Energy & Basic Resources

Valued experts focusing on the exploration, production, and management of energy sources and raw materials

Arne Bartels

Arne Bartels

20+years of database and DataWarehouse development

20+years of database and DataWarehouse development Show more

Jens Weymann

Jens Weymann

Jens is an energy engineer and sustainability strategist who speaks in front of real estate and investor audiences to answer the common question: How will we get through this time of uncertainty?
His take is: We cannot fix our societies by focussing on just one discipline. Hence, he brings insights from engineering and investing to business leaders and change makers across multiple industries.
As Head of Sustainability & ESG he works with real estate investors to make decarbonization an actionable strategy. 
Jens believes in progress by combining three worlds: the space between regulation, technical reality, and business innovation.

Jens is an energy engineer and sustainability strategist who speaks in front of real estate and investor audiences to answer the common question: How will we get through this time of uncertainty? His take is: We cannot fix our societies by focussin... Show more

S. David Brown

S. David Brown

David Brown is a seasoned CIO with a diverse background in law and technology, currently leading the IT initiatives at National Power. With a keen focus on balancing innovation, security, and usability, David has successfully implemented a technology program that ensures every employee has access to modern, standardized equipment, boosting productivity across the company. Under his leadership, National Power not only streamlined its IT operations by creating an in-house IT department but also saved millions in operating costs through strategic projects like the deployment of Business Central and Field Service, and the migration from Dynamics SL.

David’s unique approach to technology leadership is deeply influenced by his legal training, which honed his analytical thinking, attention to detail, and risk management skills. These qualities, combined with his business acumen from his time at the UNC business school, enable him to navigate complex challenges and negotiate critical contracts with ease.

A proponent of lean and agile methodologies, David manages his department using the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), ensuring that challenges are met with resilience and efficiency. He is particularly excited about the potential of AI and the promise of ubiquitous internet access, technologies he sees as transformative for the energy sector.

David is committed to fostering a culture of continuous growth within his team. He integrates mentorship into his leadership style, offering clear goals, daily training, and fostering accountability. His use of data analytics to drive IT initiatives and optimize costs exemplifies his forward-thinking approach, ensuring that every technology decision contributes to the company’s success.

With a strong commitment to sustainability, David enforces a zero-e-waste policy, ensuring that decommissioned technology is either repurposed or recycled responsibly. He also champions work-life balance, promoting a culture where professional growth is encouraged without sacrificing personal well-being.

David stays at the forefront of industry trends by consuming a wealth of tech news daily, and he advises aspiring CIOs to always question the status quo, understand the reasons behind their actions, and lead with kindness and accountability.

David Brown is a seasoned CIO with a diverse background in law and technology, currently leading the IT initiatives at National Power. With a keen focus on balancing innovation, security, and usability, David has successfully implemented a technology... Show more

Ravi Pelodia

Ravi Pelodia

Ravi Pelodia is a Senior Principal Piping Engineer at Worley Group with over 21 years of experience in the design, execution, and safe operation of large-scale Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, and refinery facilities. He has held senior technical leadership roles, including Piping Engineering Lead, Lead PMC Piping Stress Engineer, Principal Engineer, and Senior Piping Stress Analyst, across globally recognized engineering organizations such as Worley, Bechtel, Technip, and Samsung Engineering.
Throughout his career, Mr. Pelodia has contributed to multi-billion-dollar megaprojects worldwide, delivering technically complex piping systems involving high-temperature, high-pressure, and cryogenic services. His expertise includes advanced piping stress analysis, dynamic and transient analysis, turbine and compressor piping qualification, and stress-critical system design that directly impacts plant reliability, safety, and operability. His work has supported major process units such as CDU/VDU units, hydrocrackers, hydrogen generation units, LNG liquefaction trains, storage tank farms, gas treatment systems, and compressor facilities.
In senior leadership and PMC roles, Mr. Pelodia has managed large, multidisciplinary engineering teams, coordinated global workshare execution, and exercised technical authority in reviewing and approving contractor deliverables across multiple countries, including the United States, Italy, Spain, Korea, India, and China. He has led piping engineering efforts for major energy clients such as Shell, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, BP, BAPCO, Reliance Industries, and Venture Global LNG, ensuring compliance with international codes and project-specific standards.
Mr. Pelodia is known for delivering technically sound and practical engineering solutions, including optimized piping layouts, effective support strategies, and mitigation of dynamic and operational loads. His leadership has contributed to improved constructability, operational efficiency, safety performance, and cost control on complex industrial projects.
He holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration (Oil & Gas) from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India, a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology from Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), India, and is a certified Project Management Professional.

Ravi Pelodia is a Senior Principal Piping Engineer at Worley Group with over 21 years of experience in the design, execution, and safe operation of large-scale Oil & Gas, LNG, petrochemical, and refinery facilities. He has held senior technical leade... Show more

Baladhurgesh Balagurusamy Paramasivan

Baladhurgesh Balagurusamy Paramasivan

Bala is a Founding Engineer at Flotive AI, building agentic regulatory intelligence- document pipelines, knowledge-graph ingestion, citation-grounded evaluation, and decision-tree extraction. Previously, he was a Research Engineer at Eternis Labs, where he fine-tuned Qwen3 for PII redact+replace and built StrategyBench (strategy.freysa.ai), a 1,000+ game multi-agent benchmark with released RL environments. He earlier worked at Lucid Motors on real-time fleet intelligence and large-scale visual retrieval, holds an M.S. in Robotics Engineering (WPI), and has won multiple GenAI hackathon awards.

Bala is a Founding Engineer at Flotive AI, building agentic regulatory intelligence- document pipelines, knowledge-graph ingestion, citation-grounded evaluation, and decision-tree extraction. Previously, he was a Research Engineer at Eternis Labs, wh... Show more

Christophe Meyer

Christophe Meyer

Christophe Meyer est formateur SAFe depuis plus de 15 ans.

Il est doctorant en Sciences de Gestion à l’Université Grenoble Alpes (CERAG), où ses recherches portent sur les dynamiques humaines et organisationnelles dans les transformations Agile.
Il est certifié Advanced SAFe Practice Consultant (Advanced SPC) et titulaire de deux masters en diagnostic et management des organisations et en informatique de gestion.

Il intervient lorsque l’agilité devient complexe : organisations à grande échelle, gouvernance et responsabilités managériales réelles.

Il accompagne et forme des équipes et des trains SAFe dans des contextes exigeants : énergie, banque, industrie, cybersécurité.

Son approche est pragmatique et humaine : comprendre avant d’appliquer, décider avant d’outiller.
Il forme des professionnels capables d’agir avec discernement, y compris dans des environnements contraints ou à forts enjeux organisationnels.

Christophe Meyer est formateur SAFe depuis plus de 15 ans. Il est doctorant en Sciences de Gestion à l’Université Grenoble Alpes (CERAG), où ses recherches portent sur les dynamiques humaines et organisationnelles dans les transformations Agile. ... Show more

Kimberley Bezuidenhout

Kimberley Bezuidenhout

Kimberley Bezuidenhout is a software engineering student focused on AI systems architecture, infrastructure efficiency, and governance in emerging markets. With a background in law and a growing specialization in intelligent systems design, she explores how energy constraints, data sovereignty, and local context should shape the way AI agents are built and deployed in Africa.

Her work centers on practical, sustainable AI design, building systems that are not only capable, but responsible and aligned with real-world infrastructure and societal constraints.

Kimberley Bezuidenhout is a software engineering student focused on AI systems architecture, infrastructure efficiency, and governance in emerging markets. With a background in law and a growing specialization in intelligent systems design, she explo... Show more

Vikas Vyas

Vikas Vyas

Vikas Vyas is a seasoned engineering leader specializing in automotive safety, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving technologies. With over 15 years of experience in product safety, software engineering, and compliance, he has played a pivotal role in advancing the state of ADAS, autonomous driving, and software-defined vehicle architectures.

Vikas currently holds key leadership positions at Mercedes-Benz and Bosch USA, where he has been instrumental in developing next-generation vehicle technologies, particularly in functional safety, cybersecurity, and over-the-air (OTA) software updates. His contributions include leading the software integration of NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin for scalable AI-driven vehicle architectures and pioneering fail-operational steering systems for Level 3 autonomous vehicles. His expertise spans compliance with ISO 26262, ASPICE, and cybersecurity standards, ensuring the highest safety and performance benchmarks.

A recognized inventor, Vikas is the author of four patents and has authored numerous articles and book chapters in the field of automotive engineering, safety, and AI-driven mobility. His groundbreaking work on delta-update algorithms for OTA software has set new industry benchmarks and helps to cutting costs by hundreds of millions of euros for Mercedes-Benz. He also played a key role in developing General Motors’ Super Cruise, one of the first Level 3 autonomy systems for consumer vehicles.

Vikas is a Senior Member of IEEE and actively contributes to the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, the IEEE Functional Safety Standards Committee (FSSC), and the IEEE P2851.1 Working Group. He serves as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member, conference session chair, and reviewer for IEEE Transactions and other esteemed publications.

Vikas Vyas is a seasoned engineering leader specializing in automotive safety, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving technologies. With over 15 years of experience in product safety, software engineering, and compliance, h... Show more

Takeshi Yoneda

Takeshi Yoneda

Envoy Proxy maintainer

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Vikas Prasad

Vikas Prasad

Vikas Prasad is a technology leader with over 20 years of experience driving enterprise contact center modernization, AI-driven customer experience innovation, and large-scale cloud migrations for Fortune 500 organizations. Currently serving as a Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, Vikas has established himself as one of the foremost experts in Amazon Connect, delivering consistent business impact across banking, automotive, energy, retail, and telecom sectors.
At AWS, Vikas has led some of the most consequential contact center transformations in the industry. He served as lead architect for a leading North American automobile manufacturer's migration from Genesys to Amazon Connect, delivering significant cost savings, improved agent efficiency, and strong return on investment. As a strategic advisor to a major US banking institution, he spearheaded multiple transformation programs generating substantial productivity savings and revenue growth. His work with a large regulated power and utility provider further demonstrates his ability to navigate complex, regulated environments while delivering measurable business outcomes..
Vikas is the Global Subject Matter Expert for Amazon Connect Forecasting, Capacity Planning & Scheduling, having driven impact across dozens of enterprise engagements and shaped the AWS product roadmap through a high volume of accepted product feature requests. His thought leadership extends to published AWS technical blogs, official AWS YouTube training videos, and speaking engagements at Contact Center Day, AWS PartnerCast, and Enterprise Connect, consistently earning strong audience reception and recognition from global partners and enterprise clients alike.
Recognized as an AWS TFC Gold Member and Silver Member in consecutive years, Vikas has received formal commendations from Amazon Connect Product Management and enterprise account leadership. Beyond his technical contributions, he actively mentors engineers, judges innovation competitions, including the Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo, and contributes to STEM education outreach in his community.
Vikas holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, and is a graduate of MIT's Digital Transformation Program. He holds multiple AWS, Azure, PMP, and Java certifications and is a rare Certified VoiceXML Developer publicly listed by the VoiceXML Forum.

Vikas Prasad is a technology leader with over 20 years of experience driving enterprise contact center modernization, AI-driven customer experience innovation, and large-scale cloud migrations for Fortune 500 organizations. Currently serving as a Sen... Show more

Sophia Pfab

Sophia Pfab

I am Sophia Pfab, a passionate Scrum Master, Agile Leader, and Organizational Developer with a foundation in Industrial Engineering.

My core focus is creating real value, driving efficiency, and sustainably fostering self-organization and intrinsic motivation within teams—always with a clear outcome-orientation. I thrive on helping organizations and teams establish more effective and long-lasting ways of working.

With several years of experience as a consultant and Scrum Master, I have successfully implemented scaled agile frameworks (e.g., Nexus) and guided organizations through their agile transformations. I use my analytical skills to quickly detect tensions within teams, resolving them through targeted coaching and empathy, supported by my training in Nonviolent Communication (NVC).

My role extends beyond classical Scrum: I coach Product Owners and development teams, facilitate and design customized workshops, and strategically apply methods like Team Topologies and OKRs. My background as a former developer provides me with a deep technical understanding, and I am proficient in tool administration (e.g., Jira, Confluence, and Miro).

I am highly networked within the agile community, regularly discussing current challenges, and I communicate fluently in German and English.

I am Sophia Pfab, a passionate Scrum Master, Agile Leader, and Organizational Developer with a foundation in Industrial Engineering. My core focus is creating real value, driving efficiency, and sustainably fostering self-organization and intrinsi... Show more

Prapurna Uppuluri

Prapurna Uppuluri

I’m a cybersecurity practitioner with over 17 years of experience across banking, energy, education, health, and IT service providers. For more than 10 years, my work has focused on secure-by-design practices, designing and reviewing security controls in complex, regulated environments. I’m particularly interested in aligning security decisions with business intent and operational reality, so that controls reduce risk without disrupting critical services.

I’m a cybersecurity practitioner with over 17 years of experience across banking, energy, education, health, and IT service providers. For more than 10 years, my work has focused on secure-by-design practices, designing and reviewing security control... Show more

Ivan Savu

Ivan Savu

Ivan Savu is the Co-Founder of VeloxDB, where he is developing a high-performance database solution. Before focusing on databases, he worked as a software architect in the energy industry building high performance solutions.

Ivan Savu is the Co-Founder of VeloxDB, where he is developing a high-performance database solution. Before focusing on databases, he worked as a software architect in the energy industry building high performance solutions. Show more

Gaayathri Murugan

Gaayathri Murugan

Gaayathri Murugan is a Product Design leader with 14+ years of experience designing enterprise platforms across SaaS, retail, fintech, healthcare, and energy sectors. She currently heads Product Design at Manhattan Associates India, where she works on defining AI-native enterprise product experiences.

She has built and scaled design teams, led UX strategy for complex systems, and launched multiple 0–1 products. She is also the founder of Velozity, an AI-driven user research platform that won #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

Gaayathri Murugan is a Product Design leader with 14+ years of experience designing enterprise platforms across SaaS, retail, fintech, healthcare, and energy sectors. She currently heads Product Design at Manhattan Associates India, where she works o... Show more

Saad Hamid

Saad Hamid

Saad H. is a AWS Enterprise Support Lead & Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he serves as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers navigating complex cloud transformations. Saad's technical expertise is backed by multiple industry-leading certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Early Adopter), and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) from the Linux Foundation.

With a background spanning telecommunications and cloud computing, Saad has authored multiple patents related to network charging systems and wireless communication networks. His work on "Revolutionizing 5G Billing and Charging" demonstrates his ability to apply modern cloud architectures and machine learning to solve complex, real-world problems in critical infrastructure systems.

Saad H. is a AWS Enterprise Support Lead & Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he serves as a trusted technical advisor to enterprise customers navigating complex cloud transformations. Saad's technical expertise is backed b... Show more

Ankita Dhamgaya

Ankita Dhamgaya

Hello, I’m Ankita Dhamgaya, Director & Founder at AlgoCirrus, with 10+ years in the Salesforce ecosystem. I’ve had and will be the speaking at events like TDX, Cairo DreamIn'26, Philippines Dreamin'26, French Touch Dreamin’ 25, Irish Dreamin’ 25, Polish DreamIn' 25, DreamOlé 25, Dubai DreamIn'25, True North DreamIn' 25, Taxes DreamIn' 25, Portugal DreamIn '26, North Africa DreamI'25, Czech DreamIn'25, French Touch Dreamin’ 24, YARL Dreamin and WIT Dreamin’ 23, among others.

I’m passionate about mentoring, especially underprivileged graduates, teaching them Salesforce skills to open new opportunities. I also engage in outreach, teaching coding in villages and facilitating technical job placements.

As a Pledge 1% contributor, I focus on empowering women, promoting inclusivity, and supporting the Salesforce community. I’m excited for opportunities to share practical insights and inspire others.

Hello, I’m Ankita Dhamgaya, Director & Founder at AlgoCirrus, with 10+ years in the Salesforce ecosystem. I’ve had and will be the speaking at events like TDX, Cairo DreamIn'26, Philippines Dreamin'26, French Touch Dreamin’ 25, Irish Dreamin’ 25, Pol... Show more

Bohdan Dmytryshyn

Bohdan Dmytryshyn

For 20 years Bohdan Dmytryshyn has provided expertise as Solution Architect, Project Manager and Data Analysis consultant in one of the biggest Ukrainian IT outsourcing companies. Altogether, Bohdan has gained 25 years of experience in the universe of data management and software application development (java and open-source stack) and all related fields of software engineering, project management and technology.

For 20 years Bohdan Dmytryshyn has provided expertise as Solution Architect, Project Manager and Data Analysis consultant in one of the biggest Ukrainian IT outsourcing companies. Altogether, Bohdan has gained 25 years of experience in the universe o... Show more

Paul Favret

Paul Favret

Paul Favret is a Colorado-based energy executive, entrepreneur, and inventor with more than four decades of experience in oil and gas exploration, technology development, and private equity-backed operations. His career includes founding three companies and serving as Chief Executive Officer of several organizations. Leadership roles include Resource Energy Partners, an Apollo Global Management-backed operator that acquired three public companies through Section 363 bankruptcy proceedings and operated more than 220 wells, producing approximately 3,800 barrels of oil per day. He also led Source Energy Partners, which controlled over 800,000 acres and 18 producing wells generating more than 3,500 barrels per day.

Favret earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology from Western Carolina University between 1980 and 1984 and graduated magna cum laude. Academic work continued at the University of South Carolina, where a Master’s Degree in Geology and Geophysics was completed with summa cum laude honors between 1984 and 1986.

He later expanded his education with additional business preparation. He completed a Master of Business Administration at the University of Houston and graduated cum laude in 1992. In 1999, Petroleum Engineering for Management studies were completed at the Colorado School of Mines to strengthen the understanding of engineering principles connected to energy development.

Favret began his professional career in 1986 with Amoco, where he served for 10 years as a lead explorationist and geophysicist. His assignments included Gulf Coast exploration, deepwater Gulf of Mexico projects, international work in Nigeria and Angola, and domestic initiatives in the Wyoming Greater Green River Basin.

From 1994 to 1996, he received five President’s Awards for achievements in exploration and development. During that same period, he was the only professional within the company to receive five such awards. Early career work also included participation in geological research and the publication of results.

Paul Favret joined Aspect Energy, LLC in 1996 as president and early partner. From 1996 to 2004, exploration strategy, technical team development, and asset growth were guided as the company expanded its activities.

He later served as president of Abundant Resources from 2004 to 2008. Work during that period focused on shale resource development in the Barnett, Fayetteville, and Woodford shale regions across Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.

Favret founded Ascend Geo, LLC in 2002 and served as Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director until 2009. The company developed portable cableless seismic acquisition and continuous recording platforms, including the Ascend Ultra Seis recording system.

The recording system became the first cable-less, continuous recording, satellite-timed system introduced in the industry. Seven U.S. patents were secured for seismic acquisition architecture. Career contributions also include eight U.S. patents covering seismic data acquisition methods, interactive investigation systems, data synchronisation, vibrator force control, and noise attenuation.

Favret founded Source Energy Partners, L.P. in 2010 and served as Chief Executive Officer until 2015. The company focused on shale resources in Europe, Colombia, and the Mid-Continent region of the United States.

Operations controlled more than 800,000 acres across four project areas and included 18 producing wells generating more than 3,500 barrels per day. Between 2013 and 2015, the projects were successfully sold as part of the company's development strategy.

Paul Favret became Chief Executive Officer of Resource Energy Partners LLC in November 2015. The Denver-based company, backed by Apollo Global Management, focused on bankruptcy acquisitions in the Bakken play of the Williston Basin.

Over 18 months, the company acquired three mid-sized public companies through the Section 363 bankruptcy process. Operations included more than 220 wells and production of approximately 3,800 barrels of oil per day before a successful sale in 2021.

He has remained involved in professional organizations and community activities. Participation includes the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Denver Geological Society. Support has also been provided to ACE Scholarships, which offers financial assistance to students in multiple states, with annual donations exceeding $25 million, as well as to the Dumb Friends League.

Paul Favret is now retired from full-time executive leadership. He remains active in the motorcycle community and continues to participate in adventure rallies while maintaining engagement with professional and charitable initiatives.

Paul Favret is a Colorado-based energy executive, entrepreneur, and inventor with more than four decades of experience in oil and gas exploration, technology development, and private equity-backed operations. His career includes founding three compan... Show more

Igor Lysenko

Igor Lysenko

Igor is an expert in technical solutions and software engineering challenges with more than 15 years of industry experience. Being software engineer, technical lead, software architect and finally business leader for about 10 years in addition to engineering functions, Igor is actively engaged in solving client’s technical problems, facilitating business relationships and organizing technical supervision of client’s projects.

Igor is an expert in technical solutions and software engineering challenges with more than 15 years of industry experience. Being software engineer, technical lead, software architect and finally business leader for about 10 years in addition to eng... Show more

Òscar Manzano

Òscar Manzano

Òscar Manzano is a senior software engineer with DevOps mindset currently working at Roche Diagnostics as a Chapter Section Lead.
He is focus on the capabilities development of his section members that align with the chapter & domain vision. He encourages his team members to self-define their career journey and seek ways to enable development opportunities in the direction of the journey. He also provides mentorship when needed as well as coaching as standard.
Previously at Roche, he was helping delivery teams to focus on their core business by taking the responsibility of automating tasks, optimising processes and providing the required infrastructure for building software. Author of several scientific articles, he previously worked as software engineer at University College Cork (Ireland) in multiple research projects related to different areas such as Supply Chain Optimisation, Scheduling, Energy Efficiency, Cloud Computing, and e-Health, designing and implementing solutions for complex problems. Òscar also created and directed the MSc in DevOps and Cloud Computing at University of Barcelona.

Òscar Manzano is a senior software engineer with DevOps mindset currently working at Roche Diagnostics as a Chapter Section Lead. He is focus on the capabilities development of his section members that align with the chapter & domain vision. He enco... Show more

Vivian Salim

Vivian Salim

Vivian Salim is a Senior BI Analyst at accantec – part of x1F, where she focuses on building Power BI solutions, ensuring data quality, and exploring how emerging technologies like MCP servers can enhance BI workflows. With a strong background in data management and analytics, she bridges the gap between business needs and technical implementation. Outside of work, Vivian is a former German rugby champion and founder of Rugby United e.V., offering integrative rugby training for refugees and at schools in Cologne.

Vivian Salim is a Senior BI Analyst at accantec – part of x1F, where she focuses on building Power BI solutions, ensuring data quality, and exploring how emerging technologies like MCP servers can enhance BI workflows. With a strong background in dat... Show more

Darshna Shah

Darshna Shah

Darshna is the Chief AI Officer at Elastacloud, with a PhD in Neuroscience and over 10 years of experience delivering enterprise AI solutions across Finance, Legal, Energy, and Sustainability. Proven track record in building machine learning solutions, multi-agent AI systems, aligning AI strategy with business goals, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver measurable commercial impact. Recognised Microsoft AI MVP (5years), mentor, established conference speaker (Tech(K)now, Microsoft conferences (Future Decoded, Build, Ignite), DPS Days, Cloud Brew, UK Azure meetup, SQL Bits), and community leader (organiser of Data Science London, 10k+ members). Passionate about responsible AI, sustainability, and translating cutting-edge research into real-world impact.

Darshna is the Chief AI Officer at Elastacloud, with a PhD in Neuroscience and over 10 years of experience delivering enterprise AI solutions across Finance, Legal, Energy, and Sustainability. Proven track record in building machine learning solution... Show more

John Helveston

John Helveston

John Paul (JP) is an Associate Professor at George Washington University in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. His research focuses on understanding how consumer preferences, market dynamics, and policy affect the emergence and adoption of low-carbon technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies. He also studies the critical relationship between the US and China in developing and mass producing these technologies. He has expertise in discrete choice modeling, conjoint analysis, survey design, exploratory data analysis, interview-based research methods, the R programming language, China, and the global electric vehicle industry. He speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and has conducted extensive fieldwork in China. John holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) from Virginia Tech.

John Paul (JP) is an Associate Professor at George Washington University in the Department of Engineering Management and Systems Engineering. His research focuses on understanding how consumer preferences, market dynamics, and policy affect the emerg... Show more

Daan van Berkel

Daan van Berkel

Daan van Berkel is a enthusiastic software tinkerer with a knack for presenting technical details in a clear and concise manner.

Daan van Berkel is a enthusiastic software tinkerer with a knack for presenting technical details in a clear and concise manner. Show more

Jekayin-Oluwa Olabemiwo

Jekayin-Oluwa Olabemiwo

Jẹ́káyinOlúwa is a software craftsman and technical writer. He was formerly a software engineer on the core platform team at Venture Garden Nigeria.

Jẹ́káyinOlúwa is a software craftsman and technical writer. He was formerly a software engineer on the core platform team at Venture Garden Nigeria. Show more

Stephan Rossbach

Stephan Rossbach

Stephan Rossbach is the Founder and Principal Consultant at AGILE ANTS GmbH. He had his first contact with agile project methods ca. 20 years ago, when he participated in an Extreme Programing (XP) project. For many years he and his team help companies with the successful implementation of agile methods in project organizations and the improvement of software quality with agile QA methods.

Stephan Rossbach is the Founder and Principal Consultant at AGILE ANTS GmbH. He had his first contact with agile project methods ca. 20 years ago, when he participated in an Extreme Programing (XP) project. For many years he and his team help compani... Show more

Obinna Iheanachor

Obinna Iheanachor

Obinna Iheanachor is a Senior AI/Data Engineer based in Leeds, specialising in building production-grade data platforms, analytics systems, and AI-powered decision tools. He has worked across energy, fintech, supply chain, and manufacturing, delivering data and AI solutions for organisations including Rotork, Budweiser, and M-Kopa.

His work focuses on the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and applied AI with a particular interest in designing systems that move beyond dashboards to support real business decisions. Obinna regularly shares practical insights through public speaking, open-source projects, and technical content, and is passionate about helping teams adopt modern data and AI capabilities in a responsible, scalable way.

Obinna Iheanachor is a Senior AI/Data Engineer based in Leeds, specialising in building production-grade data platforms, analytics systems, and AI-powered decision tools. He has worked across energy, fintech, supply chain, and manufacturing, deliveri... Show more

Bonny Mcclain

Bonny Mcclain

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climate science and the human impact on our planetary boundaries, Bonny describes storytelling as where perception and truth create friction. Her expertise transforms raw data into compelling narratives that drive impactful decision-making.

Highlighting place and location as memory, audiences explore our interactions with ecosystems revealing that what appears completely factual is often, not factually complete. Recognized as a leading voice in thinking beyond words to illuminate climat... Show more

Isieza Elijah Keluro Caesar

Isieza Elijah Keluro Caesar

Caesar Keluro is a global technology and investment executive recognized for his leadership at the intersection of digital transformation, venture capital, and emerging market innovation. Since 2023, he has been an active venture leader at GITEX Global and Expand North Star in Dubai, engaging global founders, investors, and policymakers while driving strategic technology–investment dialogues across frontier markets. He is also the author of an influential book on digitalization, where he examines how technology reshapes industries, unlocks economic growth, and accelerates human development.

Caesar Keluro is a global technology and investment executive recognized for his leadership at the intersection of digital transformation, venture capital, and emerging market innovation. Since 2023, he has been an active venture leader at GITEX Glob... Show more

Kristopher Sandoval

Kristopher Sandoval

Kristopher Sandoval is a Product Marketing and Developer Relations expert with over a decade of experience across industrial, biomedical, and artificial intelligence development. To date, Kristopher has written over 700 books and articles on development, product marketing, and future technologies.

Kristopher Sandoval is a Product Marketing and Developer Relations expert with over a decade of experience across industrial, biomedical, and artificial intelligence development. To date, Kristopher has written over 700 books and articles on developm... Show more

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