Mehdi Naourass is the CEO of duPont REGISTRY Group and its digital arm Gear Digital, steering a nearly four-decade-old luxury automotive brand into an AI-driven era. He is also the founder and CEO of Webloo and LYSI, and previously engineered integration systems for Healthcare.gov as Director of Integration Services for the Affordable Care Act. His career runs an unusual arc, from federal healthcare data plumbing to selling supercars to high-net-worth buyers.
Lorenz Esguerra is the chief executive of Folklore, a Minneapolis-area design and technology agency he has grown roughly 40% in under a year. A Filipino American agency veteran with a 30-year career spanning Procter & Gamble, Bain & Co., Weber Shandwick and Edelman, he is known for turning offices into growth engines and for championing diversity in the advertising profession as treasurer of the nonprofit The BrandLab.
Freddie Heygate is CEO, North America at Just After Midnight, a London-founded managed cloud services and 24/7 digital support company now part of the Ultima group. After spending five years building JAM's Asia-Pacific operations from Singapore, he relocated to Austin, Texas in January 2024 to lead the company's US expansion. With a background spanning digital consultancy, marketing, and business development at agencies including Reading Room and The Drum, Freddie brings over a decade of cross-continental experience helping global brands like Ford, Abbott, and Vodafone keep their digital infrastructure running around the clock.