Clark Quinn, Ph.D., helps organizations ‘work smarter’ by aligning technology innovations with what research shows about how we think, work, and learn. Clark helps organizations meet learning, knowledge, and performance needs through guidance on learning experience design and performance technology strategy. He combines a deep background in cognitive science, broad experience in computer and network systems, and considerable organizational experience, resulting in a track record of innovative and successful solutions.

Clark has been involved in the design, development, and/or evaluation of a wide variety of educational technology for over 30 years. Projects in which he has led design include educational games, mobile learning applications, performance support tools, online conferences, web-based learning, effectiveness evaluation methodologies, and adaptive systems. He keynotes both nationally and internationally, and is the author of numerous articles, chapters and five books.

You can follow Clark on Twitter: @Quinnovator and thru his blog at learnlets.com.

Chad Udell is the Managing Partner, strategy and new product development, at Float. There he leads his design and development teams to successful outcomes and award-winning work via a strong background in both disciplines and a singular focus on quality. He has worked with industry-leading Fortune 500 companies and government agencies to design and develop experiences for 20 years. Chad is recognized as an expert in mobile design and development, and he speaks regularly at national and international events and conferences on related topics. Chad is author of Learning Everywhere: How Mobile Content Strategies Are Transforming Training and co-editor and chapter author, with Gary Woodill, of Mastering Mobile Learning: Tips and Techniques for Success. His newest book, Shock of the New, co-authored with Gary Woodil was released in April of 2019.

Jennifer Hofmann, virtual classroom and blended learning pioneer, is founder and president of InSync Training. Her entirely virtual consulting firm specializes in the design and delivery of engaging, innovative, and effective modern blended learning. Under Hofmann’s expert leadership, Inc. 500|5,000 named InSync Training the 10th fastest growing education company in the United States in 2013 and the 20th fastest growing education company in 2014; it also added InSync Training to its Inc. 5,000 list for four consecutive years. Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network, Forbes Most Powerful Women Issue, the NativeAdVantage, and Goldman Sachs 10000 Small Businesses have recognized Hofmann’s entrepreneurial drive.

Hofmann has written and contributed to a number of well-received and highly regarded books including The Synchronous Trainer’s Survival Guide: Facilitating Successful Live Online Courses, Meetings, and Events, Live and Online!: Tips, Techniques, and Ready to Use Activities for the Virtual Classroom, and Tailored Learning: Designing the Blend That Fits with Nanette Miner. Her latest book, Blended Learning, introduces a new instructional design model that addresses the needs of the modern workplace and modern learners.

She frequently presents in-person and online for leading learning organizations including Training Magazine, The Association for Talent Development, the eLearning Guild, Training Industry, and Training Mag Network. Subscribe to her blog Getting InSync and connect with her on LinkedIn for new content and timely insight.

Kazuki Minami is a professional consultant of HR strategy. He joined SAP Japan in 2004 after working for an American company. Prior to his current role, he was a director of HR consulting, head of application sales, and director of human resources at SAP Japan. He is also an instructor of human resources management in the Graduate School of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, and in the graduate of Osaka University.

He is the author of three books on human resources and business management and regularly writes articles about HR at Diamond Online
(https://diamond.jp/category/s-humanresources_company).

Hamoon Ekhtiari is the founder and CEO of Audacious Futures, a global innovation studio whose latest venture, FutureFit AI, is focused on building the world's most intelligent map for the future of work and learning. Previously, he was the director of strategy and innovation for the executive vice president at TELUS. Prior to that, Ekhtiari was the founding director of Studio [Y], a leadership and innovation academy at MaRS, Canada’s largest innovation hub. He also founded a social enterprise venture that raised $1 million in its first year, helped build Deloitte’s consulting business in the Caribbean, and taught as adjunct faculty.

Ekhtiari is a member of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference, an AdR fellow at the University of Cambridge, a recipient of the University of Waterloo’s Alumni Achievement Medal, and a Canada Millennium Scholar. He is passionate about unlocking the potential of people, organizations, and societies to imagine and build more audacious futures.

Koko Nakahara is president of Instructional Design, located in Japan. Previously, she developed training and performance management solutions for leading Japanese and foreign companies, including Citibank and Microsoft. She is committed to advancing the instructional design field to meet the needs of Japanese companies to develop and manage their human resources and human capital.

Nakahara has a bachelor’s degree in education art history from IWATE University in Japan, and also studied educational planning systems and intercultural communication at Cornell University. She is a certified member of the Designing Instruction for Web-Based Training Certification Program from Darryl L. Sink & Associates. She also completed ATD’s ROI and HPI certification courses.

Panarat Intachai has worked for 19 years at Siam City Cement Pubic Company Limited, which has an annual cement production capacity of 13 million tons.

For 26 years she has focused on accounting, finance and controlling, and manufacturing as well as human resources, giving her extensive experience within talent development. She integrates her strong competencies from various fields into talent development competencies consisting of insight data analytics, technology and process improvements, and stakeholder engagement, which are necessary for professional in the digital era.

Her experience in learning and development all processes with digital learning blended comprises of learning needs, design approach program design, implement and evaluation as well as learning architecture, consisting of digital platforms, knowledge management, and coach and trainer capability development. She strongly believes that coaching methodology is the one efficient tool that accelerates employees’ learning, engagement, and performance, which affects organizational performance.

Furthermore, she never leaves operators behind. She is confident that coaching them to unleash their potential can create the power of organization performance transformation since they are the majority employees.

She combines these skills to share the proven practice of “operational performance improvement (OPI) coach capability development” for business impact.

Sonali Bhaumik believes in strengthening individuals and teams by letting them reach their full potential.

Certified in human resources, she has extensively worked in global and multicultural business environments across the Middle East, Asia, and Americas. Her knowledge spans varied industries such as telecommunications, banking, and ITES, with people orientation as the common driver. Her strong academic background, with a specialization in economics, established her drive for numbers and her passion to enhance output aligned with revenue growth in changing markets. Certified in corporate coaching, executive life coaching, emotional intelligence, and psychometric testing, she aims for collaboration while designing award-winning knowledge strategies through people analytics. In 2018 she was part of the judging committee for Chief Learning Officer’s Learning Elite Award 2018.

As Head of L&D for Emirates Islamic, Bhaumik topped the global ATD Excellence of Practice chart in 2018 with seven awards as well as won the Organizational Development & Learning Strategies on behalf of the Middle East for the Future Workplace Awards.

In 2019, she set out to explore customer experience, a key business driver, as the Head of Customer Experience, Touchpoints, for retail business. Shehas also been addressing industry professionals and sharing her varied experience and best practices since she believes in spreading the winning streak!

Nam S. Cho is the APAC HR lead for Qualcomm, a world leader in wireless communication technology and solutions. Nam oversees Qualcomm’s HR operations in China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and other countries in the APAC region. Before joining Qualcomm in 2008, he was the senior manager of organization development and learning with LG Electronics for their U.S. mobile business unit. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of organization development, change management, talent development, leadership development, and HR management. Nam received the ASTD Excellence in Practice Award for his work on the Top Technical Talent program in 2010.

Nam has a master’s degree in organizational behavior from the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University in the United States and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Korea University in South Korea.

Consulting specialist in talent development and organizational leadership with more than 20 years of international experience, working with corporate and governmental organizations in the US, Central and South America, the Caribbean and Middle East. Nelson is an expert in Instructional Design and Master Trainer for ATD’s certification program. Subject Matter Expert for the customization of corporate projects for ATD. Certified Coach by Gallup. Facilitator in DDI Development Dimensions International and CAI Capital Associated Industries, both organizations based in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area. He has also excelled in the creation of leadership academies in Argentina and the Republic of Georgia. Nelson has a Bachelor’s in Psychology from Bayamon Central University.

Anna Kim is a manager at the Hanwha HRD Center with seven years of experience in training and development. Her passion is helping employees realize and practice the importance of corporate values in their organization. Anna designed, developed, and delivered numerous programs communicating and integrating Hanwha core values. Her primary customers were employees in overseas branch and offices. She regularly travels worldwide to more than 10 countries to deliver various training programs.

Currently, she is involved in developing Hanwha leadership programs for managers and team leaders. Kim earned her undergraduate degree in psychology from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor with a focus on social and political psychology. In her free time, she enjoys traveling abroad and spending time with her family.

Nigel Gan is the lead for instructional design and quality assurance for the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) division for prosperity. Based in their Hiroshima office, he is the project manager for the Afghanistan and disarmament capacity, where he builds training portfolios and manages the division’s media and communications team. He has developed and delivered training around the world to participants from more than 60 countries.

Gan is an Associate Professional in Talent Development (APTD) and an Association for Talent Development (ATD) Master Trainer and Master Instructional Designer. He holds a bachelor’s of social sciences from the University of Sydney and a master’s in international cooperation studies from Hiroshima University. He worked in Australia for several years in the government as an information management advisor at the Department of Justice located in Victoria and as a policy officer for the TVET-oversight body, Skills Victoria. Prior to joining UNITAR in 2014, he worked as the business manager of a United Kingdom start-up and as a digital media consultant at the British Embassy in Tokyo. He also participated in the JET Programme.

Junko Shimazu has a bachelor’s degree in arts and sciences from Temple University (United States) and a master’s degree in intercultural communications from the Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation at Hiroshima University (Japan). Prior to joining UNITAR, she worked as an interpreter between the Japanese and English for 10 years. Shimazu joined UNITAR in September 2012 and works as the company’s division for prosperity deputy for operations. She is also an ATD Master Trainer.

Takuya Nakashiro is a professional coach who has provided solutions for more than 10,000 clients. His coaching style, which is based upon the logic necessary for business and the emotional aspects of people, enables strategic business operations to succeed while keeping motivation high. He is a former employee of Sumisho Systems (now SCSK Corporation) and has worked in various fields. Nakashiro helped customize the content to align with Japanese culture and developed the highly effective training course for the deployment of Blue EQ, a program that leverages the emotional intelligent quotient.

In training and development, he focuses on the programs that develop self-directional and highly motivated employees. His flexible and enjoyable coaching style is highly appreciated by the participants and has contributed to successful training outcomes.Based on the belief that mind satisfaction is more important than ever in the digital era, he works on leadership development every day.

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Satoshi Doi started his career in the Bank of Tokyo (currently MUFG Bank). In 1992, he joined McKinsey & Company, where he consulted for the telecom and software industries and information systems construction. After leaving McKinsey & Company, he helped form a consulting firm that supported start-ups.

In July 1997, he took up the position of representative director upon the establishment of PROACTIA (currently INVENIO), an intelligence business professional school management company, where he has been engaged in planning manager development courses and providing business strategy courses based on actual corporate challenges. Doi graduated from Tokyo University with a degree in economics and received an MS from the MIT Sloan School.

Dongshuo Li has always been committed to the transformation of organizational performance in the Internet era, has contributed to the development of a new style of learning, and has energized the learning industry.

After working at LG and HP, Li became a trainer and manager with Google Asia Pacific, where he earned many global accolades including the Great Manager Award and the Excellent Staff Award.

Since 2005, he has been giving volunteer lectures for Junior Achievement, the world’s largest educational NGO, and has influenced more than 10,000 college students from more than 50 higher education institutions, including Tsinghua University and Beijing University, training them in career planning, leadership development, and other areas.

Tom Roth is chief operating officer of Wilson Learning Worldwide and president of Wilson Learning Worldwide Japan. He is responsible for the strategic direction and business performance of Wilson Learning Worldwide operations and leads the global marketing services and R&D solutions group. He assists global executive leadership teams with issues related to employee engagement, leadership development, strategy alignment, and business transformation. Roth has spent more than 35 years developing and implementing human performance improvement solutions. He is co-author of Unplugged: How Organizations Lose Their Energy and How to Get It Back and Creating the High Performance Team and is also published in numerous business publications. He frequently speaks about leadership, sales effectiveness, employee and customer engagement, change, and strategy implementation at national and international conferences and client events.

After graduating from Yokohama National University, Shintaro Sato joined a consultation firm and engaged in deploying overseas IT products in Japan. Subsequently, he established a start-up company and assumed the post of CEO. In 2012, he joined Saba Software, where he continues to focus on the implementation and operation of talent development and management solutions for many Japanese and foreign companies. He has assumed his current position as director of talent solutions since 2018.

After graduating from Keio University, where she majored in political science within the faculty of law, Fumiko Takahashi has worked in human affairs, HR development, recruitment, and sales in an American IT company and a European medical device manufacturer. In July 2018, she joined LinkedIn on a mission to launch a Learning Solution. She can be reached via her LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fumiko-takahashi0315/.