Tech Titans

Regan Edens, a long-time administrator and consultant for DoD cybersecurity protection, talks through the strict compliance mandates that will be enforced starting Jan. 1, 2020, and ways for you to use the Agile method to analyze your cyber compliance health, and get your organization into the gym before the feds TELL you to get into shape!

hear a panel featuring the Tech Titans Award finalists in our Emerging Company CEO category. This includes 

Calvin Carter from Bottle Rocket,

Curtis Hite from Improving

Will Rosellini from Nexeon Medsystems

Andrew Schaap from Aligned Energy

These finalists discuss what their companies do, how they rose to success and the remaining challenges for them.

Ty Harmon from 2THEDGE, which consults with top companies about their innovation projects, talks about establishing an innovation team, setting up success milestones, questions to ask, gives examples and how to set up tests. This conversation will help solidify your understanding of the innovation process. 

Ty leads 2THEDGE's Testing and Experimentation as a Service (TEXaS) practice that accelerates an organizations ability to identify, test and drive adoption of new capabilities.  Since 2016, 2THEDGE teams have conducted over 225 agile Proofs of Concepts on a wide range of emerging capabilities from artificial intelligence to sensor fusion, autonomous systems and advanced robotic platforms.

Prior to launching 2THEDGE, Ty was the AstraZeneca Technology Fellow responsible for agile experimentation program launch, intelligent pharmaceuticals and connected care initiatives.  He has also held led Gartner's Emerging Technology Program, supported Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations (ACTD) at EDS and served as a U.S. Army Office with the 3rd Infantry Division.  He is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point. 

Dr. Ricketts sits down to talk about what is innovation, some practices to cultivate innovation in your own organization and some innovative ideas that we're experiencing in our culture today. 15 minutes.

Bias in datasets used to train AI is a significant challenge. AI and machine learning can produce potentially disastrous results if training data sets are not managed.
Pradyot Prasoon, director of emerging technologies, American Heart Assoc.
Hettie Tabor, director of masters of science in business analytics, SMU
Dwayne Paschall, data scientist - machine learning and AI, IDEXX
Kalyana Chakravarthy Bedhu, head of AI and data innovation, Ericsson Group

Tech Titans CEO Bill Sproull talks about the 2019 Texas legislative session and which bills are in committee and the process to making them laws.
The bills include topics of education reform (teacher raises & funding), a bill to address rising property taxes, plus a regular and supplemental budget bill. 

1. How to align cyber security to business strategy and goals 

2. How to Measure and balance your cyber risk with your business needs 

3. Tips on how to conduct an enterprise-wide cyber vulnerability and risk assessment 

4. How to develop and roll out a comprehensive cyber strategy 

5. And how to Communicate cyber insights and initiatives across the business and C-suite in terms your audience will understand

Sponsored by UT Dallas
Panelists: Jason Fruge, VP and CISO of Fossil Group, David Venable, VP cybersecurity of Masergy, Jeff Schilling, SVP and CISO of Epsilon
 

A growing number of companies are using AI and machine learning to not only better understand their customers but also to create highly personalized experiences and messages.  One of DFW's leading pioneers in this journey is TGI Friday's. TGI Digital, a digital transformation project with the objective to reconnect with customers on a 1 to 1 basis, has become an advisor helping customers answer the question, "What should we do tonight?"  Friday's uses AI to achieve deep insight into their customers' preferences and lifestyles so that they can provide highly personalized and timely messaging. Friday's has seen a 500% increase in engagement with customers on social media channels since implementation.
Sponsored by UT Dallas