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Ann is Chief Marketing Officer at Synopsys, bringing more than two decades of marketing leadership across the semiconductor industry. She previously served as CMO of Ampere Computing and Xilinx (acquired by AMD), following leadership roles at Cypress Semiconductor, Synaptics, and LSI Logic.

Paul is the former Global Chief Technology Officer of Accenture, where he spent nearly four decades shaping the company’s technology strategy, founding its artificial intelligence business, and ultimately serving as Group Chief Executive of Technology. He is co-author of the bestselling books “Human + Machine” and “Radically Human” on how AI is transforming business and work.

Ramine leads AI product management and ecosystem development at AMD, driving AI enablement from endpoint to edge to cloud, including the ROCm software stack and Instinct GPUs. He was previously VP of Software and AI Product Management at Xilinx.

Charisma is a Senior Partner and Global Head of Retail Applied Advisory at Genpact, advising Fortune 500 brands across retail, consumer goods, luxury, and financial services. She previously led retail and luxury portfolios at Capgemini and global customer technology at Barclays, and was named one of the 2025 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business.

Aleksandra is a Director of Research at Google DeepMind, where she leads Frontier AI Health and previously led the Gemini Self-improvement research team. An IEEE Fellow, she founded the field of Automated Reinforcement Learning (AutoRL) and co-authored the influential “Levels of AGI” framework.

Det is the founder and president of BrickSimple, a Pennsylvania product development firm building software at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds, and President of Startup Bucks. An angel investor with multiple exits, he served on the White House Business Council and spent over a decade as Doylestown Borough Council president.

Jill is the founder of Menlo Corporate Strategies, a Silicon Valley consulting firm focused on go-to-market strategy for high-growth internet, enterprise, and financial technology companies. Her career spans marketing and business development leadership across technology companies and earlier work at Goldman Sachs, and she holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Chris is Field CISO and VP of AI Security at the SANS Institute and co-founder of Hacker Valley Media, an award-winning cybersecurity podcast studio. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he previously led threat intelligence and security operations at the NSA, U.S. Cyber Command, Mandiant, and Netflix.

Kyle is the founder and chair of TachTech, a cybersecurity services firm named to the Inc. list of fastest-growing private companies eight times, and CEO of Thrill LLC, an investment firm backing transformative technologies. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security.