Welcome Monterey Tech Conference and Expo Speakers

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Ghulam E Mustafa Abro, PhD, SMIEEE

Research Scientist Robophilosophy and Integrative Robotics (RISR) Lab, Aarhus University, Denmark

Joshua Oshowo

Smart Cities Development Consultant Director of Business Development Business Advisory Business Strategy

Amazon Best Selling Author

Ding Han

Driving Energy transition, Leading Digital Transformation Data Center Advocate On-site Power facilitator AI/ML adopter Public Speaker Musician Traveler

Abel Haileselassie

Structural Software Engineer Computational Structural Engineer Dimensional Solutions,Inc.

Steve Jackson

Director of Operations
Flory LineConstruction

Dhruva Sharma

Website User Experience Quality Assurance Usability Tester UX Quantitative Researcher SI Research

Tamarind Learning

Kayvan Sodagari, PE

Senior Electrical Engineer MSEE, P.E. LEED Green Associate

Alphatec PC

Joel Saxum

Energy Technology Executive | Growth, Strategic Partnerships, Customer Success & Commercial Strategy

Delia Perla

SVP Revenue Operational Digital Twins for Municipalities, Education, Industrial Facilities & Data Centers

BizzTech

Mike Habibi

UPS Systems Product Marketing Manager

NAM

Pradeep Singh Sandhu

CEO

Cywarden Cyforte vCISO Executive Member at Forbes Technology Council

Hemant Kumar

Powering the Utility Sector with Exceptional Talent. Utility, Electric Gird, T&D, Energy, EPC

Pierre Obed Dorile

Operations Planning Engineer (CAISO)| Power System Engineer NERC Certified Reliability Coordinator Fulbright Alumnus

Karl Weaver

Asian Mobile Industry Biz Dev Rainmaker

Newport Technologies

Caelen Ball, MSRE, PMP, PE

City of Seattle

Christopher Spanton

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

T-Mobile

Dr. Ishu Sharma

Multimedia University

Nathaniel Grimm, MBA

Believer. Husband. Father. Professional

Michael Shilow

Strategic Construction Leader | Energy Multifamily High-Rise • Affordable Housing • Mixed-Use • Life Sciences

M-2 Energy

John Drayton

National Lead, Zero Emissions Mobility

Burns Engineering

Jonathan Reichental, Ph.D

Human Future

William Armstrong

Senior System Protection Automation & Control Engineer, P.E. at San Diego Gas & Electric

Michael Loggins CSM, CSPO, CAL

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

Shahid Jamil

Electrical Safety Specialist with Electrical Safety Services, LLC

James Riley

Digital Transformation Strategy | Brand & Product Innovation | Data-Driven Leadership | Analytics & BI AI & Big Data Application | Human-Centered Design & UX Storytelling
Lightspark Software

Ajith Gopi, Ph.D.

Founder & CEO, ZONERGIA Services Pvt. Ltd. Driving the Energy Transition Leading the Change to Net Zero Chair, Professional Activities, IEEE Kerala Section RE Consultant, Researcher & Trainer Author & Speaker

Brandon Whatley

Instructional Leader

Austin Community College

Collin McGee

Business Development Manager, HMI/SCADA/PLC Automation Programmer, Cybersecurity Analyst, IT Networking, PLC Certified Programmers Alumni, Musician, Producer

Lucretia Lee Arceneaux

Broadcast IT Systems Engineer | Media & Entertainment Technology | CBNT | Hospitality-Forward Technical Leader

Mahmud (Mǎhā Màodé) Elashaal

Data Centers | Energy & Sustainability | Strategy & Marketing | AI Workloads & Grid Challenges | Global Upstream industry Engagement Leader – Power Gen Marketing @Cummins

Hal (Harold) Herrington

Construction Project Manager at RavenVolt

Justin Darnall

Vice President of Software Engineering @ ICEYE US

Mithil Bangera

Lead Supply Chain Engineer @ HCLTech

Aparna PN

Electrical Engineer | 4+ Years in Power Distribution & Data Centers | High/Medium/Low Voltage Systems | Reliability, Energy Efficiency & Compliance (NEC, NFPA 70E, OSHA) | Vendor & Project Coordination

Cameron Aljilani

NC3 Solution Architect | Former Submarine Commanding Officer | Active TS-SCI Clearance

Karen Cahn

Founder of IFundWomen (now IFW by Honeycomb) • Inc. Top 100 Female Founders 2020 • City & State of New York Most Responsible CEOs 2020 • LinkedIn Top Voice in Entrepreneurship 2022 • Worth Groundbreaking Women 2024

Breeja Larson, OLY

Motivational Speaker and Mindset Coach

Mehernosh Pithawalla

Founder & CEO New Digital IT Inc. (we are hiring leaders in Cloud, AI/ML, Digital & Blockchain)

New Digital IT

Anand Prakash Arya

Utility GIS & Grid Modernization Architect | OMS Readiness | GE Smallworld | Hexagon and ESRI Technology | SAP IS-U

Daniel Salinas

President, Lighting Systems Designer at Salinas Lighting Consult, Inc.

Esteve Mede, CEO

SDVOSB | SBA 8(a) certified

STARS III | GSA Schedule IT 70

SOC-as-a-Service

Haruna Umar

Electrical Engineer Electric Power Grids System Operator Tech Industry|Solutions Engineer ESG

Dr. Sinan Yordem

New Business Growth Strategy | Technology Scale-up | Techno-commercial Innovation & Transformation

Cambridge Consultants

Michael Andrews

Managing Partner, Andrews & Associates, President and Founder at Smart Education Foundation and SMART Competition
Inception Advisory Group

Miles Davis Auvil

Josh Elvander

Cloud, internet, AI, Robotics Builder; Feather Ruffler; Corporate Raider

Infinitas & Fidelis Data Centers (and beyond)

SVP - Engineering at MagLev Aero

Aergility

Alexander Ing

Jen Calling

Olaoluwa John Adeleke

Senior Engineer

NFPA

PhD Researcher || Power & Energy Systems Studies || Lover of God || Grid Stability & Renewable Integration || Inverter-Based Resources (IBR) || Smart Grids, AMI & IoT || Decarbonization & Energy Transition