Speech
Executive Panel: Building Minnesota’s Brightest Tech Future Together
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.
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About Livefront
Livefront is a digital product consultancy. We're trusted by some of the world's most admired companies to drive strategy, design, and engineering for their core digital experiences. They partner with us to move faster, think bigger, and design products people love.
