Region & Country

Valued speakers who focus on the geopolitical and cultural aspects of different regions and countries, exploring topics like regional development, international relations, and cultural identity

Tim Schmidt

Tim Schmidt

Tim Schmidt is an independent cloud consultant and founder of IT2Cloud GmbH. He helps organizations design and optimize cloud native platforms with a focus on Kubernetes, OpenShift, container platforms, and DevOps. With experience ranging from enterprise OpenShift consulting to HyperShift based platform architectures and air gapped environments, he brings a practical perspective on building scalable, secure, and developer friendly infrastructure in complex real world settings.

Tim Schmidt is an independent cloud consultant and founder of IT2Cloud GmbH. He helps organizations design and optimize cloud native platforms with a focus on Kubernetes, OpenShift, container platforms, and DevOps. With experience ranging from enterp... Show more

Sameer Satyavolu

Sameer Satyavolu

I have diverse experience in application development within the banking and telecom sectors, along with a strong background in Quality Assurance Engineering for product development in the IMS area. With a master’s degree in data science and management, I combine technical expertise with business acumen to deliver innovative solutions. I have a keen eye for identifying gaps between technology and business needs, enabling me to optimize solutions and drive efficiency across industries.

I have diverse experience in application development within the banking and telecom sectors, along with a strong background in Quality Assurance Engineering for product development in the IMS area. With a master’s degree in data science and managemen... Show more

Kristen Warden

Kristen Warden

Kristen Warden is an accomplished healthcare operator and value-based care (VBC) executive with a proven track record of building and scaling multi-state organizations serving seniors. As President and Chief Operating Officer at Theoria, she spearheads daily execution and process optimization across the clinical and growth teams. Driven by a deep passion for the intersection of senior housing, primary care, and value-based models, Kristen is dedicated to positioning Theoria as the leading platform and preferred partner for senior housing operators.

Most recently, Kristen served as the COO of ConcertoCare, where she scaled in-home, risk-bearing primary care models in partnership with major health plans to serve more than 80,000 homebound seniors. Prior to that, she was an early leadership team member at Oak Street Health, an industry-leading network of primary care centers delivering value-based care to Medicare-eligible older adults. Earlier in her career, she managed a portfolio of assisted living communities for Enlivant and built her operational foundation at DaVita Dialysis.

Kristen holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management. She resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, two children, and their corgi.

Kristen Warden is an accomplished healthcare operator and value-based care (VBC) executive with a proven track record of building and scaling multi-state organizations serving seniors. As President and Chief Operating Officer at Theoria, she spearhea... Show more

Akhilesh Bollam

Akhilesh Bollam

Akhilesh Bollam is a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing and delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions. Currently serving as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Austin, Texas, he has made significant contributions to mission-critical features across Amazon's Kindle and Alexa platforms, impacting millions of users globally. Since joining Amazon in 2020, Akhilesh has led multiple high-impact projects. He spearheaded the development of Alexa Video Skill Kit integration for Fire TV, reducing partner onboarding time by 85% from 7 weeks to less than 7 days. He also designed the Kindle Content Sharing feature, which drove a 20% increase in Kindle book purchases and resulted in approximately 350,000 books shared monthly post-launch. Currently, he is leading the implementation of a high-performance backend system for Kindle book annotations, achieving a 50% reduction in backend traffic and a 95% reduction in data loss. Before Amazon, Akhilesh gained valuable experience across diverse industries. At Oracle Health (formerly Cerner Corporation), he contributed to CareAware Connect Messenger, a clinical communication platform used across hospitals, improving care-team collaboration by 75% and patient care outcomes by 80%. He also worked at Ford Motor Company, developing Role-Based Access Control systems, and began his career at Infosys Ltd, where he led automobile insurance systems development for USAA, achieving a 40% improvement in claim processing times. Akhilesh's technical expertise spans Java, Spring Boot, AWS services including Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, S3, SQS, and SNS. He has owned 175+ code contributions, reviewed 200+ pull requests, and consistently mentored junior engineers. His innovative approach has earned him hackathon wins at both Amazon and Oracle Health, and he has contributed to open-source projects, including publishing the VSK Fire TV Sample App on GitHub. Akhilesh holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication from Osmania University, India. With his proven track record of delivering scalable solutions and driving innovation in cloud-native architectures, he continues to make significant contributions to the technology industry.

Akhilesh Bollam is a Senior Software Engineer with over 10 years of expertise in designing and delivering scalable microservices and cloud-native solutions. Currently serving as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon in Austin, Texas, he has made ... Show more

Dara Melnyk

Dara Melnyk

Dara Melnyk specializes in innovative university models and change management. She writes the "Global Innovators", a regular column for University World News, co-hosts the "Innovative Universities" webinar, and is working on a book about innovative higher education.

Previously, Dara served as Head of the Research Group at the Skolkovo Education Development Centre (SEDeC), Moscow School of Management Skolovo. After leaving Russia in 2022, Dara worked as an independent advisor in Central Asia. There, she ran executive programs for university leaders and strategy sessions for universities and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kazakhstan.

Dara holds a PhD from Maastricht University, with her doctoral thesis titled "Success Factors of Innovative Universities".

Dara Melnyk specializes in innovative university models and change management. She writes the "Global Innovators", a regular column for University World News, co-hosts the "Innovative Universities" webinar, and is working on a book about innovative h... Show more

Yann Bouvet

Yann Bouvet

Développeur Fullstack Senior chez Shodo Lyon, je suis tombé dans le software craft récemment.

Ses pratiques et méthodes m'émerveillent et facilite mon travail, c'est pour ça que j'aime en parler.

Développeur Fullstack Senior chez Shodo Lyon, je suis tombé dans le software craft récemment. Ses pratiques et méthodes m'émerveillent et facilite mon travail, c'est pour ça que j'aime en parler. Show more

Sofie Theys

Sofie Theys

Sofie is a Data Engineer with +6 years of experience building scalable data solutions. She specializes in ETL workflows, data pipelines, and modeling, helping organizations enhance insights and decision-making. Her expertise spans cloud platforms, data engineering, chatbots, and generative AI, with proficiency technologies such as Python, Spark, DBT, SQL, AWS and Azure.

Sofie is a Data Engineer with +6 years of experience building scalable data solutions. She specializes in ETL workflows, data pipelines, and modeling, helping organizations enhance insights and decision-making. Her expertise spans cloud platforms, da... Show more

Andreea Munteanu

Andreea Munteanu

I help organizations drive scalable transformation projects with AI. As the lead for AI at Spectro Cloud, I ensure our portofolio enables enterprise-ready, secure AI use cases. With a background in data science across different industries, I help enterprises make data-driven decisions.

I am passionate about AI and open source, with a mission to amplify their impact across industries. I enjoy sharing my knowledge, mentoring young professionals and having an educational impact in the industry.

I help organizations drive scalable transformation projects with AI. As the lead for AI at Spectro Cloud, I ensure our portofolio enables enterprise-ready, secure AI use cases. With a background in data science across different industries, I help ent... Show more

Joris Quarshie

Joris Quarshie

Dr Neeti Tripathi

Dr Neeti Tripathi

Dr Neeti Tripathi is Principal of CIDER International School in Bangladesh, where she leads a large Cambridge and national-curriculum school with a strong focus on innovation, wellbeing, and professional learning.

With nearly two decades of experience across Indian, Cambridge, IB and international contexts, she works at the intersection of AI, pedagogy, and school leadership.

Neeti is a Cambridge Programme Leader and a British Council Action Research Mentor and awardee, guiding educators across South Asia to design evidence-informed, technology-enabled classroom practices. She has designed a gamified open educational resource on teacher professional development, used by educators to build AI-ready, student-centred pedagogy through practical “missions” rather than one-off workshops.

Her current work focuses on moving schools from scattered AI experiments to coherent, mission-aligned strategies that span teaching and learning, assessment, operations, and governance.

As an international speaker, she brings a Global South perspective—showing how schools can use AI responsibly and creatively even in resource-constrained contexts, without losing the human heart of education.

Dr Neeti Tripathi is Principal of CIDER International School in Bangladesh, where she leads a large Cambridge and national-curriculum school with a strong focus on innovation, wellbeing, and professional learning. With nearly two decades of exper... Show more

Guy Binyamin

Guy Binyamin

Guy Binyamin is a security specialist with the Varonis forensics team, contributing to DFIR, penetration testing, and attack simulations. He has spent his entire career in cybersecurity, working in both offensive and defensive roles at Comsec Global Consulting and Varonis.

Guy Binyamin is a security specialist with the Varonis forensics team, contributing to DFIR, penetration testing, and attack simulations. He has spent his entire career in cybersecurity, working in both offensive and defensive roles at Comsec Global ... Show more

Raquel Arruda

Raquel Arruda

From helping build a cyber startup from 10 to 200 employees to leading regional demand generation across Latin America and Africa, I’ve spent about a decade mastering the art of creating pipeline where none existed. I thrive on turning chaos into scalable processes, aligning marketing with sales and partners, and advancing brands through every stage of maturity.

From helping build a cyber startup from 10 to 200 employees to leading regional demand generation across Latin America and Africa, I’ve spent about a decade mastering the art of creating pipeline where none existed. I thrive on turning chaos into sca... Show more

Hemanth Kumar Badugu

Hemanth Kumar Badugu

Hemanth Kumar Badugu is a distinguished Product Finance Manager, Financial Systems Strategist, and Data-Driven Analytics Leader with extensive experience at leading global organisations, including Amazon and Goldman Sachs. He is recognised for driving large-scale Accounting Receivables (AR) transformations, ERP system migrations, and financial-control automation using advanced Python, SQL, AWS, Alteryx, and Power BI.
At Amazon, Hemanth leads global initiatives in AR sub-ledger migration, system integration, and automation of financial reporting workflows. He has built enterprise-grade tools, including a Machine Learning AR Ageing Classifier, a Predictive DSO Forecasting Model, and Self-Service Financial Analytics Portals, that enhance accuracy, scalability, and decision-making. His work includes improving reconciliation accuracy, performing P&L attribution across portfolios exceeding $1.2B, and implementing integrations across BlackLine, Oracle ERP, SAP, PeopleSoft, and AWS Data Lake.
During his tenure at Goldman Sachs, Hemanth served as an Associate in Product Control, managing daily P&L reporting, valuation analysis, liquidity forecasting, and trade-data integrity across multiple trading desks. He engineered high-impact automations leveraging Python, SQL, R, AWS S3, Redshift, and Power BI, including valuation-validation models, time-series and regression forecasting tools, and automated reconciliation pipelines. His work strengthened financial governance, reduced manual processes, and improved forecast accuracy, risk transparency, and reporting efficiency.
Earlier roles at Top Edge Technology, Thought Byte, Tech Mahindra, and Oasis Accountants broadened his expertise in ETL validation, data warehousing, quantitative modelling, financial data engineering, Java-based development, and business intelligence reporting. He has demonstrated mastery in SQL (Oracle, MySQL, DB2, SQL Server), Python (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib), Java, Spring Boot, Power BI, Tableau, Informatica DVO/TDM, and cloud ecosystems including AWS (S3, Lambda, Glue, Redshift).
Hemanth holds an MBA in Business Analytics & Finance and is a certified ACCA Chartered Accountant. With a unique blend of expertise across financial reporting, automation, data engineering, predictive modelling, and enterprise finance systems, he is known for translating complex financial and technical challenges into scalable, automated, and high-integrity solutions that accelerate close cycles, enhance controls, and enable strategic executive decision-making.

Hemanth Kumar Badugu is a distinguished Product Finance Manager, Financial Systems Strategist, and Data-Driven Analytics Leader with extensive experience at leading global organisations, including Amazon and Goldman Sachs. He is recognised for drivin... Show more

Vishnuvardhan Reddy Kaithapuram

Vishnuvardhan Reddy Kaithapuram

VishnuVardhan Reddy Kaithapuram is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Ads specializing in big data and backend engineering. He builds large-scale data pipelines using Spark and Scala, optimizes OpenSearch ingestion systems, and develops APIs serving advertiser-facing analytics. His research paper on automating data governance using machine learning was published in the Journal of Big Data (Springer Nature) in 2026, emerging directly from real-world engineering challenges at Amazon. He brings a unique perspective that bridges production-grade engineering with academic rigor, focusing on scalable, intelligent systems that solve practical problems at scale.

VishnuVardhan Reddy Kaithapuram is a Software Development Engineer at Amazon Ads specializing in big data and backend engineering. He builds large-scale data pipelines using Spark and Scala, optimizes OpenSearch ingestion systems, and develops APIs s... Show more

Bakare Balikis

Bakare Balikis

Balikis Bakare is a Microsoft Certified Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate and an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), with over four years of professional experience delivering and supporting Business Central solutions. I have worked on implementations, user onboarding, and training initiatives, helping organizations improve day‑to‑day system usage and long‑term adoption.

Balikis combines functional ERP knowledge with a strong understanding of finance and business operations, allowing her to support users beyond system configuration and into practical, real‑world application.

With a strong interest in user adoption and continuous improvement, I focus on helping consultants and organizations reduce complexity, maximize standard Business Central features, and empower users to work more effectively, especially as new functionality and AI capabilities are introduced.

Balikis Bakare is a Microsoft Certified Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate and an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), with over four years of professional experience delivering and supporting Business Central solutions. I... Show more

Chandramouli Holigi

Chandramouli Holigi

Chandramouli Holigi is a Senior Software Engineer with over 18 years of global experience in designing, building, and supporting scalable enterprise applications and cloud-native platforms. He specializes in Java and Spring Boot–based microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems, with deep expertise in Apache Kafka, Kubernetes, and Azure cloud services.
Currently at General Motors in Austin, Texas, Chandramouli architects and develops high-performance microservices deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service, supporting millions of API requests daily under strict latency SLAs. His work includes implementing event-driven workflows with Kafka, building distributed caching solutions with Azure Redis, enforcing API security using OAuth 2.0 and JWT, and automating deployments through GitOps practices with Argo CD. He has also led observability initiatives using Datadog, including metrics, logs, and distributed tracing, performed JVM performance tuning, and driven incident root-cause analysis for mission-critical systems.
Before General Motors, Chandramouli held senior engineering roles at HCL Global Systems and Yasmesoft Inc., where he focused on microservices development, legacy modernization, CI/CD pipeline implementation, caching strategies, and production stability. Earlier in his career, he served as a Project Lead at Tech Mahindra, delivering large-scale integration projects across Telecom and BFSI domains in India and the UAE, and as a Senior Integration Consultant at Hitachi Software Global Technology, designing SOA-based enterprise integrations. He began his career in production support and Java development roles, building a strong foundation in enterprise application reliability and performance.
Chandramouli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from G. Pulla Reddy Engineering College in India.

Chandramouli Holigi is a Senior Software Engineer with over 18 years of global experience in designing, building, and supporting scalable enterprise applications and cloud-native platforms. He specializes in Java and Spring Boot–based microservices, ... Show more

Daria Fedorova

Daria Fedorova

Daria Fedorova is a strategic operator and trusted partner to founders building high-growth, high-stakes businesses. With over a decade of experience spanning the UAE, Europe, the US, and Asia, she has served as Chief of Staff, VP of Investor Relations, and Interim COO — scaling teams, systems, and capital across 7 markets.
As the first hire and CoS at Destinus, a pre-IPO deep-tech aerospace and defense startup, Daria led three global funding rounds totaling 120M CHF, acted as founder proxy in board and investor forums, and built the operational infrastructure that took the company from zero to 80+ people across 7 countries.
Her career spans YC-backed construction tech (Mighty Buildings), fintech (Bank 131), IoT supply chains (Cogobuy/Forbes Asia Fab 50), and M&A at Siemens Financial Services — giving her a rare cross-industry, cross-cultural lens on what it takes to build and scale ambitious companies.
Today, Daria advises founders and family offices on capital formation, operational scale-up, and international expansion, based between Madrid and Dubai.
She speaks on Chief of Staff, founder leverage, international growth, and building the operating systems that turn strategy into execution.

Daria Fedorova is a strategic operator and trusted partner to founders building high-growth, high-stakes businesses. With over a decade of experience spanning the UAE, Europe, the US, and Asia, she has served as Chief of Staff, VP of Investor Relatio... Show more

Joe Kramer

Joe Kramer

Joe Kramer is the CEO of Parjana Engineering, Inc., where he leads the development and deployment of advanced water infrastructure solutions focused on restoring natural infiltration and improving stormwater performance.

Through the IRIS™ Infiltration System, his work has helped municipalities, developers, and infrastructure owners move beyond traditional design assumptions toward measured, real-world performance outcomes.

Joe is also leading HydroCoin, a framework designed to create auditable, verifiable records of water infiltration and recharge, enabling environmental performance to be measured, tracked, and trusted at scale.

His work sits at the intersection of infrastructure, environmental markets, and digital systems, focused on one core shift:
transforming water from an unmeasured liability into a quantifiable, defensible asset.

Joe Kramer is the CEO of Parjana Engineering, Inc., where he leads the development and deployment of advanced water infrastructure solutions focused on restoring natural infiltration and improving stormwater performance. Through the IRIS™ Infiltra... Show more

Venkat Chandrasekar Subramaniam

Venkat Chandrasekar Subramaniam

Working on the Basel and Regulatory reporting space within the Financial services domain for more than a decade. In the past have enabled banks to fulfill their regulatory reporting requirements helping them automate their filing and data transformation process to enable an automated process for filing regulatory reports in the credit risk space. Also enabled banks to file new reports corresponding to new regulations in the US Regulatory reporting space like Single Counterparty Credit Risk(SCCL). Working on the impact of new regulations in the space like Basel III Endgame and also the impact of changes in internal subledgers on the entire regulatory reporting process.

A Subject Matter Expert in the regulatory reporting platform of Axiom SL which is used predominantly in North American Regulatory reporting jurisdictions , have worked on the customizations required for various bank environments especially if the bank is an Intermediate Holding Company(IHC) as defined by the Federal Reserve. Also worked on reporting outside of the Federal Reserve framework like with SEC and the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority(CIMA) reporting.

Working on the Basel and Regulatory reporting space within the Financial services domain for more than a decade. In the past have enabled banks to fulfill their regulatory reporting requirements helping them automate their filing and data transformat... Show more

Federico Morra

Federico Morra

Federico Morra è imprenditore digitale e founder di Fenice Academy. Negli ultimi anni ha sviluppato e scalato modelli di acquisizione e vendita ad alta intensità di dati, integrando automazioni nei processi commerciali. Si occupa di architettura dei funnel, governance del dato e sostenibilità economica di modelli digitali in crescita, con focus su marginalità e controllo operativo.

Federico Morra è imprenditore digitale e founder di Fenice Academy. Negli ultimi anni ha sviluppato e scalato modelli di acquisizione e vendita ad alta intensità di dati, integrando automazioni nei processi commerciali. Si occupa di architettura dei ... Show more

Brittany Bafandeh

Brittany Bafandeh

Brittany Bafandeh is the CEO of Data Culture, with deep expertise in data strategy, AI, and analytics. She has built scalable data infrastructure, predictive models, and experimentation frameworks at companies like Narrator, WeWork, and IBM, helping organizations turn data into a competitive advantage. With experience advising high-growth startups and major enterprises, she specializes in bridging the gap between data and business impact. A trusted strategist and industry advisor, Brittany holds a degree in Operations Research & Engineering from Cornell University and is passionate about making data and AI practical, scalable, and valuable.

Brittany Bafandeh is the CEO of Data Culture, with deep expertise in data strategy, AI, and analytics. She has built scalable data infrastructure, predictive models, and experimentation frameworks at companies like Narrator, WeWork, and IBM, helping ... Show more

Ronak Barhanpurkar

Ronak Barhanpurkar

I am is a seasoned User Experience Designer with a strong focus on automotive UX, human factors, and digital accessibility. With over 4 years of industry experience, I currently contribute to the UX team at Maruti Suzuki, where we craft intuitive and meaningful in-vehicle experiences that blend technology, human behavior, and design innovation. Their expertise lies in designing digital ecosystems that not only meet user needs but also drive broader business and societal impact.

In 2024, I delivered a well-received talk at UX India on enhancing user experience in automobiles, a session that sparked widespread discussions on the future of mobility design. Beyond professional projects, I am passionate about mentoring young designers, promoting accessibility in digital spaces, and pushing the boundaries of user-centered innovation in complex industries like automotive and connected mobility.
Outside of work, I am a photography enthusiast, an avid non-fiction reader, and a traveler who loves exploring diverse cultures and ideas. This unique blend of technical expertise, user empathy, and a visionary outlook positions me as a strong voice for how design can act as a transformational force for people, businesses, and the planet.

I am is a seasoned User Experience Designer with a strong focus on automotive UX, human factors, and digital accessibility. With over 4 years of industry experience, I currently contribute to the UX team at Maruti Suzuki, where we craft intuitive and... Show more

Devdas Gupta

Devdas Gupta

Devdas Gupta is a seasoned technology leader and Principal Software Engineer & Architect with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of AI-driven enterprise solutions, distributed systems design and architecture, and cloud integration, modernizing mission-critical platforms across the fintech, e-commerce, and healthcare sectors.

Currently serving as a Senior Manager of Software Development and Engineering Lead at Charles Schwab, USA, his expertise spans cloud-native distributed systems design and orchestration, including microservices, event-driven architectures, and intelligent automation.

A Senior Member of IEEE and a Fellow of BCS and IET, he actively contributes to the global technology community as a research paper reviewer, keynote speaker, hackathon judge, and mentor. Passionate about innovation, he drives engineering excellence, enterprise integration, and automation-led development. In addition to his technical leadership, he volunteers with IEEE committees and serves as a professional assessor and thought leader, helping shape the next generation of engineers and intelligent digital solutions.

Devdas Gupta is a seasoned technology leader and Principal Software Engineer & Architect with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of AI-driven enterprise solutions, distributed systems design and architecture, and cloud integration, moder... Show more

Rafael .:McPegasus:.

Rafael .:McPegasus:.

Desarrollador informático en MS Access, VBA y experto en Microsoft 365 (Office), consultor y formador.

Desarrollador informático en MS Access, VBA y experto en Microsoft 365 (Office), consultor y formador. Show more

Philippa Burgess

Philippa Burgess

Philippa Burgess is a geospatial intelligence and data analytics professional who helps organizations bring location into their Microsoft Fabric and Power BI workflows. She holds a Master of Science in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence from the University of Southern California (USC), a Master of Planning in Urban Planning, a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) from USC, and is currently completing a Master of Studies in Law (MSL) with a Privacy Law and Cybersecurity Certificate.

She specializes in integrating ArcGIS GeoAnalytics for Microsoft Fabric with modern lakehouse architectures, enabling data and BI teams to enrich existing datasets with spatial context, scalable geoprocessing, and advanced geospatial models. In her sessions, Philippa shows data engineers, analysts, and BI developers how to design end-to-end geospatial pipelines in Fabric—using Spark-enabled GeoAnalytics functions, OneLake-backed data engineering, and semantic models that light up interactive mapping in Power BI.

Drawing on applied work in disaster risk, critical infrastructure, and cyber-physical security, she demonstrates concrete patterns for joining tabular business data with real-world geography, performing large-scale spatial analysis in Fabric notebooks, and delivering location-aware insights through ArcGIS for Power BI visuals. Philippa is the founder of GeoCyber Systems LLC and an active community speaker, helping the Microsoft data ecosystem unlock “the where” in their data with Fabric, Power BI, and ArcGIS GeoAnalytics.

She is a Women Techmakers Ambassador, Esri YPN Ambassador, Gold Microsoft Student Ambassador, NICE Cybersecurity Career Ambassador, and Favikon Partner.

Philippa Burgess is a geospatial intelligence and data analytics professional who helps organizations bring location into their Microsoft Fabric and Power BI workflows. She holds a Master of Science in Human Security and Geospatial Intelligence from ... Show more

Nicholas Lea-Trengrouse

Nicholas Lea-Trengrouse

I am a Data & AI Lead with over 15 years of experience architecting large-scale analytics initiatives that bridge the gap between technical infrastructure and business impact. Currently leading the BI and Data & AI practice at Columbus (UK), I specialise in moving organisations away from "autopsy reporting" and toward proactive, process-driven data strategies. I focus on the transition from fragmented tools to cohesive, product-minded data platforms - leveraging technologies like Microsoft Fabric to unify operational workflows and codify institutional knowledge into scalable, diagnostic systems.

I am a Data & AI Lead with over 15 years of experience architecting large-scale analytics initiatives that bridge the gap between technical infrastructure and business impact. Currently leading the BI and Data & AI practice at Columbus (UK), I specia... Show more

Jon Schubin

Jon Schubin

Jon Schubin is a financial communications strategist and writer with more than fifteen years working at the intersection of fintech, capital markets, and the media that covers them.

He speaks and writes about how financial companies communicate in a world being reshaped by AI, shifting regulation, and changing audience behaviour — and why so much of what gets said sounds identical. His particular interest is in the gap between what financial brands claim and what their audiences actually hear: where thought leadership becomes noise, where conference consensus hardens into cliché, and where a genuinely distinct point of view can still cut through.

His analysis covers the technology, business models, and narratives driving change across payments, banking, capital markets, and digital assets — with a focus on what the industry's own language reveals about where it is actually heading.

Jon is Global Head of Content at Cognito, the specialist financial communications firm, where he works with leading institutions and challengers across New York and London. He speaks Russian and is working on a long-term reporting project on Ukraine and the surrounding region.

Jon Schubin is a financial communications strategist and writer with more than fifteen years working at the intersection of fintech, capital markets, and the media that covers them. He speaks and writes about how financial companies communicate in... Show more

Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter

Scott Carpenter is a senior cybersecurity leader with over a decade of experience across offensive security, threat hunting, and SOC operations. As Director of Security Operations, he leads 24×7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, overseeing incident response, detection engineering, and client advisory across enterprise environments. With prior experience in adversary emulation, penetration testing, and U.S. government offensive cyber operations, Scott brings a unique red to blue perspective. He regularly briefs executives and security teams, translating real world attacker tradecraft into practical, actionable detection strategies.

Scott Carpenter is a senior cybersecurity leader with over a decade of experience across offensive security, threat hunting, and SOC operations. As Director of Security Operations, he leads 24×7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR) services, overseei... Show more

Julian Lorenzo

Julian Lorenzo

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Felipe Alves

Felipe Alves

Originally from Brazil and a Radio Engineer, I've made my way to Software Engineering once it began swallowing Mobile Networks.
Most of my time has been spent provisioning, maintaining and supporting Kubernetes Platforms, specially in the area of Fleet Management.

Originally from Brazil and a Radio Engineer, I've made my way to Software Engineering once it began swallowing Mobile Networks. Most of my time has been spent provisioning, maintaining and supporting Kubernetes Platforms, specially in the area of Fl... Show more

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