Speaker's Name
Denise Evans

Company Name
IBM Corporation

Bio

Denise Evans is Vice President, Women & Diversity B2B Marketing for the IBM Corporation. She leads an organization responsible for ensuring that businesses owned by Asians, Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans in North America and women owned, led and influenced businesses, globally - understand how to leverage technology to accelerate the growth and success of their businesses. Her present focus is ensuring businesses know how to solve their challenges and gain competitive advantage in this new era of computing, with Cognitive Computing (IBM Watson) on the IBM Cloud.

Denise has served globally in numerous leadership and executive positions in IBM for 39 years including Directors of e-business, Customer Loyalty and eRelationship Marketing.

Denise currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Native American Chamber of Commerce, Women Presidents Organization, Enterprising Women Magazine, Global Summit of Women, advisory board of The S.O.L.V.E Group and is an expert community member of Catalyst. In recent years, Denise has been featured in Working Mother Magazine, Women's Enterprise Magazine, Uptown Professional Magazine and Savoy Magazine. Denise received the "Women of Impact Leadership" Award from Impact Leadership 21 at the United Nations and the "World of Difference" Award from The International Alliance of Women.

Denise is a global citizen who has traveled across 5 continents, a mentor to many in marketing and sales and a Lifetime Member of the Girl Scouts.

Denise earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Economics from Brown University and MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Session List

Global Leaders: Increasing Performance and Relationships for Virtual and Remote Teams
Friday, February 08th 8:45 AM to 10:00 AM Room: Virginia Suite AB- Lobby Level

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Purpose-Driven Mentoring: How to Find, Pick, and Create Powerful Mentor Relationships
Friday, February 08th 2:15 PM to 3:30 PM Room: Virginia Suite AB- Lobby Level

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High-Performance Collaboration: Leadership, Teamwork, and Negotiation
Friday, February 08th 3:45 PM to 5:00 PM Room: Virginia Suite AB- Lobby Level