John Baldoni is a globally recognized leadership educator, certified Master Corporate Executive Coach, and author of 15 books that have been translated into ten languages.

John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.

John’s books include Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World, GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us, MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, Lead with Purpose, Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide.

In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. Also in 2021, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.

John is also a member of the renowned Marshall Goldsmith 100 coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service.

John established a career as a highly sought after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.

John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, a news channel with over 4 million readers.

In my role as the Microsoft GTM Director at AvePoint, I am responsible for leading partnership efforts across product engineering, marketing, and field team co-sell between AvePoint and Microsoft, and managing strategic Microsoft corporate relationships.

I'm a Microsoft Regional Director & MVP and six-time author with a track-record for designing and executing high-growth marketing strategies. In my 25+ year tech career, I have provided product and go-to-market strategy guidance to dozens of companies. My expertise spans digital marketing technology, enterprise collaboration, and workplace productivity technology, with an MBA in Technology Management and a patent on a method for B2B collaborative viral adoption.

Some of the topics I am passionate about include leadership development, the advances in productivity automation through AI, decision-support systems, and the science behind social and collaboration networks and platforms.

My management and entrepreneurial experience includes 5 successful exits (including 2 of my own startups), and I'm always interested in connecting with LinkedIn members who may be interested in my services, discussing potential partnerships, or keynote/speaking opportunities.

Tom is Director of the HR Trend Institute, which he founded in 2014.
Tom has an extensive experience in HR Management in multinational companies. From 2006-2014 he was the global HR Director for Arcadis, the leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, with today 27,000 employees worldwide. Prior to Arcadis he worked in senior HR positions at Aon, KPMG and Philips Electronics.
Tom has a keen interest in innovative HR and how organizations can benefit from trend shifts.

Specialties: HR strategy, recruitment, executive development, management development, talent management, international HR strategies, knowledge management, internal communication, executive compensation, performance management, global collaboration, HR trends, HR analytics, people analytics

A trusted board advisor, leader, and mentor with 27+ years industry.

I recognize how digital innovations are constantly shifting the paradigm. My value is to develop & execute a strategy to re-imagine the foundation for a business & digital transformation to achieve business outcomes:
- foster a decision-based organization through data and analytics
- create of a scalable footprint that grows as the organization grows
- improve the organizational data culture
- strengthen your competitive advantage in the constantly changing global landscape

Foster & motivate virtual teams, setting them up for success with the skills needed to grow personally & professionally.

- Entrepreneur since 1991
- Author since 1991
- Business & Digital Disrupter since 1994
- Speaker since 1994
- Cognitive Technologies since 2004
- Cloud Technologies since 2007

Recognized for multiple industry awards for exceptional performance, leadership, & influence. Frequent speaker (domestic & international) for conferences and fortune 50 companies.

Big 4 Trained Management Consulting with Real-World Operational Experience

Executive, Management Consultant, Advisor
Digital Transformation, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Strategy, Operations, M&A
Speaker, Author

Work History.
Sharpe Management Consulting LLC
eForce, VP East Coast and Global Operations
The Hackett Group, Co-Founder
KPMG, Practice Leader
Booz Allen & Hamilton, Practice Leader
National Security Agency (NSA)

Formal Education.
Columbia Business School, two awards of merit
Digital Transformation, Finance, Strategy, Globalization
Value Investing
Johns Hopkins University, Masters
Systems Engineering, Operations Management, Program/ Project Management
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), BSEE
Computer Science, Math

Executive Education.
George Washington University, Engineering Economics
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Information Networking Institute (INI)
MIT
First Finance Institute (FFI)

Certifications.
CMMC RP
ISACA CDPSE (Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer)
INFOSEC (Cybersecurity) Analyst (NSA)
Cryptologic Engineer (NSA)
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Blockchain Technologies: Business Innovation and Application
Intellectual Property (IP)
Business Analytics
Globalization

Nick is a global thought leader on Deep Tech - Quantum Computing, AI, Blockchain and has been at the heart of the decentralised crypto revolution since 2013. A sought after speaker Nick is a prolific writer and is making a TV series about the existential threat of AI. He has built a crypto exchange and designed and built several production Blockchains for his clients. His new ventures fund Solarix Ventures focuses of Deep Tech and finding Next Generation Technologies and founders. Nick has worked with Family Offices. and c- organising some of the worlds largest family offices events in Monaco, Dubai and elsewhere. He invests in leading tech and serves as a board members across a range of industries. His passion is Quantum Computing where he is involved at the cutting edge of quantum photonic silicon processing at room temperature. He is writing is also writing a book on why decentralised operating models always win!

Amen is globally known for building bridges between technology and business all over the world in 4 languages.
As Vice President of Product Management, Amen leads JAGGAER’s transformation into an intelligent platform, empowering customers with intelligent & data-driven capabilities. He succeeds by focusing on business process simplification, portfolio and investment strategy, and value achievement through digital innovation adoption. He has been managing a portfolio of 18 products across multiple streams including: Innovation, Embedded Intelligence, Analytics, Sourcing, Contract Management and Category Management.
He successfully implemented and executed 60+ international projects and managed key streams in more than 200 projects in private and public sectors. His extensive market knowledge and in-depth understanding of customers’ needs aid the companies he works with to increase their profit margin exponentially and build a growing pool of loyal customers.
His passion for technology and willingness to share while being a natural problem solver added to his pedagogical and philanthropic side grant him many accolades as a Global Thought Leader, Innovator, and Tech Philanthropist. He is an Advisory Council Member at The George Washington University School of Business and an Official Member of the Forbes Technology Council. In 2020, Thinkers360 honored him with multiple titles, including “No. 1 in COVID-19 Business Impact,” “No. 1 in Open Innovation,” and “No. 5 in Procurement” as part of the Top 50. In 2021, he was named recipient of the Supply and Demand Chain Executives 2021 Pros to Know Award as well the JAGGAER Employee Rockstar Award in the last two consecutive years.

I started my professional career in 1997 at an IT Systems Company. In 2002, I founded the digital marketing agency “conceptbakery” with my brother Klaus. We had the privilege to work for some of the leading brands in the world (Fortune 500, DAX 30 and SMB entities).

After we established an international agency alliance our business became part of Zone. We turned into shareholders and members of the senior management team. End of 2017 Zone was sold to Cognizant (listed on the NASDAQ, a Fortune 500 company).

All of the above led to Quovabiz. A company I founded again with my brother Klaus. We help our clients to stay focused and answer the most important questions in our rapidly changing world: Where to head with your business? And how to get there? That is what Quovabiz is all about.

Alyssa Miller is a hacker/researcher, security advocate, and security leader. With over two decades of experience in IT, first as a programmer and then as a penetration tester and security consultant, Alyssa has earned a reputation for being able to credibly operate on both sides of the fence between technical experts and high-level business executives.

A naturally curious lover of technology, Alyssa has always had a passion for deconstructing technology to learn how it functions and improve upon it. Computers, in particular, have fascinated her since she was in pre-school when her father would bring home a computer from work. At the age of 12 she saved up enough money to buy her first computer on which she taught herself BASIC programming, operating systems and even asynchronous communications protocols. Still it wasn’t until after three semesters of pre-med studies at Marquette University that Alyssa finally found her career calling and switched to the Computer Science program.

Alyssa’s professional track record includes heading the enterprise security testing and vulnerability management program for a Fortune 500 Financial Technologies firm, leading the application security program practice for highly respected boutique consulting firm, and her current role as BISO (Business Information Security Officer) for S&P Global Ratings.

Alyssa speaks internationally at industry, vendor, and leadership conferences on topics ranging from technical security vulnerabilities, to high-level security program strategies, to issues within the security community itself. She is a member of the Board of Directors for Women of Security (WoSEC) and engages with the community through her blogs, video content, podcast appearances, and social media presence.

Isaac Sacolick is a successful CIO who has led digital transformation, product development, innovation, agile management, and data science programs in multiple organizations. He has transformed underperforming businesses by delivering new digital products, investing in strategic technologies, enabling agile practices, outsourcing commodity services and establishing performance metrics. He is the author of the book Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology published by Amacom.

Isaac is currently President and CIO of StarCIO , a consulting services business that helps businesses execute their digital transformation programs. Previously, he held transformational CIO roles at media, financial services, and construction industry businesses and was a founding CTO at media and social networking startups.

Isaac has been recognized as an industry leading, agile, innovative CIO. He has been listed by The Huffington Post, Forbes, and HP Enterprise as a top social CIO and was recognized as a Top 100 CIO in STEM . Isaac has been writing a blog, Social Agile and Transformation for over ten years with 300+ posts covering topics on CIO leadership, digital transformation, agile execution, big data, innovation, and digital marketing. He is also a regular contributor to CIO.com and writes the Driving Digital Transformation blog. He speaks on a variety of transformation topics including the digital enterprise, agile transformation,digital product development, citizen development programs, the future of IT, and on becoming a data driven organization.

Isaac’s book, Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology has received significant praise. Forbes.com called it a “…timely, engaging, and practical roadmap to developing and implementing digital strategies.” The Heller Search Associate remarked, “Sacolick is an experienced CIO with multiple transformation efforts under his belt. His new book is packed with insights, guidelines and stories from the front lines of transformation.” Distinguished technology executives commented, “Excellent…the best book I’ve read on the subject” and that “Isaac’s approach is practical and tactical with real-life lessons that can supplement any executive’s playbook.”

JC Gaillard is the Founder and Managing Director of Corix Partners, a London-based Boutique Management Consultancy Firm focused on assisting CIOs and other C-level executives in resolving Cyber Security Strategy, Organisation and Governance challenges.

He is a leading consultant, a senior executive and a global cyber security influencer with over 25 years of experience developed in several financial institutions in the UK and continental Europe, and a track-record at driving fundamental change in the Security field across global organisations, looking beyond the technical horizon into strategy, governance, culture, and the real dynamics of transformation.

French and British national permanently established in the UK since 1993, he holds an Engineering Degree from Telecom Paris and has been co-president of the Cyber Security group of the Telecom Paris alumni association since May 2016.

He runs the Corix Partners blog and the “Security Transformation Leadership” publication on Medium.

He contributes regularly to the Business 2 Community and Business Transformation Network blogs as well as the London Tech Leaders and TechNative websites; he has also posted regularly in the past on The Digital Transformation People, IoTforAll and Experfy platforms.

He is an expert contributor on the CIO Water Cooler, and has previously published articles on InfoSecurity Magazine, Computing, the C-Suite.co.uk, Info Sec Buzz, Disruption Hub, and the IoD Director websites.

He is involved with techUK as part of their Cyber People Series, which explores how CISOs should engage at C-Suite and Board level, with a first report released in December 2020.

He also collaborates with leading analysts firm Kuppinger Cole in Germany, with the Association for Data and Cyber Governance in the US and with the Edutec Alliance in Brazil.

He was listed in the top 10 of UK 30 most influential thought leaders on Risk, RegTech and Compliance by Thomson Reuters in April 2017, and in the top 100 global social media influencers for financial services by Refinitiv in July 2019.

He was identified by Onalytica as “Social Media Amplifier” on Risk Management in April 2021, and as a “Key Opinion Leader” on Data Management, IoT Connectivity and RPA in December 2020 and January 2021.

He has been ranking consistently in the top 5 of global influencers with Thinkers360 on cybersecurity.

He is the author of “Cyber Security: The Lost Decade – A Security Governance Handbook for the CISO and the CIO”, first published in September 2017 with updated annual editions released every year since.

He animates the Security Transformation Research Foundation, a dedicated think-tank and research body affiliated to Corix Partners, aimed at approaching Security problems differently and producing innovative and challenging research ideas in the Security, Business Protection, Risk and Controls space, and co-produces the weekly Cyber Security Transformation podcast on Anchor.

He is also a Non-Executive Director with Strata Security Solutions and has been a member of the NextWorld Capital European Advisors Network since 2014.

innovation manager & omnichannel CMO marketing leader | university #martech #fintech #innovation professor | journalist & global keynote speaker | spokesperson President's @ConfAssTW and VP at @ConfAssTW Bank & Finance for fintech, proptech, insurtech and digital payments | European Commission PA Expert & Advisor | 1° Global #FinTech #FinServ #Marketing #FashionTech influencer

Dr. Justin Goldston is a Professor of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University where his research is focused on blending the practices of supply chain management, emerging technologies, and sustainability to create positive global change. Dr. Goldston is a research facility affiliate for the Center for the Business of Sustainability at the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, as well as an active contributing faculty member to The Sustainability Institute at Penn State. Outside of the institution, Goldston is an Executive on the International Supply Chain Education Alliance's (ISCEA’s) International Standards Board (IISB), and works with The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII), a National Institute sponsored by The United States Department of Energy (DOE).

Dr. Goldston has over 20 years of experience working with organizations around the world such as Intel, Siemens, and Blue Buffalo on business performance improvement, organizational change, and enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives. Goldston has also led and assisted in the development of Supply Chain Management, Sustainability, and Business Analytics programs and courses at Georgetown University, Texas A&M University, Rasmussen University, Davenport University, and North Carolina Wesleyan College, and has evaluated doctoral programs for the Department of Higher Education. Goldston serves on the Management Advisory Board at various higher education institutions, is the author of multiple peer-reviewed journal articles on supply chain management, sustainability, and innovative technologies, of Critical Success Factors in ERP Implementations, and is a five-time TEDx speaker where he discussed emerging technologies such as blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.

H.E. Amb. Terry Earthwind Nichols is the author of “PROFILING FOR PROFIT What crossed arms don’t tell you…Mastering the Art of Observation.” Terry is the Chairman of Evolutionary Healer, a global transformational performance improvement company. UN Peace Ambassador at Large / United Refugee Green Council Ambassador for USA & Global. When he’s not training sales teams on the ‘art’ of
observation, Terry can be found doing intriguing interviews, planning his next vacation, or having dinner at his favorite restaurant in a suit he designed himself. 2021 Thinkers 50 Nominee...

I am currently working with a Senior Advisor with several startups in fintech, artificial intelligence, and blockchain space. During the last two years with these startups, I have helped build and launch an augmented analytics platform with Rockmetric, a credit risk platform for Rubix Data Sciences, and a patented blockchain ecosystem for Uniris.

In 26 years, I have held leadership roles at McKinsey, Microsoft, IBM, Dun & Bradstreet, IBM, and TCS. As Chief Digital Advisor at Microsoft, I helped launch platforms like the Connected Vehicle, Digital Agriculture, and Smart Cities. Before that, during my 14 years at IBM, I did multiple roles across Consulting, Sales, Project Delivery, Research, and Product Development.

I took a one-year sabbatical from IBM to work for Aadhaar, the world’s most extensive digital identity program. Here I helped develop the Application Authentication Framework, which allows key stakeholders could engage with each other in the UIDAI ecosystem.

I am a regular contributor in leading journals, a keynote speaker at industry forums, the AI & Ethics Journal editorial board, and a TEDx Speaker. Have co-authored books on AI and Blockchain, which Wiley published and was featured in the 20 Best New Fintech Books to Read in 2020 by BookAuthority. I am a member of the MIT Technology Review Global Panel, a Council Member and Contributor for the Forbes Technology Council, and a digital member of the World Economic Forum.

In 2021, I became a board member at IAC, global experts and pioneers in Hyperautomation. Was also nominated as a Senior Research Fellow at the Digital Euro Association. On my own time, I work with animal welfare organizations and am the proud parent of Toffee, a golden labrador retriever.

Sam Gupta has been an ERP thought leader in the digital transformation space for nearly two decades, with the primary focus on financial systems and ERP. He has been part of large transformation initiatives for fortune-500 corporations but now spends his time consulting with SMEs as a Principal Consultant at ElevatIQ.

He is involved with digital transformation projects ranging from enterprise technology selection, integration, upgrade, implementation, and training.

Sam regularly speaks at industry conferences and contributes his experiences through many popular blogs and publications.

He also hosts a podcast called WBSRocks focused on business growth through digital transformation and ERP where he interviews top influencers and executives from ERP, Supply Chain, Digital Transformation, Supply Chain, and Accounting.

With a decade of experience fixing your dirty data, Susan Walsh is the Classification Guru.

Susan is Founder and Managing Director of The Classification Guru Ltd, a specialist data classification, taxonomy customisation and data cleansing consultancy. She is an industry thought leader, TEDx speaker and author of the soon-to-be-published ‘Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data’. She’s also the creator of COAT.

Susan has developed a methodology to accurately and efficiently classify, cleanse and check data for errors which will help prevent costly mistakes. This could save days of laborious cleansing and classifying and can help your business find cost savings through spend and time management - supporting better, more informed business decisions.

Susan brings clarity and accuracy to data and procurement; helps teams work more effectively and efficiently; and cuts through the jargon to address the issues of dirty data and its consequences in an entertaining and engaging way.

Susan is passionate about helping you find the value in cleaning your ‘dirty data’ and raises awareness of the consequences of ignoring issues through her blogs, vlogs, webinars and speaking engagements.

You can contact her on susan@theclassificationguru.com.

Jude Jennison is Founder of Leaders by Nature, a company developing leaders and teams through disruptive change with less stress. Jude is author of the book Leading through uncertainty, based on interviews with CEOs as well as her findings from working with over 3000 leaders.

Jude specialises in non-verbal communication and works with a herd of horses to transform leadership and team behaviour. Results include an SME who grew from 25 to 38 employees in 9 months, a large recruitment company who turned a loss-making division into a profit in 3 months and an entrepreneur who made a breakthrough with sales, doubling her business in 6 months.

Previously in IBM, Jude led a European budget of $1billion, reducing it by 25%.

Jude hosts 3 podcast – Leading through uncertainty, Rethinking Leadership and Innovating Humanity, the latter is the official podcast of Birmingham Tech

Services include: Executive coaching, ‘Leadership with Horses’ programmes, executive team alignment, team development, keynote and conference speaker.

Alex Goryachev is an award-winning global technology strategy executive and a Wall Street Journal
Bestselling author of “Fearless Innovation: Going Beyond the Buzzword to Continuously Drive Growth,
Improve the Bottom Line, and Enact Change”, whose resume reads like a brief history of digitization.

Alex is passionate about leveraging innovation purposefully and pragmatically to create opportunities for all. Today, he is serving as Innovator-in-Residence at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Tulane University. He is an active venture partner with Interlock Capital, a community-driven venture fund primarily investing in underrepresented founders and geographies. Alex is also a US delegate and Technical Advisory Group member in the International Standards Association (ISO), defining global common standards for Innovation Management.

Prior, as a Managing Director of Global Innovation Programs and Strategy at Cisco, a $50B technology powerhouse, he pioneered the concept of ecosystem co-innovation, creating and later leading Cisco’s innovation strategy and global co-innovation centers in North and South America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific. He held senior leadership roles in the Corporate Development, Office of the CTO, Emerging Technology Group and led core innovation programs, unifying, and advancing strategic co-innovation partnerships and programs with internal and external customers, partners, developers, academia, and governments. Alex created award-winning employee innovation and development offerings, providing ~70,000 employees with meaningful opportunities to innovate, regardless of their grade or function.

In the past, Alex had extended gigs with revolutionary music services Napster and Liquid Audio, pioneering digital music distribution, and bringing it to millions around the world. He also adapted innovations to other industries digitizing business processes at IBM and Pfizer.

Alex Goryachev has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for ecosystem innovation and culture transformation. As a sought-after expert, he is a highly engaging keynote speaker and a contributing writer for Forbes, Entrepreneur and Chief Executive Magazine, and an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Innovation Leader Magazine.

* Woman Of the Year - Women in IT awards
* Product Management Leader (Cloud and AI)
* Women in Tech Evangelist
* Keynote Speaker
* Best-Selling Author
* Podcaster

* #1 Amazon best-selling author- Fast-Track Your Leadership Career
* Recognized as 100 Keynote Speakers of 2019 by DataBird Research Journal
* Women Empowerment: Game Changer Award Winner
* Silicon Valley Woman of Influence

Rashim Mogha is a dynamic, outcome-driven thought leader whose extensive career has included leadership positions at prominent technology companies such as Oracle, Amazon Web Services, and VMware. As a business leader, Rashim has built four high-performing teams from scratch to support over $2 billion cloud businesses. At Skillsoft, Rashim is responsible for driving innovation and growth in her role as GM, Leadership and Business Solutions. Her role concentrates on leading the content, platform, customer success, sales, and marketing teams to deliver compelling experiences to Skillsoft customers.
A prominent women in tech evangelist, through keynotes, workshops, and panels around the world, Rashim has taught thousands of women how to fast-track their leadership careers and harness the power of positivity for success. Her thoughts on leadership, innovation, women in technology and enablement strategies have been published in Forbes, the Association for Talent Development, and Thrive Global. Her book, Fast-Track Your Leadership Career, is a #1 Amazon bestseller.
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