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Kim Eaton and Jack Walsh with Aptean

Aptean

 

Kim Eaton / Aptean
CEO

Kim Eaton is Chief Executive Officer of Aptean, a global leader in mission critical enterprise software solutions. Widely recognized as a change agent, Kim specializes in steering both mature and early-stage companies through complex periods of growth and restructuring.  Her ability to see the “big picture” and drive results stems from career experience that spans all aspects of a business, including sales and marketing, global business development, product development, customer relationships management, implementation and support.

At Aptean, Kim has led the successful M&A strategy execution of eight acquisitions, adding more than $40 million revenue growth. She was lauded for her companywide transformational initiative that, over just eighteen months, resulted in tremendous revenue and profit growth alongside significant strides in employee engagement and positive customer satisfaction scores.

Kim started with Aptean in August 2014 as Chief Operating Officer, with a primary focus on improving the customer experience, establishing better disciplines in product management, product development and professional services, and creating a culture of collaboration and accountability.  She was promoted to CEO in January 2015.

Prior to joining Aptean, Kim was the President and General Manager of the $700 million Hospitality & Travel business at NCR.  She assumed this role after serving as head of Marketing, Strategy and Integration for the Radiant Systems business, which was acquired by NCR in August 2011.  Kim has also served in senior management roles for BlueCube Software and RedPrairie.  She began her career with Accenture.

Kim is an active mentor and is involved with several philanthropies, including the Pathbuilders Achieva program, and the Young Men’s Service League. She mentors several young women professionals in the Atlanta technology community as well. In 2016 Kim was recognized as a Women of the Year finalist by Women in Technology. She received her B.S. at Iowa State University, where she played on the Women’s Golf team.  Kim and her husband reside in Alpharetta, Georgia.  They have two sons, Carter and Chandler.

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Jack Walsh / Aptean
CFO

Jack Walsh is responsible for the global financial, accounting, legal and IT functions at Aptean. He joined Aptean in July, 2016 and has over 35 years of strategic, financial and operational management experience in technology businesses.

Prior to joining Aptean, Mr. Walsh was CFO of Sovos Compliance, CFO at SRSsoft and SVP of Corporate Development and Strategy at IMS Health. Earlier in his career, he held financial executive positions at MCI Communications and the Ford Motor Company.

Mr. Walsh earned his MBA from University of Chicago and BBA from Notre Dame.

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Andrew Wells with Aspirent and Kathy Chiang with Wunderman Data Management

Andrew Wells and Kathy Chiang

 

Andrew Wells / Aspirent / Monetizing Your Data
CEO

Andrew is the CEO of Aspirent, a management consulting firm focused on analytics.  He has extensive experience building Analytical Solutions for a wide range of companies, from Fortune 500s to small non-profits.  Andrew focuses on helping organizations utilize their data to make impactful decisions that drive revenue through monetization strategies.  He has been building analytical solutions for over 25 years and is excited to share these practical methods, tools, and techniques with a wider audience.

In addition to his role as an executive, Andrew is a hands-on consultant, which he has been since his early days building reporting solutions as a consultant at Ernst & Young.  He refined his craft in Silicon Valley working for two successful startups focused on customer analytics and the use of predictive methods to drive performance.  Andrew has also held executive roles in industry as Director of Business Intelligence at Capital One where he helped drive several patented analytical innovations.  From consulting, to startup companies, to being in industry, Andrew has had a wide variety of experience in driving growth through analytics.  He has built solutions for a wide variety of industries and companies including The Coca-Cola Company, IHG, The Home Depot, Capital One, Wells Fargo, HP, Time Warner, Merrill Lynch, Applied Materials, and many others.

Andrew lives in Atlanta with his wife, Suzannah, and he enjoys photography, running, and international travel.  He is a co-owner at Michael Andrews Bespoke.  Andrew earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a focus on Finance and Management Information Systems from the University of Georgia.

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Kathy Chiang / Wunderman Data Management / Monetizing Your Data
VP, Business Insights

KATHY WILLIAMS CHIANG is an established Business Analytics practitioner with expertise in guided analytics, analytic data mart development and business planning. Prior to her current position as VP, Business Insights, at Wunderman Data Management, Chiang consulted with Aspirent on numerous analytic projects for several multi-national clients including IHG and Coca-Cola, among others. She has also worked for multi-national corporations including Telecommunications Systems of Trinidad and Tobago, Acuity Brands Lighting, BellSouth International and Portman Overseas.

Chiang is experienced in designing and developing analytic tools and management dashboards that inform, matter and drive action. She is highly skilled in data exploration, analysis, visualization and presentation and has developed solutions in Telecom, Hospitality and Consumer Products industries covering customer experience, marketing campaigns, revenue management and web analytics.

Ms. Chiang, a native of New Orleans, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry, summa cum laude with University honors (4.0), from Louisiana State University, as well as a MBA from Tulane University and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mensa. Among the first wave of Americans to enter China following normalization of relations, Ms. Chiang lived in northeast China under challenging conditions for two years teaching English, learning Mandarin Chinese and traveling extensively throughout China. Over her career, she has worked in the United States, Caribbean, UK, Latin America, and China.

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Carol O’Kelley and Malinda Wilkinson with Salesfusion

Salesfusion

 

Carol O’Kelley / Salesfusion
CEO

Carol O’Kelley, CEO of Salesfusion (provider of marketing automation), wields more than 20 years of technology and marketing experience. Previously, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of RedPrairie, now JDA; Vice President and Chief of Staff of Oracle’s global business unit for retail; and Director of Corporate and Americas Marketing at Manhattan Associates.

Since Carol joined Salesfusion as CEO in March 2015, the company has earned recognition as a Gartner 2015 Cool Vendor, won Best Seamless SugarCRM Integration, has been dubbed a “2015 Pacesetter” by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and made its debut on the Gartner Magic Quadrant for CRM Lead Management. The company has also been named a “2016 Top 40 Innovative Company,” courtesy of the Technology Association of Georgia and a “2016 Pacesetter,” again recognizing the company’s growth and innovation.

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Malinda Wilkinson / Salesfusion
CMO

Malinda started her career as a consultant with Accenture working on enterprise software implementations. She transitioned into a Product Marketing role after joining a software company that was acquired by Manhattan Associates. While at Manhattan, Malinda held traditional marketing roles leading corporate communications and retail marketing programs. She then joined RedPrairie where she was responsible for programs and events. Most recently, Malinda was the Vice President of Global Marketing at Aptean an enterprise software company. She received a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee.

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