Meet your 2026 Speakers

These are the people driving digital infrastructure buildout in the U.S. - the leaders who build, power and connect the AI revolution. Here is who you can meet and hear from in Austin this fall:

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Ellen Yang

Director, Data Centers, AMD
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Jeffery Potvin

CEO, ARC COMPUTE
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Vibhu Kaushik

Managing Director, Global Infrastructure Partners a part of Blackrock
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Andi Huels

Chief AI Officer, BluSky AI
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Craig Tavares

President & COO, Buzz HPC
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Jeff Ivey

Vice President, Data Center Construction, Crusoe
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Denitza Arguirova

Director, Development and Strategy, Crusoe
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Lawrence Vo

M&A Vice President, csquare
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Colin McLean

Chief Revenue Officer, DIGITAL REALTY
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Doug Recker

CEO, Duos Edge AI
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Phillip Marangella

Chief Marketing & Product Officer, EdgeConneX
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Alessandro Lombardi

Chairman and Founder, ELEA DATA CENTERS
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Zev Rekhter

Founder, Evergrid AI, Inc.
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Nilesh Shah

Partnerships, FarmGPU
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Justin Jordan

Head of Data Center Growth & Development, Galaxy
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Jenifer Muir

Founder & CEO, GEOT.Ai
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Sid Dhodi

Director, Datacenter Acquisitions and Energy Finance, Google
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Jason Altobelli

Director Energy Partnerships, Google
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Brian Smith

CTO, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
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Jon Malpass

Vice President, Americas, Kent Data Centres
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Buddy Rizer

Executive Director, Loudoun County, Virginia
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Valerie Crafton

SVP Strategy & Operations, MOD42 LLC
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Sean James

Distinguished Engineer - Energy Systems, NVIDIA
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Jason Black

Sr. Director of Global Network Infrastructure, NVIDIA
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Wayne Nelms

CTO, Ornn
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Jack Minor

COO, Ornn
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Greg Osuri

Founder, Akash Network
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Roxanne Copass

Vice President, MEP Program, STACK Infrastructure, Inc
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Eduardo Sodero

CEO, TAKODA DATA CENTERS
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Adam Kahn

Director of Strategic Finance & FP&A, TensorWave
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Ilya Tabakh

VP of Innovation, TensorWave
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Jeff Bladen

Head of Energy, Verrus
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Brad Richter

SVP of Energy Origination, Hut 8 Corp.
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Raj Jegannathan

Chief Technology Officer, ChronoScale
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Arquelle Shaw

AMER President, EQUINIX
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Marc Ganzi

Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
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Lindsey Bruner

Chief Operating Officer, CLEANARC DATA CENTERS
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Sachin Jain

Chief Operating Officer, Coreweave, Inc.
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Venkat Tirupati

Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ERCOT
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Shawn Smith

VP Energy Infrastructure & Grid Development, Lambda, Inc
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Swati Mehra

Director Datacentre Operations, Global - CO+I, Microsoft Corp
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Todd Hillman

SVP and Chief Customer Officer, MISO
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John Bates

EVP Development and Power, PRIME DATA CENTERS
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Piotr Tomasik

Co-Founder & President, TensorWave
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Vince Fong

CEO, Highrise.ai
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Mike Maniscalco

Chief Executive Officer, QumulusAI
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    Meghan Griffiths

    Co Chair Data Center Group (Partner), JACKSON WALKER
    Speaker profile image for Thiago Fogaca Bianco

    Thiago Fogaca Bianco

    Sales Director Data Centers - Colocations, Hitachi Energy
    Speaker profile image for Brian Gitt

    Brian Gitt

    SVP, Head of Business Development, Oklo Inc.
    Speaker profile image for Jeffrey Moerdler

    Jeffrey Moerdler

    Chair, Data Center and Digital Infrastructure Practice, HAYNES BOONE
    Speaker profile image for John Chesser

    John Chesser

    CEO, QUANTICA INFRASTRUCTURE, LLC
    Speaker profile image for Bryan Lubin

    Bryan Lubin

    Chief Data Center Officer, Moonshot Energy
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    Josh Claman

    Chief Executive Officer, ACCELSIUS
    Speaker profile image for Bob Kinscherf

    Bob Kinscherf

    VP, National Accounts, Constellation
    Speaker profile image for Colby Cox

    Colby Cox

    Managing Director, DC BYTE
    Speaker profile image for Susanna Kass

    Susanna Kass

    Board & Senior Advisor, United Nations SDG-EP & Stanford University
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    Mark Gusakov

    CEO, Digital Infrastrucutre Group Inc.
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    Phil Jones

    Director of AI Data Centers and Micro Grids, EMERSON
    Speaker profile image for Shawn Cutter

    Shawn Cutter

    CEO, EnergiAcres
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    Sam Wolanske

    Senior Director of Sales, Data Centers, EPC POWER CORP.
    Speaker profile image for Navdeep Martin

    Navdeep Martin

    CEO, Flypower
    Speaker profile image for Craig Noxon

    Craig Noxon

    Vice President, North American Sales & Datacenter Lead, FuelCell Energy
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    Joshua Forman

    Corporate Lawyer, GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP
    Speaker profile image for Ilissa Miller

    Ilissa Miller

    CEO, iMiller Public Relations
    Speaker profile image for Venkatesh Janakiraman

    Venkatesh Janakiraman

    Associate Principal - Compute Electrical, LJC + CRG
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    Preet Gill

    Executive Vice President, Global Technology Risk Practice Leader, Lockton Companies
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    Stephen Eisele

    CEO, Lonestar Data Holdings
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    JaeKyun Kim

    Power Systems Division Lead, LS ELECTRIC America, Inc.
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    Mike Parks

    Chief Executive Officer, MCIM
    Speaker profile image for Matt Coffel

    Matt Coffel

    Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer, Mission Critical Group
    Speaker profile image for Sanjay Basu

    Sanjay Basu

    Senior Director - GPU & Gen AI Solutions & Services - Cloud Engineering, Oracle
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    Alex Hernandez

    Founder & CEO, PowerBridge LLC
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    John Shultz

    Chief Product Officer AI, SALUTE
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    Rob DeMillo

    Co-Founder & CEO, Sophia Space
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    David Bell

    VP of Data Center & MicroGrid Development, VOLTAGRID LLC
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    Risto Paldanius

    Vice President, Energy Americas, Wärtsilä Energy, NA
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    Michael McKissack

    EVP Strategy, WTG Energy
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    Dana Pack

    President, Americas, SMART COOLING
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    Dave Senior Jr.

    CEO & Project Director, Neural Edge Solutions
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    Arquelle Shaw

    AMER President, EQUINIX
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    Marc Ganzi

    Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge
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    Ellen Yang

    Director, Data Centers, AMD
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    Jeffery Potvin

    CEO, ARC COMPUTE
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    Vibhu Kaushik

    Managing Director, Global Infrastructure Partners a part of Blackrock
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    Andi Huels

    Chief AI Officer, BluSky AI
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    Craig Tavares

    President & COO, Buzz HPC
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    Lindsey Bruner

    Chief Operating Officer, CLEANARC DATA CENTERS
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    Sachin Jain

    Chief Operating Officer, Coreweave, Inc.
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    Jeff Ivey

    Vice President, Data Center Construction, Crusoe
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    Denitza Arguirova

    Director, Development and Strategy, Crusoe
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    Lawrence Vo

    M&A Vice President, csquare
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    Colin McLean

    Chief Revenue Officer, DIGITAL REALTY
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    Doug Recker

    CEO, Duos Edge AI
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    Phillip Marangella

    Chief Marketing & Product Officer, EdgeConneX
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    Alessandro Lombardi

    Chairman and Founder, ELEA DATA CENTERS
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    Venkat Tirupati

    Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, ERCOT
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    Zev Rekhter

    Founder, Evergrid AI, Inc.
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    Nilesh Shah

    Partnerships, FarmGPU
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    Justin Jordan

    Head of Data Center Growth & Development, Galaxy
    Speaker profile image for Jenifer Muir

    Jenifer Muir

    Founder & CEO, GEOT.Ai
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    Sid Dhodi

    Director, Datacenter Acquisitions and Energy Finance, Google
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    Jason Altobelli

    Director Energy Partnerships, Google
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    Brian Smith

    CTO, Nuclear Science & Technology, Idaho National Laboratory
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    Jon Malpass

    Vice President, Americas, Kent Data Centres
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    Shawn Smith

    VP Energy Infrastructure & Grid Development, Lambda, Inc
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    Buddy Rizer

    Executive Director, Loudoun County, Virginia
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    Swati Mehra

    Director Datacentre Operations, Global - CO+I, Microsoft Corp
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    Todd Hillman

    SVP and Chief Customer Officer, MISO
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    Valerie Crafton

    SVP Strategy & Operations, MOD42 LLC
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    Sean James

    Distinguished Engineer - Energy Systems, NVIDIA
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    Jason Black

    Sr. Director of Global Network Infrastructure, NVIDIA
    Speaker profile image for Wayne Nelms

    Wayne Nelms

    CTO, Ornn
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    Jack Minor

    COO, Ornn
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    Greg Osuri

    Founder, Akash Network
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    John Bates

    EVP Development and Power, PRIME DATA CENTERS
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    Roxanne Copass

    Vice President, MEP Program, STACK Infrastructure, Inc
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    Eduardo Sodero

    CEO, TAKODA DATA CENTERS
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    Piotr Tomasik

    Co-Founder & President, TensorWave
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    Adam Kahn

    Director of Strategic Finance & FP&A, TensorWave
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    Ilya Tabakh

    VP of Innovation, TensorWave
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    Jeff Bladen

    Head of Energy, Verrus
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    Brad Richter

    SVP of Energy Origination, Hut 8 Corp.
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    Vince Fong

    CEO, Highrise.ai
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    Raj Jegannathan

    Chief Technology Officer, ChronoScale
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    Mike Maniscalco

    Chief Executive Officer, QumulusAI
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    David Strauss

    Principal & Co-Founder, BSP
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    Kelly Mellecker

    Partner, KIRKLAND & ELLIS
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    Tom Spackman

    CEO, Gigabit Fiber LLC
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    Andrew Lipman

    Partner, Morgan Lewis
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    Kemal Hawa

    Partner, Kirkland Ellis
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    Bo Gresham

    CRO, DYCOM
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    Ben Edmond

    CEO, CONNECTBASE
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    Brent Legg

    EVP, Government Affairs, Connected Nation
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    Bob Thompson

    Founder & CEO, Underline
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    Dan Davis

    CEO, ARCADIAN INFRACOM
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    Jack Waters

    CEO, Intrepid Fiber
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    Butch Brock

    CSO, Dragonfly Internet
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    John White

    COO, US SIGNAL
    Speaker profile image for Ariana Batori

    Ariana Batori

    Principal, Credit, Stonepeak
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    Brian Allenby

    Director of State Solutions, CostQuest Associates
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    Alejandro Batista

    MD, Searchlight Capital
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    Austin Bonner

    Global Director, Talent Acquisition, EdgeConneX
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    Dave Schaeffer

    Founder & CEO, Cogent Communications
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    Kevin Coyne

    President & COO, HyperLink Infrastructure, LLC
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    James Jun

    Chief Executive Officer, TOWARDEX
    Speaker profile image for Joel Ogren

    Joel Ogren

    Chief Executive Officer, Assured Communications
    Speaker profile image for Hunter Newby

    Hunter Newby

    CEO, Newby Ventures
    Speaker profile image for Eric Rajchel

    Eric Rajchel

    VP of Engineering, Vantage Point Solutions
    Speaker profile image for Carrie Charles

    Carrie Charles

    CEO, BROADSTAFF TALENT SOLUTIONS
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    Tricia Harvester

    Director of Network Planning, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
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    Emilio Baez

    Sr. Director, Verizon
    Speaker profile image for Thomas Tyler

    Thomas Tyler

    Founder, C207 PARTNERS LLC
    Speaker profile image for Jeffrey Ferry

    Jeffrey Ferry

    partner-head of digital infra investing, Safanad capital
    Speaker profile image for Paul Traut

    Paul Traut

    VP, Novacap
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    Chad Crank

    Managing Director, Grain Management, LLC
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    Justin Melnikoff

    Strategic Advisor & Member, Board of Directors, MOX Networks, LLC
    Speaker profile image for Bora Goekbora

    Bora Goekbora

    Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
    Speaker profile image for William Smales

    William Smales

    Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Morrison
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    Navid Ariaban

    Managing Director, FTI CONSULTING, INC.
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