What does Digital Nomad 2022 look like?
Longer stays and remote work vacations have soared in popularity this year. What are the new age demands of remote workers when travelling while working? Will #wfh end once borders reopen?
Moderator: Rachel Lanham, Chief Customer Officer @ Voodle
Panelists: Sam Pessin, Co-Founder @ Remote Year, Dave Williams, CEO & Co-Founder @ NOMADX & David McKeegan, Co-Founder @ Greenback Expat Tax Services
Rachel Lanham is Voodle’s Chief Customer Officer and is obsessed with growing a vibrant tribe of Voodlers and being their voice in the organization. Rachel has led customer and business management efforts within industries with high degrees of digital innovation and disruption. She also co-founded the digital health platform, Health123 (acquired by Samepage). Prior to Voodle, she led the commercial motion at VR platform Pixvana.
Sam Pessin is the Founder & CEO of Remote Year. Remote Year delivers community-focused travel programs to remote workers worldwide. Sam Pessin grew up all over the world with his family. His father was a foreign correspondent and because of this, Sam lived in Beijing, Jerusalem, London, and the U.S. Sam sought out international experiences and took the opportunity to transfer to Mumbai for six months when he was working with Bain. About a year later, Sam started Remote Year with one of his best friends and has been focused on that ever since.
Dave Williams leads NOMADX as its CEO and Co-founder and is a pioneer in the digital marketing, advertising, and ad tech industries as a serial digital entrepreneur over the past 20+ years. He has also experienced multiple exits in the early formative stages of the search engine marketing, social media, and ad-tech industries with prior company headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and New York City.
David McKeegan is an experienced entrepreneur, finance professional, Enrolled Agent, and MBA. After years of living abroad, David and his wife Carrie McKeegan struggled to find an accounting service to meet their unique needs as expats. In 2009, they co-founded Greenback Expat Tax Services to provide a better, easier way for American expats around the globe to prepare their US tax returns.