Amol Adgaonkar
Director, Manufacturing Industry
Amol Adgaonkar is a Director of Business Strategy within the Manufacturing Industry team at Microsoft. The team is responsible for driving Microsoft’s industry strategy & solutions, development of Microsoft’s global industry partner ecosystem, as well as strategic engagements with global multinational customers. With a core focus on solution areas like Connected Product Innovation and Connected Marketing, Sales and Service, Amol drives the go-to-market initiatives to transform manufacturing focused enterprises. He also focuses on field enablement and works with our solution sales teams & partners to drive industry solution wins globally. With a passion to enable digital transformations for customers along the Industry 4.0 initiatives, his interests lie in the Aerospace, Industrial Equipment and High-Tech industries all of which make up key verticals in the Manufacturing industry space.
Chris Hergesell
Managing Director
Chris Hergesell is a Managing Director in EY’s US Advisory Customer practice and looks after the Sales Consulting business. He leads Front Office Transformations that leverage digital capabilities and new operating models to improve the lead-to-cash process across marketing, sales, pricing and service. He has executed front office change projects for 20 years across 70+ organizations in the High Tech, Media, Professional Services, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Financial Services, and Energy industries.
Loretta Faluade
Solution Strategy Director
Loretta Faluade is a solution strategy director at PROS where she leads the development and execution of the go-to-market strategy for their sales transformation solutions. She is instrumental in helping organizations understand how to develop impactful digital transformation initiatives which transform the buying experiences for their customers.
Richard Blatcher
Director, Industry Marketing & Business Intelligence
Richard Blatcher, Director, Industry Marketing & Business Intelligence at PROS, manages the global go-to-market strategy for PROS in its strategic industries. He has over 30 years’ experience in the industry originally based in Europe moving to the US in 2010. He spent the first part of his career in media, publishing and direct marketing managing the delivery of marketing and sales enablement services to many manufacturing and distribution blue-chip enterprises.