Robin Bienfait was the chief enterprise innovation officer and senior advisor for Samsung, responsible for building strong partnerships with large global customers to deliver enterprise class services. Robin joined Samsung with over 30 years of experience in mobility, security, business development, enterprise sales, wireless network operations and engineering. As a global intrapreneur, Robin launched Samsung Business Services and advised on the B2B investment strategy. Now as CEO for Emnovate, Robin is advising and providing software solutions to emerging businesses. Prior to Samsung, Robin served as chief information officer for BlackBerry, where she led the enterprise business unit and software development team, end to end product security, tier 3 technical customer service, global network services, corporate security and corporate IT. For the majority of her career, Robin held senior leadership positions across AT&T including Bell Labs, Global Network Services/GNOC, business continuity and disaster recovery, and compliance. As an officer at AT&T, Robin’s last role was leading global network services and chief compliance officer, environment, health and safety.
Robin holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Central Missouri State University and a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a master’s degree in management of technology. A global influencer holding 15 patents, she is the recipient of several awards and was named as one of the top 100 CIO’s in STEM. Robin currently serves on multiple boards as an independent director, Empower Retirement, Putnam Investments, GW Lifeco and MUFG.
Tamara Lopata began her career designing and creating marketing materials for a variety of technology companies which ignited her passion for the industry. Her enthusiasm for technology led her to volunteer in the Atlanta technology community with organizations such as Women in Technology (WIT), Technology Association of Georgia (TAG), and TechBridge, a nonprofit that uses technology to expand the impact of other nonprofits. As a volunteer with these organizations, Tamara led multiple programs and developed relationships with many leaders in Atlanta’s technology community.
After several years as a TechBridge volunteer, Tamara made the pivotal move to join the nonprofit to manage its marketing and subsequently its corporate relations efforts. As the Corporate Relations Manager, Tamara built meaningful relationships with CIOs and other leaders who supported TechBridge in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. In 2017 Tamara had the opportunity to join the Inspire CIO Leadership Network (InspireCIO) which was just beginning its national expansion.
Tamara served as Executive Director for both the GeorgiaCIO and AlabamaCIO chapters and helped kick off other chapters around the country. Serving the needs of CIOs gave her a unique perspective into the challenges they face and the importance of strong peer and partner relationships to their success.
Wrapping up her fourth year with InspireCIO, Tamara was ready for a new challenge. In January of 2021 she helped launch the Atlanta office of Hylaine, a Charlotte-based IT consulting company. In her role as Client Engagement Executive, Tamara has the pleasure of continuing to serve CIOs and other IT leaders by connecting them with key peers and organizations and managing their relationships as clients of Hylaine.
Tamara holds a BFA degree in Graphic Design from the University of Georgia and currently is a board member for the Society for Information Management (SIM) Atlanta and Atlanta Technology Professionals (ATP).
Information Technology and Digital Business Executive driving innovation, transforming an organization’s business model, designing products and services to create new revenue streams, and steering IT operational excellence at multi-international and global corporations with reported annual billion-dollar revenues. Sought by the executive committee for her proactive consumer, business trendspotting, using her cultivated innovation frameworks and creative solution design thinking for unconventional exploitation of emerging technologies to enable revenue generation and market differentiation. Experienced business enabler leading enterprise transformations with over $30MM in digital investments to deepen efficiencies and optimize costs required for future consumer and product expansions. Delivered a multi-lingual eCommerce platform to enter the APAC, EMEA, and LATAM markets that increased brand recognition, double-digit customer growth, and increased commerce site traffic achieving over 1+MM clicks that translated into increased sales penetration and double-digit profitability. Architected the design of immersive technologies and experience platforms to architect best-in-class hybrid ways of selling, going to market, and ways of working for employees. Shifted the digital landscape while directing these areas: P&L, product development, growth management, strategy, cyber security, risk management, customer advocacy, transformation, and project management offices. Adept at delivering efficient IT services and solutions while managing risk and protecting core assets through operational excellence.
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