Change Wave

Andi Mann, Chief Technology Advocate at Splunk, is an accomplished digital executive with global expertise as a strategist, technologist, innovator, marketer, and communicator. With over 30 years' experience, Andi is a sought-after advisor, commentator, and speaker. Andi has co-authored two books, blogs at 'Andi Mann – Übergeek', and tweets as @AndiMann.

She is Agilent's Chief Technology Officer and Vice President and Director of Agilent Laboratories. The charter of Labs is to power Agilent’s future through breakthrough technologies and extend Agilent’s leadership as the world’s premier measurement company. Solomon's responsibilities include developing the company's long-term technology strategy and overseeing the alignment of Agilent’s objectives with its centralized research-and-development activities.

Raghavendra Prabhu (RVP) is VP of Engineering at Thumbtack. He oversees the technical teams including engineering, IT, business applications and data science. Prior to this, he was Head of Infrastructure at Pinterest where he oversaw development of backend systems and infrastructure through a period of over 5X growth in users and engineering team. His favorite Thumbtack project was to hire a cake maker and decorator for his daughter's first birthday.

Amit Patel is an Internet veteran with over twenty years of experience in digital marketing and e-commerce. Prior to taking over as Rakuten Rewards’ CEO, Patel was in charge of the team responsible for the company's overall product strategy, third party integration and retention marketing. Under his direction and leadership, the Rakuten Rewards e-commerce platform has been recognized as an industry-leading solution that connects leading retailers with millions of consumers across the world.

Dug Song is Vice President and General Manager of Duo Security, one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity providers in the world. In 2018, Duo was acquired by Cisco for $2.35 billion, making it the largest exit ever for a Michigan-based software company.

Dug is heavily involved in mentorship and fostering entrepreneurship in Michigan. He is a founding member of Ann Arbor’s a2newtech and an active participant in Tech Brewery, a2skatepark and the Entrepreneurs' Foundation of Ann Arbor.

He is President and Chief Technology Officer of Stack Overflow. Fullerton is responsible for managing the Executive Team and driving the overall company strategy of serving everyone who codes, everywhere. He joined Stack Overflow in 2010 as a Development Team Lead before assuming the role of Vice President of Engineering in 2012. David has been President and CTO since 2018. Prior to joining Stack Overflow, David worked at Fog Creek Software.

Teddy Bekele is the VP of Technology at Land O’Lakes. He offers a unique farm-to-fork perspective, with insights and visibility into all aspects of food, from the seed to the farm to the feed to the table. His application of technology to the practice of farming has shaped product offerings such as WinField United's R7 Tool and the Answer Tech portal. Teddy also sits on several boards including Ag Gateway’s Strategic Board of Directors, the Ag CIO Board and the World Agri-Tech Customer Advisory Board.

Sarah Durieux is the Executive Director of Change.org France. Change.org is the world’s largest social change platform with more than 225 million users in 196 countries. Every day, people around the world use their tools to transform their communities. They make it possible for anyone to start a campaign and immediately mobilize hundreds of others locally or hundreds of thousands around the world, making governments and companies more responsive and accountable.

Ketan Gangatirkar is the VP of Engineering at Indeed. He is responsible for leading 130+ software engineers in 6 different offices in the US and Asia to help hundreds of millions of people discover, research, and apply to jobs in 60+ countries around the world.

Alex Balazs is an SVP & Chief Architect at Intuit. He helps build Software that is powering prosperity around the world. He is a seasoned engineering leader delivering resilient, scalable and high-quality applications and services. He has broad technology expertise with emphasis on SaaS / PaaS architecture and business acumen that aligns technology projects with customer needs need to accelerate business outcomes.