Physical & Life Sciences

Scholars dedicating their careers to the study of living organisms and non-living systems

Paul Kilgore

Paul Kilgore

Most health and longevity speakers offer one of three things: a personal transformation story, a single-discipline expertise, or a wellness philosophy. Dr. Paul Kilgore brings something almost no one else on a stage can: the full vertical stack — from outbreak investigation in the field, to the bench science of clinical trials, to the bedside of 36 years of patient care, to the laptop of every audience member who walks away with working tools they can use that night.

His authority is built on a career at the front lines of public health science — much of it conducted on the ground, internationally. Dr. Kilgore lived overseas for 12 years and has conducted clinical work and research across approximately 30 countries, giving him a globally grounded perspective on infectious disease, travel medicine, vaccine policy, and the practical realities of staying healthy across cultures and borders. He is a board-certified internist, physician-epidemiologist, longevity medicine physician, Wayne State University professor, and former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer — the elite federal corps trained to investigate disease outbreaks in real time, known as the "Disease Detectives." He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications across vaccine science, infectious disease epidemiology, environmental health, travel and global health, and longevity medicine. He has served as a principal investigator on COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials, conducted research on the Flint Water Crisis, and advised on global immunization strategy. National media — including CBS News' The Takeout with Major Garrett and WDET's Detroit Today — turn to him when complex health science needs to be made clear, accurate, and actionable for the public.

What makes Dr. Kilgore singular among health and wellness speakers is what he has built outside the lecture hall. At drpaulkilgore.com, he has created one of the most comprehensive evidence-based longevity and wellness ecosystems available directly to the public — a working library of more than 50 physician-designed, trademarked health tools and risk calculators. These tools span the full architecture of personal health: biological age (Phenotypic Age Calculator), cardiovascular risk (CardioGuard HF™, AHA PREVENT CVD Risk), cancer (CancerClarity™), bone health (BoneWise™), cognitive and mental health (MindScreen™), nutrition and supplements (NutriGuard Rx™, SuppleSafe 360™), medication safety (MedCheck Rx™, MedList Pro™), vaccine planning (VaxLife™), travel and global health (TravelGuard™), women's health (OvarySpan™), endurance and athletic readiness (EnduranceReady™, IronReady™), and a full suite of biomarker analyzers covering metabolic, inflammatory, autoimmune, lipid, thyroid, iron, and kidney function. Alongside the tools, he has authored two structured courses — the Health Breakthrough Blueprint and the Personal Health Strategy program — a seven-volume checklist library with 860+ actionable items, 28 printable health-tracking templates, the "Ask Dr. Paul" podcast, and a tiered consultation practice that runs from focused four-session coaching to concierge-level longevity medicine. His content library is also licensed to employers as a turnkey corporate wellness solution covering up to 100 employees.

At the center of it all is the DETECTIVE Method™ — Dr. Kilgore's signature 9-step framework that translates the same evidence-based reasoning he was trained to apply to outbreaks into a personal health strategy anyone can use to live longer and healthier. It is the connective tissue between the science he has produced for three decades and the decisions a listener will make tomorrow morning.

What audiences get: a speaker who has done the science, written the papers, run the trials, sat at the bedside, built the tools, and worked across cultures and continents — and can hand attendees a working library, not a slide deck, the moment the talk ends. Conferences book Dr. Kilgore when they want a health keynote that delivers credibility, clarity, and immediate action — not just inspiration.

His message: you don't need a medical degree to make world-class decisions about your own health. You need the right framework, the right tools, and a physician who has spent 36 years — across more than 30 countries — figuring out how to put both in your hands.

Most health and longevity speakers offer one of three things: a personal transformation story, a single-discipline expertise, or a wellness philosophy. Dr. Paul Kilgore brings something almost no one else on a stage can: the full vertical stack — fro... Show more

Crux Conception, M. Psych

Crux Conception, M. Psych

CRUX IS AN EXPERT ANALYST ON CBS, THE REAL CSI: MIAMI.
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Crux resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has over 20 years of law enforcement experience (Now retired), criminal profiling, and teaching experience (adjunct professor). Crux has now taken his years of experience, education research, and training; to incorporate novel methods of teaching/learning. Crux has utilized his background in Psychology, Team Building, and Behavioral Profiling to implement said methods to take out the law-enforcement aspect and make these skills people/civilian practical.

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Law Enforcement experience:

•Homicide Detective
•Criminal Profiler
•Gang Unit Specialist Detective
•Hostage Negotiator
•Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) Officer
•School Resources Officer (SRO)
•Five years as a Special Agent with the DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND (DHS)

Now retired, Crux worked as a Homicide Detective, Criminal Profiler, and Hostage Negotiator with the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Police Dept.

Teaching experience:
Currently, Crux is an Adjunct Professor:

•Psychology
•Business Psychology
•Social Media Psychology
•Criminal Profiling
•Criminal Behavior
•Computer Psychology
•Sociology (Group Dynamics)

Education:

•Bachelor of Science degree; Criminology (Ball State University, 1994).

•Master’s degree; Forensic Psychology (Walden University, 2012).

•Currently, a Ph.D. Candidate (Forensic Psychology) at Walden University

CRUX IS AN EXPERT ANALYST ON CBS, THE REAL CSI: MIAMI. Click The Link To See Crux in The Real CSI: MIAMI https://youtu.be/UsVswWyyFZg?si=L9lca4H98xypbGRz&t=49 Crux resides in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and has over 20 years of law enforcement experi... Show more

Madeleine Al-Tahan

Madeleine Al-Tahan

Madeleine Al-Tahan is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Abu Dhabi University, UAE. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) with over 16 years of experience in higher education, specialising in innovative mathematics education, active learning, and curriculum enhancement. Her teaching integrates artificial intelligence, gamification, inquiry-based learning, and authentic assessment to create engaging and inclusive learning environments. Madeleine has redesigned core mathematics courses, developed student-centred initiatives such as the D-I Challenge and Pi Day celebrations, and facilitates workshops in Python, SPSS, MATLAB, and AI-enhanced teaching. Her educational innovations have resulted in consistently high student engagement and satisfaction and have been shared through international conferences and faculty development initiatives. Alongside her educational leadership, she is an active researcher with more than 80 publications in algebra and fuzzy algebraic structures.

Madeleine Al-Tahan is an Associate Professor of Mathematics and Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Abu Dhabi University, UAE. She is a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) with over 16 years of experience in higher educatio... Show more

C Sarath Babu

C Sarath Babu

Hi, I'm C. Sarath Babu. I work as a cybersecurity specialist , I’ve been diving deep into the world of quantum AI research as well. Over the years, I’ve authored four books, and I’ve also had the opportunity to contribute to national-level cybercrime investigations and work on AI-driven security innovations.

I enjoy speaking at tech forums and conferences, especially where I can explore how AI, cybersecurity, and even philosophy intersect it’s a space I’m really passionate about. I’m also a big supporter of open-source security projects and spend a lot of time building secure, AI-powered systems that help shape the future of digital ecosystems.

Hi, I'm C. Sarath Babu. I work as a cybersecurity specialist , I’ve been diving deep into the world of quantum AI research as well. Over the years, I’ve authored four books, and I’ve also had the opportunity to contribute to national-level cybercrime... Show more

Kranthi Manchikanti

Kranthi Manchikanti

Kranthi Manchikanti is an AI Solutions Architect at Microsoft with experience spanning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, and Azure. Kranthi works across the full customer lifecycle on the Microsoft intelligent stack, including Copilot Studio, Microsoft Agent Framework, Azure AI Foundry, AI Search, and Document Intelligence, with project experience across regulated industries: healthcare, financial services, airlines, mortgage, and government. He also authored original AI frameworks: CART (Cloud-AI Requirements Traceability framework) and SAFE (agentic safety evaluation). He also worked on MSET2 anomaly detection, Linux Foundation Hyperledger deployments and grounds his current research in agentic AI governance, multi-agent architectures, and enterprise-scale safety evaluation.

Kranthi Manchikanti is an AI Solutions Architect at Microsoft with experience spanning Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, and Azure. Kranthi works across the full customer lifecycle on the Microsoft intelligent stack, including Copilot Studio, Microso... Show more

Luis Fernandez

Luis Fernandez

With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped his combined expertise in technical and business realms.

Over the past 20 years, Fernandez has overseen more than 250 projects across four continents and 25 countries, delivering technical solutions in content, commerce, mobile, and martech for some of the world’s most renowned companies. From writing code as a developer and designing systems as an architect to training teams, serving as a CTO, advising global enterprises, defining product roadmaps, and developing marketing strategies, he has taken on nearly every role in technology and digital innovation.

Fernandez has led multicultural teams of managers, content experts, engineers, strategists, and architects (he is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English). His professional mission is to constantly close the gap between business vision and technical execution. His work in media, retail, banking, hospitality, telecoms, and technology has given him a comprehensive view of the possibilities and challenges businesses face in the digital age.

Currently serving as Executive Director of Technology in VML, Fernandez is focused on the future of content, marketing, and automation platforms, investigating how companies can produce, distribute, and profit from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, composable architectures, and data-driven personalization.

With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped ... Show more

Cody Carter

Cody Carter

Cody Carter has over 15 years of experience working across all aspects of Cybersecurity working predominately for VC-backed startups in the Bay Area.

He lives in Nashville TN, with his partner Allie and his dog Annie.

Cody attended Purdue University.

Cody Carter has over 15 years of experience working across all aspects of Cybersecurity working predominately for VC-backed startups in the Bay Area. He lives in Nashville TN, with his partner Allie and his dog Annie. Cody attended Purdue Unive... Show more

Gunj Joshi

Gunj Joshi

Gunj Joshi is a core contributor to stdlib, the JavaScript standard library for numerical and scientific computing. His work spans special mathematical functions, FFT implementations, and automated generation of high-performance packages at scale. A Google Summer of Code contributor and mentor, he has spoken at JSNation (US & EU) and FOSSASIA. Previously, he worked as a Quantum Research Intern at IBM and an open-source intern at Quansight, and currently works at a high-frequency trading firm.

Gunj Joshi is a core contributor to stdlib, the JavaScript standard library for numerical and scientific computing. His work spans special mathematical functions, FFT implementations, and automated generation of high-performance packages at scale. A ... Show more

Chukwukaidibia Onyekwere

Chukwukaidibia Onyekwere

Chukwukaidibia Onyekwere is Nigeria's pioneer n8n Ambassador and an AI/ML educator, researcher, and community builder. Over the past year, he has trained three cohorts of Nigeria's Federal Government 3MTT initiative across Machine Learning, Data Science, and AI, and trained approximately 10,000 people in AI Automation Engineering. he is the founder of OpenStack Africa,(https://www.openstack-africa.online/) a community initiative helping African developers build on shared infrastructure instead of reinventing it. Her bioinformatics research — including work on genomic characterization and ML prediction of antimicrobial resistance in E. coli from West Africa, and prediction of carbapenemase activity in β-lactamases using protein language model embeddings — is set for publication in top-tier journals in 2026. he has hosted community-driven AI and automation events in Lagos and Port Harcourt, bringing together HR leaders, founders, CTOs, and developers around practical automation and AI adoption.

Chukwukaidibia Onyekwere is Nigeria's pioneer n8n Ambassador and an AI/ML educator, researcher, and community builder. Over the past year, he has trained three cohorts of Nigeria's Federal Government 3MTT initiative across Machine Learning, Data Scie... Show more

Valentina Costa Gazcón

Valentina Costa Gazcón

Valentina Costa-Gazcón is a cybersecurity consultant and specialist with extensive experience in threat intelligence, detection engineering, and security program development. Through V·ONE Labs, she leads Cyber Threat Intelligence initiatives in the financial sector, teaches at Ekoparty Hackademy, and is the author of Practical Threat Intelligence and Data-Driven Threat Hunting. Her work specializes in the design, development, and evolution of threat intelligence programs, from their initial conception and operating model to their integration with detection, response, and decision-making capabilities.

Valentina Costa-Gazcón is a cybersecurity consultant and specialist with extensive experience in threat intelligence, detection engineering, and security program development. Through V·ONE Labs, she leads Cyber Threat Intelligence initiatives in the ... Show more

Ian Y. Choi

Ian Y. Choi

Ian leads various open source and community efforts:
- Kubernetes SIG-Docs Korean L10n team (approver & reviewer)
- OpenStack I18n SIG lead and former Project Team Lead
- OpenInfra Korea user group organizer (OpenStack Korea leader, 2017-2019)

As a Containers Specialist at Amazon Web Services, he drives GTM for EKS, ECS, Fargate, and App Runner, while supporting AWS Korea DevRel to grow the cloud-native ecosystem.

Ian holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Science (Feb 2025) and brings 10+ years of experience as software developer, sales engineer, and product marketing manager at Microsoft and APAC startups.

Ian leads various open source and community efforts: - Kubernetes SIG-Docs Korean L10n team (approver & reviewer) - OpenStack I18n SIG lead and former Project Team Lead - OpenInfra Korea user group organizer (OpenStack Korea leader, 2017-2019) ... Show more

Natalia Bielczyk

Natalia Bielczyk

Natalia Bielczyk, PhD, is a computational neuroscientist, TEDx speaker, and founder of Ontology of Value®, a talent intelligence and career development company operating across the US and Europe. After a decade researching causal systems in the human brain, she now explores one of the defining questions of our time: how to adopt AI at scale without eroding human thinking, judgment, and wellbeing. Her frameworks — including "cognitive debt" and the Brain Economy — have reached audiences across three continents, from Princeton to Groningen University to WORKTECH San Francisco.

Natalia Bielczyk, PhD, is a computational neuroscientist, TEDx speaker, and founder of Ontology of Value®, a talent intelligence and career development company operating across the US and Europe. After a decade researching causal systems in the human... Show more

Mary Mbaoma

Mary Mbaoma

Mbaoma Mary is a Cloud/DevOps professional with over five years of experience across cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and developer productivity.

Beyond her technical career, Oma is the brain behind Taru, an Ayurvedic hair care brand focused on helping individuals build confidence through intentional self-care and healthy hair routines. Through her work with Taru, she combines technology, storytelling, and community-building to create meaningful experiences for customers.
She is also a co-founder of Arete, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering underprivileged young people through access to technology and education. Through Arete, she has supported students with scholarships, internet access, online learning resources, mentorship, and financial assistance for educational pursuits, helping bridge the gap between potential and opportunity.

An impactful public speaker, mentor, and DevOps educator, Oma facilitates workshops and training sessions for technology communities across Lagos, sharing practical knowledge on cloud computing, DevOps practices, platform engineering, and career development. By combining technical expertise, entrepreneurship, and a passion for community impact, she continues to inspire others to build meaningful careers and create lasting change.

Mbaoma Mary is a Cloud/DevOps professional with over five years of experience across cloud infrastructure, site reliability engineering, platform engineering, and developer productivity. Beyond her technical career, Oma is the brain behind Taru, ... Show more

Kunal Kumar Sahoo

Kunal Kumar Sahoo

Kunal is a Ph.D. student at IIT Delhi, where he is developing and improving foundation models for robotics applications. His research focuses on physically grounded reasoning, causal world modeling, and combining multimodal foundation models with deep reinforcement learning to build safe, general-purpose robotic agents that truly understand the real world.

With hands-on experience in embodied AI, LLM-guided RL, and edge-optimized multimodal robotics, Kunal works at the intersection of large-scale AI and physical intelligence. A former research intern at IISc Bangalore and IIT Gandhinagar and recipient of multiple government grants, he is dedicated to turning today’s powerful foundation models into tomorrow’s intelligent machines.

Kunal is a Ph.D. student at IIT Delhi, where he is developing and improving foundation models for robotics applications. His research focuses on physically grounded reasoning, causal world modeling, and combining multimodal foundation models with dee... Show more

Joanna Hryniewicz

Joanna Hryniewicz

I’m a Microsoft Fabric Architect and Power BI specialist with a background spanning analytics development, platform administration, training, and mentoring. Today, I focus on enterprise analytics architecture, semantic models, Fabric capacity optimization, AI readiness, and the human factors that determine whether technology actually delivers value.

As a conference speaker, trainer, and practicing coach, I like combining technical depth with behavioural psychology and coaching-inspired thinking to explore the uncomfortable gap between technically correct and actually working. I turn complex data topics into practical frameworks, unexpected stories, and the occasional questionable metaphor.

Outside the data world, I’m a long-distance runner and a firm believer that sustainable systems — human or technical — are rarely built at sprint pace.

I’m a Microsoft Fabric Architect and Power BI specialist with a background spanning analytics development, platform administration, training, and mentoring. Today, I focus on enterprise analytics architecture, semantic models, Fabric capacity optimiz... Show more

Dean Langsam

Dean Langsam

I’m a data scientist at Neo Security, passionate about using data to drive insights, innovation, and speaker bios like this one.

I’m also a hardcore AI boomer, which means I was doing AI before it was cool, but now spend most of my time yelling at damn kids to get their LLMs off my lawn.

Despite all that, I’ve recently been forced to admit that modern AI can be fun, useful, and occasionally even involve real data.

I love being Inbal’s husband and Stav and Luna’s dad. They’re the best part of my life, despite their baffling lack of interest in my detailed explanations of the original Transformer’s encoder-decoder architecture.

I’m a data scientist at Neo Security, passionate about using data to drive insights, innovation, and speaker bios like this one. I’m also a hardcore AI boomer, which means I was doing AI before it was cool, but now spend most of my time yelling at... Show more

Aron Eidelman

Aron Eidelman

Aron Eidelman is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer focused on Security Advocacy at Google. Specializing in DevSecOps, AI runtime controls, and applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to cybersecurity, he helps organizations build resilient, proactive defenses. A hands-on practitioner, Aron has demoed cloud and security innovations at major conferences, including RSAC, Next, and Google I/O.

Aron Eidelman is a Senior Developer Relations Engineer focused on Security Advocacy at Google. Specializing in DevSecOps, AI runtime controls, and applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to cybersecurity, he helps organizations build resilient, p... Show more

Elai Eckhaus

Elai Eckhaus

Elai Eckhaus is a Senior Software Engineer at Jazz, where he builds a cross-platform endpoint security agent in Rust that detects and prevents data leaks in real time on macOS and Windows. Before Jazz, he spent six years in Israeli Military Intelligence, going from embedded Linux systems to leading real-time robotics AI on constrained hardware. He has been lecturing in the GAMA cybersecurity program since 2023.

Elai Eckhaus is a Senior Software Engineer at Jazz, where he builds a cross-platform endpoint security agent in Rust that detects and prevents data leaks in real time on macOS and Windows. Before Jazz, he spent six years in Israeli Military Intellige... Show more

Vikram Sahu

Vikram Sahu

I am a Developer Relations Engineer at Harness, where I build and evangelize developer-focused solutions for cloud platforms, APIs, and beyond. I enjoy transforming complex debugging challenges into simple, teachable stories.

With over nine years of experience in engineering and product development, I have built software that scales for enterprises and tools that empower developer communities across the email and cloud infrastructure space.

I am a Developer Relations Engineer at Harness, where I build and evangelize developer-focused solutions for cloud platforms, APIs, and beyond. I enjoy transforming complex debugging challenges into simple, teachable stories. With over nine years... Show more

Yeo JooHo

Yeo JooHo

a seasoned Security Researcher and White Hat Hacker with a distinguished career spanning military operations, government investigations, and large-scale cloud infrastructure security. He has served as a cyber threat analyst for major CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) and provided critical technical support for high-profile anti-corruption investigations at the national prosecutor's office.

​A graduate of the prestigious Best of the Best (BoB) next-generation security leader program, his offensive and defensive capabilities are globally recognized. His accolades include a 2nd place finish (Blue Team) in the National Cyber Conflict Exercise (CCE) and multiple commendations for excellence in cloud incident response.

​As an active vulnerability researcher, Jooho has a prolific history of discovering and reporting security flaws in open-source web frameworks, mobile messengers, and enterprise systems. He has also contributed to national security as an official challenge author for military cyber warfare competitions and an advisory member for government-led research projects.

a seasoned Security Researcher and White Hat Hacker with a distinguished career spanning military operations, government investigations, and large-scale cloud infrastructure security. He has served as a cyber threat analyst for major CSPs (Cloud Serv... Show more

Neha Arora

Neha Arora

I have over 8 years of experience in the IT field and am currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning in Healthcare at the University of Newcastle, Australia. I have also been honoured to receive prestigious fellowships, including the CMIE and WOS-C Scientist.

I have over 8 years of experience in the IT field and am currently pursuing a PhD in Machine Learning in Healthcare at the University of Newcastle, Australia. I have also been honoured to receive prestigious fellowships, including the CMIE and WOS-C ... Show more

Erik Darling

Erik Darling

Erik Darling started using SQL Server after a dispute with Excel over a vlookup.

He enjoys public arguments with the optimizer, and wine photography.

Erik Darling started using SQL Server after a dispute with Excel over a vlookup. He enjoys public arguments with the optimizer, and wine photography. Show more

Raj Kumar

Raj Kumar

Tech Lead at Sycamore Informatics, shipping production LLM agents across an 8-product ecosystem for regulated clinical-trial data. Sycamore is the market leader in clinical trial data science, serving 10 of the Top 20 Global Pharma — AbbVie, BMS, Bayer, Daiichi-Sankyo, CSL, Genmab, Alcon. Scale: 2,000+ TB, 10,000+ active users, 100+ regulatory submissions.

15+ years across platforms, AI-driven engineering, and technical leadership. Former Director of Engineering at Safyre Labs, where he ran the multi-brand B2C ecommerce platform behind Jewlr, Lee Fiori, and ONE+ONLY (1M+ customers). Earlier: AI-driven initiatives at Mars, Inc., Etsy, and IKEA; Rails/AWS delivery for Bossa Nova Robotics, HackerRank, Agero, etc.

Currently focused on the intersection of LLM agents and regulated production Rails — fails-closed customer-environment resolvers, idiom-aware skill-layer invariants, version-pinned code reads. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, HIPAA, ICH-GCP, CDISC, FDA/EMA/PMDA-aligned.

International conference speaker & tech paper author. Recent: PHUSE EU Connect 2025, PHUSE SDE Shanghai 2025, CDISC US 2025, Toronto Ruby 2024, Toronto DevOps Exchange 2023.

Tech Lead at Sycamore Informatics, shipping production LLM agents across an 8-product ecosystem for regulated clinical-trial data. Sycamore is the market leader in clinical trial data science, serving 10 of the Top 20 Global Pharma — AbbVie, BMS, Bay... Show more

Piotr Rogala

Piotr Rogala

As a Cloud and DevOps Architect at SoftServe, I lead the development of advanced, optimized cloud solutions, primarily leveraging the Microsoft Azure platform. My core focus is empowering clients through their digital transformation journey, helping them maximize business potential and operational efficiency by designing highly optimized architectures.

My expertise and dedication to the community have been repeatedly recognized by Microsoft with the prestigious MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and MCT (Microsoft Certified Trainer) titles. Although I currently focus on architecture, I previously spent many years sharing my proprietary knowledge by conducting postgraduate courses at Polish universities.

Driven by a passion for promoting new technological solutions, I actively engage with the IT community: I organize specialized Azure workshops, speak as a presenter at conferences and meetups, and run my technical blog, https://justcloud.pl. My goal is to provide substantive support to fellow specialists advancing their career paths.

Away from the cloud, I am passionate about Japanese motoring and the thrill of car racing. In these pursuits, just as in code and architecture, I value the relentless pursuit of the highest quality and efficiency.

As a Cloud and DevOps Architect at SoftServe, I lead the development of advanced, optimized cloud solutions, primarily leveraging the Microsoft Azure platform. My core focus is empowering clients through their digital transformation journey, helping ... Show more

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology.

He is leading the development of SELF OS, an AI-native operating environment designed to bring intelligent agents, decentralized applications, digital identity, and user-controlled computing into a unified ecosystem. He is also developing ESSENCE, a blockchain-based utility and economic layer intended to reward verified participation and contributions within the SELF network.

Through SELF Labs, Milan works across artificial intelligence, decentralized infrastructure, robotics, real estate technology, digital economies, and next-generation human-computer interaction.

His broader mission is to build technology that gives individuals greater ownership of their data, intelligence, devices, and economic value—helping move society from centralized digital platforms toward more personalized and user-owned technological systems.

Milan Cheeks is the founder and CEO of SELF Labs Inc., a technology company developing AI-powered products and infrastructure designed to improve how people live, work, create, and interact with technology. He is leading the development of SELF OS... Show more

Armando Picón

Armando Picón

Armando Picón is a Peruvian software engineer with over 8 years of experience in mobile development and a tech career that began in 2008. Currently based in Santiago, Chile, he works as an Android Engineer at SoftServe, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams to deliver user-focused, high-performance applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and modern Android practices.

After living and working in Peru, Mexico, Argentina, and now Chile, Armando brings a broad, multicultural perspective to his work and community engagement across Latin America.

He is the creator behind @devpicon, where he shares technical content about Android, Kotlin, and Kotlin Multiplatform via YouTube, articles, and tutorials. He also hosts Codalot Podcast, a space for meaningful conversations with tech leaders from the region on topics like professional growth, leadership, and the evolving developer experience.

Passionate about sharing knowledge, Armando is a community organizer at GDG Santiago de Chile, a frequent speaker at conferences, and an advocate for open collaboration and mentoring in the Android and Kotlin ecosystems.

Armando Picón is a Peruvian software engineer with over 8 years of experience in mobile development and a tech career that began in 2008. Currently based in Santiago, Chile, he works as an Android Engineer at SoftServe, collaborating closely with pro... Show more

Dr. D'Alessandro

Dr. D'Alessandro

Médico Cardiólogo Universitario - Prevención Cardiovascular
Autodidacta IT desde los inicios de la carrera de medicina
Docente Universitario en ITBA en la materia Introducción a las Tecnologías Informáticas
Medicina basada en la Inteligencia (Para el Rol Médico y Rol Dev potenciado con IA).

Médico Cardiólogo Universitario - Prevención Cardiovascular Autodidacta IT desde los inicios de la carrera de medicina Docente Universitario en ITBA en la materia Introducción a las Tecnologías Informáticas Medicina basada en la Inteligencia (Para... Show more

Akash Chadhokar

Akash Chadhokar

I’m a Cloud, DevOps, and Platform Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, OpenSearch, Ansible, Python, and Infrastructure as Code.

I enjoy building scalable cloud-native platforms, automating infrastructure, improving reliability through SRE practices, and implementing observability solutions. I'm passionate about open source, platform engineering, automation, and sharing practical knowledge with the engineering community.

You can learn more about my work, projects, and community initiatives at kashakash.in.

I’m a Cloud, DevOps, and Platform Engineer with hands-on experience in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Linux, Git, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, OpenSearch, Ansible, Python, and Infras... Show more

Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Watanabe

Hiroshi Watanabe, PhD, is a professor teaching quantum physics, semiconductor memories and advanced nanoelectron devices in dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has published many journal & conference papers and invented more than 150 granted patents all over the world (including more than 60 US granted). Until 2010, he had worked for Toshiba’s Headquarter RD Center and been engaged in the reliability study of several electron devices including NAND Flash. He received PhD in theoretical physics in 1994 from U. Tsukuba, Japan. He has served as an Advisory Board Member for the Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) (2018–present) and as a TPC member for IEEE EDTM since 2026. In 2023, he founded IEEE Taipei Blockchain Group and has been Co-Chair of it. He is a member of the SEMI MIS (Metrology & Inspection Summit) Initiatives Committee. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.

Hiroshi Watanabe, PhD, is a professor teaching quantum physics, semiconductor memories and advanced nanoelectron devices in dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has published many journal & ... Show more

Erica Burgess

Erica Burgess

Erica is an AI cybersecurity architect and consultant, and was a software engineer and cybersecurity hobbyist for several years before becoming an application security red-teamer in 2018. Since then, she has been earning bug bounties, releasing new CVEs and original exploit techniques, training penetration testers and conducting R&D projects as a cybersecurity technical lead. Erica organizes 2600, a local hacker meetup, and has spoken about hacking, bot writing, and more at many conferences, including Black Hat Europe, SkyTalks, CactusCon, SnowTalks and DEF CON, the world's largest hacker conference. Find her on the DEF CON contest floor designing puzzles to create Lonely Hard Drive, Wall of Bribes, and Lonely Air Tag, or volunteering at Red Team Village. Erica holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southern Maine.

Erica is an AI cybersecurity architect and consultant, and was a software engineer and cybersecurity hobbyist for several years before becoming an application security red-teamer in 2018. Since then, she has been earning bug bounties, releasing new C... Show more

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