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2025 Speakers

Tom Maasland

Partner

MinterEllisonRuddWatts

Hilary O’Connor

GM Public Sector

Google Cloud

Jason Baynham

Strategic Account Executive

Datadog

Emily Isle

Chief Digital Officer

MBM

Stefan Nantz

Senior Sales Engineer

Datadog

Richard Wright

Head of Data & Analytics

Lotto New Zealand

Aaron McKeown

Chief Information Security Officer

Vector

Jeremy Rooke

Group Chief Digital Officer

Turners Automotive

Liz Gosling

Chief Technology Officer & CISO

Auckland University of Technology

Kieran Hagan

AI Segment Leader

IBM ANZ

Nakul Gowdra

AI/ML Lead

Google Cloud New Zealand

Anthony Rees

Solutions Engineer – APAC

Airia

Eli Hirschauge

Head of Information Security

ANZ New Zealand

Luke Wilson

Associate Director - Technology & Digital

Franklin Smith

Roy Godwin

Managing Director

ECM360

Avinash de Silva

Head of Technology

Alvarium

Mark Jobbins

CTO

APJ | Pure Storage, Inc.

Xanthe Sulzberger

Head of Data - Operational Excellence

Fonterra

Ange Nash

Chief Information Officer

AA Insurance NZ

Darren Beattie

Head of Information Security

Tower Insurance

Adarsh Pagolu

Head of Telco and Media

Google Cloud

Manvi Madan

Manager Data & Insights

Port of Auckland

Ben Dakers

Transformation Lead - Data & AI

Fonterra

Paul Jepson

Chief Information Officer

FMG

Tighe Wall

Chief Transformation Officer

Contact Energy

Denise Carter-Bennett

Security Architect; Co-Chair

Network For Learning (N4L); New Zealand Network for Women in Security (NZNWS)

André Bezuidenhout

Technical Director - Cloud (AWS)

Inde Technology

Lajos Varga

Head of Digital Technology

Port of Auckland

Lena Jenkins

Chief Digital Officer

Waste Management NZ

Andrew Diamond

Partner Migrations Lead

Westcon-AWS

Paul Barge

APAC Channel Development Manager

Kaseya

Joe Locandro

EVP & Chief Information Officer

Rimini Street

James Lawrence

Head of AI

Fonterra

Rohit Kashikar

Group Head of Technology

Delta Insurance

Paul Natac

Chief Information Officer

Provident Insurance

Wayne Kingi

Head of Operational Data Services

WestPac New Zealand

Cynthia Patterson

Group CIO

Unison Networks Ltd

Phil Hanson

Head of Data Delivery

ANZ

Raji Haththotuwegama

Head of Data & AI

Canon Business Services

Neil McGowan

GM of Technology Services

Auckland Council

Stephen Hennessy

Partner Development Specialist

Westcon-AWS

Dan Wilkinson

CTO

MTF Finance

Sarah Cawsey

General Manager of Data Services

Auckland Council

Peter Fletcher Dobson

Chief Executive Digital & Information Officer

Te Wānanga

Corrinne Pillay

Head of Digital Portfolio & Strategy

Skycity Entertainment Group

Ben Littlewood

Head of Digital & Data

Fisher Funds

Simon Gurien

Field CTO

Mendix / Siemens Digital Industries Software

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