Speakers

Dave Currie is the CEO of Winmo, a leading sales intelligence platform that helps media properties and agencies grow their businesses. With over two decades of experience across three continents, Dave has focused on building strong partnerships and driving strategic growth, making Winmo a trusted resource in the industry.

He’s passionate about using technology to tackle real-world challenges and enjoys collaborating with C-suite leaders to foster innovation. Dave’s leadership is grounded in a belief that teamwork and continuous learning drive success.

Outside of work, Dave’s adventurous spirit finds expression in his love for motorcycles, aviation, and surfing. He also enjoys exploring new cultures with his family, guided by curiosity and a desire for discovery.

Chris Handy is a Harvard-educated lawyer (and Georgetown graduate) who runs Engine Shop in NYC. He brings multi-disciplinary expertise in business leadership, change management, finance, law and conflict resolution. Experience includes, Corporate, Private Equity, NGB and Sports businesses. He loves complex challenges and lives to help people see, feel or think about something in a different way than they did before for the sake of a greater good. His successes in business have always resulted from (1) applying my skills towards that desire with with empathetic power and (2) putting together incredible teams, because superheroes need superheroes.

Lindsey founded Sunday Dinner, a brand strategy consultancy that helps senior marketers re-imagine their marketing organization, ways of working, and agency partnerships.

Often dubbed a CMO whisperer, her works helps executive clients stay closely connected to new ways of innovative collaboration and have a finger on the pulse of the ever-shifting advertising partner landscape.

Her hard work has been recognized through various industry awards including a Titanium Cannes Lion, D&AD’s first white pencil, and 40 under 40 Ad Age recognition in 2020.

David C. Baker is an author, speaker, and advisor to entrepreneurial creatives worldwide. He has written 5 books, advised 900+ firms, and keynoted conferences in 30+ countries. His work has been discussed in dozens of international publications. The NY Times referred to him as the expert’s expert. He co-hosts the most listened to podcast in the creative services field (2bobs).

Gustavo created Fearless Culture to help organizations become purpose-driven, agile, and innovative. Razzetti is also the creator of the https://www.fearlessculture.design/canvasCulture Design Canvas, a culture mapping tool used by consultants, coaches, and organizations worldwide.

Gustavo’s work has been featured in Psychology Today, The New York Times, Forbes, BBC, and many other publications. Throughout his career, he has advised companies in multiple business sectors, including GM, Continental, Coca-Cola, Mars, and Comcast.

He is the author of four books, including Remote, Not Distant – a roadmap to build a strong culture for remote and hybrid teams – and three other books.

An avid road cyclist, Gustavo lives in Chicago with his wife Moira and sons Tristan and Fausto.

Susan Baier is the founder and CEO of research agency Audience Audit Inc., which helps agency owners, authors, speakers, and experts build their reputation and ROI with research. She’s worked in marketing strategy for nearly 40 years, at agencies and in Fortune 500 organizations.

Audience Audit’s mind-blowing attitudinal segmentation research provides quantitative insights into how audiences feel about a particular challenge, topic, or purchase decision. Susan has provided original custom research for hundreds of agencies and their clients. She has spoken at INBOUND, Content Marketing World, and other marketing and agency conferences, and her work has been featured by Forbes.com, Convince & Convert, ZDNet, HubSpot, Content Marketing Institute, and Marketing Profs, among others.

Brad Farris has helped hundreds of agency owners sharpen their focus, raise their prices, and hire better people so that their firms can scale and thrive. Along the way, Brad learned that success is driven less by what you do than by who you decide to be, and the biggest hurdle to your agency’s growth is between your ears. Learn more at AnchorAdvisors.com.

Jen helps her clients get their contracts and business dealings dialed-in so they can get back to their craft. That is why they went into business in the first place - not to get buried in the legal stuff.

She regularly advises creative professionals in a multitude of disciplines ranging from graphic designers to app developers and from freelance branding experts to large advertising agencies.

Tim Thompson is a founder and pioneer of digital design and entertainment. Over 25 years of experience in the entertainment industry, he has been at the forefront of groundbreaking movements, from digital filmmaking to NFT and Web3 creators. As CFO of WENEW, Tim is once again assembling the building blocks for the next generation of creators and storytellers.

Since 2008, Tim has been the Chief Revolution Thinker at RevThink, a consultancy for high-performance media and entertainment firms. Relying on decades of experience, RevThink is known for its practical wisdom, acquired resources, and industry-leading best practices.

Tim was among the small contingency of designers and producers who founded Imaginary Forces. Following the industry-defining SE7EN title sequence, produced by Tim and directed by Kyle Cooper for David Fincher, Tim realized the need to strengthen business within the industry and has helped over 350 leading media firms globally including Possible Inc, Territory Studio, STATE Design, Trailer Park, Prologue Pictures, Giant Ant, and Mighty Nice.

‘Chiz’ is a Founding Partner of Roy Group – a ‘small-giant’ firm established in 2004 that works closely with clients to develop their next generation of leaders. Roy Group uses signature learning immersions, research, team practice and 1:1 integration to position senior leaders as mentors and rising talent with the confidence to learn more from their experience, as it emerges.  Originally from Saskatchewan –  Ian is currently based on Vancouver Island on Canada’s west coast.

Marcel Petitpas is the CEO & Co-Founder of Parakeeto, a company dedicated to helping agencies measure and improve their profitability by streamlining their operations and reporting systems. 

He’s also the head strategic coach at SaaS Academy by Dan Martell, the #1 coaching program for B2B SaaS businesses in the world.

In his work as a speaker, podcast host and consultant, specializing in Agency Profitability Optimization, he's helped hundreds of agencies around the world measure the right metrics and improve their operations and profitability without relying on financial data and accounting professionals, and take control of their business with simple numbers anyone can understand and measure. 

When he’s not helping agencies make more money, he’s probably watching “The Office” or “Parks and Rec” on a never-ending loop and eating breakfast foods for every meal of the day.  

Nikole Mackenzie is the CEO and founder of Momentum Accounting, a firm specializing in financial operations for seven-figure marketing agencies, helping streamline their financial processes, improve cash flow, and maximize profitability.

After after graduating from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School with a major in Marketing and a minor in Religion (there is more overlap than there should be, unfortunately), I started working at a small boutique marketing strategy consultancy, (r)evolution partners.

In 2011, I left to pursue my own business, Monday Night Brewing. Along with two business partners, I have grown our craft brewery to four locations (two in Atlanta, one in Birmingham, and one in Nashville) and 100+ employees. Now, I head up the M&A practice at Punctuation, where I work with David C. Baker, who also happens to be my father.