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The virtual summit took place on Wednesday, May 15 from 8.45 am to 4.00 pm EST.
Experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Scrum, Embedded Software, Object Oriented Design, SQL, and Medical Devices. Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master of Science (MS) focused in Product Development from Rochester Institute of Technology.
Lasse Andresen is a serial entrepreneur and a 20+ year digital identity veteran. In his most recent startup venture, Lasse is founder and CEO of IndyKite, co-founder and CTO of indyRIOT and joon. Previously Lasse founded identity and access management company, ForgeRock, which became a publicly traded company in September of 2021. He led as CEO through the startup phase, achieving 100% year-over-year growth and securing top-tier venture funding totaling $230 million. He continued in leadership as CTO, growing the company to over 750 employees in offices around the world, and establishing a customer base of over 1300 Global Fortune 5000 companies. When he's not dreaming up the next big thing in identity, Lasse is a passionate keyboard player and cyclist, and has toured countries around the world.
Ali Salhi is a creative engineer specializing in scalable systems, serverless infrastructure, data engineering, big data and machine learning systems. He is the Chief Technology Officer at LOOP (ridewithloop.com), an insurance technology company that leverages AI and data to create more fairly priced auto insurance products for all. Prior to LOOP, Ali was the Head of Product at Ometry where he married innovation with risk management; developing a process to efficiently produce risk scores for roads. This complex system, combined multiple data sources and predicted the probability of a crash both geospatially and temporally.
Edgar has practical experience within multiple industries within the North-Central and South American business as well as practical Experience with the European Market. This includes experience in Risk Management, Data Management, and IT Solutions within the Banking, Logistics, Communications, Retail, and services industries at different levels including an analytical, strategic, technical, operational Data Governance and Officer of Security level. His experience consists of developing analytical, technological, data teams and solutions along with sustainable product solutions
C-Suite leader with 2 decades of transformation and technology experience. Proven track record of driving strategic planning, differentiation and optimization. Build, lead and inspire diverse teams that innovate and collaborate to achieve critical organizational goals. Ability to synthesize complicated organizational challenges from diffuse conversation to crisp agreed upon milestones that make significant impact both operationally and strategically to companies as they scale. Operating partner with P&L responsibility for business and technology development. Savvy executive leader with a track record of success in unlocking significant revenue growth, cost-savings and operational efficiencies. Media experienced, strong communication and storytelling skills. Widely recognized as a healthcare and technology thought leader, with several publications and a number of patents. Deep understanding of the leading edge art of the possible. I am a critical thinker that provides valuable perspective to a company and to a Board. Curious and agile lifelong learner, with demonstrated ability to span roles and industries. Inspiring change agent, storyteller and entrepreneur, I am passionate about people. What motivates me, and is embodied in our biggest achievements, is developing a better team, a better company and a better world. When I am not solving complex problems at work, I enjoy spending time with my family and our 13 year old dog. We love traveling the world, experiencing new cultures and environments; the sunset picture at the top of my profile is from one of our US road trips.
Tanmay Kayande is the CIO/CTO of Respond Crisis Translation, a multinational nonprofit dedicated to language justice. He has been nominated Forbes 30 under 30 for Sustainability and is an active mentor for Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A startups in North America. Over the last decade, Tanmay has transformed enterprise architectures and driven organizational strategy across industries.
CTO of a $10B public company running a successful product with a team of love 1500 people growing at 30% + Ran engineering for Atlassian and helped them scale the offering for Jira, confluence and trello. Led the knowledge engineering revolution at Intuit to make Turbotax smarter. Helped scale netflix's engineering and infra.
Surviving? Learn-Unlearn-Relearn is the only way for a CTO. With four decades of IT experience, Murat Ozturan is a technology strategist and keynote speaker who has lived in eight cities on four continents. Extensive background in IT and leadership, his career expanded over several industries, including finance, healthcare, and automotive. While a geek, he is known to solve business problems without geeking on technology. He started his career building IT solutions in Renault France for their Formula 1 team and moved to finance to develop award-winning solutions. He is a thirty-year veteran of Microsoft who worked in engineering, corporate and field technical leadership, focusing on databases, development and AI. He was part of the early development of business solutions on the cloud; he set the direction for the architecture of high-priority customer projects, developed and executed early technology adoption programs, built and supported technical communities, driving IP creation and usage, as well as contributing to overall quality assurance. Murat was involved in culture and methodologies since the beginning of Microsoft Services; he was instrumental in developing and adopting foundational principles which ultimately contributed to technology-aspired culture. Additional to his speaking engagements, he is the technical advisor to several startups.
David William Silva is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Algemetric, where he plays a pivotal role in transforming the data analytics industry. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and brings 25 years of extensive industry experience to his role. His expertise and advanced knowledge are fundamental to his leadership in the field. His mission is centered around empowering individuals and organizations, striving to revolutionize data analytics with secure, privacy-preserving, collaborative, and purpose-driven solutions. David's passion for innovation and commitment to making analytics accessible to all are key elements of his work at Algemetric. With a varied background that includes roles in startups, large corporations, and government, David has successfully built and managed multiple technology teams. He has been instrumental in delivering a wide array of web-based applications and projects. He has initiated, developed, and validated groundbreaking technologies, leading to the production of scientific papers, patents, and practical, data-centric solutions.
