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Kishan Chetan is an experienced executive in the technology sector, currently serving as EVP and GM of Agentforce Service at Salesforce since April 2018. In this role, Kishan Chetan oversees industry product and solution strategies, including the launch of the Consumer Goods Cloud product. Prior experience includes leadership positions at Microsoft, where Kishan led the Business Applications Group and managed product roadmaps in areas such as sales and marketing automation. Previous roles at Hewlett-Packard, SAP Labs, and Siebel Systems involved managing product teams and developing enterprise software solutions across various industries. Kishan Chetan holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD, a Master's in Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a Bachelor's in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

David Danto has over four decades of experience delivering successful business outcomes in media and collaboration technology for various firms in the corporate, broadcasting and academic worlds. This includes: · The building and managing of the world’s largest commercial Cisco Immersive TelePresence ecosystem at the time (other than within Cisco) for JP Morgan Chase. · The design, implementation and operation of global video and audio conferencing facilities, television and audio/visual facilities and digital signage solutions for Lehman Brothers. · The design of TV and radio facilities for Bloomberg, including the development of their revolutionary multi-screen TV format, and the design and construction of studios for PBS’ news/interview shows. · The development of the Television and Media Services department for NYU, including the design and implementation of America's first urban, self-contained, multi-building university cable TV system using microwave links to cross public rights of way. · The design, management and/or support of AV, collaboration, multimedia and/or TV broadcast facilities for many organizations, including AT&T, Financial News Network, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, MTV, NBC, Rutgers University, and many others. David's efforts have been recognized by the premiere industry organizations in media technology. In 2007 he was elected (and still serves) as the Director of Emerging Technologies for the non-profit Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance. Additionally, InfoComm International recognized him as an Emerging Technology Fellow in 2017 after many years of being on their faculty. He served as a National Association of Broadcasters conference “Pick-Hits” judge for Broadcast Engineering from 2001 to 2013. The CTA - the industry authority on consumer electronics – appointed him to be a judge for the Consumer Electronics Show Innovations Design and Engineering Awards seven times from 2011 to 2026. In 2014 USA Today and 10Best selected him as one of the world’s Top 10 Travel Industry Bloggers. Onalytica.com has identified him as one of the top 100 UC Influencers and included him in multiple categories of their Who’s Who In UC. Enterprise Management 360 named him as their number one Unified Communications Influencer in 2018. Clarion Events named him to the UCX Americas Advisory Board in 2022. Enterprise Connect named him as MC for its Strategic Impact Summit in 2025. Commercial Integrator Magazine named him as one of the AV industry’s Living Legends. David is an expert on the collaboration technology industry, frequently presenting at industry events and blogging / contributing to industry publications. In 2022 David writes for multiple industry publications including Commercial Integrator, rAVe and Systems Contractor News, and hosts a weekly webcast for AVNation-TV. In addition, he has served on and/or developed many manufacturer advisory boards for firms including AVI-SPL, BlueJeans, Plantronics, Polycom, Ricoh and Yamaha. David spent five years as Poly’s Director of UC Strategy and Research, making strong connections between analysts / end-users and Poly people, plans and announcements. Nowadays, David is a Principal Analyst with TalkingPointz, a boutique analyst firm.

Anthony DeVergillo is a communications professional and disability inclusion advocate from New Jersey who lives with a muscle-weakening condition called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Through his difficulties with leaving home due to his disability, Anthony has gained a personal understanding and passion for developing virtual options that replicate every in-person social experience. His career managing communications at Amicus Therapeutics, a pharmaceutical company specializing in rare disease, has helped him grow into a leader and inspired his personal volunteer work with rare disease nonprofits. Anthony is currently running the Overjoyed For Inclusion pilot program at the nonprofit Jett Foundation, where he combines technology and social fun with his inclusion projects spanning video game accessibility, virtual events, music, cooking, and more. His proudest achievement is developing the Overjoyed Accessible Gaming software, a free Microsoft Store app helping everyone play video games using any way they move their mouse cursor and click!

Patrick Kelley is a Distinguished Architect at Zoom better known as the Tattooed Nerd. As Chief Technical Evangelist in the industry he leads sales and competitive enablement efforts worldwide, content creator on platforms like YouTube & LinkedIn, and has been named in the Top 50 UCaaS influencers in the world. With over 25 years in the industry, he has worked for prestigious companies like ESPN, Citrix, and Microsoft. As an awarded public speaker, he has presented at conferences like Microsoft Ignite and Zoomtopia leading thought leadership sessions as well as deep technical roundtables in the collaboration and communication industry.

Kevin is a #1-rated UC All-star, and Top 50 Global UC Expert who provides collaboration, AI, and technology thought-leadership, along with strategy, and implementation leadership. He is part analyst and part consultant, which ensures he understand both the big picture and the real-world realities. Kevin and the team he created helps organizations select and successfully implement leading collaboration, communication and cloud technologies, focusing on delivering positive business outcomes. He helps vendors generate awareness and demand, refine and position their products, often leveraging his unique understanding and contacts within the Microsoft ecosystem. Kevin leads the elite BC Strategies Expert group (bcstrategies.com) and is part of the No Jitter technical analyst team where he covers Microsoft Teams, Copilot, UC, Collaboration, and AI for productivity (nojitter.com). Kevin is comfortable interfacing at the CxO-level and getting his hands dirty helping technical teams.

BJ McClure is a senior IT and workplace technology leader with more than 30 years of experience driving large‑scale technology operations and service excellence across global financial services organizations. At TIAA, BJ leads the teams responsible for the end‑to‑end associate technology experience, spanning IT Service Desk operations, desktop support and engineering, telecommunications, unified collaboration platforms such as Microsoft and Zoom, ServiceNow, and 24x7 production support covering ITSM, Change, Problem, Release, and infrastructure operations.

BJ’s work sits at the intersection of technology, operations, and human experience. His teams serve as the front line of IT for thousands of associates while also ensuring the reliability and resilience of critical enterprise platforms. Since joining TIAA just ahead of the global pandemic, BJ has partnered closely with business and technology leaders to rapidly evolve workplace and collaboration capabilities—enabling flexible, modern ways of working while strengthening service reliability and operational maturity.

A frequent contributor to conversations around workplace experience, IT service transformation, and operational resilience, BJ brings a practical, real‑world perspective shaped by decades of leading through change at scale. His focus is on building IT organizations that are not only reliable and secure, but intuitive, human‑centered, and aligned to how people actually work.

Amey leads Product Management for Cisco Calling including cloud Calling, on-premise Unified Communications Manager (UCM) and Broadworks. Cisco calling is an easy to use, mobile integrated, enterprise grade, innovative calling phone system that is easy to setup and manage for IT admins, with best-in-class security & global availability. He is passionate about innovation and evolving the calling experience from hearing, to seeing, to doing; empowering people to have a richer calling experience with Webex and leveraging cloud capabilities for the new era of hybrid work. Prior to Cisco, Amey built Microsoft Teams calling and meetings from ground up and grew Teams adoption to millions of users. He also led Product management for Microsoft's Azure cloud IaaS/PaaS services across different verticals segments including sovereign clouds and government verticals. He has extensive experience working at large companies as well as startups, building innovative products and bringing them to market. Amey brings more than 25 years of experience in areas such as product management, design, cloud engineering in productivity software at Microsoft Office, natural language processing, machine learning with search and NUI experiences, hardware integration for audio and video and analytics. He has developed 20 patents over his career. Amey has a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a Masters from North Carolina State University. He lives in Seattle with his family and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking and kayaking in his free time.

Rikki Singh is VP of Product & Engineering for Emerging Technology & Innovation at Twilio. In this role she leads Twilio's Horizon-3 initiatives focused on driving step-change innovation that empowers builders and unlocks Twilio’s next era of growth. These innovations span AI-powered customer engagement, LEOS communication, privacy-first data services, and the next-generation developer experience. Previously, Rikki was a Partner with McKinsey & Company, where she built and scaled their product and engineering service line. During this time, she helped lead the world’s largest software companies and fast-growth software as a service (SaaS) companies through product and engineering transformations. Prior to consulting, she was building products at Microsoft Azure. She holds an M.B.A. from University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications from Birla Institute of Technology and Science.