Adnan Hamid is the founder and core-technology inventor of Breker Verification Systems, a San Jose EDA company that pioneered graph-based, specification-driven chip verification and helped birth the industry's Portable Stimulus Standard. A Princeton-trained electrical engineer and computer scientist with an MBA from UT Austin, he earned the nickname 'The Breaker' for a simple reason: he breaks things for a living. After leading AMD's verification team to 100% coverage on an x86-class microprocessor and a stint at Cadence, he founded Breker in 2003 with his wife Maheen. He now serves as Executive President and CTO, holds more than 17 patents, and is regarded as one of the original visionaries behind teaching computers to verify the chips inside nearly every modern device.
Chris Altchek is the founder and CEO of Cadence, a New York health-tech company that runs remote patient monitoring and virtual care for chronic conditions on behalf of large U.S. health systems. He built the company after selling his first venture, the millennial media brand Mic, which he co-founded at 23 with high-school friend Jake Horowitz. A Harvard social studies graduate and former Goldman Sachs analyst who also worked in the Bloomberg administration and the White House, Altchek pivoted from media to medicine through an entrepreneur-in-residence stint at Thrive Capital. Cadence reached a reported $1 billion valuation in 2021 after a $100 million Series B led by Coatue, and now monitors tens of thousands of patients across more than 20 states.

Jim Douglas is a five-time CEO and seasoned enterprise technology executive now leading Luciq (formerly Instabug) as it pioneers the category of Agentic Mobile Observability. With over 30 years of executive experience — including transforming Wind River from a flat-growth embedded software company into a half-billion-dollar enterprise — Douglas brings a rare combination of go-to-market expertise and operational scale to a startup that counts DoorDash, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Disney among its customers. Appointed CEO in February 2025, he oversaw Instabug's September 2025 rebrand to Luciq.ai, signaling a shift from passive monitoring to AI agents that autonomously detect, diagnose, and fix mobile app issues.
Jay Campbell is a Knoxville-based fractional AI GTM leader and serial product builder who spent 15+ years in enterprise sales at Staffmark, Avionte, and Sense before turning his builder habit into the point of it all. He has shipped 45+ AI products - including Cadence (a personal AI OS with 50+ API integrations), DealIQ OS (an AI deal-coaching CRM), and getaFNjob - and writes the Selling with AI newsletter, which runs a 70% open rate. His thesis: most companies use AI to do the same things faster; winning teams use it to do things they could never do before.