Diego Castilla Rodríguez
Executive Summary
Diego has been an entrepreneur five times, has invested in ten start-ups, runs two companies, and is passionate about mathematics, artificial intelligence, anthropology, outer space, and almost any science.
Ali Parandeh Zandpour
Executive Summary
I sold my last company (Electronbox) in 2018 and since then have been applying my knowledge and experience (success & failure) to help entrepreneurs and startups with their business models, SaaS metrics and pitching.
Additionally, I have also set up a pitching course for entrepreneurs and have been invited as keynote speakers at many entrepreneurship events. Passion & Vision are two of the required ingredients for a successful startup. Visit my website www.aliparandeh.com for more info on how I can help you create a winning pitch for your startup or your group of Startups.
Heaven is life on earth, let’s all enjoy this journey and opportunity.
Rachael Grimaldi
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NHS anaesthetist and Associate Medical Director for the Brighton Marathon. Led the integration of a roadside Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) team into the marathon Advanced Cardiac Arrest Team. Lead the Brighton Marathon Research Group.
Have a long-held interest in patient safety, human factors and communication and been awarded several regional, national and international prizes for previous work on developing a “Safer ICU Handover”; most notably the international Sashidharan prize at The College of Anaesthesiologists Annual Scientific Sessions Conference in Sri Lanka.
Keith Felker
Executive Summary
Key Objectives We Set Out to Achieve
- To be an authority and a thought leader
- To engage with his existing clients as well as create new client relationships that matter
- To convert these relationships to potential business pipeline
Mahadev Chikkanna
Executive Summary
Key objectives we set out to achieve
- To be an authority and a thought leader on “Global Sustainability”
- To engage with existing clients as well as create new client relationships that matter
- To convert these relationships to potential business pipeline
Key Message We converted to a Video
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Amit Sreedharan
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I am a change agent and a digital technology enthusiast and gains satisfaction in creating and simplifying solutions by instilling empathy into technology.
Presently, the Senior Director for client services for Infosys based out of Geneva, I started my career with Dell and then Infosys 16 years back. I have lived and worked extensively across the Middle East, Europe, the United States and India with many blue-chip clients as a technology evangelist converting real-world problems into technology solutions.
Through my career I have played multiple roles across strategy, consulting and sales and has been responsible for driving growth and innovation across key customers, increasing the adaption of new technologies and putting in place localization strategies and partnerships working with his leadership team.
Key Objectives We Set Out to Achieve
- To be an authority and a thought leader on “Oil & Gas Digital Transformation”
- To engage with existing clients as well as create new client relationships that matter
- To convert these relationships to potential business pipeline
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Genevieve Leveille
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Genevieve Leveille, originally from Haiti, is the principal founder and CEO of AgriLedger. She has more than 25 years’ experience dealing with large corporations and banks in financial supply chain optimization. Her background is in corporate and institutional banking. With a reputation for the delivery of disruptive technologies in large-scale projects, Genevieve is recognized as an authority in the realm of digital identity and financial transformation. Exploring the powers of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) for over three years, her work in the financial inclusion for Africa with her previous employer, the global bank consortium IdenTrust, is well known.
A finalist in the Women in IT Awards 2016 (Security Champion), her recognition on the Women in 2016/17 Fintech Power List published by Innovate Finance testifies to her resilience and leadership. She serves as the vice-chair for the techUK Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) Working Group, an organization that provides strategic direction for all UK activities related to blockchain and DLT and is an inaugural member of the Advisory Group for the Estonian Government’s eResidency initiative for the digital identity. Genevieve has qualifications in Bachelor of Science in Biology, is a Certified Treasury Professional and has a Six Sigma Black Belt in process improvement. She is adept in leading or participating in cross-functional teams on a global basis and is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.
Khurram Jamil
Executive Summary
As a trained physician I care about people. In my early twenties, I got curious about the intersection between humans and technology and how that can bring about positive change. I left clinical medicine to pursue these goals first at the medical education simulation pioneer Sophus Medical, then at Laerdal Medical and the last +10 years at Area9. We have pioneered adaptive learning and developed some of the worlds most advanced platforms based on computer science breakthroughs and deep understanding of how humans can use and benefit these technologies.
I am deeply involved in the products and services that we develop and the meaning these solutions create for people and society at large. Area9’s teams have a diverse set of talent and skills and my aim it to connect the different worlds within our company as well as the organizations we partner with. We try to seek challenges that are hard to solve, but we always approach the challenge with humbleness. All this gives purpose and meaning to what I do every day.
As a medical doctor, you don’t just say to your patients that everything will be 100% cured if you take a certain treatment. You know there are uncertainties, and that you are dealing with complex biological organisms so things are not just black and white. Having been trained with that mindset and knowing we actually still have much to discover in medicine, combined with close to 20 years of experience working with some of the world’s best computer scientists, you learn to acknowledge navigating in uncertainty and stay agile when running technology-based projects and companies.
In an age of AI and algorithms I believe that arts and culture play an ever-important role in helping to build more creative and reflective companies and societies, therefore, I aim to devote time and engage in various cultural & art organizations.
Key Objectives We Set Out to Achieve
- To be an authority and a thought leader on “Adaptive Learning”
- To engage with existing clients as well as create new client relationships that matter
- To convert these relationships to potential business pipeline
Khurram’s Testimonial on his experience with Stepup.One
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Scilla Elworthy
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Dr Scilla Elworthy turns vision into action: three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for developing effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policy-makers worldwide and their critics, with the Oxford Research Group founded in 1982.
Peace Direct goes from strength to strength under brilliant young leadership, founded by Scilla in 2002 to fund, promote and learn from local peace-builders in conflict areas. Scilla was adviser to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Richard Branson in setting up ‘The Elders’, and was Awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003.
Today her full attention is on developing Business Plan for Peace to shift humanity’s habit away from violent conflict, resulting from her 2017 book The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War. Her TED talk on non-violence has been viewed by over 1,400,000 people.
Business Plan for Peace shifts humanity’s habit away from violent conflict. We do this by helping people build the inner capabilities needed to prevent and manage violence and by engaging partners to connect and contribute to our core programmes:
• Architectures for Peace Supporting societies and their governments to develop national infrastructures to mitigate and prevent violent conflict
• Private-sector funding for SDG 16 Strengthening the private sector’s role in funding initiatives related to UN Sustainable Development Goal 16: Peace, Justice, Strong institutions
• Budgeting for Conflict Prevention Supporting defence and foreign ministries of NATO countries to assign budgets for conflict prevention
• Divestment from Weapons Working with wealth funds to encourage divestment from weapons production and trade.
Chosen from 25 tested strategies for preventing violent conflict in the book The Business Plan for Peace, we draw on decades of experience in fragile countries and in leadership that inspires a shift in behaviours and policies.
Key Objectives We Set Out to Achieve
Business Plan for Peace partnered with Stepup.One and provided us with an amazing opportunity to unleash our social media skills and our lumen5 skills for visual storytelling.
How did we do on those Objectives
- We had one of our refugee graduates create video content for BPP using Lumen5
- We prepared and executed a social media brief along with the CEO of BPP
- Dr Scilla had done many video chats with our refugee colleague to both encourage and brief us on their objectives
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Kristine Pearson
Executive Summary
Lifeline Energy is a mission-driven non-profit social enterprise. We are the only designer, manufacturer and distributor of power-independent MP3 players and radios for the humanitarian sector.
Our products are thoughtfully designed for use in harsh conditions by groups including classrooms, listener clubs, cooperatives and clinics. For emergencies, we offer a range of portable radio-lights for families and individuals.
With 20 years of experience on the ground in Africa, we can help with multiple aspects of your communication projects. This includes needs assessments, product customisation, logistics, co-creating distribution plans, assisting in content creation, creating support materials and product training. Operating mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, we work across development sectors including education, health, agriculture, peace-making, economic development, environment and emergency response.
Since 1999, 650,000 power-independent radios and media players have been distributed. Each radio or MP3 benefits an average of 40 listeners, except in school programmes where the number is higher given large class sizes. Why solar radios for learning? Despite inroads made by cell phones and the internet in sub-Saharan Africa, radio remains the primary means of communication. Yet, in many areas electricity is still scarce or non-existent and the ongoing cost of batteries makes them unaffordable to the poor. Important informational and educational programmes often do not reach the groups they are meant to benefit. Our MP3s create a classroom anywhere, anytime. Our solar and wind-up Lifeplayer MP3 can be pre-loaded with up to 32 GB (480 hours) of school lessons, books, stories, podcasts and more.
Key Objectives We Set Out to Achieve
Lifeline Energy partnered with Stepup.One and provided us with an amazing opportunity to unleash our social media skills and our newly learnt lumen5 skills for visual storytelling.
How did we do on those Objectives
- We had all of our refugee graduates trained on Lumen5.com for creating video content
- We prepared and executed a social media brief along with the CEO of Lifeline Energy.
- Kristine Pearson visited the graduates at the Kakuma Refugee Camp and trained them soft skills.
- We created the very first video that went live with Lifeline Energy using Lumen5
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