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Nicholas Thompson

The Atlantic

Chief Executive Officer

Nicholas Thompson is the CEO of The Atlantic. During his tenure, the magazine has won the national magazine award for general excellence three times, become the fastest growing news publication in the country, reached record profitability, and earned the highest number of subscribers in its 157-year history. He is also the author of the recent national best-seller "The Running Ground" and hosts the podcast “The Most Interesting Thing in AI." He has spoken about AI all over the world and interviewed every major CEO in AI as well as multiple Nobel Prize winners in the field. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of WIRED and editor of NewYorker.com. Stories he has written and edited have won numerous major awards, been cited in Congress, and been turned into multiple Hollywood movies—one of which won the Academy Award for best picture. Thompson is the American record holder for his age in the 50k run and, in 2025, became the top-ranked runner in the world in his age group for the 50-mile run.

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Stephanie Cohen

Cloudflare

Chief Strategy Officer

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Sameer Kazi

Pantheon

Chief Executive Officer

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Tanya Faddoul

Cisco

Vice President, Product Strategy and Operations

Tanya Faddoul is a product strategy and customer strategy executive who helps technology companies turn customer insight into category-defining innovation, differentiated products, and growth. Her leadership spans product, operations, customer strategy, and go-to-market—bringing teams together around customer outcomes and measurable business impact. Tanya currently serves as VP of Product Operations & Customer Strategy at Splunk, a Cisco company, where she helps shape the strategy, execution, and customer value agenda for Cisco’s cybersecurity business. Her work focuses on connecting product innovation to real customer needs, accelerating transformation, and building differentiated strategies for an increasingly AI-driven security landscape. Previously, as Vice President of Customer Innovation at DocuSign, Tanya led the creation and global launch of Intelligent Agreement Management, an AI-powered category that redefined how organizations manage agreements across Sales, HR, Procurement, Legal, and other functions. Her leadership helped open new markets and revenue opportunities while aligning product, technology, and go-to-market teams around strategic customer needs. Over 20+ years at companies including Amazon, DocuSign, and Expeditors International, Tanya has led transformation across Product, Engineering, Sales, GTM, and Customer Success. She is known for navigating complex environments, challenging conventional thinking, and translating strategy into action. Tanya serves on advisory groups including the University of Washington Foster School of Business and Alliance of Angels. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and has completed executive programs at Stanford and UC Berkeley.`

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Scott Brinker

chiefmartec

Martech Analyst & Advisor

Scott Brinker, dubbed the "godfather of martech," has been analyzing martech and its impact on marketing for two decades as the analyst chiefmartec. He served as VP platform ecosystem at HubSpot for 8 years, building their technology partner program. Before that he was co-founder and CTO of ion interactive, a pioneering no-code platform for interactive content. He authored the best-selling book Hacking Marketing and co-authored the best-seller The New Automation Mindset.

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Josh Koenig

Pantheon

Co-Founder & SVP Marketing

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