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Jan Marshall

Affiliate, The Feld Group Institute

Recognized proven leader and executive partner across industries.

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An Affiliate of The Feld Group Institute, Jan Marshall is a recognized proven leader and executive partner in information technology across industries. She is a technology innovator with a deep understanding of tech strategy, program management, cyber security, and organizational and governance processes. In addition, she is an established Board Director.

Jan founded jlm Coaching and Consulting, a firm focused on transformational leadership and guidance for technology and business. Jan has demonstrated outstanding leadership in driving business transformational change through technology.

At Cubic Corporation, Jan focused on alignment, strategy and transformational change execution, while leading the implementation of global business processes for Cubic using an SAP platform. In addition, Jan stood up a global service center for employees and provided oversight of the development of a world class cyber security function.

Jan was CIO for Southwest Airlines from 2006 to 2012, during which time the company transformed its financial platform, rewards program, website, mobile capability, and social presence in the industry. During her leadership tenure, Jan drove the culture from continual turnover to one recognized by the industry in 2010 as a Best Place to Work in IT. Prior to Southwest Airlines, Jan was with The Feld Group/EDS for eight years, focused on applications strategy. She supported clients in transportation, consumer goods, financial services, and manufacturing industries.

Jan is a certified Executive Coach, is a Governance Fellow of NACD and holds a certificate in Cyber Security from Carnegie-Mellon University. Jan earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychological Sciences from Purdue University and an MBA in Management Information Services from the University of Dallas. She served on the Southern Methodist University and SAP Independent Executive Advisory Councils. Jan has received several prestigious IT industry recognitions, including being named to the 2011 Top 25 CIO of the year list and Computerworld’s Top 10 Breakaway CIOs in 2011. More recently she was recognized as a Top 100 Tech Exec of San Diego, an Athena Nominee, as well as featured as a top 100 Leader in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).

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Russell Villemez

Affiliate, The Feld Group Institute

Head of Technology Strategy, Dialexa – a Feld Group Institute partner

Highly regarded CTO and change agent with IT strategy and enterprise architecture expertise.

Russell Villemez is an Affiliate with the Feld Group Institute and the head of Technology Strategy at Dialexa, a Technology Research, Design and Creation firm that works with organizations on initiatives such as Operational Transformation, Business Growth, and New Venture Creation.

During 17 years in operational roles and 15 years in consulting roles, Russell has worked across a variety of industries in both executive leadership positions and as a subject matter expert. Russell thrives on the scale and complexity of leading major change agendas in large corporate environments.

Recent consulting clients include AmerisourceBergen, the American Automobile Association, Brinker International, Cubic, Equifax, and Cox Automotive. A common thread is the client’s need for strong leadership during a period of change—whether motivated by acquisitions, spin-offs, competitive pressures, or other factors. Clients also benefit from Russell’s expertise in enterprise architecture, agile development, application portfolio rationalization, technology and architecture strategy, as well as business strategy and commercial software product development.

Recognized as a versatile IT executive, adept at solving complex problems with innovative solutions, Russell’s capabilities and achievements span a continuum from business-strategy formation to hands-on IT solution development. His extensive career achievements include pioneering the first use of relational databases in high-volume transaction systems in the ‘80s, applying voice recognition DSPs in public intelligent network services for consumer markets in the ‘90s, and leading large-scale adoptions of open systems, object technology, and middleware frameworks in complex business environments, often in advance of commercially available software products.

Prior to joining Dialexa, Russell served at HP as Enterprise Services Chief Technology Officer for the Americas, leading a global capability for embedded Account CTOs in large enterprises. Russell began his career at Accenture, where he first crafted his consultative problem-solving approach, later honed at A.T. Kearny and the Feld Group. Russell’s deep telecom experience is built upon numerous director and enterprise architect positions at AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Telstra, US West, Pacific Bell, and Sprint, and as V.P. and CIO for WebLink Wireless.

Russell has a BS in Business Administration from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Vanderbilt University. In his spare time, Russell participates in amateur auto racing, and is a driving instructor with the Porsche Club of America.