Google Cloud

Diane is the G Suite Lead for Office of the CTO at Google Cloud, focusing on building strategic relationships with the world's top Enterprises to foster collaboration at work.Diane comes from the Google Drive team, where she led the development of Team Drives, a complete rewrite of Drive including the back-end API, and front-end to scale Drive for the needs of our largest customers. She also led the acquisition of Synergyse (now branded as G Suite Training) to provide contextual product support. Previously, Diane worked for AppNexus and Applied Predictive Technologies.Diane attended Lehigh University where she earned degrees in Information Systems & Engineering and Business. Outside of work, she volunteers with Minds Matter to help low income students prepare for the SAT (college entrance exam), and enjoys running, climbing, and skiing.

Accedian

As Vice President Global Enterprise and Channels, Sergio draws on more than two decades of telecom industry experience in his role directing Accedian's enterprise and global channel strategy. He has worked for Fortune 500 global corporations in key strategic roles throughout his career, with prior roles across various disciplines including sales, business development, strategy, consulting, and services.Before joining Accedian, Sergio led the development and implementation of Viavi Solutions' channel strategy and managed the NPMD business. Previous leadership roles also include North America and Latin America channel program at Ciena, management positions at Nortel Networks, and Accenture consulting in Argentina.Sergio holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Universidad de Belgrano, a master's degree in economics from Instituto Torcuato Di Tella, and received the prestigious Channel Chief Award from CRN in 2016 and 2017.

IR

Ed joined IR in 2011 and is responsible for managing relationships with several of IR's strategic Service Provider partners and leading key initiatives in the Service Provider practice. Ed has over 17 years of experience in the cloud and communications Service Assurance and Analytics market.

STASH Secure Data

An award-winning CXO and Technical Strategist, Janine is the Founder of STASH Secure Data (https://www.stash.global), a technology company that is at the precipice of eradicating data vulnerability, with a data-centric solution that isn't better data security, but bona fide data security. Janine has successfully lead globally dispersed teams in the areas of Technology, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Quality, Financial Analysis, Transportation, and Regulatory & Compliance for some of the most successful brands in the world, generating billions of dollars in revenues, outcomes driven by her solution-oriented vision and execution. Her expertise in devising innovative business strategy resulting in optimal outcome is well documented. She takes a customer backward approach to business, exploiting the critical interdependency between operational prowess and brand deliverables, to forge long-term loyalty from internal and external partners alike.?Amongst her recognitions are:?2018 SCMedia Women in Security, Cybersecurity Influencer2018 SCMedia Awards Shortlist best Cloud Security Solution2017 AXA Global Invest Her Award2016 Women of Innovation Honouree2016 Tech Company to Watch2015 Smart CEO Brava Award for Exceptional Leadership2015 Advisory Panel for the George W. Bush Entrepreneur Initiative2011 British Airways Business Leadership Award?Janines commitment to transparency and trustworthiness is a constant; doing well by doing good is always her ultimate goal.

Continuum

Jay Ryerse is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with more than 20 years of experience providing Information Technology and security solutions to businesses of all sizes. Today he works closely with IT service providers and MSPs to provide insight and best practices for securing business networks; especially regarding the latest in vulnerability scanning, security monitoring and advanced endpoint security solutions.Jay is the CEO of CARVIR, a global cyber security firm. Mr. Ryerse lives in Atlanta, GA. He's the author of "Technology 101 For Business Owners" and was named to "The World's TOP MSP Executives, Entrepreneurs & Experts" in 2014 by MSPmentor.net.

Digium

Wayne Landt is the Director of Worldwide Channel Sales for Digium and manages Digiums channel sales team and channel partner program. He has over 10 years of voice experience at both the manufacturer and channel levels, having sold cloud, virtualized, and on-premise UC solutions to customers across the globe.Prior to his role at Digium, Wayne was the the Director of Sales and Marketing for PRS, a Chicago based VAR that sold voice and data solutions to SMB and enterprise customers throughout the US.

InfoSecEnforcer.com

DV Dronamraju is the Managing Director of InfoSecEnforcer.com, which prevents data breaches and secures intellectual property including source code, and digital assets.. He is an entrepreneur with experience in security and networking. He is also the co-founder and VP Product Management at Whitney Networks, a cloud platform for managed services targeting the SMB markets. He is the founder of Pivot-It Inc., a company that helps with marketing, and sales of networking and security products. Prior to Pivot-It, DV led strategy, and business development at Intoto Inc., a provider of networking and security software to OEMs, where he executed over 200 OEM agreements. He sold Intoto to Freescale semiconductor and led software business development for networking and security markets. DV lives with his wife and daughter in Silicon Valley, and loves to cook, golf, and write software.

Netsapiens

Ken brings over 20 years experience in IT/Telecom to the netsapiens team. In that time, his responsibilities have run the gamut of tech and telecom - from pulling cables to enterprise sales, owning and starting an interconnect and then starting a cloud communications company. It is that experience - in all aspects of customer-facing telecom - that drives his current passion for brand elevation, outreach, and marketing at netsapiens. From content creation to fostering new partnerships for the company, Ken champions the Unified Experience for current and future netsapiens customers. In addition to working with his team creatively, brainstorming new and meaningful ways to change the world, you can find Ken on the karaoke stage or amazing onlookers with his Jenga skills! Ken has 2 children and 3 grandchildren and enjoys spending his free time with his wife Gabriela and family, traveling, entertaining and anything outdoors.