Conference Speakers

Melissa Benua has worked in nearly every software development role - dev, test, DevOps, and engineering leadership - at companies ranging from Boeing and Microsoft to gaming startups and hypergrowth data platforms. She's built and scaled high-availability services for Bing, Cortana, Xbox, and PlayFab, and led the engineering teams that...Read more

Joe Byrne is an experienced, proven technology executive with over 25 years of leadership experience. His experience includes building and scaling high-impact teams, driving $100M+ in annual pipeline influence, and serving as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 customers. Joe's background spans VP-level engineering leadership at top-tier companies, where he...Read more

Michael Chen is the CEO and co-founder of Yondu AI, a robotics software company creating humanoid-inspired systems that learn from people to automate manual work in logistics. Before founding Yondu, he studied and conducted research at MIT, where he helped build one of the first open-source walking robots. Under his...Read more

Bridging vision and execution in the age of AI, Anusha Dwivedula is a technologist, product leader, and data strategist known for turning complexity into clarity. As Director of Product, Analytics at Morningstar, she leads managed investment, portfolio, and risk analytics initiatives that power investment intelligence. Anusha played a pivotal role...Read more

Rahul Gupta is a seasoned technology product leader specializing in AI/ML model, platform and application development with deep experience building and scaling cloud-native software from early vision through enterprise adoption. As Vice President of Product at SandboxAQ, he currently leads the development and commercialization of category leading Large Quantitative Models...Read more

Ken Johnston is a Founder of the AiGovOps Foundation, a nonprofit practitioner community advancing AI Governance as Code — the discipline of embedding governance controls into AI systems through engineering rigor, automation, and operational feedback loops rather than policy documents and good intentions. With over 30 years of engineering and...Read more

Archana Kataria is a Group Development Manager at Intuit. She has more years of experience than she cares to remember in her roles spanning software development, services, and IT operations. Archana’s passion has always been in technology and during her career she has thrived on breaking barriers and making software...Read more

Tariq King is a recognized thought-leader in software quality engineering. He is currently the CEO and Head of Test IO, an EPAM company that specializes in crowdsourced and professional testing, development, and automation services. Tariq has over fifteen years' professional experience in the software industry, and has formerly held positions...Read more

Ryan Lee is an executive, founder, and product leader with a background rooted in big data, artificial intelligence, and platforms. He’s launched products for iconic Silicon Valley brands, founded a Marketplace platform company helping next-generation marketplaces compete against Amazon and Walmart. He’s now an Ai enthusiast helping organizations navigate how...Read more

Aprajita Mathur is a mom, inventor, mentor, and international keynote speaker with over 15 years of experience in software engineering and bioinformatics. She is a CSLLP certified professional and has led testing and development efforts across industries including oncology, genomics, forensics, and agriculture. At Guardant Health, she leads the Bioinformatics Software...Read more

Jessica Mosley is an award-winning Quality Engineering leader, speaker, and advocate for human-centered innovation. Known for transforming testing organizations into trust-based ecosystems, she has led global teams through AI-driven change with equal parts strategy, empathy, and sarcasm. Jessica’s sessions blend storytelling, systems thinking, and a dash of chaos to help...Read more

Rebecca Norlander is co-founder of Verific, Inc., an AI-driven business compliance solution, and a software engineering executive with over 30 years of experience across enterprise and startup environments. Previously, she served as SVP of Software Engineering at HP, CEO and co-founder of Health123, and spent nearly 20 years at Microsoft...Read more

Laurel Orr is a Staff AI Engineer at Stacklok building AI systems to help enterprises unlock AI automation through better business context management, shared workflows, and scalable tool use. Prior to joining Stacklok, she was a PostDoc at Stanford researching generative AI and how it can tackle data management challenges....Read more

Jeffery Payne is CEO and founder of Coveros, Inc., a company that helps organizations accelerate software delivery using agile methods. Prior to founding Coveros, he was the co-founder of application security company Cigital, where he served as CEO for 16 years. Jeffery is a recognized software expert and popular keynote speaker...Read more

Jeff 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

Akshay Pratinav is a Staff Software Engineer with deep expertise in cloud‑native distributed computing. His career spans critical roles building internal developer productivity tools, where he has consistently delivered impactful, high‑performance solutions. In his current role at Intuit, he is leading the development of an internal Disaster Recovery platform that’s...Read more

Moshe Rasis teaches graduate-level business courses at New York University, focusing on program management, leadership, and organizational change. He holds an MBA from Case Western Reserve University and has more than 20 years of experience leading teams and transformation efforts across industries such as healthcare, financial services, media, and consulting....Read more

Guy Royse works for Redis as a Developer Advocate. Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for learning—and for sharing what he has learned—Guy explores interesting topics and spreads the knowledge he has gained around developer communities worldwide. Teaching and community have long been a focus...Read more

Dona Sakar believes you are one experiment away from being your most powerful self at work. And yes, in life! Currently, at her day job, she's running 100 experiments as the Chief Troublemaker of the Microsoft AI and Copilot Extensibility Program. Her goal is that people all over the world...Read more

Monalisha Singh, a Lead Software Engineer at NetApp Inc., is at the forefront of delivering cutting-edge observability solutions for new hyperscaler products. Collaborating closely with various departments and partner organizations, she designs innovative solutions tailored for cloud-native products. With an expansive background that includes leading Generative AI efforts in her...Read more

Jessie Thomas is an engaging speaker and technology strategist with a career spanning academia, gaming, and technology. As Principal Technical Program Manager for the Allen Institute, she strategizes and implements broad organizational technology initiatives. Her current focus is advancing AI/ML capabilities to accelerate scientific discoveries. She's a passionate teammate, always...Read more

As part of the Data Platform & Growth organization, Ravi Vedula is the leader of the IDEAS organization which provides Data, Insights, and Personalization/Growth services across E+D and Microsoft.  He leads a cross-functional team of engineers, program managers, and data scientists. Ravi and team deliver data platform and services not...Read more