An accomplished IT technology leader, with a strong background in data architecture and the design & development of database-powered applications. Known for leading organisations through transformation journeys to become data-driven entities and implementing effective data strategies.

He has played a pivotal role in the data function's transformation within VMO2's cloud enablement program. He is accountable for designing data architectures for both in-house and managed services data solutions, consistently delivering IT solutions that enable data exploitation and drive organisational success.

With a background in Software Engineering, Circo has more than 25 years of experience managing diverse teams in tech departments, from Platforms backend development to Digital products, as well as Mobile native and hybrid apps, covering the entire SDLC.

As the leader of the Engineering team, Ciro fosters the value of good design, support and ongoing maintenance when creating digital products that fit into an internal services ecosystem, serving departments as varied as Editorial and Advertising. This approach includes a strong emphasis on DevOps and SRE practices.

Ciro founded the Telegraph Engineering community to promote tech innovation culture across departments and beyond. The community achieves this through a combination of Medium blog posts and internal and external Meetup events. Focused on Tech, Team Collaboration, Diversity and Leadership, the Meetups have seen The Telegraph partner with external communities and companies such as Google, Adobe, Leadership Coaching, The Economist, DAZN, and Jetbrains.

In his spare time, Ciro is passionate about technology, sketching, IoT prototyping and is a huge fan of the latest culinary innovations, alongside wine tasting.

Chris is a serial tech entrepreneur, spending the last 25 years as a founder, consultant and leader. He co-founded Lollipop two years ago to help people eat better each week, using AI and data to fix online grocery shopping.

Previously he led the technology and data teams at Gower Street, a film analytics company, and led the team that released Sol Trader, an indie video title. He was one of the leading architects for the UK Government e-petitions service, which had 17 million visits in its first year and helped pave the way for modern software practice in Government. He also founded and ran a 10-person software consultancy, and advises on technology leadership, strategy, hiring and architecture.

Nick has been Chief Technology Officer at Dojo since 2015. He graduated De Montfort University with a Computer Science degree and has worked in software engineering for more than 20 years, including roles at Toyota Motor Sales USA, T-Mobile UK and Euroffice. Nick is passionate about developing large-scale software projects to drive businesses forward, and building the technology teams to deliver them.

Gemma is responsible for developing training essentials to support colleagues on how to use the Google Workspace, to deliver communications and knowledge articles or updates on new and exciting things happening in the world of Google. She also leads a network of Google Champions across all of TP Group's businesses in the UK. Gemma has been part of Travis Perkins plc for 6 years.

The Google team is responsible for supporting Travis Perkins Group with Google Workspace and other products in the Google Ecosystem such as Chrome, Android and AppSheet.

Chris has been a part of Travis Perkins for the last 2 years, working with his team to drive adoption, enhance security and ensure the group is getting the most value out of Google Workspace.

Robert Rodger is a career security professional with over 29 years’ experience within finance & banking – cyber & information security. With a proven track record of building high performance teams to deliver a high quality and effective security practice. Enabling the business to do security for themselves not doing it to them.

Robert is passionate about building world class security functions, which are a business enabler; delivering security solutions that enable the organisation to explore opportunities which previously they would have been too cautious to exploit, while operationally managing the ever-increasing threat.

Robert’s approach to security is that of common sense; efforts must be equally focused on doing the basics flawlessly and driving systemic improvements through the broad exploitation of intelligence, data, automation, and machine learning in a sound security architecture which is driven by business requirements.

Former deputy CISO at HSBC and Global Head of Security operations, current Advisor to the Government of Bermuda on National Cyber Security strategy and member of the Cyber Oversight Board for Bermuda. Cloud Security Alliance UK Board member and original member of the Jericho Forum Board.

Lee heads up Neo4j’s Partner Architecture activities across the EMEA region working closely with Google Cloud Architect and Customer Engineering teams across the region to deliver high-impact, end-to-end AI and data management solutions to customers. With a background in cloud infrastructure, data storage and data protection he has extensive experience managing enterprise data from every layer of the organisation.

Ruben is responsible for building a Practitioner Community at the FinOps Foundation throughout Europe so FinOps practitioners can create connections and share best practices.

Before joining the Foundation he supported organisations in setting up a FinOps practice. Ruben also worked at Google Cloud as Customer Engineer.

Lifelong technologist focused on leading, designing, making, running and improving everything everywhere at scale.

Rentokil Initial is the world’s leading Pest Control and Hygiene Services company, operating in 90 countries. Chris has worked in networking and infrastructure technical roles, customer facing business partnering roles, and Programme Management, working on the IT integration for acquired businesses into Rentokil Initial.

Chris leads the EUC, Mobile and Collaboration teams within the Group IT function, ensuring standards of security, solutions and processes are adopted globally. He is passionate about providing a Delightful Colleague Experience, through simplicity and engagement.

A developer for more years than he cares to admit, Steve is the chief architect for Veed.io, the online video creation platform. An inveterate coder, Steve is often found exploring new technologies and defending his love of genre fiction.

In his role as CTO, Minesh retains technical oversight of the company, providing clear direction and guidance around REGnosys’s short, medium and long-term projects. Minesh started his career at Morgan Stanley in a front-office collaboration role developing risk attribution analytics, before moving into the distributed computing space delivering desks, real-time risk and P&L at various top-tier investment banks.

Alessandra is responsible for the strategy and implementation of all no-code automation tools for Roche.

Shejoined Roche 6 years ago and gained experience in leading teams and managing different projects with different impacts and scale such as successfully migrating from SharePoint 2010 to Google Workspace.

After the experience in Project Management, she moved into a more product focused role, managing different services and technologies such as Trello, Lucidchart, Google Editors and Google Chat.

Since last November, Alessandra joined the Automation and Rapid Application Development Product line as the Product Manager for Business Developer Tools, managing different no-code, business developers platforms and Appsheet is one of them.

Ashish is an experienced IT professional with over 18 years of expertise, specializing in cloud adoption on GCP & AWS in the last 6 years at Vodafone. With deep AI understanding, he collaborates to develop strategies and guide AI solution integration, enabling businesses to boost efficiency and gain a competitive edge.

Tatsuo is a data science expert with 10+ years of experience in gaming and advertising, leads a team to introduce data science and AI to western business operations. His mission is to create a streamlined global communication workflow and technology alliance for the company's global success.

Ryan is a senior cloud security consultant, engineering lead and thought leader with many years experience in large, heavily regulated, financial institutions, specialising in the definition, design, delivery and securing of large public cloud platforms.

Head of Cloud Security at Lloyds Banking Group, Ryan has a wealth of experience in shaping how an organisation thinks about security in this changing landscape; evangelising and engineering more modern, dynamic, and proactive architectures and control frameworks that demand we think differently about security and risk management.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pretium metus libero, sit amet venenatis velit consequat a. Maecenas at sapien orci. Sed tincidunt ligula quis lacus suscipit, quis sodales mauris ornare. Curabitur accumsan ligula sed nibh pharetra dignissim. Phasellus ante dolor, tincidunt vel vehicula a, gravida id turpis.

Simon leads information security at a cloud native UK Energy Retailer. He has led the strategic development and operational execution of information security programmes for governmental organisations, financial institutions, global retail, and energy companies. He has coached boards, executive committees and engineering teams on cyber security risk and regulatory compliance management and has lived and worked in Asia, mainland Europe, the Middle East and currently resides in the UK.

Simon has implemented risk reduction operations and technologies for national security, security and privacy, financial crime, cloud and DevOps in both large and small enterprises. He co-authored the ISO Standard for DevOps (ISO32675) and is a Chartered Engineer.

Simon is a passionate advocate for security as a team sport, the need for allies for the diverse talent already in the information security profession and the urgent need to recruit more diversity in security teams.

Dmitri Lerko is a pragmatic, hands-on technical leader with over 10 years of experience. He has deep expertise in Kubernetes, Cloud Native ecosystem, Google Cloud, and FinOps in real-world production settings. He is recognised as a Google Developer Expert for Google Cloud and also a member of the Customer Design Panel for GKE.

In the last 7 years, Dmitri has scaled loveholidays to handle x100 load while keeping engineering headcount and cost sublinear by establishing a self-service operating model where product engineers were given tools and knowledge to bring ideas from local code to our customers without engaging "ops" teams.

In his free time, he enjoys gravel cycling and walks in nature.

Prior to Regnology he was the CIO at Itiviti where he transformed the company’s trading infrastructure into a service model using Public Cloud and Private Cloud technologies. Over his 10-year tenure at Itiviti (formerly Ullink), he managed various responsibilities leading DevOps initiatives and integration projects for the merger of different business units. He had then brought his trading floor experience to the client service team, having started his capital markets career with positions at Société Generale and BNP Paribas.

Michael is an accomplished technology executive serving as the VP of Engineering & Data at Bud Financial, a data intelligence fintech company. Since joining Bud in 2019, he has been instrumental in leading the data and engineering teams and driving strategic initiatives. With a strong focus on strategy and execution, Michael ensures that Bud builds, delivers and maintains a high-quality platform. His expertise lies in developing cutting-edge technology and AI solutions, as well as building data analytics tools that empower organisations to transform their data into valuable customer insights.

With over 15 years of experience in the tech industry, Michael has held various positions in software and data platform engineering at renowned companies. His previous work includes a specialisation in data platform engineering at scale while working at SamKnows. Throughout his career, Michael has been actively involved in open source projects and has made significant contributions to the Symfony and PHP communities, particularly in the areas of security and standards. Michael began his career in the web hosting industry, including founding a company that was later acquired.

Michael is deeply passionate about leading high-performing teams, driving innovation, and achieving outstanding results. With his unwavering commitment to excellence and his profound understanding of technology trends, Michael continues to shape the future of engineering at Bud Financial, positioning the company at the forefront of the industry.

Quantiphi is an AI-First Digital engineering services and platform company. Hasan is passionate about helping organisations reimagine and realise transformation opportunities at the heart of their business. He has 20+ years of experience in the technology services, healthcare, and financial services industries, working on a variety of initiatives, such as building applied AI and advanced analytics capabilities on a global scale.

Asif sits on the board of several privately held technology companies and is a member of Google Cloud’s partner advisory council. He holds an MBA from McCallum Graduate School of Business at Bentley University.