Nurasyl Serik is the Co-founder and CEO of Remoteam, global payroll and HR compliance for Remote teams. They provide Employer of Record (EOR/PEO) services for full-time employees and FREE contractors management & payment service in over 150 countries. Before Remoteam, he was the first Product Manager for a new division within JOB TODAY, the #1 mobile jobs platform in the UK and Spain where he developed a payroll system and executed the product vision, definition and go-to-market plan to achieve six-figure monthly revenue from 0 within 10 months. He is a product and remote work expert obsessed with understanding the customers.

Brian Oblinger is a strategic consultant and keynote speaker with over 20 years of experience helping enterprise brands leverage the power of community and customer experience to increase satisfaction, lower costs, and generate more revenue. He has helped companies like Acer, Alteryx, Autodesk, Comcast, eBay, The Home Depot, HP, and PlayStation connect with their customers to build an engine for engagement, satisfaction, and retention. He is also the co-host of In Before The Lock podcast where he talks about community, customer experience, and leadership at scale.

Billy Green started full time at Sunlight Foods Inc after graduating in June, 1994. In 2006, Sunlight Foods changed its name to Evergreen Sweeteners after the sale of the foodservice division to ADM). He grew customer & sales portfolio, built a sugar trading structure to manage commodity risk, grew business 12x between 2006 and 2010, lead the M&A team in the sale of a sugar production asset to NSM-Amalgamated Sugar-Sucden Americas in 2012. Currently Billy is a President & CEO of Evergreen Holding Corp which owns Evergreen Sweeteners, Evergreen Transport and various other companies that support the business.

Shelley Murdock was always a person to give something that piqued her interest a chance. Born to Caribbean parents, she knew that being an entrepreneur would have its challenges. She believes that you have to continuously put yourself in new situations and environments to foster your growth.

In the middle of her college career, she saw an ad for the US Military, looked at the perks, and evaluated its pros and cons. She decided to join the Air Force.

Things moved pretty fast, and when her time in the military came to an end; she became an exotic dancer to help pay to finish her degree. After Shelly graduated, she realized her love for the art of pole dancing and wanted to try and have a physical location where she and other women could train and focus on it as a sport. It awakened a passion in her.

Michael Phillips MD, MBA, Managing Partner and Director Intermountain Ventures, directs business development and venture investment for the Intermountain Venture Fund. The fund seeks to bring new technology and businesses to Intermountain Healthcare from both internal and external sources to improve the lives and health of our caregivers and patients. Previously, Dr. Phillips served as the Chief of Outreach and Clinical Services at Intermountain Healthcare supporting outreach, Telehealth, and clinical shared service design and deployment. 

Prior to joining Intermountain, Dr. Phillips practiced as a clinical neuro-radiologist at Cleveland Clinic since 2002. He was director of business development in the Cleveland Clinic Imaging Institute and served on the Cleveland Clinic Board of Directors and as the co-chair of the Care Affordability Task Force, identifying and developing ways to improve efficiency and lower the cost of care. 

Dr. Phillips earned his medical degree from Columbia University and his undergraduate degree from Amherst College. He completed a radiology residency at John Hopkins Hospital and a neuroradiology fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned an MBA from the University of Michigan.

Steven McCarty is a human resources executive who is currently the Chief People Officer for Apex Service Partners, a private equity backed HVAC, plumbing, and electrical services group that partners with dozens of industry leaders in 10 states. Apex has expanded rapidly and is investing significantly to be a world class, people first national platform. Previously, McCarty owned and operated 501HR, LLC, an HR consultancy which “helps small and mid-sized organizations with big company HR.” McCarty was also promoted through a variety of leadership and executive roles with Enterprise Holdings where he served as their global Vice President for Talent Development, their VP of Human Resources in Florida, and as a Corporate HR professional supporting the Midwest.

Chris Venditti is a skilled influencer with proven thought leadership experience in multiple industries & companies.  

Chris has held leadership roles within the Banking, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Healthcare industries primarily partnering with Executive Leadership teams to build strategies and then execute upon the defined deliverables.  

Currently, at Cardinal Health he is responsible for setting 12-18-month strategy for the largest growth segment within the company.  

At The J. M. Smucker Company Chris led teams within Revenue Growth Management (RGM) and Sales Operations.  During that time, his teams created and enhanced several new policies such as MAP Pricing and Unsaleables.  Chris was the first ever “Big Winner” (Smucker’s highest award honor) for his functional area.  

While at KeyBank, he held roles of increasing scope & responsibility including as a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt responsible for creating and implementing strategy with the bank’s executive team.

He currently serves on Girl Scouts of NorthEast Ohio as the Vice Chairperson of the Board and resides in the Cleveland, Ohio area with his wife, Larissa and his two daughters, Layla (4) and Elliana (2).

An Executive Producer and creative force, Sergio is committed to making culturally impactful content for leading networks. Responsible for the development and production of original programming, ranging from live events to specials and numerous critically-acclaimed reality series. Extensive knowledge and expertise in the areas of sales, finance, development and distribution. Production highlights include over 50 live specials and awards shows, including the Emmys, Grammys, American Music Awards, the 2008 Presidential Inauguration, and the Music Rising Concert, which benefitted the victims of Hurricane Katrina. In addition, Sergio has also produced shows such as “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”, “Bringing Up Bhabie”, “Into Alaska”, “Chad Loves Michelle”, “LA Ink”, “The Rachel Zoe Project”, “The Next Big Thing”, “BBQ Pit Masters”, “Swamp People”, “Next 15” and more.

Bryan is a globally recognized thought leader in the world of extended work and open talent. With a unique perspective on the ever-growing demand for comprehensive workforce solutions,he is a widely sought-after keynote speaker, a passionate evangelist for the open talent industry,and a highly sought out expert on emerging talent platforms, workforce management programs,labor models, HR technology, variable and future workforce trends. Through his boutiqueconsulting firm, Defiant Solutions LLC, he works directly with HR tech providers, serviceproviders, private equity, and enterprise clients to navigate the ever-changing global talent landscape. His firm utilizes an immense global network of industry experts and specializes in solving complex challenges. Just a few current projects include; working with an industry trade group to develop a unique set of industry standards for open talent platform businesses, creating new go-to-market economic model for a North American telehealth provider, developing a diversity certification for independent talent, building a new product offering for a talent platform based in the UK. You can find Bryan being featured in various industry publications, podcasts, webinars as well as Forbes, Fortune, Buzzfeed, to name a few. Bryan is featured extensively as an industry expert in an upcoming National Public Radio’s Marketplace episode on the future of work in America.

With close to 20 years’ experience working with brands to maximize their partnership investments, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge to lead REV/XP. Chris joined rEvolution from Dignitas, one of the most successful esports organizations in the world, where he led partnerships. Prior to Dignitas, Chris spent time at WME IMG and led T-Mobile’s entry into gaming and esports, securing many first of their kind deals with the biggest leagues, teams, and platforms in the industry.