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June 9 - June 13, 2025

The Venetian | Las Vegas, NV

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Meet the Experts Shaping the Future of JD Edwards


Discover the thought leaders and industry experts speaking at BLUEPRINT 4D! These visionaries bring deep insights, real-world strategies, and the latest innovations to help you maximize your JD Edwards investment. Explore our lineup of speakers and get ready to learn from the best in the business!

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BLUEPRINT 4D Speakers


BLUEPRINT 4D Keynote Speaker

Chris Laping

4x CIO & bestselling author, People Before Things

About Chris Laping:

For years, Chris Laping has engaged audiences with disruptive ideas on innovation and roller coaster storytelling. He has enjoyed a 29-year career in technology, culture and business transformation.

Chris has served as Chief Information/Innovation Officer in four different companies; has been recognized for his leadership by publications such as The Economist, Wall Street Journal, and Fast Company; and is the best-selling author of People Before Things.

Chris has held multiple board positions and is a private investor. So, in addition to leading teams in a corporate environment, he has experience developing and growing new businesses.

Sessions include:

  • BLUEPRINT 4D Opening Keynote: Unbreakable: Building Your Personal Future-Ready Operating System

“My team is obsessed with BLUEPRINT and the value that it brings -- they basically consider it our training every year.”

— BLUEPRINT 4D 2024 Attendee

Oracle speakers at BLUEPRINT 4D include:


Gary Grieshaber

Group Vice President, Applications Development

Oracle

Paul Houtkooper

Vice President of Applications Development

Oracle

Jon Green

Senior Director, JD Edwards Support

Oracle

Ward Quarles

Senior Director, Applications Product Strategy

Oracle

AJ Schifano

Senior Principal Product Manager

Oracle

Dave Greiner

Principal Product Manager

Oracle

Clayton Seeley

Product Manager

Oracle

Ervin Rhodes

Principal Product Manager

Oracle

Angelin Isaac

Director, Product Management

Aaron Johnson

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Haiyan Wang

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Joanne Ingram

Principal Software Engineer

Justin Walker

Senior Principal Technical Support Engineer

Pradip Pandey

Chief Software Architect (VP)

Xavier Kurian

Senior Director

Oruganti Naga Srihari

Director, Product Development

Nicole Laurent

Software Engineer

Tanya McCarte

JD Edwards Principal Technical Support Engineer, HCM/Payroll

Vijayaraghavan Rajagopalan

Software Development Senior Manager

Brett McGarity

Principal Software Engineer

Janet Rans

Principal Software Engineer

Jason Rice

Principal Application Engineer

Kou Lo

Software Test Engineer

Prashanth Thimmavajjala

Senior Principal Product Strategy Manager

Rajan Thampi

Senior Director, DevOps

Shawn Martine

Principal Software Engineer


Full Oracle speaker roster announced soon. Stay tuned!


“It's been great to learn from their experiences and have a heads up about things we may want to consider.”

— BLUEPRINT 4D 2024 Attendee

Customer speakers at BLUEPRINT 4D include:


Eric Peloquin

Agnico Eagle Mines

Nathan Diamond

Ajinomoto Foods North America

Daniel Bohner

Amalgamated Sugar Company

Randy Truman

Aveva Drug Delivery Systems

Blake Hudson

Brasfield & Gorrie LLC

Shannon Alred

Brown & Root Industrial Services

Terry Lawson

City of Plano, Texas

Barb Lipps

Dayton Lamina

Mitesh Shah

Edwards Lifesciences

Mark Laxdal

Federated Co-operatives Ltd.

Mike Smitten

Federated Co-operatives Ltd.

Ewan Bell

Fluidmaster, Inc.

Neeraj Grotra

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

Chris Noack

Granite Construction: Inc.

Cesar Acevedo

Hadrian/World Dryer

Brandon Proctor

Hawkins, Inc.

Dave Wagoner

Hoffman Corporation

Mo Nour

Hoffman Corporation

Andrew Ostdiek

JF Shea Co Inc

Thonthi Balamurugan

Koos Manufacturing: Inc.

Chandler Castleberry

MacLean-Fogg Company

Scott Masker

MacLean-Fogg Company

Edgar Escobar Gomez

Martin Marietta

Vevin Kumar Senthil Kumar

Martin Marietta

Lisa Tran

Monterey Mushrooms, LLC

Mickey Scannell

Norman’s Nursery, Inc.

Anthony Cacciatore

Oil-Dri Corporation of America

Phil Rogholt

Park Industries

Corey Boettler

Paul Mueller Company

Darren Young

Paul Mueller Company

Linda Sloan-Compton

Pinal County Government

Anthony Swint

Printpack, Inc.

David Miller

Printpack, Inc.

Archie Listenbee

The Belt Railway Company of Chicago

Jawnica Long

The Weitz Company

Hugh Brulliea

Toll Brothers: Inc

Joe Hebner

Tredegar Corporation

Tiffany Schott

Turner Industries Group

Matthieu Guennery

Veolia Water Solutions and Technologies Support

Govindaraj Shanmugam

Zimmer, Inc.