 2014 to expand ESL’s global footprint to North America.

Levine holds a B.S. in Information Systems and Management and Organizational Behavior from the Stern Business School at New York University.

Ivana Šerić

Ivana Šerić is a Data Scientist for the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, a role in which she uses data to provide insights to different branches of the front office, including the coaching staff. Šerić attended New Jersey Institute of Technology, where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in applied math, while playing basketball for the Highlanders. Following her undergraduate career, Šerić enrolled in a PhD program through which she earned her doctorate in applied math with a thesis in computational fluid dynamics.

Isaiah Kacyvenski

Isaiah is Founder and Managing Partner of Will Ventures. Isaiah’s diverse background includes earning two degrees from Harvard, playing in the National Football League for 8 years and achieving success as both an entrepreneur and investor.

Prior to founding Will Ventures, Isaiah was the Managing Partner at Blue Star Innovation Partners, where he led the firm’s sports technology investment practice. Prior to Blue Star Innovation Partners, Isaiah was Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Sports Innovation Lab, where he was responsible for management, operations and execution at the premier sports technology research and advisory firm. Prior to the Sports Innovation Lab, Isaiah was Global Head of Business Development at MC10, where he was involved in the conceptualization, product development and business development of next-generation sports, fitness and healthcare wearables.

Isaiah is also an investor and advisor to over 25 companies across sports, technology, biotechnology, consumer, media and sports medicine. Isaiah also has 7 technology patents to his name.

Isaiah serves on the Executive Board of the USC Center for Body Computing as well as the National Advisory Board for the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA). Isaiah is also a member of the NFLPA Health and Safety Committee, where he has served for over 5 years. Isaiah is also the Chairman of the Sports Advisory Board for the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics at Northwestern University.

Isaiah was also the subject of an NFL Films profile about his rise from poverty to the NFL that received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Long Feature. He was also featured on an Oprah Winfrey show titled "Why They Beat the Odds".

Isaiah received a cum laude pre-medicine bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and graduated from Harvard Business School’s MBA program.

Chris Park

Chris Park is CEO of Gen.G, a global esports organization with offices in Los Angeles, Seoul, and Shanghai. Gen.G owns and operates top esports teams in the U.S., South Korea, and China, including Seoul Dynasty in the Overwatch League. Before joining Gen.G, Chris served most recently as Executive Vice President, Product & Marketing for Major League Baseball. There he managed digital product development, marketing, and international business operations for MLB. Chris has worked for Facebook and McKinsey & Co., and clerked for Judge Stephen F. Williams on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, both magna cum laude. Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Family Caregiver Alliance. He lives in New York with his wife Michelle Jang and their dog Russell.

Ben Zhao

Ben Zhao is the Neubauer Professor of Computer Science at University of Chicago. He completed his PhD from Berkeley (2004) and his BS from Yale (1997). He is an ACM distinguished scientist, and recipient of numerous awards including the NSF CAREER, MIT Technology Review's TR-35 Award (Young Innovators Under 35), ComputerWorld Magazine's Top 40 Tech Innovators award, Google Faculty award, and IEEE ITC Early Career Award. His work has been covered by media outlets such as Scientific American, New York Times, Boston Globe, LA Times, MIT Tech Review, and Slashdot. He has published more than 160 publications in areas of security and privacy, adversarial machine learning, networked systems, data-mining and HCI. He recently served as program chair for the World Wide Web Conference (2016) and the ACM Internet Measurement Conference (2018).

Yael Taqqu

Yael is responsible for McKinsey’s client and firm communications in the Americas and is a senior leader of the High Tech, Media & Entertainment, and Telecommunications Practices. She partners with enterprise and consumer-facing clients across strategy, commercial growth, and transformation, with specific expertise in product, go-to-market, and digital performance improvement. She serves both fast-growth technology and leading global institutions.

Yael also leads McKinsey’s global network of Experience Studios, immersive spaces for clients to participate in experiential workshops and capability-building programs, as well as to network with the tech community.

Yael graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory Division in piano performance. She was the producer of a documentary on HIV, which aired on Showtime and won the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

In addition to her work with McKinsey, Yael serves on the boards of the Juilliard School and the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Jon Fortt

Jon Fortt is co-anchor of CNBC's "Squawk Alley" (M-F, 11AM-12PM ET) broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange. Previously, he was an on-air editor based at CNBC's global headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Fortt joined CNBC as technology correspondent in July 2010, working from CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau where he covered the companies, start-ups and trends that are driving innovation in the industry. He also contributes to CNBC.com.

He came to CNBC from Fortune magazine, where as a senior writer he covered both large technology companies— such as Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, and Microsoft—and trends, including cloud computing and the smartphone revolution.

Before joining Fortune in 2007, Fortt was a senior editor at Business 2.0magazine where he produced the "What Works" section.

From 1999 to 2006, Fortt wrote and edited at the San Jose Mercury News, Silicon Valley's hometown newspaper. There he contributed to several efforts that won awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.

As a personal technology writer, his coverage duties included Apple, Palm and Adobe. He also served in roles outside the business department, covering education, editing local news and developing technology strategy. As the newspaper's senior Web editor, he helped develop a blog and podcast network, managed the creation of multimedia projects and served on the board of the Associated Press Managing Editors.

Fortt graduated from DePauw University as a Media Fellow, with a B.A. in English.

Follow Jon Fortt on Twitter @jonfortt. Listen to his podcast, Fortt Knox.

Bonnie Bernstein

Bonnie Bernstein is recognized by the American Sportscasters Association as one of the most accomplished female journalists in her field. Bernstein is the founder of Walk Swiftly Productions, her latest endeavor in a career that has spanned 17 years on-air with ESPN and CBS covering the NFL, NBA, MLB and college football and basketball. Country on Campus, a series Bernstein hosts and executive produces for CMT, is a finalist in three categories for the 2018 Cynopsis Short Form Video Awards. Bernstein is a seasoned corporate speaker, a coveted panel moderator at industry events, and has served as a guest commentator for several news networks, including NBC, MSNBC and Fox News Channel. Additionally, she is the only female to solo-host the award-winning radio program, The Dan Patrick Show.

AGENDA

10:00am - 12:45pm

MORNING SESSIONS & LUNCH

Space for the program is limited and will be available on a first-come first-served basis.

Special Morning Session: The Business of Sport, the Sport of Business
What lessons can businesses learn from the sports world? There are certainly similarities, like competition, teamwork, and ultimately, winners and losers. CNBC will examine the sports industry’s success in innovation, motivation, and data integration, and how the lessons learned can be applied to any business.

Show Me The Moneyball: The Data Revolution
Data analytics has revolutionized sports, shaping the way decisions are made, teams are built and revenue is maximized. It’s also transforming traditional management principles for businesses across all industries. But with troves of information now at your fingertips, how do you sift through it to identify key information? We’ll examine how can data be used to enhance a company’s strategy, identify market inefficiencies, gauge value, and optimize a workforce.
Isaiah Kacyvenski, Founder, Will Ventures; Former NFL Player
Ivana Seric, Data Scientist, Philadelphia 76’ers
Interviewer: Bonnie Bernstein, Sports Journalist and Founder, Walk Swiftly Productions

One-on-One: The X’s and O’s of AI
The Toronto Raptors. The Masters. Wimbledon. Each have a secret weapon on their roster named Watson, which is creating whole new statistical categories and providing innovative digital experiences. We’ll examine case studies to learn the secrets of pushing technological boundaries to gain a competitive edge.
Martin Schroeter, Senior Vice President, Global Markets, IBM
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,” CNBC

Play Like A Champion Today: Attaining Peak Performance
On the court or in the boardroom, factors like mental toughness, competitiveness, and focus are crucial to achieving a high level of success. Dr. Wendy Borlabi will coach you on how to achieve peak performance using the same methods she teaches NBA players..
Wendy Borlabi, PhD, Performance Coach, Chicago Bulls

Screen Time: How Esports Is Changing Everything
Esports is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon. The NBA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR, and MLS have all created teams, hundreds of colleges now offer scholarships, the Olympics is considering adding it, and even the US Army has built an esports team to attract younger recruits. Esports is viewed as an untapped market and a way to connect with and market their product to a coveted, younger demographic. We’ll explore what businesses learn from the esports industry about online growth, gamification, engagement, and activation.
Chris Park, CEO, Gen.G Esports
Craig Levine, CSO, ESL
Interviewer: Bonnie Bernstein, Sports Journalist and Founder, Walk Swiftly Productions

12:45pm - 1:30pm

MAIN EVENT NETWORKING & REGISTRATION

1:30pm - 5:00pm

ON-STAGE PANELS & DISCUSSIONS

Labor Markets, The Economy and The Fed
Job growth in the US has been surprisingly strong over the past several years despite concerns about a labor shortage. Are we reaching the end of the pool of available workers, are wages about to surge higher, and what’s the overall outlook for the US economy for inflation, wages and interest rates?
Charles Evans, President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Interviewer: Steve Liesman, Senior Economics Reporter, CNBC

What Workers Want Now
How different are millennial workers, really? We delve into how companies can recruit and retain the best of a mercurial generation. Plus, the latest results of our @Work Survey (in partnership with SurveyMonkey).
Tom Gimbel, Founder & CEO, LaSalle Network
Interviewer: Tyler Mathisen, “Power Lunch” Co-Anchor & VP, Events Strategy, CNBC

CFO 3.0
You spend your days preparing your organization for the future – deciding on new investments, adopting new technologies, balancing today’s needs with tomorrow’s opportunities. But what about you? The future-proof finance executive is a strategic thinker, fluent with numbers and tech, as comfortable talking data analytics and AI as s/he is talking balance sheets and ledgers. Learn from two leaders defining what the CFO of the future looks like.
Michael Bufano, Executive Vice President & CFO, Panera
John Murphy, Executive Vice President & CFO, Adobe
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,” CNBC

The CEO Toolbox: Skills, Technology, and the Future Workforce
While advances in technology and automation dominate conversations about the future of work, CEO Nick Pinchuk is focused on his employees, too. Hear how he is helping build a different kind of workforce for the future at his own company, and his customers’.
Nick Pinchuk, Chairman & CEO, Snap-on Incorporated
Interviewer: Tyler Mathisen, “Power Lunch” Co-Anchor & VP, Events Strategy, CNBC

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Seeing the Future
Visionary corporate venture capital leaders tell us what they are investing in now, and what those investments tell us about the workforce of the future.
Scott Darling, President, Dell Technologies Capital
Nagraj Kashyap, Corporate Vice President and Global Head of M12, Microsoft
Interviewer: Deirdre Bosa, Technology Reporter, CNBC

@Work Experiment: AI or Human?
Can you tell the difference between the taste of an AI-optimized cookie and grandma’s? Or a Yelp review written by a human, as opposed to a machine? It may have big impact on your business.
Ben Zhao, Ph.D., Neubauer Professor of Computer Science, University of Chicago
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,” CNBC

Business Transformation and the CFO
How do organizations plan for an evolving workforce augmented – and in some cases disrupted – by automation? What are the key areas of investment that will drive future competitive advantage? Top CFOs will share their strategies for tackling these questions and more in an age of evolution.
Joan Bottarini, CFO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Paul Jacobson, EVP and CFO, Delta Air Lines
Yael Taqqu, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, Co-Anchor, “Squawk Alley,” CNBC