HDI Philly March 2023 Chapter Meeting

The event will be in person.

The agenda is to have lunch and networking from 12-12:30

Then speakers and breakout session from 12:30 to around 4pm.

Speaker #1

Name: Angelo Valletta

Title:  President & CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Topic: The 7 R’s of Leadership and Life

Abstract: In a conversational manner, Angelo will discuss how his 7R’s of Leadership and Life shaped his leadership philosophy and strategic approach as he navigated close to 40 years in various businesses in IT leadership/Chief Information Officer and moved from Technology to Business Leader/President/CEO.

Bio:  Angelo J. Valletta has close to 40 years of progressively responsible managerial experience in diverse industries with companies ranging in size from small consultants to multi-national firms. He has a proven track record of developing and building effective internal and outsourced distributed teams and is a turn-around specialist in operations and customer service. He has held multiple board-level leadership roles.
Angelo currently serves as President and CEO for the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania. He previously served as Managing Director/Region President/Executive Consultant and Banking Strategist for the world’s largest Global FinTech company; and President and CEO of an independent community foundation. Before that, he was Senior Vice President/Chief Information and Bank Operations Officer for Sun National Bank.

Angelo earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Temple University and his MBA from Philadelphia University. He serves on the following non-profit boards: PA Governor Economic Development Transition Committee, Red Cross Northeastern PA; Temple University; FOX Alumni Association (Emeritus); Pierce College Technology Advisory; Alvernia University O’Pake Innovation Board; and Chairman of the Louis A. Valletta Endowment. He mentors students at Columbia, Philadelphia, and Temple universities. He is a former elected official, having represented his district in Gloucester County, NJ, and has chaired several companies’ United Way campaigns.
Angelo is a published author and has most recently received the following awards.
• Red Cross of Eastern PA - Anita Lockwood Leadership Award
• Bank Systems and Technology Magazine Elite 8
• Temple University Alumni Diamond Excellence Award
• Smart/CEO Magazine Top 10 Executive Leaders
• Honored as one of Computerworld’s Premier 100

Speakers #2 & 3

Presenters: Jerome Barnes, Solutions Engineer, Nexthink and Jon Whitmore, Account Executive, Nexthink

Topic: Digital Employee Experience

Abstract:  An introduction to the emerging capability around the Digital Workplace Experience (DEX).  These solutions give IT organizations holistic insight into how employees utilize the technologies they rely on to fulfill their work requirements.  In this evolving sector, industry analysts such as Gartner and Forrestor predict organizations will increasingly adopt these solution as companies look to support hybrid and remote workplaces.