Extreme Connect 2026

Alison LevineLeadership Expert, Polar Explorer

Alison Levine is a history-making polar explorer at mountaineer, and leadership expert who has built a career breaking boundaries and inspiring others to exceed their limits. She served as team captain of the first American Women's Everest Expedition, completed the Adventure Grand Slam (climbing the highest peak on each continent and skiing to both poles), and became the first American to traverse 600 miles across west Antarctica to the South Pole via the Messner route. She later completed first ascents in Antarctica and Nepal—all despite three heart surgeries and Raynaud's disease.

Beyond Connectivity: The Next Era of Enterprise Wi-Fi

David D. Coleman is the Director of Wireless Networking at the Office of the CTO for Extreme Networks. David is a technology evangelist, public speaker and proficient author. David travels the world for both customer and channel partner engagements, speaking events and training sessions. He has instructed IT professionals from around the globe in Wi-Fi design, security, administration, and troubleshooting. David has written multiple books, blogs, and white papers about wireless networking, and he is considered an authority on 802.11 technology. Prior to working at Extreme, he specialized in corporate and government Wi-Fi training and consulting. In the past, he has provided Wi-Fi consulting for numerous private corporations, the US military, and other federal and state government agencies. David is also the 2020 recipient of the Wi-Fi Lifetime Achievement Award. When he is not traveling, David resides in Atlanta, Georgia and Chapala, Mexico. David is CWNE #4 and is the co-author of Sybex Publishing's "Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Study Guide" – 6th Edition"

Chip SuttlesVP of Technology, Seattle Seahawks

Chip Suttles has been with the Seahawks as Vice President of Technology for more than a decade. He is the voice in guiding the values and mission related to the technology needs of the Seahawks and First & Goal Inc.

Drew CrispSVP Digital,Liverpool Football Club

Ed Koehler

Distinguished Principal Engineer at Office of the CTO, Extreme Networks

Ed MeyercordPresident and CEO,Extreme Networks

Ed has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Extreme since April 2015. He joined our Board of Directors as an independent director in October 2009 and served as Chairman from March 2011 through August 2015.

Eduardo KassnerChief Data & AI Officer,Microsoft

Extreme Platform ONE™

Hardik Ajmera leads product strategy for cloud, AI, and enterprise networking solutions at Extreme Networks. With more than 20 years of experience spanning product management, engineering, and sales, he brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and a strong customer-first perspective.

Hardik AjmeraVP, Product Management, Extreme Networks

Hardik Ajmera leads product strategy for cloud, AI, and enterprise networking solutions at Extreme Networks. With more than 20 years of experience spanning product management, engineering, and sales, he brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and a strong customer-first perspective.

Higher Education Community-Facilitated Conversation

Jon Young has more than 30 years' experience leading IT teams through the transformations that enable institutional success. Jon has focused his career on all things infrastructure including secure networking at data centers, compute, research computing & data and many of the areas these technologies and enabling teams support.

Mainstage Keynote: Why We Need Human-Centric AI

AI is the single most transformative innovation of our lifetime at offering a massive economic opportunity and the potential to solve humanity's biggest challenges. But to truly unlock its power, we must focus on building human-centric, ethical AI that serves both people and the planet—making us healthier, happier, more knowledgeable, productive, and connected.

Michael JonesVP, Office of the CTO, Extreme Networks

Michael "MJ" focuses on innovation at the intersection of AI, data, and enterprise networking at Extreme. He brings a multidisciplinary background spanning technology strategy, analytics, and applied data science, with experience turning complex data into actionable insight.