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Siffat Haider

Co-Founder & CEO
Arrae

Founder, Podcaster, Creator 

Siff was working in the beauty space as a blogger + podcaster and found herself struggling with her own health issues. She ultimately turned to natural remedies as a last resort and began troubleshooting with her own combination of herbs & vitamins and found herself feeling better than ever. She quickly realized that holistic remedies had the power to address women’s toughest day-to-day health issues and began building Arrae, with her husband, Nish, to share these solutions with others.

Siffat Haider

Co-Founder & CEO
Arrae

Siffat Haider

Co-Founder & CEO
Arrae

Founder, Podcaster, Creator 

Siff was working in the beauty space as a blogger + podcaster and found herself struggling with her own health issues. She ultimately turned to natural remedies as a last resort and began troubleshooting with her own combination of herbs & vitamins and found herself feeling better than ever. She quickly realized that holistic remedies had the power to address women’s toughest day-to-day health issues and began building Arrae, with her husband, Nish, to share these solutions with others.

 

Marissa Galante Frank

Fashion Director, Accessories and Beauty
Bloomingdales

Marissa Galante Frank is the Fashion Director for Accessories & Beauty at Bloomingdale's, overseeing handbags, shoes, fine jewelry, watches, fashion accessories and beauty.  In her role, Marissa drives the Bloomingdale’s vision for the trends shoppers can expect each season in-store and online. She collaborates across departments to develop exclusive merchandise for Bloomingdale’s private brands, and translate trends into a one-of-kind accessories and beauty assortment, spanning emerging and established brands.

Marissa Galante Frank

Fashion Director, Accessories and Beauty
Bloomingdales

Marissa Galante Frank

Fashion Director, Accessories and Beauty
Bloomingdales

Marissa Galante Frank is the Fashion Director for Accessories & Beauty at Bloomingdale's, overseeing handbags, shoes, fine jewelry, watches, fashion accessories and beauty.  In her role, Marissa drives the Bloomingdale’s vision for the trends shoppers can expect each season in-store and online. She collaborates across departments to develop exclusive merchandise for Bloomingdale’s private brands, and translate trends into a one-of-kind accessories and beauty assortment, spanning emerging and established brands.

 

Debbi Hartley-Triesch

EVP, GMM, Beauty, Accessories & Home
Nordstrom

Debbi Hartley-Triesch assumed the role of executive vice president and general merchandise manager of the accessories and beauty divisions in August 2021. In 2022, she added the home division to her remit. She and her team are responsible for all buying operations for accessories, jewelry, watches, handbags, home and beauty – including fragrance, skin care, color and all Spa Nordstrom locations. Debbi supports the beauty division across both Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack.

Debbi Hartley-Triesch

EVP, GMM, Beauty, Accessories & Home
Nordstrom

Debbi Hartley-Triesch

EVP, GMM, Beauty, Accessories & Home
Nordstrom

Debbi Hartley-Triesch assumed the role of executive vice president and general merchandise manager of the accessories and beauty divisions in August 2021. In 2022, she added the home division to her remit. She and her team are responsible for all buying operations for accessories, jewelry, watches, handbags, home and beauty – including fragrance, skin care, color and all Spa Nordstrom locations. Debbi supports the beauty division across both Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack.

Debbi began her Nordstrom career as a beauty advisor over 30 years ago. Since then, she has held a number of leadership roles in the Beauty division including regional buyer and national beauty director where she created the Beauty Trend Show and was featured as a beauty expert on The Today Show and Entertainment Tonight as well as a variety of fashion publications such as W, Allure, In Style and Vogue. In 2009, Debbi became the vice president and divisional merchandise manager for makeup and skincare to help drive product strategies supporting the buying team and partnering with beauty brands. In 2018 Debbi was appointed to the role of senior vice president, regional manager for the Northwest where she supported 15 Nordstrom stores and 35 Nordstrom Rack stores, helped serve customers, developed teams and delivered on operational execution. 

 

 

Akshay Talati

Chief Innovation Officer
Supergoop!

Akshay Talati

Chief Innovation Officer
Supergoop!

Akshay Talati

Chief Innovation Officer
Supergoop!
 

Angela Simpson

Chief Marketing Officer
Haus Labs

Angela Simpson is an accomplished beauty marketing executive with over 20 years of experience driving brand growth and innovation across mass and prestige categories. Angela’s expertise spans product launches, brand strategy, media, retail marketing, E-commerce and digital initiatives, making her a sought-after leader in the beauty industry. With a proven track record of success at top-tier companies like Sephora and L'Oréal, Angela is known for her ability to build and scale brands, capitalize on key trends, and foster strong collaborations with influencers and founders.

Angela Simpson

Chief Marketing Officer
Haus Labs

Angela Simpson

Chief Marketing Officer
Haus Labs

Angela Simpson is an accomplished beauty marketing executive with over 20 years of experience driving brand growth and innovation across mass and prestige categories. Angela’s expertise spans product launches, brand strategy, media, retail marketing, E-commerce and digital initiatives, making her a sought-after leader in the beauty industry. With a proven track record of success at top-tier companies like Sephora and L'Oréal, Angela is known for her ability to build and scale brands, capitalize on key trends, and foster strong collaborations with influencers and founders. She holds an MBA from Kellogg and is passionate about mentoring young professionals and advancing diversity in beauty.

 

Noah Rosenblatt

President North America
BEAUTYSPACE

Noah Rosenblatt is President of The PCA Companies' newest acquisition, BEAUTYSPACE (formerly SpaceNK Wholesale). Noah joined BEAUTYSPACE in 2015, after prior roles at LVMH and 20 years of retail industry experience. During his tenure, he has led the company through two significant business shifts, resulting in an operations that now include more than 700 branded BEAUTYSPACE points of distribution for nearly 100 brands within the wholesale portfolio.

Noah Rosenblatt

President North America
BEAUTYSPACE

Noah Rosenblatt

President North America
BEAUTYSPACE

Noah Rosenblatt is President of The PCA Companies' newest acquisition, BEAUTYSPACE (formerly SpaceNK Wholesale). Noah joined BEAUTYSPACE in 2015, after prior roles at LVMH and 20 years of retail industry experience. During his tenure, he has led the company through two significant business shifts, resulting in an operations that now include more than 700 branded BEAUTYSPACE points of distribution for nearly 100 brands within the wholesale portfolio.

Under Noah’s leadership, he has been instrumental in developing strategies to increase brand awareness, drive expansion, deepen customer relationships, and evolve the brands’ in-store and digital presence. This forward-thinking, award-winning retail experience connects retailers and brands to consumers—wherever and however they choose to shop—across both the luxury and prestige markets.

Pharma and Biotech Patent Litigation USA - 2025 Skeleton Agenda

For years, AI services have been locked into expensive GPU cloud infrastructure, burdened by high costs, latency, and privacy risks. ZETIC.ai introduces a breakthrough: an end-to-end automated SDK that converts your existing AI models into fully optimized on-device apps within hours. By leveraging the NPUs already inside billions of smartphones, we enable companies to eliminate GPU servers entirely, cutting costs by up to 99% while delivering real-time, private, and scalable AI experiences. This session unveils how the future of AI is no longer in the cloud — it’s already in your pocket.

Author:

Yeonseok Kim

CEO
Zetic

Yeonseok Kim

CEO
Zetic

This demo explores how to achieve high-performance AI on Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) using the JAX ecosystem, with a specific focus on image recognition workflows. We’ll begin with micro-benchmarks that showcase JAX's unique advantages for TPU-based computation, such as its single-program, multiple-data (SPMD) programming model, which is ideal for the TPU's systolic array architecture. This setup is designed for integration into larger, production-grade environments, such as those running on Kubernetes.

Author:

Ravi Mahendrakar

Senior Product Manager
Google Cloud

Ravi Mahendrakar is a Product Management leader at Google, focused on ML Frameworks & Ecosystems. With over 20 years of experience, including product roles at AWS, Aerospike, VAST Data, Pure Storage, Veritas, and IBM. Ravi  specializes in bringing innovative data and enterprise software solutions to market. Ravi has an MBA from Chicago Booth and a Master's in Computer Science from CSU Chico.

 

Ravi Mahendrakar

Senior Product Manager
Google Cloud

Ravi Mahendrakar is a Product Management leader at Google, focused on ML Frameworks & Ecosystems. With over 20 years of experience, including product roles at AWS, Aerospike, VAST Data, Pure Storage, Veritas, and IBM. Ravi  specializes in bringing innovative data and enterprise software solutions to market. Ravi has an MBA from Chicago Booth and a Master's in Computer Science from CSU Chico.