Innovation (C)

<p>Tim Salau is a visionary leader, author, and CEO devoted to helping people thrive in their careers and personal lives.</p><p> As Chairman, co-founder, and CEO of Guide, a global lifestyle brand and platform empowering mental health professionals and clinics, Tim is shaping the future of care and career by delivering tools that enhance patient outcomes and deepen post-session engagement.

<p>Ginger Kerrick is Chief Strategy Officer for Barrios Technology, a small woman-owned human spaceflight company in Houston, Texas.  </p><p>Prior to joining the Barrios executive team, Ginger served in multiple senior leadership roles at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) before retiring in 2021 including Deputy Director of the Exploration Integration and Science Directorate and JSC Assistant Center Director for Vision and Strategy. She spent the majority of her 30-year NASA career supporting JSC’s Flight Operations Directorate (FOD) in leadership roles, including Assistan

<p>Kara Goldin knows what it’s like to build a business, and a new category, from nothing to something big. She is a resilient, inspiring and motivational leader and storyteller.

<p>Suneel Gupta asks audiences, leaders and teams: “How can an organization excel on the outside if its people are exhausted on the inside?”</p><p>As the founding CEO of RISE, a breakthrough wellness company, Suneel Gupta helped thousands of people build better habits for life and work. Now as a bestselling author and Harvard Medical School visiting scholar, Suneel has taken his mission one step further – helping people achieve sustainable peak performance by bolstering emotional resilience and engagement.

<p><em>NYT Times Bestselling Author</em>, Dan Heath offers a breadth of expertise to teach audiences at any level how to lead successful change, make communication stickier, and improve their decision-making skills.</p><p>Dan Heath is the co-author, along with his brother Chip, of four long-running bestsellers: <em>Made to Stick</em>,<em> Switch</em>, <em>Decisive</em>, and <em>The Power of Moments</em>. The Heath Brothers’ books have sold over three million copies worldwide and been translated into 33 languages.

<p>Kate O’Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, business writer, and globally recognized speaker widely known as the “Tech Humanist.” She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions.

<p>Robert Richman is a culture strategist and was the co-creator of Zappos Insights, an innovative program focused on educating companies on the secrets behind Zappos’ amazing employee culture.</p><p>Robert built Zappos Insights from a small website to a thriving multi-million dollar business teaching over 25,000 students per year.

<p>Rachel is an ethical hacker and CEO of SocialProof Security where she helps people and companies keep their data and money safe from social engineering threats.</p><p>A winner of DEFCON's wild spectator sport, the Social Engineering ‘Capture the Flag’ contest, she was also one of the first to correctly predict and unpack the infamous 2020 Twitter hack in real time while providing recommendations to the public to help other organizations avoid disastrous social engineering attacks in the future.

<p>Called “the de facto poet laureate of corporate America” by Forbes, Sekou Andrews helps the world’s largest organizations deliver relevant information with riveting inspiration through an innovative, unconventional category of speaking called “Poetic Voice.”</p><p>Imagine harnessing the power of an engaging opening video, an electric closing performance, and an insightful main stage keynote all in one dynamic presentation.

<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.