Honora Handley will join Thomson Reuters as VP of Global  Marketing and AI strategy on December 8, 2025. She joins TR from Amazon Web Services (AWS) where she served as Chief of Staff and led Executive Strategy, Communications and Events for the AWS Partner and Specialist org.  Prior to that role, Honora also led Global Partner Marketing for four years at AWS, where she focused on creative programs and campaigns designed to deliver and convert pipeline, led AI marketing and training initiatives and built C level event strategies, like World Economic Forum and re:Invent. Honora is passionate about AI, achieving several AI and cloud practitioner certifications from AWS. Prior to AWS, Honora has held senior leadership roles in Sales and Marketing at Oracle, CA Technologies, Infor and IBM. Honora holds a MBA and M.Ed from University of Pennsylvania, a BA from Allegheny College, and lives in Atlanta with her husband and three daughters. She enjoys running (5K,10K), Peleton workouts, reading, delicious food, holidays, and traveling. She serves on a chapter Board of Kappa Kappa Gamma and volunteers with Refugee Ministries.

Shana Sood leads marketing and communications for Prudential's Individual Life Insurance business, driving strategies that deepen customer engagement and accelerate growth. She has extensive experience in brand development, integrated communications, and marketing transformation, combining data-driven insights with creative storytelling to deliver results.
She has led major digital transformation initiatives and advanced marketing capabilities that enable personalized, customer-focused experiences. Her leadership style emphasizes collaboration and adaptability, ensuring teams are aligned to meet evolving business needs.
Before joining Prudential, Shana served as VP, Head of Core Performance Marketing at Capital One, where she managed the digital marketing budget and achieved a threefold ROI. Previously, she was SVP, Head of Marketing at Fidelity, overseeing strategy and optimization across customer marketing channels. Her career also includes leadership roles at McKinsey and Merkle.
Shana holds an Economics Honors degree from Delhi University and an MBA from Xavier Institute of Management.

Apoorva is an accomplished global marketing leader with more than two decades of experience. He excels in high-impact growth strategies, account-based marketing, and strategic marketing within the technology sector.

Currently, Apoorva leads Growth & Account-Based Marketing for Large & Strategic Deals at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the world's largest technology and consulting organizations. TCS notably sponsors 14 of the globe's most renowned marathons and endurance events—including the TCS New York City Marathon, TCS London Marathon, and TCS Sydney Marathon—emphasizing health, sustainability, and community empowerment.

In his current position, Apoorva established and expanded TCS' North America Growth Marketing function from scratch, influencing over $5 billion in supported total contract value (TCV) and securing $1.8 billion in wins during the last fiscal year. He is a sought-after keynote speaker at international marketing and technology conferences and regularly appears on leading marketing podcasts to discuss AI in marketing, ABM innovation, and B2B technology marketing. Apoorva also frequently judges global marketing competitions, having recently served as a Jury Member for the prestigious MMA Global Smarties Awards.

Renowned for his innovative digital storytelling frameworks, AI-driven content engines, and transformative marketing initiatives, he has earned numerous leadership awards and is recognized for delivering measurable business impact.

Besides work, Apoorva is an avid F1 follower and is professionally trained in playing the piano/keyboard.

Jeff is an AI content marketing expert with more than 25 years’ experience in the search industry. Before founding MarketMuse in 2015, he was a marketing consultant in Atlanta and led the Traffic, Search and Engagement team for seven years at TechTarget, a leader in B2B technology publishing and lead generation. Jeff frequently speaks at content marketing conferences including: ContentTECH, Marketing AI Conference, Content Marketing World, LavaCon, Content Marketing Conference and more. He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Michelle Kelly is the Vice President of Digital Marketing at Ecolab, driving innovation at the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital marketing. She specializes in leveraging AI-powered strategies to enhance customer engagement, optimize campaigns, and deliver measurable growth. A leader in digital marketing transformation, Michelle is passionate about harnessing emerging technologies to redefine how brands connect with their audiences to drive lead generation and ROI.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance journalist and From Day One contributing editor who writes about work, the job market, and women’s experiences in the workplace. Her work has appeared in the BBC, The Washington Post, Quartz at Work, Fast Company, and Digiday’s Worklife.

Damian Slattery is SVP of strategic growth and partnerships for Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Inc. and Fast Company. Working across the robust portfolios of these two dynamic business media titles, Slattery and his integrated marketing colleagues craft creative, customized programs that leverage all platforms—print, digital, video, social, custom content, experiential, and more—to unlock the power of the Inc. and Fast Company audiences for global and domestic marketers. Over the past four years, he was dedicated to the Fast Company brand, and before that, he spent years leading marketing teams for iconic titles like TIME, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune. Earlier, he was a longtime reporter for SI as well as a screenwriter and documentary writer.