Speakers

    Susan Lockwood

    As Technical Director, Mindera US, Susan is privileged to work with some of the smartest developers, coding professionals, engineers, and tech facilitators on the planet. Susan has more than 21 years’ experience in the design and implementation of software solutions for government and enterprise applications, is an award winning software engineer, and a published technical author. She is also a passionate musician and an award winning composer.

    Kinga Daradics

    ‘I believe in the superpower of humans to improve. I drive purposeful- sustainable growth for the better of companies, people and the larger communities. A unique combination of energy, curiosity and a track record of outstanding result.’

    Kinga is an international senior executive, with an IT and business background. She has managed companies anywhere between 0 to 1.5 billion USD, or 0 to 2500 people. Key achievements include transformational M&A integration, digital transformations, company growth of several 100 million USDs or growing people form fresh graduates to managerial level or to growing several CEOs. Her industry expertise includes payments, insurance, energy or retail.

    Kinga was/ is active in supporting communities. Among others, she has been active board member in business organisations, like Foreign Investors Council or board member at the Sapientia University. She is advisory member in an NGO organising camps for chronically ill children.

    Her leadership was recognised with several awards including Forbes Youngest Most influential CEO (Romania), Most Admired CEO Top 100 (Romania) or Rising Talent 2014 by the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society (worldwide).

    Mara Livermore

    Mara is the creator of House of SweetWaters an entrepreneurial development agency that focuses on empowerment, kindness and planet healing practices to enable people to do the work they love. House of SweetWaters works with individuals and organisations looking to create or become GameChanging entrepreneurs who want to scale the solutions they’ve created to help more people.

    Mara’s background spans over a decade in operational roles and five + years working in startups in London’s vibrant Shoreditch seen. She brings the best of what she has learnt supporting some of the most excellent SME’s in the UK, US and abroad to help anyone with the right passion and drive to make it to success, however they choose to define it.

    Pedro Vicente

    Pedro Vicente is an improver. “What kind of bs title is that?” – you probably were asking yourself. Well, he thrives by (trying – sometimes a lot – until he successfully) improves the processes around him, either it being human or software-related.
    He has been developing mobile apps since 2008ish. In the last 6 years, he has been a Tech Lead and Delivery Lead for several different projects as a Software Craftsman at Mindera.

    Miguel Fontes

    Miguel Fontes is the Executive Director of Startup Lisboa. He was the Secretary of State for Youth, in the governments led by António Guterres, between November 1997 and April 2002. He has held executive management roles, both in the private and public sectors. He has a degree in Sociology and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from INDEG/ISCTE.

    Gislaine Quintana Marques

    I’m a copywriter, I’m a teacher. I’m creative, I’m strategic. I’m offline, I’m digital. I’m Brazilian and also Portuguese. I’m old school, I’m a trendspotter. I’m Gis, a professional with almost 30 years of experience. And I’d love to talk with you about Content Marketing.

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