Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Kim Escobedo

Kim Escobedo

Kim es una ingeniera con una visión holística del liderazgo. Su enfoque se centra en el desarrollo integral de las personas, combinando habilidades técnicas con habilidades blandas como la comunicación efectiva, la resolución de conflictos y la inteligencia emocional. Con más de 17 años de experiencia en la industria IT y certificaciones en la metodología Agile y una maestría en Neuroliderazgo y Coaching Cognitivo, Kim ha demostrado su capacidad para transformar equipos y organizaciones.

Kim es una ingeniera con una visión holística del liderazgo. Su enfoque se centra en el desarrollo integral de las personas, combinando habilidades técnicas con habilidades blandas como la comunicación efectiva, la resolución de conflictos y la intel... Show more

Evelyne Akello

Evelyne Akello

Analytical thinker driven by fast-paced learning platforms in higher education with a significant experience of over five years in statistical modeling and quantitative data analyses utilizing R, SPSS, Excel, Tableau, Power Bi, MPlus, AMOS, Dbeaver, and SAS

Experienced in qualitative research methodologies including leading and participating in multisite collaborations and liaison responsibilities

Analytical thinker driven by fast-paced learning platforms in higher education with a significant experience of over five years in statistical modeling and quantitative data analyses utilizing R, SPSS, Excel, Tableau, Power Bi, MPlus, AMOS, Dbeaver, ... Show more

Jackie Bull

Jackie Bull

We spend a lot of time talking about leadership, success, and performance, but not always enough time talking about what it takes to sustain them. That’s something I’ve come to appreciate through my own experiences in leadership and life, and it’s a big part of why I started Havenwild Wellness.

I am the Senior Vice President of Care Team & EMS Partnerships at RightSite Health, hold a master’s degree in healthcare administration, and am the founder of Havenwild Wellness. Throughout my career, I’ve been passionate about building relationships, supporting others, and helping people and teams succeed.

As a healthcare executive and single mom, I know firsthand how challenging it can be to balance competing priorities, show up for others, and still make time for yourself. I’ve learned that being a good leader isn’t just about pushing through challenges or getting things done. It’s also about recognizing when we need to slow down, reset, and find ways to take care of ourselves along the way.

That perspective is what inspired me to build Havenwild Wellness, a business focused on resilience, burnout prevention, positive psychology, and well-being. I’m continuing to build my knowledge in these areas, with a focus on bringing research and practical strategies into workshops and experiences that help people navigate stress, build resilience, and prioritize their well-being.

My message is simple: Reset. Reconnect. Restart. Sometimes we need to step back from the demands of work and life, take a breath, and reconnect with what matters most. From there, we can move forward with more clarity, intention, and confidence.

Through speaking engagements and interactive workshops, I want to create opportunities for people to have honest conversations about burnout, stress, resilience, boundaries, and what it means to lead in a more sustainable way. My goal is to share practical ideas that people can take with them and put into action, not just leave inspired for the day.

I’m also developing guided outdoor experiences for organizations that bring these ideas to life in a different way. There’s something valuable about stepping away from our usual surroundings, getting outside, and having the space to think, connect, and see things from a fresh perspective. Whether in a workshop or out on a trail, I want to help people slow down, reconnect with themselves and one another, and return to their daily lives with a renewed sense of purpose.

Through Havenwild Wellness, I hope to help people recognize that they can pursue meaningful goals, grow as leaders, and care for others without continually putting their own well-being last. Sometimes, moving forward starts with giving ourselves permission to pause.

Reset. Reconnect. Restart.

We spend a lot of time talking about leadership, success, and performance, but not always enough time talking about what it takes to sustain them. That’s something I’ve come to appreciate through my own experiences in leadership and life, and it’s a ... Show more

Erick Garcia Aragon

Erick Garcia Aragon

Dr. Erick Garcia Aragon is a Filipino American scholar-practitioner and counseling faculty member at De Anza College. His scholarship centers transformative leadership, Filipino American experiences, and community empowerment. Drawing on Filipino history, cultural knowledge, and praxis, he connects research, teaching, and counseling to advance equity, healing, and liberation for historically underserved communities. Through his scholarship and workshops, he engages educators and communities in exploring identity, belonging, and collective transformation.

Dr. Erick Garcia Aragon is a Filipino American scholar-practitioner and counseling faculty member at De Anza College. His scholarship centers transformative leadership, Filipino American experiences, and community empowerment. Drawing on Filipino his... Show more

Andrea Mota

Andrea Mota

Andrea is currently a second-year student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration master's program at Virginia Tech. She serves as the Graduate Assistant for New Student and Family Programs, where she primarily supports new student orientation, welcome experiences, and family engagement initiatives.

During her time in her master's program, she's had the opportunity to complete a practicum with Student Conduct in Spring 2026 and serve as a Preview Intern at the University of Florida during Summer 2026. As Andrea enters my final year of graduate school, she is excited to continue growing as a student affairs professional, broaden my experiences, and prepare for the transition into a full-time professional role.

Andrea is currently a second-year student in the Higher Education and Student Affairs Administration master's program at Virginia Tech. She serves as the Graduate Assistant for New Student and Family Programs, where she primarily supports new student... Show more

Darrell Stern

Darrell Stern

Darrell Stern is an entrepreneur, actor, comedian, and AI video marketing expert known as the AI Video Jedi. A performer since childhood—including voicing Scooter Computer for Schoolhouse Rock!—Darrell has spent decades combining storytelling, entertainment, and marketing. As founder of Stern Storming and Stern Marketing Academy, he has created more than 28,000 videos and 128 online courses, helping businesses generate more than $97 million in revenue. Today, he teaches businesses how to use AI video, content, and local SEO to turn their expertise into powerful marketing.

Darrell Stern is an entrepreneur, actor, comedian, and AI video marketing expert known as the AI Video Jedi. A performer since childhood—including voicing Scooter Computer for Schoolhouse Rock!—Darrell has spent decades combining storytelling, entert... Show more

Christopher Fan

Christopher Fan

Chris Fan is Associate Professor of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies at UC Irvine. He directs UCI Global Asias as well as UCI’s Center for Taiwanese and Taiwanese American Studies. He is the author of Asian American Fiction After 1965: Transnational Fantasies of Economic Mobility (Columbia UP, 2024), whose Chinese translation was published in Taiwan by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Press in 2026. He is co-editor, with David S. Roh, Betsy Huang, and Greta Niu, of Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections and Interventions (Rutgers University Press, 2025), which was translated into Korean by ORCABOOKS and published in South Korea in June 2026. And he is co-editor, with Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Paul Nadal, and Tina Chen, of a special issue of the journal Verge titled “The Asian Century: Idea, Method, and Media.” From 2023-2024, Chris was a Mellon New Directions Fellow focusing on human geography and Taiwan studies. He is on the editorial board of American Literary History and his academic and public-facing writing has been published in American Literary History, American Quarterly, the Journal of Asian American Studies, Post45, Public Books, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. He is a second-generation Taiwanese American, born in Houston, Texas.

Chris Fan is Associate Professor of English, Asian American Studies, and East Asian Studies at UC Irvine. He directs UCI Global Asias as well as UCI’s Center for Taiwanese and Taiwanese American Studies. He is the author of Asian American Fiction Aft... Show more

Wolf Bueschgen

Wolf Bueschgen

Dr. Bueschgen received his BA in anthropology from Arizona State University and MA in biological anthropology from the University of South Carolina before completing his DMD at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2003. He has been analyzing skeletal and dental remains in both archaeological and forensic contexts from around the world for nearly 25 years and has written on topics ranging from paleopathology, genetic traits of teeth, intentional tooth modification, and forensic odontology. Dr. Bueschgen currently practices general dentistry in Charleston, is a Clinical Associate Professor of Dentistry at the Medical University of South Carolina, and is the forensic odontologist for the Charleston County Coroner’s Office and a forensic odontology consultant for coroner’s statewide

Dr. Bueschgen received his BA in anthropology from Arizona State University and MA in biological anthropology from the University of South Carolina before completing his DMD at the Medical University of South Carolina in 2003. He has been analyzing s... Show more

Falu Bakrania

Falu Bakrania

Falu Bakrania is a Professor in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, where she served as Chair of the department from 2019 to 2026. She was Co-Director of SFSU’s South Asian Studies Initiative (SASI) for over a decade. Prior to joining SFSU, she was Assistant Professor of Sociology and Asian/Asian American Studies at SUNY-Binghamton. She holds a B.A. in sociology and economics from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. in sociology from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Stanford University.

Her scholarship and teaching focus on the South Asian diaspora, gender and sexuality, caste, nationalism and transnationalism, and popular culture.

As Project Co-Director of a UISFL grant (2006-2008), she co-created the minor in South Asian Studies at SFSU and a South Asian American Internship Program. She also co-organized the First Annual Conference of SASI.

Her book, Bhangra and Asian Underground: South Asian Music and the Politics of Belonging in Britain (Duke University Press, 2013) examines the race, class, and gender politics of how British Asians use music to contest racism. She has published in the edited volumes, Transnational South Asians (Oxford University Press, 2008) and Electronica, Dance, and Club Music (Ashgate, 2011), and in the journals, Asian Diasporic Visual Cultures and the Americas (2019), South Asian Popular Culture (2023), and Ethnic Studies Review (2023).

Falu Bakrania is a Professor in the Department of Race and Resistance Studies (RRS) in the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University, where she served as Chair of the department from 2019 to 2026. She was Co-Director of SFSU’s South... Show more

Shebati Sengupta

Shebati Sengupta

Shebati Sengupta (they/she) is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, with certificates in Graduate Teaching and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research focuses on Asian American embodiment and speculation during COVID-19. Broadly speaking, she is interested in the fictions of the nation-state, and the realities in the stories we tell each other. Shebati has taught Introduction to Politics in Popular Culture and Intro to WGSS. They also designed and taught the first Intro to Asian American Studies course ever taught at UNM. She is also involved with creative writing, and has attended retreats at VONA and Roots, Wounds, Words. She is interested in storytelling as craft, as theory, and as methodology.

Shebati Sengupta (they/she) is a PhD Candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, with certificates in Graduate Teaching and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Their research focuses on Asian American embodiment and speculation d... Show more

Maria Aruldass

Maria Aruldass

Maria Veena Aruldass is the Head of Counseling & Safeguarding at Ambassador international school in Dubai, with over 15 years of experience in school counselling, psychology education, safeguarding and social-emotional learning. She is passionate about designing school cultures where wellbeing is embedded into everyday practice rather than delivered through isolated initiatives.

Throughout her career, Maria has led the development of whole-school wellbeing frameworks, restorative practices, parent engagement programs, safeguarding systems and values-based life skills curricula. She has also taught IB and ISC Psychology and worked extensively with students, educators and families to strengthen psychological safety, belonging and help-seeking cultures.

Maria has presented at international education conferences on topics including restorative practices, student wellbeing and the psychological impact of artificial intelligence. Her work bridges psychology, education and leadership, equipping schools with practical, evidence-informed approaches to creating environments where every student feels safe, seen and supported.

Maria Veena Aruldass is the Head of Counseling & Safeguarding at Ambassador international school in Dubai, with over 15 years of experience in school counselling, psychology education, safeguarding and social-emotional learning. She is passionate abo... Show more

Mina Veszelinov

Mina Veszelinov

I'm Senior Marketing Speacialist at EPAM Systems, working with the teams in Serbia, Croatia and Greece. I have been part of the Marketing team for 5 years and I had lot of experience in this field.

I'm Senior Marketing Speacialist at EPAM Systems, working with the teams in Serbia, Croatia and Greece. I have been part of the Marketing team for 5 years and I had lot of experience in this field. Show more

Rabia Malik

Rabia Malik

Rabia Malik is an English educator in the United Arab Emirates with experience in teaching secondary students. Passionate about literacy, neuroscience, and the future of education, she explores how traditional learning methods such as handwriting, reading, and deep thinking can work alongside artificial intelligence rather than be replaced by it.

Rabia is committed to helping students become confident communicators, critical thinkers, and lifelong learners. Her work focuses on bridging cognitive science with practical classroom strategies, empowering teachers to embrace AI while preserving the essential human skills that support memory, creativity, and learning.

Rabia Malik is an English educator in the United Arab Emirates with experience in teaching secondary students. Passionate about literacy, neuroscience, and the future of education, she explores how traditional learning methods such as handwriting, re... Show more

Stéphane Clavier

Stéphane Clavier

J'ai toujours cultivé une certaine polyvalence dont les différentes facettes s'enrichissent mutuellement.
Coach professionnel et agiliste, j'écoute et je questionne individus et organisations pour les aider à clarifier leurs problématiques et à construire leurs propres solutions.

J'ai toujours cultivé une certaine polyvalence dont les différentes facettes s'enrichissent mutuellement. Coach professionnel et agiliste, j'écoute et je questionne individus et organisations pour les aider à clarifier leurs problématiques et à cons... Show more

Andrea Chomiak

Andrea Chomiak

Product designer with 8+ years of experience, obsessed with how complex systems work and why they're so hard for humans to understand. I've spent my career at the intersection of software design and infrastructure, thinking about the gap between what systems do and what engineers can actually see and reason about. Originally from Venezuela, now working on making cloud-native tooling less painful to think with.

Product designer with 8+ years of experience, obsessed with how complex systems work and why they're so hard for humans to understand. I've spent my career at the intersection of software design and infrastructure, thinking about the gap between what... Show more

Olga Elume

Olga Elume

Olga is a communications professional with 5 years of experience across civil society and private-sector contexts, specialising in strategic communications, digital engagement, advocacy and human rights awareness. Currently pursuing an MSc in Communications and Development Studies, her interests include public engagement, social change and the role of communication in shaping trust and participation. She has contributed to information integrity research in Cameroon, examining how credibility, local contexts and information environments influence public understanding. Having moderated the DRIF26 session, “Communicating Digital Rights Under Repression: Advocacy in Africa’s Shrinking Space,” she continues to explore how inclusive, community-centred communication can strengthen digital rights advocacy, foster meaningful public participation and promote institutional accountability across Africa.

Olga is a communications professional with 5 years of experience across civil society and private-sector contexts, specialising in strategic communications, digital engagement, advocacy and human rights awareness. Currently pursuing an MSc in Communi... Show more

Robyn Butterfield

Robyn Butterfield

Robyn Butterfield (she/her) serves as the Manager of New Student Programming at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in Massachusetts. With over 21 years of experience in higher education—including 18 years in financial aid and 16 years in the Massachusetts community college system—Robyn now leads orientation and first-year programming as part of MWCC’s Title III grant initiatives. She is especially excited to be working in the new student space, helping to build career-connected, student-centered onboarding experiences that support equitable access and success. Robyn is also a PhD student in Higher Education at Purdue University, with research interests focused on student withdrawal behavior, financial aid equity, and the obligation gap in community colleges.

Robyn Butterfield (she/her) serves as the Manager of New Student Programming at Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) in Massachusetts. With over 21 years of experience in higher education—including 18 years in financial aid and 16 years in the Ma... Show more

Rachel Green

Rachel Green

Rachel Green is a seasoned community development and third sector leader with over 30 years’ experience spanning local government, national networks, and grassroots organisations. Beginning her journey on a village hall committee, she combined lived experience with academic study, earning a BA in Community Education and later an MScR in Health Humanities and Arts. Rachel has implemented innovative governance and planning systems, and transformed organisations into genuine member-led body. She is passionate about equity, inclusion, and ensuring communities most affected by disadvantage have a voice and agency in shaping their futures. Known for her collaborative and transparent leadership style, Rachel builds strategic partnerships across government, academia, and the third sector, advocating for holistic, person-led approaches that create meaningful, lasting change.

Rachel Green is a seasoned community development and third sector leader with over 30 years’ experience spanning local government, national networks, and grassroots organisations. Beginning her journey on a village hall committee, she combined lived ... Show more

Farees Fathima

Farees Fathima

Farees Fathima is a Global Responsible AI Leader and AI Governance Strategist at Carlsberg Group, where she drives the practical operationalisation of Responsible AI, AI risk management, assurance, and literacy across the global enterprise. With over 13 years of experience across Carlsberg, HSBC, Boston Scientific, and Accenture, she bridges the gap between high-level AI principles and high-velocity business execution.

At Carlsberg, Farees established and operationalised a lightweight AI Risk Management Framework that reduced assessment friction by 70% and accelerated safe AI adoption across eight global business units. She leads end-to-end lifecycle governance from ideation and experimentation to deployment and continuous monitoring with a strong focus on Generative AI, Agentic AI, and human oversight in increasingly autonomous systems.

An ISO/IEC 42001 Lead Implementer and EXIN AI Certified Professional (AICP), Farees advises CIOs, CTOs, Legal, Privacy, and Risk leaders on translating emerging global regulations including the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001 into actionable enterprise frameworks. As an active industry speaker and mentor, she empowers organizations and founders to build trustworthy, scalable AI systems that deliver tangible business value.

Farees Fathima is a Global Responsible AI Leader and AI Governance Strategist at Carlsberg Group, where she drives the practical operationalisation of Responsible AI, AI risk management, assurance, and literacy across the global enterprise. With over... Show more

Roberto Focke

Roberto Focke

Exaspirante a estudiante de filosofía (cursé brevemente la carrera de Filosofía en la UBA) que rápidamente cambió las preguntas del «por qué» por las preguntas del «cómo», convencido de que la realidad estaba primando sobre las ideas, y que esporádicamente cambia de opinión y vuelve a pensar que no es así.

Exaspirante a estudiante de filosofía (cursé brevemente la carrera de Filosofía en la UBA) que rápidamente cambió las preguntas del «por qué» por las preguntas del «cómo», convencido de que la realidad estaba primando sobre las ideas, y que esporádic... Show more

Ibo van de Poel

Ibo van de Poel

Ibo van de Poel is hoogleraar Ethiek en Technologie aan de faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management van de TU Delft. Hij is wetenschappelijk directeur van het Delft Design for Values Institute (https://www.delftdesignforvalues.nl/).

Ibo van de Poel is hoogleraar Ethiek en Technologie aan de faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management van de TU Delft. Hij is wetenschappelijk directeur van het Delft Design for Values Institute (https://www.delftdesignforvalues.nl/). Show more

Candela Castaldo

Candela Castaldo

Profesional de ciberseguridad especializada en gestión de riesgos, awareness y factores humanos de la seguridad. A lo largo de su carrera ha trabajado en proyectos vinculados a concientización, simulaciones de ingeniería social, gestión de riesgos y marcos de seguridad para organizaciones de distintos sectores. Actualmente complementa su formación técnica con estudios de Psicología, enfocándose en comprender cómo las personas toman decisiones, construyen confianza y responden a la manipulación en entornos digitales. Su interés principal se encuentra en la intersección entre ciberseguridad, cibercrimen, comportamiento humano y protección de niños, niñas y adolescentes en internet.

Profesional de ciberseguridad especializada en gestión de riesgos, awareness y factores humanos de la seguridad. A lo largo de su carrera ha trabajado en proyectos vinculados a concientización, simulaciones de ingeniería social, gestión de riesgos y ... Show more

James Ed Randson

James Ed Randson

Hello! My name is James Ed Randson, but you can call me Jim. I am a part-time software developer, package maintainer at OBS, and release engineer at openSUSE. I am also a GNU/Linux enthusiast and hobbyist sysadmin. Apart from my IT hobby and background, I am also a VTuber/VTaper and an independent journalist. I love computers and watching documentaries. Currently, I am just doing some stuff that is related to my job, even rarely get paid or really unpaid.

Hello! My name is James Ed Randson, but you can call me Jim. I am a part-time software developer, package maintainer at OBS, and release engineer at openSUSE. I am also a GNU/Linux enthusiast and hobbyist sysadmin. Apart from my IT hobby and backgrou... Show more

Tammy Winner

Tammy Winner

Dr. Tammy Winner is a Professor of Technical Writing at the University of North Alabama, executive trainer, and Keynote speaker specializing in AI ethics, leadership, and responsible communication. A former NASA Faculty Fellow at Marshall Space Flight Center, she brings a distinctive perspective to the ethical challenges surrounding emerging technologies, information, and human decision-making. Her work focuses on translating complex ethical questions into practical frameworks leaders and professionals can use to determine not simply what AI can do, but what it should do. Through research, teaching, and professional training, Dr. Winner helps organizations navigate AI with greater accountability, transparency, trust, and human judgment.

Dr. Tammy Winner is a Professor of Technical Writing at the University of North Alabama, executive trainer, and Keynote speaker specializing in AI ethics, leadership, and responsible communication. A former NASA Faculty Fellow at Marshall Space Fligh... Show more

Jack Sessions

Jack Sessions

# jack_sessions.py

class Human:
def __init__(self):
self.name = "Jack Sessions"
self.role = "Mobile Security Researcher && Rapper"
self.specialty = "Android/IOS bug hunting"
self.skills = [
"Finding exported components vendors forgot existed",
"Breaking weak token storage with gentle disappointment",
"Bypassing certificate pinning (for educational purposes)",
"Writing reports that actually get replies"
]
self.fuel = "Coffee"
self.enemy = "Slow WiFi"
self.alignment = "Lawful Good... Sometimes"
self.status = "Probably decompiling something right now"

def bio(self):
return (
f"{self.name} hunts Android bugs in public bug bounty programs "
f"and turns 'huh that’s weird' into responsible disclosures. "
f"Powered by {self.fuel} and personally attacked by {self.enemy}. "
f"{self.alignment} alignment. {self.status}."
)

if __name__ == "__main__":
print(Human().bio())

# jack_sessions.py class Human: def __init__(self): self.name = "Jack Sessions" self.role = "Mobile Security Researcher && Rapper" self.specialty = "Android/IOS bug hunting" self.skills = [ "Fi... Show more

Zeki Ubor

Zeki Ubor

I am the founder of Mindvest Global Resources, an ecosystem built around a simple conviction: better outcomes require better people, better thinking and better systems.
My work brings together human development, unconventional learning, business development, design and practical execution.
Through initiatives including The Becoming Institute, Origin Thinking Platform and Elevation Studio, I have explored different ways of helping people move beyond information and into capability—learning how to think, make decisions, solve problems, build value and execute.

I am the founder of Mindvest Global Resources, an ecosystem built around a simple conviction: better outcomes require better people, better thinking and better systems. My work brings together human development, unconventional learning, business dev... Show more

Ferigul Gungoren

Ferigul Gungoren

I've been working in entrepreneurship, innovation, and gender equality, with a particular interest in creating better opportunities for women and underrepresented groups in these fields.

I have been involved in innovation and intrapreneurship programs in big technology organizations such as Turkish Aerospace, TürkTraktör and HAVELSAN for the last 14 years. My work is about entrepreneurial learning, facilitation, mentoring, startup collaboration and ecosystem building to support people and organizations in turning ideas into action.

Outside of my corporate role I am passionate about women in STEM and entrepreneurship. I launched TechWomenClub, a women in tech initiative sponsored by the British Embassy, delivered workshops as a certified #IamRemarkable trainer and contributed to research and international discussions on gender equality in entrepreneurship. I co-created and co-hosted a video-podcast series on gender equality for 1.5 years.

I am a Chevening Scholar and hold an MSc in Technology Entrepreneurship (Distinction) from UCL. My academic and professional interests include inclusive entrepreneurship, innovation programmes, experiential learning, and women's participation in technology and entrepreneurship. I love creating spaces for honest conversations and learning through speaking, workshops, podcasts, and community initiatives.

I've been working in entrepreneurship, innovation, and gender equality, with a particular interest in creating better opportunities for women and underrepresented groups in these fields. I have been involved in innovation and intrapreneurship prog... Show more

Regina Trittin

Regina Trittin

https://www.ibp.uni-rostock.de/regina-trittin/

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David Aronchick

David Aronchick

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this.

Previously, I led product management for Kubernetes on behalf of Google, launched GKE, and co-founded the Kubeflow project, and led Open Source ML Strategy at Azure. I have also worked at Protocol Labs, Amazon and Chef and co-founded three startups.

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this. Previously, I led prod... Show more

Michael Arbuckle

Michael Arbuckle

Michael Arbuckle serves as Executive In Residence within LadderStone’s Banking Practice, bringing deep expertise in financial product innovation, banking technology stack development, and strategic capital advisory. Michael leverages extensive experience in fintech, including roles at leading financial institutions such as Silicon Valley Bank and Charles Schwab, to guide LadderStone’s banking clients through complex technology transformations and product development initiatives. He actively leads projects involving the design, implementation, and enhancement of core banking systems, treasury workstations, trading platforms, and fintech solutions tailored to meet evolving regulatory requirements and market demands. Michael’s hands-on approach enables banks and financial institutions to integrate innovative technology solutions, streamline operational processes, and successfully deploy new financial products, positioning them to capitalize on strategic growth opportunities in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.

Michael Arbuckle serves as Executive In Residence within LadderStone’s Banking Practice, bringing deep expertise in financial product innovation, banking technology stack development, and strategic capital advisory. Michael leverages extensive experi... Show more

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