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Lisa Thee is the Data and AI Managing Director at Launch Consulting, where she helps companies navigate a world of data for better, safer, and more informed decision-making. Ms. Thee is a consultant to some of the world's most innovative healthcare, and global technology companies including Microsoft and UCSF’s Center for Digital Healthcare Innovation to accelerate FDA approval for AI use in clinical settings. She is the CEO and Co-Founder of Minor Guard, an Artificial Intelligence software company focused on making people safer online and in real life. She is a keynote speaker including her TEDx talk "Bringing Light To Dark Places Online: Disrupting Human Trafficking Using AI." She hosts the Navigating Forward podcast. She has been named to the 2021 Top Health and Safety, Privacy, and AI Thought Leaders and Influencers and Women in Business you should follow by Thinkers 360. She was recently named to the 2022 “Top 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics” global list. Ms. Thee currently serves as an advisory board member for Engineered Medical Solutions, Humaxa, Spectrum Labs and Marketplace Risk. She is also a Board of Director's member for 3 Strands Global Foundation, a human trafficking prevention and reintegration focused organization. As CEO and Chairman of the Board for Minor Guard, she secured seed funding, led product development and set the sales strategy. She brings board value for ESG specifically around AI ethics and Diversity & Inclusion. Ms. Thee has 19 years of digital director experience most recently overseeing $6B in business for Intel’s data center and storage markets. Ms. Thee drove the enterprise and government playbook to grow data center market segment share (MSS) by addressing big data and AI use cases for cybersecurity, image, and text processing. Ms. Thee led engagements for big data solutions to disrupt child exploitation in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Google, and Microsoft; including ingestion, transition to hybrid cloud, and building machine learning models to accelerate the coordinated national response to child abuse reports from 30 days to 24 hours. As the founder of the project she secured $4M in funding for hardware and engineering resources for 2017. Ms. Thee holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Operations Management Engineering, from the University of Michigan. She is also a certified Project Management Professional who was licensed by the Project Management Institute in 2005.1 Articles
Greg Hatcher transitioned from the military in 2017 and dove headfirst into networking before quickly pivoting to offensive cyber security. He has taught at the NSA and led red teams while contracting for CISA. In 2021, he joined forces with John Stigerwalt to start a boutique offensive cyber security consultancy called White Knight Labs.1 Articles
Gerry Fan is the CEO of XConn Technologies, a company that is an innovation leader in next-generation interconnect technology for the future of high-performance computing and AI applications. Founded in 2020 by a team of memory and high-performance switching experts, XConn is intent on bringing the value of Compute Express Link™ (CXL™), an industry-supported Cache-Coherent Interconnect for Processors, Memory Expansion and Accelerators, to the mainstream market to mitigate the escalation of energy consumption in today’s data centers. For more information visit: https://www.xconn-tech.com.1 Articles
Fabrizio Fantini, PhD is Vice President of Product Strategy at ToolsGroup, a supply chain planning and optimization firm.1 Articles
Eric Sugar is an experienced President with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. He is skilled in Cloud Technology, Professional Services, Management, Software as a Service (SaaS), and Multi-channel Marketing. He holds a BA in Economics and Math from the University of Toronto at Mississauga - Erindale College. Eric has been the President of ProServeIT since the company's inception in 2002. With over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, he is passionate about leveraging technology to create positive impacts for people and organizations. He takes a people-centric approach to his work, whether it's removing roadblocks for his employees, educating customers on the benefits of technology, or teaching leaders about the importance of cybersecurity. In addition to his work at ProServeIT, Eric is committed to supporting the next generation of technology professionals and has spearheaded initiatives with local grade schools to introduce students to the world of technology. Outside of work, he is a dedicated supporter of the Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation and participates in many of their annual fundraising activities.1 Articles
Ed Watal is an AI Thought Leader and Technology Investor. One of his key projects includes BigParser (an Ethical AI Platform and Data Commons for the World). He is also the founder of Intellibus, an INC 5000 “Top 100 Fastest Growing Software Firm” in the USA, and the lead faculty of AI Masterclass — a joint operation between NYU SPS and Intellibus. Forbes Books is collaborating with Ed on a seminal book on our AI Future. Board Members and C-level executives at the World's Largest Financial Institutions rely on him for strategic transformational advice. Ed has been featured on Fox News, QR Calgary Radio and Medical Device News.1 Articles
Don Foster is Chief Customer Officer at Panzura and a recognized expert in cloud data management and disaster recovery planning. He previously served in various leadership roles at Commvault including Vice President of Storage Solutions and Global Vice President of Sales Engineering. Foster holds a Professional Certification in Innovation and Technology from MIT and attended Northwestern University. 1 Articles
Dev Nag is the CEO and Founder at QueryPal. He was previously CTO and Founder at Wavefront (acquired by VMware) and a Senior Engineer at Google where he helped develop the back-end for all financial processing of Google ad revenue. He previously served as the Manager of Business Operations Strategy at PayPal where he defined requirements and helped select the financial vendors for tens of billions of dollars in annual transactions. He also launched eBay's private-label credit line in association with GE Financial.1 Articles
Dan O’Farrell is the Sr. Director of Product Marketing for IGEL, provider of the next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces and secure endpoints.1 Articles
Dan Baker has spent four years at LG Business Solutions. Having started as a Signage Business Development Manager in March 2020, he now serves as Senior Technical Business Development Manager. Prior to LG, Dan was a Digital Media Sales Engineer at AVI Systems. He’s also an AVIXA certified technology specialist.1 Articles