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Brand Leaders

Brand Leader Speakers are the minds behind some of the world’s most recognizable companies and campaigns. They bring deep expertise in marketing, storytelling, customer experience, and brand strategy—along with the leade...

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Marc Randolph

Co-Founder, Netflix | Author | Executive Mentor & Angel Investor

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. He is the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. In that role, he laid much of the groundwork for a ser...

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Zack Kass

AI Futurist | Former Head Of Go To Market At OpenAI

Zack Kass is a global AI advisor, researcher, keynote speaker, the former Head of Go-To-Market at OpenAI, and bestselling author of The Next RenAIssance: AI and the Expansion of Hu...

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Chantel Chapman

CEO | Co-Founder, Trauma Of Money

Chantel Chapman is a trauma survivor, financial trauma educator, and the creator of the Trauma of Money (TOM) Method. Her journey through complex PTSD—and her realization that trad...

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Doug Griffiths

President & CEO, 13 Ways Inc. | Bestselling Author, 13 Ways to Kill Your Community | Community Enthusiast, Building and Consulting

Doug Griffiths is a wildly popular community strategist and author of two best-selling editions of “13 Ways to Kill Your Community”. He has supported, guided and inspired hundreds...

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Brandi Leifso

Award-Winning Social Impact Entrepreneur | Resilience Advocate | Author | International Speaker

Brandi Leifso is a globally recognized entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author focused on leadership, decision-making, and performance under pressure. She is the Founder and CEO...

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Chris Barton

Founder And Creator Of Shazam | Entrepreneur | Inventor | Tech Investor

Chris Barton wanted a way to identify songs anywhere he heard them. There wasn’t one, so he invented an app called Shazam. His creation is now considered pure magic. Chris aims to...

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Eric Termuende

Building Tomorrow’s Greatest Places to Work

Eric Termuende is the Co-Founder of NoW of Work, author of Rethink Work, trusted advisor, and award-winning speaker on leadership, culture, and the future of work. His research int...

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Darian Kovacs

Award-Winning Digital Marketing Specialist | Founding Partner, Jelly Marketing

Darian Kovacs is the Indigenous founder of Vancouver-based SEO company Jelly Digital Marketing & PR & digital marketing course Jelly Academy. He brings 15 years of marketing experi...

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Ken Schmidt

Customer Loyalty Expert | Reputation and Brand-building Authority | Senior Role in Harley-Davidson Turnaround | Author, Make Some Noise: The Unconventional Road to Dominance

Ken Schmidt is a keynote speaker, author, and leadership strategist known for helping drive the against-all-odds turnaround of Harley-Davidson Motor Company. In a marketplace where...

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Paul Barter

Exponential Technology Consultant

Paul Barter is a Management Consultant, Business Professor, Entrepreneur, and Venture Investor. He is passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship and focusses on the intersect...

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Daniel Lubetzky

Founder of KIND Snacks and Builders | Shark on ABC's Shark Tank | Leading Social Entrepreneur

Daniel Lubetzky is a distinguished social entrepreneur and “Builder,” best known as the founder of KIND Snacks, and a Shark Tank star. His mission is to equip people to think flexi...

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Duncan Wardle

Founder, iD8 & innov8 | Former Head of Innovation & Creativity, The Walt Disney Company

Duncan Wardle is a globally recognized innovation keynote speaker and the former Head of Innovation & Creativity at Disney. During his three-decade career at Disney, Duncan helped...

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John Rossman

Former Amazon Executive & Innovation Business Speaker | Author, Think Like Amazon

John Rossman is a sought-after keynote speaker, former Amazon executive, and business strategist. Rossman is most known for launching and scaling the Amazon Marketplace, which Jeff...

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Vickie Kerr

Creator and Founder, Miss Vickie's

Vickie Kerr is the fearless and down-to-earth founder of one of Canada’s most iconic snack brands — Miss Vickie’s. In 1987, she began making kettle-cooked chips in her farmhouse ki...

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Ted Graham

Preeminent Innovation and Technology Speaker | Head of Open Innovation at General Motors & Author “The Uber of Everything”

Ted Graham is the Head of Open Innovation at General Motors (GM). In his role, Ted works with external partners to tackle important issues pertaining to the future of transportatio...

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Barbara Corcoran

Business Thought Leader, ABC’s Shark Tank | Founder of the Corcoran Group

Best known as the brilliant, brash, and beloved “Shark” on ABC’s four-time Emmy award-winning show, Shark Tank, Barbara Corcoran is one of North America’s most recognized and respe...

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Kardinal Offishall

Jamaican-Canadian Multi-Award Winning Music Icon | TV Star | Producer | Executive and Philanthropist

Originating from Toronto, Canada, Kardinal Offishall has become an icon in the global music scene. He has collaborated with the world’s biggest artists, such as Rihanna, Drake, Lad...

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Ramy Nassar

AI & Emerging Technology Expert | Helping The World’s Leading Organizations Navigate What’s Next

Ramy Nassar is an internationally acclaimed speaker and thought leader in the domains of AI and Strategic Foresight. As the former Head of Innovation for Mattel and author of the A...

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Seth Godin

Iconic Marketing Expert | Best-Selling Author

Seth Godin is a world-renowned marketing speaker, bestselling author, and branding expert whose work has transformed how businesses approach creativity, customer engagement, and st...

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Bill Taylor

Co-Founder, Fast Company | Bestselling Author, Mavericks at Work

Bill Taylor is the co-founder of Fast Company. This bold business magazine redefined the genre and chronicled the tech-driven revolution which transformed how businesses work. Chro...

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Wallis Mills

Marketing Executive, AMD | AI, Strategic Growth, and Digital Transformation Expert | Former NVIDIA

Wallis Mills is a seasoned marketing executive with nearly 25 years of experience driving brand growth, digital transformation, and strategic innovation across the technology secto...

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Jay Baer

Business Growth Expert | Best-Selling Author | Internet Pioneer | Entrepreneur

Jay Baer is a business growth and customer experience expert, advisor, researcher, author, and analyst. He has spent 30 years helping more than 700 of the world’s most iconic brand...

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Chau Lui

Co-Owner, Paris Jewellers | Entrepreneurship Authority | Customer Experience Expert

Chau Lui is the co-owner of Paris Jewellers, a jewelry company founded by her mother, who immigrated to Canada from Vietnam. Arriving in Canada, the young family had hopes and drea...

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Adam Cheyer

VP AI Experience at Airbnb | Co-Founder and Former VP Engineering of Siri, GamePlanner. AI and Viv Lab

Adam Cheyer is a top technology speaker, AI expert and entrepreneur. He co-founded Siri, which was acquired by Apple, and later co-founded Viv, which became the basis of the voice...

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Steve Wozniak

Co-Founder, Apple

Considered by most to be the real “brains” behind Apple, Steve Wozniak is not just a first class engineer with three decades of world-famous credentials; he’s also a really nice gu...

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Ashley Freeborn

Co-Founder, Principal and CEO, Smash + Tess

Ashley Freeborn, born and raised in Vancouver, co-founded Smash + Tess with her mother after recognizing a gap in the fashion industry for comfortable, stylish loungewear. Determin...

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Heather Thomson

Retail and Consumer Behaviour Expert

Heather Thomson is the Executive Director of the Alberta School of Business – Centre for Cities and Communities. As one of the founders of the centre, Heather is mentoring the next...

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Michel Falcon

Hospitality & Company Culture Expert | CEO of Brasa Peruvian Kitchen | Bestselling Author | International Keynote Speaker

Michel Falcon wrote the book about building people-first cultures. Literally. Michel is a restaurant and hospitality entrepreneur, international keynote speaker, and bestselling au...

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Daymond John

Star of ABC’s Shark Tank | CEO & Founder, FUBU | CEO and President, Shark Branding

An entrepreneur in every sense of the word, Daymond John has come a long way from taking out a $100,000 mortgage on his mother’s house and moving his operation into the basement. J...

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Cheryl Cran

Future of Work & Change Leadership Expert

Cheryl Cran, the founder of NextMapping™ and CEO of Synthesis at Work Inc., is a leading authority on the future of work. Named the #1 Future of Work influencer by Onalytica and a...

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Gregory Robinson

TIME100 Pioneer 2022 | 33-Year Veteran of NASA | Former Director, James Webb Space Telescope, Columbia University Faculty

A 33-year veteran of NASA, Gregory Robinson is the former director of the $10 billion dollar James Webb Space Telescope (Webb). With 100 times more power than its predecessor, the...

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Denise Lee Yohn

Brand Leadership Expert | Business Keynote Speaker | Bestselling Author

Denise Lee Yohn is a brand leadership expert who delivers fresh ideas and clear-cut tools to build a breakthrough brand. She inspires and teaches business leaders to realize their...

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Marc Lafleur

Founder, truLOCAL | Entrepreneur | Author

Marc Lafleur had holes in his shoes at sixteen. He was homeschooled up until high school, where he struggled to fit in as the only Black student in his small hometown. He was a tro...

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Philippe Richard Bertrand

President and CEO, illuxi & Amplio Stratégies

Philippe Richard Bertrand is one of the founding partners of illuxi and Amplio Stratégies, and now serves as President and CEO. A recognized leader within the entrepreneurial ecosy...

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Mark Harrison

Founder MH3 Collective

Mark Harrison is the founder of the MH3 Collective, a group of ventures whose purpose is to connect people & ideas to create social impact. The Collective includes Humanity, T1, Si...

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Paul Klein

Globally Recognized Authority On The Social Purpose Of Business

Paul is a global thought leader, social change entrepreneur and author. In 2001, Paul founded Impakt, a B Corp that has helped corporations including Cadillac Fairview, De Beers, G...

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Karina LeBlanc

CM, OLY, HCapt (Royal Canadian Navy) | President of Operations and General Manager, Portland Thorns

Karina is a retired Olympic bronze medalist and professional athlete who has the distinguished honor of being one of the longest-serving soccer players in Canadian national team hi...

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Shashank Nigam

Founder & CEO, SimpliFlying

Shashank Nigam is a globally sought-after consultant, speaker and thought leader on airline branding and customer engagement strategy. He is the Founder and CEO of SimpliFlying, on...

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Dag Kittlaus

Co-founder & CEO of Siri | Co-founder & CEO of Viv (acquired by Samsung)

Dag Kittlaus is the co-founder and CEO of Viv, the global brain. Prior, he founded Siri (acquired by Apple in 2010), the world’s first virtual personal assistant, as an Entrepreneu...

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Jeannine Carter

Chief Innovator & Advisor, Delivering Happiness | Former Head of Diversity Engagement, Facebook

Jeannine Carter is the former Head of Diversity Engagement at Facebook. Her inspirational style delivers a rare blend of impactful stories and lessons learned with actionable strat...

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Guy Kawasaki

Chief Evangelist at Canva | Former Chief Evangelist at Apple

Guy Kawasaki is one of the most recognizable leaders in innovation, tech and marketing. Currently, Guy serves as the Chief Evangelist at Canva. Guy’s entertaining and informative t...

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Omar Johnson

Former CMO at Beats by Dre | Former VP Marketing at Apple

Omar Johnson is the former CMO at Beats by Dre and former VP Marketing at Apple. At Beats Electronics, Johnson was responsible for brand development, advertising, retail experience...

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Kirstine Stewart

Former VP at Twitter Inc | Author, Our Turn | Media Executive

Kirstine Stewart was VP at Twitter Inc, leading North American media partnerships in tv, sports, gaming, music, news and government. Before her move to the US, she was Twitter’s fo...

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Doug Lipp

Renowned Leadership Expert | Bestselling Author, “Disney University”

Doug Lipp is a distinguished consultant, eight-time business author and world authority on building esteemed, organizational cultures. Doug helps companies recognize how values and...

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