Change Wave

Irene Au @ireneau is an operating partner at Khosla Ventures, working with portfolio companies to make their design and UX great. She drives strategic discussions at the highest levels of companies, focusing first on user needs to inspire product innovation.

As former head of the design teams for Google and Yahoo, and a leader in UX at Netscape and Udacity, she has been one of the biggest employers of UX talent.

Irene balances this hectic schedule through committed yoga practice and instruction.

Christina Sass @sasschristina is the Co-Founder and President of Andela.

Founded on the idea that brilliance is evenly distributed but opportunity is not, Andela aims to train 100,000 world-class software developers in Africa over the next 10 years. To do so, Andela has created a new model of education that funds itself through the work it does: training brilliant young software developers and placing them with top international companies.

https://andela.com/

Beginning with her flagship barre3 studio in Portland, Oregon, Sadie created a unique style of whole-health fitness classes committed to mind and body results.

Sadie shares the principles she's used to create a sustainable, balanced company AND life, as well as tough lessons she's learned along the way.

https://barre3.com

Dan Heath, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Change Academy, shares stories from his latest book, The Power of Moments. It explores why certain brief experiences can elevate and change us—and how to create such moments in life and work.

http://heathbrothers.com/the-power-of-moments/

Timirah James is a technology evangelist, iOS engineer and singer.

She explains her frustration with the CS program at her college, why she left despite being a top performer, and how she used online resources and grit to become a full time iOS engineer.

Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. His newest book, Side Hustle, helps readers create a new source of income in 27 days. They dig into a few of his standout blog posts and the stories behind them.

Deborah Quazzo is the Founder of GSV Acceleration, a venture capital fund investing in great entrepreneurs and their companies in the learning and talent technology sector. She discusses the value and changing landscape of higher education.

Deepa Subramaniam’s inspiring career includes lead Product roles at Kickstarter, Hillary for America, charity: water, and Adobe. She shares her story of taking chances, conquering doubts, active networking, and using tech to solve global problems.

Tim O’Reilly is the founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Inc. a media company that tries to change the world by spreading and amplifying the knowledge of innovators. He discusses his new book, WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us.

Van Jones is a social entrepreneur, activist, CNN political contributor and host. He shares details of his new book, and suggests ways we can work across party lines to get youth and underrepresented people into tech jobs. http://www.vanjones.net/