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Alex Smith is Head of Strategy and Execution, HCM, Public Sector at Oracle. In this role, she is responsible for driving HCM Cloud growth by working with customers throughout all stages of their lifecycle as well as working with internal Public Sector teams to develop and execute Oracle’s GTM strategy. A career HR professional, previous to Oracle Alex spent the last seven years as Chief Human Resources Officer for the City of Memphis. During her tenure at Memphis, she was a champion for modernizing the City's talent management, total rewards, HRIS, and diversity practices which helped move the city from a Glassdoor overall rating of 2.5 out of 5 in 2015 to 3.5 out of 5 in 2019. Alex serves on the advisory council for 3SixtyInsights and the advisory board for Government Executive Media Group's RouteFifty. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Duke University and a master’s degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota. Alex currently lives in Memphis with her two daughters.