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Appointed President, Manufacturing Intelligence division in 2020, Paolo Guglielmini leads the strategic and commercial development of Hexagon’s Smart Factory Solutions in the world of manufacturing. He has served in key roles since joining Hexagon in 2010 - from strategy and business development to mergers and acquisitions - and most recently as the president over Hexagon's Smart Factory design & engineering portfolio. Prior to joining Hexagon, he held positions at CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research (in Switzerland) and Accenture (in Italy). Guglielmini holds a Master of Science in Engineering and Master of Business Administration.

Patrick Spence is the Chief Executive Officer and serves on the Board of Directors for Sonos. Patrick joined Sonos as Chief Commercial Officer in 2012. He has played a central role in the development and launch of some of the company’s most successful products. Patrick has also led the company’s expansion into new territories including China, France, Australia, and Mexico. Prior to joining Sonos, Patrick spent over 14 years at RIM/BlackBerry in a variety of roles, including overseeing sales channels and country marketing operations in various regions including North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ultimately becoming the Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. During Patrick’s time at RIM/Blackberry, the company grew from $50 million in revenue to more than $20 billion, and from 150 people to more than 17,000. In 2007, Patrick was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40, a national program to celebrate leaders of today and tomorrow and to honor Canadians who have reached a significant level of success. Patrick holds an Honors Degree in Business and Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

John N. "Jack" Little is an American electrical engineer and the president and co-founder of MathWorks and a co-author of early versions of the company's MATLAB product.

Nik Val works at A I Solutions Inc and a Chief Executive Officer at A I Solutions Inc and is based in Haven, Kansas.

Dr. Jason Providakes is the president and chief executive officer of The MITRE Corporation. He leads the organization in its mission to serve the public interest as a systems engineering and applied sciences company bringing communities together to solve large-scale and complex problems of national importance. MITRE is known for its stewardship of federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) on behalf of U.S. government sponsors. Since joining MITRE in 1991, Dr. Providakes has held leadership positions on major programs to modernize federal infrastructure and create mission capabilities for national security, public health, the country’s veterans, and civil agencies. Prior to becoming president and CEO, he served as senior vice president and general manager of MITRE’s Center for Connected Government (CCG). The FFRDCs within CCG (now known as the MITRE Public Sector) include the Center for Enterprise Modernization, the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI™), the Judiciary Engineering and Modernization Center, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Alliance to Modernize Healthcare (The Health FFRDC). He also served as director of HSSEDI and The Health FFRDC. Dr. Providakes began his career in the National Security Engineering Center, the FFRDC sponsored by the Department of Defense (DoD). He supported the DoD chief information officer to ensure programs involving strategic and theater systems benefited from a systems engineering approach. He has also served as chief engineer for MITRE’s Washington Command, Control, and Communications Center and as executive director for MITRE’s Army Systems & Technology Division, where he was central to the Army’s “digitize the battlefield” transformation. Dr. Providakes’ career is rooted in scientific research in support of national security. He has served as a member of the Army Science Board and participated in several studies of the National Academy of Sciences. An optical and remote sensing technical expert, Dr. Providakes has taught, performed research, and published extensively on radar backscatter of the Earth’s ionosphere. He holds a doctorate from Cornell University, and master’s and bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.