Cy Wakeman is a drama researcher, global thought-leader, and New York Times best-selling author who is recognized for cultivating a counter-intuitive, reality-based approach to leadership. Backed by 20 years of experience, Wakeman’s philosophy offers a new lens through which employees and executives alike, can shift their attention inward, sharpen their focus on personal accountability, and uncover their natural state of innovation simply by ditching the drama.

Deemed “the secret weapon to restoring sanity to the workplace,” Wakeman has helped companies such as Google, Facebook, NASA, Pfizer, Bank of America, and United Healthcare learn to harness energy wasted in workplace drama and reinvest that effort into achieving profound business results.

Carol Quinn is the world’s leading expert on interviewing and hiring effectiveness. She is the creator of motivation-based interviewing, an interviewing method specifically developed for hiring “High Performers.” She is the author of the #1 SHRM-published book on hiring – and it’s been their #1 best-seller on hiring for the past five years straight. She is passionate about making sure organizations and their interviewers know how to single out those job candidates who will go above and beyond from those merely pretending. But there is one thing that Carol is even more passionate about… and that’s sharing her wisdom with others.

Yael Zofi has facilitated countless presentations and team meetings throughout her 20+ year career. Topics of interest ranged from managing change and transitions to managing performance. Currently she delivers presentations around the issues that drive organizations today – creating and maintaining the human connection that fosters business success. Specific topics from recent presentations include: Virtual Teams, Cross Cultural Communications and Global Leadership as well as Networking Skills and Managing Up.Ms. Zofi is a frequent guest speaker, has served on the faculty of New York University’s business and graduate curriculum (1995-Present), and currently teaches Virtual Teams & Global Communications.  Recently she has spoken at ODNNY, AMA, PMI, and HR.com.

Peter Frampton is a financial literacy advocate. He is president of Color Accounting international, which teaches finance to non-financial people using a breakthrough graphical system.  

What lights Peter up is showing people that it’s fun and easy. He makes money matters come alive and wants you to exclaim “I can!”

Peter qualified at KPMG and is on the adjunct faculty at American University. His clients include Wall St banks, top law firms, through micro-businesses in Africa.  

He lives in Switzerland and spends too much time on planes. He was recognized for founding South Africa’s most successful technology incubator in that country of his birth. 

Based in San Diego, CA

Awdhesh Krishna is the Managing Director and Global Head of HR, Wholesale Corporate Banking at Nomura Services Limited, where his primary focus is on coordination, driving consistency and standardization across corporate functions and attracting, developing and retaining the best people in the market. He is also responsible for the Global HR Shared Services in India.