Aleksandar Zelenovic

Director, Strategy and Consulting
Sapient

As the leader of Sapient Consulting’s strategy capability, Aleks focuses on creating long-lasting solutions at the intersection of technology, innovation and business needs. He holds an MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management and has over 20 years of experience in the commercial and public sectors where he has supported both U.S. and overseas clients.

His approach to leadership generates results by focusing on end-customer value, collaboration and, organizational learning. He is an expert in business and digital strategy, emerging technologies, DevOps, Agile, modernization, voice of the customer, and organizational design. Throughout 2017, Aleks pioneered the blockchain ecosystem concept for the federal space that focused on “connected intelligence” and the ways that emerging technologies including blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence and robotic process automation work in concert for an increased benefit to organizations. He is placing emphasis where tech enables modernization and builds change in an agile way.

Aleks' work was recognized with a FCW Federal 100 Award win, which is a prestigious recognition for industry and government people who had the most impact in advancing Federal IT. Ensuring the value and components of blockchain are thoroughly understood, Aleks’ approach, ideas and work are highlighted in print and on stage with GCN, AGA, FCW, Chamber of Commerce, Energy Innovation Day, and ACT‐IAC; including co‐authoring the first ever blockchain federal primer paper and blockchain playbook for the federal government, published by ACT‐IAC. He is a prominent industry leader and speaker who is invited by a large number of government and commercial organizations, entities and associations.

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Agenda Day 1

Thursday, June 28th, 2018

8:45 AM BLOCKCHAIN 101: UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGY THAT’S BEEN CALLED “THE BIGGEST THING SINCE THE INTERNET”

You’ve surely heard the buzz about blockchain, the “distributed ledger technology” that underpins Bitcoin but is much bigger than cryptocurrency – how it’s going to streamline business processes, overturn business models, and transform entire industries. But how confident are you that you understand this technology and what it can do? In this session, we’ll go beyond the hype and the technical jargon to tell you everything you need to get fully up to speed with blockchain. You will come away with a solid understanding of:

What Blockchain is (and what it is not); how it works; the opportunities and challenges it brings
The Blockchain ecosystem – platforms, software, and key players
Real-world case studies and use cases

1:35 PM PANEL: GETTING STARTED WITH BLOCKCHAIN: DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTING A PROOF OF CONCEPT

Some Shared Services Organizations are actively partnering with their enterprise Innovation Labs to develop use cases for blockchain, leveraging their subject matter expertise and processing capability to promote learning and to build up a knowledge base around blockchain. In this session, you will learn:

How to evaluate the most promising focus for your proof of concept , and why you shouldn’t go too big
Who needs to by involved to avoid derailing the PoC down the line
How to define success criteria and start thinking ahead to implementation