Janeen Uzzell

Biography

Janeen Uzzell is CEO of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the largest student-run organization in the U.S., with 26,000+ members. A mechanical engineer and National Academy of Engineering member, she was previously COO of the Wikimedia Foundation, launching the $4.5M Knowledge Equity Fund, and spent nearly two decades at GE leading Women in Technology and healthcare initiatives across Africa. Honors include the UN Global Leadership Award, ADWEEK's Top Black Women Trailblazers in Tech, and a Biden appointment to the White House HBCU Board. She serves on the boards of Mercy Ships and DFree Global, and chairs the Greybridge SPAC.

Sessions

1. The Engineering Edge

   Wed, Nov 4, 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM CT

   Track Engineering

   Aaron Russell leads the infrastructure that delivers AI-powered content to billions of users across Meta's global platforms, from edge compute and GPU caching to video optimization at hyperscale. For engineers building AI-powered products, this is the conversation happening one layer below the model: how do you architect systems when AI becomes an infrastructure constraint rather than just a feature? Aaron brings the view from the technical frontier that most engineers will never see up close.