Building The Future Radio Show

Brian Smith was born in Australia, where he developed his love of surfing. A chartered accountant, he studied at the UCLA Graduate School of Management, and with $500 of start-up money, he founded UGG Imports to bring sheepskin footwear to America. After seventeen years, as sales reached $15 million, he sold the business to Deckers Outdoor Corporation. The UGG brand has since exceeded $1 billion of international sales times over. A passionate innovator and entrepreneur, Brian is one of the most sought after business leaders in the country today. As a media guest and inspiring speaker, he is committed to teaching his breakthrough business strategies to entrepreneurs and translating personal vision and spirituality into company culture. Brian Smith has recently written a book based upon his journey from conceiving the idea, all the way to selling the business as a national brand. The books theme is that you can't give birth to adults. Every business starts with conception, then birth...the long infancy, then

Dr. Eduardo Diaz is a Human Factors Expert Scientist with 21+ years of experience supporting organizational development. As an effective leader and key member of management, he applies peer reviewed human behavior research findings into actionable measures to support team outcomes. He developed the Organizational Team Index (OTI) to support team efficiency, performance and success. http://www.advancingx.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardodiazphd https://twitter.com/AdvancingX

Shinjini Das, The Go-Getter Girl! ™, is the 25-year old Founder and CEO of The Das Media Group ™, a digital creative agency, Hollywood television personality fluent in Spanish, global millennial influencer, keynote speaker, engineer, and author with a 170K+ social media following and interviews on ABC, FOX, FORBES, NBC, INC, C-Suite Radio, Sirius XM, Business Insider, Marie Claire, and at the United Nations Headquarters. Shinjini is a data-driven insights expert in building television, digital, and social content with meaning to engage her global technology and lifestyle audiences. She shared her strategy to build businesses with empathy as 1 of 100 authors in 'The Better Business Book: Vol 2' published globally in 2017. http://www.shinjinidas.com https://twitter.com/SpeakerShinjini https://www.facebook.com/speakershinjini https://www.linkedin.com/in/shinjinidas/

Founder of Garnish & Gather, Atlanta's online meal-kit & grocery store. Garnish & Gather is dedicated to supporting the local food system and building community by sourcing delicious and healthy food paired with recipes from Atlanta's best chefs. Cook easy, healthy & delicious dinners any night of the week. http://garnishandgather.com https://www.facebook.com/GarnishandGather https://twitter.com/garnishgather

Marcia Rick Dawood is a Managing Director in two angel investment groups, BlueTree Allied Angels in Pittsburgh (since January 2012) and Golden Seeds in New York City (since January 2014).  For BlueTree, she is also the Chairman of the Education Committee and serves on the deal flow and screening committees as well as actively leads due diligence projects.  Marcia has experience evaluating and mentoring startup companies and investment opportunities She supports women led, impact as well as tech/life sciences and overall fun companies and is passionate about education as well as investment. Marcia has taken an active role in serving as the syndication lead between BlueTree and Golden Seeds bringing the two groups together to collaborate and optimize deal flow and due diligence information.  Marcia also serves on the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), an organization that represents over 12,000 accredited investor members, 220 angel groups and accredited platforms that have invested in well over 10,

TE Connectivity (NYSE: TEL) is a $12 billion global technology leader. Our commitment to innovation enables advancements in transportation, industrial applications, medical technology, energy, data communications, and the home. TE’s unmatched breadth of connectivity and sensor solutions, proven in the harshest of environments, helps build a safer, greener, smarter and more connected world. With 75,000 people – including more than 7,000 engineers – working alongside customers in nearly 150 countries, we help ensure that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS www.TE.com www.facebook.com/teconnectivity twitter.com/teconnectivity

We are changing the way that the world collects business information. We use crowdsourcing to gain access to our client's shoppers who then utilize the latest in smart phone technology to deliver near real time access to business information. Field Agent provides better coverage in less time and in a more cost effective solution than current providers of research, retail auditing, data collection and mystery shopping services. Jicco offers instant answers to pressing retail questions. The first platform of its kind, Jicco combines the speed and simplicity of a search engine interface with Field Agent’s mobile crowdsourcing system to generate on-demand photos, information, and shopper feedback from stores across the country. http://www.fieldagent.net http://info.gojicco.com/ https://twitter.com/fieldagentapp

HowDoWe, Inc. is a web-based fundraising platform that allows public education organizations to raise money and awareness to support capital projects for the benefit of society, the environment and individuals alike. https://www.howdowe.org https://twitter.com/howdoweinc https://www.facebook.com/howdowe

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. Utilizing my training as a neuroscientist and clinical psychologist, along with my M.B.A. in Healthcare Administration, I have dedicated my life to advancing the treatment of stress-related disorders. I believe in the brain’s ability to transcend and transform the complex and beautiful relationship between nature and nurture. I serve as a consultant for trauma treatment programs and founded Viva Excellence to provide cutting edge trainings that bring together the newest advancement in trauma treatment for comprehensive results. I was the first Certified Practitioner and am the first Certified Trainer of the Havening Techniques™in Los Angeles, California. I have a private practice in Pasadena, CA where I specialize in the most effective and efficient treatments empowering people to Live Their Excellence. Visit www.DrTruitt.com to learn more. My clinical practice and scientific studies have led me to specialize in the treatment of PTSD/Complex Trauma, and other stress-rel

I'm in the early stages of starting a tech company that will offer a mobile platform to veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel to assist them in starting a life outside the military. I have more than 8 year’s combined experience as an Infantryman in the United States Marine Corps and international security industry. I've been conducting security operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for most of my adult life. I've held positions as a security manager in Afghanistan managing a guard force of 30-60 local Afghan nationals. Dealing with these local nationals has given me great knowledge on dealing with people in general. Its not easy to communicate complex orders and instructions to security personnel who don't speak your language, but through trial and error, I learned. This skill helps me interact with people that do speak my language so much more and has taught me how to be a better manager and leader. I've been responsible for various threat assessments throughout my career, from vehicles

Giovanni Vigna has been researching and developing security technology for more than 20 years, working on malware analysis, web security, vulnerability assessment, and intrusion detection. Giovanni is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara and is the director of the Computer Security Group at UCSB. He is the author of more than 200 publications, including peer-reviewed papers in journals, conferences, and workshops, a book on intrusion correlation, and (as an editor) a book on mobile code security. Giovanni has been the Program Chair of the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID 2003), of the ISOC Symposium on Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS 2009), and of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (in 2010 and 2011). He is known for organizing and running an annual inter-university Capture The Flag (iCTF) hacking contest that involves dozens of institutions and hundreds of students around the

Driving Japanese trade and investment activities in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut, I develop market intelligence for Japanese entrepreneurs and brief senior officials on developments in the Consulate-General's jurisdiction. As the office's contact point for government relations, I liaise with provincial ministries, First Nations communities, and other members of the Calgary Consular Corps. https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-pryce-1877ab10/

Tom focuses his practice in probate law and enjoys helping families during their times of need. He has lectured on probate law and estate planning through the National Business Institute. Tom is a graduate of Yale University and UCLA School of Law. While in law school, he externed for the Honorable Stephen Reinhardt of the United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Mr. Martin has also been published in national law journals. Tom is a family man, married with two children. He has been active in the community, including the Long Beach Alliance for Children with Asthma, the Estate Planning & Trust Council of Long Beach and the advisory board of Miller Children’s Hospital of Long Beach. LawDroid is an intelligent chatbot that can help you incorporate your business on your smartphone for free, no lawyer required. https://lawdroid.com/ https://www.foresightlegal.com https://www.meetup.com/legalhackersvan/

Mike Meiners is a creative generalist and founder and CEO of Hackstudio, a place where kids learn to succeed by being who they are. Prior to founding Hackstudio, Mike founded and served as CEO of Cinemetro, Inc., where he wrote, produced and directed the motion picture “The Trouble With Dee Dee.” Since 2001, Mike has operated Meiners Design, where he has designed company identities, earned patents and won a national furniture design competition. He was a co-founder of HouseHaus LLC, an architecture and design firm producing work that has been exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Foundation and featured in Chicago Home and Garden magazine. Mike has been an actor since childhood and continues study and perform. http://www.hackstudio.com https://www.facebook.com/HackstudioEvanston https://twitter.com/hackstudio

Samantha Stone is a revenue catalyst who helps unleash the possible in organizations that have complex selling processes. She’s a fast-growth, B2B marketing junkie, author, speaker, consultant and persona coach who has also managed to find time to raise four boys with her husband, David. Throughout her career she has launched go-to-market initiatives and led marketing strategies for award-winning, high-growth companies including Netezza, SAP, Ascential Software and Powersoft. In 2012 she founded The Marketing Advisory Network to help savvy business leaders unleash the possible within their enterprises. In October 2016 her book "Unleash Possible: A Marketing Playbook that Drives Sales" was released to further spark new possibilities for businesses looking to grow faster or more efficiently. http://www.marketingadvisorynetwork.com https://twitter.com/samanthastone http://unleashpossible.com

Stand out from your competition with 3D visualization. More commerce is done online now than ever before, but product views are static and outdated. By incorporating interactive 3D into your website or mobile app, you'll differentiate yourself in the crowded marketplace. Customers can build custom products easily with ONU One’s powerful customizer. By using existing product design files and efficiently moving them into the digital space, ONU One saves time and money. ONU One is compatible with iOS & Android devices and is responsive for the web. It also works with Shopify, Magento and major ecommerce platforms; and moves into the virtual reality space on hardware like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. ONU One is the most accurate, most interactive and most cost-effective way to show your physical products digitally in 3D. Our dedicated team members are revolutionizing the online e-commerce experience. https://onu1.com https://twitter.com/onu_one https://www.facebook.com/onuone

The MELODIC CARING PROJECT (MCP) is a registered 501(c)3 Non-Profit which bridges the gap between music, technology and patients battling serious illness by streaming LIVE personalized concerts to kids and teens in the hospital. MCP embraces the medically proven healing properties of music to alleviate pain, reduce anxiety and aid in the overall wellness and wellbeing of the patient. Unlike other complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM) programs, the MELODIC CARING PROJECT’S model meets a real and pressing need in the market with its new innovative approach offering ease, accessibility and comfort to those suffering from serious illness or injury, especially those quarantined and/or suffering from immunodeficiency. https://melodiccaring.org https://www.facebook.com/melodiccaringproject https://twitter.com/MelodicCaring

RealWear is building the world’s first REAL hands-free and fully rugged head-mounted tablet solution for connected industrial workers. We’re a seasoned team of executives and human factors experts from the ultra-rugged smart phone, smart glasses micro display and industrial augmented reality spaces. Andy Lowery is an authority on industrial manufacturing and has pioneered the early use of augmented reality in enterprise settings. He has served at the forefront of engineering and operational management in some of the world’s most demanding industrial, defense and manufacturing environments. Andy’s experience heading the engineering departments of market leading companies shaped his vision to co-found and become CEO of RealWear, Inc. Andy most recently co-found and served as President of Daqri where he transformed Daqri into a world leading industrial augmented reality hardware and software corporation. Prior to Daqri, Andy held the position of chief engineer for Raytheon’s Electronic Warfare Systems business

LiftIgniter uses cutting edge data science to help publishers and retailers optimize their websites and mobile apps in real-time. Machine learning personalization puts the perfect piece of "content"​ (video, article, item to buy) in front the user at the exact moment when they are most likely to engage or convert - no tags or manual work required. The machine learns and updates itself so that's it's always perfectly in sync with your users and your "content."​ We average 80% improvements in CTR, engagement and conversation - with only a few hours of work on your part. Imagine creating a truly dynamic, real-time digital property that enables the perfect experience for that user impression at that moment in time. That is LiftIgniter! Our team of PhDs has direct experience building state-of-the-art personalization systems at the petabyte scale for some of the largest companies on the planet. Unless you plan on hiring your own team with deep experience (not likely since very few people with that experience ex

Co-Founder and Director of Alberta Creativity Network, formerly CreativeAlberta; Director, National Creativity Network; member of Creative Economy Coalition; Director, Alberta Council of Technologies. Advocate for creativity, innovation, and creative development in education, culture, and economic sectors. Instigating and developing creativity initiatives throughout and between sectors. https://www.albertacreativity.net https://www.facebook.com/albertacreativity