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Uli Stilz

Corporate Vice President, R&ED External Innovation Partners, External & Exploratory Innovation
Novo Nordisk

Uli Stilz

Corporate Vice President, R&ED External Innovation Partners, External & Exploratory Innovation
Novo Nordisk
 

Uli Stilz

Corporate Vice President, R&ED External Innovation Partners, External & Exploratory Innovation
Novo Nordisk

Uli Stilz

Corporate Vice President, R&ED External Innovation Partners, External & Exploratory Innovation
Novo Nordisk

Uli Stilz

Corporate Vice President, R&ED External Innovation Partners, External & Exploratory Innovation
Novo Nordisk
 

Saba Gurusubramanian

CTO
Virya Autonomous Technologies

Saba Gurusubramanian leads engineering, product, and technology at Virya Autonomous Technologies (part of the Maini Group), where he focuses on building intelligent mobility solutions for people and material movement in controlled environments.

Saba Gurusubramanian

CTO
Virya Autonomous Technologies

Saba Gurusubramanian

CTO
Virya Autonomous Technologies

Saba Gurusubramanian leads engineering, product, and technology at Virya Autonomous Technologies (part of the Maini Group), where he focuses on building intelligent mobility solutions for people and material movement in controlled environments.

With over 14 years of experience in the automotive and mobility sector—including 12 years in the U.S. leading powertrain, active safety, ADAS, and autonomy programs—Saba has taken multiple systems from concept to production across global OEM platforms. His core expertise lies in systems engineering, with a strong foundation in rapid prototyping, system architecture, functional safety, HW/SW integration, and software-defined vehicle development.

He has led large, cross-functional teams across domains such as sensing, perception, localization, planning, controls, embedded systems, powertrain, UI/UX, and telematics—bridging deep tech with scalable real-world deployment.

An engineer at heart and automotive technologist by passion, Saba is driven by a vision to make mobility safer, smarter, and more sustainable through innovation.

 

Shereen P

Conference Producer
KR

Shereen P

Conference Producer
KR

Shereen P

Conference Producer
KR
 

Reza Khiabini

Member of Technical Staff
OpenAI

Reza Khiabini

Member of Technical Staff
OpenAI

Reza Khiabini

Member of Technical Staff
OpenAI
 

Dion Harris

Sr. Director, AI and HPC Infrastructure Solutions
NVIDIA

Dion Harris, Senior Director of HPC and AI Infrastructure Solutions at NVIDIA, leads product strategy across scientific computing, cloud, and AI infrastructure. He also contributes to the company’s sustainability steering committee, with a focus on data center energy efficiency. Prior to joining NVIDIA, he held product leadership roles at Dell/EMC and Symantec. Dion earned both his MBA and bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC Berkeley.

Dion Harris

Sr. Director, AI and HPC Infrastructure Solutions
NVIDIA

Dion Harris

Sr. Director, AI and HPC Infrastructure Solutions
NVIDIA

Dion Harris, Senior Director of HPC and AI Infrastructure Solutions at NVIDIA, leads product strategy across scientific computing, cloud, and AI infrastructure. He also contributes to the company’s sustainability steering committee, with a focus on data center energy efficiency. Prior to joining NVIDIA, he held product leadership roles at Dell/EMC and Symantec. Dion earned both his MBA and bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC Berkeley.

 

Dan Schaefer

CEO & Co-Founder
Native Pet

Dan Schaefer is the co-founder and CEO of Native Pet, a pet nutrition company raising the standard for dog supplements. After earning his MBA from the University of Michigan, he began his career in strategy and finance at the Boston Consulting Group before moving into entrepreneurship. Driven by the belief that dogs deserve better than the industry status quo, Dan co-founded Native Pet to deliver highly effective, science-backed formulas developed in partnership with a board-certified veterinary nutritionist. Dan lives in St.

Dan Schaefer

CEO & Co-Founder
Native Pet

Dan Schaefer

CEO & Co-Founder
Native Pet

Dan Schaefer is the co-founder and CEO of Native Pet, a pet nutrition company raising the standard for dog supplements. After earning his MBA from the University of Michigan, he began his career in strategy and finance at the Boston Consulting Group before moving into entrepreneurship. Driven by the belief that dogs deserve better than the industry status quo, Dan co-founded Native Pet to deliver highly effective, science-backed formulas developed in partnership with a board-certified veterinary nutritionist. Dan lives in St. Louis with his wife, two children, and their dog, Louie.

 

 

Kyle Meggs

Product Manager
Google Cloud

Kyle Meggs is a Product Manager for JAX on Google Cloud. He enjoys helping customers train LLMs with MaxText and  diffusion models with MaxDiffusion on the latest TPUs and GPUs.

Kyle Meggs

Product Manager
Google Cloud

Kyle Meggs

Product Manager
Google Cloud

Kyle Meggs is a Product Manager for JAX on Google Cloud. He enjoys helping customers train LLMs with MaxText and  diffusion models with MaxDiffusion on the latest TPUs and GPUs.