ROI Influencers: Technology 2021 — Executives

Domhnaill Hernon and Pekka Lundmark, Sampath Sowmyanarayan and Hans Vestberg, and Scott Stephenson appear in our Top 10.


Jeffrey Braverman
CEO
Nuts.com

Was e-commerce before e-commerce was cool. Third-generation leader of company founded in 1929 runs incredible example of a business booming in sales after pivoting to tech.


Bob Carrigan
CEO
Audible

Highly admired CEO in tech and media services took reins at Audible months before the pandemic struck.


Robert Cohen
President, digital, robotics and enabling technologies
Stryker

He is the head of several key technologies at Stryker, one of the world’s leading health care technology companies, and chair of the board of trustees at New Jersey Institute of Technology.


Marc Eisenberg
CEO
Orbcomm

Has led Orbcomm, a leading global provider of industrial Internet of Things and machine-to-machine communication, since 2008.


Jeffrey Grenda
Lab Director, ExxonMobil Corporate Strategic Research
ExxonMobil

Many don’t know that ExxonMobil has a large presence in New Jersey (in Clinton) and is leading the way with top-level research and development.


Steve Lucas
CEO
iCIMS

Veteran executive in enterprise software was named CEO in 2020, and is leading the company’s next phase of growth with product innovation and acquisitions.


Virginie Maillard
Head of technology field simulation and digital twin
Siemens

Has led global technology research since June 2018 from corporate technology office in Princeton, where she leads teams based in Germany, India and China.


Jeff Miller
CEO
Synchronoss

Was named CEO of global leader and innovator of cloud, messaging and digital solutions in March. 


Larry O’Connell
Director, global technical leadership/Global TechLine
IBM

Longtime IBM executive is responsible for managing the deployment, education, enablement and support of IBM’s sales & distribution IT architects working directly for IBM clients around the world. 


Rory Read
CEO
Vonage

Veteran of more than three decades of global technology industry experience, he left Dell to take top job at Vonage last summer.


Chris Sullens
CEO
CentralReach

Leading the company in its mission to provide an end-to-end platform of software and services that enable applied behavior analysis clinicians and educators to produce superior client outcomes for people with autism and related disorders.


Chris Wolfe
CEO
PowerFleet

Heads Woodcliff Lake company that is global leader and provider of wireless IoT and M2M solutions for securing, controlling, tracking and managing high-value enterprise assets such as industrial trucks, tractor trailers, containers, cargo, and vehicle and truck fleets.

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