Collaborate 2025 speakers

Thomas Scott joined Wrike as Chief Financial Officer in 2022 and moved into the role of Chief Executive Officer in July 2023. As CEO, Thomas oversees the execution of Wrike’s long-term strategy, driving continuous growth and empowering customers with an intelligent solution for modern work management. Thomas brings more than 20 years of experience as a top executive at several companies spanning a range of sizes, stages, and segments, from startups to publicly traded companies, including Zebra Technologies, Fetch Robotics, Corning Optical Communications, and SpiderCloud. Thomas holds a B.A. and MBA from the University of Virginia.

Christine Royston serves as Wrike’s Chief Marketing Officer and is responsible for overseeing the global marketing program, driving a customer-first strategy, and focusing on enterprise growth. Christine joined Wrike with more than 20 years of B2B enterprise marketing experience. She most recently served as Vice President and Global Head of B2B Marketing for Udemy and Vice President and Head of Marketing at Bitly. Christine has also held senior leadership roles at Dropbox, Imperva, and Salesforce. She holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an International MBA in global marketing from the University of South Carolina, Darla Moore School of Business.

As Wrike’s Chief Product Officer, Alexey Korotich sets product vision and strategy, builds a world-class product team, and oversees cross-functional product development and GTM processes. Alexey has more than 20 years of experience in enterprise software design, development, and product management. He has a track record of launching new and scaling established enterprise software platforms — both on-premise and SaaS — that made their names in collaborative work management, IT management, security, and reporting categories. Prior to his role at Wrike, Alexey led product management at Dell, Quest Software, and Aelita Software. He holds a master’s degree in computer science from St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University.

George Saadeh is a seasoned technology executive with a distinguished career in driving revenue growth, scaling go-to-market teams, and leading high-performing organizations. With a proven track record across both established industry leaders and high-growth companies, he has a comprehensive skill set that spans GTM and corporate strategy. Currently, George operates as Chief Revenue Officer at Wrike. Prior to this, he held the role of Chief Revenue Officer at Recharge, where he was responsible for overseeing a broad range of critical functions, including sales, marketing, customer success, partnerships, sales engineering, and business development. George also spent eight years with Qualtrics, helping grow the company through an acquisition and IPO.

Ray Wang is the CEO of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research, Inc. He co-hosts DisrupTV, a weekly enterprise tech and leadership webcast that averages 50,000 views per episode, and blogs at www.raywang.org. His groundbreaking, bestselling book on digital transformation, “Disrupting Digital Business,” was published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2015. Ray’s latest book about digital giants and the future of business, titled “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” was released in July 2021. Ray is well quoted and frequently interviewed in media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo Finance, Cheddar, and Bloomberg.

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and cofounder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is the author of 16 books, including 11 bestsellers. His work has been nominated for three Pulitzer Prizes, translated into over 80 languages, and appeared in over 100 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Wired, The Atlantic Monthly, Time, and the Harvard Business Review.

Ali Moses is a seasoned leader with 20+ years in graphic design, operations, and project management. At Varsity Yearbook, her leadership in process improvement has been pivotal in optimizing division-wide operations, ensuring high standards of quality and client satisfaction. With credentials from KCAI and Cornell, Ali excels at blending creative vision and operational expertise to drive results.

James Ball is Vice President of Project Management at Jellyfish and has more than 20 years of experience in digital. James began in web design for a property developer, moved to web/app design in children’s publishing, and has now been with Jellyfish for 12 years, leading project management and developing processes for the company’s global clients.

Melissa Dekoff, Enterprise Marketing Operations Manager at New Belgium Brewing Co., leads the Marketing Operations team, driving alignment and efficiency. With 10+ years’ experience, she excels in project management and tech adoption, implementing Wrike Copilot, dashboards, and Klaxoon for creative and marketing teams.