Keynote Speakers

John W. Ewing, Jr.
Mayor, City of Omaha

Joanne Li, Ph.D., CFA
Chancellor, Barbara and Wally Weitz Endowed Chair in Higher Education Leadership
University of Nebraska at Omaha
unochancellor@unomaha.edu
Heath Mello
President & CEO
Greater Omaha Chamber of Commerce

Robin Gandhi, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research, Technology, and Facilities
Charles W. and Margre H. Durham Distinguished Professor
Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Informatics
College of Information Science & Technology
rgandhi@unomaha.eduBreakout Session Presenters

Mindy Chen
Vice President of AI and Analytics
Mutual of Omaha

Katie Cunningham
Senior Director of National Program Operations
College Possible

Joel Elson, Ph.D.

Sierra Futterman
Software Engineer II
Hudl

Bill Glass
Artistic Director, iEXCEL Program
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Matt Goldsberry
Principal and Director of D3
HDR Architecture, Inc.

Matt Hale, Ph.D.

Jacob Hansen
CEO & Co-Founder
ALA Engineering

Michael Hollins
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Creative Production & Emerging Technology for the iEXCEL program
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Seth Kleinwort
Assistant Director of Operations & Outcomes
Creighton University

Kellee Mikuls
Executive Director
Ignite Nebraska

Tobias Nownes
Associate Director - Mentoring & Professional Programs
Creighton University

Sam Peshek
Director, Editorial & Media Relations
speshek@unomaha.edu- Media Relations and Crisis
- Coordination of UComm's editorial team
- Strategic external communication

Erin Saxby
Vice President of Technology Data Services
FNBO

Joe Sparano
Senior Instructional Designer
Innovative and Learning-Centric Initiatives, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Ian Thomas
Senior Designer
HDR Architecture, Inc.

Dheeraj Varandani
Technical Director, iEXCEL Program at University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ph.D. candidate in Artificial Intelligence at University of Nebraska Omaha

Albert Varas
CEO, Latino Center of the Midlands
Founder, Orchard AI

Kristen Wesemann
NCLN Coordinator and Instructional Designer
Innovative and Learning-Centric Initiatives
kroduner@unomaha.edu
Edna Wong, CPA
Senior Manager, Audit Transformation Group
KPMG