Brandon Sammut is Chief People & AI Transformation Officer at Zapier—an AI orchestration platform powered by an 800-person, fully remote team across 40+ countries. Brandon builds high-performing companies at the intersection of talent and technology. He draws from a diverse background spanning business development, talent acquisition, talent development, finance, education, and venture capital.
Sagar Khatri is a young and dynamic professional and CEO of Multiplier, a SaaS-based global employment solution that was founded in 2020.
Having worked with global brands, he hones rich and well-rounded experience in Regional P&L Management, International Expansion, Fundraising and M&A. He has been a part of the leadership team at Hmlet and worked in deal advisory at Nomura prior to that.
He hails from India and is a graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay – one of the most prestigious universities in India.
Matt McKinney is the Head of People Strategy Execution at Poly. In this role, Matt integrates workstreams between the HR Leadership Team, other corporate functions, and the broader organization. Matt helps lead remote working strategies at Poly where work is no longer a place, it’s what you do.
Matt has over 15 years of HR experience in HR strategy, workforce planning, compensation, and process improvement. Prior to Poly, Matt progressed through various roles in human resources and business operations at Amentum. He has also held leadership roles in local SHRM chapters to include President of the Mid-Cities Human Resource Association.
Matt holds an MBA and M.S. Human Resource Management from the University of Texas at Arlington, B.B.A in Human Resource Management from the University of South Dakota and is also a SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), Professional in Human Resources (PHR), and Lean Six Sigma Greenbelt.
Ally is a 30 year old British-Iraqi entrepreneur. Ally founded Juno in 2019, after his personal experiences at work made him realise that giving people a more autonomous and tailored employee experience would make the world a much better place.
Amy Lynch believes everyone deserves to design a life that works for them and their family. Over the past decade, she’s negotiated remote work arrangements in between living and working in Canada, England, Ireland and Australia (and having three kids).
Amy became an accidental activist while bringing her children into business settings and as the founder of Mixing Babies And Business™, she produces professional development events, a podcast and digital resources for parents interested in entrepreneurship, flexible and remote work.
Her social impact movement has been recognized as a Finalist for Canada’s Top 100 Recovery Projects in 2020 by Future of Good and is now a Startup Canada Community. When not with her family or writing, you’ll find her at a local pottery studio.
Libryia Jones, also known as “The Remote Work Queen” is a Client Director at a Technology Consulting Firm and also a Remote Work Advocate and Social Educator who shares resources and content that helps people find and land remote jobs.
Through her company, Quit Commuting, Libryia hosts a digital course, a virtual remote work conference, and a private community focused on providing remote work opportunities.
Dethra Giles is a four-time TEDx speaker, executive coach, and award-winning author best known as the CEO of ExecuPrep, a remote first, international Performance Optimization Consulting firm specializing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Dethra was ranked Engagedly’s as a Top 100 Influencers for outstanding contributions towards promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion and selected as HR Gazette’s HRchat Pod Top 22 most influential experts in HR. Clients call her “University tested, and industry approved.” Her unique blend of advanced education and industry experience positions her to provide maximum impact to executives and high potential teams.
Having worked with clients like Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey, Kaiser Permanente, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and Cox Communications, Dethra takes her education and years of experience and turns them into results-driven actions for her clients.
According to Dethra, her job is to deliver results to her clients by developing actionable strategies, optimizing performance, and eliminating distractions.
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur and human-centered technologist. He is the founder and president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based change agency that helps enterprises spark, accelerate, and sustain innovation. He specializes in helping teams work better together through participatory decision making and design inspired facilitation techniques. He has helped transform teams from Nike, U.S. SOCOM, Google, the Air Force, Apple, Adobe, Dropbox, Fidelity, Vrbo, Liberty Mutual, Humana, and SAIC.
Douglas is a thought leader and master facilitator of Design Sprints, Innovation Acceleration, Team Alignment, Meeting Systems, Culture Transitions, and Change Transformations. He is also the author of four books: Magical Meetings, Beyond the Prototype, How to Remix Anything, and Start Within. He has been published in Forbes, Fast Company, Innovation Leader, and is a regular contributor to The Future Shapers. He publishes a weekly podcast called Control the Room.
Motivated by a mission to rid the world of horrible meetings and offer meaningful magical meetings in their place, Voltage Control is calling upon fellow facilitators to transform meeting and innovation culture. From free weekly community meetups to Control the Room–the annual facilitator summit, Voltage Control is building a community of facilitators to change the world.
Lawrence Coburn is a serial entrepreneur who lives in the Mission District of San Francisco with his wife and daughter. He is the CEO and co-founder of twine (twine.nyc), an employee connection platform helping to connect remote and distribute teams, which he launched in 2020. Previously, he founded DoubleDutch, the market leader for mobile event apps, which was acquired by Cvent in 2019. When not working, you can find Lawrence riding bicycles with his family, on the basketball court, or reading Science Fiction.
Sami Hero is the Chief Revenue Officer for Remo where he manages sales, marketing, customer success and analytics teams. Sami’s primary focus is to help organizations advance their digital transformation journey and enable remote and hybrid work whether it’s for specific events or on-going meetings, workshops, peer-2-peer engagements leading to improved outcomes and engagement. Sami is passionate about people and finding talent to nurture anywhere in the world. He has over 20 years’ experience managing globally distributed teams and most recently he’s managed a global team at HappyOrNot and currently 100% remote team at Remo.co
Sami has extensive experience in B2B from startup to scale-up to major global corporations. He’s versatile and used to managing hundreds of million P&L but also getting his hands dirty and running growth hacking or sales activities. He speaks five languages, lived in six countries and has dual citizenship. He’s now based in Finland after 16 years in the United States. When he’s not working, he enjoys hanging out with the family including four kids, wife, and a puppy not forgetting sports such as golf, downhill skiing and paddle tennis.
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