Richie Serna is the CEO and co-founder of Finix, a company that gives other companies more control over their payment processing and helps give them a greater share of the processing fee that merchants pay. Finix helps businesses earn 0.4% more on every transaction procession compared to other traditional processors. Finix has over 50 customers one of which includes Lightspeed.... read full bio
Suneera Madhani is the CEO and founder of Fattmerchant, which is a payment technology company who makes it easy and affordable for any business to accept modern forms of payment, track data, and stay competitive. Madhani has studied Business Administration abroad in Italy at Saint John’s University. She has also earned her degree in Finance from the University of Florida... read full bio
Jonathan Grimm is the co-founder and CTO of Toast, Inc., which is an all-in-one restaurant technology platform that was built specifically for restaurants in mind. Grimm’s work with Toast includes spearheading the software and technology efforts, focuses on scalable infrastructure as well as technology architecture. Grimm began his career working for Endeca where he was a technical consultant and then... read full bio
Kristo Kaarmann is the co-founder and CEO of TransferWise, which is an online currency exchange and international money transfer business that allows people to exchange currency using mid-market rates for a flat fee. Kaarmann began his career as a consultant for PwC. From there, he went on to be a systems and data architect at EGeen before becoming an associate... read full bio
Taavet Hinrikus is the CEO and co-founder of TransferWise, which is a peer-to-peer international money transfer business that doesn’t charge companies, foreign students or expats for foreign-currency transfers. Hinrikus specializes in Internet businesses, early-stage companies and entrepreneurship. He began his career as a Senior Engineer at Halo Interactive DDB. From there, he went on to be a Project Manager at... read full bio
Sydel Curry-Lee is an American entrepreneur, tastemaker, and athlete who is a former college volleyball player who has played for the Elon Phoenix women’s volleyball team of the CAA Conference. Sydel was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and she is the younger sister of NBA basketball stars, Steph Curry and Seth Curry. Sydel began playing volleyball at only five years... read full bio
Roland Williams is a retired American football tight end from Rochester, New York. Since retiring from football, Williams has gone on to work as a keynote speaker as well as a television and radio sports analyst. During his childhood, Williams was raised in a challenging neighborhood but went on to earned his B.A. in Speech Communications from Whitman School of... read full bio
Laura Gassner Otting is the founder and Chief Catalyzing Officer of Limitless Possibility, is a motivating keynote speaker, executive coach, media personality, and a Washington Post Best Selling author. Otting earned her B.A. in Government from the University of Texas, Austin, and she went on to earn her M.A. in Graduate School of Political Management from George Washington University. Otting... read full bio
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Stephen E. Murphy and Javier F. Pena are retired DEA special agents and are the subjects of the Netflix series “Narcos”, which goes through their story of capturing drug cartel kingpins. Murphy and Pena became known for capturing the world’s first narco-terrorist, Pablo Escobar and the duo were the center of the investigation. Murphy began working in law enforcement when... read full bio
Jim Denevan is an American artist who is best known for creating temporary land art on surfaces such as sand, earth, and ice, which are then erased by natural causes such as rain or the weather. Denevan’s art usually ranges in scale from small works of art to works that are as big as a city. Most of Denevan’s artwork... read full bio
Iddris Sandu is a Ghanaian software engineer and architectural technologist who was born in Accra, Ghana, and was raised in Compton, California. Sandu is best known for creating the world’s first smart retail store experience entitled, “The Marathon Store”, alongside the late Nipsey Hussle. Sandu’s work with The Marathon Store includes coding and creating algorithms and the store would allow... read full bio
Caspar Lee is a British-South African YouTube personality, actor, and entrepreneur from Knysna, South Africa. Lee gained fame through YouTube where he currently has nearly 8 million subscribers and nearly 900 million video views. Lee is known for his videos where he comically interviews celebrities such as Liam Payne, Channing Tatum, Zac Efron, and more. Lee was born in London,... read full bio
Thomas Kolditz is a leadership speaker and expert who is currently the Executive Director at Doerr Institute for New Leaders. At Doerr Institute, Kolditz is responsible for designing and executing the leader development architecture with plans to increase the institute’s capacity to 7000 students. Kolditz has earned his B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from Vanderbilt University and has gone on... read full bio
Dick Ahlborn is an entrepreneur and investor. He is founder and CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and is CEO of Jumpstarter, Inc. He started his career founding companies in the alternative energy and interior design sphere around Europe. He then left to join the non-profit, Girvan Institute of Technology which was creative to assist NASA’s Ames Research Center. He then... read full bio
Dennis Prescott is a Canadian cookbook author and chef who is best known for his cookbook, “Eat Delicious”. Prescott began his career as a struggling musician trying to find his way in Nashville, Tennessee, but he found a passion for cooking once he began learning cooking through Jamie Oliver cookbooks. Prescott then decided to pursue a career in cooking and... read full bio
Jeff Sparr is an artist, teacher, and mental-health advocate who is the co-founder of PeaceLove. Sparr began PeaceLove as a means to support mental illness after battling with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder most of his life. Sparr began painting to help cope with his OCD and found it a creative outlet that helped him with his symptoms and helped him feel... read full bio
Lavinia Errico is the founder of Equinox Fitness Clubs and the Inside Out Movement and is a health and wellness speaker. As a speaker, Errico talks on subjects such as entrepreneurship, leadership, women leading the workplace, spiritual entrepreneurship, success, building brands, culture shifts, and more. Over the years, Errico has been a board member, consultant, and angel investor for numerous... read full bio
