Eileen Burbidge is an American venture capitalist resident in London who is a founding partner of the early-stage venture capital firm, Passion Capital, which has gone on to invest in companies which include Monzo, Lulu, and Go Cardless. Burbidge began her career working in Silicon Valley where she worked for huge companies which included Apple, Yahoo!, and Sun Microsystems. After... read full bio
Tsedal Neeley is the Naylor Fitzhugh Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Through her work with Harvard, Neeley works with up-and-coming leaders to help them develop and implement global and digital strategies. She has also been an advisor for leaders that want to focus on virtual work and large scale-change such as global expansion and digital transformation.... read full bio
By cultivating amazing individuals, exceptional leaders, and outstanding service, Rowdy McLean achieves astonishing results for individuals, teams, and organizations. He cultivates extraordinary levels of drive, self-assurance, mastery, implementation, and responsibility, enabling you to attain unimaginable outcomes. Despite his contagious energy and excitement, his clients characterize him as genuine, grounded, and pragmatic. Known as Rowdy for his straightforward, no-nonsense, quiet approach to putting into... read full bio
Glenn Haussman is the most well-known supporter, pundit, instructor and consultant in the hospitality sector. The International Hospitality Institute awarded him the top global social media influencer in the hospitality industry and his podcast No Vacancy Live was rated the best in the industry. For his relentless efforts in uniting the hotel sector amid the Covid issue, he also got the Leadership... read full bio
Co-founding partner and Bonobos' CEO is Andy Dunn. According to Dunn, Bonobos was created with the goal of demonstrating how the world had changed and how you could now create a brand online. They intended to demonstrate how the Internet will take the lead in providing excellent customer service, telling stories and conducting business. At Stanford University, Dunn and his co-founder, Brian... read full bio
For almost ten years, Matt Medved, the founder of NFT Now and an authority on the digital economy, has worked to strengthen the arts by bridging the fields of music, culture and technology. Medved is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor-in-chief of NFT Now, an award-winning web3 digital media platform developing the future of tokenized media to counter AI misinformation and... read full bio
The $100 million financing led by Thai Randolph, CEO of Kevin Hart's international media business HARTBEAT, was done so to support expansion. Thai has been recognized as a "Women of Impact" on lists from Variety and Entrepreneur as well as AdAge's "40 Under 40," among others, for her work as a leader in business, an award-winning marketer and the creator of NextGen... read full bio
Business leader Lisa Wardell has over 25 years of expertise leading shareholder value, stakeholder engagement and corporate mission while managing business strategy, operations, finance and mergers and acquisitions. Adtalem Global Education Inc., whose mission is to enable students to realize their potential, succeed and make uplifting contributions to the world community, presently has Lisa serving as its chairman. Lisa had previously held the... read full bio
Political strategist, executive counselor and head of an organization Stephanie Schriock is a smart, adaptable leader with a 20-year track record of achievement in both new businesses and established businesses. Stephanie is a motivating visionary whose abilities in management, strategy and media relations are supported by her approachable capacity to interact with individuals of many backgrounds and points of view. Stephanie served... read full bio
The most popular sports, lifestyle and entertainment media company on the internet, Barstool Sports, appointed Erika Ayers as its first CEO. Ayers, a seasoned CEO, has a track record of creating digital businesses, creating brands that are connected to culture and inventing distribution and monetization methods. Since becoming leadership, Ayers has overseen Barstool Sports' rapid expansion, turning the business from a local blog... read full bio
Global enterprises are trained by Afterburner to perform faster and achieve their strategic goals with more frequency. More than 150 US Fortune 500 firms are included in Afterburner's comprehensive list of clients. A total of 1.7 million corporate executives have participated in an Afterburner program and they gave it an average rating of 9.2 out of 10. Through the development of... read full bio
When Theo was six years old, his family was able to immigrate from Cyprus to England since his father and grandmother were employed by British bases in Cyprus. Theo's reputation is based on his ability to turn around failing businesses; whether he talks at conferences or as a keynote speaker, he is honest about the process of doing so. Theo began working... read full bio
1951 saw Arie de Geus join the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His primary field of competence was finance. He advanced to general management after becoming director of finance. He was named a Shell International director. During his final 10 years at Shell, he became more interested in topics like "the management of change," "the nature of large corporations," and "their... read full bio
Daniel Goeudevert rose to prominence as one of the most well-known managers in the European automotive sector after being named to the boards of Volkswagen Group, Renault, Citroën Germany and Ford Werke in Cologne. Due to his unique professional background, he was able to work alongside GCI President and Founder Mikhail Gorbachev as First Vice President of Green Cross International until... read full bio
Matt Higgins is an American businessman who is the co-founder and CEO of RSE Ventures. RSE Ventures is an investment firm that focuses on sports, entertainment, media, marketing, food and lifestyle, and technology. Recently they have partnered with restaurants such as David Chang’s Momofuku, Christina Tosi’s Milk Bar, Nicholas Stone’s Bluestone Lane, and more. Higgins co-founded RSE Ventures with Stephen... read full bio
Bruce Schneier is an internationally known security technologist, cryptographer and author who has written several books on security topics, computer security, and cryptography. Schneier was born in New York City, New York, and he earned his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Rochester before going on to earn his master’s in computer science from American University. He has... read full bio
Jim McCann likes to make things grow. Just as he built an international business from a single Manhattan flower shop, Jim McCann, founder and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, INC., opened his first retail store in 1976 and successfully built his own chain of 14 flower shops in the New York metropolitan area. In 1986, Jim McCann acquired the 1-800-FLOWERS phone number... read full bio
David Pearce Snyder has been in the forecasting business for over 30 years, during which he has built an impressive track record with his private and public sector clientele, while compiling a multi-million item data base of trends and projections. Snyders scenarios of the reliably forecastable future serve as reality checks" for his clients and audiences, helping them to distinguish... read full bio
Geoffrey Moore provides competitive edge consulting and a master level management strategy that would complement any business infrastructure. Moores scholastic degrees include a bachelors in American literature from Stanford University and a doctorate in English literature from the University of Washington. Most well known for his book Crossing the Chasm, this American author also found his niche as a marketing... read full bio
Ram Charan is a well-known speaker, successful author, and highly sought-after business advisor. Ram Charan has a proven track record and has mentored and coached some of the most successful CEOs in the world. He has worked closely with prestigious firms over the course of his amazing 35-year career, playing a vital influence behind the scenes, including GE, KLM, Bank... read full bio
