Computing, Data Management, Security
Rachana Ananthakrishnan is Executive Director & Head of Products at the University of Chicago, and has a Joint Staff Appointment at Argonne National Laboratory. In her role at the university, she leads the Globus (www.globus.org) department, which delivers a research data management platform to national and international research institutions. She also serves on the WestGrid Board of Directors, and is a member of the InCommon Community Assurance and Trust Board. Her work is focused on the research and education field, and she has worked on security and data management solutions on various projects including Earth System Grid (ESG), Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) and Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE). Prior to that she worked on the Globus Toolkit engineering and customer engagement teams, leading the efforts in web services and security technologies. Rachana received her MS in Computer Science at Indiana University, Bloomington.
Analytics, Customer Satisfaction, Data Management, Leadership, Process Improvement, Profit
Matt Muldoon is an expert in how voice technology and text-to-speech (TTS) technology enhances business operations, improves engagement, and adds accessibility to digital content. Muldoon is the President, North America of ReadSpeaker, a global voice specialist company providing dozens of languages and lifelike voices. His expertise in voice technology spans many industry verticals from education and manufacturing to gaming and healthcare, and the virtually endless opportunities to apply voice technology in ways that enhance dynamic human interaction.