Business & Management

Professionals who specialize in the organization and oversight of business activities, as well as focus on planning, directing, and controlling company operations

Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan is a Client Success Manager at Legacy Technology Lab, author of The Future Is Verified, and a national speaker exploring blockchain, digital ownership, and emerging technologies. Drawing from experience in property technology, real estate, and digital transformation, she examines how trusted records, verification, and decentralized systems are reshaping industries beyond cryptocurrency. Elizabeth is known for translating complex technological concepts into practical, future-focused conversations that spark curiosity, challenge assumptions, and encourage innovation.

Elizabeth Sullivan is a Client Success Manager at Legacy Technology Lab, author of The Future Is Verified, and a national speaker exploring blockchain, digital ownership, and emerging technologies. Drawing from experience in property technology, real... Show more

Felicia Pressley

Felicia Pressley

Felicia Pressley is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Purple Orchid Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping small and mid-sized businesses strengthen their HR strategy and operations. She is a Strategic Human Resources Advisor with over 10 years of experience supporting organizations across construction management, hospitality, property management, and retail.

Felicia partners closely with business owners and leaders to enhance day-to-day HR operations, mitigate risk, and build strong, people-centered workplace cultures through customized HR solutions. Her approach blends strategy, compliance, and practical execution to meet organizations where they are and support sustainable growth.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management and is SHRM-CP certified through the Society for Human Resource Management. Known for her proactive and collaborative style, Felicia brings thoughtful insight and innovation to every engagement. Her goal is to help organizations align people, performance, and culture so leaders can focus on growing their business with confidence.

Felicia Pressley is the Founder and Principal Consultant of Purple Orchid Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping small and mid-sized businesses strengthen their HR strategy and operations. She is a Strategic Human Resources Advisor with over 10 year... Show more

Alfonso Fuggetta

Alfonso Fuggetta

Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on software engineering, digital transformation, IT Strategy, and the impact of AI on organizations.
He is the former CEO and Scientific Director of Cefriel and served as Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Ferrari.
Over the last thirty years, he has advised companies and governments on how to design, govern, and scale digital and AI-driven innovation, bridging academia, industry, and public institutions.
Alfonso has also been a Visiting Professor at NTNU, University of Colorado, Boulder, and University of California, Irvine, and is ranked among the top 2% of researchers worldwide according to Elsevier/Stanford.
On stage, he combines rigorous research with real-world case studies, making complex technological and organizational issues understandable for executives, practitioners, and policymakers.
He regularly writes about technology and society on his Substack newsletter “A bassa voce”.

Alfonso Fuggetta is a Full Professor of Computer Science at Politecnico di Milano, focusing on software engineering, digital transformation, IT Strategy, and the impact of AI on organizations. He is the former CEO and Scientific Director of Cefriel ... Show more

Erik de Bos

Erik de Bos

Erik de Bos is an Agile Leader, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach with over a decade of experience helping organisations improve their effectiveness, foster employee well-being, and adapt to a complex world. He is an expert in enhancing team performance, fostering continuous learning, and aligning daily work with strategic goals.

Erik shares insights through talks and articles and has developed several tools, including "The Purpose & Roadmap Template" and "The Sprint Goal Template," and co-created "James the Evil Stakeholder," a card game designed to help teams learn how to deal with difficult stakeholders.

Erik also enjoys jogging, cooking, photography, and music, hobbies he sees as a way to express creativity and find flow.

Erik de Bos is an Agile Leader, Scrum Master, and Agile Coach with over a decade of experience helping organisations improve their effectiveness, foster employee well-being, and adapt to a complex world. He is an expert in enhancing team performance,... Show more

Juha Korpela

Juha Korpela

Juha is an experienced data professional from Helsinki, Finland. For more than 15 years, he has worked in high-profile data leadership positions across various industries. Since the beginning of 2024, he has been running his own one-man consultancy Datakor Consulting, advising large enterprises on data modeling, context management, and data products at scale. He is also one of the founders of the Helsinki Data Week conference. Previously, he was e.g. the Chief Product Officer at Ellie Technologies (a start-up working on a data modeling tool) and the Head of Data Platform at UPM-Kymmene (a manufacturing company). His main areas of expertise are data modeling, semantics, data product management, and data architecture, and he emphasizes understanding real business needs over technological details. Juha writes the popular Common Sense Data Substack and actively participates in data discussions on LinkedIn and speaks at various events worldwide.

Juha is an experienced data professional from Helsinki, Finland. For more than 15 years, he has worked in high-profile data leadership positions across various industries. Since the beginning of 2024, he has been running his own one-man consultancy D... Show more

Sohna Sukumaran Hemalatha

Sohna Sukumaran Hemalatha

Sohna is a Prosci-certified Adoption & Change Management Lead with over 12 years of experience in technology consulting and digital transformation. She specializes in enabling organizations to embrace new technologies - particularly Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Copilot - through strategic change management and communication frameworks grounded in the Prosci ADKAR methodology.

She is passionate about community building and sharing practical ways to enable people in the workplace make the most out of technology available to them in ways that work for them.

Based in Europe since early 2025, she brings a global perspective shaped by her work across Asia and Europe. She is fluent in English and conversational in French, allowing her to connect with diverse audiences across regions.

She enjoys traveling, exploring regional cuisines and loves hosting supper clubs.

Sohna is a Prosci-certified Adoption & Change Management Lead with over 12 years of experience in technology consulting and digital transformation. She specializes in enabling organizations to embrace new technologies - particularly Microsoft 365, Po... Show more

Artur König

Artur König

Artur is a data engineer specializing in data analysis and founder and CEO of platformimpulse GmbH. He is responsible for the full-stack implementation of data products from the data source to the final dashboard within the Microsoft ecosystem. As a former lecturer, Artur also focuses on sustainable internal and external knowledge transfer related to Microsoft Power BI and Fabric. Previously, he spent over 12 years as a consultant in IT audit, software projects, implementing reporting solutions in various industries and company sizes, and as head of business intelligence at a mid-sized software company in Germany.
Artur is active in the Power BI and data community as a podcaster, YouTuber, meetup coordinator, member of the TDWI society think tank on Self-Service & Analytics, speaker at events, and book author.

Artur is a data engineer specializing in data analysis and founder and CEO of platformimpulse GmbH. He is responsible for the full-stack implementation of data products from the data source to the final dashboard within the Microsoft ecosystem. As a ... Show more

Veronica Hylák

Veronica Hylák

10 years in product. 6 years in AI, starting on AI drone ships for the military. Dozens of shipped products still used today. Tech work spanning Sony, Walmart, the U.S. Department of Defense, and high-growth startups.

Most of my career has been spent inside fast-moving teams where everything needed to be done yesterday. So I have often been product manager, designer, prototype builder, sales team, and marketer all in the same week.

That gave me a very practical view of AI and how to make people care about it, which led me to start making AI explainers on YouTube.

My work has now reached 7M+ people and 41K+ subscribers. I have also worked with AI companies, research labs, and YC startups to help tell their stories clearly, including Higgsfield AI, Emergent AI, Brilliant, Stanford Human-Centered AI Lab, the Center for AI Safety, SerpAPI, and Abacus AI.

10 years in product. 6 years in AI, starting on AI drone ships for the military. Dozens of shipped products still used today. Tech work spanning Sony, Walmart, the U.S. Department of Defense, and high-growth startups. Most of my career has been sp... Show more

Melinda Seckington

Melinda Seckington

Melinda is an engineering leader and conference speaker with over 10 years experience of working with and managing teams of developers & managers and conference speaking. Since 2014, she has helped engineers, designers and product managers with their public speaking skills, through speaker coaching, workshops and talks about public speaking. She also works together with engineering leaders and engineering managers on how to build up internal employee evangelism & culture within their teams.

Melinda is an engineering leader and conference speaker with over 10 years experience of working with and managing teams of developers & managers and conference speaking. Since 2014, she has helped engineers, designers and product managers with their... Show more

Ramesh Babu K M

Ramesh Babu K M

Seasoned engineering leader with over 20 years into the Software industry and currently leading Data and Identity platform at Procore. Prior to this I have been with Autodesk leading Data Engineering teams specifically Data mesh architecture.
In my prior stints have also led E&U Cloud at Salesforce and focussed on building new products for Digital Transformation. Been developer, lead, architect at previous roles and indebted to full-stack development background and the knowledge gained there.
Current focus is building and empowering high performance teams who create modern applications and driving agile values.

Seasoned engineering leader with over 20 years into the Software industry and currently leading Data and Identity platform at Procore. Prior to this I have been with Autodesk leading Data Engineering teams specifically Data mesh architecture. In my ... Show more

Mike Bruce

Mike Bruce

Mike Bruce is a Brand Growth Architect and Consultant and the founder of Mike Bruce Design, a brand growth architecture company based in Abuja and working with growing companies across Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States, often at the moment they enter a new market, prepare a raise or outgrow their brand. His work starts from one thesis: most brands don't have a marketing problem, they have a clarity problem. He created the Brand Growth OS™, a four-phase operating system (Clarify, Construct, Connect, Convert), and the Positioning Matrix™, a diagnostic that plots a company between generic and specific, and between low and high price. Brands rebuilt on that system include Elizabeth & Lanky, which recorded 120% revenue growth following its relaunch, and Ikeja Hotels, which recorded a 45% increase in qualified inbound leads. Mike writes The Brand Code, a daily publication on positioning, pricing and brand visibility in the age of AI search, and is writing DROP, a book on why perceived value rises by subtraction, not addition.

Mike Bruce is a Brand Growth Architect and Consultant and the founder of Mike Bruce Design, a brand growth architecture company based in Abuja and working with growing companies across Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States, often at the m... Show more

Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Melanie Swamy-Brown is a growth marketing leader building go-to-market engines for AI and data software companies. Currently leading growth at Tessl — where the team is reimagining software development for the era of AI — she’s focused on driving adoption, pipeline, and revenue.

Melanie has built and scaled product-led and enterprise marketing motions across Seed to Series B startups, with previous roles at Conduktor, Meta, Amazon, and TripAdvisor. She thrives at the intersection of technical products and storytelling, and is passionate about helping early-stage teams find traction and scale.

Melanie Swamy-Brown is a growth marketing leader building go-to-market engines for AI and data software companies. Currently leading growth at Tessl — where the team is reimagining software development for the era of AI — she’s focused on driving ado... Show more

Chris Moyer

Chris Moyer

Chris Moyer has worked on business process automation in production environments for over 30 years. In addition to founding the Moyer Group, he's authored multiple books, authored and taught dozens of courses and presented at conferences on various technical topics all over the world.

Chris Moyer has worked on business process automation in production environments for over 30 years. In addition to founding the Moyer Group, he's authored multiple books, authored and taught dozens of courses and presented at conferences on various t... Show more

Steve Pereira

Steve Pereira

Steve Pereira has spent over two decades improving the flow of work across organizations. He’s worked through tech support, IT management, build and release engineering, and as a founding CTO for enterprise SaaS. After shifting to consulting large enterprises on value stream performance improvement, he created Flow Engineering to make value stream mapping simple, quick, and actionable. He serves as lead consultant for Visible Flow Consulting, as a board advisor to the Value Stream Management Consortium, Chair of the OASIS Value Stream Management Interoperability technical committee, and co-founder of the Flow Collective to bring flow-focused professionals together.

Learn more about his work at https://visible.is

Steve Pereira has spent over two decades improving the flow of work across organizations. He’s worked through tech support, IT management, build and release engineering, and as a founding CTO for enterprise SaaS. After shifting to consulting large en... Show more

Saurabh Kakkar

Saurabh Kakkar

Distinguished Regulatory Data & Risk Leader with over 12 years of international experience in regulatory
compliance, data analytics, AI/LLM-powered automation, and financial risk management. Recognized for
building Basel/CRR reporting platforms and pioneering the application of large language models (LLMs),
retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and AI governance in high-stakes compliance environments.
Proven expertise in leading large-scale, cross-border programs, delivering innovative automation that has
transformed regulatory submissions and data governance across global financial institutions.

Distinguished Regulatory Data & Risk Leader with over 12 years of international experience in regulatory compliance, data analytics, AI/LLM-powered automation, and financial risk management. Recognized for building Basel/CRR reporting platforms and... Show more

Polina Moshenets

Polina Moshenets

Polina Moshenets is a Security Engineer and Founder of SichGate, an AI model integrity testing company focused on safety and security evaluation of language models in highly regulated industries. Her background spans application security, supply chain risk in AI/ML pipelines, and security posture across healthtech and biometric companies. She is the author of Safety as a Secondary Objective, evaluating open-weight SLMs across hundreds of adversarial interactions. She organizes security and AI safety awareness events across US and Canada.

Polina Moshenets is a Security Engineer and Founder of SichGate, an AI model integrity testing company focused on safety and security evaluation of language models in highly regulated industries. Her background spans application security, supply chai... Show more

Kristijan Kowalsky

Kristijan Kowalsky

Kris is a Growth & Partnership Lead specializing in AI security and blockchain ecosystems, with 20+ years across financial systems, startups, and enterprise partnerships. At Models Create, Kris leads go-to-market for an AI Agent Security & Assurance offering, helping enterprises move from experimental agentic AI deployments to systems they can actually govern and defend — drawing on frameworks like the EU AI Act, OWASP Agentic Top 10, and NIST AI RMF, and proof points from securing production AI systems at global enterprises.
Kris is also a prominent voice in the Cardano ecosystem, sitting on the Cardano Constitutional Committee and Budget Committee, and advising across programs with Cardano Foundation, Alpha Growth Prime, and Intersect — bringing a governance-first lens to emerging technology from both the AI and blockchain worlds.

Kris is a Growth & Partnership Lead specializing in AI security and blockchain ecosystems, with 20+ years across financial systems, startups, and enterprise partnerships. At Models Create, Kris leads go-to-market for an AI Agent Security & Assurance ... Show more

Kim Dallefeld, MVP, MCT

Kim Dallefeld, MVP, MCT

As a BC/NAV Consultant | MVP | MCT | MCP with 30 years of experience in Dynamics NAV and Business Central (BC), I specialize in empowering companies to get the most out of their ERP systems. Combining deep practical knowledge with an accounting, consulting, and development background, I bring a unique skill set rarely found in a technically oriented individual.

My Expertise:
✅ Bridging the gap between business needs and system capabilities
✅ Blueprinting user requirements vs. BC’s out-of-the-box functionality
✅ Assisting analysts in configuring BC to align with business processes
✅ Developing custom solutions to meet user-specific needs
✅ Project management to ensure successful implementations

I take a hands-on, structured approach to BC implementations—whether helping businesses optimize configurations, assisting developers in building tailored solutions, or managing projects to stay on time and on budget. My goal is to deliver a system that works for you—efficient, scalable, and built for success.

As a BC/NAV Consultant | MVP | MCT | MCP with 30 years of experience in Dynamics NAV and Business Central (BC), I specialize in empowering companies to get the most out of their ERP systems. Combining deep practical knowledge with an accounting, cons... Show more

Jeremy Rasmussen

Jeremy Rasmussen

Jeremy has 30+ in systems design, red teaming, and blue teaming, and has led over 800 security audits across government and commercial environments. His background includes developing secure solutions, delivering cybersecurity services, teaching and mentoring future practitioners, and leading R&D initiatives. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida for more than two decades and founded the USF Whitehatters Computer Security Club. Jeremy is an expert witness, patent developer, frequent conference speaker, and has been recognized as Tampa Bay Technology Leader of the Year (2017) and CyberX Cybersecurity Leader of the Year (2023). He holds BS and MS degrees from USF, is a CISSP and CEH, and serves on the Academic Advisory Board for the USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Computing.

Jeremy has 30+ in systems design, red teaming, and blue teaming, and has led over 800 security audits across government and commercial environments. His background includes developing secure solutions, delivering cybersecurity services, teaching and ... Show more

Elizabeth Orji

Elizabeth Orji

Elizabeth Orji is a distinguished senior technology strategist, AI project director, and digital governance expert operating at the vital intersection of emerging technology, ethical policy, and industrial transformation. As the Executive Director of the Global Network for Cyber Solutions (GNC), Chief Operating Officer of the Nigeria Forum for AI Governance (NFAIG), and the Senior AI Associate and Project Management Lead for the AI for Social Impact & Development (AI4SID) initiative, she dedicates her career to engineering scalable, sovereign technological frameworks that drive sustainable economic and societal development.

With a robust technical foundation rooted in an MSc in Computer Science and an academic trajectory navigating AI and Robotics, Elizabeth brings a deeply practical, field-tested perspective to the global tech stage. Her multifaceted expertise spans big data architectures, agentic workflows, and decentralized systems. She serves as an AI Subject Matter Expert for General Assembly and a guest lecturer at the SAE Institute, where she shapes the next generation of technical leaders.

A steadfast champion for inclusive innovation, Elizabeth sits on the Influence Board of the British Computer Society (BCS) and actively leads pioneering frameworks for ethical AI governance. Her work centers on moving emerging tech ecosystems from passive consumption to active creation—fostering data dignity, digital infrastructure autonomy, and collaborative development frameworks built to empower local communities.

An accomplished speaker, international tech judge, and ecosystem architect, Elizabeth routinely delivers thought-provoking keynotes that bridge the gap between complex technological theory and real-world, high-impact execution.

Elizabeth Orji is a distinguished senior technology strategist, AI project director, and digital governance expert operating at the vital intersection of emerging technology, ethical policy, and industrial transformation. As the Executive Director of... Show more

Rinoo Rajesh

Rinoo Rajesh

Rinoo Rajesh is an AI and digital transformation leader with more than 25 years across telecom, customer experience and enterprise technology. He is Founder & Director of Enrich Technology Services, Principal Advisor at Twimbit, and President & CEO of the PMI Pune-Deccan India Chapter, and serves on several company boards as a director or board advisor.

He was previously Head of Business & Digital Transformation at Digitide and, for more than a decade, led digital and AI transformation at Conneqt Business Solutions, building AI-enabled, platform-based services across CX, CRM, analytics and automation. Earlier roles at Avaya, Nortel, AGC Networks and Tata-BSS grounded him in contact-centre and communications technology.

He is the author of "Beyond GenAI – Rise of Agentic AI-Based Autonomous Systems" and "ChatGPT: Transforming Industries Through AI". He has spoken or served as a juror at forums including ICATS, 3AI, PMI, Twimbit, ET and DiSHA, and received the AI Leadership Award at AI Arena 2026 and the 3AI Zenith Award 2024. He is an IIM Bangalore alumnus, an IICA-certified Independent Director and a SEBI Accredited Investor.

Rinoo Rajesh is an AI and digital transformation leader with more than 25 years across telecom, customer experience and enterprise technology. He is Founder & Director of Enrich Technology Services, Principal Advisor at Twimbit, and President & CEO o... Show more

Prakash Reddy

Prakash Reddy

A Data Engineering and Analytics leader with 16+ years of experience architecting modern data platforms, scaling high-performing teams, and driving enterprise-wide transformation across data engineering, business intelligence, and AI enablement. My career spans building cloud-native data ecosystems, implementing strong governance foundations, modernizing analytical workflows, and helping organizations unlock value from their data with reliability, transparency, and trust.

I sit at the intersection of data engineering, BI, governance, and applied AI, with a passion for designing systems that not only scale — but also empower real users. I care deeply about metadata, discoverability, operational excellence, and the future of AI-assisted analytics.

A Data Engineering and Analytics leader with 16+ years of experience architecting modern data platforms, scaling high-performing teams, and driving enterprise-wide transformation across data engineering, business intelligence, and AI enablement. My c... Show more

Julie Koesmarno

Julie Koesmarno

Julie Koesmarno is a Principal Group Product Manager at Microsoft, leading AI innovation across the Dataverse platform and Work IQ. She heads the Dataverse product management organization, driving advancements in enterprise AI transformation, from Work IQ and Dataverse Search to Microsoft Copilot integrations that power the next generation of business applications and AI agents.

With more than a decade of experience in data management and analytics, Julie has shaped flagship data products including SQL Server and Azure SQL. A frequent speaker at global conferences, she is also the co‑author of SQL Server 2017 Machine Learning Services with R.

Julie Koesmarno is a Principal Group Product Manager at Microsoft, leading AI innovation across the Dataverse platform and Work IQ. She heads the Dataverse product management organization, driving advancements in enterprise AI transformation, from Wo... Show more

Faye Thompson

Faye Thompson

With more than thirty years of project delivery experience, Faye Thompson serves as a consultant coach, product manager and scrum master. With a focus on an agile mindset and continuous improvement, Faye has had a positive impact in the financial services, healthcare, advertising, marketing, automotive, retail and aviation industries. Passionate about using innovative solutions to drive business value, she trains, mentors and coaches and workgroups as they transform themselves into highly engaged and energized teams.

Faye also enjoys serving on the board of directors for the Central Ohio Agile Association, on the Core Program Committee of the Women in Agile Launching New Voices initiative, and as President of the Women in STEMM Alumni Society of The Ohio State University. She spends her free time volunteering as an emergency medical responder and public affairs coordinator for the American Red Cross.

With more than thirty years of project delivery experience, Faye Thompson serves as a consultant coach, product manager and scrum master. With a focus on an agile mindset and continuous improvement, Faye has had a positive impact in the financial ser... 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

Marvin Bangert

Marvin Bangert

Marvin works as a Cloud Architect at glueckkanja AG in Germany, is the organizer of the Power Platform User Group Cologne, speaker, blogger and Power Platform Community Contributor. Started many years ago with SharePoint Server On-Premises, for more than 11 years he has mainly been dealing with cloud topics related to Power Platform and Microsoft 365, in particular Modern Collaboration. With his broad expert knowledge of the various Microsoft products, he advises and accompanies customers in the introduction of a modern workplace.

Marvin works as a Cloud Architect at glueckkanja AG in Germany, is the organizer of the Power Platform User Group Cologne, speaker, blogger and Power Platform Community Contributor. Started many years ago with SharePoint Server On-Premises, for more ... Show more

Janine Felten

Janine Felten

As a consultant for software development, Janine seeks to promote technical excellence in a positive and collaborative work environment. Whether motivating developers to innovate, harping on about software crafting or fighting for best practices, her aim is to help others to realize their full potential.

As a consultant for software development, Janine seeks to promote technical excellence in a positive and collaborative work environment. Whether motivating developers to innovate, harping on about software crafting or fighting for best practices, her... Show more

Simon Müller

Simon Müller

Simon is a tech person with an entrepreneurial mindset and experience in leading engineering teams. He likes to operate at the interface between technical systems and business processes.

In the past years, he has founded and sold a startup and built the digital lab of a German Mittelstand company. Today he leads eigenmind, a venture builder that builds AI-based ventures with a strong focus on robotics and manufacturing for the European industry. Across these ventures he works at the intersection of applied AI, robotics, and real-world industrial processes, turning emerging technology into products that hold up on the shop floor.

Simon is a tech person with an entrepreneurial mindset and experience in leading engineering teams. He likes to operate at the interface between technical systems and business processes. In the past years, he has founded and sold a startup and bu... Show more

Russlan Ramdowar

Russlan Ramdowar

Russlan Ramdowar is the founder of Future Edge Group and iPulse AI, an Open Agentic Investment Research Platform, and the author of Hymn of Modernity. Based in Abu Dhabi, he builds AI-driven research workflows and explores how organisations can evaluate, govern and operate them.

His work focuses on making AI-generated research inspectable through visible reasoning, model disagreement, dated forecasts and evaluation. His executive white paper examines AI adoption versus transformation: how productivity gains change operating dependencies, decision rights and human responsibilities.

Russlan also publishes AI Investment Edge: Stocks, Markets & Money, a podcast exploring AI, markets and investment research. His speaking topics include evaluating agentic AI beyond consensus, testing the resilience of automated workflows, and moving from AI tool adoption to organisational transformation. He brings a founder's perspective grounded in practical implementation, with evidence, limitations and lessons made explicit.

His past appearances include the AI-Driven Economic Transformation in the UAE panel at AINext Awards & Conference Dubai on 22 October 2026, and a separate startup pitch at the Web Summit Startup Showcase.

Russlan Ramdowar is the founder of Future Edge Group and iPulse AI, an Open Agentic Investment Research Platform, and the author of Hymn of Modernity. Based in Abu Dhabi, he builds AI-driven research workflows and explores how organisations can evalu... Show more

Hans Lagerweij

Hans Lagerweij

Around 95% of employees don't know their company's strategy. Hans Lagerweij has spent his career closing that gap, and he shows leaders how to do the same.

Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Miami, Hans is an interim and growth executive and board advisor. He started in brand, sales and innovation at Kimberly-Clark and Sara Lee, then spent two decades leading travel, cruise and hospitality businesses through turnarounds, scale-ups and exits. As CEO he took Quark Expeditions from a $15M loss to $7.5M profit and scaled Victory Cruise Lines from $11M to $32M ahead of its $56M sale. He has also led TUI Travel's adventure brands and Albatros Travel's international businesses, and served as SVP of Four Seasons Yachts, with P&Ls up to $230M across seven countries.

His book, The Why Whisperer: How to Motivate and Align Teams That Get Your Strategy Done (2025), is endorsed by Stephen M. R. Covey and David Meerman Scott, was featured in Harvard Business Review Arabia, and was recognised in the 2025 CorporateLiveWire Innovation & Excellence Awards. It introduces the 6 C's of strategy execution, a practical framework for turning a boardroom strategy into daily action.

On stage, Hans combines hard-won turnaround lessons with stories from the edge of the map, from leading a team through an Antarctic storm to a nuclear icebreaker voyage to the North Pole. Audiences leave with simple tools they can use on Monday.

Hans holds an MBA from Erasmus University Rotterdam, is a trustee of the Safer Tourism Foundation and runs Flying Dutchman Consultancy.

Around 95% of employees don't know their company's strategy. Hans Lagerweij has spent his career closing that gap, and he shows leaders how to do the same. Originally from the Netherlands and now based in Miami, Hans is an interim and growth execu... Show more

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