Speakers | Silicon Valley November Summit 2025

Saeed Amidi

Founder & CEO
Plug and Play

Dennis Cinelli

CFO
Scale AI

Tim Draper

Founding Partner
Draper Associates

Michael Olmstead

Chief Revenue Officer
Plug and Play

Tom Zschach

Chief Innovation Officer
SWIFT

David Hefter

AI Strategy for Investments
BlackRock

Shohei Yamada

CEO
SBI Holdings USA

Amber Pine

Chief Marketing Officer
TUI Group

Jeff Barry 

Head of Innovation
Dot Foods

Elias Alagna

Chief Technologist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

David Ko

CEO
Calm

Fiona Tan

Chief Technology Officer
Wayfair

Carlos Neto

CEO
Petrobras America

Allyson Anderson Book

CSO
Baker Hughes

Casper Vroemen

Chief Research & 
Development Officer
IFF

Ahmad Ali Alwan

CEO
HUB71

Jennifer Eslinger, MBA, FACHE

President, Healthcare Operations 
& Chief Operating Officer
Rochester Regional Health

Hakan Yilmaz

SVP & Chief Sustainability Officer
Carrier

Arkadiy Dobkin

Principal Founder &
 Executive Chairman
EPAM Systems

Franziska Bossart

Director of 
Corporate Development
Amazon Industrial 
Innovation Fund

David Warrick

EVP Enterprise
Overhaul
 Former Chief Supply Chain Officer
 Microsoft

Peter Matthiesen

Senior Director, Head of Group
 Innovation & Truck Technology
DSV

David Jackett

Sr. Director, 
Supply Chain Transformation
General Mills  

Walt Duflock

Senior Vice President 
of AgTech Innovation
Western Growers

Michael Miiller

Director of Government Relations
California Association of 
Winegrape Growers

San-cheng (Simon) Chang

Mayor
Taoyuan City Government

Stefan Groschupf

Founder & CEO
Centrum AI

Lindon Gao

Co-Founder & CEO
DYNA Robotics

Matt Foley

Senior Associate
Bidra Innovation Ventures

Sean Bruce

Founder & Chief Strategist
Vinova Digital Strategies

Rachel Smoot

Partner
Taft Law

David Leahy

CEO & Co-Founder
Protective IQ

Duc Nguyen

Founder & CEO
Nusmetics

Kunal Sandeep

Co-Founder
Polymerize

Subhajit Mandal

Co-Founder
Cyber Sierra

Jürgen Weichenberger

Head of AI Strategy & Innovation
Schneider Electric

Robert-Jan de Voogd

General Manager Nutrition & Pharma
Corbion

Apryle Horbal

Founder & CEO
VetNOW

Brijesh Krishnaswamy

Chief Commercial Officer, 
North America
OFI

Dirk Schulte

R&D Director, Advanced Engineering 
& Product Platforms
Valeo

Tom Traugott

SVP
Edgecore

JP Balajadia

VP
Corescientific

Amanda Donohue-Hanson

Investment Director
dsm-Firmenich

Yuji Doi

Innovation Manager
Kajima

Jacob Vizinat

Founder
Iron Stag Advisory

Tim Gaylord

Corporate Director of Innovation
DPR Construction

Dr. Adam de la Zerda

Founder & CEO
Visby Medical

Christopher Savoie

Founder & CEO
SiC Systems

Stephan Laske

Head of R&D, CFlex
Mondi AG

David White

Field CTO
Google

Anand Deshpande

 Investor Partnerships
Mercury

Laurel Monroe

Account Director
LinkedIn

Jason Gabriel

Managing Director
Syngenta Group Ventures

Matt Hoffman

General Partner
Reservoir

Celia Merzbacher

QED-C Executive Director
SRI International

Richard Murray

Co-Founder & CEO
ORCA Computing

Tim Bucher

Co-Founder & CEO
Agtonomy

PJ Amini

Senior Director of Venture Investments
Leaps by Bayer

Kate Fuso

Director of Membership & Partnerships
California Farm Bureau

Scott Tjaden

Manager of Digital Transformation
Constellation

Kevin Kopczynski

Partner
Congruent Ventures

Sean Ebert

Senior Partner
Altira Group

Charles Jolley

Founder & CEO
Tinman Group

Christina Morris

Director of Business Development
Osceola County Government

Emily Coven

Executive Director, California
Circular Action Alliance

Larissa Sakamoto

Senior Director of Sustainability
Amcor

Julia Mangin

Director of Sustainability 
& Government Affairs
Recology

Adam Wong

Manager, Ventures & Strategy
TC Energy

Katie Pettinger

Chief Innovation Officer
NSF Futures Engine in the SW

Ali Javaheri

Analyst, Emerging Technology
PitchBook

Mark Rocket

President / Co-Founder & CEO
Aerospace New Zealand /
 Kea Aerospace

Dr. Samuel Kim

 Interim Chief Innovation Officer & 
Managing Director, New Ventures
Texas A&M University

William A. Singleton III

Global Packaging Director DS2
Mars Wrigley

Teiji Teramoto

CFO
OKI

Morgan Hitzig

Vice President
Venrock

Kerry Chin

Investor
Booz Allen Ventures

Elizabeth Huff

Director
Sugar Land Office of 
Economic Development

Daria Siegel

Senior Vice President, 
Innovation Industries
NYCEDC

Jillian Turner

Senior Advisor, Vice President 
for Strategy & Operations
IU LAB

Antoine Bourely

Chief Scientific Officer
PELLENC ST

Cong You

Sr. Manager, 
Investment & Partnership
Mercedes-Benz

Andrew Lee

VP & Team Leader, 
Open Innovation
Samsung SDS

Giselle Achecar

Founder
Brandlicious LLC

Leo Nagdas

Venture Investor - Head of dh Ventures
Dunnhumby Ventures

Andrew Matuszak

Managing Director
KPMG Ventures

Lane Bruno

Managing Director, Investor Coverage
Silicon Valley Bank

Melissa Lamson

EVP, Venture Development 
& Innovation Strategy 
Arizona Commerce Authority

Tiffany Benitez

Head of Data Governance
Compass Group USA

Jennifer Mitchell

Director, Global Marketing
 & Innovation Accelerator
Hill's Pet Nutrition

Sandeep Manchanda

Head, Insurance M&A, Partnerships
EXL

Bing Wu

CEO & Co-Founder
Retell AI

Ivan Wasserman

Managing Partner
Amin Wasserman Gurnani LLP

Hideki Sato

Business Development Manager
Chiyoda Corporation

Kei Morita

VP of New Tech & CVC
ENEOS

Kathy Ku

Partner
Sazze VC

Chris Shanahan

Principal
DFJ Growth

Dr. Jeff Chen, MD/MBA

Co-Founder & CEO
Radicle Science

Dr. Willy Das

Lead Researcher & Educator
Lehigh West

Josh Broward

Founder & CEO
Wisdom Partners

Blerina Sanocki

Founder & CEO, Investor 
& Strategic Growth Advisor
TideBorn Capital  

Jonika Dhima Hoomes

Founder & CEO
Integralis Leadership  
& Former Google Executive

Karolina Urbonaite

Head
Startup Lithuania

Jona Doda

Founder & CEO
Bliss

Robert Harary

Cofounder, Partner
DECKO

Genta Ando

Executive Director
JETRO San Francisco

Sonya Carrillo

Vice President of Packaging Operations
Wonderful Citrus

Phillippe Magarshack 

Microcontrollers, Digital ICs 
& RF Group, Strategy VP  
STMicroElectronics

Andy Logani

Executive Vice President 
& Chief Digital and AI Officer 
EXL

Izhar Medalsy

Co-Founder & CEO
Quantum Elements

Dominique Reese

Executive Director & Secretary
Plug and Play Foundation

Amit Patel

Partner, Enterprise & AI
Plug and Play

Eugenio Gonzales

Partner & Director, Insurtech
Plug and Play

Sobhan Khani

Partner, Mobility & Smart Cities
Plug and Play

Ayah Hamdan

Director of Health
Plug and Play

David Wieloszynski

Ventures Associate, 
Crypto & Digital Assets
Plug and Play

Pablo Gil

Ventures Associate, Energy
Plug and Play

Erena Estellés

Venture Associate, Supply Chain 
& Advanced Manufacturing
Plug and Play

Valeria Cobos

Ventures Analyst, Food & Beverage
Plug and Play