Rohit Alekar is a Software Engineer with deep expertise in machine learning infrastructure, large-scale data systems, and distributed platforms. He currently works at Meta, where he plays a key role in building and scaling infrastructure that powers feature engineering for ad ranking systems across major products. His work focuses on improving system reliability, enabling efficient feature generation, and supporting large-scale machine learning pipelines that drive critical business outcomes. He has contributed to infrastructure initiatives that enhance scalability, operational efficiency, and the overall performance of data-driven systems serving billions of users.
Prior to Meta, Rohit worked at Pinterest, where he contributed to machine learning infrastructure for ads targeting and shopping platforms. He developed and optimized large-scale data pipelines, improved system responsiveness, and enabled more effective targeting and indexing capabilities. His work supported scalable model deployment and reliable content processing systems essential to Pinterest’s advertising ecosystem.
Earlier in his career, Rohit held engineering roles at Samsung and Shutterfly, where he built foundational systems for machine learning workflows, real-time data processing, and payments infrastructure. He focused on improving standardization, scalability, and production readiness across complex engineering environments. Rohit began his professional journey in database administration, developing strong expertise in data management, system optimization, and performance engineering.
He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from the University of Pune.

Rohit Alekar is a Software Engineer with deep expertise in machine learning infrastructure, large-scale data systems, and distributed platforms. He currently works at Meta, where he plays a key role in building and scaling infrastructure that powers ... Show more

I lead cloud and AI projects across Central America and the Caribbean, helping organizations in financial services, logistics, and retail turn business challenges into secure, scalable architectures on AWS. My work spans the full journey — from understanding business requirements to designing infrastructure, security, and AI governance strategies that actually make it to production.

I've spoken at Banking Summit Panama 2025, AgentCon Panama, AWS Community Day Panama across multiple editions, and regional technology events in Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago — always focused on how security, governance, and data strategy are the foundation that makes AI solutions production-ready, not just demo-ready.

Building AI agents for regulated industries taught me that the hard part isn't making them smart — it's making them safe. That's the perspective I bring to this talk.

I lead cloud and AI projects across Central America and the Caribbean, helping organizations in financial services, logistics, and retail turn business challenges into secure, scalable architectures on AWS. My work spans the full journey — from under... Show more

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Mark Perry is a senior developer at Howard Hughes Medical Institute with 25+ years of enterprise software experience. He builds AI-powered SaaS applications using React, ASP.NET Core, and Azure while running Pulse AI Solutions, a Microsoft Cloud Partner focused on AI implementation. Mark's production applications include UFL News Hub Fantasy (8,000+ users), Golf News Nation, and Grown Up Magic. He attended Live! 360 Orlando 2025 as a Live! Insider and is pursuing Azure AI Engineer certification. When he's not coding, he's figuring out how to make AI tools actually useful for working developers.

Mark Perry is a senior developer at Howard Hughes Medical Institute with 25+ years of enterprise software experience. He builds AI-powered SaaS applications using React, ASP.NET Core, and Azure while running Pulse AI Solutions, a Microsoft Cloud Part... Show more

Shashwat Pandey is a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in the design and development of reliable, scalable, and trustworthy large language model systems. His expertise spans generative AI, natural language processing, retrieval-augmented generation, uncertainty quantification, hallucination detection, MLOps, and production AI evaluation. He has experience owning machine learning systems across the complete lifecycle, including problem definition, model development, deployment, monitoring, evaluation, and observability.
Shashwat currently works as a Machine Learning Engineer at Zillow Group, where he leads AI-powered customer communication and call intelligence initiatives. His work has contributed to the AI-Generated Messages platform, which has supported approximately 165 partners, more than 100,000 messages, and approximately 9,000 weekly active users. He also led the development of automated follow-up email and SMS generation for Zillow Home Loans and helped transform call summarization capabilities into a productized machine learning platform.
At Zillow, Shashwat established evaluation frameworks covering more than 600 calls and 500 long-call summaries. His work improved summary quality by 28% and reduced the hallucination rate from 11.4% to 8.2%. He also developed production monitoring metrics, observability systems, and compliant event architectures to strengthen the reliability, governance, and safety of borrower-facing AI applications.
Previously, Shashwat worked as a Machine Learning Engineer at the University of California, where he architected and deployed Cruz Chat, the university’s first AI-powered chatbot. He developed its retrieval-augmented generation platform using Elasticsearch, FAISS, and LlamaIndex, processing more than 10,000 documents. He also deployed GPU-accelerated LLM inference systems on NVIDIA A100 infrastructure and improved retrieval latency, answer quality, experimentation speed, and conversational system performance.
Earlier in his career at Amdocs, Shashwat contributed to a large-scale Azure migration involving more than 50 billion subscriber records across over 30 enterprise systems. He developed churn prediction models that achieved 91% accuracy and supported a 48% reduction in churn. He also applied transformer-based models, including BERT and GPT-3, to customer sentiment analysis and optimized machine learning workloads using CUDA, reducing model training time by 50%.
Shashwat holds a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Natural Language Processing from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and Electronics from Jaypee Institute of Information Technology. His research focuses on the reliability of large language models—including uncertainty quantification for reasoning LLMs and independent, black-box auditing of deployed on-device models for calibration, confident confabulation, and over-refusal, together with mitigations that require no model access. His LLM research has been disseminated through arXiv and the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Computing Applications.

Shashwat Pandey is a Machine Learning Engineer specializing in the design and development of reliable, scalable, and trustworthy large language model systems. His expertise spans generative AI, natural language processing, retrieval-augmented generat... Show more

Veteran software developer and bug detective with 10+ years of experience. Active open source contributor, community organizer, and mentor to young developers. I'm passionate about solving complex problems and making technical knowledge accessible to all. As a speaker, I share practical insights from the trenches, helping developers level up their skills and confidence. Father, educator, and firm believer in the power of community.

Veteran software developer and bug detective with 10+ years of experience. Active open source contributor, community organizer, and mentor to young developers. I'm passionate about solving complex problems and making technical knowledge accessible to... Show more

Adams Yeswa is a software engineer and founder building technology at the intersection of software, construction, and real-world operations.

He is the founder of KomeshaBuild, a building commissioning SaaS company focused on bringing modern software to one of the industries that still relies heavily on fragmented, manual, and disconnected workflows.

His work involves designing and building software across the entire product stack, from Flutter mobile applications used in the field to web platforms, backend systems, and the infrastructure that connects them.

While building KomeshaBuild, Adams has had to confront a problem that is easy to overlook when developing software from a desk: the real world does not always have a reliable internet connection. This led him to explore offline-first application design and what it takes to build software that remains useful when connectivity cannot be guaranteed.

He is particularly interested in the intersection of technology and the environments in which software is actually used. His work focuses on building practical systems for industries where software must operate under real operational constraints, not just ideal technical conditions.

Adams Yeswa is a software engineer and founder building technology at the intersection of software, construction, and real-world operations. He is the founder of KomeshaBuild, a building commissioning SaaS company focused on bringing modern softwa... Show more

Data Engineer at Wix.com, specialized in scalable data platforms and product analytics for the Developer Platform. I design end-to-end pipelines and warehouse architectures for products like Velo and Wix Vibe. My work involves processing terabytes of data to support millions of users through real-time analytics and developer-facing systems. I operate at the intersection of infrastructure and product to drive data-informed decision-making and product success.

Data Engineer at Wix.com, specialized in scalable data platforms and product analytics for the Developer Platform. I design end-to-end pipelines and warehouse architectures for products like Velo and Wix Vibe. My work involves processing terabytes of... Show more

Product Manager at Relx Inc

What if the hardest part of your product wasn't the engineering but getting customers to trust it, adopt it, and pay for it? I've solved that problem three times: an AI scoring engine, an API-first platform ecosystem, and a mobile CRM app, three 0→1 launches generating $5M+ in revenue across 350+ enterprise firms, all built and commercialized end to end in a regulated legal industry.

The pattern across my career is the same: find the customer pain everyone else missed, build the AI or data-powered product to solve it, and figure out how to take it to market.

At LexisNexis, law firms had years of relationship data sitting inside their CRM with no way to act on it. I led 0→1 and go-to-market for an AI-powered scoring engine that combines ML models with GenAI-powered insights to surface which client relationships are at risk. The harder problem wasn't the models. It was convincing a privacy-sensitive industry to trust AI with their most sensitive data. A privacy-by-design framework turned the top sales objection into a competitive differentiator, driving a 25% engagement lift, reducing attrition 15%, and retaining $5M in revenue.

I also transformed the product from a standalone CRM into an API-first integration hub. We built on Microsoft Power Automate because 70%+ of our clients were already in the Microsoft ecosystem. Meeting customers where they already were drove self-service adoption, connected 350+ firms, and generated $2M in new ARR.

Earlier, I led a 0→1 AI-powered pricing app launch at Intelligence Node (acquired by Interpublic, 2024) and built the business case and implementation of a cloud migration at Capgemini on Chubb's $1B insurance platform.

On a personal note, I love sports and have been a competitive cricket athlete for over 15 years, from representing my state in India at age 15 to trialing for the USA Cricket Team for the T20 World Cup. The sport shaped the values I bring to product world: hard work, perseverance, and teamwork.

If you're working on 0→1 AI products, enterprise platform strategy, or GTM for technical products, I'm always happy to connect.

Product Manager at Relx Inc What if the hardest part of your product wasn't the engineering but getting customers to trust it, adopt it, and pay for it? I've solved that problem three times: an AI scoring engine, an API-first platform ecosystem, ... Show more

Hans van Rijs heeft ruim 28 jaar ervaring in de ICT, waarvan 20 jaar als architect. Als Enterprise en Solution architect werkt hij voor een breed scala aan klanten en projecten waardoor hij een holistische kijk heeft op ICT en organisaties. Hans is bestuurslid van de architectuur community van Capgemini Nederland. Hij deelt zijn kennis regelmatig in trainingen, workshops, blogs en de wekelijkse Wednesday Evening Training, die hij zo'n 15 jaar geleden startte.

Hans van Rijs heeft ruim 28 jaar ervaring in de ICT, waarvan 20 jaar als architect. Als Enterprise en Solution architect werkt hij voor een breed scala aan klanten en projecten waardoor hij een holistische kijk heeft op ICT en organisaties. Hans is b... Show more

Jack is the Lead Software Architect at Layer, where he builds the technical foundation for a platform that connects building data to Building Information Models (BIM). A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Raikes School, Jack combines a lifelong passion for solving complex problems with deep technical expertise to help the architecture, engineering, and construction industries work smarter.

Jack is the Lead Software Architect at Layer, where he builds the technical foundation for a platform that connects building data to Building Information Models (BIM). A Nebraska native and graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Raikes Scho... Show more

Nir Shtein is the VP of R&D at Guardoc Health and the author of Microservices with Go. With deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, AI and LLMs, he brings a practical and forward-thinking approach to engineering leadership.

Nir Shtein is the VP of R&D at Guardoc Health and the author of Microservices with Go. With deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, AI and LLMs, he brings a practical and forward-thinking approach to engineering leadership. Show more

“I’m a Senior QA Lead with over 20 years of experience in software testing, including 10+ years working with Sitecore platforms such as XP, XM Cloud, and OrderCloud. I’m honored to be recognized as a Sitecore MVP and the first QA MVP globally in the Sitecore community. I’m passionate about AI-driven testing, modern QA practices, and helping teams improve quality in digital experience platforms. I also actively share knowledge through technical blogging and community contributions.”

“I’m a Senior QA Lead with over 20 years of experience in software testing, including 10+ years working with Sitecore platforms such as XP, XM Cloud, and OrderCloud. I’m honored to be recognized as a Sitecore MVP and the first QA MVP globally in the ... Show more

Aysenem Yassa is a global live experience and entertainment executive who orchestrates the strategic architecture and creative execution of the world's most complex, high-stakes mega-events.

Her 15-year career spans senior enterprise leadership for premier sports properties, international broadcast productions, and multi-venue live entertainment environments, including UEFA, FIBA and the Pan American Games.

She masterminds the cross-functional delivery of multi-million euro venue ecosystems, live-to-air broadcast environments, and audience-first experiential activations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East.

A senior strategist operating at the critical intersection of technical infrastructure, media production, and artistic direction, she balances high-stakes global delivery with creative disciplines in music, dance, and comedy to shape memorable experiences for global audiences.

Aysenem Yassa is a global live experience and entertainment executive who orchestrates the strategic architecture and creative execution of the world's most complex, high-stakes mega-events. Her 15-year career spans senior enterprise leadership fo... Show more

Colin Nix has distinguished himself as a strategic leader in investment banking, finance, and real estate throughout a commendable career spanning over 25 years. His approach combines innovative financial strategies with profound market insights, propelling significant growth and enhancing client satisfaction within these sectors. His expertise and leadership in managing complex assets and fostering enduring relationships have made him a pivotal figure in corporate finance.

Renowned for his analytical prowess and communication skills, Colin excels at mentoring upcoming talents in the finance world, ensuring the industry's future is as bright as its present. His nurturing of young professionals into capable leaders reflects his commitment to the sector's growth and evolution.

Colin's command over financial management is extensive, especially in overseeing diverse portfolios that include stocks, bonds, and real estate investments. As the Managing Member at the 5270 Irrevocable Principal Asset & Investment Trust, he implemented sophisticated financial strategies that increased the asset base and solidified client trust and loyalty.

As Managing Director and Principal Trustee of Burke Investment Trust II in Boston, Colin led significant financial operations, from high-stakes transactions to strategic corporate restructurings. His rigorous financial analysis and commitment to comprehensive due diligence ensured the firm's strategic endeavors were successful and aligned with broader economic trends. Moreover, his guidance was invaluable in mentoring junior colleagues and helping them develop into astute financial strategists and managers.

Colin's early career milestones include his role at Barclays Capital in New York, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions, a position that honed his skills in strategic financial management and client relations.

Educationally, Colin's background is rooted in Boston's prestigious Fessenden School and Governor's Academy, institutions known for their rigorous academic environments that promote values like diligence, integrity, and respect. These values have been integral to his personal and professional life, guiding his decisions and interactions.

Outside of his corporate responsibilities, Colin is deeply committed to philanthropy. He actively supports VOALA/Volunteers of America and contributes to educational charities such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Folds of Honor, highlighting his dedication to societal betterment.

An avid sports enthusiast and a golfer, Colin also dedicates time to coaching and mentoring young athletes, emphasizing the importance of sportsmanship and strategic thinking.

Colin Nix enjoys art collecting and culinary pursuits, which reflect his appreciation for diverse cultures and experiences. He lives in Paradise Valley, Arizona, with his two French Mastiffs. He continues influencing his local community and the financial sector through his professional expertise and philanthropic efforts.

Colin Nix has distinguished himself as a strategic leader in investment banking, finance, and real estate throughout a commendable career spanning over 25 years. His approach combines innovative financial strategies with profound market insights, pro... Show more

I'm a bird conservationist specialized in bird-friendly building policy development, research, and advocacy. I help governments appreciate the complex lives of birds and how our decisions about buildings and nighttime lighting affect avian populations. In 2023, I co-led a statewide campaign to pass Public Act No. 23-143, Connecticut's “Lights Out bill,” which requires CT state agencies to turn off unnecessary lights by 11pm for birds. As a policy researcher at the Yale Bird-friendly Building Initiative, I co-authored 'Building Safer Cities for Birds: How Cities Are Leading the Way on Bird-Friendly Building Policy." I routinely testify and submit public comments on municipal and institutional lighting plans. I hold an MA in cultural history from the University of Chicago and an MDiv in religion & ecology from Yale University.

I'm a bird conservationist specialized in bird-friendly building policy development, research, and advocacy. I help governments appreciate the complex lives of birds and how our decisions about buildings and nighttime lighting affect avian population... Show more

Mark Tersigni, a real estate investment professional and Certified Public Accountant, has worked across public accounting, corporate finance, and commercial real estate investment.

He started in audit at a Big Four accounting firm, joining as an intern before moving to a full-time role, and worked across industries including private aviation, electric utilities, iron-ore and coal mining, and manufacturing, several of them Fortune 500 companies. He then audited public and private investment companies, reviewing SEC filings and financial statements, and served as an in-charge associate responsible for managing and reviewing staff on the audit of a mutual fund with more than $1 billion in assets under management. In a later real estate finance role at a national retail company, he set annual budgets and monthly projections for international retail occupancy costs and handled investment-partnership accounting and profit-and-loss review. He has held a Certified Public Accountant license in the State of Ohio since 2014, for which he qualified during his undergraduate accounting studies, and it is currently inactive. His accounting background is still evident in his approach; on property sales, he reviewed settlement statements in detail to confirm their accuracy and completeness.

Before that, he spent three years in asset management at a private multifamily investment firm, where there he ran the portfolio's annual budgeting process and quarterly KPI reporting, and he managed the reporting and analysis delivered to investors, including performance narratives that set out results and the reasons for them. He carried out hold/sell analysis across the portfolio and oversaw its real estate tax appeal work, which included negotiating reductions in third-party fees. Because it sat at the intersection of ownership, investors, and operations, the position sharpened his ability to present financial results clearly to audiences with different priorities.

Commercial real estate investment forms the core of his experience, and it was here that he served as Vice President of Investments at a private-equity-owned commercial real estate company, where he formed and led a five-analyst underwriting team responsible for a portfolio of more than $5 billion in large-format open-air retail and enclosed malls. Its work included acquisition and disposition underwriting, business planning, asset management, and transaction support, the full analytical cycle behind each buy, hold, and sell decision in the portfolio. The role called for technical command of the underwriting, the judgment to identify which assumptions carried the most weight, and the ability to train and develop analysts who could produce that work consistently.

The portfolio completed more than $1 billion in property sales over two years. He was a key contributor to the origination of a $1 billion single-asset, single-borrower CMBS loan, the largest open-air retail securitization of 2023, a financing that called for detailed property-level analysis across roughly forty assets. He built and owned the corporate model the company's private equity ownership used to forecast investment returns; it brought individual property plans together into a corporate-level view, allowing ownership to weigh options for the whole portfolio without losing the detail of any single asset. The executive team and ownership frequently drew on his input for portfolio matters such as strategic transactions, joint ventures, ground-lease negotiations, crossed loans, and options for properties approaching debt maturity. He managed more than $1 billion of property-level commercial mortgages, supplying the analysis for refinancing, extension, and maturity decisions. He also helped lead an overhaul of the company's financial systems and the investment team's underlying processes.

His career of more than a decade has progressed from the audit of investment companies to the underwriting and management of multibillion-dollar commercial real estate portfolios, and he brings an analytical basis to how real estate assets are valued, financed, and positioned for sale. Throughout, his work has concerned the financial analysis that supports major real estate decisions, whether the valuation of one property or the strategy for a whole portfolio. His work brings together accounting precision and investment judgment; having led an underwriting team, owned a corporate model, and worked directly with private equity ownership as a Certified Public Accountant, he is equally comfortable examining a property-level model in detail and addressing broader strategic questions, including the disposition of a troubled asset, the timing of a sale, the structure of a financing, and the effect of a single decision across an entire portfolio.

He is advanced in ARGUS and Excel, including Power Query, uses Power BI and financial reporting platforms such as MRI and Yardi regularly, and has incorporated modern AI tools into his analysis and reporting workflows. He also writes on the subjects he knows best: commercial real estate investment, covering both industry analysis and practical guidance for those learning the business, along with Excel technique and the expanding role of AI tools in financial work, and a recurring theme is turning large volumes of financial data into clear, decision-ready analysis.

Away from the office, his interests include cooking, tennis, and strategy games such as chess and poker, and he devotes much of his time to his two young children.

Mark Tersigni, a real estate investment professional and Certified Public Accountant, has worked across public accounting, corporate finance, and commercial real estate investment. He started in audit at a Big Four accounting firm, joining as an i... Show more

Mohamed Maged is a Tech Lead at MobiMatter, a Dubai-based travel eSIM company providing instant mobile connectivity across 150+ countries. He builds and secures infrastructure handling high-volume transactions at scale, working across React Native, Node.js, Azure,AWS, and Tailscale. Mohamed recently presented "MongoDB Index Design That Actually Works" at the first Dubai MongoDB User Group meetup, delivering live performance demos to the local developer community. He is also a co-inventor on an AI patent for automated document evaluation systems

Mohamed Maged is a Tech Lead at MobiMatter, a Dubai-based travel eSIM company providing instant mobile connectivity across 150+ countries. He builds and secures infrastructure handling high-volume transactions at scale, working across React Native, N... Show more

Lead Backend Developer and Architect at onepoint, I code daily in Symfony, Drupal and API Platform.

My background is a bit unusual: ten years in project management, then a technical pivot seven years ago to dive back into code — and never come up for air.

Convinced that coffee is the only language compatible with every framework and that the coffee break remains the best pair programming session, I practice aikido and am always on the lookout for the next series to binge-watch or movie to catch.

Lead Backend Developer and Architect at onepoint, I code daily in Symfony, Drupal and API Platform. My background is a bit unusual: ten years in project management, then a technical pivot seven years ago to dive back into code — and never come up... Show more

Used to study Built Environment, but found my true love in data. Now I help build data pipelines instead of buildings.

Used to study Built Environment, but found my true love in data. Now I help build data pipelines instead of buildings. Show more

Anish is a seasoned technologist with application development, system administration and architecture experience in building & transforming enterprise solutions in Telecom, Pension, Logistics and E-commerce domain. He is Senior Architect at Capgemini and has experience in Architecting Greenfield & Brownfield for Cloud, Cloud Native and DevSecOps solutions.

Anish is a seasoned technologist with application development, system administration and architecture experience in building & transforming enterprise solutions in Telecom, Pension, Logistics and E-commerce domain. He is Senior Architect at Capgemini... Show more

LayerX Inc. MLOps Engineer & Search Engineer. Interested in LLM & Information Retrieval. ex: M3, Inc. graduated from Nagoya Univ.

LayerX Inc. MLOps Engineer & Search Engineer. Interested in LLM & Information Retrieval. ex: M3, Inc. graduated from Nagoya Univ. Show more

Paul M. Wilson is the CEO of NetReputation, a Sarasota, Florida-based company recognized for its expertise in online reputation management, crisis management, public relations, and digital marketing. He is responsible for shaping the company’s long-term direction while ensuring that client needs remain at the forefront of every initiative. His leadership focuses on building a strong operational foundation, aligning teams, and delivering consistent, measurable outcomes for clients across industries.

Paul brings years of experience working with executive teams on revenue growth, organizational alignment, and go-to-market strategy. His approach is grounded in practical execution, where clear planning and disciplined processes support sustainable expansion.

Before taking on his role at NetReputation, he founded Massive Growth Partners, also known as Paul M. Wilson Consulting. Through this firm, he worked with CEOs and leadership teams to build scalable, growth-oriented businesses. His advisory work extended across companies at various stages, from early development to mature organizations seeking to refine their operations.

Paul partnered closely with leadership teams to identify key challenges and implement structured solutions. His work included mentoring sales and marketing teams, improving internal communication, and aligning daily activities with broader strategic goals. Several organizations he supported achieved strong growth and were later acquired by private equity firms, reflecting the effectiveness of his methods.

In addition, Paul worked with digital marketing agencies and technology companies, helping them strengthen sales processes, improve lead generation, and expand into new markets. His expertise also included pricing strategy, negotiation, hiring, and compensation planning. He guided companies in implementing systems such as Salesforce, HubSpot, BigCommerce, and eTail Insights to improve efficiency and reporting. His involvement often continued through acquisition processes, where he provided guidance from planning through execution.

A significant part of his professional work has been focused on developing structured sales systems. Paul Wilson created the training program “Winning Every Stage of the Sales Process,” which provides a clear framework for managing sales activities from initial outreach to long-term client retention.

This program emphasizes consistency, preparation, and accountability at every stage of the sales cycle. Multiple organizations have adopted it to improve performance and create repeatable processes that support ongoing revenue growth. Paul's work in this area highlights the importance of combining strategy with disciplined execution.

Earlier in his career, Paul held leadership roles at iProspect, including Chief Revenue Officer. During his time there, the company experienced significant expansion, growing from a regional agency into a global organization. He played a key role in building scalable sales teams and supporting steady revenue growth. His contributions were part of the company’s successful acquisition by Aegis Media, now part of Dentsu.

Paul later joined RKG’s executive leadership team, where he helped increase revenue from $5 million to $30 million within three years. This growth was driven by developing a consultative sales approach, entering new market segments, and securing enterprise clients such as Nordstrom, Ashley Furniture, and Atlassian. His efforts contributed to the company’s acquisition by Merkle, further integrating it into the Dentsu network.

At NetElixir, where Paul served as Chief Growth Officer, he led both sales and marketing teams. During his tenure, the company achieved a 57 percent increase in revenue. He focused on refining strategy, improving team performance, and building strong partnerships with organizations such as BrightEdge and Miva. He also worked on enhancing pricing strategies and increasing contract value.

Paul is actively involved in charitable initiatives, particularly through his role as co-chair of the City of Champions golf tournament. This event supports the Prostate Cancer Foundation and has raised significant funds for Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham. His involvement reflects a dedication to supporting research and improving patient care.

Through these efforts, Paul continues to contribute to causes that extend beyond his professional responsibilities, demonstrating a commitment to community engagement.

Based in Wellesley, Paul is also involved in residential real estate alongside his family. Their business focuses on the luxury market in the greater Boston area, providing tailored services to clients. The group has completed high-value transactions and built a reputation for consistent performance.

Paul M. Wilson continues to apply his experience in leadership, consulting, and business development to help organizations achieve structured growth while maintaining a focus on long-term success.

Paul M. Wilson is the CEO of NetReputation, a Sarasota, Florida-based company recognized for its expertise in online reputation management, crisis management, public relations, and digital marketing. He is responsible for shaping the company’s long-t... Show more

Con más de una década en desarrollo y QA Automation, he liderado equipos en sectores como retail, banca y gobierno. Mi expertise abarca Python, JavaScript, Selenium, Playwright, Postman, entre otros. Me apasiona compartir conocimientos sobre lenguajes de programación y pruebas de software para potenciar equipos y fomentar el crecimiento colectivo.

Con más de una década en desarrollo y QA Automation, he liderado equipos en sectores como retail, banca y gobierno. Mi expertise abarca Python, JavaScript, Selenium, Playwright, Postman, entre otros. Me apasiona compartir conocimientos sobre lenguaje... Show more

Kathleen loves to code and loves to teach and talk about code. She’s written tons of articles, a book, and spoken at numerous conferences around the world. After 8 years on the .NET team, including as the .NET Languages PM guiding C#, F# and VB, Kathleen is focusing on speaking and teaching, about C#, .NET, code generation and life in tech. She's always ready to help developers take the next step in exploring the wonderful world we call code.

Kathleen loves to code and loves to teach and talk about code. She’s written tons of articles, a book, and spoken at numerous conferences around the world. After 8 years on the .NET team, including as the .NET Languages PM guiding C#, F# and VB, Kath... Show more

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years plus of experience building enterprise-grade backend systems at the intersection of digital payments, financial inclusion, and platform integrations.

My work sits where reliability is non-negotiable designing and delivering scalable solutions with Java/Spring Boot and NestJS/ Golang that power how businesses accept payments digitally and in-store. I've built systems that connect enterprises to the platforms they depend on: Shopify, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Stripe, giving me rare, hands-on visibility into how enterprise infrastructure talks to downstream commerce, CRM, and financial layers.

I'm a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years plus of experience building enterprise-grade backend systems at the intersection of digital payments, financial inclusion, and platform integrations. My work sits where reliability is non-negotiab... Show more

Anika Jackson, MBA is a podcaster, speaker, consultant, and educator building scaled personal brands through podcasting. She hosts Your Brand Amplified®, a top 0.5% global podcast and other shows while teaching digital media at USC Annenberg.

Anika Jackson, MBA is a podcaster, speaker, consultant, and educator building scaled personal brands through podcasting. She hosts Your Brand Amplified®, a top 0.5% global podcast and other shows while teaching digital media at USC Annenberg. Show more

Prajakta Talathi is a Strategic Analytics and Marketing Performance leader with over 16 years of experience across FinTech, consulting, and the services industry. She specializes in building enterprise-wide reporting and analytics ecosystems that enable organizations to make faster, data-driven decisions.

Her work focuses on optimizing acquisition marketing funnels, developing forecasting and planning models, and delivering channel and segment performance measurement frameworks that improve marketing efficiency and business growth. Prajakta is also deeply involved in data modernization initiatives, helping organizations transition from legacy reporting environments to scalable, cloud-based data and analytics platforms that support real-time insights and advanced analytics.

She is known for bridging the gap between technical data teams and business leadership, including the C-suite, translating complex analytics into actionable strategic insights. Prajakta has led the transformation of traditional reporting functions into intelligent, cloud-enabled, self-serve platforms by leveraging automation and AI—enabling faster strategic planning, improved decision-making, and greater operational agility.

Prajakta Talathi is a Strategic Analytics and Marketing Performance leader with over 16 years of experience across FinTech, consulting, and the services industry. She specializes in building enterprise-wide reporting and analytics ecosystems that ena... Show more

Nodirbek Usmanov works as passionate software craftter, coach and trainer at Befico GmbH.
He works with people to create beautiful and simple solutions and enjoys building software for the cloud with Java, the Spring ecosystem and other open-source technologies.
He has 10+ years of experience as an architect and consultant. As a speaker, he has given talks at conferences in Germany and as an guest lecturer, he has given lessons in Computer Sciences couple years in the private University - XU University, (Potsdam, Germany).

Learning new stuff from others and with others is a thing Nodirbek enjoys very much.

Nodirbek Usmanov works as passionate software craftter, coach and trainer at Befico GmbH. He works with people to create beautiful and simple solutions and enjoys building software for the cloud with Java, the Spring ecosystem and other open-source ... Show more

Professor of Practice | Corporate Governance| Organizational Transformation|Leadership|Talent management
Independent Director | Executive Coach | Author | Forbes Columnist
UAE
📧 pochinokm@gmail.com | +971 52 300 9280
Brief profile
Global business leader and professor of practice with over 20 years of international experience in corporate governance, organizational behavior, leadership development and large-scale transformation. Brings a rare combination of hands-on business leadership, governance experience, academic depth and coaching practice — a mix enabling students and executives to develop sound judgment, leadership maturity and decision-making in complex and uncertain environments.
Academic Appointments
• Visiting professor of Pleakhanov University, Dubai
• Professor of business practice, Skolkovo School of Management, Matena Business School (Armenia)
• Teaching experience: 15+ years (high and exective education)
Teaching areas
• Personal strategy and career development
• Talent management and HR
• Organizational behavior and leadership
• Change management
• Teaming
• Future readiness and resilience
• Managing mind to achieve great results

Professional Experience
• Independent director and Board advisor (public and private companies)
Award: Best Independent Director of Russia, 2023
• Senior leadership roles: Auriga (IT), TNK-BP (oil and gas), Philips (consumer electronics), Sberbank (fintech)
• Vice President of Workforce, Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Led workforce strategy for 75,000+ employees and volunteers
• IOC Expert (People management and executive coaching)
Tokyo 2020, PyeongChang 2018, Beijing 2019, Baku 2019, Sarajevo 2018, Paris 2024
Publications
• Author of 3 books on leadership
• Forbes columnist (governance, leadership, organizational change)
Education
• PhD, Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, Moscow State University
• Corporate MBA, INSEAD
• Strategic HR Certification, Thunderbird School of Global Management
• Strategic Innovation in Business, Oxford Saïd Business School
• Prosci Change Management Certification
• Neurochangesolutions
• Certified in Game Change Index, Immunity to Change (Robert Kegan), Leadership Maturity Framework (Susanne Cook-Greuter), Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centered Coaching, Team Coaching (David Clutterbuck), TMSDI, and other methodologies. Additionally certified in the HeartMath Coherence Approach, integrating heart-focused practices into leadership and resilience training.
Languages
English (fluent) | Russian (native)

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