Companies are just beginning to leverage powerful new technologies like 5G, AI and sensors to achieve greater efficiency, gain new insights into operations, and create new products. But to fully realize the benefits of these advances, a realignment and reassessment of a business’ workforce will be necessary –where, how by whom work gets done.
Through discussions with the most influential voices on the future of work, CNBC will explore how companies can use converging tech to find the best workers, create a new, more flexible workforce, and enhance their bottom line in this @Work Spotlight Virtual Event.
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Patrick (Pat) Gelsinger is chief executive officer of Intel Corporation and serves on its board of directors. On Feb. 15, 2021, Gelsinger returned to Intel, the company where he had spent the first 30 years of his career.
Before rejoining Intel, Gelsinger was CEO of VMware. In that role, he transformed VMware into a recognized global leader in cloud infrastructure, enterprise mobility and cyber security – almost tripling the company’s annual revenues. Gelsinger was also ranked the best CEO in America in 2019, according to an annual survey by Glassdoor. Prior to joining VMware in 2012, Gelsinger was president and chief operating officer of EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business, overseeing engineering and operations for information storage, data computing, backup and recovery, RSA security and enterprise solutions.
Gelsinger began his career in 1979 at Intel, becoming its first chief technology officer, and also serving as senior vice president and the general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group. He managed the creation of key industry technologies such as USB and Wi-Fi. He was the architect of the original 80486 processor, led 14 microprocessor programs and played key roles in the Intel® Core™ and Intel® Xeon® processor families, leading to Intel becoming the preeminent microprocessor supplier.
Gelsinger earned several degrees in electrical engineering: an associate degree from Lincoln Technical Institute, a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University and a master’s degree from Stanford University. He holds eight patents in the areas of VLSI design, computer architecture and communications, is an IEEE Fellow, and serves as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
Gelsinger and his wife have been married for over 30 years; they have four children and eight grandchildren. He is also a published author and speaks frequently on faith, work and philanthropy.
Que Thanh Dallara is President and CEO of Honeywell Connected Enterprise (HCE).
She leads our efforts in software innovation, including IoT solutions, data analytics and new business development, leveraging Honeywell’s heritage along with IoT technologies to solve our customers’ toughest challenges.
Que joined Honeywell in 2017 and continues to be responsible for the commercial organization. In this role, she is helping Honeywell grow through the development and delivery of strategy, marketing and sales practices to consistently improve our product portfolio, pricing and salesforce effectiveness.
Before Honeywell, Que served in increasingly responsible roles at TE Connectivity, a global leader in connectivity and sensor solutions. As Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Analytics, she led the strategic growth process, performance management of business units and big data analytics.
Prior to that, Que worked at Microsoft as Senior Director, Strategy, M&A, Integration and Governance for the Consumer Software & Services divisions. She has also held positions at itv|world, Telstra Corporation and McKinsey & Company.
Que earned a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance, at the University of New South Wales, Australia and an MBA at INSEAD in France.
“Tiger” Tyagarajan is Chief Executive Officer of Genpact.
He is one of the industry leaders who pioneered a new global business model and transformed a division of General Electric (GE Capital International Services) into Genpact, a global professional services firm delivering digital transformation solutions for clients. Genpact has more than 98,000 employees and annual revenues of $3.52 billion USD as of December 31, 2019. Tiger was appointed as Genpact’s Chief Executive Officer in 2011 after serving as Chief Operating Officer.
In his current role, Tiger counsels and collaborates with C-suite executives of large global corporations, helping them drive change in their companies to improve their competitiveness. He frequently writes and speaks on such topics as digital disruption, global talent issues, continuous skill development, and the importance of building a strong corporate culture.
Tiger is especially passionate about diversity, and serves on the Board of Catalyst, a global non-profit organization working with some of the world’s most powerful CEOs to help build workplaces that work for women. He also was one of the founding supporters of the U.S. chapter of the 30% Club, which is committed to gender balance on boards of directors and in senior management. He is an active member of the Fortune CEO Initiative, a forum for corporate leaders committed to addressing major social problems as part of their core business strategies.
Tiger began his career with the Unilever Group in India before moving to Citibank’s Consumer Financial Services businesses in sales, operations, and credit. He then joined GE Capital in 1994 as head of Risk in India and went on to become CEO for GE Capital's Global Consumer Finance and Auto Financial Services business in India.
Among his various roles at GE, he served as the Global Operating Leader for the GE Capital Commercial Lending businesses in the United States.
Tiger has a degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, where he majored in finance and marketing.
Tiger is based in New York.
Andrea Gallego is a managing director and partner and the Global GAMMA CTO at Boston Consulting Group. She founded and leads the innovation and engineering team at GAMMA (GAMMA X). Andrea focuses on AI at scale and building digital and analytics solutions across multiple industries (primarily health care and financial services), leading GAMMA’s practice and client work in technology vision and overall strategy. Andrea helps drive the firm’s Women at DigitalBCG and Women at GAMMA initiatives. She founded Source AI, GAMMA’s first AI/ML software.
Andrea works with GAMMA clients on the CIO/CTO/CEO agenda in topics such as AI at scale, digital transformation, and intrapreneurship (corporate growth through inorganic growth and corporate startup strategies). She is currently focused on leading a transformation at a major retailer, including consulting on growth strategies in the tech and analytics domain, new platform build collaboration, and digital enablement to optimize core processes that will cut costs and fund the journey to enable new revenue streams.
Prior to joining the firm, Andrea spent time at McKinsey & Company, Booz Allen, an NGO, and in investment banking. She is a member of Girls Who Code, Women Who Code, and the AnitaB.Org foundation.
11:30am EDT
11:40am EDT
Que Dallara, President and CEO, Honeywell Connected Enterprise
“Tiger” Tyagarajan, President and CEO, Genpact
Interviewer: Tyler Mathisen, “Power Lunch” Co-anchor & Events Strategy, Vice President, CNBC
12:05pm EDT
Connectivity, AI and the Customer + Employee Experience
Paul Gaffney, CTO, Kohl’s
Solmaz Shahalizadeh, Head of Data Science and Engineering, Shopify
Moderator: Deirdre Bosa, Technology Reporter, CNBC
Collaboration in the Cloud
Andrea Gallego, CTO and Partner, BCG Gamma
Chris Wright, CTO, Red Hat
Moderator: Dennis O’Brien, Executive Producer, CNBC Events
Automation and IoT
George Batsakis, Chief Strategy Officer, 1901 Group
Neil Green, Chief Digital Officer, Otis
Alexis Wichowski, Deputy CTO – Innovation, City of New York
Moderator: Jen Geller, Senior Editor, CNBC Councils
5G, Innovation and Transforming the Future of Work | Sponsored and programmed by T-Mobile for Business
Mishka Dehghan, Vice President, Strategy, Product, & Solutions Engineering, T-Mobile for Business
Moderator: Shibani Joshi, Technology Journalist
12:40pm EDT
Pat Gelsinger, CEO, VMware
Interviewer: Jon Fortt, “Squawk Alley” Co-anchor, CNBC
1:00pm EDT
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CHROs, COOs, CFOs, CTOs, and other top executives who play a critical role building the teams of tomorrow that will leverage tech at scale.
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