Speakers

ACTIVATE brings together search experts, data scientists, ecommerce leaders, IT professionals, and innovators using search and AI to deliver relevant content to employees and customers. See the list list of 2022 participating speakers below! 

Derrick “DJ D Sharp” Robinson photo
Derrick “DJ D Sharp” Robinson
Producer
Official DJ of the Golden State Warriors
Michael Sinoway photo
Michael Sinoway
CEO
Lucidworks
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Denise Lee Yohn
Brand Leadership Expert and Best Selling Author
Lisa Gately photo
Lisa Gately
Principal Analyst
Forrester
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Kapil Kataria
Principal Engineer
Kaiser Permanente
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Abdul Shaik
Senior Director, Head of Data & Analytics Architecture & Insights
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
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Bianca Geyer
Consultant Search & Analytics
SHI GmbH
Brian Land photo
Brian Land
VP, Sales Engineering
Lucidworks
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Cassandra Targett
VP of Engineering
Lucidworks
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Dean Pearce
Sr. Software Engineer
Scotiabank
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Dmitriy Lyner
Manager, UI Development
Lucidworks
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Drew Bradstock
GKE Product Director
Google Cloud
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Eric Redman
Head of Product Strategy, Fusion
Lucidworks
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Erick Rojas
Head of Search
CSS Commerce
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Eugene Steinberg
Technical Fellow, Head of Ecommerce
Grid Dynamics
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Ferosh Jacob
Software Manager
Kaiser Permanente
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Hunter Thomas
Director of Customer Success
Lucidworks
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Jenny Gomez
VP Marketing, Fusion
Lucidworks
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Jerry Thomas
Senior Data Scientist
thinktum
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John Wooden
Principal Engineer
Kaiser Permanente
Julie Wolpers photo
Julie Wolpers
Editor
Advantage Performance Group
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Katie Boschele
Senior Product Manager
Lucidworks
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Kay Winkler, PHD
Vice President of Project Delivery
CSS Commerce
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Matthew Vu
Web Applications Developer Specialist
Aerospace
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Michael Portnoy
Director of Software Engineering
Scotiabank
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Michelle Gregorio
Applications Administrator Staff
Aerospace
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Paolo Padua
Product Marketing Manager
Lucidworks
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Phil Slade
Founder & CEO
Decida Digital - Switch4Schools
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Phillip Ryan
Chief Architect, VP, Field Engineering
Lucidworks
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Ramzi Alqrainy,
CTO
The Chefz
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Rick Lockwood
Lead Product Manager, Search and Recommendations
CDW
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Sanjay Mehta
Head of Industry, eCommerce
Lucidworks
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Sanket Shahane
Product Manager
Lucidworks
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Sean Grigg
VP Delivery and Digital Services
Element Blue
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Shah Nawaz
VP, Head of Digital Technology & Engineering
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Stanislav Stolpovskiy photo
Stanislav Stolpovskiy
Search/ML Architect, Head of Search Practice
Grid Dynamics
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Steven Gerhardt
Partner and CEO
Element Blue
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Ted Sfikas
Senior Director of Digital Strategy & Value Engineering, Americas
Tealium
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William Tseng
Director, Sales Engineering
Lucidworks