Efe Fruci is an experienced career and confidence coach, scientist, CEO, speaker, and author, dedicated to building confidence and unleashing the potential in women. With an extensive background in female empowerment, her decade-long career expands over several industries including science and biotechnology. She holds a degree in Biomedical Science and Health Sciences from Oxford, in addition to a degree in Nursing/Midwifery. Efe worked her way up from an entry-level position to earn her seat at the STEM table, a space held by too few Black women.

Her work as a career and confidence coach is guided by one simple fact: an empowered woman today is a leader tomorrow. From overthrowing imposter syndrome and managing mental health, to reimaging the path to career success, Efe helps women to build the confidence needed to accomplish their career goals. By assisting clients in developing their personal and career road map, be it transitioning to a new career, climbing the corporate ladder, or the journey to entrepreneurship, Efe equips and empowers clients with the tools to succeed and thrive forward with greatness. She is passionate about promoting female leadership, building self-confidence, and nurturing the talents of women, to see them become the innovators, leaders, and change-makers they were destined to be. Her clients range from students to executives, working with universities, everyday women seeking to take the next step, and leading companies such as Accenture and Deloitte.

Efe is also the founder and CEO of a non-profit, ODIHI, providing opportunities for young girls and women to thrive in life and career aspirations, helping them evolve into the best version of themselves.

Efe has worked across different regions including the UK, Europe, Africa, the US, and Canada giving me the cross-cultural experience needed to support businesses internationally.

Her approach is using positive psychology to help her clients cultivate new habits that transform their everyday lives and help them live life confidently and purposefully.

Efe Fruci is an experienced career and confidence coach, scientist, CEO, speaker, and author, dedicated to building confidence and unleashing the potential in women. With an extensive background in female empowerment, her decade-long career expands o... Show more

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Community Contributor, Power Community Organizer, Powerapps UG Leader. Who believes community is the way to grow.

Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Community Contributor, Power Community Organizer, Powerapps UG Leader. Who believes community is the way to grow. Show more

I'm an undergraduate student from India. I worked as a machine learning and data science intern at two startups. I was also a speaker at 2020 Global AI Student Conference.

I'm an undergraduate student from India. I worked as a machine learning and data science intern at two startups. I was also a speaker at 2020 Global AI Student Conference. Show more

Pranjali Awasthi is a 14-year-old researcher and entrepreneur in residency at Backend Capital. She is recognized as one of the prominent young voices in the growth of Miami as a tech hub. She is passionate about teaching AI young and making lessons accessible through games. With research experience in the overlap of Machine Learning and Neuroscience, she is looking to build the next wireless android brain-computer interface.

Azhar Ali is an Incoming Android Developer and former SWE Intern at Facebook (NYC). He is also the Android Tech Lead at the Google Developer Student Club (GSDC) at Florida International University (FIU), and was the GSDC FIU President the prior year. He is a student leader in his community who is passionate about helping students fuel their tech careers and build their dream passionate projects. He has led dozens of workshops at FIU and has grown GDSC FIU to become one of the largest in North America with over 700+ members under his leadership.

Pranjali Awasthi is a 14-year-old researcher and entrepreneur in residency at Backend Capital. She is recognized as one of the prominent young voices in the growth of Miami as a tech hub. She is passionate about teaching AI young and making lessons a... Show more

Bisi is an expert in mastering and transcending internal fears, an Award-Winning International Speaker, TEDx Speaker and results focused facilitator. With a Corporate Finance career of over two decades, she overcame the challenges, demands, and politics of Corporate and answered the calling of her soul.

She is the Founder of Fear2Freedom whose focus audience is executives, high level professionals, business owners and companies. She delivers coaching, training and speaking services using her proprietary Live More Fear Less™ methodology to disrupt the status quo of their mindset so they can discover their own unique fearless formula for success. She is based in Georgia, US and works with clients internationally.

Bisi is an expert in mastering and transcending internal fears, an Award-Winning International Speaker, TEDx Speaker and results focused facilitator. With a Corporate Finance career of over two decades, she overcame the challenges, demands, and poli... Show more

A Science and Tech Enthusiast.

A Science and Tech Enthusiast. Show more

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, and believer that love always wins.

Also, all of these are from over 3 years ago when working on some Ted stuff for anti-trafficking and believe I've grown a ton since then but are available if needed https://neversettle.it/tedxmilehigh/

Passion for life and living each moment to the fullest. Against the grain culture shaper. Entrepreneur with both Fortune 100 and Silicon Valley startup experience. Leverager of business to solve the world’s most complex problems. Lifelong learner, an... Show more

Email me anytime! chrisbhilton@gmail.com

With over 6 years experience working in startups in Los Angeles's Silicon Beach; Chris Hilton graduated UCLA with a degree in Psychology and built a startup in the Cannabis Industry. In leading his first company Chris realized that it was necessary to learn skills that were shaping the future of management. This is when he decided to attend the most qualified Data Science bootcamp, Galvanize. It took over a year for Chris to pass Galvanize’s Technical Interviews & join the December 2019 Data Science Immersive. While studying at Galvanize he also worked as a Breast Cancer Researcher in an AI lab at UCSF. After graduating Galvanize during the lockdowns that made our world remote; he reached out to various startups to explore opportunities to work with his new skills. Shortly thereafter he began working as the Chief Data Officer at Blast.io, a social messaging app and now works as the Host of The Tech Pivot Podcast at Galvanize.

Email me anytime! chrisbhilton@gmail.com With over 6 years experience working in startups in Los Angeles's Silicon Beach; Chris Hilton graduated UCLA with a degree in Psychology and built a startup in the Cannabis Industry. In leading his first c... Show more

Working in the industry of technology for 10+ years by adapting and going through the change in it, he has worked in 50+ different programming languages by developing and deploying in most cases at least one project in each language allowing him to break the language barrier and absorb the diversity of technology. He is Founder BreatheIO, PGP AI/ML Data Science, Full Stack Developer, Hardware Engineer, Philosopher and Author of Make me a Programmer: The Independent Entrepreneur. Most recent qualification is a Post-Graduation in AI/ML from University of Texas, Austin.

Working in the industry of technology for 10+ years by adapting and going through the change in it, he has worked in 50+ different programming languages by developing and deploying in most cases at least one project in each language allowing him to b... Show more

Stuart Burchill is an nano science based engineer who is making energy saving based products and material.

Stuart Burchill is an nano science based engineer who is making energy saving based products and material. Show more

Manager by profession and Agile evangelist by heart.. I enjoy working with teams to groom them to be self managed teams. Agile transformations is my Forte. Passionate and Dream to be Ted speaker some day.. I write blogs and articles in simplified way to make agile simple and easy for teams to learn and implement

Manager by profession and Agile evangelist by heart.. I enjoy working with teams to groom them to be self managed teams. Agile transformations is my Forte. Passionate and Dream to be Ted speaker some day.. I write blogs and articles in sim... Show more

Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 customers around the globe with focus on production grade co-engineering work.

Before joining Microsoft, Andreas served in several roles as CTO, Architect, Consultant and System Engineer.

Andreas joined Microsoft in 2017 after spending more than 10 years developing and operating cloud based applications for industry and government clients. In his role as Senior Engineering Lead, he accelerates Microsoft’s most strategic tier-1 custome... Show more

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing computing cost and performance of problems at scale. Medha lends her expertise to help Eydle in their mission of making AI computing intelligent.

During Medha's PhD, she single-handedly developed 'BitMat' system from scratch, for handling very large RDF graphs and queries on them. BitMat has over 1000 downloads and 400 research citations to date. Medha has a unique experience of 20 years in academia and industry together, that includes being a Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford, an Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur, and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania. Before starting her PhD, she spent four and half years in industry as a software developer, and during her PhD she interned at Oracle Inc. and IBM T. J. Watson lab.

Medha Atre holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) with the focus on graph databases. She currently works with the founding team at Eydle Inc. to develop a distributed deep learning platform for optimizing c... Show more

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality.

Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley College (University of the United States), winning the titles of Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar, and is a member of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. She started her work in the Campinas region, assisting company directors and politicians. Today she works with professionals from the most diverse areas throughout Brazil, in addition to other countries.

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Ela prepara as pessoas para discursarem em palestras, reuniões e treinamentos com clareza, objetividade e competência, proporcionando-lhes atingir um resultado de extrema qualidade.

Antes de iniciar sua carreira no Brasil, Rebeca graduou-se no Missouri Valley College (Universidade dos Estados Unidos), conquistando os titulos Magna Cum Laude, Missouri Valley College Division of Communications Scholar e é membro da Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Começou seu trabalho na região de Campinas, auxiliando diretores de empresas e políticos. Hoje atende profissionais das mais diversas áreas em todo Brasil, além de outros países.

She trains people to speak at lectures, meetings, and presentations with clarity, objectivity, and competence, enabling them to achieve a result of extreme quality. Before starting her career in Brazil, Rebeca graduated from Missouri Valley Colleg... Show more

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Intersecting OSS technologies and initiatives & many times release manager of Islandora 7 and a committer. His current main areas of interest are Digital Object Repositories, Semantic Web, IIIF, JSON, OS Communities, Teaching and his many Dogs.

Diego Pino Navarro is a friendly Software Engineer, Software Architect and Open Source Maintainer from Chile and located in NYC since 2016, leading for the last 2 years a Drupal8/9 based architecture named Archipelago. He has been involved in Interse... Show more

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementation of Morgan Stanley's precious metals trading platform, mortgage pricing systems and other real-time tools for the sales-force. At BlackRock, I was part of the core trading team focused on scaling the equity capabilities of BlackRock’s Aladdin platform. I have further designed, implemented, and connected, large social graphs and microservices with Machine Learning pipelines at the reinsurance hedge fund - Nephila Capital - and at the leading life science powerhouse - Elsevier.

From a Financial Engineering perspective, I have in-depth practical knowledge of multi-asset classes, including, Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO), Passed-Through Bonds, Commodities, Futures, Equities, FX, Swaps, and Bespoke Non-Correlated Exotic Risks.

As a committed technology enthusiast, I have hands-on expertise in the productionisation of Electronic Trading Platforms, Data Engineering and Machine Learning pipelines, using various popular Big Data tools, such as, Cassandra, Spark, Zookeeper, Gremlin/TinkerPop, Kafka, Datomic, and others - besides having used these products since their early infancy days.

My passion for knowledge sharing and open-source steered me to launch http://allaboutscala.com as a platform to publish my hands-on experience with using the Scala ecosystem in Finance, Distributed Systems, Functional Programming, Big Data, Graph and/or Semantically Linked Data and, of course, my favourite - Machine Learning.

I hold a Master in Computer Science from Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey, USA, and also earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Computer Science from Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, USA. I now live in Mauritius.

I'm Nadim Bahadoor, and have over a decade of hands-on experience building large scale systems in the Financial (Electronic Trading Platforms), Risk, Insurance and Life Science sectors. For instance, I was responsible for the design and implementatio... Show more

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching.

Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the product development at IBM Watson Health for patient and consumer engagement offerings. Oliver was directly involved in product envisioning and implementation with cognitive and A.I. computing support via Watson. As part of his responsibilities at IBM Watson Health, Oliver also provided technology leadership on massive significant merger and acquisition activities to produce a combined technology stack from acquired companies such as Truven, Explorys, Phytel, Curam, and Merge.

Over the past 20 years, Oliver served as Chief Information Officer for a fast-scale Medicare primary care provider network based in Florida, as CIO for a healthcare insurance payor, and as Chief Technology Officer at Marshfield Clinic, WI. Prior to entering the healthcare industry, Oliver worked as the Chief Architect at Intuit Quicken Health in Silicon Valley and a number of commercial SaaS companies.

Between Silicon Valley and Wisconsin, Oliver produced a large number of innovative healthcare and commercial software products. He enjoys building motivated teams and relentlessly partners with customers to find new pathways of leveraging impactful technology for the betterment of humanity.

Oliver is the CEO and founder of MoreTalent Corporation. MoreTalent is an assembly of world-class executive leaders and offers business and technology strategy and talent coaching. Previously, as one of the senior executives, Oliver led the produc... Show more

Professor Samson Williams
Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs
Washington, DC, USA
Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs

Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the business and startup lessons he’s paid the iron price for. Specialties include: fintech, digital transformation, organizational change management, crowdfunding, blockchain use cases, cryptocurrency regulations, initial coin offerings and explaining all the above, in plain English, to investors, government officials, small children and c-suite executives.

Highlights of Samson’s career:
Adjunct Professor, University of New Hampshire (UNH) School of Law, Tokenomics and Cryptocurrency Regulations

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Blockchain, AI, Fintech & Beyond Courses

2019 SXSW Advisory Board Member

Board Member, Washington, DC Department of Health, Institutional Review Board

Samson spent 2008 – 2016 at Fannie Mae as Emergency Manager, managing an REO portfolio of $20B in distressed assets; then as Deputy Chief of Staff Operations & Technology Executive Office; blocking, tackling, putting out fires and babysitting c-suite executives

Fluent in Irish, Legalese, Corporate Speak and discerning the slow “no” between the BS

3x Marine Corps Marathon finisher and running enthusiast, who prefers to spend his weekends fishing, playing chess, drinking bourbon and reading about the latest in emerging tech

Samson graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Cultural Anthropology and holds a Masters in Emergency & Disaster Management from American Military University. Samson’s most valuable educational asset is his common sense and experience, which he employees regularly to overcome humanity’s biggest challenge to technology adoption and organizational change – humans. For more information on Samson or to connect with him please visit his LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samson-williams-axesandeggs/

Professor Samson Williams Anthropologist @ Axes and Eggs Washington, DC, USA Instagram | Twitter: @axesandeggs Samson is a classically trained anthropologist, serial entrepreneur and accidental finance expert who is happy to share the busine... Show more

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

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

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago.

I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to formally ensure the robustness and correctness of software destined to be used on patients in the operating room dawned on me since the very beginning... A method emerged from my multiple trials and errors.

Today I wish to share the results of this "quest for correctness", discuss the method with you, and see it come to life in other disciplines... Hoping that it will bring serenity and unleash creativity in other designers!

After a few years working in aerial and train simulation, and finance, I discovered computerized medicine 15 years ago. I've been working ever since in the field of medical devices and computer assisted medical intervention. The necessity to forma... Show more

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training.

He is also the founder of DevLifts, a developer-centric fitness company focused on helping developers live healthier lives. He’s an Egghead instructor, an organizer of multiple meetups, and the organizer of the annual MagnoliaJS conference held in Jackson, Mississippi.

In his spare time, you’ll find him with his wife and dog. He is also a Reformed member of the Christian faith and is active in his local church.

J.C. Hiatt is Software Engineer & Growth Manager at Echobind, where he helps build awesome applications with JavaScript, React, React Native, and GraphQL and grow the community through education and training. He is also the founder of DevLifts, a... Show more

Amy Peck is the founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR/AR (XR) strategy & consulting firm. Amy is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of XR. She has deep connections within the industry and works with Fortune 500 companies, digital media/production companies and tech startups on XR strategy, content, development, product and GTM.

Amy holds several Advisory Board roles:
Geo.Network, a volumetric geospatial control platform
VantagePoint, VR Sexual Harassment Training
Venture Partner, Capital Region AR/VR Accelerator
XR Marin Leadership Council
Virtual World Society Ambassador

Amy is a mentor at Draper U, Women in XR Fund, Korean Innovation Center and River Studios and is an active member of several Women in Tech & STEM Education organizations. Amy is a member of the VR/AR Association’s (VRARA) Digital Healthcare Committee and Co-chairs the VRARA Enterprise Committee.

Amy's true passion for this technology emerged at Leap Motion where she launched the Enterprise division working with clients across every major vertical including healthcare, entertainment, retail, hospitality, education and government.

It became clear that there was a need to help foster XR development in the commercial arena and more importantly, shepherd these critical early wins. EndeavorVR was conceived for this very purpose.

Amy continues her work with Fortune 500 clients, helping them adopt XR for both internal process and consumer-facing initiatives, including marketing, customer experience, productivity and training. She engages the top content creators, designers, developers and platform partners to bring these solutions to fruition.

Amy’s forte is distilling complex technologies into meaningful solutions across many verticals and business lines, delivering strategy and resources at scale.

Her own personal mission is to see XR accessible to all - fundamentally improving every aspect of our lives and changing the way we work, learn, communicate and play.

Amy Peck is the founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR/AR (XR) strategy & consulting firm. Amy is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of XR. She has deep connections within the industry and works with ... Show more

I'm a biologist with a PhD in Biological Sciences. I started out researching climate impacts on aquatic systems and now focus on bridging science, tech, and education to support ecological transition. I work as a lecturer, AI trainer, and sustainability consultant.

I'm a biologist with a PhD in Biological Sciences. I started out researching climate impacts on aquatic systems and now focus on bridging science, tech, and education to support ecological transition. I work as a lecturer, AI trainer, and sustainabil... Show more

I'm a member of the Rust infrastructure and compiler teams and the Leadership Council. I teach Rust at a university and sometimes do Rust trainings. Apart from that I also work as a researcher at an HPC center.

I'm a member of the Rust infrastructure and compiler teams and the Leadership Council. I teach Rust at a university and sometimes do Rust trainings. Apart from that I also work as a researcher at an HPC center. Show more

There's so much to do, and so little time!

There's so much to do, and so little time! Show more

Yugesh Anne develops safety-critical real-time control software for next-generation robotic surgical platforms. Passionate about embedded AI and the future of autonomous healthcare.

Yugesh Anne develops safety-critical real-time control software for next-generation robotic surgical platforms. Passionate about embedded AI and the future of autonomous healthcare. Show more

A perpetual explorer at the intersection of inquiry and insight. This individual doesn't just seek answers but thrives on the journey of discovery, using dialogue as a catalyst to refine ideas and uncover new possibilities. Known for a thoughtful and probing approach, they engage with complexity not as a barrier, but as an invitation to delve deeper. Their process is a dynamic synthesis—connecting disparate dots, challenging assumptions, and collaboratively building understanding from a foundation of genuine curiosity. They are a modern thinker, architecting knowledge one conversation at a time.

A perpetual explorer at the intersection of inquiry and insight. This individual doesn't just seek answers but thrives on the journey of discovery, using dialogue as a catalyst to refine ideas and uncover new possibilities. Known for a thoughtful and... Show more

As a child, I spent many evenings in front of my PC coding and building cool projects for my eyes only. After the realization set in that I will not be making it as a competitive swimmer (wasn’t even close), I found it rewarding to create and design ideas that can benefit others.

Now, I put that passion for technology to work as a Computer Vision & Deep Learning researcher for Intuitive.

Before life at Intuitive, I was a Computer Vision and Deep Learning Lead at CommonGround-AI and Mantis Vision, where I specialized in developing cutting edge 3D imaging technology.

An additional venture I am very proud of was taking part as a system engineer at Signa sealing system which I founded. At Signa I was the sole engineer responsible for development of hardware, firmware and software. Today Signa sealing systems are installed in more than 250 Semi trailers preventing fuel theft and adulteration.

As a child, I spent many evenings in front of my PC coding and building cool projects for my eyes only. After the realization set in that I will not be making it as a competitive swimmer (wasn’t even close), I found it rewarding to create and design ... Show more

I’m a designer and product manager specializing in human–AI collaboration and applied intelligence systems. With a Masters in Human Computer Interaction degree from Carnegie Mellon University, I’ve led design and product strategy for AI platforms across hiring and training. At Zenafide, I focus on turning complex AI workflows into intuitive, no-code-driven systems that scale from prototype to agentic systems for hiring and recruiting. My work bridges design thinking, systems architecture, and product growth—helping teams make AI practical, safe, and human.

I’m a designer and product manager specializing in human–AI collaboration and applied intelligence systems. With a Masters in Human Computer Interaction degree from Carnegie Mellon University, I’ve led design and product strategy for AI platforms ac... Show more

Sou um profissional multidisciplinar atuando na interseção entre design, gestão de produtos e análise funcional, com foco em inovação e transformação digital. Tenho mais de 3 anos de experiência liderando o ciclo completo de produtos da pesquisa e concepção à implementação e evolução estratégica.

Sou um profissional multidisciplinar atuando na interseção entre design, gestão de produtos e análise funcional, com foco em inovação e transformação digital. Tenho mais de 3 anos de experiência liderando o ciclo completo de produtos da pesquisa e co... Show more