The first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft, astronaut Eileen Collins has led an inspiring life of adventure, leadership, and achievement. A female trailblazer, Collins was named an astronaut by NASA in 1990. She quickly went on to become the first female pilot on a space shuttle with the Discovery flight in 1995, and the first female commander... read full bio
Cynthia Breazeal is a brilliant pioneer in the world of robotics; she is the creator of Jibo, a personal assistant robot, said to be the first ever family robot. Cynthia also works as an associate professor of media arts and sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for which she directs the Personal Robots group at the MIT Media Laboratory.... read full bio
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at NetApp is Cynthia Stoddard. Providing a long-term technological vision that supports and is in line with the organization's strategies, goals, business plans, operational needs, and overall efficiencies is the CIO's responsibility. In order to facilitate the implementation of global business solutions and infrastructure that support the company's expansion, she gives leadership... read full bio
Norwegian engineer Dag Kittlaus is the Co-founder & CEO of Siri (acquired by Apple) and Co-founder & CEO of Viv (acquired by Samsung). When Apple acquired Siri, Dag became the Director of iPhone Apps at Apple, leading the Siri and speech recognition teams. Two years later, he co-founded his next AI company, Viv. With Viv, his goal was to make... read full bio
danah boyd is an American technology and social media scholar who is the founder and president of Data & Society Research Institute, is a partner researcher at Microsoft Research and has also been a visiting professor at New York University. boyd was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and she found her love for computers while growing up after her brother taught... read full bio
Dr. Daniel Kraft is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience at Singularity University, as well as Founder and Chair of Exponential Medicine, which studies convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their future in biomedicine and healthcare. A Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur; Dr. Kraft has more than 25 years under his belt working in clinical practice, biomedical... read full bio
Daniel Newman is passionate about helping organizations and individuals understand how to be successful in the age of rapid technological change. Living his life at the intersection of people and technology, Daniel works with the worlds largest technology brands exploring Digital Transformation and how it is influencing the enterprise. He focuses on topics such as Digital Transformation, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and... read full bio
Daniel Sieberg is the current senior marketing manager at Google. He specializes in media outreach and is an official spokesperson of the company. In addition, Sieberg is an Emmy-nominated and award-winning television correspondent and author. He has appeared on networks worldwide including ABC News, BBC News, MSNBC, PBS, and on shows like The Dr. Oz Show and The Nate Berkus... read full bio
Danny Hillis is a technology expert. He holds a doctorate from MIT and identifies as an inventor, scientist, author, and engineer. Hillis is known as a pioneer of parallel computers, an idea that created the foundation of the graphics processors and cloud computing technology we know today. This technology pioneer has over 300 U.S. patents on various devices and methods... read full bio
Dava Newman is the former Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA.) Newman was born in Helena, Montana, and she began has previously earned her B.S. from the University of Notre Dame before going on to earn her dual S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Newman began her research in aerospace biomedical engineering, and... read full bio
David Christian, a professor and historian, is best known for his emerging discipline called Big History. This area of study presents history beginning at the Big Bang. Christian is versed in cosmology and astronomy. He also has a background studying at the University of Western Ontario and Oxford University. His book, Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History received... read full bio
David Hanson is a robotics designer who is best known for being the creator of the robot, Sophia, and is founder and CEO of the robotics company, Hanson Robotics. Hanson was born in Dallas, Texas, and he has earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School od Design in film, animation, and video, and went on to... read full bio
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Debbie Sterling is a seasoned businesswoman and engineer who is well-known for her innovative work as the Founder and CEO of the renowned brand GoldieBlox. She has transformed the toy industry with cutting-edge toys, games, and media in an effort to break gender stereotypes and encourage girls to pursue careers in STEM. To break down barriers in the toy industry, Debbie... read full bio
Dennis Hong is a Korean-American mechanical engineer, inventor, innovator and roboticist who is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founder of RoMeLa, the Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory at UCLA. Hong is best known for his research on robot locomotion and manipulation, humanoid robots, and autonomous vehicles. Through his research, he has gone on to invent robots... read full bio
Dhairya Dand is an award-winning researcher, designer, engineer, and the head of ODD Industries located in New York City. Dand was born in Nashik, India, and he studied at Victoria Jubilee Technological Institute where he earned his bachelor’s in computer science and went on to study design at the Industrial Design Centre. Dand later went on to move to the... read full bio
DJ Patil is an American mathematician, technology speaker and computer scientist who has previously served as the Chief Data Scientist of the United States Office of Science and Technology Policy. Patil has previously earned his B.A. from the University of California, San Diego. From there, Patil went on to earn his Ph.D. in applied mathematics from the University of Maryland... read full bio
Doug Dayton is an expert on sales. Titled a “sales superstar” by Selling Power magazine, Dayton has experience transforming technology-driven companies’ sales tactics. With a background at IBM and Microsoft’s OEM sales organization, Dayton has helped companies including ARAMARK, Atlantis Aerospace, LaserLink Communications, and Mediqual hone on in their sales tactics. Dayton provides advice centered around customer relationship management, electronic... read full bio
A chameleon of reinvention, Douglas Coupland brought us the X-generation revolution in the early 1990_s, he chronicled the Wired Revolution in the mid-1990_s, and he spearheaded the design revolution of the year 2000. Coupland created one of the hottest reads in corporate America with his best selling novel microserfs. Reinventing himself as a futurist of great humor and insight, he... read full bio
