DECONSTRUCTION:
Future of Faith in the Workplace
Mar. 12 at 1pm
Come out to iconic Stubb’s Bar-B-Q to hear insights from an impressive lineup of unique perspectives as Future and Faith collide in this discussion. Voices from booming startups to massive tech companies will explore the uncharted terrain of the future of faith in the workplace.
All Sunday Service at SXSW events are free to attend but will require you to save your spot with an Eventbrite ticket.
host: Evan Baehr | Managing Partner, Learn
the lineup
Pat Gelsinger
CEO | Intel
Pat is the CEO of Intel Corporation, where he has more than four decades of technology leadership and experience driving innovation. 30 of those years he served Intel in engineering and executive roles, including the role of their first Chief Technology Officer. Before rejoining Intel in 2021, Pat held the titles of CEO of VMware and president of EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products. He holds eight patents, is an IEEE Fellow, and serves as a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. He and his wife have been married for more than 30 years; they have four children and eight grandchildren.
Lecrae
Grammy Award-Winning Artist
Lecrae is a rapper, CEO, New York Times best-selling author, investor, and activist. His mission is to represent faith and hip-hop with an unashamed edge. In 2015, he won a Grammy for his song “Messengers” and released a #1 album in the country (Anomaly, 2014). Lecrae gives his listeners an opportunity to see what it looks like to reconstruct a vision of faith despite the large-scale shift toward mistrust and disillusionment with Christianity in the wake of America’s racial tensions. His current focal project is called “Church Clothes.”
Nona Jones
Chief Content & Partnerships Officer | YouVersion
Nona currently serves as the Chief Content & Partnerships Officer at YouVersion, maker of the 500M-download Bible App. Previously, she served as the head of Global Faith Partnerships at Meta, Chief External Affairs Officer for a multi-state school for at-risk girls, and Public Policy Director for a multi-service utility company. She has authored three best-selling books, holds an MBA from the University of Florida, and has completed graduate studies at the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiations. She and her husband, Pastor Tim, lead Open Door Church in Gainesville, FL, and are the proud parents of two boys.
Renji Bijoy
Founder | Immersed
Renji is the founder of Immersed, a Techstars startup that is partnered with Meta, ByteDance, Microsoft, and other AR/VR tech giants—to build Mixed Reality Offices. He's raised $12M to date for Immersed, making it one of the top AR/VR app environments in which users work virtually for 40-50 hrs per week. Immersed provides an opportunity for hybrid/remote teams to be together even when they're not. Renji is part of 2021’s Forbes 30 Under 30, received a Master’s degree from Georgia Tech in Computer Vision & Machine Learning, and has been a lead architect at several Fortune 500 companies.
Mark McClain
CEO | SailPoint Technologies
In his role as CEO and Founder of SailPoint, Mark brings almost 35 years of experience in technology, with over 20 years as a founder and leader of innovative identity management companies. SailPoint’s overall vision and strategy is underpinned by Mark’s commitment and passion for building top-performing teams, creating a collaborative and innovative work environment, and focusing on the needs of customers. Mark promotes “teaming” throughout the company: teaming with forward-thinking customers to understand their needs, with partners to ensure customer success, and within SailPoint to develop market-leading solutions. Prior to SailPoint, Mark co-founded Waveset Technologies.
