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

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

Aris Creates

Aris Creates

Aristeia is an award-winning creative strategist, AI-driven creator and advisor to creative entrepreneurs, with a background in marketing, branding and building creative-led businesses. Their work spans film, content and emerging technologies, focused on helping creators navigate shifting markets, position their work and develop sustainable, forward-looking strategies.

Known for a systems-level, data-informed perspective, Aristeia combines creative intuition with a deep focus on market signals, audience behavior and evolving economic models. Their work explores how AI is accelerating content creation while forcing a rethinking of where value lives — from content itself to ownership, access and audience relationships.

As the founder of PromptingPros, a professional network for AI creatives, Aristeia explores new models for how creators build, connect and generate value in an era of infinite content.

Aristeia is an award-winning creative strategist, AI-driven creator and advisor to creative entrepreneurs, with a background in marketing, branding and building creative-led businesses. Their work spans film, content and emerging technologies, focuse... 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

Roar Gjøvaag

Roar Gjøvaag

Som Global Design Principal er Roar dedikert til å drive forretningsvekst gjennom innovativ, menneskesentrert design. Med over lang erfaring innen UX-design, datavitenskap, spilldesign og ledelse har jeg ledet flere team av designere, arkitekter og utviklere som spesialiserer seg på å skape brukerrelevante løsninger som engasjerer og inspirerer.

Som Global Design Principal er Roar dedikert til å drive forretningsvekst gjennom innovativ, menneskesentrert design. Med over lang erfaring innen UX-design, datavitenskap, spilldesign og ledelse har jeg ledet flere team av designere, arkitekter og u... Show more

Yaamin Mohamed

Yaamin Mohamed

Hailing from the Maldives, Yaamin has been working in multiple fields for the past 10 years, ranging from UIUX Design, motion design & strategic marketing. He is currently working with LottieFiles, a global platform to discover and create animations, collaborate, testing among designers, stakeholders, and developers, as there Global Partnerships lead, working on there education and awareness initiatives across the globe.

In his free time, he works on his own startup called Sparkhub (https://www.sparkhub.mv), a company working on empowering the Maldives startup culture.

Hailing from the Maldives, Yaamin has been working in multiple fields for the past 10 years, ranging from UIUX Design, motion design & strategic marketing. He is currently working with LottieFiles, a global platform to discover and create animations,... Show more

Adetunji Tunmise David

Adetunji Tunmise David

Creative Brand/Product Design Specialist, Digital Educator, and CEO of Cudose Creative Agency.
Adetunji Tunmise is an accomplished Creative Brand/Product Design Specialist, Digital Educator, and CEO with a strong background in Computer Science. He is renowned for mentoring students within and outside the African diaspora and assisting brands in developing timeless products and boosting revenue. Adetunji is an exceptional teacher, coach, speaker, polymath, and solution-oriented professional, known for his ability to inspire and educate. He currently leads Cudose Creative Agency, dedicated to empowering Africa and beyond with seasoned skills and expertise.

Creative Brand/Product Design Specialist, Digital Educator, and CEO of Cudose Creative Agency. Adetunji Tunmise is an accomplished Creative Brand/Product Design Specialist, Digital Educator, and CEO with a strong background in Computer Science. He i... Show more

Edi Šikić

Edi Šikić

Imam 28 godina i dolazim iz Rijeke. U slobodno vrijeme bavim se fotografijom, igranjem boardgameova, gledanjem filmova, serija i animea. Nadam se da ćete uživati i zabaviti se samnom na kvizu!

Imam 28 godina i dolazim iz Rijeke. U slobodno vrijeme bavim se fotografijom, igranjem boardgameova, gledanjem filmova, serija i animea. Nadam se da ćete uživati i zabaviti se samnom na kvizu! Show more

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

Justin Ricklefs

Justin Ricklefs

Justin is the Founder and CEO of Guild Collective. He launched Guild in 2017 after spending 13 years in various sales and leadership roles at the Kansas City Chiefs, Learfield Sports, and ECCO Select. After stumbling into a passion for writing, Justin wrote personal pieces for large publications like Huffington Post, The TODAY Show, and Yahoo. While he enjoys writing on personal topics, Guild was formed with the awareness that many brands struggle to connect to the souls of their audience, and Justin believed he could help bridge that gap. Justin is responsible for the Visionary role in the agency, which most often looks like charting the company’s strategy, driving new revenue, developing leaders within the business, and hoping one of his many ideas end up being halfway decent.

Justin is married to his high school sweetheart, Brooke (she was slower to the realization). They live in Liberty, MO and have been married 20+ years and have five children. He and Brooke love traveling when they can. Justin enjoys writing, running, watching his kids’ activities, and sitting in his cabin where it’s quiet.

Justin is the Founder and CEO of Guild Collective. He launched Guild in 2017 after spending 13 years in various sales and leadership roles at the Kansas City Chiefs, Learfield Sports, and ECCO Select. After stumbling into a passion for writing, Justi... Show more

Mateus Guzzo

Mateus Guzzo

Guzzo is a Brazilian designer, multimodal researcher, and community architect for TikTok Tech Innovation. Previously, he worked as the Program Designer for Harvard's Applied Social Media lab, building public interest social media technology. He draws on his background in filmmaking and storytelling to build socio-technical communities and systems for collaboration and public imagination. He holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of California San Diego in Speculative Design.

Guzzo is a Brazilian designer, multimodal researcher, and community architect for TikTok Tech Innovation. Previously, he worked as the Program Designer for Harvard's Applied Social Media lab, building public interest social media technology. He draws... Show more

Jalisa S

Jalisa S

I’m a virtual assistant with over five years of experience supporting small, mid-sized, and large companies in driving growth while maintaining high levels of efficiency.

I’m a virtual assistant with over five years of experience supporting small, mid-sized, and large companies in driving growth while maintaining high levels of efficiency. Show more

Levy Syanseke

Levy Syanseke

Levy Syanseke an Internet access advocate who has made contribution to Zambia’s internet landscape through the Cybercrimes and Security Bills and Act, National AI Strategy and Data protection Act.

Following advocacy work, Levy is the founding president of the Internet Society Zambia Chapter, he has been instrumental in promoting affordable and meaningful internet connectivity so far through policy engagement and education awareness.
In raising awareness and building capacity for policy engagement at local and global level, Levy through the chapter started the Zambia School on Internet Governance (ZambiaSIG).

His dedication to internet governance has led him to serve as an ICANN At-Large Rep for Zambia through the Internet Society Zambia Chapter and to actively participate in Internet Governance Forums at local, regional, and global levels. He also serves as the Global Youth IGF Movement Community Manager.

Beyond his work in internet governance, Levy is a successful fashion entrepreneur with the Ramah Designs Label, focused on bag making. He shares his entrepreneurial expertise by tutoring Entrepreneurship and Public Speaking at Great North Road Academy. Syanseke's diverse background and commitment to both technology and entrepreneurship make him a valuable contributor to the internet community.

Beyond this, Levy is a media and communication expert with an understanding of developing, focused on sustainable development. He obtained his Bachelors Degree from the University of Zambia in Media and Communication Studies. He has fellowship affiliation with ICANN, AfriSIG and GhanaSIG among other fellowships.

Levy Syanseke an Internet access advocate who has made contribution to Zambia’s internet landscape through the Cybercrimes and Security Bills and Act, National AI Strategy and Data protection Act. Following advocacy work, Levy is the founding pres... Show more

Joshua Kriger

Joshua Kriger

I’m a values-driven, serial entrepreneur with a background in consulting, foodtech, e-commerce, blockchain, and web3. I am based in LA but travel frequently to speak and do media. As an angel I invest via MainChain Ventures (www.mainchainventures.com) and I’m also establishing a larger fund. I have driven hundreds of conversations around the emerging technology landscape as co-host on The Edge of Show (www.thedgeofshow.com) with combined reach over. I am also producer of Outer Edge LA and Outer Edge Riyadh (www.outeredge.live) - both are immersive gatherings that combine high-level thought leadership, entertainment, web3, advanced blockchain technology, gaming, and culture. Backed by Animoca Brands, Avalanche and many other strategic partners, The Edge of Company is focused on co-creating the future via edu-taining content, media support, events and strategic advisory.

I’m a values-driven, serial entrepreneur with a background in consulting, foodtech, e-commerce, blockchain, and web3. I am based in LA but travel frequently to speak and do media. As an angel I invest via MainChain Ventures (www.mainchainventures.com... Show more

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