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Martin Verges founded croit GmbH in 2017 to develop innovative, stable, and reliable Ceph-based storage solutions to help businesses scale. Since then he has been building up the company as CEO with robust growth without external financing. In 2022, he also took over the establishment of the US branch of the company and is responsible for its worldwide success. Today croit employs employees and freelancers worldwide and offers excellent follow-the-sun support to its customers. croit GmbH is a founding member of the Ceph Foundation and an active member of the Ceph community.1 Articles
Matteo Rebeschini is a Field CISO at Hydrolix, where he leads the company's expansion into the cybersecurity and security analytics market. With deep expertise spanning SIEM, threat detection, large-scale log management, and cloud-native security architectures, Matteo helps enterprise organizations design and deploy modern security data platforms built for the realities of petabyte-scale environments.1 Articles
As VP of Research and Development at Netwrix, Mike is responsible for the organization’s development and quality assurance teams. Mike works across all the companies’ products to ensure that they meet the rigorous processes and policies defined for the organization as well as supporting teams as they architect new solutions. Mike has a software development background with more than 10-years of experience across several languages and platforms.1 Articles
Michael Cubeddu is the Co-Founder and VP of R&D at Aliro, a quantum networking company spun out of Harvard University in 2019. At Aliro, he focuses on research, IP, and customer and partner relations. Cubeddu is a published author in quantum research, and a co-inventor of several patents in quantum computing software, error correction, and quantum network protocols -- all driving deployment of commercial-grade product lines at Aliro. He is actively involved in the Quantum Economic Development Consortium and serves as the liaison between the QED-C and the ITU-T for quantum key distribution standards development.1 Articles
Michael Wetzel is the CIO of Netwrix. With 25 years in enterprise IT, he simplifies security operations and helps teams adopt AI and automation in ways that feel intuitive, productive, and secure through servant-led leadership.1 Articles
Since 1995, Mike has served as President, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Director of Corporate Services, and Consultant for Paperclip Incorporated. In his current role, he is responsible for strategic direction, operations, and corporate communications. Prior to joining Paperclip Incorporated, Mike was the Executive Vice President and co-founder of CMF Design System, a custom software and systems integration firm. Mike received a Bachelor of Science from Rowan University and served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps.1 Articles
Murat Isik is the Founder and CEO of Noah Labs AI, where he is building Sentinel, an AI-native, air-gapped software engineering platform designed for government and highly regulated industries. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering focused on machine learning hardware and has a background in electrical engineering with experience at companies including Intel and Lattice Semiconductor. A two-time founder, Murat previously co-founded Type 1 Compute and Chip Interfaces, and brings deep expertise at the intersection of AI systems and hardware, with a focus on deploying advanced AI capabilities in secure environments where traditional tools cannot operate.1 Articles
Nick Martino is Product Manager, Managed Services for Verinext, a transformative business technology solution provider with over 15 years in providing data protection and data resiliency managed services for medium and large enterprises.1 Articles
Nilesh Jain is the Co-Founder and CEO of CleanStart, where he is redefining how organizations build and trust modern software through secure-by-design, verifiable container foundations. With over two decades of experience in cybersecurity, Nilesh has worked with global enterprises to improve resilience and reduce risk across complex, cloud-native environments. Throughout his career, he observed a persistent blind spot: organizations inherit significant risk from software components they never built themselves. That insight led to the founding of CleanStart.1 Articles