Fail Faster

Buzz Archer, the VP of Product at Atom Tickets shares his journey that has taken him around the world and the innovative work he is doing with his team at Atom Tickets to rethink the movie going experience in these new times

Marcel Schoch is the CTO at qlair, a Mann + Hummel company that is the leading platform for proactive clean air management in commercial buildings. Marcel walks us through Mann + Hummel's fascinating corporate venture process - showcasing a rigurous process that resulted in a promising company. He shares why air filtration is so important not just today, but why he thinks it will be one of the most critical areas for sustainability for the next decade + beyond

Gerardo Laino, is the Customer Experience Director at Liberty Mutual Insurance, a global auto insurance giant. He shares how he works in empathy in the legacy business processes to bring the voice of the customer to the surface. What works and what doesn't in different markets and different cultures. He shares his tactics for how he is doing his part in bringing a digital revolution in the traditional insurance world.

Jeff Yee, VP, Innovation and Partnerships at ZTE, shares his journey from the early days of wireless, to his current journey to truly understand how 5G will change our lives in the coming years.

Robert Mion is a Data Visualization Strategist and Storyteller at Novant Health. 10-plus years of industry knowledge taught Robert the value of prototyping, accessibility and, surprisingly, video games! Robert covers a wide range of topics from accessibility and how enterprise software can take queues from video gaming. Check out his side project that aims to teach accessibility with cats in a friendly style: thea11ycats.com. You'll also hear why coding is such a valuable skill for designers.

Jean-François Deldon is a Digital and Data Transformation leader at Michelin in France. Jean-François shares how many of his successes are snowballs - starting small, doing an exceptional job, telling the story and then expanding. This has played out both for a Michelin innovation challenge at schools as well as on projects around NLP and data science. Jean-François reveals why starting small on Machine Learning projects is critical and how it can be incredibly impactful.

Justin Tauber is a Senior Director of Ignite, a human-centered innovation consultancy through which Salesforce invests in the success of its most strategic customers. He shares his tips for finding a leverage point for transformation that can be a rallying point that aligns everyone to the organization's strategic vision. Hint: It's not a tech problem, it's a relationship problem.

Amer Chowdhry shares how his early days as a bold entrepreneur serves him event today in his role as Director of Product Management for Digital Commerce Services at Dell Technologies.

Ali Kekhia, is the Chief Information Officer at Deepa, one of the world's largest interior contracting companies. He and his team work to simplify, harmonize, and secure systems across 4 business groups, 22 countries, and many different cultures. He shares his tactics for helping people understand why and how to adopt new tech and policies. So that everyone from the CEO to a drywaller understands 'what's in it for me?