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Risk Mitigation
Use cases
Business Leader

Author:

Jeff Herbst

Founding Managing Partner
GFT Ventures

Jeff Herbst is Co-Founding Managing Partner of GFT Ventures, an early stage AI-focused venture capital fund with approximate $140M in assets under management.  He brings to the fund over three decades of venture capital, operational, business development and M&A experience. Prior to launching GFT, Jeff spent 20 years as NVIDIA's Vice President of Business Development where he built an ecosystem of accelerated computing applications spanning the domains of AI, Data Science, Autonomous Machines, and Graphics and Visualization. During his tenure at the company, among other things he created the Nvidia GPU Ventures program, overseeing more than 40 global investments and 20 acquisitions valued over $8B. He also led the Nvidia Inception global startup accelerator, now comprised of more than 10,000 AI, Data Science and High Performance computing companies.

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Jeff Herbst

Founding Managing Partner
GFT Ventures

Jeff Herbst is Co-Founding Managing Partner of GFT Ventures, an early stage AI-focused venture capital fund with approximate $140M in assets under management.  He brings to the fund over three decades of venture capital, operational, business development and M&A experience. Prior to launching GFT, Jeff spent 20 years as NVIDIA's Vice President of Business Development where he built an ecosystem of accelerated computing applications spanning the domains of AI, Data Science, Autonomous Machines, and Graphics and Visualization. During his tenure at the company, among other things he created the Nvidia GPU Ventures program, overseeing more than 40 global investments and 20 acquisitions valued over $8B. He also led the Nvidia Inception global startup accelerator, now comprised of more than 10,000 AI, Data Science and High Performance computing companies.

Author:

Gautam Hotti

Director of Generative AI
Novartis

Highly experienced and visionary Director and Head of Enterprise Architecture with over 20 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to design, build and implement complex software systems and platforms. Proven track record of developing architecture services and processes, rolling out governance best practices, leading distributed systems architecture and development. Currently driving adoption of Generative AI in Novartis.

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Gautam Hotti

Director of Generative AI
Novartis

Highly experienced and visionary Director and Head of Enterprise Architecture with over 20 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to design, build and implement complex software systems and platforms. Proven track record of developing architecture services and processes, rolling out governance best practices, leading distributed systems architecture and development. Currently driving adoption of Generative AI in Novartis.

Author:

Mike Shirazi

General Partner
Pursuit Ventures
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Mike Shirazi

General Partner
Pursuit Ventures

With vast amounts of data at our fingertips, generative AI offers transformative solutions for businesses. From automating content creation to crafting sophisticated data models, we'll spotlight the key applications of AI that are reshaping the enterprise landscape in this data-rich era.

Use cases
Innovation
Keynote

Author:

Jeff Winter

Senior Director of Industry Strategy, Manufacturing
Hitachi Solutions America
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Jeff Winter

Senior Director of Industry Strategy, Manufacturing
Hitachi Solutions America
Ethics
Use cases
Keynote

Author:

Daniel Wu

Strategic AI Leadership | Keynote Speaker | Educator | Entrepreneur Course Facilitator
Stanford University AI Professional Program

Daniel Wu is an accomplished technical leader with over 20 years of expertise in software engineering, AI/ML, and team development. With a diverse career spanning technology, education, finance, and healthcare, he is credited for establishing high-performing AI teams, pioneering point-of-care expert systems, co-founding a successful online personal finance marketplace, and leading the development of an innovative online real estate brokerage platform. Passionate about technology democratization and ethical AI practices, Daniel actively promotes these principles through involvement in computer science and AI/ML education programs. A sought-after speaker, he shares insights and experiences at international conferences and corporate events. Daniel holds a computer science degree from Stanford University.

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Daniel Wu

Strategic AI Leadership | Keynote Speaker | Educator | Entrepreneur Course Facilitator
Stanford University AI Professional Program

Daniel Wu is an accomplished technical leader with over 20 years of expertise in software engineering, AI/ML, and team development. With a diverse career spanning technology, education, finance, and healthcare, he is credited for establishing high-performing AI teams, pioneering point-of-care expert systems, co-founding a successful online personal finance marketplace, and leading the development of an innovative online real estate brokerage platform. Passionate about technology democratization and ethical AI practices, Daniel actively promotes these principles through involvement in computer science and AI/ML education programs. A sought-after speaker, he shares insights and experiences at international conferences and corporate events. Daniel holds a computer science degree from Stanford University.

Infrastructure
Investment
Data Scientist

Author:

Gautam Hotti

Director of Generative AI
Novartis

Highly experienced and visionary Director and Head of Enterprise Architecture with over 20 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to design, build and implement complex software systems and platforms. Proven track record of developing architecture services and processes, rolling out governance best practices, leading distributed systems architecture and development. Currently driving adoption of Generative AI in Novartis.

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Gautam Hotti

Director of Generative AI
Novartis

Highly experienced and visionary Director and Head of Enterprise Architecture with over 20 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to design, build and implement complex software systems and platforms. Proven track record of developing architecture services and processes, rolling out governance best practices, leading distributed systems architecture and development. Currently driving adoption of Generative AI in Novartis.

MLOps
Risk Mitigation
Data Scientist

Author:

Aayush Mudgal

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Pinterest

Aayush Mudgal is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, currently leading the efforts around Privacy Aware Conversion Modeling. He has a successful track record of starting and executing 0 to 1 projects, including conversion optimization, video ads ranking, landing page optimization, and evolving the ads ranking from GBDT to DNN stack. His expertise is in large-scale recommendation systems, personalization, and ads marketplaces. Before entering the industry, Aayush conducted research on intelligent tutoring systems, developing data-driven feedback to aid students in learning computer programming. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

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Aayush Mudgal

Senior Machine Learning Engineer
Pinterest

Aayush Mudgal is a Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Pinterest, currently leading the efforts around Privacy Aware Conversion Modeling. He has a successful track record of starting and executing 0 to 1 projects, including conversion optimization, video ads ranking, landing page optimization, and evolving the ads ranking from GBDT to DNN stack. His expertise is in large-scale recommendation systems, personalization, and ads marketplaces. Before entering the industry, Aayush conducted research on intelligent tutoring systems, developing data-driven feedback to aid students in learning computer programming. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. 

Author:

Viswanatha Allugunti

UX UI Mobility Manager
Johnson and Johnson
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Viswanatha Allugunti

UX UI Mobility Manager
Johnson and Johnson
Infrastructure
Investment
Business Leader
Panel

Author:

Jack Qiao

Senior Manager Data Science & AI
Lowe's Companies Inc.
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Jack Qiao

Senior Manager Data Science & AI
Lowe's Companies Inc.

Author:

Linus Liang

Founder and Managing Partner
Kyber Knight Capital

Linus is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kyber Knight Capital. He brings over twenty-five years of experience in venture capital and entrepreneurship to his leadership role. Before starting Kyber Knight Capital, Linus spent a decade at Signia Ventures, where he continues as a Partner. His entrepreneurial pursuits include co-founding Embrace, the company behind the world’s most affordable infant incubator. To date, Embrace has impacted the lives of over 500,000 infants worldwide in over a dozen countries.

Before Embrace, Linus founded several software companies focusing on mobile technology and social networking. He is well known for joining Zynga’s founding team, following the acquisition of his start-up, where he served as the tenth employee.

Linus’s career also encompasses roles at major corporations, including Program Manager at Microsoft, database researcher at IBM, and a member of the investment team at Andreessen Horowitz.

Linus is a holder of a B.A. in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley, as well as an M.S. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Education, and an MBA from Stanford University. He is a co-instructor for Stanford’s Frontier Technologies course and has previously taught a Big Data class at Stanford’s Business School.

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Linus Liang

Founder and Managing Partner
Kyber Knight Capital

Linus is the Founder and Managing Partner of Kyber Knight Capital. He brings over twenty-five years of experience in venture capital and entrepreneurship to his leadership role. Before starting Kyber Knight Capital, Linus spent a decade at Signia Ventures, where he continues as a Partner. His entrepreneurial pursuits include co-founding Embrace, the company behind the world’s most affordable infant incubator. To date, Embrace has impacted the lives of over 500,000 infants worldwide in over a dozen countries.

Before Embrace, Linus founded several software companies focusing on mobile technology and social networking. He is well known for joining Zynga’s founding team, following the acquisition of his start-up, where he served as the tenth employee.

Linus’s career also encompasses roles at major corporations, including Program Manager at Microsoft, database researcher at IBM, and a member of the investment team at Andreessen Horowitz.

Linus is a holder of a B.A. in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley, as well as an M.S. in Computer Science, an M.A. in Education, and an MBA from Stanford University. He is a co-instructor for Stanford’s Frontier Technologies course and has previously taught a Big Data class at Stanford’s Business School.

Author:

Jeff Winter

Senior Director of Industry Strategy, Manufacturing
Hitachi Solutions America
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Jeff Winter

Senior Director of Industry Strategy, Manufacturing
Hitachi Solutions America