Fighters & Referees

Every exec who's stepped into the DFC ring and the events they have participated in.

Referee

General

Charan Lota

Group VP, Connected Technologies, Toyota

DFC: General — Dallas Startup Week 2022

Fighter

Marketing

Joel Lunenfeld

CEO, Publicis Media Exchange

Branded Entertainment — POSSIBLE 2026

Fighter

Marketing

Joe Maglio

CEO, Cheil Agency Network

Social Commerce — Cannes 2025

Fighter

Cyber

Mark Mahovlich

VP, Strategy, ICM Cyber

Zero Trust — Dallas Apr 2023

Referee

Cyber

Ravi Malick

CIO, Box

DFC: Cyber — Dallas Nov 2023

Fighter

General

David Malicoat

CISO, Contraforce

Cybersecurity — Dallas 2022

Fighter

General

Farrukh Malik

CEO, Roomored

Synthetic Reality: Does Real Matter? — Dallas 2019

Referee

General

Angela Marano

SVP Business Transformation, Southwest Airlines

DFC: General — Dallas Startup Week 2022

Fighter

Marketing

Dani Mariano

CEO, Razorfish

Rise of the Machines: AI in Marketing — Dallas Oct 2023

Fighter

General

Pablo Marin

Sr. AI Leader, Microsoft

Future Workforce: Robotics & AI — Houston 2019

Referee

General

Tommy Marshall

ED, Georgia FinTech Academy

DFC: General — Atlanta 2021

Fighter

General

Trent Martin

VP, Space Systems, Intuitive Machines

Space Race: Who leads commercialization? — Houston 2021

Fighter

General

Jesse Martinez

Co-founder, LatinX Startup Alliance

Digital Divide: Biggest Barrier — Houston 2021

Fighter

General

Jim Mault

President, CQuentia

Health Tech — Boston 2018

Fighter

General

Pierre Mawet

MD, Supply Chain, Accenture

Supply Chain Innovation — Florida 2022

Fighter

Marketing

Brad McCormick

CEO, 10Louder

Who controls the narrative: Consumer or Brand? — Dallas Feb 2023

Fighter

Marketing

Nathan McDonald

Founder, We Are Social

AI & Marketing’s Best Use Case — Cannes 2025

Referee

General

Elizabeth McGee

Dir., Innovation, Intel

DFC: General — Houston 2021

Referee

Cyber

Sarah McMahon

VP Endpoint Services, Federal Reserve

DFC: Cyber — Dallas Apr 2023

Referee

Cyber

Gerry Mecca

CIO, Tropicana

DFC: Cyber — Dallas Apr 2023

Fighter

General

Gustavo Medina

CEO, Nubii

Future of Work: WFH & Office — Florida 2022

Referee

Marketing

Rebecca Miller

CMO, Smoothie King

DFC: Marketing — Dallas 2020

Referee

Cyber

Scot Miller

CISO, Mr. Cooper

DFC: Cyber — Dallas Nov 2023

Referee

Cyber

Jimi Mills

CISO, Texas Instruments

DFC: Cyber — Dallas 2024

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