Jihan Johnston-McGlotten is a visionary Cultural Technologist, Entrepreneur, and Ph.D.-trained HCI researcher with more than 20 years of experience across emerging tech, entertainment, education, and gaming.

She is Managing Director of Beyond Code Centers at Beyond Code Collective, a national nonprofit that bridges inspiration, training, and employment in tech for learners of every generation. She is also the founder of BeatBotics, where she uses AI, emerging tech, and digital media to build experiences that are innovative and empathetic.

A three-time award-winning keynote speaker, mother, mentor, and proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Jihan is passionate about making technology more humane. Wherever she goes, she is always reimagining the role of play in how we live, learn, and work.

Jihan Johnston-McGlotten is a visionary Cultural Technologist, Entrepreneur, and Ph.D.-trained HCI researcher with more than 20 years of experience across emerging tech, entertainment, education, and gaming. She is Managing Director of Beyond Code... Show more

Sebastián Medina (Brown Director) es co-fundador y Director Creativo de HeyBrown Studio, una agencia de marketing digital construida como AI-first: usa inteligencia artificial en todo su flujo, creación de contenido, estrategia y pauta, para entregar a escala lo que antes requería equipos y presupuestos mucho mayores. Antes de fundar HeyBrown en 2022 se formó en producción audiovisual (2018–2021) en dirección de fotografía, dirección de comerciales y animación 3D, con más de 20 comerciales, +300 proyectos de CGI y más de 2.000 piezas para redes en su carrera. Hoy, siendo director creativo y no programador, está construyendo con IA un producto que convierte el trabajo de agencia estrategia y entregables de marketing, en un servicio de suscripción, usando una arquitectura multi-agente que él mismo levantó apoyándose en IA como su equipo de desarrollo.

Sebastián Medina (Brown Director) es co-fundador y Director Creativo de HeyBrown Studio, una agencia de marketing digital construida como AI-first: usa inteligencia artificial en todo su flujo, creación de contenido, estrategia y pauta, para entregar... Show more

David Berkowitz is the founder of High Caliber AI and Chief Community Officer at Marketecture Media. He is the author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Using AI for Marketing and founded Serial Marketers and the AI Marketers Guild, both acquired by Marketecture in 2025.

David helps marketers turn AI into practical strategy, team skills, and working products. His experience includes senior marketing roles at Mediaocean, MRY, Sysomos, and 360i. He has spoken at SXSW, Cannes Lions, CES, INBOUND, Google, Adobe, and universities.

His talks and workshops cover practical AI marketing, agentic workflows, digital strategy, AI ethics, community building, and vibe coding. Current signature topics include AI Marketing Strategy for 2026 & Beyond; From ChatGPT to Revenue: Practical AI for Marketing Teams; Agentic AI: The Future of Marketing Operations; The Non-Obvious Guide to Using AI for Marketing; and AI Marketing Ethics, Risks & Getting It Right.

David Berkowitz is the founder of High Caliber AI and Chief Community Officer at Marketecture Media. He is the author of The Non-Obvious Guide to Using AI for Marketing and founded Serial Marketers and the AI Marketers Guild, both acquired by Markete... Show more

Jim Grisanzio built FOSS communities at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. At Oracle he worked in Java Developer Relations, where he hosted the Duke’s Corner Java Podcast, published the Inside Java Newsletter, produced videos and photography, facilitated the Java User Group and Java Champions programs, and delivered community sessions at conferences. Earlier at Oracle in developer marketing he managed the Oracle Developers YouTube channel and social media platforms, and hosted the Oracle Groundbreakers Podcast. He interviewed hundreds of developers on Java, Linux, Oracle Database, MySQL, AI, and Open Source. Before Oracle, Jim managed FOSS projects in Solaris engineering at Sun Microsystems, served as OpenSolaris Community Manager, and led communications for Sun’s Open Source projects and senior executives. He created and ran user groups and handled developer outreach at events and across social media.

Jim Grisanzio built FOSS communities at Oracle and Sun Microsystems. At Oracle he worked in Java Developer Relations, where he hosted the Duke’s Corner Java Podcast, published the Inside Java Newsletter, produced videos and photography, facilitated t... Show more

Antoine Rivers is a reentry advocate, learning and development professional, author, and host of The Conviction Fiction Podcast. After spending nearly 17 years incarcerated, he uses his lived experience to help change the narrative of life after lock-up and encourage practical conversations about accountability, employment, housing, family, and personal growth. His professional background includes technical training, employee development, instructional design, and learning-platform administration, with experience at Intelliswift, Visual Lease, and Vonage. Antoine connects the perspective of someone rebuilding a life with the practical skills of a workplace trainer. His work encourages individuals, employers, and community partners to make second chances actionable.

Antoine combines firsthand reentry experience with professional experience designing and facilitating workplace learning. His resume documents training and learning roles at Intelliswift Software, Visual Lease, and Vonage, including onboarding, technical enablement, virtual and in-person facilitation, and learning-platform administration. Through The Conviction Fiction Podcast, he creates space for conversations about the personal and practical challenges of reintegration.

Antoine Rivers is a reentry advocate, learning and development professional, author, and host of The Conviction Fiction Podcast. After spending nearly 17 years incarcerated, he uses his lived experience to help change the narrative of life after lock... Show more

Evgeny Tsyplakov works on what search engines show and what AI systems say about people, companies, and brands, including the third-party pages and knowledge panels a subject does not own and cannot edit.

His work covers search engine reputation management (SERM), generative engine reputation management (GERM), entity resolution, and crisis reputation recovery. He treats reputation as an engineering problem rather than a communications one. In SERM he defines the target state of the first page and works backward to the signals required to hold it. In GERM he records what several AI systems currently assert, sets the target statement, maps the sources each system draws on, aligns those sources, and tracks how the answers change.

A core part of the work is separating people who share a name, so that search and AI treat them as distinct people and neither inherits the other's record.

He has worked in SEO since 2006 and in reputation engineering since 2019, and holds a software engineering degree from Saratov State Technical University.

Evgeny Tsyplakov works on what search engines show and what AI systems say about people, companies, and brands, including the third-party pages and knowledge panels a subject does not own and cannot edit. His work covers search engine reputation m... Show more

Perry Aston is the Co-Owner and CEO of CrowdBoost Marketing, a full-service marketing agency in Burbank, California that he runs with his father, President Julian Aston. CrowdBoost has been in business since 2006 and earned six awards across 2025 and 2026, including Best of Burbank both years and Small Business of the Year from the United Chambers of the San Fernando Valley.

Perry rebuilt his own company to run on Claude before he ever put AI on a slide, and that is what he teaches: practical AI and marketing for real businesses, from AI search (SEO, AEO and GEO) to hands-on Claude workflows that give owners hours back every week. He is a guest lecturer at USC Annenberg, Chair of the Ambassadors at the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and its 2026 Ambassador of the Year, an Ambassador at the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce, and the host of free business mixers and a monthly marketing and AI webinar across Los Angeles.

Signature talks: AI Without the Hype, Marketing Innovation for Real Businesses, and Brand Growth Through Community. Formats include keynotes, hands-on workshops, webinars and panels, and every talk is customized. The promise is always the same: your audience leaves with things they can actually do on Monday morning.

Perry Aston is the Co-Owner and CEO of CrowdBoost Marketing, a full-service marketing agency in Burbank, California that he runs with his father, President Julian Aston. CrowdBoost has been in business since 2006 and earned six awards across 2025 and... Show more

Olivia Ulbing is a keynote speaker and trainer for digital marketing, AI, social media and sustainability. She is founder and CEO of oha! digital, a boutique agency in Salzburg with a presence in Linz and Vienna, where she and her Gen-Z team run social media, performance marketing, content and web projects for SMEs, public institutions and brands such as PUMA and Durex.

She is co-author of "Follow me! Erfolgreiches Social Media Marketing" (Rheinwerk Verlag, 7th edition 2025), the standard German-language book on social media marketing, and co-founder of the travel content platform COCOtravel.

Olivia has spoken at eDay Salzburg, Digital Days (OÖNachrichten), Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, DMVÖ, Creative Region and Der VisionärInnen Club. Her talks are known for straight talk instead of buzzword bingo – and for leaving every audience with three things to do differently on Monday.

Website: oliviaulbing.com

Olivia Ulbing is a keynote speaker and trainer for digital marketing, AI, social media and sustainability. She is founder and CEO of oha! digital, a boutique agency in Salzburg with a presence in Linz and Vienna, where she and her Gen-Z team run soci... Show more

I design for user agency, across digital products and interactive narratives.

I’m the co-founder and CEO of Choose Your Fate, an interactive storytelling platform where creators build branching fiction and readers shape the story through their choices. I lead the company’s direction across product, business strategy, growth and the creator ecosystem, while staying hands-on in product design.

Most recently, I was a Principal Product UX/UI Designer at Persado, an enterprise AI platform that helps banks and other regulated brands create, score and optimize marketing language at scale. I designed the experiences where marketing and compliance teams review, approve and test AI-generated language.

I have a decade of experience in product design. I progressed from Product Designer to Head of Product Design at Mind-Alliance, a U.S.-based B2B software company building intelligence tools for law firms and legal teams, where I led a three-person design team. I’ve worked across AI, financial services, marketing and telecommunications, and my background is in Product & Systems Design Engineering.

Alongside my work, I co-organize ProductTank Athens, mentor designers on ADPList, and take part in events and conferences as a speaker or organizer, including the design team for PyCon Greece 2026. I write about design on Medium, with pieces published in UX Collective and Bootcamp.

I tend to gravitate toward the spaces between disciplines: where design meets technology, stories become systems, and products grow into communities.

I design for user agency, across digital products and interactive narratives. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Choose Your Fate, an interactive storytelling platform where creators build branching fiction and readers shape the story through their cho... Show more

Skyler Holobach built the compliance and abuse function at Pardot, now Salesforce, from scratch and spent 7 years deciding which senders got to keep sending. Her team made it through multiple acquisitions and shakeups without losing a single person, and she ranked in the top 10% of leaders at the company the entire time. She led product at SocketLabs next, where she grew revenue 25% year over year and shipped products from 0 to 1.

Today she runs Threadsmith Group, which pulls email senders out of deliverability crises (think Spamhaus listings, or the Monday morning when nothing is landing in the inbox) and fixes the habits that put them there. She has spoken at M3AAWG and Dreamforce more than once, and she chairs the Anti-Harassment committee for the Women of Email board, which has more than 9,000 members across 50 countries.

She writes and ships her own software with Claude Code and was a panelist on "Deciphering the AI Overwhelm" in New York. Years of watching bad actors hunt for every loophole give her a much less starry-eyed take on AI than most panels get. Her portfolio, also built with Claude, lives at holobach.com.

She also speaks on burnout, which she knows from every chair in the room: she has been the manager who caught it in her team before it became a resignation letter, she burned out herself as a high performer, and then she got laid off anyway with the metrics to prove performance was never the problem. Her Unspam talk on the neuroscience of burnout is where those two worlds met.

Off the clock, she trains saber and longsword at Athens School of Arms, crochets, sews, cross stitches, weaves, and has probably picked up another hobby since writing this bio. She holds a BS in Psychology from UGA and lives in Athens, Georgia.

Skyler Holobach built the compliance and abuse function at Pardot, now Salesforce, from scratch and spent 7 years deciding which senders got to keep sending. Her team made it through multiple acquisitions and shakeups without losing a single person, ... Show more

Noah Washington is an automotive journalist at TorqueNews who connects automotive technology with the decisions facing owners and buyers. His work covers electric vehicles, pickup trucks, towing, reliability, recalls, sports cars, luxury vehicles, and performance culture.

His reporting draws on owner accounts, technical documentation, and manufacturer responses to examine how a vehicle's public claims compare with everyday use. His published interviews include designers and engineers behind the Jaguar F-TYPE and Lucid Gravity, as well as reporting on Audi's Dakar project and Hispano-Suiza. His firsthand vehicle reviews include the Nissan Z Nismo, Nissan Leaf, Hyundai Kona N Line, and Mitsubishi Mirage G4.

For event organizers, his proposed sessions bring a journalist's perspective to EV ownership, automotive consumer trust, and evaluating public product claims. Topics and formats can be tailored to the audience.

Noah Washington is an automotive journalist at TorqueNews who connects automotive technology with the decisions facing owners and buyers. His work covers electric vehicles, pickup trucks, towing, reliability, recalls, sports cars, luxury vehicles, an... Show more

Princely Samuel Okere is a tech founder, keynote speaker and award-winning talk host based in Manchester, UK, shaping the future of business at the intersection of technology, leadership and faith.

He is the founder, CEO and host of The Legacy Bench, a talk platform on leadership, business and legacy with 30,000+ subscribers, which expanded to the US in 2026 through Legacy Bench Inc. (Delaware). He also founded Workatool, an operating system for service businesses, and has served as CEO & CTO of Benovate Group since 2022, leading a UK group of service brands spanning IT and software (Speed Technology UK, which he founded in 2016), HR and recruitment (Benova Talents), cleaning (Space Cleaners) and training (Acemastars UK). Earlier, he worked in cash management at Barclays.

Princely holds an MBA from the School of Business Switzerland alongside a BBA, DipSE, DipFAD and CTM. He speaks on leadership and innovation, entrepreneurship and scaling, digital transformation and AI in SMEs, founder mindset, and the role of faith in commercial decision-making, and is available for keynotes, panels, workshops and podcasts across the UK and internationally.

Princely Samuel Okere is a tech founder, keynote speaker and award-winning talk host based in Manchester, UK, shaping the future of business at the intersection of technology, leadership and faith. He is the founder, CEO and host of The Legacy Ben... Show more

Kristin Nobles is an AI for Good founder, social impact strategist, entrepreneur, and capital innovator working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, media, intellectual property, and impact finance.**

As Founder and CEO of B Noble Impact and Noble Care, Kristin has spent more than 25 years building, financing, and positioning companies, technologies, intellectual property, and mission-driven initiatives. Across her career, she has helped structure more than $500 million in capital and transactions**, bringing an operator’s understanding of how technology, leadership, capital, and storytelling must work together to create meaningful scale.

Today, Kristin is the creator of CAREN AI, an AI-powered healthcare copilot being developed to help patients with complex health conditions navigate fragmented healthcare, organize and control their health information, connect with appropriate providers, and contribute to the research and outcomes data needed to improve care.

Her work began with her own experience navigating complex illness and the questions surrounding breast implant-associated illness. That experience evolved into SickTitties.org, Noble Care Research, and a broader mission to use AI, patient-owned data, research, advocacy, and media to help move underserved health conditions from fragmented information toward evidence, access, and ultimately covered care.

Kristin is also an experienced media entrepreneur and executive producer whose work spans podcasts, film, streaming, branded entertainment, advocacy campaigns, and emerging media technologies. Her projects include Close to the Chest, Creating Woodstock, and the development of new media designed to turn awareness into measurable action.

She has spoken on AI for Good and technology-driven impact at the United Nations and international innovation forums, bringing together perspectives that are too often separated: entrepreneur, financier, technologist, patient advocate, artist, and media creator.

In 2026, Kristin was named Women Entrepreneur of the Year by Women in Cloud, recognizing her leadership in technology, entrepreneurship, and impact.

Her signature framework, TLC: Technology, Leadership + Capital, challenges organizations to think beyond innovation as a product and instead build the complete ecosystem required to fund, communicate, distribute, and scale change.

Whether speaking about artificial intelligence, women’s health, impact investing, entrepreneurship, patient-centered innovation, intellectual property, media, or the future of capital, Kristin’s central thesis is simple:

Kristin Nobles is an AI for Good founder, social impact strategist, entrepreneur, and capital innovator working at the intersection of technology, healthcare, media, intellectual property, and impact finance.** As Founder and CEO of B Noble Impact... Show more

Elijah Dale is a U.S. Army veteran, author, and host of With All Due Respect, a podcast focused on politics, civic participation, and the challenges facing a rising generation of Americans.

After serving in the Army and overseas, Elijah returned to school to study political science at Arizona State University. His work now centers on bringing ordinary people back into civic conversations—particularly young Americans who feel disconnected from politics and institutions.

Through writing, podcasting, public speaking, and conversations across political and generational lines, Elijah explores questions about economic opportunity, public service, political division, and what Americans owe one another as citizens.

His central message is simple: decisions are made by the people who show up.

Elijah Dale is a U.S. Army veteran, author, and host of With All Due Respect, a podcast focused on politics, civic participation, and the challenges facing a rising generation of Americans. After serving in the Army and overseas, Elijah returned t... Show more

Prof. Dr. Julian Langenhagen ist Professor für Digital Management und Media Entrepreneurship an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf innovativen, praxisnahen Lehr-Lern-Formaten, insbesondere auf Gamification und der Gestaltung erfahrungsorientierter Konzepte in stark strukturierten Grundlagenfächern.

Prof. Dr. Julian Langenhagen ist Professor für Digital Management und Media Entrepreneurship an der Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf innovativen, praxisnahen Lehr-Lern-Formaten, insbesondere auf Gamification und der Gestalt... Show more

Iván is a passionate software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of MediaCreators. With over 20 years of experience, he enjoys building digital products while exploring the JavaScript ecosystem, media streaming technologies, and artificial intelligence. He shares his ideas, articles, and personal projects at iolivares.com, fostering innovation and continuous learning.

Iván is a passionate software engineer and entrepreneur, co-founder of MediaCreators. With over 20 years of experience, he enjoys building digital products while exploring the JavaScript ecosystem, media streaming technologies, and artificial intelli... Show more

I'm Mithun A. Sridharan, an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker on Strategy, Management Consulting and Digital Transformation. I'm a Forbes Technology Council Thought Leader and a Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. As a strategy and technology executive, I advise senior leaders and corporations derive value from their strategic technology investment portfolios. I am a TEDx speaker and regularly share insights at industry conferences and corporate events. I have also contributed thought leadership to high-impact journals and magazines, such as the World Economic Forum, the American Banker, Wired, Bloomberg, etc. I hold an MBA from ESMT Berlin, a Master of Science from Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, both in Germany and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras, India.

I'm Mithun A. Sridharan, an entrepreneur, author and keynote speaker on Strategy, Management Consulting and Digital Transformation. I'm a Forbes Technology Council Thought Leader and a Member of Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. As a strategy... Show more

Rebecca Farabaugh is an award-winning marketing, customer insights and experience, and organizational strategy leader, speaker and facilitator with 20+ years of experience helping organizations understand people, navigate change and turn complexity into action.

As a certified Human-Centered Design practitioner and founder of HumanISE, Rebecca challenges leaders to keep humans at the center of work, especially in an increasingly AI-driven world where the uniquely human capabilities of curiosity, critical thinking, empathy, sensemaking, storytelling and trust-building are becoming increasingly valuable.

Rebecca brings together data, research, storytelling, strategy and human-centered design to help audiences think differently about the human advantage in business, AI and tech enablement, operational efficiency, customer and employee experience, data storytelling, brand and marketing, organizational change and the future of work.

Her sessions are practical, interactive, thought-provoking and fun. They are designed to challenge assumptions and leave people with ideas they can actually use.

Rebecca has spoken and facilitated sessions for organizations including the American Marketing Association, AdWeek, Insights Association, Quirks Media, GetWIT, 24/7 Compliance, Highmark Health, Koppers, University of Pittsburgh and Duquesne Light Company. Her recent talks include Stop Designing for Customers. Start Designing for Humans, Designing for Data Excellence, and Beyond the Numbers: Tell a Story with Your Data.

Rebecca holds an M.S. in Marketing Science from the University of Pittsburgh and is a LUMA Institute Certified Practitioner of Human-Centered Design.

She helps people see what they couldn't see before—and gives them the tools to do something about it.

Rebecca Farabaugh is an award-winning marketing, customer insights and experience, and organizational strategy leader, speaker and facilitator with 20+ years of experience helping organizations understand people, navigate change and turn complexity i... Show more

Rosemary Smith
Managing Director – Getting Better Foundation
Impact Producer – “Trust Me” award-winning documentary

Short Bio: Rosemary Smith has accumulated considerable international experience in the media over the last three decades. She began her career as co-owner of FCC licensed radio stations throughout Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas. Rosemary is a media literacy expert, Montana’s state advocate for Media Literacy Now, sits on the International Council 4 Media Literacy board, is an associate educator for the Center for Media Literacy, and serves as envoy to the U.S. State Department’s American Film Showcase. She manages Montana based Getting Better Foundation, spearheads its global distribution of award-winning “Trust Me” Documentary and the film’s educational curriculum in partnership with News Literacy Project.

Rosemary has authored many blogs, papers, and is working on her first young adult book about media literacy. She’s delivered presentations and contributed to publications on media and citizenship-related issues in dozens of countries. Rosemary is passionate about addressing the challenges posed by emerging media forms and issues relating to media literacy, mental health, and democracy.

Rosemary Smith Managing Director – Getting Better Foundation Impact Producer – “Trust Me” award-winning documentary Short Bio: Rosemary Smith has accumulated considerable international experience in the media over the last three decades. She ... Show more

Steve Spiro, known as The Master Connector, is a keynote and TEDx speaker who helps sales teams, leaders and organizations build trust faster, strengthen relationships and achieve better business results through authentic human connection.

Once a painfully shy introvert who struggled with dyslexia and bullying, Steve transformed his life after a mentor challenged him to meet three new people every day. That journey helped him become a successful entrepreneur, top sales performer and trusted connector with more than 30,000 LinkedIn followers.

Steve is the author of The TAO of a Master Connector and host of The Master Connector Show, a weekly live broadcast with more than 275 episodes. His TEDx talk, “How Introverts Can Out-Connect the Rest,” demonstrates that connection is a skill anyone can develop.

Through high-energy, practical keynotes combining honest storytelling and audience engagement, Steve helps people improve conversations, build lasting relationships and create greater trust, collaboration, loyalty and sustainable growth in an increasingly digital and AI-driven world.

Steve Spiro, known as The Master Connector, is a keynote and TEDx speaker who helps sales teams, leaders and organizations build trust faster, strengthen relationships and achieve better business results through authentic human connection. Once a ... Show more

Jennie has solved business problems with technology for two decades. She has managed products for companies large and small with software developers, marketers, customer support, and clients from a wide variety of industries, proprietary and open source, B2B and B2B2C. She loves talking shop about how to solve user problems, build the right thing, and help teams thrive.

Jennie has solved business problems with technology for two decades. She has managed products for companies large and small with software developers, marketers, customer support, and clients from a wide variety of industries, proprietary and open so... Show more

Host of Double Coverage, the #5 sports podcast in America on Apple Podcasts. Built to 1.9M Instagram followers and 500K+ YouTube views per episode in under a year.

Host of Double Coverage, the #5 sports podcast in America on Apple Podcasts. Built to 1.9M Instagram followers and 500K+ YouTube views per episode in under a year. Show more

I’m Oscar Scolding, founder of Eclypseo, a Dubai-based SEO and AI search consultancy. I have spent 10+ years helping brands turn search visibility into measurable leads, revenue and growth, with experience across agencies, startups, SMEs and global names including Amazon, Nissan, Tommee Tippee, UFC, GITEX Global and Dubai World Trade Centre. My work focuses on SEO, GEO and answer-engine optimisation, helping businesses get found across Google, ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI-driven discovery journeys. I speak practically, without jargon, showing founders and marketing teams how to build visibility that actually supports commercial growth.

I’m Oscar Scolding, founder of Eclypseo, a Dubai-based SEO and AI search consultancy. I have spent 10+ years helping brands turn search visibility into measurable leads, revenue and growth, with experience across agencies, startups, SMEs and global n... Show more

Lauren Mucciolo has produced and/or directed more than a dozen documentaries for PBS Frontline -- many as international co-productions with the BBC’s Storyville, Panorama and Current Affairs programs, and Channel 4 in the UK. Her most recent films for Frontline are the Emmy-nominated documentaries "Born Poor" and "Alaska's Vanishing Native Villages," both released in 2025.

A seven-time News & Documentary Emmy nominee and two-time Grierson nominee, Lauren has won two RFK Journalism Awards, one Online Journalism Award, a Best Director Award from the Royal Television Society, a SXSW Film Festival Jury Prize, among many other honors for her films. She came to the Cronkite School in 2019 from Brooklyn, New York to help launch the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism as its inaugural executive producer. During her tenure, national multimedia investigations from the Howard Center have been published in top national news outlets like PBS NewsHour and The Associated Press, and recognized with dozens of awards. She was an editor on the Howard Center's collaboration with The AP, PBS Frontline and the University of Maryland on the multi-platform "Lethal Restraint," a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting and a Murrow Award winner.

Lauren Mucciolo has produced and/or directed more than a dozen documentaries for PBS Frontline -- many as international co-productions with the BBC’s Storyville, Panorama and Current Affairs programs, and Channel 4 in the UK. Her most recent films fo... Show more

With 16 years in product development and platform engineering, I lead teams in building scalable systems. Currently focused on a media platform enhancing delivery workflows. Known for migrating legacy systems to modern architectures, integrating best practices in DevOps and CI/CD. Passionate about fostering collaborative environments and driving strategic initiatives for industry leadership.

With 16 years in product development and platform engineering, I lead teams in building scalable systems. Currently focused on a media platform enhancing delivery workflows. Known for migrating legacy systems to modern architectures, integrating best... Show more

I help companies build repeatable Developer Relations programs that consistently drive measurable user acquisition, product adoption and tie to business outcomes.

Kevin Blanco is a Senior Developer Advocate and growth strategist with over 16 years in tech leadership. Distinguished as one of the leaders who deeply understand advanced technical concepts, PLG, GTM, and Enterprise + Partner Strategies. Kevin understand how developer adoption compounds into B2B & B2D pipelines and structure programs to capture that value.

Kevin has established himself as the go-to keynote speaker for developer conferences worldwide, having delivered 60+ impactful presentations at premier events including Google Cloud Next, DevRelCon, DrupalCon, All Things Open AI, and multiple developer conferences across North America and LATAM. Known for his ability to translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights, he connects deeply with technical audiences through engaging storytelling and practical frameworks. His presentations consistently drive measurable increases in product adoption and community engagement, making him a sought-after voice for events focused on developer relations, AI integration, and product-led growth strategies.

From shaping AI strategies at IBM Watson to building scalable cloud solutions for Google, Microsoft, and Nintendo, Kevin has a proven record of driving innovation and delivering measurable results. His rare combination of technical knowledge, storytelling expertise, and data-driven growth strategies enables him to craft video content that not only educates but also accelerates user acquisition and product adoption.

As a Google Developer Expert and Google for Startups Mentor, he advises Seed to Series A AI-focused startups on product strategy, sustainable scaling, and leveraging Google's ecosystem of resources and networks.
As a Google Certified Educator and Trainer and Certified Blackmagic Trainer for DaVinci Resolve, Kevin demonstrates exceptional teaching capabilities across both technical education and professional video production.

Speaker at Featured Events:

- Google I/O
- Google Cloud Next
- DevRelCon
- DrupalCon
- All Things Open AI
- Nerdearla
- KubeCon
- DevRelX Summit
- Techstars Founder Catalyst
- Google DevFest Montreal
- Google DevFest Calgary
- Google DevFest New York

Certifications and Recognitions:
- Google Developer Expert
- Google Innovator
- Google Champion
- Google Certified Educator/Trainer
- Google Certified Cloud Architect
- Blackmagic Design Certified Trainer
- Davinci Resolve Certified Editor
- Davinci Resolve Certified Colorist

I help companies build repeatable Developer Relations programs that consistently drive measurable user acquisition, product adoption and tie to business outcomes. Kevin Blanco is a Senior Developer Advocate and growth strategist with over 16 year... Show more

Anil is an award-winning senior product, tech, and AI leader with over 15 years of experience managing large-scale enterprise platforms and consumer-grade products. He has a proven track record in leading high-performing teams through strategy, development, and change management.

Anil specializes in AI/ML initiatives, including conversational search, recommendation systems, and Generative AI, delivering significant business impact across various industries. His industry expertise spans telecom, media, education technology, and HR.

Professionally, Anil has held key roles at Amazon and Capgemini, driving AI-powered solutions, improving product adoption, and enhancing customer satisfaction. His AI/ML product strategy leadership has led to notable achievements in marketing, sales, and customer care platforms.

Anil is an official Forbes Technology Council member. He has been honored with several prestigious awards, including recently the top AI 75 leader.

Anil is an award-winning senior product, tech, and AI leader with over 15 years of experience managing large-scale enterprise platforms and consumer-grade products. He has a proven track record in leading high-performing teams through strategy, devel... Show more

Lead UX/Digital Product Designer with over 20 years of experience and certification in design strategy. My career spans major tech hubs, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, where I've delivered impactful digital solutions across diverse industries.

Beyond client work, I'm committed to advancing the design community through thought leadership and mentorship. I regularly publish insights on UX and product design, speak at industry conferences and events, and mentor emerging designers. My work has built an engaged audience of 10,000+ followers across Medium, LinkedIn, and X.

Lead UX/Digital Product Designer with over 20 years of experience and certification in design strategy. My career spans major tech hubs, including New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and London, where I've delivered impactful digital solutions acro... Show more

Selina Meere is a collaborative and curious executive with deep expertise spotting opportunities for change and turning them into actionable strategies. She spent two decades leading high-performing marketing and public relations teams in New York’s book publishing industry before relocating to Los Angeles, where she helped scale an award-winning fintech startup by building its national brand, voice, and salesforce.
Her diverse background and appetite for new challenges led her to Trevanna Tracks, an entertainment SaaS that is used to manage music clearance by global media and technology companies. As COO, Selina oversees all aspects of operations and growth with a focus on new markets, industry engagement, client procurement, onboarding & experience, business development, cybersecurity, data privacy, feature innovation & integrations, and the people who make it all happen.
Beyond her role at Trevanna Tracks, Selina and her husband enjoy the company of their teenage girls, a friendly game of tennis, an excellent meal with a bottle of wine, and walking their dog around the neighborhood.

Selina Meere is a collaborative and curious executive with deep expertise spotting opportunities for change and turning them into actionable strategies. She spent two decades leading high-performing marketing and public relations teams in New York’s ... Show more

Nathaniel Nunes is a developer, musician, and professional broadcaster. He currently works as a Software Developer at ClerksWell, specializing in Umbraco CMS, pragmatic API design, and modern web frameworks.

This is his spot on the web for posts, projects, experiments, notes, and everything else. Nathaniel loves documenting and sharing what he learns — whether through code, demos, or teaching sessions. His talks focus on making technical concepts approachable, showing practical workflows, and helping others build with confidence.

He enjoys connecting with the community and encourages people to reach out via his social handles to say hi.

Nathaniel Nunes is a developer, musician, and professional broadcaster. He currently works as a Software Developer at ClerksWell, specializing in Umbraco CMS, pragmatic API design, and modern web frameworks. This is his spot on the web for posts, ... Show more