Shellye Archambeau is an American businesswoman who is former CEO of MetricStream. She studied at the Wharton School of Business in Pennsylvania and while in college, began working as a sales assistant for IBM and after graduating, began working full-time at IBM where she worked her way up the ladder. During her years with IBM, Shellye went on to run... read full bio
Dr. Simone Ahuja is an innovation expert, best-selling author, and business school advisor who teaches organizations how to act more like fast and frugal startups, to drive sustainable innovation. Ahuja is an expert in business growth and trends, consumer trends, innovation, marketing and risk management and she works with associations, board meetings and executive briefings, corporations, senior management groups and... read full bio
Scott Sonenshein is the Henry Gardiner Symonds Professor at the Jesse H. Jones School of Business at Rice University. Sonenshein is also a New York Times best-selling author of the book “Stretch: Unlock the Power of Less – and Achieve More than You Ever Imagined”, and co-author of the book “Joy at Work”, which he co-wrote with Marie Kondo. Sonenshein... read full bio
Sarah Jarosz is an American singer-songwriter from Wimberley, Texas, who performs a mixture of Americana, country folk, bluegrass, and folk music. Jarosz began playing the mandolin when she was only 10 and then went on to learn to play instruments such as the octave mandolin, clawhammer banjo, and guitar. While in high school, Jarosz signed her first recording contract with... read full bio
Songhoy Blues is a desert blues band from Bamako, Mali, that consists of members Garba Toure, Aliou Toure, Oumar Toure, and Nathanael Dembele. The group was formed in Timbuktu, but have since had to leave Timbuktu due to the civil conflict and imposition of Sharia law. Together, the members formed together in Bamako to try to recreate what they lost... read full bio
Scott Snyder is a leader in technology and innovation and has working in business, technology, product innovation, and digital transformation for several years working for various Fortune 500 companies as well as startups. Currently, Snyder is the leader of Digital and Innovation for Heidrick and Struggles and has previously worked as the Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Safeguard Scientifics.... read full bio
Soren Kaplan is an American author, writer, and businessman who is founder of InnovationPoint. Kaplan is an expert and consultant on innovation culture through his work with InnovationPoint. Through his career as a consultant, Kaplan has worked with companies and organizations which include Disney, Hershey, Red Bull, Visa, NBCUniversal, Philips, Cisco, Kaiser Permanente, and many more. Prior to his work... read full bio
Samaira Mehta is an American coder, inventor, and CEO of CoderBunnyz, a game that provides instructions on how to learn concepts for AI and for Java. CoderBunnyz also goes through training, back propagation, interference, adaptive learning and autonomous. Since creating the game, CoderBunnyz has gone on to be used in over 106 schools since then. The game has also gone... read full bio
Sam Peltzman is the Professor Emeritus at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. Peltzman has previously earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and from there, began his teaching career at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also previously earned his BBA from City College of New York. Through his research,... read full bio
Sandro Salsano is an Italian entrepreneur, businessman and investor who has been the chairman of Salsano Family Office as well as the president of Salsano Group. Salsano was born in Lecco, Italy, and he earned degree from Bocconi University before going on to earn his MBA from the University of San Diego, California. He has also taken courses at Harvard... read full bio
Steve Ridgway is a businessman who has been the former CEO of Virgin Atlantic. Ridgway working as the CEO for Virgin for nearly 10 years and during his tenure he helped the company grow from having two 747s to have a 40 long haul aircraft where they would fly over 6 million passengers a year. He also helped the company... read full bio
Subramanian Rangan is the Professor of Strategy and Management and has been the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Court Endowed Chair in Societal Progress. Rangan has previously earned his MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and went on to earn his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard University. Rangan has been known for his work in capitalism and how... read full bio
Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American actor, director, and educator, who is known for acting on stage in several August Wilson plays and for his roles on screen. Henderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and he has previously earned his BFA in Acting from the North Carolina School of the Arts before going on to earn his MA in... read full bio
Sebastian Mallaby is an English author, educator, and journalist who is the Paul A. Volcker Senior Fellow in International Economics, a contributing editor, author, and expert on economics. Mallaby is the son of Sir Christopher Mallaby and he has been educated at Eton College before going on to earn a first class degree in modern history from Oxford University. Mallaby... read full bio
Stephan Ulamec has been the head of Rosetta Lander, manager for Philae Lander, and has worked at the German Aerospace Center Space Operations and Astronaut Training. Ulamec has previously studied geophysics in Granz where he earned his Ph.D. Ulamec began his career as a research fellow for the European Space Agency where he helped work on missions which included Rosetta... read full bio
Steve Lemme is an American actor, director, producer, writer, and comedian, who is known for being a member of the Broken Lizard comedy group. Lemme was born in New York City, New York, and while in high school, Lemme performed as a break dancer and was featured on a television commercial in Colombia. He later studied at Colgate University where... read full bio
South of Eden is an up-and-coming rock band from Columbus, Ohio, that consists of members Ehab Omran on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, Justin Young on lead guitar and vocals, Tom McCullough on drums, and Nick Frantianne on bass. The quartet have gained fame in the rock world over the years and have even opened for some of the biggest... read full bio
Sophie Meiers is an up-an-coming alternative singer-songwriter and producer who rose to fame releasing her own music and collaborating with other various artists on SoundCloud when she was only 14 years old. Her music is a mixture of lofi hip-hop, RnB, electronic, alternative and indie styles. Meiers went on to release her debut single, “Don’t Be Scared,” which featured Michael... read full bio
S Club 7 is a British pop group from London that had consisted of members Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O’Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The pop group was formed by the Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller and quicky rose to fame after starring in their own television series, “Miami 7.” Shortly after, S Club... read full bio
Supreme NTM, or just NTM, is a French hip-hop band that was formed in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Ile-de-France, and consists of members Kool Shen and JoeyStarr. The duo formed Supreme NTM after watching American hip-hop dancers in Paris. This led them to begin to learn how to dance and perform as hip-hop artists and take on the names JoeyStarr and Kool... read full bio
