Andrea Huels
Andrea “Andi” Huels leads Lenovo’s Enterprise AI business in North America. A global go-to-market executive with expertise in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, Andi helps F500 companies drive agility and re-invent their operations with AI. Her passion for evangelizing AI solutions inspires executives in retail, restaurants, CPG, supply chain, and manufacturing to think differently about how they can harness the power of artificial intelligence to make smarter decisions, increase operational efficiency, and enhance customer experience. A deep understanding of AI solutions, combined with her ability to cultivate technology ecosystems with software companies, GPU and CPU manufacturers, system integrators, and channel partners, enables Andi to become a trusted advisor to CXOs.
Prior to Lenovo, Andi served as Director of Business Development at Dematic, where she was instrumental in building the technology ecosystem necessary to deploy intelligent supply chain transformation to retailers, wholesalers, and manufacturers. Her background includes two decades of global strategy, growth, and innovation leadership roles with GE, ExxonMobil, Crane, Imerys, Omron, and General Mills.
Andi frequently speaks at industry conferences as a thought leader on Enterprise AI. Her recent appearances include NRF, National Restaurant Association Show, Restaurant Leadership Conference, NVIDIA’s GTC, Manifest, AI Business Connect, Project Voice, and Voice Summit.
Andi earned a BS in Management from Indiana University and holds a Certificate in AI & Business Strategy from MIT. An avid cyclist, she resides in Atlanta, Georgia with her four children and their English Mastiff, Penelope.
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Todd Vierra
Todd brings more than 25 years of engineering and technical sales expertise in chip design, electronic design automation, and intellectual property. He joined BrainChip from ARM, where he was director of field sales engineers for more than 15 years, providing support for ARM processors in the Machine Learning, Internet of Things (IoT), embedded and automotive, client/mobile, and enterprise business divisions. He spent nearly seven years in high-speed ASIC design at Applied Micro Systems, and 4 years at Cadence Design Systems. At Nurlogic Design Inc., and Artisan Components Todd led the technical sales teams for digital and high-speed Analog IP. He has a BS Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering and an MBA from Coleman University.
Martin Schofield
Martin has held senior financial crime prevention roles and is a well-known and established figure in the financial crime prevention sector. Martin is regarded as a highly competent consultant/adviser as well as an outstanding trainer, and a true expert in the field of financial crime prevention.
Over the last 21 years Martin has been engaged on numerous projects, both global and domestic for major financial services firms, involving policy authoring, reviews, audits and pre and post regulatory visit reviews and monitoring as well as the design and delivery of staff and management training in all aspects of financial crime prevention.
Richard Blann
Richard Blann is Head of Group Litigation & Conduct Investigations Legal at Lloyds Banking Group where he advises senior management on litigation strategy and tactics. He manages a broad portfolio of high value/high profile claims in the UK, US and beyond, supports significant internal investigations, and advises on financial crime. He also leads the Group’s Data Litigation team.
Prior to joining Lloyds in 2010, Richard worked in private practice conducting cross-border investigations and high value multi-jurisdictional litigation in the courts of a variety of jurisdictions for financial institutions, corporates and professional services firms.