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

Dr. Tori Reddy Dodla

Dr. Tori Reddy Dodla

Dr. Tori Reddy Dodla is a technology executive, author, Army veteran, and motivational speaker focused on leadership, digital transformation, and the future of AI. With more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives across government and healthcare, she has helped organizations navigate complex technology challenges while keeping people at the center of innovation. She has served in senior federal leadership roles, including Chief of Digital Services at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and has presented on AI, cybersecurity, Microsoft technologies, and digital leadership to audiences across government and industry. Dr. Dodla is now the founder and CEO of Dodla Digital. Known for her honest and motivating speaking style, Dr. Dodla speaks to students, professionals, veterans, and career changers about confidence, resilience, leadership, and building meaningful careers in technology.

Dr. Tori Reddy Dodla is a technology executive, author, Army veteran, and motivational speaker focused on leadership, digital transformation, and the future of AI. With more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise modernization initiatives acr... Show more

Naveh Sadeh

Naveh Sadeh

I'm a Full Stack Team Lead at Harmonya, where I lead the development of scalable, high-performance applications with a strong focus on JavaScript. I joined Harmonya after playing a key role at CyberSixgill, contributing to its successful exit, and after serving in 8200 in both mandatory and professional service. Along the way, I also worked as a freelancer, delivering end-to-end projects for a variety of clients and companies. Beyond tech, I'm a musician and guitarist, and in my free time, I’m passionate about education, working with teenagers to guide and inspire them. I also speak at meetups and write articles on JavaScript, sharing insights on development best practices, architecture, and performance improvements.

I'm a Full Stack Team Lead at Harmonya, where I lead the development of scalable, high-performance applications with a strong focus on JavaScript. I joined Harmonya after playing a key role at CyberSixgill, contributing to its successful exit, and af... Show more

Deep Patel

Deep Patel

Deep Patel is a senior data engineering and analytics leader with over a decade of experience designing and scaling large-scale data platforms across fintech and technology organizations. He has led enterprise-critical initiatives spanning executive metrics, real-time analytics, and AI-driven decision systems, helping leadership teams measure ROI, manage risk, and operate with data they can trust. Deep frequently speaks and writes on modern data infrastructure, AI governance, and translating complex systems into clear business outcomes.

Deep Patel is a senior data engineering and analytics leader with over a decade of experience designing and scaling large-scale data platforms across fintech and technology organizations. He has led enterprise-critical initiatives spanning executive ... Show more

Ramakrishna Yekulla

Ramakrishna Yekulla

Ramakrishna Yekulla "Ramky" is a Principal Architect within the Application Developer Business Unit at Red Hat. In this role, he focuses on creating distinctive platform features that enhance developer efficiency, streamline data and application connections, and empower customers with the knowledge and resources to prioritize software supply chain security, minimize technical obligations, and achieve compliance goals. His interests lies in System Design, Functional Programming and Observability

Ramakrishna Yekulla "Ramky" is a Principal Architect within the Application Developer Business Unit at Red Hat. In this role, he focuses on creating distinctive platform features that enhance developer efficiency, streamline data and application conn... Show more

Sam Warnaars

Sam Warnaars

Passionated Product Manager shaping products that have impacted millions of lives over the past decade-many of which you likely use daily.

Throughout his career at NOS, Sanoma and Disney, Sam has collaborated with R&D teams from leading tech companies, consumer electronic manufacturers and automotive industry.

Passionated Product Manager shaping products that have impacted millions of lives over the past decade-many of which you likely use daily. Throughout his career at NOS, Sanoma and Disney, Sam has collaborated with R&D teams from leading tech compa... Show more

Max Fröhlich

Max Fröhlich

I'm currently working at Serviceware. Here I supported our Data Scientist to build and deploy their applications to Nomad and now push DevOps things company wide.
I enjoy programming, tinkering around with new technology and traveling the world with my wife and daughters

I'm currently working at Serviceware. Here I supported our Data Scientist to build and deploy their applications to Nomad and now push DevOps things company wide. I enjoy programming, tinkering around with new technology and traveling the world with... Show more

Anay Paul

Anay Paul

Anay Paul is a software engineer with extensive experience building large-scale systems and AI-driven developer tools across leading technology companies. Currently a Software Engineer at Meta Platforms Inc., he works on advanced agentic workflows that translate design inputs such as Figma files and screenshots into production-ready frontend code. His work focuses on leveraging large language models to automate software development processes, improve developer productivity, and enable end-to-end UI generation with minimal manual intervention. He has also contributed to complex infrastructure initiatives, including leading efforts for Android Open Source Project (AOSP) migrations and developing scalable agentic platforms that enhance code generation and evaluation systems.
Prior to Meta, Anay served as a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Oracle, where he played a key role in building and scaling Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services. He led projects that streamlined region-building processes, improved metadata distribution across hundreds of service teams, and enhanced system efficiency through automation. Earlier in his career, he worked at Amazon Web Services, contributing to security and infrastructure features such as image encryption and resource management for container registries. His foundational experience also includes roles at SAP Labs and Huawei, where he optimized data systems, reduced latency in large-scale environments, and developed enterprise-grade software solutions.
Anay holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Arizona State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from KIIT University. He brings strong expertise in distributed systems, machine learning, and backend infrastructure, with proficiency in multiple programming languages and modern development frameworks. His work reflects a consistent focus on scalability, automation, and innovation in software engineering.

Anay Paul is a software engineer with extensive experience building large-scale systems and AI-driven developer tools across leading technology companies. Currently a Software Engineer at Meta Platforms Inc., he works on advanced agentic workflows th... Show more

Lars Kinder

Lars Kinder

Lars Kinder is a Cloud Solution Architect working in life sciences, with a focus on cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software delivery. He enjoys working closely with teams to turn technical requirements into practical and maintainable solutions.

Before his current role, Lars worked as a DevOps Consultant at AWS, helping customers design and implement cloud solutions. Earlier, as a DevOps Engineer at Porsche AG, he contributed to the infrastructure supporting the High Performance Charger network.

His day-to-day work includes AWS, Infrastructure as Code with AWS CDK, serverless architectures, Kubernetes, and multi-environment CI/CD pipelines. He is particularly interested in learning from real-world infrastructure challenges and sharing approaches that make cloud delivery more reliable and easier to maintain.

Lars Kinder is a Cloud Solution Architect working in life sciences, with a focus on cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and software delivery. He enjoys working closely with teams to turn technical requirements into practical and maintainable solutions. ... Show more

Shubham Kumar

Shubham Kumar

Shubham Kumar is a passionate cybersecurity and OSINT researcher with an insatiable curiosity for unraveling the complex threads of the digital world. As a Senior Information Security Analyst, he brings deep expertise to the table, actively working to secure and safeguard today’s ever-evolving threat landscape. Outside his professional role, Shubham is a committed CTF enthusiast and a core member of the competitive team Fs0ciety00, constantly sharpening his skills through real-world challenges.

He has presented his research at premier cybersecurity conferences, including SANS OSINT Summit (2023 & 2024), BSides Dehradun, Cyber Sentinel Conclave 2025, Bharat NCX 2025, BSides Mumbai (as a researcher in 2024 and OSINT Village moderator in 2025) , hacktivitycon 2025,BSides Ahmedabad 2025, DEF CON DC9111 (as a researcher in 2023 and a workshop moderator in 2024) and EOCON . His work has also been selected for presentation at several prestigious international events, such as BSides Dublin (Trinity College), BSides Prague, BSides Sofia, BSides Cymru, BSides Krakow 2025, COSAC 2025, MY Hack 2025, hack.lu and Bsides Copenhagen 2025 - a testament to the impact and relevance of his contributions to the OSINT and cybersecurity community.

Shubham Kumar is a passionate cybersecurity and OSINT researcher with an insatiable curiosity for unraveling the complex threads of the digital world. As a Senior Information Security Analyst, he brings deep expertise to the table, actively working t... Show more

Jeremy Veque

Jeremy Veque

Developer with an electronics engineering background. A jack-of-all-trades on the Power Platform, I'm curious to discover new things every day and to present my discoveries.

Developer with an electronics engineering background. A jack-of-all-trades on the Power Platform, I'm curious to discover new things every day and to present my discoveries. Show more

Rama Krishna Raju Samantapudi

Rama Krishna Raju Samantapudi

Rama Samantapudi is a Sr. Staff AI/ML Architect at ServiceNow, specializing in Search, Ranking, Recommendations, Conversational AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. With over 13 years of experience across Walmart, Zillow, State Street, and FactSet, Rama has led large-scale AI initiatives that bridge applied research and production systems. His work focuses on building intelligent search, ranking, reasoning and structured extraction models that enhance user experience, automation and decision-making at scale.

Rama Samantapudi is a Sr. Staff AI/ML Architect at ServiceNow, specializing in Search, Ranking, Recommendations, Conversational AI, Generative AI, and Agentic AI. With over 13 years of experience across Walmart, Zillow, State Street, and FactSet, Ram... Show more

Majid Fekri

Majid Fekri

Dr. Majid Fekri is a dynamic and engaging speaker who is passionate about the transformative power of AI. With a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from McGill University and a proven track record in both startups and large corporations, Dr. Fekri brings a unique blend of scientific expertise and real-world experience to the stage. He is the founder of Edge AI Innovations, a platform dedicated to education and consultation about Edge AI, empowering individuals and businesses to harness its potential. Through his engaging presentations and insightful newsletter, Dr. Fekri makes complex AI concepts accessible and inspires audiences to embrace the possibilities of this rapidly evolving technology.

Dr. Majid Fekri is a dynamic and engaging speaker who is passionate about the transformative power of AI. With a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from McGill University and a proven track record in both startups and large corporations, Dr. Fekri brings a ... Show more

Alejandro Mancilla

Alejandro Mancilla

He focuses on scalable data architecture, cloud-native deployments, and AI/ML systems. He has designed and reviewed production MongoDB architectures for large enterprise accounts in retail, healthcare, supply chain, and financial services. He is an active contributor to the Austin tech community and has spoken on agentic AI systems, data architecture, and performance tuning for distributed workloads.

He focuses on scalable data architecture, cloud-native deployments, and AI/ML systems. He has designed and reviewed production MongoDB architectures for large enterprise accounts in retail, healthcare, supply chain, and financial services. He is an a... Show more

Kasim Sen

Kasim Sen

KASIM SEN is an experienced Project Management Office Manager who has worked the last 17 years of his 27-year career in project management. He has experience particularly in defense industry and space systems.
He has been working as Defense R&D Projects Program Manager at KAREL Electronics Inc. He managed more than 20 military communication system projects during the design, development, testing, and production phases. The systems he developed are still actively used by the Turkish Armed Forces and abroad.
He worked as a manager in the Project Management Office under the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. Space Systems Deputy General Manager, playing a critical role in managing equipment projects for satellite programs. During this period, he successfully managed million-dollar level projects such as Central Satellite Computer, Platform Interface Unit, and Power Control and Distribution Unit.
Areas of Expertise:
• Establishing and managing Project Management Office (PMO)
• Space systems and defense industry projects
• Program and portfolio management
• CMMI standards
• Team management and leadership
He is also an active blogger sharing his experiences in project management, mentoring young engineers, and participating in volunteer activities at the Turkish Project Management Association.

KASIM SEN is an experienced Project Management Office Manager who has worked the last 17 years of his 27-year career in project management. He has experience particularly in defense industry and space systems. He has been working as Defense R&D Pro... Show more

Jennifer Yelton

Jennifer Yelton

Jeni Yelton is a leadership speaker, executive coach, and organizational development consultant with more than 25 years of experience helping leaders and teams grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose. She is the author of Confidently Flawed, a leadership message that challenges people to stop chasing perfection and start building trust, influence, and meaningful impact.

Known for her engaging, story-driven style, Jeni blends humor, practical insight, and honest reflection to help audiences think differently and leave with tools they can actually use.

Her work helps leaders rethink how they develop people, measure performance, and build teams rooted in trust, collaboration, and real-world results.

Jeni Yelton is a leadership speaker, executive coach, and organizational development consultant with more than 25 years of experience helping leaders and teams grow with clarity, confidence, and purpose. She is the author of Confidently Flawed, a lea... Show more

Batyrkhan Tokmyrza

Batyrkhan Tokmyrza

Batyrkhan is a passionate Android Engineer who specializes in building scalable, high-performance mobile applications. With a strong focus on clean architecture, Jetpack Compose, and Kotlin Multiplatform, he enjoys tackling complex engineering challenges like Backend-Driven UI frameworks and robust state management.

Batyrkhan is a passionate Android Engineer who specializes in building scalable, high-performance mobile applications. With a strong focus on clean architecture, Jetpack Compose, and Kotlin Multiplatform, he enjoys tackling complex engineering challe... Show more

Treb Gatte

Treb Gatte

Treb is one of only four individuals worldwide to hold dual MVP titles in both the Data Platform and AI Platform categories from Microsoft. His contributions and demonstrated expertise in the industry have earned him this recognition from Microsoft.

With an illustrious 24-year career in Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence, he has consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible. Before stepping into his role as CEO of Marquee Insights, Treb held influential leadership positions at renowned organizations such as Microsoft, Starbucks, and Wachovia (now Wells Fargo).

Treb resides in vibrant Seattle area with his wife and beloved corgi. He also boasts an MBA from Wake Forest University, underscoring his dedication to continuous learning and professional growth.

Treb is one of only four individuals worldwide to hold dual MVP titles in both the Data Platform and AI Platform categories from Microsoft. His contributions and demonstrated expertise in the industry have earned him this recognition from Microsoft. ... Show more

J. Grant Mizell, CPM

J. Grant Mizell, CPM

Problem obsessed for +15 years, Grant's path to product started in traditional advertising before spending the last dozen years shaping digital products from startup to enterprise. Grant operates as Banking Strategist and Head Coach of Product Management for Ippon USA, a technology consultancy that supports digital transformation, data & cloud modernization and organizational change management. Recently Grant finds passion coaching regional & community banks on data & AI strategy.

Favorite successes -
1) taking a 2-sided market startup redesign from seed round to multi-million Series A;
2) reducing a community bank's account opening by more than 300% that helped support more than $1B in new assets; and
3) playing a leading role in a F500 bank's deployment and rollout of custom agent servicing app for +1500 agents.

Problem obsessed for +15 years, Grant's path to product started in traditional advertising before spending the last dozen years shaping digital products from startup to enterprise. Grant operates as Banking Strategist and Head Coach of Product Manage... Show more

Mathieu Coulombe

Mathieu Coulombe

Mathieu Coulombe est directeur des systèmes d’information pour le Groupe des cadets et rangers juniors canadiens, où il pilote la transformation numérique de l’organisation depuis 2017. Son département est responsable de l'ensemble du portefeuille TI, de la gestion de l'information, de la transformation numérique, de la gouvernance des technologies et de l'information, de la litéracie numérique et de l'analytique et les données. Son équipe regroupe 55 personnes établies partout au pays et elle supporte environ 70000 utilisateurs (participants au programme - 60000, employés à temps partiel 9000, employés à temps plein 1000).
Mathieu a aussi piloté la transformation organisationnelle et culturelle du département TI pour faire une organisation axée sur les produits, l'innovation et la valeur ajoutée plutôt qu'un fournisseur de service TI conventionnel.

Fort de plus de 25 ans d’expérience dans la fonction publique fédérale, il a développé une expertise reconnue en stratégie numérique, développement agile, gestion de portefeuilles de projets et gouvernance TI. Il est certifié PMP, Scrum Master, Product Owner et Management 3.0.

En parallèle à ses fonctions exécutives, il agit à titre de chargé de cours à l’UQAM, où il enseigne la gestion de projets et le développement logiciel aux cycles supérieurs. Il est régulièrement invité comme conférencier et formateur, notamment par l’École de la fonction publique du Canada, pour animer des ateliers sur l’innovation, le leadership numérique et les approches agiles en contexte public.

Mathieu tient aussi un blogue occasionnel sur la plateform Medium: https://medium.com/@coulombe.mm

Mathieu Coulombe est directeur des systèmes d’information pour le Groupe des cadets et rangers juniors canadiens, où il pilote la transformation numérique de l’organisation depuis 2017. Son département est responsable de l'ensemble du portefeuille TI... Show more

Harsh Phogat

Harsh Phogat

I’m a product-focused software engineer turned Technical Lead with experience building scalable healthtech and enterprise platforms at HHAeXchange, Veersa Technologies, and Mobex Health. Within just 3 years of my career, I progressed from an intern/software engineer role to a Technical Lead position by leading high-impact projects in healthcare automation, AI tools, and configurable digital platforms, while being recognized through company awards such as Highflyer of the Quarter and multiple performance-based promotions. I’ve helped build products that improved platform performance by 30%, reduced workflow completion time by 40%, and enabled highly scalable personalized healthcare experiences.

I’m a product-focused software engineer turned Technical Lead with experience building scalable healthtech and enterprise platforms at HHAeXchange, Veersa Technologies, and Mobex Health. Within just 3 years of my career, I progressed from an intern/s... Show more

Emmanuel Joseph

Emmanuel Joseph

Building the future with Blockchain Tech as a Web Developer

Building the future with Blockchain Tech as a Web Developer Show more

Ricardo Magalhães

Ricardo Magalhães

Ricardo Magalhães is a DevOps Engineer at xgeeks. He is responsible for driving the infrastructure for one of the top automotive companies in today's world. Always striving for bigger and better, Ricardo has an unmatched will to take projects to the next level and of course, make a great story along the way. Because everything is better with a good story.

Ricardo Magalhães is a DevOps Engineer at xgeeks. He is responsible for driving the infrastructure for one of the top automotive companies in today's world. Always striving for bigger and better, Ricardo has an unmatched will to take projects to the ... Show more

Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj Pandey

Neeraj is the co-founder of Vivid Climate, a climate management and accounting platform. Neeraj is a polyglot. Over the years, he has worked on a variety of full-stack software and data-science applications, as well as computational arts, and likes the challenge of creating new tools and applications, and is an active speaker with talks and tutorials presented at multiple conferences.

Neeraj is the co-founder of Vivid Climate, a climate management and accounting platform. Neeraj is a polyglot. Over the years, he has worked on a variety of full-stack software and data-science applications, as well as computational arts, and likes t... Show more

Vikram Divakar

Vikram Divakar

Principal Software Engineer with over 14 years of work experience as a software engineer building large scale software, data and ML platforms across Government, Finance and Healthcare domains. Passionate about building scalable Data and ML pipelines for scientific and business use cases. Currently pursuing opportunities to enable and empower Data Scientists to solve real world problems by leveraging agentic systems and MLOps. Cautiously optimistic about GenAI and the future of software engineering

Principal Software Engineer with over 14 years of work experience as a software engineer building large scale software, data and ML platforms across Government, Finance and Healthcare domains. Passionate about building scalable Data and ML pipelines ... Show more

Glenn Thielman

Glenn Thielman

Spring Developer consultant at Keleos Belgium
A Java Spring consultant who believes simplicity is the key to great software.
I’m passionate about building applications that are easy to understand, maintain, and scale. Because the best solutions are the ones that work without unnecessary complexity and technology.

Spring Boot has been my go-to framework for making development straightforward, whether it’s creating microservices, designing APIs, or deploying cloud-native apps.
My approach is to break problems down, find the simplest path forward, and learning from mistakes.

I’m always looking to connect with others who value clarity and elegance in code.

Spring Developer consultant at Keleos Belgium A Java Spring consultant who believes simplicity is the key to great software. I’m passionate about building applications that are easy to understand, maintain, and scale. Because the best solutions are... Show more

Frédéric Valentin

Frédéric Valentin

Head of Wealth Planning - SGPB Europe https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-valentin-ab313920 | Member of Cercle des Fiscalistes (https://www.lecercledesfiscalistes.com) | Member of the IACF - Institute of Tax Lawyers https://www.iacf.fr | Membre of Estate Planning Skill Group (https://epsg.international/fr/)

Head of Wealth Planning - SGPB Europe https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-valentin-ab313920 | Member of Cercle des Fiscalistes (https://www.lecercledesfiscalistes.com) | Member of the IACF - Institute of Tax Lawyers https://www.iacf.fr | Membre of E... Show more

Sarita Gupta

Sarita Gupta

Biography
Sarita Gupta as a versatile portfolio to bring to a balanced world with 12 years of software design and development experience at Microsoft in Redmond WA with prior software development experience of 3 years in startups and 2 years of experience on model based computing on government sponsored research projects. Sarita Gupta went to Vanderbilt University from where she graduated with Masters Degree in Computer Science. Sarita Gupta has been a Research Assistant working for government Space agency sponsored projects on manned mission to Mars and on fault detection system of f15 fighter planes. Sarita Gupta has published formal research papers and has technical awards and U.S. goverment patent on software object synchronization.

Biography Sarita Gupta as a versatile portfolio to bring to a balanced world with 12 years of software design and development experience at Microsoft in Redmond WA with prior software development experience of 3 years in startups and 2 years of expe... Show more

Wisdom Peterson

Wisdom Peterson

Wisdom I. Peterson is an E-Business Systems Architect, Digital Operations Specialist, and Author of "Mastering Client Acquisition." As the founder of Wisconsult based in Port Harcourt, he specializes in delivering high-impact, practical keynotes and hands-on workshops engineered to dismantle corporate administrative bottlenecks, optimize executive digital assets for search engine visibility (SEO), and integrate advanced AI workflows into daily business structures. Wisdom has trained thousands of rising independent professionals and remote operators across Africa on how to eliminate operational friction and position their capabilities to secure multi-currency global contracts and international scholarship pathways. His training methodology completely drops abstract theories, focusing entirely on rapid, step-by-step technological execution.

Wisdom I. Peterson is an E-Business Systems Architect, Digital Operations Specialist, and Author of "Mastering Client Acquisition." As the founder of Wisconsult based in Port Harcourt, he specializes in delivering high-impact, practical keynotes and ... Show more

John Mahlman IV

John Mahlman IV

I have over 15 years of platform engineering experience mainly with macOS but recently with Linux as well. I am a contributor to the macOS Security Compliance project and the macOS CIS Benchmarks and very active within those communities. I have been a planning member of the Greater Philadelphia Mac Admins since 2017 and I'm an avid Philly sports fan.

Outside of work I enjoy tabletop gaming, animals, breweries, and vide games. Ask me about my office I share with my partner's snakes :)

I have over 15 years of platform engineering experience mainly with macOS but recently with Linux as well. I am a contributor to the macOS Security Compliance project and the macOS CIS Benchmarks and very active within those communities. I have been... Show more

Alvaro Saurin

Alvaro Saurin

Alvaro Saurin is a Senior Platform Engineer at Adobe, where he contributes in the development of API and service mesh solutions within Adobe’s Cloud Platform Engineering team. With extensive experience across companies such as SUSE, Telefonica R&D, and WeaveWorks, he has shaped high-performing platforms in both startup and enterprise environments. Alvaro’s career spans large-scale cloud operations, distributed systems, and engineering leadership, and he is now expanding his focus into LLMs and AI.

Alvaro Saurin is a Senior Platform Engineer at Adobe, where he contributes in the development of API and service mesh solutions within Adobe’s Cloud Platform Engineering team. With extensive experience across companies such as SUSE, Telefonica R&D, a... Show more

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