Registration

Belmont Registration Desk - Level 4

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Lunch

BMont-Royal - Level 4

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

A Vision for the Future - A New Frontier

Belmont Ballroom - Level 4

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

Rich Fennessy, CEO - Trace3

Rich is a Fortune 500 CEO with 32 years international management experience and widely recognized for outperforming expectations, and for achievements in business and technology. Throughout his career Rich has acquired, sold and managed 20 companies worldwide.

Derek Jeter - Five-Time World Series Champion & MLB Hall of Famer & Tyler Beecher, Executive Chairman - Trace3

Belmont Ballroom - Level 4

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Derek Jeter - Five-Time World Series Champion and Hall of Famer

By the time he stepped away from baseball in 2014 after a historic 20-year career, Derek Jeter had established him­self as one of the most respected men to ever have played the game. In recognition of his on-field accomplishments and impact on the game, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the Class of 2020.

Tyler Beecher, Executive Chairman - Trace3

Tyler is the Executive Chairman of Trace3.  Most recently, he served as the CEO for 5 years prior. Under his leadership Trace3 experienced unprecedented growth and is currently 1B+ in revenue. In addition to enabling great growth through business strategy, he has infused the organization with cultural strength and energy.

Networking Break

2:00 PM - 2:25 PM

Edge of Tomorrow

Belmont Ballroom - Level 4

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Chris Nicholas, VP Cloud Solutions Group - Trace3

Chris Nicholas brings a breadth of knowledge around the Azure Cloud Platform along with over 16 years of experience in technology. Chris is a Microsoft Certified Trainer, community contributor and a member of the Microsoft Cloud Architecture Group within the Datacenter Optimization Team.

Katherine Walther, VP of Innovation - Trace3

Katherine is dedicated to disseminating information about the future of technology to IT leaders across a wide variety of domains. Pairing a unique combination of real-world technology experience with insight from the world’s largest venture capital firms, her focus is to deliver market trends in the key areas impacting industry leading organizations.

Defining The Future Now, Through Innovation

Belmont Ballroom - Level 4

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Eric Knipp, Vice President - Americas Systems Engineering

Eric Knipp is the Vice President of Systems Engineering for the Americas Theatre. In this role, he leads the largest systems engineering team within Cisco and works closely with Sales leadership to develop Cisco’s technology go-to-market and ensure customer satisfaction. In addition, he is responsible for leading Cisco’s Architectural Specialist and Innovation Engineering teams in the Americas.

Never Split the Difference

Belmont Ballroom - Level 4

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM

Chris Voss, CEO - The Black Swan Group & Former Lead FBI Negotiator

Christopher "Chris" Voss is an American businessman, author, and academic. Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, the CEO of The Black Swan Group Ltd, a company registered in East Grinstead, England, and co-author of the book Never Split the Difference.

VIP Lounge - Cocktails, Appetizers, Giveaways & Grand Prizes

Belmont 1 & 5

4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

Regional Dinners

7:00 PM - 10:00 PM