Conference Speakers
 Senior ML Engineer Fidelity Investments
Concurrent SessionsPriyanka Asnani is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Fidelity Investments with over 7 years of experience. She specializes in building end-to-end machine learning pipelines, focusing on recommender and ranking systems. Her expertise spans large language models, deep learning, and time-series forecasting. Priyanka excels at applying machine learning techniques to...Read more |
 Senior Consultant Coveros, Inc.
Training ClassJonathan Kauffman works as an agile software development and test consultant at Coveros, a company that helps organizations develop secure software using agile methods. In this role, Jonathan has helped both government and commercial organizations develop and test high-quality applications, and he has gained his experience by working with health...Read more |
 Global Group Data Governance Officer Fullsight
An experienced Executive, Joanna Kennedy takes a pragmatic, risk-based approach, focusing on the business benefits of compliance. As well as being shortlisted for PICCASO Executive of the Year 2024, she holds numerous prestigious certifications, including Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Data Protection Practitioner (PC.dp GDPR), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM),...Read more |
 Principal Data Scientist Director Microsoft
Concurrent SessionsFrancesca Lazzeri is Principal Director of AI Engineering at Microsoft, where she leads an organization of data scientists and machine learning scientists building AI applications on the Cloud, utilizing data and techniques spanning from generative AI, time series forecasting, experimentation, causal inference, computer vision, natural language processing, reinforcement learning. Before...Read more |
 Sr. Software Engineering Manager Zoox
Hien Luu is a Sr. Engineering Manager at Zoox, leading the Machine Learning Platform team. He is particularly passionate about building scalable AI/ML infrastructure to power real-world applications. He is the author of MLOps with Ray and the Beginning Apache Spark 3 book. He has given...Read more |
 AI Engineer Sentick
Concurrent SessionsApurva Misra is an AI Consultant at Sentick, focusing on assisting startups with their AI strategy and building solutions. She leverages her extensive experience in machine learning and a Master's degree from the University of Waterloo, where her research bridged driving and machine learning, to offer valuable insights. Apurva's keen...Read more |
 Senior Software Engineer Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Concurrent SessionsVijay Panwar is a dedicated researcher and practitioner with 12 years of experience in AI and natural language processing. As a Fellow member of Sigma XI, Vijay has devoted his career to advancing innovative solutions in data science, leveraging expertise in Python and SQL Server to tackle complex challenges. Vijay...Read more |
 Managing Consultant Coveros
Training ClassJeff Pierce has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering management, specializing in program, project, and software quality assurance management. Jeff is also experienced in building technical teams that are rapidly able to implement solutions and deliver business value. More recently, Jeff has focused on Agile project management...Read more |
 Sr Business Development Representative EPAM/Test IO
Concurrent SessionsEmma Pyne is a Senior Business Development Representative at Test IO, an EPAM company that specializes in crowdsourced and professional testing, development, and automation services. Emma brings over 5 years of experience helping organizations leverage cutting-edge technologies and innovative strategies to ensure seamless and user-friendly digital interactions. Throughout her career,...Read more |
 Member of Technical Staff NetApp, Inc.
Concurrent SessionsMonalisha Singh, a Software Engineer at NetApp Inc. and a certified AI Engineer, is at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge observability solutions for new hyper scalar products. Collaborating closely with various departments and partner organizations, she designs innovative solutions tailored for cloud-native products. With an extensive background ranging from virtual...Read more |
 CTO Coveros
Training ClassTom Stiehm has been developing applications and managing software development teams for over twenty years. As CTO of Coveros, he is responsible for the oversight of all technical projects and integrating new technologies and testing practices into software development projects. Recently, Tom has been focusing on how to incorporate DevSecOps...Read more |