Liz Powell, Esq., MPH started G2G Consulting in 2007 which creates and implements government to growth (G2G) policy, funding and advocacy strategies for clients and has raised $531M in non-dilutive government funding for clients. Liz previously served as Legislative Director in Congress for two Members of Congress where she staffed the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, Armed Services Committee and Small Business Committee. She also served as a Policy Analyst for UK Parliament’s Health Committee and has worked on political campaigns. She co-founded the Women’s Digital Health Network and the Women’s Health PAC and serves on the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Innovation Equity Forum Steering Committee. She earned her MPH from Harvard, JD from George Washington, and BA from Colgate.

Liz Powell, Esq., MPH started G2G Consulting in 2007 which creates and implements government to growth (G2G) policy, funding and advocacy strategies for clients and has raised $531M in non-dilutive government funding for clients. Liz previously serve... Show more

Jemma is in charge of operations, people and finance at The Scale Factory. Her 15+ years’ experience in operational, strategic and marketing roles with start-ups and SMEs in the UK and Australia brings a wealth of insight to her role. Jemma's experience in the start-up world provides a distinct lens on the topics of people management, cultivating culture and championing D&I during periods of growth.

Jemma is in charge of operations, people and finance at The Scale Factory. Her 15+ years’ experience in operational, strategic and marketing roles with start-ups and SMEs in the UK and Australia brings a wealth of insight to her role. Jemma's experie... Show more

Aaron is a passionate design professional, consultant, and advocate for Aging-In-Place in your own community. He has been presenting at a national and international level for over 15 years. He is a licensed architect, “Certified Aging In Place Specialist” through NAHB, and an engaging and entertaining public speaker. Aaron is a known industry expert & author in the Aging-in-Place field, and a business coach teaching other executives how to own the AIP & UD niche of a home modification business. He teaches GCs, remodelers, OTs and associated fields, what it takes to become your own local go-to expert in your community. Aaron has been a Seattle radio host on subject and is a known entertainer and educator on stage across multiple home and building industries. Aaron has been preaching “Empowering Housing” for 15+ years from Chicago to Tokyo.

Aaron is a passionate design professional, consultant, and advocate for Aging-In-Place in your own community. He has been presenting at a national and international level for over 15 years. He is a licensed architect, “Certified Aging In Place Specia... Show more

Prof.Christian is a digital marketing pioneer since 2003, Digital Lecturer for the Digital Marketing Institute, Informa, PwC and EY. He has spoken at more than 130 international conferences, including GOOGLE, NASA & Davos, trained and advised more than 16000 executives in 4 continents, from Armani, Bayer, Jumeirah Burj Al Arab, Huawei, Saudi Aramco, Ferrari, just to name a few. He has formerly worked with Oracle in Italy, Spain and Ireland. He owns several businesses and advise clients on Digital Marketing Strategy, Digital Transformation, Performance, Inbound Marketing and Web Analytics. After 12 Awards, including Oracle Innovation Award, a Microsoft AI competition, and launching Digital Campaigns for major Banks, Events, Media, Telco, Hospitality, Real Estate, Healthcare and Pharma, his Digital Agency in Dubai has been elected Agency of the Future. His book become a best seller in just one month.

Prof.Christian is a digital marketing pioneer since 2003, Digital Lecturer for the Digital Marketing Institute, Informa, PwC and EY. He has spoken at more than 130 international conferences, including GOOGLE, NASA & Davos, trained and advised more th... Show more

I'm Siddharth, working atWALMART as Team Lead. Extensive exposure of Working experience in different tech domains (like Web, Native, SEO, Infrastructure) as well as industry (like healthcare, hospitality , e-commerce). Passionate about UI engineering, Web Performance and Frontend Infrastructure. Also, loves to contribute code in Open Source World. Till now contributed to top global platforms like @stylelint (maintainer also), Facebook/React-Native , GoogleChrome , MDN Docs (Mozilla) , Grafana UI , Lighthouse , OpenCollective.

I'm Siddharth, working atWALMART as Team Lead. Extensive exposure of Working experience in different tech domains (like Web, Native, SEO, Infrastructure) as well as industry (like healthcare, hospitality , e-commerce). Passionate about UI engineerin... Show more

AWS Hero passionate about #Serverless so I created @cdkpatterns / http://dev.to/cdkpatterns

AWS Hero passionate about #Serverless so I created @cdkpatterns / http://dev.to/cdkpatterns Show more

As a Digital Technical Specialist in Data and AI at Microsoft, I bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. With a solid background as a DBA and a Senior Cloud Architect specializing in Data and AI, I have a deep understanding of the intricacies of data management and the transformative power of artificial intelligence. My passion lies in empowering organizations to harness the full potential of their data, driving innovation and achieving strategic goals. At Microsoft, I leverage cutting-edge technologies to deliver impactful solutions that make a difference.

As a Digital Technical Specialist in Data and AI at Microsoft, I bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the table. With a solid background as a DBA and a Senior Cloud Architect specializing in Data and AI, I have a deep understanding of the in... Show more

Former: Head of Growth Engineering at MasterClass
Current: Growth Engineering Advisor and Program Partner at Reforge

Even earlier: Found and sold Hacker Paradise, a remote travel company, and was part of the early team at Opendoor

More details at https://alexeymk.com/about

Former: Head of Growth Engineering at MasterClass Current: Growth Engineering Advisor and Program Partner at Reforge Even earlier: Found and sold Hacker Paradise, a remote travel company, and was part of the early team at Opendoor More details... Show more

I am an assistant professor of urban design and analytics at TU Delft, passionate about asking spatial and non-spatial questions with R. I co-initiated Rbanism, a community of R users that aims to empower urbanism researchers, students, educators and practitioners to use open-source software and related open-science practices effectively and with confidence. Currently, I focus on developing an open-source tool for urban river space analysis, and on text mining applied in urbanism education.

I am an assistant professor of urban design and analytics at TU Delft, passionate about asking spatial and non-spatial questions with R. I co-initiated Rbanism, a community of R users that aims to empower urbanism researchers, students, educators and... Show more

Senior Technical Lead - REA Group

Senior Technical Lead - REA Group Show more

Expert in Orchestration and Configuration Management of test infra environments in an Automated way. Dockerized setup for Test automation infrastructure on AWS(Docker-Compose, Kubernetes). Experience in Build and Release Management Deployment Pipeline CI/CD (Jenkins), AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, Dockerized build pipeline from CI to CD on AWS AWS Test infra management and deployments for a new version using Jenkins build pipeline, Contributor to Athena OSS stop shop for Virtual dockerized infra. Focused on Virtualization of Test env using Docker over AWS, Focused on bridging the gap between from CI to CD Build Pipelines
Support agile delivery of a growing portfolio of our applications.

Expert in Orchestration and Configuration Management of test infra environments in an Automated way. Dockerized setup for Test automation infrastructure on AWS(Docker-Compose, Kubernetes). Experience in Build and Release Management Deployment Pipelin... Show more

Yoko Kawai’s mission is to create “Space for Well-Being”, especially in the work environment. She is one of the industry leaders in healthy buildings and serves as a research adviser to the International WELL Building Institute. Yoko cofounded Mirai Work Space Alliance to help businesses promote their employee wellbeing with a human-centric workplace design. For any business, it is a challenge to retain good employees. Often, employees are not healthy, mindful, or happy. She solves these problems by optimizing people’s workspace for their health and productivity.

To the employees and HR specialists, she offers workshops to learn helpful practical tools such as changing colors, incorporating nature and arts, switching furniture, or changing desk lights. To businesses, she offers project-based consultations to build strategies for design and engineering and to gain WELL certification.

Yoko often incorporates spatial concepts of Japan into her broad and scientifically supported knowledge of the healthy work environment. The value of Japanese space on health and mind, such as healing and mindfulness, has been well documented. She offers talks on the human centric workplace and on the contribution of Japanese concepts to it.

Yoko is a lecturer at Yale University where she has taught theories of Japanese architecture, as well as their contribution to human mind, since 2010.

Yoko is also principal of Penguin Environmental Design, based in Hamden, Connecticut, and in Osaka, Japan. Her firm focuses on incorporating landscape into architecture, often by using spatial concepts of Japan. The firm’s major works include a residential project that received a CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards in 2015, a Zen garden for Frost Valley YMCA in 2014, and a stone-scape at the Yale University Art Gallery in 2009.

Yoko Kawai’s mission is to create “Space for Well-Being”, especially in the work environment. She is one of the industry leaders in healthy buildings and serves as a research adviser to the International WELL Building Institute. Yoko cofounded Mirai ... Show more

Lekhana started her career in data from a non-technical background. She pursued her Masters' degree in Data Analytics and landed her first job as a Data Science Analyst within 8 months of her Masters's program.

But the real world was completely different from the theoretical knowledge she was learning in her Masters's program. She was fortunate enough she got a Mentor in her first job who guided her through learning and gave her a real-world experience. Since then she always wanted to give back and help people move into data. She has mentored over 700+ aspiring data professionals as a way to give back to this industry through Storytelling by data.

Lekhana started her career in data from a non-technical background. She pursued her Masters' degree in Data Analytics and landed her first job as a Data Science Analyst within 8 months of her Masters's program. But the real world was completely d... Show more

Started as trainer and administrator in Algebra, then through some years became head of operating systems department at Algebra private college. At that time, he became IT Pro group lead and 5-year Microsoft MVP. After four years in Microsoft covering roles of Infrastructure and Azure TSP, Marin moved to Span to take the role of Senior Solutions Architect for cloud solutions. Currently working in AWS as Senior Soultions Architect specialized in migrations. Personal time is occupied by enjoying short trips with his family and close friends, tinkering with home automation and networking and spending money on too many gadgets.

Started as trainer and administrator in Algebra, then through some years became head of operating systems department at Algebra private college. At that time, he became IT Pro group lead and 5-year Microsoft MVP. After four years in Microsoft coverin... Show more

Husband, father, Sitecorian. Andy has worked at 3 Sitecore partners architecting and implementing Sitecore solutions. He is the co-architect of Experience Edge and XM Cloud Deploy at Sitecore.

Husband, father, Sitecorian. Andy has worked at 3 Sitecore partners architecting and implementing Sitecore solutions. He is the co-architect of Experience Edge and XM Cloud Deploy at Sitecore. Show more

In the ever-changing tech realm, Francesco worn many hats. From wielding the power of SDN to orchestrating virtual wonders, with important focus on performance improvement and HPC for cloud infrastructure, Francesco has navigated through cloud and network architectures with a steady hand. Lately, Francesco proudly led the team who ported JMA XRAN 5G RAN solution in the mighty Kubernetes kingdom. Along the way, he pushes the standards to shape the Telco path forward by means of open source tech.

In the ever-changing tech realm, Francesco worn many hats. From wielding the power of SDN to orchestrating virtual wonders, with important focus on performance improvement and HPC for cloud infrastructure, Francesco has navigated through cloud and ne... Show more

Software developer hobbyist since 1989, web developer since 1996 and professional full-stack developer since 2000, Asbjørn enjoys every aspect of development; from design and architecture to implementation, maintenance and operations. He is a passionate believer in the free and open web, dabbles in web standards when time permits and thinks Fielding might be on to something with his 2000 doctoral dissertation. He loves to both create and listen to music, the taste of whisky and beer and spending time with his wonderful daughter and wife.

Software developer hobbyist since 1989, web developer since 1996 and professional full-stack developer since 2000, Asbjørn enjoys every aspect of development; from design and architecture to implementation, maintenance and operations. He is a passion... Show more

Emprendedor y Arquitecto de Software construyendo productos en Incubator

Emprendedor y Arquitecto de Software construyendo productos en Incubator Show more

George is currently the Director of Responsible AI and Data Science at the National Association of Realtors, providing AI products and services to 1000+ small and large real estate businesses as well as 1.5+ million real estate agents. He is a seasoned AI/ML and Data Science expert, recognized for leading Top 100 innovative tech initiatives.

George is a believer in building, learning from and growing within communities and is the founder of Deep Learning Adventures, a community of AI practitioners with 3K members around the world.

When he is not presenting or attending an event, he enjoys running and biking all around DC or planning his next trip abroad.

George is currently the Director of Responsible AI and Data Science at the National Association of Realtors, providing AI products and services to 1000+ small and large real estate businesses as well as 1.5+ million real estate agents. He is a season... Show more

Cruz lleva trabajando en el ecosistema Microsoft Dynamics desde hace más de 20 años. Desde desarrolladora a líder técnico o consultora, ha ido asumiendo distintos roles siempre disfrutando del aprendizaje continuo. En los últimos años, ha estado implicada en proyectos de integración con otras aplicaciones y, recientemente su interés se centra en la integración de Finanzas y Operaciones con otras herramientas Dynamics, así como con Power Platform.
Cruz ha participado como ponente en eventos técnicos de la comunidad Dynamics, tanto en español como en inglés y está implicada en la promoción de carreras tecnológicas en niñas y jóvenes.

Cruz lleva trabajando en el ecosistema Microsoft Dynamics desde hace más de 20 años. Desde desarrolladora a líder técnico o consultora, ha ido asumiendo distintos roles siempre disfrutando del aprendizaje continuo. En los últimos años, ha estado impl... Show more

Sr. Cloud Solution Architect with 20+ years’ experience in software and infrastructure architecture. Empowering people and organizations to achieve more during their journey to adopt cloud services, data analytics, artificial intelligence and Microsoft services.

Sr. Cloud Solution Architect with 20+ years’ experience in software and infrastructure architecture. Empowering people and organizations to achieve more during their journey to adopt cloud services, data analytics, artificial intelligence and Microso... Show more

I am an international expert in Smart & Sustainable Cities, with over a decade of experience combining academic research, public policy advisory, and real-world project implementation in urban innovation.

I am an international expert in Smart & Sustainable Cities, with over a decade of experience combining academic research, public policy advisory, and real-world project implementation in urban innovation. Show more

Madhan Raj Kanagarathinam is a Software Architect at Samsung R&D India and a Wireless Communication Researcher with over a decade of experience in advanced network protocols like TCP/IP, Multipath TCP, QUIC, and AI-driven networking. With 130+ patent filings and 30+ peer-reviewed publications, he has driven innovations enhancing mobile connectivity. A Senior Member of IEEE, he earned his Ph.D. from IIT Madras and has contributed to wireless communication through research and leadership. His research interests include communication and networks, including Wi-Fi7/Wi-Fi8, Pre-6G/Beyond 5G, Next Generation Mobile Networks, wireless transport layer protocols, eBPF, Mobile QoS, and cross-layer optimization techniques. He won the Br. C. Selvam Award at IIT Madras based on his research performance. He also won IEEE Bangalore Young Technologist of the Year in 2020. He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the ACM. He is the youngest recipient of the IEEE India Council Technologist of the Year Award.

Madhan Raj Kanagarathinam is a Software Architect at Samsung R&D India and a Wireless Communication Researcher with over a decade of experience in advanced network protocols like TCP/IP, Multipath TCP, QUIC, and AI-driven networking. With 130+ patent... Show more

Terence is an architect at Heroku where he helped create Classic Buildpacks and then later co-founded Cloud Native Buildpacks, a CNCF Incubation Project. In the Ruby community he's been a maintainer on projects such as Ruby itself, Bundler, and Resque, but is mostly known for getting people together for #rubykaraoke. When he’s not going to an awesome an event, he lives in Austin, TX where it's acceptable to eat a taco for every meal of the day.

Terence is an architect at Heroku where he helped create Classic Buildpacks and then later co-founded Cloud Native Buildpacks, a CNCF Incubation Project. In the Ruby community he's been a maintainer on projects such as Ruby itself, Bundler, and Resqu... Show more

A technologist at heart, traveler at soul and a story teller by passion. I have worked my way up the corporate ladder in the IT Services ladder working across all major markets and continents.

A technologist at heart, traveler at soul and a story teller by passion. I have worked my way up the corporate ladder in the IT Services ladder working across all major markets and continents. Show more

OG -CoinVault ATM founder-2013-2020 launched the first bitcoin ATM as a fully compliant MSB licensed and regulated under the jurisdiction of US Department of Treasury. Under went a full FinCEN audit with a “no recommendation “ report. Active advisor and investor in portfolio of crypto related projects. A real estate developer, investor portfolio manager.

OG -CoinVault ATM founder-2013-2020 launched the first bitcoin ATM as a fully compliant MSB licensed and regulated under the jurisdiction of US Department of Treasury. Under went a full FinCEN audit with a “no recommendation “ report. Active adviso... Show more

Mara Riviello López
Nacida en una familia de madre ceramista y padre ingeniero, se formó desde temprana edad en el taller de cerámica familiar, donde aprendió el oficio. Con una trayectoria de casi cuarenta años en la práctica cerámica, es fundadora y coordinadora de PAC – Prácticas Alternativas Cerámicas, un proyecto que promueve la autonomía cerámica en diálogo con el territorio,construyendo saberes a partir de la propia experiencia.
Integra el colectivo Soberanía Cerámica y, en 2021, recibe el apoyo del programa Mecenazgo Cultural del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y la Beca SID (Secretaría de Investigación y Desarrollo, UNTreF) para desarrollar la investigación durante el bienio 2023–2024. Participa también en la iniciativa Recuperar lo ausente del Colectivo de Arquitectas, apoyada por el Fondo Nacional de las Artes, centrada en la recuperación urbanística del Río de la Plata.
En 2024 realiza una residencia en FabLab Bilbao, donde produce piezas con arcilla local mediante impresión 3D, participando en la MakerFaire. Paralelamente, investiga la formulación de pastas cerámicas y sus procesos de cocción en la Fundación Bilbao Arte.
Actualmente impulsa la creación de un taller de cerámica dentro del Museo Comunitario de Isla Maciel, al tiempo que dicta clases en el espacio familiar, abordando la cerámica situada combinando técnicas tradicionales con prácticas alternativas.

Mara Riviello López Nacida en una familia de madre ceramista y padre ingeniero, se formó desde temprana edad en el taller de cerámica familiar, donde aprendió el oficio. Con una trayectoria de casi cuarenta años en la práctica cerámica, es fundadora... Show more

Software and AI Investor across healthcare, cloud (dev/ data tools), and cybersecurity. WestBridge is an $8B+ evergreen crossover fund (spun off by the founders of Sequoia Capital), where we have invested over $2bn in software companies in the past 5 years (with cheque sizes ~$10-100M). Some of my investments include Zscaler, Freshworks, Postman, Innovaccer, Turing, Duplocloud, Nightfall, Lucidity, Tessell, NextHop etc.

Software and AI Investor across healthcare, cloud (dev/ data tools), and cybersecurity. WestBridge is an $8B+ evergreen crossover fund (spun off by the founders of Sequoia Capital), where we have invested over $2bn in software companies in the past 5... Show more

Vedant Naik is a Director, Principal Software Engineer at BlackRock Financial Management, based in New York. With over a decade of experience in software development within the investment research and finance domain, he specializes in application development, backend infrastructure, and AI integration.

Holding both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science, Vedant brings a deep technical foundation to his work, leading cross-functional engineering teams and driving innovation at scale. Among his recent accomplishments are architecting the backend and search infrastructure for a flagship development platform, and building a AladdinSDK, a python SDK layer that significantly enhanced the productivity of quantitative research teams.

Beyond his day-to-day work, Vedant actively contributes to developer communities and has led technical presentations and client-facing demos. He’s passionate about creating systems that are not only powerful but also elegant and maintainable.

When he’s not immersed in code, Vedant enjoys diving into movies, exploring automotive trends, and gaming. He also challenges himself yearly to step outside his comfort zone—most recently by training for and completing a half-marathon.

Vedant Naik is a Director, Principal Software Engineer at BlackRock Financial Management, based in New York. With over a decade of experience in software development within the investment research and finance domain, he specializes in application dev... Show more

'11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years working experience as a Finance Director at Fumex Tabacalera(American Subsidiary) and 4 years’ experience as CIO at CdF International, with more than 24 years in Executive Positions in Finance, Operations and IT. Has international experience as Program and Project Manager in Brazil, Holland, Spain, Italy, UK, US, Indonesia, Philippines, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Argentina. With deep knowledge in cost and staff reorganization, change management, project finance, company and project valuation, budget and cash flow control, funding, infra-structure projects, corporate policies, standards and procedures to achieve Sarbanes Oxley compliance, ERP implementation and project management. Pursuing 2 Masters degrees (Management Science – Kent, UK and Accounting -UFBa), MBA in Corporate Finance (FGV), and BA in Accounting and BS in Computer Science (Both @ UFBa). Also have the following qualifications: PgMP – Program Management Professional (PMI), PMP – Project Management Professional(PMI). After a successful change management in Fumex Tabacalera, is pursuing a PhD in Accounting and Finance at Universidade de São Paulo (FEA-USP). Natural leadership, mentoring and coaching skills, high commitment, structured thinking, and excellent negotiations skills completes my profile.

'11 years as Partner Director at Fênix Consultoria, 7 years working experience as a Finance Director at Fumex Tabacalera(American Subsidiary) and 4 years’ experience as CIO at CdF International, with more than 24 years in Executive Positions in Fina... Show more