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Lidia Fonseca

Chief Digital & Technology Officer Pfizer

Diane Jurgens

EVP , Enterprise Technology & CIO The Walt Disney Company

Responsible for the enterprise-wide digital strategy at Pfizer , Fonseca leads all digital , data and technology products and solutions across the company , including digitising drug discovery , clinical development , manufacturing , distribution and commercial .

She led the Digital team in Pfizer ' s critical efforts to help accelerate the development of a COVID-19 vaccine in less than a year . Under her leadership , Pfizer has automated over 90 % of 100 million transactional processes across the company and her team launched the Pfizer Learning Academy , providing learning , training , and development for employees .

Fonseca has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry , and in her prior role , was the Senior Vice President and CIO at Quest Diagnostics .

She has received numerous awards and accolades , including being named on the 2022 Forbes CIO Next List recognising the top 50 tech leaders who are redefining the CIO role , and was named to the 50 Most Powerful Latinas in 2020 and 2021 by the Association of Latino Professionals for America . She earned a bachelor ' s degree from the University of California , and an MBA and Master Business Informatics from Rotterdam School of Management , Erasmus Graduate School of Business .

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Diane Jurgens oversees Disney ' s global Enterprise Technology organisation , which includes enterprise business systems , infrastructure and enterprise resilience engineering . She is also responsible for the planning , prioritisation , implementation and operations of Disney IT systems and infrastructure , ensuring their strategic relevance and operational effectiveness .

Prior to joining Disney , she served as CTO for BHP , a multinational mining , metals , and petroleum company . A career technologist and leader , she has held numerous senior executive positions including at Shanghai OnStar Telematics Company , General Motors and at The Boeing Company .

Jurgens holds an MBA from Seattle University , as well as both an MS and BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington .

" I hoped that having a career in Technology and working for international , multicultural companies would be an adventure . It has been that and more !" Entertainment

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