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Ram Charan

Global Adviser to CEOs & Corporate Boards
Ram Charan is a trusted advisor for some of the world’s top executives. His real-world solutions, shared with millions through his books and articles in top business publications, have been praised for being practical, relevant, and highly actionable—the kind of advice you can use Monday morning. Jack Welch, former Chairman of GE said, “he has the rare ability to distill meaningful from meaningless and transfer it to others in a quiet, effective way.”

Elena Gosse

CEO, AIS Water
Elena Gosse OAM is the CEO of AIS Water, where she leads with a dynamic vision to reimagine leadership and safeguard our most precious resource—water. Beyond her corporate achievements, Elena is a fierce advocate for empowering women and eradicating domestic violence, using her platform to drive meaningful change. Her leadership journey is testament of her belief that every individual has the potential to thrive.

Joe Hart

President / CEO, Dale Carnegie Training
Joe Hart is the CEO of Dale Carnegie & Associates. Since 1912, Dale Carnegie Training has helped millions of people and businesses around the world improve their performance. In over eighty countries and in more than thirty languages, the company applies Dale Carnegie’s founding principles to inspire individual and organizational transformation, excellence, and success by tapping into each person’s potential. Take command of your business performance, career, and your future by visiting DaleCarnegie.com to learn more.

Michael Hinshaw

Founder / President of McorpCX

Michael and his team help companies integrate digital and customer-centric innovation to improve business performance by transforming how they interact with customers. He is recognized by leading analysts as a digital transformation and customer experience thought leader and industry pioneer—he’s been named to multiple “Global CX Thought Leaders” lists such as Top 20 Customer Experience Leaders to Follow, Top 25 Customer Service Influencers, Top Customer Experience Influencers, and many others. In addition to speaking globally on these subjects, Michael has been published and quoted in dozens of publications ranging from Harvard Business Review and Fast Company to American Executive and Forbes.

Barry C. McCarthy

President and CEO, Deluxe Corporation
Barry C. McCarthy is President and CEO of Deluxe Corporation (NYSE: DLX), a Trusted Payments and Business Technology (TM) company. For more than 100 years, Deluxe has helped millions of businesses of all sizes pay, get paid, optimize, and grow. Barry is an award-winning internet, cloud, and mobile payments pioneer with an extensive track record of building innovative tech-driven solutions for financial institutions, enterprises, and small businesses. He is a two-time entrepreneur and community leader who, like Deluxe, believes when businesses succeed, communities thrive.

Lacey Robinson

President and Chief Executive Officer, UnboundEd
Lacey Robinson is president and CEO of UnboundEd, the nation’s largest K–12 educator development organization focused on improving teaching and learning for underserved students, and chair of the Board of CORE Learning. A former elementary teacher, middle school principal, and professional development specialist, Robinson works tirelessly to enable educators to accelerate their impact in the classroom. As CEO of UnboundEd, Robinson oversees UnboundEd’s health, sustainability, and vision for how grade-level, engaging, affirming, and meaningful — GLEAM — teaching can transform teachers’ experiences and student learning. Robinson is a leading national voice on disrupting the predictability of students’ educational outcomes, and was named to 2023’s Forbes 50 Over 50 list in recognition of her innovative leadership.

Andrés Ruzo

Founder / CEO / Executive Chairman, Link America
Andrés Ruzo was born and raised in Lima, Peru. He came to the United States in 1980 to pursue an engineering degree at Texas A&M University. He decided to stay in the U.S and worked in multiple sectors such as oil and commercial real estate before moving to Dallas in 1992 and kick off his career as an entrepreneur. In 1994, he founded LinkAmerica and was able to grow the company refurbishing telecommunications equipment. However, after the dot-com crisis and 9/11, Andres recognized the importance of “thought leadership” and innovation to create measurable value for LinkAmerica’s customers.

David L. Schreiner

Ph.D.
DAVID L. SCHREINER, Ph.D., is a values-driven leader who lives in the moment, has an unquenchable thirst for continual learning, challenges existing practices, produces positive results, innovates to improve the lives of others, and loves unconditionally. He aims to be a missionary for excellent health and vibrant communities. His research has focused on the area of excellence in communications and authentic leadership.

Raj Vattikuti

Executive Chairman, Altimetrik
Vattikuti is a serial entrepreneur and philanthropist that has been dedicated in solving business challenges through innovative solutions for over three decades. He has an innate ability to understand the changing landscape that companies face and adeptly provides groundbreaking solutions that simplify and transform business models using data and technology.