Robert C. DeMarzo has spent most of his career helping Solution Providers and IT Professionals analyze the most complex issues facing their businesses. With topics ranging from choosing a technology platform, to picking vendor partners or deciphering the business landscape, DeMarzo has delivered voluminous insight on the web and in the pages of CRN and VARBusiness for more than 20 years. Today, he serves as Senior Vice President, Event Content and Strategy of The Channel Company, overseeing content creation and development for all conferences.

Lonnie Mayne is an internationally recognized high-performance consultant, #1 rated keynote speaker, and published author. He’s the founder and pioneer of Red Shoes Living, an award-winning philosophy and five-step framework that leadership teams are deploying organization-wide to engage employees, win the battle for top talent, create standout customer experiences, and build meaningful cultures that people get inspired to be a part of. Mayne spent 30+ years working with leading brands across 25 industries and was the president of InMoment, one of the largest customer experience technology companies in the world, where this team grew the company 817% in a short period of time using Red Shoes Living. Recognized as a global authority in high performance leadership training with a passion for inspiring others to stand out in how they work and live, Mayne presented at the prestigious British Citizen Awards held at the Palace of Westminster hosted by Lord Dholakia. He also leads the Spartan-X leadership series and is a founding patron of the American Citizen Award, which recognizes everyday heroes. On a mission to spread the message that people matter, he’s passionate about philanthropic initiatives for mental health awareness, anti-bullying, and suicide prevention. Mayne lives in photogenic Park City, Utah, and is an avid adventurer. From helicopter skiing to Spartan racing, he puts himself out there in all aspects of his life. He loves spending time with his friends and family who are passionate about living life to the fullest and making a positive difference along the way.

Joseph Pucciarelli, IDC Group Vice-President, guides business and technology executives leveraging technology to achieve innovative and disruptive business outcomes. He presents at more than 40 CIO executive summits worldwide annually, speaking to senior business leaders and technology executives on technology transformation strategies. He is a research agenda leader and facilitator for more than 75 analysts publishing dedicated research for IDC’s CIO and technology buyer clients.

His research enables clients to create preemptive business and technology strategies grounded in sound financial practices and a comprehensive understanding of competitive ecosystems. He empowers IT leaders to deliver strategically aligned organizational development and talent management plans. A skilled executive coach and change agent, Pucciarelli works with clients to foster executive intrapreneurship in enterprise-class organizations.

Pucciarelli previously served as program director, IDC Technology Financial Strategies providing wide-ranging research on IT funding and financing strategies for technology providers and IT organizations. He has also held senior management positions in product management, operational management, and financial management at GE Capital, Gartner, Peregrine Systems, and Strategance. Pucciarelli is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology.

Don Yaeger is a nationally acclaimed inspirational speaker, longtime Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated, and author of over 30 books, eleven of which have become New York Times Best-sellers. He began his career at the San Antonio Light in Texas, and also worked at the Dallas Morning News and the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville before going to work for Sports Illustrated.

As an author, Yaeger has written books with, among others, Hall of Fame running back Walter Payton, UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden, baseball legends John Smoltz and Tug McGraw, and football stars Warrick Dunn and Michael Oher (featured in the movie The Blind Side). He teamed with Fox News anchor Brian Kilmeade to pen the 2013 best-seller George Washington’s Secret Six, a look at the citizen spy ring that helped win the Revolutionary War and then again in 2015 for Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates: The Forgotten War that Changed American History, and in 2017 for Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans: The Battle that Shaped America’s Destiny.

Yaeger left SI in 2008 to pursue a public speaking career that has allowed him to share stories learned from the greatest winners of our generation with audiences as diverse as Fortune 10 companies to cancer survivor groups, where he shares his personal story. More than a quarter-million people have heard his talks on “What Makes the Great Ones Great.” He collaborated with the Florida State University School of Business’s Continuing Education Program to build a corporate webinar program focusing on lessons building a culture of success within an organization. This naturally led to another keynote speech on “What Makes the Great Teams Great.” The release of his tenth New York Times best-seller, Teammate, was the inspiration for his newest keynote on “Becoming a Team of Great Teammates.”

Learn more at www.donyaeger.com or contact don at don@donyaeger.com