Energy & Basic Resources

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

Sheena McHardy

Sheena McHardy

Microsoft 365 and Power Platform specialist with a proven track record of putting people at the heart of digital transformation and project leadership. Experienced in designing and delivering transformation and technology solutions with productivity-improving processes at their core.

Trusted advisor to senior leadership and key sponsors with industry experience in Oil & Gas, third-sector customers and governing bodies. Passionate about life-long learning, knowledge sharing and giving back as part of a thriving community.

Microsoft 365 and Power Platform specialist with a proven track record of putting people at the heart of digital transformation and project leadership. Experienced in designing and delivering transformation and technology solutions with productivity-... Show more

Akash Srivastava

Akash Srivastava

Akash Srivastava is a strategy and operations leader with extensive expertise in supply chain transformation, operational excellence, and enterprise value creation. He currently serves as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he leads high-impact engagements across the consumer and operations sectors. In this role, he advises senior executives on complex business challenges, develops transformation strategies, and drives sustainable performance improvements for global organizations. His work spans supply chain optimization, logistics redesign, and frontline productivity enhancement, combining data-driven insights with practical execution to improve operational efficiency and long-term organizational capabilities.
At McKinsey, Akash is also actively involved in mentoring teams, developing intellectual capital, and advancing innovative methodologies adopted across the firm’s global practice. Prior to McKinsey, he held consulting positions at Strategy& and KPMG, leading procurement transformations, digital operating model design, and cost optimization initiatives across industries including energy, metals, mining, and the public sector. Earlier, he worked at Tata Steel, where he managed mining operations and continuous improvement programs, building strong expertise in industrial systems and execution excellence. Akash holds an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and a Bachelor’s degree in Mining Engineering from IIT.

Akash Srivastava is a strategy and operations leader with extensive expertise in supply chain transformation, operational excellence, and enterprise value creation. He currently serves as an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he leads hig... Show more

Arturo Barrantes

Arturo Barrantes

A mechanical engineer who transitioned to finance after five years of working with power plants.
After creating a community and establishing a presence on YouTube, the speaker decided to switch to coding.
For the past four years, he has been building software. The last six months have marked a new adventure as he launched his own company, focusing on building AI-powered solutions leveraging AWS cloud.

A mechanical engineer who transitioned to finance after five years of working with power plants. After creating a community and establishing a presence on YouTube, the speaker decided to switch to coding. For the past four years, he has been build... Show more

Filippo Cappellaro

Filippo Cappellaro

SISA certified Solution Architect in the Modern Workplace area at Avanade. For enterprise, corporate and SMB level projects in all markets, managing complete solutions on Microsoft Platform Modernization technologies: Mffice 365, Intune, Phone System, MS DCCP, W365 and Azure Virtual Desktop. Complex migration and M365 adoption projects. Management of the pre-sales phase with relations with C-Level customers, definition of economic targets, High-Level and Low-Level project, staffing resources for delivery, management of economic, legal, contractual and capability components.
Supervision and management of projects during delivery and post go-live service.

SISA certified Solution Architect in the Modern Workplace area at Avanade. For enterprise, corporate and SMB level projects in all markets, managing complete solutions on Microsoft Platform Modernization technologies: Mffice 365, Intune, Phone System... Show more

Trevor Burton-McCreadie

Trevor Burton-McCreadie

After a failed bid at rock stardom Trevor eventually found a way to get paid for writing software with Macromedia Flash. After twenty years and dabbling with Python, Ruby, Objective-C and C# he now works almost exclusively on the JVM. As a software engineer at Lunatech, Trevor provides expert advice on Akka, Scala and software development in general as a member of teams working directly with clients as well as internal projects. He also enjoys his role as mentor guiding some of Lunatech's junior engineers.

After a failed bid at rock stardom Trevor eventually found a way to get paid for writing software with Macromedia Flash. After twenty years and dabbling with Python, Ruby, Objective-C and C# he now works almost exclusively on the JVM. As a software e... Show more

Rauhmel Fox

Rauhmel Fox

Although I am a Reputable Individual, I prefer to aid in the scientific education of college or university students and/or offer instruction and training to individuals to improve or develop their capabilities.

Although I am a Reputable Individual, I prefer to aid in the scientific education of college or university students and/or offer instruction and training to individuals to improve or develop their capabilities. Show more

Sumesh Ramasamy

Sumesh Ramasamy

Sumesh Ramasamy is a mobile engineer and technology founder building AI-powered software at production scale. As Principal Software Engineer at Asuene USA, he built an emissions-detection platform used by 22 oil and gas operators across 30+ states. He is Co-founder & CTO of Plug-In Promotions, where he built PluginOS, a platform running across roughly 250 venues, and he has shipped a consumer app surpassing 5 million downloads. He co-authored a peer-reviewed study in Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements and holds an M.S. in Computer Science from West Virginia University.

Sumesh Ramasamy is a mobile engineer and technology founder building AI-powered software at production scale. As Principal Software Engineer at Asuene USA, he built an emissions-detection platform used by 22 oil and gas operators across 30+ states. H... Show more

Yeo JooHo

Yeo JooHo

a seasoned Security Researcher and White Hat Hacker with a distinguished career spanning military operations, government investigations, and large-scale cloud infrastructure security. He has served as a cyber threat analyst for major CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) and provided critical technical support for high-profile anti-corruption investigations at the national prosecutor's office.

​A graduate of the prestigious Best of the Best (BoB) next-generation security leader program, his offensive and defensive capabilities are globally recognized. His accolades include a 2nd place finish (Blue Team) in the National Cyber Conflict Exercise (CCE) and multiple commendations for excellence in cloud incident response.

​As an active vulnerability researcher, Jooho has a prolific history of discovering and reporting security flaws in open-source web frameworks, mobile messengers, and enterprise systems. He has also contributed to national security as an official challenge author for military cyber warfare competitions and an advisory member for government-led research projects.

a seasoned Security Researcher and White Hat Hacker with a distinguished career spanning military operations, government investigations, and large-scale cloud infrastructure security. He has served as a cyber threat analyst for major CSPs (Cloud Serv... Show more

Mehdi Rezvandehy

Mehdi Rezvandehy

Mehdi Rezvandehy is a Principal Data Scientist at ATB Financial with over a decade of experience leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to address complex challenges across banking, telecommunications, energy, and research domains. His expertise spans Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, predictive modeling, and the design of scalable AI solutions that deliver measurable business value. Prior to joining ATB Financial, Mehdi worked as a Senior Data Scientist at Symend and a Principal Researcher at the University of Calgary. He holds a PhD in Geostatistics from the University of Alberta and is passionate about translating advanced AI and statistical research into practical, production-ready solutions that bridge the gap between academia and industry.

Mehdi Rezvandehy is a Principal Data Scientist at ATB Financial with over a decade of experience leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence to address complex challenges across banking, telecommunications, energy, and research domains. H... Show more

Prathyusha Mondru

Prathyusha Mondru

Prathyusha Mondru is a results-driven Project Engineer and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with experience in managing end-to-end power generation, infrastructure, and operational projects across various sectors, including construction, utilities, technology, and banking. She currently serves as a Project Engineer 2 at HOLT CAT, where she oversees project planning, budgeting, scheduling, and execution for city and county power generation initiatives, delivering Caterpillar generator systems for critical infrastructure, including hospitals, fire stations, and municipal facilities. Her role includes coordinating cross-functional teams, managing contractors, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards, and leading installation, testing, and commissioning activities.
Previously, Prathyusha worked as a Project Consultant at Wipro, supporting business analysis, process improvement, stakeholder communication, and project reporting. She has also held roles as a Teaching Assistant at the University of North Texas, where she supported graduate-level Project Management and Technology Innovation courses, and as an Operations Analyst at Genpact, driving KPI-based performance analysis and process optimization. Earlier in her career, she served as a Quality Assurance Officer at ICICI Bank, contributing to large-scale digital banking and compliance initiatives.
Prathyusha holds a Master’s degree in Engineering Management from the University of North Texas, an MBA from Osmania University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Malla Reddy Engineering College. She is an active member of the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the PMI Dallas Chapter, and she brings a strong combination of technical expertise, structured project management, and cross-functional collaboration to complex, high-impact projects.

Prathyusha Mondru is a results-driven Project Engineer and Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) with experience in managing end-to-end power generation, infrastructure, and operational projects across various sectors, including constructio... Show more

Aysel Rahimli

Aysel Rahimli

Aysel Rahimli is a Junior AI Security Researcher at SOCAR’s Caspian Innovation Center and a final-year Process Automation Engineering student at Baku Higher Oil School. Her work focuses on secure multi-agent AI orchestration for security operations, including agent coordination, MCP-based tool integration, human approval mechanisms, and the reliability of AI-assisted SOC workflows. She has contributed to research on artificial intelligence, deepfake detection, and distributed multi-agent systems, and has presented her work at international technology events.
She is also the founder of AccessPath, a digital inclusion initiative providing accessible digital skills and AI-supported employment resources.

Aysel Rahimli is a Junior AI Security Researcher at SOCAR’s Caspian Innovation Center and a final-year Process Automation Engineering student at Baku Higher Oil School. Her work focuses on secure multi-agent AI orchestration for security operations, ... Show more

Hari Vamsi Krishna Nukala

Hari Vamsi Krishna Nukala

Hari Vamsi Krishna is a wastewater infrastructure analytics specialist focused on GIS, spatial-temporal analytics, and data-driven decision-making for municipal infrastructure systems. His work combines geospatial intelligence, condition assessment analytics, enterprise data management, and business intelligence to support infrastructure planning, rehabilitation prioritization, and operational performance improvement. He has experience developing analytical frameworks, dashboards, and digital workflows using GIS, Power BI, Python, and enterprise geodatabases. His research and speaking interests include infrastructure intelligence, predictive analytics, sewer rehabilitation planning, and digital transformation in utility asset management.

Hari Vamsi Krishna is a wastewater infrastructure analytics specialist focused on GIS, spatial-temporal analytics, and data-driven decision-making for municipal infrastructure systems. His work combines geospatial intelligence, condition assessment a... Show more

Jose Gutierrez

Jose Gutierrez

José es ingeniero de software con más de una década de experiencia liderando proyectos de software y machine learning utilizados por millones de usuarios en EE. UU. y Latinoamérica, en sectores como salud, finanzas, energía, entre otros. Actualmente implementa Agentic AI para desarrollar agentes inteligentes orientados a la observabilidad de aplicaciones. Es Senior Member del IEEE, Ingeniero de Sistemas con MBA, Certified Java Programmer, Google & AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer, y actualmente cursa una maestría en Machine Learning en el Georgia Institute of Technology.

José es ingeniero de software con más de una década de experiencia liderando proyectos de software y machine learning utilizados por millones de usuarios en EE. UU. y Latinoamérica, en sectores como salud, finanzas, energía, entre otros. Actualmente ... Show more

Pablo Nachef

Pablo Nachef

Pablo Nachef es Ingeniero Químico con más de 20 años de experiencia en Oil & Gas, actualmente en Tecpetrol. Su carrera combina operaciones, tecnología y mejora de performance, con foco en Vaca Muerta y en la evolución de los Real Time Operations Centers. Participó en la evolución del RTOC de Tecpetrol, desde el monitoreo de datos hasta la operación y toma de decisiones en tiempo real. Su interés está en transformar datos en acción, acortar los ciclos de aprendizaje y aplicar tecnología para hacer operaciones más eficientes, repetibles y escalables.

Pablo Nachef es Ingeniero Químico con más de 20 años de experiencia en Oil & Gas, actualmente en Tecpetrol. Su carrera combina operaciones, tecnología y mejora de performance, con foco en Vaca Muerta y en la evolución de los Real Time Operations Cent... Show more

Jerome Lesage

Jerome Lesage

Je suis tombé dans l’agilité il y a plus de 10 ans et depuis, j’accompagne les équipes et les organisations à mieux naviguer dans la complexité. Aujourd’hui, je co-pilote le centre agile de CACIB en position de freelance après avoir collaborer avec le centre agile et accompagner plus de 15 équipes, où j’aide les directeurs et les équipes à transformer leur façon de travailler, avec une approche pragmatique et humaine.

Mon parcours mélange coaching agile, coaching pro et transformation organisationnelle. J’aime creuser ce qui permet (ou empêche) une transformation de vraiment prendre, au-delà des frameworks et des bonnes intentions. J’utilise des modèles comme l’Analyse Transactionnelle, la systémique ou le Solution Focus pour aider les organisations à dépasser leurs blocages et à créer un changement qui tient dans le temps.

À travers mes conférences, j’aime à partager des clés concrètes et des retours d’expérience sur la transformation des organisations, sans bullshit ni recette magique, mais avec des leviers actionnables dès demain basé sur l'approche Tete/Coeur/Corps, l'analyse transactionnelle et l'approche systémique.

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Je suis tombé dans l’agilité il y a plus de 10 ans et depuis, j’accompagne les équipes et les organisations à mieux naviguer dans la complexité. Aujourd’hui, je co-pilote le centre agile de CACIB en position de freelance après avoir collaborer avec ... Show more

Marcel Otte

Marcel Otte

Marcel Otte holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with a focus on Renewable Energy Systems from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, including research stays at the Austrian Institute of Technology in Vienna and Vietnam National University in Hanoi. He completed his Master's degree at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands while working at Porsche AG in the field of electric mobility. To pursue a PhD, he joined OFFIS as a Senior Researcher in the area of energy informatics, with a focus on flexibility and aggregators.

Marcel Otte holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology with a focus on Renewable Energy Systems from the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany, including research stays at the Austrian Institute of Techno... Show more

Danyl Novhorodov

Danyl Novhorodov

I’m an experienced software developer and technical leader working in the software industry since 2004. My interests are in software architecture, functional programming, web development, DevOps, cloud computing, Agile, and much more.

I’m an experienced software developer and technical leader working in the software industry since 2004. My interests are in software architecture, functional programming, web development, DevOps, cloud computing, Agile, and much more. Show more

Pascal van Knijff

Pascal van Knijff

Pascal B. van Knijff is an entrepreneur, technology strategist, and international keynote speaker with more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of digital innovation, blockchain, artificial intelligence, institutional finance, and sustainability.

As Founder and Managing Partner of KARBNZ Global, Pascal is leading the development of a next-generation Natural Capital Platform that integrates blockchain, artificial intelligence, satellite intelligence, digital Measurement, Reporting & Verification (MRV), biomass, biochar, and institutional climate finance to transform natural assets into transparent, verifiable, and investable infrastructure.

Through KARBNZ Global and its experienced Brazilian operating partners, Pascal is helping develop one of the world's most ambitious integrated natural capital platforms, combining ecological restoration, sustainable forestry, biomass, biochar, digital MRV, and institutional finance into a scalable investment model. His work provides first-hand insight into how blockchain, AI, and trusted data can enable transparency, continuous verification, and long-term stewardship across complex environmental assets at a scale relevant to institutional investors, governments, and global climate initiatives.

His work reflects a broader transformation in global climate finance; from standalone carbon credit projects to diversified natural capital platforms that integrate ecological restoration with sustainable timber, biomass, biochar, biodiversity, and high-integrity environmental markets. This vision was recently featured by CarbonCredits.com in "Beyond Carbon Credits: How KARBNZ Global Is Building a Natural Capital Platform Around Forests, Biomass, and Biochar."

Pascal has long advocated for applying blockchain beyond digital assets, positioning it as the trust infrastructure for Real World Assets (RWAs). His work explores how blockchain, AI, autonomous agents, satellite intelligence, and digital twins can create continuous verification, transparent governance, and institutional-grade investment frameworks for climate infrastructure and sustainable finance.

An experienced international speaker, Pascal has presented at leading blockchain and innovation conferences, including BLOCKCHANCE Europe, and EU's inaugural Blockchain Convergence, sharing insights on blockchain adoption, tokenization, digital transformation, Web3, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies.

Today, Pascal is recognized for bridging technology with practical implementation, translating complex concepts into actionable strategies for governments, institutional investors, enterprises, and innovators. His presentations challenge audiences to think beyond tokenization and explore how AI and blockchain together can build the trusted digital infrastructure that underpins the next generation of Real World Assets and the global natural capital economy.

Pascal B. van Knijff is an entrepreneur, technology strategist, and international keynote speaker with more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of digital innovation, blockchain, artificial intelligence, institutional finance, and sustain... Show more

Charis Charalampidi

Charis Charalampidi

Charis is a senior business intelligence analyst and consultant and the founder / co-organiser of PgGreece, the first Greece PostgreSQL Users Group.

With a long-standing interest in sciences, the arts and different cultures, she brings a diverse and cross-cultural perspective to community building and collaboration.

Charis is a senior business intelligence analyst and consultant and the founder / co-organiser of PgGreece, the first Greece PostgreSQL Users Group. With a long-standing interest in sciences, the arts and different cultures, she brings a diverse ... Show more

ESG Consultancy NV

ESG Consultancy NV

Francine Carron is a sustainability economist, ESG specialist and founder of Carron ESG Group, working across Europe, Asia and Africa.

She has more than 20 years of experience in sustainability, ESG strategy, decarbonisation, carbon management and responsible business, with a strong focus on aviation, infrastructure, heavy industry and international market access.

Francine leads ESG Consultancy NV in Europe and Haikou ESG Sustainable Consulting Co., Ltd. in China. Through these businesses, she supports organisations navigating the growing connection between sustainability, investment, procurement, regulation and access to international markets.

Her aviation experience includes work with air navigation service providers, airports, air cargo organisations and international aviation institutions. She has contributed to aviation sustainability programmes involving skeyes, ANA Luxembourg, TIACA, ACI World and EUROCONTROL/EASA, with particular expertise in Green ATM, aviation decarbonisation, ESG frameworks and sustainability implementation.

Francine also works increasingly with African organisations and industries on the commercial side of ESG: how stronger sustainability performance can improve investor confidence, strengthen international partnerships, support access to global buyers and reduce barriers to trade.

Her perspective is shaped by experience in both developed and emerging markets. She has worked in Africa, advises organisations operating between Europe and China, and regularly speaks on how sustainability is becoming a global business language rather than simply a compliance requirement.

At the OpenGov Africa Summit, Francine brings a practical international perspective on the future of African aviation and infrastructure: how ESG, operational efficiency, carbon reduction and better sustainability data can support stronger, more competitive and investment-ready systems across the continent.
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Francine Carron is a sustainability economist, ESG specialist and founder of Carron ESG Group, working across Europe, Asia and Africa. She has more than 20 years of experience in sustainability, ESG strategy, decarbonisation, carbon management and... Show more

Gopinath Rajamanickam

Gopinath Rajamanickam

Gopinath Rajamanickam is a seasoned IT professional with 20 years of experience spanning QA leadership, enterprise web application development, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation, and large-scale program delivery. He currently serves as an Expert Test Lead for the Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) program at Pacific Gas & Electric, where he leads QA strategy, system integration testing, UAT, risk-based testing, and operational readiness initiatives for critical utility systems. His expertise includes validating complex integrations across platforms such as MuleSoft, ABB, PI, and GIS, while leveraging AI/ML-driven analytics, Python automation, JIRA/Zephyr data, and Power BI dashboards to improve test prioritization, defect analysis, and release quality.
Earlier in his career, Gopinath worked extensively as a full-stack web developer and test consultant for enterprise programs at Pacific Gas & Electric and Microsoft, building scalable applications using React, Java, .NET, C#, SQL, Python, and AWS cloud services. He has strong experience with CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Selenium, Git, and Agile delivery practices. A certified PMP, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Certified Scrum Master, Salesforce Administrator, and CSTE, Gopinath brings a strong combination of technical depth, quality engineering leadership, stakeholder management, and domain expertise across utilities, supply chain, CRM, and banking.

Gopinath Rajamanickam is a seasoned IT professional with 20 years of experience spanning QA leadership, enterprise web application development, cloud engineering, DevOps, automation, and large-scale program delivery. He currently serves as an Expert ... Show more

Dale Hobbie

Dale Hobbie

Dale Hobbie is a multi-patented inventor, mission-critical systems architect, and the founder of Quantum HPC Infrastructure, LLC. With more than 35 years of experience in computational analytics and engineering, he has dedicated his career to solving complex challenges in Power, cooling, and compute reliability. His work focuses on autonomous class-compute infrastructure designed to operate independently while supporting AI, HPC, and quantum workloads. He brings a disciplined and methodical approach to engineering, shaped by decades of hands-on experience in environments where continuity and stability are essential.

Known professionally as D. James Hobbie, he is the inventor of the Cleanewable Hybrid platform, protected under U.S. Patents 11,233,405 B1 and 12,184,075 B1, with multiple continuation-in-part applications and registered trademarks. These innovations extend to carbon-integrated thermals, RTF materials processes, modular enclosure systems, and distributed micro-utility architectures. Hobbie developed this platform to integrate onsite multi-source power generation, advanced thermal loop control, and autonomous operational logic into a unified, repeatable system. His patented work provides a licensable technical foundation intended to support resilient compute environments under variable and demanding conditions.

James Hobbie is the architect of the Operation Quantum Marathon Corridor, a multi-state autonomous compute spine extending approximately 1,500 miles. This corridor was engineered to support federal, commercial, defense, and scientific computing requirements through onsite generation aggregators up to 500 MW+ and interoperable micro-utility frameworks. Hobbie designed the corridor to integrate fiber adjacency, sovereign routing logic, and unified mission continuity architecture across independent regions. The initiative responds to the limitations of grid-dependent infrastructure while maintaining scalability for future compute needs.

As the founder and managing director of Quantum HPC Infrastructure, LLC, Dale James Hobbie leads systems-level engineering governance, multidisciplinary project oversight, and corridor-scale development strategy. Hobbie oversees patent strategy, site modeling, infrastructure adjacency planning, and high-density thermal integration. Under his direction, the organization operates through a Master Project Management Office structure developed in financial partnership with Peter Georgiopoulos and supported by operations advisor Leo Vrondissis. This structure integrates expertise across energy systems, carbon integration, digital infrastructure, and mission-critical engineering while maintaining consistent execution standards.

Before founding QHPC, Hobbie spent over three decades as an independent consultant addressing high-risk, mission-critical reliability challenges across commercial, industrial, government, and defense-aligned environments. He became known as the engineer whom organizations relied upon when systems failed in ways others could not diagnose. His work included stabilizing mission-critical environments, identifying hidden reliability and team-based faults, redesigning obsolete systems, and implementing advanced Power-to-the-Nth pathways. These experiences directly shaped the autonomous class architectures he later codified into patent form.

Dale Hobbie continues to guide the expansion of autonomous-class infrastructure across the United States and allied regions. His engineering philosophy emphasizes systems intuition, long-range thinking, and a clear understanding of interconnected electrical, thermal, mechanical, and digital domains. Through ongoing work in sovereign compute strategy, carbon-integrated thermals, and next-generation enclosure systems, he remains focused on building infrastructure that operates independently and supports uninterrupted computing in future scenarios. He maintains a steady commitment to designing systems and teams that endure, adapt, and remain effective over time.

Dale Hobbie is a multi-patented inventor, mission-critical systems architect, and the founder of Quantum HPC Infrastructure, LLC. With more than 35 years of experience in computational analytics and engineering, he has dedicated his career to solving... Show more

Daniel Paredes

Daniel Paredes

Computólogo por profesión, melómano por obsesión y chilango de tiempo completo. Soy co-fundador de Sudo FCiencias, Lider @ AWS Student Builder Group UNAM y Staff @ PythonCDMX. Creo firmemente que facilitando el acceso al conocimiento tecnológico nos acercará a un mejor futuro para todxs.

Computólogo por profesión, melómano por obsesión y chilango de tiempo completo. Soy co-fundador de Sudo FCiencias, Lider @ AWS Student Builder Group UNAM y Staff @ PythonCDMX. Creo firmemente que facilitando el acceso al conocimiento tecnológico nos ... Show more

Manish Singh

Manish Singh

Manish Singh is a Data Engineer with over 16 years of experience designing and operating large-scale data platforms and distributed processing systems across industries, including streaming media, energy, insurance, banking, and technology.

He currently works at Amazon, where he builds petabyte-scale data pipelines for Prime Video Ads, enabling analytics, experimentation, and near real-time performance monitoring. His work includes developing distributed Spark and Python pipelines, designing scalable data ingestion frameworks, and implementing experimentation platforms to support A/B testing and ad performance analysis. Throughout his career, Manish has led and contributed to major data engineering initiatives, including modernizing energy analytics platforms at Oracle, building telematics and driver behavior analytics systems at Farmers Insurance, and developing enterprise master data management (MDM) platforms across insurance, banking, and technology organizations. His technical expertise spans cloud architecture and data engineering technologies such as AWS (EMR, Glue, Redshift, Lambda), Spark, Kafka, Flink, Python, Java, and SQL. He has extensive experience in data lakes, data warehousing, distributed systems, and real-time streaming, along with strong practices in data quality, performance optimization, and CI/CD.
Manish holds a Master of Computer Science in Data Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a 4.0 GPA and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. He is also certified as an AWS Solutions Architect and AWS Data Analytics Specialist.

Manish Singh is a Data Engineer with over 16 years of experience designing and operating large-scale data platforms and distributed processing systems across industries, including streaming media, energy, insurance, banking, and technology. He cu... Show more

Ryan Hargrave

Ryan Hargrave

Ryan leads the integration of Fluor Engineering's standard systems, tools and work process into a backbone of engineering data.

Ryan leads the integration of Fluor Engineering's standard systems, tools and work process into a backbone of engineering data. Show more

Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro

Luiz Gustavo Ribeiro

Solutions Architect, AWS Community Builder for Serverless, 12x AWS Certified e Criador do AWS Local Simulator. Atua com tecnologia desde 1994 e hoje ajuda profissionais a construírem carreiras na nuvem.

Solutions Architect, AWS Community Builder for Serverless, 12x AWS Certified e Criador do AWS Local Simulator. Atua com tecnologia desde 1994 e hoje ajuda profissionais a construírem carreiras na nuvem. Show more

Edu Bolaji

Edu Bolaji

Bolaji Edu is an independent penetration tester and founder of
UltEnterprise, a cybersecurity consultancy delivering security
assessments to SME and fintech clients across the UK. He holds a
2:1 BSc in Cybersecurity from the University of Kent and is PNPT
certified. His work spans web application security, Active Directory
attack simulation, and ICS and IoT security assessments. He publishes
open source security tooling and research at github.com/BolajiEdu and
has had cybersecurity articles published in the national press.

Bolaji Edu is an independent penetration tester and founder of UltEnterprise, a cybersecurity consultancy delivering security assessments to SME and fintech clients across the UK. He holds a 2:1 BSc in Cybersecurity from the University of Kent ... Show more

Brian Vicente

Brian Vicente

I'm founder and CTO of Sanctum SecOps LLC, architecting post-quantum PKI, multi-tenant CAs, and crypto-agility tooling for open networking and CMMC environments. I'm an active IETF participant and Internet-Draft author in LAMPS and PQUIP on PQC hybrid certificates, ACME PQC agility, and multi-tenant PKI, and hold a USPTO provisional on topology-aware PQC rotation. Using my patent-pending toolchain, I produced 133 PQC composites as a closed-source provider, verified against OpenSSL and Bouncy Castle.

I'm founder and CTO of Sanctum SecOps LLC, architecting post-quantum PKI, multi-tenant CAs, and crypto-agility tooling for open networking and CMMC environments. I'm an active IETF participant and Internet-Draft author in LAMPS and PQUIP on PQC hybri... Show more

Lawan Idriss

Lawan Idriss

Building the systems that decide whether compute scales or stalls on energy limits. Lawan Idriss is the founder & CEO of Seamium, a company that builds systems that govern how compute infrastructure consumes energy, based on real availability, cost, and operating limits.

Building the systems that decide whether compute scales or stalls on energy limits. Lawan Idriss is the founder & CEO of Seamium, a company that builds systems that govern how compute infrastructure consumes energy, based on real availability, cost, ... Show more

Abhishek Raj Permani

Abhishek Raj Permani

Abhishek Raj Permani is a distinguished Data Scientist, AI researcher, and Senior Machine Learning Engineer, currently leading impactful AI infrastructure initiatives at Sun King. With a strong academic foundation from the IITs and years of experience in building cutting-edge AI solutions, Abhishek blends research depth with real-world innovation.
His work spans transformer architectures, hybrid attention mechanisms, and recommendation systems, earning him accolades such as the Best Research Paper Award and recognition as one of the most-read authors on ResearchGate. Formerly at Jaguar Land Rover and Samsung Research, Abhishek has consistently applied AI to solve complex engineering and business problems.
A dynamic speaker and thought leader, Abhishek regularly shares his insights at conferences and developer forums, inspiring the next generation of AI talent through his expertise, clarity, and passion for innovation.

Abhishek Raj Permani is a distinguished Data Scientist, AI researcher, and Senior Machine Learning Engineer, currently leading impactful AI infrastructure initiatives at Sun King. With a strong academic foundation from the IITs and years of experienc... Show more

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