Katie Linendoll is the go-to expert for the latest innovations in technology. Best known as the TODAY show's fun and savvy tech contributor, Katie travels the world to cover the latest gadgets and inventions before they come to market. While still in college, Katie jumpstarted her media career as the co-host of ESPN's SportZone. During her time there she contributed over 60 pieces for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine in… Read More

Tech savvy Jennifer Pahlka is leading the campaign to upgrade the U.S. government. Her non-profit organization Code America uses technological innovation to make it easier for citizens to access and connect with government information and services. Jennifer created Code for America to convince "rock star" IT designers to take a year off and use their super powers to improve the one entity many of them view as their arch enemy:… Read More

With more than 25 years of experience in marketing, Deanie Elsner is an industry leader in business transformation and strategic brand innovation. Named one of the "World's Most Influential CMO's" by Forbes, she is currently President of Kelloggs' $4B Snack Business Unit with over 5000 employees and a DSD sales organization leading iconic brands such as Pringles, Keebler and Cheez-It. Prior to taking the reigns at Kelloggs, Deanie made a… Read More

For the past three decades, internet visionary Dr. John Patrick has been one of the primary forces driving technology innovation. As vice president of Internet technology at IBM, Patrick was at the forefront of the 1990’s Internet revolution. Since his retirement, he has continuously advocated for the further integration of IT applications in business, education, and especially healthcare. During Patrick’s 35-year-long career at IBM, he helped develop the IBM Credit… Read More

One of the science world’s most successful and influential CEOs, Tan Le started her incredible life journey as a refugee facing a high probability of death on a treacherous trip across the pirate infested China South Sea. Today, Ms. Le is the founder and CEO of the bioinformatics firm, EMOTIV, where her groundbreaking work in technology and artificial intelligence is making it possible to control electronic devices with something as… Read More

One of North America’s most respected businessmen, Robert Herjavec is most recognized for his role as a dragon on Canada’s Dragon’s Den and a shark on the U.S. Shark Tank. Off screen he is the founder and CEO of the Herjavec Group, one of the largest and most profitable information technology companies in Canada. At age 8 Robert and his family arrived in Canada from communist Yugoslavia with a single… Read More

One of the most creative geniuses of the 21st century, Elon Musk has proven time and time again that the impossible can be achieved. The CEO and architect of Tesla motors, Elon is a pioneer in transportation, renewable energy resources, space travel, and multi-planetary expansion through his role as an inventor, investor, and entrepreneur. Often cited as the real life “Tony Stark” (Ironman), the self-made billionaire became a familiar name… Read More

In a recent Washington Post article, avid futurist Vivek Wadhwa recalls his thoughts as a child about the future of technology and how he saw the future of robotics: “Growing up, I believed that soon we would all have robots like Rosie, from The Jetsons, cleaning up after us… but Rosie never came. All I got was a Roomba.” Wadhwa started his career as a software developer, and through this… Read More

Dan Goods explains his life and career in one sentence: "After doing the dishes, reading bedtime stories to my kids, and spending time with my wife, I work on other creative problem solving projects around the world." Named “One of the Most Interesting People in Los Angeles” by LA Weekly, Dan Goods created his own dream position as "Visual Strategist" at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Dan, along with his team… Read More

Disruptive technology expert, Todd Hewlin helps businesses develop plans that can be executed in real life and not just in theory. As co-founder and manager of TCG Advisors, he heads a team of thought leaders and business builders who recognize patterns early, generate hypotheses, and test them rigourously to produce cutting edge insights and trustworthy advice. Equipped with more than 25 years in the tech industy, including management of Symbol… Read More

An empirical futurist and corporate forecaster for 35-plus years, Thornton May has helped various organizations outperform their competition by designing for what comes next. He serves as Executive Director and Dean at the IT Leadership Academy in Jacksonville, Florida; Futurist – External Technology Advisory Board at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; and is Co-founder of the CIO Solutions Gallery at the Fisher College of Business at the Ohio… Read More

An expert commentator on technology, business and culture, Nicholas Carr created a sensation with his Harvard Business Review (a publication for which he has been executive editor)article, “IT Doesn't Matter," which initiated debate around the world on the importance of information technology for business. Nick's subsequent book, Does IT Matter? : Information Technology and the Corrosion of Competitive Advantage, published by Harvard Business School Press, was a bestseller and continues… Read More

When veteran astronaut Ron Garan blasted up into space, his perspective of humanity and all the problems we face changed forever. During his 178 days in orbit and 27 hours and 3 minutes of EVA during four spacewalks, he saw earth as a much smaller place where the exponential increase in technology was making the impossible possible on a daily basis, creating a much more interdependent global community. A highly… Read More

Writer of Socialnomics, an Amazon.com #1 bestseller across the globe, including in the US, Japan, the UK, China and Germany, Erik Qualman is an expert in social media and Internet marketing. Fast Company magazine nominated Qualman as a Top 100 Digital Influencer and PC Magazine ranked his blog, socialnomics.com, as one of their top 10 social media blogs. His book, Digital Leader: 5 Simple Keys to Success and Influence, sets… Read More

“The ultimate thinking machine" (Forbes), Ray Kurzweil has an astonishing track record of innovation, particularly in the healthcare field. Inc. magazineplaced him #8 among US entrepreneurs and named him “the rightful heir to Thomas Edison." He is quite simply one of the world's greatest living inventors, thinkers and futurists. Among the now everyday inventions for which Kurzweil has been the leading innovator are the CCD flatbed scanner, omni-font optical character… Read More