San Francisco

Speakers

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  Jeff Lawson

  CEO at Twilio

Jeff Lawson
CEO at Twilio
A serial entrepreneur and a software developer, Jeff co-founded Twilio in 2008 to bring communications into the world of software. Prior to Twilio, Jeff was co-founder & CTO of NineStar, founding CTO of Stubhub.com, co-founder, CEO & CTO of Versity, and one of the first product managers for Amazon Web Services. Jeff grew up in Detroit, started his first company at age 12 doing event video production, DJ’d his way through college, and graduated from the University of Michigan. He is a father of two young boys, enjoys photography, and always makes time to hack on new software and hardware projects.
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  Michelle McKenna

  Investment Banker, Author, and former NFL CIO

Michelle McKenna
Investment Banker, Author, and former NFL CIO
Michelle spent over two decades as a senior leader within Disney, Universal Studios, and the NFL leveraging technology to improve the human experience. Michelle brings her technical expertise and leadership acumen to C-Suite executives as they consider how to tackle their toughest challenges. She is a senior advisor and partner at Evercore in technology, media, sports and entertainment M&A banking.

As CIO of the NFL for 10 Seasons, Michelle was responsible for the NFL’s technology strategy and management of the league’s technology activities, including all in-game technology (statistics, sports betting feeds, replay, communications systems), the in-stadium fan experience, and reaching new fans through data and digital marketing. Implemented The League’s cyber security program, established data science foundation, led the 2020 Virtual Draft and The League’s technology response for tracing and testing of COVID19. Executive Sponsor of NFL’s Women’s Interactive Group. Partnered with NFL Sponsorships to bring in a new era of technology partnerships/sponsorships, and drove the league’s digital transformation. www.mckennacollaborative.com

Michelle is an experienced Board Director, her strong technology, operations, marketing, and financial background make her both a strategic and operationally insightful member of the boards on which she serves. She is a Partner and Sr. Advisor at Evercore, a wall street investment banking firm. She is on the public board of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) where she is member of the audit committee and was a member of Ring Central’s (RNG) until this past January - where she was a board member since 2015 and served and led various committees. She has served on the public boards of QUOT, SCOR, and NSP. She is an advisor on the National Advisory Board for Advent Health, and board member on the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation.

Ms. McKenna joined the NFL from Constellation Energy in Baltimore, Maryland where she was the Chief Information Officer. At Constellation, she led the acquisition of competitive energy businesses and the ultimate merger with Exelon. In this capacity, she served as a board advisor and worked closely with the Chairman and CEO.

She has extensive experience in the media and entertainment industry as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Universal Orlando Resort. In this role, she was responsible for the innovation, oversight and leadership of technology at Universal Orlando Resort, including the launch of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter which included building an entire new theme park and renovation of the reservation, booking, and POS systems across the entire resort.

Ms. McKenna was also Senior Vice President, CRM & Chief Information Officer at Centex Destination Properties. She had a 13-year career with The Walt Disney Company in a variety of executive positions in Resort Development, Finance, Marketing, Operations and Technology. As Vice President, Information Technology, McKenna led the company’s largest ever technology investment – Destination Disney, a multi-year company strategic initiative to transform the company’s marketing, sales, on-line, and customer relationship management processes. Prior to Disney, Ms. McKenna held positions at MetLife and Pricewaterhouse Coopers as controller and CPA respectively.