Meru is a human-centered design (HCD) practitioner with experience working on complex social challenges targeted towards underserved communities. She uses the HCD philosophy to meet unmet needs and reduce barriers that help people overcome fears, and take back rightful control over their lives. She has led research and design of programs and interventions for adolescents and youth, rural women and their migrant husbands, persons with disabilities, female sex workers, queer men, transwomen and people who inject drugs. The results of her projects include a pilot, a running MVP, a research publication, a global report and an insights website.

She is the Human Centred Design Lead at TinkerLabs - an innovation consulting firm that merges HCD with Behaviour Science to solve complex social problems and create meaningful and sustained impact, a Youth Champion with Rise Up -an initiative to advance innovation and quality in the field of sexual and reproductive health and rights globally, and a youth representative on the advisory committee of HCDExchange- a Knowledge Hub to explore the role of human-centered design in global adolescent and youth health.

Meru is a human-centered design (HCD) practitioner with experience working on complex social challenges targeted towards underserved communities. She uses the HCD philosophy to meet unmet needs and reduce barriers that help people overcome fears, and... Show more

Terina Maldonado is a survivor in every sense of the word. Empowered with resilience, empathy, and determination through her lived experiences of child abuse, sexual assault, and leaving a high-demand religion. Her superpower is her capacity for vulnerability. Through a lifetime of learning, research, therapy, and personal development, she acquired a deep understanding of how to tell your story as a survivor and how to help others do the same. She now powerfully shares her story with audiences inspiring others to join her in a place of triumph. Terina catalyzes impactful change with audiences through her message of hope, healing, and joy. Her message is powerful through its simplicity, allowing audiences to easily see themselves as capable of moving beyond a place of surviving and stagnation. She presents a real-life example of how sharing our stories through courage and vulnerability enables the release of toxic shame. Through her keynote address, she demonstrates the power in speaking our stories, illustrating how when we own and speak our truth it accelerates our healing and growth, gives others permission to share their stories, and causes ripples of healing to occur in our communities and our world.
In addition to her speaking, she has contributed to a variety of blogs, been interviewed by news and media outlets, and been a podcast guest. She co-authored the book, Fear to Freedom. She is a graduate of the Spotlight Speaker Accelerator speaker training program. She is a certified Step into Your Moxie facilitator. Terina has been featured by dozens of national and international media outlets including New York Times, CNN, ABC, The Guardian, Vanity Fair, FOX and Washington Post.

Terina Maldonado is a survivor in every sense of the word. Empowered with resilience, empathy, and determination through her lived experiences of child abuse, sexual assault, and leaving a high-demand religion. Her superpower is her capacity for vuln... Show more

Gabrielle S. Evans, PhD(c), MPH, CHES (she/her) is a sexuality educator, researcher, and doctoral student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston pursuing a PhD in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences. Gabrielle has taught comprehensive sexuality education since 2016, facilitating programs for faith-based organizations, providers, and Native American adolescents. As a member of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe, her research focuses on analyzing the impact of historical and present traumas on Native sexual health, as well as centering safe and pleasurable sexual experiences of Native women and adolescents.

Gabrielle S. Evans, PhD(c), MPH, CHES (she/her) is a sexuality educator, researcher, and doctoral student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston pursuing a PhD in Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences. Gabrielle has taught com... Show more

Timothy Dobbins is a recent Chattanooga transplant from Nashville working as a principal data scientist in the healthtech space. With 9 years experience across software engineering, data engineering, and data science, he's seen first-hand how data pipelines can either make or break a data science team—or even a data organization. When not building data pipelines or machine learning models, he's hiking the mountains in search of a good swimming hole with his two sons and wife.

Timothy Dobbins is a recent Chattanooga transplant from Nashville working as a principal data scientist in the healthtech space. With 9 years experience across software engineering, data engineering, and data science, he's seen first-hand how data pi... Show more

Lupus Survivor, Advocate, Actress, Coach & Non-profit Thriver Zuriel Gibson is the eldest of five children who was born New Orleans, Louisiana. She was often declared as the “different” one and shunned due to the vastness of her dreams. Her passion has contributed to her success as the CEO of Blue Wings Home Health Services and more than fifteen years as an industry fashion and print model. The doctors diagnosed Zuriel with lupus and said that she wouldn’t live past the age of twenty-four. Due to lack of knowledge and resources at the time, she immediately thought that her dreams were no longer attainable; life was over. After many bouts with depression, pain, addictions and hospital stays, Zuriel became discontent and decided to use her pain to propel her into purpose. As a lupus survivor and advocate, she has become a much sought after speaker. Her message, “There is purpose in your pain,” has been shared on numerous media outlets such as The Kingdom Broadcast Network, Destiny Channel TV, Something Good is About to Happen, The Ladies Room Radio Broadcast and more.

Lupus Survivor, Advocate, Actress, Coach & Non-profit Thriver Zuriel Gibson is the eldest of five children who was born New Orleans, Louisiana. She was often declared as the “different” one and shunned due to the vastness of her dreams. Her passion ... Show more

I am focused on using machine learning to improve healthcare research and improve the lives of patients.

Currently working for the Army's Medical Department. I have served in various capacities in the IT industry range from a technician, operations manager, data analyst, and machine learning engineer.

- MS Computer Science with a data science specialization.
- MS Cyber Security
- BS Accounting

I am focused on using machine learning to improve healthcare research and improve the lives of patients. Currently working for the Army's Medical Department. I have served in various capacities in the IT industry range from a technician, operatio... Show more

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farmers out of extreme poverty.

Prior to joining One Acre Fund, he served as a Humanitarian Advisor to NetHope, a consortium of 60+ leading non-profit organizations around the world, and as the Chief Technology Officer of Beringer Finance, the largest technology focused investment bank in Europe. Gisli has been active in the IT industry for over 30 year, ever since he sold his first program at the age of 14. He worked for 10 years at Microsoft, where he was involved in product development, sales, technical evangelism, and most recently as a trusted advisor to national governments and international organizations on the effective use of technology in their operations.

Gisli’s deep understanding of technology, his long-time software product development expertise, and his extensive network inside and outside of the technology industry enables him to quickly provide value to technology companies. Gisli has also over the past 15 years worked closely with the startup community and is an advisory board member and member of board of directors of numerous startups and venture funds. Gisli is also a sought after mentor for innovation accelerators.

Prior to joining Beringer Finance in 2015, Gisli served as the Emergency Response Director of NetHope. Gisli is one of the leading experts in the world on the use of technology in disaster response and is a sought after speaker, trainer, and advisor on the role technology can play in enhancing the response to large scale natural and man-made disasters.

Prior to joining NetHope, Gisli has over 20 years of experience in the field of disaster management and was an active member of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team, a team of experienced disaster managers which are on stand-by to deploy anywhere in the world on a 6 hour notice to coordinate the first response of the international community to disasters on behalf of the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Gisli has participated in disaster field missions in connections with floods in Ghana (2007), Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (2008), Hurricane Ike in Texas (2008), Sichuan Earthquake (2008), Pandemic Outbreak (2009), West Sumatra Earthquake (2009), Haiti Earthquake (2010), Japan Earthquake/Tsunami (2011), Horn of Africa Famine (2011), Philippine’s Typhoons (2012 and 2013), West Africa Ebola Outbreak (2014-2015), European Refugee Crisis (2015), Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico (2017), and Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique (2019). Following the devastating earthquake in Haiti 2010, Gisli led the first international rescue team that arrived in the country.

The combination of Gisli’s extensive field experience in disaster management and technology background provides Gisli a deep understanding how technology can be applied to solve the most challenging collaboration issues faced in austere environments. This has led him to be appointed to various advisory boards and committees, such as the US State Department’s sub-committee on the use of technology in international disasters. Gisli was named a UNICEF Humanitarian Innovation Fellow and a Technology Partner Network Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2013.

Gisli’s deep experience in leading transformation efforts around the world, made him a sought after executive coach in the field of digital transformations. Leveraging his own experience in leading digital transformation efforts for large organizations, and in serving as a trusted advisor to governments and international organizations, Gisli focuses his executive coaching on working with transformational leaders and helping them tackle the challenges of leading digital transformation journeys.

In 2014, Gisli published the book The Crisis Leader, about the role of leadership in times of crisis, leveraging examples from his missions around the world to provide readers with an insight into the key aspects of leadership critical during chaotic times like disasters. The book has been translated into two languages and been sold worldwide.

Gisli holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Computer Science and Chemistry from Copenhagen University (Denmark 1993), a Diploma in International Development from University of Iceland (2017), and is endlessly writing his Master’s thesis on the use of technology in humanitarian response. Gisli currently lives in Iceland, along with his wife, five children, two grandchildren, dog, and a cat.

Gisli Olafsson currently serves as an executive coach to transformational leaders around the world. Prior to that he served as the Chief Technology Officer of One Acre Fund, a social enterprise that is helping bring over 1.2 million small-holder farm... Show more

I am a software engineer from Baltimore, MD, USA working on an innovative healthcare platform for delivering a world class digital therapy video game. I love making music, caring for animals, and working with technology.

I am a software engineer from Baltimore, MD, USA working on an innovative healthcare platform for delivering a world class digital therapy video game. I love making music, caring for animals, and working with technology. Show more

Marek Sadowski is a full stack developer advocate, a robotics startup founder and an entrepreneur. He has about 20 year experience in consulting largest enterprises in USA, Europe, Japan, Middle East and Africa. As a graduate from the International Space University Marek pioneered in a research on VR goggles for the virtual reality system to control robots on Mars in NASA Ames. He founded a startup to deliver robotics solutions and services for industries. Marek moved to Silicon Valley to promote IoT/Edge, robotics, RPA, serverless, and container solutions driven by AI, APIs, and Cloud Native. In 2020 Marek published a book on Serverless Swift.

Marek Sadowski is a full stack developer advocate, a robotics startup founder and an entrepreneur. He has about 20 year experience in consulting largest enterprises in USA, Europe, Japan, Middle East and Africa. As a graduate from the International S... Show more

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a user interface prototype for TranSMART. Following this, he completed a Master’s in computer science at McGill University by developing a machine learning algorithm based on phylogenetic networks that has significant advantages over commonly used genetic assignment methods. Jeremy joined The Hyve in 2018 to pursue a PhD within the context of the AiPBAND project and, more generally, his passion for multidisciplinary science.

The aim of this ESR project is to develop a big-data powered diagnostic infrastructure for brain cancer prediction. The platform will be deployed and run on cloud services . The platform will include a data warehouse for integrating clinical and omics data. This includes data generated by innovative biosensors, developed by WP2. The components of the platform will be designed as flexible microservices. Separation of concerns will facilitate high performance, security and scalability. One of these services will be the prediction algorithms, developed in close collaboration with ESR-11 at IC. Patients, clinician and potential industrial client will gain access via any device to their results on an intuitive user interface.

To achieve these goals, large quantities of health data is required at every step. For both simpy software testing or improving machine learning accuracy, quality data remains hard to get. The scientific opportunities locked-in the massive amounts of health data collected are inestimable. The growing concerns towards data privacy will only only complicate the issue.

Anonymization is generally employed to prevent misuse of private data. Anonymization trades data utility for privacy, but does not fully prevent reidentification. This means accessing data requires eminent academic credentials and resources. If real data is lacking for developments, delays and errors can have consequences on critical health informatics. The alternative is to produce synthetic data, thereby avoiding the privacy issues. Rigid and error prone statistical models have long been the only generative algorithms for this purpose.

Recently, generative adversarial networks have demonstrated their ability to produce indistinguishable synthetic data. Synthetic data has been gaining traction rapidly in medical imaging applications. However, due to certain complexities of observational health, the idea is only starting to gain interest. This project will explore GAN methods to produce synthetic health data that address these complexities. In addition to evaluating they gains provided to the development of the diagnostic platform.

Jeremy obtained a bachelor’s of bioinformatics from Université Laval during which he did an exchange at Université de Strasbourg in the Master’s of Integrative structural biology and bioinformatics and completed an internship at The Hyve developing a... Show more

Tsitsi is the co-owner of Guardian Health and a University of the Witswatersrand alumni who studied Big Data Analytics. She loves research and the application of data science in solving societal problems. In her honours year, she won the award for best project ready for industry.

She is also a certified cloud architect and she currently works as a data scientist and data engineer at Teraflow.ai. She was amongst the top 15 young geeks of South Africa (2020). This year, she and her partner co-founded Guardian Health by developing and funding it through hackathons where they won 4 hackathons thus raising seed funding through these.

Tsitsi is the co-owner of Guardian Health and a University of the Witswatersrand alumni who studied Big Data Analytics. She loves research and the application of data science in solving societal problems. In her honours year, she won the award for be... Show more

Matt Scoletti is a Professional Speaker, Author, and Behavior Change Specialist.

Matt wasn't always successful in his life. He struggled with alcohol from 2002-2011 before hitting rock bottom October 2011 and making the biggest decision of his life; to never let alcohol ruin his life again! He hasn't looked back since.

Since Oct. 2011, Matt has been on American Ninja Warrior, set 2 World Records, been featured in Runner's World Magazine, Flex Magazine, and raised over $75,000 for young adults battling cancer. Matt has been a professional speaker for 2 years now speaking all over the world on the topics of Focus, Energy, Healthy Living, Leadership, and navigating this technology world we are.

Matt is SO EXCITED to hopefully be a speaker at your event this year and hopefully for years to come!

Matt Scoletti is a Professional Speaker, Author, and Behavior Change Specialist. Matt wasn't always successful in his life. He struggled with alcohol from 2002-2011 before hitting rock bottom October 2011 and making the biggest decision of his l... Show more

I’m a queer Design systems & Accessibility lead working in the healthcare industry for Castor EDC. Speaker, teacher and passionate about too many things, I am fighting every day for a more inclusive web.

Through my different projects, I am trying to make the Web a more inclusive and accessible place, while focusing on collaboration and mentoring. By the way, I’m agender, so my pronouns are they/them.

I’m a queer Design systems & Accessibility lead working in the healthcare industry for Castor EDC. Speaker, teacher and passionate about too many things, I am fighting every day for a more inclusive web. Through my different projects, I am trying ... Show more

As a Senior Data Scientist and Instructor at Metis, John Tate leads immersive data science programs training students in areas including machine learning, math & statistics, and the python data science toolkit.

Previously, John worked as a consultant developing end to end data science solutions for clients in industries such as Healthcare, Pharma, Finance, Automotive, and Marketing Technology.

As a Senior Data Scientist and Instructor at Metis, John Tate leads immersive data science programs training students in areas including machine learning, math & statistics, and the python data science toolkit. Previously, John worked as a consul... Show more

Marvin Degon IV, is a retired professional ice hockey player who recently joined the AGH team to serve as a leadership liaison with the athletic and sports sectors. The former hockey star has been an outspoken hemp advocate for years.

Marvin’s professional hockey resume includes contracts with the most elite leagues in the world. With more than 550 career games played, he has unique insight to the sports world and how ECN products can serve as a supplement in nutrition and aid in recovery.

Marvin earned contracts in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, the American Hockey League (AHL) with The Hartford Wolfpack and Hamilton Bulldogs, The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) with the Wolfsburg Grizzlys and the Eisbären Berlin and the Erste Banke Eishockey Liga (EBEL) with EC Villacher SV and HDD Olimpija Ljubljana, he also sits on the board of AG Fight Like Me Foundation.

Marvin Degon IV, is a retired professional ice hockey player who recently joined the AGH team to serve as a leadership liaison with the athletic and sports sectors. The former hockey star has been an outspoken hemp advocate for years. Marvin’s pro... Show more

Lucas is experienced with data warehousing, data integration visualization, and advanced analytics. He has experience providing solutions in multiple industries including manufacturing, sales, gas and electric utilities, and health care.

Lucas is experienced with data warehousing, data integration visualization, and advanced analytics. He has experience providing solutions in multiple industries including manufacturing, sales, gas and electric utilities, and health care. Show more

Robb Schiefer is the Director of Engineering at Suture Health, Inc., an innovative and fast growing software company delivering value to the healthcare industry with SaaS offerings. He has more than 15 years' experience serving in various technology roles throughout the software development lifecycle at both large and small companies. Robb has a passion for building highly functional, cohesive teams characterized by: a thriving culture, desire for continuous improvement and eagerness to serve the business. He holds a prestigious Microsoft MVP award, is an active technology community influencer, conference speaker, blogger and co-founder of the Birmingham .NET Meetup.

Robb Schiefer is the Director of Engineering at Suture Health, Inc., an innovative and fast growing software company delivering value to the healthcare industry with SaaS offerings. He has more than 15 years' experience serving in various technology... Show more

My name is Rachel Kurtz. I grew up living all over the place. My father was one of the best salesmen in his industry and he was often asked to move and help expand and open new locations, which meant we moved a lot. Our last move brought us to Richmond, Virginia in 1998 which we now call home. It was here that I finally grew my roots. Here, I earned my first job, made many friendships, and eventually met my husband and started a family. My husband and I have been married for 18 years and we have 2 wonderful children, Vance and Olivia.
Growing up, I always knew what field I wanted to work in. I was the baby of the family, so I always wanted to have a younger sibling. I wanted to experience being the big sister. I knew I loved working with children and volunteered in the church nursery or looked for baby sitting opportunities every chance I got. In high school I got a job working in a local gym nursery. I loved it! Every Saturday morning and a few evenings a week I was there and ready to play with the children. The more I was there, the more parents began asking for my information for babysitting. I had a whole list of my regulars that I babysat for all the time, which I continued to do for many years! In my senior year of high school, I was fortunate to be able to take an education course that allowed me to do some student teaching at a local elementary school. It was wonderful and I loved the whole experience but felt like it may not have been quite the setting I wanted to be in. I preferred working with younger children. Towards the end of my senior year, on the way home a friend of mine and I noticed that there was a new childcare opening right down the street from us. We decided to go in together and see what it was about and if we could find a job. To our advantage, they weren’t quite open but planned to open the week of our graduation and it just so happened, the owner seemed to love us! We were offered a job straight out of high school in this new little childcare as assistant teachers. Over the years, I continued to work in early education. I also worked as a nanny but eventually found myself back in a childcare center. I have worked with all ages from infants all the way up to preschool and after school. I earned my CDA credential and moved into a lead teacher role and eventually became a direct at a local church nursery and preschool. I was there for many years until after my daughter was born. When my daughter was born, I decided I wanted to find a way to stay home with both children. I decided to look into home childcare. I am very particular about knowing the rules and what I can and can’t do so I dove into learning the rules and regulations of family childcare. I had a friend that started her own childcare long before I did and she allowed me to come and observe what it was like before taking the dive. Once I saw how wonderful it was, I dove right into it! I started out legally unlicensed and unregulated and eventually became Voluntarily registered which opened many doors. I was able to then participate in many programs that ChildSavers offers such as the CACFP food program and Infant and toddler specialist network. I knew what quality care looked like and what I would want in childcare as a parent. I wanted to offer the kind of quality childcare every parent and child would want. I wanted an environment that was safe and loving. I poured everything I had and all of me into my childcare. I eventually became licensed which again opened more doors. This allowed me to have more children in care at a time, allowed me to hire an assistant, and allowed me to join more programs such as Virginia Quality (now, VQB5). During my time as a home childcare provider, I earned a second CDA credential in the family childcare setting, managed through the first year and a half of the global pandemic while also navigating my own children completing virtual school at home while running my home childcare. Still, I was so proud of the space I created and the service we offered. All of our children were healthy, happy, and loved. The children loved to learn and loved being there! I loved every bit of it, although it didn’t come without trials. There were many ups and downs and things that I had to learn along the way.
I have always been passionate about community and connecting with others. I loved connecting with other providers. We would brainstorm with each other and share resources. It was so nice to not feel alone which is why, when I had the opportunity to join the ChildSavers team, I jumped at it. It was an opportunity to help other providers and teachers. It was an opportunity for them to feel heard and seen. I love that I can share without any doubt that I know what it’s like to be in their shoes. I was able to take the knowledge and experience that I have learned and share it directly with providers and teachers across the central Virginia region.
I started at ChildSavers as a coach and CLASS observer. I became certified in all 3 CLASS tools and used that to help early educators reach their goals in the classroom. I later became a Child Development Specialist while continuing my work with centers and family day homes across the region. While I continue this work, I am also the coordinator for Voluntary Registration and VQB5 for ChildSavers. Through my voluntary registration role, I work directly with childcare providers that are either new and just starting their childcare or providers that are currently providing childcare but are unregulated, become registered with the state. I walk them through the entire process step by step and conduct their health and safety inspections to ensure that their space is safe for children. I help provide resources, technical assistance, coaching, and a variety of trainings to both family day home providers and to childcare centers. I am always looking for more opportunities to learn and add to my own toolbox so that I can continue to offer more resources to others. I am passionate about the work I do and love sharing that passion with others.

My name is Rachel Kurtz. I grew up living all over the place. My father was one of the best salesmen in his industry and he was often asked to move and help expand and open new locations, which meant we moved a lot. Our last move brought us to Richmo... Show more

Ellen is a Technology Specialist in the Data Security field at Microsoft, unlocking every organization's value and potential to thrive by doing what's good for the people and their company. This passion for data protection derives from the fast-evolving pace of digital services and the impact on people's life. Awareness and action are two pillars Ellen strives to achieve in her job and interactions.

Ellen is a Technology Specialist in the Data Security field at Microsoft, unlocking every organization's value and potential to thrive by doing what's good for the people and their company. This passion for data protection derives from the fast-evolv... Show more

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Jim works at PCC, teaching workflows and their electronic medical record systems to practices all around the country. He is an Army Veteran who served 21 years. He has earned Eagle Scout rank with the Boy Scouts in his younger years and is currently a youth mentor at a local school. In his free time, he enjoys reading about Vermont history, tinkering in the garage and going on car ride adventures.

Jim works at PCC, teaching workflows and their electronic medical record systems to practices all around the country. He is an Army Veteran who served 21 years. He has earned Eagle Scout rank with the Boy Scouts in his younger years and is currentl... Show more

An Human Resources professional with experiences in HRIS, People Analytics and change management. Driven by curiosity and passion learning, Christina is a self-taught PowerBI user, leveraging new technologies to transform HR data into actionable insights. With experience in implementing multiple HR system and processes, Christina combines technical expertise with strategic HR knowledge to drive innovation and improve business outcome.

An Human Resources professional with experiences in HRIS, People Analytics and change management. Driven by curiosity and passion learning, Christina is a self-taught PowerBI user, leveraging new technologies to transform HR data into actionable ins... Show more

Peter Aiken, PhD is an acknowledged Data Management (DM) authority, an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, President of DAMA International, and Associate Director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers. For more than 35 years, Peter has learned from working with hundreds of data management practices in 30 countries including some of the world's most important. Among his 12 books are the first on CDOs (the case for data leadership), focusing on data monetization, on modern strategic data thinking and objectively specifying what it means to be data literate. International recognition has resulted in an intensive schedule of events worldwide. Peter also hosts the longest running data management webinar series hosted by our partners at Dataversity. Starting before Google, before data was big, and before data science, Peter has founded several companies that have helped more than 200 organizations leverage data–specific savings have been measured at more than $1.5B USD. His latest is Anything Awesome.

Peter Aiken, PhD is an acknowledged Data Management (DM) authority, an Associate Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, President of DAMA International, and Associate Director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers. For more... Show more

Frank CEO of OctoCon GmbH, Board member of YAVEON GmbH and Board member of Directions EMEA. Frank started his career as a passionate NAV developer. After that Frank worked as Microsoft certified Trainer, consultant and project manager. NAV and the whole BC stack are not only tools to work with, they are until today passion for Frank. Since the early beginning Frank was one of the persons who formed Directions.

Frank lives with his family on the countryside in South Germany. In his free time you can find Frank often cycling, on the golf course, running or skiing.

Frank CEO of OctoCon GmbH, Board member of YAVEON GmbH and Board member of Directions EMEA. Frank started his career as a passionate NAV developer. After that Frank worked as Microsoft certified Trainer, consultant and project manager. NAV and the wh... Show more

Dr. Sonia L. Daniels is a highly skilled and experienced professional with a passion for empowering organizations to achieve sustainable growth. Through her consulting firm, S. Daniels Consulting, she leverages her expertise to support a wide range of clients, including nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government agencies. Her strong educational background in Public Policy and Public Administration-Nonprofit Management, as well as her experience in senior-level operations roles, has equipped her to effectively lead impact-focused capacity building projects.

Dr. Daniels embodies the ideal balance of professional expertise and personal passions, making her an invaluable resource for organizations looking to drive sustainable growth and create lasting positive change.

When she’s not working, Sonia indulges in solo international travel, gardening, exploring the arts and painting, reading to children at local schools, and spending time with family and friends.

Dr. Sonia L. Daniels is a highly skilled and experienced professional with a passion for empowering organizations to achieve sustainable growth. Through her consulting firm, S. Daniels Consulting, she leverages her expertise to support a wide range o... Show more

Jordan Montgomery is a Distinguished Packaging Engineer and Technical Fellow at Medtronic, plc. Jordan has 2 decades of experience in package design for active implantable devices, sterile barrier materials, stability testing, and packaging distribution use conditions.

Jordan has served two terms as Co-Chair of the US Packaging Working Group, AAMI ST 198 Working Group 7, and represents the United States as a delegate to the ISO Packaging Working Group. Jordan has been an active participant in the ISO 11607 revision published in 2019 and the recently published 2023 amendments. He was co-leader of the revision to ISO TS 16775 published in 2021 (guidance for industry and healthcare facilities on the application of ISO 11607) and he is now the Project Leader for the development of ISO 11607-3. Jordan has also been active in ASTM Committee F02, where he led the revision to ASTM F1980.

Jordan holds a bachelor’s Degree in Packaging from Michigan State University.

Jordan Montgomery is a Distinguished Packaging Engineer and Technical Fellow at Medtronic, plc. Jordan has 2 decades of experience in package design for active implantable devices, sterile barrier materials, stability testing, and packaging distribut... Show more

Shawnta` Hooks is a Keynote Speaker and CEO of Mindful Culture Creators™. MCC's mission is to make work more human and present by bringing innovative, culturally connected mindfulness programs to people of color, women, and other underserved communities. She fuses her 20-year career in corporate strategy, technology, and risk management with her passion for music (specifically hip hop) to teach a new brand of relatable mindfulness.

Shawnta` Hooks is a Keynote Speaker and CEO of Mindful Culture Creators™. MCC's mission is to make work more human and present by bringing innovative, culturally connected mindfulness programs to people of color, women, and other underserved communit... Show more

Peng is the Assistant Director of Innovative Data Sciences Department at CIMS Global in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers School of Public Health with Ph.D. in Biostatistics with research interest in adaptive design and statistical monitoring of clinical trials. He and his team are contributing open-source solutions through R package, R Shiny, Quarto, GenAI. He served as independent statistician for multiple DSMB meetings for ongoing clinical trials from phase 2 to phase 3 for different therapeutical areas.

Peng is the Assistant Director of Innovative Data Sciences Department at CIMS Global in New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers School of Public Health with Ph.D. in Biostatistics with research interest in adaptive design and statistical monitoring of ... Show more

2016-2019 Bachelor Molecular Biology University of Vienna
2020-2022 Major programme Computer Science University of Innsbruck
2019-2023 Master Molecular Medicine Medical University of Innsbruck
2024 - ongoing PhD at the Insitute of Genetic Epidemiology

2016-2019 Bachelor Molecular Biology University of Vienna 2020-2022 Major programme Computer Science University of Innsbruck 2019-2023 Master Molecular Medicine Medical University of Innsbruck 2024 - ongoing PhD at the Insitute of Genetic Epidemio... Show more

John Crouse is Director, Health & Human Services Industry Development at North Highland. John has over 30 years of experience in Federal, State, and Local government programs. John began his career with technical and operational projects for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, FAA, and the intelligence community. In the State & Local government market, he has led efforts and managed projects in human services, Medicaid and CHIP, K-12 education, and public safety. John has held a wide variety of roles in both business development and operations. He has led technology implementations as well as large outsourcing services projects.

John Crouse is Director, Health & Human Services Industry Development at North Highland. John has over 30 years of experience in Federal, State, and Local government programs. John began his career with technical and operational projects for the U.... Show more