Vigne Kozacek is the founder and Director of Innovation Squad Ltd, creator of the Digital Chaperone App to help parents manage children's smart devices. Consultant and Senior Technology Advisor to Operators, Suppliers and Regulators in the Gambling and iGaming Industry in Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America and Latin America.

“Repeating the same failures over and over again and expecting a different outcome isn't wise, so make sure that you take time to absorb the lessons from your failures and carry those lessons with you to ensure you don't repeat them.”

Vigne Kozacek

Jill Holtz is Co-Founder of Mykidstime.com, an award-winning information website for parents.

Mykidstime has grown from a local Galway listings directory to one of the most trusted online brands for parents in Ireland.

“When you make a mistake, put your hand up straight away and get it fixed as quickly as you can. That's more likely to win your loyalty longer term than hiding from the failure.”

Jill Holtz

Jennifer Kenny speaks, mentors, trains and facilitates Human Innovation, with a specific focus on two of the big levers of innovation: technology and gender diversity.  Her work is founded on Systems Thinking and Language Action Design and human-centred Design.

Jennifer has held senior consulting positions with Accenture, Booz Allen and Gartner, senior executive roles with Wells Fargo and Cisco, and was CIO, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) where she designed and led the enterprise's IT transformation program.

“If you have made 1; 10; 100; 1,000; 1,000,000 beings (people, plants, animals, ecosystems) lives' better because of your existence, then you have been successful.”

Jennifer Kenny

Stuart Lynn is a renowned technology business leader and former executive of the Sage Group PLC. More recently, alongside running his own consultancy business. Stuart is a Non-Executive Director at Newcastle Strategic Solutions Ltd, and a Visiting Professor and Industrial Advisory Board Chair at the University of Sunderland.

“I can attest to the statement that if you do something you love, you'll never work another day in your life.”

Stuart Lynn

Nick Myers is the Founder and CEO of RedFox AI in Madison, WI in the US RedFox AI helps give brands a voice by leveraging the power of AI and voice assistant technologies like Alexa and Google Assistant.

Nick is a TEDx and International Keynote Speaker having spoken across the US and the world in countries like Australia and Thailand; on topics ranging from Artificial Intelligence and the future of work, social media in the era of Artificial Intelligence, and how any organization can give themselves a voice (literally) using voice assistant technologies like Alexa and Google Assistant.

“It is a commitment, unlike any other. All companies, no matter the size, start out small and must work their way up with a lot of patience and persistence. Know that the journey is what matters more than reaching the end.”

Nick Myers

Amanda Webb works alongside savvy marketers and business owners to build online marketing strategies that deliver their business goals.

Her blog has won awards nationally and internationally, and she just loves to talk about marketing.

“I love learning, and I love passing that knowledge on to other people. It's those little sparks that make me feel the joy in what I do.”

Amanda Webb

Gina London is a globally recognized leadership communications expert. With clients in five continents, she represents some of the top companies and executives in the world. An Emmy-winning former CNN correspondent and anchor, Gina brings her passion for people and helping leaders tell their stories better to whatever event she is privileged to be a part of.

“I'm convinced that anyone can develop their own natural traits into the skills they desire. This is the crux of the growth mindset.

Ask more questions about people. Cultivate your interest in the world and its people. Travel more. Say yes.”

Gina London

Melissa Snover is the Founder & CEO of Nourished and Scripted. Melissa Snover (aka Melissa Burton) is an entrepreneur, visionary, and a trendsetter in the world of food technology and 3D printing. She is passionate about developing innovations which offer solutions to her customers, challenge her competitors, and disrupt current market offerings.

“I would advise anyone looking to start their own business to make sure it is something they are truly passionate about and that they really see the value in it.”

Melissa Snover

Paul is Director of Strategy Management Consultants Ltd, helping companies to implement transformative change. During his career, Paul Doherty has set up two language service companies: The Language Technology Centre, which became a $25M business merged into Xerox Language Services, and Multilingual Technology Ltd, which he sold to Berlitz during the .com era.

“A failure is an event, not a person. When things go wrong, it is so tempting to find someone to blame, either yourself or other people. However, failure is almost always a process error, not a human error. Learn from the mistake and improve the process.”

Paul Doherty

Catherine Ploue-Smith has an international professional background, that spans 4 countries and two continents, with 25 years experience across a broad range of industries, including Education, Networking and Security, International Shipping and Forwarding, Software, Consulting and SaaS.

“Tomorrow is another day. Each day is a chance to do better and work towards our goals, so no need to focus too much on the past, and what could have been, but learn the lesson and move on.”

Catherine Ploue-Smith