Mehrdad Khatami

Senior Staff, R&D

DeGirum

Selçuk Sandıkcı

Principal AI Product Architect & Team Lead

GrAI Matter Labs

Manuel Botija

VP, Product Management

Axelera

Manuel Botija is an engineer with degrees from Telecom Paris and Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Over the past 17 years, he has led product innovation in semiconductor startups across Silicon Valley and Europe. Before joining Axelera, Manuel served as Head of Product at GrAI Matter Labs, which was acquired by Snap Inc.

Arun Rajasekaran

Consultant

Edge Inpulse

Steve Lerner

Head of Marketing for Animal Health and Nutrition

Chr. Hansen

Steve Lerner is the Head of Marketing for the Animal Health and Nutrition division of Chr. Hansen. In this role, Steve and his team are responsible for bringing Chr. Hansen’s science-based, research-proven products to the North American animal health and production markets, including beef cattle feedlots, commercial dairies and calf ranches, and poultry and egg production facilities. Steve has a Ph.D. in Reproductive Physiology from West Virginia University and a post-doctoral Fellowship in Molecular Genetics from the University of Southern California. He holds an M.S. in Biology/Embryology from West Virginia University and a B.S. in Zoology from University of Maryland. Prior to joining Chr. Hansen, Steve worked at Nutrition Physiology Company as Vice President of Product Development and Commercialization.