The Baltimore Orioles picked Christian Walker in the fourth round of the 2012 draft, and he made his professional debut a year later with the hope that it would be the start of a long, glorious career. Walker's development was hindered by Orioles All-Star first baseman Chris Davis, who hit a major-league-leading 53 home runs and was signing a seven-year,... read full bio
Ruben Gundersen, better known as El Rubius or elrubiusOMG, is a Spanish-Norwegian YouTube personality. He currently holds over 34 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and is the most subscribed YouTube channel in Spain. El Rubius’ videos are mostly gameplays but he also posts vlogs, challenges, Q & A’s, sketch comedies, and more. El Rubius plays horror games, indie games,... read full bio
The Department of Homeland Security's Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism, Threat Prevention and Law Enforcement Policy is Samantha Vinograd. She was a Senior Advisor at the Biden Institute and a National Security Analyst for CNN prior to her present position. Ms. Vinograd joined the U.S. Treasury Department and worked as an international economist, Deputy Attaché to Iraq, Acting Attaché to the United... read full bio
In order to win radio station phone-in contests, former computer hacker Kevin Poulsen broke into the computers of telephone companies in the early 90's. He was able to ensure that he would be the caller with the right number to win prizes like a Porsche 944 S2 Cabriolet and $20,000 in cash by seizing control of all phone lines connecting... read full bio
Along with everyone else, Juntae DeLane has witnessed significant changes in the digital realm. He develops the vision and strategy for the digital and online platforms used by the University of Southern California's Admission and Financial Aid departments. His pursuit of assisting companies in expanding their platform is furthered by his enthusiasm for digital marketing, trends, and innovation. Juntae has... read full bio
John Hall was named one of the Business Journals' Top 100 Visionaries and the recipient of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Best Emerging Company. "Top of Mind," written by John Hall and published by McGraw-Hill, is a bestseller. People have referred to him as a top "sales speaker," "virtual keynote speaker" and "motivational guest speaker" who deserves attention. He... read full bio
One of the most sought-after business showrunners and storytellers in the world is Jay Acunzo. He has held marketing positions at Google, ESPN, HubSpot and the venture capital company NextView. Billion-dollar companies as well as recent startups have sought his help in creating unique podcasts and films to help them create their markets. He works with companies like Salesforce and GoDaddy to... read full bio
Carlos Hidalgo is the co-founder and CEO of Digital Exhaust, a data-driven AI-enabled consultancy that assists B2B and B2C clients in achieving sustainable growth through the integration of marketing, sales and customer success to provide meaningful engagement to their customers at every stage of the customer lifecycle. Over the course of his career, Carlos has worked with businesses of all sizes to... read full bio
Jamie Calon is a trade marketing strategist, innovator and 54blue owner with over 20 years of experience dealing with major companies. In 2016, he and his business partner Greg Stewart created Regulator, a comprehensive software solution for trade marketing specialists in a variety of sectors. Jamie is a well-known marketing guru and entrepreneur who has worked with a wide range of... read full bio
Erik is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, a highly successful marketing firm known as Your Outsourced CMO® that has assisted in the growth of over 3,000 businesses globally and is valued at more than $150 million. Erik is a captivating public speaker and storyteller who combines authoritative, funny entrepreneurial advice, personal beliefs and tales to deliver accessible, inclusive business, marketing and... read full bio
Tim Washer worked at IBM, Cisco and Accenture for 20 years, largely pretending to be interested on conference calls. He established himself as a Subject Matter Expert in nonsense while moonlighting as a comedy writer/actor on SNL, Conan and The Late Show, and he used humor to humanize some of the world's most boring corporations. He utilizes comedy to help organizations catch... read full bio
Nancy Duarte is the CEO of Duarte, Inc. and the author of six best-selling books. Duarte, Inc. has counseled and educated the world's finest performing brands and leaders for over 30 years. Duarte is a communication specialist who has appeared in Fortune, Time Magazine, Forbes, Fast Company, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Los Angeles... read full bio
Adele Revella is the CEO of the Buyer Persona Institute, a well-liked keynote speaker at events all over the world and the author of Buyer Personas: How to Gain Insight into Your Customer's Expectations, Align your Marketing Strategies and Win More Business (Wiley), which Fortune Magazine named one of the Top 5 Business Books. As Adele created and oversaw the industry-standard product marketing... read full bio
AgileSherpas' CEO and co-founder is Andrea Fryrear. Although her areas of expertise include organizational design and executive coaching, she currently spends the majority of her time focusing on AgileSherpas' goal, culture and approach. Andrea worked in marketing for more than ten years prior to helping to start AgileSherpas. She worked for companies and agencies as a content strategist, content marketer, project manager and... read full bio
Katherine Button Bell is a member of the Forbes Communications Council and serves on the boards of Johnson Outdoors, Inc., the St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation, and the St. Louis Art Museum. Prior to becoming president of Button Brand Development, Inc., Ms. Bell held the positions of director at Business Marketing Association, Inc., executive director-marketing & communications at Converse, Inc., and... read full bio
Gini Dietrich is the founder and CEO of the integrated marketing communications company Arment Dietrich. Gini, the author of Spin Sucks, has spoken at countless keynotes, panels, coaching sessions and seminars on leveraging online technology in communication, marketing, sales and HR around North America. The top website for PR and marketing strategies, resources and suggestions is her blog, Spin Sucks. Her clients have included Abbott,... read full bio
The only tightrope walker in Italy who specializes in crossings and high-altitude walking is Andrea Loreni. His educational background blends theoretical philosophy with street theater and his primary objective has been the search for "another kind of truth" since the beginning of his career, something other than the speculative and logical model put out by Western philosophical thought. His creative work and... read full bio
Oli Gardner, a co-founder of Unbounce, is a well-known authority in digital marketing, conversion rate optimization and user experience. More than anybody else on earth, he has seen a lot of landing pages for marketing campaigns. Oli Gardner is fixated on spotting and correcting faulty marketing techniques and he is infamous for his contempt for advertisers that direct campaign visitors to their homepage,... read full bio
The co-founder and creative director of the B2B content marketing firm Velocity in London is Doug Kessler. Among Doug's writings on the subject are "Crap: Why The Biggest Threat to Content Marketing is Content Marketing" and "The Big Fat Content Marketing Strategy Checklist." Doug frequently rants about the regressive forces of subpar marketing, but he does it with a grin. Doug... read full bio
Mara Belón, her husband, and her three boys were in Thailand at the time they were washed away by a huge wall of water in the Indian Ocean. When the tsunami devoured the hotel, she was in one of the showers while her husband and boys were in the pool. AAn awful occurrence that destroyed entire cities and submerged them... read full bio
