SPEAKERS

BRIGHTIDEA, INC | CEO

Matthew Greeley

Matt Greeley co-founded Brightidea in 1999 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He previously consulted for Wrenchead.com, helping them raise over $100 million in venture funding from investors including CBS Corporation, Polaris Ventures, and Goldman Sachs. Before joining Wrenchead.com, Mr. Greeley co-founded Silicon Valley enterprise software provider Alyanza Software.

BRIGHTIDEA | VP, PRODUCT

Genevieve Wang

Genevieve has overseen product management and design for Brightidea since 2014. She has focused her tenure on creating a balanced product strategy that is both vision-inspired and customer-driven. Genevieve has worked in innovation management, product, and marketing for the past 15 years, with experience across the software, healthcare, food & beverage, and retail industries.

UNISYS | DIRECTOR, TECH. STRATEGY AND INNOVATION

Brittney Burchett, MBA

Brittney leads the Technology Innovation Practice at Unisys. By uniting the brightest minds of Unisys across business units through a virtual platform, she empowers them to create and expand new opportunities for the business. Brittney also collaborates with key stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to technical problems, launch internal crowdsourcing campaigns and open innovation initiatives, and fully develop ideas into proofs of concept.

UNISYS | ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, TECHNOLOGY, STRATEGY, AND INNOVATION

Derek Paul

Derek has led several engineering groups for Unisys over the years, both stateside and abroad. During his tenure, he has been involved in developing a number of innovative solutions for the company. Currently, Derek overseas all engineering operations for the Technology Innovation Practice at Unisys, working to expand innovation throughout Engineering and the company at large.

GENERAL MOTORS | MANAGER, iHUB

Will Handzel

Will leverages his varied background to represent broad customer perspectives. His GM career has included positions in GM Performance and multiple production vehicle programs, including the first Chevrolet Volt and Cadillac ELR. As a lifetime asker of ‘why’, Will has authored over 2,400 published magazine pages and a best selling book on a top performance engine. His ongoing goal is to unleash and maximize the creative potential of General Motors.

GENERAL MOTORS | CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT & OPERATIONS LEAD, iHUB

Ahmad Hares

Ahmad raised the very first round of funding for iHub, from Executive Directors and Vice Presidents, and currently leads business development to broaden its impact. He pioneered iHub’s Synapse, an incubator where employee teams solve sponsored challenges in areas such as autonomous vehicles and electrification. Ahmad also co-developed The iHub Way, a prescriptive playbook for GM innovators to bring desirable products to life.

GM | CO-FOUNDER, PRODUCT + MARKETING LEAD, iHUB

Shreyas Parat

Shreyas inspires action at GM by creating and developing iHub’s brands and customer experiences. He’s instrumental in engaging employees and leadership to increase the support and success of iHub. To that end, Shreyas co-developed The iHub Way, a prescriptive playbook to help innovators connect better with customer needs and build a message to scale solutions. Before joining GM, he did similar work for the electric supercar startup, Renovo.

CLOROX | BUSINESS NETWORKS LEADER, R&D

Navin Kunde, PhD

Navin works in the Open Innovation group at Clorox R&D. The group connects business leaders and innovation teams to external experts and partners, helping to fill gaps in knowledge and capability. In addition to his role, Navin supports the Health & Wellness business segment of Clorox, and involves himself in enterprise initiatives like Digital Transformation.