Amy Lokey is currently the Vice President of User Experience at Google. Prior to her current job, Lokey has worked at NBC Digital Productions, Novocom, Inc., Malibu Studios, Quidnunc, aep designs, Openwave Systems Inc., Yahoo, and LinkedIn. During her time working at Yahoo, Lokey was the Staff User Experience Designer and at LinkedIn she was the Vice President in User... read full bio
Carey Kolaja is currently the Global Chief Product Officer at Citi Group Financial Co. Prior to her job at Citi, Kolaja has been the Director and Senior Manager of Corporate Information Technology at eBay Inc and worked her way through various jobs at PayPal where she left as she was the Vice President of Global Consumer Products. Kolaja graduated from... read full bio
Janice Bryant Howroyd is an American entrepreneur, educator, ambassador, businesswoman, author, mentor, Presidential Special Appointee, founder and Chief Executive Officer of The ActOne Group. The ActOne Group is the largest private woman owned workforce solutions company founded in the US. They are an award winning enterprise that provide talent management solutions. Howroyd herself has been featured on Forbes list of... read full bio
Juliette Kayyem is a CNN commentator, homeland security specialist, Harvard faculty member, author, and host of the "The SCIF" podcast on WGBH. Kayyem has established herself as a top expert in the subject of homeland security with a wide and outstanding history. Kayyem demonstrates her great business sense and leadership abilities in her role as CEO of Zemcar. She also frequently appears... read full bio
Radha Subramanyam is the president of CBS Vision as well as the company's chief research and analytics officer. After 18 months, she was elevated to her current position. She first joined the company as executive vice president, chief research and analytics officer at the CBS Television Network. For CBS, Subramanyam is in charge of all analytics and research activities, including... read full bio
Jean Case is an American businesswoman who is the Chairman of the Board of National Geographic, CEO of the Case Foundation, philanthropist, investor, Internet and impact investing pioneer, and author. Her and her husband Steve Case, created the Case Foundation and have gone on to join the Giving Pledge. As an author, Case has published the book “Be Fearless: 5... read full bio
Duncan Wardle, who formerly served as Disney's Head of Innovation and Creativity, is a well-known name in the innovation and creative industries. Wardle was instrumental in promoting innovation and guiding the creative direction of teams from a variety of Disney departments, including Marvel, Pixar, Disney Parks, ESPN, Lucasfilm, Imagineering, and Animation, throughout his entire employment there. His contributions were crucial... read full bio
Adam Bierman is the co-founder & CEO of MedMen Enterprises, the nation’s most recognized brand in the emerging marijuana industry. He is a leader in institutional practices, professional standards, and clear and reasonable regulations that will take the cannabis industry to it’s next phase. Bierman started MedMen with his partner Andrew Modlin. The duo started MedMen with the though of... read full bio
Jim Bankoff is an American businessman who has served as chairman and CEO of Vox Media. He graduated from Emory University with a bachelor’s in international studies. He went on to earn his Master of Business Administration degree at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Some of his earliest jobs included working as a production assistant for Washington... read full bio
Amber Baldet is currently the CEO and co-founder of Clovyr and a blockchain speaker. Clovyr makes modern application development flexible and easy to use to the blockchain domain. It empowers teams of all sizes to grow products to production much faster than before. Prior to Baldet’s work with Clovyr, she has previously worked as an application developer with Avalon Research... read full bio
Multifaceted professional Nicholas Webb is well known for his skills in innovation, leadership, and customer experience. Webb has made a name for himself in the realms of business and education as a keynote speaker, best-selling book, professor, CEO, and prize-winning inventor. As the founder and CEO of LeaderLogic, a well-known management consulting and training company, Webb equips companies to successfully negotiate... read full bio
Scott Amyx is a managing partner at Amyx Ventures. He is also a TEDx Speaker, IBM IoT Futurist, Forbed New York Business Council Member, Singularity University and Smart City Accelerator Mentor, and more. Amyx is author of the book “Strive: How Doing the Things Most Uncomfortable Leads to Success”. He has also set to publish the book “The Human Race:... read full bio
Jeff Immelt is an American business executive who has worked as a venture partner at New Enterprise Associates. He has recently retired as chairman of the board of the U.S.-based conglomerate General Electric. He had been selected as CEO by their board of directors to replace Jack Welch and prior to being CEO, Immelt had headed up GE’s Medical Systems... read full bio
Mohanbir Sawhney is an author, scholar, professional speaker, consultant, and management expert. He is the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology at the Kellogg School of Management and an adviser to several large organizations on e-commerce strategies. Sawhney was born in Kalaikunda, India, and holds a Ph.D. in marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He also earned... read full bio
Anjali Kumar is co-founder of The Justice Department, a women-led firm that works on legal counsel and business strategy development for females. She is also an attorney, advisor, author and an “idea acupuncturist”. Kumar graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical ethics. She went on to earn her JD from Boston University School of Law and after... read full bio
Professor Americus Reed II is the Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School. He is co-founder of Persona Partners and is a leading expert on “identity”. Reed researches on the role consumers play in guiding buying decisions. He researches on how social influence, attitudes, values, judgments and social identity shape consumer’s purchase decisions and behavior. His research has been featured... read full bio
Ellen Pao is an American attorney, investor, and activist who co-founded the non-profit Project Include. She gained popularity after filing a gender discrimination suit against her former employer, Kleiner Perkins. Pao was born in New Jersey and learned how to code from her mother when she was only 10 years old. She later graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s... read full bio
Shlomo Benartzi is a behavioral economist, accounting for psychology and its role in how people make economic choices. Utilizing his research, Shlomo works to solve social issues in the modern day. Shlomo has pioneered programs designed to help people make better financial decisions. His projects include Save More Tomorrow (SMarT) and the VOYA Behavioral Finance Institute for Innovation. Benartzi shares... read full bio
Jonas Kjellberg is a speaker on digital transformation, an author, investor and co-creator of Skype. As co-creator of Skype, Kjellberg was also their managing director for several years and while under management, he helped generate 90 percent of their revenue stream. Apart from Skype, Kjellberg has also been CEO and founder of Campuz Mobile and Optimal Telecom. He has founded... read full bio
Chris Barton is a speaker, and co-founder and former board director of the mobile application Shazam. He went on to sell Shazam to Apple for over 400 million dollars. The mobile application Shazam helps users figure out any song playing with just a click of a button. Of his time there, Barton turned the idea of Shazam into profit. After... read full bio
