The First 20 GSummit Speakers Announced
We’re building a tremendous speaker roster with engagement, loyalty & gamification experts coming from some of the top companies from around the world. We’ve only announced a small percentage of the overall speakers that will be joining us, with many more to come.
Early Bird Price Extension
We’ve had many requests from our community to extend our early bird. We’d like to let you all know that we heard you and we’re extending the early bird deadline to February 28th. Take advantage of this $400 discount, and register now to learn, network and earn your certification this year at GSummit in San Francisco, June 10-13!
Enterprise Gamification Workshop
Our friend Mario Herger will be facilitating his Enterprise Gamification Workshop again this year. Mario’s Certification Workshop has sold out both years that he’s held it at GSummit. If you’re looking to learn more, or advance your skills on enterprise gamification, this is the #1 workshop in the world to do so. Seats are strictly limited, so please be sure to register soon.
Advanced Gamification Workshop
Gabe’s Advanced Gamification Workshop is nearly half sold already. If you’re interested in earning your Certification in Gamification Design, please don’t hesitate to register. We had many people that could not take it last year because of the limited space. Secure your seat now and register here.
Without further ado – here are some of the companies & speakers that are going to be joining us at this year’s GSummit:
Gamification.co, CEO
@gzicherm
Gabe Zichermann is the chair of GSummit, the Founder/Editor of Gamification.Co and Partner/Founder at Dopamine. He is also an author, highly rated public speaker and entrepreneur whose new book, The Gamification Revolution (McGraw Hill, 2013 – gamrev.com) looks at how leaders are leveraging gamification strategy to crush the competition. His previous books, Gamification by Design (2011) and Game-Based Marketing (2010) have helped define the industry’s standards and frameworks, and continue to be key reference materials today. Gabe is co-founder of strategic consultancy and product lab Dopamine (dopa.mn) where he works with leading brands and startups to bring engagement to every corner of their enterprise. Gabe resides in New York City, where he is co-director of startup accelerator The Founder Institute, and a board member of StartOut.org.
Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy, Head of Marketing
@FIEA
Todd Deery has more than 18 years of marketing and communication experience both in and out of education. At FIEA, he’s responsible for all the marketing, public relations, admissions and student recruitment, helping the school attain a Top 5 ranking nationally.
Boeing, Process Analyst
@Boeing
Ryan leads a lean team which created an Agile Adaptation of the Boeing IT standard process for Application Development and Sustaining projects.
HSN, Sr. Program Manager of Arcade & Gamification
@HSN
Results-oriented eCommerce professional. Passionate about harnessing synergies from the intersection of technology and marketing to deliver comprehensive user experiences that engage and motivate the consumer to take action while increasing profitability.
Scientific Vortex Group, Researcher and Manager
@AndreaKuszewski
Andrea, an Affiliate Scholar of the IEET and Researcher and Manager at the Scientific Vortex Group. She began her career as a Behavior Therapist, treating children on the Autism spectrum, specializing in Aspergers Syndrome, as well as those with exceptional abilities. She also works as a researcher with VORTEX Research Group, investigating the neuro-cognitive factors behind human behavior; this includes topics such as creativity, intelligence, sociopathy, and x-altruism, as well as the science of learning. She has published papers on the neuroscience of creativity, intelligence, and the analysis of illegal behavior and the creative rule-breaking process. As well as being a researcher of creativity, she is herself a fine artist and has been trained in various visual communication medium, ranging from traditional drawing to digital painting, graphic design, and 3D modeling and animation for the medical and behavioral sciences. She recently joined Syntience, an AI startup in the Bay Area, as a Robopsychologist, working on technology to model human intuition and creative cognition in machines, called Artificial Intuition. Andrea is also a popular and widely published science writer and a science communication activist. Her blog, The Rogue Neuron, addresses a variety of current science topics, but is mainly focused on cognitive neuroscience, psychology, autism, and education.
WOOPAAH, Founder/CEO
@StellaGrizont
Stella’s role at WOOPAAH is to push the creative edge in new experience design that enhances happiness and well-being. WOOPAAH’s mission is for people to leave feeling more alive and awake to their awesomeness. From splashing around in paint, to breaking stuff, to screaming your heart out in a truck, WOOPAAH brings immersive play to organizations such as Google, Columbia University, and The New York Department of Transportation.
Aeromexico, VP Rewards & Travel
@AeroMexico_com
Fracisco Schnaas is VP Rewards and Travel at Club Premier, Mexico’s leading coalition loyalty program. He is responsible for the travel related partnerships of the program, as well as for the reward portfolio for its members.
Nokia, Head of App Discovery
@vincebelpiede
Focused on Mobile Apps & Apps Discovery…driving Social App Discovery first and foremost! Passionate about Apps, Mobile and Internet business with international experiences in Italy, Mexico, Serbia, Switzerland, Finland, Germany, China…and since January 2009 in San Diego, California
Microsoft, Director of Test at Skype
@42projects
Ross Smith really enjoys getting a paycheck to “play” with software for 25 years now, over 20 at Microsoft. Most of his career has been in testing and QA roles- including Test Architect. Prior to joining Lync/Skype – he spent 17 years in either Windows or Office. He is one of the authors of “The Practical Guide to Defect Prevention” and holds six patents, latest in Nov, 2012. 42projects has aspired to promote cultural change, “bring buzz and laughter to the hallways”.
Yamaha, Director of Customer Experience Group
@TheYamahaHub
Jeff Hawley is Director of the Customer Experience Group for the Yamaha Corporation of America. In his role he directs overarching marketing and customer experience initiatives online, in print and within social media to Yamaha dealers, partners, fans and customers. He has worked in music retail, instrument and accessory design, audio & video production, arranging and performance.
Center for Games & Impact, Researcher
@BronSt
Educational technologist, Internet-mediated community of practice facilitator and researcher.
NirAndFar.com, Founder
@nireyal
Nir works on, advises, writes, and teaches about products that move people. He’s also the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products.
General Creativity, President/Founder
@Superplex
Creative executive with experience in the design, development and deployment of entertainment and content services on all digital platforms, including: web, wireless, interactive television, games consoles, and digital satellite & cable TV.
Knack.it, Founder/CEO
@gotknack
Guy is the Founder and CEO of Knack.it. They combine games and big data to help people discover their knacks and unleash their potential in education and work.
Garnter, VP Research
@brian__burke
Brian Burke is an analyst for Gartner, specializing in gamification and enterprise architecture. He is a prominent researcher and speaker in gamification and the author of the book “Gamify: How Gamification Motivates People to Do Extraordinary Things”, published by Bibliomotion and available in April 2014. His ground-breaking work on Business Outcome Driven EA has fundamentally changed the way enterprise architects are approaching their work.
Winn Dixie, Social Media Mgr
@CarlosGil83
Carlos Gil is a marketing executive with extensive digital media expertise: web, social, mobile, and email channels. As Social Media Manager at BI-LO and Winn-Dixie, Carlos is accountable for the development and execution of company social media strategies aimed to increase brand engagement, shopper loyalty, and sales in a digital space where millions of consumers are speaking about the brand and competition.
Wikipedia, Editor
@JakeOrlowitz
A dedicated, creative entrepreneur who loves to use his analytical mind and communication skills to help online communities achieve their goals. Passionate about projects that synthesize challenging ideas and offer novel benefits to people in a way that is simple, clever, and effective.
Rabobank, Project Mgr
@MaartenMA
Maarten works as a project manager at the User Experience Center at Rabobank. There he is responsible for the investigation and implementation of gamification as a practice within Rabobank.
Oracle, Solution Architect Mgr
@Raul_Goycoolea
Raul is always ready to learn and to try something that no one has tried before. He currently works as the Architect Manager at Oracle Corporation.
Delta Air Lines, GM
@rjmizu
Ryan is the General Manager of the training team in Reservation Sales at Delta Air Lines. He has been involved in the development of technology based learning content for the past 20 years. At Delta, he leads a team responsible for training over 4,000 call center representatives. With a background in learning and information technology, he focuses on innovative and engaging approaches to the learning experience.
If you haven’t yet reserved your spot for this year’s conference, be sure to grab an early-bird ticket today while they’re still available! See you in SF June 10-13!
