Mike Bachman is a Principal Global Architect within the Office of the CTO, at Boomi. Bachman consults with the Enterprise Architects of Dell Technologies’ largest global customers and helps organizations bring emerging technologies solutions to life. He is actively working on how distributed ledgers, non-biological intelligence and edge technologies can solve problems of Sustainability.
Bachman has architected hundreds of successful projects throughout his nearly 20 year career in enterprise technology—roughly 13 of which was in data storage performance and design. He trained thousands of Dell systems engineers and customers to understand principles of data pipeline architecture.
A lifelong learner and aspiring philosopher, Bachman enjoys reading and listening to podcasts about tech and thinking about how humans will use technology to create societies of the future. Bachman lives in the Philadelphia area and spends as much time as possible with his family when he’s not on a plane.
As Principal Product Marketing Manager for Cherwell, Phil Bowermaster is focused on enabling businesses to achieve results-driven innovation and automation while accelerating productivity through amazing customer/employee experiences. Phil has more than two decades experience writing and speaking about accelerating technologies, digital disruption, business, and the future.
Kary Främling is a Professor in Computer Science at Aalto University in Finland, as well as Professor in Data Science at Umeå University in Sweden. He is also a Founder and CEO of the company ControlThings that develops commercial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Kary is the current Chair of the IoT Work Group of The Open Group, as well as the main contributor to the IoT standards Open Messaging Interface (O-MI) and Open Data Format (O-DF), published by The Open Group in October 2014.
Kary is an author of over 100 articles published in scientific journals and conferences, including the (presumably) first article that mentions the IoT in 2002. That article presented a middleware implementation based on a "Digital Twin" architecture that was used in several industrial systems. Since then, Kary has been the main architect of IoT systems in various domains, such as buildings, HVAC equipment, vehicles, supply chain management etc. He has recently focused on Artificial Intelligence and Machines, which have been cornerstone technologies in his research since the 1990's.
David R. Kaiser is an Engineering Director in the Product Security Office at Seagate Technology.
David joined Seagate in 1997 and has held various leadership positions in recording subsystem integration, firmware development/test, secure product development, and product security in 22 years at Seagate. David joined the Product Security Office in 2018 and led the company to their ISO 20243 supply chain product security certification and has contributed to various secure engineering and 3rd Party supply chain initiatives. David has led five generations of security product development which has resulted in over 75 secure products being delivered to the market. These products have FIPS 140-2 certification with most recent products being Common Criteria certified as well.
David has a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York and is PMI certified Project Management Professional and ISACA Certified Information Security Manager. He holds 3 patents in the field of information storage and multiple pending patent applications.
Ms. Noel Kyle is the Supply Chain Risk Management Initiative Lead within the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
Ms. Kyle oversees a wide-ranging CISA-wide program intended to provide supply chain support and recommendations to partners and stakeholders across the federal government and private industry. Supply chain risk management, with a focus on Information Communications Technology (ICT), is a top CISA priority.
To help identify and address the risks presented by vulnerabilities within the supply chain, Ms. Kyle’s team provides the program management support behind the ICT Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, a collection of 40 industry and 20 United States Government members tacking key strategic questions in the supply chain risk management space.
Ms. Kyle has led several key initiatives across the Department throughout the past 9 years. Previously, she served as the Education Section Chief within the CISA Cybersecurity Education & Awareness (CE&A) Branch, managing nationally-focused training, education and development initiatives intended to build the Nation’s cybersecurity workforce. She co-authored foundational documents in this space, such as NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8193, which defined indicators for performing cybersecurity work roles and managed an online training program that saved the Federal Government an estimated $62 million, in terms of training dollars, in 2017.
Prior to working with DHS, Ms. Kyle managed programs in business improvement, financial analysis, and marketing at companies of companies of all sizes, ranging from a Fortune 100 firm to small businesses. Ms. Kyle holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami in Florida and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Old Dominion University in Florida. She also holds Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
Larry Liu is a passionate technical advisor with 32 years of IT consulting experience for digital transformation initiatives.
I am a collaborative and innovative executive known for building, and leading high-performance team. I work with client C-Suite and senior executives on digital transformation initiatives to deliver high satisfied, on time and on budget projects.
I have developed "best in breed" talent for the IBM Cognitive Process Automation practice focused on strategic goals, setting and planning for a cohesive go-to-market strategy, selling and building disruptive and innovative market-ready solutions to enable clients for a successful engagement.
I am consistently achieving my business targets. I have been awarded three times for the IBM Hundred Percent Club and numerous Services Excellence Awards.
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I received an MBA degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Dallas. I have a BS degree in Accounting from the Tamkang University. I am a frequent Keynote Speaker at the Global Conferences such as IEEE, Open Group and IBM Think Events. I also have many publications for IBM white paper and social media. I am an Adjunct Professor teaching at the University of Maryland University College.
Neeraj Madan is an IBM Data Scientist with over 15 years of experience in Data Science and Strategy Consulting. He is currently leading the Data Science Practice for IBM Cloud Client Experience. In this role, he is a data science adviser to the executives in creating and executing the Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence roadmap towards realizing the business goals and outcomes successfully. Neeraj has a Master of Science in Business Analytics from W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, Master of Business Administration from NMIMS, Mumbai (India), and Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Sciences from Delhi University (India).
Neeraj’s recent accomplishment includes an invention on "What Artificial Intelligence Technology Can Do for Test Professionals”, which IBM is in the process claiming an IP/ Patent. He is a member of the leadership team that co-created the Open Group Data Scientist Certification for IBM and the industry. Neeraj is passionate about giving back to the community. He mentors and supports non-profits.