Chris Finan is an entrepreneur with a passion for creating and scaling world-changing companies, products and policies.
Chris has founded, advised and served in executive leadership positions in a variety of early-stage and growth-stage cybersecurity companies, including Shape Security (acquired by F5 Networks), ActZero (backed by Point72), and Impermium (acquired by Google).
He also founded Manifold Technology, a venture-backed company that delivered blockchain-based secure transaction infrastructure to the Global 500.
Prior to his time in Silicon Valley, he was the Product Director for Plan X, a Department of Defense cyber warfare research and development program at DARPA.
Chris also previously served in the Obama administration as the Director for Cybersecurity Legislation and Policy on the National Security Council in the White House.
During his time in the NSC, Chris led the administration’s legislative reform efforts, played a key role in the data privacy debate, and spearheaded the Executive Order that directed the development of the NIST cybersecurity framework.
Chris began his career in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and intelligence officer, including a tour in Iraq where he led an intelligence team and served as a liaison to the Iraqi government.
Chris is a nonresident scholar with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a senior fellow with Technology for Global Security. He has been a regular contributor on Bloomberg News and MSNBC, and his writing has been featured in the New York Times, Politico, Time and Wired. He lives in the San Francisco bay area with his wife and two daughters.
Wanda is Supply chain transformation leader focused on the intersection of people, process, and technology, reshaping end-to-end solutions from order management to fulfillment. Wanda's passion for digital technology and warehouse automation has propelled her to successfully lead comprehensive end-to-end supply chain transformation engagements. With over 20 years of combined consultancy and industry experience, she has a deep background in warehouse implementation plus warehouse automation. She has led large complex supply complex implementation with several rollouts of WMS/ Automation solutions in the retail, consumer products and life science space.
Jason Schenker is a top-ranked economist, futurist, and author who prepares leaders for the future. Mr. Schenker is the President of Prestige Economics and Chairman of The Futurist Institute. He has given over 1,000 keynote speeches and over 1,000 television interviews. Over 1.2 million students have taken Mr. Schenker's 20 LinkedIn Learning courses on housing, business, leadership, economics, and emerging technology. He has been a Guest Host on Bloomberg Television and an occasional columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. Mr. Schenker is the author of 36 books, including 15 bestsellers on energy, leadership, and the economy. Bloomberg News has ranked Mr. Schenker the #1 forecaster in the world in 26 categories since 2011, including for his forecasts of U.S. jobs, oil prices, natural gas prices, industrial metals prices, and gold prices. Mr. Schenker is one of the 100 CEOs on the non-partisan Texas Business Leadership Council, a Board Leadership Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors, a Fellow of the Energy Institute, an Adjunct Fellow of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and a Non-Resident Fellow of the Joint Special Operations University at the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Mr. Schenker is a 2024 LinkedIn Top Voice.
Cathy Lanier spent nearly 27 years with the Metropolitan Police Department. Shortly after 9/11, Cathy was named Commander of the Special Operations Division (SOD), where she managed the Emergency Response Team, Aviation and Harbor Units, Explosive Ordinance Division, Horse Mounted and Canine Units, Special Events/Dignitary Protection Branch, the Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Civil Disturbance Units. During her tenure as SOD Commander, she established the agency’s first Homeland Security/Counter-Terrorism Branch and created an agency-wide chemical, biological, radiological response unit known as the Special Threat Action Team.
In 2007 Cathy was unanimously confirmed as the Chief of Police by the Council of the District of Columbia – becoming the first woman to hold that rank in the Department’s history. She retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in September 2016, accepting her current position as the Senior Vice President of Security for the National Football League.
Cathy is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and the federal Drug Enforcement Administration’s Drug Unit Commanders Academy. She holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Management from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master’s Degree in National Security Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. She is certified at the technician level in Hazardous Materials Operations.
Ramy is the founder of 1000 Days Out and author of the upcoming AI Product Design Handbook. With nearly 25 years’ experience in technology and as former Head of Innovation for Mattel, he leads presentations and workshops focused on AI and emerging technology with organizations around the world.
Ramy has led AI-focused keynotes & workshops with organizations including TD Bank, Rio Tinto, Interac, Apple, Air Canada, Facebook, New Balance, Telus, CIBC, and the Federal Government of Canada. Ramy teaches an AI + Design Thinking course at NTNU in Norway and in the Masters of Engineering, Innovation & Entrepreneurship program at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Ramy is an award-winning speaker & facilitator at international events including World Usability Congress, IxDA, FITC, AI Everything, AI Business Summit, and World Mobile Congress. He is fluent in English, French, and German.
Professor Thomas J. Goldsby is the Dee and Jimmy Haslam Chair of Logistics at the Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Dr. Goldsby serves as Co-Executive Director for the Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI) at the Haslam College. He is immediate-past Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Logistics and Editor Emeritus of Transportation Journal. He has published more than 100 articles in academic and professional journals and serves as a frequent speaker at academic conferences, executive education seminars, and professional meetings around the world. Professor Goldsby is an author of five books on logistics and supply chain management.
Dr. Goldsby is a recipient of multiple best paper awards and he has received recognition for excellence in teaching at the University of Tennessee, The Ohio State University, University of Kentucky, and Iowa State University. In 2019, he was recognized as a “Rainmaker” by DC Velocity magazine and received the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from Supply Chain Leaders in Action (SCLA). Along with Dr. Ted Stank, he co-hosts the “Tennessee on Supply Chain Management” podcast.
Erica Dhawan is an internationally recognized leading authority, speaker and advisor on 21st century teamwork, collaboration and innovation. Named as one of the top 50 management thinkers in the world byThinkers50, she is the author of two bestselling books, Get Big Things Done: The Power of Connectional Intelligence and Digital Body Language: How to Build Trust and Connection, No Matter the Distance.
As we continue to experience an increasingly digital world where work practices are changing at a blistering pace, Erica shares innovative strategies to unlock the collective power of teams, build a culture of trust across any distance and create authentic engagement to ensure competitiveness. Rated #1 on the Top Women Keynote Speakers list, Erica frequently appears in the Harvard Business Review, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal. Erica speaks on global stages ranging from the World Economic Forum at Davos, to the US Army, to companies such as Coca-Cola, FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Walmart, and Cisco. She holds degrees from Harvard University, MIT Sloan, and The Wharton School.
Heidi is a Managing Consultant at Guidehouse with a focus on sustainability and supply chain emission reduction. As communications and marketing expert her background includes developing communications strategies for non-profits, higher education, and Federal agencies. Heidi holds an MA in Responsible Management and Sustainable Economic Development from the United Nations University for Peace.
Joanne is a Supply Chain and Logistics Transformation leader with over a decade of consulting experience in Life Sciences, Energy, Resources, and Industrials, and Retail. She leads large and complex global warehouse management and automation transformation projects and provides expert evaluations to match clients’ business strategy with the most optimal and advanced solutions for the future. Joanne focuses on managing large multi-national teams towards a single vision of supply chain excellence, delivering significant value at all levels through creative fulfillment solutioning, allowing clients to optimize total logistics operations for significant efficiency gains, cost improvements, and better overall customer satisfaction.
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