Keynote Speakers

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Vijay Karunamurthy

Current: Entrepreneur in Residence @ Khosla Ventures 

Former: Head of Product at Scale AI, Director of Engineering at Apple, Head of Search Engineering at Google, Serial AI/ML Startup Founder

Vijay Karunamurthy is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Khosla Ventures, where he is focusing on AI and Reinforcement Learning for domains such as Healthcare, Financial Services, Robotics, and economically important tasks.

Previously, Vijay led Engineering, Product, Design and research at Scale AI, where he worked to democratize the capabilities of Reinforcement Learning and Agents, partnering with research labs, governments, and Fortune 100 companies. 

Prior to Scale, Vijay was Director of Engineering and Machine Learning at Apple and Google, where he worked on AI for personalization, discovery and health. He was an early employee at YouTube, and Head of Search and Discovery after the Google acquisition of YouTube. Vijay was also cofounder and CEO (with Steve Chen) of Nom, an ML for live video startup backed by Khosla Ventures and acquired by Apple.

Vijay holds an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University and a BS in Biochemistry and Mathematics at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. At UIUC he obtained a research grant to build a shallow neural network analyzing proteomics data, which is how he caught the machine learning bug.

BRIAN MADDEN

Current: VP Technology Officer at Citrix, Avid AI x Future of Work Speaker,
and Author 

Former: Distinguished Technologist at VMWare, Founder and CEO

Brian Madden is VP, Technology Officer and Futurist at Citrix, where he focuses on how artificial intelligence is transforming the future of work.

Brian is a globally recognized authority on the future of work and enterprise technology. Over the past 30 years, he has shaped how organizations worldwide think about end-user computing (EUC), virtualization, and AI’s impact on the workplace. Renowned for his energetic, no-nonsense style, Brian built one of the most influential voices in enterprise IT through nine books, over 2,000 blog posts, and delivering 1,000+ keynote presentations—including many ranked #1 at top industry conferences.

Brian’s expertise lies at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and real-world business challenges. He is best known for founding BrianMadden.com—widely regarded as the go-to source for critical insights in EUC—and for creating BriForum, a groundbreaking conference that sparked industry-wide discourse on desktop virtualization and the future of work. His practical, forward-looking approach empowers leaders to navigate emerging tech trends like the evolving worker, AI agents & apps, and the next generation of enterprise security.

 A passionate, high-energy speaker, Brian challenges audiences to look beyond the hype and embrace tangible strategies that drive transformation. Whether consulting with Fortune 500 executives or speaking on a global stage, he delivers bold predictions, clear insights, and an infectious enthusiasm for bridging the gap between today’s reality and tomorrow’s possibilities.

stacey park

Current: Director of Product at Apollo.io

Former: Product Leader at DoorDash, Lead Product Manager at Yelp, Product/Growth at RentTheRunway, Manager at Google, Consultant at BCG

Stacey Park is a powerhouse product leader known for building and scaling AI-native platforms through periods of intense hypergrowth. As Director of Product at Apollo.io, she helped drive ~6× ARR growth in just three years and played a central role in transforming the company from a single-product data tool into a multi-product, AI-first go-to-market platform. At Apollo, Stacey led both zero-to-one and growth initiatives across conversation intelligence, AI meetings and notes, deal intelligence, AI-powered workflows, and the core CRM platform - spearheading the shift from deterministic systems to non-deterministic, LLM-driven products now used by tens of thousands of weekly active users. Her work sits at the cutting edge of applying large language models in real, high-scale production environments.

Earlier in her career, Stacey held product and growth roles at Google, DoorDash, and Yelp, and began her career in consulting at BCG. A Wharton MBA alum, Stacey is deeply passionate about mentoring students and sharing real-world lessons on product leadership, scaling AI products, and building in the age of LLMs.

SHEILA SITARAM

Current: Head of Product at MotherDuck

Former: Director of Customer Strategy at MongoDB, Go-To-Market Leader at HashiCorp

Sheila Sitaram is Head of Product at MotherDuck, the hypertenancy data warehouse redefining how teams move from questions to answers. At MotherDuck, Sheila is helping build next-generation data infrastructure that empowers business users, data practitioners, software engineers, and even AI agents to go faster - from insight to impact - using SQL or natural language. Her work sits at the cutting edge of modern analytics, AI-enabled workflows, and developer-first product design.

Sheila brings a rare, cross-disciplinary career that spans go-to-market, product leadership, and creative strategy. She has helped scale developer tools and infrastructure products from pre-revenue to hypergrowth, previously leading Customer Strategy at MongoDB and holding senior marketing leadership roles at HashiCorp.

Earlier in her career, Sheila worked as a creative director and producer with iconic fashion and luxury brands including Céline, Alexander McQueen, and Calvin Klein - turning creative vision into commercial results. She holds a BA from Brown University and an MBA from Quantic, and brings a uniquely compelling perspective on building products that scale, resonate, and shape the future of data and AI.