IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation

Mohanbir Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant and speaker in business innovation, technology marketing and new media. His research and teaching currently focuses on advanced digital marketing, engagement marketing, business innovation and enterprise analytics. He has pioneered concepts like the Innovation Radar, e-Hubs, Innomediation and the Sentient Enterprise. Professor Sawhney serves on the board of directors at Reliance Jio Infocomm and Bahwan Cybertek. He is a fellow of the World Economic Forum, a fellow of the Institute for Study of Business Markets (ISBM) and a member of the advisory board of the Chicago Innovation Awards.

Faculty Lead / IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation

Joe Bonefas currently serves as a Vice President in the Business Technology group at Discover Financial Services, where he is responsible for emerging technology solutions and business architecture. Since joining Discover in 1991, Bonefas has held a number of key roles, including leading the technology teams that created the Discover Network Switch, developing the co-brand card market and creating Discover's network alliance model. Bonefas has been published in the Journal of Payments Strategy and Systems and has won numerous awards for his disruptive solutions, such as the Walmart Dual Card and China Union Pay network alliance. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University, and Bachelor of Science degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from Northern Illinois University.

Speaker / IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation

As Global Vice President of the Digital Transformation Group at Cisco, Sandy Hogan is responsible for helping customers define and deliver new digital businesses through go-to-market models and engagement methodologies. She has driven transformational initiatives across various sales, operations and marketing roles during her 14 years with the company, including leading Cisco’s Business Transformation team. Before joining Cisco, Hogan had increasing leadership responsibility at two successive start-ups. She began her career at Baxter Healthcare, where she led complex sales organizations and created new sales models.

Speaker / IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation

Grady Irey is Vice President at Arity, a non-insurance technology company founded by The Allstate Corporation that provides a platform of data and insight solutions for customers across the globe. He is responsible for product management for Arity’s connected consumer strategy. Grady has extensive and broad business experience and a track record of delivering innovative product ideas and excellent business results. Grady and his team operate with an agile structure developing new product ideas, then testing and learning from those ideas to strengthen interactions with consumers via the connected car experience.

Speaker / IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation

Davie Sweis is Vice President of the Global Digital and Web Business unit at Robert Bosch Corporation. After holding various positions within the corporate sector of IT, Sweis became the head of Bosch's newly formed division in 2013. This unit has allowed Bosch to continue being at the forefront of development and the IT landscape by advancing topics such as IoT, Mobility, Cloud and API Management. Prior to joining Bosch, Sweis had a successful career as an IT Consultant for a number of Chicago-based consulting firms.

Speaker / IoT: Digital Disruption vs. Digital Transformation