Guests

Robert Hacker is co-founder and Senior Director of StartUP FIU. He built a publicly traded billion dollar company in Indonesia and managed MIT Media Lab's edtech project, One Laptop per Child. He has taught traditional entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship at a variety of institutions, including MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is the author of The Second Renaissance: How AI will Transform Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship

Meredith Stein brings unparalleled expertise to governance and risk management. Her CPA credentials underpin a distinguished career designing resilient governance frameworks and transforming risk management practices across industries. Meredith excels at converting regulatory complexity into strategic opportunity, delivering measurable business value where compliance and operational excellence intersect. Her advisory work spans financial statement auditing, internal controls, and executive education. She equips leadership with the governance intelligence essential for strategic decision-making in high-stakes environments. She is the co-author of Unlocking the Power of the Cloud, which provides a practical roadmap about AI, cloud governance and risk management.

David Linthicum is a globally recognized thought leader, innovator, and influencer in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and cybersecurity. Until early 2024, he served as the Managing Director and Chief Cloud Strategy Officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP. He is the co-author of Unlocking the Power of the Cloud, which provides a practical roadmap about AI, cloud governance and risk management.

Dr. Alex Zarifis researches the practical applications of technology in business. Before the University of Southampton, he worked at several academic institutions including the University of Cambridge. He is currently research affiliate of the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance (CCAF). His expertise is building trust-based systems in AI, blockchain, insurtech, and Fintech. He is the author of Leadership with AI and Trust, which examines major leadership styles, their strengths and limits, and how they shape AI adoption and trust.

Matt Sigelman is President of the Burning Glass Institute, a research center dedicated to advancing mobility, opportunity, and equity through skills. For more than two decades he led Burning Glass Technologies, now Lightcast, as CEO and then Chairman, pioneering the field of real-time labor market data by mining billions of job postings and career histories. Earlier in his career he worked at McKinsey & Company and Capital One. His research examines how AI is reshaping jobs, skills, and career pathways, and how employers, educators, and policymakers can expand opportunity for workers. He is also a Senior Advisor to the Harvard Project on the Workforce and holds an AB from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard.

Ton Dobbe is the founder of Value Inspiration, a consulting firm that helps B2B SaaS scaleups find and sharpen their competitive differentiation. Before founding the firm in 2017, he spent more than two decades in enterprise software, including a long tenure at Unit4 where he led global product marketing and product strategy. His work centers on a conviction that the best product rarely wins — the one people can't stop talking about does. He guides SaaS CEOs on positioning and growth strategy, and hosts the Tech-Entrepreneur-on-a-Mission podcast. He is the author of The Remarkable Effect, which reveals the traits that separate remarkable software companies from the rest.

Eulalia Flo is Vice President for Growth and Emerging Markets in Europe at Equinix. She joined the company in 2023 as Managing Director for Spain, working with customers on their digital infrastructure and sustainability goals and championing Spain's role in the global digital infrastructure industry. She was previously General Manager for Iberia at Commvault, with earlier roles at Capgemini, Business Objects, Symantec and Dell. In December 2025 she was appointed Vice-President of the board of the European Data Centre Association, where she works on industry advocacy and policy alignment.