Executive Panel: Building Minnesota’s Brightest Tech Future Together

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.