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Kris is the Global Machine Learning Technical Lead for the Amazon Partner Network. He co-founded the Machine Learning group for the APN in 2017. Kris started his career as a Quantitative Strategist at Goldman Sachs, developed predictive maintenance apps as an AI Engineer at ATT, and prior to Amazon was Computer Vision Architect at GoPro.

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Dr. HichemFrigui is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and Director of the Multimedia Research Lab at the University of Louisville. He is active in the research fields of machine learning; data mining; and audio, image, and video processing. He has developed and applied algorithms from the above fields to a wide range of applications including detection of buried explosive objects, analysis of video simulating medical crises, and analysis of exhaled breath data and computed tomography (CT) images for the diagnosis of lung cancer. Hichem’s research has been funded by many federal and state agencies such as the National Science Foundation.

Jack Gillin is the Director of Business Growth for Segway where he focuses on micro mobility, autonomous delivery and robotics. Including Segway’s Smart City products like the Segway S-Pod, Self-Balancing Transporter and autonomous delivery bots. Gillin is a self-proclaimed gadget geek. He previously worked in many roles at Microsoft.

Dr. Jungwoo Ryoo is Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at the Penn State University and is also the head of Penn State Altoona’s Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology. His research interests include information security and assurance, software engineering, computer networking, and Data Science. He is the author of numerous academic articles and many of Dr. Ryoo’s research projects have been funded by both state and federal government agencies.

Sarah Davasher-Wisdom serves as the President and CEO of Greater Louisville Inc. Sarah provides strategic leadership of the organization, which develops and implements the strategies, objectives and policies of Greater Louisville Inc. Sarah has held previous roles in government and public policy, including Manager of Government Affairs for Tennessee Valley Authority and Strategic Communications Officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Sarah has been recognized as Business First’s National Influencers to Watch in 2020.

Dr. Amin Kargarian is an Assistant Professor at Louisiana State University. His research interests include decentralized and distributed optimization, power systems operation and planning, machine learning, and infrastructure interdependency analyses in future energy systems.

David Crawley is a Professor of Practice at the University of Houston College of Technology and is a certified innovation professional (Innovation Engineering) and published senior executive for corporate intelligence, new product development, and reputational risk. David is an author and keynote speaker for innovation leadership.

John T. Launius is the Acting Vice President of Regional Economic Development at Greater Louisville Inc. (GLI) – John oversees GLI’s economic development department which includes business attraction, workforce development and industry councils including the Health Enterprise Network, the Advanced Manufacturing & Logistics Network, and the soon-to-be launched technology network, TechFirst. John works directly with companies, community partners, and state/local economic development officials throughout our 15-county bi-state market to strengthen and accelerate regional economic growth.

Purna Veer is the Founder and President of V-Soft Consulting, an advanced technology solutions and IT staffing company that focuses on solving business challenges with solutions like artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, software and mobile app development. Purna is a serial entrepreneur with ventures in hospitality, farming and real estate. He applies many of V-Soft’s solutions to his own businesses to create efficiency and increase profit.

Shashank Tomar manages IT for Tex-Isle Supply Inc. and has many years’ of experience implementing major ERP systems, setting up advanced data lake & business analytics programs, leading M&A integrations/carve-outs and cloud migrations projects. His expertise includes Manufacturing, Engineering, Supply Chain, Maintenance and Quality Business systems. His current focus is to help Tex-Isle leverage opportunities offered by new technologies such as AI, Analytics, Mobility and Cloud to achieve its strategic business goals.

Gokhan is a Product Owner for IBM Multicloud Management Platform and is responsible for delivering hybrid cloud solutions. Gokhan also covers ServiceNow and VMware vRealize Automation and co-leads two projects in IBM Poland focusing on Cognitive Computing leveraging the IBM Cloud platform to deliver cognitive projects like conversation agent and email automation systems.

Experienced Project Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the food production industry. Skilled in Problem Solving, Customer Service, Team Building, Public Speaking, and Oracle’s PLM4P. Strong project management professional with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) focused in Leadership and Ethics from John Brown University.

Konrad Konarski has worked more than 15 years with emerging technologies, such as IoT and Artificial Intelligence. As a successful entrepreneur, engineer, business professional and thought leader, he has a unique holistic perspective on delivering AI solutions that bring tangible value to customers. His professional career has included working for fortune 500 companies to lead and support their digital transformations.