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<p>Omar Johnson is a marketing and branding keynote speaker, entrepreneur, former CMO at Beats by Dre, and former VP Marketing at Apple. At Beats Electronics, Johnson was responsible for brand development, advertising, retail experience, entertainment/sports marketing, and digital marketing for all global brand marketing and advertising efforts.

<p>Described as endlessly optimistic, Nancy is a strategic futurist with a drive to help enterprise organizations and visionary leaders transform to meet the escalating expectations ahead.

<p>One of <em>Forbes</em>’ Top Futurists, Heather E. McGowan brings fresh energy and actionable insights to the future of work.</p><p> A sought-after strategist, keynote speaker, and 2x bestselling author, she equips organizations to navigate relentless change by activating their most critical resource: their people. Heather’s audiences range from startups to publicly traded Fortune 500 companies, including Google, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard, and Kaiser Permanente.

<p>Marissa Orr is the author of the bestseller<i> Lean Out: The Truth About Women, Power, & The Workplace</i>. On stage, Orr draws from her book and her successful 15-year career inside Google and Facebook to ask the question few have the nerve to ask: What have we gotten wrong about women at work?</p><p>With career-altering experiences inside two of Silicon Valley’s leading tech giants, Orr shares her views on women at work, structural norms and teamwork.

<p>With two New York Times bestsellers and a 20-year career with the world-renowned Harvard Negotiation Project, Sheila Heen is an authority on how to have difficult conversations successfully—where emotions run high and relationships become strained.  </p><p>As Harvard Law School professor and a founder of Triad Consulting Group, Heen shares how to improve the skill of receiving feedback—a change she says that is essential to learning, collaboration, innovation and sound decision-making in your organization.

<p>Molly Bloom is an entrepreneur and the best-selling author of <i>Molly’s Game,</i> a story that inspired a best-picture nomination, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.

<p>The former Director of Communications for Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Ken Schmidt has advised executive leaders of many of the world’s best-known brands, delivered more than one thousand keynote presentations, written two best-selling books and created a popular business podcast.</p><p>It’s an impersonal world, where so many products and services are seen as easily-replaced, indistinct commodities. Whether you stand out or get lost in the crowd is a choice.

<p>Robyn Benincasa takes you inside the world of extreme adventure racing to highlight the common traits, attitudes and mindsets of the world's most consistently high-performing teams. </p><p>For 20 years, Robyn has competed in the most rigorous conditions on earth as an adventure racer, mastering the skills required to inspire and bond with teammates in pursuit of audacious goals while working under extreme time pressures.</p><p>With a message that emphasizes caring about each other as much as ourselves, Robyn offers a unique view of how to build teams th

<p>From modest beginnings to a renowned venture capitalist and star investor on ABC’s <i>Shark Tank</i>, Kevin O’Leary is celebrated as one of North America’s most successful business entrepreneurs. Distinguished by his frank approach and notable financial expertise, O’Leary delivers behind-the-scenes insight on his journey to success, discussing challenges faced, risks taken, lessons learned and everything there is to know about business, money and life.</p><p>In 1986, O’Leary co-founded SoftKey Software Products.

<p>Jia Jiang shares his story and the positive lessons that rejection can teach us to help individuals and organizations use rejection as a powerful advantage.</p>

<p>Jia is the owner of Rejection Therapy and author of “Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible, One Rejection at a Time,” an indispensable guide to overcoming rejection and living more boldly. After he left a career in the corporate world to pursue life as an entrepreneur, he was soon confronted with everyone's biggest fear – rejection.</p>