"Terryn Valikodath is a senior consultant at Cisco Talos Incident Response with multiple years of experience in DF/IR, cybersecurity and IT administration. He has worked with a wide variety of organizations on their worst days and loves nothing more than battling the bad guys as a part of the vanguard.
Terryn has spoken at various cybersecurity conferences with a particular focus on merging soft skills with technical ability."

"Terryn Valikodath is a senior consultant at Cisco Talos Incident Response with multiple years of experience in DF/IR, cybersecurity and IT administration. He has worked with a wide variety of organizations on their worst days and loves nothing more... Show more

Daniel is the Chief Architect for Developer and Cloud Infrastructure Platforms at Mercedes-Benz Group AG.
In recent years, he has worked and led platform and infrastructure topics and enabled product teams to have an easily accessible runtime
environment.
Besides that, he invests a lot in cultural topics, like engineering development programs, standardised engineering hiring processes
and on community building efforts.
Additionally, he has multiple years of experience designing and developing backend and frontend applications across different technology stacks.
Before joining the corporate world, he co-founded two startups and worked mostly in the financial services sector as a software
engineer.

Daniel is the Chief Architect for Developer and Cloud Infrastructure Platforms at Mercedes-Benz Group AG. In recent years, he has worked and led platform and infrastructure topics and enabled product teams to have an easily accessible runtime envir... Show more

Experienced, in developing Embedded linux software , Secure boot, Debian packages, board support packages, development of Android Application & Framework.
My research interest includes embedded linux, Linux kernel security, cybersecurity and Cloud technologies.

Currently working for IEC-62443-4-x certification for CIP (Civil Infrastructure Platform).

Experienced, in developing Embedded linux software , Secure boot, Debian packages, board support packages, development of Android Application & Framework. My research interest includes embedded linux, Linux kernel security, cybersecurity and Cloud ... Show more

Michelle is an operating model and culture strategist who specializes in fixing the human problems that slow engineering teams down. With fourteen years in IT, she cuts through noise, rebuilds communication patterns, and designs operating models that hold up under pressure. Her work sits at the intersection of DevOps, trust, and the conversations that decide whether teams thrive or break.

Michelle is an operating model and culture strategist who specializes in fixing the human problems that slow engineering teams down. With fourteen years in IT, she cuts through noise, rebuilds communication patterns, and designs operating models that... Show more

As a Senior Project Manager for Technology & Innovation within the SILICON ALPS Cluster I use my network and my professional know-how about the business locations to develop projects, represent the eco system on an international level and connecting people for success.

As a Senior Project Manager for Technology & Innovation within the SILICON ALPS Cluster I use my network and my professional know-how about the business locations to develop projects, represent the eco system on an international level and connecting ... Show more

Tiara Jamison is the Founder and CEO of AnnieGuard, a causal intelligence company focused on understanding the hidden systems that drive biological threats, disease, environmental risk, and complex human outcomes.

Her work centers on a simple but powerful idea: events do not happen randomly. Whether the outcome is a disease diagnosis, a public health crisis, an environmental disaster, or a system failure, there are underlying causes that can be reconstructed from the data that already exists.

Drawing on experience across Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, Tiara combines systems thinking, threat detection principles, artificial intelligence, and biological research to help organizations move beyond prediction and toward understanding why events happen.

After losing her mother, Annie, to sarcoma, Tiara founded AnnieGuard to challenge conventional approaches to disease detection and risk assessment. Today, her work explores how causal intelligence can be applied across healthcare, biological security, environmental systems, public safety, and critical infrastructure.

Tiara speaks on causal intelligence, biological and environmental threats, systems failure, healthcare innovation, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, resilience, and the future of decision-making in complex environments.

Tiara Jamison is the Founder and CEO of AnnieGuard, a causal intelligence company focused on understanding the hidden systems that drive biological threats, disease, environmental risk, and complex human outcomes. Her work centers on a simple but ... Show more

Daniel Blümlein ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Blümlein AI & Automation GmbH – einer auf den
deutschsprachigen Mittelstand spezialisierten KI- und Automatisierungsberatung mit Sitz in Würzburg.

Als „KI-Sherpa" begleitet er mittelständische Industrieunternehmen auf dem Weg von der ersten
KI-Idee bis zur messbaren Wirkung. Mit aktuell ~20 aktiven Mandaten und einem Team von 10
Personen hat Blümlein AI bereits dutzende KI-Projekte in produzierenden Unternehmen, Logistik
und Maschinenbau erfolgreich umgesetzt – von RAG-Chatbots über Microsoft Copilot-Rollouts bis
hin zu vollständig automatisierten Workflows via Power Automate und Copilot Studio.

Sein KI-Sherpa®-Programm ist eine erprobte 4-Phasen-Methodik (Orientierung → Werkzeuge →
Anwendung → Wirkung), die Mitarbeiter zu eigenständigen KI-Anwendern macht – ohne
Beraterabhängigkeit, ohne Buzzwords, mit messbarem ROI.

Referenzkunden aus dem DACH-Mittelstand umfassen Unternehmen wie Leonhard Weiss, Arnold,
Bauck GmbH und weitere Hidden Champions aus Industrie und Logistik. Daniel spricht auf Bühnen
über KI-Einführung im Mittelstand, Change Management beim KI-Rollout und den pragmatischen
Einsatz von Microsoft 365 Copilot, Power Platform und generativer KI im Unternehmensalltag.

Daniel Blümlein ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Blümlein AI & Automation GmbH – einer auf den deutschsprachigen Mittelstand spezialisierten KI- und Automatisierungsberatung mit Sitz in Würzburg. Als „KI-Sherpa" begleitet er mittelständische ... Show more

Bobby Kircher is a digital marketing specialist, speaker, and founder of Papaya Search, an Atlanta agency he started in 2004. His path began in the late 1990s, hand-coding websites and learning what made people click. Over 20+ years he's helped small and mid-sized businesses get found, understood, and chosen through ethical SEO, paid search, and analytics — and is now focused on what AI search means for that work. A five-time WordCamp speaker, Bobby's style is approachable, practical, and a little humorous: attendees leave with changes they can implement immediately.

Bobby Kircher is a digital marketing specialist, speaker, and founder of Papaya Search, an Atlanta agency he started in 2004. His path began in the late 1990s, hand-coding websites and learning what made people click. Over 20+ years he's helped small... Show more

I am a Fractional CMO & B2B Marketing Strategist with 20+ years of hands-on experience and a Fortune 500 background (Kaspersky, Cisco, Siemens, ).

I help companies scale revenue, increase profits, and enter new markets through a systematic, data-driven marketing approach on a global level.

Every $ spent must deliver measurable results – more leads, customers, and revenue!

• STRATEGIC MARKETING: Integrated Marketing Strategy, Demand Generation Strategy, Global Expansion (EMEA, APAC, NA, LATAM), Brand Strategy, Communication Strategy, Market Entry Strategy, Business Growth Strategy

• DIGITAL MARKETING: Omnichannel Digital Marketing, SEO & Content Marketing, Social Media Strategy (LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok), Email Marketing & Automation, Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO), Marketing Automation (HubSpot, ActiveCampaign, Mailchimp), Community Growth & Engagement

• PERFORMANCE MARKETING: Paid Media Campaigns (Google Ads, Meta Ads, LinkedIn Ads), PPC Campaign Optimization, Retargeting & Remarketing, A/B Testing & Experimentation, Landing Page Optimization, Lead Generation Campaigns, Paid Social Strategy, Budget Management & ROI Tracking, Demand Generation Campaigns, Account-Based Marketing (ABM)

• PRODUCT MARKETING: Go-to-Market Strategy, Product Positioning & Messaging, Value Proposition Development, Sales Enablement Tools, Product Launch Campaigns, Competitive Differentiation, Customer Segmentation, Pricing Strategy, Sales Funnel Optimization, Cross-Selling & Upselling Strategies

• MARKETING AUDIT & RESEARCH: Marketing Audit, Funnel Audit, Customer Research, Competitor Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Customer Journey Mapping (CJM), Market Trend Analysis, Channel Performance Review, KPI & Analytics Reporting, Attribution Analysis, Channel ROI Assessment

I am a Fractional CMO & B2B Marketing Strategist with 20+ years of hands-on experience and a Fortune 500 background (Kaspersky, Cisco, Siemens, ). I help companies scale revenue, increase profits, and enter new markets through a systematic, data-d... Show more

Dr. Noémi Nagy is an Assistant Professor of Career & Technical/Workforce Education at the University of South Florida and Affiliate Faculty at the Nault Center for Entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on workforce development, and the psychology of sustainable careers in rapidly changing industries such as technology and cybersecurity. Her research is international and cross-disciplinary and she works with researchers from Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, UK, the U.S. and Australia.
She’s the author of the internationally recognized Career Resources Model, featured in the London School of Economics Business Review, which breaks down the 13 trainable factors that make or break a successful career. Her research goes way beyond theory: it covers how people actually find jobs (job search behavior, published in PNAS), how they shape their roles to fit their strengths (job crafting), and how they can take charge of their careers instead of waiting for luck or management to do it for them.
Altogether, Dr. Nagy’s research has been cited over 800 times around the world and has earned multiple international awards for its real-world impact. She takes what works in Switzerland’s high-trust, precision-driven innovation scene and brings it to Tampa Bay’s fast-growing tech and cybersecurity community, helping professionals and teams build the mindset, motivation, and structure to grow stronger, stay relevant, and perform at their best.
Dr. Nagy is also an active contributor to the local tech community: she won first place at the Tampa Bay Developers Hackathon in 2022 (Best Architecture & Best Visual Design) and hosted the Tampa Devs Career Forum at USF’s College of Education in 2023, where she teaches her model to students, professionals, and entrepreneurs.

Dr. Noémi Nagy is an Assistant Professor of Career & Technical/Workforce Education at the University of South Florida and Affiliate Faculty at the Nault Center for Entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on workforce development, and the psychology of... Show more

Entusiasta del Software Libre y Open Source.
Consultor en Red Hat
Intentando mantenerme a la vanguardia de las tecnologías.
Miembro de APESOL.

Entusiasta del Software Libre y Open Source. Consultor en Red Hat Intentando mantenerme a la vanguardia de las tecnologías. Miembro de APESOL. Show more

Cloud-forged endpoint administrator with background in e-comm and manufacturing. Microsoft MVP | Intune & PowerShell

Cloud-forged endpoint administrator with background in e-comm and manufacturing. Microsoft MVP | Intune & PowerShell Show more

Daniela je voditeljica CroCubea, prve hrvatske satelitske misije i jednog od najuspješnijih STEM projekata u regiji, koji je Hrvatsku aktivno uključio u svemirski ekosustav i donio međunarodno priznanje American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Osnivačica je tvrtke Orbitalyx kroz koju surađuje s europskim i američkim svemirskim tvrtkama na poslovnom razvoju, komunikacijama i industrijskim partnerstvima. Djeluje i kao ekspert-mentor u programima ESA BIC Czech Republic, Cassini Business Accelerator i Women4Space.

Sudjelovala je u razvoju i lansiranju 8 satelitskih misija te kontinuirano radi na povezivanju industrije, institucija i edukacije kako bi nove generacije imale realan put prema karijeri u svemiru.

Uvrštena je na listu Top 100 Women in Aerospace 2025, globalnog izbora vodećih žena u aerospace i NewSpace sektoru.

Daniela je voditeljica CroCubea, prve hrvatske satelitske misije i jednog od najuspješnijih STEM projekata u regiji, koji je Hrvatsku aktivno uključio u svemirski ekosustav i donio međunarodno priznanje American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronaut... Show more

Mariusz is an experienced Architect and Data Engineer who specializes in creating Data Platforms for projects focused on Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Machine Learning. He's skilled in popular cloud systems like Azure, GCP, and AWS and has over 14 years of experience in the data processing industry in Finance, FMCG, Pharma, and Telecommunication. Mariusz works on innovative projects for clients in Poland and beyond. He's certified in data engineering from both Azure and GCP. Beyond his technical expertise, Mariusz is a big fan of history, books, drawing, data engineering, and the Python language. He enjoys sharing his knowledge, and you can find his articles on Medium.

Mariusz is an experienced Architect and Data Engineer who specializes in creating Data Platforms for projects focused on Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Machine Learning. He's skilled in popular cloud systems like Azure, GCP, and AWS and has over 14... Show more

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special passion in health informatics, finance, and manufacturing. Nicknamed "Data Generalist" for her ability to quickly pivot, Kristina has held data roles across the spectrum including Data Architect, Data Engineer, DBA, Developer, Consultant, Data Analyst, Manager, Coach, and more. Her current role is Lead Data Architect for Kent Worldwide's Data and the Analytics & Data Management Team, as well as serving on their Center of Cloud Excellence (CCoE) board. Her current technical passion is Microsoft Fabric and Machine Learning Technologies.

In her free time, Kristina organizes/co-organizes several user groups, travels globally, sometimes blogs, rambles on various social media, takes pics of her dog, and runs around to her kids' events. She has spoken at large conferences and small user groups both internationally and here in the US on topics including AI, the Microsoft Data Platform, and neurodiversity. She has a special passion for WIT and co-leads the DATAWIT group.

Senior Microsoft Data Platform Professional with a masters in business analytics, and multiple Microsoft/AWS certifications. Kristina has provided Leadership and Data Solutions for over 20 years for domestic and global organizations with a special pa... Show more

Ingeniero industrial y de Sistemas, con 19 años de experiencia en el sector Agroindustrial para la exportación
Gerente de Planta de la empresa SOMEREX S.A en Perú.
He tenido a cargo el diseño, implementación y puesta en marcha de proyectos de construcción de plantas procesadoras de productos congelados; así como la implementación de sistemas de Gestión de Seguridad Alimentaria, ISO, Responsabilidad social y Sistema de Gestión en Control y Seguridad y de la cadena de suministro.

Reconocida como Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2019 Expert y cuento con la especialización en Business Analytics con Excel y Power BI

Cofundadora de las comunidades de Datos Data Latina y Power Platform Perú

Ingeniero industrial y de Sistemas, con 19 años de experiencia en el sector Agroindustrial para la exportación Gerente de Planta de la empresa SOMEREX S.A en Perú. He tenido a cargo el diseño, implementación y puesta en marcha de proyectos de cons... Show more

Today's complex environment demands leadership that not only understands change but thrives on it. I collaborate with #teams and #organizations to develop an #agile culture centred on adaptability and continuous learning, ensuring they are fully prepared to adapt and excel in ever-evolving circumstances.

Today's complex environment demands leadership that not only understands change but thrives on it. I collaborate with #teams and #organizations to develop an #agile culture centred on adaptability and continuous learning, ensuring they are fully prep... Show more

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

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

Parikshit Chauhan is a Senior Database Expert and AI-Driven Data Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning database administration, intelligent automation, digital transformation, and enterprise-scale data solutions. He brings deep expertise across MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure, Azure Databricks, AWS, Azure SQL, SQL Azure Managed Instance, PowerShell, Python, PySpark, Shell Scripting, and emerging AI/ML integration frameworks, including MCP (Model Context Protocol) server architectures that enable real-time, context-aware AI agent interactions with live data systems.
He currently serves as a Senior Database Administrator / Data Engineer at The David J. Joseph – NBT – NUCOR Company, where he architects and manages a modern, AI-augmented data platform. His responsibilities include Azure SQL Server administration, Databricks Unity Catalog governance, Delta Lake pipeline engineering, and deploying Databricks Apps for self-service analytics and operational dashboards. He drives AI/ML model integration into production data workflows, enabling predictive maintenance on engineering equipment data streams, anomaly detection across database
performance metrics, and intelligent automation of SOX audit requirements. He also leverages MCP server integrations to connect large language model agents directly to enterprise data sources, enabling natural language querying and AI-assisted data operations across approximately 15 database servers in the DJJ environment. Additional focus areas include data warehouse modernization, API-based data ingestion, and end-to-end DataOps across the Databricks Lakehouse platform.
Parikshit has worked with organizations and clients, including Fifth Third Bank, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, NHS, Alta College Inc., Conexa, NYUMC, NYPH, AT&T, and the Government of Gujarat projects. His experience includes SQL Server upgrades, high-availability setup, security, monitoring, replication, capacity planning, partitioning, data compression, index optimization, backup and restore, and RCA analysis.
He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering from North Gujarat University, Gujarat, India, and has completed certifications and trainings, including MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration, SAFe 4.0, ITIL Foundation, Cloud Computing Foundation, Big Data and Hadoop Ecosystems Foundation, Web Modernization-BFS Foundation, and LDP_ASCENT Leadership Journey Certificate.
Parikshit is known for his problem-solving capabilities, communication skills, self-motivation, quick learning ability, and ability to work as both an independent contributor and collaborative team leader.

Parikshit Chauhan is a Senior Database Expert and AI-Driven Data Engineer with 20+ years of experience spanning database administration, intelligent automation, digital transformation, and enterprise-scale data solutions. He brings deep expertise acr... Show more

I have been working at SelectLine Service Operations (formerly orderbase consulting) for over a decade, driving supply chain solutions. For the past 9 years, I have been leading the AddOn Consulting team. My passion for SCM began in 1999 at Navision Software, where I worked for almost three years before the company was acquired by Microsoft. At Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, I continued in product management for SCM, focusing on Microsoft Dynamics NAV. This strong foundation led me to SAP AG, where I spent nearly 6 years as a Solution Specialist in Supply Chain Control for SAP Business ByDesign. I graduated from the University of Münster in October 1999 with a degree in Business Administration, specializing in Business Informatics and Industrial Management.

I have been working at SelectLine Service Operations (formerly orderbase consulting) for over a decade, driving supply chain solutions. For the past 9 years, I have been leading the AddOn Consulting team. My passion for SCM began in 1999 at Navision ... Show more

John “g33kspeed” Stauffacher is a cybersecurity leader, longtime member of the hacker community, and conference speaker whose career spans security operations, incident response, red teaming, security consulting, and leading security teams.

His experience includes enterprise security leadership and involvement in communities surrounding DEF CON, GRRCon, and BSides.

Having spent years navigating the intersection of technical work, organizational expectations, and cybersecurity culture, John brings a candid perspective on professional identity, career reinvention, and the pressures of sustaining a long career in an industry obsessed with what comes next.

John “g33kspeed” Stauffacher is a cybersecurity leader, longtime member of the hacker community, and conference speaker whose career spans security operations, incident response, red teaming, security consulting, and leading security teams. His ex... Show more

From the timberlands of the Southeast to the open country of the American West, land is a common thread in TJ Heath's work. A Georgia-based entrepreneur and business leader, Heath brings more than twenty years of experience founding, growing, and leading companies in real estate development, commercial construction, mining and aggregates, timber investment, retail, and land investment. His roles include founder and president of Landmark Materials, as well as owner and president of Red Rock Land LLC. Through Landmark Materials, Landmark Construction and Development, and other related ventures, TJ Heath has been integral to building a portfolio of high-value companies.

Heath's land interests extend well beyond Georgia. Red Rock Land LLC is a Montana-based real estate company, and its interests span the American West. Heath leads it as owner and president. The business is a reflection of his broader focus, which centers on identifying high-value land opportunities and building long-term holdings in resource-rich, scenic regions.

Heath's own path into business ownership started early. He worked at Old Clinton Gas from age 15, then purchased the business at 21.

Over time, his growing interest in real estate led him to land. Heath established Landmark Land Company and started purchasing timberland near Jones County. Those initial investments showed him how to evaluate land, how to manage timber as an asset for the long term, and how to identify properties that would keep their value. As the company gathered experience and momentum, it extended past its home market and acquired timberland around the Southeast. This base in land and timber investment set up Heath's later work in real estate development, as well as the growth of the Landmark family of companies.

Today, Heath holds a substantial timber portfolio of thousands of acres spread across the Southeast. Permanent conservation protection covers much of that land, a commitment set to last well beyond any single generation. Whether in Southeastern timberland or the American West, TJ Heath's land investments all share a common thread: a focus on places with long-term value.

Landmark Construction and Development, which launched in 2016, has supported commercial construction and development projects across the Southeast. It brought Heath's interests in real estate and building under one roof, and its regional commercial construction and development work is still an important piece of the Landmark story.

In 2022, TJ Heath founded Landmark Materials, and he serves as the company's president. Landmark Materials has, with Heath at the helm, helped develop independent aggregate and quarry operations serving the Southeast. The company carried the Landmark name beyond construction and development into aggregates and mining, bringing a materials business into a portfolio already rooted in building. Aggregate mining and construction are the center of Heath's professional work today.

T.J. Heath's in Georgia experience reaches well past any one industry. Twenty years of work have taken him through real estate development, commercial construction, mining and aggregates, timber investment, retail, and land investment. That variety has shaped his broad view of how land, building, and materials are connected. And because of it, a common foundation in land and long-term ownership runs through so many of his ventures, from the Landmark companies in the Southeast to Red Rock Land in Montana.

Outside of business, TJ Heath's life is built around family and the land. Being with his wife, Megan Heath, and their three young children, Holland, Halle, and Hunt, is what he enjoys, and the outdoors gives them a place where they can slow down and be together. Across his Georgia farmland and his timberland holdings, Heath regards land as more than just an investment. It provides space for family time, shared experiences, and memories that last. That personal connection to the land is reflected in his enjoyment of hunting and the outdoors.

His Georgia farmland is also where his appreciation for land and craftsmanship is perhaps most visible. Heath partnered with renowned architect Jeffrey Dungan there to create a "forever farmhouse." The home has appeared in Southern Living and in Dungan's book The Soulful House. It's an embodiment of Heath's appreciation for craftsmanship, family legacy, and the enduring beauty of the Southern landscape, and a personal expression of the long-term outlook behind his land and timber holdings.

TJ Heath has supported a wide variety of charities over the years, giving particular attention to children's health, faith, and heritage. As a board member of Jay's Hope, he helps an organization that serves children with cancer. Among the other recipients of his support are Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital in Macon, Sunrise Ministries, St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in the Lake Oconee area, and a number of churches.

For Heath, history and heritage are a longtime focus. His help has gone toward preserving several historical farms and homes in the Southeast, and his support has gone toward history and heritage projects. That preservation work, taken with his timberland conservation and his farmhouse project, shows how much he values the land, the buildings, and the history of the South.

Since buying his first business at 21, TJ Heath has gone on to lead companies across construction, aggregates, timber, and land, and his career has been built on long-term thinking and a deep connection to the land. The Georgia entrepreneur keeps growing Landmark Materials and Red Rock Land LLC today, and his focus stretches past development and into stewardship. He works to leave the land better than he found it through conservation and giving, and his goal is to protect more land than he has developed. All the while, Heath continues to support the charities, churches, and heritage projects he has long championed.

From the timberlands of the Southeast to the open country of the American West, land is a common thread in TJ Heath's work. A Georgia-based entrepreneur and business leader, Heath brings more than twenty years of experience founding, growing, and lea... Show more

Thelma is a Senior Product Designer and aspiring Tech Operator with a reputation for solving hard problems in high-stakes environments. Her expertise lies in translating complex technical requirements into intuitive user experiences.

Her career spans the African FinTech landscape, including work with Flutterwave and Chipper Cash, where she focused on product growth and user retention. Beyond FinTech, Thelma has carved a niche in technical consulting for complex systems. She served as a design consultant for Apple, redesigning legacy applications for battery engineers, and collaborated with Verizon R&D (in partnership with Nvidia) on the user experience for AI infrastructure in media.

Passionate about the future of tech, she recently returned to the classroom to teach AI in secondary schools and is authoring a book on Artificial Intelligence for teenagers. She is currently documenting her career pivot from craft-focused design to operational leadership.

Thelma is a Senior Product Designer and aspiring Tech Operator with a reputation for solving hard problems in high-stakes environments. Her expertise lies in translating complex technical requirements into intuitive user experiences. Her career sp... Show more

Bryan has been involved in the development and deployment of solutions across the Microsoft stack since 2001, working in nearly every facet of architecture, software development, customization, deployment and project management.

Bryan has been involved in the development and deployment of solutions across the Microsoft stack since 2001, working in nearly every facet of architecture, software development, customization, deployment and project management. Show more

The thing I do best is make people believe something matters. Not through slides or persuasion tactics, but because I actually believe it, and I've done the work to back it up. I've done it in boardrooms and on conference stages, in middle school classrooms and in conversations with people who needed someone to tell them the truth. When I care about something, I can make you care about it too. Thirty years of making sure I only pick things worth caring about.

I was an Amiga 500 kid setting up school computer labs in middle school, writing JavaScript browser exploits in 9th grade (1996, the year Netscape shipped JavaScript), and disclosing injection vulnerabilities on live sites at fourteen.

Two decades of defense, enterprise, and cloud since then. I supported USCENTCOM, advised CENTCOM hunt teams, built as a Principal Architect at SAIC, conceived a cloud simulation program everyone said was impossible (it won Program of the Quarter), and spent nearly three years as a Staff Security Consultant at AWS. I hacked a satellite under AFRL authorization, formed SAIC's first Hack-A-Sat team (top 3% of 3,700), and placed 2nd individually in the LaunchDotCom space hacking challenge.

Today I serve concurrently as Chief Technical Strategist, Chief Engineer, and the first SAIC Research Fellow focused on AI/ML for cybersecurity. I earned it through original research on AI-driven tabletop exercises and adversarial emulation, and I'm now productizing the result.

When large language models became the infrastructure that matters, I went deep. Not at the API level. At the model layer. Refusal mechanisms, representation engineering, weight-level behavior manipulation. I built a talk on LLM abliteration with a 3D visualizer and interactive demos because a slide deck wasn't enough.

SANS/GIAC Advisory Board, 2015. IEEE Senior Member, 2020, top 10% globally. CISSP-ISSAP, AWS Solutions Architect Professional, AWS Security Specialty.

Since 2021 I've led BSides Tampa, one of the top three BSides conferences globally, from 775 to 2,000+ participants.

I've supported the EFF for over a decade. I evangelize AI safety, privacy, and the ethical obligations of engineers. They're why I do this work.

The question I keep coming back to: what happens when AI systems act autonomously, make decisions at scale, and operate where failure has human consequences? That intersection of adversarial security, AI safety, and the ethics of how technology shapes human lives is where the most important problems live. I bring people with me when I go after them.

The thing I do best is make people believe something matters. Not through slides or persuasion tactics, but because I actually believe it, and I've done the work to back it up. I've done it in boardrooms and on conference stages, in middle school cla... Show more

Viralkumar Ahire is a Senior Cloud Platform Developer at Adobe with 20+ years in cloud computing, DevOps, and enterprise infrastructure. At Adobe, his work focuses on private cloud platform engineering, reliability, and operational excellence through automation and SRE practices. As a Senior Member of IEEE, he has presented at conferences, authored research papers, and reviewed peer research in cloud computing and distributed systems.

Viralkumar Ahire is a Senior Cloud Platform Developer at Adobe with 20+ years in cloud computing, DevOps, and enterprise infrastructure. At Adobe, his work focuses on private cloud platform engineering, reliability, and operational excellence through... Show more

Santosh Vasudevan is a Data Scientist specializing in building AI-driven anomaly detection and
continuous monitoring solutions for large enterprise data environments. He brings close to a
decade of experience designing scalable machine learning systems, automated data pipelines,
and business intelligence products across financial services, retail, and engineering domains.
Santosh began his career as a Control Systems Engineer before pivoting into data science,
bringing a strong foundation in engineering and systems thinking to his work. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in Instrumentation Engineering from RV College of Engineering (Bangalore,
India) and master’s degrees in Business Analytics and Project Management from the University
of Connecticut. Santosh actively contributes to professional and research communities
focused on the practical and responsible adoption of AI and machine learning. Outside of work,
he enjoys CrossFit, distance running, yoga, stand-up comedy, concerts, and live sporting
events.

Santosh Vasudevan is a Data Scientist specializing in building AI-driven anomaly detection and continuous monitoring solutions for large enterprise data environments. He brings close to a decade of experience designing scalable machine learning sys... Show more

Customer Advocate | AI Business Applications | Growth Mindset | Foodie | Animal Lover

Dillon Gustafson is a Solution Engineer at Microsoft who helps organizations turn AI innovation into real business impact through Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365 Copilot. With 7+ years of technical sales experience, she enjoys simplifying complex technology and helping customers focus on outcomes over buzzwords. Dillon is a certified AI and business applications professional, Mandarin speaker, foodie, animal lover, and self-described professional beachgoer.

Customer Advocate | AI Business Applications | Growth Mindset | Foodie | Animal Lover Dillon Gustafson is a Solution Engineer at Microsoft who helps organizations turn AI innovation into real business impact through Dynamics 365 and Microsoft 365 ... Show more

I'm a PLC, electrical, and software engineer with more than five years of experience in industrial automation and electrical design. I build systems that connect operational technology with modern software platforms. My current project, FactoryTwin, explores OPC UA telemetry, digital twins, alarm management, equipment health, and predictive maintenance concepts using Siemens PLCs, NestJS, PostgreSQL, and cloud-native tooling.

I'm a PLC, electrical, and software engineer with more than five years of experience in industrial automation and electrical design. I build systems that connect operational technology with modern software platforms. My current project, FactoryTwin, ... Show more

Natalia Orlandi è Co-fondatrice di A.M.A. – Acqua in Movimento Academy, associazione sportiva che porta movimento e benessere in acqua e a terra, con attenzione a inclusione e accessibilità. Segue come Project Manager marketing, comunicazione ed eventi dell'associazione, tra cui Trasformazioni in Movimento.
Inoltre vive quotidianamente il mondo tech come Senior Product Owner e Business Analyst in Spiagge.it, con una formazione in informatica, guida un team di PM e designer.

Natalia Orlandi è Co-fondatrice di A.M.A. – Acqua in Movimento Academy, associazione sportiva che porta movimento e benessere in acqua e a terra, con attenzione a inclusione e accessibilità. Segue come Project Manager marketing, comunicazione ed even... Show more