
Nathan Patrick is the Chief Executive Officer of Sonic, a California-based fiber internet provider that has been challenging the telecom duopoly since 1994. A career network engineer turned executive, Patrick rose through the ranks to CTO before taking the helm as CEO in 2024. He won the 2016 FTTXcellence Award for his technical leadership and has spearheaded Sonic's aggressive expansion beyond its Bay Area roots into Oakland, Los Angeles, and Dallas - backed by the belief that fast, honest internet shouldn't be a luxury.

Soni Lampert is the CEO of KLH Consulting, a full-service managed IT and cybersecurity firm based in Santa Rosa, California that has served businesses across Sonoma County and beyond for over 38 years. She co-acquired the firm alongside her husband Hub Lampert in 2005 and has since led it to become a regional IT powerhouse specializing in managed services, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and ERP implementation - including the wine-industry-specific Vintegrate platform built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. A published contributor to the Press Democrat and the North Bay Business Journal, Lampert bridges the gap between technology and industry, most notably in the intersection of IT and winemaking operations.