Executive Dinner

Jairo Orea is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at Royal Caribbean Group, previously he held roles as Global CISO at Kimberly-Clark, VP of Security Consulting at UnitedHealth Group, Chief Data Officer and CISO at ING Insurance. Jairo holds master degrees in Information Technology and Business Administration (ITAM) and Networking and Information Systems for Business (ENST France). Also has a Bachelor's Degree is in Robotics and Information Technology Management from the University of Atemajac Valley. Recognized IT leader, author, and board member across multiple industries. Jairo also serves as Research Fellow at the Cloud Security Alliance, board member at the University of Dallas audit committee, and advisory board member at Blumberg Capital.

Jeff Jones is the Vice President, Sales, Americas at Xebia, responsible for Xebia’s customer acquisition, revenue growth in the Americas and the overall partnership with AWS in the Americas. Prior to joining Xebia and holding responsibilities as a Chief Revenue Officer for two blockchain startup firms, Jeff created and led AWS’ ISV Success Manager (ISM) organization from 2017-2021, driving over $800M in indirect revenue and 20,000 new customer acquisitions to partners while building the AWS co-selling framework. Prior to AWS, Jeff spent 20 years at Microsoft leading the Azure Business Development team, running the China OEM team, and building the global co-selling framework with their ISV channel partners.

Vijay heads AWS Analytics Global Partner development for the Automotive and Manufacturing Verticals. Vijay joined AWS from Siemens Industry Software, where he led the Partner ecosystem for PLM, MES and IoT platforms. Vijay spent over 15 years as a Management Consultant covering the Industrial Sector at IBM Global Business Services and Deloitte Consulting, where he advised large Automotive and Industrial Manufacturing companies on their digital transformation efforts. He has also been a Product development and Manufacturing Engineer in the Automotive and Aerospace & Defense Industries. Vijay has an MS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Avid Information Technology Specialist with a track of 20+ years in the technology field. Well rounded expert with experience in development, system administration, systems engineering, team building, leadership, mentoring, Project Management, and IT Service Management.

Best Doctors, Inc. a Teledoc company, is a consumer service that allows people to contact medical specialists via phone or internet with health related questions and concerns. Their headquarters is in Purchase, New York.

INNOVATIVE, PURPOSE-DRIVEN, COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIST AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDER | Enabling technology-driven business transformation | Advisor | Speaker - Former Fortune 500 CIO - Change leader in the business with a talent for making things happen - Forward-looking strategist who partners with business stakeholders and C-Level executives to co-create digital strategies - Educator and thought leader that invests in achieving cross-discipline support by educating peers and teams on the opportunities to support IT-driven growth - Accomplished in international markets, delivering products and IT services through a team dispersed in multiple locations ★ Competencies: - Strategy: Business-IT Alignment with Purpose | Collaboration | IT Strategy - Change: Strategic Initiatives | Transformation | Innovation | M&A - People: Team Building | Organizational Leadership | Coaching | Mentoring - Problem Solving: Process Improvement | Strategic Savings | Operational efficiency | Projects Rescue | Crisis management | Turnarounds