SUMMIT PROGRAM – BFUTR 2025 Innovation Leadership Big Ideas

Partner Lounges

Speaker

Devon Jones

YAAACE

Founding Director

Is This Tech Too? Discovering Career Paths in Tech for Non-Techies

Not a coder? No problem. The tech industry needs creative thinkers, communicators, organizers, and innovators just as much as it needs engineers. In this session, explore the wide range of non-technical careers driving the tech world—from marketing and project management to design, sales, and strategy. You’ll learn how your unique strengths can help shape the future of technology and open doors to exciting, impactful opportunities.

Speaker

Ellen Baluta

Loopio

Diretor, Demand Generation

Kay Warren

JP Morgan Chase

Agility Lead, VP, JPMorgan Chase

Natalie Redda

Obsidi®

Customer Success Lead

Engineering the Future: Turning Ideas Into Real-World Solutions

Ever wonder how your favorite apps, games, or smart technologies are actually built? In this session, IT leaders and engineers share how big ideas become real-world tools that shape how we live, work, and connect. You’ll explore what it’s really like to work in engineering, the key skills that open doors in tech, and how curiosity and creativity can turn your ideas into impact. Whether you dream of coding the next hit app or leading a team that builds global solutions — this is where your journey begins.

Speaker

Sean Thompson

Psigryph Corp

Co-Founder & CEO, Psigryph

Nicole Charles

Kingston Frontenac Public Library

Director, Facilities & Technology,

Natalie Redda

Obsidi®

Customer Success Lead