Archives: Speakers

Dr. Dumais is a scientist with over 15 years of experience in behavioral and life science research. She is currently the Senior Director and Global Head of eCOA Science and Consulting at Clario. She has expertise in the implementation of electronic clinical outcome assessments (eCOA) and the development and validation of patient reported outcomes (PROs) to support labeling claims. She is a subject matter expert in the development of custom site rater training and participant training for improving accuracy in COA reporting and improving inter-and intra-rater reliability. Furthermore, she has expertise in PRO strategy for oncology clinical trials and has published and presented strategies and outcomes of oncology trials at over 14 conferences and webinars.

For more than two decades, Maarten Edelman has worked at the intersection of hospitality and technology, helping hotels turn fragmented guest data into meaningful experiences. At dailypoint, he focuses on clean data, CRM, and personalization: because in luxury hospitality, technology should support the magic, not replace it

Kent Luton is a Managing Director at KPMG with 25+ years of experience in leading sales transformation initiatives for Global 500 companies, including across the financial services and insurance sector. He specializes in Sales Performance Management (SPM) and helping clients optimize their sales and service channels to drive business results.

Kent has a proven track record of architecting and delivering complex transformation programs focused on sales enablement and incentive compensation. He is passionate about designing and implementing innovative strategies that achieve measurable growth and operational excellence for his clients.

Karlyn Carnahan leads the insurance practice for Celent for North America. She is based in San Francisco and focuses on issues related to the intersection of business and technology with an emphasis on how technology can improve business practices. Karlyn is the lead analyst for questions related to distribution channels, product management and underwriting and the technologies and insurtechs that accompany those areas. She joined Celent with an extensive career in the insurance industry and holds an MBA from Stanford Business School and a Certified Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.

Therrien has spent his career helping enterprise organizations address structural challenges across revenue strategy and execution. His work has helped leaders understand how systems and incentives shape behavior and outcomes across complex organizations. He previously served as the Vice President, CRO and Revenue Performance Management Advisory Practice at Anaplan. Prior to Anaplan, he led the Sales and Revenue Operations advisory practice at Forrester Research (formerly SiriusDecisions).