Events

Learn how your COO and Operations peers are dealing with Operations talent challenges including recruitment and retention. Benchmark Hybrid, Onsite and Remote work environments. A panel of Operations experts will share the results of our national study of Operations Talent, along with best practices insight and ideas. By understanding these factors, COOs and their organizations can develop effective strategies to attract and retain Operations talent, which is crucial for staying competitive in today’s business landscape.

Meet the COO Interview Series: Charles Mayfield

This interview features Charles Mayfield, COO of Chicago Public Schools, the fourth-largest school district with 800+ sites, 9k employees, and a $9B budget. Charles’ role involves Facilities, IT, Nutrition, Procurement, Safety/Security, and Transportation. Prior roles included Executive Director/Chief Procurement Officer for CPS, and Assistant Director Procurement for the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), and 24-year in the United States Air Force Reserve.

Meet the COO Interview Series: Swati Reichmuth

This interview features Swati Reichmuth, COO/CFO of Rune Labs, a San Francisco based precision neurology digital health startup. Swati’s Operations career began as a mechanical engineer at CISCO, then management consultant and Chief of Staff at Deloitte Consulting (SF), followed by Business Operations at Samsung Digital Health, and then a rapid trajectory of funding and promotions at digital health startup BrightInsight. Swati earned an MBA-Strategy & Operations at UC Berkeley, and a BS Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley. She is an Advisor in Residence at Kicker Ventures, and member of the San Francisco chapter of Chief, an association for women executives.

Be the first to learn the results of the 2024 COO/Operations Sentiment Study, and hear perspectives from your COO and Operator peers. The annual Sentiment Study seeks to understand how macro-economic trends are shaping corporate strategy, planning, and priorities. With a backdrop of unprecedented geopolitical risk, high interest rates and inflation, rapidly changing financial markets, a potential recession and continued talent challenges, how will the C-Suite manage in 2024 and beyond?

Despite easing pandemic pressures, economic and political environments continue to be both unpredictable and rapidly changing. High interest rates, inflation, volatility in the stock market and foreign exchange, and for some, recession and supply chain issues. Domestic and global economics will prove challenging to C-Suite decision makers including CEOs, Controllers and CFOs, COOs and CIOs. To understand and manage these uncertainties, learn from renown economist and subject matter expert Dan North, a nationally-recognized economist and Chief Economist, Allianz Trade.

Meet the COO Interview Series: Courtney Rottman

This interview features Courtney Rottman, Chief Operating Officer for Care Technology at Evernorth Health Services, a Cigna Group corporation. Courtney is based in Dallas and has more than 20 years of experience serving in operations leadership roles at such global social innovators as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital-ALSAC, Baylor Scott & White Health, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and Travelocity.com.

2023 Operations Talent Study – Webcast Panel & Results

Learn how your COO peers are dealing with talent challenges including recruitment and retention. Benchmark Hybrid, Onsite and Remote work environments. A panel of Operations experts will share the results of our national study of Operations Talent, along with best practice advice. By understanding these factors, COOs and their organizations can develop effective strategies to attract and retain operations talent, which is crucial for staying competitive in today’s business landscape. Learn from a panel of COOs.

Meet the COO Interview Series: Mel Heckman

This interview features Mel Heckman, serial COO and technology executive. Mel Heckman is an accomplished operations and technology executive with nearly 30 years experience in technology infrastructure, supply chain and procurement, digital transformation and business intelligence across a wide range of industries. His many COO and technology roles span mid-market to Fortune 500 corporations. Mel’s long consulting career focused on C-Suite advisory and technology implementation for West Monroe Partners, Sikich, Ernst & Young, and others.