Leo Hilse was a German-born artist, known for his contemporary abstract paintings and mixed media works. He was born in 1953 in Berlin, Germany, and grew up in a creative family where his passion for art was nurtured from an early age. His parents, both artists, provided him with the support and guidance he needed to develop his own artistic... read full bio
Juliana Echavarria is a rising star in the digital marketing industry, driven by her passion for creativity and cutting-edge technology. Her mission is to push boundaries and create innovative solutions that will transform the industry. Juliana is a firm believer in the power of technology to change the way we do things, and she is committed to being at the... read full bio
Hasshi Sudler is a highly accomplished technology management professional, cyber security expert, and professor at Villanova University's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. With over 25 years of experience in the field, Sudler is the Chairman and CEO of Internet Think Tank, a prominent cyber security firm. He is a fluent Japanese speaker and has held several IT management positions... read full bio
Lex Sokolin, a well-known futurist and businessman, is actively influencing the direction of financial services. Lex is actively involved in developing the infrastructure and applications required for a decentralized future in her role as Head Economist and Global Fintech Co-Head at ConsenSys, a prominent blockchain technology startup. His areas of expertise include public and private blockchains, digital assets, protocol crypto-economics,... read full bio
An outstanding Indian-American physician, researcher, and renowned author, Siddhartha Mukherjee has made substantial advances to our understanding of genetics and cancer. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Mukherjee's most well-known book, was published in 2010 and catapulted him to literary fame. Comprehensively examining the origins and effects of cancer, the book won numerous honors and awards, including the... read full bio
Kevin Systrom is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram, the world’s largest photo sharing website. Under his time as CEO, Instagram became one of the fastest growing apps, with 800 million monthly users. Systrom has been featured on the list of America’s Richest Entrepreneurs Under 40. He graduated from Stanford University... read full bio
An MIT Professor of Information Technology, Erik Brynjolfsson is a leading technology, e-commerce and productivity expert. At MIT, he teaches courses on the Economics of Information and on Information Technology and Organizations. His work is dedicated to the exploration of three questions: How can information technology transform the structures of markets and firms What is the impact of information technology... read full bio
As one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers, and futurists, Ray Kurzweil genius is certainly impressive, with a thirty-year track record of accurate predictions. Ray is the Director of Engineering at Google, heading up a team developing machine intelligence and natural language understanding. Kurzweil was the principal inventor of the first CCD flat-bed scanner, the first omni-font optical character recognition,... read full bio
The Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner has made history in extreme sports with his breath-taking leaps and record-breaking accomplishments. Baumgartner, who is renowned for his fearlessness and unwavering dedication, has pushed the limits of what is possible for humans. His list of accomplishments is outstanding in every way. In a series of mind-blowing parachute jumps, Baumgartner defied gravity and captured the world's... read full bio
Tim Ferriss, nominated as one of Fast Companys Most Innovative Business People of 2007, is an angel investor (StumbleUpon, Digg, Twitter, etc.) and author of the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek bestseller, The 4-Hour Workweek, which has been sold into 35 languages. He is also the author of the best-selling follow-ups The 4-Hour Body and The... read full bio
John Chambers, Executive Chairman of the Board for Cisco, is a working chairman with key areas of responsibility that include: focusing on country digitization and building relationships with government and business leaders, shareholders, and board members. He is an advisor to CEO, Chuck Robbins, on the company’s strategy, digital transformation, security and relationships and strategic partnerships, among other areas. Chambers... read full bio
Uber Co-Founder, Oscar Salazar is also a founder of the medical start-up Pager, and VP of Technology at the tech start-up, Ride. He has raised more than $25 million in funding for current ventures. Ride is a carpooling app, which companies sign up for to advertise to their employees. This revolutionary ride-sharing app uses algorithms to group employees together based... read full bio
Recognized as one of the top tech conference speakers, Kristian Segerstrale is the CEO at Super Evil Megacorp, a leading game developer. Kristian has also been named among the Top 50 most influential executives in Mobile Entertainment by ME Magazine. He has spearheaded the ever-changing game industry for over a decade. Previously, as VP of Production at EMEA, he led... read full bio
Canadian computer programmer and online entrepreneur Ryan Holmes is known as the creator, founder, and CEO of Hootsuite, a platform created to manage social media and integrate social networks. Holmes grew up on a farm that had no electricity. He started his first business in high school, which was a paintball field turned online retailer. His second business was... read full bio
"Technology industry veteran Pat Gelsinger is a businessman in the technology industry who serves as the CEO of VMWare. Prior to his time at VMWare, Pat was president and COO of EMC’s Infrastructure Products, and he worked for Intel for 30 years and served as the company’s first CTO, helping develop crucial technology such as Wi-Fi and USB connection. Pat... read full bio
Chief technology officer and vice president of online shopping industry giant Amazon.com, Werner Vogels is an innovative thinker and go-getter who focuses on time saving and scalability. He has won the CIO/CTO of the Year Award from Information Week for his role in cloud computing, and he was voted the Clouds Most Influential Executive by readers of ReadWriteWeb. ExecBank... read full bio
Martin Bryant is a technology journalist and editor at Tech North, a web publication focused on growing the digital business sector in the North of England. He is formerly an editor-at-large at The Next Web, another well-known online publication in the technology industry. Martin is especially interested in apps, digital media, and European startups. Martin has led panel discussions at... read full bio
Patrick Lee is a serial entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies and startups. He is the co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, an extremely popular entertainment site that largely focuses on movie reviews; it is one of the top 600 most trafficked sites in the world. He has also co-founded Hobo Labs, a creator of casual mobile games. He... read full bio
Kate Matsudaira is a technology, computer science, and leadership speaker. Her expertise is creating and running large-scale web applications/ websites. She has spent a good chunk of her career forming and overseeing high performance teams that develop remarkable technology as solutions to important problems. Kate has worked with some of the worlds leading companies, including Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, and Amazon.com.... read full bio
VP of Cloud Architecture at AWS, Adrian Cockcroft is one of the top technology speakers in the industry. Adrian has been a leader in the creation of a cloud ecosystem as Cloud Architect at Netflix and Technology Fellow at Battery Ventures. While at Netflix, Adrian made significant contributions to the companys high profile transition to a cloud native architecture, and... read full bio
