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LinkedIn’s "Top Voices in Retail |Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal May 24, 2018

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David J. Katz is chief marketing officer at Randa Accesories, a leading multi-national consumer products company, and the world’s largest men’s accessories business. His specialty is using data, story-telling, technology and consumer behavior to create successful outcomes in evolving markets. Named a fashion industry “Change Agent” by Women’s Wear Daily and a "Menswear Mover" by MR Magazine, he has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York Magazine, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, and other publications. David was recently elected one of LinkedIn’s 10 "Top Voices in Retail," and a member of the RetailWire's “Brain Trust." He is frequent public speaker, the co-author of the best-selling book "Design for Response: Creative Direct Marketing That Works," and has written many articles on marketing and consumer behavior. A graduate of Tufts University and the Harvard Business School, in neuroscience and marketing, David studies stimulus and response. The name Pavlov rings a bell... Reach David at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjkatz/

Serial Entrepreneur, Venture Capital, Marketing expert Jeff Brokaw May 16, 2018

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Jeff Brokaw has over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, web design, and entrepreneurship. He founded his first web design and web hosting company at age 14, and at age 16 he ran the IT department of a large stock brokerage firm. Jeff founded a second successful web design and web hosting company, which was ranked as the #1 web design firm in North America by “Which Web Design” in 2012. Since then, he has sold his own bitcoin course online and appeared in CBS Money, Yahoo Finance, The Boston Globe, International Business Times and the San Francisco Times. Jeff focuses on the intersections of innovative design, marketing, and launching successful business ventures through technological media. He is also the Charlotte Chapter Director for Startup Grind. Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. It is powered by Google for Entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 125 cities and 42 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies.

Chef & Owner of Nouri Restaurant - Unlisted Collection I Keynote Speaker I Culinary Coaching I R&D May 04, 2018

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Ivan Brehm is the Head Chef and Owner of Nouri restaurant. Rooted in the latin word for nourishment, Nouri is a partnership with award-winning hospitality group Unlisted Collection and is located at 72 Amoy Street, in the heart of the Central Business District Singapore. At Nouri, they present a cuisine that crosses cultural boundaries; creative and impeccable dining that allows for both the discovery of new tastes and new experiences while evoking deep sense of familiarity, shared ancestry and appreciation. “Crossroads cooking” is a term that embodies not only shared elementary techniques, tastes and flavour but also impressions across cultures. Guests start their dinner, for example, with Nouri’s Silken Cheese; a dish inspired by the shared appreciation for texture, technique and flavor. On appearance, the cheese resembles an Italian panna cotta but can easily be interpreted as Asian silken tofu depending on a diner’s cultural reference point. This cheese is made from fresh milk and finished with grated nutmeg, lemon and pickled nutmeg flesh. Paired with Nouri’s homemade sourdough, guests are invited to come together and ‘break bread’ before savouring it with the cheese. Visit http://www.nouri.com.sg

Founder of Top Line Results | Author of Inbound Organization| Sales Guru May 04, 2018

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Todd Hockenberry is the Founder of Top Line Results. He helps clients understand the changes in buyer behavior and change their business to grow better. He Recently Launched a book with Hubspot's Dan Tyre, The Inbound Organization. Todd's clients become customer-centric and aligned with their ideal buyer persona and deliver exceptional customer experiences leading to competitive advantage. Todd consults, coaches, develops and delivers business development strategies for B2B, industrial, and manufacturing companies to: - drive significant lead generation increases - implement online marketing tools including HubSpot, blogging, SEO, content development, and social media - deliver proven strategies that convert leads to customers - grow your sales from your target market To purchase the book visit https://www.inboundorganization.com/ To get in touch with Todd visit https://www.top-line-results.com

CEO Mentoring Method | Forbes Contributor | Creator of Inclusion 360°™ & Women Evolution® | Speaker Apr 26, 2018

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Shavon is an award-winning career development and mentorship strategist specializing in the advancement of diversity and inclusion initiatives in typically male-dominated fields. She is the creator of Women Evolution® and Inclusion 360°™, and as a Forbes Contributor and former host of the “The CEO Show” on ESPN she has interviewed over 200 executives and discovered exactly what is needed to move up within an organization. Shavon’s magnetic personality and ground-breaking technology & research has her speaking at Boeing, California Diversity Conference, MGM Women’s Leadership Conference 2016, American Resort Development Association 2016, Training 2015, and the California Women’s Conference.

Mark Baartse| CMO at Showpo | Global Fashion Retailer Apr 18, 2018

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An experienced online leader, Mark built his first website in 1993. Since then he has worked as a marketing manager, project manager, programmer, information architect, usability consultant, and copywriter. This gives him an unusually broad view of website management. His passion is making online experiences profitable by focusing on users – in a way that measurably and demonstrably adds value to both the user and the business. Mark Holds excellent skills in online strategy, and expert tactical skills in several key channels including search, analytics, content marketing, and conversion rate optimization. Mark has been called on to speak on these at leading industry conferences, and teach in structured classroom environments for industry associations. Mark has extensive experience in attracting and retaining top talent, having managed teams for almost 20 years. SHOP: www.showpo.com FACEBOOK: fb.com/iloveshowpo INSTAGRAM: @showpo SNAPCHAT: @showposnaps YOUTUBE: youtube.com/ShowpoChannel

Marek Danyluk | Managing Partner at Space Executive | CEO at Space Ventures Apr 10, 2018

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Marek is an expert connector and business relationship builder. His passion for people led him to start Space Executive, a multi-awarded company in the international search and selection business that focuses on strategy and corporate development, change and transformation, finance, sales and marketing, consulting and professional services, legal and compliance; covering our core markets in Asia Pacific, the United States, and Europe. Under his leadership, the firm takes pride in its keen knowledge and awareness of the industries it serves and in identifying the skills required for key business roles today and in the future. Before founding Space Executive, Marek held key positions at Argyll Scott, Communicate Recruitment Solutions, and Investigo - businesses Marek helped build, grow and sustain. During his tenure as a founding partner at Investigo, Marek helped the company make it to the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table, ranking 10th in the list of the UK's fastest-growing companies. Marek is also CEO of Space Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage innovative businesses, confirming his continued dedication to helping people and businesses grow and develop to their full potential. Contact Marek at DDL +65 6809 2860 or mdanyluk@space-exec.com Follow on Twitter @SpaceExecutive

Moritz Neto | Tenzorum | Blockchain Growth Mar 29, 2018

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Moritz Story: Everything I do is about bringing meaningful experiences to the world. I'm a Blockchain Entrepreneur, Crypto Growth Specialist maniac about UX Design optimization for Blockchain products and Community Enthusiast in the Blockchain landscape. I believe that ideas are worthless without prime execution and that the most important aspect of a venture is always the speed with which teams test their hypothesis. "You are allowed to be wrong, but never to be slow." Life is like music, if you are just listening to finish it, you are doing it wrong... I'm a natural competitor and I always commit 200% of myself to what I do. "Do or do not, there is no try". I have worked with multiple ventures, from Early Stage Startups that wanted to test their products in the market, to 8 figures businesses and Innovation Departments looking for Growth Hacking Consultancy. I have been through the whole startup journey: Idea - Market fit - Acceleration - Funding. And I've understood that you learn much more from your failures than from your victories. “The only way to survive a mad world, is to embrace the madness” https://tenzorum.org

Head of PR and Communication at Canva - Liz Mckenzie Mar 25, 2018

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Liz's Story: My passion is in storytelling - turning boring corporate speak and industry jargon into something with meaning. I'm always on the lookout for new ways to make an organisation stand out. Currently, I'm Head of PR and Communications at Canva, based in Sydney. Prior to joining Canva, I've held comms roles at the CSIRO's technology R&D arm, Data61 and at Red Agency (part of Havas), Ogilvy PR, Recognition PR and Edelman. I am a strategic consultant with a proven track record. In my four years at Red, I was part of the senior team which led Red Agency to its best year on the awards front in 2014 – named by Public Relations Institute of Australia, PRWeek Asia and CommsCon as 2014 PR Agency of The Year and a further 25+ campaign awards at both international and national award shows. Some of my notable achievements include managing one of the first PR campaigns in Australia to win a Cannes Lion. Some of my client experience include managing the PR activities for Microsoft, Google, SuccessFactors (an SAP company), Capgemini, Equinix, HTC, Concur, Okta, AT&T, Fairfax Digital, Indiegogo, Kingston and Mitel. Other non-tech related client experience include Salmat, Kelly Services, The Coffee Club, Jetts Gyms, Reckitt Benckiser and The Whiddon Group. It's not every day you get to make a difference to many, but I have been fortunate to be able to work on several NFPs including The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, Oscar's Law, WWF, The Sony Foundation, The UN Foundation, Vital Voices and The Prince's Rainforest Project.

Founder & CEO Interactive Minds,Marketer, Author, Speaker Louisa `Dahl Mar 12, 2018

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Louisa is a digital marketing expert who founded networking and educational events company Interactive Minds. Louisa has over 17 years experience in the digital marketing industry and throughout her career has worked across private companies, government and agencies in developing and delivering strategic digital marketing activities. Louisa has founded 3 companies in the past 10 years and enjoys the process of getting a new business to market and making it a success. She is the CEO of Interactive Minds which runs regular events and training for marketing professionals allowing them to learn and connect with talented industry peers and keep their knowledge and skills fresh in the fast moving world of digital. Find out about upcoming events in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Newcastle at www.interactiveminds.com. Louisa has recently written her first book, The Deliberate Digital Marketer which outlines the framework of high-performing industry leaders. See more at www.deliberatedigitalmarketer.com.

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