An entrepreneur and technical visionary. Published research in natural language processing and machine learning, Sasha has 14 years in executive and technical positions in ICT industry. Among his achievements is development and launch of a Sky+, pioneering set top box commissioned by Sky Corp., contribution to Risk Management system at Algorithmics. Graduated from Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Hessie Jones is a seasoned digital strategist, a marketer, advertising executive, a writer/blogger for publications like Huffington Post, Whatsyourtech and Digital Journal; a speaker, and podcaster. With over 13 years in technology, including start-ups, banking, and digital advertising, her experience with companies like Ogilvy, Yahoo!, Overlay.tv, Isobar Digital, Jugnoo, plus top tier brands such as 3M, LCBO, Second Cup, Adidas, etc has involved

Specializes in data mining, pattern recognition and algorithm design. Twelve years of cutting-edge industry experience, among others at Davis+Henderson, ExxonMobil, Ontario Ministry of Health. Dean possesses a Masters in Computer Science from York University, ON.

More than 10 years in software development, proficiency in natural language processing, semantic data analysis, compiler theory, embedded development. Developed rules driven software for valuable information extraction from HTML and NLP components for the Internet monitoring platform, worked as embedded software engineer for Siemens Medical, John Deere. Masters in Computer Science from University of Latvia, Riga.