Horizons New York AI + Digital Innovation

Hashim Syed is the AI Go‑to‑Market Lead for Startups in North America at Google, where he helps emerging technology companies scale with AI and cloud solutions. He focuses on shaping strategic partnerships, driving adoption of AI‑enabled tools, and supporting founders as they bring innovative products to market in a competitive landscape.

Sebastian Misiurek is a Senior Product Manager at NVIDIA, where he leads cloud-native Digital Twin and Physical AI products within the Omniverse ecosystem. He works across engineering, design, and enterprise customer teams to transform complex AI and 3D simulation capabilities into intuitive tools. Driven by computational workflows, he also serves as a Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute.

Hakarl Bee is the Creative Lead of AI Design at Citi, where he directs the evolution of the firm's brand identity for the AI age. He focuses on building a comprehensive brand expression spectrum and establishing the governance tools that ensure brand quality within Citi’s agentic AI platforms, seamlessly scaling an AI-enabled design system across consumer, employee, and enterprise touchpoints.

Christi Fisher is the Head of Product Transformation & Operations at BNY, where she leads global enterprise transformation across products, technology, and service experiences. She focuses on developing AI-enabled products, modernizing operations, and integrating intelligent workflows across complex business environments. Bringing over 20 years of experience from JPMorgan Chase, she combines product strategy with hands-on leadership to transform fragmented ecosystems into scalable solutions.

Michael K. Wagner is the Vice President of Product Excellence at Mastercard, where he leads enterprise-wide initiatives to fundamentally improve how the organization builds and manages products at scale. He focuses on transforming the core product operating model, optimizing governance, decision-making, and lifecycle management to seamlessly connect overarching business strategy and investment with product execution and tangible business outcomes.

Radek Meljon is a Vice President at BrainStation, the global leader in digital and AI skills training for teams of professionals with locations in New York, London and Toronto. BrainStation works directly with industry leaders to design and deliver innovative training programs that equip professionals with the in-demand skills needed to succeed in today’s technology-driven economy and has trained over 35,000 professionals to date.