Seminars

Our expert, Gary Meshell, has over 15 years of experience in the cybersecurity industry, holding senior roles at leading organizations such as Palo Alto Networks, AWS, and IBM. Over the course of his career, he has led global go-to-market efforts and built strategic alliances across system integrators and security-focused technology partners. He currently advises clients on AI security strategy and M&A, while also helping technology providers develop global partner programs that align with market demands and drive competitive advantage.

Our expert, David Yom, is a highly accomplished aerospace and defense expert with over 25 years of experience, including leadership roles in business development, capture management, program management, operations management and engineering management at Raytheon. David’s expertise encompasses delivering advanced, end-to-end solutions—including sensors, C2 systems, weapon systems, and sustainment solutions—to all branches of the U.S. military and allied nations across the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, and the Americas. He currently has his own consulting company called EGT Global Technologies, providing strategic advice on competitive capture and Go-To-Market strategies for the aerospace/defense market.

Our expert, Jay Surina, has more than 30 years of experience in the Nuclear Energy space including Nuclear operations experience in the Navy as well as executive experience in the private sector. He was the first CFO at NuScale Power [SMR] from 2009 to 2021, where he raised more than $1.3 billion from strategic investors and the U.S. government. He additionally collaborated with Harvard Business School in publishing two Harvard case studies on NuScale in 2014 and 2021. Since leaving NuScale, he has been working with Pelican Energy Partners as a Partner with a mandate to invest in nuclear supply chain companies

Our expert, Dr. James Blatchford, has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. At GlobalFoundries, he led one of the company's largest engineering teams focused on technology differentiation and implementation. His work included developing advanced substrates like FD- and PD-SOI, RF-SOI, GaN, and SiC; serving markets such as automotive, IoT, edge AI, and wireless infrastructure.

Our expert, Allen Levenson, is a trusted board member, consultant, and automotive industry expert with 30+ years of experience spanning OEMs, public dealer groups and technology vendors. At General Motors, he drove the adoption of data-driven advanced analytics to enhance decision-making and significantly improve sales and profits.

Matt Perry has more than 30 years of experience in the medical device space. Most recently, he held an executive role at Medtronic where he led the largest operating unit focused on delivering innovative solutions in the open and minimally invasive surgery market.

Richard Dale has executive leadership experience within the Health Care industry as well as Health Care Venture Capital experience prior to joining Optum Inc.

Dr. Ahmed Abukhater is a globally recognized thought leader, strategic consultant, and innovator with over 27 years of experience in digital twins, manufacturing optimization, intelligent cities and geospatial solutions.

Tim Parker holds over three decades of leadership experience in the Data Center, Telecommunications, and Information Technology sectors. He spent more than 5 years at Flexential which operates 40 data center facilities across 20 major domestic and international markets.

Dr. Tomasz Zastawny is a life science executive and scientist with over 25 years of experience. He has created and executed global product development strategies, launching several products and medical devices, as well as FDA, PMDA and EMA breakthrough and orphan drug designation approvals.

Jeremy Shepler led the pre-commercialization plans and marketing strategies for OZEMPIC while he was at Novo Nordisk from 2015 to 2023.

Igor Mamut is an expert in payment processing and fintech, currently serving as the CFO of Oxygen with previous experience at Fiserv, having served as the Division CFO for the Community Bank and Fintech Division (November 2019 - July 2023).

Sasha Gorer is an expert in Lithium-Ion Batteries and their many applications, currently serving as the COO and co-founder of Zelos Energy after having worked as an Advanced Batteries Engineer for Apple.

Brad Bussie is a thought leader in corporate cybersecurity, currently serving as the Chief Information Security Officer at Entisys360 and having previously worked as the Managing Director of Security Strategy at Trace3, Inc.

Alex Ermolaev is a thought leader in AI software and machine learning, currently serving as a Managing Partner at TeamCamp and having previously worked as a the Head of AI Software at NVIDIA.

Saad Ansari is thought leader in Generative AI, currently serving as a Venture Partner at Dash VC and having previously worked as a Director of AI at both Jasper and DataRobot.