Eric is a senior executive with 20+ years of experience leading digital organizations. His current role is leading Artificial Intelligence at Cox - from governance to implementation. Previous roles span digital marketing, sales, and service leadership where he delivered against both revenue targets and bottom-line efficiency goals. Key to success in Eric’s career has been bringing technology and intelligence to the forefront of the customer experience. His background in management consulting, with specialization in Communications and Sports Media industries, fuels the balance delivered between disruption and stability.

Aisha Tahirkheli is a Principal and Trusted AI Leader in KPMG US’s AI and Digital Innovation group, where she leads the responsible and ethical design, development, and deployment of AI across the firm. With more than two decades of Big Four consulting experience, she brings deep expertise in Trusted AI, IT strategy, operations, and digital transformation, helping organizations translate complex technologies into scalable, well governed solutions that deliver impact and earn trust.

Beyond KPMG, Aisha plays an active role in shaping global AI policy and governance. She serves on the OECD Global Digital Policy Committee and is a member of the AI Policy Council at World Leaders in Data & Analytics (WLDA). She also serves on the board of the Mark Cuban Foundation and partners with nonprofits, such as Break Through Tech to expand access to AI education and empower the next generation of technology leaders.

Aisha has been recognized as a Top 10 Trailblazing Woman in Enterprise AI by Reuters Momentum (2026), a Top 100 Global Technology Leader by HITEC (2026), and a Women in Technology Leader by Consulting Magazine (2023).

Susan Sly is an AI entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and recognized thought leader at the forefront of artificial intelligence and healthcare innovation. She is the Founder and CEO of The Pause Technologies and Amsara Health, where she is pioneering the use of AI to help women navigate midlife health challenges and accelerate access to care.

An entrepreneur with a track record of building and scaling technology companies, Susan has been actively leading AI ventures since 2018 and previously co-founded and served as Co-CEO of a computer vision company. Her work focuses on applying emerging technologies to solve real-world problems, particularly in healthcare and human well-being.

A sought-after speaker on AI, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Susan is known for translating complex technologies into practical insights that inspire action. Through her leadership, advocacy, and innovation, she continues to champion a more inclusive future where AI is used to improve lives and expand access to better outcomes.

Mark Shank is a technology leader at KPMG who leads Artificial Intelligence for the Banking sector and serves as the U.S. Google Cloud Platform leader. He brings over 20 years of experience architecting and delivering modern digital, cloud, and AI‑enabled capabilities that support large‑scale business and technology transformation.

Mark specializes in designing and building enterprise‑grade AI solutions, including generative and agentic AI, across operations, risk, and regulatory use-cases. He leads alliance‑driven asset development and complex client implementations, working closely with partners such as Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI to translate emerging technologies into practical, scalable solutions.

Dana Haddad is Head of AI Product at Cox Communications, where she built and leads the company's enterprise AI product function from the ground up. Under her leadership, the team has launched more than 26 AI products, established enterprise-wide AI governance frameworks, and created a citizen development program that scaled AI building capabilities to hundreds of non-technical employees across the organization.

With a background spanning enterprise product management, AI strategy, and organizational enablement, Dana specializes in making AI practical — closing the gap between what AI can do and what organizations can actually ship, govern, and sustain. She is a sought-after voice on agentic AI deployment, responsible AI governance, and how large enterprises can build cultures of AI fluency beyond the technical team.

Dana is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and is passionate about democratizing AI — both inside the enterprise and beyond it.

Anu is an innovation expert who launched and leads KPMG Studio, an incubator and accelerator. It houses new adjacencies and transformational innovation for the firm – where bleeding edge technologies are tested, new business models are built, and emerging products and services are launched. Her team of experts and entrepreneurs use the lean startup approach mixed with a venture capital philosophy to develop, test and launch new products into the market. Her core experience encompasses everything from getting a startup from problem solution fit to product market fit. She drives success using a mixed skill set of lean startup, design thinking, emotional intelligence and facilitation.

Her experience ranges from innovation strategy, business model innovation, metaverse, Web 3, employee experience, business models such as marketplaces, AI and cybersecurity. Her team of innovation experts and technologists can take any insight, turn it into an idea, build a solution, and launch in the market.

Startups are in her blood. One of her fondest memories as a child is sitting in the dining room (converted into a startup lab) helping her father start his company. It was in those moments that her father planted the seed of innovation in her young mind. Her first job was at a startup and her job now is to run many startups in a corporation. Her philosophy is to build the next high growth opportunity with the mindset of a founder and the hustle of a startup.

Naresh Reddy is a global technology and digital transformation leader with more than 20 years of experience delivering large-scale enterprise solutions across North America, Europe, and Asia. He has led complex transformation initiatives across healthcare, pharmaceutical distribution, manufacturing, and supply chain organizations, helping enterprises leverage technology to drive operational excellence and business growth.

Naresh brings deep expertise in supply chain, finance, master data management, contract lifecycle management, warehouse operations, and regulatory compliance, combined with a strong technical foundation in cloud architecture, data engineering, AI, Snowflake, and Databricks. Throughout his career, he has led global implementations, migrations, and modernization programs supporting more than 60,000 users worldwide.

Passionate about aligning technology strategy with business outcomes, Naresh specializes in helping organizations harness data, automation, and AI to improve efficiency, accelerate decision-making, and create long-term enterprise value.

Hima Ganga Yarlagadda, M.S. in Management Information Systems, is a Principal AI Scientist at CVS Health specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Advanced Analytics. With over 11 years of experience across healthcare, banking, and insurance industries, she has led the development of large-scale AI and data science solutions that have generated significant business value through predictive modeling, fraud detection, workforce optimization, financial forecasting, and intelligent automation.

Throughout her career, Hima has designed and deployed machine learning, deep learning, and large language model (LLM) solutions using technologies such as Python, Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, LangChain, Gemini, and RAG architectures. Her work has delivered measurable outcomes, including multimillion-dollar savings through credit risk modeling, fraud detection, healthcare analytics, and workforce planning initiatives.

Before her current role, Hima served as Principal Data Scientist at Discover Bank and Lead Data Science & Analytics Advisor at CVS Health, where she developed AI-powered applications, conversational agents, and predictive analytics solutions that improved operational efficiency and customer outcomes. She is a Python and SAS Certified Professional with expertise spanning machine learning, natural language processing, cloud computing, and enterprise AI strategy.

Hima is passionate about advancing responsible AI adoption and helping organizations transform complex data into actionable business insights. She is a frequent speaker on topics including Generative AI, LLMs, predictive analytics, machine learning, and the future of AI-driven decision-making in enterprise environments.

Jason Mitsky is an AI Platform Specialist. He has a background in consulting, technology design and implementation. He has supported Fortune 500 companies, healthcare systems, and startups successfully adopt AI, bridging the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world business impact.

A career highlight includes developing an AI-powered clinical decision support platform for Radiology Partners, earning a patent for its use of natural language processing (NLP) to improve patient care. Jason has also led enterprise AI adoption strategies, optimized research operations for Nike, and advised startups on commercial go-to-market execution.

Jason is based in Portland, Oregon, where he enjoys exploring the Pacific Northwest with his family. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, skiing and traveling with his family.

Joe Mayberry is a global AI and business executive focused on turning artificial intelligence into measurable enterprise value. As Head of Artificial Intelligence at SailPoint Technologies, he leads AI strategy, governance, and execution across product, operations, and go-to-market functions.

Previously a General Manager at Intel Corporation with responsibility for a $500M+ global AI business and co-founder Intel’s cloud based AI development platform, Joe brings a C-suite perspective on scaling AI Products and new markets, aligning innovation with corporate strategy, and leading organizations through AI-driven transformation. As a former U.S. Air Force officer and National Association of Corporate Directors member, Joe brings both a practical, operating executive and board level perspective on how AI is reshaping leadership, operating models, and competitive advantage.

Ryan Wang is globally acknowledged as a visionary technology futurist and esteemed business executive, specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Spatial Computing, and Frontier Technology sectors. Ryan serves as Managing Partner at Solaris Venture Partners, a San Francisco based private equity firm providing management and advisory services to global capital and corporate clients in the Data Centers and AI Infrastructure, Energy and Robotics sector. Ryan also holds a distinguished position as Co-founder and General Partner of Outpost Capital, a trailblazing cross-border early-stage venture fund established in 2015, with a primary focus on frontier technology investments across the United States and Asia. In 2020, Ryan co-founded Zebra Labs, a music entertainment company creating new IPs and content with cutting edge technology in metaverse and AI. With over a decade of active engagement in the tech sphere, Ryan has forged significant collaborations with industry giants and fortune 500 companies and governments, serving in capacities such as advisor, consultant, or partner. Before venturing into the technological domain, Ryan amassed extensive experience and built a comprehensive and successful career in investment banking, working with Citigroup and Societe Generale in New York City. Ryan holds a Master of Science degree from NYU, and has taught lessons at multiple universities including USC, UW and NTU.

Momei Qu is a Managing Director at PSP Growth, and leads PSP’s venture capital and growth equity initiatives. PSP Growth invests in Series B to pre-IPO software companies. Portfolio includes: Synthesia, Nominal, Lyric, Cinder, Zafran, OpenSpace, Airspace, Icertis, Enable, Physical Intelligence, Unconventional.

Prior to joining PSP Growth in 2018, she was a Vice President at Baird Capital where she invested in healthcare and technology companies. Before that, she worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch & Co. Momei earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Pete Erickson is the Founder of Modev and Executive Director of the Tech Ecosystem Institute. A pioneer in developer communities and emerging technology events, Pete has spent over a decade building the ecosystems that connect technology innovators with enterprise buyers. He created the VOICE Summit — the world's largest voice AI conference — and now leads the Agentic AI Summit series.