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title: "Executive Panel: Building Minnesota's Brightest Tech Future Together at MnTech Tech Connect (2026)"
source: "/speaks/executive-panel-building-minnesotas-brightest-mntech-tech-connect-april-2026/"
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# Executive Panel: Building Minnesota's Brightest Tech Future Together

Mike Bollinger

April 9, 2026

## About the talk

**What does it take to build Minnesota's brightest tech future while navigating today's toughest tech and business challenges?** Hosted by **Joel Crandall**, this closing executive panel features senior leaders from Minnesota companies sharing real‑world perspectives from inside complex, evolving organizations. **Teddy Bekele (Land O'Lakes)**, **Sutha Sivasubramaniam (Optum)**, **Jennifer Czaplewski (Target)**, and **Mike Bollinger (Livefront)** discuss how they're confronting challenges like scale, talent, trust, and transformation and how those experiences are shaping where they invest next. The conversation is practical, honest, and forward‑looking, offering a grounded view of how executive leaders plan to actively build Minnesota's tech future together.

## Presented by

Mike Bollinger

Founder & CEO

[More from Mike](/team/mike-bollinger/)

Mike Bollinger

## About Livefront

Livefront builds intelligent products, platforms, and agents for the world's most admired companies. Partner with us to move faster, think bigger, and drive material business outcomes with AI.

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[AI & Automation](/insights/all/?topic=ai-automation) [Data & Analytics](/insights/all/?topic=data-analytics) [Digital Engineering](/insights/all/?topic=digital-engineering) [Experience Design](/insights/all/?topic=experience-design) [Strategy & Product](/insights/all/?topic=strategy-product)

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