Shane Rodabough
Executive Technology Leader, Baptist Health System

Shane will be presenting “A Look at Healthcare: Managing Your Cloud & AI” on Thursday August 21 at 9:00 AM.

Aaron Butler
Senior Project Manager at Bardstown Bourbon Company

Aaron will be presenting  on Thursday August 21 at 10:00 AM. His topic is “Bardstown Bourbon: A Case Study of How ERP, Robotics, & AI Are Changing Bourbon Production”.

Justin Tindle
Director of Software Development, E-Blu Solutions

On Friday August 22 at 9:00 AM Justin will be presenting  “How to Build a Simple Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Pipeline”.

Edward McCabe

Edward McCabe
Founder/Principal, The Rubicon Advisory Group

Edward will participate in the ISACA-TALK discussion on the topic “Workforce Training – Certifications Overview & Signups”  on Friday, August 22 at 10:00 AM.

Michael Newkirk
Healthcare National Sales Director, Experis Health Solutions

Michael will be participating in the ISACA-TALK session on Friday, August 22, at 10:30 AM. The topic is “Winning at the Recruitment Game – What to Consider to Move Up the Ladder”. He will be joined by Dan Lutes and Chris Rittmuller.

Dan Lutes

Dan Lutes
Sr. Business Development Manager, TCI

Dan will also participate in the ISACA-TALK session on “Winning at the Recruitment Game – What to Consider to Move Up the Ladder” on Friday August 22 at 10:30 AM. He will join Michael Newkirk and Chris Rittmuller.

Chris Rittmuller

Chris Rittmuller
Sr. Business Development Manager, TCI

Chris will join Dan Lutes and Michael Newkirk on the topic “Winning at the Recruitment Game – What to Consider to Move Up the Ladder” on Friday August 22 at 10:30AM.

Dawn Yankeelov
CEO of TALK, and Aspectx

Dawn will moderate the panel discussion on “Examining Your Next Cybersecurity Spend – Beefing Up For AI & Cyber Resilience” at 11:00 AM on Thursday, August 21.

JamesMeece

James Meece
CISO, Louisville Metro Government

James will be presenting on Thursday, August 21 at 1:00 PM on the topic “NEW: The KY Cyber Threat Intelligence Collaborative and Its Real-Time Sharing”.

Jim Cox

Jim Cox
Senior IT Auditor, Papa Johns

Jim will participate in the Corporate Panel Discussion: “Examining Your Next Cybersecurity Spend – Beefing Up For AI & Cyber Resilience” on Thursday August 21 at 11:00 AM.

JoeHarrington

Joe Harrington
Senior Manager of Cybersecurity, Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

Joe will participate as a panelist on Thursday August 21 at 11:00 AM in the Corporate Panel Discussion on the topic “Examining Your Next Cybersecurity Spend – Beefing Up For AI & Cyber Resilience”

Chetan Parikh

Chetan Parikh
Founder and CEO RAAPID INC

Chetan will present “Healthcare IT: The Latest in Risk Assessment Coding Technology” on Thursday August 21 at 2:00 PM.

Chris Howard

Chris Howard
CIO, and Chief Product Officer, Slingshot

Chris will present “AI & Software: What You Need to Know” on Thursday August 21 at 3:00 PM.

Maurice Stepteau

Maurice Stepteau
CISO, Hardscuffle Inc.

Maurice will participate as a panelist on Thursday August 21 at 11:00 AM in the Corporate Panel Discussion on the topic “Examining Your Next Cybersecurity Spend – Beefing Up For AI & Cyber Resilience”

Jim Greene

Jim Greene
VP of Partnerships, OnMyWay Commerce

Jim will participate in the breakout session on Friday August 22 at 9:00 AM on the topic “Tech Startup Overview–OnMyWay Commerce: In-Vehicle Transactions Ahead”

Trevor Pawl

Trevor Pawl
CEO, Louisville Economic Development Alliance

Trevor will moderate a Roundtable Discussion session on the topic “Understanding the Lou. Econ Dev Alliance’s Role in Tech.” on Friday August 22 at 9:30 AM.

Jon Salisbury
CEO, and Chief AI Officer, Nexigen

Jon will be a panelist in the discussion on Friday, August 22, at 1:00 PM on the topic “Regional AI Research & Startup Developments”.

KellyCohen

Kelly Cohen
President, North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) , Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering, Director AI Bio Lab, Digital Futures, University of Cincinnati

Kelly will participate in the panel discussion on the topic “Regional AI Research & Startup Developments” on Friday, August 22 at 1:00 PM.

Omar-Emam

Omar Emam, MD
AI researcher, University of Louisville

Omar will participate in the panel discussion on the topic “Regional AI Research & Startup Developments” on Friday, August 22 at 1:00 PM.

Doug Large

Doug Large
Technology Advisor, Oakmont Technology Solutions

Doug will participate in the Fireside Chat “Understanding the AI & Data Center Picture”  along with Scott Klink on Friday, August 22 at 2:00 PM.

Scott Klink

Scott Klink
Regional Director of Architecture, Trace 3

Scott will join Doug Large in the Fireside Chat “Understanding the AI & Data Center Picture” on Friday, August 22 at 2:00 PM.

Jesse Chowning

Jesse Chowning
Cybersecurity Manager, LBMC

Jesse will present “De-Identified Data: Can AI See Through the Mask?” on Friday, August 22 at 11:30 AM.

Eric Poynter

Eric Poynter
World Wide Technology, Consulting Systems Engineer, Consulting Systems Engineer | OH & KY SLED

Eric will participate in the Fireside Chat “Entering AI: Digital Twins modeling in the Data Center” on Friday, August 22 at 10:00 AM.

Richard Connor
CEO, Lockstock Cyber Security

Richard will present “Cybersecurity Analytics: Definition, Solution, and Use Cases” on Thursday, August 21 at 2:00 PM.

Keynote Speaker

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Terry Roberts
Founder & CEO, WhiteHawk, Inc.

Terry will present our keynote address on Friday August 22 at 12:00 PM. She will also moderate the spotlight panel discussion on the topic “Regional AI Research & Startup Developments” Friday at 1:00 PM.

An intelligence professional for over 30 years, Terry has held many senior intelligence positions, including Director of Intelligence, Commander Naval Forces Europe and Commander-in-Chief NATO AFSOUTH; Director, Defense Intelligence Resource Management Office (manager of the General Defense Intelligence Program); Director, Naval Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) analysis at the Office of Naval Intelligence; special assistant to the Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support, and the Chief of Staff for the Director Military Intelligence Staff. In addition, Terry has directed, conducted, and enabled intelligence operations globally, with much of this work being focused on the requirements, planning, and implementation of intelligence and communications technologies, software, and architectures.

Terry Roberts is the Chair Emeritus of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Cyber Council since 2010, a Member of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee since 2008, on the Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP) Board of Directors, a Cyber Fellow at New America (non-partisan think tank), and a member of the US Naval Academy Cyber Education Advisory Board of Directors since 2010.

Terry’s personal awards include the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service; the Navy Senior Civilian Award of Distinction, the NGA Personal Medallion for Excellence; the Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award; the Director of Central Intelligence National Intelligence Certificate of Distinction; the National Intelligence Reform Medal; and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation.

She founded WhiteHawk to build the first Cybersecurity Online Exchange – enabling all businesses (especially mid- sized and small companies) to have continuous online access to tailored learning, smart buying, and connections to the best products, services, insights, and trends industry wide.

For more information about Terry, use this link.

Duane Martin

Duane Martin
Founder & CEO, WhiteHawk, Inc.

Duane will present our keynote on Thursday, August 21 at noon on the topic “The Current & Future State of Quantum Computing”.

 

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