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David Dixon is the Chief Executive Officer of Conner Industries, a Fort Worth, Texas-based industrial packaging and wood products company. Since taking the helm in 2017, he has led the transformation of a financially challenged industrial lumber business into a diversified, integrated packaging platform operating roughly 19 manufacturing locations across 14 states with revenues approaching $200 million. A CPA and Six Sigma Black Belt with deep experience in private equity-backed turnarounds, Dixon spent earlier chapters of his career at Price Waterhouse, Cummins, Goodyear, Eaton, John Zink, and The Crosby Group before bringing that operational discipline to Conner.

Samantha Mah is VP of Strategic Partnerships and Growth at ServiceNow, the $13B+ enterprise cloud platform company headquartered in Santa Clara. Based in Toronto, she leads the charge on unlocking organizational potential by eliminating manual, repetitive work through intelligent digital workflows. With a Six Sigma Master Black Belt background and a career that spans Xerox and ServiceNow, she brings process-excellence discipline to the art of enterprise partnerships. She also serves in the Office of the CDIO as Senior Director, Customer Advocate - bridging the gap between technology capability and human impact.