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In his role since 2002, Vittorio Cretella is responsible for IT infrastructure strategy and operations and the delivery of infrastructure services to 70000 users, in more than 400 locations across 60 countries. Under Vittorio’s initiative, Mars IS has standardized, consolidated and virtualized IT infrastructure, and recently completed a major transformation program including cloud-based communication and social collaboration services for 45000 users, the move to a single externally managed service for WAN/LAN and telephony, the deployment of a mobility program inclusive of “Bring your own” capability, and a new video and audio tiered service inclusive of Telepresence. During his 22 years working at Mars, Vittorio held several leadership positions including the CIO role for the Wrigley segment in 2009-2010, where he led the change program which resulted into the integration of the former Wrigley IT resources into Mars IS, as well as unification and consolidation of IT services.

Michael B. Koval was appointed senior vice president and CIO of the Long & Foster Companies in 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all technology services for Long & Foster and its' more than 250 sales offices which span throughout the companies' seven state region and the District of Columbia. Prior to his recent appointment, Michael served as vice president and CIO since joining Long & Foster in 2000. Prior to joining Long & Foster, Michael was senior manager and practice leader at KPMG Consulting (currently know as BearingPoint, LLC), an international consulting company with offices in more than 125 countries. In that capacity, Michael served numerous clients with their selection and implementation of financial and transactional systems and ecommerce solutions including the launching of numerous websites. Michael serves on numerous advisory boards.

Bob Krestakos is chief information officer at Steelcase Inc., the global leader in the office furniture industry. Steelcase delivers a better work experience to its customers by providing products, services and insights into the ways people work. Its portfolio includes architecture, furniture and technology products.
Named to this role in July 2007, Bob oversees all global Information Technology groups and services at Steelcase. Previously, Bob was vice president, Global Technology Infrastructure (appointed July 2005). In that role, he co-led global IT services at Steelcase, with responsibility for systems, networks and associated technical services for all of Steelcase, including North America, International and the Steelcase Design Partnership companies.
Bob joined Steelcase in 1992 as a consulting and systems programmer, responsible for the design, implementation and support of the data communications network. Other roles he has held with the company are manager of Network Services (August – December 1997), overseeing the implementation and support of the voice and data communications infrastructure for Steelcase North America; director of the Business Technology Group, (December 1997 – October 2002), responsible for the design and implementation of the infrastructure systems of Steelcase North America; and director of Technical Services and Operations (October 2002 – July 2005), responsible for all aspects of Steelcase North America’s technology infrastructure, including the deployment, operation and support of the infrastructure’s hardware and software systems.
Prior to joining Steelcase, Bob worked for Digital Equipment Corporation in New Hampshire from July 1984 to September 1992, where he was a principal software engineer. In that role, he designed and implemented major software systems for transaction processing, network communication and database integration systems. 

Randall N. (Randy) Spratt is Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer for McKesson Corporation. As CTO, Spratt guides the overall technology direction for the company’s healthcare technology products, and provide support and guidance for application development processes companywide.  As CIO, Spratt is responsible for all technology initiatives within the Corporation. Spratt has been with McKesson for more than 18 years, most recently as chief process officer for McKesson Provider Technologies (MPT), the company's medical software and services division based in Alpharetta, Georgia. He also managed MPT's Business Development, Information Technology, and Strategic Planning offices, as well as MPT's Technology Services business.

Prior to joining McKesson, Spratt held executive positions of increasing responsibility at the start-up Advanced Laboratory Systems (ALS), culminating with the role of Chief Operations Officer. ALS was acquired by HBOC in 1996, which in turn was acquired by McKesson in 1999, and Spratt took on responsibility for HBOC's laboratory systems business shortly thereafter. Following the acquisition of HBOC by McKesson in 1999, Spratt relocated to Georgia to become part of the reconstructed management team.

Anthony J. Bradley, author of “The Social Organization,” is a group vice president in Gartner Research, managing teams that cover business process management, project and portfolio management, enterprise architecture, IT procurement, IT sourcing, and vendor management. He also advises clients on the enterprise employment of social media and social software solutions.
Prior to Gartner, Mr. Bradley led several SOA and Web 2.0 projects with Booz Allen Hamilton in the IT Innovations Group. He assisted the U.S. Army in applying SOA to transform its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability to enable net-centric warfare. He led a systems design effort for the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) proposal, bringing the concepts and technologies of social software and SOA to Army enterprise collaboration. Mr. Bradley also consulted with Toyota, British Petroleum, Shell Oil, Independence Blue Cross and the MTA of New York City on SOA and Web 2.0 efforts. Prior to Booz Allen, he was the CTO and co-founder of Appergy, a Silicon Valley startup delivering social collaboration solutions.
Mr. Bradley is the recent author of, The Social Organization: How to Use Social Media to Tap the Collective Genius of Your Customers and Employees