Amelia Showalter is the co-founder and CEO of Pantheon Analytics which is a boutique analytics firm that was founded by Obama campaign veterans. Through her work with Pantheon Analytics, Showalter focuses on data analysis, reporting and strategy. Showalter has earned her AB in Government from Harvard University and went on to earn her MPP in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy... read full bio
Jagdish Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Business at Emory University Goizueta Business School and has been a teacher and researcher for over 50 years. Sheth is known for being an expert on areas which include consumer behavior, relationship marketing, geopolitical analysis and competitive strategy. Over the course of his career, Sheth has been a lecturer for universities... read full bio
Roy Sheppard has been a reporter and presenter for BBC and has gone on to work as a consultant for numerous clients. He is also a conference moderator and author and as a moderator he has worked with some of the largest organizations in the world and has moderated the Olympic movement, the ICSC, and RECON in Las Vegas. He... read full bio
Peter Senge is an American systems scientist who has been a senior lecturer for the MIT Sloan School of Management and has been founder of the Society for Organizational Learning. Senge was born in Stanford, California, and he has earned his B.S. in Aerospace engineering from Stanford University before going on to earn his M.S. in social systems modeling and... read full bio
Araceli Segarra is a Spanish adventurer who is best known for climbing to the summit of Mount Everest as well as other high mountains. Segarra has also been an illustrator, speaker, writer and model. Segarra began her career in mountain sports at only 15 years old at a spelunking course before going on to begin skiing, rock climbing and ice... read full bio
Tomas Sedlacek is a Czech economist and lecturer who has been the Chief Macroeconomic Strategist at CSOB. Sedlacek has studied at the Charles University in Prague and while there, he began his career in economics working as an advisor to President Vaclav Havel. He then went on to also work for the Czech President before going on to work as... read full bio
Frank Schulenburg is the executive director for Wiki Education Foundation, where he has helped the organization on their impact and efficiency and raised over a million dollars in the first two years. Wiki Education is a non-profit that serves the bridge between academia and Wikipedia. Schulenburg’s work with the non-profit stems from the assurance that everyone in the world has... read full bio
Gillian Maxwell is best known for being the former director for Flying Tiger Ireland. Maxwell is a specialist in entrepreneurship, retail and market expansion and has previously studied human resources and French. She began her career working on the IBEC EOP program in Paris and moved back to her hometown of Ireland where she started working on the training program... read full bio
Vitor Mendonça Prado is a lawyer and founding partner of Mendonça Prado Advogados, founder and managing partner of CAVI Participações e Empreendimentos Ltda, businessman, speaker, mentor, advisor and investor. Mr. Prado is a multifunctional leader with experience in market strategy and legal and commercial effectiveness. Mr. Prado develops an executive-level vision of key objectives and results, taking advantage of a structured... read full bio
Dick Powell is the partner and designer for SeymourPowell, which is an industrial design firm. He has also been the chairman of D&AD, and has been co-host of the show, Better by Design. Powell has previously studied industrial design at Manchester Polytechnic, and he then went on to also study at the Royal College of Art in London. After finishing... read full bio
Karen Post is known as “The Branding Diva,” through her work as an expert on branding in the business world. Throughout her over 30 years working in business, Post has been known for creating solutions and implementing methods that put things in motion. She began her career as an entrepreneur at only 22 years old after building two successful companies;... read full bio
Marco Piva is an Italian architect, interior designer, and producer designer from Milan. Piva has previously earned his degree in architecture from Politecnico di Milano and after earning his degree, he went on to found STUDIODADA, which was a main design office during the radical period. Several years later, Piva went on to open his own studio, Studio Marco Piva,... read full bio
Reed Timmer is an American meteorologist and storm chase who is best known for his work with Discovery Channel reality series “Storm Chasers.” Timmer was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and he found his love for weather at a young age after witnessing a severe thunderstorm. He went on to study meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and during that... read full bio
Julian Ugarte has been the founder and director of Socialab and has been an ambassador at Singularity University. Ugarte is a social entrepreneur, design thinker and strategy professional who has previously earned his degree from Singularity University. Ugarte began his career as a founder and working for Techo where he began as a director for the social innovation center where... read full bio
Joe Toscano is an author, keynote speaker, and co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer of BEACON. Through his work with BEACON, he has been co-founder of an organization with a focus on social innovation that works on human-centered design, social impact, and public policy to help advance human-computer experiences. Toscano has previously earned his B.A. in Psychology from the University of... read full bio
Stephan Turnipseed is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for Pitsco Education. Turnipseed has previously earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Auburn University and went on to begin his career working as a staff sergeant for the United States Air Force where he served on the F-4 Phantom aircraft. After serving in the Air Force, Turnipseed... read full bio
Brian Turner is a British chef based out of London, England, who has been seen on BBC2’s series “Ready Steady Cook.” Turner was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, and he began his career being mentored by food writer and broadcaster Michael Smith. He then went on to train in hotels and restaurants all throughout England which included Savoy Grill... read full bio
John Tschohl is a world leader on customer service, service strategy, empowerment, customer experience, creating service culture, employee motivation, and an author of the book “Relentless.” Tschohl has previously earned his bachelor’s in marketing, business administration and management from University of St. Thomas. He began his career working as the owner of John Tschohl Investments, which is his real estate... read full bio
Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch theorist, management consultant, and author, who is known for his work in cross-cultural communication and for developing the Trompenaars’ model of national culture differences. Trompenaars has previously earned his MA in Economics from Vrije Universiteit and has earned his Ph.d. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote his thesis on... read full bio
Laura Vanderkam is an author of several time management and productivity books which include ‘Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done,’ and ‘I Know How She Does It: How Successful Women Make the Most of Their Time.’ Her book Off the Clock goes through how people can feel relaxed, or not relaxed about time, and her book... read full bio
