Ross Smith is an author, thought-leader, innovator, and Director of Test at Microsoft. He has been working in the technology industry for over 20 years and has worked on everything from handheld devices, PC’s to mainframe systems. He started his career with Microsoft in Product Support and has since gone on to be a Test Lead, Test Manager, and Test... read full bio
Dr. Hugh Thompson is a computer security expert who has been an Adjunct Professor in the Computer Science Department at Columbia University and the Chief Technology Officer of Symantec. He has also been the Program Chairman of RSA Conference and is co-author of the book “The Plateau Effect”. Thompson is also well known for his role in the HBO documentary... read full bio
James Hewitt is a performance scientist, author and speaker whose works focuses on relationships between wellbeing, working patterns and performance in knowledge workers. His research also focuses on the influence of sleep, stress and technologies on the wellbeings of human and how the affects their productivity in the workplace. Hewitt has previously earned his Bachelor’s in sport and exercise science... read full bio
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is an author and professor who is the founder of the Predictive Analytics World conference series and who is the executive editor of The Predictive Analytics Times. Siegel is also the author of the award-winning book ‘Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die.’ Siegel is also co-founder of Deep Learning World... read full bio
"Linendoll, who is a global technology consultant & writer, is one of the most in-demand tech experts in the country. Her quirky variety of expertise coupled with her high energy personality make her contributions to the corporate stage unforgettable. Katie’s keynote presentations are focused on innovations in technology. She discusses and shares custom animation & media clips from her many... read full bio
Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall has spent 35 years addressing the world’s most pressing global and domestic challenges. Serving in top public sector positions, including as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Energy (2014-2017), White House Coordinator for Defense Policy, Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Arms Control (2013-2014), Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs (2009-2013),... read full bio
George Church is an American geneticist, molecular engineer, and chemist who is currently the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT. He is also known for being the founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Church was born in Florida and he earned his... read full bio
Hector Xavier Monsegur is an American computer hacker and one of the co-founders of the hacking collective LulzSec. He is also known by the online alias Sabu, which he uses. Monsegur, who was facing a sentence of 124 years in jail, turned informant for the FBI. He worked with the agency for almost ten months to assist them in identifying... read full bio
Scientist and inventor Pranav Mistry. Mistry's work in Wearable Computing, Augmented Reality, and Gestural Computing puts him in an elite group of digital pioneers. Mistry has won many international prizes for advancing digital computing technologies. Popular Science named him 2009's Inventor of the Year. He's one of MIT's TR35 outstanding innovators under 35. He was named to Creativity 50 in 2010.... read full bio
Vincent Ng is the president of MCNG Marketing and the author of Pinterest to Profits with Pintalysis, a book that offers a step-by-step guidance on how small business owners may make the best use of Pinterest. Pintalysis was written by Vincent Ng. His podcast is called Pictures to Profits, and it teaches listeners how to improve sales with Pinterest and... read full bio
Natalie Sisson is an intrepid explorer and "Suitcase Entrepreneur" who goes to various places all over the world. She lives out of a bag, where she operates a highly successful online business from her laptop and smartphone, and she teaches people how to do the same thing. This is something that you probably have assumed. She is on a mission to... read full bio
Sharon Chou is a current NSF Graduate Research Fellow at Stanford University, where she is studying novel materials for solar thermal energy conversion as part of her pursuit of a Ph. D. in electrical engineering. Her research focuses on solar thermal energy conversion using novel materials. The thermionic conversion of heat or solar radiation directly into electricity with efficiencies more... read full bio
Anthony Gallippi saw a need for an electronic payment processing system for the bitcoin currency. Bitcoin is a new financial technology, invented in 2009, as the first peer-to-peer digital currency. Using bitcoin, it is possible to send money like an email - to anyone, anytime, anywhere- without going through a bank or government or corporation. As one of the leading... read full bio
Miles OBrien is a veteran news broadcaster and web journalist. Miles focuses on topics such as, technology, science, and aerospace. Currently, he is a PBS News Hour Science Correspondent and is a regular correspondent for any related PBC documentary for the television series Frontline and National Science Foundation Science Nation. Miles OBrien has had over 30 years of experience in... read full bio
John Picard is regarded as one of the preeminent environmental consultants in North America. He began his career as an architect, builder, and entrepreneur. In 1995, John made an important personal transition from building big to building smart when he built his own home to operate completely off the grid. His experience, passion, and commitment to sustainability have helped him... read full bio
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Dr. Marc Rosenberg, a veteran of more than 30 years in the field of organizational learning, has an international reputation as a leading advocate and expert on using integrated performance improvement systems to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness. Marc was a pioneer in the development of electronic performance support systems. His career includes 18 years at AT&T, where... read full bio
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Best selling author of A Thousand Barrels a Second, published by McGraw-Hill, Peter Tertzakian is the Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation, one of the world's leading energy investment firms. Peter's background in geophysics, economics and finance, combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, helped him rise from the trenches of hands-on oil exploration fieldwork to become an internationally recognized, top-ranked... read full bio
