Humanities & Social Sciences

Esteemed speakers contributing their insights into human culture, behavior, and societal development

Amy Leneker

Amy Leneker

Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering perfectionist. She is also a Leadership Consultant and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. Amy was born and raised in the Midwest where she learned to work hard, tell the truth, and be kind. Although Amy left Ohio long ago, those Midwestern values are still very much a part of who she is and how she works. With over two decades of experience in leadership development, Amy has trained thousands of leaders and teams all over the world. She and her husband have two wonderful kiddos and three wacky dogs and make their home in the Pacific Northwest.

Amy Leneker is an optimistic, joy-seeking, recovering perfectionist. She is also a Leadership Consultant and a Certified Dare to Lead™ Facilitator. Amy was born and raised in the Midwest where she learned to work hard, tell the truth, and be kind. Al... Show more

Sarah Critchley

Sarah Critchley

Sarah Critchley is a Microsoft Dynamics Business Applications MVP, published author and an experienced technical consultant who has worked on numerous business system implementations. Having led software projects in numerous industries including healthcare and the public sector, she works across all areas of the project life cycle from demonstrations, design, architecture, documentation, customization, and development. She gets involved in the technical community through chairing the Dynamics 365 CE user group in the UK, running technical events, and presenting on technical and functional topics at conferences around the world.

Sarah Critchley is a Microsoft Dynamics Business Applications MVP, published author and an experienced technical consultant who has worked on numerous business system implementations. Having led software projects in numerous industries including heal... Show more

dhilipsiva திலிப்சிவ

dhilipsiva திலிப்சிவ

Optimistic Nihilist. An instance of spacetime, just like you. Lover of Science, Python, FOSS & தமிழ். n00b Astrophysicist.

Optimistic Nihilist. An instance of spacetime, just like you. Lover of Science, Python, FOSS & தமிழ். n00b Astrophysicist. Show more

Rebecca Scott

Rebecca Scott

Rebecca Scott is a Business Technologist, a Strategy Consultant and the founder of Vivid Spring Solutions. She is also the host of the Humans, Now and Then Podcast. She has a 20-year career that spans Healthcare, Finance, Technology and Business Analysis, and has spoken at numerous local and international conferences on topics including Leadership, Agile, Innovation, Team Dynamics and Shaping the Future. Rebecca has a strong history of driving projects and innovation initiatives and has a keen eye toward continual improvement and self-development.

Rebecca Scott is a Business Technologist, a Strategy Consultant and the founder of Vivid Spring Solutions. She is also the host of the Humans, Now and Then Podcast. She has a 20-year career that spans Healthcare, Finance, Technology and Business Ana... Show more

Mario F. Monsalve B.

Mario F. Monsalve B.

Amante de la ciencia y curioso por naturaleza.

En la comunidad Agile, soy Scrum Master de la Scrum Alliance, y SAFe Practiotionar. Creo que el mindset es el corazón de cualquier framework y que mantener una mente abierta es una de las claves para adaptarse.
Me encanta el horizonte de curiosidad que existe en la industria tecnológica!, realmente nadie sabe que es lo siguiente que va a suceder!
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Science freak, and curious by nature.
In the Agile community, I'm a Scrum Master and a SAFe Practitioner. I think the mindset is the heart of any framework and that keeping always an open mind is part of the key to adapt.
I love the curiosity horizon in the IT industry, nobody really knows what's going to happen next!.

Amante de la ciencia y curioso por naturaleza. En la comunidad Agile, soy Scrum Master de la Scrum Alliance, y SAFe Practiotionar. Creo que el mindset es el corazón de cualquier framework y que mantener una mente abierta es una de las claves para ... Show more

Stachu Korick

Stachu Korick

Formerly an active member of the Rubik's Cube speed-solving community, Stachu loves solving problems and follows the cubing adage "Go Slow and Look Ahead" to the best of his ability.

Formerly an active member of the Rubik's Cube speed-solving community, Stachu loves solving problems and follows the cubing adage "Go Slow and Look Ahead" to the best of his ability. Show more

Vandana Srivastava

Vandana Srivastava

An avid learner who is passionate about learning new technologies, solving problems, doing analysis and research work alongside the development.

An avid learner who is passionate about learning new technologies, solving problems, doing analysis and research work alongside the development. Show more

Matteo Arru

Matteo Arru

Matteo received the BS and the MS degree in engineering of computing systems from Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2002, the MBA from Bocconi Business School of Economics, Milano, Italy in 2007, the post BA certificate in geographic information systems from Penn State University, PA, USA in 2009 and the PhD degree in business information systems from Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary in 2019.
Since 2019 he is Senior Agile Coach in XPeppers actively working on Agile Transformations and the Cloud Native approach.
He was previously senior expert operational excellence in MOL a large Oil company in eastern Europe, a lecturer at the University College Dublin (UCD), the knowledge management officer at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a management consultant in Galgano & Associati and it manager in TOSHIBA TEC.
Dr Arru is a certified six sigma black belt and member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), the Scrum Alliance, the Internet Society and the IEEE Computer Society. He is a reviewer for the International Journal of Applied Logistics (IJAL) and member of the revision board of the International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM) and the International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations (IJKBO).

Matteo received the BS and the MS degree in engineering of computing systems from Politecnico di Milano, Italy in 2002, the MBA from Bocconi Business School of Economics, Milano, Italy in 2007, the post BA certificate in geographic information system... Show more

Benoit Flippen

Benoit Flippen

As head of cyber security for a fintech company builder, Benoit tries to manage risk without destroying the startup culture. In his prior role, Benoit provided advanced adversary simulation and security incident response services to top-tier financial, entertainment and critical infrastructure enterprises worldwide. Overall, Benoit has broad experience covering red-teaming, penetration testing, vulnerability management, cyber investigations, incident response, security program development and system administration, along with an educational background in philosophy, political science, classical languages and psychology.

As head of cyber security for a fintech company builder, Benoit tries to manage risk without destroying the startup culture. In his prior role, Benoit provided advanced adversary simulation and security incident response services to top-tier financia... Show more

Thomas Lumley

Thomas Lumley

Thomas is a biostatistician who has been developing R packages for more than twenty years. He is currently Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland, and teaches in the Statistics and Data Science programs.

Thomas is a biostatistician who has been developing R packages for more than twenty years. He is currently Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland, and teaches in the Statistics and Data Science programs. Show more

David Yarde

David Yarde

David Yarde is an award winning multi-disciplinary creative with a passion for creating more than just pretty pixels on a screen. He specializes in User Experience Design and Branding and has spent over 16 years working with various brands, teams and companies uncover problems and implement solutions.

David Yarde is the co-founder of Sevenality, a Branding firm that specializes in design, and user experience with the aim of building better communities by helping build better brands.

When David isn’t working on Sevenality or volunteering, he’s busy being Batman and spending time with his family.

David Yarde is an award winning multi-disciplinary creative with a passion for creating more than just pretty pixels on a screen. He specializes in User Experience Design and Branding and has spent over 16 years working with various brands, teams and... Show more

Sam Abbott

Sam Abbott

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at the interface between dynamic modelling, statistical modelling and data science - incorporating elements from software development to enhance robustness and longevity.

Dynamic modeller and data scientist focussing on infectious disease dynamics, epidemiology, and control. I have a strong interest in reproducibility and tool development, having developed multiple widely used packages and dashboards. My work lies at ... Show more

Juan Gaviria

Juan Gaviria

Juan serves as Team Agilist in Globant. He is a dynamic person, with experience in the creation and maintenance of high-performance teams. Juan focuses more on being than on doing, making the doing a consequence of the being. He is a believer that the cultural evolution of a company starts from its people and how they interact on a day-to-day basis, rather than in the tools and processes, thereby creating a mindset replicable in time and all areas of a work team /company.

Juan serves as Team Agilist in Globant. He is a dynamic person, with experience in the creation and maintenance of high-performance teams. Juan focuses more on being than on doing, making the doing a consequence of the being. He is a believer that th... Show more

Rob Davlin

Rob Davlin

Rob Davlin has conducted primary research on consumer products (mobile phones, laptops, refrigerators, electric toothbrushes, etc.) and user experiences (web, apps, software, etc.) for companies listed in the Fortune 100.

He also leverages the power of experiential learning to challenge groups to be more than who they are. By planning structured experiences that achieve key learning themes Rob has helped groups build rapport, improve communication skills, and increase the quality of their collaboration efforts. Rob uses The Eureka Games, which is a collection of games and activities, to help groups connect, transform, and build.

Rob Davlin has conducted primary research on consumer products (mobile phones, laptops, refrigerators, electric toothbrushes, etc.) and user experiences (web, apps, software, etc.) for companies listed in the Fortune 100. He also leverages the po... Show more

Grace Doherty

Grace Doherty

As a consultant for the Open Data for Resilience Initiative, I work to make development research data understood and accessible to decision-makers – focusing on the use of geospatial information to understand and communicate poverty and disaster risk. I also work with the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health as a geospatial analyst and teach geography & GIS in classroom and workshop settings.

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As a consultant for the Open Data for Resilience Initiative, I work to make development research data understood and accessible to decision-makers – focusing on the use of geospatial information to understand and communicate poverty and disaster risk... Show more

Amandine Aubry

Amandine Aubry

Professionnelle dans les Ressources Humaines pendant plus de 10 ans, j’interviens pour SII Rhône-Alpes depuis 2012. Je suis en charge du développement et du partage de la culture d'entreprise mais aussi d'accompagner les équipes et salariés dans la réalisation de leur travail, sur notre région à travers la communication mais aussi de la qualité de vie au travail.

En effet, j'aime fédérer, proposer, animer, créer afin que tout le monde ait au moins une bonne raison de venir travailler avec le sourire. J'aime donner du sens à ce que chacun fait ou vit. Par mes actions, j'essaie de favoriser cette prise de conscience: donner du sens à son travail dans l'entreprise passe par le fait que chaque salarié apporte sa contribution à l'édifice et participe à son épanouissement personnel.

En parallèle, j’interviens, en libéral, en tant que Psychologue du travail et mais aussi Sophrologue. Mes compétences me permettent d'aborder les thématiques comme le stress, le lâcher prise, l'intelligence émotionnelle, la préparation mentale, l’attention, la concentration, la méditation… sur de l'encadrement de séances collectives ou individuelles. Je m’appuie sur mon expérience du monde de l’entreprise et notamment du service pour apporter des outils pratiques qui facilitent le quotidien et améliorent le bien-être des salariés.

Professionnelle dans les Ressources Humaines pendant plus de 10 ans, j’interviens pour SII Rhône-Alpes depuis 2012. Je suis en charge du développement et du partage de la culture d'entreprise mais aussi d'accompagner les équipes et salariés dans la r... Show more

Greg Faletto

Greg Faletto

Greg Faletto is a research assistant and PhD student in the Statistics group of the Department of Data Sciences and Operations at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Greg’s research broadly focuses on statistics, machine learning, feature selection, and applied statistical methods for business and social science. Over the past decade Greg has developed original machine learning models for companies like Live Nation and ZipRecruiter, and his team won “Best Model” at the Orange County R Users Group Hackathon 2019 for their generalized additive model that correlated regional health outcomes with the presence of water pollutants in California

Greg Faletto is a research assistant and PhD student in the Statistics group of the Department of Data Sciences and Operations at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Greg’s research broadly focuses on statistics, machin... Show more

Megan Boczar

Megan Boczar

Megan has been a software developer since way back in November 2017. She worked a ton of customer service and admin jobs before finally jumping into a bootcamp at Grand Circus in Detroit. After landing a job as a dev in Ann Arbor, she took on a new passion for accessibility and good front end design. Megan currently works at a Software Engineer at Torrance Learning in Chelsea, Michigan. She’s also the Co-Founder and Executive Director of a non-profit called Tech-Inclusive, helping to give talented underrepresented folks the resources and encouragement they need to succeed in tech.

When she's not coding, Megan enjoys playing board games, keeping up on Netflix, and attempting to read one book per week. Megan loves all manner of nerdy things Star Wars to Buffy to Dungeons and Dragons.

Megan has been a software developer since way back in November 2017. She worked a ton of customer service and admin jobs before finally jumping into a bootcamp at Grand Circus in Detroit. After landing a job as a dev in Ann Arbor, she took on a new p... Show more

Benjamin Elias

Benjamin Elias

With a wealth of experience with enterprise social networks, Ben started off that journey as a citizen developer with Yammer apps. Passionate about creativity and innovation, he plays where humans and technology intersect.

Ben started off life as an engineer, completed a psychology degree, went to work for a bank, ran a startup, and now works as an adoption consultant. As the only person in the team who can code, he gets given special projects with surprising regularity.

With a wealth of experience with enterprise social networks, Ben started off that journey as a citizen developer with Yammer apps. Passionate about creativity and innovation, he plays where humans and technology intersect. Ben started off life as ... Show more

Brielle Maxwell

Brielle Maxwell

Brielle is a design entrepreneur with a mind for how design processes can align in a new breed of businesses. She created Live With Design to focus on the intersection of design, technology and social innovation. Through an interdisciplinary approach, she hopes to expand the dialogue of social design.

Brielle is a design entrepreneur with a mind for how design processes can align in a new breed of businesses. She created Live With Design to focus on the intersection of design, technology and social innovation. Through an interdisciplinary approach... Show more

Przemysław Chmielecki

Przemysław Chmielecki

I'm Cloud Evangelist (10+ years of public speaking). Currently working as a DevOps taking care of good shape of the company and team infrastructure both on-premise and cloud. Most of my professional experience spent with Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 server administering (AD, GPO, packaging, deployment, CI/CD), PowerShell automation scripting, VMware machines farm, and Cloud Computing - AWS and Azure.
In private.. Geek :) fan of Server installations, Azure and AWS Cloud solutions, SQL, Linux (RHEL, Arch, Debian), virtualization technology (VMware ESX, Hyper-V, Citrix, App-V).
Additionally interested in Project Management (certified in AgilePM®, PRINCE2®) and Leadership.

I'm Cloud Evangelist (10+ years of public speaking). Currently working as a DevOps taking care of good shape of the company and team infrastructure both on-premise and cloud. Most of my professional experience spent with Windows Server 2012 R2 and 20... Show more

Chris Baldwin

Chris Baldwin

Chris Baldwin is the founder & CEO of 10xDigital.nl - a global strategic growth partner for agencies & brands. He is also a keynote speaker on topics of digital transformation, innovation and building awesome customer relationships. Chris has served on the boards of numerous media and digital agencies including IPG Mediabrands, worked for major International brands and his digital marketing experience predates Google. He holds a doctorate in biotechnology and is the founder of numerous startups and strategic advisor to numerous agencies and organizational scaleups. You can find out more about Chris at www.ChrisBaldwin.nl

Chris Baldwin is the founder & CEO of 10xDigital.nl - a global strategic growth partner for agencies & brands. He is also a keynote speaker on topics of digital transformation, innovation and building awesome customer relationships. Chris has served ... Show more

Dinda Dinda

Dinda Dinda

I am an artist. I am investigating the relationship between humans, the plant kingdom, and technology. In love with virtual reality and always doing performances. I want to share the interest in creating art and the possibility of communicating sensations and ideas with technology. In addition, I am concerned about global warming and how people who understand technological innovation can make a difference using creativity.
Front-end developer (ADA) and studying for a degree in visual arts, digitalization. National University of the Arts of Argentina

I am an artist. I am investigating the relationship between humans, the plant kingdom, and technology. In love with virtual reality and always doing performances. I want to share the interest in creating art and the possibility of communicating sensa... Show more

Maitreyee Joshi

Maitreyee Joshi

Maitreyee is a Program Manager at Microsoft. She has worked on various iOS development projects, including an indoor navigation iPhone app for the blind and an iPhone app to parse data stored on RFID chips for Disney Imagineering. She recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Computer Science and minors in Drama and International Relations & Politics. There, she served as the President of CMU’s undergraduate student government, TA’ed the intro Computer Systems course, and wrote an Honors Thesis on developing retinal prosthetics to restore sight to the blind using computer vision.

Maitreyee is a Program Manager at Microsoft. She has worked on various iOS development projects, including an indoor navigation iPhone app for the blind and an iPhone app to parse data stored on RFID chips for Disney Imagineering. She recently gradua... Show more

Kenn Bro

Kenn Bro

Eternal apprentice. Anxiously curious. Passionate developer. Anonymous researcher. Data lover (your data). Protector of my privacy.

Eternal apprentice. Anxiously curious. Passionate developer. Anonymous researcher. Data lover (your data). Protector of my privacy. Show more

George Karl Real

George Karl Real

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Student - Show more

Anika Daniels-Osaze

Anika Daniels-Osaze

Dr. Daniels-Osaze is the Associate Dean for Education and a Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. She specializes in developing pathway programs that diversify the health professions and focus on the reduction of health disparities in health care. Dr. Daniels-Osaze has a successful track record of receiving extramural grants which have generated $12.6 million in total revenue for SUNY Downstate. She is the contact PI for the Downstate Public Health Scholarship Program (DPHSP) and the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) and the Co-PI for the Downstate Center of Excellence for Diversity and Equity in Medicine sponsored by the Health Research and Services Administration (HRSA). She is also the contact PI for the Downstate Science and Technology Entry Program (STEP) sponsored by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).

Dr. Daniels-Osaze earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in Linguistics and Cognitive Studies, her Master of Arts degree from New York University in Higher Education Administration, a Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management, and her Doctor of Education from Northeastern University. Dr. Daniels-Osaze is also a proud alumna of the MPH program at SUNY Downstate and a Lenard and Christine Szarek fellowship recipient. Her interest is in Health Policy and Management with a particular focus on health equity, leadership and administration of public health systems.

As Associate Dean for Education, her role is to facilitate all curriculum development and modifications, accreditation activities, program evaluation and quality improvement. In her faculty role in the Department of Health Policy and Management, she teaches master's and doctoral level courses in leadership, management, grant writing, strategic planning and marketing. She is also passionate about international education and healthcare and serves as a Queen Mother (Nkatasiahene) of Moree in the Cape Coast region of Ghana. She has publish multiple articles and book chapters.

Dr. Daniels-Osaze is the former president of the National Association of Medical Minority Educators (NAMME), an organization dedicated to improving the overall health status of racial and ethnic populations. She currently serves as a Senator for the SUNY University Faculty Senate (UFS). She has received numerous awards including the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service, the Inspiring Leaders in STEM Award and the Dr. Edward R. Robinson, Jr. Medallion Award for Educational Excellence.

Dr. Daniels-Osaze is the Associate Dean for Education and a Clinical Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. She specializes in developing pathway programs that ... Show more

Alyze Sam

Alyze Sam

Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, award-winning author, serial co-founder, and a vehemently driven advocate. Sam’s book ‘Stablecoin Economy’ was published by DonTapscott at The Blockchain Research Institute in January 2021. The Bad Crypto Podcast developed a Blockchain Hero NFT inspired by her work: Mz. Stability.

Alyze Sam is a refreshing blockchain strategist, a novel educator, award-winning author, serial co-founder, and a vehemently driven advocate. Sam’s book ‘Stablecoin Economy’ was published by DonTapscott at The Blockchain Research Institute in January... Show more

Pavani Kuppili

Pavani Kuppili

Pavani Kuppili is a second-year PhD student at the University of Utah, advised by Prof. Robert Ricci. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of Cloud Computing and Computer Networks, with a strong passion for building and analyzing diverse network topologies. She has been working with Tofino switches and P4 programming as part of the TopoCloud project. She also worked with Prof. Michael Zink at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Prof. Miriam Leeser at the Northeastern University, exploring P4 implementation on FPGAs.

Pavani Kuppili is a second-year PhD student at the University of Utah, advised by Prof. Robert Ricci. Her primary research interests lie in the areas of Cloud Computing and Computer Networks, with a strong passion for building and analyzing diverse n... Show more

Anjanette Chan Tack

Anjanette Chan Tack

Assistant Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies

Assistant Professor of Sociology & Africana Studies Show more

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