North American Marketing Leadership Summit

Alysa Taylor is the Chief Marketing Officer for Commercial Cloud and AI at Microsoft. In her role, Alysa drives the commercialization of Microsoft’s fastest-growing areas of the business. Her portfolio includes Azure Infrastructure, Solutions & Partner, Audience & Experience, Data & AI, Digital Applications, Industry solutions, and Integrated Marketing—which together enable digital and AI transformation for organizations of all sizes across the globe. Alysa serves at the intersection of teams spanning engineering, marketing, sales, and corporate functions to advance Microsoft’s key priorities. She has delivered broad impact for Microsoft since joining the company in 2004 and has played a pivotal role in driving value and growth for the commercial business, including by helping lead the explosive growth of Microsoft Azure, first in the United States and now globally.

Mandy Dhaliwal is the Chief Marketing Officer at Nutanix where she oversees the company’s global marketing strategy to accelerate customer adoption of its enterprise hybrid multicloud solutions. Before joining Nutanix, Mandy was the Chief Marketing Officer for Boomi where she was responsible for leading, planning and executing the company’s go-to-market, brand presence, product marketing, demand generation, partner marketing, field marketing, customer advocacy, strategic events and corporate communications programs. Mandy has more than 25 years of B2B experience in driving growth and innovation strategies across the cloud and software markets. During her career, Mandy has held senior leadership positions at venture-backed startups and public corporations like Fugue, BlazeMeter, SOASTA, EMC, and Legato Systems. Mandy holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Management and Marketing from Simon Fraser University.

Francesca Cardarelli is a transformative marketing leader in Canada’s food and beverage industry, known for driving brand growth through strategic innovation and data-led decision making. As CMO of McDonald’s Canada, she leads national marketing, digital, and menu strategies. Since joining in 2021, Francesca has launched the MyMcDonald’s Rewards program, led the Effie-winning Frequent Fryer campaign, and elevated enterprise planning through analytics. Her prior leadership roles at Starbucks, Jamieson Vitamins, and PepsiCo Foods reflect her passion for creative excellence and organizational transformation. Passionate about talent development, she mentors future marketing leaders and serves on advisory councils at Toronto Metropolitan and Brock Universities. She also sits on the board of Ronald McDonald House Charities Canada. Outside work, Francesca enjoys yoga, running, and scuba diving.

Alicia Parker joined Tishman Speyer in 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer to oversee Tishman Speyer’s global marketing, customer, and communications strategies across the firm’s diverse portfolio of businesses. She leverages her background in tech, fashion, travel, music, hospitality, retail, beauty and financial services to guide Tishman Speyer’s strategic brand development. She held previous marketing and sales positions at Casper Sleep, The Peninsula Hotels and Ralph Lauren. Prior to her in-house roles, Alicia worked on the agency side with global brands including Samsung, Sony, MTV Games, and Mastercard. Alicia holds a BS in Business from Babson College, serves on the Board of Directors for The Center for Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership and has served as an Advisor to start-ups ranging from fintech to consumers goods.

Kris Narayanan is Verizon Business’ Chief Digital Officer, leading a global team focused on digital growth and experience, innovation and performance design across all digital platforms.   An experienced digital, marketing and technology executive, he has previously led digital transformation at Samsung, JPMorgan Chase, Vonage, and LG.

At Verizon Business, Kris and his team are driving customer and bottom-line impact by rapidly bringing design, data, digital and technology together to transform customer and sales rep experiences. Kris’ team is also responsible for Verizon Business’ AI strategy for sales and marketing, and for the acceleration of AI initiatives that drive greatest impact to the business. Through these efforts, the team aims to massively impact digital mix, customer satisfaction and rep productivity.

Prior to Verizon, Kris was Head of Digital at JPMorgan Chase for Credit Cards, where he was instrumental in driving digital acquisition,  onboarding and self-service of Chase’s 45M+ credit card customers. His team helped drive the massive upgrades of chase.com and Chase Mobile in 2012-15 and over $1 Bn bottom-line benefits through growth and cost reductions.

Prior to Chase, Kris was the Head of Digital and Integrated Marketing at Samsung Electronics, where he led the complete responsive redesign and rebuild of samsung.com, and the launch of D2C ecommerce.  He was also instrumental in driving the North American ascendance of the Samsung brand and its industry-leading growth in TV, Mobile and Appliance categories.

Kris grew up in India, and holds an BA (Honors) and MA in Economics from the University of Delhi, India, and an MBA and PhD (ABD) from Rutgers University, NJ. He lives in Bernardsville, NJ with his wife Kristin and golden retriever Sophie. His sons Will & James have flown the coop.

Vidya Ramnath is a senior vice president and chief marketing officer of Emerson. In this role,

she leads comprehensive global marketing, brand architecture, external communications, and

strategic storytelling of Emerson’s transformation to a focused global automation leader with

the industry’s most comprehensive portfolio.

Vidya joined the company in 1994 as a manufacturing engineer for Rosemount in Singapore.

She held several roles with increasing responsibility, including senior manager of customer

care for Emerson’s Flow business in Asia Pacific and the director of marketing for Rosemount.

She became the vice president of marketing for Emerson Asia Pacific in 2010 along with

business leadership for Emerson’s wireless portfolio. In 2016, Vidya became vice president of

Plantweb Solutions and Services in the global sales organization and was named vice

president of Asia Pacific for measurement and analytical in 2017. She held this role until 2019,

when she was promoted to her current role as president of Middle East and Africa for

Emerson.

Throughout her career, Vidya has lived in Singapore and Dubai. She was recognized among

Forbes Middle East’s Power Businesswomen in 2020 and received the 2022 “Women in

Leadership” Equality in Energy award from EGYPS.

Vidya has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras in

India and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington.

As vice president, customer marketing and loyalty, Amanda Bailey spearheads the strategic development, design, and implementation of the company’s loyalty programs. Amanda is responsible for advancing a best-in-class loyalty and personalization ecosystem, utilizing customer data and insights to elevate members’ omnichannel experiences. Her efforts focus on driving repeat visits through targeted marketing campaigns and personalized content, promotions and experiences, ultimately enhancing customer lifetime value and brand loyalty. Under Amanda’s leadership, Lowe’s became the first national home improvement retailer to offer tailored loyalty programs for both homeowners and Pro customers. Amanda joined Lowe’s in 2022.

Amanda has over 15 years of experience in marketing. Before joining Lowe’s, Amanda served as vice president, customer relationship marketing and loyalty at Tory Burch. She previously held several leadership roles at Hilton, where she served as vice president of global customer strategy and engagement, as well as senior director of Hilton Honors loyalty marketing.

Amanda earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Maryland. She is a founding member of Chief, a private membership network dedicated to empowering senior women leaders in their professional journeys. She was named a Lowe’s officer of excellence in 2023.