Arts

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

Joseph Assaf

Joseph Assaf

Highly organized and client-oriented, developing entrepreneurial abilities and always showing perfection at every accomplishment by achieving the success of a project with focused and talented team members cross-cultural communication abilities. With a background in Architecture, Joseph has acquired the mindset to maintain focus on the end results and drive continuous improvement, whilst always placing great emphasis on engaging all stakeholders in an Agile working environment with creativity, innovative thinking, and systematic approach for complex projects.
Certified SAFe SPC 5.0 | PSM I | NAAB Accredited Architect | Agile Practitioner | Entrepreneur.

Highly organized and client-oriented, developing entrepreneurial abilities and always showing perfection at every accomplishment by achieving the success of a project with focused and talented team members cross-cultural communication abilities. With... Show more

Hannah Springett

Hannah Springett

Hannah Springett is a new founder, creative director, senior product designer, lecturer and storyteller all packaged into one. Her work across Vogue & Conde Nast brands in interactive storytelling has generated 7 figure revenues and surged user engagement metrics online, all using no code platforms. Hannah and her agile team continue to chase new functionality and exciting new methods to deliver beautifully dynamic, editorial content to global audiences.

Hannah Springett is a new founder, creative director, senior product designer, lecturer and storyteller all packaged into one. Her work across Vogue & Conde Nast brands in interactive storytelling has generated 7 figure revenues and surged user engag... Show more

Rachel White

Rachel White

Rachel White is a technologist, artist, and pretend-cyborg who is currently a Technical Evangelist @ Datadog, and member of the Node.js Community Committee. She is interested in new uses for old hardware, useless robots, VR/AR/MR, and bots. She has spoken internationally about Node.js, JavaScript, Creative Coding, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, and hardware.

Rachel White is a technologist, artist, and pretend-cyborg who is currently a Technical Evangelist @ Datadog, and member of the Node.js Community Committee. She is interested in new uses for old hardware, useless robots, VR/AR/MR, and bots. She has s... Show more

Petro Koriakin

Petro Koriakin

I'm working in Tech since 2010. Ruby is one of my main tools since the very beginning of my carrier.
When not working and especially at night I love craft beers and sometimes rum. During the weekends I'm performing in the playback theatre in Kyiv (https://dou.ua/lenta/articles/dou-hobby-playback/) and other cities of Ukraine (https://www.facebook.com/MalePlaybackUA). I've been worked with kottans.org community (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEK9H5bICxvoiDKQ7epRpxUDmQotmvsgM) in the past and now considering to resume that teaching activities. My favorite sport is squash.

I'm working in Tech since 2010. Ruby is one of my main tools since the very beginning of my carrier. When not working and especially at night I love craft beers and sometimes rum. During the weekends I'm performing in the playback theatre in Kyiv (h... Show more

Helena Jones

Helena Jones

Lena Jaye – (Wig expert, braider, colorist) - Millennial Celebrity Hair Stylist and social media influencer, Lena Jaye’, is a fun-loving, artistic, creative spirit and consummate professional that could bring to life any sculpted look for the hair, fashion, magazine, entertainment, television and 7lm industries. She has worked in the hair industry for more than six years

Lena Jaye – (Wig expert, braider, colorist) - Millennial Celebrity Hair Stylist and social media influencer, Lena Jaye’, is a fun-loving, artistic, creative spirit and consummate professional that could bring to life any sculpted look for the hair, f... Show more

Rebecca Bowers

Rebecca Bowers

Rebecca is a dynamic professional with over 18 years of experience across multiple industries and careers. Rebecca's most profound experiences and insights stem from her time at companies like Vail Resorts, Google, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and her most recent role as a new mom. From communications to engineering, from the start-up world to the corporate 9-5, Rebecca inspires new graduates, early-career hires, experienced professionals, and executive leaders by offering unique perspectives on career growth, professional development, and how to break through our society's antiquated understanding of what it means to be "successful."

Rebecca is a dynamic professional with over 18 years of experience across multiple industries and careers. Rebecca's most profound experiences and insights stem from her time at companies like Vail Resorts, Google, NASA, Northrop Grumman, and her mos... Show more

Tanya J Miller

Tanya J Miller

My name is Tanya J. Miller of Tanya J. Miller, LLC and Talking with Tanya. I’m an author, speaker, coach, and strategist with a passion for helping people and organizations figure out how to do life and leadership unapologetically on purpose.

My name is Tanya J. Miller of Tanya J. Miller, LLC and Talking with Tanya. I’m an author, speaker, coach, and strategist with a passion for helping people and organizations figure out how to do life and leadership unapologetically on purpose. Show more

Valerie Genzano

Valerie Genzano

Valerie is a software trainer during her work week - but spends her free time reading, cooking, exploring her home city of Philadelphia, and hanging out with her cat (Jane Fonda). She is a home coffee roaster, avid fan of reality television, and knows the lyrics to just about every Paul Simon song there is.

Valerie is a software trainer during her work week - but spends her free time reading, cooking, exploring her home city of Philadelphia, and hanging out with her cat (Jane Fonda). She is a home coffee roaster, avid fan of reality television, and know... Show more

Pedro Duarte

Pedro Duarte

Certified in “UX Management” by NNGroup, with a senior management level experience in leading teams and projects, working with multidisciplinary teams, adding value to companies at different levels: business & operations digital transformation, create and develop product/service vision and strategy through user centered practices, assess/measure product/service success and performance by defining key indicators, colecting and analysing data and keeping track on its metrics.

Certified in “UX Management” by NNGroup, with a senior management level experience in leading teams and projects, working with multidisciplinary teams, adding value to companies at different levels: business & operations digital transformation, creat... Show more

Ritzie Williams

Ritzie Williams

I'm a multidisciplinary designer specializing in UX design but experienced in graphic design, business, marketing, and development. I've worked at large companies, startups, and design agencies to create award winning products.

I'm a multidisciplinary designer specializing in UX design but experienced in graphic design, business, marketing, and development. I've worked at large companies, startups, and design agencies to create award winning products. Show more

Mohit Gupta

Mohit Gupta

Mohit is an accomplished UX leader who is an avid advocate of problem-solving by uncovering user insights. He believes research, empathy, and intention are critical to creating a human-centered experience. He is a thoughtful team leader, manager, expert researcher, designer, and visionary who echoes the sincere voice of the users using mixed methods research. He has been practicing design and user research for more than a decade across three continents and various industry domains.

Mohit is an accomplished UX leader who is an avid advocate of problem-solving by uncovering user insights. He believes research, empathy, and intention are critical to creating a human-centered experience. He is a thoughtful team leader, manager, exp... Show more

Justine Benoit

Justine Benoit

Justine Benoit is a UX/UI Designer in Arlington, Virginia. She was born and raised in the Philippines, and moved to Last Vegas, Nevada for college, where she earned a BS in Entertainment Engineering and Design from the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV).

Justine started her career as an Automation Technician at Cirque du Soleil. She later moved to Texas, where she worked as a CAD drafter at a civil engineering firm.

She has since worked as a UX professional for both a large international company, as well as a smaller government contractor. She is UX Certified by the Nielsen Norman Group.

Justine Benoit is a UX/UI Designer in Arlington, Virginia. She was born and raised in the Philippines, and moved to Last Vegas, Nevada for college, where she earned a BS in Entertainment Engineering and Design from the University of Nevada Las Vegas ... Show more

Caleb Uzuegbunam

Caleb Uzuegbunam

I help build and sustain social impact products and services. Currently, Marketing Designer at ConvertKit; the creator marketing platform empowering hundreds of thousands of people in the creator economy, earning a living doing what they love.

Previously, Design Director at Semicolon Africa, where I helped young Nigerians transition into healthy careers in tech; and also Syracuse Africa, as a creative director, working on projects for brands such as Samsung, Adidas, and OPPO. In my spare time, I lead a crossdisciplinary community of designers, called Àṣà Coterie.

I help build and sustain social impact products and services. Currently, Marketing Designer at ConvertKit; the creator marketing platform empowering hundreds of thousands of people in the creator economy, earning a living doing what they love. P... Show more

Venkatarangan Thirumalai

Venkatarangan Thirumalai

A white space leader, public speaker, CEO coach, software entrepreneur, blogger and Microsoft Regional Director (Honorary).

A white space leader, public speaker, CEO coach, software entrepreneur, blogger and Microsoft Regional Director (Honorary). Show more

Brian Hough

Brian Hough

Brian is a certified blockchain and cloud developer, AWS Community Builder, and award-winning developer with a passion for innovative technologies that can change the world. As the CTO and Co-Founder of Airblock Technologies, his focus is on digitizing the paper-based aviation and aerospace supply chains to bring the industry into the 21st century. He got his start in technology while working at the Harvard Kennedy School to build 3D, immersive exhibits for Google's Arts & Culture platform on Native Nation and global governance case studies. Additionally, working for 8 Decimal Capital, a $60M AUM global blockchain VC fund, brought him right into the center of global technology, decentralization, and innovation. Further, he is the co-founder of several award-winning open-source tools for keeping people safe during the pandemic, including CoronaTracker (a blockchain-based open source COVID and health symptom tracker) and T-CUBE (an AI-powered data model for predicting COVID cases). Brian graduated magna cum laude from Boston University and also received a certification in social sentiment analysis and the principles & practices of big data.

Brian is a certified blockchain and cloud developer, AWS Community Builder, and award-winning developer with a passion for innovative technologies that can change the world. As the CTO and Co-Founder of Airblock Technologies, his focus is on digitizi... Show more

Danny Englander (he/him)

Danny Englander (he/him)

Danny Englander is a Drupal Developer with a perpetual passion to learn something new every day. He has been developing web sites as a career since 1996.

Danny Englander is a Drupal Developer with a perpetual passion to learn something new every day. He has been developing web sites as a career since 1996. Show more

Denaya Dennis

Denaya Dennis

Denaya Dennis is a South Sudanese passionate about digital education, peace and development. He is a 2019 Mandela Washinton Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. A graduate of IT, Denaya volunteers as a teaching assistant at the University of Juba, South Sudan.
He is the cofounder of Alela Technologies Ltd, a tech company providing digital solutions and products to government and private institutions.
Denaya is the founder of Koneta Hub, which is an innovation driven organization that uses the approaches of Human centered design in providing community driven solutions with emphasis on digital literacy and rights, business incubation, tech 4 peace and innovations in health.

Denaya Dennis is a South Sudanese passionate about digital education, peace and development. He is a 2019 Mandela Washinton Fellow at the University of Notre Dame. A graduate of IT, Denaya volunteers as a teaching assistant at the University of Juba,... Show more

Marsha Baldwin

Marsha Baldwin

Marsha Baldwin AKA The Hair Goddess Maat is a Tenured Cosmetologist of nearly 30 years. Specializing in Healthy Natural Hair Care and in depth education. Creator of The Life Balancing System.

Marsha Baldwin AKA The Hair Goddess Maat is a Tenured Cosmetologist of nearly 30 years. Specializing in Healthy Natural Hair Care and in depth education. Creator of The Life Balancing System. Show more

Bianca Welds

Bianca Welds

Bianca Welds is a technology professional with a passion for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking and the heart of a creative. She has worked in the public and private sector in technology, business and the arts. She has brought a background working with entrepreneurs and startups in technology and the creative industries to her current focus on corporate innovation and digital transformation as Digital Innovation Manager for a Jamaican financial institution. A creative thinker and passionate technology community leader, she has presented to local and international audiences on business model innovation, community building, and the intersections of the arts and technology.

Bianca Welds is a technology professional with a passion for innovation and entrepreneurial thinking and the heart of a creative. She has worked in the public and private sector in technology, business and the arts. She has brought a background worki... Show more

Julie Choi

Julie Choi

Julie Choi is an award-winning CEO and founder. In a world that looks for sameness, Julie created Pointr to harness what makes us different, and to shine a light on the quirky, heroic stories that make-up who we really are. Pointr won Gold for Best Mobile and Web App by the American Business Awards.

An innovative champion of the “people agenda driving the business agenda,” she has catalyzed companies to achieve monumental growth impacting stakeholder value.

The practice and art of performance is Julie’s lifelong pursuit. A former concert pianist, she received her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Piano Performance at The Juilliard School in New York. Julie won American Business Awards for Entrepreneur of the Year, Achievement in Management, Maverick of the Year, and Woman of the Year in 2019.

Julie Choi is an award-winning CEO and founder. In a world that looks for sameness, Julie created Pointr to harness what makes us different, and to shine a light on the quirky, heroic stories that make-up who we really are. Pointr won Gold for Best M... Show more

Alander Pulliam

Alander Pulliam

Alander Pulliam is an american film producer,author, actor, writer, business owner and investor. Running for President of the United States 2024. Forming many corporations throughout his career, spending many years in the major label spectrum, he was responsible for several successes in the music industry. Owner of ABM Streams and ABM Go Networks.

Alander Pulliam is an american film producer,author, actor, writer, business owner and investor. Running for President of the United States 2024. Forming many corporations throughout his career, spending many years in the major label spectrum, he was... Show more

Shemoel Recalde

Shemoel Recalde

I’m a product design leader who’s previously worked as a Director of Product Design at Pandora, and Principal Product Designer and Manager at Turo. I believe wholeheartedly that “Feedback is a gift”- and I’m deeply passionate about design critique culture, and seeking feedback for impact. I’m originally from Miami, and have lived in the Bay Area for the past 13 years- currently residing in East Oakland. On my free time, I release electronic music under the alias Butaca, enjoy drawing on my iPad, and take overnight bike camping trips in and around Northern California.

I’m a product design leader who’s previously worked as a Director of Product Design at Pandora, and Principal Product Designer and Manager at Turo. I believe wholeheartedly that “Feedback is a gift”- and I’m deeply passionate about design critique cu... Show more

Kelsey Jordan

Kelsey Jordan

As an experienced architectural, interior, and graphic designer in St. Louis, Kelsey Jordan’s visions for the future of architecture strongly involve embedded ideologies on designing for equity in education and diversity in the built environment. Through research and practice she has been able to understand how health and wellness can be implemented to effect positive change within communities that face multifaceted issues like obesity, food deserts, poverty, educational attainment, and systemic racism in educational environments. Her first pragmatic approach to wellness in education was due to the dynamics between poverty, food deserts, obesity, and poor graduation rates plaguing Mississippi - the worst of any state at the time. Through interdisciplinary research, she designed a curriculum and educational facility in Mississippi which incorporated agriculture curriculum, which yielded enough produce to combat food scarcity for these students and their families, along with passive, evidence-based design strategies associated with higher graduation rates and mentally and physically healthier lifestyles. Due to the educational facility’s design excellence, the community can confront multifaceted issues through design. Currently as an architectural designer, Jordan utilizes her passion for design equity to create stimulating future-focused learning environments. She seeks to continuously advocate for design in terms of wellness, equity, diversity & inclusion, and finds joy in situations where she can participate as an advocate for clients and community. Serving as chair for and on various organizations, she works directly with underrepresented students to teach life skills through architecture to help drive future equality and stability. Recently she has been featured on Beyond the Built Environment as a diverse designer representing diverse designers in Missouri.

As an experienced architectural, interior, and graphic designer in St. Louis, Kelsey Jordan’s visions for the future of architecture strongly involve embedded ideologies on designing for equity in education and diversity in the built environment. Thr... Show more

Yashar Hoang

Yashar Hoang

Yashar is a multi disciplinary creative based out of Toronto, Canada. A self-taught designer who through sheer will, creativity, tears and a healthy dose of luck, managed to make what he thought was just a hobby into a career.

Yashar is a business owner with a full service agency helping businesses and individuals with designs, print production, apparel production, and multimedia production. He currently hosts the YDZ flagship podcast, Trà Time, where he discusses and shares the stories of Asian North Americans and their journey and struggles from the past to their present day.

In his spare time, he enjoys ranking in Valorant, streaming a variety of content on Twitch, and moderates multiple Discord and Twitch communities.

Yashar is a multi disciplinary creative based out of Toronto, Canada. A self-taught designer who through sheer will, creativity, tears and a healthy dose of luck, managed to make what he thought was just a hobby into a career. Yashar is a busines... Show more

Steven Wakabayashi

Steven Wakabayashi

Steven Wakabayashi is the founder and president of QTBIPOC Design - an organization that provides free and accessible design education, mentorship, and networking opportunities to LGBTQ+ designers of color. An agency veteran, Steven has led creative teams working on some of the biggest brands including Apple, Salesforce, Sephora, Mercedes-Benz, and Samsung.

Steven Wakabayashi is the founder and president of QTBIPOC Design - an organization that provides free and accessible design education, mentorship, and networking opportunities to LGBTQ+ designers of color. An agency veteran, Steven has led creative ... Show more

Nehal Mehta

Nehal Mehta

Nehal Mehta is a solution enabler, inventor with degrees in diverse fields like Maths, Economics, Performing Arts and Computer Applications. She is skilled in Cyber Defense and Business Process Re-engineering. She has obtained 4 patents on innovative strong authentication, password less logins, multifactor, electronic signatures, biometrics and location-based security.
She likes to give back to community, helps women with any banking and technology issues they may have. She educates women and teens stay safe online by imparting important cyber security education with hands on practice, writing cyber safety blogs and giving live demos.
She is trained classical performing artist, loves to give classical dance performances and nourish young kids for the same.

Nehal Mehta is a solution enabler, inventor with degrees in diverse fields like Maths, Economics, Performing Arts and Computer Applications. She is skilled in Cyber Defense and Business Process Re-engineering. She has obtained 4 patents on innovative... Show more

Alexis Russell

Alexis Russell

Alexis Russell is a passionate story enthusiast, mother, artist, and writer who authentically leads with her words. She gained extensive experience in storytelling, writing, and leading with empathy from her 6+ years working with more than 30 local, national, and global nonprofit organizations and causes.

Today, she is the Founder and CEO of Inspiring Experiences, LLC — a company focused on helping people to elevate their voices, uncover their most authentic stories, and value themselves. From a background in marketing to her experience in public relations to her passion for teaching individuals — nationally and internationally — how to best capture, focus, and share their stories, Alexis builds empathy and creates genuine connections with her community and beyond.

Believing that the ultimate keys to life are authenticity, connection, and valuing yourself and others, Alexis creates meaningful and thought-provoking experiences, fosters human connection, and positively inspires our community and the world around us.

Alexis holds a Women in Entrepreneurship Certificate from Cornell University, studied sociology, anthropology, and psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology for 4 years, and has served as a national and global conference speaker and panelist.

When she is not cranking out amazing words of inspiration, she is enjoying time with her family and hearing others tell their stories.

Alexis Russell is a passionate story enthusiast, mother, artist, and writer who authentically leads with her words. She gained extensive experience in storytelling, writing, and leading with empathy from her 6+ years working with more than 30 local, ... Show more

Bess Ho

Bess Ho

I'm head of product at Phorena designing smart lighting.

I'm head of product at Phorena designing smart lighting. Show more

Iñaki Eguiarte

Iñaki Eguiarte

El camino que me ha traído hasta donde estoy ha está lleno de aventuras, con sus picos y valles. Un camino que ha sido de todo menos lineal. Si hace 10 años cuando estaba en mi trabajo de escritorio en una multinacional de fibra óptica me hubieses preguntado qué estaría haciendo hoy, seguramente te hubiese dicho que estaría ejercitando la creatividad, colaborando con personas, haciendo formaciones, hablando con y para muchas personas, y sobre todo ayudándoles a mejorar en algo.

Como agente de cambio, me considero un navegante e impulsor de las transformaciones. Digitales, estratégicas y culturales. Experimentando con los valores y principios (algunas veces con más éxito, algunas otras con menos.) Siempre con la suerte de estar rodeado de un círculo de personas maravillosas (en lo laboral y en lo personal) que me impulsan a reflexionar, aprender de errores y sobre todo a seguir probando para crecer.

Hace 10 años, no tenía un mapa claro de hacia dónde iba, pero sí tenía claro que seguir caminando me iba a llevar lejos. Hoy, me siento privilegiado de estar en el lugar donde quiero estar y gracias a ese camino no lineal, estoy mucho más lejos que jamás hubiese imaginado. Y además, haciendo en diferentes ámbitos y sectores lo que imaginaba 10 años atrás.

Además de los 2 años como Agile Padawan en la Business Transformation Practice en UST, llevo 8 años dando formaciones en comunicación y 5 como profesor en IED Barcelona. El seguir aprendiendo, el colaborar con el mundo creativo, educativo y su simbiosis con el mundo empresarial son apasionantes, aplicables y sobre todo necesarios en estos tiempos.

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El camino que me ha traído hasta donde estoy ha está lleno de aventuras, con sus picos y valles. Un camino que ha sido de todo menos lineal. Si hace 10 años cuando estaba en mi trabajo de escritorio en una multinacional de fibra óptica me hubieses pr... Show more

Jesse Martin

Jesse Martin

Jesse Martin is a Developer Advocate at GraphCMS where he combines his experience as a digital strategist, software developer and brand builder to help companies re-imagine what is possible with content today and tomorrow. Jesse is a husband and father, a health and fitness nerd and is attempting to be the the nicest guy on the web.

Jesse Martin is a Developer Advocate at GraphCMS where he combines his experience as a digital strategist, software developer and brand builder to help companies re-imagine what is possible with content today and tomorrow. Jesse is a husband and fath... Show more

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