Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of Kea Capital Partners (KCP), an investment firm that connects international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. His experience spans entrepreneurship, investing, philanthropy, finance, technology, executive coaching, and real estate. Throughout his work, he has focused on aligning business activity with purpose, environmental responsibility, and solutions to overlooked market challenges.

Teddy's family connection to New Zealand extends across five generations, and his early life across two hemispheres and coasts helped shape a broad international perspective. He works with long-term and lifestyle-oriented investors who seek financial returns while also building stronger ties to New Zealand and contributing to its economy, environment, and infrastructure.

As Founder and Managing Partner of KCP, Teddy leads acquisition strategies across the “golden triangle,” with a focus on light industrial sectors. The firm acquires, grows, and consolidates established businesses that support the country’s infrastructure. During his first year in an Executive MBA program, he developed the firm’s business plan and investment thesis, strengthened advisory relationships, and tested the strategy. The investment model combines private equity and search fund approaches with local partnerships, community events, and philanthropic opportunities.

Earlier in his career, Teddy served as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of an investment bank that experienced rapid early growth and processed eight- and nine-figure transactions. He also co-founded a marketplace for unique experiences and built partnerships with established providers. His consulting background includes co-founding a family-business advisory practice within a global consulting firm, where he supported business families, executives, and next-generation leaders across the United States, the Middle East, and New Zealand.

Teddy also developed a non-profit and executive coaching center, built several property features himself, and led teams as a general contractor. Since 2017, he has supported Navy SEAL families through a foundation where he serves in an advisory role. He has also helped raise six- and seven-figure sums for charitable causes.

Teddy Teece is an Executive MBA candidate at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. He continues to work with a New Zealand-based team, support charitable organizations, work the land, write, drum, and pursue adventure while focusing on service, stewardship, long-term partnerships, businesses, and communities.

Teddy Teece is the Managing Partner of Kea Capital Partners (KCP), an investment firm that connects international capital with New Zealand’s light industrial sector. His experience spans entrepreneurship, investing, philanthropy, finance, technology,... Show more

Certified CTO from IIM Kozhikode, Digital Transformation Leader, Sustainable Innovation Strategist, and AI Enterprise Solution Architect with a strong focus on helping organizations navigate technology-led business transformation. I bring a strategic blend of technology leadership, enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence, digital innovation, and sustainability to build scalable solutions that create measurable business value.

My leadership philosophy centers on innovation, collaboration, continuous learning, and purposeful technology adoption—bridging the gap between business vision and technology execution to create lasting organizational impact.

Certified CTO from IIM Kozhikode, Digital Transformation Leader, Sustainable Innovation Strategist, and AI Enterprise Solution Architect with a strong focus on helping organizations navigate technology-led business transformation. I bring a strategic... Show more

Robert founded the industry changing non profit called Trace Labs Organization which organizes crowd sourced OSINT for locating missing persons. Robert defines Trace Labs as the catalyst which will change the industry and how we solve problems at a larger scale. This organization now trains thousands of OSINT enthusiasts every year and is recognized by law enforcement world wide as an innovative option.
Robert's new passion is helping organization battle insider threat. His creation of Null Persona is designed to offer training to help InfoSec teams become counter espionage professionals.
Robert is also Senior IT Manager in the aerospace industry. He works at an international level and spends most of his time managing information security teams. While these teams focus on the traditional risk mitigation, most of Robert’s focus is on finding better ways of securing the business.
Robert has spent an increasing amount of time building defenses against social engineering. He has spoken about the rising social risk at numerous events and on different security podcasts.
In 2017 and 2018 he competed at the Social Engineering Village Capture the Flag contest. He placed third in this contest (both years) and since then has been teaching organizations how to defend against social attacks and how to reduce their OSINT footprint. In 2018 he actually managed a CTF while participating in a CTF at Defcon Vegas.
Robert is also a ten year volunteer with Search & Rescue in British Columbia, Canada. In his SAR capacity, Robert is a Team Leader, Trainer, Marine Rescue Technician, Swift Water Technician and Tracker.

Robert founded the industry changing non profit called Trace Labs Organization which organizes crowd sourced OSINT for locating missing persons. Robert defines Trace Labs as the catalyst which will change the industry and how we solve problems at a l... Show more

Puneet Arora leads AI Labs at Starburst, where his teams build AIDA, Starburst's agent for enterprise data, and Nebula, the company's agent management platform, along with the orchestration, evaluation, and guardrails stack behind them. His current work includes a production deployment of AIDA inside the perimeter of one of the largest US banks, running entirely on open-weight models. Before Starburst he spent six years at Amazon.

Puneet Arora leads AI Labs at Starburst, where his teams build AIDA, Starburst's agent for enterprise data, and Nebula, the company's agent management platform, along with the orchestration, evaluation, and guardrails stack behind them. His current w... Show more

Mousaab Khaldi is an international speaker, leadership coach, author, and entrepreneur based in Germany. Delivering powerful keynotes across global stages, Mousaab helps high-achieving entrepreneurs and executives who have built success on the outside but feel stuck, empty, or burnt out on the inside—using the proven 4 Empires Model to rebuild alignment between business performance and personal fulfillment.

With over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience, Mousaab specializes in captivating international audiences and guiding senior leaders to break through burnout, reclaim their energy, and lead with clarity, confidence, and authentic authority.

Mousaab Khaldi is an international speaker, leadership coach, author, and entrepreneur based in Germany. Delivering powerful keynotes across global stages, Mousaab helps high-achieving entrepreneurs and executives who have built success on the outsid... Show more

Don Barden, Ph.D. is a behavioral economist, international speaker, and business consultant who has worked with organizations including the U.S. Army, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and OneAmerica Financial Partners. He is the author of The Perfect Plan and Here Come the Girls, and teaches C-suite teams and business owners how to install the decision-making instincts that grow revenue, reduce turnover, and prepare organizations for the next era of leadership.

Don Barden, Ph.D. is a behavioral economist, international speaker, and business consultant who has worked with organizations including the U.S. Army, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and OneAmerica Financial Partners. He is the author of The Perfect Plan and H... Show more

I’m a French agile coach and co-founder of essensei, a boutique consultancy specializing in agile transformations. With a strong focus on sustainable adoption, I help teams and organizations navigate complex contexts by implementing tailored, pragmatic agile methodologies. Drawing on my deep expertise in Scrum, Kanban, ScrumBan, and Lean IT, I empower teams to optimize their workflows, improve collaboration, and deliver value consistently.

My coaching extends beyond teams; I work closely with managers to help them excel in agile environments, guiding them in leadership transitions and fostering an agile mindset. I’m also passionate about product management, collaborating with Product Owners to refine roadmaps, enhance backlog management, and align strategic goals.

My technical background in development practices, application architecture, and information security gives me an edge when supporting teams in complex technical environments. It allows me to bridge the gap between agile methodologies and technical excellence, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.

As an active speaker and organizer of Agile conferences (Flowcon France, Agile Lean Europ), I’m known for my engaging, no-nonsense approach. I share real-world stories, practical workshops, and actionable insights, aiming to inspire and equip participants with tools they can immediately apply in their own contexts.

I’m a French agile coach and co-founder of essensei, a boutique consultancy specializing in agile transformations. With a strong focus on sustainable adoption, I help teams and organizations navigate complex contexts by implementing tailored, pragmat... Show more

Kerem Demirayak is an award-winning Creative Producer working at the intersection of immersive technology, creative AI, spatial computing and interactive media. At FIELD.IO, he leads multidisciplinary productions that bring together creative direction, emerging technologies and complex technical systems to create ambitious experiences for global brands and audiences.

His work spans XR, generative design, real-time graphics, spatial computing, interactive installations and AI-driven creative systems, with a particular focus on turning emerging technologies into experiences that are not only technically innovative, but emotionally engaging and culturally relevant.

Across his career, Kerem has worked with global brands and cultural platforms including Apple, IBM, BMW, Nike, Netflix, ARTECHOUSE and Hyperspace, as well as leading creative studios, agencies, artists and technology teams. His experience ranges from large-scale immersive environments and interactive installations to digital products, experiential campaigns and experimental creative technology.

At the core of his work is the challenge of bridging the gap between creative ambition and technical execution. Kerem specialises in building the teams, workflows and production systems required to take ambitious ideas from early concept and experimentation through to fully realised, audience-facing experiences.

He is particularly interested in how AI is changing the creative production process — moving beyond generative content towards adaptive, interactive and intelligent creative systems. Alongside his production work, he is exploring opportunities across creative AI, immersive technology and the infrastructure supporting the next generation of digital experiences.

Kerem Demirayak is an award-winning Creative Producer working at the intersection of immersive technology, creative AI, spatial computing and interactive media. At FIELD.IO, he leads multidisciplinary productions that bring together creative directio... Show more

I’m David Micah-Daniels, a Software Engineer, startup builder, and Tech Entrepreneur passionate about creating products that solve real-world problems. Over the years, My journey in tech has been driven by curiosity, consistency, and an obsession with turning ideas into products that people can use and benefit from.

Beyond writing code, I’m deeply interested in entrepreneurship and the process of building startups from the ground up. I enjoy identifying everyday problems, validating ideas, and transforming them into scalable solutions. From developing digital products and communities to launching initiatives like FutureFest, I’m constantly exploring ways to create opportunities, inspire innovation, and contribute to the growth of Africa’s technology ecosystem. I believe technology is one of the most powerful tools for changing lives, and I’m committed to using it to make a meaningful impact.

My vision extends far beyond building websites and applications. I’m actively building companies, Impacting & empowering people through technology, creating opportunities, and contributing to the future of innovation across Africa and beyond. Every project I take on is another step toward that mission. I’m always learning, building, and challenging myself to think bigger because I believe the most impactful ideas often start with a simple decision to begin.

Remember my name “David Micah-Daniels” and watch many great things unfold.
“I’m doing big things, from Ibadan to the ends of the world”

I’m David Micah-Daniels, a Software Engineer, startup builder, and Tech Entrepreneur passionate about creating products that solve real-world problems. Over the years, My journey in tech has been driven by curiosity, consistency, and an obsession wit... Show more

💭 Søren Friis Alexandersen is a renowned thought leader in the ERP space, known for his deep expertise and collaborative approach. He's far into his career's 3rd decade, and currently a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft in the Dynamics 365 Business Central engineering team, working on Microsoft's core business solution for SMBs, where his mandate is to rethink Finance through the lens of AI.

💡 With a distinguished standing in the community, Søren is celebrated not only for his technical acumen but also for his unwavering commitment to openness and continuous learning, always bringing in the human factor into technology.

👩🏼‍💻 Søren's is a strategist at heart, and his leadership is characterized by his ability to bridge the gap between complex technological concepts and practical, human-centered applications.

🦸🏼 As a lifelong learner, Søren continuously seeks new knowledge and perspectives, fostering a culture of growth and adaptability within his professional circles. He shares the broadly held view that technology can and should improve human lives through increased productivity, though he thinks a lot about what we will do with the productivity gain long term, and how we ensure AI in particular is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

💭 Søren Friis Alexandersen is a renowned thought leader in the ERP space, known for his deep expertise and collaborative approach. He's far into his career's 3rd decade, and currently a Principal Product Manager at Microsoft in the Dynamics 365 Busi... Show more

Abi leads multiple CICS development teams for IBM in Hursley, and is passionate about supporting learning, enabling growth, and building careers, especially around neuroinclusion. She is also a Senior Inventor.

Abi leads multiple CICS development teams for IBM in Hursley, and is passionate about supporting learning, enabling growth, and building careers, especially around neuroinclusion. She is also a Senior Inventor. Show more

I build Typewrite, a writing environment that treats a screenplay as structured data — a graph of scenes, characters and relations — instead of a text document. Most of my engineering time goes into the two hard parts: a page engine written from scratch on ProseMirror, and a context layer that decides what a model is allowed to see and where every token came from.

I didn't come from computer science. I came from design and film school, and I learned to code because the tool I needed didn't exist.

On stage I talk about what broke before it worked: the benchmarks, the costs, and the architectures I threw away.

I build Typewrite, a writing environment that treats a screenplay as structured data — a graph of scenes, characters and relations — instead of a text document. Most of my engineering time goes into the two hard parts: a page engine written from scra... Show more

Tim Gifford is a software craftsman in West Des Moines, Iowa where he provides training, mentoring, software development and Agile consulting to Central Iowa businesses.

As a Software Delivery Coach, Tim Gifford works with companies to transform their software from a liability and cost center to an asset and competitive advantage.

Tim remains active in the Des Moines technology community having co-founded Agile Iowa, a group devoted to the promotion and discussion of agile methodologies in the state of Iowa, serving on the executive board of the Iowa .NET User Group (IADNUG) and launching DevOpsDays Des Moines in 2017.

Specialties: Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints, Agile/Lean Software Development, Extreme Programming, Continuous Delivery, DevOps, Kanban, Test Driven Development, Acceptance Test Driven Development, Behavior Driven Development, SpecFlow, Cucumber, FitNesse, Pair Programming, C#, Java, Python, Ruby

Tim Gifford is a software craftsman in West Des Moines, Iowa where he provides training, mentoring, software development and Agile consulting to Central Iowa businesses. As a Software Delivery Coach, Tim Gifford works with companies to transform t... Show more

Nina Malakhova helps organisations make new technology actually land with the people who use it. As founder of The Workshop Academy, she designs workshops, trainings and customer-education programmes at the intersection of technology and didactics. She is guided by the conviction that fun isn’t fluff: playful learning is what makes new knowledge stick.

Nina is a Salesforce solution architect with five years at Capgemini, where she led implementations in the automotive sector before moving into healthcare and purpose-driven organisations. She holds an MBA from WHU and teaches as a lecturer at BSP Business & Law School in Berlin. She also performs stand-up comedy at open mics around the city, which explains why her sessions are rarely boring.

Nina Malakhova helps organisations make new technology actually land with the people who use it. As founder of The Workshop Academy, she designs workshops, trainings and customer-education programmes at the intersection of technology and didactics. S... Show more

Angel Ceballos is an architect of defensible systems.

Her work focuses on how complex data and decision systems are designed, governed, and held accountable in real-world environments. Rather than treating governance as documentation or policy layered on top of technology, she builds it directly into system architecture.

With a foundation in data engineering and enterprise architecture, Angel designs and implements accountable infrastructure that governs risk, fairness, and long-term resilience. She challenges organizations to move beyond performance metrics and build systems that withstand scrutiny, degrade safely under stress, and produce defensible evidence by design.

Her mission is to ensure accountability and safety are not policy add-ons but engineered foundations that preserve the human voice, lived experience and narrative behind the number.

Angel Ceballos is an architect of defensible systems. Her work focuses on how complex data and decision systems are designed, governed, and held accountable in real-world environments. Rather than treating governance as documentation or policy lay... Show more

Tobias Otte is project manager and co-head of the Data & AI competence center at viadee. For more than 15 years he has been designing data platforms and analytics architectures – from data warehouse modernization with cloud DWH and automation to semantic layers and AI agents. Since 2023 he has been researching how language models can work reliably with enterprise data, sharing his findings in articles, conference talks and as an advisor for academic theses. His current focus: vendor-neutral architectures for data agents whose numbers you can trust.

Tobias Otte is project manager and co-head of the Data & AI competence center at viadee. For more than 15 years he has been designing data platforms and analytics architectures – from data warehouse modernization with cloud DWH and automation to sema... Show more

Twenty years in technology have not made Ross Saunders more trusting, but they have made him harder to fool.

A self-proclaimed Nerd with Trust Issues, Ross is a Toronto-based privacy and cybersecurity consultant and professional keynote speaker who has spent 15 years working in privacy, cybersecurity, and technology risk. His background runs from SaaS product management and software development through a decade of GRC consulting, delivering for technical and non-technical audiences across Canada, South Africa, India, and beyond.

CIPP/E certified (IAPP), with credentials in ethical hacking, data analytics, and paralegal practice, he holds a Master of Science in Management of Technology and Innovation, Cum Laude, President's Award, from the Davinci Institute. He serves on the National Board of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers and is a Past-President of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa.

Twenty years in technology have not made Ross Saunders more trusting, but they have made him harder to fool. A self-proclaimed Nerd with Trust Issues, Ross is a Toronto-based privacy and cybersecurity consultant and professional keynote speaker wh... Show more

I am a UX design leader and product strategist with a decade of experience in creating user-centric digital solutions. Currently, I work as a product design leader focusing on enterprise design for Cisco. My expertise lies in scaling design systems, leading cross-functional teams, and driving business impact through innovative UX strategies.

I’ve had the privilege of speaking at global conferences like UXDX and NFT.London, where I share insights on blending creativity, research, and technology to deliver impactful results. My experience also includes leveraging design and AI to drive sustainable practices through in-depth research, usability testing, and exploring how design influences user decisions toward eco-friendly outcomes. Additionally, I’m passionate about mentoring emerging designers at premier institutions, helping them shape the future of user-centered design.

I am a UX design leader and product strategist with a decade of experience in creating user-centric digital solutions. Currently, I work as a product design leader focusing on enterprise design for Cisco. My expertise lies in scaling design systems, ... Show more

Founder, private equity advisor, and now senior executive: Linn Guerrero's career has given her several vantage points on how organizations grow. Today she serves CFG Health, a Mount Laurel, New Jersey correctional healthcare company, as Chief Risk Officer, partnering directly with the CEO and senior leadership team on organizational growth, strategic planning, and business development. In that role, Linn Guerrero helped grow the company from approximately $80 million to $250 million in annual revenue. Trained at the University of Tennessee College of Law, she previously worked in private equity portfolio operations and spent years building and running her own professional services business. As an executive leader, strategic advisor, and correctional healthcare professional, she has focused on government contracting, risk management, cross-functional leadership, and scaling organizations with discipline.

Linn Guerrero's experience as a business owner began in September 2019, when she founded Justice, PLLC. As Founder and Managing Principal through March 2024, she built and led the independent professional services business, advising clients on healthcare, employment, and commercial matters.

She managed the firm's full range of needs, from operations and business development to budgeting, client engagement, and strategic planning. She also directed complex litigation and risk-management matters for healthcare and business clients. Her four and a half years leading the firm gave her direct exposure to the financial and operational demands that executives face, and she has carried that perspective into each of her advisory roles.

In March 2024, Linn Guerrero became Strategic Advisor for Private Equity Portfolio Operations at Architect Equity Management, a Los Angeles-based firm. Through August 2024, she supported leadership teams at multiple portfolio companies in a private equity-sponsored environment.

She focused on due diligence and growth strategy, conducting operational, commercial, and risk assessments of acquisition targets to inform investment decisions. Linn Guerrero presented her diligence findings and strategic recommendations to sponsors and leadership teams and assisted portfolio company executives with governance, growth strategy, organizational development, and operational initiatives. That period showed her how investors evaluate companies, a lens she now uses when analyzing acquisitions and corporate transactions from the company side.

Linn Guerrero of Tennessee joined CFG Health in August 2024 as its first Chief Legal Officer, establishing the company's legal department from the ground up. She held that position until May 2025, overseeing legal, compliance, governance, and enterprise risk functions across the multi-state healthcare company before moving into the Chief Risk Officer role in May 2025. Since joining CFG Health, she has partnered with the CEO and executive leadership team to define strategic priorities and back enterprise growth initiatives. In roughly two years, the company more than tripled, reaching $250 million in annual revenue from approximately $80 million. She contributed through strategic planning, government contracting initiatives, business development support, and executive leadership.

Her remit at CFG Health is wide. Linn Guerrero leads initiatives covering operations, contracting, compliance, human resources, claims management, procurement, RFP strategy, and organizational development. She weighs strategic opportunities, conducts executive-level risk assessments, and recommends actions to the leadership team. She also coordinates cross-functional teams to advance organizational priorities and improve operational performance, collaborating with Operations, Human Resources, Finance, IT, and Business Development.

Government contracting and procurement sit at the core of her contribution. Linn Guerrero applies her strong command of both to CFG Health's RFP strategy and contracting initiatives. She reached two years with the company in August 2026 and continues to apply her expertise in risk management, executive strategy, and organizational operations to help leadership teams address complex challenges and pursue sustainable growth.

Linn Guerrero completed her undergraduate studies at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and graduating from the Honors College in May 2011. She then attended the University of Tennessee College of Law and earned her Juris Doctor in May 2014. During law school, she served as Articles Editor of the Tennessee Law Review, concentrated in Advocacy and Litigation, and received Pro Bono Recognition.

Her legal training at the University of Tennessee gave Linn Guerrero a working command of regulation, contracts, and risk, which continues to inform her executive work. She has also earned certification as a Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP) through the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC).

Linn Guerrero also brings hands-on experience in human resources administration. Her executive work engages the operational side of workforce management, from leave administration and workplace accommodations to labor relations and wage-and-hour policy, helping build the people processes that sustain a growing organization.

In risk management and insurance, her expertise includes professional liability and employment practices liability coverage. She helps leadership teams balance exposure and opportunity, and she combines this with a focus on organizational growth strategy and targets. Her executive skill set encompasses CEO partnership, strategic planning and execution, organizational scaling, and executive communication.

Linn Guerrero sponsors the Knoxville Challenger tennis tournament each year, supporting the Helen Ross McNabb Foundation while connecting her giving to a personal interest. She volunteers with her son's soccer team and frequently volunteers at his elementary school, contributing through the school itself and its Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). She enjoys tennis and cooking in her time away from work.

Across three distinct roles, Linn Guerrero of Tennessee has acted on the idea that growth works best when strategy, compliance, and operations are aligned. Her contribution to CFG Health's growth from approximately $80 million to $250 million in annual revenue, her assessments of acquisition targets for private equity sponsors, and her work building an independent firm from the ground up all reflect that idea, and each strengthened her focus on aligning stakeholders, managing risk, and executing with discipline. Linn Guerrero remains focused on bringing together her experience in legal leadership, enterprise risk oversight, and organizational strategy to help executive teams navigate operational challenges, strengthen decision-making, and build resilient organizations. Linn Guerrero's foundation in law, correctional health credential, and experience across operations, finance, human resources, and government contracting equip her to turn strategic priorities into measurable results for the leadership teams she works with.

Founder, private equity advisor, and now senior executive: Linn Guerrero's career has given her several vantage points on how organizations grow. Today she serves CFG Health, a Mount Laurel, New Jersey correctional healthcare company, as Chief Risk O... Show more

Abtin Aghagolian is the Co-Founder and CTO of Pikd (pikd.app), a London based geospatial AR platform that turns the real world into an interactive, privacy first interface for brands and consumers. Pikd has worked with Red Bull, Burger King and the London Design Biennale.

He has been building consumer technology at scale for close to a decade. Before Pikd he founded a venture studio where he grew a team of over 100 people and shipped eleven platforms, including a video on demand service with more than a million users, alongside psychometric ad engines and fan engagement systems. That background is why he argues about privacy from the advertising side of the table rather than against it.

His current work is privacy preserving AI. He holds a UK patent pending invention for context aware augmented reality built on zero knowledge proofs and psychometric context modelling, and is leading a consortium bid into Innovate UK and the Eureka clusters on privacy first smart city infrastructure.

He has spoken at Digital Almaty, Global Tech Wave and Red Bull Basement, where he gave "Don't Build the Future Wrong: Ethics by Design in the Age of Immersive AI". He holds a BSc in Computer Science and Management from the University of St Andrews and a DBA from the University of Tehran.

Abtin Aghagolian is the Co-Founder and CTO of Pikd (pikd.app), a London based geospatial AR platform that turns the real world into an interactive, privacy first interface for brands and consumers. Pikd has worked with Red Bull, Burger King and the L... Show more

DevOps Engineer con más de 12 años de experiencia en infraestructura cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD y automatización. Fundador de proyectos tecnológicos que combinan inteligencia artificial, automatización y mercados financieros, incluyendo Criptomix, BetWinTrade y Coliseo Arena.

Actualmente trabaja en el diseño de sistemas y agentes autónomos capaces de analizar información, interactuar con APIs y ejecutar decisiones sobre infraestructura y entornos reales, con especial enfoque en observabilidad, seguridad y control de riesgo.

DevOps Engineer con más de 12 años de experiencia en infraestructura cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD y automatización. Fundador de proyectos tecnológicos que combinan inteligencia artificial, automatización y mercados financieros, incluyendo Criptomix, BetW... Show more

Chinmay Naik is a founder at One2N, where he helps companies solve their platform and reliability engineering problems. With 2 decades of experience in software engineering, he has worked across industries, startups, and enterprises. He’s architected systems that have grown exponentially to millions of users.

Chinmay Naik is a founder at One2N, where he helps companies solve their platform and reliability engineering problems. With 2 decades of experience in software engineering, he has worked across industries, startups, and enterprises. He’s architected... Show more

I'm a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft with over 10 years of experience across technology, e-commerce, and financial services. I work on grounding and retrieval, the infrastructure that decides whether an AI's answer is trustworthy enough to act on, and I've contributed to enterprise AI systems whose launches were featured at Microsoft Ignite keynotes. Before Microsoft, I built products at Amazon and American Express, growing from data and analytics into AI product leadership. I write about AI trust and evaluation for O'Reilly Radar and CIO.com, and I publish technical papers on AI systems, including with IEEE.

I'm a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft with over 10 years of experience across technology, e-commerce, and financial services. I work on grounding and retrieval, the infrastructure that decides whether an AI's answer is trustworthy enough to act o... Show more

Ankur Gosar is a full-stack engineer and cloud practitioner who specializes in building scalable, serverless applications and automating real-world business operations. With a deep focus on Google Cloud, Node.js, and modern distributed web architectures, he bridges the gap between software design and on-the-ground physical logistics. He is passionate about modernizing traditional SMB workflows - transforming fragile spreadsheets and chaotic chat threads into resilient, automated cloud systems. An active tech community participant, Ankur enjoys sharing practical, battle-tested engineering lessons and pragmatic architectures with fellow developers.

Ankur Gosar is a full-stack engineer and cloud practitioner who specializes in building scalable, serverless applications and automating real-world business operations. With a deep focus on Google Cloud, Node.js, and modern distributed web architectu... Show more

Soham Sharma is the Founder of Botmartz AI Solutions, an AI engineering company focused on building production-ready AI systems for organizations. His work focuses on Enterprise RAG, AI agents, agentic retrieval, knowledge systems, and the engineering practices required to move AI from prototypes into reliable production systems.

He regularly speaks and teaches on AI Engineering, RAG architectures, LLM applications, AI agents, and modern AI development workflows. His technical interests include LangChain, LangGraph, PyTorch, FastAPI, vector databases, evaluation, retrieval systems, and production AI architecture.

Beyond product engineering, Soham is active in the developer and AI community through workshops, hackathons, mentoring, and technical events. He has worked with developers, students, founders, and engineering teams across AI and software development initiatives.

His talks are designed to be practical and implementation-focused — helping audiences understand not only what AI can do, but how to actually design, build, evaluate, and deploy AI systems.

Soham Sharma is the Founder of Botmartz AI Solutions, an AI engineering company focused on building production-ready AI systems for organizations. His work focuses on Enterprise RAG, AI agents, agentic retrieval, knowledge systems, and the engineerin... Show more

Candice Prentiss, PMP
Founder & CEO, CAP Global Works, LLC
Candice Prentiss is a Detroit, MI native and CEO of CAP Global Works (CAP), a leading IT, program and construction management firm that provides professional support services such as project administration, stakeholder management and strategic planning for public and private-sector organizations across diverse industries and markets. Prior to founding CAP, Candice served in several professional positions; one being with WSP USA, Inc. as Deputy Program Manager of the $1B+ new terminal build at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport and several at Jacobs Engineering Group. With Jacobs she served as a key resource for multiple Department of Aviation capital improvement projects at the world's most travelled airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. With 20 years of experience, Candice has consistently delivered sustainable solutions to clients with program budgets totaling over $4B across various industries that include Aviation, Smart Cities, Facilities, Commercial Food & Beverage, and Civic Technology. While expanding into co-founding a mobile application, she has received top awards as a New Orleans’ Top 10 Women in STEM complimented by her award-winning projects. As a servant leader and Blacks in Technology Atlanta Board Vice President, Candice remains deeply committed to the community through her mentorship work, the Dryades YMCA in New Orleans and as a member Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Candice Prentiss, PMP Founder & CEO, CAP Global Works, LLC Candice Prentiss is a Detroit, MI native and CEO of CAP Global Works (CAP), a leading IT, program and construction management firm that provides professional support services such as projec... Show more

Feras Deiratany is a technology leader and software architect with over a decade of experience at Progressive Insurance, where he helped launch Progressive Life, the company’s entry into the life insurance market. His work focuses on enterprise architecture, artificial intelligence (AI), digital transformation, and building scalable technology solutions. He is particularly passionate about applying AI and emerging technologies to solve complex business challenges and modernize the insurance industry.

Originally from Syria, Feras holds a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from The Ohio State University. He has previously contributed to social impact initiatives, including Global Shapers and GiveBackHack. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, exploring new cultures, and discovering great food along the way.

Feras Deiratany is a technology leader and software architect with over a decade of experience at Progressive Insurance, where he helped launch Progressive Life, the company’s entry into the life insurance market. His work focuses on enterprise archi... Show more

Jedi Wright is an AI Experience Architect, Strategist & Independent Researcher and the founder of UX Minds, LLC, where he publishes as Systems of Thought. His work asks how structure earns trust: content frameworks with testable rules, controlled vocabularies that hold up under AI-assisted work, and record schemas for information that moves between personal and institutional systems.

He created the Tiered Content Framework, a content strategy operating model that extends Atomic Design from interface components to content, governance, and the ecosystems content lives in, along with tcf-runtime, which runs the framework's trust rules as executable checks. He is also the author of Governed Crossing, an open record schema on the AT Protocol network for documenting when information moves from a person's own systems into institutional ones. An earlier prototype from that work, which publishes from a private, local-first document to a public service with a record of each step, was featured in This Month in Automerge.

Jedi builds in public. He publishes his frameworks, decision records, and learnings on GitHub, and he writes about the work at systemsofthought.com. He also serves as a content strategist at Huge, Inc.

He previously managed the largest straight-through insurance processing platform in North America at iPipeline, and helped Disney launch one of its earliest responsive, multi-platform consumer products. From 2015 to 2020, he developed and taught four UX courses at UCLA Extension.

Jedi Wright is an AI Experience Architect, Strategist & Independent Researcher and the founder of UX Minds, LLC, where he publishes as Systems of Thought. His work asks how structure earns trust: content frameworks with testable rules, controlled voc... Show more

Heather Seiter is a Senior SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Architect who loves helping organizations modernize the way they work especially in secure environments like GCC and GCC High. Most of her work lives at the intersection of collaboration, automation, and governance.

Currently, leading efforts around Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI adoption, focusing on governance, training, and responsible rollout. Her goals are to help teams embrace new technology with confidence, combining strategic planning with hands‑on technical experience.

At the end of the day, she is passionate about improving the digital workplace making it more intuitive, secure, and aligned with how people actually work.

Heather Seiter is a Senior SharePoint and Microsoft 365 Architect who loves helping organizations modernize the way they work especially in secure environments like GCC and GCC High. Most of her work lives at the intersection of collaboration, automa... Show more

I'm Marvin König, Chief Operating Officer at ML!PA Consulting GmbH, the company behind L-IoT — a European Device Lifecycle Management platform for Industrial IoT. Over nearly nine years at ML!PA I've grown from technical project management and backend engineering into company leadership, which keeps me close to what it actually takes to manage connected-device fleets at scale. What drives me is the space between strategy and execution: making sure good ideas become good outcomes.

Based in Berlin, I speak on IIoT, device lifecycle management and operational excellence.

I'm Marvin König, Chief Operating Officer at ML!PA Consulting GmbH, the company behind L-IoT — a European Device Lifecycle Management platform for Industrial IoT. Over nearly nine years at ML!PA I've grown from technical project management and backen... Show more