Panel discussion on skills top executives look for when recruiting talent

Join us for the Chicagoland Women in Technology Meetup sponsored by CDK Global. This is an exciting opportunity to hear from a panel of female executives including CDK’s own Linda Bartman, CMO, and Yvonne Surowiec, CHRO. Hear about their career journeys and what they look for when recruiting new talent to their organizations. Our hope is to bring together women in the Northwest Suburbs who are passionate about technology. We welcome those with diverse backgrounds and expertise, such as developers, engineers, product managers and designers. In addition to the panel discussion, we’ll have a networking hour which includes light appetizers and beverages. We hope this is the first of many inspiring events! Space is limited, so reserve your spot today.

Panel Participants:

Linda Bartman, Chief Marketing Officer - CDK Global

Linda Bartman serves as Global Chief Marketing Officer of CDK Global. With ~$2 billion in revenue, CDK Global -- formerly ADP Dealer Services -- was spun off from ADP in October 2014 and is the largest global provider of integrated information technology and digital marketing solutions to the automotive retail industry. Linda was brought in as the Global CMO to build a global brand for the newly spun-off business. Linda also drives the strategic positioning, packaging, and commercialization of CDK solutions, partnering with product development to bring applications to market that drive results for CDK’s dealer and manufacturer clients.

Linda came to CDK after spending four years with Cars.com, an online third party automotive research site, where she was Chief Marketing Officer. Bartman was responsible for growing the company’s revenue through multi-faceted B2C and B2B marketing programs that drive site traffic and advertising sales. Particularly adept at managing change while delivering on aggressive goals, Bartman transformed the company’s marketing function after taking the helm as CMO in 2012. Cars.com site traffic and brand awareness hit an all-time high, a direct result of Bartman’s strategic shift to a more integrated, targeted consumer media and traffic acquisition strategy.

A 15-year marketing veteran, Bartman has devoted her career to driving marketing strategies and brand strength for global businesses – including BP, GE and AAR. Navigating through one of the biggest brand and marketing challenges in her career, Bartman was the director of marketing communications for BP’s U.S. Fuels business, representing 10,500 BP retail sites during the Gulf of Mexico crisis. Bartman was charged with developing the division’s overall brand in the U.S., as well as the marketing communications strategy and programs for its B2B and B2C channels. When the crisis hit in 2010, Bartman led the company’s communications response for the Fuel’s business creating the “locally owned and locally operated” campaign platform to help retail distributors educate the public on their locally-owned status and mitigate the crisis’ business impact.

Bartman frequently shares her marketing expertise at industry conferences, including those hosted by the Business Marketing Association (BMA), American Marketing Association (AMA) and Association of National Advertisers (ANA). She is an active member of the CMO Club and BMA. Marketing programs under Bartman’s direction have garnered numerous accolades, including a Golden Trumpet Award and more than a dozen Publicity Club of Chicago honors.

Yvonne Surowiec, Chief Human Resources Officer - CDK Global

Yvonne holds the position of Chief Human Resources Officer for CDK Global, after previously serving as ADP’s Vice President, Global Talent and Learning. Yvonne led multiple HR teams within ADP, including Senior Vice President, HR for ADP’s Employer Services Division, Senior Vice President, HR for National Account Services and Employer Services International as well as Division Vice President, HR for SBS, TotalSource, Retirement Services and Insurance Services.

Yvonne began her career with ADP in 2000 and quickly progressed through a variety of roles, ultimately leading the compensation function for ADP worldwide. She was responsible for officer and executive compensation, board recommendations, strategy, design and administration of equity programs and international compensation. Prior to ADP, she led AT&T’s HR mergers, acquisitions and compensation programs.

Yvonne has championed corporate social responsibility efforts with a number of charities throughout her career. Her passion can be found in supporting breast cancer research and awareness for young woman diagnosed with breast cancer.

Yvonne earned an MBA in Finance and a BS in Mathematics from Seton Hall University. She has also earned the Certified Compensation (CCP), Benefits (CBP), and Senior Human Resources Professional (SPHR) certifications.

Jackie Gould, Chief Operating Officer - Assurance

Jackie Gould is Chief Operating Officer for Assurance. She is responsible for the overall client service delivery platform, as well as maintaining an efficient operation structure through high quality standards. Jackie’s strength lies in leading Assurance through major operational changes and managing multi-faceted projects that touch many organizational areas. She also has executive oversight of Assurance’s technology programs and infrastructure. Jackie plays a key role in creating a corporate culture that blends professionalism and results-oriented accountability with a warm, fun-loving and celebratory environment. Jackie has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. Prior to joining Assurance, she was a Property and Casualty Broker and a Business Sales Representative at two separate insurance companies

Cindy Grogan, VP, Global Strategic Alliances and Channel - Flexera Software

Cindy joined Flexera Software 1.5 years ago to drive a worldwide partner framework that will focus on growing and evolving into new geographies, markets, technologies, and business models. Cindy has developed a Global Partner Program that establishes industry best practices for enablement, margin share, partner effectiveness measurement, lead gen, and revenue tracking. She was recently awarded with CRN’s Top Women of the Channel.

Prior to Flexera, Cindy was an executive at Dell responsible for a $4B Global software business for Dell and led a global, cross-segment team focused on sales GTM, product management, profitability analytics, partner relations, and contract/procurement activities. ASAP Software was acquired by Dell but prior to the acquisition, Cindy was the GM and VP at ASAP Software for an award-winning asset management SaaS product. Cindy led sales, operations, software development, application support, customer service and marketing responsibilities.

During her time at T-Systems/Deutsche Telekom, she was the global asset management services executive, responsible for leading a consulting and program management team. During her many years at Comdisco, Cindy led sales, professional consulting and managed services teams – with a focus on system management and help desk outsourcing services.

Deepa Kartha, Sr. Director Card Technology - Capital One

Deepa Kartha is the Sr. Director of Card Technology for Capital One Partnership business where she has been responsible for various business critical technologies for credit cards and new initiatives including Apple Pay, Mobile Payments, New Partner launches, Chip cards and PCI compliance. Deepa is also an Agile transformation leader focused on leading teams through the maturation journey in agile practices and software engineering practices.

Prior to joining Capital One as part of Capital One’s acquisition to HSBC’s card systems in 2012, Deepa managed several business critical financial systems at HSBC. She was the lead from HSBC technology for the Capital One Acquisition initiative. In HSBC Deepa has extensive experience partnering with business leaders in building and buying innovative technology solutions enabling and defining business destination. She has led several new Partner acquisition initiatives that brought in new business to the Partnership business at Household and HSBC. She has also been involved in several new product launches like Commercial card, Cobranded card and Closed end loans .