- DisrupTV
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow. We broadcast live on Zoom.
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Featured Guests:
Teresa Barreira
Global CMO
Publicis Sapient
Teresa Barreira is a transformational leader and innovator. Currently, she is the Chief Marketing Officer at Publicis Sapient. Barreira’s creative thinking coupled with her 25 years of global B2B marketing expertise has enabled her to break the mold of traditional marketing in Technology and Service companies. A dynamic and fast-paced changemaker, Barreira has reinvigorated the Publicis Sapient brand, repositioning the company to drive profitable growth and become a leader in digital business transformation. She created an agile operating model to focus on speed, data, and innovation and built a multi-disciplinary, multicultural global team, to foster diversity and inclusion. Most recently Teresa created and launched a new immersive platform, the first of its kind, shifting content creation from linear engagement to an interactive experience. Under her leadership, marketing-influenced revenue has more than tripled.
Teresa was formerly CMO for Deloitte Consulting LLP where she helped drive over $8 billion in revenue. During her tenure, she transformed the company’s approach, realigning marketing to drive growth and become data driven. Teresa has held numerous leadership positions with technology companies including IBM and Accenture and startup software organizations such as Lotus.
Barreira is known for her passion to innovate and think differently, she embraces the unknown and operates with fearlessness. Recently named one of the Top 25 Women Leaders in IT Services of 2020 by the IT Services Report, and a 2019 recipient of the Silver Stevie Award for Female Executive of the Year, Teresa makes the complex simple and converts challenges into opportunities. A proud Hispanic and a native of Portugal, she’s lived and worked in the US, Canada, and Europe, and spent most of her career leading teams through transformation, launching new companies, brands or lines of business, and cultivating a culture of experimentation and learning. Teresa holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Northeastern University in Boston and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Follow her on Twitter: @TeresaBarreira
Perry Hewitt
Chief Marketing Officer
data.org
Perry Hewitt works at the intersection of marketing and digital strategy, and is passionate about leading high-performing teams to drive sustainable change and impact. Her focus is on bringing modern marketing and product practices to mission-driven organizations.
Perry currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer for data.org, a platform for partnerships to build the field of data science for social impact. Recent engagements include Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Rockefeller Foundation, and USAFacts. Previously, as Harvard University’s chief digital officer, Perry conceived and led digital strategy for marketing, communications, and engagement for the general public, media, and alumni. Perry has also held marketing and strategy roles at firms including Ithaka, Crimson Hexagon (now part of Cision),and Razorfish.
Perry holds a number of leadership positions in organizations advancing marketing, technology, and entrepreneurship. She is a Connect Council member at Glasswing AI Venture Capital, an advisor to the Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative, and a founding member of The Marketing Society’s New York board. She advises students, startups, and cultural institutions; she also writes and speaks on topics including digital transformation, product management, and women in leadership.
Follow her on Twitter: @perryhewitt
Raja Rajamannar
CMO
Mastercard
Raja Rajamannar is an accomplished global marketing executive with more than 25 years of experience, the last six of which have been in the role of Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for Mastercard and President of the company’s healthcare business.
Raja is consistently recognized globally as a highly innovative and transformational leader in his field. Some of this recent accolades include: Global Marketer of the Year award by the World Federation of Advertisers, top 5 “World’s Most Influential CMOs” by Forbes, top 10 “World’s Most Innovative CMOs” by Business Insider, and inductee to The CMO Club Hall of Fame. He has also been recognized as one of AdWeek’s most tech-savvy CMOs. He recently assumed the honorary role of President of the World Federation of Advertisers. Raja has also been recognized by ANA Educational Foundation as the Marketer of the Year in 2019.
At Mastercard, Raja is responsible for successfully leading the company’s marketing transformation, including the integration of the Marketing and Communication functions, the development of its Priceless experiential platforms, and the creation and deployment of cutting edge marketing-led business models into the core of the company. Raja has overseen the successful evolution of Mastercard’s identity for the digital age, pioneering Mastercard’s move to become a symbol brand, and launching its breakthrough sonic brand platform. Interbrand has ranked Mastercard as the fastest growing brand across all industries and categories, worldwide in 2019.
Raja joined Mastercard in 2013, bringing with him rich experience as a global executive, managing large P&Ls, and driving business transformation across multiple industries and geographies. Raja served as Chief Transformation Officer of the health insurance firm Anthem (formerly WellPoint). He helped craft the company’s new business direction and strategy, managed its $11 billion Medicare Advantage business, and led large M&A initiatives for the company. Prior to that, he also served as Chief Innovation & Marketing Officer and Chief Executive of International Operations at Humana.
Follow him on Twitter: @RajaRajamannar