Meet Our Speakers
Taxonomy Boot Camp 2025 provides attendees with opportunities to meet and learn from the leading experts in taxonomies, ontologies, folksonomies, tagging mechanisms and other techniques for organizing information. The conference program is currently being developed and will be available in mid-July. Check back soon for more details. If you'd like to participate as a speaker please visit our Call for Speakers for details or to submit a proposal.
- Maite Arakaki — Knowledge and Learning Senior Associate, Inter-American Development Bank
- Ashley Bearden — Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management Specialist, Amgen
- Doug Beeson — Journeyman Ontologist, Semantic Arts
- Andreas Blumauer — SVP Growth, Graphwise
- Thomas Blumer — Project Manager & Principal KM/AI/DAP Consultant, Earley Information Science
- Patrick Bradley — Senior Director, Software Development Engineering, Expedia Group
- Dan Brown — Principal Information Architect, Curious Squid
- Joseph Busch — Principal Analyst, Taxonomy Strategies
- Mike Cannon — Senior Director, Serial Publications and Editorial Services, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Dave Clarke — Chief Innovation Officer, Squirro
- Duane Degler — Principal, Design for Context
- Stephanie Duncan — Taxonomy Consultant, Dovecot Studio
- James Egan — Ontology Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Monica Fulvio — Taxonomist/Ontologist, ASHA, Tauru Systems, Dovecot Studio
- Arvind Gopal — VP of Product Management and Strategy, eGain
- Bonnie Griffin — Taxonomy Consultant, Enterprise Knowledge
- Malcolm Hawker — Chief Data Officer, Profisee
- Miriam Heard — Program Manager, Content Library, YMCA of the USA
- Heather Hedden — Taxonomy Consultant, Hedden Informaton Management, Author, The Accidental Taxonomist
- Tim Hill — Director, Product Management, NiCE
- David Hobbs — Early Digital Strategist, David Hobbs Consulting
- Michele Ann Jenkins — Senior Consultant, Dovecot Studio
- Bob Kasenchak — Lead Information Architect, Factor
- Benjamin Kass — Senior Ontology Consultant, Semantic Data Modeling, Enterprise Knowledge
- Melissa Knudtson Monsalve — Taxonomy Consultant, Dovecot Studio
- Martin Kon — President Emeritus, Cohere, Former CFO, YouTube
- Erik Lee — Taxonomist / Information Architect, Factor
- Ahren Lehnert — Senior Taxonomist, Genentech
- Stephanie Lemieux — President & Principal Consultant, Dovecot Studio
- Yonah Levenson — CEO / Taxonomy Ontology Strategist, Metadata Taxonomy Strategies
- Leila Martini — CEO/Founder, Olive Branch Research, LLC
- Elizabeth McLean — Principal, Knowsaic, avato
- Nimit Mehta — CEO, TopQuadrant
- Panos Mitzias — Semantic Graph Solutions Specialist, Squirro
- Brandon Mora — Knowledge and Learning Senior Associate, Inter-American Development Bank
- Laura Rodriguez — Metadata Manager, HealthStream
- Rebecca Roth — Senior Manager, Knowledge Management, Amgen
- Harrison Saltz — Senior Information Architect, Amazon
- Chantal Schweitzer — Practice Director, Strategic Data Services, Pivotree
- Zach Wahl — President & CEO, Enterprise Knowledge
- Alex Zichettello — Knowledge Management Lead, Frame & Interior Business Unit, Honda Development & Manufacturing of Americas, LLC
