Speakers, Presenters & Panelists

Fortress Identity provides advanced digital onboarding and compound biometric authentication....

Inspired by 20 years of tech recruiting in South Florida with SherlockTalent, Alex Funkhouser founded GetMyInterns.org -> the talent pipeline filling Internship Placement platform designed to grow ...

Business-oriented IS professional with over twenty (20) years of IT security experience encompassing more than fifteen (15) years leading information security, risk & compliance teams at an Enterp...

Andres is a Colombian IT entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience solving his customers' business challenges with innovative solutions based on Open Source Technologies. He founded SEAQ Be Curious a...

Andy Hill is an entrepreneur, speaker, and investor who is currently serving as the Vice President of Digital at City Furniture, a Top 30 Furniture Retailer in the United States. There, he is responsi...

Angela has over 16 years of experience in business and technology consulting. Angela started her career at Andersen followed by Deloitte working in the IT consulting and auditing practices. Today An...

Asif Malik is an independent consultant for IT Services with a focus on Governance, Service Integration and IT Architecture due to his deep interest in Human Development and the role IT plays in it. A...

Carlos Penzini brings a breadth of expertise in management consulting, corporate strategy and business development to his role as SVP of Sales at Magic Leap. Leading a global sales team, Carlos is res...

I’m an architect, and computer scientist and the inventor of the world’s first blockchain-enabled records management system. Probably. I’m the CEA of virtualdeveloper.com, LLC a Managed Microsof...

Cecil Kidd is the newly appointed CEO of TechLauderdale.Kidd has significant experience as a leader in the areas of higher and postsecondary education, government affairs, association management and c...

Chad Simpson is Vice President and Deputy CIO at City Furniture, headquartered in Tamarac, FL. As Deputy CIO, Mr. Simpson lead’s the Enterprise Information & Technology department with responsi...

Charlie has 20+ years of technology experience in a number of industries with a background in business analysis, software engineering and solution architecture. Since Joining Ultimate Software in ...

Chris Fleck is Vice President of Emerging Solutions at Citrix Systems. Chris started his career at IBM working across multiple engineering and product organizations leading to Business Unit Exec of th...

I am responsible for providing the technical vision and architectural oversight for the National Tech Service Line for Centric. I have more than 25 years of experience in software development, spannin...

Senior business and transformational executive with proven experience developing and successfully executing effective digital transformation strategies aligned with an organization's overall business ...

Christopher Leonard serves as CEO of Velocity Solutions. Servicing the transaction accounts of over 30 million consumers and business owners, Velocity Solutions has unparalleled expertise in using dat...

All-Day Javascript workshop at ITPalooza!...

Dave Noderer is the CEO / President and founder of Computer Ways, Inc., a software development company, focused on Microsoft Technologies including .net, Azure, Dynamics 365, IOT and SQL Server, COO ...

As Vice President of Business Development for the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, David heads up the Business development group at the Alliance. The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance is the designate...

David Hartmann, CSM, Founder & CEO of The SilverLogic (tsl.io), architects platforms and innovative technology solutions for startups and enterprises in a variety of industries combining APIs and ...

Elizabeth Decker is the Vice President of IT at Digital Bridge Holdings an investment company that focuses on digital infrastructure and a Board Member of the local Society for Information Management ...

I am proudly working with very talented and smart people delivering data analytics, machine learning and AI solutions for real-life problems mainly for Telecomm companies, energy markets, healthcare, ...

As CEO of the Bitcoin Center Miami, Eryka Gemma leads the educational hub that powers the Blockchain Center. Her affinity for bitcoin stems from an appreciation for economics and sound money, as a tee...

Software Development and Operations Executive with over 30 years of experience. Consultant to SPP42 LLC in developing Blockchain AI and Machine Learning products in Banking, FinTech, Marketing, Energ...

Gaid Hus is responsible for leading the development and execution of the Company’s long term and short term strategies and plans. As Director of Operations (DOO), Gadi’s leadership role entails be...

Glen is a long-term South Florida resident who has worked in the Technology industry for nearly 40 years in a variety of Sales and Partner/Channel roles for organizations such as HP, Citrix, AT&T,...

43 Years in Information Technology, all with Miami-Dade County Schools. I have experienced the IT evolution from the mainframe to the cloud....

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Greg Taffet was recently recognized by South Florida Business journal as CIO of the Year finalist. He received the 2012 Universal Access Award in the individual category from the South Florida Digital...

Dr. Hernan Londono is Associate Vice-President for Information Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Barry University. In this capacity, Dr. Londono is responsible for the design, developme...

Special Agent Ignace Ertilus joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2008 and is currently assigned to work cyber intrusion for the Miami Division....

As Vice President of Technical Operations and Product Delivery, Jason Ethridge is responsible for overseeing Modernizing Medicine’s cloud service operations, data intelligence team, as well as softw...

Jay Parnau is a career software solutions provider with more than twenty years of experience across multiple industries. Jay is currently a Technical Success Manager at OutSystems. Previously, he was ...

Jeff is a 25-year tech industry veteran who spent time at VCE running the Midwest as well as Major account teams and partners. Jeff also worked for Sprinklr, Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Siemens Busine...

Jeff Wolach is the Vice President & CTO at Sinnott Wolach Technology Group, a network & information security solutions provider that he co-founded in 2006. As CTO, he manages the portfolio of ...

For the past 15 years, I have worked in the web industry on a wide variety of web development projects. I have worked on everything from basic HTML and CSS pages to WordPress sites to eCommerce sites,...

Entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial global human capital strategic executive, cultural analyst and design systems thinker who sees the big picture and how Marketing, Sales, Operations, IT, Finance and HR ...

Jesse V. Burke is currently Co-Owner of Red Sky Alliance's Wapack Labs, a private Cyber Security Intelligence Firm that produces cybersecurity intelligence for members of the Red Sky Alliance (redskya...

Joe Homnick is a specialist in aligning Information Technology (IT) with Business goals. With over 30 years of experience as a CPA working in the IT area, he has a unique ability to bridge the gap bet...

Johanna Mikkola is the CEO and Co-founder of Wyncode Academy a leading technical school dedicated to training top technology talent through best-in-class accelerated and immersive programs. With vario...

John Fitts is the founder and CEO of Fairfax Intel. Fairfax was born out of John’s frustration at gathering and assembling data from throughout the various organizations he worked for. No longer c...

27 years in telecommunications. Expertise in small cells and telecom infrastructure. 5 years as co-owner of Draftpros LLC. Where I have taken the company from 6 employees and one office in Miami to o...

Kelly Boyle, BFATM, CRPC®, ADPA® is Financial Advisor and Senior Vice President of Boyle, Torres & Associates, a financial planning practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Kelly has over...

Kim Bilderback is Senior Director of AT&T Cybersecurity Solutions with over 10 years of focus on network security for organizations large and small. His team works with organizations nationwide de...

Lenny is the Evangelist for Cybraics and a proud supporter of TechLauderdale and co-founder of ITPALOOZA....

Leonard Vialpando, PE has been employed by Broward County since 1999, holding progressively responsible positions and currently serving as both the Environmental Protection and Growth Management Depar...

A South Florida native, Lillian Roberts prides herself on building customer-centric companies that are built on teamwork and integrity. A serial entrepreneur with a passion for people, innovation and ...

24 years at providing technology solutions for SMB with a focus on Network Infrastructure and data center services....

Martha Poulter is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. In this role, she leads Royal Caribbean’s global IT team both onshore and shipboard across mu...

Thought leader with over 30 years of Information Security experience, including healthcare, banking, and financial services, hospitality, and government sector, with a strong background in cybersecuri...

Michael has more than 30 years’ experience in the information technology industry as a Technology Business Analyst. Michael distills complicated IT issues, into real-life, relatable examples and sol...

Michael C. Higgs is a 27-year IT industry veteran. He has held roles in Management, Engineering, Project Management, Business Development, Training, Consulting, and of course, Technical Support. He gr...

Michael Milutis is an INFP and IT generalist committed to human capital development and continuous learning within a shifting technology landscape. He works with technology organizations from aroun...

Michael J. O’Brien is a Partner in The Pacific Institute® (TPI) and serves as the Director of Research and Application for the organization. The Pacific Institute is a leading international company...

Mike is currently the General Manager of Unitrends, a Kaseya owned software company specializing in backup and business continuity solutions....

Michael W. Kublin is the founder and President of PeopleTek, a leadership coaching and development company specializing in helping leaders, teams, and organizations achieve their full potential. Peopl...

Chief Operating Officer at Digital Hands Corporate Director & Global CISO Emeritus. Myrna Soto Serves on the Boards of CMS Energy/Consumers Energy (NYSE: CMS), Spirit Airlines (NYSE; SAVE ) and Po...

Neil Steinhardt is the President and co-founder of ClassWallet, an industry-leading funds management and tracking platform for school systems which boasts some of the largest school districts and orga...

31 years of progressive responsibility in the deployment, marketing, sales, product development, engineering design, project implementation and operation of information technology, IaaS/SaaS/PaaS, clo...

Customer obsessed, action-based business executive with deep experience in solution software sales, creating growth strategies, building lifelong relationships and delivering value from strategic part...

Regina is an Enterprise Agile Coach, with over 20 years of Strategic Leadership in Technology & Business Transformations. Agile Trainer, Coach and Consultant. List of certifications include: ...

Rema Deo brings over 25 years of leadership experience in global and regional financial services organizations to her role. Her leadership role and responsibility at 24By7Security, Inc. covers corpora...

Rick is a seasoned Enterprise & Executive Agile Coach & Trainer specializing in Executive Coaching, Agile Transformations, Organizational Culture Transformations, and Business Agility. Comm...

Robert has 26 years of experience in Data Analytics through his position as Senior Systems Analyst for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department. He has served his native County by serving in an intricate ro...

Roberto Valdez, CPA, CISA, CISM is the Director of Cybersecurity & Automation for Kaufman Rossin. He performs advisory and assurance engagements that include robotic process automation and digita...

Technical & Executive Recruiter for more than 2 decades. Deeply immersed in blockchain & cryptocurrency ecosystems. Building blockchain for my recruiting company utilizing Smart Contracts to s...

A Technology Solutions Architect specializing in designing and implementing solutions from the traditional on-premise environment to a hybrid, or full cloud space....

I am a teacher, innovator, mentor and software developer at heart. At Overproof I am responsible for the cloud-based enterprise architecture and DevOps. Being in an early stage start-up, I am also res...

Sanjay Deo combines over 25 years of Cyber Security and Compliance experience. At 24By7Security, the corporate mission is to assist clients with building a “defensible platform” in the face of ris...

Sara Hand is a visionary leader with a strong and diverse business development background spanning the innovation value chain from the idea stage to exit. She is experienced across public and private ...

Prior to Datrium, Sazzala was at Data Domain where he worked on building a distributed dedupe file system. He was the CTO of Data Domain after EMC’s acquisition. He has an MS in Nuclear Engineering ...

Shakeel Hye is the Director of Data Engineering at TracFone Wireless. He is a senior IT Professional and has Directed/Managed IT Delivery, Development, Reporting & IT Governance. He has Managed So...

Stan Schultes is a boundary-spanner working at the intersection of Business, Technology and Community – across the silos of public, private and independent sectors, entrepreneurs, industry clusters ...

Stephanie Sylvestre has the privilege of leading an incredible team of high performers who are skilled in bringing The Trust's vision to life....

Stephen Garber’s purpose is helping people create spectacular results by working passionately well, together. He has been in the personal and organizational development world for over 30 years, l...

Tim is a Principal and leader within EY’s Robotics & Intelligent Automation practice focused on Financial Services. Tim has over 20 years of experience in transforming processes and operations i...

In the disaster recovery, business continuity and crisis management sectors for over 25 years, Serio's experience includes positions with Verizon and Office Depot, with a focus on program development...