Travel & Tourism

Experts in the promotion and management of travel experiences, focusing on leisure, business, and cultural exploration

Scott Schult

Scott Schult

Scott Schult is Vice President of Destination Strategy at Tiki and a former DMO Chief Marketing Officer who has spent more than two decades on the destination side of the table. At Tiki, he develops partnerships and product innovation that connect destinations with high-intent travelers through AI-powered media, and has been instrumental in bringing Envoy — Tiki's proprietary AI chat ad unit — to DMOs, including Visit Tampa Bay and other leading destinations.

Scott Schult is Vice President of Destination Strategy at Tiki and a former DMO Chief Marketing Officer who has spent more than two decades on the destination side of the table. At Tiki, he develops partnerships and product innovation that connect de... Show more

Sachin Raja

Sachin Raja

Sachin is a Senior Software Engineer who spends his days wrangling Golang, AWS, Kubernetes, and the occasional Friday deployment he immediately regrets. He’s built and scaled backend systems for teams that like their platforms fast, reliable, and (mostly) drama-free.

Over the years, he’s worked on everything from multi-tenant migrations and CI/CD pipelines that actually behave, to backend services that don’t wake him up at 3 AM. He loves clean architecture, simple solutions to messy problems, and developers who write good commit messages.

When Sachin isn't deep in code, you’ll find him experimenting with side projects, helping teammates level up, or trying (and failing) to keep his local dev environment perfectly organized.

Sachin is a Senior Software Engineer who spends his days wrangling Golang, AWS, Kubernetes, and the occasional Friday deployment he immediately regrets. He’s built and scaled backend systems for teams that like their platforms fast, reliable, and (mo... Show more

Emeline Parizel

Emeline Parizel

Ingénieure de formation et sensible à l'art, à l'économie du don et au changement climatique, je déploie mes compétences en pilotage de projets numériques depuis 10 ans.

A travers mes projets et mon engagement associatif auprès de la Fresque du Climat, la Fresque du Numérique, Quelques Femmes du Numérique, Latitudes, ou encore en tant qu'organisatrice de conférences TEDx, j'essaie d'œuvrer pour un numérique plus responsable.
Je crois au numérique qui rassemble et qui crée du lien.

Je suis vélotaffeuse et adepte du voyage à vélo. Sur des circuits courts, et aussi sur des circuits un peu longs. Genre, Paris – Athènes. 4 000 km à vélo, en 40 jours.

Ingénieure de formation et sensible à l'art, à l'économie du don et au changement climatique, je déploie mes compétences en pilotage de projets numériques depuis 10 ans. A travers mes projets et mon engagement associatif auprès de la Fresque du Cl... Show more

Harsh Patel

Harsh Patel

My name is Harsh Patel. I am Dynamics Business Central/ NAV functional consultant, having 10 years of experience in ERP implementation, business process optimization, and digital transformation with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/ NAV solutions for businesses across various industries.

As a functional consultant, I have a good understanding of business processes and requirements, enabling to design tailored solutions that align with clients' unique needs and objectives.

My name is Harsh Patel. I am Dynamics Business Central/ NAV functional consultant, having 10 years of experience in ERP implementation, business process optimization, and digital transformation with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/ NAV soluti... Show more

Mayur Kumar Mittapally

Mayur Kumar Mittapally

Mayur Kumar Mittapally is a strategic Program Manager and Solution Architect with over 18 years of IT experience, specializing in SAP HCM, Time Management, and Global Payroll solutions. Currently serving as Program Manager for HR Innovation and Experience Productivity at Delta Air Lines, Mayur has successfully led complex, enterprise-wide HR transformations across diverse global markets, including APAC, the Middle East, and North America.
With deep expertise in SAP HCM (SuccessFactors), including Employee Central and cloud integration technologies, Mayur has built a reputation for modernizing legacy systems and delivering seamless, integrated HR solutions that enhance both operational efficiency and employee experience. His technical leadership spans 6+ years, during which he has consistently delivered projects on time and on budget, while maintaining the highest standards of stakeholder satisfaction.
A practitioner of Servant Leadership, Mayur excels at aligning technology solutions with strategic business objectives particularly in aviation IT operations. His data-driven approach leverages advanced analytics to optimize workforce management and deliver measurable business outcomes.
Beyond his professional achievements, Mayur demonstrates a strong commitment to community service as a dedicated blood and plasma donor with the American Red Cross, contributing more than 15 life-saving donations.
In 2024, Mayur was nominated for Delta Air Lines' prestigious Chairman’s Club, recognizing him among the company’s top 100 performing employees for his exemplary service, leadership, and embodiment of the "Delta Difference." His passion for mentoring and building high-performing teams has made him a respected leader who fosters collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth within organizations.

Mayur Kumar Mittapally is a strategic Program Manager and Solution Architect with over 18 years of IT experience, specializing in SAP HCM, Time Management, and Global Payroll solutions. Currently serving as Program Manager for HR Innovation and Exper... Show more

Raphaël Yharrassarry

Raphaël Yharrassarry

Je travaille en freelance comme lead UX designer, psychologue depuis le dernier millénaire. Mon parcours m’a permis de travailler sur des sujets variés allant du WAP à la télévision, en passant par, le web, le e-commerce et les applications professionnelles ou le design de service. Ma vision de l’expérience utilisateur repose sur deux démarches complémentaires, l’une pragmatique autour de la conception de services et l’autre stratégique autour de l’évolution des organisations et l’intégration du design au sein des équipes.

Je travaille depuis 2020 pour beta.gouv.fr toujours en freelance afin d’essayer d’améliorer les services publics avec l’intention de changer le monde, de le rendre meilleur et de limiter la crise climatique qui arrive, mais avant ça il faut que je pense à faire du pain et bien d’autres choses plus ou moins futile comme un potager, du miel et du cidre.

Je travaille en freelance comme lead UX designer, psychologue depuis le dernier millénaire. Mon parcours m’a permis de travailler sur des sujets variés allant du WAP à la télévision, en passant par, le web, le e-commerce et les applications professio... Show more

Kabelo Lehlongwane

Kabelo Lehlongwane

Kabelo Lehlongwane has spent two decades helping enterprises connect systems that weren't designed to talk to each other — from rail infrastructure to retail banking to broadcast media. By day, he's a Strategy Director at Accenture Song (recovering Ad Man @ King James and FCB Africa), where he's delivered work for brands like Coca-Cola and South African Tourism recognised at Cannes and One Show. By night, he's the founder of KYL Solutions, where he builds the tools he wishes existed. KYLIDESCOPE — a multi-machine agentic IDE that wires AI models across devices — is what happens when a strategist with no formal networking background decides the dev tools aren't working the way he thinks. Tailscale is the reason it actually works. He is a an inexperienced techie but a paid speaker, having been invited to speak at the
inaugural Athar Festival of Creativity and GovTech 2025 among many other events.

Kabelo Lehlongwane has spent two decades helping enterprises connect systems that weren't designed to talk to each other — from rail infrastructure to retail banking to broadcast media. By day, he's a Strategy Director at Accenture Song (recovering A... Show more

Sandipana Das

Sandipana Das

Sandipana Das is a UX Designer at IBM whose work sits at the intersection of AI, enterprise systems, and human-centered design. Beyond enterprise product design, Sandipana explores the future of learning and equitable access, especially in contexts where technology may extend guidance beyond institutional limits.

She designs for complex, high-stakes environments across sustainability, finance, and knowledge-rich workflows, with a focus on how intelligent systems can better support comprehension, decision-making, and trust.
Her practice combines design strategy, systems thinking, and emerging AI behaviors to examine how interfaces might evolve from reactive tools into more context-aware forms of support. She is particularly interested in adaptive AI, multimodal interaction, and the ethical questions that arise when systems begin interpreting human signals, behavior, and cognitive strain.

Sandipana Das is a UX Designer at IBM whose work sits at the intersection of AI, enterprise systems, and human-centered design. Beyond enterprise product design, Sandipana explores the future of learning and equitable access, especially in contexts w... Show more

Aurelien Coget

Aurelien Coget

Je suis Aurélien COGET, CEO de Plumber.
Je suis passionné par l'automatisation des tâches dans le cycle de vie de la livraison de logiciels (SDLC).
Je me concentre sur la façon de sécuriser les chaînes d'approvisionnement DevOps.

J'aime voyager 🌎, partager d'autres cultures 👩🏾‍🤝‍👨🏽, pêcher 🎣
Je suis également membre actif d'un cluster d'entreprises numériques en Occitanie.

Je suis Aurélien COGET, CEO de Plumber. Je suis passionné par l'automatisation des tâches dans le cycle de vie de la livraison de logiciels (SDLC). Je me concentre sur la façon de sécuriser les chaînes d'approvisionnement DevOps. J'aime voyager... Show more

Arun Ganapathi

Arun Ganapathi

Arun Ganapathi is a software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience architecting cloud-native, high-availability systems and large-scale IAM platforms. He serves as Senior Manager of Software Development at Oracle USA, leading OPERA Cloud Identity Management a globally distributed, multi-tenant IAM solution supporting thousands of hospitality enterprises worldwide.
His work spans cloud architecture, microservices, security, and federated identity systems. He has driven major IAM transformations delivering 99.9% uptime, 50% faster incident response through observability modernization, and significant gains in onboarding and high-load performance.
At Oracle, Arun has earned honors including the Architects Choice Award, R&D Hall of Fame Award, and Hospitality Pineapple Award for contributions to cloud-native IAM, federated identity, and high-availability SaaS architectures.
He is certified as an Oracle Gen AI Professional, OCI Architect, and Professional Scrum Master, with expertise in OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML 2.0, RBAC, and zero-downtime deployments.

Arun Ganapathi is a software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience architecting cloud-native, high-availability systems and large-scale IAM platforms. He serves as Senior Manager of Software Development at Oracle USA, leading OPERA Cloud Id... Show more

Mark Mosley

Mark Mosley

Mark J. Mosley is a digital transformation leader with over a decade of experience at some of the world’s leading tech companies, including Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. He works across AI, data, and enterprise workloads to help organizations with business strategy and drive innovation.

Featured in the Associated Press, Business Insider, and Yahoo Finance, Mark has delivered talks at conferences nationwide, sharing actionable insights on AI adoption and leadership.

Mark J. Mosley is a digital transformation leader with over a decade of experience at some of the world’s leading tech companies, including Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and ServiceNow. He works across AI, data, and enterprise workloads to help organizatio... Show more

Silvia Mogas

Silvia Mogas

Silvia Mogas is an award-winning marketer in the Web3 space and the CEO and Founder of BMBWeb3 Ventures and Blockchain Marketing Boutique. Named Marketing Leader of the Year 2024, Silvia specializes in helping Web2 brands transition to Web3 and provides strategic marketing services to Web3-native companies.

A dynamic international speaker, Silvia has presented at over 50 conferences worldwide, including Mobile World Congress, South Summit, AWE Europe, Taipei Blockchain Week, and TBEX Europe. She also lectures at EAE Business School and hosts the "Hype" program on Pulso Media, part of the Rug Radio Creators Group.

Based in Dubai, Silvia holds an Executive MBA, a Postgraduate Degree in Marketing, a diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, and a Tourism Degree with a specialisation in Marketing. She is passionate about blockchain technology, mentoring startups, and fostering innovation within the global business community.

Silvia Mogas is an award-winning marketer in the Web3 space and the CEO and Founder of BMBWeb3 Ventures and Blockchain Marketing Boutique. Named Marketing Leader of the Year 2024, Silvia specializes in helping Web2 brands transition to Web3 and provi... Show more

Saskia Untiet-Kepp

Saskia Untiet-Kepp

Saskia Untiet‑Kepp enables Data Mesh and AI‑ready data platforms in regulated environments. Her focus areas include Data Product Contracts, Enterprise Semantic Layers, Knowledge Graphs, and AI‑assisted querying. She drives self‑service platforms and federated governance and shares hands‑on lessons from complex transformation programs.

Saskia Untiet‑Kepp enables Data Mesh and AI‑ready data platforms in regulated environments. Her focus areas include Data Product Contracts, Enterprise Semantic Layers, Knowledge Graphs, and AI‑assisted querying. She drives self‑service platforms and ... Show more

Diego Garcia

Diego Garcia

Diego García García is a global technology executive and cloud transformation leader who operates at the forefront of data, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence innovation.

As Head of Data & Analytics Specialist Solutions Architecture for EMEA at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Diego leads a distributed organisation of senior architects helping some of the world’s most complex enterprises modernise their data platforms and unlock the business value of AI.

With over two decades of international leadership experience, Diego works at the intersection of strategy, architecture, and organisational transformation. He partners with C-suite executives and engineering leaders to reimagine legacy data estates as cloud-native, scalable platforms built for real-time intelligence, advanced analytics, and Generative AI.

Beyond customer transformation, Diego collaborates closely with product and engineering teams to translate real-world enterprise challenges into innovation priorities — particularly across modern Lakehouse architectures, open data formats, streaming ecosystems, and AI-driven workloads.

Diego García García is a global technology executive and cloud transformation leader who operates at the forefront of data, analytics, and Artificial Intelligence innovation. As Head of Data & Analytics Specialist Solutions Architecture for EMEA a... Show more

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automotive & online dating. Aside from work, she loves to travel, read, organise stuff (😬), play music & video games and spend time with her fluffy pets.

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automot... Show more

Manoj Prabhakar KS

Manoj Prabhakar KS

Advocating for fairness, transparency, and ethical AI adoption across industries. Engaging with stakeholders in education, healthcare, and career mobility to foster compliance with emerging global AI governance standards. Passionate about translating complex AI challenges into actionable strategies for inclusive growth.

Advocating for fairness, transparency, and ethical AI adoption across industries. Engaging with stakeholders in education, healthcare, and career mobility to foster compliance with emerging global AI governance standards. Passionate about translating... Show more

Adrianne Calvo

Adrianne Calvo

Chef Adrianne Calvo is an award-winning Miami based restaurateur, cookbook author,
Emmy-nominated YouTube show host and podcaster known for her signature “Maximum Flavor” style.
Her highly-acclaimed restaurants, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant and Bar and
Cracked by Chef Adrianne, are a staple of must-eat-destination lists, and her popularity on Goldbelly spurred the upcoming launch of her online shop Baked by Chef Adrianne. With the publication of her
first cookbook, Maximum Flavor, she became the youngest cookbook author ever at the time.
In her Emmy-nominated YouTube travel show, Searching for Maximum Flavor, Adrianne travels the world in search of exciting new ingredients and shows viewers how to incorporate them into their dishes at home. Her forthcoming vodcast of the same name will turn up the heat on celebrity guests who are blindfolded and served mystery meals during the course of being interviewed.
When she is not creating in the kitchen or in front of the cameras, she pours her heart and soul into the Make It Count Foundation, a non-profit that she started in honor of her late sister Jennifer.

Chef Adrianne Calvo is an award-winning Miami based restaurateur, cookbook author, Emmy-nominated YouTube show host and podcaster known for her signature “Maximum Flavor” style. Her highly-acclaimed restaurants, Chef Adrianne’s Vineyard Restaurant ... Show more

Leonardo Rossi

Leonardo Rossi

I'm a freelance backend engineer with expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, helping startups and scale-ups build scalable systems and evolve their digital products. I've worked across various sectors including Real Estate and Food & Beverage, developing solutions on both monolithic and microservices architectures. In my free time, I enjoy traveling with my spouse, exploring nature through outdoor activities and studying new technologies.

I'm a freelance backend engineer with expertise in Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot, helping startups and scale-ups build scalable systems and evolve their digital products. I've worked across various sectors including Real Estate and Food & Beverage, d... Show more

Knowledge Benjamin

Knowledge Benjamin

Knowledge Benjamin is a solution oriented Software Developer.

Knowledge Benjamin is a solution oriented Software Developer. Show more

Ben Sleek

Ben Sleek

I’m an ex-Developer turned Application Security Engineer currently employed by Proof. After 10 years of building applications, I discovered breaking them could be just as fun.

I’m an ex-Developer turned Application Security Engineer currently employed by Proof. After 10 years of building applications, I discovered breaking them could be just as fun. Show more

Lianacris Panaligan

Lianacris Panaligan

building belonging through movement

building belonging through movement Show more

Vix Reitano

Vix Reitano

20 years of marketing and sales experience.

20 years of marketing and sales experience. Show more

Rebecca Oburotha

Rebecca Oburotha

An experienced M365 and VLE platform administrator, qualified trainer, specializing in SAAS platform administration, end-user troubleshooting support and the
the delivery of high-quality training sessions across Microsoft
Technologies including office 365, Azure, Power platform, and Microsoft Teams.
Skilled in resolving technical issues, designing and implementing tailored training
programmes to empower learners and organisations with the knowledge and skills to
maximise productivity and achieve digital transformation.

Tech Support, Microsoft Cloud Certified x 2, Speaker, Trainee Trainer, Low Code & AI Enthusiast, UKAI User Group Member, M365 Developer Programme & S.T.E.M Ambassador.

An experienced M365 and VLE platform administrator, qualified trainer, specializing in SAAS platform administration, end-user troubleshooting support and the the delivery of high-quality training sessions across Microsoft Technologies including of... Show more

Dolphy Fernandes

Dolphy Fernandes

Dolphy Fernandes is an experienced Technology Director in Architecture and Platform Engineering, with over 10 years of experience leading high-performing teams and spearheading digital transformation initiatives for leading global organizations. With a strong background in building enterprise-level platforms, Dolphy’s career has focused on designing agile, cross-functional teams that deliver innovative, high-quality solutions at scale. He is passionate about optimizing team structures and interactions, to unlock faster delivery and improve team engagement.

Dolphy Fernandes is an experienced Technology Director in Architecture and Platform Engineering, with over 10 years of experience leading high-performing teams and spearheading digital transformation initiatives for leading global organizations. With... Show more

Tyler Otto

Tyler Otto

Tyler Otto is the president and owner of Specialized Accounting, a thriving, entirely remote hospitality accounting firm. Tyler brings a wealth of finance experience from the lodging industry, where he served as Senior Financial Analyst at Vail Resorts and Corporate Director of Finance with Imprint Hospitality. He is a fanatic about forging new connections and collaborating with industry peers and colleagues while welcoming newcomers.

Tyler is passionate about sharing his expertise and has presented at conferences such as Accounting Today’s Firm Growth Forum, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP), BKX (Bookkeepers.com), Association of Lodging Professionals (ALP), The Successful Bookkeeper Summit, and The Glamping Show, and in webinars with Relay, ThinkReservations, Earmark, and Kaplan. He has also appeared as a featured guest on Relay’s On the Money Mondays video series, as well as podcasts including Universal Accounting’s Building the Premier Accounting Firm, The Successful Bookkeeper, and The Ambitious Bookkeeper.

You can also find Tyler on UnAccountable!, an entertaining gameshow podcast tackling current accounting topics, along with his co-host and good friend, Jeremy Van Groll.

Tyler Otto is the president and owner of Specialized Accounting, a thriving, entirely remote hospitality accounting firm. Tyler brings a wealth of finance experience from the lodging industry, where he served as Senior Financial Analyst at Vail Resor... Show more

Dipti Chhatrapati

Dipti Chhatrapati

I am Dipti Chhatrapati, a passionate and ambitious Microsoft Professional with more than 14 years of experience in pursuing a career and creating more about myself while working in the IT Industry. My passion for Microsoft Technologies comes from the experience as a Developer, Consultant, Architect, and Manager for SharePoint (2007, 2010, 2013), Office 365, and Power Platform projects on large to medium and small size customers. I love contributing to the technical community and enabling customers to grow their business which keeps me excited every day. I have participated in various international/local conferences as a speaker and manage my blog at insightrun.com. I have written a book on Reporting in TFS in the year 2015. I am honored and humbled to be awarded as Microsoft Regional Director in the year 2018 for recognizing deep technical and business knowledge, community leadership, and the ability to connect with Microsoft customers, partners, and product group professionals. I have earned Microsoft certifications in SharePoint, Teams, Enterprise Mobility, and Security. When I am not with technology, I spend time with music, sports, arts, reading, traveling, and cooking.

I am Dipti Chhatrapati, a passionate and ambitious Microsoft Professional with more than 14 years of experience in pursuing a career and creating more about myself while working in the IT Industry. My passion for Microsoft Technologies comes from the... 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

David Aronchick

David Aronchick

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this.

Previously, I led product management for Kubernetes on behalf of Google, launched GKE, and co-founded the Kubeflow project, and led Open Source ML Strategy at Azure. I have also worked at Protocol Labs, Amazon and Chef and co-founded three startups.

I am CEO and co-founder of Expanso, the company behind the distributed compute platform Bacalhau. This means I spend most of my time helping humans to convince machines to be smarter. I am only moderately successful at this. Previously, I led prod... Show more

Hakan Bagci

Hakan Bagci

Hakan Bagci is an Android Principal Engineer at Delivery Hero, a food delivery company. He started Android development in 2012 and has 19 years of software development experience. He got his PhD degree in Computer Engineering. After leaving academic path, he has become a passionate Mobile Engineer and published 10+ small sized indie mobile games to both Android and iOS platforms.

Hakan Bagci is an Android Principal Engineer at Delivery Hero, a food delivery company. He started Android development in 2012 and has 19 years of software development experience. He got his PhD degree in Computer Engineering. After leaving academic ... Show more

Jean Marcos

Jean Marcos

Sou Product Manager com mais de 8 anos de experiência em produtos digitais e tecnologia, atuando na construção e evolução de soluções centradas no usuário, métricas e impacto de negócio. Ao longo da minha trajetória, liderei iniciativas de produto em empresas como Globo, Hurb, 1Doc e Peixe Urbano, conduzindo produtos de ponta a ponta, da descoberta à escala.

Minha atuação é guiada por discovery contínuo, priorização estratégica e decisões orientadas por dados. Tenho formação em Product Management e Transformação Digital, com estudos pela PUC-Rio, BBI of Chicago, além de especializações na Reforge, PM3 e Tera.

Acredito que grandes produtos nascem da combinação entre visão de negócio, empatia com o usuário e experimentação. Gosto de compartilhar aprendizados práticos sobre estratégia, discovery, métricas, tomada de decisão e desafios reais de times de produto.

Sou Product Manager com mais de 8 anos de experiência em produtos digitais e tecnologia, atuando na construção e evolução de soluções centradas no usuário, métricas e impacto de negócio. Ao longo da minha trajetória, liderei iniciativas de produto em... Show more

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