2016 CFO Innovation Conference: “Acquisition and Innovation: Verizon’s Plan for AOL’s Success”

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Holly Hess, EVP & CFO of AOL to discuss “Verizon’s Acquisition of AOL… a Plan for Innovation and Success” at 4:15 P.M., May 5th, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. CFOs and senior finance executives may attend at no cost, and non-CFOs may purchase tickets, by registering now at www.CFOstudio.com.

 

Holly Hess, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, AOL

Holly Hess is Chief Financial Officer for AOL. She is responsible for all of AOL’s finance functions, corporate strategy and corporate development. Prior to this, Hess led Verizon’s Internal Audit organization, responsible for risk assessments and audits across the company.

 Hess previously held a number of finance leadership positions in Verizon of increasing responsibility, including Treasurer, CFO of Verizon Wireless and CFO of Verizon Business. She also led the Operational Excellence & Process Transformation organization, responsible for identifying and implementing process improvements to drive efficiencies.

 Hess also worked as a senior auditor at Price Waterhouse and Deloitte and Touche. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Council for Economic Education. Hess holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Miami University of Ohio and is a certified public accountant.

2016 CFO Innovation Conference: “The Power of Total Shareholder Return (TSR) as a Lens”

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D&B CFO, Rich Veldran and BCG Senior Partner & Managing Director Jeff Kotzen to lead discussion on “The Power of Total Shareholder Return (TSR) as a Lens” at 2:15 P.M., May 5th, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. CFOs and senior finance executives may attend at no cost, and non-CFOs may purchase tickets, by registering at www.CFOstudio.com.

 

Rich Veldran Richard Veldran, Chief Financial Officer, Dun & Bradstreet

Rich joined D&B in September 2003 as CFO of D&B North America. In February 2006, he was named Treasurer and Leader of Investor Relations, External Communications, and Global Financial Planning and Analysis. In July 2008, Rich was promoted to Senior Vice President, Global Reengineering, and was given the added responsibility of leading North America Finance seven months later.

Rich has been instrumental in driving profitability and margin expansion across the company’s global businesses. He also led the company’s first-ever dividend issuance and two public bond offerings.

Prior to joining D&B, Rich held financial leadership roles at Automatic Data Processing, Inc. and Procter & Gamble. He holds a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.

Jeff Kotzen, Senior Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Jeff Kotzen is global leader of the shareholder value topic at The Boston Consulting Group. The topic focuses on optimizing total shareholder return (TSR) by aligning business, financial, and investor strategies, leveraging the firm’s proprietary tools and methodologies. Jeff began his consulting career in 1991 and has been with BCG since 1997.

 Jeff has led more than 50 projects on shareholder value strategy, across a broad range of industries and locations. This work typically has resulted in a 15% to 30% increase in the client’s relative share price and price-earnings multiple in the six months after the strategy was initiated.

Jeff has also led a wide variety of projects in cost reduction, business process reengineering, organizational effectiveness, and transformation.

 Before joining BCG, Jeff was a director at Braxton Associates, the strategy consulting division of Deloitte & Touche Consulting. Before receiving his MBA, he was a financial analyst in the investment banking division of Salomon Brothers.

2016 CFO Innovation Conference: “The Threat from Within: Identifying Cyber Risks in Advance”

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Digital4nx Group, Ltd. Founder-Managing Director, Robert Kleeger, and New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness Director of Cybersecurity, Dave Weinstein, will lead discussion on “The Threat from Within: Identifying Cyber Risks in Advance” at 1:15 P.M., May 5th, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ. CFOs and senior finance executives may attend at no cost, and non-CFOs may purchase tickets, by registering at www.CFOstudio.com.

 

Robert Kleeger, Founder-Managing Director, Digital4nx Group, Ltd.

Rob Kleeger is the Founder and Managing Director of Digital4nx Group, Ltd.  His firm provides Digital Forensic Investigations, Electronic Discovery Consulting and Advisory Service, Incident Response to Data Breaches and Cyber Security services such as “Ethical Hacking”. 

Simply put, Digital4nx Group specializes in “Digital Autopsy’s” using proprietary methods and various forensic technology tools to recover and investigate active and deleted information off computer systems and other electronic devices. 

Mr. Kleeger has over a decade of experience serving the legal services industry and over a quarter century providing consulting solutions and professional services. He has a broad background in various litigation matters and is focused on assisting clients prior to filing a complaint by providing expert technical consulting by providing efficient and cost-effective digital forensic investigations, early case assessment, incident response services relating to data breaches and e-discovery services. 

Kleeger and his team routinely assists attorneys, business owners, general counsel, chief executive management and boards in handling various types of litigation and legal disputes in both the federal and state courts.

Kleeger is a frequent speaker and subject matter expert on digital forensics, cyber security, and electronic discovery. He speaks passionately at various industry conferences and seminars around the Metro area and Nationally and has been featured on WNBC/NBC 4 News Channel. 

Dave Weinstein, Director of Cybersecurity, New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness

Dave Weinstein is the Director of Cybersecurity for NJOHSP and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the State of New Jersey. Mr. Weinstein joined NJOHSP in August 2014.

 Prior to joining NJOHSP, Mr. Weinstein served at the United States Cyber Command in Fort Meade, Maryland, where his portfolio spanned cybersecurity operations, policy, and planning. Following his time with the Defense Department, he joined the private sector where he consulted commercial clients on managing their cyber risk.  

 Mr. Weinstein has been recognized by Forbes magazine as a “top cyber policy expert” and his analysis and commentary have been featured in numerous media and academic publications, including The Christian Science Monitor, the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the US Naval Institute’s Proceedings, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, CNN.com, and The Boston Globe.

 Born and raised in Westfield, New Jersey, Mr. Weinstein holds a Bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s degree from Georgetown University. He is also a Cybersecurity Fellow with New America.

Nicholas Insua, Partner, McCarter & English

Nick’s practice focuses on insurance coverage litigation and counseling exclusively on behalf of policyholders. Nick’s represents clients on catastrophic first-party property damage and business interruption claims. He is the co-author of the book, Business Income Insurance Disputes, a leading treatise on business interruption and time-element insurance issues.  In his liability coverage work, Nick represents companies and executives under D&O and E&O policies.  Nick has also handled matters under general liability insurance policies for all manner of underlying claims; as well as under employment practices liability policies, inland marine insurance policies, and fidelity and crime policies.

 Nick’s experience includes all phases of litigation, up to and including trial. He has appeared in state and federal courts throughout the country, including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wyoming. Nick has assisted clients in obtaining either full coverage or advantageous settlements, in some instances without litigation.  He also has substantial arbitration and mediation experience.

 Nick writes and lectures on insurance-related topics. His articles have been cited in court decisions including Am. Nat. Prop. & Cas. Co. v. Wyatt, 400 S.W.3d 417 (Mo. Ct. app. 2013); NGM Ins. Co. v. Carolina’s Power Wash & Painting, LLC, 2010 WL 146482 (D.S.C. Jan. 12, 2010); and In re Idleaire Tech. Corp., 2009 WL 413117 (Bankr. D. Del. Feb. 18, 2009). He has been a guest lecturer on Environmental Insurance Law at Rutgers School of Law – Camden and an Adjunct Professor at Seton Hall University School of Law, where he taught Commercial Law Survey.  Nick also serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee and Associate Training Committee.

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