Allan H. Bud Selig is the Commissioner Emeritus of Major League Baseball. Selig assumed this unprecedented position in 2015 after he retired after seventeen years from the role of Commissioner. As Commissioner Emeritus, Selig serves as an adviser to current MLB Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr. and assists him with special projects. Topics Include: A conversation with Bud Selig, How... read full bio
Sam Hinkie is the former General Manager and President of Basketball Operations of the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. Hinkie changed the whole entire team when he became steward, he drafted the first Rookie of the Year and acquired record numbers of young players and draft picks. During that time the Sixers front office was named by ESPN as the... read full bio
American drummer and corporate speaker Mark Schulman is well known for his outstanding performances in a variety of musical genres. He established himself as one of the most sought-after drummers in the business when he was hired as Cher's tour drummer for her D2K Tour. Schulman is a multi-talented musician in addition to being a skilled drummer. He also excels... read full bio
Mark Hemmer joined Vesta Hospitality as vice president of operations. He eventually rose through the ranks to become chief operating officer and later, president. Hemmer is in charge of overseeing the daily operations for all properties included in the company's portfolio. The specific areas of concentration include revenue creation, service quality standards, profitability, associate retention and associate development. He was the regional director of... read full bio
Andrew Essex is an advisor and former CEO of Tribeca Enterprises. He is the former CEO of Droga5- the winner of multiple “Agency of the Year” awards and creative force behind some of today’s most groundbreaking advertising moments, including Under Armour’s “I Will What I Want” campaign featuring Gisele Bundchen. He is co-author of numerous books including, “The End of... read full bio
Annicken Day is the founder of Corporate Spring and an inspiring culture strategist. As founder and leader of Corporate Spring, Day works with several start-ups and Fortune 500 companies to increase productivity and engagement to ensure grow for the companies. Prior to founding Corporate Spring, Day has worked at Cisco where she started the initiative United Tribes of Cisco, which... read full bio
Gordon Bellamy is an American video game executive and USC professor. He has previously been a visiting scholar at the USC Games and has been head of the USC Bridge incubator program. He also serves as President and CEO of the Gay Gaming Professors and has served on the Board of Director of TheWaveVR and has previously been an executive... read full bio
Dean Carter is currently apart of human resources, finance, legal, and shared services at Patagonia. Prior to working for Patagonia, Carter has been an account executive and sales manager for P&G, Manager at Pearle Vision, HR Business Partner and Staffing Manager at Pier 1 Imports, Director and Chief HR Officer for Fossil Group, Inc., and Chief HR Officer at Sears... read full bio
Erin Bury is a marketer, technology expert, and entrepreneur. She has been named one of Marketing Magazine’s “Top 30 Under 30”, and she is the managing director at Eighty-Eight. Bury has worked with brands such as PayPal, Shopify Plus, Telus, Sony Pictures Television, and numerous start-up companies. She is an advisor and investor at Pressed News & Willful and is... read full bio
Stan Sthanunathan is currently the Executive Vice President of Consumer and Market Insights at Unilever. Previous jobs that Stan has had include working as a Manager of Insights for Coca-Cola, their Research Manager and Head of Business and Consumer Insights, Director of Knowledge and Insights, Vice President of Knowledge and Insights and Global Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Insights.... read full bio
Tami Reller is currently the CEO and Executive Chair of Duly Health and Care. Before that, she was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of UnitedHealth Group as well as the EVP and CMO and the Chair of the Board of Directors for SPS Commerce. Prior to her work with UnitedHealth Group, Reller has been the CFO of Great... read full bio
Fran Hauser is a best-selling author, media executive, and startup investor. As a startup investor and advisor, Hauser has helped to fund and advise companies such as HelloGiggles, Levo, Mogul, The Wing and Gem&Bolt. Hauser graduated summa cum laude with a BBA and MBA in Business Administration from Pace University. She went on to start her career in finance where... read full bio
Gopi Kallayil is currently the Chief Evangelist in Google Social for Brands at Google. He works on growing customer brands through digital marketing while working with Google’s sales teams and customers. Prior to working as the Chief Evangelist, Kallayil has been the Chief Evangelist in Brand Marketing for Google. He’s also been an engagement manager for Syntel, an associate for... read full bio
Jeanne Gang is an architect who is the founder and leader of Studio Gang, an architecture and urban design practice found in the United States. She is best known for her works on the Aqua Tower, Solstice on the Park, Writers Theatre, the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, the University of Chicago Campus North Residential and Dining Commons, City... read full bio
Ryo Zsun is the culture maestro for Zappos. Zsun travels the world sharing his passion for Zappos and it’s culture, values, and customer service for his job as culture maestro. He started his career working as a barista in the Z’café and his bright passion let him to a job with the Zappos Customer Loyalty Team where he worked on... read full bio
Julie Rice is a well-known businesswoman and investor best recognized for co-founding the well-liked indoor cycling firm SoulCycle. She has contributed her entrepreneurial zeal and investing skills to the alternative collaborative workspace concept as the former Chief Brand Officer of WeWork. Rice is well known for being a source of encouragement and inspiration for individuals all around the world thanks to... read full bio
Dr. Rene Muller is the Co-Founder and Chairman of GMC Software AG, where he was previously the CEO. He is also the President of the board at GMC Analytics AG. His impressive resume includes notable experience in research, including fuel cells research with ABB Brown-Boveri, Baden, Switzerland, and Low Temperature Physics with IBM. His management expertise includes many years as... read full bio
Syed Karim is founder and CEO of Outernet, expert on information access and satellite communication, and a global TED speaker. Karim earned his B.A. in Social Entrepreneurship from Lake Forest College and earned his Master’s Degree in Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After graduating, he started his career as a research assistant at University of Illinois... read full bio
Steven Spear is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and at the Engineering Systems Division at MIT. Spear is a leading expert on how certain organizations achieve complex development, design and delivery efforts to produce unparalleled rates of internally generated, broad-based advancement and innovation. His research focuses on how the resulting leadership on reliability, agility, cost,... read full bio
Ramu Yalamanchi is Founder and CEO of hi5 Networks, Inc. After launching the company, Ramu brought the service to profitability within a year. He has since left the company and has gone on to become co-founder, CEO and a board member of Adlogica Inc. which is a customer acquisition marketing group with subsidiaries in the US and Europe. The company... read full bio
