Navixha, a dynamic mindset mentor, women's leadership advocate, and seasoned corporate leader is a vibrant changemaker in Greater Philadelphia. With 23 years in corporate IT, her strategic leadership has helped organizations align with their strategic vision and optimize processes for enhanced value realization.
Bringing over 25 years of life coaching and personal excellence mentoring, Navixha empowers individuals and organizations to unlock their full potential, fostering their most dynamic and effective selves. Beyond mental health, she passionately champions women's leadership, recognizing women as a societal cornerstone with insightful, effective, and inherent leadership qualities.
In a trailblazing initiative, Navixha curated the inaugural 5K Saree Walk outside of India in September 2022, challenging century-old stereotypes and spotlighting women's leadership. Her transformative mindset mentoring programs guide individuals to reconnect with their inner powerhouse for heightened life experiences. Simultaneously, her leadership development and women empowerment programs enable organizations to unleash the true potential of their diverse and highly productive workforce.
Navixha Bagga Consulting Founder, OYL
Candice is a non-profit leader with more than 15 years of experience supporting local (Atlanta), national, and international organizations. Her work has centered on community building, workforce development, gender equity, health equity, human trafficking, and programs empowering women and girls.
Candice has raised more than $20 million for nonprofit organizations and currently serves as Command Shift Executive Director for NPower. Command Shift is a coalition of corporate, nonprofit, and community leaders committed to accelerating more women, especially those from under-resourced communities, in tech. The Coalition’s goal is to increase women of color in tech from 5% to 10% by 2030.
Candice is a committed community leader, having volunteered for Whitefoord.org, United Way of Greater Atlanta, and LEAD Atlanta. She is also a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the LEAD Atlanta Class of 2015. Candice was recognized as one of Atlanta's 40 under 40 by the Atlanta Business Chronicle and is a member of the 2022 PRovoke Media Innovator 25 class.
Candice Dixon Executive Director, Command Shift, NPower
Hsing Hsing Li is COO of Aceler8.ai. She is a technology executive, operational integrator, and transformation leader with 20+ years of experience accelerating scale and new revenue, modernizing businesses, and driving global digital innovation for Fortune 500 companies such as Marsh McLennan, Goldman Sachs, AIG, Fidelity, Omnicom, Publicis.
Hsing Hsing has led strategic planning for AI, D&A, client experience, and cost efficiencies and delivered digital products and roadmap execution across 130 countries. She has helped high-tech players take B2B and DTC products to market, develop digital B2B2C marketplaces, and increase digital and recurring revenue for industries managing disruption. She is a speaker on the topics of enterprise AI, digital strategy and operations, corporate innovation and portfolio performance. She has served on fiduciary and advisory boards of organization such as SIM, BoardStrong/Governance Matters, and the United States Venture Council. She holds a BS in Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA from NYU.
Hsing Hsing Li COO, Aceler8.ai
Cher Jones is the founder of Socially Active, a corporate training company that specializes in personal branding for the hybrid workplace. She teaches leaders, consultants, and experts how to develop a professional digital presence that makes people want to work with them, for them and champion them. To do this, she leverages well over two decades of PR, marketing and broadcasting experience while tapping into her love of technology which is clearly hardwired into her personality. Over the years she has worked internationally with Lockheed Martin, BNY Mellon, Fannie Mae and HP to name a few.
You can experience her deep knowledge, infectious energy, and genuine conviction for what she teaches in the content she creates. In fact, LinkedIn’s Editor and Chief publicly recognized Cher as a “Creator to Watch”. The network has also used her content to highlight best practices and hired her as an official LinkedIn Learning Instructor 3X. Cher is also the creator of a popular LinkedIn Live series called #JustAskCher where she offers tips and advice to help you develop a powerful and professional brand online! She also produced and cohosted Icons & Insights, a podcast featuring iconic leaders from the tech industry and hosted The Black Professionals in Tech Network’s weekly global masterclass series too.
Cher Jones Founder, Socially Active
Amanda works as Director, Research, People & Leadership at Info-Tech Research Group. She is responsible for researching, developing and delivering leadership development programs and providing tools, resources and processes to build and drive the success of leaders in a disruptive world.
Joining ITRG in 2019, she brings experience from 20 years of leadership and learning development that includes various industries Pharmaceuticals, Retail and Financial Services. She takes a practical, experiential approach to learning grounded in adult learning methodologies and leadership theory. She is passionate about identifying and developing potential as well as ensuring leader success as they transition into more senior roles.
Amanda has her Master of Arts, Leadership & Organization Development from Feilding Graduate University and Bachelor of Commerce Degree.
Amanda Mathieson Director, Research, People & Leadership, Info-Tech Research Group
Dr. Quintin McGrath, D.B.A., is SIM Research Institute’s Executive Director. He is a retired Deloitte IT executive and founder of QplusAI LLC. He advises business leaders on the impact of the latest emerging technologies, most recently focusing on AI, ethics, and risk management. Quintin serves on the CXO Advisory Network of the A.Team and Blumberg Capital’s CIO Council. He is a board member of The Mentor Project and the SIM Tampa Bay chapter and a Research Fellow at AI and Faith. Quintin is a popular speaker, panelist, and Adjunct Professor at USF’s Muma College of Business, teaching Executive MBA students.
Dr. Quintin McGrathExecutive Director, SIM Research Institute
Leona Thomas is Founder and President of Enabling Investments, LLC, a strategic management advisory specializing in business transformation, strategy, strategy execution, and technology working with organizations from early-stage startups to global Fortune 500’s as well as investing in underrepresented founders.
Leona’s career includes 25+ years in cross-functional executive leadership and strategic management consulting successfully leading business transformations in multiple industries with organizations such as Slalom Consulting, Benefits Data Trust, Wylie, and CSC Consulting and currently serves on the Boards of Philadelphia City Rowing, SIM Women, SIM National’s DEI Council, and SIM Philadelphia and is actively involved within her multiple communities.
Leona Thomas Founder and President, Enabling Investments, LLC