KNOWLEDGECONNECT - Key Persons
Ann-Marie has over thirty years of international business experience with a track record of innovation and results.
Ann-Marie has worked for the past twenty years in the field of best practices, helping hundreds of companies share practices and gain from the sharing experience by improving their company's performance. While working with senior executives, managers, and directors from world-class companies as well as start-up businesses, Ann-Marie developed and formulated her own Continuous Excellence Methodology.
Prior to co-founding KnowledgeConnect, Ann-Marie held senior management positions at Gartner Group, Otis Elevator, Standard and Poor's, and Bear Stearns.
Education
MBA, Finance, University of Connecticut
BA, Economics, Connecticut College
Carl has over thirty years of experience in Information Technology, spanning the energy, chemical, healthcare, and banking industries. Carl's career was marked by a progression of roles with increasing levels of technical and managerial responsibility, with the last eight years focused on the Information Security domain. This advance culminated in his role as a senior Information Risk Management leader at a Fortune 100 energy company, and a recipient of the company's distinguished President's Award.
Carl's areas of expertise include Information Security, Information Risk Management, IT Governance, and a range of Information Technology functional areas, including IT Networking.
Education
MS, Accounting, University of North Texas
David is an accomplished leader with nearly forty years of business experience. Prior to joining KnowledgeConnect, David held a variety of positions in engineering, distribution, human resources, and research during a thirty-five-year career at Eli Lilly and Company. For the last fifteen years, he was Director of Facilities Management for the administrative and research facilities at the corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. In this leadership role, David had oversight of the outsourced FM supplier for maintenance operations, housekeeping, food services, landscaping, security and capital project delivery.
David brings expertise in the areas of facilities management, maintenance, site services, outsourcing strategy and deployment.
Education
BS, Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
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Job Titles:
- Chief Information Security Officer
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Founder
- Partner
John has over forty years of international business experience. His career has been distinguished by consistent results, leadership and innovation in a variety of successful senior management roles ranging from operating start-ups and small businesses to managing large divisions of major international corporations.
John is an accomplished speaker, writer and consultant in the areas of business, manufacturing and information technology.
Prior to co-founding KnowledgeConnect, John held senior management positions with Gartner Group, James River Corp., Union Carbide Corp., and Empire Brush, Inc.
Jack has twelve years of strategy, marketing, and business development experience. His experience ranges from large, Fortune 100 corporations to venture-backed technology startups.
As Chief Operating Officer, Jack is responsible for delivering all aspects of KnowledgeConnnect's service to clients: organizing in-person sharing events, coordinating and leading client conference calls, creating and presenting benchmarks and analyses, and managing data collection and sharing. Jack has full P&L responsibility across the company's six functional areas, and oversees staffing, strategic planning, finance, marketing, and business operations.
Prior to joining KnowledgeConnect, Jack held business development roles at Resonate and Meredith Corporation, where he led cross-functional teams that launched multi-platform marketing efforts for national advertisers. During his time in business development Jack consistently exceeded goals and created high-value strategic partnerships between advertisers and their marketing partners.
Job Titles:
- Director, Forum Management
Kyle recently retired as Senior Director of Technology Operations at Asurion. He was appointed to this position in March 2012, leading the international team charged with delivering world-class systems availability, scalability, and service to Asurion's customers and business partners. Kyle's background in the information systems industry spans more than 30 years and includes leadership positions at Verizon and IBM. His roles at Verizon include Executive Director, Production Services and Executive Director, Operations Support Services.
Kyle's areas of expertise include IT Service Delivery, Complex Systems Management, Systems Consolidation and Integration, IT Governance, Business Continuity, and Cloud Optimization.
Education
MBA, Finance, New York University's Stern School of Business
BA, Mathematics, Vassar College
Job Titles:
- Director, Forum Management
Michelle Hollander's professional accomplishments span the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. She has worked for both large and small companies and successfully initiated and managed several knowledge-sharing programs throughout her career.
Following business school, Michelle spent a couple of years with boutique conference and consulting firms before entering the financial services industry. There she leveraged her skills and expertise to take on successively larger roles that offered a variety of operational and managerial challenges, primarily in Corporate Real Estate and Technology. Michelle was an Associate with Goldman Sachs for four years; VP with Merrill Lynch for three years; and SVP with Citigroup for 12 years, during which time she expanded her scope of responsibility from the Northeast Region to all of North America.
After serving as the Facilitator of the Intelligent Automation Sharing Forum (IASF) for its inaugural year, Michelle joined KnowledgeConnect in a full-time capacity in 2021 as Director, Forum Management.
Education
MPPM, Yale School of Management
BA, English, Yale College
Richard is an accomplished senior executive with thirty-five years of IT leadership experience in a range of domains, including enterprise networks, traditional compute, information security, identity management, and most recently, cloud computing. He has worked in a variety of industries including semiconductor manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. Richard's career at BMS spanned nearly three decades and included a number of high-visibility leadership roles.
Richard began his career with a seven-year tenure at RCA Solid State Division. In 1990, Richard joined BMS and spent his twenty-nine-year career within BMS' Information Technology group. Richard's leadership roles at BMS include Director, Global Network Services, Director, Infrastructure Engineering Services, and, Senior Director, Cloud Computing and DevOps.
Richard uses his expertise in technology to support the community in a number of ways, including as a volunteer for the Radio Amateur Satellite Corp (AMSAT), and over four decades as a volunteer providing technical support for the Philadelphia Folk Festival.
Education
MS, Computer Science, Rutgers University
BA, Computer Science, Rutgers University
Prior to joining KnowledgeConnect, Rosa's career at New York Life spanned nearly 39 years, culminating in her role as Vice President, Information Technology. During her tenure, Rosa acquired expertise in several Information Technology arenas, initially as a technician and later as a senior leader directing large organizations of IT professionals. While Rosa's early years were spent as an application developer, the majority of her experience has been centered on IT Infrastructure, IT Operations and Support, and End User Services.
Rosa has shared her professional experience with others through her participation in various mentoring and coaching activities over the years, both internally at New York Life and through a variety of external organizations.
Education
BA, Mathematics and Italian, The College of New Rochelle
Steve has over forty years of experience in all aspects of information technology, most of which centered on the financial services industry. While holding increasing levels of technical and managerial responsibilities, the last dozen years have been focused on the information security domain. That included his role as CISO of a Fortune 100 insurance company.
His career achievements include being recognized by IDG's Computerworld as one of the "Premier 100" IT Leaders. He held certifications from the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (CISM) and from ISC2 (CISSP, CRISC).
Steve has been a frequent contributor to conferences on the subjects of Information Technology and Cyber Security.
Education
MS, Computer Science, New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
BS, Computer Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Information Technology Specialist
- Senior Executive
Sydney is an accomplished senior executive and Information Technology specialist with more than forty years of success in financial services and engineering companies.
He has extensive experience in strategic leadership for a number of leading financial institutions. His broad areas of expertise include information technology strategy and implementation, infrastructure and operations, risk management, information security, business resiliency / disaster recovery and use of technology to drive business strategy. He has been known to deliver modernized global infrastructure capabilities to support the growth of the business while effectively managing the return on the investment.
Throughout his executive career, Sydney has held senior leadership positions with Unum, Fannie Mae, TD Ameritrade, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Fleet Bank, Prudential Financial, Bankers Trust Co. and Citigroup.
He currently serves as the Secretary of Board and a member of the executive committee for the non-profit The Enterprise Center in Chattanooga, which has been nationally recognized for creating an Innovation district with the aim of gaining a foothold in the digital economy.
Education
Bachelors of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (BEEE), The City College of New York