Corporate Rebels co-founder Joost Minnaar left his corporate job in Barcelona, where he lived after completing his Master’s in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Barcelona. He travels the world researching progressive organisations, blogs about the discoveries he makes and advises on workplace issues. Joost is a Doctoral Candidate at the Amsterdam Business Research Institute (VU University, Amsterdam).

Pim de Morree co-founded Corporate Rebels after saying goodbye to a frustrating corporate job. That was three years after finishing his studies in Industrial Engineering and Management Science and Innovation Management at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Besides travelling the world to research progressive organizations, he writes for the Corporate Rebels blog, advises companies, and gives keynote presentations to inspire organizations to radically change the way they work. Together with the rest of the Corporate Rebels team, he supports the growth of a global movement to make work more fun.

Marina Nitze, co-author of the new book Hack Your Bureaucracy, is currently a partner at Layer Aleph, a crisis response firm that specializes in restoring complex software systems to service. Marina is also a fellow at New America's New Practice Lab, where she works on improving America's foster care system through the Resource Family Working Group and Child Welfare Playbook. Marina was most recently the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs under President Obama, after serving as a Senior Advisor on technology in the Obama White House and as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the U.S. Department of Education. She serves on the advisory boards of Foster America, Smartsheet, and Think of Us; created TaskTackler, the personal productivity app for Type-A personalities; and previously authored the book Business Efficiency for Dummies. She lives in Seattle, WA.

Nick Sinai is a venture capitalist, adjunct Harvard faculty, and a former senior White House official in the Obama Administration. As a Senior Advisor at Insight Partners, Nick serves on the board of Rebellion Defense, Hawkeye360, LeoLabs, and Shift5. He writes and teaches about technology in government, and serves as a commissioner on the Atlantic Council's Commission on Remaking the US Defense Innovation System. He’s been quoted in the Economist and the WSJ, and testified in front of Congress. Recently, Nick co-founded the U.S. Digital Corps, a new two-year federal fellowship for early-career technologists, launched in the summer of 2021.

Siobhán Mc Feeney, chief technology officer, is responsible for all technology, information, and digital platforms supporting Kohl’s omnichannel business. Mc Feeney joined Kohl’s in 2020 as senior vice president, technology and was promoted to executive vice president, technology in 2022 — leading Kohl’s application product teams, data science, product design, enterprise analytics, and product enablement. Since joining Kohl’s, Mc Feeney has championed and accelerated the company’s product-centric software development journey to better serve Kohl’s customers and fuel business growth. With over 25 years of information technology and finance experience, Mc Feeney has held a number of leadership positions. Prior to Kohl's, she led innovation and strategy at Pivotal Software, Inc. — where she focused on enabling large clients to develop new ways of working. Mc Feeney also spent a decade at AAA Northern California in various leadership roles, including chief financial officer, chief information officer, and interim chief executive officer. She began her career as an accountant working at Deloitte and KPMG Ireland.

A huge fan of using visual cues to inspire change, Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible - Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow, and Principal Flow Advisor at Planview, helps organizations make work visible to improve workflow. Obsessed with flow metrics & influencing change, Dominica advises customers on flow metrics, value stream management and how to affect change.

Paul Gaffney is a change agent who has led profound transformations in technology, operations, and overall business results for several iconic American brands. He has served as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Supply Chain Officer, and Chief Executive Officer, but his focus is always on a human-centered approach to identifying and solving problems, motivating team members to contribute to success in ways they previously thought impossible. Paul was inducted in the Chief Information Officer Hall of Fame by CIO magazine and is a 2009 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute as well as a member of and moderator for the Aspen Global Leadership Network seminars program.

Matt MacGregor is currently a Principal Acquisition SME at MITRE’s Center for Acquisition and Management Sciences. He spent 21 years as a military and civil service program manager, including as the F-35 Deputy Program Manager. His last five years in government before joining MITRE were at the Pentagon where he served as a Division Chief in multiple headquarters acquisition roles

Nathen has built a career on helping teams realize their potential while aligning technology to business outcomes. Nathen has had the privilege of working with some of the best teams and open source communities, helping them apply the principles and practices of DevOps and SRE. He is part of the Google Cloud's DORA research team and a co-author of the 2021, 2022, and 2023 Accelerate State of DevOps Reports. Nathen was an editor for 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know, published by O'Reilly in 2020.

Janice Fraser is the author of Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama: How to Reduce Stress and Make Extraordinary Progress Wherever You Lead. Janice is an ambitious and empathetic leader, enthusiastic public speaker, and advisor to innovation executives and startup founders. A Silicon Valley veteran, she’s built a storied career as a product leader, founder, facilitator, and confidant for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. But her impact extends beyond the Valley with innovation and transformation projects at NASA, the Obama White House, Procter and Gamble, and many other companies in the Fortune 500. As an investor, she is particularly committed to championing and extending access to the brilliant entrepreneurs who are typically underrepresented in the world of venture-backed startups.

As well as being an author, Jason leads a team at VMware of more than sixty product managers and designers who work with the Department of Defense and other government clients to build mission-critical software. He can say “thank you” in more than twenty languages, holds a fifth-degree black belt in Choy Lay Fut Kung Fu, and has published more than 1,600 chocolate reviews on Twitter and Instagram.

Kristina Botelho is currently revolutionizing acquisition practices in the development and operation of a RapidX Innovation Contracting cell at Hanscom Air Force Base. In addition, she supports AFWERX Spark in managing the Defense Ventures Fellowship contract, provides acquisition training to AFWERX Spark cells around the globe, and provides dedicated contracting support to future strategic leaders’ acquisition training. Notably, she was among the founders of Kessel Run, powering the way for the first DOD software factory with agile contracting.

Max is a leader of digital transformation in the US Government, currently in the position of US Air Force Service Lead for Defense Innovation Unit. Having worked in, founded, collaborated with and supported a multitude of software factories and other innovation cells within government, Max speaks from experience on the challenging but rewarding work that it takes to drive rapid modernization within thick bureaucracies. From technical architecture to evolving policy to managing stakeholder interests, he consistently seeks to find convergent solutions to the divergent problems plaguing the innovation community within government. Max is a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, journal co-author and active duty air force officer. He lives in Boston, MA.

David is a technical leader who enjoys writing and speaking about the leading edge of technology. Starting as a Software Engineer in leading telecom companies (including Three, Nokia and Ericsson), David moved to Liberty Mutual in 2007 and continued to drive technology change and cloud adoption. As a practicing Architect with G-P, he continues to empower and enable peers on Serverless First, Well-Architected, Engineering Excellence all to enable digital, AI, improved time to value and high-performing teams. His book, The Value Flywheel Effect - Power the Future and Accelerate Your Organization to the Modern Cloud, was published by IT Revolution in the fall of 2022 and continues to inspire modernization journeys. He is based in Belfast, writes on The Serverless Edge, is the lead organizer for ServerlessDays Belfast, is a member of the Wardley Mapping community and on X/Threads at @davidand393 and @david-anderson-belfast on LinkedIn.

Jonathan Mostowski is the President of Agile Acquisitions, LLC, a company specializing in providing comprehensive Subject Matter Expertise for Federal acquisitions to both Government and Industry. With a deep understanding of the complexities of the acquisition landscape, Jonathan offers invaluable guidance to organizations seeking to navigate the intricate world of government contracts.

John Goodson is the Co-Founder and CEO at Darkhive, a defense technology company focused on developing US-made low-cost autonomous drones. Prior to starting Darkhive in 2021, he served in a variety of product development and strategic contracting roles in the US defense industry focused primarily on tactical end-user software application development. John enlisted in the US Navy in 2006 and worked as a Combat Technician supporting the West Coast SEAL Teams during four tours of duty in Afghanistan, leaving the Navy in 2016 at the rank of Chief Petty Officer. He holds an undergraduate degree in Public Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas and an MS in Military Strategic Studies from Henley Putnam University. John is the recipient of the 2021 AFCEA 40 Under 40 Award and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat Valor "V" Designator.