Senior Vice President, Partner Ecosystem Success, Red Hat

Stefanie Chiras is Senior Vice President of Partner Ecosystem Success at Red Hat. She leads Red Hat’s global partner ecosystem engagement to foster relevance for our customers and growth for our partners. She focuses on setting the global partner strategy and establishing clear paths for partner success across the entire ecosystem. Stefanie plays a critical role in articulating the value of Red Hat’s product portfolio and defining the strategy for partnering with Red Hat for customer success. She has held several senior product leadership positions at Red Hat, most recently as Senior Vice President of the Platforms business group, where she was responsible for defining, building, and executing the company’s cross-platform strategy and the products that support it. Prior to that, Stefanie was Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® organization at Red Hat, where she was responsible for the entire product line. Before Red Hat, she served as Vice President of Offering Management at IBM Cognitive Systems. As part of the Cognitive Systems brand team, she led worldwide business for the systems and system software portfolios, AIX, IBM i, Linux, and the cloud stack. She also led the portfolio’s transformation to support enterprise workloads and artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning.

Vice President, Hitachi Group Companies, Hitachi Solutions

Sharan Hildebrand is the Vice President of Hitachi Group Companies at Hitachi Solutions and has more than 25 years in the technology industry. As Vice President of the Hitachi Group Companies, Sharan is currently responsible for driving go-to-market activities across the Hitachi LTD organizations. A fierce advocate for elevating women in leadership and IT, Sharan serves on the WIT Mission Board and is a founding member of the Women’s Executive Channel Advisory Network. She is also the Founder of Fearless Sisters, a networking platform for women at all stages of their career, and the author of Finish the Sentence, a Business Fable About Women Unlocking Their Power and Discovering Career Success.

VP, IT Global Service Delivery, Reyes Holdings

Irene Oh is a Cyber Security and Technology leader focused on leveraging technology to maximize business value while simultaneously strengthening the security posture of the organization. As VP of IT Global Service Delivery at Reyes Holdings, Irene leads Enterprise Applications teams supporting the IT environment in over 200 sites across 18 countries. She has led multiple large scale digital transformations and is currently partnering with the HR Department on their Digital Transformation to provide all employees with a seamless and interconnected Employee Experience to attract and retain top talent.Prior to Reyes Holdings, Irene was the Head of Information Technology at the Museum of Science and Industry, where she led all IT and Cyber Security related functions. She currently serves on the Board for the Chicagoland Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance. Irene’s passion lies with People – fostering a culture of openness, collaboration, and transparency. She enjoys coaching, mentoring, and most importantly – sponsoring – other women to reach their full potential and advance their careers.

HVP, Infrastructure Products, Discover Financial Services

Enterprise Client Executive, Amazon Web Services

VP, North America Commercial Sales, Red Hat