Shuji Nakamura is an American electronic engineer and inventor who is known for specializing in semiconductor technology and who works as the professor for the Materials Department of the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Nakamura was born in Ikata, Ehime, Japan, and he earned his B.Eng. degree in electronic engineering from the University of Tokushima... read full bio
Suneet Singh Tuli is a Canadian businessman who has been co-CEO for ISP Solar, and co-founder of DataWind. Tuli was born in Canada and his father, Lakhvir Singh, was already in an entrepreneur family. Tuli went on to earn his degree in Applied Sciences in Engineering from Toronto University and while earning his degree, he began working alongside his brother... read full bio
Scott M. Schlimmer is the founder and COO for ZenPrivata, which is a privacy platform that is a consultancy for virtual privacy and cybersecurity. Schlimmer is best known for his work as a former CIA officer who worked as an advisor for numerous companies on security. Schlimmer has previously earned his BA in Political Science with Honors and his Master... read full bio
Stephen Koukoulas is the past chief economist of Citibank, and has previously been the senior economic advisor to the Prime Minister Julia Gillard. Koukoulas has previously earned his B Ec with Hons from the Australian National University. He went on to begin his career first working various jobs for the Department of Treasury for several years before going on to... read full bio
Susan Wilson Solovic is an American author, entrepreneur, journalist, and motivational speaker who is best known for her New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and USA Today best-selling book, “It’s Your Biz.” Solovic began her career competing in the Miss America pageant where she was the winner of the Miss Missouri pageant before going on to place third in... read full bio
Stacy Ennis is a consultant, author, and keynote speaker who specializes in creative consulting, professional coaching, leadership training, ghostwriting, and more. Ennis has earned her B.A. in English and Art from Boise State University and went on to earn her Master’s in Professional Writing and Editing from the University of Cincinnati. After finishing her degree, Ennis went on to begin... read full bio
Shereen H. Eltobgy is a global speaker, coach and consultant on happiness and mindful awareness in the workplace to help strengthen and create leaders as well as improve, transform and change the business workforce. As a coach and consultant, Eltogby has been a lead coach-sultant and happiness orchestrator for Delivering Happiness, a company which was co-founded by Tony Hsieh. As... read full bio
Soumitra Dutta is the current Professor of Management at the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, NY and is also a Chair of the Board of Director of the Global Business School Network, Washington, D.C. Dutta was born in Chandigarh, India, and he went on to earn his B.Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indiana Institute... read full bio
Silvia Damiano is an award-winning specialist on leadership, a scientist, and filmmaker. She is the founder of About my Brain Institute, which she founded with the purpose of democratizing leadership and neuroscience. She has focused her studies over the years on the human brain, optimal brain functioning, and neuroscience and how it applies to leadership and daily life. Damiano has... read full bio
Sebastian Thrun is an entrepreneur, educator, and computer scientist who has been the CEO of Kitty Hawk Corporation as well as the chairman and co-founder of Udacity. Thrun was born in Solingen, West Germany, and he has earned his Ph.D. summa cum laude in computer science and statistics from University of Bonn and previously studied computer science, economics and medicine... read full bio
Symba is an up-and-coming rapper from the Bay Area. Symba began his musical career after the release of his debut single “Sex Me To the Beat,” which featured Keira D’. Two years after that, Symba released his second single, “No Way Around It,” and released his debut album, “II Words.” Symba then went on to not release music for around... read full bio
Swim Deep is a British indie-rock band from Birmingham, England, that consists of members Austin Williams, Cavan McCarthy, James Balmont, Robbie Wood and Thomas “Tomaski” Fiquet. Swim Deep was formed by Williams, and former members Tom Higgins and Wolfgang J. Harte. After adding in Zachary Robinson, the band began performing together and released their two demos, “Isla Vista” and “Santa... read full bio
Caleb Harper, Kieran Lama, Ashton Hardman-Le Comu, and Peppa Lane are members of the Perth, Western Australia-based indie rock group Spacey Jane. Hardman-Le Comu and former member Amelia Murrary met while attending college, and Harper and Lama played in a band together in high school. From there, Lama met Hardman-Le Cornu, and the two of them established Spacey Jane. They... read full bio
Scott Porter is an American actor and singer who rose to fame playing Jason Street in the television series “Friday Night Lights.” Porter was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and he has previously studied at Lake Howell High School where he played football as a wide receiver. Porter went on to study at the University of Central Florida where he was... read full bio
Sir Chloe is an American indie-rock band from Bennington, Vermont, that is now based out of Brooklyn, New York. Sir Chloe consists of members Dana Foote on guitar and vocals, Teddy O’mara on guitar, Palmer Foote on drums and Austin Holmes on bass. Sir Chloe was started by Dana Foote who began the project as a solo act. The band... read full bio
Simple Creatures are an American pop rock duo from Los Angeles, California, that consists of the duo Mark Hoppus who is best known for being a member of Blink-182, and Alex Gaskarth, who is best known for his time performing in All Time Low. Simple Creatures started to bud after Gaskarth had the opportunity to tour with Blink-182 with All... read full bio
Set It Off is an American rock band from Tampa, Florida, that currently consists of members Cody Carson, Maxx Danziger and Zach DeWall. Carson and former member Dan Clermont met in high school and began playing in band together and eventually met DeWall and former members Austin M. Kerr. After a while, Carson started up Set It Off and Kerr... read full bio
Scott Hoying is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, pianist, producer, and musician, from Arlington, Texas, who rose to fame as the baritone of the a capella group, Pentatonix. Apart from his work with Pentatonix, Hoying has also been one-half of the duo Superfruit. Hoying met his musical partner in Pentatonix as well as Superfruit, Mitch Grassi, at a young age. The... read full bio
Grace Sewell, better known as her stage name SayGrace, is an Australian singer-songwriter from Brisbane, Queensland. SayGrace grew up with a love for music and found influence in artists such as Amy Winehouse, Smokey Robinson, Janis Joplin, and Shirley Bassey. She also found influence in her grandparents whom had toured with the Bee Gees. SayGrace isn’t the only talent in... read full bio
Samm Henshaw is an English singer-songwriter and record producer from London, England. Henshaw found his love for music and began to learn how to play various instruments while going to his church. He then later studied popular music performance at Southampton Solent. After he decided to pursue a musical career, Henshaw released his debut EP, “The Sound Experiment,” which featured... read full bio
