Lisa Williams received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas and a Master in Manufacturing Management from The Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania.  Lisa joined Dow in 1998 as a Mechanical/PCE Design and Construction Engineer and led over $25MM design and construction projects as a young engineer.  In 2001, she transitioned her career into Supply Chain serving in various business planning and supply chain improvement roles until ultimately becoming a Subject Matter Expert in the Supply Chain Technology and Expertise Center.  In 2010, she followed her passion for education and change management by taking a role in the Diamond Systems Solution organization traveling to Brazil, India, and the Middle East training employees on new supply chain technology.  In 2015, Lisa again transitioned her career into the Global Purchasing organization as Global Category Leader for Process Containment Equipment developing strategic sourcing strategy for $100 MM in capital equipment and services.  In 2018, Lisa moved to Midland to become the Global Category Leader for Bulk Marine and Terminal managing a portfolio of marine transportation and terminal services at almost $1.1 billion.  In 2021 Lisa was named into her current role leading a team tasked to establish a new contract labor strategy and governance system for over 30,000 contract laborers in Dow across several billion dollars in spend.  Lisa is a Six Sigma Black Belt, APICS Supply Chain CPIM and CSCP, and Prosci ADKAR change management certified.    Lisa has participated in several elite Dow senior leadership programs such as the HH Dow Academy, Lead To Exceed, Dow Leadership Institute, and Dow executive coaching.

In addition to her core role, Lisa is currently global co-chair emeritus of the Global African Affinity Network (GAAN) Leadership Council, Dow’s 2nd oldest employee resource group (ERG).  In her tenure GAAN has globalized to all four regions, launched the first ERG-created sponsorship program called Advocacy in Action, helped author the Dow ACTs commitment to racial equity, and secured over $10 MM in investment to HBCUs and recruiting under-represented talent to Dow.  Lisa joined the Midland Area Community Foundation grant committee to leverage her passion for philanthropy and financial stewardship into the Midland community.  Finally, Lisa is also a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Incorporated, a global public service sorority and active in the Houston area.

Lisa is a native Houstonian and currently lives there with her husband and son.  Lisa is a strong fitness and nutrition advocate and supports various leadership development and public service organizations.

Welcome to Ivy Podcast! On this Executive Leadership Podcast we interview top executives from Fortune 500 with a focus on strategy, innovation, negotiation and everything about leadership.Our Podcast for Executives features Thought Leaders who share practical insights for effective leadership, continuous innovation and strategy execution.Ivy Podcast is a rapidly growing Executive Podcast, which covers topics like Hiring and Retention Strategies, Talent Acquisition, Innovation, Digital Transformation and much more.On this Leadership Podcast, you will find conversations with the most accomplished executives from Fortune 100 companies. We aim to cover a broad range of industries and create a learning platform for the most ambitious and high potential professionals who are looking to learn from the most accomplished Executives on this Business Leadership Podcast.

Benjamin De Point has been in the software industry since 1998, working mostly in SaaS, and in engineering leadership since 2005. During his career, Benjamin has built top performing teams in both a start-up and growth mode contexts. He specializes in process improvement, change management, cross-functional leadership, employee engagement, performance management, and architectural oversight.

Topics:

Ethical perspectives of AI advancements

Preparing for leadership roles in new environments

Qualities that distinguish good leaders in organizations

Craig Richardville is chief digital and information officer and senior vice president of Intermountain Healthcare.

As a member of the enterprise leadership team, Richardville’s responsibilities include the health system’s information technology, data and digital services involving all aspects of technology including, but not limited to, strategy, operations, applications, cybersecurity, and emerging technology.

Richardville previously served as senior vice president, chief information and digital officer, at SCL Health, where his responsibilities included leading, innovating, and transforming all aspects of the health system’s information technology and digital services.

Prior to his time at SCL, he served as senior vice president and chief information and analytics officer at Atrium Health for more than 20 years, where he transformed the growing company into a national leader in the effective use of technology, utilizing data as a driver and digital services as a differentiator.

Richardville received the 2021 National CIO of the Year Healthcare ORBIE Award, the 2020 Colorado CIO of the Year award, and in 2017, the Carolinas CIO of the Year for continued leadership and impact using technology and digital services.

He also earned the prestigious 2015 John E. Gall, Jr. National CIO of the Year Award from CHIME and HIMSS. He is an active member of CHIME, a fellow with ACHE, a fellow with HIMSS and serves in various capacities on a number advisory and community boards. Richardville holds a master’s degree in business administration and a bachelor’s degree in computer systems from the University of Toledo.

Topics:

How the role of the healthcare CIO has transformed in recent years

The adoption of AI in the healthcare space

Tips on attracting top talent in an extremely competitive job market

Khursheed has over 17 years of experience in the IT recruiting world. She was an early employee of two IT consulting startups in Silicon Valley, both of which were ranked in multiple fastest growing company lists for numerous years, and both of which were successfully acquired. Khursheed has vast recruiting experience spanning IT project/program management, product management, software engineering and executive level placements. She is an active networker and a well-known name in the Silicon Valley Project Management community.

Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Khursheed moved to the US 20 years ago, married to a hardware engineer who is now Director of Product at Intel, and raising two teens, and a cute little Labradoodle.

Topics:

Impacts of the great resignation on employers and job seekers

How startups can compete with established companies for top talent

Attributes that help develop top-performing teams

Sunny joined SThree in February 2021 as the newly appointed President where she oversees the growth strategy for the world’s largest staffing and consulting market within the life sciences, energy, and technology sectors. As a veteran in the human capital industry, Sunny brings a wealth of experience in executive leadership roles within the HR and technology space.  Sunny has a proven track record of driving change and delivering results, including architecting multiple turnarounds, and leading a $1.5 billion operating unit to sustained record-setting profits.

Before her appointment as President for SThree, Sunny was the President of the Americas for Frank Recruitment Group where she was responsible for the company’s largest region, leading professional IT experts in developing specialty markets, new brands and client expansion in North America.  Sunny also spent over 14 years in a variety of executive positions with ManpowerGroup.  As Senior Vice President and General Manager for ManpowerGroup, Sunny led the most significant business in North America, with over 412 offices employing approximately 50,000 people every week. In this position, Sunny oversaw a diverse team of sales and talent experts who connected clients with workforce solutions and people with meaningful work.  Throughout her career, Sunny has worked with elite Fortune 500 clients and industry leaders as a strategic advisor and business partner, providing knowledge and experience, while keeping ahead of fast-moving market trends in a complex and ever-changing labor market.  Sunny has over two decades of industry experience and is recognized for conceptualizing and aligning talent and workforce strategies to business strategies.

Staffing Industry Analyst named Sunny to the “Global Power 100” – the most influential women in staffing the past three years.  Sunny is passionate about and often called upon to discuss industry topics such as women in STEM, careers, and workplace trends, and she Chaired ManpowerGroup’s global women’s employee resource group.  Sunny resides in Dallas, Texas.

Brooke has been in recruiting and account management her entire professional career – over 11 years!  She has a passion for matchmaking great companies with talented individuals. In addition to running sales and recruiting efforts at Backpack Talent, Brooke is active in the local community. She donates her time to several community organizations. When she isn’t working, she is  in her van and exploring new mtb trails with her family. #VanLife

Lauren is an accomplished sourcer, recruiter and people operations professional who has placed hundreds of candidates into full-time roles. As an account manager and recruiter, she draws on her experience working in diverse settings: biotech, agency, and high-growth SaaS startups, to name a few. She lives in Durham, North Carolina, where she works, plays, and enjoys long hikes in the woods with her husband and two sons!

Kirk-Anthony Hamilton is an architectural designer turned entrepreneur, investor, community curator and founder of the Infiniti Partnership Inc., Tech Beach Retreat and The Destination Experience. He is also a Principal and Founding Partner of Novamed Health, a healthcare operator with assets across the Caribbean. Kirk is on a mission to build a new global business ecosystem for the Caribbean with platforms designed to attract investment, innovation, influence and big media to the region with an aim to catalyze new enterprise and wealth creation opportunities. Participants in his knowledge and opportunity exchange platforms collectively control in excess of US$140 billion in equity and investment capital and to date they have seeded over US$300 million in investments across various sectors. In May of 2015 he was celebrated as one of 75 Emerging Global Entrepreneurs by President Obama at the White House and in January of 2016 serving as curator of the Global Shapers Kingston Hub he was selected as one of 50 Global Shapers to participate in the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum. His work and profile have been featured in publications including Forbes, the Wallstreet Journal, Essence and the New York Times. Kirk-Anthony possesses a Professional Master of Architecture Degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Welcome to Ivy Podcast! On this Executive Leadership Podcast we interview top executives from Fortune 500 with a focus on strategy, innovation, negotiation and everything about leadership.Our Podcast for Executives features Thought Leaders who share practical insights for effective leadership, continuous innovation and strategy execution.Ivy Podcast is a rapidly growing Executive Podcast, which covers topics like Hiring and Retention Strategies, Talent Acquisition, Innovation, Digital Transformation and much more.On this Leadership Podcast, you will find conversations with the most accomplished executives from Fortune 100 companies. We aim to cover a broad range of industries and create a learning platform for the most ambitious and high potential professionals who are looking to learn from the most accomplished Executives on this Business Leadership Podcast.

Willie Newman is the Founder, President and CEO of Homepoint, the nation’s third-largest wholesale mortgage lender. An acknowledged expert and innovator in the mortgage industry with over 30 years of experience in the field, including three start-ups, Newman is widely recognized within the industry as the “Godfather of Wholesale”.

In 2014, Newman joined forces with Stone Point Capital to form Home Point Capital.  Under his leadership, Homepoint has rapidly scaled to become the third-largest wholesale lender in the country, as well as a Top-10 non-bank loan originator.

Previously, Newman was one of the primary architects behind InterFirst Wholesale Mortgage Lending’s development, growing the company from a small local mortgage originator to a leader in third party lending. In 1997, InterFirst’s parent company, Standard Federal Bank, was acquired by ABN AMRO. Newman helped create what would become ABN AMRO Mortgage Group (AAMG) a diverse, multi-channel Top-5 mortgage lender and Top-10 mortgage servicer.  After AAMG was sold in 2007, Newman partnered with

Cole Taylor Bank in 2009 to start up Cole Taylor Mortgage (CTM), helping them become a Top-40 lender and servicer.

Recently, Newman has taken a lead role in advocating on behalf of the mortgage broker community, including removal of the agency TPO surcharge as well as utilizing HMDA data to promote the “Broker Advantage”.

Newman holds a BBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and an MBA, Finance and Business Economics from Wayne State University.

Darryl Maraj is the Chief Technology Officer at GA Telesis, one of the world’s largest commercial aviation firms, with over $1.0 billion in assets under management through its sales, leasing, distribution and maintenance facilities across the globe.

As Chief Technology Officer, Darryl Maraj is charged with identifying, prototyping, and transforming data-driven opportunities in the commercial aviation and fintech sectors under the newly formed digital division at GA Telesis. Darryl has been part of the GA Telesis leadership team for the past nine years, leading a global team of IT professionals responsible for managing and delivering IT resources and solutions to improve global operational efficiencies, increase customer engagement and lead new product development.

Darryl is a founding member and currently serves as the Chair for SouthFloridaCIO, a peer-based approach to helping CIOs maximize their leadership effectiveness, create value, reduce risk, and share success. The core focus of SouthFloridaCIO is to attract, retain and elevate the talent pool of South Florida while making a positive difference in the community we serve.

Topics:

Cloud migration tactics that help propel businesses forward

The role of today’s CTO

Understanding how to apply digital transformation to operational processes within companies

Pankaj Jindal is a staffing industry veteran and the co-founder of Sense, the first talent engagement platform designed specifically for the staffing industry. With over 20 years of running staffing and recruiting technology companies, Pankaj is an expert on candidate experience, recruiter productivity, redeployment, and understanding the day-to-day problems faced by recruiters. Pankaj used this practitioner’s knowledge to create Sense, which can help transform the consultant-care paradigm for staffing companies.Prior to founding Sense, Pankaj was the CEO of Akraya, President of Aditi Technologies and Aditi Staffing, and completed the Advanced Management Education Program from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. He routinely speaks at Industry Conferences on candidate engagement, employer branding and increasing retention.