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Mark Finch is an experienced leader with a long history of providing strategic advice to organisations on media management, digital transformation and eCommerce across all sectors. Mark has helped companies adopt agile technologies that have facilitated both cost savings and revenue growth, and through his single-minded focus on customer success, he has helped companies rapidly deploy solutions that have provided a quick time-to-value and added significant benefit.
 

Massimo is not only the Senior Audio/Video and Digital Archivist at Computer History Museum but he is also the Oral History Program Coordinator. Massimo received a PhD in History of Science, Medicine and Technology at the Johns Hopkins University and a Master in Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. When he’s not preserving digital files, he loves trying new vegan food and playing music.

Artur Lipori is Group Creative Director at DAVID Miami. He had the privilege of creating and leading the Refugee Nation project, one of the most awarded campaigns at the Cannes Lions Festival.

Lipori has been focusing most of his time and energy on ideas that generate a positive impact in the world. His passion for purpose-driven projects led him to use creativity to address global issues such as the refugee crisis, LGBTQ+ rights, Mental Health, Climate Change and Wildlife Conservation, among others.

Kendra is currently the Digital Systems Librarian at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Gottesman Research Library and Learning Center. Along with managing the Research Library's digital systems and applications, she administers the Museum's Digital Asset Management System (DAMS), supervising and developing workplans for all content migration, outreach, training and department onboarding. She has a BFA in Historic Preservation and a Master of Library Science and holds a Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) certificate through the Society of American Archivists.

Kristy is responsible for Digital Asset Management across the three museums, including rights and copyright management, training, asset ingestion, and governance. In addition to the day-to-day management of the DAM, Kristy is also tasked with providing copyright guidance, researching and writing outreach materials, and leading a DAM Community of Practice involving members from each of Canada’s national museums. Kristy has an MA in Public History, and has worked with museums on virtual tools and exhibitions for over 15 years. 

Fiona Smith Hale is the Chief Knowledge Officer at Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation. Ingenium includes includes the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In her role as CKO, Fiona is responsible for the planning, direction, control and systematic management Ingenium’s knowledge and information resources.