Michael Dell is chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Technologies, an innovator and technology leader providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important information.

Dell Technologies is one of the world’s largest IT companies serving the needs of global corporations and governments to small businesses and consumers. Dell Technologies’ commitment to ethics and privacy is a source of pride and inspiration within the company. Dell has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute, and has also been recognized by Fortune as a Most Admired Company and Best Place to Work, by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers For Women and by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace.

Michael’s story started when he founded Dell Technologies with $1000 in 1984 at the age of 19. Notably quoted as saying that “technology is about enabling human potential,” Michael’s vision of how technology should be designed, manufactured and sold forever changed the IT industry. In 1992, Michael became the youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500. Known and admired for his astute business vision and bold moves, Michael took Dell Technologies private in 2013, setting the stage to architect the largest technology deal in history with the combination of Dell, EMC and VMware in 2016 and the subsequent relisting of Dell Technologies on the public markets in 2018. 

In 1998, Michael formed MSD Capital, now DFO Management, a private investment firm that exclusively manages the capital for the Dell family. And in 1999, he established his family foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, with the mission of building pathways that change lives throughout the world.

Michael is an honorary member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum and is an executive committee member of the International Business Council. He is also a member of the Technology CEO Council and the Business Roundtable. He serves on the advisory board of Tsinghua University’s School of Economics and Management in Beijing, China and on the governing board of the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India. He is Chairman of the BDT & MSD Advisory Board, and also served as the United Nations Foundation's first Global Advocate for Entrepreneurship. Michael is the author of two books, Direct from Dell and Play Nice But Win.

Rene was appointed Chief Executive Officer and to the Arm Board in February 2022. Prior to being appointed CEO, Rene was President of Arm’s IP Product Groups (IPG) from January 2017. Under his leadership, Rene transformed IPG to focus on key solutions for vertical markets with a more diversified product portfolio and increased investment in the Arm software ecosystem. In addition to his role as CEO, Rene also sits on the boards of Arm China, AstraZeneca, and SoftBank Group.

Rene joined Arm in October 2013 as Vice President of Strategic Alliances and two years later was appointed to the Executive Committee and named Arm’s Chief Commercial Officer in charge of global sales and marketing.

Before joining Arm, Rene held several applications management, applications engineering and product engineering roles, including seven years at NVIDIA as vice president and general manager of its computing products business. Prior to NVIDIA, Rene held executive roles at Scintera Networks and Tensilica.

Rene is based in Silicon Valley, U.S., he also spends significant time in the major technology centers of the UK, Europe and APAC.

Rene earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Clarkson University and is a graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Sangyeun “Paul” Cho serves as President of Samsung Semiconductor and Corporate EVP of Samsung Electronics, responsible for Samsung's U.S. semiconductor business, which includes Memory, Foundry, and System LSI. 

With over 18 years at Samsung, Cho has held leadership roles in Korea and the US. He founded the Memory Solutions Lab, pioneering innovations like in-storage computing and multi-streamed solid-state drives, which are now industry standards. Cho also led server-class SSD software engineering and security initiatives. Previously, he spent nearly a decade in academia as a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, focusing on computer architecture. Cho holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota and a B.S. from Seoul National University.

Esam Elashmawi is Lattice Semiconductor’s Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer. Esam has played a critical role in Lattice’s transformation since joining Lattice in 2018. As Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Esam spearheaded the Company’s strategic transformation leading to rapid product portfolio expansion and launch of multiple new hardware and software solutions. Esam brings to the role over 30 years of technology industry experience, having successfully managed and developed solutions and equipment for the datacenter, automotive, defense, communications and industrial markets.

Prior to joining Lattice, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Microsemi Corporation since 2010, where he successfully grew multiple acquisitions and divisions. Esam also previously served as Vice President of Product Development at Actel Corporation, which Microsemi acquired in 2010. Earlier in his career he co-founded SiliconExpert Technologies, a component management software company, which was acquired by Arrow Electronics. Esam holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University.

Kevin O’Buckley is senior vice president and general manager of Foundry Services at Intel Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for driving continued growth for Intel Foundry and its differentiated systems foundry offerings, which go beyond traditional wafer fabrication to include packaging, chiplet standards and software, as well as U.S.- and Europe-based capacity.

Prior to joining Intel, O’Buckley  was senior vice president of Marvell’s Compute and Custom Solutions Engineering teams, developing advanced technology chips for infrastructure applications including artificial intelligence and machine learning, 5G wireless, and data center compute and networking. While at Marvell he also served as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s ASIC business, and he was a member of the board of directors at Marvell Government Solutions, developing semiconductor solutions for aerospace and defense customers.

O’Buckley joined Marvell as part of its 2019 acquisition of Avera Semiconductor, where he served as chief executive. He has also held various executive engineering and business leadership roles at Global Foundries and at IBM, where he served for more than 17 years leading technology development and manufacturing organizations.

O’Buckley received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Alfred University and a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont.

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Tristan Holtam is group vice president and chief of staff to the President and CEO of Applied Materials, Inc., Gary Dickerson, where he plays an important role in developing and communicating Applied’s vision and strategy. As head of Corporate Strategy and Development, he works across the business groups and functions to manage the company’s strategy development process and operating rhythm. His responsibilities span key functional groups including corporate strategy and marketing, communications and public affairs, government relations, and facilities. In addition, he oversees teams that are incubating new strategic capabilities and growth opportunities for the company.

Mr. Holtam started at Applied as a New College Graduate in 1997, working in product development and management roles in the Semiconductor and Energy and Environmental Solutions groups before joining the corporate staff.

Mr. Holtam earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Surrey, UK, an MBA from Henley Business School and has been awarded nine patents.

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Jas Tremblay is Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center Solutions Group at Broadcom, responsible for developing and delivering silicon, software and adapters for data center connectivity. DCSG delivers Storage, Ethernet and PCIe connectivity for cloud service providers, enterprise customers and embedded OEM systems. Mr. Tremblay joined the company through the LSI acquisition, where he was Vice President of North America Sales responsible for hyperscale, networking, telecom and storage accounts. Before joining LSI, Mr. Tremblay held various marketing, system engineering and software engineering positions at CGI and Nortel. Mr. Tremblay received a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Sherbrooke, Canada and an MBA from the University of Montreal, Canada.

Klas Moreau is the CEO of ZeroPoint Technologies AB, a deep tech company pioneering

hardware-accelerated memory compression solutions that significantly enhance performance

and energy efficiency in data centers and smart devices. Under his leadership, ZeroPoint has

transitioned from a university spinout to a globally recognized innovator in semiconductor

technology, delivering products that increase memory capacity by up to 4x and improve

performance per watt by up to 50%.

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With over 25 years of experience in deep tech industries—including semiconductors, virtual

reality, artificial intelligence, and gaming—Klas has held key leadership roles that bridge

cutting-edge research and commercial success. Prior to joining ZeroPoint in 2019, he served as

CEO of MindArk, the developer of the virtual universe Entropia Universe, and held various

management positions at Ericsson AB .

Klas holds an MSc in Computer Engineering from Luleå University of Technology. He is

passionate about leveraging technology to drive sustainable innovation and is a sought-after

speaker on topics related to energy-efficient computing and the future of semiconductor

technology.

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Dave Brown is Vice President of AWS Compute and Machine Learning Services. In this role he leads the development and operation of foundational AWS services including Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon SageMaker. These services have become the backbone of cloud computing, serving millions of customers, including Amazon's own global operations. Dave joined AWS in 2007 and has been instrumental in shaping the cloud computing landscape. Beginning as a Software Development Engineer in Cape Town, he played a pivotal role in the early development of Amazon EC2. Since relocating to Seattle in 2012, the services under his leadership have grown to include core AWS offerings across compute and machine learning. A computer scientist by training, Dave began his career as a Software Developer in the financial industry. He holds a Computer Science & Economics degree from the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Sachin Gupta is the Vice President and General Manager of Infrastructure and Solutions Group (ISG) at Google Cloud. Having joined Google in 2020, Sachin brings together Product and Engineering for Storage, Networking, Google Distributed Cloud and Telco, and Product teams for Reliability and Global Expansion.

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Through a deep understanding of enterprise and cloud-first customers, Sachin has a 20+ year track record of building solid teams and creating innovative products and services. Before joining Google, Sachin worked at Cisco for 23 years, where he served as SVP for Enterprise Networking. Within his teams, Sachin has been a long-time champion of customer focus and an inclusive team culture. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Wharton.

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Karan Batta is Senior Vice President of Product at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He is responsible for strategic product initiatives, including GPU, AI, and Multi-cloud. Karan’s organization also supports OCI’s largest and most strategic customers, ensuring that OCI is delivering the right services and features to those customers as well as implementing the operational workflows necessary to make Oracle’s customers successful.

Karan joined Oracle in 2017 as one of the first members of OCI working to define the core product portfolio, including compute, storage, and networking. He has held many roles within OCI that expanded OCI’s product portfolio, including leading roles running compute, GPU, platform features, multi-cloud products, and OCI’s GTM strategy.

Prior to joining Oracle, Karan worked in the core engineering team at Microsoft as part of Microsoft Azure Compute, where he worked on AI infrastructure such as GPUs and FPGAs, along with managing batch services. Before Microsoft, he was an early part of a startup called GreenButton in New Zealand that provided visual effects services on multiple cloud providers. GreenButton was acquired by Microsoft. Karan is based in Seattle, WA.

Ross A. Mauri is the General Manager for IBM Z & LinuxONE. In this capacity, he is responsible for all facets of the IBM Z & LinuxONE server division including strategy, engineering, marketing, sales, support and worldwide financial performance. Since taking his current role in July 2014, Mauri has led the turnaround of IBM’s mainframe business. The IBM z16 system has been noted as IBM’s most successful program in history. And in April, 2025 Mr. Mauri introduced IBM’s next generation z17 and LinuxONE 5 systems to global accolades for advanced AI, Hybrid Cloud agility and world class Cyber Resilience. 

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Aneel Bhusri is co-founder and executive chair at Workday. 

Aneel has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in the enterprise software industry for more than 25 years. 

As executive chair, Aneel serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO and other members of executive management with a particular focus on innovation and the future direction of Workday’s applications and technology platform. Aneel, who co-founded Workday in 2005, previously served as the company’s co-CEO from 2009–2014 with co-founder Dave Duffield, CEO from 2014–2020, and co-CEO from 2020–2024. He has been a member of its board of directors since its founding. 

Prior to Workday, Aneel held a number of leadership positions at PeopleSoft, including vice chair of the board and senior vice president responsible for product strategy, business development, and marketing. In addition to his role at Workday, Aneel is an advisory partner at Greylock Partners, a leading venture capital firm that he has been associated with since 1999, and he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Stanford University. He also serves on the board of directors of the Workday Foundation, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Eat. Learn. Play. Aneel previously served on the board of directors of several other companies, including Cruise, General Motors, Intel, Okta, and Pure Storage.

Aneel holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and economics from Brown University. He is a Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute.

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Michael Fitz is the Vice President of Solution Sales and Indirect Channels at T-Mobile for Business. The
Solution Specialist team specializes in providing 5G Advanced Network Solutions, Fixed Wireless, IoT,
Collaboration, and Security Solutions to customers across all T-Mobile for Business segments nationwide.
Mr. Fitz also leads the Indirect Sales Channel, which includes Connected Solution Providers (Resellers) and
Channel Partners. By leveraging the strengths and expertise of this partner ecosystem, T-Mobile for
Business is expanding its market reach to offer a comprehensive suite of solutions to even more customers.
Having Solution Sales Specialists and Indirect Channels under Mr. Fitz's leadership, T-Mobile for Business is
positioned to simplify the delivery of solutions to customers and enhance its ability to bring innovative
solutions to market.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Fitz served as Vice President of Global Wireline and Strategic Accounts
within T-Mobile for Business. The Strategic Accounts segment represents T-Mobile’s largest business
customers. At the same time, Mr. Fitz served as T-Mobile’s (and formerly Sprint’s) General Manager of the
Global Wireline business from 2016-2022, culminating in the planned sale of the business unit to Cogent.

Mr. Fitz has been with T-Mobile 28 years (Sprint prior to 2020), spanning various B2B roles across customer
service, strategy, sales engineering, and product management. He has been awarded annual executive
leadership awards and received industry awards including Fierce Telecom’s “Rising Star of Wireline”. Prior
to T-Mobile, Mr. Fitz worked at GE in Network and Data Security roles after completing GE’s prestigious
Information Systems Management Program.

Mr. Fitz was awarded his MBA from the University of Maryland and earned his bachelor’s degree in
Computer Engineering from Bucknell University. Mr. Fitz serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for
National Safe Place, a nationwide non-profit serving runaway and homeless youth. He and his family reside
in Leesburg, Virginia.

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Justin is a passionate believer in the power of technology to solve global challenges and advance human progress. Throughout his career, Justin has driven innovation, technology leadership and shareholder value creation at global tech companies. Justin was appointed as Nokia’s President and CEO on April 1, 2025. Prior to Nokia, he was at Intel as Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center & AI Group. In this role, he was responsible for a significant expansion of Intel’s data center and AI business. Between 2015 and 2024, Justin worked for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), rising through several leadership roles and serving as a member of the executive committee. His last role was Executive Vice President and General Manager, High-Performance Computing, AI & Labs. In this role, he delivered the world’s first exascale supercomputer for the US Department of
Energy, and he positioned the company to be at the forefront of AI, quantum computing and sustainability research. Previously, Justin held several leadership positions at NCR Corporation and Symbol Technologies. He started his career at Motorola, where he was an engineer deploying mobile networks for US carriers. Justin holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He is based at Nokia’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland. In his spare time, Justin enjoys spending time with his family and skiing, and is an avid ice hockey and English football fan.

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Rohan Grover leads the Product team for Google Distributed Cloud and helps customers from multiple verticals including Public Sector, FinTech, Healthcare to realize the potential of a Google private cloud offering.

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Rohan has 20+ years of experience in the technology industry and he has had senior leadership roles in companies like Cisco and Palo Alto Networks before joining Google.  He received an MBA from San Jose State University and a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from Mumbai University.

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Durga Malladi is Senior Vice President and General Manager, Technology Planning, Edge Solutions and Data Center at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Durga is responsible for technology product management and IP roadmap planning across all businesses in Qualcomm Technologies. This spans artificial intelligence (hardware, software, tools), connectivity (5G, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, satellite communications, positioning), processors (CPU, GPU, NPU), multimedia (computer vision, audio, video, sensors), central software, developer ecosystem, and data management and analytics platforms. In addition, he is responsible for Qualcomm’s Cellular Infrastructure and Data Center Business Units.

In prior roles, Durga led 4G and 5G wireless research and drove the 5G Modem-RF technology roadmap and mobile broadband business in Qualcomm. He joined as a Senior Engineer in 1998.

Durga is a senior member of IEEE and holds 517 USPTO granted patents. He is a recipient of Qualcomm’s IP Excellence Award, Qualcomm Distinguished Contributor Award for Project Leadership, Qualcomm Upendra Patel Achievement Awards for Outstanding Contributions, and Distinguished Alumnus Award from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He serves on the CTIA Board of Directors and AI Governance Alliance Steering Committee at the World Economic Forum.

Durga holds a B.Tech (’93) from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, M.S (’95) and Ph.D. (’98) from UCLA, and an AI Graduate Certificate from Stanford (’23). His Ph.D. dissertation is on adaptive estimation and filtering techniques, and his research interests include artificial intelligence, signal processing, communication theory, and quantum computing.

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Xi Wang is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Connectivity Business Unit at Marvell. In this role, Xi is responsible for the company’s broad portfolio of Active Electric Cables, Coherent DSPs, Optical product offerings and PCIe Retimers for the AI and data center connectivity market.

Xi joined Marvell from Inphi as Associate Vice President of product marketing. Before Inphi, he was Senior Product Marketing Manager at Semtech and held various roles at Intersil and IBM.

Xi earned a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Tsinghua University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis.

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Brenda Bown is the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Business AI at SAP, leading a team of marketing and business experts that bring to market Business AI innovation that is embedded across SAP’s platform and suite of applications. Together with her team, she brings to life the value of AI for customers and partners globally and across industries through functions such as product marketing, learning and community, events, campaigns, among others. Brenda has over 20 years of technology industry experience, specifically enterprise applications, and has a relentless focus on solving customer needs with the latest innovation. Before joining SAP, she held CMO roles at Salesforce leading some of its Cloud offerings and at Microsoft, leading the Business Applications and Power Platform business. She holds a degree in Economics from ITESM & Carnegie Mellon University and a master's in business administration from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Govind Balakrishnan is Senior Vice President and General Manager, responsible for Adobe Express and Digital Media Services. During his 19+ years at Adobe, his passion has been to build tools and runtimes that cultivate creativity on all platforms. He was the creator of Flash Lite before becoming responsible for the Flash Platform. He has spent the last few years developing and driving the Creative Cloud mobile and services strategy and the Creative Cloud mobile app portfolio. More recently he has taken responsibility for Adobe Express. Prior to joining Adobe, Govind was an Architect of Maya 3D, Autodesk’s Oscar award-winning 3D modeling and animation software.

Nirankush “Kush” Panchbhai is an experienced product management executive currently serving as SVP of Product Management for Platform at ServiceNow. He oversees several areas including Core Platform, Mobile Platform, Data Platform, Workflow Automation, Analytics, Licensing and Subscription Management, and the ServiceNow Store. His vision is to create a modern, intelligent, and intuitive platform for all builders, pro-code to no-code developers.

Chris Leone is executive vice president of development for Oracle Cloud Human Capital Management and Oracle Cloud Supply Chain Management. He also oversees the AI team within the applications division, reinforcing Oracle's dedication to harnessing artificial intelligence for advanced solutions.

For more than 25 years, Chris has honed his expertise in developing enterprise software applications. He has been recognized as a tech influencer, a testament to his valuable contributions and industry knowledge. His leadership continues to empower organizations to unlock their full potential in the cloud.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree and an MBA from Loyola Marymount University.

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Jim Anderson was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Coherent Corp. and a member of the Board of Directors on June 3, 2024. He previously served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation since September 2018.

Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Anderson served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Computing and Graphics Business Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Prior to AMD, Mr. Anderson held a broad range of leadership positions spanning general management, engineering, sales, marketing, and corporate strategy at companies including Intel, Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies), and LSI Corporation. Mr. Anderson has served on the board of directors of Entegris, Inc., since March 2023, and he currently serves on the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association. He previously served on the board of directors of Sierra Wireless from April 2020 to January 2023.

Mr. Anderson earned an MBA and Master of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Niccolo de Masi is an experienced public company chief executive officer and board member with expertise in deep tech, mobile, and creating enterprise software-hardware ecosystems. Today he is IonQ’s CEO, and serves on its Board nominating and governing and audit committee since sponsoring its IPO in 2020.

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He has served on the Board of 14 public companies including IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Xura (NASDAQ: MESG), Glu (NASDAQ: GLUU), Monstermob (LSE: MOB), Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI), Genius Sports Group (NYSE: GENI), Resideo (NYSE: REZI) and Planet (NYSE: PL). He has also served on the board of six dMY Technology Group’s blank cheque vehicles. de Masi has extensive global market experience having been a public company CEO three times, and a private company CEO three times. He has immense public market corporate governance experience having chaired or served on compensation, audit, and nominating and governing committees for over a decade.

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Over the course of his career, de Masi has helped lead and consummate approximately 50 mergers and acquisitions and has helped raise approximately $4 billion in equity to support public and private companies he has led. de Masi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Glu and of Monstermob before the age of 30. He began his career in roles at JPMorgan, Siemens and Technicolor.

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He has also served on several private Boards including Chairing Carlyle-backed Jagex and General Catalyst-backed Ares Interactive. He has been a member of the Leadership Council of the UCLA Grand Challenge for nearly a decade. de Masi received first class B.A. and M.Sci degrees in physics from Cambridge University where he specialized in quantum mechanics and next generation electron beam lithography.

 is an experienced public company chief executive officer and board member with expertise in deep tech, mobile, and creating enterprise software-hardware ecosystems. Today he is IonQ’s CEO, and serves on its Board nominating and governing and audit committee since sponsoring its IPO in 2020.

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He has served on the Board of 14 public companies including IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), Xura (NASDAQ: MESG), Glu (NASDAQ: GLUU), Monstermob (LSE: MOB), Rush Street Interactive (NYSE: RSI), Genius Sports Group (NYSE: GENI), Resideo (NYSE: REZI) and Planet (NYSE: PL). He has also served on the board of six dMY Technology Group’s blank cheque vehicles. de Masi has extensive global market experience having been a public company CEO three times, and a private company CEO three times. He has immense public market corporate governance experience having chaired or served on compensation, audit, and nominating and governing committees for over a decade.

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Over the course of his career, de Masi has helped lead and consummate approximately 50 mergers and acquisitions and has helped raise approximately $4 billion in equity to support public and private companies he has led. de Masi was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Glu and of Monstermob before the age of 30. He began his career in roles at JPMorgan, Siemens and Technicolor.

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He has also served on several private Boards including Chairing Carlyle-backed Jagex and General Catalyst-backed Ares Interactive. He has been a member of the Leadership Council of the UCLA Grand Challenge for nearly a decade. de Masi received first class B.A. and M.Sci degrees in physics from Cambridge University where he specialized in quantum mechanics and next generation electron beam lithography.

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Eric Kessler is the General Manager of Amazon Braket, working to bring quantum computing technologies to the AWS Cloud. Over the past decade, Eric has been working in various industry roles across quantum computing and machine learning, enabling enterprises in their adoption of emerging technologies. Eric has a PhD from the Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics and has worked several years as an academic researcher in quantum information theory and computing.

Aaron Levie is Chief Executive Officer, Cofounder at Box, which he launched in 2005 with CFO and cofounder Dylan Smith. He is the visionary behind the Box product and platform strategy, incorporating the best of secure content collaboration with an intuitive user experience suited to the way people work today. Aaron leads the company in its mission to transform the way people and businesses work so they can achieve their greatest ambitions. He has served on the Board of Directors since April 2005.

Aaron attended the University of Southern California from 2003 to 2005 before leaving to found Box.

Shashi Upadhyay is Zendesk’s President of Product, Engineering, and AI, responsible for developing innovative products that leverage advanced AI. With a proven track record of creating transformative solutions, he combines a deep understanding of AI's potential for business transformation with a strong commitment to customer-centric design.

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Before Zendesk, Shashi held a key role at Google, where he led the advertiser product portfolio and spearheaded innovation as the head of Google Ads, Google Analytics, DV3, SA3, and Performance Max, one of Google’s fastest-growing products. Prior to Google, he founded Lattice Engines, which was acquired by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) in 2019. He played an instrumental role in D&B's public offering in 2020 and has since become an active investor in startups across diverse sectors, including energy storage, neuroscience, and enterprise infrastructure.

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Shashi earned his undergraduate degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University.

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As President and COO, Kira Makagon is responsible for RingCentral’s product and technology organization, and direct and channel sales, customer success, marketing, and operations organizations.  With over a decade of leadership at RingCentral, she has been instrumental in defining RingCentral's multi-product portfolio and global reach, positioning the company at the forefront of the AI-powered communications and collaboration market.  Her visionary leadership has been crucial in propelling RingCentral's growth from pre-IPO to over $2.4 billion in annual recurring revenue.

Previously as RingCentral’s Chief Innovation Officer & Chief Marketing Officer, she led the company’s brand to demand global marketing strategy, including product marketing, corporate marketing, demand generation and events, and oversaw global product, user experience, engineering, cloud operations, security, and IT. Makagon has led a number of market-first product innovations at global scale, such as RingCentral's mobile-first cloud PBX with integrated video meetings capabilities, now powered with AI for improved productivity and user experience.

Makagon spearheaded  RingCentral's open platform,  revolutionizing the industry by enabling highly customizable workflows through robust open APIs, enabling businesses to tailor their communication systems to their unique needs. Makagon led several acquisitions that led to making RingCentral the first cloud communications provider to have a truly unified solution across messaging, video, and phone enhanced with conversation intelligence, and bringing to market a native, AI-first, fully integrated customer experience solution seamlessly blending artificial intelligence with modern contact center, setting a new standard for customer interactions in the digital age.

In 2020, Makagon spearheaded the launch of RingCentral Video®, the company's proprietary video meetings solution. In 2021, she focused on launching RingCentral Ventures™, RingCentral's corporate ventures arm, which partners with exceptional founding teams and leading venture capitalists to reimagine the future of work through communications and collaboration. 

Makagon has received numerous awards, including a 2021 Aragon Research Women in Technology Award; a 2020 Silver Stevie for Most Innovative Woman of the Year – Technology; a 2019 Gold Women World Award for Excellence in Industry Woman of the Year: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet; a 2018 San Francisco Business Times Forever Influential Honor Roll award; a 2016 Silver Stevie for Female Executive of the Year; a 2016 Most Influential Women in Business from the San Francisco Business Times; a 2015 Women of Influence from the Silicon Valley Business Journal; and a 2015 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation award.

Throughout her career, Makagon has pioneered multiple transformational technologies and companies, and served as an advisor to entrepreneurs and early stage companies. Before joining RingCentral, Makagon founded and served as CEO and president of Red Aril, a real-time audience and media optimization platform, acquired by Hearst Corporation. Prior to that, she co-founded and held executive and board positions at flagship online marketing and CRM companies, including Octane Software, acquired by E.piphany (NASDAQ:EPNY), and Scopus Technology (NASDAQ:SCOP), acquired by Siebel (NASDAQ:SEBL).

Makagon is a regular lecturer at UC Berkeley and participant in industry panels and podcasts. She holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Calix and American Technion Society.

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Greg Baribault is a seasoned leader in the collaboration technology space, currently serving as Vice President of Product & Portfolio Management at HP | Poly, where he oversees HP’s hybrid systems—ranging from headsets to advanced video room solutions. Before joining HP in 2023, Greg built a distinguished 26-year career at Microsoft. There, he played pivotal roles in developing Exchange Server, voicemails in Outlook, and led engineering efforts for Microsoft Teams Rooms—a key transformation in seamless, one-touch conference room experiences.

At HP | Poly, Greg has driven major portfolio upgrades: a full video lineup refresh in 2024 (with Gen 2 models across Windows and Android platforms), an upcoming headset update, and deeper integration with tools like Vyopta for enhanced device analytics and insights. He also champions sustainability initiatives—highlighting usage of recycled materials and energy efficiencies in product design.

Andrew Nartker leads Google Beam, an AI-first 3D video communication platform designed to create immersive, lifelike meeting experiences. Formerly known as Project Starline, Beam has evolved under Andrew’s leadership from a confidential R&D initiative into a scalable enterprise solution, now being piloted across real-world business settings.

Prior to leading Google Beam, Andrew played a pivotal role in Google’s early immersive efforts. He co-founded Google Cardboard and led product development for Google Daydream, helping to democratize virtual reality through mobile accessibility. His work reflects a consistent focus on pushing the boundaries of human connection through innovative hardware and software experiences.

Dave Shull is President of HP Solutions.

As head of this business, he integrates HP’s portfolio of hardware, services, and software to improve employee experiences, provide flexibility, and deliver peace of mind for global organizations.

Joining HP from Poly, where he held the role as President and CEO, Dave brings to HP over 25 years of senior leadership experience in business transformation, complex business partnerships, operations, and corporate development having built, led, and reinvigorated brands including TiVo, Weather Channel and Dish.

Dave serves as board member and advisor to a number of technology start-ups, and also supports a group of charities addressing ultra-poverty.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Oxford University.

Dave is based in Denver, Colorado.

A seasoned leader with 25+ years of experience, JJ Davis oversees all aspects of Global Communications and Environmental Social Governance for Dell Technologies. In this role, she works cross-functionally to foster alignment and advocacy across the diverse stakeholder landscape for the company.

Her global team includes media relations, industry analyst relations, executive communications, team member communications, sales and partner communications, influencer relations, social media, social impact and innovation, and corporate ESG and sustainability.

JJ started her public relations and public affairs career at the Arkansas Office of the Governor and has held various communications leadership roles for both corporations and agencies nationwide. 

A graduate of the University of Arkansas, JJ lives in Austin with her husband David, a third-generation entrepreneur, and three sons. She is active in her boys’ sports and the family foundation, The Aimee Melissa Davis Memorial Scholarship, supporting graduating seniors with Juvenile Diabetes.

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In 2022, Mary de Wysocki was named the first-ever Chief Sustainability Officer of Cisco. In this role, she leads the company’s sustainability strategy; oversees its progress toward public environmental goals; and helps Cisco drive long-term value for the business, its value chain, and the planet. With nearly twenty years of experience leading various corporate social responsibility (CSR), education, and sustainability initiatives at Cisco, Mary plays an integral role in executing the company's purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All. She draws on her diverse background in legal training, strategic consulting, and on-the-ground program management to help Cisco invest in impact-driven programs that enable social change and reimagine how technology and sustainability interact with the corporate world.

Mary stewards Cisco’s efforts with a deep commitment to community and making a positive impact on the world and those around her. Her program development approach is anchored in proprietary research, which informs how technology can transform business and helps identify effective ways to address skills gaps and minimize displacement. In 2016, Mary helped launch the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, which awards $1 million in prize money each year to entrepreneurs who are using technology to help make the world a better, more sustainable place. 

Mary is a Trustee of the Cisco Foundation and Harambeans, a member of the World Economic Forum, and a Board Member and Vice Chair of MIND Research.

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Lyndsay Harris-Kyei is a corporate social responsibility and sustainability leader with a track record of  aligning impact initiatives with business strategy to drive meaningful change. As head of Global Impact  and Sustainability at ServiceNow, she leads the company’s eff orts in social impact, environmental  sustainability, and regulatory reporting. She emphasizes data-driven impact and collaboration, ensuring  sustainability is fully embedded into business practices. Prior to ServiceNow, Lyndsay built the corporate  responsibility program at Medidata Solutions and worked in the Chairman’s office at IAC.  

Lyndsay holds a master’s degree in international affairs from The New School, specializing in human  rights and governance. She is based in New York.

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Delivering over 100 keynotes across several countries, Sanjib Sahoo is a sought-after speaker, visionary global business leader, and innovator. In Q1 of 2025, he commanded the stage at CP Expo 2025, HP Amplify 2025, Leadership Summit 2025, and Capgemini. Sahoo has keynoted at Best of Breed, Computerworld Open Business Conference, NASSCOM, ONE and TEDx. He has challenged conventional thinking at Constellation Research and HMG Strategy events and has been a guest on a number of industry podcasts and TV stations including DisrupTV, CRNtv and the B2B Tech Talk. Sahoo serves as President of Ingram Micro’s Global Platform Group—leading all aspects of the industry leader and publicly traded company’s platform strategy. This includes platform development, the innovation flywheel, global growth, services and support, and the business expansion plans for Ingram Micro’s platform operating model. Sahoo joined Ingram Micro in 2021 as EVP and Chief Digital Officer, where he spearheaded transformative initiatives, including the creation and implementation of the company’s groundbreaking digital twin Ingram Micro Xvantage. Recognized for his unique ability to blend strategic vision, technical expertise, and a results-driven approach, Sahoo is a driving force behind Ingram Micro’s digital transformation to a platform company and strategic focus on continuous business value creation. Widely regarded as one of the most influential minds in business and technology, Sahoo has successfully architected and executed large-scale transformations across multiple high-profile industries, setting benchmarks for excellence in the digital era.

Alix Douglas, Group Vice President of Global Technology Partnerships, joined ServiceNow in May 2024 with more than 23 years of technology, strategy, and channel sales experience. She leads a team responsible for accelerating innovation and growth with partners, as well as expanding the company’s hyperscaler strategy—delivering transformative experiences on the ServiceNow Platform to enter new markets and strengthen the company’s position.

Prior to joining ServiceNow, Alix held leadership roles at Salesforce, VMware, Oracle, and Microsoft. She’s an active member of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and volunteers with several charities focused on women’s and children’s services in the metro Orlando area, where she lives with her family.

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Kareem Yusuf Ph.D leads IBM’s mission to expand its global ecosystem, elevate its partnerships, and develop and scale new business opportunities and strategic alliances for the company.

He has been with IBM for over 25 years and most recently served as Senior Vice President, Product Management and Growth, IBM Software. In this role, Kareem was responsible for product management and design of IBM’s expansive software business, including its market-leading AI software.

Previously, Kareem has held senior leadership positions in a variety of roles, including General Manager, Sustainability Software, and General Manager, IoT. Additionally, he has vast experience across software development, SaaS operations, mergers and acquisitions, and field technical sales. Kareem holds a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, focused on Decision Support Systems for Civil Engineering construction. He is an accomplished industry speaker, distinguished author, and recognized thought leader on a range of topics, including how businesses can scale AI for competitive advantage and growth.

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Dan Wensley is a visionary leader with a career marked by transformative contributions in channel development, strategic marketing and business growth across the IT services and technology industry. Recognized for scaling organizations and building global partner ecosystems, Wensley has helped shape award-winning platforms and develop strategic relationships with tens of thousands of channel partners worldwide.  

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Over the span of three decades in the channel industry, Wensley has held leadership roles at ScalePad, Level Platforms, Plan 27, and PassPortal, and served as an advisor to emerging vendors and MSPs. He has led high-impact growth and channel development efforts for fast-scaling technology startups and a prominent global channel membership association, earning a reputation for operational rigor, high-caliber talent recruitment and visionary thinking.

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As CEO of the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA), Wensley is focused on deepening member engagement, delivering greater value and amplifying the association’s impact across the market. Wensley brings a community mindset, innovative thinking and a people-first leadership style to his role—driving meaningful impact and shaping the future of the technology landscape with purpose and dedication.

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Savinay Berry is the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer for OpenText. He leads the Product & Engineering organization to define the vision and strategy for OpenText products including Content, Experience, Business Network, IT Operations, Application Delivery, Analytics & Legal Tech, and more.

Savinay was most recently with Vonage, part of Ericsson. He joined Vonage as EVP, Product and Engineering where he was responsible for global leadership of Vonage’s engineering, product management, and security teams. Focused on driving the company’s technology strategy, he led the innovation of the Vonage Communications Platform (VCP) and a portfolio of solutions to accelerate the world's ability to connect. Berry was part of the executive team that drove significant growth at Vonage which led to the acquisition of Vonage by Ericsson in 2022.

Leading with an entrepreneur mindset in the enterprise world, Berry has more than 20 years of experience in technology and software with a track record of developing highly innovative products and spearheading results-driven transformational change. Prior to joining Vonage, he was Senior Vice President, Cloud Services at OpenText, responsible for all cloud services and strategy, including infrastructure, service delivery, managed services, and developer services. Before that, he also served as OpenText Vice President, Engineering and Products leading cloud applications, design, performance and security.

Prior to OpenText, Berry was Vice President, Product Management at Dell EMC, where he was responsible for the content management product portfolio. He led all SaaS, mobile, web and on-premises products, including Documentum, Captiva and other enterprise productivity applications and was part of the executive team responsible for acquisition of Documentum by OpenText.

Before Dell, Berry served in product and engineering leadership roles at Intuit where he led the development of advanced products, such as wearables, mobile and intelligent systems. Earlier, he was Vice President of Product Management at Empowered Inc., acquired by Qualcomm, where he defined the vision and direction for the industry’s first mobile-only social learning platform on the iPad, through a partnership with UCLA.

Berry holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

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Varun Chhabra is Senior Vice President of Infrastructure (ISG) and Telecom Marketing at Dell. He has been with Dell since 2015.

Prior to joining Dell, Varun worked at Microsoft, where he held a variety of product marketing roles supporting the Intelligent Cloud (Microsoft Azure and Windows Server) business, as well as at Oracle, where he was a software developer. Varun has an MBA from the University of Michigan, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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John Taschek is Chief Market Strategy Officer at salesforce.com. He is responsible for corporate product strategy, corporate intelligence, and market influence. Taschek joined the company in 2003, bringing over 20 years of technology evaluation experience.

Previously, Taschek ran the testing labs at eWEEK (formerly PC Week) magazine and was a member of its editorial board. He is an award-winning columnist whose coverage of enterprise applications has been cited in numerous research and academic reports. He is also the author of several books on computing technology.

As the GTM Director for AWS Next Generation of Developer Experiences, Rory plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of cloud development. With over a decade of experience at AWS, she has spearheaded go-to-market strategies across a diverse range of technologies, from non-relational databases to pioneering serverless computing solutions. Driven by a passion for enabling innovation through cutting-edge cloud technologies, Rory's current focus lies in leveraging the transformative power of Generative AI to redefine the role of developer tools. Her vision and leadership have been instrumental in introducing new cloud capabilities that expand the possibilities for developers building on AWS Services. Throughout her tenure, Rory has consistently demonstrated a knack for bringing innovative ideas to life, empowering developers to push the boundaries of what's possible in the cloud. Her commitment to staying ahead of the curve has positioned AWS as a frontrunner in delivering best-in-class developer experiences.

Jason Kelley is the Global Strategic Partnerships and GSI Executive is responsible for the development and execution of our relationships with our network of Global Systems Integrators and Strategic Partnerships including Kyndryl, Microsoft, AWS, Adobe, Salesforce and SAP.

Rob Thomas is Senior Vice President Software and Chief Commercial Officer, IBM. He leads IBM’s software business, including product management and design, product development and business development. In addition, Rob has global responsibility for IBM revenue and profit, including worldwide sales, strategic partnerships and ecosystem. 

In his over 20 years in IBM, Rob has held roles in Consulting, Microelectronics and Software, including two years leading teams in Tokyo, Japan. In 2007, Rob joined IBM’s software business, focused on data and analytics. He has held a variety of roles including product engineering and business development, leading IBM’s transition from databases to delivering broader analytical capabilities, investing in open source, and eventually artificial intelligence. Rob has also overseen numerous transformational acquisitions, representing over $20 billion in transaction value.

Rob is also the author of four books on technology and innovation. His most recent book, AI Value Creators, was released in 2025 and shares practical ways to plan your generative AI journey to take maximum advantage of this new innovation while transforming your business. Rob’s other books – Big Data Revolution, The End of Tech Companies and The AI Ladder: Accelerate Your Journey to AI – provide essential advice for business leaders on how to navigate the technological transformations that have defined the past decade. Rob also publishes ‘The Mentor’ on Substack (robdthomas.substack.com), sharing monthly lessons on leadership, life and personal development.

Jeetu Patel is Cisco’s President and Chief Product Officer. He combines a bold vision, steeped in product design and development expertise, operational rigor, and innate market understanding to create high growth businesses. He is relentlessly focused on building world class products that solve Cisco customers’ biggest problems—bringing the power of the Cisco portfolio together to connect and protect every aspect of their organization in the era of AI.

Previously he was Cisco’s Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration where he led the strategy and development for these businesses and held P&L responsibility for the multibillion-dollar portfolio. In this role, Jeetu led with his creative vision and intense focus on innovation and swift execution. Together with his team, he transformed and positioned our Security and Collaboration portfolios for success and growth. In both areas, he reinvigorated organic innovation, championed key inorganic investments, and drove simplification across these portfolios with a fanatical focus on design and user experience.

Prior to joining Cisco in 2020, Jeetu was the Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Box, a role he pioneered. He led the company’s product and platform strategy, setting the company’s long-term vision and roadmap for cloud content management in the enterprise. He transformed Box from a single product application to a multi-product platform used by 100K customers representing 69% of the Fortune 500. The discipline, quality standards, performance metrics, and stability Jeetu instilled fueled the platform’s growth – nearly quadrupling revenues to $700M+. Box’s growth scaled to reach over 60M users with over 50% of customers using multiple products. He also created the Box Platform business unit where he led product strategy, marketing and developer relations – driving products from incubation stage to mature offerings.

Before joining Box, Jeetu was General Manager and Chief Executive of EMC’s newly acquired Syncplicity business unit, a cloud service for Enterprise File Sync Sharing (EFSS) and collaboration. One of the first SaaS-based solutions offered by EMC, Jeetu spearheaded the company’s acquisition. He created a world class leadership team, secured some of the market’s largest customers and led the group to become one of the fastest growing EFSS companies in a highly competitive market. Other key roles at EMC included CMO for the Information Intelligence Group and Chief Strategy Officer, where he drove the organic and inorganic strategy for the division’s cloud and mobile growth.

Previously, Jeetu was President of Doculabs, a research and advisory firm co-owned by Forrester Research. The firm focused on collaboration and content management across a range of industries including financial services, insurance, energy, manufacturing, and life sciences.

He currently serves on the boards of JLL, an American commercial real estate services company, and Equinix, Inc., a digital infrastructure company.

Jeetu holds a B.S. in Information Decision Sciences from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his family.

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Nikesh Arora joined as chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks in June 2018. Before joining Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh served as president and chief operating officer of SoftBank Group Corp. Prior to that, he held a number of positions at Google, Inc. during a 10-year span, including senior vice president and chief business officer, president of global sales operations and business development, and president of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Google, Nikesh held the role of chief marketing officer for the T-Mobile International Division of Deutsche Telekom AG. He was chief executive officer and founder of T-Motion PLC, which merged with T-Mobile International in 2002.

Nikesh serves on the board of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A., a public Switzerland-based luxury goods holding company, and Tipping Point, a non-profit organization that fights poverty in the Bay Area. Previously, he served on the boards of SoftBank Group Corp., Sprint Corp., Colgate-Palmolive Inc. and Yahoo! Japan, among others. He holds an M.S. in Business Administration from Northeastern University, an M.S. in finance from Boston College and a B. Tech. in electrical engineering from the Institute of Technology at Banaras Hindu University.

Marc van Zadelhoff joined Mimecast as the company's second CEO and member of the board in January 2024, leading all aspects of the business and guiding the company as it enters its third decade of operation. He is an accomplished executive with 25 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry. Prior to joining Mimecast, Marc was the CEO of Devo Technology, a cloud-based logging platform that he led through an intense growth phase where they raised $350M and tripled revenues. He also spent time as COO at LogMeIn, and was GM /CEO of IBM Security, an IBM Business Unit that he co-founded. Under his leadership, IBM Security grew to 8,000 employees and $2.5 billion in revenue. Marc is a curious and committed leader working alongside Mimecast’s 2,200+ employees to ensure its customers can secure human risk. He was born in the Netherlands and currently resides in the Boston-area with his wife and three daughters. He holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and obtained a B.A. from Bowdoin College.

As Chief Operating Officer at Marvell, Chris Koopmans leads the company’s global business operations, ensuring the successful execution of its strategic goals while shaping its long-term growth strategy. His leadership spans critical functions, including operations, marketing, information technology, and facilities. The Multimarket Business Group, which includes several of Marvell’s core businesses, also reports to Chris.

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Prior to becoming COO, Chris served as Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Operations, where he led corporate transformation initiatives, M&A integrations, and global corporate marketing. He previously headed Marvell’s Networking Business Group and Global Sales and Marketing, playing a key role in expanding the company’s market presence and driving growth.

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Chris earned a B.S. in Computer Engineering with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois. As a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, he pursued advanced studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the same institution. To date, he holds more than 10 issued patents.

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Mark Kuemerle - VP of Technology for Marvell - responsible for architecture and roadmap for custom datacenter products.  He has been heavily involved in industry collaborative efforts to enable chiplets and interfaces for the last 10 years and is very excited about the future of advanced packaging.

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Rishi Chugh – VP, Product Marketing Network Switch Business – responsible for product marketing & management of network switch product line for Cloud and AI market segment. He has over 20+ years of experience in product management and design of infrastructure ASIC and high-speed interconnect technologies and is currently focused on CPO and CPC technology for scale up and scale out deployments.

Sumit Sadana is executive vice president and chief business officer at Micron Technology. Sumit is responsible for the company P&L and all the company’s business units, driving revenue and profitability and positioning the company for success through strategic partnerships with customers. The business units are also responsible for product roadmap definition and aligning company R&D initiatives with market and customer requirements. Sumit’s organization also includes the company’s strategy and corporate business development, global communications and marketing, as well as Micron Ventures (Micron’s venture capital investment arm). Sumit joined Micron in 2017 and has over 30 years of technology industry experience, in roles ranging from chip design, software development, operations management, strategy development and IP licensing, to executive roles such as CTO, CFO and GM. He also served in leadership positions at SanDisk, Freescale Semiconductor and IBM. Sumit has completed approximately $40 billion of M&A in his career. Sumit has served on the board of directors of Silicon Labs — an industry leader in IoT — since 2015 and was appointed lead independent director in 2022. Sumit graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and earned a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

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Marc Benioff is Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Salesforce and a pioneer of cloud computing. Under Benioff's leadership, Salesforce has become the third-largest enterprise software company and the largest enterprise applications company in the world.

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Benioff was named “Innovator of the Decade” by Forbes and is recognized as one of the World’s 25 Greatest Leaders by Fortune, one of the 10 Best-Performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, as the CNN Business CEO of 2020 and Chief Executive Magazine's 2022 CEO of the Year. He was named a “Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur,” one of France's most prestigious awards for an individual, in recognition of Salesforce’s longstanding relationship with France and support to French Polynesia during the pandemic. Benioff received both the Yale Legend in Leadership Award and the Colin Powell Distinguished Leadership Award in 2024. He has been awarded a Society for Progress Medal for courageous leadership in integrating business performance and societal progress. In 2019, Benioff was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. For his leadership on equality, Benioff has been honored by GLAAD, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative and Variety Magazine with its EmPOWerment Award. In 2020, he and his wife, Lynne, received a George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award for their civic engagement.

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Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999, and it is now a Fortune 150 company with 70,000+ employees, guided by five core values — trust, customer success, innovation, equality and sustainability. The company has been recognized as the Most Innovative Company by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Fortune, and the 10th Most Admired Company in the World by Fortune.

Marc Benioff is Chair, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Salesforce and a pioneer of cloud computing. Under Benioff's leadership, Salesforce has become the third-largest enterprise software company and the largest enterprise applications company in the world.

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Benioff was named “Innovator of the Decade” by Forbes and is recognized as one of the World’s 25 Greatest Leaders by Fortune, one of the 10 Best-Performing CEOs by Harvard Business Review, as the CNN Business CEO of 2020 and Chief Executive Magazine's 2022 CEO of the Year. He was named a “Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur,” one of France's most prestigious awards for an individual, in recognition of Salesforce’s longstanding relationship with France and support to French Polynesia during the pandemic. Benioff received both the Yale Legend in Leadership Award and the Colin Powell Distinguished Leadership Award in 2024. He has been awarded a Society for Progress Medal for courageous leadership in integrating business performance and societal progress. In 2019, Benioff was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering. For his leadership on equality, Benioff has been honored by GLAAD, the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative and Variety Magazine with its EmPOWerment Award. In 2020, he and his wife, Lynne, received a George H.W. Bush Points of Light Award for their civic engagement.

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Benioff founded Salesforce in 1999, and it is now a Fortune 150 company with 70,000+ employees, guided by five core values — trust, customer success, innovation, equality and sustainability. The company has been recognized as the Most Innovative Company by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Fortune, and the 10th Most Admired Company in the World by Fortune.

Sridhar Ramaswamy was Co-Founder of Neeva, acquired in 2023 by Snowflake, where he is now CEO. He spent more than 15 years at Google, where he started as a software engineer and rose to SVP of Ads & Commerce. Sridhar earned a Ph.D. in computer science from Brown University.

John Roese is Global Chief Technology Officer and Chief AI Officer at
Dell Technologies. He is responsible for establishing the company’s future-looking technology strategy, accelerating AI adoption for Dell and its customers, and establishing Dell as the undisputed thought leader in the area of Enterprise AI.

He fosters a culture of innovation, keeping Dell at the forefront of the industry while anticipating customers’ technology needs before they arise. From quantum to AI, 5G, edge, hybrid cloud, data management and security, John and his team are responsible for navigating the latest technology inflection points, accelerating AI-driven outcomes, and scaling generative and agentic AI initiatives that lead to human progress.

John has a passion for going places nobody else has been and his career has mirrored this passion with moves across almost every technological domain, from enterprise to telecom to semiconductors to security. Prior to joining Dell in 2012, John was the CTO, CIO, CMO, GM, and leader of several technology companies, including Nortel, Broadcom, Futurewei, Enterasys, and Cabletron Systems.

John is an established public speaker, published author, and holds more than 20 pending and granted patents in areas such as policy-based networking, location-based services, and security. He was recently named #1 on AI Magazine’s list of Top 10 Chief AI Officers, 20th on AI Magazine’s Top 100 Leaders, and to the H2O AI 100 list. His “AI Insights with John Roese” YouTube series was awarded Distinguished Recognition by ISSIP for driving informed, long-horizon AI adoption decisions for customers.

In addition to his leadership at Dell, John plays a significant role in the broader ecosystem, including company, industry, government, and academic boards. He currently serves on the board of directors for Xerox, Open Source Security Foundation, and Purdue Research Foundation. In the past, he has served as a board member for ATIS, OLPC, Blade Networks, Pingtel, Bering Media, Nexoya, Cloud Foundry, Federal Communications Commission CSRIC 8, and the NYU Wireless Industry Advisory Board.

Jim Anderson was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Coherent Corp. and a member of the Board of Directors on June 3, 2024. He previously served as a director and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation since September 2018.

Prior to joining Lattice, Mr. Anderson served as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Computing and Graphics Business Group at Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Prior to AMD, Mr. Anderson held a broad range of leadership positions spanning general management, engineering, sales, marketing, and corporate strategy at companies including Intel, Broadcom (formerly Avago Technologies), and LSI Corporation. Mr. Anderson has served on the board of directors of Entegris, Inc., since March 2023, and he currently serves on the board of directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association. He previously served on the board of directors of Sierra Wireless from April 2020 to January 2023.

Mr. Anderson earned an MBA and Master of Science degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Anil Nanduri is Vice President, AI Products and GTM for Intel’s AI Data Center business, where he leads product strategy, roadmap and business expansion for GPUs and AI accelerators across enterprise and cloud AI compute. He partners across engineering, sales, and ecosystem teams to scale adoption, grow the pipeline, and translate platform roadmaps into customer wins. Over more than 25 years at Intel, Nanduri, Anil has held leadership roles spanning silicon design, product development, product management, and market strategy, with a track record of building and scaling new technology categories. He has helped drive initiatives including Intel Centrino, Intel’s drone business, Intel RealSense and the netbook category.

Mark Lohmeyer leads the Compute and AI Infrastructure business for Google Cloud. In this role, he is responsible for the Google Cloud Compute Engine, AI/ML infrastructure (Cloud TPU and GPU), Core ML services, block storage (Persistent Disk and Hyperdisk), and enterprise solutions (SAP on GCP, Google Cloud VMware Engine, etc.)
Mark’s background includes leadership roles in general management, product management, marketing, business development, and engineering management, across a wide range of core infrastructure technologies, including compute, storage, and networking.

Prior to joining Google, Mark was the SVP/GM of VMware’s Cloud Infrastructure Business Group. In this role, he led a large-scale, global organization, spanning engineering, operations, product management, and product marketing for the VMware infrastructure portfolio across Private Clouds, Public Clouds, and Cloud Provider Partners / Sovereign Clouds.

Prior to VMware, Mark led the product team for Enterprise WAN and Routing at Cisco and was the GM for HA/DR and Storage solutions at Veritas Software. Earlier in his career, he worked on storage I/O hardware at Adaptec, and digital imaging research and hardware design at the Sarnoff Research Labs, and holds a patent based on this work.

Mark holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he also served as the head teaching assistant for Computational Structures.

Xin Guo leads Solidigm’s global operations, driving execution across its technology and engineering organizations to deliver market-leading innovation.

Xin’s career spans key leadership roles advancing NAND Flash and SSD systems at Intel, Numonyx, and Spansion. Xin holds 40 U.S. patents and earned his PhD in Electrical Engineering from Yale University, with earlier degrees from Tsinghua University. 

Greg Matson brings over 20 years of memory industry experience across multiple technologies.

Greg’s experience spans NAND, NOR, MRAM, and 3D XPoint for the mobile, embedded, and SSD markets. Prior to Greg’s role at Solidigm, he held leadership positions at Intel, where he shaped business and product strategy for data center SSDs, creating the blueprint for their growth from less than $1B to over $4B. Greg also led Avalanche Technology, Inc.’s marketing practice as their Vice President of Marketing and co-founded ConGo Technology, where he developed corporate and product strategy for a mobile content start-up.

Karan Batta is Senior Vice President of Product at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). He is responsible for strategic product initiatives, including GPU, AI, and Multi-cloud. Karan’s organization also supports OCI’s largest and most strategic customers, ensuring that OCI is delivering the right services and features to those customers as well as implementing the operational workflows necessary to make Oracle’s customers successful.

Karan joined Oracle in 2017 as one of the first members of OCI working to define the core product portfolio, including compute, storage, and networking. He has held many roles within OCI that expanded OCI’s product portfolio, including leading roles running compute, GPU, platform features, multi-cloud products, and OCI’s GTM strategy.

Prior to joining Oracle, Karan worked in the core engineering team at Microsoft as part of Microsoft Azure Compute, where he worked on AI infrastructure such as GPUs and FPGAs, along with managing batch services. Before Microsoft, he was an early part of a startup called GreenButton in New Zealand that provided visual effects services on multiple cloud providers. GreenButton was acquired by Microsoft. Karan is based in Seattle, WA.

Dr. Dave Mosley is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Seagate, a global leader in mass-capacity data storage with more than 30,000 employees and a smart manufacturing footprint spanning three continents.

As CEO since 2017, Dave has led Seagate through a period of strategic transformation, doubling the company’s shipped storage capacity and driving innovation across the company — including the launch of the world’s first hard drives using heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) to support the massive need for AI data storage.

Dave joined Seagate in 1996 with a doctorate in solid-state physics from the University of California, Davis. Over his decades-long career, he has held senior leadership roles across multiple company disciplines and functions, including research and development, sales and marketing, and operations.

Elected to the Seagate board in 2017 and named Chairman of the Board in 2025, Dave is guided by the principle that data is much more than the technology and innovation that underpin it. It's the foundation of human connection, creativity, and progress. Every photo, scientific breakthrough, cinematic masterpiece, and story begins with data — and that data has long-term value that can only be captured when it’s stored, trusted, and accessible. Dave has also served on the Board of Directors of Cirrus Logic, Inc. since 2024.

With over 20 years of executive expertise, Wil is driving the global expansion of top-tier HPC and AI ecosystems, redefining how world-class infrastructure supports the next generation of intelligence. As a strategist at the forefront of the Agentic AI transition, he empowers his international teams to bridge the gap between AI requirements and the rigorous power and cooling demands of high-density compute. By orchestrating the deployment of AI Gigafactories, he ensures that hyperscale infrastructures are meticulously engineered to sustain the complex, continuous reasoning of agentic frameworks across every continent. Wil turns raw technical capacity into a future-proof, energy-optimized asset that sets the standard for performance and reliability in the AI era.

Binoy Unnikrishnan is a strategic global sales executive with more than two decades of experience driving growth across semiconductors, cloud, and client market segments. He joins Lenovo as the Vice President of Worldwide Cloud Sales at Lenovo, responsible for leading the company’s global cloud sales, go-to-market strategy, customer engagement with our key hyperscaler and next-wave cloud customers. 

He joins Lenovo from Samsung where he was Vice President of Sales, leading multi-billion-dollar memory sales to hyperscaler and data center customers, managing DRAM and NAND, and establishing the HBM portfolio.

Previously, Binoy served as Co-Chief Revenue Officer and Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Ampere Computing, where he built a global team, drove double-digit growth, and secured marquee wins with several cloud service providers worldwide. During his 20+ year career at Intel, Binoy was instrumental in scaling strategic accounts including Amazon and Dell, where he grew Intel’s AWS revenues fivefold, established and expanded Intel’s co-sell pipeline to over $1B annually. 

His leadership combines deep technical expertise with proven go-to-market strategies, resulting in sustained competitive advantage and building long-term customer partnerships.

Binoy holds an MBA and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, and a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bombay.

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Adaire Fox-Martin is CEO and President of Equinix, the world’s largest data center company.  In this role, she is responsible for all facets of strategy, operations, and execution in the organization, including the construction of data-center capacity, the development of solutions and services to simplify infrastructure provisioning, and the continual improvement in the value and experience customers and partners realize when engaging with Equinix. 

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Appointed in 2024, Adaire leads the company’s 13,700 employees in the innovation, sale, operation, and administration of the industry’s most expansive data-center footprint: 280 data centers in 77 markets serving more than 10,500 customers. Together with the Equinix Executive Leadership Team, she has defined and executed a strategy reinforcing Equinix’s core retail colocation leadership, while also making the most of the multi-year infrastructure investment cycle supporting the advancement of artificial intelligence.  Adaire has also been a member of the Equinix Board of Directors since 2020, a role she continues as CEO and President.

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Adaire has established a distinguished 25-year track record in the technology sector. She was previously President of Go-to-Market for Google Cloud and Head of Google Ireland. In this role, she led Google Cloud's go-to-market teams globally, encompassing sales, professional services, partner ecosystem, and customer success. Prior to Google, she had board and executive-level positions at SAP, as well as executive leadership roles at Oracle. 

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Adaire is a passionate advocate of social entrepreneurship and social impact. She was Global Executive Sponsor for Social Enterprise at Google and currently serves on the Board of the Equinix Foundation, whose purpose is to enable an accessible, sustainable, and interconnected digital future for more people.

Adaire is a graduate of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

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Anand Eswaran is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Veeam. Anand’s strategic vision, inclusive leadership, and execution focus have created a track record of building and leading high-growth, successful global businesses.

Prior to joining Veeam, Anand led RingCentral to accelerating growth and innovation as its President and Chief Operating Officer (COO). Prior to RingCentral, Anand was responsible for Microsoft’s Enterprise Commercial and Public Sector business globally. Earlier in his tenure at Microsoft, he led Microsoft Services, Industry & Digital, Customer Care, and Customer Success — a global team of 24,000 professionals.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Anand was the Executive Vice President of the $5.4B Global Services business at SAP, leading 17,000 business process and technology professionals to accelerate customer and partner value creation through SAP’s enterprise applications. He has held multiple other leadership roles, including Vice President of Global Software Services at HP, Vice President of Global Professional Services at Vignette (now OpenText), and Senior Manager at Braun Consulting (now Fair Isaac).

Anand is a founding member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA) and served on the executive advisory board for 12 years. He holds a master’s degree in computer science and engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from the University of Mumbai, India. He is married and has two children.

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Binoy Unnikrishnan is a strategic global sales executive with more than two decades of experience driving growth across semiconductors, cloud, and client market segments. He joins Lenovo as the Vice President of Worldwide Cloud Sales at Lenovo, responsible for leading the company’s global cloud sales, go-to-market strategy, customer engagement with our key hyperscaler and next wave cloud customers. 

He joins Lenovo from Samsung where he was Vice President of Sales leading multi-billion-dollar memory sales to hyperscaler and data center customers managing DRAM, NAND and establishing the HBM portfolio.

Previously, Binoy served as Co-Chief Revenue Officer and Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Ampere Computing, where he built a global team, drove double-digit growth, and secured marquee wins with several cloud service providers worldwide. During his 20+ year career at Intel, Binoy was instrumental in scaling strategic accounts including Amazon and Dell, where he grew Intel’s AWS revenues fivefold, established and expanded Intel’s co-sell pipeline to over $1B annually. 

His leadership combines deep technical expertise with proven go-to-market strategies, resulting in sustained competitive advantage and building long-term customer partnerships.

Binoy holds an MBA and an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Washington, and a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from the University of Bombay.

Drew Bradstock leads  the Google Kubernetes Engine business and product management with global teams across Sunnyvale, Seattle, Toronto, Boston and Warsaw. He is always looking at hearing from customers, the open source community, and users of Kubernetes on how to make it simpler and achieve world-leading scale.

Bradstock was previously the Senior VP of Product at Index Exchange. As SVP of Product, he spearheaded Index Exchange's continuous drive to advance existing products, create new ones, improve experiences for clients and partners, and make data sharing as efficient and frictionless as possible. He believed that increased transparency benefits everyone, and he advanced that cause through his work at Index.

Bradstock joined Index in 2016 from Google, where he served as group project manager. At Google, he was responsible for the company's publisher business and Real Time Bidding on the Google Click Ad Exchange, where he worked to increase publisher revenue and safely achieve the highest yields. Before joining Google, he ran product management for one of IBM's largest software products.

Bradstock holds an MBA from Western University and a BSc in Software Engineering from the University of Toronto.

Daniel is a visionary leader setting out to shift the high tech research and analysis business by delivering next generation insights, speed, and intelligence to the marketplace. He is the Founder of BroadSuite Consulting and The Futurum Group. An experienced C-Level Executive who is passionate about strategy and is frequently featured on Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg, and other broadcast programming. He previously served as the co-founder and CEO of EC3, and CEO of United Visual, parent company to United Visual Systems, United Visual Productions, and United GlobalComm; a family of companies focused on Visual Communications and Audio Visual Technologies.

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As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Matt Murphy led the transformation of Marvell into becoming a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions. Joining the company in July 2016 as CEO, Matt is responsible for leading new technology development, directing ongoing operations and driving Marvell's growth strategy.

Prior to joining Marvell, Matt worked for Maxim Integrated, where he advanced through a series of business leadership roles over two decades. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President of Business Units and Sales and Marketing, overseeing all product development and go-to-market activities. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Vice President of the Communications and Automotive Solutions Group and Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing.

Matt is a recipient of a Silicon Valley Business Journal 2019 C-Suite award for CEO of a Large Public Company and was a “40 Under 40” honoree in 2011. In 2018, Institutional Investor named him All-America Executive Team Best CEO in the semiconductor category. He also served as the Chairman of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) in 2018.

Matt earned a B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College and is also a graduate of the Stanford Executive Program. He served on the Board of Directors of eBay Inc. from March 2019 to June 2022 and is on the Board of Directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA), including as GSA Board Chairman. Matt also serves as a Trustee of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Foundation.

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Moe Beydoun is a career salesperson and leader who loves competing for and winning business every day.  Having worked his entire career with Sprint/T-Mobile, Moe has seen tremendous change and evolution in the telecommunications space.  In the early days of his selling career, Moe sold everything from dial tone, private lines, frame relay and MPLS services across all market segments to today’s environment where mobile devices have completely transformed Enterprise business.  Moe’s roles have varied from being an individual contributor calling on small businesses, to strategic multinational businesses with global reach, across various geographic regions.  He has supported marquee global brands and lead teams that generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue. He has experienced most of what sales have to offer.

In his current role as Senior Director-Product Specialist Sales, in the T-Mobile for Business Group, Moe leads a national team of Sales Specialist who are responsible for selling all the Connectivity services in T-Mobile’s 5G portfolio including Private/Hybrid Networks, Edge Control, FWA, IOT, and Modern Comms. These Specialists, who cover all business segments across the country, are responsible for consulting as product, sales and engineering  SME’s  who work with clients to propel customer’s digital transformations by leveraging the power and capabilities of the T-Mobile 5G Stand Alone Network.

‍On a personal note, Moe is a proud father of two kids each currently attending separate BIG Ten universities (son is a recent Information Systems graduate from the University of Illinois and his daughter is a Senior at the University of Wisconsin.  However, Moe’s blood runs blue and is a proud University of Michigan alum and a 25-year football season ticket holder. While Moe has lived in Chicago for almost 30 years, he continues to be an avid fan of all his hometown Detroit professional sports teams.  Moe loves to travel with his wife and family, compete in an occasional obstacle race, scuba dive whenever he gets to a warm and sunny place, and enjoys a nice bourbon every so often!

Matthew Feider is Sr. Manager of Physical & Edge AI at T-Mobile, where he leads product, solution architecture, and business development — building T-Mobile's physical and edge AI business from the ground up.

Matthew designed T-Mobile's Physical & Edge AI initial business model — and is now responsible for scaling its products, building the platform, and forming the teams to drive its growth. His work sits at the intersection of cutting-edge infrastructure and real-world AI deployment, defining what's possible at the edge of the network.

Before this role, Matthew spent time in T-Mobile's Strategy & Corporate Development team, working on data-focused advertising products, mobile-broadband convergence, and streaming strategy. Before T-Mobile, he held commercial roles at SaaS and PE/VC-backed firms in market research and equity management.

Matthew holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth and a BA in Finance from the University of Washington. He lives in Seattle with his wife, son, and dog.

I lead the Industrial and Robotics Division at Intel Corporation.  My organization is responsible for Intel’s industrial and robotics business, focused on defining and delivering edge-based solutions that help industrial organizations apply AI and automation at scale across manufacturing, energy, and robotics.  With over 30 years in the technology industry, my work spans engineering, product management, customer and ecosystem enablement, and business strategy. I’ve spent my career helping organizations worldwide move from emerging technology to real-world deployment, particularly in complex operational environments where reliability, safety, and long-term value matter.

Sanjai is the Chief Marketing Officer of Coherent Corp.  He joined Coherent in 2003 and has held various progressive senior leadership roles in R&D, product management, business operations, strategy, and marketing.  He was appointed the company’s first Chief Marketing Officer in 2019.  Sanjai played a pivotal role in charting the strategy and driving the execution of the company’s transformation into an industry-leading photonics powerhouse.  Over his 35+ year career, he has broad technology industry experience across many markets, including data center, telecom, industrial, instrumentation, automotive, and consumer.  Prior to Coherent, Sanjai held senior business and technical leadership positions in Oplink Communications, TeraStor, Western Digital, and Concurrent Technologies Corporation.

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Sanjai has a B.Tech from IIT-Madras, an M.S. from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. from Penn State.

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As President of HP’s Personal Systems business, Ketan Patel leads a global business of $36B, including a technology portfolio of PCs, displays, peripherals, and software solutions. He drives strategy, innovation, and execution to deliver breakthrough computing experiences that empower people to work, learn, play, and connect in a hybrid world. With over three decades in the technology industry, Ketan brings extensive experience in business transformation, operational excellence, and market expansion. He has held a range of leadership roles globally, in Asia Pacific and India, with a proven track record of driving profitable growth and increasing market share across geographies and business segments.

Most recently, Ketan served as SVP & Chief Operating Officer for Personal Systems at HP Inc., overseeing end-to-end business operations across Consumer and Commercial portfolios. He has also served as Managing Director for HP’s Greater India Market and as VP & Head of Personal Systems for Greater Asia and APJ Commercial PCs. Before joining HP, Ketan held leadership roles at Wipro Infotech, Wipro Peripherals, and TVS Electronics, where he played a key role in driving growth for their printing businesses in India. Ketan holds a degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Pune, a Special Management Program credential from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata, and a Graduate Diploma in International Business from the Helsinki School of Economics. 

Jason Maynard is Chief Executive Officer of Qualtrics. A proven technology executive with 30 years of experience spanning enterprise software, capital markets, and startups, Maynard combines strategic insight with operational discipline to build, scale, and lead high-growth organizations.

Prior to Qualtrics, Maynard served as Executive Vice President of Revenue Operations at Oracle - joining as part of the $10 billion NetSuite acquisition - leading global sales strategy and operations across the company's enterprise portfolio. At Oracle, Maynard scaled the NetSuite business from under $1 billion in revenue and 11,000 customers to nearly fivefold growth and over 43,000 customers.

Earlier in his career, Maynard spent 15 years as a top-ranked equity research analyst at Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and Wells Fargo, covering the software and internet sectors. He was among the first to forecast the rise of cloud computing, publishing a 2004 report on the topic and creating the Merrill Lynch On Demand Computing Index to track structural shifts in the industry.

Maynard co-founded Verix Software, which was acquired in 1999, and has served as an angel investor and advisor to startups including MuleSoft, Siperian, Desktone, and Cacheflow.

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Mr. Thakkar has served as Chief Technology Officer since July 2018 at MSCI Inc. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing the company’s Technology and Data strategy. In 2021, Mr. Thakkar launched MSCI's vision of Investment Solutions as a service ( https://www.msci.com/documents/1296102/23331437/MSCI-Investor-Day.pdf ), followed by MSCI’s flagship Investments platform, MSCI One ( https://www.msci.com/insights-on-msci-one ). Mr. Thakkar led the creation of MSCI’s strategic partnerships with Microsoft for Cloud and Google on Data and AI.

Before joining MSCI, he served as Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, leading software engineering for Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business. During his 19-year tenure at Microsoft, he built large-scale products and served in various leadership positions in Microsoft Teams, Office 365, Dynamics CRM, Bing, Windows, and MSN divisions.

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He holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in India.

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Brian leads the design, engineering, and delivery of the NetSuite application and product portfolio. He oversees the development of the suite and platform and is responsible for ensuring the security, reliability, and performance of NetSuite’s technology infrastructure. He has more than two decades of experience in Silicon Valley software development and computer security and was among the first developers to join NetSuite in 1999. After leaving in 2003 to start his own security company, Fortify Software (acquired by HP in 2010), Brian returned to NetSuite in 2012 to lead the infrastructure and security teams. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Linda Yao is the Vice President and General Manager, Hybrid Cloud & AI Solutions at Lenovo. She leads the AI services practice, offering advisory and professional services that help businesses find and deploy the right AI strategy. A Harvard graduate and bilingual problem-solver in Mandarin and English, she brings over 15 years of experience across Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing and IBM.