Danny Schuman Danny Schuman is a writer, thinker, and idea creator. He spent over 20 years writing memorable marketing campaigns that built iconic brands like Coors Light, Life Cereal, and Gatorade. He and Michael Jordan started working on Gatorade on...
Carl Smith Carl Smith is an irreverent ditcher of the nine-to-five and mortal enemy of the overworked lifestyle. Owner and founder of nGen Works, Carl’s role is that of an advisor, to nGen and other companies, on how to create...
Stephen Strong Stephen brews his own beer and grows his own hops. Sometimes he shares. He remembers when GIFs started animating, when AOL’s browser wouldn’t read < tables >, when Netscape updates were an event, and waiting 15 minutes to...
Denise Jacobs Denise Jacobs is a Speaker + Author + Creativity Evangelist who speaks at web conferences and consults with tech companies worldwide. As the Founder + Chief Creativity Evangelist of The Creative Dose, she teaches techniques to make the...
Braden Kowitz Braden Kowitz is a product designer, prototyper, and storyteller. He’s also a Design Partner at Google Ventures and founded the team’s Design Studio. He advises startups on UX Design and Product Development. Before joining Google Ventures, Braden led...
Bridget Weis-Urbain Bridget Weis-Urbain is the Chef and owner of Cook from Scratch, where she offers a variety of cooking classes as an opportunity to help broaden people’s horizons in the kitchen. Her classes focus on techniques taught in culinary...
Marcin Treder Marcin Treder is a designer, psychologist, philosopher, and founder and CEO of UXPin — UX Design Platform, SaaS company funded by some of the best investors in Silicon Valley. Originally from Gdansk, Poland, he now resides in Mountain...
Ameeda Chowdhury Ameeda is a co-founder and product lead of CodeArtScience, a startup focused on redefining quality and relevant learning experiences at scale. She is a developer and product person whose year long stint teaching in New York City charter...
Jared Caponi Jared is a web industry veteran who has been practicing information architecture, user experience and digital product consulting under the name Exploded Map since 2009. Prior to that, he spent over a dozen years working as a brand...
Daniel Zarick Daniel runs #33cc77, a product+design studio based in Chicago. He designs+codes web apps, mobile apps, and games. Past projects include OneShot, The Shakedown, Mocky, and others. Months before finishing art school school in Chicago, he moved to San...