Leadership

Former NASA Rocket Scientist, Professor, and Comedian

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Shayla Rivera is an aerospace engineer and former NASA rocket scientist turned salesperson, corporate trainer, and now international keynote speaker, TEDx speaker, radio host, emcee/host, comedian, actor, writer, producer, seminar facilitator, panel moderator and, as of 2017, director of the ENGR[x] program and Professor of Practice with the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University. However, none of these labels tells you much about her. She best describes herself as a spiritually irreverent mystic and awareness expert. What many would call a Renaissance Woman.

Leadership Expert and Former Air Force Fighter Pilot

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An expert speaker, entrepreneur, and enthusiastic personality, Waldo brings fighter-pilot energy and passion into each story and illustration, providing a powerful and inspirational message to his audiences. He teaches organizations and individuals how to build trusting, revenue producing relationships with their employees, partners, and customers while sharing his experiences as a combat decorated fighter pilot and businessman.

Business Futurist, Innovation Expert & Best-Selling Author

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Robert B. Tucker is a renowned global futurist, innovation thought leader and highly sought after keynote speaker. With a client list that includes over 200 of the Fortune 500 firms, Tucker’s customized and high energy presentations provide leaders with cutting edge insights, practical advice, and the “innovation mindset, toolset, and skillset” necessary to seize opportunities and profit from today’s rapid changes.

First North American Woman to Summit Mount Everest

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Wood is the first North American Woman to reach the top of Mt. Everest. She is also a mentor and guide, who has led many people up to the summit of the world's largest mountain. Since climbing Mount Everest, Sharon has addressed hundreds of groups worldwide as a keynote speaker. Her presentation is a compelling, true story about beating the odds.

Retired Navy SEAL; Founder and President, Perfect Fitness; Author of Be Unstoppable: The Eight Essential Actions to Succeed At Anything

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Alden Mills is on a mission to help 100 million people Be Unstoppable. He is a two-time bestselling author, the former Inc. 500 CEO of Perfect Fitness, and the founder of multiple businesses. Throughout his time as a businessman founding and leading multiple companies, he has been awarded over 40 patents. A former Navy SEAL, he is a three-time platoon commander and ranked #1 platoon commander each time. Alden teaches people, teams, and organizations to Be Unstoppable. Entrepreneur magazine ranked him the #1 top virtual speaker.

Global thought leader in 21st century leadership, cultures that adapt and innovate, psychological safety, leading change & transformation

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Timothy Clark is an author, executive coach and organizational consultant. He is regarded as an authority on leadership and large-scale change. He is founder and CEO of TRClark, a management consulting, coaching, and corporate training company. Clark writes the weekly column, "On Leadership" for the Deseret News in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Business Consultant and Organizational Psychologist

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The author of The Starbucks Experience, Joseph Michelli discusses how successful organizations are able to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Sharing lessons with corporate leaders about ownership, execution, and embracing resistance, Michelli offers a fresh look at how to create a culture of employee empowerment.

Bestselling Author or "The Happiness Equation"

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After graduating from Harvard Business School, Neil Pasricha spent a decade as Director of Leadership at Walmart, the world’s largest company. While there he wrote the 50-million-hit, award-winning blog 1000 Awesome Things and the New York Times bestsellers The Book of Awesome and The Happiness Equation which have been on international bestseller lists for over 200 weeks and sold over a million copies. Neil’s research and books on happiness, mindset, and human potential have received attention from Harvard Business Review, The New Yorker, The Sunday Times, CNN, and BBC. Onstage his style is an endangered species: an incredibly rare blend of raw, hilarious, and heartwarming. His high-energy, takeaway-laden, application-not-motivation speeches are often voted tops at any conference or event.

Former Chief Executive & Chairman of Interbrand

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Rita Clifton is the former chief executive and Chairman of Interbrand, the world’s leading brand consultancy, and has been referred to as the “doyenne of branding” according to Campaign magazine and a “brand guru” according to the Financial Times. She vastly experienced and respected in the advertising industry, having worked at Saatchi & Saatchi for 12 years, becoming Vice Chairman and Executive Planning Director in 1995. She also joined Interbrand as Chief Executive in 1997, becoming chairman in 2002. Clifton speaks on leadership, corporate reputation, and communicating sustainably as well as all aspects of branding and marketing.

Leadership and Change Expert

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Dr. Gary Bradt is an author, clinical psychologist, leadership consultant, C-Suite executive coach. Challenging his audiences to become change leaders, Dr. Bradt shares timeless leadership principles that get results. Bradt encourages executives to move beyond the chaos of disruption, fear, and uncertainty that change often creates, and look for the golden ring of opportunity.

President & Founder of VARCom Solutions, LLC

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Danny Vargas has created opportunities, overcome challenges, and beaten the odds all his life. As founder and president of VARCom Solutions, a D.C. area-based marketing and public relations firm, he has made a mark not only in business but in the community as well.

Former CSO at Akamai, Cyber Security Advisor, and Expert in Risk Decision Making

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With a career devoted to understanding how humans make risk decisions, Andy Ellis is a seasoned technology executive with deep expertise in security. An advisor to several cyber security startups, including Orca, Vulcan, and Uptycs, he currently serves as an advisor at cyber security venture capital firm, YL Ventures. Ellis formerly served as the chief security officer of web and internet security company Akamai. In his 20 years with Akamai, he helped to design and bring to market several of the company’s core technologies behind its security solutions. Combining more than 20 years of security experience with insider anecdotes from his time serving as CSO, he explores how and why humans make risk choices and decisions – and their impact on security.