Andrew Garbe
VP of Information Systems, Trilogy Health Services
Andrew will be presenting “A Healthcare IT Story: Trilogy’s Data Engineering for Enterprise Transformation” on Thursday August 20 at 11:00 AM.
Kathie McDonald-McClure
Partner, Bricker Graydon Wyatt
Kathie will be presenting on Friday August 21 at 10:00 AM. Her topic is “Navigating the Digital Quilt: State Privacy Laws”. She will also moderate the panel discussion at 11:00 AM on “Cyber Enforcement 2026”.
Richard Schramm
Fairwind Technologies, Founder
Richard will be presenting on Thursday August 20 at 10:00 AM. His topic is “Delving into the Creation of A Dynamic Agent Team Framework.”
Tim Pritchett
VP of Service Delivery, Matrix Integration
Tim will be speaking on the topic“Virtualization & More: How to Rethink What You Are Doing to Save Money” on Thursday, August 20 at 10:00 AM.
George Danner
President, Business Laboratory
George will be presenting “Understanding Agent-Based Automation Design Principles and Examples” on Thursday August 20 at 2:30 PM.
Richard Brewer
Chase Bank , Automation Specialist, and Developer. (aka an AI music producer, and AI developer)
Richard will be speaking on the topic “AI as a Creative Co-Pilot” on Friday, Aug. 21 at 3:00 PM.
Michael Newkirk
Healthcare National Sales Director, Experis Health Solutions
Michael will be participating in the Roundtable Discussion on Friday, August 21, at 10:00 AM. The topic is “Shifting Tech Workforce Needs Touched by AI: Reflections on Hiring Tactics / Recruitment.” He will be joined by Dan Lutes.
Dan Lutes
Sr. Business Development Manager, TCI
Dan will also participate in the Roundtable Discussion on “Shifting Tech Workforce Needs Touched by AI: Reflections on Hiring Tactics / Recruitment.” on Friday August 21 at 10:00 AM. He will join Michael Newkirk.
Sandeep Goyal, PhD
Dir. of MS in Business Analytics,
College of Business University of Louisville
Sandeep will moderate the discussion on “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies.” on Friday August 21 at 1:00 PM. He will be joined by panelists Thi Allgood, Chris Crown, Aneesh Gulati, and Cory Smith.
Thi Allgood
Senior Data Scientist, Humana
Thi will be participating in the panel discussion on Friday, August 21, at 1:00 PM on the topic “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies.” She will be joined by fellow panelists Chris Crown, Aneesh Gulati, and Cory Smith and moderator Prof. Sandeep Goyal.
Chris Crown
AI Engineer & CI Consultant
Chris is a panelist in the discussion on the topic “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies” on Friday August 21 at 1:00 PM. He will join Thi Allgood, Aneesh Gulati, and Cory Smith and moderator Prof. Sandeep Goyal.
Aneesh Gulati
Analytics and AI, Seven Counties Services
Aneesh will participate in the discussion on “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies.” on Friday August 21 at 1:00 PM. He will be joined by fellow panelists Thi Allgood, Chris Crown, and Cory Smith and moderator Prof. Sandeep Goyal.
Cory Smith
Director, Underwriting & Data Analytics, Delta Dental of KY.
Cory is a participant in the panel discussion on Friday, August 21, at 1:00 PM on the topic “Predictive Modeling Applied in Louisville Companies.” He will be joined by fellow panelists Thi Allgood, Chris Crown, and Aneesh Gulati, and moderator Prof. Sandeep Goyal.
Sahil Garg
Senior Manager, AI & Cloud Computing, CVS Health
Sahil will present the topic “Domain Aware Hallucination Mitigation” on Friday August 21 at 11:00 AM.
Chad Green
Microsoft MVP, Louisville .NET Meetup Organizer
Chad will present the topic “Backlog at Lightspeed” on Friday August 21 at 2:00 PM.
Adel Elmaghraby
Speed School Director of Industrial Research and AI Innovation, University of Louisville
Adel will participate in the panel discussion on the topic “What’s New for the Defender’s Guide on Cyber Enforcement 2026” on Friday August 21 at 11:00 AM. He will join Colin Glover and moderator Kathie McDonald-McClure.
Colin Glover
Cybersecurity Coordinator, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Kentucky (Region IV)
Colin will join Adel Elmaghraby and moderator Kathie McDonald-McClure on Friday August 21 at 11:00 AM. The topic will be “What’s New for the Defender’s Guide on Cyber Enforcement 2026.”
Jesse Moralez
CEO, 1OR Health
Jesse will do a presentation on Thursday August 20 at 9:30 AM. The topic will be “Using AI for Healthcare Management for AI-Powered Surgical Status Verification.”
Richard Hoagland
CEO, VRTogether
Richard will do a presentation on the topic “Virtual Reality for the Over 50: A Tech Trend for Health, Wellness & Connection” on Thursday August 20 at 9:00 AM.
Sara Hrnciar
Solutions Architect, TD SYNNEX
Sara will participate in a presentation on the topic “Code Modernization: Drive Down Technical Debt and Accelerate Codebase Transformation” on Thursday August 20 at 3:00 PM. She will be joined by Evan Marsh.
Evan Marsh
Sales Director, ASB Resources
Evan will join Sara Hrnciar in a presentation on the topic “Code Modernization: Drive Down Technical Debt and Accelerate Codebase Transformation” on Thursday August 20 at 3:00 PM.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Diane Janosek
PhD, Esq, CISSP, LPEC. CEO, Janos LLC
Diane will present our keynote address on Thursday August 20 at 1:00 PM. Her topic will be “Identity Management: Confronting AI-Generated Content As Fact or Fiction.”
Dr. Diane Janosek now serves as CEO of Jano LLC, a national cyber consultancy, and is an award-winning cybersecurity leader. Previously, Dr. Janosek served in leadership roles at the National Security Agency as the Deputy Director of Compliance through 2023, Commandant of the National Cryptologic University, and NSA Deputy Chief Information Security Officer. Dr. Janosek also served in legal, policy and executive management positions, to include, Chief Legal Officer of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Legal Counsel at both the White House and the Pentagon. She was named a top 2021 US Cyber Woman Leader and was listed in 2020 as one of the Top 100 Women in Cybersecurity. With 30 scholarly articles in publications in cybersecurity and law, she is passionate about giving back. Her expertise includes privacy and technology, compliance, governance and data policy, defense acquisition, and cyber. She is committed to the adherence to the law in signals intelligence and cybersecurity operations.
For more information about Diane, use this link.
