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Stewart Copeland
Founder & Drummer of The Police. Seasoned Composer
Bio
Stewart Copeland has been a pioneering force in contemporary music for over four decades, seamlessly blending rock, classical, opera, and world music. A seven-time Grammy winner, he is best known as the founder of The Police, whose innovative sound defined a generation of rock in the 1980s.
Beyond rock, Copeland’s classical works include Tyrant’s Crush (Pittsburgh Symphony), Poltroons in Paradise (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic), and Gamelan D’Drum (Dallas Symphony). His operatic achievements feature adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Witches Seed, which premiered in Italy in 2022 and returns for three new productions in 2024.
In 2025, Copeland launches Wild Concerto in collaboration with Martyn Stewart and Platoon (Apple Inc.), premiering on Earth Day at King’s Place, London. He will also debut a percussion commission with The Juilliard School in New York and at the Aspen Festival.
A renowned composer for film and television, his scores include Rumble Fish (Golden Globe-nominated), Wall Street, Four Days in September (Oscar-nominated), and contributions to The Equalizer, Babylon 5, Desperate Housewives, and the video game Spyro the Dragon.
Copeland has presented acclaimed BBC documentaries and the podcast My Dad The Spy. His accolades include induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a knighthood from France’s Order of Arts and Letters, and the 2024 Meadows Award for Artistry of International Renown.
Sarah Friar
CFO
OpenAI
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Sarah Friar is the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI. Before joining OpenAI, Sarah served as Chief Executive Officer of Nextdoor from 2018 to 2024, and as Chief Financial Officer of Block (formerly Square) between 2012 and 2018. Before her tenure at Block, Sarah served as SVP of Finance & Strategy at Salesforce, she held executive roles at Goldman Sachs and started her career at McKinsey in London and South Africa. Sarah currently sits on the board of directors of Walmart and Consensys, as well as on the advisory boards of HOPE Global, the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford and the Digital Economy Lab at Stanford University. She previously served as a director of Nextdoor, Slack and New Relic. She is the co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a nonprofit that celebrates and empowers women entrepreneurs. Sarah graduated from the University of Oxford with a Masters of Engineering in Metallurgy, Economics, and Management and also from Stanford Graduate School of Business with an MBA.
Grace Beverley
Founder, TALA, SHREDDY & The Productivity Method
Co-Founder, Retrograde
Forbes 30U30
Bio
A serial entrepreneur, changemaker and digital broadcaster, Grace Beverley is an innovator by nature. Founder of activewear brand TALA, fitness tech brand Shreddy, and personal organisation brand The Productivity Method, and Co-Founder of AI company Retrograde, Beverley has a global following of over 3 million people. Grace has raised over $14m in Seed & Series A funding for TALA and Retrograde in rounds led by blue-chip venture capital funds. Beyond this, Grace is an established speaker and podcast host and was named first in Forbes 30 under 30’s retail and e-commerce list at age 23. Grace’s first book ‘Working Hard, Hardly Working’ was an instant Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller. Her podcast of the same name has a reach of over 100 million people and hasn’t left Spotify’s Top 5 in the Business Charts.
Known for confronting big topics in an informal & accessible way, Grace is a leading voice on female funding, the representation of women in media, sustainable fashion and entry into entrepreneurship, which she has spoken about on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, Bloomberg News and Vogue Business. However, despite tackling mammoth topics such as these, she’s always proving that you don’t need to take yourself too seriously to be a revered businesswoman.
Krista Kim
World Economic Forum Cultural Leader, Metaverse Editor Vogue Singapore, Award-Winning Artist
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Krista Kim is an award-winning contemporary artist exploring digital consciousness and technology’s societal impact. A World Economic Forum Cultural Leader and Singapore Vogue’s Metaverse Editor, she pioneers digital humanism through her Techism Movement (2014), advocating tech as art to shape culture. Renowned as the first female NFT artist in LACMA’s permanent collection, Kim’s groundbreaking *Mars House* (2020)—the first Metaverse home NFT—achieved a record 2021 sale. Her immersive *Heart Space* (Art Dubai 2024, commissioned by Julius Baer) exemplifies digital art’s transformative power. Exhibited globally at venues like the Sphere Las Vegas, LACMA, Times Square Arts, Sotheby’s, and the Hermitage Museum, her work bridges physical and virtual realms. A 2024/2025 Createurs Design Award winner for Digital Art Excellence, Kim contributes to The New York Times and champions innovation’s role in fostering collective future dialogues. Merging digital Zen philosophy with cutting-edge tech, she continues redefining art’s intersection with technology, emphasizing mindfulness and connectivity in the digital age.
Hiroshi Ishii
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences & Associate Director
MIT Labs
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Hiroshi Ishii is the Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Lab. He was named Media Lab Associate Director in May 2008. He is the director of the Tangible Media Group which he founded in 1995 to pursue new visions in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI): “Tangible Bits” and “Radical Atoms.” Ishii and his team have presented their research at a variety of scientific, design, and artistic venues (including ACM SIGCHI, SIGGRAPH, Cooper Hewitt Design Museum, Milan Design Week, Cannes Lions Festival, Aspen Ideas Festival, Industrial Design Society of America, AIGA, Ars Electronica, Centre Pompidou, Victoria and Albert Museum and NTT ICC) emphasizing that the development of a vision requires the rigors of both scientific and artistic review. In 2006 Ishii was elected to the CHI Academy by ACM SIGCHI, and received the SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award in 2019. He was named an ACM Fellow in 2022 for his contributions to Tangible User Interfaces and to Human-Computer Interaction.
Prior to joining the MIT Media Lab, from 1988-1994, Ishii led the CSCW research group at NTT Human Interface Laboratories Japan, where he and his team invented TeamWorkStation and ClearBoard.
Professor Mariarosaria Taddeo
Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies
Oxford University
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Mariarosaria Taddeo is Professor of Digital Ethics and Defence Technology at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. She is the Director of the Digital Ethics and Defence Technologies
Research Group. She is the author of ‘The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Defence’ (Oxford Univeristy Press). Since 2020, Taddeo serves in the Ethics Advisory Committee to the UK Ministry of Defence. Her research has been published in major journals like Nature, Nature Machine Intelligence, Science, and Science Robotics. Her work focuses mainly on the ethical analysis of artificial intelligence(AI), ethics of AI for national defence, cybersecurity, cyber conflicts, and ethics of nolodigital innovation. Throughtout her carreer she has received multiple awards. In 2023 she was awarded the title of ‘Grande Ufficiale al Merito della Repubblica Italiana’ from the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Matttarella. She also received the 2010 Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy; the 2016 World Technology Award for Ethics. In 2018, InspiringFifty named her among the most inspiring 50 Italian women working in technology. ORBIT listed her among the top 100 women working on Ethics of AI in the world. She is one of the twelve 2020 ‘Outstanding Rising Talents’ named by the Women’s Forum for Economy and Society.
Since 2016, Taddeo serves as editor-in-chief of Minds & Machines (SpringerNature) and of Philosophical Studies Series (SpringerNature).
Fawad A. Qureshi
Global Field CTO
Snowflake
Bio
Fawad is a strategic technology leader with more than two decades of international industry project experience involving consulting on enterprise data warehouses, big data analytics, and cloud solution architectures. He has worked across all stages of the technology life cycle starting from engineering, professional services, pre-sales, and business development. In his current role he works as Global Industry Field CTO, helping customers in multiple industries across the globe. He is passionate about sustainability and helps his clients in achieving their sustainability goals through the use of data and analytics.
Dr. Alessandra Sala
Sr. Director of AI and Data Science
Shutterstock
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Dr Alessandra Sala is a research and scientific leader in Artificial Intelligence, serving as Sr. Director of AI and Data Science at Shutterstock. With over 18 years of experience in both academia and industry, she specialises in advanced analytics, machine learning, and computational models, driving innovation from research to real-world applications. She chairs the AI and Multimedia Authenticity Collaboration, uniting global standards organisations to address deepfake risks and harness generative AI responsibly. As Co-chair of UNESCO’s Women for Ethical AI Platform and Global President of Women in AI, she champions diversity, inclusion, and ethical AI, empowering a global community across 171 countries. She also advises as Governance Committee Chair at the Science Foundation Ireland Centre for Research Training in Machine Learning. Alessandra has received numerous accolades, including the 2024 Grace Hopper Award and the XV International Prize “Le Tecno-visionarie” in AI – Industrial Research. Previously, she led research teams as Head of Analytics Research at Nokia Bell Labs, shaping data analytics strategy and contributing to Nokia’s AI Ethics Advisory Board.
David Parry-Jones
Chief Revenue Officer
DeepL
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David Parry-Jones is the CRO of DeepL, an AI company transforming global communications through the world’s most accurate machine translation. He brings a breadth of expertise in enterprise software and cloud technologies, having held senior positions at Microsoft, VMware, and Twilio. He has spent over 20 years scaling and guiding global tech companies through major transformations. David puts people at the center of his work and values customer centricity as well as company culture. By focusing on building, motivating, and retaining strong teams, he enables organizations to become high-performing businesses.
Kateryna Portmann
Co-Lead of Women in Robotics, Recognized Leader in the Robotics Industry, Top Women in Product with Impact
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Kateryna Portmann is a Co-Lead of Women in Robotics and a recognised leader in the robotics industry, advocating for diversity, innovation, and responsible AI-driven automation. Named one of the Top Women in Product with Impact, she bridges technology, product strategy, and regulation to shape the future of robotics. In 2025, Kateryna led a high-profile roundtable at AI House in Davos, convening industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers to address regulatory challenges in robotics and AI. As Senior Product Manager at ANYbotics, she navigates compliance frameworks such as the EU AI Act, Machinery Regulation, and AI Liability Directive, ensuring cutting-edge robotics align with global standards. With expertise in robotics commercialisation, AI governance, and human-machine collaboration, Kateryna is driving responsible automation at scale, transforming industries worldwide.
Trevor Hughes
President and CEO
IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals)
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As President and CEO of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), J. Trevor Hughes leads the world’s largest association of privacy and AI governance professionals. Trevor has appeared at SXSW, RSAC and other privacy and technology events. He has contributed to media outlets such as the New York Times, TechCrunch and WIRED. He has provided testimony on issues of privacy, surveillance and privacy-sensitive technologies before the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Trade Commission and British Parliament. Trevor received his undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and his Juris Doctor from the University of Maine School Of Law, where he is an adjunct professor and member of the Law Foundation Board.
Clare Hickie
Chief Technology Officer, EMEA
Workday
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Clare Hickie, Chief Technology Officer, EMEA joined Workday in June 2018. She is a passionate leader and technology champion who started her tech career in the .com era, moving with the times to cloud and digital transformation, with current focus on AI. She serves on the Board of Directors for Workday Limited. Prior to joining Workday, she worked for large blue-chip organisations including GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and General Electric. Clare advocates for greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace, nurtures talent and promotes future generations in STEM through mentorship and leadership, both within and outside of Workday. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Computer Studies and Business Studies from Brunel University, London.
Michael Green
UK&I Managing Director & Country Leader
Databricks
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Michael Green is a seasoned technology and sales leader with over two decades of experience scaling high-growth businesses and driving market expansion. As UK&I Managing Director & Country Leader at Databricks, he has been instrumental in accelerating the company’s presence in the region, including the launch of its new EMEA hub office in central London.Before joining Databricks in 2022, Michael served as Senior Vice President at Salesforce, where he spearheaded business growth across three industry sectors, working with FTSE 350, Enterprise, and Commercial accounts to expand market share. Prior to that, he joined IBM through its acquisition of Princeton Softech, where he specialised in data and information management solutions.Beyond his leadership in enterprise technology, Michael is an active investor and advisor, supporting Pennies, a pioneering UK fintech charity that leverages technology for social good. He holds a BSc in Computing with Business and earned a distinction from IBM Global Sales School.
Sophia Spitzer
Chief of Staff
Marvel Fusion
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Sophia is Chief of Staff at Marvel Fusion. She focuses on building strategic partnerships with potential early customers, market development, and fundraising.
Before joining Marvel Fusion, Sophia worked at McKinsey & Company, specializing in sustainability transformation and the energy transition. Her work spanned renewable energy strategies, business building in the hydrogen economy, and the future of energy systems, supporting a wide range of clients from utilities and oil & gas companies to energy equipment OEMs. Sophia holds a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering and is currently pursuing her doctorate at the Chair of Management Accounting at TU Munich. Her research focuses on the energy-economic, legal, and technical prerequisites necessary for fusion energy to assume a significant role in future energy systems.
Bianca Zwart
Chief Strategy Officer
bunq
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Bianca is the Chief Strategy Officer at bunq, driving the company’s user-centric mission and shaping its long-term strategy to become the world’s first global bank for digital nomads. She oversees PR, communications, and user operations, ensuring bunq’s story resonates with millions of users worldwide. Starting at bunq in 2016 as a frontline support guide, Bianca quickly rose to Head of PR & Communications before founding and scaling Black & White Communications and Pioneer Academy, helping European startups master PR. After a successful exit, she rejoined bunq in 2022 as Chief of Staff, working closely with founder Ali Niknam to remove operational roadblocks. A digital nomad herself, Bianca brings first-hand insight into the needs of bunq’s global users, keeping the company focused on what matters most empowering location-independent lifestyles.
Pat Casey
Chief Technology Officer and EVP, Dev Ops
ServiceNow
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Pat Casey joined ServiceNow in 2006 and is one of the company’s founders. He currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and EVP of Dev Ops. In this executive leadership role, Pat oversees the company’s developer productivity, quality engineering, cloud operations, advanced technologies, product operations, customer service and support, and product and apps engineering. His global organization includes more than 7,000 employees who are driving innovations and products that are transforming customer outcomes. Pat has held several executive leadership roles at ServiceNow, including Senior Vice President of Platform Engineering and Principal Architect. Prior to joining ServiceNow, Pat previously worked at Peregrine Systems, Inc. as the Product Author of the application suite, as well as Adobe Systems.
Christine Heckart
Founder and CEO
Xapa World
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Christine Heckart is a 30-year tech industry veteran known for creating new business and consumer market categories. She is the founder and CEO of Xapa World, a mobile app designed to help companies develop leaders, managers, and global talent through scalable, daily skill-building. Xapa democratizes access to personal and professional development, traditionally reserved for the privileged few. Prior to Xapa, Christine was CEO of Scalyr, a data analytics company acquired by SentinelOne, and held executive roles at Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, and Juniper Networks. She currently serves on the boards of Lam Research, SiTime, 6sense, and Contentful, among others.
Recognized as one of the ten top strategic thinkers and 50 most powerful people in tech before age 30, Christine has been named among the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Technology, Top Women in Cloud, and Silicon Valley’s Top 100 Female Leaders.
Charlene Hunter MBE
CEO and Founder
Coding Black Women
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Charlene Hunter MBE is the CEO and founder of Coding Black Females, an organisation dedicated to empowering Black women in tech. With a BSc in Mathematical Sciences and an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham, she has over 15 years of experience as a software developer and technical architect. Charlene founded Coding Black Females in 2017 to address the underrepresentation of Black women in tech. The organisation offers mentorship, role models, and professional development opportunities, collaborating with major corporations and institutions. Recognised for her contributions, Charlene was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2022. She is a sought-after speaker at tech conferences, advocating for systemic change to create inclusive environments. Her commitment to diversity and inclusion in tech is unwavering.
Onur Korucu
Managing Partner GovernID | Advisory Board Member IAPP | Women Tech Global Ambassador
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Onur Korucu is the Managing Partner at GovernID, driving strategic initiatives in data protection, cybersecurity, and AI governance. A Microsoft Subject Matter Expert (SME) and a shareholder in three companies specializing in data protection and AI automation, Onur was honored as one of the “Top 100 Most Powerful People in Tech in Ireland” by Business Post and received the IAPP Privacy Vanguard Award 2024 for EMEA. Her career includes leadership roles at KPMG, PwC, Grant Thornton, and Avanade (Microsoft & Accenture) UK & Ireland. She holds an LL.M. in Information and Technology Law, an M.Sc. in Engineering, and a Master’s in Business Analytics from the University of Cambridge. She is on the advisory board for the MS in Cybersecurity program at the University of California. Onur lectures globally on cybersecurity, and AI governance and contributes to thought leadership through her publications, including in Harvard Business Review. She is a Women in Tech Ambassador, ISACA Advisory Board Member, and IAPP Advisory Board Member, Ireland Chapter Chair.
Sabrina Maniscalco
Co-Founder & CEO
Algorithmiq Ltd
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Sabrina Maniscalco is CEO and co-founder of Algorithmiq Ltd, a startup focusing on quantum algorithms and software, a Professor of Quantum Information and Logic at the University of Helsinki, and an Adjunct Professor at Aalto University, Finland.
She is the Vice Director of the Finnish Centre of Excellence for Quantum Technologies and serves in the scientific advisory board of several international institutions.
Sabrina Maniscalco has been working for over twenty years on quantum science and technology, her specific field of expertise being the effects of noise and errors on quantum devices.
She has published over 250 scientific publications on quantum science and technologies in international refereed journals, receiving over 10 000 citations. She has coordinated several international and interdisciplinary projects and is recognised as one of the leading experts in Quantum Technologies.
She presently works primarily at Algorithmiq, leading her team in the ambitious mission of redefining healthcare and life sciences by combining quantum computing, complex network approaches, and AI.
Furkan Karayel
Author & Global Diversity Inclusion Leader
Diversein.com
Bio
Furkan Karayel is multi award winning diversity and inclusion speaker and author of the best selling book “Inclusive Intelligence: How to be a Role Model for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace”. Furkan lectures at the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Master’s program at Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology. She is a board member for Women For Election, which supports women to succeed in Irish Politics. Her passion is leveraging women-in-tech leadership, diversity and empowering female founders globally. Furkan founded Diversein.com after 10 years of software engineering experience in multinational tech companies in Ireland. She has been honoured with “Speaker of the Year”, “Diversity and Inclusion Role Model in Business”, “Trailblazer” and “Inclusive Leadership Development” Awards. Additionally, Furkan is an active speaker at international events where she shares her learnings about experiences of the tech world as a woman, her recommendations for inclusive leadership and the power of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
Matt Candy
Global Managing Partner, Generative AI
IBM Consulting
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Matt is Global Managing Partner for Generative AI within IBM Consulting, and is a member of IBM Consulting’s Global Leadership Team. Matt helps IBM clients around the world embrace this new era of technology, combining AI & experience to deliver meaningful business outcomes beyond just improved productivity & efficiencies, but as an accelerant to growth. Matt partners with our clients as they take this Generative AI journey bringing the creativity, expertise & innovation of a world class consulting team, together with the power of IBM watsonx technology & that of our ecosystem partners (e.g. Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP etc.) which we embed deeply into our client offerings. Matt is also driving the Generative AI strategy, adoption & enablement of 160,000 consultants within IBM Consulting globally. With over 25 years of consulting experience at PwC (prior to acquisition) and IBM, Matt’s previous role was as Global Leader and Managing Partner of IBM iX, the experience design and customer transformation group within IBM Consulting.
Paolo Palumbo
VP Intelligence
WithSecure
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Paolo Palumbo is a distinguished Cyber Security expert and the Vice President of WithSecureTM Intelligence. With a career spanning over a decade, Paolo has been at the forefront of developing cuAng-edge security solutions to combat evolving cyber threats. His expertise in threat research, machine learning, and malware analysis has led to significant advancements in the field, earning him recognition as a thought leader in cyber security. Paolo’s innovative approach to digital protection is reflected in his numerous patents and publications, which have set new standards for threat detection and prevention. As a speaker, Paolo shares his deep insights into the future of cyber security, advocating for proactive defense mechanisms and the importance of intelligence-driven security systems. With a passion for mentoring the next generation of security professionals, Paolo is commited to shaping a safer digital world through education, innovtion, and collaboration.
Martin Tantow
Partner
Pegasus Tech Ventures
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Martin Tantow is a Partner at Pegasus Tech Ventures, focusing on high-impact investments across the U.S. and Europe. Martin is a serial entrepreneur, board member, and investor who has co-founded multiple venture-backed startups with three successful exits, including 3scale, which was acquired by Red Hat. His work focuses on driving disruptive innovation in Enterprise Software, Deep Tech, and Climate Tech, mentoring entrepreneurs on growth, international expansion as well as exit strategies. Earlier in his career, Martin was a top management consultant with Booz & Company and Oliver Wyman, advising Fortune 500 clients on corporate strategy, marketing, and M&A. He has held notable board positions, serving as Chairman at Modula and Oxaion (now Aptean) and as a Venture Advisor at Infocomm Investments (now SGInnovate). He began his career in Product Management and Strategic Alliances at T-Mobile International. Martin holds an M.S. in Strategic Management and Computer Science from the Munich School of Management (LMU) and an Exec. Ed. degree from London Business School. He also serves as a faculty member at the Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Accelerator and mentors at Berkeley SkyDeck, Alchemist Accelerator, and Techstars.
Limor Schweitzer
Founder
MOV.AI, TUGBOT, RoboSavvy
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A technologist serial entrepreneur, founder of MOV.AI, developing software to operate and manage fleets of mobile robots, TUGBOT, an autonomous robot to replace humans moving industrial logistics carts, and RoboSavvy, distributor of robotics related equipment for research and education that also built the first twerking humanoid robot featured on CNN and CNBC. Previously Limor founded Xpert, one of the first internet and cybersecurity integration companies and XaCCT, a Silicon Valley startup that pioneered Internet usage-based billing.
Oisin Hanrahan
Cofounder and CEO
Keychain
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Oisin Hanrahan is the Cofounder and CEO of Keychain, a manufacturing platform for the packaged goods industry that is backed by $18 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners, BoxGroup, and SV Angel. Prior to founding Keychain, he served as the CEO of NASDAQ-listed Angi Inc. Before becoming CEO, he served as Chief Product Officer of Angi, where he was responsible for all product and technology strategy. He joined Angi in 2018 when Handy, the company he co-founded and led as CEO, was acquired by the company. Mr. Hanrahan built Handy to hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue, and raised over $100 million in institutional capital. Mr. Hanrahan served the US Commerce Secretary on the Digital Economy Board of Advisors from 2016 to 2017. While working on the issue of worker classification, he addressed unions, congressmen, and senators, including the US Senate Democratic Caucus. His work has been covered extensively by major media, including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Forbes. He has appeared frequently on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox and Bloomberg and has given talks at conferences, including Milken Institute and Web Summit. He is an active angel investor and advisor, with a portfolio of over 50 companies. Mr. Hanrahan studied for his MBA at Harvard Business School, earned a Masters in Finance from the London School of Economics, and a Business and Economics degree from Trinity College Dublin.
Jared Browne
Group Head of Privacy & AI Governance
Fexco
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Jared Browne is the Global Head of Privacy and AI Governance for the Fexco Group. Originally a philosophy graduate, he is a qualified lawyer, holds a master’s degree in Privacy & Technology Law, and is a recognised, international speaker on AI. Jared is a member of the EU AI Office’s GPAI Code of Practice working group in Brussels. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Confederation of European Data Protection Organisations (CEDPO) and is also the Chair of CEDPO’s AI Working Group. Furthermore, Jared is a member of the AI & ML Working Group of a major international think tank, the Future of Privacy Forum in Washington DC. Jared was the recipient of a PICASSO Europe Privacy Award in 2023 in the Rising Star category, and he was nominated again in 2024 in the Responsible AI category.
Brett Martin
President & Co-Founder
Fonzi
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Brett Martin is President & Co-Founder of Fonzi, an all-in-one AI recruiter backed by Lightspeed that is helping founders and businesses reimagine talent acquisition, as well as Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Charge Ventures, a pre-seed focused venture fund based in Brooklyn, NY. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he teaches data analytics and technology strategy. A serial entrepreneur, Brett has spent his entire career building or investing in technology startups, including stints as an EIR @PrimaryVC (NYC-based seed stage fund with >$100MM AUM), Co-Founder @Switchapp (mobile recruiting), Co-Founder @Sonar (pioneering location-based social network), Director of Investments @Appfund (NYC-based incubator and seed stage fund), and @Vice (the multi-billion dollar media company). Brett and his companies have received awards such as Ad: Tech Best Mobile Startup and TechCrunch Disrupt Runner Up and have been featured in hundreds of media outlets including the New York Times, CNN, Huffington Post, Fast Company, The Atlantic, TIME, Financial Times, and Ad Age. He began his career on Wall Street as an equity research analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners. Outside of technology, Brett has published his Fulbright research in Harvard Business Review, founded an indie rock band, started a non-profit, and sailed 6,000 miles on a 30ft sailboat. He graduated from Dartmouth College and proudly hails from Ocean City, MD.
Tea Mustać
Privacy Expert
Spirit Legal
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Tea Mustać is a data protection and AI governance expert at Spirit Legal, guiding companies in AI governance, compliance and innovation. Co-author of The AI Act Compact and co-host of the RegInt: Decoding AI Regulation podcast, she is a regular speaker at international forums like the Web Summit. Recognized with the European Young Lawyers Award (2022) and My Data is Mine Award (2024), Tea also serves as Head of Operations at the Institute for Global Negotiations, blending legal expertise with technological foresight to foster responsible innovation.
Anssi Rusi
CEO
Supermetrics
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Anssi Rusi serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Supermetrics, a leading marketing data intelligence platform that oversees 15% of the world’s online advertising expenditure. Possessing more than two decades of experience in the global software industry, Anssi has a proven track record of driving profitability and revenue growth.
Becky Case
SVP of Engineering
Rent the Runway
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Becky Case has served as the VP of Engineering since joining Rent The Ruway in 2018 and was promoted to SVP of Engineering in 2022. She has twenty years of technical experience in e-commerce and consumer retail. From 2012 – 2018 she held various roles at Birchbox, an international beauty box subscription service, with the most recent as the VP of Engineering. Prior she was a senior engineer for Opensky, a celebrity & influencer e-commerce platform, and before that the lead software engineer at Bonobos, a menswear clothing retailer. From 2007 – 2009 she worked for Zappos.com. Becky holds a B.S in Computer Science from Georgia Southern University.
David Savage
Group Technology Evangelist
Nash Squared
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David is Nash Squared’s Group Technology Evangelist. He crafts podcasts, hosts video debates, speaks, moderates conferences, and chairs keynote stages. He’s a passionate advocate for technology, dissecting its challenges and opportunities. David has worked at Nash Squared since 2007, where he has developed a deep understanding of the technology and talent markets. Recognised as Computing’s Digital Ambassador of the Year (2018), he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to every conversation. Since 2015 he has been editor and host of Tech Talks, a show about leadership and technology currently ranked as one of the most popular technology podcasts in the world. Since 2023 he has branched into film-making, with a series of popular technology focused documentaries.
Oisin Lunny
Award-winning marketer, journalist, podcaster and DTS MC
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Oisin Lunny is an award-winning marketer, webinar and podcast host, MC, public speaker, virtual event consultant, UX business professor, and journalist. His work has been translated into Chinese and Arabic, and read over two million times as a senior contributor to Forbes, music editor at PHOENIX Magazine, and via regular contributions to The Guardian, CX Magazine and many others. He has hosted, moderated, and given keynote presentations at over 350 conferences in every corner of the world, including TEDx and SXSW, where he is a member of the advisory board. He is the host of the Audio Talks podcast by HARMAN and has worked in a series of leading global technology firms over the past 20 years as Global Product Manager, Country Manager, VP of Technology, Senior Market Development Manager, and Chief Evangelist.
Dan O’Brien
Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
HappyStack
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Dan is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of HappyStack, the Dublin-based e-commerce intelligence platform that connects online brands with perfectly tailored software solutions. Prior to starting HappyStack, Dan was the CRO and a Founding Team member at Irish unicorn Wayflyer. Dan built the commercial arm of the business to more than 200 people and was instrumental in growing the company’s global presence, securing large partnerships with Adobe, eBay and Sezzle among others.
Carles Reina
GMT
ElevenLabs
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Carles is the VP Revenue & was an early angel investor at ElevenLabs. Previously he was an early European employee at Uber and helped Tractable AI expand globally managing teams in London (HQ), NY, Austin TX and Tokyo, and built the Revenue side at Sonantic (acq by Spotify).
Andreea Wade
General Partner
Delta Partners
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Andreea Wade is a General Partner at Delta Partners VC, an entrepreneur, AI product strategist, and startup mentor with extensive experience in artificial intelligence, product development, and innovation. She co-founded and led Opening.io, a talent intelligence platform leveraging AI, which was acquired by iCIMS in 2020. At iCIMS, Andreea served as Vice President of Artificial Intelligence, where she led initiatives in AI-powered hiring solutions. She is currently the Chair of Recruitroo, a venture-backed startup. Andreea is actively involved in supporting the tech and startup ecosystem and has been a key tech community member for the last 15 years, organising hackathons and a range of industry events focused on innovation and technology. Andreea served on the board of WITS (Women in Technology and Science).
Steven Fuller
Group Community Director, The IN GROUP
Founder & Director, Race in STEM
Bio
A dynamic and open-minded thought leader, Steve is a passionate speaker, coach, and advocate in the community and equity space; where he cultivates ideas, challenges companies on how to diversify their workforce, and builds meaningful connections with a range of communities. Steve is the Communities Director for ‘The IN GROUP’ and Founder of Race in STEM, which seeks to encourage, question and inspire people of different cultural backgrounds and ethnicities in the world of STEM.
Ksenia Iliuk
Co-Founder
LetsData
Bio
Ksenia co-founded LetsData as a bootstrapped venture during the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, following extensive multi-year consulting and volunteering on counter-disinformation projects that revealed repetitive issues across various organisations. Last year, Ksenia and her co-founder were selected for the Google for Startups Growth Academy: AI for Cybersecurity program, gaining access to Google’s tools and partners to support its growth efforts. She was also awarded the Forbes Ukraine 30 Under 30 award.
Anisah Osman Britton MBE
Sifted. Forbes 30 under 30. Financial Times 100 most influential BAME Leaders in Tech
Bio
Over the last decade, Anisah has become a well-respected voice in the tech industry, working at the intersection of technology, impact and capital. The common thread in her work has been her steadfast belief that tech can be a force for good. She was awarded an MBE in the King’s 2023 New Year’s honours for services to diversity in tech, is a Forbes 30 under 30 honouree and is listed in the Financial Times’ 100 most influential BAME leaders in tech. She is currently a reporter at Sifted, where she writes the Startup Life newsletter, director of operations at women in VC platform WVC:E, and the author of Brown Bodies where she explores sex in the South Asian diaspora.
Oleg Polovynko
Founder & Adviser to the Mayor of Kyiv City on Digitalization
MISTO
Bio
Oleg Polovynko is the Founder of MISTO, a platform redefining urban resilience through data-driven solutions. With over 15 years of experience in system integration, product development, and national-scale digital projects, he brings a deep understanding of how technology transforms cities. A tech investor and entrepreneur, he is passionate about creating ecosystems where innovation drives tangible impact. His work focuses on bridging the gap between technology, governance, and citizen engagement to shape the future of global cities.
David Reger
Founder & CEO
Neura Robotics
Bio
David Reger is the founder and CEO of NEURA Robotics, the German company that developed the first series-ready cognitive robot in record time. In recognition of his success as a founder and corporate leader, he was appointed to the German Economic Senate, the Economic Council, and the European Senate for Economy and Technology. David Reger coined the term “cognitive robotics” and is considered a pioneer in the field. By combining artificial intelligence with groundbreaking sensor and hardware design, he transforms robots into integral parts of modern daily life, addressing urgent societal challenges such as skilled labor shortages. In 2009, the technical model maker moved to Silicon Valley, where he served the community as a social worker. Returning to Europe in 2013, he built three successful high-tech companies focused on robotics. Inspired by the conviction that respect for existing technological achievements should never hinder the pursuit of the impossible, he founded NEURA Robotics GmbH in 2019, driven by the idea of creating technologies that serve humanity. In his role as visionary, technical expert, and responsible entrepreneur, David Reger actively shapes our society’s transformation toward a social robotics economy. He provides political impulses and influences the tech sector as a “down-to-earth doer.”
Dr. Roy Lloyd
VP of Engineering
Horizon Quantum
Bio
Dr. Lloyd started recently in Horizon’s European HQ in Dublin and has over 30 years of experience in technical leadership, innovation, and research. His career spans roles in software development, hardware design, scientific research, and consultancy. He has contributed to companies ranging from cutting-edge startups to industry giants such as IBM Research, Eiratech Robotics, Stratus Technologies, InnaLabs® Ltd, and GoogleX. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Physics (AI), a BSc in Computer Science, and a BEng in Mechanical Engineering.
Shane Mann
CEO
Tranzaura
Bio
Shane Mann is CEO of Tranzaura, a Limerick-based leading fleet management company. A thought leader in the fleet management and logistics industry, Shane has been featured in The Irish Times, RTE, the BBC, Virgin Media News, The Business Post, among others.
Shane joined Tranzaura from Cook Medical in 2015 and quickly transformed the company’s product offerings through his out-of-the-box thinking and expertise in product development. Shane has been instrumental in reinvigorating Tranzaura’s branding, marketing and sales operations, and now leads all critical aspects of the company, including product development, operations, marketing, and customer care, to drive the business forward in fleet intelligence.
Professor David Hickton
Former U.S. Attorney & Founding Director of Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
Pittsburgh University
Bio
David J. Hickton is the founding director of the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security and holds faculty appointments across law, computing, and public affairs. Previously, he served as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, appointed by President Barack Obama, and as staff director and senior counsel to the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Hickton has practiced in transportation, litigation, and white-collar crime, clerked for U.S. District Judge Gustave Diamond, and taught antitrust at Duquesne University School of Law. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court and served on President Bill Clinton’s Advisory Committee on the Arts. Currently, he is the managing trustee of the National Opioid Abatement Trust II and serves on the boards of Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, AmeriServ Financial, Inc., and World Affairs Council Pittsburgh. He is also a Non-Resident Senior Advisor at CSIS and a Distinguished Fellow of the Azure Forum. Hickton, a Distinguished Alumni of Pitt Law, has received numerous honors, including Pennsylvania Attorney of the Year (2016), Pitt Legacy Laureate (2013), and the 225th Anniversary Medallion.
Jason Sobel
Chief Technology Officer
The New York Times
Bio
Jason Sobel joined The New York Times Company as chief technology officer in August 2021. In this role, Mr. Sobel leads our Product Engineering team to build quality software, evolve our technical standards and empower our teams to achieve engineering excellence. He reports to Meredith Kopit Levien, chief executive officer of The Times Company. Previously Mr. Sobel was at Airbnb serving as head of infrastructure from April 2019 until March 2021. From April 2016 to April 2019, he was Airbnb’s engineering director and global head of trust and safety operations, leading the team that developed the technology Airbnb uses to combat fraud that keeps hosts and guests safe. Mr. Sobel was vice president of engineering at Quantifind from September 2013 to November 2015. Prior to that, he spent six years at Facebook, where he worked on its backend platform to help steer the company through a massive growth phase. Mr. Sobel earned an undergraduate and master’s degree in Computer Science from Brown University.
Sean Mitchell
Chairman & Chief Commercial Officer
Ubotica
Bio
Sean has over 25 years of experience in C-level and senior executive roles, focusing on imaging, graphics, DSP processors, AI, and computer vision. He co-founded Movidius, serving as CEO and COO, before its sale to Intel in 2016. He also held leadership roles at Intel, Silansys Technologies (acquired by Frontier Silicon), and Parthus Technologies (listed on NASDAQ and LSE). Sean holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Electronic Engineering, a Master’s in Management Practice, and diplomas in New Business and International Sales Management from Trinity College Dublin and the Irish Management Institute.
Barry Downes
Managing Partner
Sure Valley Ventures
Bio
Barry is a software founder turned investor with extensive domain expertise in AI. He is the Managing Partner of Sure Valley Ventures, a leading VC investor in AI, having founded it in 2017. Previously, Barry founded FeedHenry the leader in mobile cloud middleware, which was sold to Red Hat/ IBM in 2014. He is passionate about helping early-stage tech founders bring cutting edge AI technologies and products to market that advance the state of the art and have a positive impact on society and the economy. Barry is currently focusing on areas such as AI Agents and platforms, opensource AI technologies and reinforcement learning.
Andrew Lee
VP of Government Affairs & Global CTI Strategist
ESET
Bio
Andrew Lee is the VP of Government Affairs and Global CTI Strategist at ESET. Andrew combines a unique blend of corporate management and security expertise. He formerly served as CEO of ESET North America, the CTO of K7 Computing, and prior to that as ESET’s Chief Research Officer. Andrew has written extensively on cybersecurity topics and presented as a speaker at some of the world’s most prestigious cybersecurity conferences, as well as serving as a board member and advisor on various committees and cybersecurity organizations. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Security from the University of Liverpool.
Jason Lynch
CEO
Equal1
Bio
For more than 20 years, Jason has delivered high impact results in executive management. Prior to Equal1, he held several executive management positions at Analog Devices, Hittite and Farran Technology. In these roles, Jason built and managed large teams comprising sales, operations and finance and was responsible for significant revenue targets. He also drove AI for predictive maintenance, made Internet of Things (IoT) a reality, using cutting-edge sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to save factory-owners millions of dollars in unplanned downtime. Jason received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.S. in Microelectronic Engineering from the National University of Ireland, Cork and an MBA, summa cum laude from the Franklin W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.
Mark Martin MBE
Assistant Professor in Computer Science & Education Practice & Co-Founder
UKBlackTech
Bio
Mark Martin MBE, known as @Urban_Teacher, is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Education Practice. With an expertise spanning AI and data science, he has been at the forefront of championing edtech and computer science education, delivering digital skills for the last two decades. His deep knowledge in these domains has made him an influential voice in the UK tech scene, serving as an advisor to the government, big tech companies, institutions, and charities. He fervently champions for home-grown talent, digital skills, and education equity. As a testament to his dedication and impact on the UK, he co-founded UKBlackTech in 2017, now one of the UK’s leading tech communities that champions innovation and digital transformation. Mark’s contributions to education, technology, and diversity in UK technology were recognised in 2019 when he was honoured with an MBE. Further, in May 2022, he was listed among the top 50 most influential people in UK IT by Computer Weekly.
Mark Jordan
Chief Strategy Officer
Skillnet
Bio
Mark is the Chief Strategy Officer at Skillnet Ireland. Having worked in the UK, US, Switzerland & Ireland, he is an experienced and innovative leader possessing expertise in business strategy, commercial partnerships, technology deployment, operational management, system transformation and regulatory compliance. At Skillnet Ireland, Mark is leading the skills investment and partner strategy. He is engaged with the european commission, higher education, government departments, business representative groups, enterprise agencies and both international and indigenous companies operating across all major business sectors – all with a focus on supporting the competitiveness of business in Ireland, and readying companies for future world of work.
Irakli Beridze
Head, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics
UNICRI
Bio
UNICRI – United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute.
Irakli Beridze has more than 25 years of experience in leading multilateral negotiations, developing stakeholder engagement programmes with governments, UN agencies, international organisations, private industry and corporations, think tanks, civil society, foundations, academia, and other partners on an international level. Dr. Beridze is advising governments and international organizations on numerous issues related to international security, scientific and technological developments, emerging technologies, innovation and disruptive potential of new technologies, particularly on the issue on crime prevention, criminal justice and security. He is supporting governments worldwide on the strategies, action plans, roadmaps and policy papers on AI. Since 2014, Dr. Beridze initiated and managed one of the first United Nations Programmes on AI, initiating and organizing a number of high-level events at the United Nations General Assembly and other international organizations. He focuses on finding synergies with traditional threats and risks as well as identifying solutions that AI can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. For his contribution to innovative technology solutions, he received a Doctorate of the Business and Technology University (honoris causa). He has been a member of various international task forces, including the World Economic Forum’s Global Artificial Intelligence Council, the UN High-level panel for digital cooperation, and the High- Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence of the European Commission. He is frequently lecturing and speaking on subjects related to technological development, exponential technologies, artificial intelligence and robotics and international security. He has numerous publications in international journals and magazines and is frequently quoted in media on the issues related to AI. Additionally, Dr. Beridze is an International Gender Champion supporting the IGC Panel Parity Pledge. He is also recipient of recognition on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the OPCW in 2013.
John Clancy
CEO & Co-Founder
Galvia AI
Bio
John Clancy is CEO and Founder of Galvia AI, one of Ireland’s leading AI companies. John is one of Ireland’s leading AI commentators, and has been featured in Magnified with Matt Cooper, The Irish Times, The Anton Savage Show, The Sunday Times, The Pat Kenny Show, The Business Post, among others. John is also a board member of the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum (EDAF) to advise and work with the government of Ireland to drive industry adoption of AI. John has a career spanning over two decades in technology and data analytics, and is well-known in the space for his ability to bridge the gap between complex AI technologies and practical, user-friendly applications that drive measurable impact for businesses.
David Monaghan
Deputy Editor
Business & Finance
Bio
David Monaghan is a journalist, critic, editor and radio host who writes about arts, culture, Film, tech, and LGBTQ+ and community issues for HeadStuff, GCN, Dublin Inquirer, Business & Finance, and others. They are a two-time arts graduate, having completed a BA International in English with Film, and an MA in Film Studies. In 2017, they were shortlisted for ‘Journalist of the Year’ at the National Student Media Awards in Ireland.
Agata Nowicka
Investor, Venture Capital, Serial Entrepreneur
Female Foundry
Bio
Agata Nowicka the Managing Partner of Visionaries—an AI incubator launched in partnership with Google, focused on accelerating the growth of the most ambitious female entrepreneurs in Europe with AI. With 12 years of experience as a VC investor and founder across the UK, US, and Hong Kong, Agata is also the founder of Female Foundry, a network of 7,000+ VC investors and founders in Europe, and the author of the Female Innovation Index—Europe’s largest report mapping the funnel of innovation driven by female entrepreneurs.
Athalis Kratouni
Visionary Founder & CEO
Tenbeo
Bio
Athalis Kratouni is the visionary founder and CEO of Tenbeo, a trailblazing technology company recognized for its innovative anti-phishing tool that enables users to send and receive verified emails secured by their unique biometric Heart Signature. Central to her mission is the concept of Proof of Humanity, which underscores the importance of enabling people to prove their identity in the most privacy-preserving way to prevent identity theft and fraud in today’s digital world.
By using our own heart to generate a private key in real time, and sign messages, Tenbeo not only strengthens security but also fosters trust in online communications, ensuring that we are communicating with a Verified Human. With a profound commitment to enhancing digital security, Athalis has dedicated her career to addressing the critical challenges posed by online threats and under her leadership, Tenbeo is emerging as a leader in ethical technology, advocating for user privacy and safety.
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Ben Colman
CEO and Co-Founder
Reality Defender
Efua Akumanyi
Co-CTO
Coding Black Females
Brendan Barry
CTO
Equal 1
Bio
With experience in developing highly complex AI solutions, Brendan Barry oversees the team that is bringing the company’s silicon quantum strategy to the next phase.
Most recently, Brendan was Director of VPU (Vision Processing Unit) Development at Intel Movidius where he ensured the successful integration of Movidius’ key technology into Intel, proliferation of VPU technology into other Intel products, and development of next generation tools for AI, ISP and computer vision products. Prior to the Intel acquisition, as Vice President of Engineering at Movidius, Brendan led the development of three generations of Myriad products, including the successful development of Neural Compute Engine, DSP and CV hardware engines and associated software development tools to harness the power efficient flexible architecture.
Nabanita Roy
Senior Manager – Data Science, EY
Education Lead, Women in AI Ireland
Dr Sabina Brennan
Neuroscientist, ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin
Irish Times No 1 best-selling author
Fernando Dominguez Pinuaga
Vice President
SandboxAQ
Richard Skinner
CEO
Phased AI
Robert McArdle
EMEA Director, Senior Threat Researcher
Trend Micro
