Nathaniel Ru is the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of the restaurant sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is a restaurant that serves to give their community real food and works with local farmers to create their menus based off of what’s in season and what’s fresh. All of sweetgreen’s food is made from scratch and they use produce delivered the morning it’s made.... read full bio
Arlan Hamilton is the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. She grew Backstage Capital from the ground up, all while she was homeless. Backstage Capital is a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Since Hamilton started Backstage Capital from scratch, it has... read full bio
Lisa Sun is CEO & founder of GRAVITAS. Gravitas is a clothing company whose mission is to catalyze confidence in women. Sun first heard the word gravitas during her first professional review and from that point on, she looked to seek gravitas to be successful in her life and business. She found gravitas in being inspired and inspiring her peers,... read full bio
Michael Coates is the former CISO at Twitter and Former Head of Security at Mozilla. He has worked in the information security space for several years working to protect hundred of millions of people worldwide. Currently, Coates is the CEO and co-founder of Altitude Networks. Prior to his work with Altitude, Coates worked securing Twitter’s systems and user data. As... read full bio
Dr. Jeff Chen MD/MBA is the Founder and Executive Director of the UCLA Cannabis Research Initiative. He is known for being the nation’s leading expert on the play between the policy, business, and science of cannabis, hemp, and CBD. Chen is a graduated for the dual degree MC/MBA program at UCLA. He has spent four years working to accelerate research... read full bio
Susan Etlinger is an industry analyst with Altimeter Group. Her work with Altimeter includes conducting research on how the explosion of data is affecting individuals and institutions. As an adviser, Etlinger has been asked by several Fortune 500 companies, startups and the public sector to advise on data strategy. She is best known for authoring two reports, “The Social Media... read full bio
John Ellis is a technology and futurist keynote speaker, author, software expert and former Head of the Ford Developer Program with Ford Motor Company. During his time working for Ford, Ellis’ team came up with SmartDeviceLink, the open source version of AppLink technology that connects brought-in devices to vehicles. His team also delivered a ground-up design and development of a... read full bio
David Kidder is an entrepreneur, author, and angel investor who is currently the co-founder and CEO of Bionic. Bionic works with the world’s largest enterprises to help them with new growth and compete with other companies based on tools, methods, models, and talent of venture capital and entrepreneurship. Kidder graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology with a BA in Industrial... read full bio
Erica Javellana is the Employee Relations Manager at Zappos and Speaker of The House for Zappos Insights. She started her career with Zappos in the HR department where she became known for her ability to blend HR and the Zappos culture. Prior to working with Zappos, Javellana worked in the HR department within retail, hotel, casino, and food and beverage... read full bio
Scott Steinberg is a well-known business strategist, technological authority, and visionary futurist who is known for his extraordinary insights into the rapidly changing fields of business and technology. Steinberg has carved up a significant position as a sought-after industry influencer because to an unwavering dedication to innovation and a keen awareness of market trends. As a skilled business thinker, Steinberg's knowledge... read full bio
Jia Jiang is an author, blogger, and entrepreneur. He is the owner of Rejection Therapy, a website that is home to Jiang’s personal blogs and products and services to help customers become fearless. Jiang graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. in Computer Science. From there, he went on to earn his MBA in Marketing from Duke University-The Fuqua... read full bio
Christy Wright is an author, certified business coach, and a Ramsey Personality. She is the creator of Business Boutique, which is to help women make money doing what they love such as a side business, an online store, a retail store, freelancing, and more. Wright releases the podcast ‘Business Boutique Podcast’ and is also author of the number 1 best-selling... read full bio
Stephanie Chung is President of Jetsuite, Inc. She has been the first African-American president of an aviation brand and is also a cancer survivor, award-winning leadership speaker, and sales coach. Chung speaks on the neuroscience of sales and leadership, and her history of being a businesswoman. Chung started her career as a sales representative for US Airways. From there, she... read full bio
Richard Montanez is the Vice President in Multicultural Sales and Community Activation for PepsiCo North America, an author, and a philanthropist. Montanez started his career with PepsiCo as a janitor at Frito-Lay. He later became creator of the Flamin’ Hot line of chips which has gone on to became a billion-dollar business. Montanez has since been the only four-time recipient... read full bio
Debra Jasper, Ph.D., is the founder and CEO of Mindset Digital, where she leads a coaching and training firm that helps Fortune 500 financial firms and other organizations to develop daily habits and mindsets to drive results. Some of Jasper’s programs include, The Social Selling Habit, The SOS Habit, and The Cyber Security Habit. Jasper earned her B.A. in Journalism... read full bio
Chris Pirillo is an American YouTube partner, founder and CEO of LockerGnome, Inc., a host for sites such as CNN, Ustream, and more. He has previously hosted the TechTV television program “Call for Help” and has hosted the first annual Call-for-Help-a-Thon. Pirillo graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with an English degree. He gained attention after running a 24/7... read full bio
Scott Stratten is the President and co-owner of Un-Marketing. He is also co-author of five best-selling business books alongside his wife Alison Stratten and the duo are also co-hosts of The UnPodcast. Stratten’s book include, “UnBranding: 100 Branding Lessons for the Age of Disruption”, “UnMarketing Second Edition: Everything Has Changed & Nothing Is Different”, “UnSelling: The New Customer Experience”, “QR... read full bio
Matt Cutts is an American programmer and software engineer who has been the Administrator of the United States Digital Service, a non-partisan technology group in the Executive Office of the President of the US Federal Government. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of Kentucky and went on to earn his Master of Science... read full bio
David Cote is the former chairman and CEO of Honeywell. As a long-term success at a Fortune 100 conglomerate, Cote utilizes his experience to optimize business strategy. Cote has worked with GE and Honeywell, notably increasing Honeywell’s capital to over 100 billion dollars. Cote focuses on a combination of long-term and quarterly strategies for business growth. He is the author... read full bio
Randall Lane is a business expert and journalist. Currently, Lane is the chief content officer of Forbes Media and editor of Forbes Magazine. He is an entrepreneurial capitalism enthusiast with a fresh take on market-based thinking. Lane has been featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine five times. In addition to his journalist contributions to Forbes, Lane also launched P.O.V.... read full bio
