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Ivna Curi is the CEO and founder of AssertiveWay.com, a leading website offering communication training, workshops, and a community of professionals looking to improve their speaking up and assertiveness skills. Ivna is also the host of the “Speak Your Mind Unapologetically” podcast. Over 21,000 students have benefited from personal coaching sessions with Ivna or attended her training sessions. Ivna is a Forbes contributor and holds a Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD, a leading MBA program outside of the U.S. She has lived and worked around the world in 4 of the 7 continents for Fortune 500 companies including Johnson & Johnson, A.T. Kearney, and Etihad Airways. She has a background in analytics, international business, and management consulting. Her training philosophy also addresses paralyzing concerns that professionals typically have like fear of confrontation, conflict, backlash, likability penalty, and being too aggressive.

https://assertiveway.com/podcast-speak-your-mind-unapologetically/

Gabriel Cowan is the CEO of Audio Design Desk, which won 2022 NAB Product of the Year, CES Innovator, and Fast Company’s “Next Big Thing In Tech” with its AI-assisted software suite that reinvents the process of creating audio for video. It comes with over 50,000 royalty-free sounds, loops, and music cues and is integrated into most audio and video editing systems. Used on Netflix, HBOMax, Amazon Prime, and others ADD gives creatives the ability to perform sound design, sound effects, and music in real time, turning hours of tedious work into minutes of immersive fun.

Gabriel is also a Sundance and International Fellow Program (IFP) member as well as an award-winning filmmaker who has produced over 20 feature films out of which more than a dozen of Cowan’s movies have premiered at major festivals. As a musician, he is a multi-platinum recording artist who has played and recorded with Jackson Browne, Ry Cooder, Robbie Robertson, and the Tower Of Power. Gabe serves on the boards of Inside OutWriters, an organization that heals trauma through writing classes for kids in juvenile hall, and Common Sense Media, an organization with Eighty-Five Million subscribers which promotes better digital citizenship for our children.

JASON AZEVEDO has had his heart in business development since an early age, starting a very successful apparel company that grew from a humble garage beginning to annual gross billings of over a million dollars at age 15. By 18 Jason was doing millions in business with Starbucks, Nike, Disney, Marvel, Volkswagen, Audi, Lucas films, Dodgers, and countless NBA teams.

In 2009, Jason co-founded Advoque, one of the only

US-based manufacturers located in Silicon Valley, California. His emphasis on Made In America is a driving force for how the various companies he’s co-founded operate. Jason has worked on many key projects for companies such as Arista Networks, Best Buy, Costco, Disney, EA Games, Intel, Roku,

Nelson Ho is the CMO at York & Chapel, a digital house that evolved into a full-service marketing and branding agency in the past twenty years. Y&C aims to provide strategically-oriented innovative solutions and ideas in the realms of branding and design, marketing communications, internet technology and strategy, integrated marketing communications, and graphic design to assist people in expanding their businesses.

Tom Geary is the Founder and Creative Director at School of Thought, a new and innovative creative agency based in the San Francisco Bay area. With decades of experience in the industry, Tom has become a Thought Leader on topics related to branding, strategy, media, and content creation. He has positioned his agency as a leader in sustainability and social responsibility, creating high-impact campaigns for huge names including Cisco WebEx, eBay, Bing, and Red Bull.

Tom Geary's philosophy is based on "Making Them Care" - the guiding principle driving School of Thought's compassionate, socially-conscious and relatable campaigns that create meaningful connections between brands and consumers. His light-hearted and humorous approach to some of the most significant issues impacting the industry and world today makes him a perfect guest on podcasts with audiences interested in creative innovations, industry insights, and branding strategy advice.

heyLIME builds culture and connection in remote and hybrid teams by creating the fun, casual social interactions that build friendships, psychological safety, and–ultimately–high-performing, highly engaged teams.

https://heylime.com/

Brett Hoogeveen is the co-founder of BetterCulture, a product and technology company intently focused on making the world a better place to work.  A former healthcare executive, retired engineer, and startup investor, Brett helps organizations build stronger leaders and engage every employee.

Here is our website: https://www.betterculture.com/

Where public engagement, narrative change, and social impact intersect- that's where you'll find me.

Handoff is a SaaS start-up with a social mission. Our goal is to impact the future of work through software that enables two employees to share one full-time role. We offer employers the value of an inclusive hiring alternative to build and grow their teams. We offer diverse, qualified (untapped) talent, like breadwinning mothers and caregivers- an immediate solution to their desire for flexible, career-building work.

https://www.teamhandoff.com/

Marketing analytics are overcomplicated. As a previous Director of Marketing Analytics in the B2B space, I saw this first hand. Marketers are always under pressure to deliver results with positive ROI and be able to attribute their activities back to the success of the business. Disconnected data makes this a tough task.

Scott Schober is the President and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems, a 48-year-old, New Jersey-based

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