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Annette is a sought-after consultant and executive coach in all facets of organizational culture, leadership development and the ways in which emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence will impact these areas. She focuses on aligning the strategic direction of the organization to the strategic development of its people.

With an ability to diagnose the issues within an organization, align the people and processes, and help initiate the results needed to meet the strategic objectives of the organization, she is known for helping organizations cut through the issues and learn to communicate effectively within teams. It is about accelerating results - high performance is where passion intersects with persistence.

STEPHEN MEADE is an American entrepreneur, executive and business founder who is passionate about creating companies that make a difference in the world. He has the ability to catapult an idea from pure concept to the creation of a thriving business. In the past 20 years, he has created, incubated and architected nine (9) successful technology-based companies. He is a seasoned business advisor and leader who frequently speaks on the art of networking at executive leadership conferences and startup communities (i.e. executives, entrepreneurs, start-up founders, co-founders, students) around the world.

In 2005, he founded Big Bamboo, LLC to serve as the incubator for ideas that are worth building a team around and bringing to market. Currently, all ideas come solely from the Founder and the company does not take on or incubate outside business or services.

He is currently the CEO of MonetaPro.IO, which is a FinTech Blockchain company for Global Companies to participate in Corporate Trade. MonetaPro.IO competed in and won the Silicon Valley d10e Global ICO contest, which to date was the largest ICO competition in the World featuring 32 companies. MonetaPro has placed in the following competitions: Fintech Zurich (1st Place), Los Angeles Crypto (1st Place), Malta (2nd Place), South Korea (3rd place), and more!

Meade is also the CEO of MagMo, Inc., a B2B Platform focused on technology around Media, Entertainment, and Influencers. MagMo (which stands for Magic Moments) is a photo sharing tool primarily for major brands to create stories and share it with their existing audience. MagMo can provide monetization for social media audiences of the brand through a patent pending process known as the “back cover.”

His roster of successful businesses includes MyBlueEarth, Cenoplex, RONAstar, ComCom, CuCme, etc.

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Ashley has worked in the mixed-reality space for almost a decade helping Fortune 1000 brands including Adidas, Lexus, ATandT and more launch mixed reality applications to engage consumers and increase sales. She has 14 patents and have given talks on the future of mixed reality at SXSW, Digital Summit, Augmented World Expo, TEDx, World Economic Forum and more. Ashley graduated from USC with a bachelors and masters in engineering and leverage my engineering background to guide VNTANA’s overall direction and technology development to shape the future of commerce by making it easy to create a 3D version of every product in the world.

Ashley loves helping companies plan and execute a winning 3D strategy that not only increases revenue and consumer engagement, but also creates cost efficiencies and collaboration across an organization..

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VNTANA provides an advanced CMS for 3D rendering of products for a new level of eCommerce enablement. The system is designed to automate and streamline the workflow for economic rendering in 3D, tens of thousands of SKUs at a time. Proven to increase sales for major apparel, retail and industrial corporations, the 3D CMS allows easy interaction between product designers, promoters and sellers.

Divvy is a secure financial platform for businesses to manage payments and subscriptions, build strategic budgets, and eliminate expense reports. By integrating real-time tracking for every business transaction, Divvy provides organizations with instant insight into their spend. With Divvy, you can make informed cash flow decisions, curb losses before they happen, and never have to save a receipt again.

Founder, entrepreneur and strategic operational leader.

As a strategic leader and brand creator, Davina is passionate about challenging the norm and making a difference with every company she has worked with. With Element Apothec, Davina brings to the table vast experience in team building, business strategy and operational management and a mission to create good in the world.

Davina is the CEO and Co-Founder of ELĒMENT APOTHĒC. Element Apothec is the trustworthy brand conscious consumers are demanding. They have created clean, safe and effective products with medical oversight and are committed to complete transparency. They look to disrupt and change, for the better, an industry that has abandoned responsibility for their consumers' wellbeing and health.

She is driven by a desire to truly make a difference both professionally and personally.

Element Apothec is a new innovative and purpose driven consumer brand focused on CBD-infused wellness and bodycare products which combine the healing powers of nature with the ingenuity of innovation in science. We have a commitment to formulate products that are healthy for your body, inside and out; advocate for higher standards; create social impact; and empower consumers via transparency and education, all while holding ourselves accountable to unparalleled standards of safety and quality.

Canosus Ventures is a consulting practice that assists clients in the technology sector with commercialization strategy and execution. We offer project based and retained strategic advisory services to technology companies worldwide. With a strong focus on digital entertainment, wireless connectivity, embedded systems, and Internet of Things (IoT), Canosus Ventures provides actionable insights, investment guidance and go-to-market assistance to a wide range of organizations including Service Providers, Hardware Manufacturers, Software Vendors, OEMs, and investment firms.

Values bring inventions to life: the idea that putting powerful tools in the hands of everyday people helps unleash creativity and moves humanity forward; that we can build things that help us imagine a better world, and then make it real. #Jobs

John Kepley is an Inc 500 and 5000 alumni entrepreneur that has a passion for helping companies and non-profits through strategic transformational growth and go-to-market execution. Over the past 20+ years John has founded or co-founded multiple companies and worked on non-profit boards that helped their communities prosper.

With over 25 years of strategic growth sales and consulting experience, John collaborates with leading companies in various industry verticals to develop winning strategies. Board affiliations include EO (Entrepreneurs' Organization www.eonetwork.org) where he currently serves on the Global Regional Council as the East Regional Growth Director; HiMSS of Tennessee as an executive committee member and former Chair of Membership and Strategic Partnerships; Nashville Technology Council where he served on the executive committee; and the Nashville Chamber of Commerce where he served on the Governors’ Workforce Alliance Council for education reform.

John has been honored to win multiple awards that include the Nashville Business Journal’s 40 under 40 award, Small Business Awards, Best Places to Work, Best in Business, Power Leaders of Technology, and Tennessee HiMSS Workforce Development award. He also was honored to receive the Nashville Technology Council Volunteer of the Year award for his hours of service to the community.

Specialties: Entrepreneurship, Angel Investment, Business Strategy and Development, Strategic Growth Consulting, Go-To-Market Execution, Career Coaching, Business Succession Planning, Employee Hiring and Retention, Social Engineering

Inspirational and passionate international entrepreneur, motivational speaker, consultant, coach, advisor, mentor, author, teacher and trainer.

Seasoned business leader in a variety of fields including personal and professional development, technology, computer design and manufacturing, accounting and consulting, and study abroad and educational travel.

Experience includes startup and entrepreneurial companies, senior executive management, finance and accounting, general management, board of directors, investor relations, sales and marketing, engineering and product development, field operations, PandL, multimillion dollar debt and equity financial transactions, fund raising, private placements, venture capital, negotiations, high performance teams, turnaround and downturn management, liason with corporate attorneys and external CPAs, busines plans, budgets, trademarks and patents, high tech, purchasing and logistics, senior executive leadership as a CEO, President, Board of Director, CFO, Treasurer, Secretary, Corporate Controller and Senior Auditor (KPMG Peat Marick).

Specialties include coaching and training, motivational speaking, startup companies, financial equity transactions, driving and leading companies and teams, sales, operations, accounting and finance.

Building and motivating a senior management team, keen financial acumen, exceptional judgement, and high energy and enthusiasm.

Fluent in Spanish. Worked and lived internationally for over 12 years. Traveled extensively including Europe, Africa, South and Central America, Asia, and Canada. MBA and CPA.

HazardHub creates national databases of geographic risk hazards, including earth (earthquake, sinkhole, brownfield and Superfund), wind (tornado, hurricane, straight line wind), fire (wildfire, Fire Protection, hydrant locations), water-based (FEMA flood, river proximity, storm surge, hail, frozen pipes, ice dams), and man-made (Underground Storage Tanks, Toxic Release Sites) risks, as well as property characteristics.

The consumer property - www.freehomerisk.com - looks to revolutionize consumer's knowledge of the risks around their home by giving them the information around their home, for free. The company believes that exposing consumers to this data will give them the knowledge to prepare for whatever mother nature is likely to dish out.

Rachel is a global health industry connector and creative problem solver. She has worked on some of the world's biggest therapies and medical technologies of all time, including the first RNAi therapy (Alnylam’s ONPATTRO), the first therapy for DMD (Sarepta’s EXONDYS 51), the first technology in the world to personalize insulin 24 hrs. a day (Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G), IBM's AI launch into healthcare (Watson Health) and Google's sister life science company (Verily). She has counseled some of the most well-known health/ technology organizations and developed communications strategies for the world's biggest brands (Google, Johnson and Johnson, Medtronic, Pfizer, IBM, Best Buy, Takeda, Sanofi, Shire, Brigham and Women’s, NHS), but she is most proud of her work telling patient stories.

Rachel excels at working with the media to bring health stories to life while making them accessible to stakeholders. With 15-years of communications experience, she is consistently leveraging her long-standing relationships with global agenda-setting reporters across a range of outlets from CNBC, BBC, AP, Reuters, Bloomberg, The Today Show, Newsweek, Financial Times, Fast Company, TIME, Wired, Forbes, WSJ, NYTs, and key health trades like Modern Healthcare, Becker's Hospital Review, Digital Health Journal, GenomeWeb, BioWorld, Drug Discovery Today and many more. Rachel also has investor and analyst relations experience that adds to her ability to highlight market dynamics.

She was named a Power Woman of San Diego 2020 and selected PRSA's PR Professional of the Year in 2011 for her published research on stakeholder engagement. Rachel has built a reputation for her energy, creativity and humor. She received her MA in communications and media studies at SDSU and her BA in English at UMBC.