SPEAKERS
  

International keynote speaker, trendwatcher and futurist Richard van Hooijdonk offers inspiring lectures on how technology impacts the way we live, work and do business. Over 550,000 people have already attended his renowned inspiration sessions, in Europe as well as abroad. Van Hooijdonk is also a guest lecturer at different Universities.

Yu-Kai Chou is one of the earliest pioneers in the industry of gamification. He has been a regular keynote speaker lecturer on Gamification at organizations like TEDx Lausanne, Stanford University, Google, Tesla, Lego, Huawei, Uber, and Boston Consulting Group, among others. Chou is the creator of the Octalysis Framework and the Founder/CEO of the consultancy The Octalysis Group and the mentorship education platform Octalysis Prime.

Eugene Signorini is VP of product strategy and marketing at Skyllful. With more than 20 years of experience in mobile solutions for enterprises, he is a recognized thought leader in the industry on how to help businesses leverage mobile and emerging technologies to transform customer, partner and employee experiences. Before Skyllful, he was practice lead for IoT at Enterprise Strategy Group and senior VP at Yankee Group. Signorini began his career at MCI WorldCom's (now Verizon).

Matthew Pierce, Learning & Video Ambassador from TechSmith Corporation, has created videos for learning and marketing for over a decade. He is the lead behind TechSmith Academy and Camtasia Certification programs. Matthew has been a speaker at multiple learning and development focused and marketing conferences. He is a regular contributor to various training publications. Matthew has an MS in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University.

Elizabeth Wick leads curriculum development for the technical onboarding program at Google. Prior to her role at Google, she founded Organized Learning, LLC and took on clients in media, hospitality, consumer goods, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, and finance.

Emma Stamp is a Senior Program Manager at Google, and leads their technical onboarding program, Google Tech Immersion. She is responsible for setting the program's direction and strategy, and ensuring the program is meeting the needs of Google's new hires.

Mallory Rivera is a Program Manager at Google and works on the technical onboarding team, Google Tech Immersion. She is responsible for managing specialized learning paths to support new hire training needs, implementing special projects, and supporting operations.

Jenny Wei is a Program Manager at Google and leads the global operations team for the technical onboarding program. She is responsible for timely delivery, top-notch support for learners, and mobilizing hundreds of volunteers.

Vince Han is the founder and CEO of Mobile Coach and a frequent speaker at events such as Training Conference, DevLearn, Learning Solutions, Masie’s Learning Conference, ATD’s International Conference & EXPO, ATD’s Techknowledge, and others. He holds an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management. Vince is an industry thought leader for learning and learning technology with an emphasis on artificial intelligence and chatbot technology. He has founded several successful technology companies and resides in Utah.

Anders Gronstedt, Ph.D. President of The Gronstedt Group, is an author, public speaker and entrepreneur. He is an advocate of using Next-Gen Learning tools to advance real-world skills through virtual and augmented reality training, game and simulation-based learning. The Gronstedt Group has been instrumental in helping global companies like Walmart, Pfizer, Novartis, DaVita, and KPMG improve performance. His articles have appeared in the Harvard Business Review.

Steve’s passion is education and learning. He has practiced his craft for nearly 30 years at a variety of global organizations (Novartis, Wyeth/Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GE, Sony), developing leaders and people’s expertise in a variety of functions. Steve stays sharp in his field by connecting with colleagues routinely, being active with the Association for Talent Development and as an adjunct professor at Rutgers Business School.