Part of the Datacenter, Cloud & Artificial Intelligence team, responsible for positioning Cisco’s AI-ready infrastructure to align with enterprise needs, business outcomes, and key use cases, enabling scalable and secure AI-driven infrastructure.

AI Trust, Governance, Safety advisor. Spokesperson, Process optimizer, Thought Leader and spearheading strategic initiatives.

As part of the North EMEA AI team, I help our customers identifying high-impact AI use cases, choosing the right models and architectures, and ensuring secure and scalable deployment. This includes engaging with new stakeholders, such as data engineers and scientists, ML engineers, and business leadership, and I am technically leading and developing proof of concepts that span the broader Cisco portfolio and AI and ecosystem partner integrations.

Ken van Ierlant is an entrepreneur, author and international speaker. He explores data's role in value generation. Also known as Mr. Data, he believes in adapting to the unpredictable modern landscape, urging organizations to embrace digital transformation for enhanced efficiency and revenue.

At MDCS(.AI), our team is dedicated to accelerating innovation and optimizing operations through comprehensive AI stack management. My role involves advising on (AI) infrastructure, ensuring seamless performance, and resolving complex technical challenges. With a focus on translating sales opportunities into bespoke technical solutions, I leverage our partners' products to meet our clients' unique needs.

Leading a team of (AI) Technical Engineers, I have cultivated a culture of excellence in designing and managing solutions that significantly reduce total cost of operations. Our collaborative efforts have established MDCS.AI as a trusted advisor in custom (AI) IT infrastructure, embodying a commitment to sustainable and efficient technology deployments.

Nick is a machine learning engineer of the Supercomputing Center at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). In his current role he is helping researchers onboard and/or optimize their AI workload on high performance computing infrastructure at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e).
 
The Supercomputing Center at the TU/e helps engineers, students and scientists with application optimization and to pick the best-fit infrastructure to solve their questions. The aim is to broaden and deepen the use of HPC to advance science & engineering and to strengthen the HPC community.

Key technologies: Supercomputing, HPC, AI, Quantum

With over 25 years in IT, my career took root at Digital, Compaq, and HP, where I spent 17 years mastering IT system complexities. In 2005, I founded MDCS to deliver cutting-edge solutions in Thin Client technology, security, and workspace management. My latest venture, MDCS.AI, launched in 2023, focuses on providing scalable infrastructures optimised for AI workloads. Our collaboration with NVIDIA and other specialists ensures bespoke AI solutions that advance our clients' success into the future.

AI critical enthusiast, architectural change, software development, team lead, fun

Specialties: problem solving, AI development, continuous improvement/agility, architecture 

Worked with: From Archimate to powerpoint. From on prem to AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. From Cobol to Java, Ruby, Clojure & Python. From Langchain to LlamaIndex. From SQL to Neo4j, MongDB and Redis. From Elastic to Mulesoft and Kafka. From ontology to data management, etc, etc. From solution to enterprise architecture. From service oriented, to micro-services from event-driven towards reactive architectures, etc, etc

Technology enthusiast | advising companies on unlocking their Cloud & AI potential

With 20 years of experience in strategy & execution, data analytics, and corporate finance, Vera balances sharp observations with a pragmatic approach focused on impact. As the COO of NXTMinds, Vera continues to drive operational excellence and innovation. She is a structured problem solver and a versatile, people-oriented go-getter. Vera reads and addresses people and team dynamics, and her style allows teams to embrace new thinking and get into action mode, becoming more effective as individuals and in teams. A tech enthusiast,

With over 20 years of work experience basically spread between Asia and Europe, I've always pursued the road less traveled. I have a background in business administration and always retained a broad interest in business dynamics and foster a genuine curiosity in why "things are as they are". Meanwhile, I love to touch the scales of risk and return as this is what drives dreams...

I aim to combine my experience in venture capital & corporate finance with my strong interest in technology ventures where I can deploy my entrepreneurial drive to facilitate value acceleration projects for clients. Connect this competency with a passion for Asia and you can imagine me at work.

"Empires of the future are empires of the Mind" (Winston Churchill)

Specialties: venture capital, ICT, ecommerce, new media, energy, food processing, industrial manufacturing, transportation & logistics.