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Krishna Raj Raja is the founder and CEO of SupportLogic. Krishna has a long history in the customer service and support industry. As the first hire for VMware India, he built the company’s support team into a multi-thousand-headcount global organization. After leaving VMware, Krishna saw that major shifts in the B2B model were creating critical gaps in the capabilities of support teams. He founded SupportLogic in 2016 and now helps some of the largest B2B technology companies in the world use AI to optimize their support experience. Krishna lives with his growing family in Santa Clara, CA. Visit SupportLogic: https://www.supportlogic.com/
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Arti Raman is the founder and CEO of Portal26, formerly Titaniam. She specializes in responsible use frameworks for enterprise consumption of Generative AI. She is also an expert in advanced data protection techniques, including high-performance encryption-in-use. Before Portal26, she was a senior product leader and head of UX and competitive intelligence for Symantec’s enterprise business. Arti holds a number of patents. She was the youngest and the first female recipient of the Rosenthal Award for outstanding contribution to the field of investment and finance for her work with the late Dr. Ed Lazear, former US Chief Economist, and Nobel laureate Dr. Michael Spence. Arti holds degrees in Business, Economics, and Mathematics.
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Graham Rance is a Global Sales Engineering EMEA at CyCognito. Graham's career is marked by progressive leadership and technical roles, including Consulting Engineering Lead for EMEA at BitSight Technologies, Senior Sales Engineer at Imperva, and Systems Engineer at Fortinet with a focus on the Financial Services vertical. Prior experiences include significant stints as an Independent Network Security Professional for Streym Ltd, Director and Area Manager at Citi, and VP of Architecture and Infrastructure at SGX, not to mention earlier roles at Barclays Bank, Merrill Lynch, and Societe Generale.
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Philip Rathle is Chief Technology Officer at Neo4j. He is focused on vision, evangelism, and cultivating executive relationships across the tech ecosystem. Additionally, he was the company’s first product leader for more than a decade, establishing Neo4j as a leading player in the modern database landscape and growing its offering from a single database product to a rich portfolio that includes the Neo4j graph database, data science & analytics, visualization, and tools & connectors. Philip is an early pioneer in customer data integration and previously led Product Management for Embarcadero Technologies, overseeing a portfolio of 10 database and developer products. As a consultant earlier in his career, Philip spent nearly a decade solving large-scale information processing problems for the Fortune 500, working at Tanning Technology and Accenture, with a focus on database, architecture, and data modeling. He is based in Silicon Valley.
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Archana Ravi is a product manager at a Fortune 500 software company with more than 10 years of experience in technical program management, customer experience, product development, and operations. Her current focus is on improving the customer experience, leveraging her expertise in product management, customer experience optimization, innovation, and strategic planning. Archana Ravi is dedicated to driving cross-functional collaboration and implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions. Connect with Archana Ravi on LinkedIn.
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Raghu Ravinutala is the CEO and Co-Founder of Yellow.ai, a global leader in Conversational AI that delivers autonomous, human-like experiences for customers and employees to accelerate enterprise growth. Yellow.ai’s presence spans the U.S., Southeast Asia, Europe, Middle East, Japan, Australia and Latin America with 1000+ customers in 85+ countries. Previously, Raghu worked for Texas Instruments, and Broadcom across leadership roles in Engineering, Product Management and Business Development. He is an elected member of the NASSCOM Executive Council 2021-23, and has been recently recognized as the CX Leader of the Year at the CX Awards 2022, organized by CX Today.
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Joshua Ray is the founder and CEO of Blackwire Labs, bringing over 24 years of experience in combating advanced cyber threats across commercial, private, public, and military sectors. As a U.S. Navy veteran and cybersecurity executive, Ray has consistently built and led high-performing teams to protect critical networks and organizations. His career includes key roles at Accenture Security, Verisign, Raytheon, and the Office of Naval Intelligence, where he drove innovation and built capabilities to defend some of the world’s largest organizations against a myriad of advanced cyber adversaries.
Ray's blend of technical expertise and business acumen has been instrumental in driving growth and innovation in the cybersecurity industry. Educated at George Mason University with a BS in Information Technology and holding Executive Certificates from MIT Sloan School of Management, he combines strategic vision with operational excellence. As CEO of Blackwire Labs, Ray leads the company's mission to build trusted and expert AI cybersecurity solutions, leveraging his extensive experience to navigate the complex intersection of technology, security, and business.
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Khalid Raza is the CEO and Founder of Graphiant.
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Jim Richberg’s role as Fortinet’s Head of Cyber Policy and Global Field CISO leverages his nearly 40 years’ experience driving innovation in cybersecurity and threat intelligence. Prior to joining Fortinet, Jim served as the US National Intelligence Manager for Cyber, the senior Federal Executive focused on cyber intelligence within the $80B+/100,000 employee US Intelligence Community (IC). He led the creation and implementation of cyber strategy for the 17 departments and agencies of the IC, set integrated priorities on cyber threat, and served as the senior advisor to the Director of National Intelligence on cyber issues. He brings a broad enterprise-level approach to cybersecurity honed as a member of the Executive team that oversaw implementation of a whole-of-government US Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative for two Presidents.
Since joining Fortinet, Jim has been named a “Fed 100” and a “Pinnacle” awardee for his influence on technology in the U.S. Federal government, a “State Scoop 50” leader for driving innovation in state IT, and he was nominated as a “Security Pioneer” for his sustained contribution to cybersecurity. He is a member of the US IT Sector Coordinating Council, the CNBC Technology Executive Council, the Forbes Technology Council, and the World Economic Forum’s Cybersecurity Leadership Community. He leads industry working groups focused on national cyber strategy, implementing Federal cybersecurity initiatives with the private sector, and on helping state and local government improve their cybersecurity. Jim received his undergraduate degree at the Honors Tutorial College of Ohio University and attended graduate school at M.I.T. and Stanford.
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Izzy Rivera is the HVAC & Gas Service Manager at Emerson. Rivera has been involved with ultrasonic flow measurement for 40 years, spanning the history and development of this technology. He was involved in developing the first fully integrated ultrasonic gas meter. He co-founded FLEXIM AMERICAS back in 2005, which is now a part of Emerson Electric.
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Zameer Rizvi is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Odesso where he oversees product vision and innovation roadmap. Rizvi brings over twenty years of experience with digital automation systems for industry names including Citrix, Amazon, Amgen, FDA and General Motors.
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John Roa is a lifelong entrepreneur, technologist, philanthropist, business investor, and writer. He has founded and managed seven technology companies since learning to program as a teenager. His largest company, ÄKTA, went on to be one of the fastest-growing companies in America in both 2013 and 2014 and was acquired by Salesforce Inc. in September 2015. He is currently the CEO of AnthologyAI, a consumer intelligence company in New York City.
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Gina Robertson is Vice President of Client Services at Ansafone Contact Centers, the parent company of Endicott Call Centers. She leads a national team of experienced account executives who strive to consistently exceed client expectations by delivering outstanding customer service. She has more than 30 years of call center experience and has played leadership roles in various areas including operation management, project management and client services.
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Martin Rowinski is a visionary leader in the global technology landscape, boasting 25 years of top-level executive experience. As the co-founder and CEO of Boardsi, I take immense pride in our recent accomplishment of securing the #640 position on the esteemed Inc5000 list. At Boardsi, we've revolutionized executive recruitment with our SAAS-based platform, driven by proprietary software I developed. This innovative tool empowers companies to seamlessly pinpoint the most qualified Boards of Directors and Advisors from a vast pool of elite executives across the U.S. and beyond. Executives, too, benefit from our platform, easily discovering coveted board positions within premier companies through a straightforward and streamlined process.
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Dave Russell is Vice President, Enterprise Strategy at Veeam Software. Dave has 33 years of experience in the backup/recovery and storage management industry as a developer (IBM), industry analyst (Gartner) and strategist (IBM and Veeam). At Veeam, Dave is responsible for driving strategic product and go-to-market programs, spearheading industry engagement, and evangelizing Veeam’s vision for Modern Data Protection and Veeam in the Enterprise at key events across the globe.
