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About: Internationally acclaimed innovation expert Val Wright was named as one of the top 50 resources for Chief Operating Officers by ClickSoftware. She is one of only 64 experts inducted into the Million Dollar Consultant® Hall of Fame. The global clients who have requested her help include Starbucks, LinkedIn, and Financial Times. Val’s corporate experience includes tenures during dramatic growth periods at Amazon, BMW, and Microsoft. Val participated on the small team that created the fastest-selling device of all time, Kinect for Xbox, which won a Guinness Book of World Record, selling over 20 million devices. Val’s books include: Thoughtfully Ruthless: The Key to Exponential Growth, named best business book by Independent Press Awards and NYC Big Book Awards, and The Innovation Trifecta: How to Catapult Innovation by Creating a Symbiotic Relationship between Creative, Business, and Technical Minds. She is a regular contributor on CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, LA Times, and Today.
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About: James D. Feldman, CSP, PCS, CPT, CITE is the creator of Shift Happens! Jim is a professional Change Management speaker. As the owner of several businesses and consultants with Fortune 1000 companies, Jim has been on the receiving end of changes in the business. He shares numerous stories, valuable techniques and creative problem-solving in a hilarious and content-rich presentation, article or interview. Jim customizes each speech or interview to meet your needs. He researches your company or organization and creates a plan for change using real-world examples. Jim collaborates with organizations to evaluate problems, create a vision where others aren’t looking, capture what others are not seeing, by providing UNCOMMON, common sense.
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About: The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) is the technology trade association representing the $203 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CTA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CTA also owns and produces the International CES -- The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CTA are reinvested into CTA's industry services.
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About: Dr. Freeman received his bachelor's degree in Economics and Management from the City College of New York, an MBA in Economics and technology from Bernard Baruch College and received his doctorate from the City University of New York in 1977. He has taught at Baruch College, Hofstra University, and Cornell University NY Extension Division and holds 42 commercialized patents. He is married with five children and three grandchildren. He has been featured by many media outlets including Time Magazine, Business Week and Kiplinger's Magazine. He’s been interviewed by the late Larry King and was a guest on the Phil Donahue.
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About: Chris is an expert on Plastics and the Environment. Dr. DeArmitt is considered one of the top plastic materials experts and problem solvers in the World, which is why companies like HP, Apple, Exxon, P&G, Eaton, Total and Disney come to him for help. A deep understanding of materials and high creativity allow him to quickly solve even the toughest challenges. In 2020 Dr. DeArmitt published The Plastics Paradox, the first book to present the scientific evidence on waste, litter, degradation, microplastics and ocean plastics. The book dispelled myths propagated online. Having read over 2000 scientific articles on the topic, Chris is now the leading independent expert on the plastics and the environment. Dr. DeArmitt has appeared on CBS 60 Minutes with Scott Pelley as an expert witness in a class-action lawsuit related to Marlex mesh plastic implants. Other media appearances include the BBC, Sky News and NPR/PBS.
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About: Gregg Fraley is an innovation accelerator. He's an inspiring author, speaker, and consultant to Fortune 1000 corporations and start-ups on new product development, innovation process, and improved creative thinking. Gregg's business novel about creative/innovation process, 'Jack's Notebook,' features on reading lists of many MBA programs, including the University of California at Berkeley and the UK's Cambridge Judge Business School. KILN is a firm he co-founded in 2010 to create a cutting-edge suite of innovation process services. He's an advocate for faster, simpler, and more holistic approaches to organizational innovation. He believes creativity can be learned.
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