Michael Allison, is a U.S. Marine Purple Heart Veteran, award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, and international keynote speaker. A globally recognized expert in identity-driven leadership and organizational resilience, Michael transforms adversity into strategic advantage. Over two decades, he has led Marines in combat, managed multi-million-dollar government projects, directed higher-ed programs, and scaled an INC 5000 franchise to successful exit. Michael equips leaders and teams to break internal limitations, guard energy, and thrive under pressure. His signature frameworks—Break The Bottle and Protect The House—blend combat-tested leadership, trauma-informed coaching, and enterprise execution discipline. Michael has delivered transformational keynotes, workshops, and consulting for world-class organizations globally. He empowers professionals to align technical brilliance with human resilience and lead with clarity, creativity, and conviction.

Michael Allison, is a U.S. Marine Purple Heart Veteran, award-winning entrepreneur, best-selling author, and international keynote speaker. A globally recognized expert in identity-driven leadership and organizational resilience, Michael transforms a... Show more

Geoffrey Klein works with organizations to communicate more effectively. He is a dynamic keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, MIT AI-certified consultant, and best-selling author of THE CONTENT BEAST.

He teaches at the Wharton School of Business and Temple University, as well as produces visual content.

Geoffrey specializes in simplifying and demystifying AI for business and showcases how it can enhance communication through easy-to-understand concepts and practical tactics.

Geoffrey Klein works with organizations to communicate more effectively. He is a dynamic keynote speaker, TEDx presenter, MIT AI-certified consultant, and best-selling author of THE CONTENT BEAST. He teaches at the Wharton School of Business and... Show more

Mandar Chiplunkar is a product leader with over 14 years of experience driving digital transformation across insurance, logistics, and retail tech. He has built and launched AI-powered solutions, including a domain-trained Copilot for insurance advisors that blends large language models with real-world business workflows. Passionate about making technology practical and human-centered, Mandar focuses on turning complex systems into tools that empower people and deliver measurable impact.

Mandar Chiplunkar is a product leader with over 14 years of experience driving digital transformation across insurance, logistics, and retail tech. He has built and launched AI-powered solutions, including a domain-trained Copilot for insurance advis... Show more

Chris Leonard is a speaker and business coach who builds high-performing teams around complex problems and helps leaders do the same.
Drawing from Agile, LeanStartup, EOS, and more, Chris gives his clients the right skills to meet their goals. He founded No Impediments in 2023 where he serves clients in higher ed, retail, life sciences, and more.
Chris came to coaching as a second career after 10years on the road in the music industry. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee with his wife, two kids, a dog and a cat.

Chris Leonard is a speaker and business coach who builds high-performing teams around complex problems and helps leaders do the same. Drawing from Agile, LeanStartup, EOS, and more, Chris gives his clients the right skills to meet their goals. He fo... Show more

With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped his combined expertise in technical and business realms.

Over the past 20 years, Fernandez has overseen more than 250 projects across four continents and 25 countries, delivering technical solutions in content, commerce, mobile, and martech for some of the world’s most renowned companies. From writing code as a developer and designing systems as an architect to training teams, serving as a CTO, advising global enterprises, defining product roadmaps, and developing marketing strategies, he has taken on nearly every role in technology and digital innovation.

Fernandez has led multicultural teams of managers, content experts, engineers, strategists, and architects (he is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, and English). His professional mission is to constantly close the gap between business vision and technical execution. His work in media, retail, banking, hospitality, telecoms, and technology has given him a comprehensive view of the possibilities and challenges businesses face in the digital age.

Currently serving as Executive Director of Technology in VML, Fernandez is focused on the future of content, marketing, and automation platforms, investigating how companies can produce, distribute, and profit from emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, composable architectures, and data-driven personalization.

With a broad, multidisciplinary background in software development, architecture, product ownership, and marketing, Fernandez is a gifted technology leader. He holds degrees in informatics and computer science and a Master’s in Finance, which shaped ... Show more

Fredrik is a software architect thriving in the borderland between software-, product- and business development. 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 thriving in the borderland between software-, product- and business development. 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 u... Show more

With over 25 years of experience building digital products, including 12 years in senior product leadership roles such as CPO, I bring deep expertise in product development and leadership. Today, I advise businesses on product leadership while co-organizing Product at Heart, one of Europe's leading product conferences, keeping me closely connected to emerging industry trends and challenges.

With over 25 years of experience building digital products, including 12 years in senior product leadership roles such as CPO, I bring deep expertise in product development and leadership. Today, I advise businesses on product leadership while co-org... Show more

He is an expert in data-driven marketing and customer insights with over 20 years of experience using data to optimize marketing and sales strategies. His focus is on helping companies ask the right questions and turn data into real competitive advantages—moving beyond mere performance metrics to well-founded strategic decisions.

He has built marketing teams in 42 countries, developed the CRM strategy for a leading automotive aftermarket player in the EU, and scaled digital business models for SMEs based on data. His approach combines marketing, data analytics, and strategy to enable data-informed decisions that drive both short-term efficiency and long-term effectiveness.

With his own MATCH framework, he emphasizes a holistic approach to marketing analytics. Rather than relying on isolated metrics or platforms, he integrates multiple analytical methods to precisely understand the impact of marketing initiatives. Finding the right balance between attribution, marketing mix modeling, lift analyses, qualitative insights, and message analytics is, in his view, the key to making sound decisions.

As a speaker and host of the dataengage.io podcast, he shares hands-on experience to make data-driven marketing strategies tangible. His goal is to help organizations generate real value from their data—without getting lost in isolated figures or short-term KPIs.

He is an expert in data-driven marketing and customer insights with over 20 years of experience using data to optimize marketing and sales strategies. His focus is on helping companies ask the right questions and turn data into real competitive advan... Show more

Leonard is a Microsoft Power Platform Certified Solutions Architect holding 10 Microsoft certifications and 5 years of specialized expertise in Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure development. As the leader of a 40-developer team, he architects and delivers enterprise-grade solutions encompassing custom plugins, Azure Functions, Power Apps, and complex system integrations.

His experience spans the full development lifecycle—from Business Process Flow implementation and plugin architecture to CI/CD pipeline design and Azure-based automation.

Leonard has successfully led numerous enterprise deployments and modernization initiatives, bringing deep technical knowledge and proven patterns to organizations navigating the Microsoft ecosystem.

A dedicated technical educator, Leonard regularly conducts bootcamps and training programs, equipping development teams with the skills and best practices needed to build robust, scalable solutions on the Microsoft platform.

Leonard is a Microsoft Power Platform Certified Solutions Architect holding 10 Microsoft certifications and 5 years of specialized expertise in Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and Azure development. As the leader of a 40-developer team, he architects a... Show more

Product Manager @ Microsoft Corporation with over 7 years of software engineering (full stack) and deep knowledge and experience in data science.

Currently leading the Spark compute platform for Microsoft Fabric.

Prior to my current role was responsible for the Microsoft Data Governance Platform, which included Governance Catalog (Purview), Data Estate Insights, and Lineage tracing platform.

I lead high-performance teams and various projects in developing large-scale Data Platforms, Distributed Systems, and Machine Learning Services.

Product Manager @ Microsoft Corporation with over 7 years of software engineering (full stack) and deep knowledge and experience in data science. Currently leading the Spark compute platform for Microsoft Fabric. Prior to my current role was re... Show more