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Ernie Bray is the Chairman CEO of AutoClaims Direct, which provides virtual claims, streamlined cloud-based workflow platforms, customized data and metrics, and human touch delivery. Over the last 18 years, Ernie has grown ACD to six annual rankings on the Inc. 5000, four years on Deloitte’s Technology Fast-500, and Entrepreneur’s “Best Entrepreneurial Companies In America." Ernie's also the host of the podcast, Focus On Claims, where he interviews interesting people, companies, and trends from the world of insurance and insurance tech. He is a contributing writer to Forbes, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, HuffPost, TechCo and has been featured in Inc.com.

Stephen Mapes is the Senior Vice President of Strategy at Impact XM. Impact XM is a global experiential marketing agency that crafts strategic audience engagements by powering brand experiences. Stephen has worked at Impact XM for over 30 years. He holds a degree in Economics from Franklin & Marshall College, an MBA from Drexel University, and an MA in Design & Culture from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rob Delf is the CEO of Meta Data Systems, a cloud platform that allows customers to manage editorial, technical and other metadata about TV shows, movies, documentaries, games and more. His previous work includes CEO of Righstline, VP of Media & Entertainment at The Revere Group, as well as work at Deloitte, IBM and other great institutions.

Ryan Ribeira is an Emergency Physician, Assistant Professor at Stanford School of Medicine, CEO at SimX VR. SimX makes professional grade VR and AR medical simulation software.

Steve Hoffman is the Captain and CEO of Founders Space, one of the world's leading startup accelerators. Founders Space was ranked the number one incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur magazines. He is the author of several books, including Make Elephants Fly, Surviving a Startup, which just launched, and The Five Forces. His other pursuits include Hollywood TV executive, game designer, manga rewriter, voice actor, animator, electrical engineer, studio head, and video game designer. He is also the host of two podcasts, Startup Supercharge, and Mentors & Masters.

Francisco Lacayo is the VP of Partnerships at White Shark Media, a leading digital marketing agency with more than ten years of experience managing pay-per-click campaigns with Google, Microsoft, Facebook ads, and more. Francisco has worked in the Digital Marketing industry for 13 years, leading different projects involving customer experience, product development, and product innovation.

Jon Ferrara the CEO of Nimble, which is the CRM that works for you everywhere you work. Nimble has raised over $9 million in venture capital, has over 50 employees listed on LinkedIn, and is used by over 140,000 professionals. Since graduating from California State University with a degree in Computer Science, Jon has founded three companies: GoldMine Software, FrontRange Solutions, and, nearly 13 years ago, Nimble.

Vinay Johar is the CEO of RChili, the most trusted partner for parsing jobs and resumes matching and data enrichment for the global recruitment industry. His career has included a Master's in Technology at IIT, work as an Analyst at Tata Infotech, serving as the CEO of Connoisseur Infotech, CEO of Enrich.io, and over seven years at RChilli, where they now partner with ETS applications, fortune enterprises, and job boards in over 32 different countries.

John Jeremiah is the Marketing Director at Traceable.ai, which helps teams securely and effectively manage modern cloud-native applications. He served in the Navy for nine years as a Surface Warfare Officer. His career has included seven years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and work at GitLab as a Product Marketing Leader. He is also the Founding Author of TechBeacon, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s independent thought leadership and content marketing platform. John grew TechBeacon to over 200,000 users and 300,000 page views per month.

Caitlin Strempel is the Founder and CEO of Rising Ranks Digital, a SEO and digital strategy agency. She helps businesses scale to million-dollar months more quickly and effortlessly through high-level marketing strategy and SEO management. She believes that if we champion for the success of others that our own success is inevitable.