Our Speakers

Scott Hanselman, Keynote Speaker

Principal Community Architect for Web Platform & Tools, Microsoft

Keynote: JavaScript and the Rise of the New Virtual Machine

Farid Agahi

Senior Technical Strategist, VMware Inc.

Talk: Empowering the Digital Workspace

Mojgan Amini

Director, Process Management & Continuous Improvement, IT Services

Brian Brown

Director of Product Management, Platforms Business Unit, Western Digital Corporation

Talk: Storing the World's Data

Mike Corn

Chief Information Security Officer, IT Services

Tyler Creek

Communications Architect, Cisco Systems

Talk: Moving from Software Defined to Intent Based Networking to close the Karmic Loop

Ahren Crickard

Strategic Academic Initiatives, Office of Executive Vice Chancellor

Allison Flick

DevOps Engineer, Geisel Library

Co-Presenter: How to Get Out of Your Own Way

Katie Frehafer

UX Lead and Project Manager, Division of Biological Sciences

Panelist: Continuous Integration & Docker, Distributed Application Development (DAD)

Stephen Hamilton

Applications Developer, Academic Affairs

Panelist: A Year with the API Manager

Nathalie Gholmieh

Manager of Integration Services, IT Services

Panelist: ESR - What is it and how can you prepare for it?

Rachel Hassett

Programmer Analyst, Jacobs School of Engineering

Jessica Hilt

Manager of Applications Development, Geisel Library

Co-Presenter: How to Get Out of Your Own Way

David Hutches

Enterprise Architect, IT Services

Panelist: ESR - What is it and how can you prepare for it?

Ted Jobson

System Administrator, VC-Academic Affairs

Panelist: AWS at UC San Diego

Kirsten Kuehl

Global Marketing and Developer Community Leader, Cisco

Ivan Lau

Sr. Info Sys Analyst, School of Global Policy and Strategy

Panelist: Big Fix: Have you Fixed it yet?

Duke Lee

Applications Programmer, Division of Biological Sciences

Panelist: Distributed Application Development (DAD)

Nick Marangella

System Administrator, IT Services

Panelist: AWS at UC San Diego 

Tim Marconi

Operations Manager, Geisel Library

Panelist: LastPass Enterprise and You

Shawn Munro

Senior Business Process Analyst, Jacobs School of Engineering

Panelist: Business Excellence Community of Practice – Make Every Project a Success!

Dean Olsen

Director of Computing and Technology Services, Rady School of Management

Panelist: ESR - What is it and how can you prepare for it?

Sarah Parnell

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst, IT Services

Panelist: Student Activity Hub

Ashish Pandit

IT Architect, IT Services

Panelist: ESR – Embracing a New Architectural Paradigm

Monique Pascucci

Org Consultant/Senior Project Analyst, Office of Program Management & Business Integration

Panelist: Business Excellence Community of Practice – Make Every Project a Success!

Brett Pollak

Director, Workplace Technology Services, IT Services

Panelist: Student Activity Hub

Jude Poole

Director of Information Technology, Division of Biological Science

Panelist: Distributed Application Development (DAD)

Fadi Rahawi

System Administrator, Division of Biological Sciences

Panelist: Continuous Integration & Docker

Ron Reyes

System Administrator Supervisor, IT Services

Panelist: Big Fix: Have you Fixed it yet?

Ryan Rose

Applications Programmer, Academic Affairs

Panelist: A Year with the API Manager

Randy Ridgley

Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Talk: How to Move your Databases and Data Warehouses to the AWS Cloud

Brandon Salas

System Administrator, Rady School of Management

Panelist: Big Fix: Have you Fixed it yet?

Bradley Sollenberger

Senior Analyst, Operational Strategic Initiatives

Panelist: Business Excellence Community of Practice – Make Every Project a Success!

Jesse Trucks

Minister of Magic, Splunk

Talk: Security for an HPC Environment

Lynn Underwood

ESR IT Organizational Change Management, IT Services

Panelist: Business Excellence Community of Practice – Make Every Project a Success!

Victor Vazquez

Programmer Analyst, Division of Biological Sciences

Panelist: Distributed Application Development (DAD)

Judy White

Assistant Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics

Panelist: Student Activity Hub

Linda Zhou

Director, Research and Life Sciences Solutions; Data Center Systems Business Unit, Western Digital Corporation

Talk: Storing the World's Data