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
Judith Spitz, Ph.D is the founder and Executive Director of Break Through Tech and is the former CIO of Verizon. With Break Through Tech, Spitz has made initiative that helps women and underrepresented groups earn a higher education and career in tech through innovation, career access and community building. Spitz has been featured in Crain’s list of Notable Women in... read full bio
Erica Dhawan is an American keynote speaker, author, a leader on Connectional Intelligence, podcast host, and founder and CEO of Cotential. Cotential is a global consultancy that helps organizations transform by improving their collaboration across teams, business units, customers and stakeholders. Dhawan is best known for being a leading authority on 21st century collaboration as well as connectional intelligence. As... read full bio
Varun Sivaram is an American businessman who is the Chief Technology Officer of ReNew Power, which is India’s largest renewable energy company. Sivaram earned his B.S. in engineering physics and a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University where he was also awarded with a Truman Scholarship. Sivaram went on to earn his Ph.D in condensed matter physics from the... read full bio
Brian Armstrong is a businessperson who is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rice University and he went on to earn his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Rice University as well. Armstrong went on to start his career a team lead intern at IBM and went on to... read full bio
Audrey Gelman is an American entrepreneur and political staffer who is founder of the women’s co-working space and social club, The Wing. She is also known for being the inspiration for the character Marnie on the HBO television series “Girls”. Gelman studied at Oberlin College but left after two years to work on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for U.S. President. After... read full bio
Adam Coates is currently a Director at Apple who has previously been an operating partner at Khosla Ventures. Coates has earned his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D in Computer Science from Stanford University. He went on to be a post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University where he led a team to develop HPC methods for deep learning. He has also been a... read full bio
Andrew Yang is an American attorney, entrepreneur, philanthropist, author, and political commentator from Schenectady, New York. Yang graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, an elite boarding school in New Hampshire, and after went on to major in economics and political science at Brown University. After earning his degree, Yang went on to earn his Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School and... read full bio
Gary Shapiro is the President and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association, which is the trade association with over 2,200 of the most innovative companies. He is also a well-known author of several best-selling business books such as “Ninja Future: Secrets to Success in the New World of Innovation”, “Ninja Innovation: The Ten Killer Strategies of the World’s Most Successful... read full bio
Charlotte Beers is an American businesswoman and former Under Secretary of State. She is known for being a pioneer in the advertising industry for female CEOs and has served as a chairman of two top-10 world-wide agencies. Beers was also known for bringing marketing and branding techniques to the U.S. State Department. As a businesswoman, Beers was the first female... read full bio
Brandon Maxwell is an American fashion designer, television personality, director, and photographer, who is best known for being the founder and creative director of Brandon Maxwell, a women’s luxury label. Maxwell was born in Longview, Texas, and while growing up he spent a lot of his time working with his grandmother in boutiques, which led him to growing a passion... read full bio
Betsy Duke is an American bank executive who has previously been a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors of the United States under Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. During her time with the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Duke was the seventh woman to be appointed to the board and since leaving, she has gone on... read full bio
Vladimer Botsvadze is a luminary in the realm of digital transformation and marketing, boasting over 15 years of international expertise. Regarded as a preeminent influencer, keynote speaker, professor, and futurist, he has left an indelible mark on the industry. With a career laden with accolades, Vladimer has been consistently recognized as one of the foremost minds shaping the future of... read full bio
Abigail Posner is the direct in BrandUnit at Google and is a strategy and tech expert, speaker, blogger and podcaster, and author. Posner has previously earned her B.A. in Social Anthropology where she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University. She began her career working as an analyst for Mercer Management Consulting and since then, has gone on to be... read full bio
Verna Myers is a lawyer, activist, author, and founder and President of The Verna Myers Company, a consulting firm that works to break the barriers to diversity in the workplace. Most recently, Myers has been named VP of Inclusion Strategy at Netflix. Myers has earned his B.A. in Political Science from Barnard College and has gone on to earn her... read full bio
Dame Barbara Mary Stocking is a British public servant who is the former executive of Oxfam GB, and the current president of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. Stocking was born in Rugby, Warwickshire and earned her degree in pharmacology from New Hall, Cambridge. She went on to begin her career working as a secretary to a committee at the National Academy... read full bio
Maryellis Bunn is the founder and CEO of Museum of Ice Cream and 1and8 Inc. Bunn began the pop-up Museum of Ice Cream in New York City out of her love of ice cream. The pop-up museum features numerous bright colored art installations and is widely-known for it’s sprinkle pool. It immediately became an overnight sensation with celebrities such as... read full bio
Christopher Wylie is a Canadian data consultant who has previously worked at Cambridge Analytica, a political consulting firm, which is led by Alexander Nix. Wylie rose to fame after he released documents that prompted the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which showed the secret workings behind Cambridge Analytica. Wylie gave The Guardian documents that showed Cambridge Analytica had unauthorized possession of... read full bio
Jean Brownhill is the founder and CEO of Sweeten, a company that matches people to vetted general contractors and provides support throughout the process. Brownhill has earned her degree in architecture from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art and is a Loeb Fellow from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, where she co-founded the African American... read full bio
Dr. Knatokie Ford is the founder and CEO of Fly Sci Enterprise, LLC and is a media innovation fellow for Simons Foundation. Fly Sci Enterprise is a consulting organization that specializes in creative science communications, content production, professional development services, and motivational speaking. Ford has earned her B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry and Biological Chemistry from Clark Atlanta University. She... read full bio
