In over 25 years of creative leadership in branding and marketing, Adam has discovered that the most powerful form of connection, communication, and persuasion is also the oldest—great storytelling. With rich support from neuroscientists, psychologists, and behavioral economists, he shows audiences why that is, and how they can use it to their advantage.

Best of all, the insights in Adam’s keynotes explain phenomena that many people sense are true without knowing why. Armed with the tools, research, and empathy Adam brings to the stage, they emerge as more confident communicators in their personal and professional lives.

Based in Rhode Island, Adam has earned rave reviews by audiences from Boston to Borneo. And with the rise of AI, Adam is determined to empower as many people as possible to become compelling, connection-building storytellers.

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In this high-energy, aha-moment-filled keynote, you’ll learn why stories have such a powerful hold on us, how they work, the transformative effect storytelling can have on your business, and how to do it.

Here are just a few of the benefits you can enjoy immediately:
- Unparalleled ROI
- Increased sales and fundraising revenue
- Greater productivity
- Higher retention
- …and much, much more

Learn more at https://www.rustleandspark.com/story

In over 25 years of creative leadership in branding and marketing, Adam has discovered that the most powerful form of connection, communication, and persuasion is also the oldest—great storytelling. With rich support from neuroscientists, psychologi... Show more

I have been in the tech world longer than I care to admit. In that time I have seen the ebb and flow, rise and fall of many things. As a result I am not moved by hype cycles. I am not phased by things that put a lot of people into a panic

I care about what's actually running underneath a framework, not just the abstraction on top of it. I favour stable, well-understood tooling over chasing every new trend, and I write code the next developer (including future-me) can actually read.

My approach is to dig deep and understand the underlying the architecture that makes things the way they are. I am I am not impressed by improvement for improvements sake, there should be a valid reason for any change and modification.

I have been in the tech world longer than I care to admit. In that time I have seen the ebb and flow, rise and fall of many things. As a result I am not moved by hype cycles. I am not phased by things that put a lot of people into a panic I care ... Show more

Daniel Bonatti é cientista político e mestre em Gestão de Políticas Públicas, com trajetória de mais de 14 anos dedicada à modernização do Estado e à inovação na gestão pública. Atualmente, dirige a Diretoria de Mobilidade Interna da Secretaria de Gestão e Governo Digital do Estado de São Paulo, onde conduz a reestruturação da frota pública e a consolidação da Política de Mobilidade Interna, pautada em eficiência, sustentabilidade e transformação digital. Sua atuação combina visão estratégica, experiência administrativa e compromisso com a construção de um governo mais ágil e orientado a resultados.

Daniel Bonatti é cientista político e mestre em Gestão de Políticas Públicas, com trajetória de mais de 14 anos dedicada à modernização do Estado e à inovação na gestão pública. Atualmente, dirige a Diretoria de Mobilidade Interna da Secretaria de Ge... Show more

Anthony Todd Johnson Life Coach seems to be an individual with a set of answers and directions to help anyone accomplish a specific goal in their life. However, the world is full of complex humans that wrestle with a symphony of personal, physical and inter-relational challenges that block the fulfillment of many rewarding life targets. If we didn’t have such complicated life knots then a simple set of written instructions would remove all of the human blocks and we would ALL be enlightened and successful human beings. Being better armed with an arsenal of quality human change technology, in tandem with a high level of skill transfer literacy, empowers my practice with the best chance to follow through with success.

Anthony Todd Johnson Life Coach seems to be an individual with a set of answers and directions to help anyone accomplish a specific goal in their life. However, the world is full of complex humans that wrestle with a symphony of personal, physical ... Show more

Matthew Martinez is a high-stakes communication expert and technical architect who helps organizations build untouchable sales teams in the age of AI.

With a decade of front-line experience in real estate and a degree in human communication from UCF, Matthew sits at the rare intersection of behavioral psychology and automated leverage. He understands that as AI voice agents and automated workflows commoditize average sales reps, the only surviving differentiator is high-status human connection, frame control, and rapid rapport.

He doesn't just speak on communication; he engineers it. Having built enterprise-grade digital twins and automated lead triage systems, Matthew shows teams exactly where the technology ends and the human advantage begins.

Bringing Matthew to the stage injects relentless energy and fearless optimism into the room, but more importantly, it arms your audience. Attendees walk away with tactical blueprints for holding the frame under pressure, mastering the "hot handoff," and outmaneuvering the competition in a rapidly shifting business landscape.

Matthew Martinez is a high-stakes communication expert and technical architect who helps organizations build untouchable sales teams in the age of AI. With a decade of front-line experience in real estate and a degree in human communication from U... Show more

Theophilus Emmanuella is a Content and Personal Branding Strategist and the founder of WordBuilt, where she helps founders and professionals communicate their ideas clearly and build a stronger presence around their work.

Her work sits at the intersection of content, storytelling and professional visibility. Over the past few years, she has worked on personal brands, ghostwritten for founders, and built her own presence online while learning what makes people pay attention to good work.

She is particularly interested in the gap between having something valuable to offer and being able to communicate that value in a way people understand.

Through her work, she helps professionals move beyond simply “creating content” to thinking more intentionally about what they want to be known for, how they communicate their expertise and how their professional reputation grows over time.

She is also a law graduate with an interest in technology and cybersecurity, and enjoys exploring the intersection between technology, communication and the way people build careers in a digital world.

Theophilus Emmanuella is a Content and Personal Branding Strategist and the founder of WordBuilt, where she helps founders and professionals communicate their ideas clearly and build a stronger presence around their work. Her work sits at the inte... Show more

Nebeife Cherejah is the Founder and CEO of KekeLink Express and Ryvo Digital. Originally from Umumbo in Ayamelum LGA, Anambra State, his tech journey began directly inside Onitsha Main Market. He spent five years as an apprentice repairing laptops near Emeka Offor Plaza, giving him a raw understanding of hardware and local business reality.

After founding Victory Homes and Ryvo Digital, he shifted his focus entirely to workflow automation. Today, he builds practical, street level tech solutions that connect physical operations with digital systems in Onitsha.

Nebeife Cherejah is the Founder and CEO of KekeLink Express and Ryvo Digital. Originally from Umumbo in Ayamelum LGA, Anambra State, his tech journey began directly inside Onitsha Main Market. He spent five years as an apprentice repairing laptops ne... Show more

Dr. Debbie Troxclair, Lamar University Associate Professor, is a lifelong advocate for gifted education with over 40 years of active involvement in state, national, and international gifted education organizations. Dr. Troxclair currently serves as Treasurer for CEC-TAG and is the immediate past-president of the Association for Gifted and Talented Students (AGTS-Louisiana). She has a long list of presentations at local, regional, national, and international conferences. Her publications include book chapters in several books in the field of gifted education and journal articles in Roeper Review, Gifted Child Today, and more. She is co-editor of the book, Twice-Exceptional Education: Connecting Gifted and Special Education. Dr. Troxclair is also exploring her creative side with watercolor painting.

Dr. Debbie Troxclair, Lamar University Associate Professor, is a lifelong advocate for gifted education with over 40 years of active involvement in state, national, and international gifted education organizations. Dr. Troxclair currently serves as T... Show more

Psicóloga, HR professional y mentora de talento tech, con 9 años de experiencia trabajando en Recursos Humanos para la industria tecnológica internacional y acompañando equipos y profesionales en Colombia y diferentes mercados de LATAM y Norteamérica.

Mi experiencia en el sector me ha permitido conocer la industria tecnológica desde diferentes perspectivas: recruiting, talent management, employee experience y employer branding, trabajando con equipos multiculturales y profesionales que buscan construir carreras con proyección internacional.

Hoy llevo ese conocimiento también a la mentoría, acompañando a personas que quieren entrar, crecer o posicionarse en el mundo tech, ayudándolas a entender no solo qué busca una empresa, sino cómo navegar procesos de selección internacionales, comunicar su valor, prepararse para entrevistas y construir una carrera sostenible en un mercado global.

Soy apasionada por la experiencia del candidato. Creo que cada candidato puede convertirse en empleado, cliente o embajador de una organización, y que incluso un “no” puede convertirse en una experiencia positiva. Por eso soy una gran defensora del feedback y el feedforward.

También me apasiona llevar al mundo corporativo esa calidad humana que tanto admiramos de los latinos y contagiarla a los equipos con los que trabajo.

Y cuando no estoy hablando de People, Talent o Tech Careers, probablemente estoy cantándole Rock a mi hija. 🤘

Psicóloga, HR professional y mentora de talento tech, con 9 años de experiencia trabajando en Recursos Humanos para la industria tecnológica internacional y acompañando equipos y profesionales en Colombia y diferentes mercados de LATAM y Norteamérica... Show more

Before "influencer" was a LinkedIn job title, Clare Fromme was already doing it, building audiences and content in the early internet trenches, back when going viral meant something broke, not something worked. She's spent the fifteen years since turning that instinct for what makes people click into an actual career, leading web strategy, engineering, and digital experience across a run of B2B names you'd probably recognize: Apple, AppDynamics, Box, Talend, Salesloft, BILL, and Zendesk. Somewhere in there she also became the kind of person who can explain Core Web Vitals at a dinner party and still get invited back.

Wherever she lands, the pattern repeats: large-scale platform migrations that nobody notices are happening, acquisitions folded into the parent site without losing a shred of SEO equity, and one of the earlier serious technical Answer Engine Optimization practices in B2B SaaS. It's the kind of work that's quietly gotten her employers' sites cited as sources by AI search engines. The robots know who she is now too, which feels like an achievement right up until you think about it too hard.

But ask anyone who's worked for her, and the real headline isn't the traffic or the pipeline lift, impressive as those numbers tend to get. It's the teams. She's scaled small crews into full multi-function orgs more than once, the kind of growth that usually means someone's cutting corners, except her teams kept shipping, kept getting promoted, and kept sticking around, largely because she's the rare boss who's actually funny and not just "funny for an executive." Clare builds the kind of team people don't quietly job hunt out of.

She speaks on web strategy, platform migrations, AI search visibility, and how to build high-performing teams that don't burn out chasing quarterly targets, delivered with enough jokes that you'll forget you came for the information architecture.

Before "influencer" was a LinkedIn job title, Clare Fromme was already doing it, building audiences and content in the early internet trenches, back when going viral meant something broke, not something worked. She's spent the fifteen years since tur... Show more

Roni Habib is a speaker, author, and expert in helping leaders, educators, and parents become happier, more resilient, more connected to their purpose, and more playful. The founder of EQ Schools, he speaks and leads workshops in organizations nationally and abroad. His dynamic keynotes leave audiences laughing, insightful, elevated, and inspired to take action.

Early in his career, Roni struggled with the high stresses and demands of teaching, even losing touch with why he wanted to be a teacher in the first place. It was so painful that he finally discovered the power of integrating improv, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, and positive psychology in his own life as well as at work and felt called to share this new approach with the world.

In the last decade with EQ Schools, Roni has taught and inspired thousands of Teachers, Principals, Superintendents, Administrators, Business Leaders, and Parents.

Prior to earning his Masters of Education and teaching credential at Harvard University, he lived in Israel and Belgium. Most importantly though, Roni has a huge heart and loves helping people.

Roni Habib is a speaker, author, and expert in helping leaders, educators, and parents become happier, more resilient, more connected to their purpose, and more playful. The founder of EQ Schools, he speaks and leads workshops in organizations nation... Show more

LUI is a Peruvian-born, New Jersey-based independent bilingual artist, Web3 musician, and creator building at the intersection of music, technology, and community.

He is the founder of Your Vibes Attract Your Tribe, a community-driven movement focused on connection and collaboration within Web3, and Web3SoulSounds, an initiative exploring the future of independent music.

With 1M+ streams across platforms, LUI has spent years experimenting with music NFTs, blockchain technology, AI, and new models for artists to connect directly with their communities. His Web3 journey includes multiple sold-out Music NFT collections, the NFLUI digital/animated music universe, and repeated participation in WaveWarz, where he has competed, collaborated, and earned as an independent musician.

LUI has also expanded into AI-powered music and visual storytelling, using emerging tools to bring his music and characters to life while continuing to champion independent artists.

His work is rooted in one simple belief:

Your Vibes Attract Your Tribe. 💚

For LUI, Web3 isn't just about technology..it's about the people you meet, the stories you share, and the communities you build along the way.

LUI is a Peruvian-born, New Jersey-based independent bilingual artist, Web3 musician, and creator building at the intersection of music, technology, and community. He is the founder of Your Vibes Attract Your Tribe, a community-driven movement foc... Show more

Victoria lleva casi +16 años formando parte del ecosistema de start-ups en Argentina, donde ha sido una pionera en la construcción de equipos de alto rendimiento en ingeniería y desarrollo de producto. Además de ser anfitriona y ponente habitual en conferencias tecnológicas, también ha sido profesora invitada en programas de MBA, compartiendo su experiencia en talento y estrategia.

Sus especialidades incluyen el desarrollo de estrategias de contratación, mentoring, networking y asesoramiento a start-ups en crecimiento. A través de Talent Wind, su empresa, conecta a profesionales excepcionales con proyectos que marcan la diferencia, ayudando a personas y organizaciones a alcanzar sus objetivos de carrera y crecimiento.

Victoria lleva casi +16 años formando parte del ecosistema de start-ups en Argentina, donde ha sido una pionera en la construcción de equipos de alto rendimiento en ingeniería y desarrollo de producto. Además de ser anfitriona y ponente habitual en c... Show more

Nancy Beers is the founder of Happy Game Changers.
Her personal motto is ‘Change the world, one game at a time’. As a keynote speaker and play facilitator for corporate teams, Nancy develops and shares seriously playful and empowering views on teamwork, creativity and strategy. If this sounds dry, you’ve got the wrong end of the stick. Laughter, empathy and energy are the hooks with which Nancy charms and engages her audiences and clients. She deploys the power of games to show (not tell) you why play and playfulness are an absolutely essential tool for changing our world.

Nancy Beers is the founder of Happy Game Changers. Her personal motto is ‘Change the world, one game at a time’. As a keynote speaker and play facilitator for corporate teams, Nancy develops and shares seriously playful and empowering views on team... Show more

Angela Kempton is a wellness coach, author, and speaker who combines lived experience with evidence-based mental health education. After overcoming addiction, trauma, and years of rebuilding her life, she now helps others understand the patterns behind their emotions, behaviors, and beliefs so they can reclaim the power to choose their next step. Drawing from her work with youth, families, and adults, Angela delivers honest, practical, and deeply human presentations that leave audiences feeling informed, empowered, and hopeful. She is the founder of Rooted Within Wellness Coaching Co. and the author of The Pattern Beneath It.

Angela Kempton is a wellness coach, author, and speaker who combines lived experience with evidence-based mental health education. After overcoming addiction, trauma, and years of rebuilding her life, she now helps others understand the patterns behi... Show more

I'm a data scientist with hands-on experience in Python, PySpark, SQL, and R, specializing in machine learning, geospatial analytics, and A/B experimentation. I’ve developed predictive models, built dashboards, and led initiatives that saved millions. I work across the full data stack from data engineering to modeling to stakeholder communication, and I enjoy turning complex data into actionable insights. My background combines advanced statistical training with real-world impact in high-scale tech environments.

I'm a data scientist with hands-on experience in Python, PySpark, SQL, and R, specializing in machine learning, geospatial analytics, and A/B experimentation. I’ve developed predictive models, built dashboards, and led initiatives that saved millions... Show more

Starting as a Python programmer, I chose to transition into a Scrum Master role—driven by my passion for active listening and cultivating human connections—before specializing as an Agile Coach, with a laser focus on OKRs as a Global Partner at OKRs.com.

Partnering with organizations, I foster agile mindsets to stay ahead of the curve and unlock untapped potential. Drawing on my Agile Coaching expertise, I guide teams to simplify complexity and deliver meaningful results through tailored practices. With OKRs.com, I empower leaders to turn strategy into actionable goals, amplifying focus, alignment, and transparency across their teams.

My mission? To build workplaces where people flourish and companies hit the mark—combining purpose, progress, and performance.

Starting as a Python programmer, I chose to transition into a Scrum Master role—driven by my passion for active listening and cultivating human connections—before specializing as an Agile Coach, with a laser focus on OKRs as a Global Partner at OKRs.... Show more

Nick Lavery (pronounced Nick Lay-Very) is an active-duty Green Beret in the United States Army Special Forces and the founder & CEO of Precision Components LLC.  After a life-altering injury sustained in combat, he transformed his challenges into a series of curriculums on leadership, resilience, and goal achievement. As one of the most sought-after speakers and mentors in the country, Nick and his team of assets share valuable insights on discipline, work ethic, and teamwork, in turn empowering others to unlock capacity and increase capability. 

Nick has a long and distinguished list of military awards, but to name a few, he has been awarded the Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with Valor, three Bronze Stars for service, the Bruce Price Leadership award, and the Special Operations Command Excalibur award. 

Nick is the best selling author of Objective Secure- the battle-tested guide to goal achievement, and most significantly, he is a proud husband and father of two boys. 

Nick Lavery (pronounced Nick Lay-Very) is an active-duty Green Beret in the United States Army Special Forces and the founder & CEO of Precision Components LLC.  After a life-altering injury sustained in combat, he transformed his challenges into a s... Show more

Viktor Viljac founded Udruga Neutroni in 2021 with four schoolmates, all
of them between 14 and 18 at the time. He builds digital products for
organizations that work with young people, and free tools for students.
The most recent is Bodomat, a calculator that works out eligibility
scores for student housing in Croatia across more than 280 parameters.

Viktor Viljac founded Udruga Neutroni in 2021 with four schoolmates, all of them between 14 and 18 at the time. He builds digital products for organizations that work with young people, and free tools for students. The most recent is Bodomat, a ca... Show more

Claire is a seasoned Agile Coach with a passion for people and building relationships that matter. She has a creative mind in continuous search of new conundrums to master and solve.

With close to 2 decades of experience in project and program management, working in diverse sectors ranging from automotive to government, Claire has a down-to-earth approach when it comes to people, processes and challenges. Over the past decade, her focus grew more towards the people side, so she took the lead in setting up a mentorship program, mentoring & coaching coworkers.

She loves the outdoors, takes pleasure in the simple joys of life and recently grew her family with Tess, the German Shepherd, and Wolf, the Malinois. She firmly believes in mens sana in corpore sano. Her motto? Live. Love. Life!

Claire is a seasoned Agile Coach with a passion for people and building relationships that matter. She has a creative mind in continuous search of new conundrums to master and solve. With close to 2 decades of experience in project and program man... Show more

Née à Madagascar, Mija Rabemananjara a grandi à la Réunion, à Bordeaux, en
région parisienne et décide de tenter l’expérience de l’Amérique du Nord en Septembre 2019 en
s’installant au Québec. Avec une forte expérience dans l’IT, elle devient coach agile en 2015 et
construit 2 cursus de formations :
 Devenir coach agile Agilopathe®
 Devenir un manager/gestionnaire agile avec Montessori Extended®

Son ambition est d’accompagner les organisations vers plus d’auto-organisation et au-delà pour
plus d’engagement, plus de performance, plus d’innovation, pour une société plus saine.

Sur son site http://lesagilopathes.com vous retrouverez ses publications, des vidéos de ses
conférences précédentes, la description de ses offres et les événements à venir !

Née à Madagascar, Mija Rabemananjara a grandi à la Réunion, à Bordeaux, en région parisienne et décide de tenter l’expérience de l’Amérique du Nord en Septembre 2019 en s’installant au Québec. Avec une forte expérience dans l’IT, elle devient coa... Show more

Iva Jovanovic is an experienced Content Marketing Specialist & SEO consultant, and the organizer of the Belgrade SEO Conference and Heapcon. She specializes in SEO and content creation for websites and social media, but also works on Technical SEO and web development. As an active member of Heapspace, a vibrant community for IT professionals, she has been on the organizing team for Heapcon since 2022 and Belgrade SEO Conference, and has hosted Heapspace Meetups and SEO Talks. Originally an MA Art Historian and curator, she has been in the content marketing and SEO industry since 2018 and has worked with brands across Europe and the US in various industries ranging from IT, AI, cybersecurity, and SaaS to lifestyle, travel, transport, automotive, and relocation. She's also been a guest on podcasts, panels, meetups, and conferences.

Iva Jovanovic is an experienced Content Marketing Specialist & SEO consultant, and the organizer of the Belgrade SEO Conference and Heapcon. She specializes in SEO and content creation for websites and social media, but also works on Technical SEO an... Show more

Dr. Cheryl Aguilar, PhD, LICSW, is a mental health clinician, researcher, and advocate dedicated to the mental health of Latine and immigrant communities. At The Hope Center for Wellness, an award-winning immigrant mental health agency in Washington, D.C., she leads wellness efforts to expand mental health access for diverse communities. Originally from Honduras, Dr. Aguilar’s lived experience as an immigrant inspirers her work, shaping her mission to advance mental health equity.

Dr. Cheryl Aguilar, PhD, LICSW, is a mental health clinician, researcher, and advocate dedicated to the mental health of Latine and immigrant communities. At The Hope Center for Wellness, an award-winning immigrant mental health agency in Washington,... Show more

Biography
Sarita Gupta as a versatile portfolio to bring to a balanced world with 12 years of software design and development experience at Microsoft in Redmond WA with prior software development experience of 3 years in startups and 2 years of experience on model based computing on government sponsored research projects. Sarita Gupta went to Vanderbilt University from where she graduated with Masters Degree in Computer Science. Sarita Gupta has been a Research Assistant working for government Space agency sponsored projects on manned mission to Mars and on fault detection system of f15 fighter planes. Sarita Gupta has published formal research papers and has technical awards and U.S. goverment patent on software object synchronization.

Biography Sarita Gupta as a versatile portfolio to bring to a balanced world with 12 years of software design and development experience at Microsoft in Redmond WA with prior software development experience of 3 years in startups and 2 years of expe... Show more

Joanna Wiggum is the founder and agency principal of Countervail, a cybersecurity and licensed investigative agency providing fractional CISO services, cybercrime investigations, and adversary-informed training shaped by Fortune 100 security leadership, red-team expertise, enterprise incident response, and the operational discipline of military aviation.

She brings more than two decades of experience across Air Force mission operations, enterprise cybersecurity leadership, Big Tech incident response, red-team operations, and cybercrime prevention. Joanna began her career as an Air Force Interface Control Technician supporting operations during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. After three years of enlisted service, she was awarded a command-nominated scholarship to commission as an officer, and later earned her wings as a B-52 Weapons Systems Officer, operating in high-consequence environments where timing, trust, and decision discipline directly affected mission outcomes.

Her cybersecurity career includes building and delivering Starbucks’ red team, serving as Director of Cybersecurity over Application Security and Vulnerability Management, leading Oracle Cloud red-team operations, building Oracle Cloud’s Trust and Safety program, and leading Microsoft security incident response across Azure Cloud and AI environments.

Joanna holds a bachelor’s degree in International Security Studies and a master’s degree in Human Relations, combining formal study in security, strategy, and human behavior with operational experience across military and enterprise cybersecurity environments. Her current work focuses on how adversaries exploit trust, authority, pressure, and human decision-making in ways traditional security controls often miss.

Joanna Wiggum is the founder and agency principal of Countervail, a cybersecurity and licensed investigative agency providing fractional CISO services, cybercrime investigations, and adversary-informed training shaped by Fortune 100 security leadersh... Show more

Technology companies rarely struggle because they lack tools, processes, or talented people. They struggle because software delivery has become too complex, important decisions are disconnected from business goals, and transformation initiatives produce activity instead of measurable results.

I help organizations identify and remove the real constraints that slow down engineering: unclear priorities, fragile architecture, ineffective delivery practices, legacy systems, organizational friction, and poorly adopted tools.

My work sits at the intersection of software engineering, product development, technology strategy, and organizational change. I combine more than 20 years of hands-on and leadership experience, including senior roles at Microsoft, to turn complex problems into clear decisions and executable plans.

I work primarily with C-suite executives and senior technology leaders on the restructuring, optimization, and transformation of product, engineering, and broader R&D organizations. This includes clarifying responsibilities, redesigning operating models, improving collaboration between product and engineering, removing organizational bottlenecks, and ensuring that teams are structured around business outcomes rather than internal activity.

Today, I focus particularly on AI-assisted software development, engineering productivity, software modernization, and pragmatic technology transformation. I help leaders and engineering teams decide where AI and modern tools create genuine leverage and where they merely add cost, risk, and complexity.

I challenge assumptions, simplify complicated environments, and focus on changes that improve delivery speed, software quality, organizational effectiveness, and business outcomes.

Technology companies rarely struggle because they lack tools, processes, or talented people. They struggle because software delivery has become too complex, important decisions are disconnected from business goals, and transformation initiatives prod... Show more

Himanshu is a digital nerd with the mind of a Himalayan yogi. His experience spans Product design, branding, and marketing to make people laugh, cry, and reach for their wallets. It's hard to tell when Himanshu is talking about life and when he's talking about design. He decodes human behavior by blending cognitive and brain sciences and distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy to change how you think about thinking. This is probably why his designs resonate so powerfully deep within to create calm and joy.

Himanshu has created a unique process for designers to become creative, enhance their quality of life, and infuse joy in creations by connecting feelings with features. He uses it to inspire teams to create scalable, compassionate products for startups and large enterprises in the US.

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Linkedin http://www.linkedin.com/in/himanb
Website https://www.joyful.design

Himanshu is a digital nerd with the mind of a Himalayan yogi. His experience spans Product design, branding, and marketing to make people laugh, cry, and reach for their wallets. It's hard to tell when Himanshu is talking about life and when he's tal... Show more

I'm a bird conservationist specialized in bird-friendly building policy development, research, and advocacy. I help governments appreciate the complex lives of birds and how our decisions about buildings and nighttime lighting affect avian populations. In 2023, I co-led a statewide campaign to pass Public Act No. 23-143, Connecticut's “Lights Out bill,” which requires CT state agencies to turn off unnecessary lights by 11pm for birds. As a policy researcher at the Yale Bird-friendly Building Initiative, I co-authored 'Building Safer Cities for Birds: How Cities Are Leading the Way on Bird-Friendly Building Policy." I routinely testify and submit public comments on municipal and institutional lighting plans. I hold an MA in cultural history from the University of Chicago and an MDiv in religion & ecology from Yale University.

I'm a bird conservationist specialized in bird-friendly building policy development, research, and advocacy. I help governments appreciate the complex lives of birds and how our decisions about buildings and nighttime lighting affect avian population... Show more

A seasoned ERP Analyst with extensive experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and AX. With a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from The Ohio State University, Jody brings a unique blend of analytical thinking and creative problem-solving to every project.
Over the course of two decades, Jody has supported and led ERP implementations, system optimizations, and process improvements across diverse industries—including government and multiple manufacturing specialties, including fire apparatus and recreational vehicles. Her expertise spans financial systems analysis, supply chain management, change management, and user training for organizations ranging from 120 to 600+ users.
As a dedicated leader in the Dynamics community, Jody serves as a co-lead for the Ohio D365F&O-AX User Group and Dynamic Minds, and is a frequent speaker at DynamicsCon Live and other industry events. Passionate about leveraging technology to streamline operations, Jody thrives on transforming complex challenges into efficient, user-friendly solutions.

A seasoned ERP Analyst with extensive experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and AX. With a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from The Ohio State University, Jody brings a unique blend of analytical thinking and creative problem-solvi... Show more

Eraina Ferguson is a special needs advocate, journalist, and TEDx event curator, and TEDx speaker. Her company, My Good Life, enables families of children with special needs to live their best life despite their circumstances. Her recent monologue, Listen to Her, was read by actress Marla Gibbs and featured at the WACO Theatre’s 50in50 event. Her writing has been featured on NBC Universal, Red Tricycle, LA Parents Magazine, and the LA Times. Eraina lives in California with her husband and children.

Eraina Ferguson is a special needs advocate, journalist, and TEDx event curator, and TEDx speaker. Her company, My Good Life, enables families of children with special needs to live their best life despite their circumstances. Her recent monologue, L... Show more