Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 customers around the globe with focus on production grade co-engineering work.

Before joining Microsoft, Andreas served in several roles as CTO, Architect, Consultant and System Engineer.

Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 custome... Show more

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing computing cost and performance of problems at scale. Medha lends her expertise to help Eydle in their mission of making AI computing intelligent.

During Medha's PhD, she single-handedly developed 'BitMat' system from scratch, for handling very large RDF graphs and queries on them. BitMat has over 1000 downloads and 400 research citations to date. Medha has a unique experience of 20 years in academia and industry together, that includes being a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford, an Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Before starting her PhD, she spent four and half years in industry as a software developer, and during her PhD she interned at Oracle Inc. and IBM T. J. Watson lab.

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing c... Show more

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality.

Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley College (University of the United States), winning the titles of Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar, and is a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. She started her work in the Campinas region, assisting company directors and politicians. Today she works with professionals from the most diverse areas throughout Brazil, in addition to other countries.

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Ela prepara as pessoas para discursarem em palestras, reuniões e treinamentos com clareza, objetividade e competência, proporcionando-lhes atingir um resultado de extrema qualidade.

Antes de iniciar sua carreira no Brasil, Rebeca graduou-se no Missouri Valley College (Universidade dos Estados Unidos), conquistando os titulos Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar e é membro da Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Começou seu trabalho na região de Campinas, auxiliando diretores de empresas e políticos. Hoje atende profissionais das mais diversas áreas em todo Brasil, além de outros países.

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality. Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley Colleg... Show more

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Intersecting OSS technologies and initiatives & many times release manager of Islandora 7 and a committer. His current main areas of interest are Digital Object Repositories, Semantic Web, IIIF, JSON, OS Communities, Teaching and his many Dogs.

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Interse... Show more

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementation of Morgan Stanley's precious metals trading platform, mortgage pricing systems and other real-time tools for the sales-force. At BlackRock, I was part of the core trading team focused on scaling the equity capabilities of BlackRock’s Aladdin platform. I have further designed, implemented, and connected, large social graphs and microservices with Machine Learning pipelines at the reinsurance hedge fund - Nephila Capital - and at the leading life science powerhouse - Elsevier.

From a Financial Engineering perspective, I have in-depth practical knowledge of multi-asset classes, including, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO), Passed-Through Bonds, Commodities, Futures, Equities, FX, Swaps, and Bespoke Non-Correlated Exotic Risks.

As a committed technology enthusiast, I have hands-on expertise in the productionisation of Electronic Trading Platforms, Data Engineering and Machine Learning pipelines, using various popular Big Data tools, such as, Cassandra, Spark, Zookeeper, Gremlin/TinkerPop, Kafka, Datomic, and others - besides having used these products since their early infancy days.

My passion for knowledge sharing and open-source steered me to launch http://allaboutscala.com as a platform to publish my hands-on experience with using the Scala ecosystem in Finance, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Big Data, Graph and/or Semantically Linked Data and, of course, my favourite - Machine Learning.

I hold a Master in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, and also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA. I now live in Mauritius.

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementatio... Show more

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching.

Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the product development at IBM Watson Health for patient and consumer engagement offerings. Oliver was directly involved in product envisioning and implementation with cognitive and A.I. computing support via Watson. As part of his responsibilities at IBM Watson Health, Oliver also provided technology leadership on massive significant merger and acquisition activities to produce a combined technology stack from acquired companies such as Truven, Explorys, Phytel, Curam, and Merge.

Over the past 20 years, Oliver served as Chief Information Officer for a fast-scale Medicare primary care provider network based in Florida, as CIO for a healthcare insurance payor, and as Chief Technology Officer at Marshfield Clinic, WI. Prior to entering the healthcare industry, Oliver worked as the Chief Architect at Intuit Quicken Health in Silicon Valley and a number of commercial SaaS companies.

Between Silicon Valley and Wisconsin, Oliver produced a large number of innovative healthcare and commercial software products. He enjoys building motivated teams and relentlessly partners with customers to find new pathways of leveraging impactful technology for the betterment of humanity.

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching. Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the produc... Show more

Professor Samson Williams
Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs
Washington, DC, USA
Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs

Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the business and startup lessons he’s paid the iron price for. Specialties include: fintech, digital transformation, organizational change management, crowdfunding, blockchain use cases, cryptocurrency regulations, initial coin offerings and explaining all the above, in plain English, to investors, government officials, small children and c-suite executives.

Highlights of Samson’s career:
Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire (UNH) School of Law, Tokenomics and Cryptocurrency Regulations

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Blockchain, AI, Fintech & Beyond Courses

2019 SXSW Advisory Board Member

Board Member, Washington, DC Department of Health, Institutional Review Board

Samson spent 2008 – 2016 at Fannie Mae as Emergency Manager, managing an REO portfolio of $20B in distressed assets; then as Deputy Chief of Staff Operations & Technology Executive Office; blocking, tackling, putting out fires and babysitting c-suite executives

Fluent in Irish, Legalese, Corporate Speak and discerning the slow “no” between the BS

3x Marine Corps Marathon finisher and running enthusiast, who prefers to spend his weekends fishing, playing chess, drinking bourbon and reading about the latest in emerging tech

Samson graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Cultural Anthropology and holds a Masters in Emergency & Disaster Management from American Military University. Samson’s most valuable educational asset is his common sense and experience, which he employees regularly to overcome humanity’s biggest challenge to technology adoption and organizational change – humans. For more information on Samson or to connect with him please visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-williams-axesandeggs/

Professor Samson Williams Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs Washington, DC, USA Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the busine... Show more

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at the interface between dynamic modelling, statistical modelling and data science - incorporating elements from software development to enhance robustness and longevity.

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at ... Show more

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago.

I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to formally ensure the robustness and correctness of software destined to be used on patients in the operating room dawned on me since the very beginning... A method emerged from my multiple trials and errors.

Today I wish to share the results of this "quest for correctness", discuss the method with you, and see it come to life in other disciplines... Hoping that it will bring serenity and unleash creativity in other designers!

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago. I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to forma... Show more

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training.

He is also the founder of DevLifts, a developer-centric fitness company focused on helping developers live healthier lives. He’s an Egghead instructor, an organizer of multiple meetups, and the organizer of the annual MagnoliaJS conference held in Jackson, Mississippi.

In his spare time, you’ll find him with his wife and dog. He is also a Reformed member of the Christian faith and is active in his local church.

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training. He is also the founder of DevLifts, a... Show more