Mark Taylor

CEO, SIM

Mark Roberts

CEO, TechServe Alliance

DeMaurice Smith

NFL Players Association former Executive Director
& Author of Turf Wars: The Fight for the Soul of America's Game

Ron Hetrick

University of Florida
Principal Economist, Lightcast

Vijay Gurbaxani

Center for Digital Transformation, University of California, Irvine
Taco Bell Endowed Chair of Technology Management; Professor of Information Systems Director

Jeff Taylor

Monster.com & Boomband
Founder/Inventor/Entrepreneur

The IT Workforce of 2026 and Beyond: Meeting the Needs of Enterprise Amid the AI Revolution

Moderator

Joel Leege

President & COO, Red Oak Technologies, and President, BoD, TechServe Alliance

Panelists

Graig Paglieri

CEO,
Randstad Digital

Kay Swift

Penske Media Corporation
Vice President, Information Technology

Michelle Sims

CEO,
YUPRO Placement

Susan Malisch

American Medical Association
Lawyer

Julia Anderson

CDIO, Wella Company

Sourva Chatterjee

Clinical Associate Professor, UNT

Craig Cuyar

Global CIO, Omnicom Group

Steven John

Director of Program Delivery, SIM Leadership Insistute

Kristen Lamoreaux

SIM Executive Ambassador

Michael Seals

SIM Research Institute Advisor

Mark Turner

Speaker & Author

Dwayne Allen

CTO, Unisys

Shellye Archambeau

Advisor & Author

Alyse Egol

Global Technology, Digital & Security Office Practice, Korn Ferry

Martha Heller

CEO, Heller

Maria Teresa Lensing

Global CIO & CTO, Sorenson

Eric Sigurdson

Chief Information Officers Practice, Russell Reynolds