Dor Amram is a Technical Leader with over a decade of experience in software engineering, delivering high-quality and scalable systems. He has expertise in several programming languages and is adept at mentoring junior developers. Dor is passionate about staying current with the latest industry technologies and loves spending time finding simple solutions to complex problems.

Dor Amram is a Technical Leader with over a decade of experience in software engineering, delivering high-quality and scalable systems. He has expertise in several programming languages and is adept at mentoring junior developers. Dor is passionate a... Show more

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android.
Now working on reusable components in KMM and UI libraries in Jetpack compose.

In a relentless pursuit of knowledge and awesome experiences. Working with Mobile apps for 9 years, baking well with start(ups(and downs)), and have been part of awesome products and teams. mostly Android. Now working on reusable components in KMM a... Show more

AI Scientist driving scalable retail modeling, causal inference, and supply chain decisions for Target's growing digital business. Previously, he was a Graduate student in AI at Duke with research stints at the Center for Advanced Hindsight and IBM Labs for their open source and pro bono initiatives.

AI Scientist driving scalable retail modeling, causal inference, and supply chain decisions for Target's growing digital business. Previously, he was a Graduate student in AI at Duke with research stints at the Center for Advanced Hindsight and IBM L... Show more

Durga Krishnamoorthy is a Digital Product Management Leader with 12 years of experience in Retail, AI and Financial Services. Backed by strong academics from Carnegie Mellon University, she brings her experiences from Fortune 500 Brands such as Cognizant, Kroger, Petco, TikTok and EY to thought leadership at Forbes, IEEE research and alike. She serves as a Board Member for a US-based Product Management Community.

Always love to give back through mentoring, writing, and speaking about the evolving role of Product leadership in shaping business and societal outcomes. Reach out to me at durga.krish33@gmail.com or setup time on https://adplist.org/mentors/durga-krishnamoorthy

Durga Krishnamoorthy is a Digital Product Management Leader with 12 years of experience in Retail, AI and Financial Services. Backed by strong academics from Carnegie Mellon University, she brings her experiences from Fortune 500 Brands such as Cogni... Show more

Erikka J delivers professional voiceover, dynamic event hosting, and expert communications consulting. With an EMMY® award and decades of experience, she has worked with respected clients including the NFL, Walmart, and PBS.

Erikka J delivers professional voiceover, dynamic event hosting, and expert communications consulting. With an EMMY® award and decades of experience, she has worked with respected clients including the NFL, Walmart, and PBS. Show more

Emmy Okwir Ogule is a Research Associate at the Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA) in Kampala, where he drives rigorous research on digital governance, global policy, and multilateral cooperation. He delivers evidence-based insights that shape critical discussions on internet governance, cybersecurity, and digital rights.

Emmy’s work champions inclusive, intersectional approaches to complex global challenges, seamlessly connecting academic research with actionable policy solutions. Committed to amplifying diverse voices, he fosters collaborative multilateral efforts to advance digital rights and equitable governance worldwide.

Emmy Okwir Ogule is a Research Associate at the Centre for Multilateral Affairs (CfMA) in Kampala, where he drives rigorous research on digital governance, global policy, and multilateral cooperation. He delivers evidence-based insights that shape cr... Show more

Ralph is the Director of Security of Gridlock Security (GridlockSec) - a company he founded that focuses on cybersecurity consulting services. He has 10 years experience in the industry as a Security Consultant/Pentester/Security Researcher for a few companies such as Microsoft, NCC Group, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Forward Security, and Ernst & Young (E&Y).
His expertise is mainly Web, Mobile, and Network Pentesting, Threat Modelling, Security Architecture Review, and Security Design Reviews. When he was a Senior Security Engineer at Microsoft, he dealt with security architecture reviews, security design reviews, threat modelling, security research, code reviews, and pentesting on the dedicated product he is directly working on with 100+ software engineers. The threat modelling practice he had daily done with his software engineers had helped secure the product and promoted a culture of secure coding and engineering of the said software.

He is also a major active contributor and a member of the working group for the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS) project, making the standard better for fellow pentesters and developers alike.

He trained attendees at BSides Vancouver 2025, BSides Orlando 2025 and BSides Luxembourg 2026 for the same workshop, "Threat Modelling Starter Training" which had been well received. He has presented his talk entitled, "OWASP ASVS: A Methodical and Practical Approach to Application Security Testing" on OWASP AppSec Pacific Northwest conference (PNW) 2024 in Vancouver, BC Canada. He has also presented a similar presentation aimed for beginners delivered online at HackStop Cybersecurity Summit 2024 held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Ralph is the Director of Security of Gridlock Security (GridlockSec) - a company he founded that focuses on cybersecurity consulting services. He has 10 years experience in the industry as a Security Consultant/Pentester/Security Researcher for a few... Show more

Head of Security | Strategic Leader in Cybersecurity, Compliance & DevSecOps

Strategic Information Security leader with extensive experience safeguarding critical infrastructure and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. As Head of Security at fyn, oversees the security architecture of global Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) platforms, ensuring top-tier operational resilience and business continuity.

Bridging the gap between deep technical execution (SysAdmin & DevSecOps) and high-level risk management, turning cybersecurity from a operational requirement into a core business driver. Steadfastly dedicated to upholding the CIA triad (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability), combining actionable auditing with proactive threat mitigation.
💡 Keynote & Panel Topics: Cloud Security & DevSecOps
Compliance as a Business Enabler: Navigating PCI DSS v4 certification and leveraging ISO 27001 & NIST frameworks for strategic growth.

Proactive Risk Management & Internal Audit: Building operational resilience and mitigating threats in mission-critical infrastructure.

Head of Security | Strategic Leader in Cybersecurity, Compliance & DevSecOps Strategic Information Security leader with extensive experience safeguarding critical infrastructure and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. As Head of Security at ... Show more

Ahmad Ashraf "Ash" is a Data Analytics Manager at Taylor Corporation leading their strategic data analytics team to unlock business value through data, automation, and AI adoption. With a Master’s in Data Science and a passion for applied AI, Ash is actively shaping the conversation around AI adoption in the Twin Cities. He brings over three years of experience driving data strategy, empowering organizations with insights, and now—AI agents!

Ahmad Ashraf "Ash" is a Data Analytics Manager at Taylor Corporation leading their strategic data analytics team to unlock business value through data, automation, and AI adoption. With a Master’s in Data Science and a passion for applied AI, Ash is ... Show more

I'm a Software Engineer on the Agents Team at Middleware Labs, where I build the instrumentation infrastructure. I wrote mw-injector, a Go library that solves OpenTelemetry's service identity problem by scanning /proc across thousands of processes and auto-instrumenting them through systemd drop-ins and eBPF, no manual config required. I've also shipped seven-plus production OTel integrations, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx, and RabbitMQ.

Outside of work I ride motorcycles on roads that actively want to kill me. Most recently a 3,700km run across the Killar-Kishtwar road on a 14-year-old Yamaha. People keep telling me that was a bad idea. I maintain it wasn't.

I'm a Software Engineer on the Agents Team at Middleware Labs, where I build the instrumentation infrastructure. I wrote mw-injector, a Go library that solves OpenTelemetry's service identity problem by scanning /proc across thousands of processes an... Show more

Mazdul Choudhury is a Product Management leader with over 15 years of experience delivering digital products across retail operations, supply chain, merchandising, fulfillment, last-mile delivery, and customer care. He has led the development and launch of enterprise products that improved operational efficiency, increased revenue, and enhanced customer experience.
He currently serves as a Staff Product Manager at Walmart, where he owns and manages associate-facing applications and aligns product roadmaps with enterprise strategy. His work includes launching a GenAI-powered tool that improved operational efficiency, redesigning onboarding processes to reduce onboarding time by 80%, and delivering solutions that improved fulfillment accuracy and supported large-scale pre-order operations.
Prior to Walmart, Mazdul worked at Bob’s Furniture, where he led the development of a mobile point-of-sale system used by 3,500 associates, increasing sales by 20% and reducing order processing time. He also built a customer relationship management platform that improved customer satisfaction and developed analytics solutions that increased operational visibility.
Earlier in his career, he held roles at Capgemini, Equinor, and IBM, where he managed cross-functional teams and delivered SAP implementations, system integrations, and large-scale technology projects.
He holds an MBA in Strategy and Operations and a Master’s degree in Information Systems Management from Boston University, along with a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering.

Mazdul Choudhury is a Product Management leader with over 15 years of experience delivering digital products across retail operations, supply chain, merchandising, fulfillment, last-mile delivery, and customer care. He has led the development and lau... Show more

Bala has rich experience in retail technology and process transformation. Most recently, he worked as a Principal Architect for Intelligent Automation, Innovation & Supply Chain in a global Fortune 100 retail corporation. Currently work for luxury brand as Principal architect for Intelligent Automation providing technology advisor for the responsible use of technology (Low Code, RPA, Chatbots, and AI ). He is passionate about technology and spends his free time reading, writing technical blogs and co-chairing a special interest group with The OR Society.

Bala has rich experience in retail technology and process transformation. Most recently, he worked as a Principal Architect for Intelligent Automation, Innovation & Supply Chain in a global Fortune 100 retail corporation. Currently work for luxury br... Show more

Sanjay Raut is a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft’s Azure Data Fabric Customer Advisory Team, where he helps customers in the Retail and CPG industries unlock the full potential of unified data platforms. With a deep focus on capacity management, semantic models, telemetry, and Copilot-driven analytics, Sanjay recently led the publication of the Microsoft Fabric Capacity Planning Guidance series — that's helping admins and COE teams scaling Fabric across the enterprise.
Sanjay enjoys connecting with the community and brings a practical, customer-first perspective shaped by real-world deployments and cross-team collaboration. He believes the best ideas come from collaboration and is always up for a good conversation about data, design, or the perfect cup of chai.

Sanjay Raut is a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft’s Azure Data Fabric Customer Advisory Team, where he helps customers in the Retail and CPG industries unlock the full potential of unified data platforms. With a deep focus on capacity managemen... Show more

Simon Trockel is a security and platform engineering leader who has been building software since 2009. After working as a freelancer and contributing to three startups, he joined MediaMarktSaturn in 2015, where he built and scaled the cybersecurity team to ten times its original size.

He played a key role in MediaMarktSaturn’s transition to Google Cloud and Kubernetes, working closely with engineering teams to embed security across cloud infrastructure without slowing innovation. In 2021, Simon successfully led the response to a ransomware incident that affected the company’s entire Windows infrastructure—turning a high-pressure crisis into a defining lesson in resilience, collaboration, and practical security.

Since moving into Platform Engineering in 2025, Simon has focused on shifting security left and improving the developer experience through secure, scalable platforms. He has spoken at security conferences across Germany since 2018 and is a co-moderator of mysecurityevent.

His talks combine real-world experience, technical depth, and hard-earned lessons from building teams, securing cloud-native environments, and responding when things go seriously wrong.

Simon Trockel is a security and platform engineering leader who has been building software since 2009. After working as a freelancer and contributing to three startups, he joined MediaMarktSaturn in 2015, where he built and scaled the cybersecurity t... Show more

Vikash Agrawal is a Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading initiatives in the AWS CloudWatch team. Previously, he played a key role in developing Amazon Q Developer, a Generative AI-powered assistant for developers. With over a decade of experience in software engineering and leadership, Vikash has led high-impact teams at Housing.com and Dream11. A strong advocate for open-source, he has contributed to Mozilla and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) through Google Summer of Code. Passionate about AI, cloud computing, and engineering excellence, he is dedicated to building cutting-edge technology that empowers developers worldwide.

Vikash Agrawal is a Software Development Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading initiatives in the AWS CloudWatch team. Previously, he played a key role in developing Amazon Q Developer, a Generative AI-powered assistant for developers. With o... Show more

Jeppe is a Senior Engineer at the LEGO Group. He has a background as a software engineer with a focus on Kubernetes and platform engineering.

Jeppe is a Senior Engineer at the LEGO Group. He has a background as a software engineer with a focus on Kubernetes and platform engineering. Show more

Brock Satter is Director of Infosoul Laboratories in Salem, Massachusetts, which builds AI systems for libraries, unions, congregations and nonprofits on their own machines, with their own data, under their own control. He has spent thirty years in front of rooms as a community organizer and political candidate. At the University of Minnesota he was a BA student in science, technology and culture, in a major he designed, focusing on information technology, biotechnology and artificial intelligence. He is the author of the forthcoming book The AI Age, For the Layman, a primer for readers who are not engineers, and gives the public talk of the same name and hands-on workshops on running AI locally. He is not selling anything from the stage.

Brock Satter is Director of Infosoul Laboratories in Salem, Massachusetts, which builds AI systems for libraries, unions, congregations and nonprofits on their own machines, with their own data, under their own control. He has spent thirty years in f... Show more

Ferhat took over numerous international warehouse software & planning projects since 2006. More than 10 years of leadership responsibility in warehousing units followed. In 2021 he joined SIEVERS-GROUP to further develop a holistic WMS experience: SIEVERS WMS.

Ferhat took over numerous international warehouse software & planning projects since 2006. More than 10 years of leadership responsibility in warehousing units followed. In 2021 he joined SIEVERS-GROUP to further develop a holistic WMS experience: SI... Show more

Bhargav Trivedi is a Solutions Architect at Bloomreach, with 14+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale, cloud-native digital commerce platforms. He leads Bloomreach's North America Discovery Enterprise Integration and Value Assessment programs, where his work has driven revenue-per-visitor gains of up to 60% for enterprise brands such as N Brown, alongside double-digit revenue and add-to-cart gains for The Vitamin Shoppe and Jenson USA, and has delivered production-grade AI search and personalization implementations for organizations including King Arthur Baking Company, True Religion, Sur La Table, Shutterfly, and Eddie Bauer.
Earlier, during his nearly decade-long tenure at Big Lots, spanning roles from Senior Developer to Software Engineering Manager, Bhargav architected the migration of the company's $5B+ digital commerce platform to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, achieving 100% uptime for over 25,000 concurrent shoppers during the 2023 holiday season while improving site performance by 25-30%. He also led the design of Big Lots' Buy Online Pick Up In Store and Nationwide Same-Day Delivery platforms across more than 1,400 stores, and personally authored over 80% of the production code behind a Sitecore-powered search and personalization initiative that lifted site revenue by 25% and conversion rate by 23%. He received Big Lots' IT BIGionaire Award for Best IT Project and its Shining North Star Award for sustained leadership; at Bloomreach, he has been honored with the company's Silent Hero Award and recognized during company all-hands meetings.
Bhargav is a Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS), the organization's highest membership grade, awarded to professionals whose work has materially advanced the computing profession. He also serves as a peer reviewer for multiple IEEE conferences, including UEMCON, ICRTEECT, ICDSINC, and DECoN, and as a panelist on IEEE's Admission and Advancement Committee, evaluating candidates for Senior Member status. He is the sole author of four peer-reviewed publications spanning personalization design, explainable agentic AI, composable personalization architecture, and retail cybersecurity, published in JISEM, JICRCR, JCSTS, and EMSJ, and has been featured in New Americans Magazine for his contributions to digital commerce technology.
Bhargav is an active speaker on AI-driven commerce, cloud architecture, and personalization. He has delivered a guest lecture at Tennessee Tech University on cloud migration and composable search architecture, presented on securing autonomous retail AI agents on The Azure and AI Show, spoken on heuristics-based personalization frameworks at DataPopKorn (Leaf Edition 2025), and delivered an expert lecture on composable personalization architecture at K.K. Wagh Institute of Engineering Education and Research (KKWIEER) in Nashik, India.
An AWS-certified architect fluent in Java, Spring Boot, Python, and React, Bhargav's work sits at the intersection of AI, cloud infrastructure, and omnichannel retail, combining hands-on engineering depth with revenue-validated, real-world results.

Bhargav Trivedi is a Solutions Architect at Bloomreach, with 14+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale, cloud-native digital commerce platforms. He leads Bloomreach's North America Discovery Enterprise Integration and Value Assessment progra... Show more

**MarQuita Leonard | Global Wealth Architect, Investor, Enrolled Agent & Keynote Speaker**

MarQuita Leonard is a Wealth Architect, Enrolled Agent, investor, business strategist, and entrepreneur dedicated to transforming how individuals and organizations approach money, ownership, and generational wealth.

With more than 14 years of experience in the financial services industry, MarQuita has built multiple financial enterprises and developed expertise in tax strategy, business development, sales psychology, financial education, and wealth preservation.

As the founder of Financial Dominance and the Born Billionaire Athlete Institute, she is committed to helping CEOs, entrepreneurs, investors, and professional athletes move beyond generating income to building sustainable assets, profitable enterprises, and lasting financial legacies.

Her journey is anything but conventional. After experiencing homelessness in 2014 while raising two children, MarQuita transformed adversity into a driving force behind her entrepreneurial journey. Today, she uses her experiences to challenge conventional thinking about financial success, resilience, business ownership, and economic empowerment.

Known for her bold perspectives, direct communication, and practical approach to financial education, MarQuita delivers thought-provoking presentations that challenge audiences to rethink the difference between making money and building wealth.

Her signature speaking topics include wealth architecture, entrepreneurship, business scaling, executive leadership, sales psychology, financial literacy, and professional athlete wealth development.

**Her message is clear: Making money is an achievement. Building wealth is a strategy. Creating a legacy requires ownership.**

**MarQuita Leonard | Global Wealth Architect, Investor, Enrolled Agent & Keynote Speaker** MarQuita Leonard is a Wealth Architect, Enrolled Agent, investor, business strategist, and entrepreneur dedicated to transforming how individuals and organi... Show more

A software generalist with over 13 years of consulting experience.
Recognized for being versatile, picking up new tools and technologies, driving value for clients and achieving outcomes.

Passionate about test driven development, continuous delivery and event driven architectures.

A software generalist with over 13 years of consulting experience. Recognized for being versatile, picking up new tools and technologies, driving value for clients and achieving outcomes. Passionate about test driven development, continuous deli... Show more

Vini Kaul is a Corporate Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Board Member, and globally recognized Keynote Speaker. She is the Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer of an AI startup - Smadlytics Inc, Chairman of the KVXH Group and Kaul2Action Movement, a social impact initiative.

With over a decade and a half of experience, she has led multi-billion-dollar B2B growth across geographies and industries including Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Technology, Media, Telecom, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Consumer Goods, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, and Finance. She has worked with top brands and Fortune 500 companies such as Pfizer, GSK, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Raytheon Technologies, Textron, Stryker, Coca-Cola, Mars, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

A Gold Medalist engineer with dual master’s degrees and an alumna of Harvard Business School, Vini brings deep expertise in AI, digital transformation, and business growth.

Born in Kashmir and displaced by terrorism at a young age, her journey from adversity to global leadership fuels her mission to help the next generation turn challenges into opportunities and build meaningful, impactful careers.

Vini Kaul is a Corporate Executive, Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Board Member, and globally recognized Keynote Speaker. She is the Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer of an AI startup - Smadlytics Inc, Chairman of the KVXH Group and Kaul2Action Movem... Show more

Hi, I’m Jesimiel Williams. I’m an innovative Creative with experience in Design, UX and Content Development and Marketing. In 7 years, and through possibly hundreds of visuals, interfaces and written content, I’ve learned to craft interactions toward consumer-centric values, and as such have developed an understanding of consumer trends and how to optimize experiences and stories to drive adoption and growth for tech products. I’ve worked and consulted for brands in AI, Telecoms, Mobility, Edtech and many other spheres in Africa, Europe and the US including Lara.ng, Stutern, Chess in Slums Africa and many others, whilst also building a product for accessible Mental Health for Africa called Uncloudy.

Hi, I’m Jesimiel Williams. I’m an innovative Creative with experience in Design, UX and Content Development and Marketing. In 7 years, and through possibly hundreds of visuals, interfaces and written content, I’ve learned to craft interactions toward... Show more

Mandar Chiplunkar is a product leader with over 14 years of experience driving digital transformation across insurance, logistics, and retail tech. He has built and launched AI-powered solutions, including a domain-trained Copilot for insurance advisors that blends large language models with real-world business workflows. Passionate about making technology practical and human-centered, Mandar focuses on turning complex systems into tools that empower people and deliver measurable impact.

Mandar Chiplunkar is a product leader with over 14 years of experience driving digital transformation across insurance, logistics, and retail tech. He has built and launched AI-powered solutions, including a domain-trained Copilot for insurance advis... Show more

Data Scientist with hands-on experience in building and scaling data-driven solutions across analytics, machine learning, and AI applications. Specialises in translating business problems into actionable insights, developing intelligent systems, and driving impact through data.

Experienced in delivering real-world AI use cases, conducting workshops, and simplifying complex concepts for diverse audiences. Passionate about enabling organisations and students to adopt AI effectively through practical, outcome-driven approaches.

Data Scientist with hands-on experience in building and scaling data-driven solutions across analytics, machine learning, and AI applications. Specialises in translating business problems into actionable insights, developing intelligent systems, and ... Show more

Wim Godden has been working with open source technologies since 1997 and has been involved in open source projects such as PHPCompatibility and OpenX.
Next to web development, he's worked with a wide range of technologies (from database clusters to Internet backbone design) and worked a lot on high-scalability projects and on coaching/training web engineers.
He's currently the CTO at one of the leading European locker companies for luggage storage and festivals/concerts.

Wim Godden has been working with open source technologies since 1997 and has been involved in open source projects such as PHPCompatibility and OpenX. Next to web development, he's worked with a wide range of technologies (from database clusters to ... Show more

With over a decade of experience in big tech - and a majority of that time dedicated to Trust and Safety - Aniket represents a small but passionate community of engineers committed to making the internet a safer place.

Currently, Aniket contributes to Airbnb’s mission of creating safer holiday and experience platforms for users worldwide. Over the course of his career, he has made significant contributions to products and platforms at leading technology companies including Meta, Google, and Yahoo.

At Meta, Aniket led engineering efforts for responsible recommendation across the Facebook app, focusing on groups, pages, and creators. He played a pivotal role in handling global initiatives such as the COVID-19 misinformation mitigation, and crisis response strategies for global events on Facebook platforms. This work was recognized by the Head of the Facebook app and resulted in more than a 10x improvement in recommendation quality on the platform.

At Instagram, he spearheaded a ground-up initiative to build a sustainable revenue-sharing program for creators, launching a successful pilot in South Korea that became the model for expansion to the U.S. and Japan.

Earlier in his career at Google, Aniket was one of the early engineers on YouTube TV, developing the backend infrastructure for recommendations and growth features that helped scale the product from a few hundred users to hundreds of thousands.

He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from New York University’s Courant Institute and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Aniket is passionate about building responsible, large-scale technology systems that promote trust, safety, and equity.

With over a decade of experience in big tech - and a majority of that time dedicated to Trust and Safety - Aniket represents a small but passionate community of engineers committed to making the internet a safer place. Currently, Aniket contribut... Show more

I’ve been a web developer since 2017 and an app developer since 2019. I share my experiences on LinkedIn, YouTube, and my blog. I’m the founder of Twork—an app for discovering laptop-friendly cafés. I also travel to find the best spots to work from.

I’ve been a web developer since 2017 and an app developer since 2019. I share my experiences on LinkedIn, YouTube, and my blog. I’m the founder of Twork—an app for discovering laptop-friendly cafés. I also travel to find the best spots to work from. Show more

Warren “Chef D” DeShields, SNS is the Founder and Head Coach of Crystal Clear Coaches, a consulting firm dedicated to strengthening school nutrition programs through culinary innovation, operational excellence, and strategic local procurement. With more than three decades of culinary and leadership experience, Warren previously served 24 years with Bridgeton Public Schools in New Jersey, where he led the development of a 5 Star award-winning Farm to School program that integrated local agriculture, greenhouse production, and scratch cooking into daily school meals.

Most recently, Warren served as Executive Director of The Common Market Mid-Atlantic, working at the intersection of farmers, distributors, and school districts to build sustainable procurement partnerships. A former leader on both the New Jersey and National School Nutrition Association boards, Warren is a nationally recognized speaker who brings practical expertise and heartfelt storytelling to his work. He is passionate about building resilient food systems that honor community, culture, and collaboration, ensuring that local food is not just served, but sustained.

Warren “Chef D” DeShields, SNS is the Founder and Head Coach of Crystal Clear Coaches, a consulting firm dedicated to strengthening school nutrition programs through culinary innovation, operational excellence, and strategic local procurement. With m... Show more

Ed leads the Americas Microsoft AI and Data practice and the Americas Microsoft Fabric & AI Platform CoE, steering analytics and AI initiatives within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. His focus is on Analytics Modernization, GenAI, accelerating complex projects and enhancing value for clients. Ed is a experienced in design thinking and product/solution development, as well as a specialist in data visulization and business intelligence.

Ed has 30+ years of industry and technology consulting experience with the last 12 years dedicated to the Microsoft AI & Data ecosystem. Industry sector experiences include Life Sciences, Healthcare, Engineering & Construction, Media & Entertainment, and Consumer Goods.

Ed leads the Americas Microsoft AI and Data practice and the Americas Microsoft Fabric & AI Platform CoE, steering analytics and AI initiatives within the Microsoft Azure ecosystem. His focus is on Analytics Modernization, GenAI, accelerating complex... Show more