Consumer Goods & Services

Professionals focused on products and services for personal use, working in sectors like retail, customer care, and product development

Adedeji Awolesi

Adedeji Awolesi

Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer (DevOps) and 2x Microsoft MVP with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and cloud engineering across cloud technology platforms. I have helped organisations design, build, optimise scalable cloud platforms while driving significant cost savings and improving operational efficiency.

Blending deep technical expertise with business insight from MBA. I specialise in embedding FinOps practices into engineering workflows, enabling teams to reduce waste, improve performance and maximise the value of their cloud investments.

A global public speaker, I have delivered talks at tech events around the world, sharing practical insights on cloud optimisation, DevOps and FinOps. I also run a blog and actively contribute to community initiatives, helping professionals and organisations build more efficient, cost effective and resilient cloud solutions.

Senior Cloud FinOps Engineer (DevOps) and 2x Microsoft MVP with a strong background in Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and cloud engineering across cloud technology platforms. I have helped organisations design, build, optimise scalable cloud plat... Show more

Svetlana Kouznetsova

Svetlana Kouznetsova

Svetlana Kouznetsova (Sveta) is an independent B2B accessibility strategy consultant, published author, and international speaker with more than 25 years of professional experience in design, technology, and accessibility.

Combining her multidisciplinary professional background with her lived experience as a profoundly deaf person, Sveta advises businesses on identifying and addressing gaps between accessibility compliance and real-world customer experiences.

Her expertise spans digital accessibility for customers with various disabilities, deafness awareness for customer-facing services, captioning and transcription best practices for media, and accessibility for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. She works with business leaders and cross-functional teams to improve accessibility across digital products, services, communications, media, and events.

Sveta emphasizes proactive accessibility strategies, disability awareness, and shared responsibility across business departments. She encourages businesses to recognize that accessibility is an ongoing process that goes beyond compliance.

She is also the founder of Audio Accessibility and author of Sound Is Not Enough. Her TEDx talk explores how quality captioning can expand audience reach and improve business outcomes.

Sveta holds a master's degree in Internet Technology and has spoken at national and international conferences since 2008.

Svetlana Kouznetsova (Sveta) is an independent B2B accessibility strategy consultant, published author, and international speaker with more than 25 years of professional experience in design, technology, and accessibility. Combining her multidisci... Show more

Elliott Mower

Elliott Mower

Elliott is the CEO of Current, a full-stack digital agency that builds, optimizes, and markets digital products in a continuous cycle — ensuring the work never stops performing after launch.

Since joining Mediacurrent in 2021, Elliott has moved quickly through the organization — from Creative Strategy Director to Head of Product to CEO — before building Current through the strategic combination of Mediacurrent and Rhythm. That journey reflects a through-line he's carried across his career: the belief that great digital products and smart marketing shouldn't live in separate worlds.

It's a conviction he's put into practice across education, financial services, and media and entertainment — and one he developed long before Current. At EY Design Studio and Doberman NY, Elliott's work ranged from reimagining the grocery store of the future for the world's largest retailer, to building an accessible technology ecosystem for a New York City arts institution, to crafting an award-winning digital platform for a national fast-casual brand. Different problems, same instinct: making complex systems feel invisible for the people who use them.

Elliott is the CEO of Current, a full-stack digital agency that builds, optimizes, and markets digital products in a continuous cycle — ensuring the work never stops performing after launch. Since joining Mediacurrent in 2021, Elliott has moved qu... Show more

Andreas Giesa

Andreas Giesa

Andreas Giesa, Director of Digital Business Consulting at Xebia and former Head of eBusiness at Liebherr, is a visionary leader in the field of digitalization. With over 16 years of experience, he passionately drives digital business models, strategies, and innovative technologies such as AI and IoT. His focus is on customer-oriented solutions, digital excellence, and the development and empowerment of agile teams for digital transformation.

Andreas Giesa, Director of Digital Business Consulting at Xebia and former Head of eBusiness at Liebherr, is a visionary leader in the field of digitalization. With over 16 years of experience, he passionately drives digital business models, strategi... Show more

Samuel Amakiri

Samuel Amakiri

Samuel Bomate Amakiri (Boma) is a Software Engineer and Co-Founder/CEO of Squegy, an on-demand marketplace connecting clients with verified artisans. He also develops the mobile layer for RosieVision, an AI assistant for cognitive decline, as a Software Engineer at AR-Worx, where he focuses on implementing on-device object detection with Roboflow.

Samuel Bomate Amakiri (Boma) is a Software Engineer and Co-Founder/CEO of Squegy, an on-demand marketplace connecting clients with verified artisans. He also develops the mobile layer for RosieVision, an AI assistant for cognitive decline, as a Softw... Show more

Chris Cranford

Chris Cranford

Chris Cranford is a Principal Software Engineer at IBM, previously at Red Hat, and one of the longest-serving maintainers of Debezium, the open-source change data capture project, where he serves on the extended governance committee. He is the primary maintainer of the Oracle connector and helps set the project's technical direction. He started Debezium's JDBC sink connector and its upcoming Elasticsearch sink, and contributed the Debezium Quarkus extensions for the outbox pattern and for running connectors. Chris also worked on Hibernate ORM through its 4, 5, and 6 releases. Off the clock, he's usually buried in a book or losing a tug-of-war to his dog, who has no respect for transaction boundaries.

Chris Cranford is a Principal Software Engineer at IBM, previously at Red Hat, and one of the longest-serving maintainers of Debezium, the open-source change data capture project, where he serves on the extended governance committee. He is the primar... Show more

Jean-Yves Ahouanvoedo

Jean-Yves Ahouanvoedo

Jean-Yves AHOUANVOEDO is a digital professional who combines web development, agile project management, and content creation. He progressed from freelance web developer to IT project manager over the course of more than three years. He has led Digitalize Bénin since 2022 and has been creating content for the media outlet Bénin Bouge since 2024. Since September 2026, he has been the head of information systems in charge of R&D at Agence PROCOM. As an enthusiast of artificial intelligence, he is well-positioned to bridge the gaps between technology, communication, and innovation in Benin, a country that is heavily investing in AI.

Jean-Yves AHOUANVOEDO is a digital professional who combines web development, agile project management, and content creation. He progressed from freelance web developer to IT project manager over the course of more than three years. He has led Digita... Show more

Brian Collins

Brian Collins

As a Walt Disney Imagineer, Brian helped create the stories and magic for some of the world’s most beloved attractions. Over the past 30+ years, he has produced work for a who’s-who list of corporations, as well as small entrepreneurial ventures. As an Instructor at the University of Central Florida, Brian taught a variety of classes related to immersive/thematic design, entertainment business, and emerging technologies. He is also a sought-after Futurist and Innovation Consultant through his practice known as The Brainstorm Institute where he works with both large and small companies to help them gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace through design thinking and adopting innovative practices. He has spoken at conferences around the world, is passionate about education, and is an advisory board member for several innovative tech start-ups.

As a Walt Disney Imagineer, Brian helped create the stories and magic for some of the world’s most beloved attractions. Over the past 30+ years, he has produced work for a who’s-who list of corporations, as well as small entrepreneurial ventures. As ... Show more

Anusha Kovi

Anusha Kovi

Anusha Kovi is a Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon, where she builds and scales data platforms that power analytics, operational intelligence, and data-driven decision-making across large, distributed systems. She specializes in end-to-end data engineering—designing ETL pipelines and data models, orchestrating workflows with Apache Airflow and AWS, and delivering dashboards that turn raw data into clear insights that drive business outcomes. With 6+ years of experience, she is based in Washington, United States, and holds a Master's degree from Michigan Technological University.

Beyond her engineering role, Anusha is an IEEE-published author, a technical writer on DZone and Hackernoon, and a conference speaker whose work has been accepted at international research conferences and industry events. She’s passionate about making data engineering more accessible, advancing women in technology, and helping organizations build BI infrastructure that keeps pace with an AI-native world. She mentored 200+ students; a frequent judge and evaluator for student and industry innovation programs.

Anusha Kovi is a Business Intelligence Engineer at Amazon, where she builds and scales data platforms that power analytics, operational intelligence, and data-driven decision-making across large, distributed systems. She specializes in end-to-end dat... Show more

Valentin R

Valentin R

I believe great software should give people time back — not take it away. My work is about building products that actually serve people's lives: helping them move more, connect more, and spend less time staring at screens. At Urban Sports Club, I lead membership engineering in service of that mission — making active, healthy living more accessible across Europe.

I believe great software should give people time back — not take it away. My work is about building products that actually serve people's lives: helping them move more, connect more, and spend less time staring at screens. At Urban Sports Club, I lea... Show more

Georgina Armstrong

Georgina Armstrong

Georgina has been working in Data Science since 2011. For many years she was a coding data scientist in R, Python and PySpark, but for the last 7 years she's been leading international data teams.

She is now leads Software Engineers at Morningstar Credit, working on the sophisticated data products for Morningstar customers.

She's been through hiring cycles and layoff cycles, major tech stack overhauls, massive data science projects and forensic audits. She's figured out how to keep diverse, remote data teams happy, productive and collaborative, at least 80% of the time.

Georgina has been working in Data Science since 2011. For many years she was a coding data scientist in R, Python and PySpark, but for the last 7 years she's been leading international data teams. She is now leads Software Engineers at Morningsta... Show more

Letícia Barbosa

Letícia Barbosa

Atuo com TI há 25 anos e já trabalhei nas mais diversas áreas.
Estou há mais de 14 anos na Prodesp e trabalho articulando as áreas da empresa, buscando: comunicação entre as áreas, troca de experiência com outras empresas, estudo de novas tecnologias e assuntos para ampliar o repertório, apoio a líderes e liderados com práticas/treinamentos usando o ágil, o Design Thinking e principalmente, a comunicação.
Também atuo na comissão de inovação da Prodesp e na 1a comunidade dse Design Sprint no Brasil!
Atuei como redatora voluntária pelo IBEGESP - Instituto Brasileiro de Educação em Gestão Pública em 2022, com quatro artigos publicados no https://radar.ibegesp.org.br/
Sou uma mulher guerreira, alegre, a filha mais velha de três irmãos, aquela que tinha que dar o exemplo em casa. Tenho 2 filhas e o meu negócio é gente, é promover desenvolvimento humano. Compartilhar conhecimento e sempre ajudar quem eu puder, como puder.
Que sejamos agentes de mudança!

Atuo com TI há 25 anos e já trabalhei nas mais diversas áreas. Estou há mais de 14 anos na Prodesp e trabalho articulando as áreas da empresa, buscando: comunicação entre as áreas, troca de experiência com outras empresas, estudo de novas tecnologia... Show more

Sarah Saran Hansakul

Sarah Saran Hansakul

Sarah Hansakul, a sexy security enthusiast and the brains behind ThaiCySec, is a rising Fierce star in the cybersecurity world. Known for her “Sarah 59 seconds” program on TikTok, she delivers fierce narratives and explanations about cybersecurity, captivating a young and dynamic audience. With many prestigious Microsoft Security Certifications with CISSP and CISM, Sarah has proven her expertise in the field.

Beyond her cybersecurity achievements, Sarah has made her mark as the Manager of the famous luxurious Thai jewelry brand, AKE AKE Thailand, where she has led successful digital transformation initiatives.

Sarah Hansakul, a sexy security enthusiast and the brains behind ThaiCySec, is a rising Fierce star in the cybersecurity world. Known for her “Sarah 59 seconds” program on TikTok, she delivers fierce narratives and explanations about cybersecurity, c... Show more

Dmitriy Sotnikov

Dmitriy Sotnikov

Dmitry Sotnikov is a hospitality business expert. He works with hotel owners, managers, and hotel teams at the intersection of hospitality technologies, process control, SEO promotion, and direct sales from the hotel website.

His professional focus is hotel revenue growth through check-in control, reduction of hidden losses, development of direct bookings, strengthening of the hotel website, and reducing dependence on aggregators.

Dmitry has more than 10 years of experience in the hospitality business. He entered the hotel sector through access control systems, electronic locks, and hospitality technologies. This practical background allowed him to see the hotel from the inside: how check-ins are organized, how administrators work, how owners control processes, how the guest journey is built, how bookings are made, how the website works, how additional services are sold, and how internal processes operate.

The key idea of Dmitry's talks is that hotels already have money, but part of the revenue is often lost inside their processes. An owner may see occupancy, guests, and staff work, but may not always understand where exactly the income is being lost. Dmitry shows how to identify these loss points and which tools help make hotel processes more transparent.

Main speaking topics:

Hotel revenue growth:

where a hotel loses money: check-ins, the website, and direct sales;
why guests are present, but part of the revenue does not reach the owner;
how a hotel can increase revenue without reducing guest service quality;
what prevents a hotel from earning more steadily with the same occupancy;
how an owner can see weak points in hotel operations.

Check-in control:

where real losses arise in a hotel;
how to identify unrecorded check-ins and bring order to the processes;
how to check hotel operations without conflict with staff;
which signs show that a hotel has hidden revenue losses;
how access, check-in, and revenue control are connected.

SEO promotion and the hotel website:

how to get more direct inquiries through the hotel website;
why a hotel website should be a sales tool, not just an online business card;
why a hotel website does not sell and what to do about it;
how a hotel can attract guests through its own channels;
how to strengthen the hotel website without unnecessary complexity for the owner.

Direct sales:

how to reduce dependence on aggregators;
how to return part of sales to the hotel's own channels;
how to sell additional hotel services through the website and direct communications;
how to connect the website, SEO, and administrator work into one sales system;
how to make the guest journey from search to booking clear and convenient.

Hospitality technologies and process control:

how access, check-in, the website, and hotel revenue are connected;
how access control systems help control check-ins;
which technologies help the owner see real processes inside the hotel.

Dmitry has spoken in business programs, industry events, exhibitions, business breakfasts, and professional meetings for the hospitality industry.

He participated in the business program of PIR Expo / PIR HOTEL on the topics of electronic access control systems, electronic locks, and smart hotel solutions.

He also spoke at events of the Secrets of the Hotelier project in Kazan, Khabarovsk, Mineralnye Vody, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Novosibirsk, and other cities. He participated in business programs and panel discussions for representatives of the hospitality industry.

His speaking format is practical. No complex theory and no general advice. Only specific points that directly affect hotel revenue: check-ins, the website, SEO, direct sales, additional services, guest work, and control of internal processes.

Dmitry's speaking audience includes hotel owners, managers, heads of sales departments, hospitality marketers, administrators, and specialists responsible for direct sales, occupancy, and process control.

Education - higher education. SF MAI / MATI - Russian State Technological University named after K. E. Tsiolkovsky. Specialty: Materials Science and Materials Technology, 2004.

Dmitry Sotnikov is a hospitality business expert. He works with hotel owners, managers, and hotel teams at the intersection of hospitality technologies, process control, SEO promotion, and direct sales from the hotel website. His professional focu... Show more

Mike Wolfson

Mike Wolfson

Mike is a product-focused developer working out of Phoenix. He has been working in the software field for more than 20 years, and with Android since its introduction. He is a Google Developer Expert in Android and the author of the book "Android Developer Tools Essentials" published by O’Reilly. He currently works for Target as a Lead Android Engineer.

He has spoken about software development at a variety of conferences and user groups (including Google IO, Oredev, Oscon, GDGSiliconValley, Oredev, Droidcon NYC & Turin, AnDevCon, and others). When he is not geeking out about phones, he enjoys the outdoors (snowboarding, hiking, scuba diving), collecting PEZ dispensers, and chasing his young (but quick) daughter.

Mike is a product-focused developer working out of Phoenix. He has been working in the software field for more than 20 years, and with Android since its introduction. He is a Google Developer Expert in Android and the author of the book "Android Deve... Show more

Taylor Troesh

Taylor Troesh

Taylor tinkers with writing, learning, time, design, software, ideas, humor, and entrepreneurship.

Taylor tinkers with writing, learning, time, design, software, ideas, humor, and entrepreneurship. Show more

Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan is a Client Success Manager at Legacy Technology Lab, author of The Future Is Verified, and a national speaker exploring blockchain, digital ownership, and emerging technologies. Drawing from experience in property technology, real estate, and digital transformation, she examines how trusted records, verification, and decentralized systems are reshaping industries beyond cryptocurrency. Elizabeth is known for translating complex technological concepts into practical, future-focused conversations that spark curiosity, challenge assumptions, and encourage innovation.

Elizabeth Sullivan is a Client Success Manager at Legacy Technology Lab, author of The Future Is Verified, and a national speaker exploring blockchain, digital ownership, and emerging technologies. Drawing from experience in property technology, real... Show more

Brooke Stanley

Brooke Stanley

Brooke Stanley Agina is a Software Engineer, Systems Architect, and Innovation Strategist specializing in open financial protocols, cross-border payment routing, and digital financial infrastructure.

Currently, Brooke serves as the Project Technical Lead for the Interledger Protocol (ILP) initiative at United States International University - Africa (USIU-Africa), where he directs open payments research, designs specialized technical curricula, and leads engineering cohorts in building scalable payment networks using ILP, Rafiki, and Open Payments standards. He is also the Founder of Korridor Finance, a fintech startup focused on building modern financial rails.

Previously, Brooke was the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Safia Health, where he led technical strategy and platform development, and served as Chief Executive Officer at AcademyofCloud. His engineering experience spans backend systems, cloud platforms, and mobile engineering (across Python, Dart, Go, and Kotlin)

Brooke Stanley Agina is a Software Engineer, Systems Architect, and Innovation Strategist specializing in open financial protocols, cross-border payment routing, and digital financial infrastructure. Currently, Brooke serves as the Project Technic... Show more

Rajni Sharma

Rajni Sharma

Rajni Sharma is the Founder & CEO of DotIQ, where she is building an Institutional Intelligence platform for enterprise AI. With over 20 years of experience leading product innovation across startups and global technology companies—including Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Apple, eBay, Rubrik, and Walmart—she has built and scaled products that solve complex enterprise challenges. Rajni is a member of the Forbes Technology Council, serves on the DevNetwork Advisory Board, and is a frequent speaker on AI, product strategy, enterprise architecture, and innovation. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of technology leaders, she actively supports founders, product professionals, and women in tech while helping organizations harness AI to build more intelligent, explainable, and impactful products.

Rajni Sharma is the Founder & CEO of DotIQ, where she is building an Institutional Intelligence platform for enterprise AI. With over 20 years of experience leading product innovation across startups and global technology companies—including Microsof... Show more

Kinsey Durham Grace

Kinsey Durham Grace

Kinsey Durham Grace is a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer and co-founder at All Purpose, a research lab studying how teams of agents can work together safely and effectively. She is passionate about alignment, safety and bridging the gap between research and product. Previously, Kinsey was an engineer at GitHub building GitHub's coding agent. Kinsey's focus is turning research results into tools engineers use every day. Kinsey has spoken and keynoted at conferences worldwide, and has served on multiple boards in tech.

Kinsey Durham Grace is a Founding Forward Deployed Engineer and co-founder at All Purpose, a research lab studying how teams of agents can work together safely and effectively. She is passionate about alignment, safety and bridging the gap between re... Show more

Martha Priddle

Martha Priddle

Martha Priddle is a Dog Trainer and Behaviour Consultant. She has previously worked for the Nova Scotia SPCA as a dog and cat care attendant. Martha has 10 years working in the animal training and behaviour sector, and believes passionately in force free training methods. As a Certified Behavior Adjustment Training Instructor (Knowledge Assessed) Martha specializes in working with fearful and reactive dogs. Currently, Martha works in the veterinary ER, and is passionate about implementing low-stress handling methods.

Martha Priddle is a Dog Trainer and Behaviour Consultant. She has previously worked for the Nova Scotia SPCA as a dog and cat care attendant. Martha has 10 years working in the animal training and behaviour sector, and believes passionately in force ... Show more

Gideon Chukwuoma

Gideon Chukwuoma

I am a Flutter Mobile Engineer with over five years of professional experience building production-ready mobile applications. At Payecards, a fintech company offering digital banking and cryptocurrency services, I work on developing secure, scalable, and user-focused mobile solutions used in real-world financial environments.

Over the years, I have built and shipped several applications to both the Google Play Store and Apple App Store, gaining hands-on experience in application architecture, state management, performance optimization, API integrations, and delivering polished user experiences. Beyond writing code, I enjoy sharing knowledge with fellow developers and helping others build confidence in creating high-quality Flutter applications.

I am a Flutter Mobile Engineer with over five years of professional experience building production-ready mobile applications. At Payecards, a fintech company offering digital banking and cryptocurrency services, I work on developing secure, scalable,... Show more

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology.

He is leading the development of SELF OS, an AI-native operating environment designed to bring intelligent agents, decentralized applications, digital identity, and user-controlled computing into a unified ecosystem. He is also developing ESSENCE, a blockchain-based utility and economic layer intended to reward verified participation and contributions within the SELF network.

Through SELF Labs, Milan works across artificial intelligence, decentralized infrastructure, robotics, real estate technology, digital economies, and next-generation human-computer interaction.

His broader mission is to build technology that gives individuals greater ownership of their data, intelligence, devices, and economic value—helping move society from centralized digital platforms toward more personalized and user-owned technological systems.

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology. He is leading the development of SELF OS... Show more

Manvika Tuteja

Manvika Tuteja

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Shikhar Agarwal

Shikhar Agarwal

I am a senior technology and business leader with 25+ years helping partners and enterprises turn strategy into execution — specifically across Dynamics CRM and ERP, where I've built multiple practices, led dozens of enterprise transformations, and influenced hundreds of millions in pipeline by connecting technology investments to measurable business outcomes.
I'm now building AI-enabled businesses that combine decades of practical experience with what AI makes possible. My sessions are the honest account of what that looks like from the inside.

I am a senior technology and business leader with 25+ years helping partners and enterprises turn strategy into execution — specifically across Dynamics CRM and ERP, where I've built multiple practices, led dozens of enterprise transformations, and i... Show more

Iryna Yurchenko

Iryna Yurchenko

Iryna Yurchenko is co-founder of DestiLabs, an AI agency building custom agents for healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and e-commerce, and of Voxletic, one AI layer for clinic booking, reminders and recalls. Ex-partnerships lead at Hostinger. She speaks about measuring AI results, where AI isn't needed, and how to ship it without raising a round to cover your token bill.

Outside work she runs, never from production bugs, travels, and drinks more coffee than is defensible :)

Iryna Yurchenko is co-founder of DestiLabs, an AI agency building custom agents for healthcare, real estate, manufacturing and e-commerce, and of Voxletic, one AI layer for clinic booking, reminders and recalls. Ex-partnerships lead at Hostinger. She... Show more

Salih Guler

Salih Guler

Salih is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS with a strong focus on frontend and mobile app development, developer experience, and serverless architecture. With a background in building scalable mobile and web interfaces, he brings hands-on expertise to developer communities around the world. He’s passionate about creating intuitive developer tools and open source projects, often blending frontend craft with cloud infrastructure. Outside of work, Salih is a dedicated runner, comic book enthusiast, and a dad who balances code, curiosity, and creativity while exploring new skills, from making music to architecture.

Salih is a Senior Developer Advocate at AWS with a strong focus on frontend and mobile app development, developer experience, and serverless architecture. With a background in building scalable mobile and web interfaces, he brings hands-on expertise ... Show more

Catherine Dimmack

Catherine Dimmack

Catherine Dimmack is an award-winning keynote speaker, facilitator and transformation leader with eight years' experience across digital transformation, customer experience, service design and organisational change. She helps leaders and organisations slow down just enough to think differently — asking better questions, challenging assumptions and understanding the whole system before optimising a part of it.

With a human-centred approach to technology and transformation, Catherine explores how we can solve the right problems, embrace new possibilities and create meaningful outcomes for people. Her keynotes and workshops are practical, story-led and immediately applicable, bringing fresh perspectives to complex challenges.

Catherine speaks at conferences, leadership programs and workshops across AI adoption, digital transformation, human-centred design, customer experience and organisational change.

Catherine Dimmack is an award-winning keynote speaker, facilitator and transformation leader with eight years' experience across digital transformation, customer experience, service design and organisational change. She helps leaders and organisation... Show more

Pari Patel

Pari Patel

Pari Patel is the Founder and CEO of Zone and a speaker on human intelligence, neurotechnology, and the future of computing.

At a moment when billions are being invested in making machines more intelligent, Pari is asking a different question: what are we doing to make humans more capable?

She founded Zone around the belief that the human mind represents one of technology's last great blind spots. We can measure our sleep, heart rate, movement, glucose, and recovery, yet most people have almost no objective understanding of how their own minds change throughout the day. Pari leads Zone's effort to change that by building technology at the intersection of brain-computer interfaces, consumer hardware, and AI. She holds 18+ USPTO patents across EEG and BCI technologies, and her work has been featured by TechCrunch and Yahoo Finance.

Onstage, Pari explores what happens when AI stops being technology we simply interact with and begins adapting to the human on the other side of the screen, and why the next computing revolution may be as much about understanding ourselves as building more powerful machines.

Pari Patel is the Founder and CEO of Zone and a speaker on human intelligence, neurotechnology, and the future of computing. At a moment when billions are being invested in making machines more intelligent, Pari is asking a different question: wh... Show more

Paris Nakita Kejser

Paris Nakita Kejser

Cloud Native Architect focused on Kubernetes-based platform engineering in secure and enterprise environments.

I design and operate resilient platform ecosystems — often within air-gapped or high-security contexts — where reliability, lifecycle management, and infrastructure depth matter.

Active in the CNCF community and international KubeCon speaker, I combine architectural thinking with hands-on experimentation. I maintain a private multi-node lab environment to continuously test distributed systems, networking patterns, storage strategies, and GitOps workflows beyond production constraints.

My work sits at the intersection of cloud-native innovation and real-world infrastructure — bridging Kubernetes, security, storage, and networking into scalable, long-term platform strategies.

Driven by continuous learning, system thinking, and building platforms that enable engineering teams to move fast — responsibly.

Cloud Native Architect focused on Kubernetes-based platform engineering in secure and enterprise environments. I design and operate resilient platform ecosystems — often within air-gapped or high-security contexts — where reliability, lifecycle ma... Show more

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