Business & Management

Professionals who specialize in the organization and oversight of business activities, as well as focus on planning, directing, and controlling company operations

Mesut Durukal

Mesut Durukal

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Jessica Rohrer

Jessica Rohrer

From restaurant kitchens to enterprise analytics, Jessica Rohrer has built a career around solving operational problems with data.

While working as a chef and in culinary operations for 17 years, Jessica also spent 12 years teaching at UNLV before transitioning fully into enterprise analytics. Her work spans SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, and enterprise ERP systems, helping organizations turn complex operational data into practical business decisions. Today, through Rohrer Data Solutions, she focuses on governance, adoption, CoE buildouts, and reporting strategies that people actually use.

Jessica is passionate about practical analytics, user experience, and making enterprise reporting approachable for real people - not just data teams. She’s also known for building out of the box solutions that probably shouldn’t work, but do. English and Irish speaker.

From restaurant kitchens to enterprise analytics, Jessica Rohrer has built a career around solving operational problems with data. While working as a chef and in culinary operations for 17 years, Jessica also spent 12 years teaching at UNLV before... Show more

Richard Teachout

Richard Teachout

Rich currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Ashley Furniture Industries, where he leads a global technology organization spanning platforms, infrastructure, data, architecture, development, and emerging technologies. In this role, he sets enterprise-wide technology vision and execution across international operations, aligning AI, data, and digital platforms with manufacturing, supply chain, transportation, warehouse, retail, and customer experience at global scale. His focus is on building resilient, scalable systems and high-performing teams that translate advanced technology into durable business advantage.

Previously, Rich served as Chief Technology Officer at El Toro, where his work contributed to multiple patented, 100% cookie-free advertising technologies, including IP Targeting and Mobile Ad ID Targeting—innovations that helped define a new category of privacy-forward, data-driven advertising.

Rich brings over 30 years of experience across a wide spectrum of technical disciplines, with deep expertise in software engineering, data platforms, distributed systems, and applied AI. He has worked in more than a dozen programming languages, across nearly all major database technologies, and in environments ranging from early-stage innovation to highly regulated, enterprise-scale ecosystems... In short: A problem solver. His years of experience with AI has transformed operations from KTLO to Automations with Agentic capabilities. He is known as a hands-on technology leader, working directly with engineers while maintaining responsibility for long-term strategy, governance, and execution.

A defining theme of Rich’s career is the intelligent connection of data, processes, and people. He has led initiatives that embed AI and machine learning into core business workflows—enabling predictive insight, automation, and adaptive systems that operate across organizational and geographic boundaries. His approach emphasizes practical, scalable AI focused on real-world outcomes.

Beyond enterprise technology, Rich has founded, operated, and advised multiple businesses across diverse industries including manufacturing, logistics, entertainment, and large-scale infrastructure operations. He has contributed to multiple patents and serves in advisory and board roles, applying systems thinking well beyond traditional software environments.

Rich is known for his energy, curiosity, and ability to translate technical complexity into real-world outcomes, combining deep technical credibility with executive leadership and a bias toward execution.

Rich currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at Ashley Furniture Industries, where he leads a global technology organization spanning platforms, infrastructure, data, architecture, development, and emerging technologies. In this role, he sets en... Show more

Steve Daniel

Steve Daniel

Steven Daniel is Co-Founder and AI Strategy & Governance Lead at En Dash Consulting. With experience across software engineering, product delivery, and design, he brings an agile and lean mindset to full lifecycle product implementation. His current focus is AI governance and AI-facilitated delivery, helping teams apply AI responsibly and effectively in real-world organizational contexts.

Steven Daniel is Co-Founder and AI Strategy & Governance Lead at En Dash Consulting. With experience across software engineering, product delivery, and design, he brings an agile and lean mindset to full lifecycle product implementation. His current ... Show more

Annemarie Merchant

Annemarie Merchant

Annemarie Merchant is a cloud enthusiast with a heart for inclusive innovation and a love for helping people understand Azure, Fabric, and AI without the headache. As a Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft, she brings nine years of real-world experience solving data and AI challenges across Accenture, SHI, TD SYNNEX, and Insight. With an MBA and a mountain of Microsoft certifications, she shows up with the energy of a triple shot espresso and makes complex cloud topics feel fun, welcoming, and totally doable. Her sessions focus on clarity, curiosity, and building technology that lifts people as much as it lifts organizations.

Annemarie Merchant is a cloud enthusiast with a heart for inclusive innovation and a love for helping people understand Azure, Fabric, and AI without the headache. As a Senior Solution Engineer at Microsoft, she brings nine years of real-world experi... Show more

Lorete Kossowski Mocelin

Lorete Kossowski Mocelin

Lorete Kossowski Mocelin é executiva com mais de 20 anos de experiência em transformação organizacional, liderança de produtos e evolução de modelos operacionais. Atuou por 17 anos na ExxonMobil, liderou por quatro anos a transformação organizacional da ALLOS e foi Product Operations Senior Manager na TOTVS | RD Station, apoiando a governança e a operação de aproximadamente 22 times de Produto.
Graduada em Administração, possui Master's Certificate em IT Project Management pela George Washington University e atua há mais de 14 anos impulsionando transformações em organizações de diferentes segmentos. Ao longo da carreira, desempenhou papéis como Head de Agilidade, Agile Coach, Product Ops Manager, GPM, Scrum Master e Release Train Engineer.
É fundadora da Tribo Ágil, psicanalisra, autora de três livros, professora universitária, mentora, Professional Coach e palestrante. Já impactou mais de 22 mil profissionais por meio de cursos, mentorias, treinamentos e palestras, contribuindo para o desenvolvimento de líderes, equipes e organizações de alta performance.

Lorete Kossowski Mocelin é executiva com mais de 20 anos de experiência em transformação organizacional, liderança de produtos e evolução de modelos operacionais. Atuou por 17 anos na ExxonMobil, liderou por quatro anos a transformação organizacional... Show more

Paul Hylenski

Paul Hylenski

Paul Hylenski is an accomplished Aerospace Business Leader based in Maryland. Paul started his leadership journey during his time in the United States Marine Corps. With over 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry, Paul is passionate about leadership and human dynamics. Paul has implemented psychological safety and social engineering principles to create environments where individuals can thrive.
As a thought leader, Paul has written numerous articles on human-centric leadership and maintains a popular LinkedIn newsletter dedicated to the subject. He has also authored books such as "Culture Change through Environment Change," "Coaching for Growth," and "Error-Proofing Humans." These publications showcase his expertise and provide guidance for aspiring leaders in the aerospace industry.
With a track record of success and a genuine commitment to empowering others, Paul Hylenski continues to make significant contributions to aerospace manufacturing. His leadership philosophy and dedication to human dynamics inspire positive and transformative change within organizations.

Paul Hylenski is an accomplished Aerospace Business Leader based in Maryland. Paul started his leadership journey during his time in the United States Marine Corps. With over 20 years of experience in the aerospace industry, Paul is passionate about... Show more

Chanel Power

Chanel Power

Chanel Power doesn't just build technology — she builds the systems that determine who gets to.

A Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Developer Relations leader, and Founder & CEO of Mentor Me Collective, Chanel operates at the intersection of technical excellence and global access. She has shipped production ML systems, advised 30+ early-stage AI product teams annually, and built a global technical institute serving 40K+ developers across 120+ countries, generating $45M+ in career outcomes for 600+ first-generation technologists.

Mentor Me Collective is a Google for Startups partner, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center alumni, and by every measure, a developer relations program at true scale, with enablement programs running at 3x industry engagement benchmarks and partnerships spanning Google Cloud, IBM, and Grow with Google.

Her technical range is matched by her ability to translate it across engineering rooms, executive briefings, and communities the industry too often overlooks.

Chanel works at the frontier of Generative AI, Agentic AI, and accelerated computing. She builds fast, speaks plain, and closes the gap between what's possible and who gets to build it.

She is not building toward legacy. She is already living it.

Chanel Power doesn't just build technology — she builds the systems that determine who gets to. A Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Developer Relations leader, and Founder & CEO of Mentor Me Collective, Chanel operates at the intersection of techn... Show more

Jessica Katz

Jessica Katz

Jessica Katz is passionate about the development of consent-filled environments, accelerating organizational growth, and enhancing effective leadership. She leverages her deep expertise in navigating complex, non-traditional relationships to revolutionize the world of work and champion diversity of thought. Specializing in establishing clear boundaries and effective communication, she provides strategic guidance to leaders tackling challenging workplace dynamics, ensuring mutual respect and maximizing productivity within their teams.

Jessica Katz is passionate about the development of consent-filled environments, accelerating organizational growth, and enhancing effective leadership. She leverages her deep expertise in navigating complex, non-traditional relationships to revoluti... Show more

Jose Figueroa

Jose Figueroa

Project Manager at Xetechs Group, an Odoo Gold Partner and leading technology consulting firm, where I lead end-to-end ERP implementation projects, aligning business strategy, technology, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value for clients.

Previously, I worked as a Project & Management Analyst at Venite and as a Project Analyst at Xelapan + Dinámica Empresarial, managing technology-driven initiatives, business operations, and strategic projects while leveraging Business Intelligence and data visualization to support informed decision-making.

My professional focus lies at the intersection of project management, enterprise systems, data, and automation, helping organizations streamline operations through ERP/CRM implementations, process optimization, APIs, and modern digital solutions.

Beyond my professional work, I have designed and delivered workshops on technology, innovation, and digital transformation, collaborating with organizations such as Bridge for Billions, TuConsejería, and CIG. I am also an active member of technology communities including AWS User Group Guatemala, Google Developers Group, and the502project.

I hold a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Universidad Rafael Landívar and I'm currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity and Information Systems Engineering at Universidad Mariano Gálvez de Guatemala.

Passionate about bridging business and technology, I enjoy turning complex challenges into scalable solutions through effective project leadership, data-driven decision-making, and emerging technologies.

Project Manager at Xetechs Group, an Odoo Gold Partner and leading technology consulting firm, where I lead end-to-end ERP implementation projects, aligning business strategy, technology, and cross-functional teams to deliver measurable value for cli... Show more

Hazem Ali

Hazem Ali

Hazem Ali is a Distinguished Mission-critical AI & ML Engineer / Architect and the Founder & CEO of Skytells, with 20+ years of expertise in deep learning, edge intelligence, cloud, enterprise AI, and software engineering. He specializes in R&D of scalable systems that deliver industry transformation & measurable value.

Recognized for uniting engineering depth with architectural vision, he enables responsible adoption of AI across global enterprises, His leadership has shaped teams across enterprise and government sectors, and his contributions have been acknowledged by global leaders through invitations to keynote international conferences and collaborate with top organizations worldwide.

His footprint includes contributions with leading organizations like Cisco, Apple, and Microsoft, influencing technologies widely used today.

With deep expertise in software engineering, security, and AI, he designs complex enterprise systems that translate advanced research into reliable, mission-critical systems. He collaborates across global enterprises, government, academia, and tech communities to support responsible AI. Guided by architectural rigor and long-term vision, he advances deep learning, edge AI, and secure, governed enterprise AI.

Hazem Ali is a Distinguished Mission-critical AI & ML Engineer / Architect and the Founder & CEO of Skytells, with 20+ years of expertise in deep learning, edge intelligence, cloud, enterprise AI, and software engineering. He specializes in R&D of sc... Show more

Boris Ristov

Boris Ristov

Boris Ristov is an Enterprise Agile Coach with 20 years of experience in IT, coaching high-profile clients across different industries including insurance, payments, banking, and the public sector. Passionate about Agile, Lean and AI, Boris provides guidance and mentorship on applying agile techniques and practices in software development and product delivery, while fostering the adoption of an agile mindset at different levels – team, multi-team and leadership. He is continuously exploring new ways to improve delivery outcomes, including how AI-driven approaches—most recently specification-driven development—can be effectively embedded into agile ways of working to enhance clarity, flow, and value delivery.

Boris Ristov is an Enterprise Agile Coach with 20 years of experience in IT, coaching high-profile clients across different industries including insurance, payments, banking, and the public sector. Passionate about Agile, Lean and AI, Boris provides ... Show more

Nathan Saldanha

Nathan Saldanha

Nathan Saldanha is the Global Director, Digital Strategy & Growth at Codehouse and a Sitecore Ambassador MVP (2025 & 2026). With Ten years of digital transformation and Industry 4.0 experience, he specialises in crafting compelling business cases for enterprise website rebuilds and Personalisation at scale. Nathan has been part of Sitecore implementations across APAC and North America, including award-winning projects. He is passionate about helping organisations unlock real business value through scalable, future proofed architecture and smart platform strategy.

Nathan Saldanha is the Global Director, Digital Strategy & Growth at Codehouse and a Sitecore Ambassador MVP (2025 & 2026). With Ten years of digital transformation and Industry 4.0 experience, he specialises in crafting compelling business cases for... Show more

Torrey Trahanovsky

Torrey Trahanovsky

Torrey is a Product Manager at Microsoft's Global HQ working on the Azure Deployment Stacks and Bicep team. He is one of just a handful of PMs owning the programming language and Stacks management platform.

Torrey is a Product Manager at Microsoft's Global HQ working on the Azure Deployment Stacks and Bicep team. He is one of just a handful of PMs owning the programming language and Stacks management platform. Show more

Emir Kurtovic

Emir Kurtovic

30+ years living with code: as an entrepreneur, developer, freelancer, team lead, CTO, business analyst, product owner and founder of several companies and startups.

30+ years living with code: as an entrepreneur, developer, freelancer, team lead, CTO, business analyst, product owner and founder of several companies and startups. Show more

Max Gouchan

Max Gouchan

Max Gouchan is a dynamic and engaging speaker who helps organizations attract, retain, and communicate with Gen Z.

With impressive experience leading and inspiring young talents, over 100 young employees have given highly positive feedback about his leadership qualities. He has interviewed 125+ Gen Z workers across the Nordic region to understand what they seek in workplaces and leaders.

In recent years, Max has established himself as a sought-after speaker on creating attractive workplaces and promoting employee well-being. He's especially passionate about recruiting top young talents, effectively leading millennials and Gen Z, and staying ahead of consumer behavior trends.

With a unique ability to communicate knowledge in a simple and entertaining way, Max delivers talks in both Norwegian and English.

Max Gouchan is a dynamic and engaging speaker who helps organizations attract, retain, and communicate with Gen Z. With impressive experience leading and inspiring young talents, over 100 young employees have given highly positive feedback about h... Show more

Charlie Vaughn

Charlie Vaughn

I’m an IT Business Analyst and Power Platform Developer for Calaveras County in California. My role focuses heavily on analyzing, optimizing, and implementing business processes across the organization.

That includes project management, systems administration, workflow automation, and continual improvement initiatives. Over the last several years, Microsoft Power Platform has become a major part of that work because it allows us to rapidly build solutions that directly support organizational goals.

I’m an IT Business Analyst and Power Platform Developer for Calaveras County in California. My role focuses heavily on analyzing, optimizing, and implementing business processes across the organization. That includes project management, systems ad... Show more

Gaurav Saxena

Gaurav Saxena

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Chain Security, and Observability.

Gaurav Saxena is an engineering leader in the field of platform and cloud engineering with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. His technical expertise includes Stream-based architectures, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Software Supply Ch... Show more

Chris Leonard

Chris Leonard

Chris Leonard is a speaker and business coach who builds high-performing teams around complex problems and helps leaders do the same.
Drawing from Agile, LeanStartup, EOS, and more, Chris gives his clients the right skills to meet their goals. He founded No Impediments in 2023 where he serves clients in higher ed, retail, life sciences, and more.
Chris came to coaching as a second career after 10years on the road in the music industry. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, two kids, a dog and a cat.

Chris Leonard is a speaker and business coach who builds high-performing teams around complex problems and helps leaders do the same. Drawing from Agile, LeanStartup, EOS, and more, Chris gives his clients the right skills to meet their goals. He fo... Show more

Riz Vazir

Riz Vazir

Riz Vazir has a deep background in tech and healthcare consulting, most recently as Director of Business Strategy at Microsoft. He founded Scroll By Choice to address a health crisis caused as collateral damage from the unrestricted monetization of human attention using sophisticated technology. His mission is to equip kids & adults to thrive with technology. Without this, employers face diminished human capital, schools will see declining academic performance, and society will experience increased loneliness. Riz is a certified change management professional with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.

Riz Vazir has a deep background in tech and healthcare consulting, most recently as Director of Business Strategy at Microsoft. He founded Scroll By Choice to address a health crisis caused as collateral damage from the unrestricted monetization of h... Show more

Yang Liu

Yang Liu

Yang has 10 years experience working with Microsoft products, focus on Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Copilot Studio. She holds 11 Microsoft certifications in the above areas.

Yang didn’t follow a traditional path into technology. She studied journalism in China and then shifted to technology when she pursued a Master’s in Digital Humanities at UCL, London. That’s where she broadened her digital skills and paved the way for her current role at EY Technology Consulting.

She established and leads “Code Club at EY”, a growing volunteering initiative where young people develop their interest in technology through learning how to code. She’s also passionate about inspiring more girls to study technology and is always willing to help girls discover their own paths.

Yang has 10 years experience working with Microsoft products, focus on Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Copilot Studio. She holds 11 Microsoft certifications in the above areas. Yang didn’t follow a traditional path into technology. She studied ... Show more

Lidor Dafna

Lidor Dafna

Lidor is an xEngineer and former Software Engineering Team Lead at Wix.com. During his time at Wix, he managed both the Mobile Apps Editor and Mobile Design System teams, focusing on building infrastructure for mobile developers and creating seamless app-editing experiences for millions of users worldwide.

A passionate mobile architecture enthusiast, Lidor played a pivotal role in developing React Native UI libraries used both internally at Wix and by the global open-source community, making core contributions to renowned projects like react-native-ui-lib and react-native-calendars.

He holds a dual major in Computer Science and Entrepreneurship from Reichman University. Outside of architecture and code, Lidor is an avid long-distance runner who recently crossed the finish line of his first half marathon.

Lidor is an xEngineer and former Software Engineering Team Lead at Wix.com. During his time at Wix, he managed both the Mobile Apps Editor and Mobile Design System teams, focusing on building infrastructure for mobile developers and creating seamless... Show more

Ashish Shubham

Ashish Shubham

Ashish Shubham is a Fellow/VP of Engineering at ThoughtSpot, where he has spent nearly a decade architecting industry-defining AI and analytics products. He is an IEEE Senior Member and author of the book “Architecting AI Data systems”.

He is the creator of ThoughtSpot Embedded, a leading embedded analytics platform powering multiple Fortune 500 apps worldwide. He also co-architected ThoughtSpot’s AI Analyst, Spotter, and led the company’s first Agentic MCP Server integration, redefining how AI agents securely work with enterprise data.

Ashish holds multiple patents, has published widely read technical articles, serves on the committee of top AI conferences and frequently speaks at industry forums.

Ashish Shubham is a Fellow/VP of Engineering at ThoughtSpot, where he has spent nearly a decade architecting industry-defining AI and analytics products. He is an IEEE Senior Member and author of the book “Architecting AI Data systems”. He is the... Show more

Sophie Bertin

Sophie Bertin

AI is forcing you to clarify your intentions.
AI is rendering and augmenting the quality of what you put in.

I connect what others see as separate: AI, business processes and strategy, and the human side of transformation. After 33 years building, advising, and leading at the highest levels, I bring entrepreneurs and leaders from AI-curious to AI-capable, with the clarity and experience that only comes from having been on the different sides of the table.

I help people understand and interact with AI beyond the hype, to embrace it so that AI can be the most beneficial to them. I draw this from my own daily experience with AI.

33 years across McKinsey, Bain, the European Commission, banking, law firms, and technology, across cultures and countries.
AI 50 INSEADers 2025, recognised among the top 50 INSEAD alumni for AI with real-world business impact.
Certified AI practitioner, Mindvalley 1st Prize, Best AI App Builder. Certified Claude Code practitioner and more.

AI is forcing you to clarify your intentions. AI is rendering and augmenting the quality of what you put in. I connect what others see as separate: AI, business processes and strategy, and the human side of transformation. After 33 years building... Show more

Jeremy Rasmussen

Jeremy Rasmussen

Jeremy has 30+ in systems design, red teaming, and blue teaming, and has led over 800 security audits across government and commercial environments. His background includes developing secure solutions, delivering cybersecurity services, teaching and mentoring future practitioners, and leading R&D initiatives. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida for more than two decades and founded the USF Whitehatters Computer Security Club. Jeremy is an expert witness, patent developer, frequent conference speaker, and has been recognized as Tampa Bay Technology Leader of the Year (2017) and CyberX Cybersecurity Leader of the Year (2023). He holds BS and MS degrees from USF, is a CISSP and CEH, and serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing.

Jeremy has 30+ in systems design, red teaming, and blue teaming, and has led over 800 security audits across government and commercial environments. His background includes developing secure solutions, delivering cybersecurity services, teaching and ... Show more

Collette Easton

Collette Easton

Collette combines 25 years in digital marketing space, 15 in leadership including an CEO role. She's enjoyed 3 exits, a late ADHD diagnosis which changed her career direction. Today a qualified Executive Coach (AfC) + a qualified Neuroscience for Change Practitioner (APMG); she is uniquely qualified to help develop high-performance, happier teams where individuals and your businesses thrive.

Employee engagement is at a crisis low and silently killing businesses. Most businesses treat this as a people problem. It's actually a systems problem. When you design for how brains actually work your 'talented but difficult' people become your most valuable assets, and entire teams perform better.

Better systems. Better culture. Better retention.

Collette combines 25 years in digital marketing space, 15 in leadership including an CEO role. She's enjoyed 3 exits, a late ADHD diagnosis which changed her career direction. Today a qualified Executive Coach (AfC) + a qualified Neuroscience for Cha... Show more

Teddy Teece

Teddy Teece

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, an investment firm that links international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist whose work spans finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. Across these fields, he has focused on connecting purpose, profit, and planet while addressing overlooked market inefficiencies and practical business challenges.

Teddy's relationship with New Zealand comes through five generations of family ties, and his dual-hemisphere, bi-coastal early life helped shape his global outlook. This background informs his current work with long-term and lifestyle-oriented investors who seek financial returns while building deeper connections to New Zealand and contributing to its economy, environment, and infrastructure.

As Founder and Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, Teddy leads acquisition strategies across New Zealand’s “golden triangle,” with attention on light industrial sectors. The firm focuses on acquiring, growing, and consolidating established businesses that support the country’s infrastructure. Through KEA Capital Partners, he is raising funds from investors seeking residency in New Zealand while making a meaningful contribution to its economy.

Teddy developed KEA Capital Partners’s business plan and thesis during his first year in Wharton’s Executive MBA program. This involved building advisory relationships, stress-testing the plan, and shaping a timely opportunity. KEA Capital Partners now offers a geopolitical insurance product for investors concerned about macroeconomic uncertainty and interested in New Zealand as a safe and stable place to live and invest. His model combines private equity, search fund methods, local partnerships, community events, and philanthropic opportunities.

Before founding KEA Capital Partners, Teddy served as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of an investment bank that processed eight and nine-figure transactions. He also co-founded a marketplace for unique experiences through an incubator and created partnerships with major providers. In consulting, he co-founded a leadership and family business advisory service that supports business families, executives, and next-generation leaders across the United States, the Middle East, and New Zealand.

Teddy has also developed a nonprofit and executive retreat destination near Boulder, Colorado, improving a forty-acre property for connection, reflection, wellness, and community. Since 2017, he has supported Navy SEAL families through a foundation and helped raise six- and seven-figure sums for charities.

Teddy graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies, earned recognition for the university’s best senior essay, competed as an NCAA Division I lightweight rower, and played rugby.

Today, Teddy Teece works with a New Zealand-based team, supports charitable organizations, writes, drums, works the land, and seeks adventure. He remains focused on service, stewardship, and partnerships that support lasting organizations and communities.

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of KEA Capital Partners, an investment firm that links international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. He is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist whose work spans finance, technology, exe... Show more

Nicolás Contreras V.

Nicolás Contreras V.

Nicolás Contreras is the AI Director of PappCorn, a Colombian startup studio that builds ventures from the inside, alongside their founders. He leads the studio's AI-native practice, where every partner's repo gets an agent squad on day one — an orchestrator, a typed fleet of specialists, and a skills library, versioned inside the partner's own codebase — so the first thing a startup buys is the factory, not the feature. He productized the pre-code stage the same way: a discovery-to-unit-economics pipeline that runs as chained slash commands and has the authority to STOP a bad idea before anyone writes code. Delivery runs as an agent product team that hands feasibility to the machines and keeps value and viability with the humans. He is also CTO of Vaki, Colombia's largest crowdfunding platform, where he built vAIkilorians: ten production AI agents that let four people — one of them an engineer — run support, code, data and operations across three countries from a single Mac Studio. Electronic and industrial engineer from Universidad de los Andes. Builds from Bogotá, and builds robots with his kids on weekends.

Nicolás Contreras is the AI Director of PappCorn, a Colombian startup studio that builds ventures from the inside, alongside their founders. He leads the studio's AI-native practice, where every partner's repo gets an agent squad on day one — an orch... Show more

Alfonso Fuggetta

Alfonso Fuggetta

Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on software engineering, digital transformation, IT Strategy, and the impact of AI on organizations.
He is the former CEO and Scientific Director of Cefriel and served as Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Ferrari.
Over the last thirty years, he has advised companies and governments on how to design, govern, and scale digital and AI-driven innovation, bridging academia, industry, and public institutions.
Alfonso has also been a Visiting Professor at NTNU, University of Colorado, Boulder, and University of California, Irvine, and is ranked among the top 2% of researchers worldwide according to Elsevier/Stanford.
On stage, he combines rigorous research with real-world case studies, making complex technological and organizational issues understandable for executives, practitioners, and policymakers.
He regularly writes about technology and society on his Substack newsletter “A bassa voce”.

Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on software engineering, digital transformation, IT Strategy, and the impact of AI on organizations. He is the former CEO and Scientific Director of Cefriel ... Show more

Lirone Glikman

Lirone Glikman

Lirone Glikman is an international speaker, bestselling author, and consultant on business networking and personal branding using AI, and business development for startups and high-tech companies. She has consulted and spoken to developers, founders, and women leaders in 28 countries, sharing her methodology for achieving business results through authentic connections.

She is the author of the amazon bestseller "The Super Connector's Playbook". With over 20 years of global experience across Europe, Australia, and the U.S., she brings both corporate and startup perspectives to the tech world. Lirone contributes to leading global magazines and serves as an executive director at a UN-affiliated NGO supporting the Sustainable Development Goals.

Lirone Glikman is an international speaker, bestselling author, and consultant on business networking and personal branding using AI, and business development for startups and high-tech companies. She has consulted and spoken to developers, founders,... Show more

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