Amelia Showalter is the co-founder and CEO of Pantheon Analytics which is a boutique analytics firm that was founded by Obama campaign veterans. Through her work with Pantheon Analytics, Showalter focuses on data analysis, reporting and strategy. Showalter has earned her AB in Government from Harvard University and went on to earn her MPP in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy... read full bio
Jagdish Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business at Emory University Goizueta Business School and has been a teacher and researcher for over 50 years. Sheth is known for being an expert on areas which include consumer behavior, relationship marketing, geopolitical analysis and competitive strategy. Over the course of his career, Sheth has been a lecturer for universities... read full bio
Roy Sheppard has been a reporter and presenter for BBC and has gone on to work as a consultant for numerous clients. He is also a conference moderator and author and as a moderator he has worked with some of the largest organizations in the world and has moderated the Olympic movement, the ICSC, and RECON in Las Vegas. He... read full bio
Peter Senge is an American systems scientist who has been a senior lecturer for the MIT Sloan School of Management and has been founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. Senge was born in Stanford, California, and he has earned his B.S. in Aerospace engineering from Stanford University before going on to earn his M.S. in social systems modeling and... read full bio
Tomas Sedlacek is a Czech economist and lecturer who has been the Chief Macroeconomic Strategist at CSOB. Sedlacek has studied at the Charles University in Prague and while there, he began his career in economics working as an advisor to President Vaclav Havel. He then went on to also work for the Czech President before going on to work as... read full bio
Frank Schulenburg is the executive director for Wiki Education Foundation, where he has helped the organization on their impact and efficiency and raised over a million dollars in the first two years. Wiki Education is a non-profit that serves the bridge between academia and Wikipedia. Schulenburg’s work with the non-profit stems from the assurance that everyone in the world has... read full bio
Gillian Maxwell is best known for being the former director for Flying Tiger Ireland. Maxwell is a specialist in entrepreneurship, retail and market expansion and has previously studied human resources and French. She began her career working on the IBEC EOP program in Paris and moved back to her hometown of Ireland where she started working on the training program... read full bio
Vitor Mendonça Prado is a lawyer and founding partner of Mendonça Prado Advogados, founder and managing partner of CAVI Participações e Empreendimentos Ltda, businessman, speaker, mentor, advisor and investor. Mr. Prado is a multifunctional leader with experience in market strategy and legal and commercial effectiveness. Mr. Prado develops an executive-level vision of key objectives and results, taking advantage of a structured... read full bio
Dick Powell is the partner and designer for SeymourPowell, which is an industrial design firm. He has also been the chairman of D&AD, and has been co-host of the show, Better by Design. Powell has previously studied industrial design at Manchester Polytechnic, and he then went on to also study at the Royal College of Art in London. After finishing... read full bio
Karen Post is known as “The Branding Diva,” through her work as an expert on branding in the business world. Throughout her over 30 years working in business, Post has been known for creating solutions and implementing methods that put things in motion. She began her career as an entrepreneur at only 22 years old after building two successful companies;... read full bio
Marco Piva is an Italian architect, interior designer, and producer designer from Milan. Piva has previously earned his degree in architecture from Politecnico di Milano and after earning his degree, he went on to found STUDIODADA, which was a main design office during the radical period. Several years later, Piva went on to open his own studio, Studio Marco Piva,... read full bio
Julian Ugarte has been the founder and director of Socialab and has been an ambassador at Singularity University. Ugarte is a social entrepreneur, design thinker and strategy professional who has previously earned his degree from Singularity University. Ugarte began his career as a founder and working for Techo where he began as a director for the social innovation center where... read full bio
Joe Toscano is an author, keynote speaker, and co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of BEACON. Through his work with BEACON, he has been co-founder of an organization with a focus on social innovation that works on human-centered design, social impact, and public policy to help advance human-computer experiences. Toscano has previously earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of... read full bio
Stephan Turnipseed is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Pitsco Education. Turnipseed has previously earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and went on to begin his career working as a staff sergeant for the United States Air Force where he served on the F-4 Phantom aircraft. After serving in the Air Force, Turnipseed... read full bio
John Tschohl is a world leader on customer service, service strategy, empowerment, customer experience, creating service culture, employee motivation, and an author of the book “Relentless.” Tschohl has previously earned his bachelor’s in marketing, business administration and management from University of St. Thomas. He began his career working as the owner of John Tschohl Investments, which is his real estate... read full bio
Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch theorist, management consultant, and author, who is known for his work in cross-cultural communication and for developing the Trompenaars’ model of national culture differences. Trompenaars has previously earned his MA in Economics from Vrije Universiteit and has earned his Ph.d. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote his thesis on... read full bio
Joe Weinman is a business author, keynote speaker, digital strategist, and executive who is best known for his book ‘Digital Disciplines: Attaining Market Leadership via the Cloud, Big Data, Social, Mobile, and the Internet of Things.’ As an author, he has also been known for his book ‘Cloudonomics: The Business Value of Cloud Computing.’ As a writer, Weinman was also... read full bio
Kate Sweetman is a best-selling author, advisor, speaker, editor, and is the founder and President of SweetmanCragun Group, a global leadership development firm. Through her work with SweetmanCragun Group, Sweetman gives a new perspective on leadership and organizations having worked with world leaders, several Fortune 100 organizations, and more. Sweetman has previously earned her BA in English from Yale University... read full bio
Francesco Stipo is an author and speaker on globalization, international affairs and geopolitics. He is the President and CEO of the Houston Energy Club, a public policy group that focuses on oil, gas, and renewable energy. As an author, Dr. Stipo has published the book ‘World Federalist Manifesto, Guide to Political Globalization’ (www.worldfederalistmanifesto.com). His work in global governance led to... read full bio
Anthony Stears, also known as “The Telephone Assassin,” is a leading expert on telephone engagement and has helped numerous businesses over the years work on improving their customer service and sales over the phone. Stears began his career working in sales and during his first job, he found how important building a personal customer base would be towards his success.... read full bio
