
“Once again Saltmarch has knocked it out of the park with interesting speakers, engaging content and challenging ideas. No jetlag fog at all, which counts for how interesting the whole thing was."
Cybersecurity Lead, PwC
Mary is a Technical Advocate, Java Champion, and the Regional Director - East at the AI Collective, a non-profit, grassroots community and think tank in the AI space. Mary started as an engineer in Unix/C, then transitioned to Java around 2000 and has never looked back since then. After 20+ years of being a software engineer and technical architect, she discovered her true passion in developer and customer advocacy. Most recently she was the Director of Emerging Technology, helping to build the new AI practice at a boutique software consultancy. She has serviced companies of various sizes such as IBM, US Cellular, Bank of America, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, in topic areas that included Java, GenAI, Streaming systems, Open source, Cloud and Distributed messaging systems. She is also a very active tech community leader outside of her day job. She is the President of the Chicago Java Users Group (CJUG), the North America East Regional Director and the Chicago Chapter Organizer of the AI Collective.


“Once again Saltmarch has knocked it out of the park with interesting speakers, engaging content and challenging ideas. No jetlag fog at all, which counts for how interesting the whole thing was."
Cybersecurity Lead, PwC

“Very much looking forward to next year. I will be keeping my eye out for the date so I can make sure I lock it in my calendar."
Software Engineering Specialist, Intuit

“Best conference I have ever been to with lots of insights and information on next generation technologies and those that are the need of the hour."
Software Architect, GroupOn

“Happy to meet everyone who came from near and far. Glad to know you've discovered some great lessons here, and glad you joined us for all the discoveries great and small."
Web Architect & Principal Engineer, Scott Davis

“Wonderful set of conferences, well organized, fantastic speakers, and an amazingly interactive set of audience. Thanks for having me at the events!"
Founder of Agile Developer Inc., Dr. Venkat Subramaniam

“What a buzz! The events have been instrumental in bringing the whole software community together. There has been something for everyone from developers to architects to business to vendors. Thanks everyone!"
Voltaire Yap, Global Events Manager, Oracle Corp.