{"id":44843,"date":"2021-03-02T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T19:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=44843"},"modified":"2021-08-05T20:42:59","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T00:42:59","slug":"samsung-unveils-robust-speaker-lineup-for-samsung-v-x-live-business-reimagined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-unveils-vx-speaker-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Unveils Robust Speaker Lineup for Samsung V\/X Live: Business Reimagined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 4, Samsung Electronics America will kick-off its second annual virtual experience, Samsung V\/X: Business Reimagined. Over the course of the event, attendees will hear first-hand from experts and industry insiders about how Samsung is working with its customers to reimagine their businesses in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will hear from Samsung\u2019s distinguished Enterprise executives, including keynotes from <strong>Harry Patz, SVP and General Manager, Display Division; Taher Behbehani, SVP &amp; General Manager, Mobile B2B Division; and Chris Mertens, Vice President Sales, Display Division and Mark Quiroz, Vice President of Marketing, Display Division<\/strong>. Additionally, panel discussions led by Samsung\u2019s team of vertical experts will include speakers from global brands and recognized industry experts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding upon the success of Samsung V\/X 2020, this year\u2019s event is action-packed from the moment we go live,\u201d <strong>says Patz<\/strong>. \u201cWe are so excited to share the stage with our valued customers and colleagues to give them a platform to share the various ways Samsung technology has helped them adapt during this trying year. From global brands to state and local government, there is something for everyone at V\/X.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sessions at Samsung V\/X: Business Reimagined will highlight how Samsung customers from the retail space to the federal government, healthcare, education and beyond are using technology to reimagine the way they do business.<\/p>\n<p>The full <a href=\"https:\/\/displaysolutions.samsung.com\/showcase\/virtual-experience\/samsung-vx-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event schedule<\/a> is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:00 AM \u2013 Morning Newscast<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keynote Sessions<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Harry Patz, SVP and General Manager, Display Division<\/li>\n<li>Taher Behbehani, SVP and General Manager, Mobile B2B Division<\/li>\n<li>Chris Mertens, Vice President Sales, Display Division\n<ul>\n<li>Joined by Russell Smith, Senior Manager, Audio Visual, Snowflake and David Kwan, David Kwan, Director, IT Operations, Oracle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>11:45 AM \u2013 Trending Topics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trending Topics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mark Quiroz, Vice President of Marketing, Display Division<\/li>\n<li>Alok Shah, Vice President Networks Strategy, BD and Marketing, Samsung Electronics America<\/li>\n<li>Julie Whelan, Vice President, Head of Global Occupier Thought Leadership, CBRE, Global Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>12:15 PM \u2013 Feature Stories <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>12:15 PM \u2013 Sports &amp; Spectaculars<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Josh Kritzler, Partner and Co-Founder, 4FRONT<\/li>\n<li>Sherri White, Executive Officer Jamestown, L.P.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>1:00 PM \u2013 Retail, Food + Beverage<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Shawn Budiac, Vice President of Category Management, BatteriesPlus<\/li>\n<li>Phil Snow, IT Manager, Cave Enterprises, Burger King Franchisee<\/li>\n<li>Bill Valentas, Chief Financial Officer, Freddy\u2019s Frozen Custard<\/li>\n<li>Sean Thompson, IT Director, Freddy\u2019s Frozen Custard<\/li>\n<li>Jerry Daniels, President and Chief Executive Officer, Brothers Media Group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2:00 PM \u2013 Education<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Kecia Ray, Principal Consultant, K20 Connect, LLC<\/li>\n<li>Jairo Casco, Principal, Hogg New Tech Center<\/li>\n<li>Emma Banks, Secondary Digital Learning &amp; Computer Science Specialist, State of Maine Department of Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>3:00 PM \u2013 Healthcare<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dr. Hon Pak, Chief Medical Officer, Samsung Electronics America<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Thomas Graham, MD<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Gary Kaplan, Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Health System<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Tad Funahashi, MD, Kaiser Permanente, SCPMG, Health Innovation<\/li>\n<li>James Lewis, CEO and Co-Founder, 11|Ten Innovation Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>4:00 PM \u2013 Government <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Dan Snyder, Director, Government Contracts Analysis, Bloomberg Government<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>5:00 PM \u2013 Hospitality<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Colin Dixon, Vice President of IT, Diamond Resorts<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Gephart, Managing Partner, KniTec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>6:00 PM \u2013 Enterprise Technology<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Nick Otto, Vice President Strategic Projects, IBM<\/li>\n<li>Chris Bottger, Americas Workplace Experience Strategy for Webex Devices, Cisco Collaboration<\/li>\n<li>Maribel Lopez, Founder and Principal Analyst, Lopez Research LLC<\/li>\n<li>Chris Mertens, Vice President Sales, Display Division<\/li>\n<li>John Curtis, Vice President Sales, Mobile B2B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information on Samsung V\/X and Samsung for Business please visit our website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, March 4, Samsung Electronics America will kick-off its second annual virtual experience, Samsung V\/X: Business Reimagined. Over the course of the event, attendees will hear first-hand from experts and industry insiders about how Samsung is working with its customers to reimagine their businesses in 2021. Attendees will hear from Samsung\u2019s distinguished Enterprise executives, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":44847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29729,29718],"tags":[29597,29600,26665],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-44843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-enterprise","category-product","tag-samsung-for-business","tag-samsung-v-x-business-reimagined","tag-samsung-virtual-experience-v-x"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/02135914\/2-VX_HEADER.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/02135914\/2-VX_HEADER.png","primary_category":{"term_id":29729,"name":"Enterprise","slug":"product-enterprise","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29729,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29718,"count":388,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-enterprise\/","term_path":"product\/product-enterprise"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44843"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=44843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}