Stephan Goss, is an entrepreneur who kickstarted his journey as a Swiss immigrant studying in University of Albany. He’d advertise companies’ products across the internet, and they’d give him a commission every time he sent them a paying customer. Today Goss is president and CEO of Zeeto, a rapidly growing innovator of ad technology. Since he started Zeeto in 2010 at the age of 22 the company has grown from two employees to more than 60 working at his San Diego-based company on thorny math problems, such as determining the series of survey questions that generate the most ad revenue.
Nikunj Jhaveri founded the Systems Plus group in 1987. The group specializes in IT services such as Strategic IT Consulting, Business Process Re-engineering, Custom Software Development and ERP Implementation. For over 20 years Nikunj has guided the company through its growth and is currently responsible for formulating business strategy and building/ acquiring new business for the group. The group has clients in 20+ countries serviced by offices in India (Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad), US and UK.
He also spends his time assisting firms from US/ Europe in formulating and executing their IT outsourcing strategy, leveraging the knowledge he gained while he was CIO for PepsiCo Asia Pacific (in an outsourced capacity). His current clients include PepsiCo International, Schneider Electric, Payless Shoes, Belk Stores and Optimal Investment Services (part of the Santander Group).
His corporate responsibilities aside he is actively involved in various charitable organizations such as VOICE, an NGO for the street children of Bombay, where he serves on the board of trustees. Nikunj holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.
James Jim Bodenstedt is the quintessential entrepreneur – with an uncommon clarity of purpose. At age 16 and still in school he invested USD 2000 that he inherited form his great grandparents into stocks. Even then he knew he wanted to own restaurants and got a job at McDonalds.
By the age of 18, he was managing a store in Houston.
Today, his firm MuyCompanies with 750 stores and 25,000 employees has revenues approaching USD 1 billion. It is one of the largest privately-owned franchise restaurant companies in the U.S. With his keen business sense and experience he advises and mentors scalable global business opportunities.
At heart James is a philanthropist. He and his wife DeAnna have donated millions of dollars towards numerous education and community programs. He lives between the US & Europe.
David Kemp is an authority on brands and markets in the US , and a specialist in youth brands. His four-decade experience primarily spawns emerging sensibilities of the new generation. He has partnered marquee youth brand owners in charting the future of their products and services, and in providing strategic thinking and direction.
These include brands like Burton Snowboards, Nike, Virgin, Microsoft's XBox, Converse, Merrell footwear, and Lululemon amongst numerous others. He was a founder of the much-respected Brand Strategy firm JDK (Jager Di Paola Kemp) which had over a 100 employees and offices across the US. He exited from JDK after 25 years.
He is New York based and current with contemporary marketing practices and trends. David now serves as President of CurePSP, a non profit foundation. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, and is a fitness enthusiast and a serious club-level tennis player and skier.