How to Build Tech Teams Fast & Future-Proof Your Workforce in a Rapidly Changing Industry

Nacho is the Founder and CEO of BairesDev, the largest and fastest-growing 100% bootstrapped software outsourcing company. Driven by his entrepreneurial spirit, Nacho recently launched BDev Ventures, a VC fund that partners with B2B companies to accelerate their growth through a proprietary lead generation platform. He invests and is also a board member in biotechnology and e-learning companies. Nacho is the author of "IT Outsourcing to Latin America," an Amazon-exclusive book that analyzes the Software Development market in LATAM. He is the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 Bay Area winner, a Forbes Technology and Fast Company Impact Council member, and a thought leader in the software outsourcing industry.

Tushar is a savvy engineering executive who steers digital transformations from concept to execution. His experience scaling SaaS teams has propelled growth at both startups and large enterprises. His recent roles have included SVP Engineering at Unqork, SVP Engineering at Zypmedia, EVP Engineering at IPG Mediabrands, VP Engineering at Xtime. An innovation enthusiast, he embraces emerging technologies and data science, champions operational excellence, and guides continuous improvement across functions. After helping position several companies for successful exits via acquisitions and IPO, and navigating integrations post acquisitions, Tushar is currently a Partner and interim/fractional CTO at Fortium Partners - the #1 provider of technology leadership.

Ali Lttman is the Vice President of Engineering at Modern Health, a mental health technology company with a global workforce of both full-time and contracted staff. She has 15 years of experience in health tech and a business degree from Haas at Berkeley. She specializes in scaling organizations and has a track record in taking companies through hypergrowth, navigating major strategic product development pivots, as well as running major department reorganizations to optimize for current delivery and future-state architecture needs.

Dennis Yang is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Modal Learning as well as former CEO of Udemy. Dennis is an Advisor, Investor, and Board Member to early-stage technology companies in Education Technology and has been featured in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, Inc., Time, and Fortune. He has also spoken at numerous conferences, including Fortune Global Forum, and appeared on Bloomberg TV. Dennis earned a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is a Northwestern Alumni Regent and Member of the Advisory Board at the Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northwestern. He is also a Member of the Board of Trustees at Menlo School.