2020 MnTech Annual CIO Panel

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Date: December 8, 2020

Time: 8:00 am – 9:30 am

Location: Virtual (meeting access will be emailed)

Join us December 8th for the MnTech Annual CIO Panel, where CIOs from local organizations share their challenges and opportunities for the coming year. This year’s panelists come from a wide variety of industries: agriculture, construction, education, healthcare, legal and medical devices.

Panelists:

Dan Abdul, SVP & CTO, Medica
Teddy Bekele, SVP & CTO, Land O’Lakes, Inc.
Casey Gordon, CIO, College of St. Benedict & St. John’s University
Laura Groschen, VP & CIO, Cardiovascular Business & Medtronic Global Functions
Tony Peleska, VP IT, Kraus-Anderson Construction Company
Cris Ross, CIO, Mayo Clinic
Shawn Swearingen, Chief Innovation Officer, Faegre Drinker

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Here are a few of the topics you’ll hear:

Using data as a key lever in driving initiatives
Creating competitive advantage through technology differentiation
Doubling down on business innovation while sustaining current environments
Gaining stakeholder alignment on digital transformation for core business
Sourcing and retaining tech talent
Embracing the shift in culture and renewed energy on diversification
Staying agile to quickly adapt to changes in supply chain

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Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M

Jayshree Seth is a Corporate Scientist at 3M and currently holds 77 patents for a variety of innovations, with several additional pending. She joined 3M in 1993 after an MS and PhD in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University, New York. She is a Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from her alma mater REC Trichy India, now NIIT Trichy, where she earned a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering.

Jayshree was appointed 3M’s first ever Chief Science Advocate in 2018 and is using her scientific knowledge, technical expertise and professional experience to advance science and communicate the benefits of science and the importance of diversity in STEM fields. She is also a member of Carlton Society which is the 3M Science and Engineering “Hall of Fame.” Jayshree is the fourth woman and first female engineer to be inducted. In 2020, she was awarded Society of Women Engineers (SWE) highest Achievement Award. She is also the first-ever winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the new Female Thought Leaders of the Year – category in the 18th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business in 2021. Jayshree was featured in a docuseries titled Not the Science Type that premiered during the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival and accepted for Brand Storytelling Showcase, a sanctioned event at Sundance Film Festival. She is the author of the books, The Heart of Science – Engineering Footprints, Fingerprints, & Imprints, and The Heart of Science – Engineering Fine Print published by the Society of Women Engineers, and all sales proceeds go to a scholarship for underrepresented minority women in STEM. She is a sought-after speaker, globally, on a multitude of topics such as innovation, leadership and STEM advocacy and has featured in local, national and international media.

Jayshree has served on the CEOs Inclusion Council, chaired the 3M Asian Employee Resource Group A3CTION and serves on the Steering Committee for 3M Technical Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF). She also serves on the Board of the Science Museum of Minnesota, Engineering Advisory Council for Clarkson University, AAAS Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy (COSEPP), Advisory Board for Innovation – The Conference Board, and Advisory Group of Aspen Institute Our Future is Science program.

Jayshree has two adult kids, and her husband also works at 3M.

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2020 MnTech Annual CIO Panel

Details

Panelists:

Here are a few of the topics you’ll hear:

Thanks to Our Event Sponsors

More to Explore

MnTech Sites

Yakov Gradinar

Willie Jett

Beth Elliott

Dr. Sean Masterman, Ed.D

Joseph Block

Dave Elliston

Ron Huesman

Al Porter

Karen Hildebrand

Rosie Nestingen

Garret Anderson

Dave Neville

Mike Ritzenthaler

Adam Marrè

Mark Murphy

Dennis Zuzek

Rakhi Purohit

Srini Somayajula

Martha Cotton Managing Director and Global co-Lead

Jayshree Seth Corporate Scientist, 3M

Matt Versaggi

fmr Senior Director of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Technology + Distinguished Engineer – Optum Technology

Maria Vittone

Chakra Sankaraiah

Marcus Johansson

Dave Rummler

Martha Cotton
Managing Director and Global co-Lead

Jayshree Seth
Corporate Scientist, 3M