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Cortney Harding

AI Expert & Author

Opening Keynote: Be the Human in the Loop

Cortney helps companies put AI, spatial computing, and VR to work, from AI avatars for Amazon, the NIH, and Verizon to VR training for Walmart, Target, and PwC. She's an Emmy-nominated XR producer and the author of The Spatial Race, and she has spoken at Davos, SXSW, and Mobile World Congress.

Sudha Jamthe

Technology Futurist

Closing Session: Reflections from the Day & What's Next?

Sudha Jamthe is a Technology Futurist, globally renowned author of 8 books, educator, and independent researcher with more than 25 years of entrepreneurial and operational experience in the technology industry. Jamthe is a top LinkedIn Learning instructor with 100K learners on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things and Language AI and brings extensive experience developing and teaching AI, AI ethics, and Autonomous Vehicles courses at Stanford Continuing Studies, Barcelona Technology School, Business School of AI, and the EMBA Consortium at Lucas School of Business. Jamthe’s research focuses on AIX Design, Autonomous Vehicles, and Culture in Language AI. Sudha Jamthe’s passion is to build online learning communities at WeeklyWed at the BusinessSchoolofAI.com, LLMLinguist.org and to spotlight voices of women at IoTWoman at IoTDay. Jamthe co-founded Global South in AI as a US based NGO and as an affinity group at NeurIPS conferences and upskilled language researchers to bring inclusion for world languages. Sudha Jamthe’s aspiration is a limitless world. Jamthe enjoys chasing self-driving cars to bring us to a driverless world. Jamthe can be reached at sudhajamthe.com.

Laura Gómez

Founder

Case Study: Using Technology to Help My Community

Raised in Silicon Valley, Laura wrote her first professional code at 17 as an HP intern. She went on to lead product and international growth at YouTube and Twitter, then founded Atipica, a venture-backed talent platform built on algorithmic fairness. She now serves as a San Mateo County Behavioral Health Commissioner.

Victoria Duan

AI Systems Engineer

Tech Helper & Builder

Victoria Duan is an AI Systems Engineer with a background in computer science and psychology, working on developer tools for AI-assisted software development. She is currently building Siltpoke, a developer tool focused on improving the reliability of coding agents through evaluation, debugging, and observability. She's here to share her experiences building with AI and what she's learned along the way.

Magdalena Gross, PhD

AI Education Leader

How AI Is Built & How to Apply It in Your Life (and What Not to Do)

Dr. Magdalena H. Gross is a Stanford-trained scholar and a leader in AI education. With a unique ability to understand how people think, she helps experts translate deep human knowledge into AI-ready systems. She designs AI curricula and training programs that empower individuals and organizations, while also leading in community arts and muralism. Learn more about her work at magdalenagross.com.

Michael Hoffman

CEO, Gather Voices

Build Session: Build a New Business or Side Gig

Michael Hoffman is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Gather Voices, a technology company that helps organizations collect and share real, authentic video content. With over two decades of experience leading interactive workshops and speaking globally, Michael brings a practical, human-centered approach to helping founders, event leaders, and mission-driven teams turn complex ideas into tangible solutions. A veteran digital strategist, he previously founded marketing agency See3 Communications and has taught marketing at the University of Chicago. At Mission College on November 14, Michael will facilitate a hands-on build session on launching a new business or side gig, guiding participants step by step through identifying a problem worth solving, then using AI tools to build and test a first version of their idea.

J. Michelle Maraj

Lovable Ambassador, San Jose

Build Session: AI in Your Home Life, with Lovable

J. Michelle Maraj is a data and technology enablement leader with over a decade of experience bridging the gap between technical tools and everyday usability at companies like Lyft and Qwick. An official Lovable Ambassador (City Lead for San Jose) and 2026 Tableau Ambassador, she specializes in empowering non-technical users to build functional prototypes, dashboards, and custom apps with ease. At Mission College on November 14, she will lead a hands-on workshop demonstrating how to leverage low-code AI tools like Lovable to design creative projects for personal, home, and community life. Michelle holds a Master's in Business Analytics from UT Dallas, serves on the Advisory Board for WAKE, and actively mentors people in tech globally.

Albert Qian

Founder, Albert's List

Build Session: AI and Your Job Search

Albert Qian is a Silicon Valley-based product marketing manager and the founder of Albert's List, a career community that has helped over 50,000 professionals level up their job search, AI skills, and professional presence. A hands-on builder who creates custom AI agents for research, content strategy, and career automation, Albert specializes in turning complex workflows into zero-hype, practical tools. He regularly leads interactive workshops that teach professionals and business owners how to build custom AI agents in under two hours. At Mission College on November 14, Albert will lead a session on leveraging AI to strategize, automate, and accelerate your career and job search.

Deepa Subramanian

Developer Expert, Web & AI

Build Session: Tools for the Classroom or Work

Deepa Subramanian is an experienced software engineer with a focus on quality engineering, software development, and AI automation. She is also a Developer Expert in Web and AI. She enjoys sharing her knowledge, mentoring engineers, and helping others learn and build with emerging technologies.

Bella Malvini

Integrated Marketing Lead, Genspark

Build Session: Build Your Team of AI Agents, with Genspark

Bella Malvini leads integrated marketing at Genspark, where she runs the company's social channels and content marketing. At Mission College she will show you how to build a team of AI agents that gets real work done, using marketing workflows as the examples.

About Genspark: Genspark is an all-in-one AI workspace where humans and agents collaborate seamlessly to create anything you can imagine. From conception to fully finished deliverables: internal tools, slides, docs, research, images, videos, dashboards and much more.