Business Experts

Eileen Kent

President, Keynote Speaker, Sales StrategistCustom Keynotes, LLC

Eileen Kent "Your Federal Sales Sherpa" Keynote on Federal Sales Game, Proposal Writing, Contracting, Strategies and More!

Christopher McKinney

Associate Vice-President, Office of Innovation CommercializationAugusta University

Dr. Christopher McKinney specializes in marketing and commercializing innovative new technologies.

Rayid Ghani

Distinguished Career ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Rayid Ghani designs and deploys AI systems with governments for health, housing and justice and advises them on AI governance & evaluation.

Kirsten Martin

Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public PolicyCarnegie Mellon University

Paul Simkins

Chief Discovery OfficerAh-Ha! Moments Living

Lead a Life of Discovery!

Sima Salahshor

Strategic Advisor | Life Sciences & HealthTech Program ManagementShiruy, Inc | University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine

Health Innovation Advisory and Program Design & Management

Sophie Skover

Author . Coach . SpeakerLSS Harmony Coaching

Turning Obstacles into Opportunities

Sean Ammirati

Distinguished Service ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University

Sean Ammirati develops tools to help companies adapt and integrate entrepreneurial best practices into their own innovation processes.

Elizabeth VanDeusen, PhD

Director, Augusta University Literacy CenterAugusta University

Dr. VanDeusen centers her teaching on evidence-based literacy and community-engaged teacher education.

David J. Evans

National Practice Leader, Business EffectivenessKPMG

Business Effectiveness advisor assisting organizations to undertake risk assessment evaluation in pursuit of exceeding objectives and goals