Chris Kemp is an American information technology executive who is the founder and CEO of Astra, a company that launches space services. Kemp has previously studied computer engineering at the University of Alabama where he founded Netran, which was an online grocery shopping service. During his time working for Netran, Kemp served as both the CEO and President before selling... read full bio
Merle Dandridge is an American actress and singer who is best known for her roles on stage, for playing Grace in the television series “Greenleaf,” and Gwen in the series “The Night Shift.” Dandridge was born in Okinawa, Japan, and throughout her childhood she moved all over the United States. She began her acting career acting on stage in high... read full bio
Dr. Huiyao Henry Wang is the founder and President of Center for China and Globalization, which is the largest independent think tank in China. Through his work with CCG, Wang has earned the company a spot on the list of top 100 think tanks in the world. Apart from his work with CCG, Wang has also been Counselor for China... read full bio
Dr. Mark van Rijmenam is The Digital Speaker, the world’s foremost expert on all things metaverse and holds the distinction of being the first person to host a TEDx talk entirely virtually from the metaverse. He is the future tech strategist and entrepreneur who looks at technology and the impact on business and society. As a speaker, he offers an... read full bio
Susan Wilson Solovic is an American author, entrepreneur, journalist, and motivational speaker who is best known for her New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon and USA Today best-selling book, “It’s Your Biz.” Solovic began her career competing in the Miss America pageant where she was the winner of the Miss Missouri pageant before going on to place third in... read full bio
Dr. Samantha Ravich is a senior advisor, former CEO and current managing partner of A2P, and a board member and chairman of various organizations. Ravich is known for having experience with risk management and mitigation skills with an expertise in cyber, supply chain management, and geo-political risk whom has worked nearly 30 years in the U.S. intelligence, defense, and various... read full bio
David Martin is the founder and chairman of M-CAM Inc., has been a batten fellow for the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia, has been founder of The Global Innovation Commons, and a managing partner for the Purple Bridge Funds. Through his work over the years, Martin has been known for being a leader in... read full bio
Bill Fischer is the Professor of Innovation Management at IMD and a columnist for Forbes. Through his work with IMD, Fischer has been the co-founder and co-director for their program on Driving Strategic Innovation which they run in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Through his work with Forbes, Fischer runs the column, “The Ideas Business.” As... read full bio
Adam Ferrier is a thought leader on motivating change through the science of behavioral economics and creativity and the founder of THINKERBELL. Ferrier has previously earned his B.A. in Psychology and his Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from Murdoch University. From there, he went on to earn his Masters of Psychology from the University of Western Sydney. Ferrier began his... read full bio
Jonathan Farmer is the chief editor of the weekly report for Latin American Newsletters, and is an expert on politics, diplomatic, macroeconomic, and security developments in Latin America. Through his work with Latin American Newsletters, the publication has gained a varied global subscribers range of people that are UN officials, to government agencies, and large multinational corporations as well as... read full bio
Porter Erisman is the former vice-president of the Alibaba Group, an author, and public speaker who is passionate about creativity and innovation that delivers a positive social impact. Erisman has earned his B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University and went on to earn his M.B.A. in International Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Erisman went... read full bio
Stacy Ennis is a consultant, author, and keynote speaker who specializes in creative consulting, professional coaching, leadership training, ghostwriting, and more. Ennis has earned her B.A. in English and Art from Boise State University and went on to earn her Master’s in Professional Writing and Editing from the University of Cincinnati. After finishing her degree, Ennis went on to begin... read full bio
Robert Engle is an American statistician who has previously been the winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, which he shared with Clive Granger for their work in analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility. Engle was born in Syracuse, New York, and he earned his B.S. in physics from Williams College before going on to earn his... read full bio
Shereen H. Eltobgy is a global speaker, coach and consultant on happiness and mindful awareness in the workplace to help strengthen and create leaders as well as improve, transform and change the business workforce. As a coach and consultant, Eltogby has been a lead coach-sultant and happiness orchestrator for Delivering Happiness, a company which was co-founded by Tony Hsieh. As... read full bio
Robert G. Eccles is a professor who has been the visiting professor of management practice at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, and a professor at Harvard Business School. Through his work, Eccles has been known for being a leader... read full bio
Soumitra Dutta is the current Professor of Management at the SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University, NY and is also a Chair of the Board of Director of the Global Business School Network, Washington, D.C. Dutta was born in Chandigarh, India, and he went on to earn his B.Tech. in electrical engineering and computer science from the Indiana Institute... read full bio
Michael Durst is a scientist and entrepreneur who is known for previously working as a strategy consultant for Siemens Business Services. During his work with Siemens, Durst worked on conducting digitization projects and also worked on IT strategy, enterprise architecture and e-commerce. He also worked on projects for the automotive industry, insurance companies, banks, utility companies and machine manufacturing. After... read full bio
Ulrich Dietz is a German businessman who has been known for being the CEO of GFT Technologies SE, founder of Code-n, and an advisor on innovation and entrepreneurship. Through his work with GFT Technologies, Dietz has helped grow the company into a group that has 20 locations in seven different countries. He has also helped the company earn a turnover... read full bio
Kemal Dervis is a Turkish politician and economist who was the former administrator of the United Nations Development Programme. Dervis was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and he earned his bachelor and master’s degrees in economics from the London School of Economics before going on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. From there, he went on to work... read full bio
Catherine Devrye is a best-selling author on customer service, change, teamwork and resilience, keynote speaker, and has been named Australian Executive Woman of the Year. As an author, Devrye has published eight books on different topics and her autobiography, “Who Says I Can’t,” has previously been nominated for a National Biography Award. Some of her other popular books include “Hope... read full bio
