Silke Meixner is a Principal for Customer Centric Digital Marketing, with a focus on Cognitive Enterprise Transformation, Digital Marketing Strategy and Digital Business Operations. Silke leads digital Marketing and Brand strategy, growth and innovation work, with direct linkages to Marketing Operations and multi-channel Campaign execution and measurement, as well as end-to-end Customer Experience design. Silke has a strong background in Marketing Effectiveness, Commercial Operating model restructuring, Marketing, Branding CRM and Sales process design, simplification, and cost optimization for global F500 companies. Silke specializes in the approach design and structured delivery of Operating Model changes to drive growth and optimize spend in B2B and B2C settings. Silke has led global client projects in the areas of growth strategy, process design and simplification, Marketing and Sales Operations, and maturity assessments, B2B and B2C segmentation, Go-to-Market and channel, e-commerce Marketing strategy at leading multinational organizations.

José Sobral is a generative AI lead at Revolve, pushing the boundaries of AI-driven creativity in fashion. His work merges technology with design, creating high-precision visuals and concepts for brands like ERL, Saint Laurent, Khaite, Rick Owens, Acne Studios, Loewe, and luxury jewelry houses like Van Cleef & Arpels and Chanel. He has taken ai from concept to reality, creating two collections—one under Revolve and another showcased at Portugal Fashion Week—both originating as ai-generated designs. In may 2023, one of is AI creations caught the attention of Kylie Jenner’s stylists, leading him to produce his first piece in Los Angeles. As the winner of the 1st AI fashion week, he fell in love with experimenting and exploring the applications of generative AI. His main focus has always been on aesthetics and accuracy of representation. Academically, he holds a master’s degree in architecture design from Lisbon’s university and in Ha University in South Korea, achieving a maximum grade of 4.0 gpa on his master’s thesis. the thesis focused on renovating an industrial building located in Lisbon and converting it into a fashion institute. Recognized as a top AI specialist, he moved to Los Angeles under the o-1 visa to lead the AI department at Revolve Clothing, dedicating my work to accuracy, innovation, and merging tech and fashion.

Joseph Ames is currently the Senior Vice President of Entertainment at United Entertainment Group, a Division of United Talent and the Daniel J. Edelman company, the world’s largest PR firm.  He is a seasoned entertainment executive with over fifteen years of international strategic development experience including entertainment and pop-culture brand leadership, 8 years of global promotional marketing experience, designing and implementing franchise marketing plans, formulating market strategies on new initiatives, and managing talent. He has had proven success in marketing, sales, business development, building innovative celebrity partnerships, developing licensing/retail strategies, connecting with consumers, and growing financially-successful business models. Ames has strong ROI-focused leadership, negotiation, sales, retail and strategic brand management experience, with a focus on the worldwide marketplace. Over the course of his career, Ames has brought in over $750+MM in paid media support secured from Fortune 500 brands, and opening new channels of distribution for over $120MM+ in revenue from retail, packaged goods, B2B and consumer electronics partnerships, and 7 years in brand marketing, launching and building franchises including Harry Potter, in the international marketplace. Joseph serves as the Head of Marketing for TalentExchange, Inc.

Bill Newell, CEO, SparX Works Inc.: As a founding partner of SparX Works Inc., Bill Newell brings more than 18 years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience to the company. Bill has been involved in production and multimedia from its early days and has had key roles in establishing many of the business processes that today are often taken for granted. Bill's areas of expertise include finance, technology, production, and operations. Bill's ability to increase productivity without sacrificing quality has been proven time and time again and is a key asset to the company. A longtime associate of his partner, Sarina Simon, Bill came to North South Studios from the Knowledge Kids Network where he served as Chief Operating Officer for five years. Bill co-founded the Knowledge Kids Network and was instrumental in defining its business objectives, operational processes, and company structure. His thorough planning and oversight launched the KidsEdge websites. This network of award-winning websites contained more than 250 games, thousands of articles, and had the capacity to support 3.5 million users. During his tenure at the Knowledge Kids Network, Bill also executive produced a 12 minute animated movie entitled, DotzWorld, which premiered on the AOL network and featured 25 original characters. Bill's insightful finance skills were invaluable to the company in its negotiations with AOL and other prominent partners. Prior to joining the Knowledge Kids Network, Bill was Vice President of Production for IXL Los Angeles, a NASDAQ listed Internet services company with more than $12 million in yearly revenue in the Los Angeles office alone. As VP of Production, Bill oversaw all aspects of production and provided sales support for IXL's west coast offices. Always prolific, he supervised and managed the design and implementation of over 100 projects including assignments for Polygram, Fox, Warner Brothers, NewsCorp, Baker and Taylor, Mazda, Kawasaki, Universal Studios, and Technicolor, among others. Making use of his extensive finance background, Bill brought financial discipline to his production team and productivity increased over 200% during his tenure at IXL. Before joining IXL, Bill was Vice President of Production for Digital Planet, an Internet services company that was later acquired by IXL. As VP of Production, Bill provided direct management of technical, production, and creative teams. He also oversaw all proposal submissions, bids, technical analyses, and creative treatments for media, technology, and consumer companies including Intel, Mattel, the US Postal Service, Disney Online and Allstate. Bill is also a veteran of the multimedia pioneering company, Philips Media, where he worked for four years as an Executive Producer, managing two in-house production groups. In this executive role, Bill directed a 35 member staff and produced six educational CD ROM products. He also directed the localization of numerous products for the Japanese, English, Swedish and American markets.