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Joseph has over 25 years of experience in digital asset management, beginning with the now-defunct stock photography company, The Image Bank, in Dallas. At Cedars-Sinai, Joseph is leading the transition from one DAM system to another with 250,000 assets.

Joseph has an undergraduate degree from Columbia University in New York and a graduate degree from The University of Texas in Austin.

Alan Sanders is Director of Marketing Operations at Caesars Entertainment. He has over 13 years’ experience working across various roles in marketing and technology in the Casino industry at both Caesars Entertainment and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation. In his current role he oversees the teams responsible for digital asset management, marketing resource management, and creative quality assurance.

Samit Malkani, Group Marketing Creative Manager – Brand, India & Southeast Asia at Google, began his career writing television commercials and print ads. He later made the shift to digital and became one of India’s early digital marketing pioneers along the way, working client-side to build his favourite brand from the inside-out. 

Mario has held the position since January 2022 and provides leadership in technical planning, implementation, management, and support of digital collections, digitization projects, and imaging. He helped set up and establish the Huntington Digital Library (HDL), which currently has a little over 218,000 digital objects.

Mario has a MLIS from San José State University (2003), a MA from George Washington University (1994) in Modern European and Diplomatic History and has worked in the archives and library field since 1995. He has been with the Huntington since 1998.

Mark is the Integrated Marketing Services Lead at Nestlé based in Manila. He has been at Nestle for 12 years. Mark's role includes social media, content, and digital commerce working with categories like pet care, beverages, and food across several Nestlé markets. Mark's previous roles were at Unilever and Globe Telecom. 

Patrizia is heading the Design Operation practice at 8x8.com. She has developed her approach to Design and DesignOps through 20+ years of international experience in usability, accessibility, design management and user research. With a background in academic and industrial research, Patrizia has led international multidisciplinary teams, and she has been known for her pioneering work in web accessibility, interview facilitation with LEGO Serious Play, and co-creation.

Dave is at the forefront of Design Operations having contributed to 2 books and co-founded the first global conference that spearheaded several global and local communities and conferences. He is an internationally sought-after speaker and workshop leader on the topic of DesignOps and other related Design Topics. 

Before Dave focused his career on Design Operations he was an accomplished interaction designer, and design leader for organizations like HPE, Rackspace, Motorola, Intralinks, and many more across a career spanning the better part of 3 decades.