Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019
SALT PALACE, SLC, UTAH
January 31 & February 1, 2019
ABOUT SILICON SLOPES TECH SUMMIT
Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is a globally recognized two-day summit organized and hosted by the Silicon Slopes organization and community. With some of the most prominent and leading minds in the tech industry taking the stage, Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is one of the largest and most prominent annual tech events in the world, bringing out more than 20,000 attendees.
Silicon Slopes Tech Summit features prominent keynotes, premium breakout sessions, breathtaking entertainment, unbelievable parties, incredible networking opportunities, and an exclusive screening of a film from the Sundance Film Festival. The amount of talent and experience that’s on display makes this a unique event that could only happen in Silicon Slopes.
AGENDA
THURSDAY
January 31, 2019
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7:00 AM
Registration
Sponsor Pavilion
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2:45 PM
Break & Networking
8:30 AM
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GENERAL SESSION
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SAP CEO Bill McDermott & Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith
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Salesforce Chief Equality Officer Tony Prophet
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Gov. Gary Herbert & Pluralsight CEO Aaron Skonnard
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Zoox CEO Aicha Evans & Former Cisco Executive VP Wim Elfrink
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WeWork Chief Growth Officer David Fano
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10:25 AM
Break & Networking
10:45 AM
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GENERAL SESSION
HP Inc. President Enrique Lores & NuSkin President Ryan Napierski
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Banjo CEO Damien Patton
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Panel: Parity.org CEO Cathrin Stickney, Harvey Mudd College President Maria Klawe, Best Buy Global CHRO Kamy Scarlett, MongoDB Chief People Officer Dan Heasman, Procter & Gamble Global D&I Leader Deanna Bass
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Floodgate Capital Founding Partner Ann Miura-Ko & Intuit Chief Transformation Officer Albert Ko
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Okta Co-Founder & COO Frederic Kerrest
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Backstage Capital Founder & Venture Catalyst Arlan Hamilton
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Cowboy Ventures Founding Partner Aileen Lee
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Stack Overflow CEO Joel Spolsky
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12:50 PM
Lunch & Networking
Sponsor Pavilion
2:00 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Nasdaq Closing Bell LIVE – General Session
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Silicon Slopes Startup Competition: 2:30pm – The Finale – Room 155
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FOUNDER
Ballroom A/C
Carta CEO Henry Ward: The State of Equity in Tech
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Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Ballroom B/D
OODA Health CTO Usama Fayyad: Deploying AI Technology that Works
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Andela CEO Jeremy Johnson: Building Senior Engineers With IQ & EQ Skills
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
Overstock Chief Algorithms Officer Kamelia Aryafar: Artificial Intelligence: Building the Future of E-Commerce
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Room 255
Traeger Grills CEO Jeremy Andrus & Brava CEO John Pleasants: Traeger, Brava, and the Evolving Consumer
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SOCIAL GOOD
Hall A
Cotopaxi CEO Davis Smith: Integrating Social Good Into Your Business Model
3:15 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Room 155
Silicon Slopes Startup Competition – The Finale
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FOUNDER
Hall A
Lucidchart CEO Karl Sun: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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Pluralsight CEO Aaron Skonnard: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Ballroom B/D
Wyoming Blockchain Coalition Co-Founder Caitlin Long: Blockchain: From Wall Street to Wyoming
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FinClusive CEO Amit Sharma: Financial Inclusion as a Matter of National Security
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
Owlet Chief Data Scientist Jeff Humpherys: The Fusion of Digital Health Devices with Artificial Intelligence
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Ancestry.com Senior Manager of Data Science Tyler Folkman: How Ancestry Uses Data Science to Empower Journeys of Personal Discovery
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Room 255
Muse CTO Chris Aimone: Building a Product to Expand our Minds
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Freshly Picked CEO Susan Petersen: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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SOCIAL GOOD
Ballroom A/C
Panel: New Relic Chief People Officer Kristy Friedrichs, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Anthony Mirabile, National Society of Black Engineers Executive Director Dr. Karl W. Reid: Building an Inclusive Workplace: Navigating the Dos and Don’ts
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4:00 PM
Break & Networking
4:15 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Room 155
Peek CEO Ruzwana Bashir: Fireside Chat With Domo CEO Josh James
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Marco Polo CEO Vlada Bortnik: Marco Polo and the Value of Authentic Connection
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FOUNDER
Hall A
Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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Podium CEO Eric Rea: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Room 255
Panel: Medici Ventures President Jonathan Johnson, Evernym CEO Timothy Ruff, Bitsy CEO Ann-Marie Hopkins, Spera CEO Greg Pesci: Blockchain’s Highest and Best Use: Solving Identity
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
Panel: Dean of BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Shane Reese, HireVue Director of Data Science Lindsey Zuloaga, Ziff Chief AI Officer Ben Taylor, Qualtrics Head of Research and Data Science Carol Haney: The Future of AI Talent in Utah
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Ballroom A/C
LendingClub President Steve Allocca: Solving America’s Financial Health Crisis
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BeautyBio CEO & Founder Jamie O’Banion: Building An Empire
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SOCIAL GOOD
Ballroom B/D
Groviv President Steve Lindsley: Responsibly Nourishing the World
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OpenGov CEO Zac Bookman: Powering More Effective and Accountable Government
5:15 PM
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SPONSOR PAVILION
Networking Reception
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6:00 PM
SlopesFEST
FRIDAY
February 1, 2019
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7:00 AM
Registration
Sponsor Pavilion
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2:45 PM
Break & Networking
8:30 AM
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GENERAL SESSION
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Pinterest Co-Founder & CEO Ben Silbermann
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Ancestry.com CEO Margo Georgiadis
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Peloton CEO John Foley
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UVU President Astrid S. Tuminez
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Adobe Founder John Warnock
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10:15 AM
Break & Networking
10:30 AM
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GENERAL SESSION
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Lauren Leader, Author, Activist
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Microsoft General Manager, Cloud + AI Developer Relations Jeff Sandquist
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Baseball Legend Alex Rodriguez
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New Frontier Lab Programs at Sundance Institute Director Kamal Sinclair
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DocuSign CEO Dan Springer
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Former Lululemon CEO Christine Day
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Former U.S. Senator Jeff Flake
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12:50 PM
Lunch & Networking
Sponsor Pavilion
2:00 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Room 155
Amobee CEO Kim Perell: The Secret to Success No One Tells Entrepreneurs
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Workfront Director of Training Jordan Staples: How Good Leaders Inspire Great Work
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FOUNDER
Room 255
G2 Crowd CEO Godard Abel: Lessons Learned from Scaling Three Entrepreneurial Summits
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Vivint CEO Todd Pedersen: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Ballroom B/D
GitPrime CEO Travis Kimmel: Calculating the ROI of Technology Teams
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McAfee Chief Consumer Security Evangelist Gary Davis: Cost of Privacy in a Hyper-Connected World
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
NVIDIA Director of ML Research Anima Anandkumar: Keynote Presentation
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Hall A
Stance CEO Jeff Kearl: Why Branding Matters
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SOCIAL GOOD
Ballroom A/C
Lambda School CEO Austen Allred: Disrupting Education
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Salesforce Senior Director of Global Equality Programs Molly Ford: Our Path to Gender Equality
3:15 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Ballroom B/D
Panel: Weave CEO Brandon Rodman, MX CEO Ryan Caldwell, Simplus CEO Ryan Westwood, Showpad COO Jason Holmes, Pattern CEO David Wright: The Growth Imperative
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FOUNDER
Hall A
Divvy CEO Blake Murray: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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Ivanti CEO Steve Daly: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Room 155
Panel: Pluralsight Product VP Mariah Hay, Drip CTO Steve Brain, Podium CTO Jason Taylor, Weave CTO Clint Berry: The Future of Technology in Utah
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
Uber AI Labs Co-Founder & ML Researcher Jason Yosinski: AI Neuroscience and Fun with Neural Networks
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Planet Labs Engineering Manager Machine Learning Infrastructure Benjamin Goldenberg: Engineering Toward a Queryable Earth
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Room 255
Panel: Chatbooks CEO Nate Quigley, Taft CEO Kory Stevens, Kodiak Cakes CEO Joel Clark, Rags CEO Rachel Nilsson, Owlet CEO Kurt Workman, Creminelli CEO Chris Bowler: The Future of Consumer in Utah
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SOCIAL GOOD
Ballroom A/C
Fast Company Reporter Lydia Dishman, WSG&R of Counsel Allison J. Bender, MapBox Policy Lead Tom Lee, Former Google Experience Design Consultant and DesignGood.tech Founder Joe Toscano: The Trust Deficit: Why Tech Must Make Trust Its #1 Priority
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4:00 PM
Break & Networking
4:15 PM
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ENTREPRENEUR
Ballroom B/D
Panel: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Partner Michael Nordtvedt, Domo CFO Bruce Felt, Pluralsight General Counsel Matthew Forkner, Vivint Smart Home Chief Legal Officer Shawn Lindquist: How to Take a Company Public and Hit the Ground Running
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FOUNDER
Hall A
Clarke Capital Partners CEO James Clarke: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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Teem CEO & Co-FounderShaun Ritchie: A Moderated Fireside Chat
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TECHNOLOGY
Ballroom A/C
Difrent Group CEO Rachel Murphy: Tech for Public Good
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Drift CTO Elias Torres: How to Build a World Class Engineering Organization
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Room 355
Recursion CEO Chris Gibson & Recursion CTO Mason Victors: Rethinking Drug Discovery Through AI
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CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Room 255
Bonobos Founder & Walmart SVP Andy Dunn: Diversity & Innovation
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Compass GM Kevin Knight: Where Influencer Marketing Went Wrong (And How to Fix It)
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SOCIAL GOOD
Room 155
Choice Humanitarian CEO Leah Barker
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6:00 PM
Sundance Film
“The Great Hack”
The Ballroom
2019 SPEAKERS
Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2019 features keynote and breakout speakers from some of the most prominent and leading minds in the tech industry.
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Pinterest, Co-Founder & CEO
BEN SILBERMANN
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Baseball Legend
ALEX RODRIGUEZ
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Founder, Backstage Capital, Studio & Accelerator / Venture Catalyst
ARLAN HAMILTON
Lululemon, Former CEO
CHRISTINE DAY
Marco Polo, CEO
VLADA BORTNIK
Zoox, CEO
AICHA EVANS
Former U.S. Senator
JEFF FLAKE
Cowboy Ventures, Founder & Managing Partner
AILEEN LEE
Banyan, CEO
CARINE CLARK
Overstock, Chief Algorithms Officer
KAMELIA ARYAFAR
Stack Overflow, CEO
JOEL SPOLSKY
Pluralsight, CEO
AARON SKONNARD
Operation Underground Railroad, CEO
TIM BALLARD
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SAP, CEO
BILL MCDERMOTT
Bonobos, Founder & SVP of Walmart
ANDY DUNN
Salesforce, Chief Equality Officer
TONY PROPHET
Peloton, CEO
JOHN FOLEY
BeautyBio, CEO & Founder
JAMIE O’BANION
HP Imaging, Printing & Solutions, President
ENRIQUE LORES
Utah Valley University President
ASTRID S. TUMINEZ
G2 Crowd, CEO
GODARD ABEL
Carta, CEO
HENRY WARD
Stance, CEO
JEFF KEARL
Domo, CEO
JOSH JAMES
GitPrime, CEO
TRAVIS KIMMEL
WSGR Partner
MICHAEL NORDTVEDT
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Ancestry, CEO
MARGO GEORGIADIS
Adobe, Founder
JOHN WARNOCK
Floodgate Capital,
Founding Partner
ANN MIURA-KO
Peek, CEO
RUZWANA BASHIR
DocuSign, CEO
DAN SPRINGER
Amobee, CEO
KIM PERELL
WeWork, Chief Growth Officer
DAVID FANO
Sundance Institute, Director, New Frontier Lab Programs
KAMAL SINCLAIR
Bitsy, CEO
ANN-MARIE HOPKINS
Qualtrics, CEO
RYAN SMITH
Senior Director, Global Equality Programs, Salesforce
MOLLY FORD
NVIDIA, Director of ML Research
ANIMA ANANDKUMAR
Banjo, CEO
DAMIEN PATTON
Vivint, CEO
TODD PEDERSEN
Recursion, CEO
CHRIS GIBSON
Ivanti, CEO
STEVE DALY
Lucidchart, CEO
KARL SUN
Pattern, CEO
DAVID WRIGHT
Recursion, CTO
MASON VICTORS
Procter & Gamble, Global D&I Leader
DEANNA BASS
FinClusive, CEO
AMIT SHARMA
Podium, CEO
ERIC REA
CEO, Chatbooks
NATE QUIGLEY
Taft, CEO
KORY STEVENS
Mayor of Salt Lake City
JACKIE BISKUPSKI
Uber AI Labs Co-Founder & ML Researcher
JASON YOSINSKI
Nu Skin, President
RYAN NAPIERSKI
Weave, CTO
CLINT BERRY
Difrent Group, CEO
RACHEL MURPHY
Simplus, CEO
RYAN WESTWOOD
Workfront, Director of Training
JORDAN STAPLES
Goldman Sachs, Managing Director
ANTHONY MIRABILE
Ancestry.com, Senior Manager of Data Science
TYLER FOLKMAN
Former Google Experience Design Consultant and DesignGood.tech Founder
JOE TOSCANO
Health Catalyst, CEO
DAN BURTON
InsideSales, CEO
DAVID ELKINGTON
Intuit, Chief Transformation Officer
ALBERT KO
HireVue, Director of Data Science
LINDSEY ZULOAGA
Divvy, CEO
BLAKE MURRAY
Groviv, CEO
STEVE LINDSLEY
OpenGov, CEO
ZAC BOOKMAN
WSG&R of Counsel
ALLISON BENDER
Best Buy, Global CHRO & President of U.S. Retail
KAMY SCARLETT
Sorenson Capital, Co-Founder
FRASER BULLOCK
Andela, CEO
JEREMY JOHNSON
Traeger Grills, CEO
JEREMY ANDRUS
New Relic, Chief People Officer
KRISTY FRIEDRICHS
Drip, CTO
STEVE BRAIN
Podium, CTO
JASON TAYLOR
Parity.org, CEO
CATHRIN STICKNEY
Domo, CFO
BRUCE FELT
Dean, BYU College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
SHANE REESE
Creminelli, CEO
CHRIS BOWLER
Former Cisco Executive VP
WIM ELFRINK
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Utah Governor
GARY HERBERT
Entrata, CEO
DAVE BATEMAN
Spera, CEO
GREG PESCI
Showpad, COO
JASON HOLMES
Adobe, EVP & GM Digital Experience
BRAD RENCHER
Pluralsight, VP of Product
MARIAH HAY
Owlet, Chief Data Scientist
JEFF HUMPHERYS
Mapbox, Policy Lead
TOM LEE
Okta Co-Founder & COO
FREDERIC KERREST
LendingClub, President
STEVE ALLOCCA
Clarke Capital Partners, CEO
JAMES CLARKE
McAfee, Chief Consumer Security Evangelist
GARY DAVIS
Fast Company, Reporter
LYDIA DISHMAN
Owlet, CEO
KURT WORKMAN
MX, CEO
RYAN CALDWELL
Evernym, CEO
TIMOTHY RUFF
Vivint Smart Home, Chief Legal Officer
SHAWN LINDQUIST
Microsoft, General Manager, Cloud + AI Developer Relations
JEFF SANDQUIST
Qualtrics, Head of Research and Data Science
CAROL HANEY
Planet Labs, Engineering Manager, Machine Learning Infrastructure
BENJAMIN GOLDENB
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