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Welcome Chicago Tech Conference & Expo Speakers

Get to Know Them

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Amara Gupta

Global Hospitality HVAC, IIOT Consulting, Author, Inspirational Speaker, Published narrator and documentary

Director of Safety and Occupational Health

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NAVFAC

Lead Energy Storage Systems Engineer
Tesla | BESS | LEED GA

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Jason Heindel

​Digital Transformation Executive | CIO & CISO | CxO Advisor | 2024 IT Local Leader + Top 10 Gov CIO | 2021 Cybersecurity Leader | ORBIE® Nominee | 3x Fortune Global 500 Experience | Gulf War Veteran

Chief Sales Officer

GreenStruxure NA, LLC

AZZO brings technology together to enable global energy transformation. Changing the world one electron at a time.

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Owner/Principal at Energy and Water Development, LLC (EnWaDev)

Electrical Design Engineer
Microgrid Consortium

Program Lead

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Founder & Energy Advisor | Consultant for Contract | Industry Strategy and Alliances | Marketing | DER | Microgrids | SaaS | Hydrogen | Strategic Partnerships | Helping Clean Tech Scale with Capital & Strategy

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Lukas McCourt

Electric Utility Transmission Planning Engineer, Operations and Project Management

Executive Vice President I Recruiter with expertise in Power Distribution, Automation and Renewable Energy | Partnering with Manufacturers, Distributors, Rep Agencies, EPC’s, ESCO’s, Contractors, Utilities, PE/VC firms /Egret Consultting

Principal Recruitment Consultant - T&D Planning and Interconnection

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Founder at Invention Matters

Runner for Merrell/Janji

Portfolio Manager - Smart Buildings/IoT

Siemens Smart Infrastructure

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Gabriel De Carcer
Burhan Abdullah

Award-Winning Executive IT Leader Focused in Strategic Business Alignment, Customer Success, & Standardizing Global IT Operations | Leading 300+ Global Professionals through Modernization Efforts | Enabling AWESOME

Managing Director Mexico
Envista Forensics
Global Claims Expert

Mexico City, Mexico

Business Development Manager @ Helium Four Solar Energy Solutions | Researcher – Optimisation Techniques | Microgrids |Electrical and Renewable Energy

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Blaine Millet

​Sustainable Energy Keynote Speaker | Author of Decentralize Your Energy, coming in 2025 | #1 DC Power Evangelist | Founder and CEO of Rectify Solar | Inventor | Executive Coach | #Makethingsright

Vice President, Aviation
Infrastructure Engineering

Author, Key-Note Speaker, Advisor...Inspiring & Helping Leaders (and Businesses) become “REMARK”able™ by being Customer Obsessed

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Anthony Miraldi
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Senior Vice President and Channel Chief, XTIUM

Critical Facilities Infrastructure Professional

Morengo High School

Turning future ideas into today’s reality

Schneider Electric

Andrew Revkin
Patrick Eldridge
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​Pursuing communication impact for climate progress & sustainable development, and making music.

Software Engineer

KLH Engineers

Global Director Business Development | Professional Engineer (PE)

CDM Smith

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Karl Wiegand, PE
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Social Media, Client Relationships, Marketing | Master's in Writing

Senior Application Engineer at Victaulic

Arc Flash Engineering SME | MV/LV Substation Design SME
Zmac Electrical Safety

 

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​Security & Risk Professional/Critical Infrastructure Protection/International Mining & Precious Metals Security Consultant/A.L.I.VE Active Shooter Survival Instructor

GIC Manager

Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Sustainability & Environmental Consultant II Research~Oriented Botanist II Communicator II UNLEASH+ Alumni II World Merit Alumni II McKinsey Forward Alumni II JACOBS Gabriele Mack '25 Scholar

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William Armstrong
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Nirupama Prakash Kumar

Technology Executive | Strategy, AI & Data Insights, Product & Program Management | Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Utilities | xDeloitte

AI, AR and digital twin tech to improve construction and utility projects

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Senior System Protection Automation & Control Engineer, P.E.

San Diego Gas & Electric

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Driving Growth & Strategic Partnerships | VP of National Accounts

Shermco

Team Lead, Deals and Sales Enablement
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Clayton Steam Generators

OH, IN, KY, TN, VA, WV

Sales Engineer

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Clayton Industries

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Michael Oliver
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Microsoft MVP | Microsoft Certified Trainer | Technologist, Microsoft 365 Lead, Strategy

Veeam Software

V.P. Electrical
EMC Engineering

President
Futura Automation, LLC

Evelyn Miralles
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Xploration

CEO

Sustainable Smart City designer, Investor, and Founder of the TWIN CITIES Initiative
Ukraine Smart Cities Master Planner

Utah electrical training Instructor

Utah Electric Training Alliance

Jeanne McKnight
Ralph Bless
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Advocate for Aquaculture 

the Blue Economy
President CEO

​McKnight Group, Inc.

Executive Vice President 

Telgian Engineering & Consulting, LLC

BESS Solution Engineer

Catalyze

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