Transports & Logistics

Experts in the efficient movement and storage of goods, covering procurement, inventory management, distribution, warehousing, transportation, and risk management

Nagendra Krishna Ramachandran

Nagendra Krishna Ramachandran

Nagendra Ramachandran is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon with over 15 years of experience delivering large-scale technology programs across e-commerce, financial services, and automotive industries. He has led enterprise-wide frameworks that drove significant infrastructure efficiencies, managed multimillion-dollar infrastructure portfolios, and applied Generative AI and automation to strengthen global operational resilience. Previously, at Bank of America, he directed release management modernization during the post-merger integration with Merrill Lynch, earning a Global Recognition Award for excellence. He began his career at WABCO (ZF Group), developing diagnostic tools for safety-critical automotive systems. Nagendra holds an M.S. in Management Information Systems from Texas A&M University and a postgraduate diploma in Computer Science from the University of Waikato.

Nagendra Ramachandran is a Senior Technical Program Manager at Amazon with over 15 years of experience delivering large-scale technology programs across e-commerce, financial services, and automotive industries. He has led enterprise-wide frameworks ... Show more

Abigail Borja

Abigail Borja

Abigail Borja es AI Engineer ecuatoriana de 27 años, miembro del Centro de Excelencia de Inteligencia Artificial en Argentina y punta de lanza en la implementación de tecnología Google en América Latina.
Ha desarrollado MVPs de ciencia de datos e inteligencia artificial directamente para Google, y desplegado agentes LLM, sistemas RAG, agentes de voz e infraestructura MLOps en producción para empresas de talla mundial como ARM (Apple), Walmart, Santander, AFP, CGC Petrolera, Akzonobel y Friesland Campina — en sectores que van desde energía y finanzas hasta logística, retail y salud.
Hoy co-funda proyectos de implementación de tecnología temprana con agéntica en el transporte Ecuatoriano, llevando inteligencia artificial a una industria que mueve millones de personas cada día.
Pero quizás el proyecto más cercano a su corazón es el que esta construyendo junto a su esposo — docente galardonado con dos premios de inclusión de la ciudad de Buenos Aires por su trabajo con niños sordomudos y con discapacidades. Juntos están diseñando programas de robótica e inteligencia artificial para los más pequeños, inspirados en su propia hija. Su visión es clara y necesaria: que la inteligencia artificial sea un ambiente seguro, inclusivo y estimulante para el desarrollo de los niños.
Ha sido en múltiples ocasiones la única mujer en equipos técnicos de alto rendimiento. Lejos de ser un obstáculo, eso la convirtió en pionera. Es fiel creyente del poder transformador de las mujeres en tecnología — porque sabe por experiencia propia lo que significa abrirse paso en espacios que no fueron diseñados para ellas.
Próxima mamá, mochilera empedernida y soñadora sin límites. Su destino soñado: implementar inteligencia artificial para la NASA.
Abigail construye código, construye empresas, construye futuro — y lo hace con una convicción que no negocia ex dragona:
"Si lo sueñas, es posible. No hay recetas mágicas — solo constancia, disciplina y resiliencia."

Abigail Borja es AI Engineer ecuatoriana de 27 años, miembro del Centro de Excelencia de Inteligencia Artificial en Argentina y punta de lanza en la implementación de tecnología Google en América Latina. Ha desarrollado MVPs de ciencia de datos e in... Show more

Fatimah Abdullahi

Fatimah Abdullahi

Abdullah fatimah is a passionate technology professional and data enthusiast dedicated to driving innovation and empowering the next generation of women in tech. With experience in data analytics, community engagement, and technology advocacy, she focuses on using data as a tool for problem solving and inclusive growth She has contributed to several technology communities and initiatives, where she mentors and supports young talents, particularly women, to break barriers and embrace opportunities in STEM. Her work bridges the gap between technical expertise and social impact, making her a strong voice for diversity and inclusion in Africa’s growing digital economy.

Abdullah fatimah is a passionate technology professional and data enthusiast dedicated to driving innovation and empowering the next generation of women in tech. With experience in data analytics, community engagement, and technology advocacy, she fo... Show more

Renae Ninneman

Renae Ninneman

I experienced life as an immigrant when I lived in South Korea, and I remember the confusing anger I felt toward South Koreans when I experienced culture shock. I thought I was a good person and I couldn’t understand why I was so angry and frustrated. I was trying so hard to make Korean friends, but I didn’t feel comfortable talking to Koreans about certain questions about their culture that made me confused and frustrated. I had so many questions. Explain bowing. How do you know which verb tense to use with which people? How do I know if I did something offensive? Where can I go to learn more about Korean culture? I didn’t have a comfortable place to ask my questions, and I thought I should just ignore the confused feelings and keep trying.

I didn’t get any cultural orientation or training when I lived abroad. When I eventually returned home, I went through intense reverse culture shock. I questioned my values, my identity, and my cultural programming. That’s when I started studying cultural differences and cultural intelligence. From this moment, everything changed. I realized my struggle wasn't a personal failure. It was cultural misunderstanding.

It wasn’t that I wasn’t trying hard enough. It was that no one had explained the deeper rules shaping how people connect in South Korea.
That experience is why I care so deeply about helping immigrants feel comfortable and confident in the American workplace. They bring a great deal of skills and experience into our workplaces, and oftentimes team effectiveness is hampered by simple, predictable cultural misunderstandings.

Since returning from South Korea 20 years ago, I’ve intentionally built my life around cross-cultural engagement. I have worked, volunteered, or built friendships with people from more than 30 countries. I’ve seen patterns repeat across cultures. I've seen similar misunderstandings, similar frustrations. It’s not just theory to me, it’s personal and I’ve lived it. I don’t view cultural challenges as personality flaws. I see them as predictable outcomes when people are navigating invisible cultural rules without orientation.

I hold a Master of Public Administration (MPA), which trained me to think about cultural challenges inside larger systems, including universities, workplaces, and communities. Cultural struggles don’t happen in a vacuum. They happen inside places of work and within social norms that were not designed to explain themselves. This

I am certified by the Cultural Intelligence Center to debrief cultural intelligence assessments, and I am a doctoral student in the Communication Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

I help people understand cultural differences and how to connect across them. Because we won't be able to deal with our world's big problems without addressing our differences.

I experienced life as an immigrant when I lived in South Korea, and I remember the confusing anger I felt toward South Koreans when I experienced culture shock. I thought I was a good person and I couldn’t understand why I was so angry and frustrated... Show more

Mostafa Elkoumy

Mostafa Elkoumy

Mostafa Elkoumy is the Founder & CEO of Uraeus LLC & VxLabs GmbH, an automotive cybersecurity supplier building the Uraeus product family. Uraeus connects development-time
cybersecurity engineering (CSMS execution, TARA, SBOM & supply-chain risk, compliance evidence) with operational security (monitoring, incident workflows, and VSOC/XDR integrations that enable OEMs and suppliers to run a traceable, auditable, and scalable cybersecurity lifecycle aligned with ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE R155.

With 15+ years in the automotive ecosystem across Tier-1 and Tier-2 environments, Mostafa has worked hands-on across AUTOSAR, vehicle software delivery, OTA update pipelines, and modern E/E architecture trends (HPCs and zonal). His focus is practical execution: turning security requirements, engineering artifacts, and operational telemetry into workflows that teams can actually run—without drowning in spreadsheets and fragmented tools.

Mostafa is deeply engaged with the automotive security and SDV community through forums and ecosystems such as COVESA, ASRG (Automotive Security Research Group), Auto-ISAC, and Eclipse SDV, where the industry aligns on interoperability, threat intelligence sharing, and real-world security learnings.

He regularly speaks about software-defined vehicles (SDV), security-by-design vs. security-by-evidence, operationalizing CSMS at scale, and how AI and knowledge graphs can accelerate consistency, traceability, and decision-making across the vehicle security stack.

Mostafa Elkoumy is the Founder & CEO of Uraeus LLC & VxLabs GmbH, an automotive cybersecurity supplier building the Uraeus product family. Uraeus connects development-time cybersecurity engineering (CSMS execution, TARA, SBOM & supply-chain risk, c... Show more

Kelly-Anne Cliff

Kelly-Anne Cliff

Kelly-Anne Cliff is a Product Lead specializing in the development and scaling of digital products. She currently leads the development of SaaS platforms for ADAS and autonomous driving, focusing on secure and scalable business models for safety-critical applications. Previously, she worked on a global connected-car monitoring platform supporting millions of vehicles and has extensive experience in software-defined vehicles and cross-functional product teams.

Kelly-Anne Cliff is a Product Lead specializing in the development and scaling of digital products. She currently leads the development of SaaS platforms for ADAS and autonomous driving, focusing on secure and scalable business models for safety-crit... Show more

Gerald Benischke

Gerald Benischke

My experience spans over 25 years of engineering in the public, financial and telecoms sectors. I am an Agile Fundamentalist and AppSec Snooper. The principles of the agile manifesto form the basis of good practices. It boils down to lots of common sense, small steps, learning along the way, not writing code that nobody will want or need and taking processes and procedures with a pinch of salt.

I want to make security more approachable and more pragmatic, more agile. The only way to deal with a deluge of vulnerabilities, bad practices copied from StackOverflow or hallucinated by an LLM is to bring security together with development.

Recently, I’ve become a head of engineering, where I swapped working with code to working with people. That suits me fine as I’ve bastardised the 80:20 rule: Software engineering is 80% social and only 20% technical.

My experience spans over 25 years of engineering in the public, financial and telecoms sectors. I am an Agile Fundamentalist and AppSec Snooper. The principles of the agile manifesto form the basis of good practices. It boils down to lots of common s... Show more

Friedemann Brockmeyer

Friedemann Brockmeyer

As Director at Ramboll Management Consulting, I bring over 15 years of experience shaping the future of transport across Germany and Europe. I advise public authorities, transport operators, infrastructure managers, investors and manufacturers on strategy, organisation, and transformation.

Having led numerous international projects, I combine deep industry insight with a strong focus on implementation. My expertise spans business model optimisation, organisational design, and financial strategy — always aiming to turn complex change into measurable results.

Driven by a passion for sustainable and efficient mobility, I work to bridge public ambition and private capability to deliver lasting impact.

As Director at Ramboll Management Consulting, I bring over 15 years of experience shaping the future of transport across Germany and Europe. I advise public authorities, transport operators, infrastructure managers, investors and manufacturers on str... Show more

Anchal Chaudhary

Anchal Chaudhary

Anchal Chaudhary is a 0 to 1 AI product builder at Rite-Hite, specializing in the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing and logistics. With a keen vision for leveraging new-age technologies, Anchal has built product management from the ground up in a historically unstructured environment, demonstrating how focused effort can drive a global shift towards smarter, connected solutions. Her expertise lies in engineering processes that scale digital products, integrating AI-driven optimization, real-time analytics, and autonomous operations to address critical industry challenges.

Anchal Chaudhary is a 0 to 1 AI product builder at Rite-Hite, specializing in the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing and logistics. With a keen vision for leveraging new-age technologies, Anchal has built product management from the ... Show more

Aswini Atibudhi

Aswini Atibudhi

Aswini is the Distinguished Architect for Customer Space at Walmart. He has more than 22 years of IT experience in design and development of scalable microservice and microfrontend based Web/Cloud/AI & ML Applications. His Portfolio is jam-packed with Multiple domains such as Finance, Telecom, Healthcare and E-com expanding over several high tech companies such as Cisco,Equinix, Finastera, TCS etc. During his last 7 years at walmart, he is one of the founding member for Last Mile Delivery platform ,NTransit Fleet management and Merchant Space.

He has been responsible in introducing numerous enterprise AI software products to the Walmart ecosystem, including Azure OpenAI, TenserFlow, AutoML, Databricks AI, DialogFlow and SnowFlake etc.

Aswini is a leading expert in the rapidly evolving field of generative & agentic AI, with a deep understanding of how machine learning models can be used to create transformative digital experiences. With a background in developing scalable AI-driven applications, Aswini has been instrumental in implementing generative models—such as large language models (LLMs) and creative AI solutions—across industries, from personalized content generation to AI-enhanced customer engagement. Also, Aswini specializes in AI-driven strategies which spans from deep learning and natural language processing (NLP) to computer vision and automation. Known for his strategic insights, Aswini has a keen interest in the ethical development and deployment of AI, ensuring that the transformative power of AI is used responsibly and transparently.


He has received numerous innovation awards from Walmart on Arrival deteciton Engine, Above & Beyond, Top performer award for Equinix Cloud Exchange and Cisco Group Race Award for Channel Partner Tool.

Aswini enjoys hiking, mountain biking, and painting in his spare time.

Aswini is the Distinguished Architect for Customer Space at Walmart. He has more than 22 years of IT experience in design and development of scalable microservice and microfrontend based Web/Cloud/AI & ML Applications. His Portfolio is jam-packed wit... Show more

Mukul Kumar Gaur

Mukul Kumar Gaur

Mukul Kumar Gaur is a senior technology and product engineering leader with over 16 years of experience driving large-scale innovation across airline retailing, air travel distribution, transportation, hospitality, payments, security, and telecommunications domains. He currently serves as Senior Principal – Product Engineering at Accelya US Inc., where he leads the delivery of IATA NDC-compliant airline retailing and servicing solutions for major global carriers.
Mukul is recognized for his deep expertise in airline retailing, distribution, and Passenger Service Systems (PSS), with hands-on experience designing and modernizing ATPCO-based shopping, pricing, ticketing, and ancillary services platforms. His work spans end-to-end airline workflows, including PNRs, inventory, schedules, seat maps, interline servicing, and electronic miscellaneous documents (EMDs). He has extensive integration experience with leading GDS platforms such as Galileo, Worldspan, Apollo, Travelport Universal API, and legacy airline systems, including Astral PSS.
A rare blend of technical architecture, functional leadership, and product strategy, Mukul has led complex modernization initiatives that enable airlines to transition from legacy distribution models to next-generation retailing at scale. He has spearheaded high-impact initiatives such as Cache Shopping, Anchored Search, Price-by-Passenger, and enhanced baggage retailing capabilities adopted by major airlines, including American Airlines, Lufthansa Group, Qantas, and Aer Lingus. His leadership has contributed to significant performance gains, faster time-to-market, and substantial infrastructure cost reductions.
Mukul is also a trusted industry thought leader, actively representing his organization in IATA working groups and contributing to the evolution of global standards such as NDC, One Order, and airline servicing frameworks. He collaborates closely with executive leadership, product teams, and airline stakeholders to align technology roadmaps with strategic business objectives, ensuring scalable, interoperable, and future-ready solutions.
With a strong foundation in C, C++, TPF, SQL, XML, EDIFACT, and enterprise integration architectures, combined with deep Agile delivery experience, Mukul is widely regarded as a key driver of innovation in global airline retailing. His career reflects sustained leadership, industry impact, and a consistent record of delivering mission-critical systems for some of the world’s largest travel and financial services organizations.

Mukul Kumar Gaur is a senior technology and product engineering leader with over 16 years of experience driving large-scale innovation across airline retailing, air travel distribution, transportation, hospitality, payments, security, and telecommuni... Show more

Simone Jennings

Simone Jennings

Simone is a Public Health Dietitian with the Healthy Communities team at Interior Health. She has 18 years of experience supporting food literacy education in schools and using evidence-informed approaches for teaching nutrition. Simone was a project lead for the development of the Hands on Food resource and she participated in the provincial working group that developed the Teach Food First toolkit. Simone holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Nutrition and Dietetics with the University of British Columbia and has a graduate certificate in Educational Neuroscience from the University of Calgary. She is grateful to live and work on the traditional, unceded territories of the Secwepemc peoples.

Simone is a Public Health Dietitian with the Healthy Communities team at Interior Health. She has 18 years of experience supporting food literacy education in schools and using evidence-informed approaches for teaching nutrition. Simone was a project... Show more

Bobby Small

Bobby Small

I thrive on community and Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform has a great one! I am a versatile professional who encourages collaboration, delivers creative and effective solutions (What I call noodling😀). My natural high-energy approach smashed together with varied experience in IT, communication, marketing, business analysis, and project management is a strong foundation for any new challenge. I am passionate about building community, strong relationships, providing excellent customer service, and supporting the growth and success of my peers. Now it is my pleasure to support the community 💯in my role as a Community Strategy Director at DUG (Dynamics User Group)!

I thrive on community and Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform has a great one! I am a versatile professional who encourages collaboration, delivers creative and effective solutions (What I call noodling😀). My natural high-energy approach smash... Show more

Tiago Aurich

Tiago Aurich

Com uma experiência geral de 27 anos em TI, atuando em gestão e condução de projetos, mapeamento de processos, coordenação e capacitação de equipes para o desenvolvimento de produtos digitais, integração de sistemas, migração de sistemas legados e gerenciamento de implantação. Vivência em empresas nacionais e multinacionais nas áreas de Saúde Suplementar, Mercado Financeiro, Logística, Comércio Exterior, Aviação Civil, Serviço Notarial e TI Industrial.

A variedade de projetos pela qual passei me concedeu muitas oportunidades de aprendizado e me permitiu desenvolver competências como ampla visão sistêmica, forte articulação, uma grande flexibilidade para atuar em ambientes dinâmicos e resiliência para sistemas de alta criticidade. Já pude contribuir atuando em variados papéis como Coordenador de Equipes, Gerente de Projetos, Product Owner, Scrum Master, Analista de Processos, Analista de Sistemas, Líder Técnico, Administrador de Banco de Dados e Desenvolvedor.

Meu foco principal é o comprometimento com a palavra dada e o alinhamento com o propósito e a missão da empresa, contribuindo com tudo o que aprendi ao longo da carreira para a maximização dos resultados. Busco um constante desenvolvimento técnico e cultural em tudo o que faço a fim de poder prestar um melhor serviço. Me especializei na abordagem ágil com Scrum, Kanban e DevOps, e sigo de perto a forma como as empresas têm buscado meios híbridos de gestão para atingir seus objetivos.

Com uma experiência geral de 27 anos em TI, atuando em gestão e condução de projetos, mapeamento de processos, coordenação e capacitação de equipes para o desenvolvimento de produtos digitais, integração de sistemas, migração de sistemas legados e ge... Show more

Altro & Neomind

Altro & Neomind

Chris Edwards-Thorne (Altro)
Chris Edwards-Thorne, Global Marketing Manager bei Altro, ist ein Vorreiter für neuroinklusives Design im ÖPNV. Als Mitbegründer des Transport Design Forum setzt er sich dafür ein, „unsichtbare“ Barrieren durch gezielte Materialwahl und Farbgestaltung abzubauen. Sein Fokus liegt auf der Reduzierung sensorischer Überlastung, um Autonomie und Wohlbefinden für alle Fahrgäste zu stärken.

Kasia Foljanty (Neomind)
Kasia Foljanty ist Director of Customer Experience bei der Designagentur Neomind. Die erfahrene Industriedesignerin entwickelt nutzerzentrierte Mobilitätslösungen, die technische Präzision mit emotionaler Ergonomie verbinden. Mit Projekten wie dem preisgekrönten „Universal Bus“ definiert sie Inklusion neu, indem sie durch zonierte Layouts und intuitive Führung kognitive Barrieren minimiert.

Chris Edwards-Thorne (Altro) Chris Edwards-Thorne, Global Marketing Manager bei Altro, ist ein Vorreiter für neuroinklusives Design im ÖPNV. Als Mitbegründer des Transport Design Forum setzt er sich dafür ein, „unsichtbare“ Barrieren durch gezielte ... Show more

Hauke Rieffel

Hauke Rieffel

Nach 20 Jahren ,was mit Medien‘, was mit Purpose. Nachhaltiger und hochwertiger Personennahverkehr für Hamburg und Holstein.

Nach 20 Jahren ,was mit Medien‘, was mit Purpose. Nachhaltiger und hochwertiger Personennahverkehr für Hamburg und Holstein. Show more

Jianyu Wang

Jianyu Wang

Jianyu Wang serves as the maintainer of the Koordinator community and a Senior Development Engineer at Alibaba Cloud, where he leads the architecture and development of Alibaba Cloud’s 10K-GPU-scale cluster scheduling system powering large-scale AI training infrastructure. His technical expertise spans heterogeneous device scheduling (GPU/NPU/RDMA/NUMA-aware) and distributed task scheduling, with extensive hands-on experience in optimizing scheduling performance, resource isolation, topology-aware placement, and scalability for production AI clusters at scale.

Jianyu Wang serves as the maintainer of the Koordinator community and a Senior Development Engineer at Alibaba Cloud, where he leads the architecture and development of Alibaba Cloud’s 10K-GPU-scale cluster scheduling system powering large-scale AI t... Show more

Hüseyin Karagöz

Hüseyin Karagöz

I’m Hüseyin Karagöz, a Software Architect and Android developer who first met Kotlin through Android — long before it became the community standard. Over the years, I’ve built countless Android apps, and Jetpack Compose became my creative playground for designing expressive, declarative, and scalable UIs.

That curiosity eventually led me to Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform, where I now focus on building intelligent, shared architectures that extend beyond Android — unifying experiences across mobile, web, and desktop. Lately, I’ve been exploring how AI reasoning can interact with server-defined UI systems, creating adaptive, context-aware interfaces that evolve dynamically in real time.

Beyond development, I’m a core GDG Istanbul and DevFest Istanbul organizer. I love mentoring developers, fostering collaboration, and helping shape events that bring ideas to life. My recent talk, “When the UI Starts Thinking,” reflects my ongoing mission to push the boundaries of what’s possible with Kotlin — to build apps that don’t just run… they think.

I’m Hüseyin Karagöz, a Software Architect and Android developer who first met Kotlin through Android — long before it became the community standard. Over the years, I’ve built countless Android apps, and Jetpack Compose became my creative playground ... Show more

Kathrin Siegmann

Kathrin Siegmann

Kathrin Siegmann (früherer Nachname: Herrmann) ist seit über 19 Jahren als Requirements Engineer / Business Analystin, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Entwicklerin und Projektmanagerin in Softwareprojekten tätig. Sie hat u.a. Branchenerfahrung in den Bereichen Raumfahrt, militärische Projekte, Handel und E-Commerce, Augenoptik, Ver- und Entsorgungswirtschaft, Wohnungswirtschaft, Logistik, Softwarevertrieb und Call-Center. Sie versteht sich als Brückenbauern zwischen Technik und Business, sowie zwischen agilen und klassischen Kontexten. Die Frage, wie gemeinsam ein guter Produktnutzen geschaffen und hochqualitative Software entwickelt werden kann, treibt sie dabei um.

Kathrin Siegmann (früherer Nachname: Herrmann) ist seit über 19 Jahren als Requirements Engineer / Business Analystin, Scrum Master, Product Owner, Software Entwicklerin und Projektmanagerin in Softwareprojekten tätig. Sie hat u.a. Branchenerfahrung ... Show more

Sourav Roy

Sourav Roy

Sourav Roy is a cloud-native data solutions architect with 12+ years of experience building large-scale data platforms across retail, utilities, health insurance, real-estate analytics and fintech. He specializes in modern lakehouse & data warehouse architectures, serverless pipelines, real-time streaming systems, open table formats. A regular speaker at data engineering meetups and seminars, He enjoys building with open-source data stacks and, outside work, exploring Himalayan valleys on foot.

Sourav Roy is a cloud-native data solutions architect with 12+ years of experience building large-scale data platforms across retail, utilities, health insurance, real-estate analytics and fintech. He specializes in modern lakehouse & data warehouse ... Show more

Nick Gill

Nick Gill

Nick Gill, a Power Apps champion, has transformed his career with Power Platform. Once a Logistics Manager at the American Red Cross who modernized business processes with Power Platform for the Red Cross, Nick has learned valuable developer skills and worked to become a Solution Architect for a leading Microsoft Partner, Applied Information Sciences, where he has since helped many more large organizations realize the potential of digital transformation.

Nick Gill, a Power Apps champion, has transformed his career with Power Platform. Once a Logistics Manager at the American Red Cross who modernized business processes with Power Platform for the Red Cross, Nick has learned valuable developer skills a... Show more

Basit Ajibade

Basit Ajibade

Basit Ajibade is a UX leader, design thinker, product designer and circumstantial ambivert.

His practice spans user experience design, product design, and design thinking, with a sustained focus on insight-led, human-centred work across logistics, agritech, e-commerce, fintech, non-profit, and civic technology contexts. Over the years, he has collaborated with diverse product teams and contributed to open-source and community initiatives, including projects with Google Developers Groups in Lafia and Ado-Ekiti. His work reflects a consistent concern for aligning user needs with organisational and business objectives, informed by experience in user research, UX writing, product strategy, and UX audits.

He holds a First Class degree in Business from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and is a certified User Experience Designer by Google and Georgia Institute of Technology, with additional professional training in Enterprise Design Thinking from IBM. His portfolio includes work with organisations and platforms such as SendIT, InfoByte, Amona, Future Forward, SmartClimate, Shipway, Vitanura, Verivent, iLEAD AFRICA, CivicPadi, and Swapive.
AbdulBasit is a Jim Leech Mastercard Fellow of Entrepreneurship at Queen’s University, Canada, a Young Innovation Fellow at Hutzpa Innovations at the African University of Science and Technology, Abuja, and a regional winner of the AFEX Product Hackathon. He also won the Ingressive for Good Hackathon in 2022 and co-founded TechClarity Coach, where he contributes to mentorship and capacity-building initiatives across Africa.

He is currently a Product Designer at UpNawt Studio, a solution design agency in Nigeria.

Basit Ajibade is a UX leader, design thinker, product designer and circumstantial ambivert. His practice spans user experience design, product design, and design thinking, with a sustained focus on insight-led, human-centred work across logistics,... Show more

Hanna Schwab

Hanna Schwab

Hanna ist Azure Cloud Consultant mit Fokus auf Data & AI-Lösungen. Derzeit entwickelt sie maßgeschneiderte Azure OpenAI-basierte Chatbots für verschiedene Branchen, darunter Finanzwesen, FMCG, Medizintechnik und Produktion. Ihre Expertise umfasst Data Engineering, AI-Anwendungsentwicklung und IT-Strategie. Hanna berät Unternehmen täglich dabei, neueste Technologien effektiv zu nutzen, um Kundeninteraktionen zu verbessern und Probleme datenorientiert zu lösen. Ihre Begeisterung für AI und innovative IT-Lösungen treibt sie an, stets auf dem neuesten Stand der Technik zu bleiben und ihre Kunden optimal zu unterstützen.

Hanna ist Azure Cloud Consultant mit Fokus auf Data & AI-Lösungen. Derzeit entwickelt sie maßgeschneiderte Azure OpenAI-basierte Chatbots für verschiedene Branchen, darunter Finanzwesen, FMCG, Medizintechnik und Produktion. Ihre Expertise umfasst Dat... Show more

Mahbubul Alam

Mahbubul Alam

Dr. Mahbubul Alam is a Chief Research Scientist at Hitachi America’s Industrial AI Lab, where he translates complex business challenges into deployable, real-world AI solutions. He brings sixteen years of academic and industry experience in machine learning, deep learning, and computer vision, with particular emphasis on industrial visual inspection, predictive maintenance, and automation.

He earned his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Old Dominion University, where his doctoral research introduced novel deep learning methods for solving challenging computer vision problems. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Jahangirnagar University, graduating with the highest academic distinction and receiving the University Gold Medal.

Dr. Alam has more than four thousand Google Scholar citations, is a Marquis Who’s Who Honored Listee for 2025, and serves as a reviewer for leading IEEE journals. His work bridges AI theory with scalable industrial applications.

Dr. Mahbubul Alam is a Chief Research Scientist at Hitachi America’s Industrial AI Lab, where he translates complex business challenges into deployable, real-world AI solutions. He brings sixteen years of academic and industry experience in machine l... Show more

Ellie Ebrahimi

Ellie Ebrahimi

Dr. Ellie Ebrahimi is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She earned her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from Clemson University in 2017, following her M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Iran, and her B.Sc. in Robotics Engineering from Shahrood University of Technology, Iran.

Dr. Ebrahimi's career is dedicated to finding innovative ways to adapt and improve ideas and theories to enhance STEM and cybersecurity education and workforce development, address mental health challenges in adolescents primarily due to cyberbullying, and support language learning in multilingual children. Her research interests are diverse and interdisciplinary, reflecting her commitment to making a meaningful impact across various fields.

With a specialization in teaching game development, Python programming, and human-computer interaction, Dr. Ebrahimi brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her work. She is dedicated to improving educational practices and outcomes, making significant contributions to her field.

Dr. Ellie Ebrahimi is an associate professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She earned her Ph.D. in Human-Centered Computing from Clemson University in 2017, following her M.Sc. in Mechatronics Engineering from K. N. Toosi University... Show more

Gianfranco Di Pietro

Gianfranco Di Pietro

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student.

Geospatial expert, data scientist - PhD student. Show more

Achraf Aamri

Achraf Aamri

Senior Software Engineer passionate about low-level programming and performance optimization. I build PHP extensions, explore PHP internals, and dive deep into systems programming with C, Rust, and Zig. Creator of CSVToolkit - high-performance CSV processing tools achieving 3.6x-4.8x speed improvements

💼 What I Do
Senior Systems Engineer & PHP Internals Developer specializing in Performance Optimization, PHP Extensions & Low-Level Programming

🔧 PHP Extension Development - Building high-performance extensions that bridge PHP with systems programming
⚡ Performance Engineering - Optimizing at the language and system level for maximum efficiency
🐘 PHP Internals Research - Studying the Zend engine architecture and preparing for core contributions
🦀 Systems Programming - Leveraging C, Rust, and Zig for performance-critical components
🏗️ Backend Architecture - Designing scalable systems with deep understanding of underlying performance
📊 CSV Processing Innovation - Creating high-performance CSV tools that outperform native implementations by 3.6x-4.8x

Senior Software Engineer passionate about low-level programming and performance optimization. I build PHP extensions, explore PHP internals, and dive deep into systems programming with C, Rust, and Zig. Creator of CSVToolkit - high-performance CSV pr... Show more

David Best

David Best

Dave is an experienced technologist who has done a bit of everything. He is spending his time now in the civic tech space, working with local municipal governments and nonprofits.

Dave is an experienced technologist who has done a bit of everything. He is spending his time now in the civic tech space, working with local municipal governments and nonprofits. Show more

Paul Marden

Paul Marden

Paul is the Founder and CEO of Carbon Six Digital and Rubber Cheese. He is an Umbraco veteran of 14 years and somewhat of a lapsed developer. He likes to think outside the box, often coming up with creative technical solutions that clients didn’t know were possible. Paul oversees business development and people management at Rubber Cheese and Carbon Six but in his heart just wants to solve problems with tech.

Paul is the Founder and CEO of Carbon Six Digital and Rubber Cheese. He is an Umbraco veteran of 14 years and somewhat of a lapsed developer. He likes to think outside the box, often coming up with creative technical solutions that clients didn’t kn... Show more

Carlos Arturo Quiroga Quiroga

Carlos Arturo Quiroga Quiroga

Corporate Digital Architecture Leader, Work as Solution Architect at different companies; now Financial Latam Group, in past IBM Global Business Services, Oracle & EDS (HPe now DXC) in Colombia. Agile Coach, Mentor & Design Thinking practitioner.

Has experience in developing & deploying distributed solutions, including APIs strategy, API Economy adoption (ecosystems & platform), Cloud, Omnichannel, Microservices, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) & Front End technologies (Ionic, Bootstrap, Angular, etc.), applying Agile & Design Thinking techniques to align IT solutions to customer needs.

Corporate Digital Architecture Leader, Work as Solution Architect at different companies; now Financial Latam Group, in past IBM Global Business Services, Oracle & EDS (HPe now DXC) in Colombia. Agile Coach, Mentor & Design Thinking practitioner. ... Show more

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