Session

Tech Leaders Stage Speaker Pool

with Thomas Dohmke & Dr. Ramin Hasani & Stefan Lederer & Mathias Biilmann Christensen & Avani Solanki Prabhakar & Victor Savkin & Richard Socher & Jared Jordan & Daniela Dimitrova & Olivier Pomel & Rachel Wolan & Angie Jones & Eli-Shaoul Khedouri & Leigh-Ann Russell & Francesco Ciulla & Christine Yen & Ryan Ries & Lin Qiao & Jeff An & Milin Desai & Erran Berger & Carina Hong & Zach Lloyd & Gil Feig & Merrill Lutsky & Eric Simons & Yoel Sommer & Daksh Gupta & Alexander Glätzle & Loïc Houssier & Matt McClernan & Guy Gur-Ari & Richard Robinson & Scott Hanselman & Ian Hughson & Ivan Burazin & Kelsey Hightower & Prince Kohli & Wolfgang Platz & Loris Degioanni & Prashanth Chandrasekar & Anurag Goel & Gerardo Pardo-Castellote & Joerg Tewes & Jennifer Serrato & Zohar Fox & Mirko Novakovic & John Malcolm & Kit Colbert & Chris Daden & Sam Bhagwat & Kara Sprague & Siwei Shen & Rohit de Souza & Nikhil Gandhi & Rukmini Reddy & Sagi Rodin & Eystein Stenberg & Zhen Lu & Purnima Padmanabhan & Vivek Raghunathan & Pranay Ahlawat & Alex Spinelli & Eno Reyes & Barr Moses & Ramana Thumu & Ed Huang & Arthur Hicken & Neel Sundaresan & May Walter & Ben Haefele & Moritz Plassnig & Brendan Ittelson & Brian Mann & Jeremy Murray & Becky Bucich & Vaibhav Kumar & Mang-Git Ng & Tamar Bercovici

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Speakers

Thomas Dohmke

CEO and Co-founder · Entire

CEO and Co-founder of Entire, fmr. CEO of Github

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Fascinated by software development since his childhood in Germany, Thomas Dohmke has built a career creating tools developers love. He is currently working on a new startup in this space. Formerly, Thomas was Chief Executive Officer of GitHub, where he led the company’s growth to over 150 million developers and oversaw the rise of GitHub Copilot — the world’s most widely adopted AI developer tool — now with over 20 million users and counting. Thomas is a celebrated TED speaker and holds a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Glasgow, UK.
Dr. Ramin Hasani

Co-founder and CEO · Liquid AI

Co-founder and CEO of Liquid AI

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Dr. Ramin Hasani is the co-founder and CEO of Liquid AI. Previously, he was jointly appointed as a Principal Machine Learning Scientist at the Vanguard Group and a Research Affiliate at MIT CSAIL. Ramin’s research focuses on robust deep learning and decision-making in complex dynamical systems. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at CSAIL MIT, leading research on modeling intelligence and sequential decision-making. He received his Ph.D. degree with distinction in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria. His Ph.D. dissertation and continued research on Liquid Neural Networks have been recognized internationally with numerous nominations and awards.
Stefan Lederer

Co-founder and CEO · Bitmovin

Co-founder and CEO of Bitmovin

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Stefan Lederer is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Emmy® award-winning video technology software solutions provider, Bitmovin – in a time where the video and television market is at an inflection point. He founded Bitmovin out of research and standardization around MPEG streaming format, co-creating the MPEG-DASH standard that accounts for more than 50% of the US internet traffic today and is used by Netflix, Youtube, Hulu, and others. Bitmovin is a YCombinator startup backed by Atomico (led by the founder of Skype), as well as industry leaders, like the former VP of Engineering at Netflix, former CTO of Cisco, founder of Unity3D, and others. Stefan has more than 25 research papers and 10 patents in the field of multimedia delivery and networks and was named to Forbes Austria’ 30 Under 30 List in 2017. He is a regular speaker at industry conferences and active participant in multimedia standardization and research. Stefan graduated in computer science and business administration from the Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt (Austria) and previously worked for McKinsey, IBM, and Dolby.
Mathias Biilmann Christensen

Co-founder and CEO · Netlify

Co-founder and CEO of Netlify

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Mathias (Matt) Biilmann is the CEO and co-founder of Netlify, the AI-native web platform where developers and AI agents build together. He coined Agent Experience (AX) to describe how people and AI collaborate to create a better, more open web. Earlier, he pioneered the Jamstack movement, an approach that transformed how the web is built and deployed. Today, he leads a community of more than nine million developers and stands by a simple belief: everyone who builds online is a developer. A builder at heart, Matt is constantly working to improve web architecture, champion developer experience (DX), and empower developers to unlock the power of the web.
Avani Solanki Prabhakar

Chief People and AI Enablement Officer · Atlassian

Chief People and AI Enablement Officer of Atlassian

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Atlassian Chief People and AI Enablement Officer, Avani Prabhakar, leads Atlassian's People and Transformations organisation with a sharp focus on unlocking potential in the AI era – blending purpose, systems thinking, and modern leadership to shape the future of work. Avani’s focus is on enabling the cultural transformation required alongside the technology shift – to build AI-fluent teams and unlock opportunity. She has been instrumental in pioneering the distributed work models and ways of working that underpin Atlassian’s Team Anywhere approach, and is actively embedding AI up-skilling, scaling, and innovation across the organisation. With 20+ years across tech, aviation, engineering, professional services and consulting, Avani keeps Atlassian's people-first approach practical and grounded, to build human + AI collaboration and capability in complex, high-growth environments.
Victor Savkin

Co-founder and CTO · Nx

Co-founder and CTO of Nx

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Co-founder and CTO of Nx, an agentic build platform that scales CI and automatically fixes failed PRs. A former member of the Angular core team at Google. Victor has spent 15+ years developing high-performance frameworks and build tools for large-scale JavaScript applications, with a focus on enterprise developer experience.
Richard Socher

Co-founder and CEO · you.com

Co-founder and CEO of you.com

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Richard Socher is the co-founder and CEO of you.com and co-founder and managing director of AIX Ventures. Richard previously served as the Chief Scientist and EVP at Salesforce. Before that, Richard was the CEO/CTO of AI startup MetaMind, acquired by Salesforce in 2016. Richard received his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford. He is widely recognized as having brought neural networks into the field of natural language processing, inventing the most widely used word vectors, contextual vectors and prompt engineering. He has over 225,000 citations and served as an adjunct professor in the computer science department at Stanford.
Jared Jordan

GM and Head of · Capital One Garage

GM and Head of Capital One Garage

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Jared Jordan is a distinguished business and technology executive renowned for building products and platforms that have reached more than a billion users and generated billions of dollars in growth. As Managing Vice President of the Capital One Garage, the innovation arm of Capital One Financial Services, he leads a team of 200 engineers, product managers, and designers focused on next-generation solutions in AI, developer platforms, and new product innovation across auto lending, refinancing, and servicing. Across his career, Jared has consistently delivered measurable results. At Google, he led the launch of YouTube's Primetime channels and Live sports, including NFL Sunday Ticket, a move that drove 50 million new subscriptions and generated over $100 million in new annual revenue. At Gmail, he guided the release of AI-powered features like "Help Me Write." Before Google, he engineered the platform strategy for account-sharing enforcement at Netflix, which unlocked tens of millions of new global subscriptions. His leadership philosophy is grounded in three core principles: growth, efficiency, and people. Currently, Jared is pursuing an Executive MBA at Cornell University to further expand his business expertise and prepare for his next chapter as a general manager, exceptionally well-positioned to lead businesses that grow at scale. Raised in Seattle and now based in Dallas, Jared is a first-generation engineer in his family. He and his wife Heather, his college sweetheart of 19 years, are raising three children and 2 Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs. He remains committed to investing in the next generation through open office hours, mentorship, and community service rooted in faith and family. From Netflix to Google to Capital One, Jared Jordan’s career is a testament to innovation, measurable business impact, and a consistent focus on people as the ultimate driver of growth.
Daniela Dimitrova

VP IT and CIO · Mercedes-Benz North America

VP IT and CIO of Mercedes-Benz North America

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Daniela drives IT strategy and digital transformation for Mercedes-Benz across North America, with a strong focus on AI-driven innovation and developer-centric solutions. Her mission is to accelerate digital initiatives, foster collaboration, and deliver measurable business impact through cutting-edge technologies. With a career spanning senior leadership roles at Mercedes-Benz AG, BMW Group, and Toyota, Daniela brings global experience in IT, sales, and marketing across Europe and the Middle East. She holds an Executive MBA and professional coaching certification, combining technical expertise with a passion for empowering developers and tech leaders to shape the future of mobility.
Olivier Pomel

Co-founder and CEO · Datadog

Co-founder and CEO of Datadog

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Prior to founding Datadog, Olivier Pomel built data systems for K-12 teachers as a VP, Technology for Wireless Generation, where he grew the development team from a handful of people to close to 100 of the best engineers in New York until the company’s acquisition by News Corp. Before Wireless Generation, Olivier held software engineering positions at IBM Research and several internet startups. Olivier is an original author of the VLC media player and holds a MS, CS from the Ecole Centrale Paris.
Rachel Wolan

CPO · Webflow

CPO of Webflow

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Rachel Wolan is Chief Product Officer at Webflow and oversees the company’s product, design and insights teams. With over two decades of experience leading product, engineering, design, and data teams, Rachel brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Before joining Webflow, she served as VP and GM of Dropbox’s Core Business. Her leadership was instrumental in shaping Dropbox’s AI strategy, including the acquisition of search startup Command E. As VP Product at LiveRamp, she built products for Marketers and launched the CDP business from scratch.
Angie Jones

VP of Developer Experience · Agentic AI Foundation

VP Developer Experience at Agentic AI Foundation

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Angie Jones is the VP of Developer Experience at the Agentic AI Foundation where she guides how agentic systems are designed, implemented, and adopted across the global developer ecosystem. An award-winning educator and international keynote speaker, Angie shares her extensive knowledge with software companies and conference audiences worldwide. As a Master Inventor, Angie is recognized for her innovative, out-of-the-box thinking, which has led to 27 patented inventions in virtual worlds, collaboration software, social networking, smarter planet initiatives, and software development processes.
Eli-Shaoul Khedouri

CEO · Intuition Machines

CEO of Intuition Machines

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CEO of Intuition Machines, creators of hCaptcha, the largest privacy-preserving security platform. hCaptcha protects category leaders in every industry against fraud and abuse, from account takeovers to transaction fraud.
Leigh-Ann Russell

CIO and Global Head of Engineering · BNY

CIO and Global Head of Engineering at BNY

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Leigh-Ann Russell serves as the Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Engineering. In this role, she oversees a high-performing global team of technologists who are driving the development of cutting-edge digital solutions that enhance client experience, ensure security and resilience, and drive our platforms forward with innovative software, infrastructure, and technologies. She is also a member of the BNY Executive Committee. Before joining BNY, Leigh-Ann held prominent roles at BP, including membership on BP's Executive Committee, reporting directly to the CEO. As Executive Vice President of Innovation & Engineering at BP, her responsibilities encompassed being the Chief Scientist, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Digital Officer. She directed BP's clean technology advancements, led the expert engineering organization, managed enterprise IT infrastructure, and oversaw digital engineering, product development, data science, and design teams. Additionally, she served as BP's Chief Risk Officer. Prior to these roles, Leigh-Ann was BP's Chief Procurement Officer, where she modernized and digitalized BP's supply chain operations and significantly enhanced supply efficiency while reducing costs during the high inflationary period of COVID. Her career has consistently focused on engineering and operations, leading large teams at executive levels. Leigh-Ann holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Aberdeen, is a chartered engineer, and has earned Fellowships with the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and the Energy Institute. She was also bestowed the honorary title of Professor of Practice by Queen’s University Belfast in 2022. Leigh-Ann previously served as a non-executive director for Hill & Smith PLC, a FTSE 250 infrastructure company, participating in audit, nomination, and remuneration committees.
Francesco Ciulla

Computer Scientist and Content Creator · Self employed and Docker Captain

Computer Scientist and Content Creator

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Computer Scientist (Rome, Italy) who turned into a Content Creator in 2020. Recognized as a Docker Captain since 2021 and an International Public Speaker since 2022. He currently focuses on producing in-depth YouTube videos and content, specializing in the Rust programming language.
Christine Yen

Co-founder and CEO · Honeycomb.io

Co-founder and CEO of Honeycomb.io

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Christine Yen is the CEO and co-founder of Honeycomb, building the observability platform for the AI era. Christine delights in being a software engineer in a room full of ops/infrastructure folks. Before all this, she built out the analytics product at Parse (later acquired by Facebook) and studied CS at MIT. She's always loved writing software to separate signal from noise, and wants your speculative fiction recommendations.
Ryan Ries

Chief AI and Data Scientist · Mission Cloud

Chief AI and Data Scientist at Mission Cloud

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Dr. Ryan Ries is a renowned AI and data scientist with more than 15 years of leadership experience in data and engineering at fast-scaling technology companies. Dr. Ries holds over 20 years of experience working with AI and 7+ years helping customers build their AWS data infrastructure and AI models. After earning his Ph.D. in Biophysical Chemistry at UCLA and Caltech, Dr. Ries has helped develop cutting-edge data solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense and a myriad of Fortune 500 companies. As Chief AI and Data Scientist for Mission, a CDW company, Ryan has built out a successful team of Data Engineers, Data Architects, ML Engineers and Data Scientists to solve some of the hardest problems in the world utilizing AWS infrastructure.
Lin Qiao

Co-founder and CEO · Fireworks AI

Co-founder and CEO of Fireworks AI

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Lin Qiao is the CEO and co-founder of global AI inference cloud and infrastructure platform Fireworks AI, which enables teams like Cursor, Uber, Doordash and Shopify to build, tune, and scale highly-optimized generative AI applications. Prior to founding Fireworks, Lin was the head of Meta’s PyTorch.
Jeff An

Co-founder and CTO · Momentic

Co-founder and CTO of Momentic

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Jeff An is the Co-founder and CTO of Momentic, a San Francisco-based startup that automates software testing with AI. Momentic executes millions of tests per month and is trusted by top-tier engineering teams such as Notion, Webflow, Retool, and Bilt. Before starting Momentic, Jeff was the youngest tech lead at Robinhood, leading the developer experience team as the company grew 300%.
Milin Desai

CEO · Sentry

CEO of Sentry

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Milin Desai currently serves as the CEO of Sentry. Used by more than 4 million developers and 150,000 organizations worldwide, Sentry helps every developer detect, understand, and fix broken code, fast. Milin joined Sentry from VMware where he helped build out multiple lines of business from networking (0->1b+) to multi cloud (0->100M+ SAAS). Earlier in his career, he held engineering and product roles at Veritas and Riverbed.
Erran Berger

CTO Engineering · LinkedIn

CTO Engineering of LinkedIn

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Erran Berger is the Vice President of Product Engineering at LinkedIn, responsible for building, scaling and protecting LinkedIn’s platform that serves the world’s largest network of over 1 billion professionals. In his role, Erran sits on the executive leadership team at LinkedIn and leads a global team of engineers who build and maintain LinkedIn’s product portfolio - spanning consumer, Premium, trust, enterprise recruiter, learning, digital advertising and sales products. Since joining LinkedIn in 2009, Erran has held a variety of engineering leadership positions, building the experiences and platforms that power LinkedIn’s applications and playing a pivotal role in the global growth of the business. Erran is a leader that is able to define the business strategy for LinkedIn’s product technology priorities, as well as simultaneously dive into the details to problem solve and move with agility in a rapidly evolving technology landscape. He also currently sits on the board of JVS and holds a BS in Computer Engineering from The University of California, San Diego.
Carina Hong

Founder and CEO · Axiom

Founder and CEO of Axiom

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Carina Hong is the founder and CEO of Axiom, an AI company building a self-improving, superintelligent reasoner, starting with an AI mathematician. As a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford's Hertford College, she earned a neuroscience master's with dissertation distinctions and conducted deep learning research at UCL Sainsbury Wellcome Center Gatsby Unit. As an MIT math and physics undergrad, she published 9 papers in peer-reviewed journals spanning number theory, combinatorics, theoretical computer science, and probability. Carina won the AMS-MAA-SIAM Morgan Prize (the world's highest honor for undergraduate mathematics research) and the AWM Schafer Prize (awarded to one undergraduate woman in math in North America).
Zach Lloyd

Founder and CEO · Warp

Founder and CEO of Warp

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Zach Lloyd is the founder and CEO of Warp, the AI-powered developer platform reinventing the command line for the era of coding agents. Backed by Sam Altman, Sequoia, GV, Dylan Field, and cousin Marc Benioff, Warp has raised $73M and is already used by hundreds of thousands of developers—including half of the Fortune 500—with usage growing 10–20% week-over-week. Before Warp, Zach led engineering on Google Sheets, helping bring the spreadsheet into the modern age. He’s also held roles at NASA, did a stint at Yale Law, served as interim CTO at TIME, and co-founded SelfMade. Zach holds a BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford and a Master’s in Philosophy of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Gil Feig

Co-founder and CTO · Merge

Co-founder and CTO of Merge

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Gil Feig is the Co-Founder and CTO of Merge, the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Previously, Gil was the Head of Engineering at Untapped and worked as a software engineer at Wealthfront and LinkedIn. A graduate of Columbia University, he now lives and works in San Francisco.
Merrill Lutsky

Co-founder and CEO · Graphite

Co-founder and CEO of Graphite

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Merrill Lutsky is the co-founder & CEO of Graphite, the AI code review platform that just joined Cursor. Thousands of engineers at high-growth companies like Figma, Shopify, Snowflake, and Ramp use Graphite every day to ship pull requests faster. Prior to Graphite, Merrill worked on product & engineering teams at Square, Oscar, and Clay, and founded Posmetrics (YC W13, acquired). He studied Applied Math at Harvard and enjoys running, climbing, DJing, and contemporary art.
Eric Simons

CEO and Founder · Bolt.New

Founder and CEO of Bolt.New

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Eric Simons is the creator of Bolt.New, the viral website and app builder that empowers anyone to build a website or app just through conversational prompting. The product launched in October 2024 with the viral tweet asking, "what do you want to build?" In just six months, the company scaled from 0 to $40m ARR, and has over 8 million users worldwide. Eric is also the CEO and Co-founder of StackBlitz, the makers of the WebContainers technology, which allows developers to run an IDE natively from the browser instead of in the cloud.
Yoel Sommer

Co-founder and Managing Partner · CSW Solutions

Co-founder and Managing Partner of CSW Solutions

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Yoel Sommer is an AI/Automation Consultant and Cloud Architect. He is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at CSW Solutions, a technology consulting firm based in Chicago, Illinois. For over 20 years, Yoel has helped SMBs transform operations through custom software solutions—and in the last decade, through cloud, AI, and automation. His practical approach: identify the highest-value processes, modernize legacy systems, and design workflows that drive measurable ROI.
Daksh Gupta

Co-founder and CEO · Greptile

Co-founder and CEO of Greptile

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Daksh is the CEO and Co-founder of Greptile. Greptile is building AI agents that review code changes for 3,000+ companies like Nvidia, Coinbase, and Scale. It has raised $30M from Benchmark, YC, Paul Graham and others. Before this, Daksh studied computer science at Georgia Tech.
Alexander Glätzle

Co-founder and CEO · planqc

Co-founder and CEO of planqc

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Alexander Glätzle is CEO and co-founder of planqc, the company building Germany’s first quantum computer based on neutral atoms. A quantum physicist turned entrepreneur, he is on a mission to turn quantum technology from a scientific breakthrough into a powerful industrial tool. After leading research on ultracold atoms and quantum annealing at the University of Oxford and the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore, Glätzle moved into industry to shape strategies for quantum computing and blockchain at a leading global consultancy. In 2018, he took the leap to build the future himself. Today, he is driving Europe’s quantum ambition with planqc. Backed by €50 million in funding, the company is developing a 1,000-qubit quantum computer for the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre and building quantum computing capabilities for research and industry. His vision is bold and clear: quantum computers made in Europe, solving real-world problems worth billions.
Loïc Houssier

CTO · Superhuman

CTO of Superhuman

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Loïc Houssier is an engineering executive with 20 years of leadership experience spanning startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises. He specializes in helping high-growth companies scale with speed and discipline, combining technical depth with a strong operational mindset. He currently leads engineering at Superhuman Mail, the most productive email app ever made, where he joined at a pivotal moment in the company’s growth. Loïc brought a new level of executional rigor and embedded a culture of speed not just in the product (where every interaction happens in under 100ms), but in how the team ships, scales, and makes decisions. Previously, he held senior engineering roles at Productboard, Firstbase, and DocuSign, where he led global teams through platform expansion, org design, and M&A. With a background in cryptography and early experience as a security researcher, Loïc is also a frequent mentor and speaker on engineering leadership and building resilient, high-velocity teams.
Matt McClernan

CEO · Augment Code

CEO of Augment Code

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Matt McClernan is the CEO of Augment Code. He brings more than a decade of experience scaling enterprise software companies, with senior leadership roles at MongoDB and Workato, where he led global enterprise go-to-market organizations. Matt holds a master’s degree from Stanford University and has spent his career working at the intersection of technology, growth, and large-scale customer transformation.
Guy Gur-Ari

Research Scientist · Google DeepMind

Research Scientist at Google DeepMind

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Guy co-founded Augment Code after a stint at Google where he led a research team that focused on understanding and improving deep learning systems. He holds a Ph.D in theoretical physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Richard Robinson

Chief Evangelist · Unqork

Chief Evangelist at Unqork

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Richard is Chief Evangelist at Unqork, where he leads the development of solutions that showcase the full power of the Unqork platform. Previously, he led Financial Services and Insurance Solutions at Conga. Before that, Richard held senior roles in solution delivery, including Head of Integrated Solutions at S&P Global Market Intelligence, where he drove transformational initiatives for strategic accounts.
Scott Hanselman

VP and Member of Technical Staff · Microsoft/Github

VP and Member of Technical Staff at Microsoft/Github

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Scott Hanselman is a programmer, teacher, and speaker. He works out of his home office in Portland, Oregon, for Microsoft as the Vice President of Developer Community. He works on .NET, Open Source, and the Azure Cloud Developer Experience. He also blogs about technology, culture, gadgets, inclusion, code, the web, where we're going and where we've been. Scott is excited about community, social equity, media, entrepreneurship and above all, the open web.
Ian Hughson

Global Managing Partner · TCS

Global Managing Partner at TCS

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Ian is an accomplished and disruptive thought leader with over 30 years of experience leading and driving strategic organizational change and digital transformation within complex and dynamic global organizations, with a more recent focus specifically on AI adoption at scale. He is a skilled storyteller and change agent having successfully guided and reinvented organizations through challenging change and growth initiatives, including business process optimization, cultural transformations, and large-scale systems implementations. Ian is a passionate rugby fanatic, and active coach and referee for this wonderful sport.
Ivan Burazin

Co-founder and CEO · Daytona

Co-founder and CEO of Daytona

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Ivan Burazin co-founded Codeanywhere, the first cloud IDE, in 2009, and later created Shift, Europe’s leading dev conference (acquired by Infobip in 2021). He then joined Infobip’s executive board as Chief Developer Experience Officer. In 2023, he co-founded Daytona, an open-source platform enabling AI agents to securely interact with runtime environments. Backed by $7M, Daytona serves startups to Fortune 500s, helping agents reach their full potential.
Kelsey Hightower

Former Distinguished Engineer, Open Source Contributor, Author, Investor, and Minimalist

Global Developer Voice

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Former Distinguished Engineer, Open Source Contributor, Author, Investor, and Minimalist
Prince Kohli

President and CEO · Sauce Labs

President and CEO of Sauce Labs

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Prince Kohli is a distinguished technology executive and visionary leader with three decades of experience in building, scaling, and transforming solutions across critical sectors, including enterprise software, cloud computing, telecoms, and security. As the current Chief Executive Officer of Sauce Labs, he spearheads an AI-driven end- to-end continuous quality platform trusted by a distinguished list of large enterprise clients. For the past decade, Mr. Kohli's focus has been at the forefront of Artificial Intelligence platforms, including the development of one of the industry's first agentic platforms. Throughout his career, he has cultivated a strong reputation for operational excellence and for building high-performing, globally distributed teams within companies of all sizes, from startups to large enterprises. His entrepreneurial background includes co-founding a successful, VC-backed company. Committed to responsible innovation, he is also a valued member of the Ethical AI Governance Group, collaborating with practitioners who share similar values. Mr. Kohli holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi, India.
Wolfgang Platz

Founder and CEO · Tricentis, Katharo Ventures

Founder of Tricentis, Founder and CEO of Katharo Ventures

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After studying Technical Physics and Business Administration, Wolfgang Platz began his professional journey as a software developer. While working on Austria’s largest IT insurance project, he quickly recognized the vital role of software testing. This insight led him to pioneer a new, no-code approach to test automation, empowering business users to take part in the testing process. In 2007, he founded Tricentis, which went on to become Austria’s first unicorn, boasting over 1,000 employees, $450 million in revenue, and a valuation of $4.5 billion. Today, Wolfgang mentors emerging companies, helping them navigate the complexities of the business world. One of his greatest rewards is seeing those he has guided grow into leadership positions. He remains at the forefront of modern technology, having delivered keynotes on cutting-edge topics such as blockchain, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence.
Loris Degioanni

Founder and CTO · Sysdig

Founder and CTO of Sysdig

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Loris Degioanni is the CTO and founder of Sysdig. He is also the creator of the popular open source troubleshooting tool, sysdig, and the CNCF runtime security tool, Falco. Prior to founding Sysdig, Loris was one of the original contributors to Wireshark, the open source network analyzer, which today has 20+ million users. Loris holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino and lives in Davis, California.
Prashanth Chandrasekar

CEO · Stack Overflow

CEO of Stack Overflow

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Prashanth Chandrasekar is Chief Executive Officer of Stack Overflow and is responsible for driving Stack Overflow’s overall strategic direction and results. Prashanth is a proven technology executive with extensive experience leading and scaling high-growth global organizations. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s Cloud & Infrastructure Services portfolio of businesses, including the Managed Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Colocation and Managed Security businesses. Before that, Prashanth held a range of senior leadership roles at Rackspace including Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s high growth, global business focused on the world’s leading Public Clouds including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Alibaba Cloud, which became the fastest growing business in Rackspace’s history. Prior to joining Rackspace, Prashanth was a Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank, focused on providing Strategic and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advice for clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries. Prashanth was also a Manager at Capgemini Consulting where he managed Operations transformation engagements and consulting teams across the US. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.Eng in Engineering Management from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Maine. Prashanth is married and has two children.
Anurag Goel

Founder and CEO · Render

Founder and CEO of Render

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Anurag Goel is the founder and CEO of Render, the modern cloud platform helping millions of application developers and teams innovate and scale faster. The company has raised over $250M from top investors and was recently valued at $1.5B. He previously founded and exited Crestle, a GPU-powered notebook platform for data scientists. Earlier, he was the eighth employee at Stripe, where he led the Risk organization and played a key role in scaling the company through its hypergrowth phase. Anurag holds a B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Delhi.
Gerardo Pardo-Castellote

CTO · RTI

CTO of RTI

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Gerardo Pardo, CTO at RTI since 1998, led the development of RTI Connext DDS. Gerardo leads standardization efforts, authoring numerous DDS-related standards and chairing revision task forces. He co-founded and co-chairs the Data-Distribution SIG within OMG and serves on the OMG board of directors. With expertise in security, middleware, and publish-subscribe systems, he has led multiple research grants, holds patents, and has published extensively on real-time and secure distributed systems
Joerg Tewes

CEO · Exasol

CEO of Exasol

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Joerg Tewes joined Exasol as CEO at the beginning of 2023. He spent the first 12 years of his career at data management software company Poet Holdings supporting the company through its early growth stages to its IPO at the German stock exchange. He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2007 and continued to pursue his career in general management roles at Avid Technology Inc. and Logitech International. In 2014, he joined video and augmented reality start-up Avegant as CEO, where he raised $50M in venture capital funding and strategically expanded the company’s product offerings. From 2018 – 2022, Joerg Tewes held senior leadership roles at Amazon, driving the development and commercialization of its tablet, e-reader and video communication technologies. Joerg Tewes is an active angel investor and mentor to technology start-ups. He holds a degree in computer science from the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.
Jennifer Serrato

CTO Platform · Workday

CTO Platform of Workday

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Jennifer Serrato joined Workday in 2014 and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer - Platform. She has a proven track record of overseeing large product and engineering teams across various pillars, including leading Workday Extend and Talent Product Engineering. Prior to Workday, she served 13 years as a computer scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, supporting cutting-edge science and technology to address significant, global challenges. Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree with double majors in Management of Information Systems and Accounting from the University of New Mexico as well as an MBA in Technology Management and Strategy from UC Davis.
Zohar Fox

Co-founder and CEO · Aurora Labs

Co-founder and CEO of Aurora Labs

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Zohar Fox is the Co-Founder and CEO of Aurora Labs, the company behind LOCI - bringing execution reasoning into modern software development. Awarded the 2021 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Award, Zohar is now leading the transformation of how software is developed, deployed, and maintained, across both automotive and AI factory environments. LOCI by Aurora Labs makes large-scale rollouts more predictable while improving runtime performance and reducing energy consumption in production code. Zohar's vision bridges embedded systems and large-scale inference workloads, delivering observability and optimization directly at the binary and hardware levels, before systems even reach the test bench. Prior to founding Aurora Labs, Zohar spent two decades in embedded hardware/software design, orchestration, and deployment for TELCOs and technology service providers, helping deliver over 10 million connected devices across automotive, banking, and IoT industries. Mr. Fox have also led strategic sales and technology partnerships with Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom, DSP Group, and BOSCH.
Mirko Novakovic

Co-founder and CEO · Dash0

Co-founder and CEO of Dash0

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Mirko Novakovic is the CEO and co-founder of Dash0, an observability platform built on OpenTelemetry and AI. Previously, he co-founded Instana, a leading application performance monitoring company acquired by IBM, and codecentric. As an active angel investor, he has backed more than 70 B2B SaaS startups. Mirko is passionate about building developer-first products and shaping the future of observability in the age of AI
John Malcolm

Chief Technical Product Officer · Multiverse

CTO and CPO of Multiverse Computing

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John Malcolm, PhD is the Chief Technical Product Officer of Multiverse Computing. With a robust background in theoretical physics and financial model validation, he leads product strategy and development for the company, overseeing the technical aspects of AI model building. Prior to joining Multiverse Computing, John worked as senior manager and quantitative analyst at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, assessing model risk in various derivative valuation and risk management models. He is based in Toronto, Canada.
Kit Colbert

Platform CTO · Invisible Technologies

Platform CTO of Invisible Technologies

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Kit Colbert is Platform CTO for Invisible Technologies, where he builds core platform modules and infrastructure for AI training and enterprise AI solutions. Prior to this, he served as CTO at VMware, driving technical strategy, innovation, and platform engineering, and helping lead the company’s transformation to a SaaS and subscription model. At VMware, Kit led key initiatives including the evolution of vSphere (Project Pacific and Project Monterey), the launch of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, and the creation of the Cloud-Native Apps (Tanzu) business. He also contributed to major product lines like Workspace ONE and vRealize Operations, and foundational technologies such as vMotion and Storage vMotion. He is also a technology advisor and investor focused on early-stage startups, and today continues to solve complex technical challenges while driving innovation in AI and enterprise technology.
Chris Daden

CTO and Head of AI · Criteria

CTO and Head of AI of Criteria

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Chris Daden is the Chief Technology Officer at Criteria, a global Talent Success platform operating at the center of the Future of Work. Criteria helps organizations measure real talent signals through more than 80 million assessments delivered worldwide in over 25 languages, enabling fairer, more predictive hiring and development decisions. Backed by over $65 million in private growth equity investment, Criteria works with 4,000+ leading global organizations to move beyond static credentials toward dynamic, skills-based insights that reflect true capability and potential. Chris is a multi-time founder and technology executive with deep expertise in artificial intelligence, including applied AI systems, model fine-tuning, and frontier model development. His work focuses on how AI is reshaping work, education, and human capital strategy at scale. He regularly advises leaders on the intersection of technology, workforce transformation, and organizational design, and frequently speaks globally as a keynote presenter, podcast guest, and industry contributor. He is a contributor to the Forbes Technology Council and Forbes Young Executives Council, and serves as the founding technology advisor for The Hungry Lab, a global initiative working alongside the United Nations to advise and support startups worldwide. Chris also leads SoCal Tech Forum, one of Southern California’s largest technology non-profits, dedicated to educating companies and communities on emerging and disruptive technologies. Chris brings a data-driven perspective on Work 4.0, the future of education, and how organizations can design talent systems that prioritize adaptability, equity, and long-term human potential in an AI-driven world.
Sam Bhagwat

Founder and CEO · Mastra

Founder and CEO of Mastra

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Sam Bhagwat is the Co-founder and CEO of Mastra, the leading open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents (YC W25). Previously, he co-founded Gatsby, used by hundreds of thousands of developers, and is the author of Principles of Building AI Agents.
Kara Sprague

CEO · HackerOne

CEO of HackerOne

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Kara Sprague is the CEO of HackerOne, a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management. Prior to HackerOne, Kara served as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at F5. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and a master’s in Technology and Public Policy from MIT. Long Bio: Kara Sprague is the CEO of HackerOne, a global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management. She holds over 20 years of experience assisting public and private technology companies in growing their businesses at a global scale. Prior to HackerOne, Kara served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer at F5 where she led several enterprise-wide transformation initiatives to enable the company to adapt to changing market conditions and disruptive market forces. Kara received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science as well as her master’s degree in Technology and Public Policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In her spare time, Kara remains passionate about equity and sustainability and served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Girls Who Code Board from 2016 through 2022.
Siwei Shen

VP of Engineering · Coinbase

VP of Engineering at Coinbase

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Siwei Shen is a seasoned engineering leader currently serving as Vice President of Engineering at Coinbase where he oversees technical infrastructure, AI implementation, and blockchain platforms. With a career defined by scaling complex systems and leading high-performing global teams, Siwei plays a pivotal role in Coinbase’s mission to increase economic freedom in the world. His work focuses on ensuring the security, reliability, and scalability of Coinbase's core services.
Rohit de Souza

CEO · MariaDB

CEO of MariaDB

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Rohit de Souza is the CEO of MariaDB, where he is currently spearheading the company’s transformation from the world’s 3rd largest modern relational database into the premier AI-Ready Operational Platform built for the Agentic Enterprise. A 25-year veteran of the technology sector, Rohit specializes in driving transformation for global giants and agile ventures alike. His deep domain expertise in database technology is anchored by his previous tenure as CEO of Actian Corporation, which he led through a return to profitability and a successful acquisition by HCL Technologies. Rohit’s distinguished career includes senior leadership roles at Micro Focus, OpenText, Oracle, HP, and Siebel. He holds dual master’s degrees in engineering from UC Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in engineering from Madras University.
Nikhil Gandhi

Senior VP Engineering · Yahoo Mail

Senior VP Engineering at Yahoo Mail

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Nikhil Gandhi is the Senior Vice President of Engineering for Yahoo Mail, where he oversees global engineering, product, and design for one of the world’s largest consumer communication platforms. He oversees a global team, leading technical strategy and execution across core messaging infrastructure, AI-driven experiences, spam and safety systems, and platform modernization, while driving user growth, engagement, and monetization. His organization also supports critical priorities including privacy, data governance, security, and global infrastructure at scale. Prior to Yahoo, Nikhil was Head of Engineering for Ads Platform at TikTok, responsible for monetization systems powering a significant share of revenue, including creator tools and in-app commerce. He previously held leadership roles at Meta, scaling the Ads Experience organization globally, and spent a decade at Apple helping grow the Apple Online Store into a multi–tens of billions business while leading global engineering for Apple.com. A deeply technical leader, he combines strong product and platform instincts with a track record of building high-performing global teams and delivering complex systems at scale.
Rukmini Reddy

Senior VP of Engineering · PagerDuty

Senior VP of Engineering at PagerDuty

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Rukmini Reddy is the Senior Vice President of Engineering, responsible for managing product and platform delivery, infrastructure and data science. Reddy joined PagerDuty from Slack where she guided the vision, strategy and execution of a comprehensive re-architecture, transforming the messaging software into an automation platform that empowered users to streamline their work. Additionally, Rukmini spent over a decade in senior executive roles at various enterprise companies, where she built a strong track record for driving engineering and product strategy during periods of hyper-growth and product transformation across SaaS, B2B and B2C businesses. Rukmini has a master of science degree in computer engineering from the University of Arkansas and earned a bachelor’s degree from Osmania University in computer science and engineering.
Sagi Rodin

Co-founder and CEO · Frontegg

Co-founder and CEO of Frontegg

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Sagi Rodin is a seasoned technology leader dedicated to helping SaaS companies scale faster. Before launching Frontegg, Sagi spent over four years at Check Point Software Technologies, leading R&D and Cloud Security initiatives. With a deep background as a CTO and Full Stack Developer, he combines technical rigor with a founder’s mindset to solve the complex challenges of modern application infrastructure.
Eystein Stenberg

CTO · NorthernTech

CTO of NorthernTech

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Eystein Stenberg is the CTO of NorthernTech, a leader in device lifecycle management, and the creator of Mender, the market-leading solution for robust, secure, and customizable over-the-air (OTA) software updates. With over 15 years of experience in security and systems management, Stenberg has served on the frontlines of some of the largest production environments and possesses in-depth knowledge on solving real-world system security challenges. An expert in embedded system security and IoT device management, Stenberg routinely shares his insights at industry technology conferences and other sector-focused events like automotive.
Zhen Lu

Co-founder and CEO · Runpod

Co-founder and CEO of Runpod

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Zhen Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Runpod, a $120M+ ARR platform providing scalable AI infrastructure for developers and machine learning teams. Previously a software engineering manager at Comcast and an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, he combines deep technical expertise with a community-driven approach to building developer tools. He holds a PhD in computational chemistry from Temple University, where his research focused on the electronic structure of DNA base pairs. Zhen is passionate about making AI infrastructure accessible, reliable, and production-ready for teams of all sizes.
Purnima Padmanabhan

VP and GM Tanzu Division · Tanzu Division, Broadcom

VP and GM Tanzu Division at Broadcom

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Purnima Padmanabhan is Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Tanzu Division. Prior to joining Broadcom, she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of VMware’s Modern Applications & Management Business and was responsible for application modernization, cloud native application development and multi-cloud management. She previously led the company’s Cloud Management Business. Ms. Padmanabhan has extensive experience building and launching innovative products in cloud infrastructure, security and enterprise mobility. Prior to joining VMware, she was CEO of Cavirin, a cloud security company, where she drove a turnaround. She was previously COO of MokaFive, a desktop virtualization company, and was responsible for global product operations. Ms. Padmanabhan holds an MBA from Stanford University and an M.S. in Computer Engineering from University of Southern California.
Vivek Raghunathan

Senior VP of Engineering · Snowflake

Senior VP of Engineering at Snowflake

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Vivek is SVP of Engineering at Snowflake. He previously co-founded Neeva, which was acquired by Snowflake in May 2023. At Neeva, Vivek pioneered the development of a next-generation AI search engine for consumers. He also spent over a decade at Google as a VP of engineering in various technical leadership roles, where he led the YouTube monetization team and was part of the core group that launched the Google Now assistant. Vivek holds both an M.S. and PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and a BS from IIT Bombay.
Pranay Ahlawat

Chief Technology and AI Officer · Commvault

Chief Technology and AI Officer of Commvault

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As Chief Technology and AI Officer, Pranay Ahlawat is the leader, developer, and AI evangelist responsible for continually innovating Commvault’s unrivaled cyber resilience platform and delivering on our vision for todays and tomorrow’s unrelenting threat landscape. A product and business strategist, Pranay most recently led a product innovation and engineering practice with a particular focus on the future of software engineering and infrastructure software at Boston Consulting Group. Pranay earned his bachelor’s degree from Delhi College of Engineering, his master’s in electrical engineering from Cornell University, and his MBA from Wharton School. When he’s not working, he enjoys sudoku, hiking, and skiing.
Alex Spinelli

Senior VP AI and Developer Platforms · Arm

Senior VP AI and Developer Platforms at Arm

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Alex is the Senior Vice President of AI and Developer Platforms at Arm, where he is responsible for helping developers build their best AI experiences and software applications on the most ubiquitous computing platform on the planet, from Cloud to Edge. He has more than 25 years of experience inventing, transforming, managing, and deploying cutting-edge technology in machine learning (ML) and AI across industries to create products that are useful for people. Prior to Arm, Alex served as Vice President of Product Management for Machine Learning at Google, responsible for TensorFlow and the technologies and infrastructures that power Google’s machine learning and AI services.
Eno Reyes

CTO and Co-founder · Factory

Co-founder and CTO of Factory

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Eno Reyes is CTO and Co-Founder of Factory, a Sequoia-backed startup that provides an enterprise platform to enable, deploy, and measure the impact of frontier software development agents called Droids. He was previously a research engineer at Hugging Face and Microsoft.
Barr Moses

Co-founder and CEO · Monte Carlo

Co-founder and CEO of Monte Carlo

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Barr Moses is CEO & Co-founder of Monte Carlo, the leading data + AI observability platform. Under Barr’s leadership, Monte Carlo has pioneered the data + AI observability category, partnering with the world’s most data-driven and agentic organizations to reduce data + AI downtime and improve reliability at scale. The company is backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, including Accel, GGV Capital, ICONIQ Growth, and Redpoint Ventures. She has been named a Top 25 Data Management & Analytics Executive of 2025, a 2024 top Woman in AI by VentureBeat, and a 2023 Datanami Person to Watch.
Ramana Thumu

CTO · Expedia Group

CTO of Expedia Group

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Ramana Thumu serves as the Chief Technology Officer of Expedia Group, leading the company’s global technology organization. In this role, he oversees all aspects of engineering, data ecosystem, artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, cybersecurity, and technology operations. Mr. Thumu brings over 20 years of experience leading transformative tech initiatives at highly innovative companies. Most recently, he served as Chief Product and Technology Officer at Fanatics Commerce, where he played a pivotal role in the creation of Fanatics’ Cloud Commerce Platform. He was also instrumental in developing the data and machine learning (ML) capabilities to scale their global business. Before Fanatics, Mr. Thumu spent a decade at eBay, where he led critical initiatives across data, advertising, quantitative marketing, fraud, and personalization. His leadership was key in scaling global platforms that accelerated eBay’s growth and deepened customer engagement. Mr. Thumu is passionate about leveraging technology to create meaningful impact for travelers. He thrives on solving complex challenges, nurturing talent, and driving enterprise-wide transformation at scale.
Ed Huang

Co-founder and CTO · PingCAP/TiDB

Co-founder and CTO of PingCAP/TiDB

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Co-founder and CTO at PingCAP (the company behind TiDB), an entrepreneur with a hacker's mind & heart. Full-stack engineer, for real. Pioneer in building cloud-native systems. Building distributed systems and databases with ♥️. Building a company like a distributed system.
Arthur Hicken

Chief Evangelist · Parasoft

Chief Evangelist at Parasoft

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Arthur Hicken is an evangelist at Parasoft with over 30 years of experience automating software development practices across the SDLC, application security, and functional safety in industries like automotive, aerospace, and medical. He’s a contributing author to Parasoft's blog and writes the popular Code Curmudgeon blog, known for its Hall-of-Shame lists on SQL injection and IoT vulnerabilities. Arthur also hosts a YouTube channel on development and AppSec, speaks frequently at conferences, and serves on safety and security standards committees, including UL 1998, UL 2900, and IEEE P1228. He is a member of IEEE, ASQ, and the Rust Safety-Critical Consortium.
Neel Sundaresan

General Manager AI Products/Productivity Tools · IBM

General Manager AI Products/Productivity Tools at IBM

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Neel Sundaresan is General Manager of AI Products and Productivity Tools at IBM. Before joining IBM, he served as Vice President of Data & AI at Microsoft, where he led several data and cloud productivity initiatives and played a key role in integrating AI into these tools. He is the creator of Bob, IBM’s AI software development partner. He pioneered the concepts of “Code as Data” and “Teaching Machines to Code,” land created Microsoft’s first AI code assistant, Intellicode which evolved into GitHub Copilot.He was instrumental in bringing key AI techniques and innovations into the product. Earlier in his career, Neel headed eBay Research and Data Labs, driving advancements in search, recommender systems, computer vision, economics, human-computer interaction, and distributed computing. He began his career at IBM’s Almaden Research Center, where he developed IBM’s first search engine and contributed to foundational work in web mining and XML systems. A frequent speaker at international conferences, Neel holds over 320 patents and has published more than 150 research papers. He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington and is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
May Walter

Co-founder and CTO · Hud

Co-founder and CTO of Hud

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May Walter is a software engineer, researcher, and entrepreneur with a proven track record leading technology innovation as CTO across multiple startups and acquisitions. An authority in operating system optimization and cloud runtime internals, now co-founder and CTO of Hud, where she is pioneering a Runtime Code Sensor - a new foundation for AI coding agents to operate with real production context.
Ben Haefele

Chief Product Officer · Webflow

Chief Product Officer of Webflow

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Ben Haefele is Chief Product Officer at Webflow, where he oversees the company's product and design teams and sets the direction for the Webflow platform. Ben joined Webflow in 2022 and helped lead Webflow's transformation into a multi-product enterprise platform before stepping into the Chief Product Officer role. He brings more than 15 years of experience leading teams across product, engineering, and design, and previously co-founded the app-building platform Adalo. As CPO, Ben is focused on Webflow's vision of a living web, where every digital experience can come alive. He pairs AI with the craft, control, and trust that teams need to build trusted brand experiences and drive compounding growth.
Moritz Plassnig

CEO · CloudBees

CEO of CloudBees

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Moritz Plassnig is the Chief Executive Officer of CloudBees. Moritz is an entrepreneur, technologist, and product leader with deep expertise in developer tools, software delivery, and data governance. He co-founded Codeship, a cloud-based CI/CD platform that was acquired by CloudBees in 2018. Following the acquisition, he held several senior roles at CloudBees, including SVP of Operations & Corporate Development and GM of the company’s cloud/SaaS business. Most recently, Moritz served as Chief Product Officer at Immuta, where he scaled the company’s data security and governance business, overseeing product and go-to-market strategy across engineering, product management, customer success, and marketing. He is also an angel investor in developer, data, and security startups, including Ona, an AI-native developer environment platform, and DX, a developer intelligence platforms, and served on the board of CloudSkiff prior to its acquisition by Snyk. Moritz is based in Boulder, Colorado with his family.
Brendan Ittelson

Chief Ecosystem Officer · Zoom

Chief Ecosystem Officer of Zoom

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Brendan Ittelson is the chief ecosystem officer at Zoom, leading the company’s developer ecosystem. Brendan joined Zoom in 2015 and led Zoom’s global customer support before becoming the chief technology officer in 2020. In June 2023, he transitioned to his current role, where he continues to drive Zoom's collaborative platform expansion. Prior to Zoom, Brendan worked as both a contractor and a Department of Defense civilian employee in the federal sector, creating, implementing, and supporting various global identity management systems. After leaving the DoD, Brendan transitioned to the financial sector and joined a FinTech startup, Dynamics Inc., where he served as the vice president of Special Operations. In that role, he combined his business and technology background on special projects, including helping to revolutionize payments without disrupting the way payment systems work. Brendan was named a Top 50 Technology Professional by OnCon Icon Awards in 2023. Brendan holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Oregon and a certificate in identity management from the Naval Postgraduate School.
Brian Mann

Founder · Cypress.io

Founder of Cypress.io

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Brian Mann is the creator and founder of Cypress. Frustrated by the limitations of available tools, he set out to build something his team could actually use and in doing so revolutionized how developers think about testing by putting it directly in the browser, in the same execution loop as the application itself. What started as an open-source testing framework has grown into a quality platform used by millions of developers worldwide. Cypress provides not only the testing framework but the infrastructure to operationalize quality intelligence, helping teams ship with confidence by reducing the cost and risk of releasing software. Behind all of it is a single belief: that developers deserve tools that make quality the path of least resistance.
Jeremy Murray

Founder and CEO · Stack8s

Founder and CEO of Stack8s

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Jeremy Murray is the Founder and CEO of Stack8s, a UK-based company on a mission to commoditise GPU compute on Kubernetes and make AI infrastructure as accessible and interchangeable as electricity. With over a decade of experience in enterprise cloud transformation, Jeremy has led large-scale migrations from legacy platforms to modern cloud environments across highly regulated industries. He holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, has authored more than 12 peer-reviewed research papers, and is the inventor of three patents spanning AI, IoT, and advanced computing technologies. Before founding Stack8s, Jeremy worked across cloud, data, and infrastructure programmes, helping organisations modernise mission-critical systems while balancing performance, security, and compliance requirements. Today, he is focused on solving two of the biggest challenges facing AI adoption: GPU scarcity and cloud lock-in. Under his leadership, Stack8s has built a sovereign-by-design AI compute platform that enables organisations to access and orchestrate GPU resources across multiple cloud providers, data centres, and on-premises environments through a unified Kubernetes control plane. The company works with research institutes, enterprises, and startups to accelerate AI innovation while maintaining control over data sovereignty and compliance. Jeremy is a regular speaker on Kubernetes, AI infrastructure, sovereign cloud, and multi-cloud computing, advocating for a future where compute becomes a true commodity and innovation is no longer constrained by infrastructure availability.
Becky Bucich

Chief People Officer · Waymo

Chief People Officer of Waymo

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Becky Bucich is the Chief People Officer at Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company with a mission to be the world’s most trusted driver. As CPO, Becky is responsible for leading our people efforts as we continue to grow our team, designing and enriching our employee experience for Waymonauts, and ensuring Waymo is a diverse, inspiring, and outstanding place to work. Prior to Waymo, Becky led People Operations for the Google Cloud team through a period of rapid growth. Before that, she led human resources for the entire Google tech portfolio and a variety of other business units and held HR roles at General Electric in their healthcare and commercial finance businesses. Becky has been recognized as a member of the 2020 class of Women of Influence by Silicon Valley Business Journal and featured in publications, like Forbes, for her philosophy on how people and culture drive our businesses forward. She studied Spanish and geography at the University of California, Berkeley, and received an MBA in International Business from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
Vaibhav Kumar

Global CTO · IFS

Global CTO of IFS

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Vaibhav (Vaibs) Kumar is the Global CTO at IFS, heading the core technology units within IFS PCO that build the IFS Cloud suite — spanning the technology platform, data and AI services, application platform and frameworks, and experience capabilities. Vaibs has spent his career building high-autonomy, quality-first product development teams across Asia, Europe, and the USA, with a sharp focus on automation and engineering excellence as the foundations of scale. He is passionate about how digital technology can transform businesses and deliver material bottom-line impact. Before IFS, he served as Chief Architect for Shell's Renewables & Energy Solutions organisation, spanning power generation, retail energy, hydrogen, nature-based solutions, and carbon capture. Over 15 years at Shell, he held roles ranging from Business Advisor to the EVP and CIO of Royal Dutch Shell to founding the Shell Agile Hub - an in-house product development capability that pioneered design-led development and early adoption of cloud-native technologies including Docker and Kubernetes, driving a product transformation across the enterprise. Away from work, Vaibs and his wife Nataliya share a passion for cooking, wine, and travel, and spend as much time as possible with their son Neal and their Scottish Fold cat.
Mang-Git Ng

CEO · Anvil Foundry

CEO of Anvil Foundry

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Mang-Git is the CEO of Anvil. Used by Fortune 100 companies and growing startups, Anvil helps organizations transition knowledge and office work beyond paper and PDF. Earlier in his career, he held engineering roles at Dropbox, Dialpad, and Flexport.
Tamar Bercovici

VP of Engineering · Box

VP of Engineering at Box

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Tamar Bercovici is a VP of Engineering at Box where she leads the Core Platform team in scaling the foundational platform for the Box Content Cloud. Tamar also runs the annual Box Hackathon and is a frequent invited speaker at leading technology conferences like Velocity, @Scale, and Grace Hopper. Tamar was named one of Forbes Top 50 Women in Tech 2018, and #1 on Okta and Business Insider's Tech Up and Comers list 2019. Prior to Box, Tamar was an early-stage employee at XMPie (now a Xerox company). Tamar holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.