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Umran Beba is the Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer for PepsiCo. PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world, and generated more than $64 billion in net revenue in 2018, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana.

Corey has served as Groupon’s Global Head of Inclusion and Diversity since 2018. Corey oversees the company’s I&D team and works to sustain a culture of inclusion, integrity and respect at Groupon offices around the world. Prior to Groupon, Corey was the VP and Associate Director of Global Talent Development for FCB Worldwide, contributing to the strategic development, planning and implementation of global diversity and equity and inclusion initiatives to improve the culture of FCB’s advertising agenc

Shafqat Islam is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of NewsCred, the global leader in enterprise content marketing platforms. As CEO, Shafqat manages the strategic growth of the company. Since its founding in 2008, NewsCred has empowered the world’s most ambitious brands with powerful technology, the largest and most diverse content offerings and proven, unrivaled expertise.

Prior to NewsCred, Shafqat was a Vice President at Merrill Lynch, running technology teams in NYC and Geneva, Switzerland

Sue Mildrum leads software development teams that work hard, have fun and build great software together.  Sue brings 25 years of experience writing code and leading teams to her role at Constant Contact where she is Vice President of Engineering.  Prior to Constant Contact, Sue started a web development services business.  Earlier roles include managing on- and off-shore teams at Kofax and Exit41 and writing software at Informix, Progress and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Sue Mildrum leads software development teams that work hard, have fun and build great software together.  Sue brings 25 years of experience writing code and leading teams to her role at Constant Contact where she is Vice President of Engineering.  Prior to Constant Contact, Sue started a web development services business.  Earlier roles include managing on- and off-shore teams at Kofax and Exit41 and writing software at Informix, Progress and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Melissa D. Smith is president and chief executive officer of WEX Inc. (NYSE: WEX), a leading provider of corporate payment solutions, where she leads the creation and execution of the company’s strategy as well as the development of talent and culture globally. Melissa assumed the role of CEO and a seat on the board of directors in January 2014 after serving as the company’s president since May 2013.

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Executive, entrepreneur and investor who has created widely used products and successful businesses.

With more than 20 years of global channel experience, Sally serves as Coupa’s Alliances Vice President leading the development and implementation of Coupa’s Partner Connect program including the management of referral and CoupaLink Certified technology partners, and channel operations. Additionally she leads strategic channel marketing activities for the company including branding, positioning, communications, go-to-market strategy and customer acquisition programs.

Chad Pytel is a developer and the CEO of thoughtbot, a web and mobile design and development studio, with small teams of designers and developers in Austin, Boston, London, New York City, Raleigh, and San Francisco. thoughtbot has produced top quality applications with hundreds of clients, from one person startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, universities, and non-profits, for more than 15 years, and are the creators of many popular open source projects.