2025 SPECIAL GUESTS
We are thrilled to welcome a diverse group of experts who bring a wealth of experience knowledge to the event. Industry leaders, professors, researchers, founders, and experts are here to guide participants, share valuable insights, and evaluate groundbreaking ideas. Get ready to learn from the best and take your skills to the next level.
Sangah Bae PhD '25
Doctoral Candidate, Organizational Behavior
Cornell University - ILR
Neha Bhansali MS Analytics, MBA
Investment Director
Bristol Myers Squibb
Ayham Boucher
Head of AI Innovations
Cornell University
Somak Chattopadhyay MBA
Managing Partner
Armory Square Ventures
March Chen MMath
Machine Learning Engineer
Columbia University
Yinlin Chen PhD
Assistant Director, Center for Digital Research & Scholarship
Virginia Tech
Sean Cleveland
Director of Cyberinfrastructure
University of Hawaii
Max Clouser '23, MEng '24
Machine Learning Engineer
Yrikka
Alwyn Collinson MA
Head of AI & ML Competency Centre
University of Oxford
Kaneesha Dawood N/a
Analytics
Alex De Leon '26
TA + Researcher + Hackathons
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Robert Fentress MAEd
Senior Web Accessibility Solutions Designer
Virginia Tech
Alex Flores MBA
Sr Recruiting Business Partner
Amazon
Keegan Fonte MBA '25
Advisor
AI Club at Cornell
Dan Ford
Applied Scientist
Amazon Web Services
Benjamin Fortunato
Founder / CE0
Buildplan
Judy Gabeskiria
Sr Web Application Developer
Weill Cornell Medicine
Ellis Gomez EMBA
Superintendent II
Gilbane Building Company
Slater Goodman '19
COO
Tablerock
Jayonia Griffin MBA
Sr. Product Manager
American Express
Arkin Gupta MS
Vice President
Morgan Stanley
Nova Harris
Sr Software Engineer
University of Delaware
Alayna Hernandez PhD '28
Organizational Behavior Researcher
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Mark Jayne MS
Senior Data Scientist
Amazon
Rebecca Joffrey MBA
IT DIrector of Strategy & Innovation
Cornell College of Arts & Sciences
Kwesi Joseph MBA '25
Urban Gardens Specialist
Cornell Cooperative Extension
Bryce Kayanuma MTech
AI Engineer - Graduate Assistant
Virginia Tech
Kia Khezeli PhD '20
Co-Founder & CEO
Yrikka
Adam King MBA
Sr Assoc Director Teaching & Learning Technology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Emilio Lehoucq PhD
Data Scientist
NorthWestern University
Gary Ledon
Associate Director of Medical Education Technology
Yale University
Brian Lucas PhD
Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior
Cornell University - ILR
Dominik Lukes
Lead Business Technologist, AI and ML Competency Centre
Oxford University
Ben Maddox
CIO
Cornell University
Rohit Mali MBA 2025
Manager IT Application Development
Healthfirst
Tim Manick MS
Cloud Solutions Architect
Internet 2
Jared McLean
Research Software Engineer
University of Hawaii
Neelam Naik EMBA '25
Independent Consultant
Manuel Oliver Rueda MA
Trainer, Instructional Designer, Organizational Psychology Consultant, and Professional Magician.
Kathleen Omollo MPP, MSI
Director - Health IT Strategy and Portfolio, Health Sciences IT
Yale University
Rose Pember '16, MS
Design & Strategy Faculty, Parson's New School of Design
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Michael Piggott
IT Project Manager at FreedomPay
Co-Founder AI Club at Cornell
Dale Pike MS
Associate Vice Provost, Technology-enhanced Learning
Virginia Tech
Mohammad Quazi PhD
Assistant Professor
W. Virginia University
Crystal Ramjattan '15, MEng '15
Partner- Data & Analytics
a16z
Vishnu Ravi '08
Technology Architect, Stanford Medicine Catalyst
Stanford School of Medicine
Brandon Rich
Director of AI Enablement
University of Notre Dame
Marlon Shand EMBA ‘25
Vice President
Chubb
Karthik Sivaraman MBA 26
Executive Director
Mizuho
Sajjad Somjee EMBA '25
Co-Founder & CEO
Logiciel Services
Ami Stuart '10, MS '23
Director - Hackathons,
Lecturer - Dyson
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Marty Sullivan MPS '18
Principal AI Platform Engineer
Cornell College of Ag & Life Science
Amy Swinford
Director, Enterprise Analytics
Yale University
John Swope
Founder
curricu.me
Nivisha Tated MBA 25’
Product Manager
Pitney Bose
Tushar MEng '14
Sr Software Engineer
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Aaron Yim
Product Manager 2 - Github CoPilot
Microsoft