Curtis Cox is a career brand strategist and workforce development practitioner who helps tech talent and teams translate skills into measurable impact. He designs practical career development systems; goal frameworks, coaching workflows, and performance narratives; and adapts them into scalable, AI-enabled processes that improve outcomes without compromising trust. His work sits at the intersection of career development, community building, and modern automation.

Curtis Cox is a career brand strategist and workforce development practitioner who helps tech talent and teams translate skills into measurable impact. He designs practical career development systems; goal frameworks, coaching workflows, and performa... Show more

TJ Guttormsen helps professionals strengthen their influence, communicate with confidence, and resolve conflicts—without aggression or awkwardness. With nearly two decades of experience, a master's degree in pedagogy, and coaching clients ranging from Olympic medalists and Fortune 500 CEOs to entrepreneurs and everyday professionals, he brings both academic depth and real-world credibility to every stage.

Originally from Norway and now based in Las Vegas, TJ has spoken to audiences across three continents on topics including confident communication, discreet influence, and conflict prevention and resolution. He is the author of two books, and his online courses on LinkedIn Learning have been seen by over 700,000 professionals from around the globe.

TJ takes pride in delivering entertaining and educational talks, which equip individuals and teams with practical techniques and strategies they can immediately apply with clients, colleagues, and leaders in everyday and high-stakes conversations alike, to create better outcomes for themselves and their organizations.

TJ Guttormsen helps professionals strengthen their influence, communicate with confidence, and resolve conflicts—without aggression or awkwardness. With nearly two decades of experience, a master's degree in pedagogy, and coaching clients ranging fro... Show more

Abdifatah Hassan Roble is Somali technologist, writer, and advocate from the Bay region of Somalia. Abdifatah brings incredible experience, perseverance, and expertise as an online platform builder, writer, and activist for the education of Somali youth and greater Somali community through technological empowerment. Abdifatah was born in Sanca, Yemen while his family was internally displaced from the civil war in Somalia. He hails from Mogadishu. Abdifatah embodies Somali values and is committed to lifting the Somali community as a whole.

Abdifatah graduated from Salaam University with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (2025), focusing on Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, and Artificial Intelligence. Abdifatah is the first university graduate in his family. He is studying for his Master’s and PhD in Cybersecurity and AI, with the intention of contributing to global research and policy making.

Abdifatah Hassan Roble founded Somali Tech Digest in 2025, aiming to educate Somali speaking populations and a global audience on technology policies, digital security, and the innovation shaping the region. Abdifatah critically examines laws and policies pertaining to cybersecurity in countries which matter most to Somali tech stakeholders, and writes original content in both English and Somali for his readers. By drawing parallels to similar trends in the West, Abdifatah consistently delivers smart, accessible coverage of rapid digital transformation for Somali Tech Digest readers.

Professionally, Abdifatah is a Sales Representative at Premier Bank as well as Shaakir Furniture where he gained key skills such as business communication and building customer trust while utilizing technology to effectively engage in promotional activities. Abdifatah combines expertise in this field while emphasizing the importance of effective communication that links to the technical knowledge that the customer is seeking.

Abdifatah is dedicated to serving the Somali population and the global community at large. He is deeply involved in the local community and is an avid promoter of youth empowerment and growth. Abdifatah is an avid reader and publisher of law review articles, particularly in the realm of cybersecurity law. In his free time, Abdifatah enjoys learning about cultural differences and exploring the lives of rural Europeans. Abdifatah is a persistent, motivated, and hopeful individual that thrives in the face of adversity. Most importantly, Abdifatah is driven by a desire to leave a lasting legacy. As such, he strives to achieve the maximum potential of every endeavor that he pursues.

Areas of Expertise

Cybersecurity & Artificial Intelligence

Digital Strategy & Business Agility

Editorial Leadership & Community Engagement

Stakeholder Analysis & Communication

Comparative Cybersecurity Law

Sessions

1. Database-Last Design in Somali Context
For decades, software started from the database out, with the database at the core and the rest of the application circling around it. In modern application design, we start from the user tasks and work our way out, trying to be as flexible as possible. In this talk, I will highlight to Somali developers and organizations how “database-last” design can be used to build sustainable, scalable, and user-centric software systems.
You’ll learn:
The transition from database-centric to user-centric design

Architecture of CQRS, microservices, NoSQL (practice)

How agile, cross-functional teams succeed with loosely coupled components

Life After Story Points: Somali Agile Planning

Story points are often the focus of much consternation during sprint planning. This talk presents alternative planning techniques that actually use real numbers and has been validated with Somali developers with strict, fixed capacity limits.
You’ll learn:
Put some real numbers behind your decision making

Ways to structure your time so that you get the most out of it

Agile Requirements: Building What Somalia Needs
Requirements gathering is a hard problem

too rigid in traditional approaches and too fuzzy in early agile adoption. In this talk, a balanced approach will be presented for capturing requirements to improve productivity in Somali organizations.
You’ll learn:

Writing clear, simple user stories

Using acceptance criteria to capture details

Balancing analysis with responsiveness

The value of documenting conversations and decisions

Great Retrospectives that Drive Change
This interactive session explores how to keep the ritual fresh and go home with real improvements!
You’ll learn:

Setting goals and benefits for retrospective session

Feedback Best Practices for Improved Outcomes

Formats that generate actionable outcomes

Methods to measure success beyond intuition

Scrum vs. Kanban: Lessons for Somali Teams
Scrum vs Kanban? Both methods have been used successfully in many environments and contexts. In this meeting we will go through the strengths and weaknesses of Scrum and Kanban so Somali teams can decide which method suits them better.
You’ll learn:

Misconceptions about both methodologies

Visibility of work and planning timelines

Handling work in progress and shifting priorities

Mixing and blending traditional and modern methods

Hunting Down the Elusive MVP
One of the biggest challenges when creating a new product or service is defining a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). This interactive session gives Somali startups and innovators tools to identify and deliver a relevant MVP.
You’ll learn:

Visioning, personas, and user journeys

Story mapping and risk evaluation

Creating a realistic release plan

Building a canvas that ties everything together

When traditional sizing is not useless

Abdifatah Hassan Roble is Somali technologist, writer, and advocate from the Bay region of Somalia. Abdifatah brings incredible experience, perseverance, and expertise as an online platform builder, writer, and activist for the education of Somali yo... Show more

Dr Alisha is a physician, executive leadership coach and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience and self mastery.

For over a decade she has worked with CEOs, founders, physicians and C-suite leaders, helping these leaders close the gap between external success and internal coherence. Her methodology draws on clinical medicine, heart coherence as well as validated leadership models to help you understand not just how you perform, but the subtle ways that performance degrades under pressure - and what it takes to restore the internal conditions for sustained, clean leadership and execution.

Her work sits deliberately at the edge of what most leadership development brushes over: the body at a cellular level, nervous system engagement and energy, and the alignment between a leader's intelligence fields.

She has spoken globally and she brings the same precision and depth to a keynote stage that she brings to her clinical practice.

Dr Alisha is a physician, executive leadership coach and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of medicine, neuroscience and self mastery. For over a decade she has worked with CEOs, founders, physicians and C-suite leaders, helping these... Show more

Rachel Anderson is a three time business owner, keynote speaker, leadership coach, and author, who loves to help leaders create human-centric teams that deliver big results. Using her change management certification and the more than 20 years of leadership and business development experience, she believes that small practices can lead to major impacts. Rachel is passionate about helping leaders at any size organization and in any industry take a human-first approach as they build strong and resilient businesses. Her book “Being Human (Centric) was published in 2025, and the Novelty Experiment was launched in 2026, all helping people live human-centric lives at work, and at home.

Rachel Anderson is a three time business owner, keynote speaker, leadership coach, and author, who loves to help leaders create human-centric teams that deliver big results. Using her change management certification and the more than 20 years of lead... Show more

Dan Gentry is a TEDx speaker, podcast host, and founder of Third Power Performance. His signature keynote, Humanity Amplified, challenges the dominant AI narrative — that we should use technology to work faster — and replaces it with a radical question: what if AI is here to make us more human? Dan teaches the distinction between Machine Work (what AI should handle) and Meaning Work (what humans must protect), giving leaders a clear framework to reclaim 10-40 hours per week and invest them in family, health, creativity, and purpose. He's not anti-AI. He's anti-drift.

Dan Gentry is a TEDx speaker, podcast host, and founder of Third Power Performance. His signature keynote, Humanity Amplified, challenges the dominant AI narrative — that we should use technology to work faster — and replaces it with a radical questi... Show more

Pai da Cecília e do Inácio, esposo da Ana Lúcia, membro da Comunidade de Vida Cristã (CVX), curitibano e sofredor do Coritiba. Desde a pandemia, optou por morar na zona rural de Piraquara (Região Metropolitana da capital paranaense), onde cria galinhas, joga bola com os filhos, colhe amoras, figos e Physalis e está cavando (bem aos poucos!) um pequeno lago para os futuros gansos da família. Jornalista e economista, sempre trabalhou em organizações com forte impacto social. Atualmente, é responsável por ajudar o Grupo Marista, uma instituição de mais de 7 mil colaboradores e com uma história bicentenária, em sua estratégia ESG, articulando iniciativas transversais e proprietárias das Frentes de Missão (unidades de negócio) PUCPR, Saúde, FTD Educação e Centro Marista de Defesa da Infância; e monitorando indicadores e avaliando a evolução da maturidade - sempre procurando nutrir uma mentalidade ágil, com foco nas pessoas, na entrega de valor e na melhoria contínua.

Pai da Cecília e do Inácio, esposo da Ana Lúcia, membro da Comunidade de Vida Cristã (CVX), curitibano e sofredor do Coritiba. Desde a pandemia, optou por morar na zona rural de Piraquara (Região Metropolitana da capital paranaense), onde cria galinh... Show more

Jabe Bloom has been transforming and researching the organizational dynamics and interactions of management, design, development, and operational excellence for over 20 years as an executive, academic and consultant.

Jabe Bloom has been transforming and researching the organizational dynamics and interactions of management, design, development, and operational excellence for over 20 years as an executive, academic and consultant. Show more

Hello. I'm Tim. It has been a long strange trip to my becoming a motivational-inspirational speaker. I have always loved speaking with people either one-on-one or in groups. As an IT Professional for over 36 years, I have had to interact with many different types of people in many different industries doing many different things. I have spoken in church both informally and as a Lay Minister in the Methodist and Disciples of Christ denominations. I am also an Adjunct Instructor at a local community college and a local university.

I have always thought that my life was pretty normal. After I graduated from college and entered the "real world" I came to understand that my life had some twists and turns. I came to realize that I have suffered from depression and anxiety since childhood. It really didn't effect me until I became a father. I subconsciously decided to place my wife's happiness and my son's happiness before my own. When my son was almost 7, I had a mental break that caused me to seek help. I have learned, to a certain extent, what was causing mental issues and how to deal with them. I have had to seek help when things happened in my life to help make sense and be able to handle things well.

Recently my professional career has taken a downturn. I was working for a consulting company with government contracts. When government began reforming spending my contract was effected and I lost my position along with many of my colleagues. I expected to find another position but soon discovered that the IT market had changed and employers were very particular in what they were looking for. I do not have some of the experiences they are looking for and thus was not being consider for positions.

So I decided to pivot and focus and over skills I have. Namely speaking about my experiences in life, giving inspirational messages and helping people along with life. I also speak about spiritual matters and how they relate to society today.

The attendees of your conference, retreat, annual meeting, gathering, or event will be uplifted, encouraged and have their confidence increased.

Hello. I'm Tim. It has been a long strange trip to my becoming a motivational-inspirational speaker. I have always loved speaking with people either one-on-one or in groups. As an IT Professional for over 36 years, I have had to interact with many di... Show more

Josef Břečka has been working in HR for 8 years and currently leads business strategy development at Bohemia Interactive. He has helped many candidates find better jobs and supported companies in setting up more effective HR processes. Today, he connects the world of education and shows that learning can be simple through games.

Josef Břečka has been working in HR for 8 years and currently leads business strategy development at Bohemia Interactive. He has helped many candidates find better jobs and supported companies in setting up more effective HR processes. Today, he conn... Show more

Michael Collett is a San Francisco born-and-based career designer with nearly two decades of experience in graphic, print, brand, web and generalized two-dimensional design. He has also taught, designed, developed and built exhibitions and public programs, while operating as a sole practitioner and team member at studios, start-ups and institutions.

He is currently the Design Director and a co-founder at Àrokò Cooperative, a worker-owned design studio and publishing concern.

Michael Collett is a San Francisco born-and-based career designer with nearly two decades of experience in graphic, print, brand, web and generalized two-dimensional design. He has also taught, designed, developed and built exhibitions and public pro... Show more

Dr. Dillip Narayan Sahu is a distinguished researcher, educator, inventor and international speaker in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Quantum Machine Learning. With over 13 years of academic and research experience, he has made significant contributions to the global research community through the publication of more than 80 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals and conferences, along with securing 30 national and international patents. He has also authored 10 international textbooks, reflecting his commitment to academic excellence and knowledge dissemination.
He is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of MCA at Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha, India. In addition, he plays an active role as IQAC Coordinator and is a member of the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, contributing to institutional development and research innovation initiatives.
Dr. Sahu’s research interests include Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare, Hybrid Machine Learning Models, Quantum Machine Learning, and Data-Driven Intelligent Systems. His recent works focus on developing advanced predictive models for early disease detection and secure AI-driven ecosystems.
As a passionate educator and speaker, Dr. Sahu has been involved in mentoring students, guiding research scholars, and delivering lectures, workshops, and seminars at various academic platforms. His vision is to promote interdisciplinary research and foster innovation that addresses real-world societal challenges through intelligent technologies.
He is keenly interested in global academic collaborations and actively seeks opportunities to contribute as a keynote speaker, resource person, and research mentor in international conferences, workshops, and academic programs.

Dr. Dillip Narayan Sahu is a distinguished researcher, educator, inventor and international speaker in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Quantum Machine Learning. With over 13 years of academic and research experience, he has m... Show more

Dr. Kelli Hill is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Her teaching and research spans over a decade with workshops taught in local communities and higher education. In addition, Dr. Hill has worked for private and non-profit organizations on projects focusing on building self-efficacy through socialization, substance abuse prevention, mental health education, and gender-based health disparities.

Dr. Hill’s current studies center around the social impacts on adolescent development, which includes a broad study of parent—child socialization, self-efficacy, learned helplessness, and learning outcomes. Her goal is to bring awareness to more positive youth development and to create more resources for youth to improve their social and academic well-being.

Dr. Kelli Hill is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC). Her teaching and research spans over a decade with workshops taught in local communities and higher education. In addition, Dr. Hill has worke... Show more

I am the founder of Emotion-First AI and creator of a post-generation AI governance approach focused on improving how AI outputs are interpreted and acted on by humans. My work centers on identifying where AI systems fail in real-world use—not at generation, but at the moment of decision.

I have developed practical methods for detecting when AI responses “look right” but lead to poor outcomes, helping teams introduce lightweight checks before action is taken. I write and speak about AI governance, human-AI interaction, and decision-making at the boundary where AI meets real-world impact.

I am the founder of Emotion-First AI and creator of a post-generation AI governance approach focused on improving how AI outputs are interpreted and acted on by humans. My work centers on identifying where AI systems fail in real-world use—not at gen... Show more

Depuis près de 30 ans, Patrice Fornalik vit, observe et accompagne des transformations managériales, culturelles et organisationnelles dans des contextes exigeants. Entrepreneur, formateur, coach et auteur, il s’intéresse à une question simple en apparence mais décisive en pratique : comment faire évoluer un collectif sans lui faire perdre ce qui le fait tenir. Agiliste dans l’âme et créateur de l’approche SteadyChange, il partage des repères concrets pour changer sans casser la confiance, le sens, l’identité collective, ni renoncer à des approches frugales. Auteur de La résistance au changement n’existe pas ! et de Ta gueule, c’est Agile !, il a également contribué à quatre ouvrages sur l’agilité et le leadership.

Depuis près de 30 ans, Patrice Fornalik vit, observe et accompagne des transformations managériales, culturelles et organisationnelles dans des contextes exigeants. Entrepreneur, formateur, coach et auteur, il s’intéresse à une question simple en app... Show more

I am a dynamic Partnerships Manager and entrepreneur with a solid background in AI partnerships, global startup scouting, open innovation, and international business development. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in International Relations with a research focus on the AI ecosystems, I combine academic insight with practical expertise in technology, AI strategy, and partner ecosystem development.

My career bridges the corporate world and global startup ecosystems, with experience at companies like Engevix, Eletrobras, Intelbras, and Rocket Internet in China. I specialize in AI scouting, building B2B and SaaS partnerships, and driving cross-border collaborations between enterprises and AI solution providers.

As a Partnerships Manager at AI Collaborator, I lead the expansion of a global network of AI startups, enabling enterprises to adopt cutting-edge AI solutions. My work focuses on strategic partnerships, partner success management, and scaling partner ecosystems aligned with client needs.

Passionate about AI commercialization, digital transformation, and internationalization, I help companies grow globally through sustainable partnership strategies and innovation-driven growth.

Let’s connect to explore synergies in AI, emerging technologies, and global partnership opportunities.

I am a dynamic Partnerships Manager and entrepreneur with a solid background in AI partnerships, global startup scouting, open innovation, and international business development. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in International Relations with a research f... Show more

As a Global Co-Creation Director working at the intersection of technology and human transformation at Version 1, Cleo architects how organisations develop the skills, leadership, and adaptive capacity to navigate constant change and harness technology as a force for real innovation. She does not deliver programmes. She builds change-capable, values-led organisations where leaders navigate ambiguity with confidence, teams co-create responsibly with AI, and continuous learning becomes a strategic habit rather than an HR initiative.

Cleo led the design of a reimagined change framework developed at Version 1 to support AI adoption across private and public sector organisations, grounded in real implementation evidence and built from the front lines of change.

Grounded in 18 years of senior leadership across global L&D and organisational development, and holding postgraduate qualifications in Organisational Development and Transformation, Organisational Behaviour, Executive Coaching, and Business Psychology, Cleo brings a distinctive lens to AI transformation: one shaped by behavioural science, NLP, executive coaching, workplace resilience, and a firm belief that technology only creates value when people are genuinely ready to use it well.

Her track record includes designing Level 9 certified future skills programmes, securing Enterprise Ireland funding for skills innovation, and leading Version 1's enterprise-wide AI adoption programme. She has spoken at the Irish Hotels Federation, Tech Summit, Learnovation at Trinity College Dublin, and EMCC Ireland, consistently helping senior audiences move from anxiety to agency.

A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, EMCC Senior Practitioner, NLP Practitioner, and Master Practitioner in Workplace Resilience and Wellbeing, Cleo works with leaders and transformation teams across the public and private sectors on human-led adoption of AI.

Her conviction: real transformation happens at the intersection of strategy, culture, and co-creation. And it only sticks when you bring your people with them.

As a Global Co-Creation Director working at the intersection of technology and human transformation at Version 1, Cleo architects how organisations develop the skills, leadership, and adaptive capacity to navigate constant change and harness technolo... Show more

Stephanie Colores Bueno is a former Fortune 100 HR executive with over 23 years at Procter & Gamble, where she led global leadership development, culture transformation, and enterprise change initiatives. In her final years, she played a key role in shaping the growth and restructuring of the Information Technology function, supporting enterprise digital transformation and the adoption of AI. She is the Founder of Strategic Connexus, a boutique advisory firm focused on strategy, transformation, and leadership development, helping founders and mid-sized organizations connect strategy, people, and technology to drive adoption, transformation, and growth. She is currently completing the Chief Human Resources Officer Executive Program at Wharton, University of Pennsylvania.
Stephanie is a sought-after speaker, facilitator, and executive coach who equips leaders and teams to navigate complexity, lead through transformation, and build high-performing, human-centered cultures. Drawing from over two decades of global experience across three countries, she brings a practical, business-driven perspective grounded in real enterprise transformation. Her sessions combine leadership, change management, and storytelling to create engaging, actionable experiences that resonate from emerging leaders to C-suite executives. Known for translating strategy into people-centered execution, she helps organizations close the gap between vision and results in today’s fast-evolving digital environment. Her work focuses on enabling founders and leaders of growing, mid-sized organizations to lead at the pace of transformation—aligning strategy, people, and technology to accelerate adoption, strengthen execution, and deliver measurable business results.

Stephanie Colores Bueno is a former Fortune 100 HR executive with over 23 years at Procter & Gamble, where she led global leadership development, culture transformation, and enterprise change initiatives. In her final years, she played a key role in ... Show more

🎯 Alejo Perna - Product Engineer | Data & AI Developer | Emprendedor

¡Hola! 👋 Soy Alejo Perna, Product Engineer con foco en datos, inteligencia artificial y desarrollo de productos tecnológicos. Me considero una persona innovadora, curiosa y profundamente motivada por resolver problemas complejos a través de la tecnología.

Desde chico me apasiona la lógica y el mundo informático, lo que hoy se traduce en mi capacidad para construir soluciones que combinan datos, producto y experiencia de usuario. 🧠✨

Actualmente trabajo en Complif, donde participo en el desarrollo de productos orientados a onboarding digital, compliance y automatización de procesos, integrando análisis de datos, métricas de producto y mejoras continuas basadas en el comportamiento de los usuarios.

Me destaco por transformar datos en decisiones estratégicas y por diseñar soluciones que generan impacto real en el negocio y en las personas. 🚀

🎓 Educación y Formación

📘 Actualmente curso la Licenciatura en Sistemas en la UBA.

✨ Me he formado en análisis de datos, inteligencia artificial, Big Data y ciencia de datos, desarrollando habilidades en procesamiento, modelado y visualización de información. Estas herramientas me permiten abordar problemas complejos desde una mirada analítica y orientada a producto.

💼 Experiencia Profesional

Product Engineer – Complif

Análisis de experiencia de usuario (UX) sobre funcionalidades existentes, identificando fricciones, patrones de comportamiento y oportunidades de mejora en el producto.
Exploración y análisis de métricas de producto, combinando datos cuantitativos (eventos, analytics, tracking) con inputs cualitativos (entrevistas, feedback de usuarios).
Generación de insights accionables para la definición, priorización y evolución de funcionalidades junto al equipo de Producto.
Participación activa en la definición de soluciones técnicas junto a Ingeniería, evaluando trade-offs entre impacto de negocio, escalabilidad y complejidad técnica.

Especialización en Data & AI

Transformación de datos en información estratégica para la toma de decisiones.
Creación de dashboards interactivos y visualizaciones avanzadas con Power BI.
Desarrollo de automatizaciones y análisis con Python.
Limpieza, modelado y análisis exploratorio para detectar patrones y oportunidades.
He trabajado en diversos proyectos innovadores y de impacto social:

🤖 PUFFLE
Inteligencia artificial diseñada para potenciar el aprendizaje a través del método socrático, una dinámica educativa que promueve un diálogo enriquecedor y reflexivo. Entrenable con los materiales bibliográficos que el profesor sube, Puffle fomenta el pensamiento crítico en los estudiantes mediante preguntas reflexivas en tiempo real, impulsando su capacidad analítica y de razonamiento.

🌟 FinanciARG
Plataforma de crowdfunding:
Democratiza el acceso al financiamiento para empresas, ofreciendo beneficios exclusivos a los contribuyentes.
Fortalece la relación empresa-cliente, potenciando el crecimiento empresarial.

📚 podrIA
Aplicación educativa que utiliza inteligencia artificial para optimizar las técnicas de estudio, ofreciendo funcionalidades como planificación inteligente adaptada a tus tiempos y objetivos, y métodos para mejorar la concentración basados en el sistema Pomodoro. Con PODRÍA, estudiar se vuelve más eficiente, personalizado y motivador.

🏆 Logros y Reconocimientos

🏅Ganador de la Innovaton 2025 organizada por Promptear Argentina con el proyecto PodrIA.

🏅 Finalista en la Hackathon Hackit/BA 2024 (ITBA Computer Society) con el proyecto FinanciARG, logrando el Top 3 por su innovación y potencial.

🎤 Charla TED: "La Serendipia del Aleteo", explorando cómo pequeños cambios generan un gran impacto.
👉 Ver charla TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXPkO7Aq57g

🎤 Charla AWS Community Day Argentina: "IA, ¿Héroe o Amenaza?", analizando los desafíos éticos y ventajas de la IA.
👉 Ver charla: https://www.youtube.com/live/OOeMBiNKIQU?si=u4BWAwyoI-QfojPc

🎤 Charla en Cafayate organizada por Fehgra: "Mas alla de los likes, ¿Cómo construir conexiones reales?", espacio de diálogo sobre comunicación digital usando a los datos y a la IA como aliados.
👉 Nota: https://fehgra.org.ar/archivos/36519

🎤 Charla en Hotelga Argentina: "De 0 a 1: IA para transformar estadías en experiencias", espacio de herramientas de cómo usar inteligencia artificial para mejorar la experiencia hotelera.
👉 Charla: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alejo-perna_hotelga2025-innovaciaejn-hoteleraeda-activity-7369790099858939904-szKT?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAD7fhSoB0ajKdAWWahvdcgSaoh_lHQzSTEA

🤝 Voluntariado
Mentor y Jurado en la Datathon de Río Cuarto:
- Análisis de datos con Python: Guié equipos en análisis y procesamiento de datos.
- Entrenamiento de modelos de IA: Ayudé a desarrollar y evaluar proyectos por innovación y precisión.

🎓 Conocimientos
🐍 Python (Google Colab, NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn)
📊 SQL, Power BI,
🗃️ Business Intelligence
🌐 HTML, CSS, JS
🎨 Figma (Diseño UI)
💡 Design Thinking

🌟 Frase que me define:
"La tecnología puede potenciar nuestras capacidades, pero son nuestras capacidades las que definen el potencial de la tecnología." 💻💡

🎯 Alejo Perna - Product Engineer | Data & AI Developer | Emprendedor ¡Hola! 👋 Soy Alejo Perna, Product Engineer con foco en datos, inteligencia artificial y desarrollo de productos tecnológicos. Me considero una persona innovadora, curiosa y pro... Show more

Harrison Crawford, LPC LIAC - Harrison has worked in the field of mental health for 15 years and is a Licensed Professional Counselor with additional licensure focused on addictive disorders. Harrison has a passion for working with fathers through direct services and helping systems implement gender-responsive and trauma-informed programming. Harrison completed his graduate work at Argosy University in Phoenix, earning Master’s degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Sport-Exercise Psychology. Harrison lives in Gilbert, Arizona with his wife, Jenna, and two children, Grayson and Kinsley.

Harrison Crawford, LPC LIAC - Harrison has worked in the field of mental health for 15 years and is a Licensed Professional Counselor with additional licensure focused on addictive disorders. Harrison has a passion for working with fathers through di... Show more

Dr. Mark Porter is the founder of Soteria Alliance and the architect of its governing doctrine, Performance Mastery Culture (PMC). His work is grounded in sustained exposure to organizations where excellence was expected to hold under pressure, endure leadership change, and remain reliable over time. His Best-selling book: The Architecture of Excellence: Engineering Excellence that Endures Under Pressure outlines the foundations of Performance Mastery Culture (PMC):
• Systems thinking: identify why current efforts fail at the root level
• Behavioral science: understand how people think and respond under pressure
• Structure: clarify roles, accountability, and decision ownership
• Anti-Drift doctrine: recognize the inevitability of performance decay
• Architecture: governing laws that organize structure into coherent performance
• Design: embed architecture into daily behaviors that sustain excellence

Across more than two decades, Mark has operated inside large, complex organizations with direct responsibility for the enterprise conditions under which excellence either persisted or decayed. His experience spans executive leadership, system-wide organizational responsibility, and post-acquisition integration in environments defined by regulatory scrutiny, operational interdependence, and real consequence.

Repeated exposure to these conditions revealed a consistent failure pattern. Capable leaders intervened more frequently, carried increasing load, and applied greater effort as excellence became less reliable. Intent, experience, and commitment were present. What failed was the architecture’s ability to preserve excellence once conditions changed.

Performance Mastery Culture emerged as the architectural response to that reality. It exists to govern excellence as a permanent institutional condition, independent of individual leaders, episodic initiatives, or cultural reinforcement.

Mark holds a Doctor of Business Administration in Leadership and a Master of Science in Organizational Psychology. His academic grounding informs his work, but it is the sustained responsibility of operating inside consequence-bearing systems that ultimately shaped the architecture now embedded within Soteria Alliance.

His work spans North America and Europe and is confined to environments where authority, accountability, and institutional continuity cannot be delegated or diluted.

Dr. Mark Porter is the founder of Soteria Alliance and the architect of its governing doctrine, Performance Mastery Culture (PMC). His work is grounded in sustained exposure to organizations where excellence was expected to hold under pressure, endur... Show more

What happens when a clinically trained social worker builds a multi-seven-figure business from the ground up, and then watches her entire team walk out the door? If you're Samantha Goldberg, you don't retreat. You rebuild. And then you take everything you learned about shame, failure, and what real leadership actually requires, and you bring it to every stage you can find.

Samantha Goldberg, MSW, is a clinically trained social worker, entrepreneur, executive coach, and keynote speaker who works at the intersection of shame resilience, leadership, and self-worth. Named a Woman of Steel by PNC Bank and the Pittsburgh Steelers, she's on a mission to help people show up boldly and lead intentionally--without shame, imposter syndrome, or fear of failure calling the shots.

Samantha is the Founder & CEO of a group mental health therapy practice and multidisciplinary wellness hub in Pittsburgh established in 2018, built around a staffing model centered on business mentorship and entrepreneurial support. She built her practice into a large multimillion dollar operation, navigated a significant organizational crisis, and rebuilt it with radical transparency--an experience that grounds every framework she teaches in real operational leadership, not just research. Through her executive coaching and speaking platform, Unleashed Impact, she helps leaders and high achievers break free from shame, imposter syndrome, and the confidence barriers holding them back. She also serves as a private practice business consultant, providing business coaching to group practice owners across the country.

With 15+ years in the field, Samantha brings rare clinical depth to the leadership conversation--delivering keynotes that are equal parts research-backed and disarmingly honest, turning complex psychological frameworks into tools that actually change how people lead. Samantha is known for her sharp wit, radical honesty, and an uncanny ability to make a room full of high-achievers feel deeply seen--and ready to move.

Off stage, she lives in Pittsburgh with her first responder partner, two dogs, and a cat who has never once struggled with self-worth.

What happens when a clinically trained social worker builds a multi-seven-figure business from the ground up, and then watches her entire team walk out the door? If you're Samantha Goldberg, you don't retreat. You rebuild. And then you take everythin... Show more

Tim Huff is a decorated combat veteran, certified executive coach, and award-winning CEO recognized for servant leadership and character. A graduate of the U.S. Army’s Ranger School, Tim served 14 years as an Infantry Officer, culminating in a year-long deployment to Afghanistan with the US Army National Guard as Chief of Operations for a brigade responsible for training and sustaining the Afghan National Army. For his leadership in combat, he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.

After active military service, Tim made what he calls his ‘most extreme transition’… from command of over a dozen tanks and leading 100 troops, and a few months later, to a cubicle at The Walt Disney Company, managing spreadsheets. That moment reinforced in him that genuine leadership isn’t tied to uniforms, titles, or settings. It’s about character: the one constant that endures when pressure mounts. He later advanced in technology leadership roles with Macy’s, CRH Americas, and Owens & Minor, but his life took another defining turn in 2017 when he became the client of an executive coach. The experience gave him a profound sense of leadership freedom and clarity and set him on a new mission: to help leaders everywhere discover the same success based in character.

Today, Tim is the President of Turknett Leadership Group, a 38-year-old Atlanta-based firm trusted by Fortune 500 companies and global organizations. He is a Titan 100 honoree and recipient of the Servant Leader of the Year Award, recognized for his commitment to building leaders who live and lead with integrity, respect, and responsibility. In 2024, he extended that commitment in the most personal way, by donating a kidney to help save the life of a colleague.

Tim’s message is clear: skills can be taught, strategies can shift, but character is the bedrock of leadership. Whether on the battlefield, in the boardroom, or at the side of someone in need, it’s character that inspires trust, courage, and authentic leadership.

He lives in Cumming, Georgia with his wife, Kristin, and enjoys hiking in the North Georgia mountains where he finds both rest and renewal for his life of service!

Tim Huff is a decorated combat veteran, certified executive coach, and award-winning CEO recognized for servant leadership and character. A graduate of the U.S. Army’s Ranger School, Tim served 14 years as an Infantry Officer, culminating in a year-l... Show more

Yanyi is the author of Dream of the Divided Field (One World 2022), The Year of Blue Water (Yale 2019), and the writing advice column The Reading (2020– ). He teaches poetry in the MFA Program at Warren Wilson College and at large. In 2023, he founded the Asian American Literary Archive.

Yanyi is the author of Dream of the Divided Field (One World 2022), The Year of Blue Water (Yale 2019), and the writing advice column The Reading (2020– ). He teaches poetry in the MFA Program at Warren Wilson College and at large. In 2023, he founde... Show more

Margaret Juhae Lee is the author of the award-winning Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House), which was named a best book of 2024 by the San Francisco Chronicle and other outlets. A former literary editor at The Nation, she received a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowship from Harvard University and a Korean Studies Fellowship from the Korea Foundation. Her articles have been published in The Nation, Newsday, Elle, ARTnews, Writer's Digest and The Rumpus. A seasoned public speaker, she has lectured and taught workshops at universities, libraries and community organizations on searching for family history and how to talked to loved ones about the past, She lives in Oakland, California, with her family.

Margaret Juhae Lee is the author of the award-winning Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History (Melville House), which was named a best book of 2024 by the San Francisco Chronicle and other outlets. A former literary editor at The Nation, she received ... Show more

Tim Tamashiro is a keynote speaker and bestselling author who helps people rediscover purpose, clarity, and joy through the Japanese concept of Ikigai.

He is the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller How To Ikigai and a former national CBC radio host, where he spent a decade connecting with audiences across the country. Today, his work helps individuals and organizations move beyond burnout and busyness toward meaningful direction and contribution.

After a successful career in broadcasting and music, Tim found himself asking a deeper question many people quietly carry: What actually makes life feel meaningful? That question led him to the study of Ikigai, wellbeing, and the mechanics of the mind.

Blending storytelling, humour, and practical insight, Tim delivers keynote experiences that re-energize audiences, sharpen focus, and leave people feeling clear, inspired, and ready to engage with what matters most.

Tim Tamashiro is a keynote speaker and bestselling author who helps people rediscover purpose, clarity, and joy through the Japanese concept of Ikigai. He is the author of the Amazon #1 bestseller How To Ikigai and a former national CBC radio host... Show more

Florencia Gabriele, PhD, is an economics professor, instructional designer, and speaker specializing in artificial intelligence in education, inclusive teaching, authentic assessment, and faculty development. She teaches economics and personal finance and works with educators across disciplines to design more engaging, accessible, and student-centered learning experiences.

Her work focuses on helping faculty and institutions use AI in practical, thoughtful ways to improve teaching, support diverse learners, and strengthen course design. She is especially interested in Universal Design for Learning (UDL), accessibility, and the role of AI in creating more flexible and equitable educational environments.

Florencia has presented on topics including AI-powered teaching, assessment in the age of AI, economics and personal finance education, and AI-supported inclusive course design. She works with educators, schools, and organizations in both English- and Spanish-speaking contexts, bringing an international and interdisciplinary perspective to her sessions.

Her presentations are known for being practical, engaging, and immediately useful, with strategies participants can apply right away in their own classrooms and programs.

Florencia Gabriele, PhD, is an economics professor, instructional designer, and speaker specializing in artificial intelligence in education, inclusive teaching, authentic assessment, and faculty development. She teaches economics and personal financ... Show more

Dr. Sonya Andrew is a public administration scholar, researcher, and speaker whose work sits at a critical and largely unexplored intersection: how media shapes and distorts the delivery of public policy, particularly for Black and marginalized communities.

Drawing on her doctoral dissertation at the University of Southern California, Dr. Andrew makes the case that public policy has a media problem — and the field has been slow to recognize it. Her research traces how media narratives have historically undermined equitable policy implementation, from Jim Crow-era rhetoric to present-day communications failures in government institutions.

Her presentations challenge practitioners, academics, and policymakers to confront two urgent realities: the field needs rigorous research into how media influence public policy outcomes, and public agencies must build their own independent, well-resourced media arms if they want their work to reach and serve the people who need it most.

Dr. Andrew has delivered paid presentations for institutions, including California State University, Long Beach. She brings a rare combination of scholarly rigor, lived perspective, and actionable insight, making her a compelling voice for conferences, academic programs, government agencies, and policy organizations.

Dr. Sonya Andrew is a public administration scholar, researcher, and speaker whose work sits at a critical and largely unexplored intersection: how media shapes and distorts the delivery of public policy, particularly for Black and marginalized commu... Show more

Pierre E. Neis is a French‑German organizational transformation consultant, agile coach, and executive coach who has supported more than 200 organizations worldwide in their agile journeys across finance, industry, IT, the public sector, and hospitality. He is the creator of the AO (Agile Organizations) Method, a systems‑based approach that treats “Agile” as a dynamic of the organization rather than a team‑level process, and helps leaders answer the question: “What kind of Agile is your Agile?”

Author of The New Normal: AO Concepts and Patterns of 21st‑Century Agile Organizations and Swarming X4, Pierre designs adaptive, people‑centric operating models that increase coherence, cohesion, and responsiveness without burning people out. Over the last decade, he has created several practice‑oriented frameworks and serious‑game formats, including the AO transformation patterns, Swarming practices, and the Agile Animal Farm and PLöRK leadership‑through‑games workshops, which have been used by Swiss SMEs to global players.

Pierre speaks regularly at conferences such as Agile Tour, CAS (Conferencia Agile Spain), PMI Switzerland events, and other European communities, where he focuses on agile systems dynamics, AO transformation journeys, and practical patterns for moving from “doing Agile” to designing truly agile organizations. He works today as Agile Org Coach & Supervisor at Menschgeist GmbH in Switzerland, helping leadership teams, HR, and coaches design viable structures, clarify roles, and build transformations that are measurable through five experience‑based AO metrics.

Pierre E. Neis is a French‑German organizational transformation consultant, agile coach, and executive coach who has supported more than 200 organizations worldwide in their agile journeys across finance, industry, IT, the public sector, and hospital... Show more

John Mead is a youth development speaker and entrepreneur dedicated to helping young people recognize their potential and change the trajectory of their lives. For 15 years, John worked inside a juvenile detention center, where he witnessed firsthand how environment, mindset, and opportunity shape the choices young people make.

Those experiences transformed his perspective and inspired him to build a mission focused on empowering youth through empathy, accountability, and growth mindset. Today, John is the founder of MVA Wellness, where he delivers workshops and talks that help students develop self-awareness, resilience, and self-efficacy.

Through powerful storytelling and real-life lessons from working with justice-involved youth, John helps students challenge limiting beliefs and recognize the power they have to rewrite their future. His work focuses on leadership, personal responsibility, and helping young people believe in what is truly possible for their lives.

John Mead is a youth development speaker and entrepreneur dedicated to helping young people recognize their potential and change the trajectory of their lives. For 15 years, John worked inside a juvenile detention center, where he witnessed firsthand... Show more