The first Chief Design Officer of PepsiCo is Mauro Porcini, a veteran of award-winning design, podcaster and author. Procini has incorporated design thinking into PepsiCo's culture since joining the food and beverage industry and is driving a new approach to innovation by design that has an impact on the company's product platforms and brands. He oversees multinational teams and focuses on... read full bio
Famous as a series regular on the popular TLC reality culinary program Cake Boss, Mauro Castano serves as right-hand man to Buddy Valastro at Carlo’s Bakery. The pastry chef oversees the architecture of large-format cakes, as well as confection decorating. Originally from Italy, Castano worked in construction before being introduced to the bakery by the late Buddy Valastro Sr. He... read full bio
Founder and CEO of The Agency, a $1 billion brokerage that has been revolutionizing the real estate industry for more than ten years, is industry disruptor Mauricio Umansky. Umansky founded The Agency with a purpose to disrupt the market by developing a distinctive culture anchored in the basic principle of collaboration. Umansky holds the distinction of selling the most properties... read full bio
Mauricio de Vengoechea is a political consultant for leaders and governments with De Vengeochea & Associates. He was born in Bogota, Colombia, and has been President of the Latin American Association of Political Consultants and was later elected vice-president of the International Association of Political Consultants. Mauricio has also been named to a team of political campaigners by Aristotle, Inc.... read full bio
Maurice Obstfeld is an American professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, who has previously been Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund. While working with the IMF, he oversaw the quarterly global forecast as well as the World Economic Outlook. He also advised the U.S. administration on issues such as climate, energy, economies, international trader, financial regulation,... read full bio
Maurice Lvy is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Publicis Groupe, one of the world's four leading communications organizations. Under Maurice Levy's stewardship, Publicis Groupe has been transformed into a global powerhouse of top creative advertising and marketing agencies and is today a pioneer in digital and online communications. It includes three of the world's top advertising networks, two leading... read full bio
Maurice Edu, a former defender and midfielder for the USMNT, is an analyst for Apple TV's soccer programming. Edu was a member of the FOX Sports broadcast crew before joining Apple TV at the beginning of the season. He helped cover USMNT games, Major League Soccer, the FIFA World Cup, the FIFA Women's World Cup, CONMEBOL Copa América, the Concacaf... read full bio
To help create the goods and services of the future, Maurice Conti has collaborated with numerous companies including Autodesk, NIKE, Tesla, Disney, Google, Airbus, the Navy SEALS, the Government of Japan and many more. He has created products, methods and experiences as a futurist, deep tech expert, innovation executive and international keynote speaker to assist businesses in thriving in our quickly shifting environment. He is a... read full bio
Maurice Biriotti is the Chief Executive and founder of The SHM Foundation. Biriotti has been a full-time academic Professor and has worked at the Universities of Cambridge, Birmingham and Zurich. As a Professor, Biriotti has published several works in topics such as anthropology, literature, philosophy, and cultural change. Biriotti has been the adjunct Professor to the School of Management and... read full bio
Maurice Benard is star of ABC's General Hospital will receive NAMI's Lionel Aldridge Award for courage, leadership and service to others with mental illness. He is one of the first Hollywood and Hispanic celebrities to talk publicly about his experience with bipolar disorder and has encouraged consumers and family members t0 never to give up hope for a recovery. The... read full bio
Maureen McCormick is perhaps best known as the picture-perfect Marcia Brady from the hit show The Brady Bunch. After the run of the TV show, Maureen's life was nothing like Marcia's storybook existence. In fact, it was a nightmare. The actress had developed an all-encompassing" addiction to cocaine at the age of twenty, and began a downward spiral that threatened... read full bio
Maureen Chiquet is a fashion mogul and business expert. Chiquet has worked at a variety of fashion businesses including Chanel, Gap, L’Oreal, Old Navy, and Banana Republic. She is best known as the president of Banana Republic and later president and chief operating officer of Chanel. Chiquet, through her keynote speeches, provides noteworthy insight into being a successful leader, and... read full bio
Maura Tierney is best known for her role as Abby Lockhart on the TV drama “ER,” and for films like Liar Liar and the sitcom NewsRadio, but she is also a breast cancer survivor. Since her recovery from cancer treatment she has appeared in Rescue Me, The Whole Truth, The Good Wife, The Affair, and a theatre production of God... read full bio
Since making his culinary debut, Matty Matheson, an internationally renowned chef, TV personality, author and businessman, has been breaking through barriers. His two New York Times best-selling cookbooks, Matty Matheson: A Cookbook and Home Style Cookery, were both written by him. After becoming well-known as the host of the Viceland cookery programs It's Suppertime! and Dead Set on Life, Matheson made... read full bio
Sweden's Uppsala is where Mattias Klum was born. In addition to being a photographer full-time since 1985, he has directed and worked as a cinematographer on a number of motion picture and television productions since 1994. In his articles, books, videos, seminars, and exhibitions, Mattias Klum is renowned throughout the world for his descriptions and depictions of animals, plants, and... read full bio
Matthias Kroener is a Fintech entrepreneur, founder and President of Professional Development GmbH, an advisor, and an expert on corporate strategy and innovation-leadership. He has been known for being a thought leader on planning, building, and operating disruptive and customer-centric banking business models. He has also had a long career of working on innovation and disruption in the financial services... read full bio
Matthias Horx is a futurist, author, and trend consultant who is a junior futurist at Zukunftsinstitut. While growing up, Horx often read and heard about the future being dark and always felt like he only saw the end of mankind or how technology will save us. This led him to want to understand how the future could really turn out... read full bio
Matthew Zachary has been passionate about music since he began playing the piano at age eleven. Inspired by the likes of Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Barry Manilow, Chick Corea, Stephen Sondheim and George Gershwin, he spent long hours practicing and dreamed of one day performing his music for audiences around the world. Six months shy of his college graduation, Matthew's... read full bio
An prolific American television writer, producer, and director, Matthew Hoffman Weiner is better known by his stage name, Matt Weiner. He was born on June 29, 1965, and with his outstanding work on acclaimed shows, he has had a huge impact on the television business. Writing for the sitcom Becker was the beginning of Weiner's television career, which included work on... read full bio
Matthew Walker is a British scientist and professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Over the course of his career, Walker has done research on the impact of sleep on human health and disease. Walker was born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and he earned his degree in neuroscience from the University of Nottingham before going on... read full bio
