VC backed founder, event producer, and business coach. I love talking to people about all things business, design, strategy, and execution. As employee 8 at Summit Series--a startup that hosts leadership and innovation-focused events. For four years, I designed and produced Summit events and built out early facilities at Powder Mountain, following the company's purchase of the Utah ski resort in 2013. When I wasn’t designing and building with 1s and 0s or concrete and steel, I helped the entrepreneurs in the Summit community as an adviser and professional matchmaker. I went on to cofound a tech-enabled physical storage/rentals company in San Francisco that raised over $35MM, where I handled everything from branding, ui/ux, app design, product management to physical operations, infrastructure, and logistics. From the highs of purchasing the largest ski mountain in the United States to the lows of watching a company I started shutter, I’ve lived the ups, downs, and in-betweens that all entrepreneurs know as just another day at the office.

Eco-preneur, Design Activist, Founder / CEO at Think Dirty®, award-winning art director with 13 years experience in Interaction, UX/UI, Design, Marketing and Advertising. Avid beauty labels reader, passionate about educating users and advising brands on non-toxic, sustainable beauty.

Veterinary business strategist and coach and founding partner, Pacific Veterinary Sports Medicine & Surgery. CEO, Animal Eye Care. Expertise in innovation, experience design, pricing strategies, market development, and veterinary startup planning & implementation. Unique talent for mentoring and developing next generation of veterinary leaders.

I am currently building an innovation capability within The Estee Lauder Companies where I am connecting their business decision-makers to their customers' needs to drive successful innovation. I have also started a service+interior design consultancy called Fosforo Studio. In our first year, we have serviced over 15 clients. In the past, I worked with MetLife to build an innovation practice, Alliant Credit Union to build their innovation and service design centers of excellence. Prior to that, I was with Fjord as a Service Designer in Chicago where I helped our clients innovate and rethink the way they serve their customers. I also cofounded Service Experience Chicago, a non-profit dedicated to increasing access to service design theory and practice. I hold an MFA in Service Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and have published in Touchpoint, a service design quarterly journal.

I work with entrepreneurs and business leaders to design compelling brand experiences, create new business models, and innovate new products and services. In addition to my work at Kristian Andersen + Associates, I'm an active angel investor and co-founder of Gravity Ventures, a seed-stage venture fund that invests in tech-focused startups. I've co-founded a few startups, including; TinderBox, Lessonly, Visible.vc and Pathagility. Along the way, I've had the privilege of advising a number of others. I sit on a few start-up and non-profit boards, co-founded The Speak Easy, and serve as a mentor at The Iron Yard, RunUpLabs, Dreamopolis, and ARK Challenge accelerators. I split my time between Indianapolis and Arkansas, where I mix it up with my amazing bride and 5 kids.

Experience Strategist. Solver of Experience, Interaction, brand & perception problems. Injects Momentum. Advisor to young startups with a promise, solving for unique problems. Formerly led Experience at Yodlee and ESPN.

I combine 35 years of storytelling and design thinking to make change easier. After spending 20 years making documentaries for Discovery Channel, I earned an MSc in engagement and narrative design. For the next five years, I led innovation initiatives at Canada's leading business school. Since then, I've helped 100+ clients combine storytelling and design thinking to create powerful stories and strategies that influence behaviour, inform policy and inspire innovation. Recently, I worked with National Geographic photographers to take their conservation non-profit from start-up to superpower, doubling their revenue, reach and impact in less than a year. I've taught at half a dozen universities, published with SSIR online and started 4 innovation labs. You can find my breakthrough book, "Story Design: The Creative Way to Innovate" in all major outlets.

Full time traveler and explorer. Instigator, advocate, editor at large, entrepreneur, life hacker, developer, and avid climber, backpacker & outdoor guide who loves art, music, travel, and festival season.

Brand Strategy and design thinking with a dash business model design, and service design. Lover of frameworks. Let's talk about how to get our head around complicated challenges.

Mike has been involved with dozens of start-ups as a principal, investor, or marketing advisor. He's got an uncanny way with words, asks tough (really tough) questions, and helps you make your company story so clear others will notice, remember, and tell their friends. If you want your business story--and your experience--to turn heads, turn to Mike. Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian

Management of user experience, innovation and design, and passionate about simplicity. 13 Years of international experience with design consultancies and large companies like Telefonica, O2, Renault, Financial times, Warner Brothers, British Council, Reliance India, Yukos Russia as well as in-house with startups like NTRglobal and NOW.com. Working on UX strategy, user experience (UX), service and interaction design for products and services in eHealth, Cloud and ubiquitous computing for O2, Vivo and Movistar in Telefonica Digital. In parallel innovating by creating new services and products. MSc in Innovation Management (Industrial Design Engineering) and university studies in Psychology and Exhibition design. Local founder of IxDA Barcelona and UX mentor on Wayra and Healthbox startup accelerators.

A veteran of both Fortune 500 and early-stage startup companies, I’m a strong advocate for the user and user-centered design. I also have a background in cognitive science, social research, and information architecture. Today, my 15 years of technology service and product expertise is in use helping early-stage and expanding ventures translate big ideas into successful products. I specialize in user experience design, innovation, and product management for digital products and services with an emphasis on social business, education, healthcare, and entertainment.

Founder of andCulture. Startup lover, but only the revolutionary. Empathy is the key to great design.

Designing product and experiences at Pulse.

One of the Top Live Event Professionals to watch in 2015, Aaron Kaufman leads a team that has been internationally nominated or won over 70 industry awards including Best International Live Event Firm, Event Professional of the Year and Designer of the year. Serves on boards for Scotland Tourism, Search Foundation, Special Event Magazine and many more. Regular speaker around the world on the business of events, growing a live experience firm, transparency in the industry, barriers to entry along with a host of topics on designing and producing for live experiences.

User Experience Consultant. Co-Founder of Field (User Research, Product Strategy, Experience Design Firm). Instructor at Creative Circus. UX STRAT Advisory Board Member.

Product Designer, Startup Marketer & Entrepreneur. CMO & Co-founder of @picatic. Co-founder of @weareisland. I provide design advice for startups.

Design leader at Normative, a software innovation firm. Expertise in Risk Management, Software Innovation, Business Strategy, New Product Development and building great innovation teams.

Executive & Team Coach @ Innovation is Social, LLC. Coach I excel at partnering with leaders navigating "I don't know how to do this" challenges, and transforming "yeah, but" cultures into scrappy, entrepreneurial ones. I have 25+ years of experience in tech and 15 other industries, as Product and user experience strategist, design researcher, vision guide / corporate storyteller, and innovation coach. Worked with execs at SAP, Intuit, Infosys, Autodesk and dozens of startups. Are you next?

Co founder WSNpro, true lean startup company, mentor and customer development advocate.

Mobile Design lead at LinkedIn. Previously Director of User Experience at Yahoo! Search, Design Lead for Selling at eBay & CMU graduate.

New York City based Information Architect helping companies big (think AT&T) and small (think Light & Motion) make their products and services better for their users. Advisor @ Future Insights. Guest blogger at Media Temple. Guest Teacher at teamtreehouse.com.

Founder at jkeppel. creative strategies. Maker of places and things. Signature projects include San Francisco’s Exploratorium, Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Zoo, Guadalupe River Park & Gardens in San Jose, California, and the San Jose Arena (Compaq Center/HP Pavilion/SAP Center).

User Experience expertise across industries for start ups and Fortune100 delivering solid business solutions.Utilizing design thinking methods to innovate experiences by shaping better understanding of users needs, charting new forms of interaction and creating value for the bottom line.

Founder and CEO at Clip, a new media platform, bridging the gap between live and digital experiences through patented immersive video technology. 20 years leading teams in creating innovative experience design for brands internationally, led future of media research, consulted with large companies on experience based branding.