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Steve Taplin is a serial entrepreneur, active CEO and keynote speaker with more than 25 years of experience building businesses.

Across his career, Taplin has launched more than 30 ventures, describing the journey as 10 wins and 20 failures. He has used those experiences to develop a practical approach to entrepreneurship centered on execution, resilience, accountability and learning from setbacks.

As CEO of Sonatafy Technology, Taplin works with technology leaders to improve software delivery through consulting, managed delivery teams and senior engineering talent. His experience spans software engineering, artificial intelligence, healthtech and fintech.

Taplin is also a Forbes Technology Council member, author of Fail Hard Win Big, and host of the Software Leaders Uncensored podcast, which has produced more than 180 episodes. His work and perspectives have appeared in publications including Forbes, Entrepreneur, CIO and Inc.

He has delivered more than 50 speaking engagements for audiences of entrepreneurs, executives and technology leaders.

Dr. Kary Oberbrunner is an entrepreneur, author, inventor and educator whose work focuses on helping entrepreneurs identify, protect and create value from intellectual property.

He is the CEO of Instant IP and Igniting Souls and a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of 15 books.

Oberbrunner also serves as the Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship at Cedarville University, where he teaches entrepreneurship and digital marketing.

His work examines the value businesses create through ideas, processes, frameworks, content, brands and other forms of intellectual property. Through his companies, writing and speaking, he has worked with entrepreneurs to identify assets within their businesses and explore how those assets can support differentiation and future opportunities.

Oberbrunner is also an award-winning novelist, screenwriter and inventor. His TEDx talk has received more than one million views, and he has spoken at entrepreneurship, technology and business events internationally.

Ramon Ray is an entrepreneur, author, speaker and small business advocate focused on helping entrepreneurs build businesses and personal brands.

Ray has started five companies and sold three of them. He is the publisher of ZoneofGenius.com and author of The Celebrity CEO, which explores how entrepreneurs can build visibility and strengthen their personal brands.

He has produced and hosted more than 200 episodes of the USA Today Network program The Rundown with Ramon and has interviewed business leaders including all five Shark Tank investors and President Barack Obama.

Ray has spoken and hosted at events including SXSW and VeeCon and has shared stages with business and thought leaders including Simon Sinek, Seth Godin, Gary Vaynerchuk and Deepak Chopra.

His experience brings the perspective of an entrepreneur who has built, sold and promoted businesses while working closely with small business owners and the organizations that serve them.