New for 2022, these discussion groups will allow attendees to delve into industry focused debate exploring the challenges and innovation driving edge AI across four specific industries.
Christopher Nichols
Christopher Nichols is Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support at Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. He has been employed by the Fortune 500 manufacturer, Stanley Black & Decker for over seven years, and is currently Director of IT/OT Resiliency & Support. In this role, he is responsible for deploying Level 2/3 system architectures and connecting all other level systems to level2/3, while supporting them. Additionally, he manages remediation with Edge components, and deploys servers and connectivity for all OT-Related systems, plus Level 1 support of all OT-Related SW applications.
Dominic Pajak
Dominic Pajak started as an engineer in Arm's CPU group in Cambridge, UK. He went on to launch energy-efficient processors that now ship in billions of electronic devices every year. Dominic has consulted with major OEMs in the automotive, consumer and industrial segments but is a big believer in making embedded technology accessible to everyone. Later at Arduino he led a collaboration with Google to launch the first developer-friendly Tiny ML library. Today as VP Developers at Ready Robotics he is working on connecting software innovators with industry-proven robotics hardware. Dominic holds a PhD in Computer Science from University of Leeds, UK.
Jake Hillard
Jake Hillard is an expert in Signal Processing and has launched multiple laser satellite missions to space. He is a Peter Theil Fellow and currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Red Leader Technologies
Sven Brunner
Sven is founder and CEO of holo|one, a leading Mixed Reality software company. holo|one offers a standardized Mixed Reality collaboration platform targeting the high-value enterprise use cases – remote assistance, workflow guidance and live collaboration. Their solution has been adopted across the globe by Fortune 500 companies like Micron, Lenovo and the Renault Group, along with garnering several awards and accolades.
Before founding holo|one, Sven worked as a software engineer and product manager at Disney Research, ETH Zurich, and his own consulting firm. Sven holds a master’s degree in informatics from the University of Zurich and is a recipient of the Swiss National Bank’s Economics Award.
Anthony Valle
Anthony Valle is a Senior Pre-Sales Engineer for North America and Latin America at Ipsotek, an Atos company. Anthony has over 20 years of experience in IT and security technology solutions for the rapidly growing tech-based world. He works closely with clients in developing solutions for AI at the Edge, utilizing a patented Scenario-Based Rule Engine (SBRE), a powerful tool to precisely define behaviors of interest as they would unfold in the real-world dynamic and complex environment.
Prior to joining Atos, he performed first Sales Engineering and later Application engineering roles for Avigilon, one of the world's largest security manufacturers. Throughout his career, he has held key management positions within the industry and sought many certifications to further his career in security technology.