Blake Hall | Keynote Speaker
Blake Hall is the founder of CEO of ID.me, the next-generation digital identity network used by 120M Americans that simplifies now individuals securely prove their identity online. Consumers can create a secure login and verify their identity with ID.me once, and then can seamlessly access services and benefits from 600 organizations without needing to manage multiple logins or re-verify their identity. Government agencies, healthcare organizations, financial institutions, and consumer brands use ID.e to verify customer identity. In 2019, Blake was named CEO of the Year by Liminal. In 2020, Vanderbilt University awarded Blake their prestigous Young Alumni Achievement award. In 2022, Ernst & Young recognized Blake as the Entrepreneur of the Year for the mid-Atlantic region. Prior to ID.me, Blake led a reconnaissance platoon on over 450 combat patrols in Iraq in 2006 and 2007. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor for heroism while stopping an Al-Qaida assaut on a Combat Support Hospital in Mosul, Iraq. He won a second Bronze Star for exceptional performance in hunting high value targets. Blake holds a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
George Day | Keynote Speaker
George Day is a Professor Emeritus at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and founder of Mack Institute for Innovation Management. Additionally, he has a rich history of consulting for major corporations, including General Electric, IBM, Coca-Cola. He ha served as Executive Director of Marketing Science Institute and holds positions on various boards, including the Free Library of Philadelphia. Dr. Day has authored twenty books, won numerous awards for his contributions to marketing and strategy, including the Charles Coolidge Parlin Award and AMA/Irwin/McGraw-Hill Distinguished Marketing Educator Award. He was named a "Legend in Marketing" in 2015 and received the Sheth Medal in 2020 for outstanding contributions to marketing scholarship and practice.