speaker highlights 2025 Deliverability Summit Speakers
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Mat Antoine
Email & Anti-Abuse Expert, Orange
Mat Antoine
Email & Anti-Abuse Expert, OrangeMat is a cybersecurity expert specializing in building and securing large-scale email infrastructures for MSP/ISPs worldwide, and enterprise-grade email routers. With deep experience in mail transfer agents, spam filtering, Mat focuses on delivering high-performance, resilient, and secure email platforms. His work spans from system architecture and deployment to ongoing threat mitigation and abuse handling. Passionate about reliable messaging systems, Mat is committed to ensuring secure, scalable, and efficient email delivery for high-volume environments.
Laura Atkins
Co-founder, Word to the Wise
Laura Atkins
Co-founder, Word to the Wise
Laura Atkins has been working professionally in email and email deliverability since 2000. In 2001, she co-founded Word to the Wise, a boutique consulting firm that specialises in creating specific and personalised email delivery strategies for their clients. As spam filters continually evolve to address new threats, Laura's firm enables legitimate companies to work within this filtering framework to communicate effectively with their customers.
Marcel Becker
Senior Director Product Management, Yahoo
Marcel Becker
Senior Director Product Management, Yahoo
Passionate about all aspects of E-Mail, how it connects people, consumers and brands. Frequent speaker at mail, anti-abuse and deliverability conferences such as M3AAWG, CSA and others. Particular about application design. Opinionated about project and product management best practices. Improv fanatic and occasional actor.
Carel Bitter
CEO, Spamhaus
Carel Bitter
CEO, Spamhaus
Carel is an integral part of Spamhaus’ fabric, having been with the organization for well over a decade. He has a deep passion for threat hunting and discovering how a bad actor's infrastructure operates - ensuring internet users are protected from nefarious activity. From malware and snowshoe spam to DNS, domains, and everything in between – you name it, Carel will have a perspective. As a recognized subject matter expert in the field, Carel can regularly be found presenting to audiences across the globe, sharing his knowledge and experience with others.
Andrew Bonar
co-founder, Emailexpert
Andrew Bonar
co-founder, Emailexpert
Co-founder and Managing Director, Emailexpert UK, he offers recommendations and advice on a broad range of strategic and operational matters, leveraging my 25+ years of experience in the digital space. Andrew has a passion for automation, effective communication, and the power of connections, and I fuse a results-driven approach with an entrepreneurial spirit.
Jon Burke
Product Manager, Infobip
Jon Burke
Product Manager, Infobip
Jon Burke is a dedicated and driven email deliverability expert with over a decade of experience in the field. Throughout his career, he has successfully assisted both large enterprise-level companies and small family-owned businesses. His work has taken him to various countries, allowing him to collaborate with people from diverse backgrounds. Jon is motivated by the successes of his clients and the continuous learning opportunities offered by the MarTech industry.
Kieran Cooper
Technical Account Specialist
Kieran Cooper
Technical Account Specialist
Kieran Cooper is a seasoned and highly successful Technical Account Manager with 20 years of experience in supporting customers to achieve success. As a dedicated liaison, he embodies the voice of the company to the customer and vice versa. Kieran possesses a keen commercial instinct and harbors a passion for helping organizations leverage a variety of technologies to meet their objectives. He is committed to facilitating people in seizing the opportunities presented by technology, irrespective of their experience or skill levels.
Kieran excels at building strong relationships at all organisational levels, both internally and externally, ensuring collaborative efforts lead to meeting customer needs. Known as a trusted technical advisor, he is always eager to learn and impart knowledge. He has a profound understanding of the email industry, particularly in deliverability, and consistently seeks to expand his expertise. At Bird, Kieran successfully supported customers with SMS, rapidly extending his knowledge base. He enjoys managing teams and has consistently received excellent feedback from colleagues whose careers he has supported and developed. Kieran is also a successful public speaker and trainer, known for his ability to explain complex topics in an accessible manner. His strong interest in data protection and privacy dates back to the 1990s. In the past five years, he has become a certified data controller and earned his CIPP/E privacy qualification.Stéphane Decamps
Head of Anti-Abuse & Public Relations, Hornetsecurity
Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Co-Founder, SURBL
Raymond Dijkxhoorn
Co-Founder, SURBL
Delivering high level internet solutions.
Specialties: anti spam solutions, large scale mailfiltering, 5.000.000 mails/day and up. Managed server solutions, housing and colo solutions. MySQL clustering.
MailScanner, SpamAssassin, Exim, Sendmail. Linux Virtual Server implementations. Network design and management. Large scale 10Gbit deployments.
Kiersti Esparza
Email Delivery & Operations, Email Platforms, Klaviyo
David Finger
Director of Email.cz and Mapy.cz at Seznam.cz
David Finger
Director of Email.cz and Mapy.cz at Seznam.cz
David Finger serves as the Director of Email.cz and Mapy.cz at Seznam, with a demonstrated history in the internet industry. He is skilled in complex product development, user experience, anti-spam and anti-abuse initiatives, email marketing, communication, and mobile applications. David is a strong product management professional and an experienced speaker at national and international conferences.
Erick Galembeck
Abuse, Compliance and Deliverability Manager, Splio
David Harris
CEO & Founder, GreenArrow Email
David Harris
CEO & Founder, GreenArrow Email
Specialties: Email deliverability, high volume email systems, high performance software, database management, web-based software development, email deliverability
Todd Herr
Principal Solutions Architect, GreenArrow Email
Todd Herr
Principal Solutions Architect, GreenArrow Email
Todd Herr is the Principal Solutions Architect at GreenArrow Email, with over 20 years of expertise in email authentication and deliverability. He has a well-rounded background in the email ecosystem, having worked with email senders, mailbox providers, and vendors.
Mike Hillyer
Co-Founder, KumoMTA
Mike Hillyer
Co-Founder, KumoMTA
With over 18 years of experience in digital product development, business development, and consulting, Mike helps large senders remove risk and upgrade their infrastructure with open-source MTA technology. As the co-founder of Kumo Corp, he lead a team of passionate and talented engineers and consultants who are committed to delivering the best email solutions for their clients.
Lucky Kannan
Software Engineering Manager, Zoho
Lucky Kannan
Software Engineering Manager, Zoho
Lucky Kannan is a Software Engineering Manager at Zoho, bringing over 11 years of experience in the tech industry. Known for his pioneering work in email marketing and deliverability, he has led the development of groundbreaking tools and technologies, including a custom-built Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) and an Email Address Checker—both of which have significantly enhanced efficiency and precision in email operations. Under Lucky’s leadership, Zoho’s suite of deliverability solutions has expanded to include advanced inbox placement and reporting tools, empowering teams to operate at scale. He also spearheaded the revamp of Zoho Marketing Automation’s antispam engine, bolstering its capability to block spammers and protect user experience. Leveraging his expertise in artificial intelligence, Lucky continues to shape the future of deliverability and antispam management by deploying cutting-edge AI agents. His commitment to innovation and leadership has made him a driving force behind smarter, faster, and more efficient processes in the rapidly evolving world of email technology.
Liam Kelly
Senior Lead Software Engineer, Klaviyo
Liam Kelly
Senior Lead Software Engineer, Klaviyo
Liam Kelly is a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Klaviyo and technical lead for the Klaviyo MTA, which delivers hundreds of millions of messages per day on behalf of Klaviyo customers. Since his start in the industry as a LISTSERV support engineer, Liam has over 25 years experience in email list management and high-volume email delivery.
Anders Långsved
CEO, Halon
Anders Långsved
CEO, Halon
Energetic CEO / Board member with equal parts of start-up and corporate experience, from software, Internet & communication industries. Thrives where analog meets digital and excels at building high performing teams to grow profitably.
Yves-Marie Le Pors-Chauvel
Email Marketing and Delivery Specialist, Postmastery
Martina Lipp
Marketing Consultant and Advisor, Martina Lipp Consulting
Martina Lipp
Marketing Consultant and Advisor, Martina Lipp Consulting
Tom Mairs
Co-founder, KumoMTA
Tom Mairs
Co-founder, KumoMTA
Anne-Sophie Marsh
Senior Deliverability Consultant at Iterable
Lauren Meyer
Chief Marketing Officer, SocketLabs
Lauren Meyer
Chief Marketing Officer, SocketLabs
Experienced Vice President of Delivery with a demonstrated history in the email industry, with strong focus on Deliverability and Compliance. Data nerd at heart. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Management, Email Marketing, Email Deliverability, Customer Success Management and SaaS Operations. Strong information technology professional with a BA focused in Communications & Advertising from Robert Morris University.
John Moody
Engineering Manager, Klaviyo
John Moody
Engineering Manager, Klaviyo
John Moody leads the team building and supporting the Klaviyo MTA, which delivers hundreds of millions of messages per day on behalf on Klaviyo customers. He has 30 years experience writing code and architecting systems (and leading teams that write code and architect systems).
Hovsep Najarian
Manager, Deployment Services at EasyDMARC
Jennifer Nespola Lantz
VP of Industry Relations and Deliverability at Kickbox
Jennifer Nespola Lantz
VP of Industry Relations and Deliverability at Kickbox
Championing industry best practices while serving clients and solving both delivery and deliverability issues, I aim to be the bridge between marketer and receiver to facilitate successful inboxing and support campaign performance. I started in media planning and I tripped and fell into the email marketing world 15 years ago. Since then I’ve dabbled in many aspects of the email flow from creation to deployment and through to delivery to the inbox. My most fascinating and enjoyable topics have been around deliverability and the intricacies behind delivering mail successfully, which I’m so very fortunate to have as my focus these past 7 years.
Jakub Olexa
Founder, Mailkit
Jakub Olexa
Founder, Mailkit
Involved in computer business since early 90’s, with a background in networking and systems management I was able to use my past experiences to move current projects forward and add an unique value to each of them.
Maarten Oelering
Partner, CTO, Postmastery
Maarten Oelering
Partner, CTO, Postmastery
IT consultant with 18 years of experience in software- and systems development. Performed many roles such as software engineer, IT architect, project manager, development manager and CTO. Worked for various software and systems integration companies, from small internet startups to international enterprises (Philips and IBM). During the last 10 years, developed a unique expertise on email applications, including email marketing applications, outbound email infrastructure and deliverability.
Prof. Dr. Ronald Petrlic
Professor, Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Ronald Petrlic
Professor, Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Melinda Plemel
Enhanced Reputation Specialist, Spamhaus
Josephine Skinner
Deliverability Engineer, Mailkit
Josephine Skinner
Deliverability Engineer, Mailkit
Josephine Skinner is passionate about identifying and improving organizational efficiencies, as well as empowering others to access the same opportunities she has received. She is deeply interested in psychology, learning new languages, science, the environment, motivation, art, public speaking, facilitating discussions, email deliverability, and occasionally, data manipulation. With 8.5 years of experience at Mailchimp, she steadily advanced her career, acquiring diverse skills and learning from her failures along the way. Currently, she serves as a Deliverability Engineer at Mailkit.
Alice Spencer
Senior Manager, Deliverability Services at Ometria
Aleksandr Stankevic
Systems Wrangler, Automattic
Aleksandr Stankevic
Systems Wrangler, Automattic
Aleksandr Stankevič has been a Systems Administrator since 2006, bringing extensive experience across diverse industries such as education, hosting, ISPs, and finance. His expertise covers a wide range of areas, including DNS, MySQL, security, nginx, email (primarily postfix), scripting languages like Bash, PHP, Python, and Perl, as well as large-scale log management with ELK clusters that exceed 500TB. Aleksandr has a strong track record in managing high-load server environments, including supporting platforms like WordPress.com. He is particularly passionate about email infrastructure, with his journey starting from providing user support in #postfix on FreeNode to managing mail servers for a leading Lithuanian provider. Currently, he oversees high-volume, self-hosted transactional email clusters that process between 30-50 million emails each day.
Steve Tuck
Senior Solution Architect, Halon
Steve Tuck
Senior Solution Architect, Halon
Based in the United Kingdom, Steve Tuck is an experienced solutions engineer with a long history with a variety of commercial MTA´s. With a deep tech background, Steve is able to advise on and address the specific challenges of the entire email ecosystem.
Udeme Ukutt
Email Deliverability, Digital Messaging Standards & Email Governance
Udeme Ukutt
Email Deliverability, Digital Messaging Standards & Email Governance
Udeme has 19 years of engineering expertise & thought leadership in the messaging ecosystem. It sits at the intersection of product management, digital messaging standards, email deliverability & governance, technical policy, best practices, anti-abuse, and the like. He has also supported a number of our events as an EmCee, keynote speaker, trainer, and panelist.
Eline van der Vorm
Implementation Manager, DMARC Advisor
Matthew Vernhout
Principal Email Advisor, Email Industries
Matthew Vernhout
Principal Email Advisor, Email Industries
Matthew Vernhout (@emailkarma) is a leading email marketing and deliverability expert with 25+ years of experience, currently serving as Principal Email Advisor at Email Industries. Recognized as the ANA Email Thought Leader of the Year (2019) and a Top 50 Canadian Marketing Blogger (2010), Matthew is the founder of EmailKarma.net and the Canadian Email Summit, and co-founder of EmailDojo.io. He also serves as a Director at Large for CAUCE and Training Co-Chair for M3AAWG, while holding a CIPP/C certification in privacy. Author of A Complete Guide to e-Marketing under Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation, Matthew is a trusted authority in the industry, dedicated to advancing email strategy and compliance. Social Media https://ekma.co/m/EmailKarma
Jonathan Winters
Support & Fulfillment Manager, GreenArrow Email
Mohammed Zaman
Implementation Consultant, DMARC Advisor
Mohammed Zaman
Implementation Consultant, DMARC Advisor
