Leadership

LaShonda is the Chief Customer & Commercial Officer of Salesforce Industries. With her, she brings over 27 years of experience creating and delivering successful revenue-generation strategies within Fortune 200 organizations. 

LaShonda is known as a results-driven leader who has led multiple organizations to achieve double-digit revenue growth and increased profitability through enhanced strategic planning and exceptional execution, all while building diverse high-performing teams. 

In her current role, LaShonda leads the commercialization for Salesforce’s Industry Clouds, focused on the realization of deep, tangible value of Industries products. LaShonda is focused on driving customer success and lifetime value that directly impacts customer opportunities and challenges. 

Her success is driven by decades of deep executive experience which enables her to deliver strong performance. This is due largely in part to her strong collaboration skills leading cross-functional teams with Sales, Technology & Product, Enablement, Marketing, Customer Success Groups, as well as Alliances & Channels. LaShonda is a seasoned business executive with a proven track record of driving customer acquisition and retention across multiple business segments including SMB, Channels & Alliances, Business Applications, and more. 

As a successful leader, LaShonda understands the importance of setting the right culture to drive success in an all-digital world. Her leadership philosophy emphasizes the importance of leadership development, employee engagement, and growth. Her inspirational leadership style has created world-class team cultures through balanced coaching and clarity on expectations and results. As a result, LaShonda has attracted top talent to join her teams across the largest technology companies such as IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce. 

LaShonda currently serves on the board of Digimarc (DMRC) where she is Chair of the Compensation and Talent Management Committee, and a member of the Governance, Nominating & Sustainability Committee, and she serves on the board of Medical Informatics Corp. She also serves as an advisory board member for the UofH College of College of Technology & Engineering Board, as well as FlockJay. 

She has been honored among the 2024 Most Influential Executives in Corporate America by Savoy Network, named as one of the 2021 Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology by the National Diversity Leadership Conference, as well as one of the 2021 Top 25 Women Leaders by The Healthcare Technology Report.

Sheila Cheston is an accomplished legal and business leader with over 30 years of experience across multinational corporations and the U.S. government. Most recently, she served as Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of Northrop Grumman Corporation, a global security leader, where she retired in December 2023 after 13 years of service. In this role, Sheila was responsible for overseeing the law department, and the offices of the Corporate Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, while also advising on key areas such as global strategy, capital allocation, mergers and acquisitions, human capital management, investor relations, and government relations. During her tenure, she helped Northrop Grumman achieve substantial growth, delivering long-term value to shareholders with returns more than three times that of the S&P Index.

Prior to joining Northrop Grumman, Sheila held senior positions at BAE Systems, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Board Director, where she led critical functions such as finance, strategy, and legal matters. She also has extensive government experience, having served as General Counsel of the U.S. Air Force, acting Undersecretary of the Air Force, and Special Associate Counsel to the President of the United States.

Sheila is actively involved in nonprofit and professional boards, including the Board of Directors of Digimarc, serving as the Chair of the Governance, Nominating, and Sustainability Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Talent Management Committee. She serves on the boards of Grameen Foundation, the National Partnership for Women and Families, and the Legal Aid Society. She also teaches at Columbia University School of Law and Middlebury College.  A graduate of Dartmouth College and Columbia Law School, she has been recognized for her leadership and mentorship, receiving numerous awards throughout her career, including Burton’s Legends in the Law Award. Sheila continues to be a respected leader in both the corporate and legal communities.

Sandeep Dadlani was elected to our Board in March of 2021. Mr. Dadlani serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Mr. Dadlani was named EVP, Chief Digital and Technology Officer for UnitedHealth Group in September 2022. He is responsible for leading technology and digital strategies across the enterprise to drive innovation and deliver exceptional experiences in health care. In his role, he leads Optum Technology, a leading technology delivery division of Optum, serving the Optum and UnitedHealthcare customer base. Prior to UnitedHealth Group, Mr. Dadlani was the Global Chief Digital Officer at Mars, Incorporated, a $40 billion global conglomerate in the pet care, food and confectionary businesses, where part of his responsibilities focused on the digitalization of the supply chain. He worked with Mars’ global business segments to drive their digital growth, while delivering effectiveness and efficiency to existing business and technology platforms. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dadlani was with Infosys (NYSE: INFY) from 2001 to 2017, where he last held the position of President, Head of Americas and Global Head of Infosys’s Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Logistic Practices. He co-founded, and eventually ran as Chairman, Infosys Edgeverve, a new artificial intelligence company for Infosys, and Skava, a mobile commerce company. Prior to his employment with Infosys, he began his career in investment banking at Citibank. Mr. Dadlani has won several awards, including CIO of the Year in 2019 by Consumer Goods Technology, one of the top 150 business transformation leaders globally by Constellation Research, and Blue Yonder’s 50 most prominent AI thought leaders in 2021. Mr. Dadlani earned a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from M.S. University, Baroda, India and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from JBIMS, Mumbai University, India.

Mr. Dadlani brings product management, operations, digital and technology platforms, data management, artificial intelligence, mobile commerce, e-commerce, platform automation, supply chain digitalization, and international experience to Digimarc. Mr. Dadlani is accomplished across many disciplines with extraordinary leadership qualities. He has more than 25 years of experience in operations, consulting, business development and product management. He has been a contributor to the Harvard Business Review and Forbes and is a regular keynote speaker at industry forums. He has co-authored the UN Global report on supply chain sustainability. Additionally, he is on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Consumption and has participated for several years in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos. His experience is particularly germane to Digimarc initiatives to drive digital transformation through product digitization, improve operational efficiencies, and achieve scale across global and industry business segments.

Katie Kool was elected to our Board in March of 2022. She began Board service on July 1, upon her retirement from Procter & Gamble, contingent on her election by the shareholders. She was elected as Board Chair in June 2024. Ms. Kool also serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation and Talent Management Committee. Ms. Kool is a seasoned finance executive, who began her career with Procter & Gamble in 1995 and successfully transitioned to general management as a divisional CEO, with a proven history of delivering superior results across both Consumer Products and Services business models. She brings executive, financial, international, innovation, and investor relations experience to Digimarc’s Board of Directors. Starting in January of 2019, she served as the CEO of Tide Cleaners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Procter & Gamble, which is a service-based retailer providing out of home dry cleaning and laundry services through franchise and corporate stores, lockers, home delivery, and college campuses. For the three and a half years prior to her CEO experience, Ms. Kool was the CFO for North America Fabric Care, which includes the Tide, Gain, Downy, and Bounce brands and has over $8 billion in retail sales. She was also CFO for the Global Procter & Gamble Professional business, where she developed a 5-year strategic plan, including a more focused operating model, profit and loss, and cash investments to deliver sustainable Operating Total Shareholder Return. In addition to her extensive business leadership experience, Katie was a key member of Procter & Gamble’s award-winning Investor Relations team for 5.5 years, during which she partnered with 3 CEO’s and led communications for the strategy renewal that spanned two $10 billion productivity programs and a more focused portfolio of strategic brands. Ms. Kool is also a Board Member at Aspen Aerogels (ASPN) and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee.  In her personal time, Ms. Kool was Co-Founder & CEO of KW CrossFit. She is a Founder and President of Impact100 Genesee County, a nonprofit organization that empowers women to pool their funds and award significant grants to transform lives in their community.  Ms. Kool is a Board Member and CFO for Sonje Ayiti, a nonprofit organization focused on providing tools for Haitians to help themselves via education, economic development, and health promotion, and she co-led the creation of the Cima School of Hope in Haiti, a government-licensed school with over 300 students in Pre-K through 11th grade and over 30 employees.  Ms. Kool holds a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude from Kalamazoo College and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

Ms. Kool’s experience is particularly germane to Digimarc’s initiatives to increase diversity and inclusion at all levels of the Company, improve the Company’s finance oversight and operations, and help oversee the Company’s investor relations program, and business innovation and business process reengineering areas. She is accomplished across many disciplines with extraordinary leadership qualities and financial and analytical skills, including business analysis and value creation, financial controls and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, and talent recruitment, development and retention. She has successfully navigated a business through the COVID pandemic, introduced and managed disruptive business innovation activities, and led the acquisition, integration, and expansion of two start-ups. She has successfully managed investor relations challenges, and has strong controllership skills, leading the General Ledger Accounting organization for the Americas from the San Jose Costa Rica Service Center during the integration of the Gillette acquisition. 

Riley McCormack is the president and CEO of Digimarc, the world's leading product digitization company and the globally recognized pioneer in digital watermarking. Riley is passionate about harnessing the power of this world-changing technology to promote a prosperous, safer, and more sustainable planet.   

Riley’s talent for identifying and investing in transformational technology and media companies led him to launch Tracer Capital Management at the age of 28, a New York-based investment firm that grew into one of the world's largest dedicated global technology, media, and telecom hedge funds. Prior to Tracer, Riley was a partner at Coatue Capital. Today, Riley is leading a team at Digimarc that is curious, courageous, and collaborative – on a mission to effect positive change in the world. He is energized by the possibilities created by technology and the opportunity to collaborate with leaders worldwide. 

When not focused on ever-accelerating technological advancements, Riley enjoys exploring the world with his family. He is an avid reader and always takes advantage of the opportunity to run or ski when visiting a new city.  Riley graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and a Joseph Wharton Scholar.

Dana Mcilwain is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of driving P&L growth and revenue expansion and leading successful technology transformations. As the former Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and Network Operations Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Dana oversaw a global network generating $52B+ in revenue, managing a $3B+ budget across 152 countries. He played a key role in guiding the firm through complex operational matters and large-scale technology transformations.

Before his CAO role, Dana was PwC’s Vice Chairman and U.S. Services Leader, managing the U.S. profit and loss center across all U.S. service lines. His leadership in scaling the U.S. Advisory practice led to a remarkable triple revenue growth, including the successful execution of 12 acquisitions.

Dana's leadership at PwC was marked by his strategic vision and expertise in managing critical operations, finance, investments, human capital, and digital transformation initiatives. He also chaired key management and governance committees.

Recently retired from PwC after more than 35 years, Dana is on the Board of Directors of Digimarc serving as the Chair of the Audit and a member of the Governance, Nominating, and Sustainability Committee. He previously served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross of Greater New York.  Dana is a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelor of Science in Management from Tulane University. Today, Dana resides in Naples, Florida.

Michael Park is SVP and Global Head of AI Go-To-Market, steering the company’s AI growth by helping customers understand, adopt and realize the value of ServiceNow’s AI solutions.  Michael was formerly CMO of ServiceNow where he revitalized ServiceNow’s marketing approach across the full marketing stack with a strong brand movement (The World Works with ServiceNow) and a data driven, solutions oriented approach addressing customer’s most pressing digital transformation challenges.  During his tenure as CMO, Forbes honored Michael as one of the world’s “50 Top Entrepreneurial CMOs.” 

As a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, Michael serves as Executive Sponsor of the Asian and Pacific Islanders Group at ServiceNow and as a member of Gold House, a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling more authentic multi-cultural representation and societal equity.  

Prior to ServiceNow, Michael led growth and transformation for over 25 years at the intersection of pivotal technology transitions, serving in key leadership positions across product, sales, and marketing roles at Microsoft, Oracle (Siebel) EagleView, HP, and SAP.  Michael is also on the Board of Directors of Digimarc serving as a member of the Governance, Nominating, and Sustainability Committee, and the Compensation and Talent Management Committee. He began his career at Procter & Gamble and holds a Master’s Degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Rochester.