2025 Speakers
Professor Tim Bates, The Godfather of Tech, https://thegodfatheroftech.com/
Discovered at the age of 13 by the U.S. Marshals Service as a hacker and later recruited by the U.S. Government to train and educate them on how to track down digital pirates and hackers. The Godfather of Tech has a passion that extends beyond his extensive expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and Immersive Technologies. His stunning resume includes positions like Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Global Fortune 200 companies, such as Lenovo, (ranked The World’s Most Admired company by Fortune Magazine) and America’s Top Automaker, General Motors. At General Motors, he led groundbreaking projects like the company’s software-defined ecosystem for the Hummer Electric and digital twinning of vehicles to solve problems during the iterative process long before the manufacturing began.
