Luis Martins Simoes is a leadership expert that is known for his belief that you do not have to work a lot to be successful, but that you must have new ideas. Simoes believes in intuition and vision and thinks that these things are what keep us inspired and motivated. Simoes has been working as a speaker and consultant for... read full bio
Adam Conover is a comedian, writer, and television host from the United States. He is most known for being the creator of the television series Adam Ruins Everything and serving as the show's host. While he was still in high school, he developed an appreciation for the performing arts. After graduating from Bard College with a degree in philosophy, he... read full bio
Gonzalo Martin-Villa is the former founder and CEO of Wayra and is the IoT and Big Data Director for Telefonica. Martin-Villa has previously earned his degree in law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, his LLM from Georgetown University and his MBA from IESE Business School, University of Navarra. Martin-Villa has been working with Telefonica for over 20 years and... read full bio
Mike Tannenbaum is the former general manager of the NFL team, the New York Jets, former executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins, and former coaching and broadcasting agent. Tannenbaum has earned his degree in accounting with a minor in sports management from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has also graduated cum laude from Tulane University... read full bio
Robert Martichenko is the former founder and CEO of LeanCor Supply Chain Group and is the Senior Vice President for Transplace. Martichenko is also a speaker who is known for being engaging, entertaining, and thought provoking. As a speaker, Martichenko talks on his experience working on transforming supply chains and organizations. Some of his other topics include business disruption, systems... read full bio
Costas Markides is the Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and the Robert P Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership at London Business School. Markides has previously earned his BA and MA in Economics from Boston University before going on to earn his MBA and DBA from the Harvard Business School. He then went on to be a research associate at the... read full bio
Luis Maria Huete is the Professor of Production, Technology and Operations Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra. Huete has previously earned his MBA from IESE Business School and went on to earn his Doctor of Business Administration from Boston University and his Juris Doctorate from Universidad de Murcia. Huete has been working as a professor at IESE Business... read full bio
Jean-Francois Manzoni is a French-Canadian academic who is currently the President and Nestle Chaired Professor of International Institute for Management Development, which is an independent business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland. Manzoni was born in Paris, France, and he earned his BBA from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Montreal before going on to earn his MBA from McGill... read full bio
Brandon Leake is an award-winning spoken word poet, motivational speaker, and artistic educator who has recently gained fame after winning the 15th season of the competition series, “America’s Got Talent,” and for being the first spoken word poet to compete. Through this accomplishment, Leake has also earned the Golden Buzzer award in the first round which led him immediately to... read full bio
Doug Manuel is a motivational speaker, workshop leader, and musician who is known for having an understanding and specialty in business processes and dynamics. Manuel was born in London and found his passion after he began working as a runner at the Cannes film festival. This led him to begin a career in documentaries and he began creating them for... read full bio
Punkie Johnson is an American comedian, actress and writer who has most recently become a featured player for the television comedy sketch show, “Saturday Night Live.” Johnson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and she began her career first working as a stand-up comedian. During this time, she caught her first big break working as a paid regular at The... read full bio
Shiraz Maher is a British journalist, writer, analyst, and Director for the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King’s College London. Through his work with King’s College, Maher leads the research on Syrian and Iraqi conflicts. Maher was born in Birmingham, England, and he has earned his degrees from the University of Leeds and University... read full bio
Kishore Mahbubani is a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat, and academic who is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, at the National University of Singapore. Mahbubani was born in Singapore and earned his B.A. with first class honors in philosophy from the University of Singapore before going on to earn both his M.A. in philosophy and his honorary Ph.D.... read full bio
Alessandro Magnoli Bocchi is an Italian economist who specializes in international economics, marcoeconomics, business economics, and investments. Bocchi was born in Cremona, Italy, and he earned his degree from Bocconi University and then studied and taught at ESADE where he was a teaching assistant for their Department of Economics. Shortly after, Bocchi moved to Washington, D.C., where he began working... read full bio
David Magliano is the Chief Strategy and Commercial Officer for Informa Tech, which is a market leading provider of business-to-business information services for the information and communication technology community. Magliano has earned his M.A. with Hons in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford. He began his career working jobs with include an account director, communications planner, board account director,... read full bio
James Lyne is a cyber security expert who has been the global head of security research at Sophos, one of the world’s largest security firms. Through his work as a security researcher, Lyne has researched on malware, hacking, viruses, trojans, and more. He has also been known for giving live working demonstrations and shares his developments in technology and security... read full bio
Alberto Lorente is a senior executive who is currently the co-owner of Dododuck, which is an electronics band that focuses on business to consumer and business to business segments. Lorente has previously earned his BA in Business Administration – Information Systems from University of Houston before going on to earn his MBA in Business from the University of St. Thomas.... read full bio
Augusto Lopez-Claros is an international economist who has been the Director of Global Indicators and Analysis at the World Bank, and the former Chief Economist and Director of the Global Competitiveness Program at the World Economic Forum. Lopez-Claros has previously studied in England as well as the United States and earned his degree in Mathematical Statistics from Cambridge University before... read full bio
Ricardo Lopez Murphy is an Argentine economist, academic and politician who has previously served as the Minister of Economy and Minister of Defense. Murphy was born in Adrogue, Buenos Aires, and he previously studied at the National University of La Plata where he earned his degree in economics. He then went on to earn his master’s in economics from the... read full bio
Linda Liukas is a Finnish children’s book author and illustrator who is best known for her coding book for children, “Hello Ruby.” Liukas found her love for creating as a teenager when she began creating websites. She went on to create a webpage on Al Gore where she talked on how she admired all of his values in hopes to... read full bio
