Linda Clemons is the CEO of Sisterpreneur ®Inc. She is an award-winning record setting sales producer as well as one of the top sales trainers in the world in the resort/timeshare industry where clients have generated over two billion in sales. She is also a Body Language Expert, trained and certified in Analytic Interviewing and Statement Analysis ™, a process used to detect deception.

Her clients and audiences include Southwest Airlines, National Urban League, Nestle, MGM, Major League Baseball, Wells Fargo, Leo Burnett Worldwide, US Customs, FBI, Marriott, Hilton, Wyndham and Starwood. Her client list includes celebrities, executives, politicians and entrepreneurs.

Clemons has opened for, or shared the stage, with such notables as Oprah Winfrey, President Obama, Steve Wozniak; co-founder of Apple, Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Mary Jo White SEC Chair

Adam Dennison brings more than 20 years of media, events, and technology marketplace experience to his role as VP, Midsize Enterprise Services (MES), at The Channel Company (TCC). In this role, Dennison is responsible for driving the MES strategy and product development across live and digital events, fostering growth within the MES IT Leadership Network, creating engaging midmarket research, and more. Dennison spends his time with midmarket IT leaders and the vendors that serve them, to best understand how MES can support networking, collaboration, and engagement between both parties. Prior to rejoining TCC, Dennison spent 13 years with IDG, most recently as SVP Publisher at CIO, and GM at IDG Events, responsible for the CIO brand and all US events.

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.