Geoff is Sr. Director for Hyperscaler Cloud Solutions at NetApp where he leads go-to-market for Google cloud workloads including SAP, Backup/DR, GCVE and ML/AI. He was previously co-founder & CTO of Nirvanix (acquired by Oracle), and SVP for Panzura (acquired by Profile Capital). Before entering tech he was Legislative Director for the Chairman of the House Science Committee in Washington, DC. 

James leads the Cloud Value & Transformation Advisory (CVTA) practice for Financial Services in North America. He has an extensive background at the intersection of technology and financial services with past roles establishing FSI market globally at Google Cloud, FSI go-to-market at Workday, and in various FSI focused roles at SAP. Prior to SAP, James spent 5 years with Bank of America in IT leadership roles building data & analytics programs for the commercial and wealth management businesses.

Michael M. Beal is the CEO of Data Capital Management: the investment management firm powered by Artificial Intelligence. www.DCM.ai makes it easy to hire intelligent machines that invest for you.

Michael graduated from Harvard College with Honors in Economics and Harvard Business School with distinction.

Prior to DCM, Mr. Beal co-founded J.P. Morgan Intelligent Solutions, a new data & analytics group, and after leading the build of the industry’s first “Big Data” and machine learning approach to Collateral and Counter-party Risk Optimization, Beal along with an experienced team of PhD data scientists and quantitative researchers, teamed with a large Family Office to launch Data Capital Management in 2015.

Derek Canton is the CEO and Founder of Paerpay, the fastest contactless payment experience for merchants who want to keep their payment architecture the same. A Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, Derek has been recognized for his innovative approach and dedication to helping restaurants succeed. When he's not working, Derek indulges his passion for dining by exploring new restaurants and sharpening his skills in the ring through boxing.

Craig Hooper is the Director of Business Development for Customer Data at Publicis Sapient, leveraging over a decade of experience in the technology, media, and telecoms sector. He is an expert in monetizing customer data, helping organizations maximize the value of their customer data and create new revenue streams. Craig has worked on multiple initiatives to tackle the complexities of customer data monetization and has enabled clients to identify and capitalize on new business opportunities. His adeptness in developing innovative monetization strategies allows companies to increase their customer lifetime value and foster sustainable growth.

Mark has over 30 years of technology, data, and cloud experience, spanning JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv, REDI Technologies, and Crux Informatics. At JPMorgan, Mark held multiple roles in technology, including leading: Custody, Cash, Paying Agency, Collateral, Equities Architecture, and Distributed Computing. A decade at Goldman Sachs included running the European Infrastructure group, building low latency trading environments, and driving the firm's early adoption of virtualization and cloud. At Refinitiv, Mark was Global Head of Trading Technology (Equities, Commodities, FX) and was involved in many data integration projects. As CTO of Crux Informatics, he was responsible for all technology strategy, projects, and Data Engineering practices working extensively with Google Product Management teams on BigQuery, the Google Analytics Hub and other initiatives. Mark earned a BSC Hons in Systems Engineering at Canterbury University in the UK.

Ben Hass is the CTO at Paerpay. His team is responsible for delivering a mobile payment solution for restaurants through integration with payment processors and point of sale systems. Paerpay also provides analytics dashboards to restaurant operators that provide payment and ticket level data about their customers.

Before joining Paerpay, Ben was the head of Engineering at Curve Health, where he oversaw the development of a telemedicine platform. He also worked at Microsoft on the Teams product and on iOS app development. Ben is a UC San Diego graduate and had the opportunity to work at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) during the Higgs Boson discovery.