Architecting the Cross-Cloud Future

RampUp 2023 Session

Speakers

Omar Tawakol

Chief Executive Officer, Rembrand

Sam Chang

Global Head of Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Mars

Jermey Woodlee

Managing Director, Accenture

Kimberly Bloomston

SVP, Product, LiveRamp

Omar Tawakol

Chief Executive Officer, Rembrand

Mr. Tawakol is the CEO of Rembrand. From 2019-2022 he served as VP in Cisco most recently as GM of the Product Led Growth business unit. In 2017 he founded and was CEO of Voicea, a company specializing in conversational AI which was acquired by Cisco in 2019. Prior to founding Voicea, Mr. Tawakol was employed by Oracle as SVP and GM of Oracle’s Data Cloud division. In 2007, he founded and was CEO of BlueKai, Inc., a leading data management platform acquired by Oracle in 2014. Mr. Tawakol holds a Bachelor of Science from MIT and two Master of Science degrees from Stanford University, one in Engineering and the other in Computer Science.

Sam Chang

Global Head of Data Science & Advanced Analytics, Mars

Sam Chang is Global Head of Data Science & Advanced Analytics within the Human Intelligence function of Mars Wrigley. He leads the end-to-end consumer data strategy, from acquisition to analytics to activation, with a team of functional and business experts focused on consumer data product development as well as data-driven activations.
Prior to joining Mars Wrigley, Sam was Director of Global eCommerce for PepsiCo, driving eCommerce data & analytics development, working with and across business units and the their broad portfolio of iconic products.

Jermey Woodlee

Managing Director, Accenture

Jeremy Woodlee is a technology sales leader with 20+ years of experience in digital advertising. He is a Managing Director at Accenture Song, responsible for alliances between Accenture and ad tech partners. He joined the company from Google, where he was instrumental in growing their Ad Exchange and Ad Partner Program businesses into a multi-billion dollar global business. Prior, he worked at the Rubicon Project (aka Magnite), the Los Angeles Times, the Tribune Company, Cars.com, and WebMD. He is a graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago. A native Nashvillian, he recently re-located his family to Charleston SC from Venice CA.

Kimberly Bloomston

SVP, Product, LiveRamp

Kimberly Bloomston is Senior Vice President of Product at LiveRamp (NYSE: RAMP) where she heads the company’s product organization. Previously, she served as LiveRamp’s Vice President of Core Platform and Data Marketplace and Head of Product, Daa Marketplace and Application Experience. With over 15 years’ of experience leading product management and business operations, Kimberly spearheads strategic initiatives that focus on maturing and expanding solutions in the midst of market and company transformation. She has served in executive roles leading product, design and operations across a variety of software companies and industries, including higher education, security and data enablement. Kimberly has also led sales, partner programs, managed services and customer success over the course of her career. Prior to LiveRamp, Kimberly held leadership roles with Ellucian, Digital Signal Corporation and The Zellman Group.