Talal G. Shamoon is a Silicon Valley-based CEO, electrical engineer, and computer scientist who has led Intertrust Technologies since 2003. A Cornell-trained PhD, he helped pioneer digital rights management in the late 1990s and has since built Intertrust into a global leader in trusted computing, data governance, and IoT security. Under his leadership, Intertrust's patents and products now underpin billions of licensed devices worldwide, spanning entertainment, energy, and connected infrastructure.
Lisa Su is the President and CEO of AMD, leading one of the greatest corporate turnarounds in tech history. Since taking the helm in 2014, she transformed AMD from a struggling chipmaker on the brink of irrelevance into a $378 billion semiconductor titan that rivals Intel and powers the AI revolution. The MIT-trained electrical engineer with a PhD in semiconductors isn't just building chips - she's reshaping the future of computing, from gaming consoles to data centers to artificial intelligence. Named Time's CEO of the Year in 2024 and recognized as one of the world's most powerful women, Su runs toward the hardest problems in an industry where failure means obsolescence.