Stanley Mak has almost 18 years of experience in the financial services/capital markets industry building high performing technical operations teams. He has successfully navigated these teams through various financial crises and the most recent global pandemic. His passion lies within his ability to get the most out of teams, ability to connect with people, and vision to build things from scratch.

Topics:

Best practices when implementing Agile & DevOps

How leaders can get their teams to buy into changes

Challenges and solutions to cloud migration

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.

Liz Agosto is an Executive Director, Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Information Security Division (ISD) and reports directly to BNY Mellon’s Chief Information Security Officer. In her role, she leads business operations and Program Management for ISD with a focus on financial accountability, expense management, employee engagement, DE&I, talent management strategies and transparency into the organization. Since joining in 2015, Liz has focused on optimizing operational processes, driving key change and transformation initiatives, and designing a framework to implement strategy into operation. Liz currently serves on the Advisory Council of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering’s Center on Cybersecurity.Liz is a champion for DE&I inside and outside of the company. She is Co-Chair, Year Up Financial Services Technology Advisory Council, a Steering member of the company’s DiverseTech Committee, and she is part of the GOTVET Steering Committee, Latin Advisory Council, a member of Hispanic Latino Leadership Forum (HLLF), WIN, WIT, The National Hispanic Corporate Council (NHCC) and a member of the Association for Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). In 2020, Liz was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential Latinas in the nation by Latino Leadership Magazine.

Topics:

Innovative workplace solutions for connecting global teams in hybrid environments

Influencing corporate leaders to keep investing in women in cybersecurity

Strategies for improving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) within organizations

Links:

ITSMF – Networking Org for AA / people of color

HITEC – Networking org for Latinx / people of color

YearUp – Opportunities to close the opportunity divide in diverse communities

NYU Tandon School of Engineering – Center for Cybersecurity

Mitali Saxena holds a Bachelors in Computer Engineering and Masters in Electrical Engineering . After her 8- year career in wireless communications, she founded her fashion tech startup – Fashom – in Miami, with a mission to promote body positivity in women. She’s currently working on launching a fashion Web3 company in Miami, and runs her own program for feeding underprivileged kids in Swaziland, Africa called Foodom.  She supports nonprofits for animals and has personal interests in yoga, spirituality, technology, and fashion.

Topics:

Implications of Web3 in the fashion industry

Perks associated with companies adopting the use of NFTs

How use cases for the metaverse can grow over time

Elizabeth has over 20 years of experience in Product Development and IT. As CIO of One Inc, she oversees the implementation of the company’s global IT roadmap, the development of overall strategic planning, transformation, and innovation initiatives, and the security of technology solutions in support of partners and customers.

Most recently, Elizabeth led the company’s partnership with Visa to bring network tokenization to the insurance industry, which empowers banks, merchants, regional payments schemes, clearing houses, and other payments stakeholders to build, manage and control their own tokenization capabilities.

Prior to joining One Inc, Elizabeth was the Sr. Vice President of Enterprise Engineering and Technology Strategy at U.S. Bank. There she led a global organization of over 300 associates in the U.S., Philippines, Ireland, Poland, and India.

Topics:

Successful approaches to adopting digital payments

Balancing the benefits and risks of implementing AI strategies

Cybersecurity within the rapidly growing digital payments industry

Leslie Vickrey is a marketing expert and business advisor who found a niche in technology and talent as the head of marketing for Spherion’s technology division. She founded ClearEdge Marketing in 2006, which is now a go-to, fully integrated marketing agency for talent and technology firms.

Leslie’s impact far exceeds her day-to-day work as CEO. Passionate about the importance of diversity, Leslie is a frequent speaker on the topic and even co-founded ARA, an organization that seeks to attract, retain and advance women in technology – 6,000 people strong. She is part of the ASA’s Women in Leadership Council; was recognized as one of 100 of Chicago’s most compelling innovators and entrepreneurs; is part of the UIC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame; and was named a Staffing Industry Analysts Top 50 DEI Influencer two years running. Leslie is the host of an executive women in recruitment podcast, TheEdge, and most recently launched a book called Together We Rise with 14 other staffing industry executives. Connect with Leslie @ linkedin.com/in/lvickrey.

Vanessa Miller, VP of Talent Technology, is a dynamic and innovative leader. Joining Atrium in 2014, Vanessa blazed a path of innovation based on extensive experience in RPO & MSP Programs and related technology platforms. Vanessa and her team are responsible for Client technology strategies, system analysis/consultation, sales support, and product recommendations. Atrium operates as a tech-agnostic partner to clients to optimize their existing HR Tech or introduce market trends and new product options, where appropriate. Her passion is selecting and implementing the best fitting platforms via strong channel tech partnerships to transform client external workforce strategies and processes. 

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.

A team player and collaborator at heart, Ronnie joined WorkLLama to help build, nurture, and grow the marketing machine behind the WorkLLama brand. Ronnie has nearly 15 years of marketing experience in the talent management industry and brings with her a relentless passion for combining creativity with data analysis to solve business problems.

Prior to joining WorkLLama, Ronnie worked for several well-known solution providers in the industry such as Guidant Global, WorkforceLogiq, AgileOne, nextSource, and most recently, People2.0. Throughout her tenure, Ronnie has led the transformation of marketing operations for her employers, implementing new technologies and best practices for greater organizational ROI.  

As a veteran of the contingent workforce management industry, Ronnie has seen the evolution of the labor market and understands the complex challenges companies face in the Gig Economy. Her passion lies in creating meaningful thought leadership to help clients better understand the market forces and gain greater access to qualified talent. 

Ronnie also holds an MBA from the Robinson College of Business where she focused her studies on international marketing. When she’s not at work, you can probably find Ronnie on a bike path, hiking trail, or tennis court.

Joy Grassi is owner and Founder of DTRT Healthcare Consulting and Advocacy. Hired by agencies to start them, fix them, brand them. She is also a pro bono healthcare advocate. She teaches, trains and supports.

Matt Sharples is one of the rare people that didn’t just fall into staffing. He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and his mother’s good friend owned a temp firm and put him to work during summer’s off in college. After graduating and having developed an interest in both computers and business (Matt’s favorite class in college was Organizational Psychology), he found a list of staffing firms from a book in the library. Matt sent his resume to them for internal roles and moved to KC after graduating starting as a recruiter in data processing.

Daniel Callaghan is CEO of Veremark, a world-leading background and pre-employment screening platform for fast-growing businesses.

With more than a decade in innovation around the Future of Work, Daniel built one of Europe’s top freelance marketplaces and previously ran the digital innovation and investment unit across APAC  for the world’s largest recruitment company, Adecco Group.

He is an internationally published author on career development and has degrees from IESE Business School and Durham University.