Nitin Gaur, currently serves as Director of IBM Blockchain Labs – serving to device industry standards, use cases and working towards making blockchain for enterprise a reality. Prior to this role he was working in capacity of CTO, IBM Mobile Payments and Enterprise Mobile Solutions. Nitin lead the Application Infrastructure Portfolio of IBM Middleware before […]
Marissa Evans Alden is a seasoned technology entrepreneur and founder with more than a decade in the space. She currently serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Sawyer, which connects children, parents, and providers of the best enriching childhood experiences through a suite of industry-leading technology solutions with a goal to ensure every child has the
In 2010, during the founding of the Thiel Fellowship, Danielle joined to lead the design and operations. She is the visionary behind the Thiel Summit series that has been attended by some 2000 young entrepreneurs. Previous to her work with Peter Thiel, Danielle founded and directed Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school serving
Elizabeth Galbut is a venture capitalist, designer, professor, and global speaker. She is Managing Partner of SoGal Ventures which invests in diverse founding teams in the US and Asia. With over 50 investments to date, she is actively seeking to back exceptional startups revolutionizing how the next generation lives, works, and stays healthy. She recently
Rajia Abdelaziz holds a dual degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer science from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Rajia is currently the co-founder and CEO of invisaWear Technologies. invisaWear creates smart jewelry and accessories that allow users to instantly alert friends, family, and police during an emergency. In college, she interned at Amazon Robotics where
Growth hacking’s “enfant terrible”, Vin Clancy is one of the most infamous marketers in the world, known for his cutting-edge growth hacks and genius business ideas. His growth hacking book raised over $100,000 in pre-orders, which he supported with a 100-date speaking tour in ten countries around the world. He has spoken in nearly 40
Ryan Carson is the CEO & Founder of Treehouse, an online technology school with more than 80,000 enrolled students and 850,000 students taught in the past 8 years of operation. Treehouse takes people from zero experience to job-ready in as little as six months. He also founded Carsonified and DropSend. He is driven not only
Kara Dake is the Founder & CEO of the FeelTank, a web and mobile classroom for personal growth & development. Kara’s expertise is in mobile growth and new technologies and regularly speaks at conferences like SXSW, Mobile Apps Unlocked, and the Chief Digital Officer’s Forum. She is an active advocate of the women in tech
Justin Wu is an Information Architect and Growth Marketer for Blockchain companies. He has collaborated with Wall Street Journal, CES, NASDAQ and been sponsored by Samsung, Intel, and New Balance. In the past, he has founded several companies such as Sidevision (Invested by Warner Bros), and Vytmn.com, a marketing tech company where he lead growth
