We’re heading back to San Francisco to celebrate a decade of URx with the community that built it. Early Bird tickets for URx 2026 go on sale Dec 4 at 9 AM ET.
Zoe Werner
Head of CIO Planning & Administration, Mizuho Financial Group
Zoe Werner is Executive Director, Head of CIO Planning & Administration at Mizuho Financial Group, where she leads administrative strategy and operational execution for the Technology division. With over a decade of experience across Finance and Real Estate, she is known for enabling senior leaders to operate at their highest level by building and running seamless, high-functioning operational systems.Zoe brings a distinctive ability to drive cross-functional initiatives that sit outside traditional organizational structures, ensuring critical priorities are advanced and delivered with precision. As a trusted central coordinator, she oversees both day-to-day operations and long-term strategic efforts, aligning stakeholders and ensuring execution across complex environments.
The Hiring Problem AI Can’t Fix: A Mizuho x Marcy Lab School Case Study in Apprenticeship Design
This session is designed for leaders in early-career recruiting, university partnerships, and talent strategy who are rethinking how their organizations build entry-level hiring pipelines. Many in this audience are already familiar with apprenticeships and alternative pathways in theory. What is often less clear is what it actually takes to build an apprenticeship model inside a real company in a way that is practical, credible, and sustainable.
Using Mizuho’s ApprenTECH program as the anchor case study, this conversation will explore how apprenticeships can serve as a serious, business-driven hiring strategy when they are built around real workforce needs, integrated into team operations, and supported by intentional internal design.