Tech Connect 2024 | Minnesota Technology Association | 8 May 2024 | Saint Paul RiverCentre, 175 Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102, USA

For more than 20 years, Minnesota’s technology leaders, influencers and strategists have gathered for this event, MnTech’s annual showcase of tech innovation in our state. This one-day conference puts on full display Minnesota's heritage as a leader in information technology and the application of digital solutions to power business success.

Join fellow tech professionals from our MnTech community for a content-rich day of learning, networking, and inspiration as we shine a light on the people and companies fueling Minnesota’s innovation economy. Explore this site to learn more about our line-up of speakers and sessions and reserve your spot for the biggest day in Minnesota tech. We look forward to seeing you then!

2024 Speakers

Nate Anderson
Site Reliability Manager, SPS Commerce

John Avenson
SVP/CTO, Minnesota Twins

Ramesh Babu
CIO, DigiKey

Jeff Barsness
Enterprise Consultant, Digineer

Matt Benyo
Detections Developer, Jamf

Samantha Boterman
Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, Baker Tilly US, LLP

Steve Buchanan
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Nikki Caicedo
Senior Product Portfolio Manager, Xcel Energy

Nate Carr
Staff Engineer, Cloud Engineering, SPS Commerce

Patricia Connolly
CEO/Founder, SMC2

Alex Cook
Principal, Inspire11

Chris Diller
Product Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN

Sarah Engstrom
CISO & VP IT, CHS Inc.

Justin Grammens
Managing Partner, Recursive Awesome

Jennifer Hartsock
Chief Information and Digital Officer, Cargill

Darrin Hebert
Chief Information Officer, Securian

Sam Henschen
Director, Game Day Experience, Twins MLB

Michelle Hermanson
IT Director, Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Jay Hopia
Manager, Engineering – Illustrations, Thrivent

Chris Howe
CTO, Rise and Shift - A Turnberry Solutions Company

John Husemoller
CTO, Rise and Shift - A Turnberry Solutions Company

Doug Jarnot
Agile Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN

Marcus Johansson
Director, Advanced Grid, Xcel Energy

Jeff Johnson
CISO, DigiKey

Troy Jordan
Director, TechOps, SPS Commerce

Teddy Kim
Director, Engineering – Engineering Productivity, Thrivent

Jake Krings
Vice President of Digital Engineering, Target

Jesse Lang
Principal Reliability Engineer, SPS Commerce

Greg Larson
Senior Director of Technology, Target

Heather Mickman
Chief Technology Officer, Lakeshore Learning Materials

Lindsey Miller
Staff Engineer – Engineering Productivity, Thrivent

Lisa Moschkau
Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics, Twins MLB

Mark Murphy
Chief Information & Digital Officer, 3M

Jake Parnell
IT Security Analyst, CHS

Brent Pierson
VP Cloud Strategy & Architecture, C4 Technical Services

Jason Popillion
Director Technology, SPS Commerce

Michael Porter
Clinical Professor of Marketing, University of St. Thomas

Brandon Potter
CTO, ProCircular, Inc.

Jeremy Raadt
Vice President, Baseball Systems, Twins MLB

Kjrk Reyerson
Adjunct Professor - Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Graduate School

Lauren Ropel
Director, Business Advisory Services - Customer & Product Strategy, Slalom

Cris Ross
CIO, Mayo Clinic

Matthew Schroer
Associate Energy Efficiency Engineer, Xcel Energy

Bill Sedoff
Advisor Partner, SMC2

Nathan Smith
Director of Engineering, Target

Ben Spain
Manager, Engineering – Digital Engineering Platform, Thrivent

Amas Tenumah
Sr. Director, Global Technology, Slalom

Jack Thesing
Enterprise Consultant, Digineer

Jonny Thompson
Director of Engineering, Target

Jeff Tollefson
President & CEO, Minnesota Technology Association

Tarek Tomes
Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, Minnesota IT Services

Bonnie Toppin
Governance, Strategy & Performance Consultant, Xcel Energy

Benjamin Uecker
Managing Consultant, Inspire11

Gijs Valbracht
Portfolio Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield MN

Andrea Vazquez
Computer Science Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education

Aleah Vinick
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Mikey Vu
Partner, Bain & Company

Mike Weispfenning
Director of Technology, Target

Patrick Wolf
Senior Manager, Business Value Engineering and Strategy, Qlik

Kenneth Wood
Director, IBM Quantum

2024 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• Optum
• Target

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Digineer
• ProCircular

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Verizon

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• C4 Technical Services
• CHS Inc.
• Full Stack Saint Paul
• IDA Ireland
• Juniper
• Qlik
• RBA
• SCM2
• Snowflake
• Virteva