Head of Product Design  Pinterest 

Previously, he spent 8+years directing design for many Apple products. Prior to Apple, he was Director of Design for Yahoo!. He is also the author of Making the Web Work.

CEO of Digg and Instapapaer - Former deputy CTO of the U.S.

Andrew is a partner at Betaworks, a tech and media start-up studio. As deputy CTO of the US, he was responsible for advising the President on Internet, technology and innovation policy. Previously, he was director of global public policy at Google. 

Partner at Riverwood Capital

Former CEO of Flextronics

 Electronic Business Magazine named Michael one of the Top Ten Most Influential Executives in Silicon Valley History, and CEO of the Year for 2003.

He is a director of SanDisk Corporation (Chairman), Schlumberger Ltd, GoPro, and iFLY.  In addition, Michael serves as a Trustee of the Juilliard School.

Senior Director of Emerging Products & Technology

Autodesk

An energetic technical leader, he concentrates on making software a true partner in the design process. His team is focused on geometric shape analysis and large scale machine learning techniques for 3D design information. 

VP of Engineering  - Aeris

Drew is an engineering leader and technologist with  more than 20 patents. He leads the engineering team at Aeris, a pioneer in the market of the Internet of Things – as an operator of end-to-end M2M services and as a technology provider enabling other operators to deliver profitable M2M services.

 Innovation strategist,  Educator & Author. 

Advisor to many Fortune 1000 companies Lisa is also an educator on faculty at the CCA & Singularity University. She coauthored the WSJ bestseller, Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conversations that Accelerate Change.

Special Advisor - Omidyar Network -  Former VP of HR at PayPal and eBay

Sal leads human capital and operations at the Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm that funds for-profit and nonprofit businesses that fosters social change throughout the world. Prior to Omidyar, he served as the VP of HR for PayPal and eBay.  

VP Software Development

Turner Broadcasting

Chris has 20+ years leading teams that design and build large-scale mission-critical enterprise solutions. He is responsible for the design and development of most of media asset management, file-based video production, and editorial and election systems used at CNN  around the world.

SEVP  Corporate Development & Strategy Technicolor

Vince leads the digital delivery business group with 23+ year in the telecoms industry. Prior to Technicolor, he was CTO for the APAC region at Alcatel-Lucent and GM of the Trusted Networks at Siemens in Australia just to name a few. 

Founder of XAPO

Wences is a technology entrepreneur and advocate of the bitcoin revolution, with global business experience specializing in technology and financial ventures. Xapo is a bitcoin wallet and vault startup described by the Wall Street journal as the Fort Knox of bitcoin storage.

CEO at NARA Logics 

Jana leads a neuroscience-based artificial intelligence company focused on turning big data into smart actions. Her tech experience comes from positions at Intuit, Blackbaud, Lycos, American Airline’s Sabre, and Spreadshirt. She is a mathematician with a computer science.

Co-founder

PCH Lime Lab 

Kurt has 22+ years of design and industry experience. He co-founded PCHLime Lab, a solutions and product development consultancy. Prior to Lime Lab, Kurt held senior roles at Apple, Design Within Reach, Astro Gaming, and Coalesse.

Dean of Design - California College of the Arts

Leslie is a critically acclaimed writer, editor, Antarctic historian, creative strategist, team builder and leader. Prior to migrating to academia, she reported the news around the globe and wrote hundreds of articles and essays for magazines, newspapers, and journals.

 CEO & Founder

CoherentRx

Tom Hartle is a serial publishing entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Bandwdth Publishing, an app publishing house and the owner of CoherentRx, a new health-care app company that brings educational anatomy apps to the health-care industry. 

Managing Director, Group Design & Digital Office

Barclays

Charles is a group level senior executive with 20 years international financial services experience. He is an innovator and inventor currently driving transformation of customer experience from within Barclays’ Group Design and Digital Office.

CTO

National Geographic Society

Jonathan provides a strategic vision for using technology to spark the Society’s digital future, overseeing both internal and external technological advancements. Previously he leadd technology at Ancestry.com, Earthlink and all Turner's internet properties, including CNN, Cartoon Network, NASCAR.COM  and TCM.

Chief Technology Strategist

Microsoft

Brodie Desimone has 20 years of experience as an IT executive. He founded 2 startups and was part of the founding executive team at Yummy Interactive. Since then he has held a number of other roles including VP of Technology and CTO for local companies .