SPEAKERS
What's on the agenda at OpenText World 2026?
OpenText World kicks off Monday with preconference programming, followed by three days to explore big ideas, dig into your priority topics, and get answers from people who know the work.
Get a big-picture look at what’s happening each day below, then head over to the Session catalog to get more granular.
Speakers
Head to the session catalog to find sessions, speakers, and opportunities to connect with peers across energy and resources, financial services and insurance, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, and public sector.
Featured Speakers
Lloyd Adams
COO, Global Enterprise Sales
Microsoft
Ayman Antoun
CEO
OpenText
Andrea Baptiste
ISV Canada Sales Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Shannon Bell
EVP, Chief Product and Technology Officer
OpenText
Nicholas Carter
Sr Director Analyst
Gartner
Cassio Christianini
Head of AI GTM, Americas
SAP
Todd Cione
EVP, Chief Sales Officer
OpenText
Simon Ellis
Group Vice-President
IDC
Jessica Faddis
Lease Management & GIS Manager
ExxonMobil
Frank Gundlich
Global Head of SAP Data & AI
Capgemini
Evan Hardie
Senior Research Director
IDC
Ted Harrison
SVP, Sales
OpenText
Shari Lava
Group Vice-President
IDC
Amy Machado
Research Director
IDC
Muhi Majzoub
EVP, Client Advocacy and Technology Alliances
OpenText
Lisa Martin
Emcee | Tech Analyst
Megan McFarland
Vice President of IS Operations
Ochsner Health
Jens Ophalvens
Partner
Deloitte
George Parapadakis
Research Director
Aspire
Alan Pelz-Sharpe
Founder
Deep Analysis
John Villali
Senior Research Director
IDC Energy Insights
Reid Wiseman
NASA Astronaut, Artemis II Commander, US Navy test pilot
Michael Wrock
Associate Vice President, Technology Solutions
Humana
External Speaker
Larry Atherton
OpenText SME
Ekasys Inc.
Tony Baldwin
CTO
Ecostyle
Chris Blackwelder
Senior Director, Enterprise Architecture and Digital Engineering
Kimberly-Clark
Rachel Bland
SVP Products
LearnExperts
Robert Bock
CEO
R-DEX Systems, Inc.
Jessica Bzdyl
Document Management Product Owner
CIBC Bank USA
Saurayan Chaki
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Christopher Crowder
Application Development Manager
Southern Company
Jonathan Cullender
Heading up Shell's Integration Technologies Department with an Enterprise-wide scope and a portfolio
Shell
Justin Davidson
Senior Manager, Solution Delivery
The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group
Dipankar Debroy
Technical Architect Project Manager
Kering
Erik Dustrude
Business Process Manager
Catalent
Joe Ehrlich
Product Owner
CHS INC
Yemi Falokun
Global ISV AI/ML Partner Engineering Lead
Google Cloud
Matthew Forester
Information and Systems Architect
UCOR LLC
Joachim Gutheil
Manager IT Quality
Abbott Laboratories
Tim Haers
Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Product Owner
Oleon
Scott Heiman
IT Asset & Configuration Management Practice Owner
SLB
Valarie Hernandez
Business Analyst
Travis County Auditor’s Office
Jeffrey Hudson
Sr. IT Manager Integrations
Valvoline Global
Anil Jacob
Sr. Manager
PG&E
Richard Jones
EDI Team Leader
Novelis
Natalie Kern
VP, Software Partner Solution Adoption
SAP Deutschland SE & Co. KG
Thomas LaBatt
Chief Transformation Officer
One Aligned, Inc.
Gina Lafleur
Tech and Platforms Lead
Pfizer
Russell Lindell
System Architect
ExxonMobil
Richard Low
IT Manager, Content Management
QuidelOrtho
Ramalingam Lyyamperumal
ECM Product Owner
Chevron
Elchin Mahmudov
IT Service Management Lead
Petroleum Development Oman
Venkateswara Mavillapalli
Technology Engineer
Norfolk Southern Corporation
Tonya McDougald
Product Owner
ExxonMobil
Shelley Moore
Documentum SME/Tech Lead, Content Management
Southern Company
Marielly Mora
Document Control Manager
SLB
Angela Nelson
Sr. Records Management Analyst
Puget Sound Energy
Debbie Nyquist
Sr. Program Manager - EDI
Nordstrom
Michael O'Loughlin
Managing Partner
Argonautic Global
Aditya Panwar
Senior Developer
United
Cliff Pardue
Vice President Supply Chain
Bealls Inc
Gabriella Popovych
Director of Customer Success
Ecodocx
Prashant Roy
Manager, Enterprise Content Management
CHS INC
Ashok Satapathy
IT Director
CHS INC
Ron Schell
Director, Enterprise Applications
Metropolitan Utilities District
Sharon Schumacher
Information Management Lead
ElectraNet
Sarah Sedgman
CEO
LearnExperts
Stephen Tarara
Lead Engineer
Prime Therapeutics
Jesse Thomas
General Manager, Strategy & Innovation
Southern Nuclear Operating Company
Andrew van Nostrand
Senior Partner Technology Strategist
Microsoft
Sharvari Vanarase
Project Manager
Siemens Healthineers
Srinivas Vindula
Technical Architect
Siemens Healthineers
Marc Washburn
Global Category Manager
Intel Corporation
Amy Weintraub
Managing Director
CIBC
Michael White
Director, IT Order to Cash Delivery
Red Hat
Joris Timmermans
Director
Deloitte
Speakers
Waqas Ahmed
VP, Software Development
OpenText
Mohammed Arafat
VP, Global ITOM BU Sales
OpenText
Julio Arteaga
Principal Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Theo Austin
Principal Consultant
OpenText
Eric Baca
SVP, Sales
OpenText
David Baron
Principal Product Manager
OpenText
Paulo Barrett
VP, Professional Services
OpenText
Martin Bazinet
Director of Technology, Canada
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Jonathan Beardsley
Director, Alliance and Solution Marketing
OpenText
Shlomi Ben-Hur
Principal AI Developer
OpenText
Gabriela Bezada-Alfaro
Principal Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Ruchi Bhardwaj
Principal Product Manager
OpenText
Dipalli Bhartt
Product Marketing Manager
OpenText
Jonathan Blake
Sr. Director, Project Management
OpenText
Anne Blanchard
Sr. Manager, Product Management
OpenText
Mike Bolte
VP, Solutions Consulting
OpenText
Colin Brown
VP, Software Development
OpenText
Salvador Camacho
Lead Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Tracy Caughell
Sr. Director Product Management
OpenText
Tom Chapin
Lead Value Engineer
OpenText
Nathan Christen
Principal Solutions Consultant
OpenText
Anita Chu
Chief Information Officer and Core Operations Leader Deloitte Canada & Chile
Deloitte
Greg Clark
Director Product Management
OpenText
Dean Clayton
Principal Product Manager
OpenText