Patrick Ruffini is a Republican pollster and data strategist who co-founded Echelon Insights, one of the most accurate private polling firms in America. His 2023 book, 'Party of the People: Inside the Multiracial Populist Coalition Remaking the GOP,' was later called by The New York Times 'the book that predicted the 2024 election.' A pioneer of digital campaigning who built Bush-Cheney's web operation in 2004, Ruffini has spent two decades arguing that the diploma divide, not race, is the fault line redrawing American politics.
Monica Woo is a Partner at 2048 Ventures, a $67M seed-stage VC fund in New York, where she backs early-stage companies in AI, cybersecurity, edtech, and e-commerce. A Wharton MBA with a career spanning four continents, she has held CMO and president-level roles at 1-800-Flowers.com, Bacardi, Diageo, Nutrisystem, Sears, FreshDirect, and Mozido - generating over $5 billion in incremental revenue across her career. As founder of WooWorks, she channels that operator experience into advising and investing in the next wave of emerging tech companies.
Ejaz Asi is a Lahore-based digital strategist and serial technopreneur with over 20 years of experience at the crossroads of culture, technology, and design. Co-founder of Chameleon Worldwide - a full-service digital agency serving clients from North America to the Middle East - and ALRUG, a handmade carpet e-commerce venture, he is a passionate advocate of User-Centered Design and Ubiquitous Computing. Beyond building businesses, he shaped the next generation as visiting faculty at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, where he created the institution's first-ever Digital Strategy course. Father of three, avid reader, and a persistent optimist about what technology can do for people.
Digital strategist, experience designer, and founder of Penumbra and Brandneu. A frequently cited expert in international media (NYT, CNN, Bloomberg) on Pakistan's tech landscape, known for bridging the gap between culture, technology, and government policy.