Charla Stracener

Global Solution Centers Industrial Markets Lead, IBM

Charla Stracener designs, specifies, and builds industry solutions to help IBM?s clients transform their businesses. Working with IBM Global Solution Centers, she provides bespoke data-rich industry solutions that demonstrate how to marry business process and technology to increase revenue and enhance the bottom line. With expertise in business transformation, digital re-invention, architecture, design, and implementation, Charla?s principal competency focuses on vertical solutions, which include emerging technologies like AI, machine learning, IoT, cloud, big data, and blockchain. She became a member of the IBM Industry Academy, IBM?s group of most eminent and innovative visionaries, in 2019.

Quentin Samelson

Senier Managing Consultant of Electronics Center of Competence, IBM

Quentin Samelson is a senior supply chain consultant in IBM's Electronics Center of Competence, specializing in supply chain management and procurement technologies. He has over 30 years of domestic and international operations experience in the automotive, technology/electronics, and telecommunications industries. He earned CFPIM and CIRM certifications from ASCM, holds CQE certification from ASQ, and has led numerous supply chain process and technology improvement initiatives involving ERP, BPM, blockchain, electronic Kanban, and others, to improve operational performance and cost savings for multinational organizations. He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago.