Tobias Dengel [0:00]
He’s president of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company, a global leader in digital product design and development, with 13 offices in North America, South America and Europe, headquartered in Charlottesville VA. The company has been named by Inc. magazine to the Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest growing companies for 11 straight years. The digital product consultancy was acquired by TELUS International in 2023 for over $1.2 billion USD.
Neil Seeman [17:15]
He’s a Canadian author, Internet entrepreneur & mental health advocate. He is the Founder of RIWI and was CEO from 2011 until September 2021. RIWI allows you to access accurate real-time human sentiment data in any country in the world. Understand consumer and citizen trends and improve your predictive models and forecasts. He is a regular contributing essayist to Nikkei, Healthcare Quarterly, the Toronto Star and other publications, and an advisor to PredictNow, an AI firm. His new book is Accelerated Minds: Unlocking the Fascinating, Inspiring, and Often Destructive Impulses that Drive the Entrepreneurial Brain.
Keith King [27:50]
King played a pivotal role in transforming Centerplate into the global leader in sports and entertainment hospitality. He helped renew and secure high-profile and revenue-generating accounts including Centerplate’s rights to 6 Super Bowls, 3 World Series, Olympic Winter Games, Champion’s League Final, and the Stanley Cup Final. King helped manage the successful openings of Levi’s Stadium and Metropolitano Stadium. During his tenure, Centerplate grew to $400M to $1.3B in three years and was granted the highly prestigious Royal Warrant of Appointment by HM The Queen for excellence in food service.
