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Esteemed specialists working in the fields of media education, digital media, multimedia and radio services

Conor McNicholas

Conor McNicholas

Conor is a multi-award-winning strategist and creative. He served as Editor of legendary music magazine NME for seven years in the 00’s where he took the brand multi-platform by launching TV, radio, touring and merchandising properties, and even hosted the NME Awards USA in LA.
He went on to be Editor of TopGear Magazine at the BBC, served on the board at Omnicom content agency Redwood and was founder and CEO of digital agency AllTogetherNow in WPP. He has produced content solutions for Adidas, Barclays, Virgin Media, The National Lottery, Argos and Lexus among many others.
He now works as a digital consultant with clients including E.ON, Compare The Market and Land Rover. Recently he’s jumped into the world of NFTs and Web3 through the B-Sides NFT animation project.

Conor is a multi-award-winning strategist and creative. He served as Editor of legendary music magazine NME for seven years in the 00’s where he took the brand multi-platform by launching TV, radio, touring and merchandising properties, and even host... Show more

Adam Culpepper

Adam Culpepper

UI Frontend Web Dev @ Univer.se, author, speaker, community organizer, kayaker, WebPerf, a11y, 11ty, biohacker + body mod enthusiast

UI Frontend Web Dev @ Univer.se, author, speaker, community organizer, kayaker, WebPerf, a11y, 11ty, biohacker + body mod enthusiast Show more

Alfredo Cramerotti

Alfredo Cramerotti

Alfredo Cramerotti
Director, Mostyn; co-Director, IAM; Adviser, British Council Acquisition Committee & UK Government Art Collection. He curated 4 national pavilions and collateral events at the Venice Biennale, EXPO Film & Video in Chicago, and the biennials Sequences VII and Manifesta 8. He is President of IKT, Board Member of AICA and ICOM UK.

Auronda Scalera
Co-Director, AIM; curator and consultant for contemporary & digital art based London-Dubai. She works with major private art collections, museums, bank foundations and investment funds – advising on their acquisition and consignment strategies, and managing their collections. Business partners include Venice Art Biennale, Sotheby’s, Macro Museum Rome, Manifesta, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Royal Photographic Society, Paris Photo.

Alfredo Cramerotti Director, Mostyn; co-Director, IAM; Adviser, British Council Acquisition Committee & UK Government Art Collection. He curated 4 national pavilions and collateral events at the Venice Biennale, EXPO Film & Video in Chicago, and the... Show more

Rafa Sansores Majul

Rafa Sansores Majul

Rafael is a speaker and content creator with extensive experience in professional development, content marketing and social media, named this 2022 as a LinkedIn Top Voice. Editor-in-Chief at INSPIRAS magazine of lifestyle.

Rafael is a speaker and content creator with extensive experience in professional development, content marketing and social media, named this 2022 as a LinkedIn Top Voice. Editor-in-Chief at INSPIRAS magazine of lifestyle. Show more

Hannah Springett

Hannah Springett

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

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

Dr. Vaneeta Aggarwal

Dr. Vaneeta Aggarwal

A serial entrepreneur,Producer of broadcast bizemag media, Publisher of monthly global digital magazine (Business Strategy eMagazine), Education collaboration Advisor, Coach, Speaker, Author, Founder of a skill academy, Workplace Bullying Online Campaign.
I started my career at Delhi University (India's most coveted Central University) as Assistant Professor (Physics ) and resigned as Associate Professor after more than 2 decades of an enriching experience and awards.
I was awarded with recognition as Women Entrepreneur of 2020 by a leading magazine of India.
My company L'strategyq Advisors is leading Higher Education Advisory firm (IN) creating collaboration opportunities among International Universities and Institutes.
I am producing a broadcast media - "bizemag" which publishes a monthly digital corporate magazine, produces business podcasts and webcasts, hosting several corporate and educational conferences.
My book on science fiction ,"The Missing Bot" is available on Kindle, Amazon, Goodreads.
I am a working mom, with two loving and caring sons.
I care and support cause of gender equality, sustainable education and prevention of bullying at workplace.

A serial entrepreneur,Producer of broadcast bizemag media, Publisher of monthly global digital magazine (Business Strategy eMagazine), Education collaboration Advisor, Coach, Speaker, Author, Founder of a skill academy, Workplace Bullying Online Cam... Show more

Michel Ferreira

Michel Ferreira

Michel Ferreira is a Brazilian designer living in Sydney, Australia where he works full-time as an Experience Design Manager at Atlassian, building the future of world-class Enterprise products like Jira. Previously worked at Shopify in Canada and Booking.com in the Netherlands. Michel is also the host of LatinXs Who Design and By us not biased podcasts.

As a writer and public speaker, Michel has delivered numerous presentations to audiences around the world to introduce new design ideas and examine best practices in A/B testing. He's also written articles for Net Magazine and company blogs such as: Would you like fries with that? For Booking.com and 11 Lessons from the NBA Bubble for your newly remote team for Atlassian.

Michel Ferreira is a Brazilian designer living in Sydney, Australia where he works full-time as an Experience Design Manager at Atlassian, building the future of world-class Enterprise products like Jira. Previously worked at Shopify in Canada and Bo... Show more

Leena Haque

Leena Haque

Leena is currently a Senior UX Designer and also Neurodiversity Lead for the BBC initiative called BBC Cape (Creating A Positive Environment) aimed at researching interactive design through the lens of cognition and neurodiversity. Autism & ADHD are Leena’s super power. She is passionate about raising awareness around the subject Neurodiversity and promoting different thinking styles. She has also developed training workshops, produced some short films and written various guest blogs for different online publications. In her spare time, she is a full time geek.

Leena is currently a Senior UX Designer and also Neurodiversity Lead for the BBC initiative called BBC Cape (Creating A Positive Environment) aimed at researching interactive design through the lens of cognition and neurodiversity. Autism & ADHD are ... Show more

Ritzie Williams

Ritzie Williams

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

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

Justine Benoit

Justine Benoit

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

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

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

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

Bailey Lewis

Bailey Lewis

As director of content strategy at user experience consulting firm truematter, Bailey oversees the content and writing initiatives for all UX projects. Her work is informed by researching and testing digital products with real users. She works with regional, national, and Fortune 500 clients on UX and content strategy projects, from definition through implementation.

A writer her entire career, Bailey advocates for straightforward, user-centric web content with the right words in the right place doing the right job. She regularly writes, speaks, and teaches about content strategy, writing for the web, usability, user experience strategy, user research, and user testing.

You can find UX articles by Bailey at blog.truematter.com.

As director of content strategy at user experience consulting firm truematter, Bailey oversees the content and writing initiatives for all UX projects. Her work is informed by researching and testing digital products with real users. She works with r... Show more

Gennaro Avolio

Gennaro Avolio

Gennaro has been at Pac-12 for the past two years and has been working in Drupal since D6. At the Pac-12 he leads both front and back-end work as well as complex microservice integrations–all orchestrated through our Drupal platform. His experience has primarily been in large media companies, with a focus on television networks.

Gennaro has been at Pac-12 for the past two years and has been working in Drupal since D6. At the Pac-12 he leads both front and back-end work as well as complex microservice integrations–all orchestrated through our Drupal platform. His experience h... Show more

Yashar Hoang

Yashar Hoang

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

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

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

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

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

Jon Ballard

Jon Ballard

Jon Ballard is responsible for day-to-day operations, including finance, sales, marketing and human resources. Ballard has been an entrepreneur for more than 22 years, founding several successful start-ups. He is a thought leader in the online marketing industry who regularly presents at conferences and seminars around the country.

Jon Ballard is responsible for day-to-day operations, including finance, sales, marketing and human resources. Ballard has been an entrepreneur for more than 22 years, founding several successful start-ups. He is a thought leader in the online market... Show more

Robert Collings

Robert Collings

Robert Collings is a marketing director at Tiny, the company sponsoring the open source WYSIWYG editor project TinyMCE. He's presently responsible for Tiny's partnership, channel and co-marketing programs. Previously, he delivered Tiny's brand, content, email, and marketing operations functions. A former manager of rock bands, and founder of Australia's leading publishing service business, he now calls enterprise B2B software and California home.

Robert Collings is a marketing director at Tiny, the company sponsoring the open source WYSIWYG editor project TinyMCE. He's presently responsible for Tiny's partnership, channel and co-marketing programs. Previously, he delivered Tiny's brand, conte... Show more

Ahmed Khalifa

Ahmed Khalifa

Ahmed Khalifa is an experienced freelance WordPress SEO consultant, where he works with businesses to grow the visibility and engagement of their WordPress sites.

With over 10 years experience in the industry, Ahmed has worked across various industries; from a small local retailer to a publishing company to a national high-street national retailer. Ahmed is also part of the WordPress community and contributes by co-organising the local meetup in Edinburgh and as a lead organiser of WordCamp Edinburgh.

Ahmed is also deaf/hard of hearing, have been since birth and is gradually experiencing a decline in his hearing. Combining his professional and personal experiences have allowed him to understand how important it is for everyone to have access to content and how it can benefits the content creator too. While most people assume that captions can benefit the deaf and hard of hearing, it can also benefit more people than you think and plays a great part in improving many users' experience.

As well as running his consultancy business at https://iamahmedkhalifa.com, Ahmed also create blogs and podcasts about celebrating the d/Deaf culture at https://hearmeoutcc.com.

Ahmed Khalifa is an experienced freelance WordPress SEO consultant, where he works with businesses to grow the visibility and engagement of their WordPress sites. With over 10 years experience in the industry, Ahmed has worked across various indus... Show more

Peter Salib

Peter Salib

Peter Salib is a contributing writer at Thrive Global, Grit Daily, and Influencive. He has been going to CES in Las Vegas consecutively for the past 7 years since the age of 21 and is an avid attendee of events nationwide.

Having attended hundreds of events, he is now a co-founder of Event Integrity, the first integrity-based, vetted marketplace for event professionals. He also frequently works with startups to consult and advise on media, strategy, events, and fundraising.

Salib was an early guest on the Gadget Flow podcast and his dog, Scruffy, was featured on the Today Show with Kathy Lee & Hoda and was dubbed "Scruffy the Wonder Dog."

Peter Salib is a contributing writer at Thrive Global, Grit Daily, and Influencive. He has been going to CES in Las Vegas consecutively for the past 7 years since the age of 21 and is an avid attendee of events nationwide. Having attended hundred... Show more

Augusto Santos

Augusto Santos

Augusto Santos began his professional life as a COBOL developer in 1985 and in 1990 started the 1st of 6 tech companies. Augusto graduated in Marketing Management and works in marketing consulting since 2004, worked in marketing and sales for 10 yrs. in two multinational companies. Augusto is the leader of fintech.Portugal since 2015 with the mission to empower Portuguese Fintech Ecosystem. Augusto is also the publisher of The Portuguese Fintech Guide.

Augusto Santos began his professional life as a COBOL developer in 1985 and in 1990 started the 1st of 6 tech companies. Augusto graduated in Marketing Management and works in marketing consulting since 2004, worked in marketing and sales for 10 yrs.... Show more

Yao Amevi Amessinou Sossou

Yao Amevi Amessinou Sossou

As an enthusiastic community leader an member of the Dynamic Coalition on Data-Driven Health Technologies (DCDDHT), he has been at the forefront of shaping the future of the internet, representing the vibrant nation of Benin as part of the influential WeTheInternet coalition led by Missions Publiques. With a passion for entrepreneurship and internationalization, he has dedicated himself to empowering young minds and engaging them in the realm of internet governance and policymaking. Beyond his commitment to fostering youth participation, He is a tireless advocate for digital rights, digital identity, and the urgent fight against climate change. He firmly believes in the power of ordinary citizens to drive transformative change, and I actively strive to raise awareness and inspire action on these pressing global issues. Through his extensive involvement in various initiatives, He has acquired a wealth of knowledge and experience that he is eager to bring to the table during the session. With a dynamic and forward-thinking mindset, he is dedicated to contributing valuable insights and innovative solutions to the discussions surrounding health robotics in Africa.

As an enthusiastic community leader an member of the Dynamic Coalition on Data-Driven Health Technologies (DCDDHT), he has been at the forefront of shaping the future of the internet, representing the vibrant nation of Benin as part of the influentia... Show more

Chris Byrne

Chris Byrne

Based near London, UK I've spoken at various events including the Brighton SEO conference:

My slides & video from my talk at the Brighton SEO conference (they asked us to record ourselves) in September 2021:

https://www.seolondonsurrey.co.uk/blog/voice-search-insights-and-trends-from-google-keyword-research

My notes, video and slides from my online talk at the Search Advertising Show conference in July 2021:

https://www.seolondonsurrey.co.uk/blog/search-advertising-show-conference-brighton-july-2021

My video, notes and slides from my online talk at Brighton SEO in March 2021: https://www.seolondonsurrey.co.uk/blog/how-to-identify-your-competitors-paid-sponsored-links-quickly-and-easily .

In 2009 I taught a seminar on the subject of the use of hip hop / 'urban'​ culture in marketing and advertising on the Intercultural Communication module of the BA Communications course at the American International University London's campus in Richmond. I've trained many companies in SEO and digital marketing related topics including the Federation of Master Builders.

I'm available for public speaking.

Based near London, UK I've spoken at various events including the Brighton SEO conference: My slides & video from my talk at the Brighton SEO conference (they asked us to record ourselves) in September 2021: https://www.seolondonsurrey.co.uk/bl... Show more

William Wilson

William Wilson

I have been with Park 100 Foods for 27 years and have been working Microsoft Dynamics NAV for over 20 years. I manage the system, design and develop many reports, pages and tables.
I am married to my beautiful wife, Anita and we have 4 children and 3 grandchildren. I am an avid sports fan. I enjoy baseball, basketball and football. And after my family and my God, my true passion is music. I play guitar and bass guitar, sing and write music. We also love to travel.

I have been with Park 100 Foods for 27 years and have been working Microsoft Dynamics NAV for over 20 years. I manage the system, design and develop many reports, pages and tables. I am married to my beautiful wife, Anita and we have 4 children and... Show more

Neringa Young

Neringa Young

Neringa Young is the Founder of Build Stuff conferences, which she personally manages – recruiting and working with the team, looking for the partners, creating marketing strategies and implementation of the conference promotion. She is also helping with logistics and creating the content of the event. For each year she invites 80 leading speakers from the Tech industry from around the world to come to the Baltics for this 5-day event.
The success of her leadership is seen through the results of the event which every year attracts more than 1400 software developers, with the same participants returning every year as the event grows.
Outside of the workplace, Neringa is involved with initiatives like Women Go Tech where she mentors young women, providing them with advice and direction for their careers in the tech sector.
She is the founder and manager of FIX.Events which runs meetings, training, conferences, private and public events for private & corporate clients.
During her university studies, she was simultaneous working as a Telemarketing sales representative. In just 2 years (2009), she was promoted on the basis of good results to become the Sales team lead at Lintel. At the age of 22, she was responsible for over 100 telemarketing sales managers. Her responsibilities included – hiring staff, training staff, coaching, organizing work across the wider team and implementing company sales strategies.
At AB TEO (now Telia), she initiated, formed and managed a team that is composed of both technical- and sales-personnel to boost sales in line with the company’s sales strategy. Her responsibilities included human resource management – hiring staff, training, coaching, organizing teamwork and working with sales strategies.
During the time she was working at AB TEO, she also published her Master thesis on an HR Topic: "Coaching for the Development of Organizational Personnel (Case of an X Organization, Lithuania)"; 2012 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION REFORM AND MANAGEMENT, INNOVATION (ERMI 2012), VOL 1 Pages: 54-60 Published: 2013; Conference: International, Conference on Education Reform and Management Innovation (ERMI 2012) Location: Shenzhen, PEOPLES R CHINA Date: DEC 04-05, 2012.

Neringa Young is the Founder of Build Stuff conferences, which she personally manages – recruiting and working with the team, looking for the partners, creating marketing strategies and implementation of the conference promotion. She is also helping ... Show more

Laura Ureche

Laura Ureche

With 13 years of diverse experience across startups and established companies, I evolved from roles in testing, development, and site reliability engineering (SRE) to leadership positions where I focused on guiding teams to deliver high-quality and reliable services and tools while prioritizing the well-being and growth of my team members.

Now, I'm a Principal Engineer of Seven.One Entertainment Group, a company of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, where I'm recognized for my ability to successfully lead cross-company initiatives, standardize engineering practices, and enhance security measures.

My transition from engineering management to individual contribution highlights my adaptability and commitment to fostering a mindset of excellence and continuous improvement, always with a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.

With 13 years of diverse experience across startups and established companies, I evolved from roles in testing, development, and site reliability engineering (SRE) to leadership positions where I focused on guiding teams to deliver high-quality and r... Show more

Jahbuikem Anderson

Jahbuikem Anderson

Jahbuikem Anderson - Jadons' is a Powerhouse of creativity and technical talent.

Jahbuikem's love for the Information and technology industry have seen him acquire relevant professional skills such as, Graphic and UI Design & Branding, Content Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Product Management, Program Management and Data Analysis. These skills resolve around his great brand extension.

As Business Intelligence Analyst his strength lies in working with I.T, Social (community), Sales and Marketing Industries.

He loves research and analysis channeling them to help brands and businesses to either optimize a process, minimize cost, maximize profit and/or increase productivity and efficiency.

He is a member of the Forbes BLK and Data Science Network but to mention a few where he actively learns, tutor and mentor like minds in the field of data and its extensions.

As a certified Data and Business Intelligence Analyst, Jahbuikem have taught 500+ students, businessmen and women in Data analysis. And he has worked with various organizations in the tech ecosystem in the administrative department. This is exclusive of his other talents.

He currently works with Codeant Technology Hub as a Programs Manager, where he uses his analytics and creative skills to manage the projects and programs within the company and with her partners.

Jahbuikem Anderson - Jadons' is a Powerhouse of creativity and technical talent. Jahbuikem's love for the Information and technology industry have seen him acquire relevant professional skills such as, Graphic and UI Design & Branding, Content Mar... Show more

Joris Quarshie

Joris Quarshie

Lindsay Zandy

Lindsay Zandy

Over 15 years of experience driving digital and operational transformation to improve the way people communicate, connect and collaborate with one another. In her role as Director of Collaboration at FICO, Lindsay seeks to equip and empower employees to do their best work together through their collaboration ecosystem powered by Microsoft 365. With her diverse background in Human Resources, Business Architecture, Technology Strategy and User Experience Design, Lindsay is uniquely skilled in leveraging empathy to create inclusive technology experiences that are both scalable and easy to govern.

Over 15 years of experience driving digital and operational transformation to improve the way people communicate, connect and collaborate with one another. In her role as Director of Collaboration at FICO, Lindsay seeks to equip and empower employees... Show more

Maïwenn Tournellec

Maïwenn Tournellec

✔️ Consultante opérationnelle en développement BtoB
✔️ Ex-déléguée générale de la FePSeM (ex SEO Camp)
✔️ Diplômée en marketing, vente BtoB & design (produit, graphique & espace)
✔️ +20 ans d’expérience dans des univers techniques, industriels & créatifs
✔️ Une expérience reconnue en management de projet dans la communication BtoB et le développement commercial
✔️ Fondatrice de www.missBreizh.com

✔️ Consultante opérationnelle en développement BtoB ✔️ Ex-déléguée générale de la FePSeM (ex SEO Camp) ✔️ Diplômée en marketing, vente BtoB & design (produit, graphique & espace) ✔️ +20 ans d’expérience dans des univers techniques, industriels & c... Show more

Hassan Alsheikh

Hassan Alsheikh

Media personality & content creator. Technology lover. Programming. Speaker. Thinker. Perspectives. #SayDo

Media personality & content creator. Technology lover. Programming. Speaker. Thinker. Perspectives. #SayDo Show more

Megan Coleman

Megan Coleman

Managing Speaking Talent

Managing Speaking Talent Show more

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