Leveraging Technology to Move to the Digital First World 

Thursday, December 2 | 11:00 AM ET

Hear IDC Analyst and Vice President, Mickey North Rizza, and CIO of Wolfspeed, David CoStar, discuss how companies are leveraging technology to gain a competitive advantage in the digital first world. 

Presenter: Mary Sibley

Mary leads the North America SAP S/4HANA Center of Excellence responsible for collaboratively working with customers to discover the value of SAP’s new digital core and learn how to most effectively migrate to this next generation solution. Mary has over 40 years of business experience spanning a wide range of industries and roles including: Global Dean of internal Sales enablement for SAP AG, SAP North America Presales Solution Vice President, Consulting Manager at Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Controller and Corporate Officer at Schlumberger Systems Inc.

Presenter: Mickey North Rizza

Mickey North Rizza is program vice president for IDC’s Enterprise Applications & Strategies, Financial Applications, EAM and Smart Facilities and Digital Commerce research practices. She leads a team of analysts responsible for IDC’s coverage of next generation of enterprise applications including ERP, financial applications, procurement, supply chain automation, enterprise asset management and smart facilities, professional services automation, and related project-based solutions software and the digital commerce business applications and network. 

Presenter: David CoStar

As CIO, David is responsible for leading Wolfspeed’s business transformation to deliver scale and efficiency through modernized digital capabilities, advanced process automation, and enterprise shared services. He is also responsible for setting Wolfspeed’s technology vision and strategy and supports the global business solutions, applications and infrastructure that underpins Wolfspeed’s global operations. During David’s tenure at Wolfspeed, David has also served as the Head of Talent Management and Vice President, Human Capital Management.