Dave Birss spent a large chunk of his career as the Creative Director for OgilvyOne, McCann Worldgroup and Poke. Now he's focused on demystifying creativity to help individuals learn new skills and to help companies use fresh thinking to achieve better results. His keynote talks and workshops not only debunk the myths and misunderstandings surrounding creativity and innovation, but also present... read full bio
The speaker will be Hank Moore, Futurist and Corporate Strategist™. His topics are "Community Leadership Legends" and "The Big Ideas, American Business Legends." Hank's latest book, "Non-Profit Legends," has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Hank Moore won the Lifetime Achievement Award from Volunteer Houston, for community leadership. He is the highest level of business overview expert and is... read full bio
EXPERT Mike has spent 30,000 hours helping leaders tackle tough, high-stakes problems. He is an author, top blogger, and former IBM Global Services eVisionary. With highest-available certifications as a consultant, customer experience professional, and speaking professional, Mike is literally in the top 1% of speakers, designers, and consultants worldwide. STYLE Mike is inspiring, thought-provoking, quick/creative on his feet, easy to... read full bio
Phil Wainewright is a leading expert on global cloud computing and its influence on business, renowned for his abilities to forecast key themes and trends early on. For nearly two decades, Phil has been an influencer in cloud computing as a blogger, analyst and consultant, well recognized for his long-running Software as Services blog. He is also co-founder of diginomica,... read full bio
Joanne Martin is the president of JLM Consulting, LLC. She has also formed a partnership with Vicinage, LLC as a CISOinResidence, where she will contract to provide CISO as a Service expertise to the companys clients. Renowned for her innovation in technology and people development, Joanne is an inspirational speaker and an influential advisor to senior executives. She has established... read full bio
Lauren Fix is an automotive expert, author, speaker, and television host. She has extensive experience in the automotive industry, having joining the Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Automotive Analysts, and achieving the status of an Automotive Service Excellence certified technician. Inspired by her father, Fix has pursued fixing, restoring, and racing cars for decades. Apart from automotive work, Fix... read full bio
Miku Jha is the founder and CEO of an agriculture technology start up company, AgShift. With the environment on her mind, Jha incorporates technology solutions and strategies to impact businesses and create beautiful products. Her role at Ariodata as founding engineer later led to its acquisition by Xyratex Incorporated. She was then a chief solution architect, senior executive, and program... read full bio
Carrie Hudson is CEO and Founder of Carrie Hudson Media, LLC. Hudson is a promoter of a healthy lifestyle and provides advice and resources to her clients to help them live a healthier and whole lifestyle. When Hudson first found out she had cancer and ended up being a survivor she knew she had to change her life and believes... read full bio
Dori Edwards is co-founder of Ayurvanna Inc. and a leading executive director for Nerium International. Edwards became the first woman to own a dispensary in Michigan when she opened up Tree City Health Collective. Once she opened her dispensary she became passionate about the industry and put her all into her organically grown cannabis. Her passion showed and not too... read full bio
Henry Patterson is the UKs youngest serial entrepreneur, and he now is adding the title of business author to his resume. Patterson was only nine years old when he started his career by launching the childrens brand Not Before Tea. He based this book from a book he had written titled The Adventures of Sherb and Pip. Not Before Tea... read full bio
Bernie Borges is a marketing expert. His background in marketing was developed over 20 years as a corporate career man. When Borges took notice of the budding world of social media years ago, he began implementing social media into marketing strategy. Launching a digital marketing agency, Find and Convert, led Borges to develop content marketing strategies for clients using new... read full bio
Alana and Lex LeBlanc are identical twins who star in HGTV’s television series “Listed Sisters”. Lex is the founder of LAVA Home Design and her sister Alana is a partner of the company. LAVA Home Design is a company that helps their clients remodel their homes or look for a new one. Lex is a graduate of the New York... read full bio
Noa Santos is the CEO and co-founder of Homepolish, an interior design startup. He studied business and architecture at Stanford and went on to start his career at an interior design firm in New York City. He quickly found himself wanting to branch out and start his own company and started off designing Will Nathan’s apartment and the duo went... read full bio
Alex Bennert is SEO Consultant of Alex Bennert Consulting where she uses organic SEO in technical and enterprise level search marketing. She is also known for training, redesigning, platform migrations, domain consolidations, and new site development. Over the years, some of Bennert’s clients have included Zillow, SFGate, JibJab, Barron’s, MarketWatch, UrbanSpoon, SmartMoney, IMDb, Quartz, the National Academy of Science, and... read full bio
Jeffrey Eisenberg is the CEO of BuyerLegends.com, a company that informs fellow businesses on how to be a more customer-centered, data-driven business. Apart from being CEO of BuyerLegends.com, Eisenberg is also an author and has co-authored the best-selling books ‘Call to Action’ and ‘Waiting For Your Cat to Bark’. He has also written for blogs and magazines such as eMarketing... read full bio
Philip Kaplan is the founder and CEO of DistroKid; a service that musicians use to help get their music into streaming services such as iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and more. Kaplan earned his B.S. in Information Management and Technology from Syracuse University. From there, he started working as a senior consultant at Booz Allen & Hamilton. Kaplan went on... read full bio
Shawn Rorick is the VP of Digital Marketing & Ecommerce at Eldorado Resorts, Inc. where he runs the day-to-day web-based operations and marketing initiatives. Rorick graduated with a B.S. in Marketing/Marketing Management from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Rorick started his career as Director of Marketing at Nevada Corporate Headquarters. From there, he joined Cox Interactive Media as their Digital Marketing... read full bio
Raj Chetty is an economy and big data expert. As the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University, Chetty shares his expertise with students of all kinds regularly. Through other ventures, like the directing of Opportunity Insights, Chetty utilizes big data to assist in developing strategies for success in disadvantaged groups. Chetty’s work connects to policy, education, media,... read full bio
Bonnie Brooks is a notable name in Canadian business. She is the former CEO of International Retail Specialty Fashion and Department Stores. Brooks has worked with international brands, including the Dickson Group Asia and HBC North America. In addition to her business management, Brooks was the president of Canadian Advertising Agency and was Editor-in-Chief of Canadian National Magazine. In her... read full bio
Rhonda Vetere has held leader positions in numerous companies over the course of her career so far. Companies that she has worked for over the years include, CompuServe, Worldcom, MCI, UUNET, JPMorgan Chase, Lehman Brothers/Barclays Capital/Barclays, HP Enterprise Services, AIG, and Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Prior to her current work, she was President of Data Analytics at nThrive, and has... read full bio
