| Page 121 | Kisaco Research
Compute

Author:

Andrew Sloss

VP Technology
Vaire Computing

Andrew Sloss is VP of Technology at Vaire Computing. A founding engineer at Arm,  he played a central role in the design and deployment of 27 commercial compute systems and helped scale the company’s architecture to over 150 billion chips shipped globally. He is the author of one of the most widely referenced books on ARM system architecture and has led engineering teams across embedded, mobile, and datacenter domains. At Vaire, Andrew brings decades of silicon and systems design experience to bear on one of the hardest challenges in computing: reducing AI energy costs at scale.

... read more

Andrew Sloss

VP Technology
Vaire Computing

Andrew Sloss is VP of Technology at Vaire Computing. A founding engineer at Arm,  he played a central role in the design and deployment of 27 commercial compute systems and helped scale the company’s architecture to over 150 billion chips shipped globally. He is the author of one of the most widely referenced books on ARM system architecture and has led engineering teams across embedded, mobile, and datacenter domains. At Vaire, Andrew brings decades of silicon and systems design experience to bear on one of the hardest challenges in computing: reducing AI energy costs at scale.

Author:

Mahesh Maddury

AI Architect
Meta
... read more

Mahesh Maddury

AI Architect
Meta

Author:

Leo Leung

Director, Product Management, AI and Computing Infrastructure
Google Cloud

Leo Leung is a Director of Product Management for AI and Compute Infrastructure, shaping the strategy and development of Google Cloud's infrastructure offerings. Leo is an experienced product and marketing executive, launching over 100 products at both large vendors like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and startups across cloud applications, platforms, infrastructure, and enterprise storage. Over the course of his career, he has led multiple product and go-to-market teams, and managed partnerships across the ecosystem including AWS, Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, AMD, Cisco, Dell, HPE, and IBM. Leo has an MBA from the Tepper School of Business and a BA from Tufts University.

... read more

Leo Leung

Director, Product Management, AI and Computing Infrastructure
Google Cloud

Leo Leung is a Director of Product Management for AI and Compute Infrastructure, shaping the strategy and development of Google Cloud's infrastructure offerings. Leo is an experienced product and marketing executive, launching over 100 products at both large vendors like Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and startups across cloud applications, platforms, infrastructure, and enterprise storage. Over the course of his career, he has led multiple product and go-to-market teams, and managed partnerships across the ecosystem including AWS, Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, AMD, Cisco, Dell, HPE, and IBM. Leo has an MBA from the Tepper School of Business and a BA from Tufts University.

Moderator

Author:

Brett Simpson

Co-Founder & Senior Analyst
Arete Research

Brett is a co-founder of Arete (formed in 2000) and is based in the firm's London office. He focuses on the global semiconductor component sector. Brett is a regular public speaker at industry events and after 17 years looking at the sector, has a wealth of experience to draw on. Prior to Arete, Brett spent two years at Goldman Sachs in an equity analyst role, specialising in European technology following three years with Ericsson UK, working in business development, covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure.

... read more

Brett Simpson

Co-Founder & Senior Analyst
Arete Research

Brett is a co-founder of Arete (formed in 2000) and is based in the firm's London office. He focuses on the global semiconductor component sector. Brett is a regular public speaker at industry events and after 17 years looking at the sector, has a wealth of experience to draw on. Prior to Arete, Brett spent two years at Goldman Sachs in an equity analyst role, specialising in European technology following three years with Ericsson UK, working in business development, covering all aspects of wireline and wireless telecom infrastructure.

Industrial Edge
On-Device ML
Compute
Gen AI
Enterprise Use Case

Author:

Arun Nandi

Chief Data & AI Officer
Carrier

Arun Nandi is a visionary keynote speaker, advisor and thought leader in AI. His professional experience driving impact for larger enterprises from Data, Analytics & Insights initiatives spans close to 20 years.

He was presented the Top 100 Influential AI & Analytics leaders award, the Top 40 AI Leaders under 40 award and LinkedIn Top Voice. He currently works as Chief Data & AI Officer at Carrier Global Corp, a Fortune 200 company. He previous was Head of Data & Analytics at Unilever. He has built AI and analytics practices from the ground up on multiple occasions.

Arun serves and consults with advisory boards and investment firms recognized as a credible voice in the industry. He was esteemed jury member at prestigious events such as The Drum Awards and LVMH’s Dare Competition. He has delivered keynote addresses at many events with other experts including Andre Ng (Deep Learning), Julien Simon (Hugging Face).

Arun works with numerous service providers within the AI, data and Analytics ecosystem and shapes the strategy for his enterprise and the industry at large.

Arun is based in New York, NY, USA. He is a keen traveler, foodie and adventure motorcyclist.

... read more

Arun Nandi

Chief Data & AI Officer
Carrier

Arun Nandi is a visionary keynote speaker, advisor and thought leader in AI. His professional experience driving impact for larger enterprises from Data, Analytics & Insights initiatives spans close to 20 years.

He was presented the Top 100 Influential AI & Analytics leaders award, the Top 40 AI Leaders under 40 award and LinkedIn Top Voice. He currently works as Chief Data & AI Officer at Carrier Global Corp, a Fortune 200 company. He previous was Head of Data & Analytics at Unilever. He has built AI and analytics practices from the ground up on multiple occasions.

Arun serves and consults with advisory boards and investment firms recognized as a credible voice in the industry. He was esteemed jury member at prestigious events such as The Drum Awards and LVMH’s Dare Competition. He has delivered keynote addresses at many events with other experts including Andre Ng (Deep Learning), Julien Simon (Hugging Face).

Arun works with numerous service providers within the AI, data and Analytics ecosystem and shapes the strategy for his enterprise and the industry at large.

Arun is based in New York, NY, USA. He is a keen traveler, foodie and adventure motorcyclist.

Compute

Author:

Phill Lawson-Shanks

Chief Innovation Officer
Aligned Data Centers

Phill has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions in the U.S. and abroad.

As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned, Phill is responsible for the management of revenue generation and profitability objectives, as well as championing key innovation, technology, and sustainability strategies aimed at maximizing new business development.

Prior to joining Aligned, Phill served as Chief Innovation Officer at EdgeConneX, where he was instrumental in driving strategies focused on creating the next generation of network edge-based data centers for the digital content ecosystem. Throughout his career, Phill has also served in numerous senior executive-level positions at Virtacore, Alcatel-Lucent, Savvis (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions), and MCI (now Verizon Digital Media Services). He currently holds eight active technology patents and serves on the Board of Directors for Netrality Data Centers as well as the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) Advisory Board.

 

... read more

Phill Lawson-Shanks

Chief Innovation Officer
Aligned Data Centers

Phill has more than 25 years of experience identifying new opportunities for further growth of leading data center infrastructure, network architecture, and cloud solutions in the U.S. and abroad.

As Chief Innovation Officer at Aligned, Phill is responsible for the management of revenue generation and profitability objectives, as well as championing key innovation, technology, and sustainability strategies aimed at maximizing new business development.

Prior to joining Aligned, Phill served as Chief Innovation Officer at EdgeConneX, where he was instrumental in driving strategies focused on creating the next generation of network edge-based data centers for the digital content ecosystem. Throughout his career, Phill has also served in numerous senior executive-level positions at Virtacore, Alcatel-Lucent, Savvis (now CenturyLink Technology Solutions), and MCI (now Verizon Digital Media Services). He currently holds eight active technology patents and serves on the Board of Directors for Netrality Data Centers as well as the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) Advisory Board.

 

The generative AI revolution presents a dilemma: the best models are in the cloud, but your data is on-prem due to sovereignty, security, or latency needs. This makes on-prem AI complex and costly. This session explores how Google Distributed Cloud (GDC) solves this by bringing a managed platform with Google's best AI—including Gemini and Vertex—to your environment. Learn how GDC's flexible connected and air-gapped solutions  are empowering defense, finance, and other critical industries to securely unlock their data.

Industrial Edge
On-Device ML
Optimized Infrastructure

Author:

Andrew Fetterer

Group Product Manager
Google Cloud

A seasoned product leader who is passionate about cloud and innovation , Andrew Fetterer serves as the Group Product Manager for Google Distributed Cloud. In this role, he is responsible for the outbound product management that shapes how Google Cloud infrastructure operates on-premises and at the edge for the world's leading organizations.

Throughout his career, Andrew has a proven track record of building and scaling platforms and infrastructure from concept to category leadership.

... read more

Andrew Fetterer

Group Product Manager
Google Cloud

A seasoned product leader who is passionate about cloud and innovation , Andrew Fetterer serves as the Group Product Manager for Google Distributed Cloud. In this role, he is responsible for the outbound product management that shapes how Google Cloud infrastructure operates on-premises and at the edge for the world's leading organizations.

Throughout his career, Andrew has a proven track record of building and scaling platforms and infrastructure from concept to category leadership.

Gen AI
Optimized Infrastructure

Author:

Alex Liu

SVP of Global Business
FuriosaAI
... read more

Alex Liu

SVP of Global Business
FuriosaAI
Compute
Gen AI
Agentic AI

Author:

Sid Sheth

CEO & Co-Founder
D Matrix

Sid Sheth is the co-founder and CEO of d-Matrix, the company changing the trajectory of commercially viable generative AI by introducing an entirely new computing paradigm designed from the ground-up for AI inference in modern datacenters.

Sid spent over two decades as a business and technical leader transforming startups into industry leaders and creating new categories of technology, taking them from innovations to commercialization. Before founding d-Matrix, Sid served as senior vice president & general manager for the Networking Business Unit at Inphi Corporation where he incubated and grew the group into a $1B+ business by focusing the business on the cloud and enterprise data center segment. Prior to Inphi, Sid was at NetLogic Microsystems (now Broadcom) and Intel where he ran marketing and worked in R&D for networking chips and processors.

Sid earned his MSEE from Purdue University, where he serves on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board. He is a regularly featured speaker at industry tradeshows and conferences, is a published author at ISSCC and holds multiple patents.

 

... read more

Sid Sheth

CEO & Co-Founder
D Matrix

Sid Sheth is the co-founder and CEO of d-Matrix, the company changing the trajectory of commercially viable generative AI by introducing an entirely new computing paradigm designed from the ground-up for AI inference in modern datacenters.

Sid spent over two decades as a business and technical leader transforming startups into industry leaders and creating new categories of technology, taking them from innovations to commercialization. Before founding d-Matrix, Sid served as senior vice president & general manager for the Networking Business Unit at Inphi Corporation where he incubated and grew the group into a $1B+ business by focusing the business on the cloud and enterprise data center segment. Prior to Inphi, Sid was at NetLogic Microsystems (now Broadcom) and Intel where he ran marketing and worked in R&D for networking chips and processors.

Sid earned his MSEE from Purdue University, where he serves on the Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Board. He is a regularly featured speaker at industry tradeshows and conferences, is a published author at ISSCC and holds multiple patents.

 

Author:

François Sterin

COO
Data4

François Sterin joined the Data4 Group in December 2022 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He has over 20 years of in digital infrastructure, datacenters and network for hyperscalers and cloud providers.  A member of the executive committee, he oversees the group business operations. He also manages the CSR policy via the Data4Good program.

... read more

François Sterin

COO
Data4

François Sterin joined the Data4 Group in December 2022 as Chief Operating Officer (COO). He has over 20 years of in digital infrastructure, datacenters and network for hyperscalers and cloud providers.  A member of the executive committee, he oversees the group business operations. He also manages the CSR policy via the Data4Good program.