Executive

Bestselling Author and Futurist

Bernard Marr is a world-renowned futurist, influencer and thought leader in the fields of business and technology, with a passion for using technology for the good of humanity. He is a best-selling author of 20 books, writes a regular column for Forbes and advises and coaches many of the world’s best-known organizations. He has over 2 million social media followers, 1 million newsletter subscribers and was ranked by LinkedIn as one of the top 5 business influencers in the world and the No 1 influencer in the UK. Bernard is one of the world’s most highly respected experts when it comes to future trends, strategy, digital transformation and in the intelligent use of data and AI in business.

President of Products & Technology, Splunk

Shawn Bice is President of Products & Technology, with overall responsibility for Product, Engineering, Design, Architecture, CTO, CIO and CISO functions. With previous leadership roles at Amazon Web Services and Microsoft, he brings nearly 25 years of expertise in managing massive data operations and native cloud services at scale. Shawn is driven by a passion for curiosity, learning and applying those qualities to create new value for customers.

Shawn has served on the Technical Committee for the Seattle Kraken, an NHL hockey team, since 2020, and he has served as a member of the board of directors of Washington Federal Bank, National Association, a national bank, since 2021. Shawn holds a B.S. from Eastern Michigan University. Married for nearly three decades, Shawn, his wife and two sons live in the Seattle area. As a former college athlete, Shawn enjoys watching lacrosse, football and hockey.

Senior Vice President, Chief Product Officer, Splunk

Garth Fort is the Senior Vice President and Chief Product Officer for Splunk. With over 25 years of product management experience, Garth is responsible for evolving Splunk’s market-leading product portfolio of software and cloud services. He has a true passion for driving product roadmaps across both established and emerging categories while successfully guiding software teams through high growth and transitions to the cloud. Prior to Splunk, Garth served as a general manager for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and led innovation for customers, independent software vendors and channel partners. He also held several leadership positions with Microsoft over 20 years and oversaw the worldwide ecosystem strategy and execution for its cloud and enterprise division, including Microsoft Azure, Windows Server, SQL Server and a broad portfolio of products for developers and IT professionals. He holds an A.B. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, lived in China and Japan, and enjoys hiking, sailing and snowboarding.

Chief Information Security Officer, Splunk

Splunk’s CISO & top cybersecurity expert, Pam Fusco leads the company’s IS posture & aids the cybersecurity team in combating threats with a cloud-based security strategy. With 30+ years of global Infosec executive experience, Pam currently serves on the ISSA international BOD & founded the Cloud Security Alliance & SAFE-BioPharma. A former Navy cryptologist, Pam advised the White House on the 44th Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.