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Nick joined NEPIRC in 2017 as a Business Development Advisor serving NEPIRC clients in Lackawanna and Wyoming counties.

Starting a business can often feel overwhelming and many people find it useful to talk it through with a business advisor.

For the past 25 years, Tom Wedegaertner has been the Director of Cottonseed Research at Cotton Incorporated. Prior to that, he worked for a trade association representing the cottonseed processing industry.

Tom Heskes is full professor of Artificial Intelligence. After receiving his PhD on neural networks, he worked as a postdoc at the Beckman Institute in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Bob, our US Brand Ambassador advising on our USA market entry, is a retired, distinguished US Army Colonel & former US Navy SEAL.

Prof. Rajiv Sabherwal is Distinguished Professor, Edwin & Karlee Bradberry Chair, and Department Chair of Information Systems in the Walton College of Business at University of Arkansas.

I am a multi-talented senior leader with an exemplary track record in both manufacturing and healthcare industries. Key areas of abilities include general management

I am an SC-cleared Cyber Security Consultant with many years experience of MOD, HMG, NCSC security and policy development , particularly with Cloud first migrations

Bringing over 16 years of expertise in the IT and OT Cyber Security domain with excellent interpersonal, presentation & management skills. With vast experience in the Israeli Ministry of Defense

Ron is an experienced technology consultant and seasoned cybersecurity specialist with deep expertise in critical systems, network security, deep packet inspection

Dirk is currently responsible for Strategic Partnerships & Business Development Smart-City and Healthcare in the Asia Pacific region and is based out of Singapore

Mike Yao is a Professor of Digital Media and the Head of the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising in the College of Media. He teaches a digital media & marketing course at the Gies College of Business

Cheol Park (Ph.D. in Business Administration) is a Professor at Korea University, South Korea. He received his B.A. in Economics, M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Seoul National University.

Dr. Vinod Kumar is a Chancellor's Professor of Technology and Supply Chain Management of the Sprott School of Business (Director of Sprott School, 1995-2005), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Professor Ruixue Li received his B.A. degree from Literature and Foreign Languages Department of Nanjing University, China, and obtained his M.A. and PhD from Graduate School of International Development

Prof. Shey-Huei Sheu is a Chair Professor of Department of Statistics and Informatics Science at the Providence University. He is an Honorary Chair Professor of the Department of Industrial Management

Experienced Assistant Professor with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in Statistical Modeling, Training Delivery, Market Research, Business Innovation

JJ Richa is an accomplished serial entrepreneur, executive and investor. JJ has successfully founded several companies, where he served as President and CEO.

Andrew Wall is a Chartered Professional Accountant and Certified Management Accountant with over 19 years in accounting and IT development.

Sarah is the Executive PA to our CEO, Ed Jordan, and our Chair, Zoe Hancock, supporting them in their roles and working closely with the management team.

CEO of Uphold Inc., previously serving as the company’s Vice-Chairman for five years, and Co-founder of the Universal Protocol Alliance

Brenda was awarded a MBE by the Queen in 2004 awarded for services to the UK’s black communities as CEO of her African & Caribbean charity.

Prof. Steve Mann, PhD (MIT), P.Eng. (Ontario), is widely regarded as 'The Father of Wearable Computing' [IEEE ISSCC 2000].

David King, CISO at Legal & General, is an experienced senior executive in security, a crisis advisor and an innovator in blockchain technology.

A security transformation expert, Becky is experienced with business case preparation and execution through to funding and implementation.

Rand Fishkin is the cofounder and CEO of SparkToro. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through his blogging, videos, speaking, and his book, Lost and Founder

Adam Brothers is the co-founder and CFO at The 614 Group. He is also a finance and strategy advisor to Corestream Inc. and Openbox LLC.

Ann Miura-Ko is a co-founding partner at Floodgate, a seed-stage venture capital firm with notable investments in companies including Lyft, Twitter, Twitch, Refinery 29, and Okta.

Matthew Le Merle is co-founder and Managing Partner of Fifth Era and of Keiretsu Capital - the most active early stage venture investors backing almost 200 companies a year.

Rav has a track record in the USA & UK of successfully leading delivery of complex, global digital systems (Accenture, Diageo).

Dana Peters has spent the past 22 years in leadership roles, implementing strategic plans and leading solution-based sales, service, and business development initiatives

Hai Jin received the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China, in 1994. Between 1998 and 2000

Professor Qiu is a member of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group. Her research interests are in Internet and wireless networking.

David Zhang graduated in Computer Science from Peking University. He received his MSc in 1982 and his PhD in 1985 in both Computer Science from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT),

Prof. Reinhard Koch received his PhD in 3D Computer Vision from the University of Hannover, Germany, in 1996. He then worked as PostDoc at

Jose Luis Verdegay is Full Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Granada (Spain) since 1990. He holds the degrees of Bachelor of Mathematics

Dr. Nadeem Mahmood is affiliated with the Department of Computer Science, University of Karachi as an Associate Professor. He has been involved in teaching and research at graduate and post graduate level for the last 22 years.

Bioinformatics; Computational Biology – Dr. Baldi’s group works at the intersection of biological and computer sciences, using probabilistic/machine learning techniques to address biological problems

I’m a research engineer at Google DeepMind, where I work on applying deep learning and reinforcement learning to challenging problems. In the past I studied physics and used to work at the Large Hadron Collider

a Greek computer scientist and software engineer at Google DeepMind, involved in the AlphaGo and AlphaZero projects. He holds an engineer's degree in electrical and computer engineering

Aaron is the founder of Qokka, an AI startup that helps companies zero in on customers and communities using communication data at large scale. Previously, Aaron was a founding engineering lead at Scaled Inference

Craig Knoblock is the Keston Executive Director of the Information Sciences Institute, Research Professor of both Computer Science and Spatial Sciences, and Vice Dean of Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Vincenzo Piuri has received his Ph.D. in computer engineering at Politecnico di Milano, Italy (1989). He is Full Professor in computer engineering at the Università degli Studi di Milano.

Hassan is an empathetic technology leader who combines the best practices of software and psychology to help companies deliver successful products across a wide range of industries.

Josh Seidenfeld represents companies at all stages of their lifecycle, from startups to public companies with a focus on software, internet and healthcare-related technology companies (both consumer and enterprise).

Divine Charura is a Psychotherapist based in Leeds, a part-time lecture and three times graduate of Leeds Met. He has worked in a range of diverse psychiatric and therapeutic settings, including working with children;

Colin Lago, D. Litt, was Director of the Counselling Service at the University of Sheffield, U.K., from 1987 – 2003. He now works as an independent counsellor, trainer, supervisor and consultant.

Stijn is a technologist and an entrepreneur with more than two decades of hands-on product development and technology leadership experience

John Hawkins is a full-stack Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer. He is the author of the forthcoming book "Getting Data Science Done" and a research affiliate with the Transitional AI Research Group out of UNSW

Dries F. Benoit is head of the Big Data Analytics research group at Ghent Univeristy, Belgium. He is associate professor of Data Analytics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

Silvio Carta Ph.D. Doctor Europaeus ARB RIBA is an architect and researcher based in London. His main fields of interest are digital design and architectural theory and practice.

Jessica is internationally acclaimed in her area of work as a designer, writer, and educator. She received both her BA in graphic design and architectural theory in 1982 and her MFA in graphic design in 1989 from Yale University.

Shaun is Associate Dean; Business, Innovation and Projects and is Head of the Digital Hack Lab, In Pursuit of Luxury and Creative Ideas in the School of Creative Arts.

Following a degree in International Business Studies, Rachel pursued a 15-year career in sales and marketing. Working with some of

Chris began his early career in the world of media but quickly established a reputation for being a transformational leader within many of the UK’s top publishing and direct marketing businesses.

Proven ability to think big and inspire others to transform ideas into reality. Passionate and dedicated entrepreneur, artist, and author.

Kay is a director of HOK’s global WorkPlace practice. With a passion for using design to transform how and where people work, she spends her days (and many nights) working with clients on workplace strategy and design.

As a natural scientist, Nora Adam worked in multiple international and interdisciplinary research institutions focusing on ecology, forestry, and biodiversity research

research areas: creative accounting, white collar crime, tax optimization, VAT and income taxes, criminal and penal fiscal law.

Professor Mori is Regional Advisor on Population Ageing and Sustainable Development at UNFPA Asia-Pacific Office. After paediatric training in Japan, he practiced in Australia

Dewen Wang, Ph.D. in Economics, Senior SocialProtection Economist, Social Protection and Jobs Global Practice, World Bank. His work covers both policy analysis and lending operations

Professor Andrew R. Barron is the Sêr Cymru Chair of Low Carbon Energy and Environment, where his research involves the application of nanotechnology to fundamental problems in energy research.

Biography: Prof. TANG Loon Ching is a Professor at the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISE) and the Director of Temasek Defence Systems Institute in National University of Singapore (NUS).

Professor Mattheus (Theo) F. A. Goosen has played key roles in the development of new start up academic institutions. For the past nine years he has held the position of founding Associate Vice President

Professor Ying-Hao Chu received his PhD in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in 2004. Then, he joined University of California, Berkeley as a postdoc

Professor Alan Lau In 1987, Dr Lau joined the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd (HAECO) where he was employed as a craft apprentice in the aircraft maintenance division for 4 years.

Prof. Robert Babuska received the M.Sc. (Hons.) degree in control engineering from the Czech Technical University in Prague, in 1990, and the Ph.D. (cum laude) degree from TU Delft, the Netherlands

Wei Ren is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Riverside. He received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University

Dr. Shengbo Eben Li is now leading Intelligent Driving Lab (iDLab) at Tsinghua University. His active research interests include intelligent vehicles and driver assistance

Zaili Yang is Professor of Maritime Transport at Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), UK. Prior to his current appointment, he was Reader in Maritime Transport (2010-2014) and a lecturer in Maritime Operations (2007-2010) at the School of Engineering

Professor Nicholson holds the following degrees: a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons), a Master of Engineering, a Master of Science and a Doctor of Philosophy.? He joined the University of Canterbury in 1981

Miguel ángel Sotelo received the degree in Electrical Engineering in 1996 from the Technical University of Madrid, the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering in 2001 from the University of Alcalá

Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1985 Panos M. Pardalos serves as distinguished professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor of industrial and systems engineering

Dr. Aydogan Ozcan is the Chancellor’s Professor and the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Innovation at UCLA and an HHMI Professor with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute,

Sam Aquillano is the Founder and Executive Director of Design Museum Everywhere, an online, nomadic museum with the mission to bring the transformative power of design everywhere.

Baharu Sisay is a lecturer at Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia. He completed his MSc. in Finance at Bahir Dar University, Bachelor of Accounting and Finance from DIlla University

Professor Philip R. Lane (born 27 August 1969) is an economist and was appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland in November 2015 for a seven year term.

Cathy Horwitz believes that when your employees know the capabilities of the software they use, they will demonstrate improved productivity, will be more efficient and will be able to problem solve more easily.

Tony Addison is Chief Economist and Deputy Director of the UN University’s World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, Finland.

Lisa has over 20 years financial management and support service experience obtained around the world for a range of international non-governmental organizations.

Raquel P. F. Guiné is a Coordinating Professor with habilitation in Food Science, Head of the Food Industry Department, Agrarian School of Polytechnic Institute of Viseu - IPV (Portugal).

Martin is a Professor of Plant Science for Food Security providing strategic leadership of research to facilitate the development of globally relevant and accessible food systems.

Founder & CEO & Architect TheSparkOne Network. Making sense and appreciating beauty in this crazy world.

George is a CA/CPA who founded CA4IT 42 years ago. Now CPA4IT.

Rob is the principal provider of operational, strategic and tactical counsel for solutions for better digital advertising infrastructure and opportunities for revenue growth to some of the worlds largest companies.

Roger Rappoport is the founder and leader of Procopio's Emerging Growth and Venture Capital Practice Group.

Dale Ludwig has a Ph.D. in Communication and, prior to Turpin, taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Telena Paris, CEO/Founder is skilled in leading teams to focus on the strategic future of the business, policies/proj- ects while focusing on the growth of revenue.

Greg Elie has over 30 years of industry experience and health and life insurance licenses in many states, including South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.

Alexandria Noel Butler, affectionately known as Lexi B, is considered one of Silicon Valley’s candid and prominent voices.

Eva is a well-respected entrepreneur-turned-investor and one of the few women leading a venture fund in Canada.

Roger invests in great entrepreneurs building innovative companies across the software and consumer landscape

Antonia Lim, head of quantamental investing at Schroders, aims to deliver the best of both worlds.

Professor Pascale Allotey is the Director of the United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

I am an experienced HR professional with good interpersonal and communications skills. I have over 18 years of experience in HR field and over 8 years at senior Management level.

Currently I head HR for Travelex - EMEA region, leading our people agenda across a diverse workforce. Prior to Travelex, I have worked with large global organisation such as JP Morgan and Bank of America in senior Business HR roles.

Sarah Tabet is an HR professional with more than a decade of well-rounded multinational experience in the human resources field across the Middle East.

Bob Verchota is owner and senior consultant for RPVerchota & Associates, a consulting firm providing services to clients who seek to align their business and employees

Brenda Neckvatal is an award-winning HR professional and is often referred to as the "HR Force of Nature" by her clients. Not only does she help business leaders solve their most difficult people issues,

Karyn’s research focuses on understanding the impact of socio-economic and environmental inequalities on health outcomes. Karyn is the lead researcher on all Smartline research projects.

Dr. Louann Bierlein Palmer is a professor of educational leadership, research and technology at Western Michigan University, specializing in educational leadership

David has extensive global experience of consultancy in leadership and talent development, team dynamics and learning programme direction across a range of industries.

Nicole comes from a communications, health and wellness background and is a passionate advocate for developing individuals and communities.

With 16 years’ experience leading secondary education, including six years as a successful head teacher in a London secondary school; Diana works at the cutting edge of education and school improvement.

Dr. Latanya Hughes has more than a decade of leadership and management experience and uses it to bring real-world, practical application into the classroom to broaden student's studies of the overall scope of lessons learned.

Leah Ben-Ami began a new role as the Learning and Development Lead at C Space in October 2018. Previously, she was the Director of Academic Operations for the Lowell Institute School within the College of Professional Studies at Northeastern University for over three years.

Kathrin Glau currently is a Lecturer in Financial Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London and a Fellow at EPFL (Ecole Polythechnique Federale Lausanne) co-funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie.

I am known as a Creativity Curator + Champion, and a Possibility Partner for visionary women who are consciously creating their lives and transforming the lives of the people they serve.

LeRoy Thompson is Managing Director Of Thompson & Associates. He is a Certified Virtual Presenter with expertise in the development and delivery of training programs on more than twenty distinct topics.

Dr. Demetrice Williams is a founder of Wise Prospects, LLC a coaching and consulting firm that works with various doctors of education and philosophy to create informative and engaging courses to help improve the way we currently live and work.

Elizabeth is one of the 1% of coaches globally to attain the International Coach Federation (ICF) Master Certified Coach credential.

Cyrus, Managing Director of Maximum Performance, is an exceptional international trainer, facilitator and coach.

Katherine Clarke-Nolan specializes in facilitation, strategic planning, governance and change management services that focus on helping organizations strategically transition and transform

Todd Luckasavitch is an executive level Human Resources leader with over 20 years of experience in all facets of HR.

I joined CPA4IT in 1999 as a co-op student. For 8 years I occupied various accounting positions including Account Manager before transitioning into the role of Office Manager.

Georgette Mosbacher, an American business executive, entrepreneur and author, has been President of Georgette Mosbacher Enterprises, Inc., a business and marketing consulting company in New York City, since 1992.

Ron is a 20-year plus veteran of digital and print advertising, advertising operations and publisher relations having worked in the Agency, Network and Publisher space.

Adam Bergman is Managing Director of EcoTech Capital, a boutique investment bank at the intersection of technology innovation and climate change.

Scott Kupor is the managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz where he is responsible for all operational aspects of running the firm.

Hans Tung lands high atop the 2020 Midas List due to a portfolio including six major IPOs, eight acquisitions and no fewer than 14 private-valued billion-dollar startups.

Doris Möncke works at Alfred University, teaching and studying glass science and spectrosopy. Doris' work focuses on structure property correlation in glasses,

Michael C. Halbig is a Senior Materials Research Engineer and Tech Lead for Additive Manufacturing / Joining & Integration of Composite Materials at the NASA Glenn Research Center (NASA GRC)

Andy has been in the web design and interactive marketing space since January of 2000. In that time, he’s helped thousands of people do a better job getting results online

Jason Falls has enlightened virtual and in-person audiences with webinars, guest lectures and virtual Q&A sessions, plus digital marketing keynote speaking in seven countries and on three continents.

Elizma Nolte is Head of Business Marketing for Sub-Saharan Africa. She is passionate about media, technology and Africa - and finding ways to connect the three for positive change

Dace de la Foret is the Director of Enterprise Social Media for Nationwide. He’s responsible for all social content with the goal of growing the Fortune 100 company’s digital brand and maintaining positive fan engagement across all social platforms.

Will Cady has made a career of looking for unexpected brilliance in overlooked subcultures. A path from zen monasteries into digital media brought him to his current role as Head Of Brand Strategy at Reddit

Alberto Hernandez is the Chief Marketing Officer for Dyla Brands, makers of FORTO and STUR. Alberto has spent the last 17 years building iconic brands in different geographies across Europe, Latin America and the US.

Christi Olson is a Search Evangelist at Microsoft in Seattle, Washington. For over a decade Christi has been a student and practitioner of SEM.

Robert Rose is a content marketing strategist, advisor and storyteller. Robert has spent his career helping fellow marketers tell their story more effectively through digital media.

Social media content can sometimes be seen as a dark art, but it’s really not. Authenticity is key to the success of building your personal or brand profile.

Simon is operations manager and search marketing expert. He has previously carried out online marketing for well known brands such as Ladbrokes & First4Lawyers.

Building a marketing strategy that works isn’t just about careful planning. It’s about understanding where you want to end up.

Brand Strategist , Content creator, Podcast Host and Multimedia specialist. It’s 5 years since DK turned her back on an academic path and fell into the world of creative services.

Ewan is an experienced entrepreneur, with a passion for supporting young people in business.

Good quality, clear content helps you engage with your customers, communities or stakeholders showcasing your passion and purpose and the benefits of your business, product or service across your chosen social media and marketing platforms.

I took early retirement from BT as a middle manager in 2001 and joined a Project Management company and travelled Europe as a Project Manager for cable networks in Holland, Norway, Sweden, France and Africa.

Eric joined NEPIRC in 1998 and, since that time, has held positions within the organization’s consulting, business development and financial management departments

Margo Crawford is a Canadian thought leader on small and mid-sized enterprises (SME), including SME leadership, succession and strategy.

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (born Sukhinder Singh in 1970) is a technology executive and entrepreneur. Currently the president of StubHub, she has

Dr. Peter Carr is the Chair of the Finance and Risk Engineering Department at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Emma is the administrative manager of the European Centre for Environment and Human Health (in Truro, Cornwall, where Smartline is based) with overall responsibility for funding, spend and compliance.

Belinda is overall project manager for Smartline, responsible for all aspects of the programme from compliance with funding requirements to ensuring our activities are in line with project plans and targets.

Krishnan Rajeshwar is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is also the founding director of the Center for Renewable Energy Science & Technology (CREST) on campus.

Dr. Salah Al-Majeed, highly experienced academic manager with successful accomplishments records of brand technology, product innovations and corporate communication. A proficient academic Professor with extensive international profile

Mario Barajas Frutos is a Doctor in Education from the University of Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from San Francisco State University in the USA. He holds degrees in Engineering and in Philosophy

Professor Marlene Scardamalia was awarded the inaugural Presidents' Chair in Education and Knowledge Technologies at OISE/University of Toronto and is cofounder and director of the Institute for Knowledge Innovation and Technology

Ting comes from a political science background and is a former educator. She’s passionate about how Bitcoin and blockchain technology can empower people and help businesses transform in the new era.

Born in 1971, Ms Chen graduated from Northwest University in China. She has over 20 years of experience and an in-depth understanding of the ICT industry.

Ollie brings over five years of experience in the technology sector where he previously led market research and venture scouting for global corporates in defence, manufacturing and consulting

Greg Owen-Boger is the Vice President of Turpin Communication, a presentation and facilitation training company in Chicago.

Denise Rutherford is senior vice president of 3M’s Corporate Affairs organization. This new organization brings a strategic, proactive approach to advancing and protecting the 3M brand and reputation