Meet Valerio Coppo, Cosmopolitan Venetian and Withlocals Host. Valerio spent half his life away from Venice: Exploring Germany in Bochum and Göttingen, enjoying the post-Olympic vibe in Turin, walking the bars in Moscow, following the silk road in Asia and as a professional manager in a multinational corporation in Africa

Cristina Muntean is a consultant, trainer, mentor and coach who specializes in personal branding, strategic communications, emotional and systemic intelligence for leadership. A former journalist with more than 12 years of experience in the Czech, Romanian and international media, she founded Media Education CEE, a strategic communications and people development

Chris Dyer is the founder and CEO of PeopleG2, where he manages 30 full-time remote employees and 3,000 independent contractors. PeopleG2 is routinely ranked one of the best places to work and has been listed as one of Inc.’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies. Having made the transition to remote during

Ariane Bobiash is inspired by the social impact potential of technology. As Senior Account Executive at Oyster, she helps employers tap into the global talent pool through Oyster’s Distributed Talent Enablement Platform. Having lived and worked around the world, she’s especially excited about distributed working’s potential to help increase economic

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

Priscilla Tuan is the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Sovos Brands. Sovos Brands is a private-equity backed company that transforms high potential brands into successful category leaders. Priscilla is responsible for building the company’s one-of-a-kind food brands (Rao’s, noosa, Birch Benders, and Michael Angelo’s) through integrated marketing plans and

Mandy McNamar is Engineering Senior Manager at Raytheon Technologies within the Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) business unit. Mandy is a Department Leader responsible for leading a large, hybrid, engineering team of 150 people focused on Systems Integration & Test. She is also the RMD Engineering Diversity Equity & Inclusion

Mason Hipp is a software developer and co-founder of Slides with Friends. He is a strong proponent and leader of remote teams who loves to build products that turn complex problems into lovable UI. At Slides with Friends he is working on ways to improve the relationship between humans and

Melissa Daimler has been an executive at high-growth companies for over twenty years. She now works as an executive coach, advisor, and facilitator. Her primary focus is helping leaders operationalize culture. Prior to starting Daimler Partners, Melissa was an executive who experienced multiple leadership viewpoints throughout her career. She led

Cecilia Razak is Co-founder of Slides with Friends, an interactive presentation tool with the mission of bringing people together when they have to be apart. She’s founded multiple startups, including a multi-city ~80-person pet care tech services company, and a design & marketing consultancy.