Kyle Leistikow
Director - Biosciences Discovery Center
Microbial Discovery Group
Daniel Jamieson
CEO and Founder
Biorelate
Clint Nesbitt
Global Director of Regulatory and External Affairs
Genus PLC
Venkatesh Alagirisamy
Chief Operating Officer
Nike
As Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Venkatesh Alagirisamy leads the strategic direction and operational excellence of NIKE, Inc.’s global Supply Chain, Planning, Operations, Sustainability, and Technology organizations. In this role, Venkatesh oversees a worldwide supply chain network spanning raw materials, footwear, apparel, and accessories manufacturing, as well as logistics and integrated planning across assortment and operations. He is instrumental in driving the company’s People and Planet goals, ensuring that technology is seamlessly integrated to power growth across Nike’s iconic brands.
Since joining NIKE in 2006, Venkatesh has held progressively senior leadership positions, spearheading enterprise transformation and operational innovation across all brands, business segments, and geographies—including several years in Greater China. His career at NIKE began as a Process Manager within Supply Chain, followed by key roles in Demand Planning, Inventory Management, and Global Operations. He has served as Vice President of Global Operations & Express Lane, COO for Converse, and Chief Supply Chain Officer for NIKE, Inc.
Venkatesh also serves as the Co-Chair of the MIT Sloan School of Management’s Leaders for Global Operations governing board. He holds an MBA from Duke University, a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in India.
Shashank Samant
Executive Chairman
Hitachi Americas & Hitachi Europe
Shashank Samant holds strategic roles at Hitachi, including Executive Chairman of Hitachi Digital and Hitachi Americas, and Board Member of Hitachi Energy. With over 35 years of experience in technology, he has played a pivotal role in AI’s evolution, from its early academic foundations to its real-world applications across industries. He is passionate about leveraging AI to drive efficiency, enhance business operations, and create a positive societal impact.
Angelica Riemann
SVP & President, CrossLab Group
Agilent
Angelica was named president of the Agilent CrossLab Group in February 2024. She previously served as vice president and general manager of Agilent CrossLab Group's Services Division for two and a half years. Prior to that she served as vice president and general manager of the Chemistries and Supplies Division after being vice president and general manager of the Chemistries Division. Angelica has previously held leadership roles in the Mass Spectrometry Division and the AFO sales organization.
Angelica continues to be a key leader steering the business unit's transformation into a customer-centric organization. Over the span of her 24-year career at Agilent, Angelica has contributed key strategic insights and recommendations as part of the Agilent Enterprise Strategy Initiative, provided ongoing leadership as a founding member of the Agilent Biopharma Initiative, and informed high impact business strategies driven by organic investment as well as M&A opportunities.
Angelica's experience includes progressive leadership responsibilities across technical support, sales, program and product marketing, and marketing management. Before joining Agilent, Angelica was a customer, spending six years in a forensic lab and as an application scientist at J&W Scientific.
Angelica earned a Bachelor of Science in cell and molecular biology, with a minor in chemistry from San Francisco State University. She's an alumnus of the Agilent LEAD leadership program, the G100 Women's Leadership Acceleration Program and has a certificate in marketing strategy from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.
Agenda - AI CEO Summit 2026
Ori Goshen
Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer
AI21 Labs
Ori Goshen is Co-CEO of AI21 Labs alongside Yoav Shoham. A seasoned entrepreneur, Ori Goshen has over 15 years of experience in technology and product leadership roles. Prior achievements include co-founding the network analytics company Crowdx, and spearheaded the development of VoIP.
Ramin Hasani
Co-Founder & CEO
Liquid AI
Ramin Hasani is the Co-founder and CEO of Liquid AI and a machine learning Scientist at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Previously, he was jointly appointed as a Principal AI and Machine Learning Scientist at the Vanguard Group and a Research Affiliate at CSAIL MIT. Ramin’s research focuses on robust deep learning and decision-making in complex dynamical systems. Prior to that, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at CSAIL MIT, leading research on modeling intelligence and sequential decision-making, with Prof. Daniela Rus.
He received his Ph.D. degree with distinction in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Austria (May 2020). His Ph.D. dissertation and continued research on Liquid Neural Networks got recognized internationally with numerous nominations and awards such as TÜV Austria Dissertation Award nomination in 2020, and HPC Innovation Excellence Award in 2022. He is a frequent TEDx Speaker.
Rodrigo Barnes
Chief Technology Officer
Owkin
Tim Davis
Co-Founder & President
Modular
Tim Davis is the President & Co-founder at Modular, whose mission is to create an AI hardware abstraction layer for the world.
Previously, he served as a PM at Google, helping to create & scale AI systems inside Google Brain including infrastructure like TensorFlow, on-device AI & large model infrastructure.
Tim studied Engineering, Finance and Law in Australia and the US, and now resides in California. He has been developing AI systems for more than a decade.