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2023 EVOLVE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Joe Montana
Widely considered the best NFL quarterback of all time. Joe Montana personifies performance excellence and personal integrity both on and off the field. Yet the word most closely associated with him is not winner —it's leader.

Joe Montana

Hall of Fame Quarterback and Four-time Super Bowl Champion

Alex Honnold
Alex Honnold is a professional rock climber whose audacious free-solo ascents of America’s biggest cliffs have made him one of the most recognized and followed climbers in the world. A gifted but hard-working athlete, Honnold is distinguished for his uncanny ability to control his fear while scaling cliffs of dizzyingly heights without a rope to protect him if he falls.

Alex Honnold

Professional Rock Climber

Jerry Rice
Hall of Fame wide receiver and three-time Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice is widely regarded as the best wide receiver to ever play in the National Football League, and arguably the greatest player of all time. During his 15-year career with the San Francisco 49ers, Rice won three Super Bowls  and one Super Bowl MVP.  Rice was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2010, his first year of eligibility.

Jerry Rice

Hall of Fame Wide Receiver and Three-time Super Bowl Champion

2023 EVOLVE MAINSTAGE SPEAKERS

Rich Fennessy
Rich is a Fortune 500 CEO with 32 years international management experience and widely recognized for outperforming expectations, and for achievements in business and technology. Throughout his career Rich has acquired, sold and managed 20 companies worldwide.

RICH FENNESSY

CEO - Trace3

Tony Olzak
Tony Olzak is a leading visionary in applying technology to business problems and initiatives. He is a sought after speaker, co-author of multiple industry certification books, Co-host of a podcast dedicated to technology founders.  He brings over 19 years of industry experience leading consulting, engineering and development teams.

TONY OLZAK

CTO - Trace3

Sandy Salty
Sandy Salty is the Chief Marketing Officer of Trace3. A key strategic contributor to company-wide initiatives, Sandy has built various teams from the ground up including the Marketing organization, and the Partner Development organization which she continues to lead. She has designed a platform to stratify a complex partner ecosystem and identify the next round of strategic partnerships to take Trace3 to $2B in revenue.

SANDY SALTY

CMO - Host, Outlier Award Gala - Trace3

2023 EVOLVE BREAKOUT SPEAKERS

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John Brett
Director of Subscription Sales
Pure Storage
Mike Brooks
Practice Leader, Data & Analytics Strategy
Trace3
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Mark Butler
Advisory CISO
Trace3
Julie Chickillo
Julie Chickillo
VP, Head of Information Security
Guild Education
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Allen Clingerman
Chief Technology Strategist
Dell Technologies
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Jeff Denworth
Co-founder & CMO
Vast
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John DiGiovanni
Architectures Leader
‍Cisco Systems
Marc Donovan
Marc Donovan
VP of Sales
Nutanix
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Brian Friedopfer
VP, Contact Center and Collaboration
‍Trace3
Chris Gordon
Chris Gordon
Sr. Cloud Architect
‍Trace3
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Marty Hess
Regional Vice President, Cloud Alliances
Fortinet
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Dave Linder
Co-founder & Pure Storage Evangelist
Trace3
Josh Lindstrom
Managing Director of Intelligence
Trace3
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Asher Lohman
Field Chief Innovation Officer
Trace3
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John McGivern
Sr. Director of Cloud FinOps Consulting
Trace3
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CJ Metz
VP, Modern Infrastructure Solutions
‍Trace3
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Jack McLeod
Practice Director, Converged Core
‍Trace3
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Scottie Miller
Technology Fellow for Systems Architecture
DreamWorks
Jose Monroy
Jose Monroy
Technical Account Manager
Intel
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Amel Mujdzic
Cloud Architect
Trace3
Sean Nilsen
Sean Nilsen
Sr. Practice Director, Strategic Engagements
Trace3
John Osley
John Osley
Sr. Manager, Americas Channels
Riverbed
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Darren Patterson
Practice Director, Cloud Solutions
Trace3
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Chris Pedigo
GTM CTO
Lacework
Steven Robb
Steve Robb
GM, LCM
Trace3
Darren Sack
Darren Sack
Principal Consultant
Trace3
Milo Sanchez
Milo Sanchez
Practice Director, Network
‍Trace3
Neal Steber
Neal Steber
Cloud Services Director
HPE
Parker Stevens
Parker Stevens
Sr. Cloud FinOps Consultant
Trace3
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Brian Stockbrugger
Cloud Security Architect
Microsoft
Sarah Stone
Sarah Stone
Sr. Cloud FinOps Consultant
Trace3
Abid Syed
Azure Practice Leader
Trace3
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Aiden Waldon
Director, Public Cloud Architecture and Engineering
Fortinet
Katherine Walther
VP, Innovation
‍Trace3
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Jimmy Xu
Practice Director ‍
‍Trace3
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Adam Yaws
Product Sales Manager
Harness

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D. Jeter
Derek Jeter
Five-Time World Series Champion & Hall of Famer
Chris Voss
CEO
The Black Swan Group
Peter Hinssen
Technology Entrepreneur Nexxworks
Magic Johnson
CEO of Magic
Johnson Enterprises
Jocko Willink
Co-founder of
Echelon Front
Mike Walsh
CEO
Tomorrow
Gamiel Gran
VP of Strategic BD
Mayfield Edge
Hew Leith
Co-Founder
Intelligent X Beer
Peyton Manning
NFL Quarterback
& MVP
Monzy Merza
VP & Head of Security Research - Splunk
Jim McHugh
VP & General Manager
NVIDIA
Rachel Sibley
Futurist & Marketing Strategist
Rama Sekhar
Partner
Norwest Venture Partners
Paul DePodesta
CSO
Cleveland Browns
Steve Wozniak
Inventor, Engineer,
Entrepreneur
John Chambers
Former CEO
Cisco Systems
Dave Hitz
Founder
NetApp
Greg McKeown
Chief Executive Officer
THIS, Inc.
Eric Ries
Author &
Entrepreneur
Joe Theismann
Entrepreneur and Former
NFL Quarterback
Tom Mendoza
Vice Chairman
NetApp
Patrick Lencioni
Founder & President
The Table Group
Asheem Chandna
Investor &
Entrepreneur
Daniel Pink
Best-Selling
Author
Guy Kawasaki
Chief Evangelist
of Canva
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