Solix Announces Speakers for Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19

Exclusive roundtable event for technology executives will explore Data-driven Solutions for SAP—with support from IBM, Microsoft, and Emagia

April 18, 2019 — Orlando, Florida — Solix Technologies, Inc. (www.solix.com), a leading big data application provider for empowering the data-driven enterprise, today announced featured speakers for Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19, an invitation-only gathering of technology business leaders and big data experts across industries. Executives from IBM, Deloitte Consulting, and NTT Data Services will participate in panel discussions during the event.

When: May 6, 2019 at 3:30pm – 8:00pm

Where: Sheraton at Lake Buena Vista — Orlando, Florida

Featured speakers and panelists include:

  • Madhuri Chawla, Director Enterprise Applications, IBM Cloud Services at IBM
  • Sai Gundavelli, Chief Executive Officer at Solix Technologies, Inc.
  • Veena Gundavelli, Founder & CEO, Emagia Corporation
  • Lakisha Hall, Director, Data and AI Expert Labs & Learning at IBM
  • Mark Lee, Sr. Vice President, Services at Solix Technologies
  • Raed (Rod) Masoud, Sr. Manager — Strategy & Operations Practice, Deloitte Consulting
  • Mike McGibbney, SVP, Transformation executive at SAP Success Factors, HP and AMEX
  • Timothy Michel, Director, Application Sales at NTT Data Services, Inc.
  • Quoc Nguyen, Senior VP – Digital Finance Transformation at Emagia Corporation
  • John Ottman, Executive Chairman at Solix Technologies, Inc.
  • Marc Parmet, Senior Director, ERP & PMO at Scientific Games Corporation
  • Russ Puryear, VP of Sales at Solix Technologies Inc.
  • Phyllis (Miller) Saavedra, Order to Cash Executive and SME at Emagia Corporation
  • Dwaine Snow, Global Technical Leader – Data, Analytics, and AI Solutions at IBM
  • David Solomon, North America Executive Architect and Technical Evangelist – Cloud and AI at IBM

Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19 is hosted in partnership with IBM, Microsoft, and Emagia, and will feature four distinct panels, networking opportunities, and a full-service dinner and cocktail reception.

To view the full agenda and request an invitation to Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19, visit https://empower.solix.com

“Autonomous order-to-cash platforms are a trifecta of automation, analytics, and artificial intelligence technologies,” said Phyllis (Miller) Saavedra, Order to Cash Executive and SME at Emagia Corporation. “I look forward to discussing how SAP users and decision makers can leverage these platforms to make their finance departments more efficient and effective at the Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando’19.”.

“Digital transformation in the cloud requires next generation infrastructure and data platforms. These are the key table stakes,” said Mike McGibbney, Industry Transformation Expert Executive Advisor with more than 20 years of digital transformation experience spanning across SAP Success Factors, HP and American Express.

Solix EMPOWER is a series of education and networking events dedicated to analytics, big data, and cloud innovations and applications. Previously, Solix EMPOWER New York 2018, Solix EMPOWER Bangalore 2017, and Solix EMPOWER San Jose 2016 key speakers included:

  • Rob Bearden, CEO, Hortonworks
  • Keith Angell, SVP Cloud NTT Data
  • Colin Cecil, IT Director, Merck Sharp & Dohme
  • Janine Grasso, Vice President, Blockchain Strategy and Ecosystem Development, IBM
  • Gaurav Achra, Program Manager – Data Archival at GE Appliances
  • Eli Collins, Chief Technologist, Cloudera
  • Scott Gnau, CTO, Hortonworks
  • Derek Judge, Senior Director, Alliances & Channel, APAC at MapR Technologies
  • Karthik Padmanabhan, Data Science Manager at Ford Motor Company
  • Kumar Saravanakumar, Sr Manager Platform and Cloud Services, Juniper Networks
  • Michael Simone, Managing Director, Citigroup

To request an invitation to Solix EMPOWER Summit Orlando, visit https://empower.solix.com

About Solix Technologies

Solix Technologies, Inc., is a leading big data application provider that empowers data-driven enterprises with optimized infrastructure, data security and advanced analytics. Solix Common Data Platform (CDP) provides end-to-end data fabric, data governance, data security, data discovery, and a unified Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) framework for Enterprise Archiving and Enterprise Data Lake applications, deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or both. SOLIXCloud Enterprise Archiving is the world’s first archiving as-a-service solution built on the Solix CDP and hosted on Microsoft Azure, enabling enterprises to strengthen their data management processes with cloud-based Application Retirement, Email Archiving, File Archiving, and Database Archiving. Solix is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and operates worldwide through an established network of value added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators. To learn more, please visit https://www.solix.com

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