June 9 - June 13, 2025
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Meet the Experts Shaping the Future of PeopleSoft
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 PeopleSoft investment. Explore our lineup of speakers and get ready to learn from the best in the business!
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
Key Oracle Speakers at RECONNECT Live! include:
Paco Aubrejuan
SVP, Oracle Applications Development
Russell Broom
Vice President, Applications Development
Richa Dubey
Senior Director, Oracle Product Strategy
Alex Man
Group Vice President, Applications Development
Sasank Vemana
Director, PeopleTools Product Management
Jeremy Pelley
Product Management Director
Julie Alonso
Product Management Director
Mike Krajicek
Vice President, Applications Development
Tammy Boyles
Product Management Director
Steve Morgan
Product Management Director
Tina Thames
Director of PeopleSoft ALM Product Strategy
Kelly Mills
Senior Director of Development
Anne Leung
Senior Director HCM Application Development and Payroll Strategy
Bob Block
PeopleSoft Product Strategy Manager
Dan Iverson
Director, PeopleTools Product Management
Joe Willever
Systems Architect
Lourdes Hernandez
Director, HCM Development
Srilakshmi Ramachandra
Senior Director, Product Management & Strategy
Alicia Kinsey
Director, PeopleSoft Financials Product Strategy
Joe Huang
Product Management: Oracle Digital Assistant
Vijay Chinnasamy
Principal Security Solution Engineer
Mark Hoernemann
PeopleTools Strategy Director
Rich Ramos
Principle Technical Support Analyst
Tulip Antar
Senior Principle Support Engineer
Customer speakers at BLUEPRINT 4D include:
Venkatesh Arkalgud
Alameda County
Tom Adams
AthenaHealth
Lokesh Mehra
Cape Cod Healthcare
Nathanie Serrano
Clerk & Comptroller Palm Beach County
Nancy Eavenson
Cru
Tom Johnson
Duke University
Wendy Jamison
Evergy Inc.
Jennifer Bentley
First Citizens Bank
Sathish Sundaramoorthy
FSU ITS
Pamela Ingram
Hennepin County
Steve Fegaras
Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
SaiMurali Pasupuleti
Jack Henry & Associates
Jennifer Gilbert
King County, Washington
Stephen Valentine
Milton Hershey School
Corey Quirk
North Dakota University System
Devin McCall
North Dakota University System
Charles Benson
Northwestern Medicine
Jon Fromin
Northwestern Medicine
Pooja Mishra
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Swathika Ganesan
Northwestern University
Dinesh Prashanth Varatharajan
Powers Health
Gerald Gnat
Powers Health
Rajesh Thiru
Powers Health
Nicole Apostola
Princeton University
Carmina Vasquez
San Diego Community College District
Greg Ernest
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Jeff Dudas
Sarasota Memorial Health Care System
Dianne Taylor
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Dan Neubecker
Schnucks Markets
Joel Gibbons
State of Indiana: Office of Information Technology
Tyler Thomen
State of Indiana: Office of Information Technology
Ashley Barker-Williams
State of Montana
Thomas Lee
UF Health
Rebecca Vilsack
University of Central Florida
Varsha Das
University of Central Florida
RECONNECT Live! Keynote Speakers:
Robbin Velayedam
Senior Director, HCM Product Strategy, Oracle
Robbin has spent the majority of his professional career designing, developing, and championing HR, Talent Management, CRM, and Workforce applications to customers of all sizes and industries. He began his journey with PeopleSoft in 1998 and has been involved with Oracle PeopleSoft applications either as a customer or in Product Management. He has worked in a variety of functional areas with product development such as Approvals, Analytics, Self Service, Mobile/Fluid, and Shared Components.
As a Director of Product Management and Strategy, he currently serves as a conduit between customers and the development organization to ensure user expectations are met with new functionality. Robbin’s partnership with the PeopleSoft user community has been a part of his team’s overall responsibility of maintaining strong engagement with all PeopleSoft customers. Over the years, Robbin has been a frequent speaker at user conferences and hosts webinars focused on helping customers maximize their current investment in PeopleSoft.
Alex Man
Group Vice President of Applications Development, Oracle
Alex Man currently serves as the Group Vice President of Applications Development at Oracle, where he leads the development group for the PeopleSoft applications, as well as Oracle’s Fusion Permitting and Licensing product family. With over 30 years of experience in technology, particularly in ERP, Alex embarked on his career at Accenture after earning a bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer, and Economics from the University of Hong Kong.
Having joined the General Ledger Development team in the early days of PeopleSoft, Alex has traversed various leadership roles in development, product management, architecture, and quality assurance within the realms of PeopleSoft and Oracle. Renowned as a subject matter expert in Financials, he continues to bring his wealth of knowledge to shape the future of applications development.
