PDP events feature executives from a variety of industries and roles to share career insights and more about their positions and career paths.
Explore previous speakers from PDP events:
2024-2025
Charlie Latch, Managing Director of Products & Solutions, PwC
2/5/2025
Melissa York, Senior Vice President, Lockton
Steve Idoux, President, Lockton
9/4/2024
Pam Piscitello, Director of Marketing and Operations, Firewalk Studios
Matt Piscitello, Revenue Strategy Lead, Xbox Game Studios
9/18/2024
Amanda Blevins, VP and CTO, Americas, BMC
Michelle Carbone, Senior Vice President of Operations and Chief of Staff, BMC
Tracy Schulz, Area Vice President of Finance, BMC
Jasmin Young, Entrepreneur, BMC
10/2/2024
Wyatt Harrison
Program Manager, Adobe
10/16/2024
Tabitha Stine
Energy Solutions and Brand & Marketing, Nucor
11/6/2024
Mel Galvis
Business Development Manager, UiPath
11/20/2024
2023-2024
Dan Needham
Executive Vice President – Commercial, Nucor
09/06/2023
Craig Davis
Regional Sales Specialist, J&J Medical Technology
09/20/2023
Melanie Vogel
VP Value and Solution Engineering, BMC
10/04/2023
Phil Springer
Sr. Director, Global Business Development
10/18/2023
Jeff Klaumann
CEO, Collective 54
11/01/2023
Ford Noe
Regional Manager, Marcus and Millichap
11/15/2023
Charlie Latch & Scott Likens
Managing Director & Technology Leader, PwC
02/07/2024
Jeb Philips
Territory Manager, Abbott Labs
02/21/2024
Ace Coustol
Director of New Business Development, Malin USA
03/13/2024
Ayana Taylor
Commercial Actress, Hollywood
03/27/2024
Roger Woolsey
CEO, Million Air
04/03/2024
2022-2023
Katie Tierney
AVP – Digital Service and Operations Management Americas, BMC
09/07/2022
Bruce Bently
Regional Manager, Marcus & Millichap
09/21/2022
Charlie Latch, Managing Director
Sarah Rodriguez, Consulting Principal
Amy Wolf, Partner
PwC
10/05/2022
Moroni Rodrigues
Chief Financial Officer, Marsh Mclennan Agency
10/19/2022
Alex Milne
Regional Vice President, UiPath
11/02/2022
Ava Hernandez, ProSales
Caleb Howard, Finance
Carisa Padilla, Supply Chain
Jonathan Scalli, Marketing
Jada Sleet, Marketing
Braeden Sully, Management
Michael Tinker, MIS
Sofia Reyes, Host
11/16/2022
Elisa Torres
Director – Global Strategic Marketing, J&J Med Tech
02/15/2023
Karen Scott
Vice President of Sales Enablement and Training, Patterson Dental
03/01/2023
Don Miller
CEO, StoryBrand
03/15/2023
DeAnn Rutledge
National Sales Manager, 3M Electrical Markets
03/29/2023
Ace Coustol
General Manager, Lonestar Forklift
04/05/2023
Horst Schulze
CEO, Ritz-Carlton
04/19/2023
2021-2022
Matt Kisber
Chair, Silicon Ranch Corporation
09/01/2021
Glenn Gaines, Director – Energy & Sustainability Services
Tammy Fulop, VP Sales – Energy Solutions
Schneider Electric
09/15/2021
Lauren Hernandez
Talent Acquisition Manager, Patterson Dental
10/06/2021
Bojana Bowermon
Leader – Velocity Sales Americas, UiPath
10/20/2021
Joshua Eapen, MIS
Andrea Henderson, ProSales
Bailey Shoemaker, Marketing Management
Findlay Yepo, Accounting
11/03/2021
Lars Naslund
VP Global Commercial – Safety & Industrial Business Group, 3M
02/16/2022
Sam Azide, Account Director, Palantir Technologies
Johana Favela, Business Transformation Consultant, Oracle
David McGee, Regional Vice President, Doximity
Margaret Newton, Sales Director, Texas Life Insurance Company
03/02/2022
Jamie Gorey
Director of Strategic Accounts, Johnson & Johnson
03/16/2022
Jason Andrew
Chief Revenue Officer, BMC
04/06/2022
Kevin Pennington
Partner, PWC
04/20/2022
2020-2021
Clint Edens
Regional President, Patterson Dental
09/02/2020
Jessica Rush
Chief Talent Officer, Paradox
09/02/2020
Debarati Sen
Vice President, 3M
10/07/2020
Sean Maxwell
Chief Commercial Officer, Absolute Software
10/07/2020
Christen Medulla
Co-Founder, Tastebuddy
02/03/2021
Nathan McCray
Sales Manager, Spectrum
02/17/2021
Amelia Hardy
VP – Diversity & Inclusion, Best Buy
03/03/2021
Greg Tesimale
University Recruiting Lead, CISCO
03/17/2021
2019-2020
Joanne Moretti
Founder & CEO, JCurve Digital
09/04/2019
Curtis Schroeder
Principal Advisor, Sales Strategy & Organizational Development, Oracle
09/04/2019
Staci Woods
Director, Solution Engineering Strategic Messaging and Execution, Oracle
09/04/2019
Deb Sawyer
Managing Director, ZRG Partners
10/02/2019
Brian Galicia
Global Sales Leader for Sales Automation & LinkedIn, Microsoft
10/02/2019
Robert Howard
Big Tech Recruiter
02/05/2020
Adam Cannard
Talent Acquisition Manager, Fisher Investments
02/05/2020
Mario Zandstra
President & CEO, Family Legacy
03/04/2020
2018-2019
Jim Alcina
AVP of Sales, Pegasystems
09/05/2018
David Bellas
Head of Sales – Australia & New Zealand, LinkedIn
09/05/2018
Grant Cardone
Best Selling Author, Sales Trainer & Marketing Influencer
10/03/2018
Brian Williams
Founder & CEO, Perspectivity International
11/07/2018
Lynn Higgs
President – Texas & Oklahoma, Fortis Solutions Group
01/23/2019
Jemia Young
Diversity Talent Program Manager, TEKsystems
01/23/2019
Jonathan Donaruma
Manager, Sales Development, Procore Technologies
03/06/2019
Beth Platt
Manager, Sales Development, Procore Technologies
03/06/2019
Mike Schultz
President, RAIN Group
04/03/2019
2017-2018
Scott Cloutier
Senior District Sales Manager, Federated Insurance
09/13/2017
Kathleen Hartman
Sales Trainer, Rackspace
09/13/2017
Dennis Allen
Private Equity/Turnaround Situation Expert
11/01/2017
Warren Burt
Territory Account Manager, AppDynamics
10/04/2017
Alex Dixon
Deal Execution Lead, Accenture
10/04/2017
Kimberly Dixon
Account Executive, Qualtrics
10/04/2017
Morgan Greenwood
Enterprise Acquisition Inside Account Manager, VMware
10/04/2017
Ty Williams
Manager, Inside Sales, Palo Alto Networks
01/17/2018
Curtis Mohr
CEO, The Pinske Edge
03/14/2018
Shawn Dorrough
Senior Manager, GuideStone Financial
04/04/2018
Jeffrey Jones
Marketing Representative, Federated Insurance
Eric Waller
Managing Partner, Moab Medical Development
2016-2017
Natalie Cass
Corporate Recruiter, Qualtrics
Diana Curti
Partner Services Coordinator, IMG College
Dave Gordon
Chief Marketing Officer, Gallagher Bassett Services
Mickey Hess
National Sales Manager, 3M
Clark McCormack
Account Executive, IMG College
Amanda Mesler
General Manager, Microsoft
Justin Powell
Sales Operations Leader, Owens Corning
Mack Rhoades
Vice President and Director of Athletics, Baylor University
Mike Rodriguez
Speaker, Author and Leadership Expert, Mike Rodriguez-International
Taylor Safford
Site Lead – Dallas Office, Qualtrics
2015-2016
Becca Broaddus
HSB Communications & Marketing
John Colias
Senior Vice President and Advanced Analytics Consultant, Decision Analyst, Inc.
Hayley Dawson-Owens
Vice President, Client Service, Decision Analyst, Inc.
Jim Fifield
Retired Music Industry, Apparel and Consumer Goods Executive
Brittany Foreman
HSB Communications & Marketing
Spoke on Marketing the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business & Innovation
Lindy Fuller
HSB Communications & Marketing
CJ Jackson
HSB Communications & Marketing
Phil Jackson
Director, Healthcare & Insurance Verticals, Decision Analyst, Inc.
Paul Kirch
CEO, Actus Sales Intelligence
Ian McCaw
Director of Athletics, Baylor University
Richard McLemore
Canada BDC Regional Manager, Oracle
Jay Mitchell
President & Founder, Mereo, LLC
Chris Newberry
Vice President of Sales, Global Atlantic Financial Group
Kartik Pashupati
Research Manager, Research Now
Emily Warren
CEO, Homecare Interact
2014-2015
John Barry
Chief Marketing Officer, Baylor University
Adam Bryant
Corner Office columnist, The New York Times
Sharon Chacon
Executive Team Lead – HR, Target
David Engfer
Manager, Pariveda Solutions
Shirley Hunter
VP Global Operations, Teradata
Keith Link
Senior Account Manager of Sales, Occidental Chemical Corporation
Kerry Olin
General Manager, Microsoft
John Rainey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, United Airlines
2013-2014
Warren Burt
Inside Account Executive, VMware
Micah Copeland
Executive Team Leader, Target
Debra A. Dinnocenzo
President, VirtualWorks
Becca Hoopingarner
Field Campus Recruiter, Target
Mark Jones
Chairman and CEO, TWG Insurance
Kristine Mansour
Corporate Sales Manager, Houston Rockets
Will May
Enterprise Account Manager, AppDynamics
Deborah McGregor
CEO, Care Net Pregnancy Center
Ashley Slaughter
Store Team Lead, Target
Stefani Thornton
Regional Sales Director, Reynolds and Reynolds
Sam Turtletaub
Key Accts/Sales Development Leader, Century Interactive
2012-2013
Chuck Anderson
President, Occidental Chemical Corporation
Melanie Courtright
VP Research Services, Research Now
Hayley Dawson-Owens
VP Client Service, Decision Analyst
Rynetta Garner
Senior Recruiter, Target
Bill Goren
Head of Business Operations, Austin Toros
Amy Kruckemeyer
VP Human Resources, Decision Analyst
Mark Latham
Owner, TruDenta
Ken Merbler
President, Ken Merbler & Associates
Tanner Mezel
Principal, DSG Consulting
Paul Nelson
Sales Executive, IBM
Chris Olsen
Recruiting Manager, Research Now
Brandon Parrott
CEO, Kids Sports Network
Kartik Pashupati
Research Manager, Research Now
Laurie Watson
Store Team Lead, Target
2011-2012
Truman Blocker
Partner, Spectrum Financial Group
Brittany Blum
Business Development Manager, VitecOnline
Matt Bowman
Regional Manager, Paycom
Stuart Clark
Senior VP Sales & Marketing, McLane Company
Rhett Dawson
International Sales Director, Success Motivation International, Inc.
Matt Hess
Education Director, World Hunger Relief
Tiffany McGowen
Director of Recruiting, Paycom
Deborah McGregor
CEO, Care Net Pregnancy Center
Kevin Miller
Salesperson, Tom James
Claire Moncla
Communications, Waco Foundation
Ben Randolph
Account Director and Principal, Agency Entourage
Mike Raymond
Senior Advisor, Curves International
Tom Sicola
VP Marketing, McLane Company
Kathryn Thompson
Corporate College Recruiter, Paycom
Kathy Wise
Assistant Director, Mission Waco
2010-2011
Ashley Allison
Executive Director, Waco Foundation
Sara Dunne
Co-Publisher, Nside Publications
Ron Gajewski
President, Beyond ROI, Inc.
Michael Jenkins
President and Managing Director, Dallas Summer Musicals
Jim McKinley
Founding Partner, 360Partners
Richard Sandomir
Sports & Business Reporter, The New York Times
Bryan Tilson
Advertising Executive, Wieden+Kennedy
Matt Zolfo
Equipment Sales Consultant, Henry Schein Dental