Vint Cerf
Chief Evangelist
Vint Cerf
Chief Evangelist
Vinton G. Cerf is vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google. He is the co -designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. He has served in executive positions at ICANN, the Internet Society, MCI, the Corporation for National Research Initiatives and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. A former Stanford Professor and former member of the US National Science Board, he is also the past President of the Association for Computing Machinery, Emeritus Chairman of the Marconi Society and serves in advisory capacities at NIST, DOE, NSF, US Navy, JPL and NRO. He earned his B.S. in mathematics at Stanford and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in computer science at UCLA. He is a member of both the US National Academies of Science and Engineering, the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and the Worshipful Company of Stationers.
Cerf is a recipient of numerous awards for his work, including the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, US National Medal of Technology, the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, the Prince of Asturias Award, the Japan Prize, the Charles Stark Draper award, the ACM Turing Award, the Marconi Prize and Marconi Lifetime Achievement Award, the IEEE Medal of Honor, the Legion d’Honneur, the VinFutures Grand Prize and the Franklin Medal. He is a Foreign Member of the British Royal Society and Swedish Academy of Engineering and holds 31 honorary degrees.
Rakesh Kumar
Chair of IEEE Data Strategy
IEEE/TCX Inc.
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
Chair, IEEE DataPort, President
Technology Connexions, Inc.
Dr. Rakesh Kumar is a semiconductor industry veteran, an entrepreneur, an educator and an IEEE Life Fellow. He has had numerous leadership roles at IEEE including Chair of IEEE Roadmaps, Chair of IEEE DataPort and AskIEEE, and President of the Solid-State Circuits Society. During 40+ years in the semiconductor industry he has been VP&GM at Cadence Design, and has held various technical and management positions at Unisys and Motorola. Dr. Kumar has authored the book “Fabless Semiconductor Implementation”, published by McGraw Hill.
Falguni Mehrotra
Product Manager
Expedia Group
Falguni Mehrotra
Product Manager
Expedia Group
Product Manager at Expedia, Public Speaker and a Mom. My passion is crafting innovative travel experiences. With a rich 9-year background, I adeptly identify market demands, pivot towards emerging opportunities, and prioritize to deliver products that stand out for their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. My strategic approach has amped up business performance by 25%, garnering me recognition through the "Great Value Impact" award early in my product management career. My expertise spans sectors like healthcare, e-commerce, real estate, travel, and education. Beyond my role, I actively disseminate my product management wisdom at conferences and through mentorship, contributing to the growth of others in the field.
Heather Monigan
Senior Director, CSS Partnerships
ARM
Heather Monigan
Senior Director, CSS Partnerships
ARM
Heather Monigan has been in the semiconductor industry for over 24 years and has recently joined ARM as a Senior Director of Partnerships in the Automotive LoB focusing on bringing together key stakeholders to make Arm’s Compute Subsystems a reality. Prior to join Arm, she founded her own company after taking early retirement at Intel. She served as Intel’s Engineering Director of IP Strategy & Management. She is known for her candid passion. She regularly shares her lessons learned from her years of technical leadership to solve complex challenges with audiences. She currently serves as Chair of the IEEE Phoenix Section and is the Phoenix Section’s International Development Lead for Engineers Without Borders. Heather also serves on the Grand Canyon University President’s STEM Advisory Board and the GCU Engineering Advisory Council. She is an adjunct engineering professor for Grand Canyon University. Ms. Monigan holds an MBA and BSCE.
Tom Coughlin
President
Coughlin Associates and IEEE Past President
Tom Coughlin
President
Coughlin Associates and IEEE Past President
Tom Coughlin, President, Coughlin Associates is a digital storage analyst and business/ technology consultant. He has over 40 years in the data storage industry with engineering and senior management positions. Coughlin Associates consults, publishes books and market and technology reports and puts on digital storage and memory-oriented events. He is a regular contributor for forbes.com and M&E organization websites. He is an IEEE Fellow, 2025 IEEE Past President, Past-President IEEE-USA, Past Director IEEE Region 6 and Past Chair Santa Clara Valley IEEE Section, and is also active with SNIA and SMPTE. For more information on Tom Coughlin go to www.tomcoughlin.com.
Judy Amanor-Boadu
Technical Lead
Intel Corporation
Lynda Grober
Director
IEEE HR Learning and Development
Charan Addala
Production Engineer
Meta
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Computer Scientist
Federal Bureau of Investigation
