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It is now clear that the primary bottleneck for global AI development is power consumption. AI systems, at the hardware, model, and application layers, need to be as efficient as possible, while enormous extra energy capacity needs to emerge from clean, sustainable sources. What needs to be done to make AI systems and datacenters more efficient, and energy generation and distribution more sustainable?

Author:

Rodrigo Liang

Co-Founder & CEO
SambaNova Systems

Rodrigo is CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Prior to joining SambaNova, Rodrigo was responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development at Oracle. He led the engineering organization responsible for the design of state-of-the-art processors and ASIC's for Oracle's enterprise servers.

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Rodrigo Liang

Co-Founder & CEO
SambaNova Systems

Rodrigo is CEO and co-founder of SambaNova Systems. Prior to joining SambaNova, Rodrigo was responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development at Oracle. He led the engineering organization responsible for the design of state-of-the-art processors and ASIC's for Oracle's enterprise servers.

Author:

Vivek Mohindra

SVP, Corporate Strategy (CSO)
Dell Technologies

Vivek Mohindra is Dell Technologies’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, working in close partnership with the Offices of the CEO and COO to develop and drive strategies that ensure Dell’s continued market leadership. Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy Office, Vivek led the Modern Computing Solutions Group (MCSG) within Dell’s Client Solutions Group, with a focus on modernizing the client product journey and accelerating the aaS businesses.

During his first tenure with Dell (2005-2008), he held key executive roles at the corporate level, in client product group, in marketing and in sales. He returned to Dell in 2020.

Vivek’s industry experience includes serving as a Partner in the High-Tech practice of McKinsey & Company where he co-led the global semiconductor practice based in the U.S. and South Korea, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Freescale Semiconductor working on its turnaround after privatization and a successful IPO, Operating Group Partner at TPG Capital working with the Tech buyouts team and portfolio companies, and Partner at New Science Ventures making venture investments in Tech and Life Sciences sectors.

Vivek has served on the Board of Directors for over 10 public and private companies including GlobalFoundries and CyberOptics. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Vivek received his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), and his MBA and PhD in Chemical Engineering (in semiconductor processing) concurrently from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Outside of work, you’ll find Vivek exploring science fiction, researching trends in technology and innovation, and pursuing his interest in climate change issues sparked by his PhD thesis.

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Vivek Mohindra

SVP, Corporate Strategy (CSO)
Dell Technologies

Vivek Mohindra is Dell Technologies’ Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, working in close partnership with the Offices of the CEO and COO to develop and drive strategies that ensure Dell’s continued market leadership. Prior to joining the Corporate Strategy Office, Vivek led the Modern Computing Solutions Group (MCSG) within Dell’s Client Solutions Group, with a focus on modernizing the client product journey and accelerating the aaS businesses.

During his first tenure with Dell (2005-2008), he held key executive roles at the corporate level, in client product group, in marketing and in sales. He returned to Dell in 2020.

Vivek’s industry experience includes serving as a Partner in the High-Tech practice of McKinsey & Company where he co-led the global semiconductor practice based in the U.S. and South Korea, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Transformation at Freescale Semiconductor working on its turnaround after privatization and a successful IPO, Operating Group Partner at TPG Capital working with the Tech buyouts team and portfolio companies, and Partner at New Science Ventures making venture investments in Tech and Life Sciences sectors.

Vivek has served on the Board of Directors for over 10 public and private companies including GlobalFoundries and CyberOptics. He currently serves on the Advisory Council of Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Vivek received his Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (Roorkee), and his MBA and PhD in Chemical Engineering (in semiconductor processing) concurrently from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Outside of work, you’ll find Vivek exploring science fiction, researching trends in technology and innovation, and pursuing his interest in climate change issues sparked by his PhD thesis.

As the foundations of AI infrastructure are laid, the costs of development and deployment are ramping up. What might be the cost of AGI, and how will it be funded? This panel will examine how the next 5 years of innovation might be funded, and what is needed at the supply chain and infrastructure level to maintain momentum.

Author:

Jon Korngold

Global Head of Technology Investing & Growth
Blackstone

Jon Korngold is the Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was a member of General Atlantic’s Management and Investment Committees, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and led the firm’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.

Jon is active with Harvard University, where he is a member of the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee and where he Co-Chairs fundraising for his College class. In addition, he is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Rockefeller University Council, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History’s Advisory Council. Jon has also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y, among other institutions.

Jon has also been recognized for his efforts in the financial services sector, including having been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s list of global Financial Technology dealmakers on multiple occasions.

He received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Jon Korngold

Global Head of Technology Investing & Growth
Blackstone

Jon Korngold is the Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was a member of General Atlantic’s Management and Investment Committees, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and led the firm’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.

Jon is active with Harvard University, where he is a member of the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee and where he Co-Chairs fundraising for his College class. In addition, he is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Rockefeller University Council, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History’s Advisory Council. Jon has also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y, among other institutions.

Jon has also been recognized for his efforts in the financial services sector, including having been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s list of global Financial Technology dealmakers on multiple occasions.

He received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

As the foundations of AI infrastructure are laid, the costs of development and deployment are ramping up. What might be the cost of AGI, and how will it be funded? This panel will examine how the next 5 years of innovation might be funded, and what is needed at the supply chain and infrastructure level to maintain momentum.

Author:

Jon Korngold

Global Head of Technology Investing & Growth
Blackstone

Jon Korngold is the Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was a member of General Atlantic’s Management and Investment Committees, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and led the firm’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.

Jon is active with Harvard University, where he is a member of the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee and where he Co-Chairs fundraising for his College class. In addition, he is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Rockefeller University Council, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History’s Advisory Council. Jon has also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y, among other institutions.

Jon has also been recognized for his efforts in the financial services sector, including having been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s list of global Financial Technology dealmakers on multiple occasions.

He received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Jon Korngold

Global Head of Technology Investing & Growth
Blackstone

Jon Korngold is the Global Co-Head of Technology Investing and Head of Blackstone Growth (BXG), which is focused on providing capital to companies seeking to manage the execution risks associated with high-growth environments. Jon is a member of both the BXG and Tactical Opportunities Investment Committees.

Prior to joining Blackstone in 2019, Jon was a member of General Atlantic’s Management and Investment Committees, Chairman of the firm’s Portfolio Committee, and led the firm’s Global Financial Services and Healthcare sectors. Jon also previously worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area and in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Jon has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University and did pro bono work for the U.S. Embassy’s Foreign Commercial Service in Beijing.

Jon is active with Harvard University, where he is a member of the Harvard College Fund’s Executive Committee and where he Co-Chairs fundraising for his College class. In addition, he is a member of The Council on Foreign Relations, has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, a member of the Rockefeller University Council, a member of the New York Weill Cornell Council, a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, a Commissioned Kentucky Colonel, and a member of the American Museum of Natural History’s Advisory Council. Jon has also served as a Trustee of the Cleveland Clinic, of The Dalton School, of The Central Park Conservancy and of the 92nd Street Y, among other institutions.

Jon has also been recognized for his efforts in the financial services sector, including having been ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s list of global Financial Technology dealmakers on multiple occasions.

He received an AB in Economics from Harvard College, graduating with Honors, and earned his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Scaling AI to enterprise-scale and beyond is a great feat of technical and organizational engineering. This panel will look at how to make deploying AI at scale easy for enterprises, which technical roadblocks exist, why they exist, and how companies are engineering around them.

 

Author:

Victoria Coleman

CEO
Acubed (Airbus)

Victoria joined in 2024 as CEO of Acubed and Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology for North America. She has 35 years of experience and expertise that extends across multiple domains, from cybersecurity and computer science to emerging platforms and software engineering. Prior to joining Acubed, she served as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force where she was the preeminent scientific advisor to top leadership, including the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and Chief of Space Operations. Her responsibilities included assessing a wide range of scientific and technical issues crucial to the department's mission, as well as identifying and analyzing technical challenges to provide innovative solutions. Prior to her role as Chief Scientist, Dr. Coleman served as the 22nd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and serves as a Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.

Beyond her government service, her career includes executive roles at pioneering organizations such as Atlas AI P.B.C, where she spearheaded the development of cutting-edge AI solutions for sustainable development. She was also the founding director of the System Design Laboratory at SRI International, leading research in trustworthy systems and cyber security. She also has held leadership positions at companies including Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Yahoo, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Victoria Coleman

CEO
Acubed (Airbus)

Victoria joined in 2024 as CEO of Acubed and Airbus’ Head of Research & Technology for North America. She has 35 years of experience and expertise that extends across multiple domains, from cybersecurity and computer science to emerging platforms and software engineering. Prior to joining Acubed, she served as the Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force where she was the preeminent scientific advisor to top leadership, including the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff and Chief of Space Operations. Her responsibilities included assessing a wide range of scientific and technical issues crucial to the department's mission, as well as identifying and analyzing technical challenges to provide innovative solutions. Prior to her role as Chief Scientist, Dr. Coleman served as the 22nd Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and serves as a Visiting Professor in Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley.

Beyond her government service, her career includes executive roles at pioneering organizations such as Atlas AI P.B.C, where she spearheaded the development of cutting-edge AI solutions for sustainable development. She was also the founding director of the System Design Laboratory at SRI International, leading research in trustworthy systems and cyber security. She also has held leadership positions at companies including Samsung, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia, Yahoo, and the Wikimedia Foundation.

Author:

Jim Keller

CEO
Tenstorrent

Jim Keller is the CEO of Tenstorrent and a veteran hardware engineer. Prior to joining Tenstorrent, he served two years as Senior Vice President of Intel's Silicon Engineering Group. He has held roles as Tesla's Vice President of Autopilot and Low Voltage Hardware, Corporate Vice President and Chief Cores Architect at AMD, and Vice President of Engineering and Chief Architect at P.A. Semi, which was acquired by Apple Inc. Jim has led multiple successful silicon designs over the decades, from the DEC Alpha processors, to AMD K7/K8/K12, HyperTransport and the AMD Zen family, the Apple A4/A5 processors, and Tesla's self-driving car chip.

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Jim Keller

CEO
Tenstorrent

Jim Keller is the CEO of Tenstorrent and a veteran hardware engineer. Prior to joining Tenstorrent, he served two years as Senior Vice President of Intel's Silicon Engineering Group. He has held roles as Tesla's Vice President of Autopilot and Low Voltage Hardware, Corporate Vice President and Chief Cores Architect at AMD, and Vice President of Engineering and Chief Architect at P.A. Semi, which was acquired by Apple Inc. Jim has led multiple successful silicon designs over the decades, from the DEC Alpha processors, to AMD K7/K8/K12, HyperTransport and the AMD Zen family, the Apple A4/A5 processors, and Tesla's self-driving car chip.

Author:

Ric Lewis

SVP, Infrastructure
IBM

Ric Lewis is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure for IBM and has global responsibility for the company’s servers, storage, associated software, and infrastructure support and services. He oversees IBM’s cloud business and also leads the IBM-wide mission for IBM Supply Chain.

Prior to joining IBM, Ric worked for 32 years at Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he held numerous leadership roles focused on business and product innovation. Most recently, Ric was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Software Defined and Cloud Group, where his team incubated the software technology and strategy to enable as-a-service delivery of HPE’s entire portfolio. Ric’s groups created the industry-wide composable infrastructure product category and led it with an entirely new HW/SW design known as HPE Synergy that became the fastest new product/business in HP/HPE’s history to reach a billion dollars of revenue. 

Ric led businesses and R&D organizations delivering many innovative, successful products and upgrades for HP/HPE including HPE Simplivity hyperconverged systems, HP Converged Systems, HP Bladesystem, HP OneView, Superdome 2, Superdome X, NonStop systems, Integrity servers, and the HP-UX and OpenVMS operating environments. 

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Ric Lewis

SVP, Infrastructure
IBM

Ric Lewis is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure for IBM and has global responsibility for the company’s servers, storage, associated software, and infrastructure support and services. He oversees IBM’s cloud business and also leads the IBM-wide mission for IBM Supply Chain.

Prior to joining IBM, Ric worked for 32 years at Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Packard Enterprise where he held numerous leadership roles focused on business and product innovation. Most recently, Ric was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Software Defined and Cloud Group, where his team incubated the software technology and strategy to enable as-a-service delivery of HPE’s entire portfolio. Ric’s groups created the industry-wide composable infrastructure product category and led it with an entirely new HW/SW design known as HPE Synergy that became the fastest new product/business in HP/HPE’s history to reach a billion dollars of revenue. 

Ric led businesses and R&D organizations delivering many innovative, successful products and upgrades for HP/HPE including HPE Simplivity hyperconverged systems, HP Converged Systems, HP Bladesystem, HP OneView, Superdome 2, Superdome X, NonStop systems, Integrity servers, and the HP-UX and OpenVMS operating environments. 

Author:

Chris Lattner

Co-Founder & CEO
Modular

Chris Lattner is Co-Founder & CEO of Modular, and is a distinguished leader who founded and scaled critical infrastructure including LLVM, Clang, MLIR, Cloud TPUs and the Swift programming language. Chris built AI and core systems at multiple world leading technology companies including Apple, Google, SiFive and Tesla.

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Chris Lattner

Co-Founder & CEO
Modular

Chris Lattner is Co-Founder & CEO of Modular, and is a distinguished leader who founded and scaled critical infrastructure including LLVM, Clang, MLIR, Cloud TPUs and the Swift programming language. Chris built AI and core systems at multiple world leading technology companies including Apple, Google, SiFive and Tesla.

 

Lana Gladstein

General Counsel
Seaport Therapeutics

Lana Gladstein

General Counsel
Seaport Therapeutics

Lana Gladstein

General Counsel
Seaport Therapeutics

If, as Sequoia’s David Cahn writes, AI has an ROI problem to the tune of $600B, then killer enterprise apps need to start emerging to justify further infrastructure capex. This panel will address where enterprise leaders see value, and where they currently need support from the technology ecosystem.

Author:

Lori Beer

CIO
JPMorganChase

Lori Beer is the Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) of JPMorganChase and a member of the company's Operating Committee, responsible for the firm's technology systems and infrastructure worldwide. Beer manages a $17 billion budget and more than 63,000 technologists supporting JPMorganChase's retail, wholesale and asset and wealth management businesses. She also serves as the sponsor of the firm's Women on the Move Business Resource Group.

Beer joined the firm in 2014 and was most recently the Chief Information Officer for the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB). Prior to joining the firm, she was Executive Vice President of Specialty Businesses and Information Technology for WellPoint, Inc., responsible for a $10 billion business unit which included WellPoint's Specialty Products.

Beer is co-chair of the Teach for America New York Advisory Board and a member of the University of Cincinnati Foundation Board of Trustees. She has endowed scholarships at the University of Cincinnati where she holds a Doctor of Commercial Science, honoris causa and the University of Dayton where she holds an honorary doctorate of science, to help increase diversity in STEM careers.

Beer has been named among the CIO 100 Hall of Fame, Forbes CIO Next list, Most Influential Women in US Finance by Barron’s, the Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker, Top 3 Women in FinTech by FinTech Magazine and a Merit Award recipient by the Women's Bond Club. Beer has also been recognized as a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader and National Association for Female Executives Women of Excellence Health Care Champion.

Beer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Dayton.

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Lori Beer

CIO
JPMorganChase

Lori Beer is the Global Chief Information Officer (CIO) of JPMorganChase and a member of the company's Operating Committee, responsible for the firm's technology systems and infrastructure worldwide. Beer manages a $17 billion budget and more than 63,000 technologists supporting JPMorganChase's retail, wholesale and asset and wealth management businesses. She also serves as the sponsor of the firm's Women on the Move Business Resource Group.

Beer joined the firm in 2014 and was most recently the Chief Information Officer for the Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB). Prior to joining the firm, she was Executive Vice President of Specialty Businesses and Information Technology for WellPoint, Inc., responsible for a $10 billion business unit which included WellPoint's Specialty Products.

Beer is co-chair of the Teach for America New York Advisory Board and a member of the University of Cincinnati Foundation Board of Trustees. She has endowed scholarships at the University of Cincinnati where she holds a Doctor of Commercial Science, honoris causa and the University of Dayton where she holds an honorary doctorate of science, to help increase diversity in STEM careers.

Beer has been named among the CIO 100 Hall of Fame, Forbes CIO Next list, Most Influential Women in US Finance by Barron’s, the Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker, Top 3 Women in FinTech by FinTech Magazine and a Merit Award recipient by the Women's Bond Club. Beer has also been recognized as a Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leader and National Association for Female Executives Women of Excellence Health Care Champion.

Beer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Dayton.

Author:

Anchal Gupta

CTO
American Airlines

Anchal Gupta is Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Anchal is directly responsible for building industry models to solve customer challenges and modernizing our technology to further digitalize our operation and customer experience through innovation and laying a forward-looking technology foundation for the company. She leads the functional areas of technology architecture, technology platforms, data engineering, operations research and advanced analytics, and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining American, Anchal held various senior IT management roles with companies including Barclays, American Express, DTCC and, most recently, JPMorgan Chase where she led the transformation and modernization of card platforms, applications and data solutions. Throughout her 25 plus years career, she has focused on defining and executing technology strategies with financial acumen that drive business results through innovative engineering.  She has been a part of many industry-first influencing solutions around B2B and B2C customer experiences, payments, wallets, mobile, AI/ML customer 360, infrastructure, and cloud-based solutions – driving these initiatives from architecture to execution with agile delivery adoption.

She fosters a culture of innovation that challenges the status quo and believes in being a catalyst and change agent. Anchal empowers others to succeed by developing talent and building followership by leading with empathy.

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Anchal Gupta

CTO
American Airlines

Anchal Gupta is Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO, Anchal is directly responsible for building industry models to solve customer challenges and modernizing our technology to further digitalize our operation and customer experience through innovation and laying a forward-looking technology foundation for the company. She leads the functional areas of technology architecture, technology platforms, data engineering, operations research and advanced analytics, and emerging technologies.

Prior to joining American, Anchal held various senior IT management roles with companies including Barclays, American Express, DTCC and, most recently, JPMorgan Chase where she led the transformation and modernization of card platforms, applications and data solutions. Throughout her 25 plus years career, she has focused on defining and executing technology strategies with financial acumen that drive business results through innovative engineering.  She has been a part of many industry-first influencing solutions around B2B and B2C customer experiences, payments, wallets, mobile, AI/ML customer 360, infrastructure, and cloud-based solutions – driving these initiatives from architecture to execution with agile delivery adoption.

She fosters a culture of innovation that challenges the status quo and believes in being a catalyst and change agent. Anchal empowers others to succeed by developing talent and building followership by leading with empathy.

Author:

Shez Partovi

Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer & Chief Business Leader, Enterprise Informatics
Philips
 

Shez is an experienced clinical professor, neuroradiologist, global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading large health systems, cloud transformation, and artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives in the healthcare, life sciences and genomics industries.

Since 2021, Shez has led Philips’ global Innovation & Strategy organization. In collaboration with the operating businesses, he is responsible for creating enterprise-wide strategies to deliver people- and patient-centric innovation, at scale. Shez and his teams raise the bar of innovation across the company and provide world-class capabilities and platforms to enable innovations that improve people’s health and healthcare outcomes, as well as making care more accessible, convenient, and sustainable.  

Shez also leads the Enterprise Informatics business at Philips, established in 2023. Enterprise Informatics combines Philips software and hardware solutions to empower healthcare leaders and care providers with the actionable insights they need to make informed decisions, optimize workflows and operations, and deliver high-quality care to improve patient outcomes. Shez and his informatics teams advance the mission of Philips as a world leader and trusted partner in integrated diagnostics, scaling insights & analytics.

 

Shez joined Philips from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he served as Worldwide Head of Business Development for Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. In that role, he was responsible for the global AWS go-to-market strategy, charting the path for customer cloud transformation, and the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining AWS in 2018, Shez spent 20 years at Dignity Health, the fifth largest health system in the U.S. He started his career in 1998 as a neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was in clinical practice until 2013. In addition to his medical training at McGill University in Montreal, he has post-graduate qualifications in computer science. Shez has a passion for learning and teaching. He helped launch the Biomedical Informatics Department at Arizona State University and taught there as a clinical professor for three years.

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Shez Partovi

Chief Innovation & Strategy Officer & Chief Business Leader, Enterprise Informatics
Philips
 

Shez is an experienced clinical professor, neuroradiologist, global executive and entrepreneur with a track record of leading large health systems, cloud transformation, and artificial intelligence and machine learning initiatives in the healthcare, life sciences and genomics industries.

Since 2021, Shez has led Philips’ global Innovation & Strategy organization. In collaboration with the operating businesses, he is responsible for creating enterprise-wide strategies to deliver people- and patient-centric innovation, at scale. Shez and his teams raise the bar of innovation across the company and provide world-class capabilities and platforms to enable innovations that improve people’s health and healthcare outcomes, as well as making care more accessible, convenient, and sustainable.  

Shez also leads the Enterprise Informatics business at Philips, established in 2023. Enterprise Informatics combines Philips software and hardware solutions to empower healthcare leaders and care providers with the actionable insights they need to make informed decisions, optimize workflows and operations, and deliver high-quality care to improve patient outcomes. Shez and his informatics teams advance the mission of Philips as a world leader and trusted partner in integrated diagnostics, scaling insights & analytics.

 

Shez joined Philips from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he served as Worldwide Head of Business Development for Healthcare, Life Sciences and Medical Devices. In that role, he was responsible for the global AWS go-to-market strategy, charting the path for customer cloud transformation, and the adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to joining AWS in 2018, Shez spent 20 years at Dignity Health, the fifth largest health system in the U.S. He started his career in 1998 as a neuroradiologist at the Barrow Neurological Institute and was in clinical practice until 2013. In addition to his medical training at McGill University in Montreal, he has post-graduate qualifications in computer science. Shez has a passion for learning and teaching. He helped launch the Biomedical Informatics Department at Arizona State University and taught there as a clinical professor for three years.

Author:

Cheryl Ainoa

EVP & CTO, Sam's Club
Walmart

Cheryl Ainoa serves as executive vice president and chief technology officer for Sam’s Club. In this role, Cheryl heads a team of skilled technologists that are focused on delivering seamless and advanced technology solutions that enhance the overall experience for Sam’s Club members and associates.

Cheryl joined Walmart in 2020 and most recently served as executive vice president, New Business and Emerging Tech – a team that focused on focused on powering the future of Walmart by accelerating early-stage strategic businesses and revolutionizing retail experiences through emerging technology. In this position, Cheryl and her team launched Walmart Business and Walmart Luminate, while achieving strategic growth for Walmart Connect and Walmart’s Health & Wellness business. They also introduced multiple AR shopping experiences, expanded the use of Walmart's Conversational AI platform globally, and launched various social commerce and MarTech initiatives. Additionally, Cheryl led a cross-functional team that rapidly scaled GenAI implementation across Walmart, while moving with speed to develop GenAI tools, such as Walmart’s Generative AI Playground.

Prior to Walmart, Cheryl served as chief operating officer of D2L, a software-as-a-service organization that works with schools and businesses to help transform the way the world learns. There, she was responsible for product management, development, delivery and support functions for the company’s industry leading Brightspace cloud-based learning management system.

Cheryl also served as senior vice president of Product Development at Intuit, where she led Intuit’s transformation from CD-ROMs to a mobile-first, cloud-based SaaS company. Before joining Intuit, Cheryl led Product Development for Yahoo!’s award-winning and category-leading Media properties, including Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! News. She also spent 15 years in technical leadership positions at companies including Broderbund Software, Genealogy.com, Healtheon/WebMD, Informix Software and Impac Medical Systems.

Cheryl is a recipient of the YMCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award, which recognizes women who have excelled in their fields and made significant contributions to industry in executive, managerial and professional roles. Cheryl was also a recipient of the 2013 Intuit CEO Leadership Award.

Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business.

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Cheryl Ainoa

EVP & CTO, Sam's Club
Walmart

Cheryl Ainoa serves as executive vice president and chief technology officer for Sam’s Club. In this role, Cheryl heads a team of skilled technologists that are focused on delivering seamless and advanced technology solutions that enhance the overall experience for Sam’s Club members and associates.

Cheryl joined Walmart in 2020 and most recently served as executive vice president, New Business and Emerging Tech – a team that focused on focused on powering the future of Walmart by accelerating early-stage strategic businesses and revolutionizing retail experiences through emerging technology. In this position, Cheryl and her team launched Walmart Business and Walmart Luminate, while achieving strategic growth for Walmart Connect and Walmart’s Health & Wellness business. They also introduced multiple AR shopping experiences, expanded the use of Walmart's Conversational AI platform globally, and launched various social commerce and MarTech initiatives. Additionally, Cheryl led a cross-functional team that rapidly scaled GenAI implementation across Walmart, while moving with speed to develop GenAI tools, such as Walmart’s Generative AI Playground.

Prior to Walmart, Cheryl served as chief operating officer of D2L, a software-as-a-service organization that works with schools and businesses to help transform the way the world learns. There, she was responsible for product management, development, delivery and support functions for the company’s industry leading Brightspace cloud-based learning management system.

Cheryl also served as senior vice president of Product Development at Intuit, where she led Intuit’s transformation from CD-ROMs to a mobile-first, cloud-based SaaS company. Before joining Intuit, Cheryl led Product Development for Yahoo!’s award-winning and category-leading Media properties, including Yahoo! Finance, Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! News. She also spent 15 years in technical leadership positions at companies including Broderbund Software, Genealogy.com, Healtheon/WebMD, Informix Software and Impac Medical Systems.

Cheryl is a recipient of the YMCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) Award, which recognizes women who have excelled in their fields and made significant contributions to industry in executive, managerial and professional roles. Cheryl was also a recipient of the 2013 Intuit CEO Leadership Award.

Cheryl holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business.