John Rood

John Rood

John Rood is CEO and co-founder of Proceptual. Proceptual provides compliance solutions for emerging regulation of automated hiring systems and AI. Previously, Rood was founder at Next Step Test Preparation, which he grew from a two-person tutoring operation to a market leader in pre-health entrance exam test preparation before selling…

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Whitney Nelson

Whitney Nelson

Whitney Nelson is the founder and CEO of Brilliant People™. She’s a dynamic leader with a background in design, marketing, leading teams and leadership development. Her corporate experience combined with her personal mantra ‘say no to status quo’ inspired her to create a better way to develop leadership in individuals….

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Deepti Chopra

Deepti Chopra

Deepti Chopra is a co-founder at Adaface. Adaface helps companies automate screening interviews with a conversational bot, Ada. Companies prefer Adaface over traditional pre-employment testing tools because Adaface focuses on testing for on-the-job skills as opposed to theoretical knowledge. Previously, as engineer #2 at a Khosla Ventures funded startup, she…

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Nicolas Stephan

Nicolas Stephan

Dr. Nicolas Stephan is co-founder of the startup Sparrks, which he started with Jakob Hansen early 2021. With Sparrks, companies develop their talents and leaders effectively and with lasting impact across the board with premium 1:1 coaching by top executive coaches. The innovative, time- and cost-effective format allows companies to…

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Jared Tang

Jared Tang

Jared Tang is the CEO and co-founder of Gaggle Social, an enterprise application dedicated social network and hiring platform designed to streamline technology employment. Jared holds a bachelor’s degree from Pace University, Executive Leadership certifications from Cornell University, and Entrepreneurship Specialization certifications form The Wharton School. Using his experience in…

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