As Senior Vice President, Global Sparkling Brand Center, Wendy Clark is responsible for the global leadership of our Sparkling brands and businesses, led by trademark Coca-Cola.  In this role, Clark oversees brand strategy and integrated marketing communications, including global design, content excellence, media connections, interactive and community marketing, experiential marketing and partnerships at The Coca-Cola Company.

Under Wendy’s guidance, her team has achieved a great deal during her time at the Company, including leadership of The Coca-Cola System’s largest-ever marketing activation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in more than 160 countries. Her team has a leading industry voice on evolved consumer engagement under their Liquid & Linked communications strategy, leveraging the power of authentic brand stories that spread through owned, earned, shared and paid media connections to create shared value.

In 2011, Fast Company magazine cited Wendy as the Brand Refresher on its top ten list of innovative Business Disruptors and the Advertising Women of New York (AWNY) recognized Wendy as their 2011 Advertising Woman of the Year.

In 2009 and 2010 FORTUNE featured Wendy in its “40 Under 40” issue, ranking as the highest woman in 2010 (#15). She was also named one of four “Women to Watch” by FORTUNE.  

Prior to joining The Coca-Coca Company, Wendy was senior vice president, advertising for AT&T, the world’s largest telecommunications company. From delivering the iconic AT&T “globe” logo into the 21st Century to making the “Your World. Delivered.” tagline synonymous with AT&T, Wendy was at the helm of the company’s most ambitious and aggressive re-branding and advertising campaign in its history.

Wendy’s efforts were recognized in November 2007, upon her induction into the American Advertising Federation’s Advertising Hall of Achievement. In addition, AdAge magazine cited Clark as “one of the most important women in marketing” in its “Women to Watch” 2007 issue.

Prior to joining AT&T, Wendy served as senior vice president and director of client service at Omnicom shop, GSD&M.

Wendy is vice chair of the American Advertising Federation, an advisory board member of IDEO.org and serves on the board of trustees for the Atlanta International School. She holds a BA/English from Florida State University and lives in Atlanta with her husband and three children.

Jay Baer is a hype-free marketing strategist, speaker, and author and President of the social media and content marketing consultancy Convince & Convert. A digital marketing pioneer, Jay has consulted with more than 700 companies since 1994, including Caterpillar, Nike, Visit California, Allstate, Petco, Columbia Sportswear, and 29 of the Fortune 500.

He was named one of America’s top 3 social media consultants by Fast Company magazine, and his Convince and Convert blog is ranked as the world’s #1 content marketing resource. He's also co-host of the popular weekly Social Pros podcast. He's the author of the forthcoming new book Youtility: Why Smart Marketing is About Help Not Hype and is the co-author of The NOW Revolution a best-selling book about social media's impact on businesses of all sizes and types.

Leahy was Chief Executive of Tesco until March 2011 and is known for transforming the supermarket industry in Britain, growing Tesco to the largest chain in the country and the world’s third largest retailer, as well as disrupting the businesses of its competitors through innovations such as the Clubcard. Since the early 1990s Tesco has increasingly diversified geographically and into areas such as the retailing of books, clothing, electronics, furniture, petrol and software; financial services; telecoms and internet services; DVD rental; and music downloads.

Experts credit Leahy’s success to his hands-on style and marketing prowess, while Leahy places focus on experience and low-key leadership. Sir Terry Leahy, who is 54, was appointed Chief Executive of Tesco PLC in March 1997. He received a Knighthood for services to food retailing in the 2002 New Year Honours.

Born on February 28, 1956, he was educated at St. Edwards College, Liverpool and then went on to the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology where he gained his BSc (Hons) in management sciences. Terry joined Tesco in 1979 as a Marketing Executive and was promoted to Marketing Manager in 1981. From 1984 to 1986 he held the position of Marketing Director for Tesco Stores Ltd. He was appointed Commercial Director of Fresh Foods in 1986. Appointed to the Board of Tesco PLC as Marketing Director in 1992, and was appointed Deputy Managing Director in February 1995.

He is a Director on the Liverpool Vision Regeneration Board and a Senior Advisor to the private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. In March 2008, he was nominated by Retail Week as Retail Leader of the Year. From 2005 to 2010, he was voted as Britain’s Most Admired Leader by Management Today and in 2004 he was named European Businessman of the year by FORTUNE magazine. In 2010, he received the Daily Telegraph’s Award for a Decade of Excellence in Business, a Lifetime Achievement award from Director magazine and was voted Business Person of the Year by the Sunday Times. In March 2011, Leahy received two awards from Retail Week: the Lifetime Achievement Award and Retail Leader of the Year. Married with three children, Terry enjoys sports, reading, theatre and architecture in his spare time.

On June 7, 2012 Random House published Leahy’s first book, “Management in Ten Words,” in which he shares ten essential management lessons that emerged from his intensive turnaround of Tesco. The book will help managers across the world understand what makes a company great and inspire them to move theirs forward.

Scott Wilson is Vice President, eCommerce for United, the world's leading airline. He is responsible for the strategy, development and ongoing management of United's digital touch points (website, kiosk, mobile devices, etc.) including the build-out of any supporting platforms or new functionality. Prior to his current position, Wilson was the Managing Director of eCommerce for United. Before joining United, Wilson held various leadership positions in marketing, strategy and eCommerce at companies such as Marriott International, Boston Consulting Group, AOL, and American Airlines. He is co-chair of Digital Collective Chicago and a member of Forrester's eBusiness & Channel Strategy Council.

Jeremy Gutsche is "not just another speaker—he is an intellectual can of Red Bull" (Association Week). Gutsche is the brains behind TrendHunter.com: the #1 trend-spotting site in the world. With contagious enthusiasm, Gutsche shows audiences how to use methodical innovation to generate ideas and kick-start creativity during times of change. In the past few years, Jeremy Gutsche has spoken to 150,000 people at over 200 events, making him one of the most sought-after speakers.

With an MBA and CFA, as well as a bestselling book and an influential website, Gutsche is a creative globe-roamer with a broad appeal. TrendHunter.com is the largest, most influential, most updated collection of cutting edge ideas available anywhere. As its founder, Gutsche relentlessly tracks and finds The Next Big Thing—that valuable but elusive commodity—for a global audience that generates millions of views a month. With phenomenal speed, Gutsche has grown TrendHunter.com into a trusted showcase for "what's next" in marketing, design, technology, and other categories. (It attracts roughly fifteen times more page views than its competitors). The site's been featured or cited in over 40,000 articles, and Gutsche has appeared everywhere from Entertainment Tonight to the BBC. He's also sought out by leading companies to speak on cool-hunting, innovation, marketing strategies, and The Next Big Thing and its relevance to their business. Jeremy Gutsche is the winner of The Cisco Innovation Excellence Award and the BDC's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

In bold, interactive keynotes, he delivers a blend of viral new trends, strategic frameworks, and a contagious enthusiasm for innovation. He possesses a unique perspective on innovation in the business context, and draws on his background in both corporate strategy and Web 2.0 to provide you with inspiration and tools to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and unlock potential. At 28, as one of Capital One's youngest Business Directors, Gutsche led his team to grow a billion dollar portfolio of market leading products. And as a Management Consultant for the Monitor Group, he advised Fortune 50 clients on top level strategy. His book Exploiting Chaos has won an Axiom Business Book Award, was named an Inc. Best Book for Business Owners and was a #1 bestseller on the 800 CEO Read list. He holds an MBA from Queen's, is a CFA, and studied innovation at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

Manoj Saxena is General Manager, Watson Solutions, IBM Software Group. He has overall responsibility for directing all operational and strategic initiatives to commercialize industry solutions based on IBM’s transformative Watson technology. He is also a member of IBM’s Integration and Values team – a group of senior IBM executives selected by the IBM CEO to provide guidance on various strategic issues and transformational projects to drive improved cash flow, profit and earnings per share.

Manoj is a successful serial entrepreneur who has founded, scaled, and sold two venture-backed software companies within a five-year span. He was CEO of both Webify, an emerging leader in industry-specific SOA middleware, which was acquired by IBM in 2006 and of Exterprise, a business process collaboration software company that was bought by Commerce One in 2001. An active community contributor, Manoj serves on the Board of The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch, Any Baby Can, Austin Technology Council, and Saxena Family Foundation. He is also an Advisory Board member for Global Giving, St Edwards University Business School, and Michigan State University’s Center for Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Finance.

A frequent speaker at industry and business conferences, Manoj is the recipient of multiple awards including “Entrepreneur of the Year”, “IT Technologist of the Year”, and the “Distinguished Alumni Award” from Michigan State University from where he received his MBA in 1991. Manoj is a holder of two U.S. software patents for advanced discovery and non-intrusive personalization of Web services.

As EVP of Member Experience, Wayne Peacock leads an enterprise wide team that includes marketing, data & analytics, operations, channel management, sales and service. The team is focused on delivering exceptional experiences to help USAA's 9.4 million members build financial security. Wayne has held various positions since joining USAA in 1988.

Most recently, as Executive Vice President of Enterprise Business Operations, Wayne was responsible for operational governance and delivery of USAA's core business and technology capabilities. As Executive Vice President of Corporate Real Estate, he managed USAA's corporate real estate portfolio, including facility management and physical security for 7.5 million square feet of office space.

As Senior Vice President of Real Estate Investments, he led the team responsible for the acquisitions and development program for USAA Real Estate Company, a $5 billion subsidiary of USAA.

Wayne is a graduate of Tulane University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He has also completed executive education programs at the Center for Creative Leadership, Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Harvard Business School, the Stanford Directors' Forum, and the Wharton School.

Wayne is currently on the executive committee of the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation and chairs the marketing committee. He also serves on the executive board of the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.  He is active in various industry and trade groups, and co-led the Mayor's Task Force on Corporate Recruitment and Retention in San Antonio. In 2010, he was named one of the 100 Most Creative People in business by Fast Company. He holds series 24 and series 7 securities licenses.  Wayne is married and has four children.

Greg has been part of the CEVA family since October 2001 and is based in Houston. During his tenure at CEVA, he has held a number of different roles within the CEVA Solutions organization. For the past 3 years, he has led the Americas Solutions organization, with responsibility for the North American product suite. In 2012, he assumed the additional responsibility for the Global Solutions Integration team, which includes the CEVA B2B product suite. He has recently accepted the role as head of Production Services for the Global Solutions. Greg has over 22 years of experience in the Supply Chain industry, spending a significant time with DHL Airways prior to joining CEVA. In his roles, he has actively participated in numerous transformation projects across various business and IT domains. He is a native Texan and received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Texas in Austin.

Since joining CIGNA in 2010, Tony has worked to develop the Supply Chain Management organization into three focused disciplines:

• Strategic Sourcing – focused on Category Management and Contract Negotiations
• External Entity Management – focused on Managing Strategic Relationships
• Supplier Center of Excellence – focused on Supplier Best Practices and Analytics

He is responsible for ensuring that Cigna is obtaining the right balance of Cost, Quality, Risk and Innovation in their supplier relationships across the globe.

Tony brings a wealth of experience from many fortune 100 firms. Most recently he was Vice President of Supplier Management at Fidelity Investments. Tony started his career at GE and graduated from the Financial Management Program. With the goal of moving from the manufacturing industry to the services industry, Tony went to Travelers Insurance where he rose to Controller of the Telecommunications Division. During his nine year tenure, he worked on merger and acquisition teams for Metra-Health [the merger of Metlife and Travelers Healthcare businesses]. His final act at Travelers was during the merger of United Healthcare with Metra-Health where he was asked to lead a new Technology Procurement Department for the combined new United Health Group.

Tony also held senior management positions in various procurement functions at The Hartford and on Wall Street at both Smith Barney and AIG.

Tony graduated from Bentley College with a minor in Accounting, a B.S. in Marketing Management and he also holds an M.B.A. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Nathan Bio coming soon

As Head of Customer Contact & Leads Management, Gayle is responsible for leading the development and implementation of a world class personal and commercial insight-driven contact management program that drives sales and creates a great customer experience. Gayle has over 20 years of experience in leading the creation of "best in class" CRM programs through effective planning, customer segmentation, targeted offers and customer life event marketing strategies within multi-product and channel organizations. She has extensive experience in developing customer-focused programs that improve customer loyalty while driving revenue for companies.

Porter Gale is a social media expert; an entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in marketing, advertising, and independent filmmaking; and an in-demand public speaker. She has been a keynote speaker at numerous events, including The Economist Forum, Ad Age Digital Forum, TEDx La Jolla, TEDx Presidio, American Express Luxury Summit, Real Estate Connect, The THINK Conference, and more. From 2007 to 2011, Porter led Virgin America's marketing and advertising efforts as Vice President of Marketing with a focus on digital media opportunities, and before that, she acted as a consultant for a diverse array of clients. She held the post of General Manager at Kirshenbaum Bond + Partners where she worked with clients like Vegas.com, Coach, and Snapple Natural Beverages. Porter and her work have been profiled in numerous press outlets, and she was awarded the Changing the Game Award by Advertising Women of New York (AWNY), along with a spot on AdAge's Digital Hotlist in 2011.

Porter has a BS in Business Administration from Boston University and a Masters in Documentary Film and Video from Stanford University. She is on the advisory boards for the following companies: WePay, Zuberance, Rocket Fuel, Jamah and Fuse Corps. Porter has been quoted or interviewed in over 100 online, print and broadcast press outlets including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Adweek, AdAge, CNN, The Huffington Post, San Francisco Business Journal, Forbes.com, Mashable,TechCrunch, PRWeek and more. Porter is a blogger for AdAge and The Huffington Post and is currently finishing her book titled Your Network Is Your Net Worth for Simon & Schuster to be released in June 2013.

In 2004 Phil joined Target as Director of Financial Systems and Business Intelligence Development for Target Technology Services. Phil was named Director, Product Design and Merchandise Presentation Development in 2006. He was promoted to Vice President, Target.com and Marketing Technology in 2008 and was responsible for application development for Target.com and Marketing. He delivered a multiyear effort to replatform and relaunch the new Target.com.

This program was one of Target’s key strategic initiatives to drive sales and traffic and provide an enhanced cross-channel shopping experience. One of the largest eCommerce replatforms ever delivered, it provided the foundation for Target’s multichannel transformation efforts. Following the replatform of Target.com, Phil took on responsibility for the support and stability of the overall guest experience, including fulfillment and guest advocacy; business process solutions and Target’s long-term multichannel operations and direct to guest supply chain strategies. Phil is currently Vice President, Target.com and Mobile Experience. He has responsibility for elevating the end-to-end guest experience on Target.com and its mobile platforms and driving guest conversion. He is responsible for digital experience including the site, mobile and in-store digital guest touchpoints. Prior to joining Target, Phil was a Senior Manager at Accenture, where he was a member of the Finance and Performance Management competency area. At Accenture, Phil specialized in large-scale global financial system implementations. He has worked with multiple clients to analyze and develop the IT structure needed to support the implementation of global financial programs.

He spent over 3 years working in Europe for multiple Fortune 500 clients. Phil is the Board Chair of the Minnesota Children’s Museum, an organization that is dedicated to providing kids a fun, hands-on and playful environment to explore, discover and learn (www.mcm.org). He serves on the board of Rêve Academy, an innovative out-of-school program creating pathways to digital careers for kids in disadvantaged communities (www.reveacademy.org). Phil is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Phil graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and from the University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies with a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs, specializing in International Economics.

Maria B. Winans is currently Vice President of IBM Software Industry Solutions marketing responsible for the strategy, messaging and marketing plans in support of the IBM Software Industry Solutions division. In this capacity, Ms. Winans’ priority is on driving top-line revenue growth by creating cross-IBM marketing plans that focus on delivering higher value solutions to clients by using technology to solve their business needs and deliver better business outcomes. Earlier this year, Maria led the introduction of Smarter Commerce into the market which is IBM’s unique approach to redefining commerce in the age of the empowered customer and also the launch of the IBM CMO Study.

Ms. Winans has served in various product and marketing management roles in the IBM Company. Ms. Winans also worked as Marketing Strategist for IBM Latin America supporting the development and implementation of a Direct Marketing Operation in all major Latin American countries.

Ms. Winans joined IBM in 1991 as an IBM direct sales representative. During her IBM career, she has held a number of sales and marketing management positions at both IBM's Sales & Distribution division and within IBM Software.

Craig Hayman is general manager of Industry Solutions, IBM Software. As General Manager, Mr. Hayman leads IBM's strategy for delivering high value, integrated industry solutions that enable quantifiable business outcomes for clients in the areas of marketing and commerce, enterprise content management and security, and operational services. Mr. Hayman leads the acquisition strategy for IBM's focus on new market opportunities in enterprise marketing management, web analytics, cross-channel e-commerce and solutions to enable municipalities to operate more effectively including key strategic initiatives for IBM: Smarter Commerce and Smarter Cities.