Arts

Talented creative individuals working in the field of visual, auditory and performance arts

Cristian Díaz Peredo

Cristian Díaz Peredo

I’ve been making apps for Apple devices since Xcode ~4. I went to art school and specialized in oil painting, but my real goal was to learn how to draw comics :/ A fair amount of knowledge with technology applied to healthcare, assistive technology, and the environment. I am now a specialist on the topic of accessible spatial computing, which I have been researching fiercely for the past 3 years

I’ve been making apps for Apple devices since Xcode ~4. I went to art school and specialized in oil painting, but my real goal was to learn how to draw comics :/ A fair amount of knowledge with technology applied to healthcare, assistive technology, ... Show more

Rosana (Ro) Johnson

Rosana (Ro) Johnson

Over 25 years of expertise in leading large-scale Agile transformations across diverse industries. With a background spanning Technology, financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer goods, Ro has been deeply involved in Lean-Agile since 2006 and actively engaged in the Scaled Agile Framework since 2016.
Her proficiency extends to implementing Lean-Agile Centers of Excellence, collaborating with Organizational Change/Leadership, HR, and Finance to foster business agility. Ro is renowned for her exceptional relationship-building skills, excelling in breaking down organizational silos and ensuring alignment between business and IT. She is dedicated to realizing a unified vision for value delivery to customers.
Ro's professional journey began at IBM, where she applied Lean/Agile through Lean Six Sigma work, leading global restructuring, global platform implementations, and fostering collaboration between IT and business. Her commitment to continuous learning has been a driving force behind her success in leading Agile transformations. Ro has a proven track record of establishing cross-functional teams through organizational change, alignment, and collaborative efforts, all guided by a shared vision, mission, purpose, and goals.

Over 25 years of expertise in leading large-scale Agile transformations across diverse industries. With a background spanning Technology, financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, healthcare, and consumer goods, Ro has been deeply involved... Show more

Mili Orucevic

Mili Orucevic

Mili is a technology leader, public speaker, board member and coach who is passionate about software engineering, and leadership. He is helping organizations transform and move towards modern software engineering, improving their continuous delivery capabilities, technical debt management and quality engineering.

He likes to experiment with emerging technologies, keep up to date with new trends and research, challenging the status quo of software engineering, and combine technical capabilities with people, commercial and business goals. This provides a great overview of different aspects and dynamics of well functioning organizations and teams, which is used for improving organizations and teams.

Currently serving as a board member for several companies in Visma, actively participating in technical due diligence processes, leading technical debt research in Visma in collaboration with University of Oslo and Sintef, and is part of the team overseeing Visma's Architecture and Technology Program responsible for disseminating and modernizing software engineering practices across Visma.

Mili is a technology leader, public speaker, board member and coach who is passionate about software engineering, and leadership. He is helping organizations transform and move towards modern software engineering, improving their continuous delivery ... Show more

Nirit Segal

Nirit Segal

Nirit claims to be saved by Javascript from .Net hell. She’ve been writing code for over a decade. Her career began as a FullStack developer, yet she was always drawn to the FrontEnd adventures. She favor the flavor of Vanilla, and being focusing on FrontEnd infrastructures for the last 4 years.

Nirit claims to be saved by Javascript from .Net hell. She’ve been writing code for over a decade. Her career began as a FullStack developer, yet she was always drawn to the FrontEnd adventures. She favor the flavor of Vanilla, and being focusing on ... Show more

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia, dance artist and scholar, is a Ph.D. candidate in Critical Dance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Southeast Asian Studies from University of California, Riverside. She holds a BFA in Dance and Minor in Asian American Studies from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Her dissertation examines Hmong dance as a site of HMoob identity formation in the U.S. diaspora. Working from a transnational feminist and decolonial praxis, she imagines and works to activate a cultural politic of HMoob belonging and self-determination that is critical of colonial and imperial value systems, especially those that subjugate difference.

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia, dance artist and scholar, is a Ph.D. candidate in Critical Dance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Southeast Asian Studies from University of California, Riverside. She holds a BFA in Dance and Minor in Asian American Studi... Show more

Ritvi Mishra

Ritvi Mishra

I love making things, love talking about them more!

I love making things, love talking about them more! Show more

Alison Gretz

Alison Gretz

Alison Gretz is Design Executive turned leadership coach and team facilitator working at the intersection of the future of how we work as humans, and leading healthy, high performing teams.
She’s on a mission to make leadership less lonely and more human-centered, accelerating us all towards inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive. Her background spans award winning Ad Agencies, to leading in-house Product Design for Target, Thomson Reuters and rebuilding Shutterfly's internal Creative group. She is an accredited coach through the International Coaching Federation, mother to two, and crossword junkie.

Alison Gretz is Design Executive turned leadership coach and team facilitator working at the intersection of the future of how we work as humans, and leading healthy, high performing teams. She’s on a mission to make leadership less lonely and more... Show more

Vj Tha Prince #Billionaire

Vj Tha Prince #Billionaire

Vinson Joiner aka VJ THA PRINCE, born in Little Rock Arkansas. Mr. Joiner earned his BA/ Minor in Organizational Management from Philander Smith College, He holds two Masters Degrees, MBA & MA Leadership and Management from Webster University. Vinson Joiner is also a graduate of the Stand Foundation Leadership Institute. Vinson is also a Master Barber/Instructor. 

His current role is CEO /President Legendary Institute Barber College.
Vinson Joiner is happily married to his beautiful wife Yolanda Joiner and has a blended family of four sons. 
Mr. Joiner is also the founder of K.I.D.S. Foundation (Knowing I Did Something) who’s mission is to increase the knowledge of young men on professionalism, presentation, and image.

Volunteer: 

*My Pink Mood/Legendary Institute Annual Holiday        Food drive (feed 10 families)
•NLR PD Unsheathed outreach  
*Legendary Kut the Block (Annual back to school drive)
* The Watershed for holidays
*MLK Commission
*Church at the Club Unsheltered Outreach 
*PINK MEMBER OF My Pink Mood Inc. 

Legendary Institute has awarded over $70,000 scholarship for barber students.
Free haircuts for Kids 12 & under for LIFE (Legendary Institute).

Vinson Joiner aka VJ THA PRINCE, born in Little Rock Arkansas. Mr. Joiner earned his BA/ Minor in Organizational Management from Philander Smith College, He holds two Masters Degrees, MBA & MA Leadership and Management from Webster University. Vinson... Show more

Joshua Omobola

Joshua Omobola

You can save your community!

You can save your community! Show more

Kristen Engelke

Kristen Engelke

As a Licensed Spiritual Guide for the decade, Kristen has a thriving private practice helping others shift their thinking to change their lives. Her book, Bliss Breaks®, empowers individuals by challenging the misconception that mindfulness is difficult, time-consuming, and needs to be performed in private. Her workshops share fast, free, focused exercises that swiftly alleviate stress anywhere, anytime. She is a speaker, author, trainer, and workshop facilitator. Embracing creativity at every step, Kristen is seasoned in appealing to all types of participants and loves sharing a message of empowerment and hope.

As a Licensed Spiritual Guide for the decade, Kristen has a thriving private practice helping others shift their thinking to change their lives. Her book, Bliss Breaks®, empowers individuals by challenging the misconception that mindfulness is diffi... Show more

Louis Bertson

Louis Bertson

Biographie de Louis Bertson

Louis Bertson est né le 21 Juin 1998 dans la ville de Yako, au Burkina Faso. Dès son jeune âge, il a montré un intérêt vif pour la découverte et l'apprentissage.

Il a commencé son parcours éducatif à l'école primaire Petit Samba Yako, où il a jeté les bases solides de son éducation de base de 2003 à 2010. Durant ces années, Louis a démontré sa curiosité et sa passion pour l'apprentissage.

En 2011, il a poursuivi ses études au Petit Séminaire de Koudougou pour son éducation secondaire, où il a continué à exceller tout en développant ses compétences interpersonnelles et ses intérêts artistiques.

C'est pendant ses années d'école secondaire que Louis a découvert sa passion pour la musique et a commencé à apprendre le piano. De 2016 à 2019, il a consacré une partie de son temps à maîtriser cet instrument, explorant les nuances de la musique et développant son sens artistique.

Cependant, sa passion pour la technologie et le développement web l'a finalement conduit à abandonner le piano pour se plonger entièrement dans l'apprentissage de la programmation. Fasciné par le potentiel infini de la technologie, Louis a décidé de devenir autodidacte en JavaScript à temps plein à partir de 2016.

Son dévouement et sa persévérance l'ont rapidement propulsé vers de nouveaux horizons. En 2020, Louis a intégré la prestigieuse école Simplon à Ouagadougou pour approfondir ses compétences en développement web.

Sa carrière professionnelle a pris son envol lorsqu'il a intégré l'équipe de Switch Maker pour un stage de quatre mois, où il a acquis une expérience précieuse dans le domaine du développement web. Par la suite, il a rejoint Afric Consulting Group, où il a travaillé pendant plus d'un an, contribuant à divers projets innovants.

En quête de défis plus stimulants, Louis a ensuite rejoint Total.js en Slovaquie, où il a passé deux ans à perfectionner ses compétences et à explorer de nouvelles technologies dans le domaine du développement web.

Récemment, Louis s'est tourné vers le domaine de l'intelligence artificielle, où il explore les frontières de la technologie et cherche à apporter des innovations significatives dans ce domaine en constante évolution.

À travers son parcours, Louis Bertson incarne la détermination, la passion et la recherche incessante de connaissances. Il reste un exemple inspirant pour tous ceux qui aspirent à repousser les limites de leurs capacités et à créer un impact positif dans le monde de la technologie.

Biographie de Louis Bertson Louis Bertson est né le 21 Juin 1998 dans la ville de Yako, au Burkina Faso. Dès son jeune âge, il a montré un intérêt vif pour la découverte et l'apprentissage. Il a commencé son parcours éducatif à l'école primaire... Show more

JP Soltesz

JP Soltesz

Strategist, innovator, data interpreter, futurist. JP Soltesz brings decades of experience from a variety of industries, from the media to financial services, technology to commercial real estate, and economic consulting to insurance. JP has experience leading strategic planning at both startups and at global conglomerates like GE, where he helped define how the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT), 3-D Printing, and Open and Crowd Sourcing would shape the future of work.

At his speaking events, JP weaves data analysis with engaging anecdotes drawn from his experience in Sales, Marketing, and Corporate Strategic leadership roles.

JP authored a white paper titled The Workforce of the Future, examining how AI, predictive analytics, and advanced manufacturing will change the way humans are put to work.

JP has spoken at dozens of events and conferences, including:
- The Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference Opening Plenary, St. Johns, Canada
- Minds and Machines, San Francisco, USA
- The American Chamber of Commerce 25th Anniversary of Doing Business in Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
- GE’s XLP Conference, Dubai, UAE

JP ends his talks, blog posts, and presentations with the uplifting words “Keep Working Everyone” to encourage audiences to be proactive and productive members of the global workforce and economy.

Strategist, innovator, data interpreter, futurist. JP Soltesz brings decades of experience from a variety of industries, from the media to financial services, technology to commercial real estate, and economic consulting to insurance. JP has experien... Show more

Marline Paul

Marline Paul

Marline Paul, a seasoned educator and entrepreneur, empowers startups and military spouses through her company, Enilram Creative Solutions. With over 17 years in education and a passion for uplifting entrepreneurs, Marline offers strategic guidance and training. As a proud graduate of Florida International University and St. Thomas University, and a devoted mother and military spouse, Marline transitioned from teaching to entrepreneurship. Her hands-on approach and dedication to improving lives set her apart. Marline is also the founder of Rose of Alpha Omega, Inc., a nonprofit supporting women's leadership and well-being.

Marline Paul, a seasoned educator and entrepreneur, empowers startups and military spouses through her company, Enilram Creative Solutions. With over 17 years in education and a passion for uplifting entrepreneurs, Marline offers strategic guidance a... Show more

Carlos Arturo Quiroga Quiroga

Carlos Arturo Quiroga Quiroga

Corporate Digital Architecture Leader, Work as Solution Architect at different companies; now Financial Latam Group, in past IBM Global Business Services, Oracle & EDS (HPe now DXC) in Colombia. Agile Coach, Mentor & Design Thinking practitioner.

Has experience in developing & deploying distributed solutions, including APIs strategy, API Economy adoption (ecosystems & platform), Cloud, Omnichannel, Microservices, SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) & Front End technologies (Ionic, Bootstrap, Angular, etc.), applying Agile & Design Thinking techniques to align IT solutions to customer needs.

Corporate Digital Architecture Leader, Work as Solution Architect at different companies; now Financial Latam Group, in past IBM Global Business Services, Oracle & EDS (HPe now DXC) in Colombia. Agile Coach, Mentor & Design Thinking practitioner. ... Show more

JetSetFly - Josh King Madrid

JetSetFly - Josh King Madrid

Josh King Madrid (JetSet)
Josh King Madrid, known online as "JetSet", is an American internet celebrity, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, neuromarketer, NLP trainer, artist, host, and public speaker.

Madrid is a college dropout who started his entrepreneurial career at age 18 and became a millionaire by 24.

Some key facts about Josh King "JetSet" Madrid:
- Born on March 8, 1998 in Orange, California
- Launched his podcast "The Dropout Degree Show with JetSet" in 2017, which has over 1 million downloads and 1,000 5-star reviews
- Invented the world's first automated-interactive conversational chatbot campaign using Instagram DM automation, generating over $20 million in leads
- Author of the best-selling book "JETSET Life Hacks: 33 Life Hacks Millionaires, Athletes, Celebrities, & Geniuses Have In Common"
- Writes for Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and Rolling Stone
- Has shared stages with motivational speakers like Eric Thomas, Andy Frisella, Tai Lopez, and Billionaire Naveen Jain
- Known for his expertise in neuromarketing, NLP, and persuasion techniques
- As an influential internet personality and entrepreneur, Josh King "JetSet" Madrid has built a reputation for his innovative marketing strategies, business acumen, and motivational speaking.

Josh King Madrid (JetSet) Josh King Madrid, known online as "JetSet", is an American internet celebrity, serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, neuromarketer, NLP trainer, artist, host, and public speaker. Madrid is a college dropout who star... Show more

Elizabeth Tran

Elizabeth Tran

Elizabeth Tran is a TEDx Speaker, Miss Nation of States, and a Web Designer with her business, Digit-Eli. he built her first website when she was 12 – starting her non-profit Teens Go Green Global. After graduating with a B.B.A. in Marketing at the University of Miami, she then studied Web Design and Online Communication for her M.A. at the University of Florida. Over the past 5 years, she had a successful career in digital marketing and IT at a corporate level. Leveraging her corporate experience, Elizabeth has transitioned to focus on scaling her entrepreneurial ventures as a web designer, model, and blogger. Her other interests also include pageants, modeling, and promoting zero waste practices by creating "trash fashions."

Elizabeth Tran is a TEDx Speaker, Miss Nation of States, and a Web Designer with her business, Digit-Eli. he built her first website when she was 12 – starting her non-profit Teens Go Green Global. After graduating with a B.B.A. in Marketing at the U... Show more

Sean Douglas

Sean Douglas

Sean Douglas is retired U.S. Air Force , 3x TEDx Speaker, Master Resilience Implementer & Suicide Awareness Trainer, Business Positioning Strategist, International Podcast Host of Create Launch Monetize Podcast, and Bestselling Author. His WHY is he's a suicide survivor who hit rock bottom with no purpose or passion. He believes that you were created for a purpose, and once you unlock your true potential, you will elevate your life, which is why he founded The Success Corps. In a highly interactive and engaging environment, utilizing online mentoring sessions and face to face workshops, Sean works with Entrepreneurs, Speakers, Podcasters, and Business Owners to improve their Positioning in the Market, increasing Profitability while decreasing anxiety and stress so their business thrives. Sean equips them with the tools necessary to live EPIC lives, and leaves them better equipped to manage change effectively.

Considered an “Icon of Influence in the New Media Space”, Sean hosts the popular Create Launch Monetize Podcast, giving listeners invaluable knowledge for today's business landscape. He is also the Founder of LYB Clothing Inc., an Affirmation & Empowerment Clothing Line.

Watch Sean's popular TEDx talk at www.TheSuccessCorps.com.

Sean Douglas is retired U.S. Air Force , 3x TEDx Speaker, Master Resilience Implementer & Suicide Awareness Trainer, Business Positioning Strategist, International Podcast Host of Create Launch Monetize Podcast, and Bestselling Author. His WHY is he... Show more

Diana Olynick

Diana Olynick

Diana Olynick  stands at the crossroads of Design, AI and Spatial Computing innovation. As a registered Professional Engineer, author of “Interfaceless”, speaker and mentor, she brings a blend of technical acumen and design creativity to the emerging technologies field with over a decade of experience. Beyond academia, Diana's voice has resonated globally, with invitations to speak at several esteemed international conferences. She has dedicated herself to educating the next generation, guiding them through the intricacies of spatial computing, artificial intelligence and conscious design. Her ability to deconstruct and demystify complex topics for a wide audience sets her apart. In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, Diana is a leader fostering the transformative potential of emerging technologies. Diana’s educational contributions can be found at: https://www.dianaolynick.com

Area of Expertise: Artificial Intelligence, Behavioural Consumer and Market Trends, Immersive technologies, Spatial Computing, Mixed and Augmented Reality, Futures and Speculative Design, Technology Author, Technology Keynote Speaker

Diana Olynick  stands at the crossroads of Design, AI and Spatial Computing innovation. As a registered Professional Engineer, author of “Interfaceless”, speaker and mentor, she brings a blend of technical acumen and design creativity to the emerging... Show more

Lynn Rogoff

Lynn Rogoff

Lynn Rogoff works as a writer, director, producer, & professor. http://bit.ly/RogoffWikipedia, As a media pioneer, she is at the confluence of media with groundbreaking film, television, multimedia content, games, and theatre celebrating BIPOC heroes. Her multiple award-winning works can be seen at https://bit.ly/Amerikidsawards & https://bit.ly/Amerikidsworks

She is writing & directing the shape-shifting Bird Woman, Sacajawea, https://bit.ly/DIDBirdWoman a multi-episode drama series based on the Lewis & Clark Native American guide, Sacajawea. Bird Woman, a magical realism AI drama, discovers her supernatural shape-shifting powers as part Woman & part Eagle fighting alongside the Expeditioners. Bird Woman’s revolutionary filmmaking is featured on the D-ID website., https://bit.ly/BWCasestudyDID

For Bird Woman Rogoff won the BestHeritage/Historical Impact Award from the Latino and Native American Film Festival, Best Animation SFX at the WPRN International Women’s Film Festival, and Official Selection at The 15th Native Women in Film Festival.

Rogoff won a WGA Nomination for No Maps on My Taps, https://bit.ly/NMOMTaps, capturing the black tap dancer's contribution to American history. Rogoff also directed the filmed concert performance at Small’s Paradise, receiving two Emmy Awards and recently aired on Turner Classic Movies.

As Creator and Head Writer, Rogoff’s Pony Express Rider Game, https://bit.ly/Ponyexpressrider launched a new division of McGraw-Hill with her $1.5M game. http://bit.ly/imdbper.

Rogoff was a WGA Foundation Fellow, dramatizing 20th C icons in “Love, Ben Love, Emma” based on Emma Goldman & Dr. Ben Reitman, Lucille Lortel originally produced her play at the White Barn Theatre in Westport, CT. https://bit.ly/EmmaBen

Rogoff has her MFA in Theatre Directing, from NYU, School Of the Arts. Presently, Lynn serves as an Adjunct Professor at NY Institute of Technology.

Lynn Rogoff works as a writer, director, producer, & professor. http://bit.ly/RogoffWikipedia, As a media pioneer, she is at the confluence of media with groundbreaking film, television, multimedia content, games, and theatre celebrating BIPOC her... Show more

Fredrik Mörk

Fredrik Mörk

Fredrik is a software architect currently working with Careium in Malmö, Sweden. He has written code in Visual Basic. The non .NET kind. Yes, he is that old. He is an occasional conference speaker (DevSum, Øredev and user groups in Sweden and Norway, among others), and a photographer.

Fredrik is a software architect currently working with Careium in Malmö, Sweden. He has written code in Visual Basic. The non .NET kind. Yes, he is that old. He is an occasional conference speaker (DevSum, Øredev and user groups in Sweden and Norway,... Show more

Erica Stanley

Erica Stanley

Erica Stanley is an engineering leader, community organizer, and tech diversity & inclusion advocate. She is a Director of Engineering, and site lead for Google Play Atlanta, as well as a venture partner and angel investor. During her 20-year career, she’s worked in Fortune 500 companies, early-stage startups, and academia. She holds a B.S and M.S in Computer Science from Clark Atlanta University and has conducted post-graduate research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she specialized in graphics, visualization, and telepresence.

Erica is active in the Atlanta technology community. She helps develop and teach youth coding programs, speaks at conferences, and user groups, and mentors entrepreneurs for incubators and accelerators. She founded the Atlanta network of Women Who Code and co-founded REFACTR.TECH, a tech conference series that showcases technologists from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds.

Erica Stanley is an engineering leader, community organizer, and tech diversity & inclusion advocate. She is a Director of Engineering, and site lead for Google Play Atlanta, as well as a venture partner and angel investor. During her 20-year career,... Show more

Kelly Andrews

Kelly Andrews

Kelly J Andrews is a developer advocate and has been tinkering with computers for over 35 years.

He enjoys teaching new developers how to navigate through the industry, work out their insecurities, and build everyone up together.

You'll also find him doing magic somewhere.

Kelly J Andrews is a developer advocate and has been tinkering with computers for over 35 years. He enjoys teaching new developers how to navigate through the industry, work out their insecurities, and build everyone up together. You'll also fi... Show more

Przemysław Wojciech Wasilewski

Przemysław Wojciech Wasilewski

Product Designer, Art Director and Public Speaker with over 6 years of experience in the fields of product design, advertising, and marketing. Over the last couple of years, he’s had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients, from small local courier companies to top-notch NY-based startups like Hive or Oncimmune. Continuously exceeding clients’ expectations, he has helped many great companies build better products and reach their brand-related goals.

As a Public Speaker, he has presented his ideas at events such as UXDX Berlin, Dribbble Meetup or Creative Mikser. The latter, hosted by British Council and the City of Warsaw, was a meetup dedicated to designing for inclusion and accessibility, a subject Wojciech is truly passionate about and experienced in.

A proud member of one of the best design teams in the world (the Netguru PD team has been rated the #1 trending design team on Dribbble globally multiple times). When not working on commercial projects, our team analyzes market trends, deepens the knowledge of accessibility design, or just watches Friends.

Product Designer, Art Director and Public Speaker with over 6 years of experience in the fields of product design, advertising, and marketing. Over the last couple of years, he’s had the opportunity to work with a wide range of clients, from small lo... Show more

Barbara Mišković

Barbara Mišković

Barbara Mišković znana još i kao Sigrun Stormgard, Zmaj od Stormgarda ili jednostavno Kroničarka, autorica je serijala Kronike Zmaja od Stormgarda kao i knjige Priča o Roisin MacBride i raznih drugih fantasy i SF romana. Piše nadahnuta snovima, putovanjima, kroz ovostrane i onostrane Svjetove. Bavi se i ručnom izradom knjiga jer takve knjige sadrže najviše čarolije u sebi. Druži se s vilama, zmajevima i anđelima smrti, a dobrodošla je čak i u Everwindu što govori mnogo o njenoj reputaciji, iako, ako pitate arhmaga Sorena, o tome bi se dalo debatirati. Zato ga nemojte pitati. Jednostavno...nemojte.

Barbara Mišković znana još i kao Sigrun Stormgard, Zmaj od Stormgarda ili jednostavno Kroničarka, autorica je serijala Kronike Zmaja od Stormgarda kao i knjige Priča o Roisin MacBride i raznih drugih fantasy i SF romana. Piše nadahnuta snovima, putov... Show more

Minjung Noh

Minjung Noh

Lehigh University, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Culture & Society

Lehigh University, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Culture & Society Show more

Grace Okubo

Grace Okubo

Grace Okubo uses strategic foresight to tackle complex problems for organisations.

Grace Okubo uses strategic foresight to tackle complex problems for organisations. Show more

Kateryna Martin Bannikova

Kateryna Martin Bannikova

With 20 years of experience in HR leadership, workforce planning, and global talent acquisition strategy, I have built and scaled TA&HR functions for startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises across tech, fintech, and travel industries.

I have led Talent Acquisition and HRBP teams, built HR infrastructures, and scaled engineering and product hiring across the UK, US, LatAm, Europe, and Asia. As HR Director in the cruise industry, I managed complex, multinational HR operations. As a Product Owner for an in-house HR tech product, I developed solutions that enhanced workforce planning, HR analytics, and data-driven decision-making.

My Expertise:
- HR Business Partnering & Organizational Strategy – Aligning people strategies with business goals to enhance performance and engagement.
- Tech Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning – Optimizing hiring strategies, scaling engineering and product hiring, and ensuring strong leadership pipelines.
- HR Infrastructure & Global Expansion – Scaling HR functions in high-growth environments across multiple regions.
- Employee Relations & Compliance – Navigating complex labor laws and fostering a high-performance culture.
- HR Analytics & Data-Driven Decision-Making – Leveraging insights to improve talent strategies, retention, and workforce optimization.

Qualifications:
- PhD in Sociology (Organizational Culture & HR)
- CIPD Level 7 | SHRM Certified | GTML Certified
- Certified Career Coach | Certified Master Life Coach

I thrive on building scalable HR solutions that drive business success, support global expansion, and develop high-performing teams.

Currently, I’m also developing an AI-powered career coach, integrating insights from organizational culture, social capital, and behavioral science to help professionals grow and succeed.

Let’s connect - whether you’re hiring a strategic HR leader or investing in the future of AI-driven career coaching.

With 20 years of experience in HR leadership, workforce planning, and global talent acquisition strategy, I have built and scaled TA&HR functions for startups, scale-ups, and global enterprises across tech, fintech, and travel industries. I have ... Show more

Michaela Köhler

Michaela Köhler

Michaela Köhler works as a communication designer, curator and design consultant. She is Professor of Communication design at HfK+G, Hochschule für Kommunikation und Gestaltung in Stuttgart. Her teaching concept is focused on content based visual conception, typography and cross-media formats. She has a great experience in interdisciplinary projects, in social and civic design projects and emphasizes her professional interest in all forms of visual identities.

Michaela Köhler works as a communication designer, curator and design consultant. She is Professor of Communication design at HfK+G, Hochschule für Kommunikation und Gestaltung in Stuttgart. Her teaching concept is focused on content based visual con... Show more

Collins Wanjiku

Collins Wanjiku

Collins Wanjiku is a passionate graphic designer, UI/UX enthusiast, and branding specialist with a keen eye for clean, minimalist design. As the Co-Lead of the Graphics Design Club at Meru University, he actively nurtures creativity and innovation among digital creatives. Studying Electrical Engineering at Meru University, Collins blends technology with design.

Beyond design, he is an advocate for sustainable tech, aiming to empower creatives—photographers, game developers, and video editors—through innovation. He is also growing his presence on LinkedIn, showcasing high-quality branding designs, posters, and billboards to attract top companies.

Collins believes that in the digital world, creativity isn’t just an art—it’s a powerful tool for influence, engagement, and transformation

Collins Wanjiku is a passionate graphic designer, UI/UX enthusiast, and branding specialist with a keen eye for clean, minimalist design. As the Co-Lead of the Graphics Design Club at Meru University, he actively nurtures creativity and innovation am... Show more

Onur Önes

Onur Önes

B.A. Tontechnik; Technischer Mitarbeiter, Hochschule München

Nach dem Abschluss seines Tontechnik-Studiums an der SAE München erweiterte Onur Önes sein Wissen im Bereich 3D-Engineering und virtueller Umgebungen durch verschiedene Online-Weiterbildungen. Heute liegt sein Fokus auf der Entwicklung digitaler Lernräume, in denen er technische und kreative Ansätze verbindet.

Als technischer Mitarbeiter an der Hochschule München ist er Teil eines interdisziplinären Teams, das hybride Labore und interaktive Lernangebote für Studierende entwickelt. Ziel seiner Arbeit ist es, innovative Lösungen für eine praxisnahe und flexible Lehre zu schaffen.

B.A. Tontechnik; Technischer Mitarbeiter, Hochschule München Nach dem Abschluss seines Tontechnik-Studiums an der SAE München erweiterte Onur Önes sein Wissen im Bereich 3D-Engineering und virtueller Umgebungen durch verschiedene Online-Weiterbild... Show more

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