Archives: Speakers

Emerson Gutierrez

Emerson Guitierrez is a Senior Mechanical Engineer for nVent SCHROFF out of the San Diego, California factory.  Emerson currently represents nVent SCHROFF on the VITA council.  He recently helped develop the Liquid Flow Through Module and is working on VITA 48.5 (air cooling) related products.

Sonny Rosano

Sonny Rosano is a Senior Mechanical Engineer and has led various embedded systems projects with nVent SCHROFF for over 10 years.  He has sat on a variety of VITA working groups which includes 48.2 and 48.4.  His research has led to a variety of new product introductions including the newly launched Liquid Flow Through Module and PCB positive pressure extractors.

Matthew Tarney

Matthew Tarney is the Global Vertical Growth Leader for Aerospace & Defence at nVent SCHROFF.  In this role he is focused heavily on finding solutions to the thermal challenges facing electronics in the aerospace and defence space.

Joshua Lloyd-Lyons

Josh is a vice president in the Fidelity International Strategic Ventures team, focused on enterprise software and financial infrastructure. He has worked on FISV’s investments into Moonfare, Finbourne, Zilo, PrimaryBid, and 73 Strings (where he is a board observer). Josh leads the team’s thematic coverage of the private assets’ software stack and financial services applications of AI and holds a seat on Fidelity International’s Global AI Steering Committee.
Josh brings wide-ranging speaking experience, having appeared on panels and delivered keynotes at leading industry events. Highlights include his 2024 keynote at Fintech Connect (AI: Saviour or False Prophet?), Innovate Finance’s 2025 webinar on AI’s Impact in Fintech, and sessions at Fintech Fringe and the upcoming 2025 AI Summit London. With deep expertise at the intersection of AI, and financial infrastructure, Josh offers both investor and operator perspectives on how AI is reshaping finance.

Ryan Lemand

Dr Ryan Lemand is a seasoned finance professional with a diverse and extensive career as an Investment Manager and a Financial Regulator. He has deep experience in Fixed Income, Credit, Quantitative Asset Allocation and Risk Management, having managed significant portfolios of institutional assets in Paris, London and New York.

As a Senior Advisor to the UAE’s Federal Government, Dr Ryan worked principally on financial regulatory subjects where he both led and contributed to key initiatives that developed many of the core Financial Regulations in the UAE, including Regulations on Collective Investment Schemes, Financial Analysis and Consultancy Services, Market Making and others topics.

He was also principally responsible for leading the Funds and Investment Management team that handled the licensing and approvals for local and foreign mutual funds and investment managers. In addition, he advised on a variety of subjects relevant to the UAE’s macroeconomic policy.

Dr Ryan has a proven track record in green field projects and in growing and scaling companies, as demonstrated by his founding of the Wealth and Asset Management arm for the Abu Dhabi based ADSS Group, which grew to become one of the largest asset managers in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

As a former Regulator, he is also well versed in advising on regulatory matters that range from obtaining financial services permissions to assisting in solving complex regulatory issues.

Mario Maric

I focus on AI projects that enhance customer understanding and improve customer experience. I have worked on international projects, including 12 years at Intesa Sanpaolo’s International Bank Division, implementing and scaling machine learning across various banks and markets. I believe success comes from aligning AI initiatives with well-defined strategic objectives, a strong operating model and clearly measurable results. With a technical background, I understand both AI technology and its practical applications.

Wissem Mareghni

With over three years of audit experience, Wissem Mareghni specializes in modernizing the audit function through technology. At DataSnipper, he leads initiatives around audit digitalization, data-driven decision support, and agile risk management approaches. He combines a solid understanding of business challenges with mastery of innovative tools to help internal audit departments anticipate the challenges of tomorrow.

Josh Lunger

John Lunger has served as our Chief Patient Supply Officer since August 2019 and is a member of our Executive Team. John leads the teams responsible for producing and delivering products to patients, accelerating supply execution, and optimizing the supply chain to be ready for commercialization. Prior to joining our Executive Team, he was Senior Vice President, Manufacturing and Supply Chain at Adaptimmune, having joined the Company in March of 2017. In this role, he was responsible for clinical manufacturing and global supply of Adaptimmune’s autologous T-cell therapy products.

Previously, John was Head of Supply Chain and Commercial Product Supply at Merrimack Pharmaceuticals where he led clinical and commercial supply chain as well as the cross functional supply team for Merrimack’s first commercial product launched in October of 2015. Earlier in his career, he held various senior manufacturing, operational, and strategy roles with VWR International, Pfizer, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. In his nearly 10 years with Wyeth he held a number of leadership positions, including operations and supply chain strategy, supply management, procurement and strategic sourcing, business systems implementation, generic pharmaceutical business management, and site operations management in a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Ireland. John began his career serving as a nuclear trained officer on a U.S. Navy submarine followed by strategic consulting with Accenture. He currently serves as a consultant and Technical Advisory Board member of Nkarta, Inc. (Nasdaq: NKTX). He previously served as a non-executive director of Genocea Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GNCA).

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree (with distinction) in Ocean Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and an MBA in economics and operations management from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.