Rodger Manning is the Storage Service Owner at Ford Motor Company. He is responsible for global service planning, delivery and strategy for File, Block, Object Storage and Data Protection Services.\nRodger has a proven track record of simplification and transformation having previously held positions with Plant Floor Systems, Dealer Systems, PD Systems and OS Engineering & Support, during which time he drove transformational changes, improved operational efficiencies and reduced time to customer.

Alex Patent has over 30 years of IT experience and is currently the Vice President of Technology at NielsenIQ, responsible for leading the infrastructure engineering team. Prior to joining NielsenIQ, Mr. Patent held various IT leadership roles at WellCare Health Plans and Accenture. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and economics, from Colorado State University and a Master’s Degree in computer information systems and telecommunication management from the University of Miami.

Matt Hull serves as Vice President Global AI Solutions Go-To-Market at NVIDIA, where he and his team are responsible to create the market conditions to allow AI to thrive in the enterprise. He and his team are excited to be working with enterprises all over the world to help them harness the power of AI by building AI Factories. Matt’s organization also houses NVIDIA’s Financial Solutions (NVFS) organization, NVIDIA’s Enterprise Proposal Center (NEPC) team, and NVIDIA’s Data Center (NVDC) partnerships, as well as leading global partner programs.