
David Silva
David William Silva is a Ph.D computer scientist. He is responsible for translating business strategies and objectives into efficient, user-friendly, secure, and privacy-preserving data-centric solutions to enable organizations to extract maximum value from data correctly. David started his career as a Software Engineer focused on web services and agile software development. This experience led him to be involved with several projects, from startups to government and large corporations in many different fields. After 17 years of conducting R&D in Brazil, David moved to the US to engage in scientific research applied to a global industry of security and privacy, which has been his focus for the past nine years.

Ryan Lasmaili
Ryan has since childhood been fascinated by technology breakthroughs from space travel to EnviroTech, and in the last 12 years he has been involved with technology startups developing solutions to major problems. Ryan’s background is in financial mathematics with a passion for astrophysics and economics, having also worked in corporate environments in roles ranging from project manager to senior analyst, reporting to executives in listed multinationals. Ryan is always looking for ways to improve and apply his out of the box thinking to solving major cybersecurity problems with his biggest undertaking to date solving today’s and tomorrow’s data encryption & protection challenges.
Algemetric
Website: https://www.algemetric.com/
Algemetric was founded in 2016 as a research and development group for creating and licensing new data-centric technologies. In 2021 the company initiated a transition to offering B2B products. Since its foundation, Algemetric has specialized in data-centric solutions for data collection, preparation, representation, transmission, compression, storage, security, analytics, and visualization. After its transition started, while talking to prospective customers and strategic partners, Algemetric obtained a detailed view of the negative implications of improper data exploration and collaboration throughout organizations in many fields of industry. As data enthusiasts, Algemetric wants organizations to take the most value from strategic data they possess or have access to. At the same time, Algemetric understands that several safeguards must be in place so all resulting benefits from innovative data processing can be appreciated with the peace of mind that comes from adequate compliance with security and privacy standards and regulations.
Vaultree
Website: https://www.vaultree.com/
Vaultree is a global leader in data encryption, introducing some of the world's first Data-In-Use Encryption integrations for live-production environments with the likes of Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE). This innovation changes how sensitive data is protected and accessed. Vaultree’s innovative solution enables enterprise organizations to securely process, analyze, search, and compute on structured and unstructured encrypted data, amongst many others enabling encrypted AI and ML applications, data sharing and collaboration, visualization, and data warehousing. Vaultree eliminates traditional encryption challenges with performance, speed, and scale, making it the ideal solution for data-intensive industries.
Vaultree’s technology guarantees persistent encryption, even during a leak. Integrating Vaultree into existing database technologies is seamless, requiring no technology or platform changes. Google Cloud and other data-driven companies worldwide trust Vaultree to safeguard sensitive data. Vaultree empowers data utilization through Data-In-Use Encryption, ensuring that data is continuously encrypted, readily accessible, and perpetually secure. This approach drives growth and innovation while effectively reducing cybersecurity risks.