Erick Dela Pena
Taymur Ahmad
Taymur Ahmad is the Founder and CEO of actnano Inc. Prior to founding actnano, Mr. Ahmad had 18 years of manufacturing management experience with Fortune 50 companies such as Alcoa and Philips Electronics. Among other accolades, in 2010 he was awarded the "Visionary of the Year" award by Surface Mount Technology magazine. Mr. Ahmad's success stories have been featured in various magazines and newspapers including USA Today. Dell's Center for Entrepreneurs picked Mr. Ahmad to be one of the top 50 CEO's in the world. He is a member of the Dell founders 50 club and the Philips Alumni Club. Mr. Ahmad speaks 5 languages, and has lived in Europe and Asia. He earned his MBA from Business School Lausanne in Switzerland, and his Engineering degree from the University of Iowa.
Gil Santaliz
Gil Santaliz is the Founder and CEO of NJFX, the first Premium Connectivity Hub positioned in Wall, New Jersey. Gil has pioneered two decades of experience in the telecommunications industry with vast experience in subsea and data center infrastructure.
NJFX has established a unique ecosystem that enables 35+ network operators across Europe, South America, and the Caribbean to interconnect without recurring cross-connect fees.
NJFX is a 64,000-square-foot subsea colocation facility, offering Tier 3 infrastructure
designed to provide resilient, secure, and redundant network connectivity. It features three Meet-Me Rooms, ensuring diverse and scalable interconnection options. NJFX’s strategic location and robust infrastructure drive the development of secure, low-latency pathways that bypass legacy choke points, enhancing the efficiency and security of global networks.
Dave Driggers
Dave Driggers is the Chief Executive and Technical Officer and founder of Cirrascale Cloud Services. Mr. Driggers establishes and drives the vision and mission of the company while providing guidance for the development and implementation of the company’s specialized cloud-based, bare-metal server and accelerator partner for artificial intelligence development, training and inference solutions. As the previous founder of Racksaver, Verari Systems, and Cirrascale Corporation, he has an extensive background in hardware development serving various HPC and Artificial Intelligence vertical markets.