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Jay Walker, one of America’s best-known business inventors and entrepreneurs, serves as Executive Chairman of Patent Properties. He has founded multiple successful startup companies that today serve more than tens of millions of customers in multiple industries. He is best known as the founder of Priceline.com, which brought a new level of value to the travel industry. Today, Priceline is a Fortune 500 company with millions of active customers and a market cap of $40B.

Jay has won numerous accolades for his leadership in business innovation. He has twice been named by the editors of TIME magazine as one of the “50 most influential business leaders in the digital age.” Businessweek selected him as one of its 25 Internet pioneers most responsible for “changing the competitive landscape of almost every industry in the world.” Newsweek cited him as one of three executives at the forefront of the Internet commerce revolution.

Jay is one of the world’s most prolific inventors, ranking 11th on the list of the world’s most patented living inventors. He is named on more than 700 issued and pending U.S. and international patents.

Jay is also Chairman of TEDMED, LLC and a partner in the company, which runs an annual innovation summit for healthcare. TEDMED brings together leading thinkers from the many fields of technology, medicine and business to exchange ideas and work on difficult medical problems. Concurrently, Jay is a member of several organizations that promote innovative solutions to global problems, including The President’s Circle of the National Academies (comprising the National Academy of Science; the National Academy of Engineering; the Institute of Medicine; and the National Research Council); and the Atlantic Council as a member of the Board of Directors.

Jay is also curator of a private library on the History of Human Imagination and is actively involved with Cornell University as the co-chairman of its Library Campaign. Jay received his Bachelor of Arts in Industrial Relations, Cornell University, New York, in 1978 and an Honorary Doctor of Science, Cazenovia College, New York in 2011.

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John’s primary role is to build new programs for clients with the right innovation processes led by the right creative team to make a real difference for clients. His experience includes managing the birth of successful products for Philips, Motorola, InFocus, and several startups. Products developed under John’s management have been honored with accolades from the ID Magazine Design Annual, the Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award, iF Hannover, PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award, and IDSA’s Industrial Design Excellence Award.

Born of an engineer and a mathematician, John is a natural problem solver, teacher and regular guest lecturer at Stanford University, where he earned a master’s degree from the Joint Program in Design. Previously, John completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. With a voracious visual appetite, love of art and innate curiosity, John reflects 25-year-old LUNAR’s own trademark, “creativity that makes a difference.” He is also host of the industry podcast, “Icon-o-Cast,” and, in 2008, John and his team launched “Elements,” a sustainable design initiative to reduce the company’s environmental footprint both internally and for clients. On his own time, John can often be found at the helm of a sailboat on San Francisco Bay or pedaling up King’s Mountain Road.

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Kyle Nel is the executive director of Lowe’s Innovation Labs, part of Lowe’s Companies, Inc., where he is responsible for driving retail innovation through disruptive technologies. Through Lowe’s Innovation Labs, Nel brings together uncommon partners to imagine the impossible and provide scalable solutions for problems that customers and employees face every day.

Nel has led Lowe’s Innovation Labs to develop and introduce technologies including the Lowe’s Holoroom, an augmented reality home improvement design tool, the OSHbot autonomous retail service robot and in-store and online 3D scanning and printing.

Prior to Lowe’s, he was part of Walmart’s Global Insights group, where he contributed to the growth of shopper insights and innovation for the multinational retailer, and served as research director for Clear Channel Radio. He serves on a variety of advisory committees and boards, including Google Consumer Surveys, Fringe Factory, and the Insights and Innovation Exchange.

Nel holds an MBA from the AC Nielsen Center for Marketing Research at the University of Wisconsin and a bachelor’s degree in business management from Brigham Young University-Idaho.

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Kevin McKenzie is the Chief Digital Officer of Westfield Labs, an entity of Westfield Corporation dedicated to innovating the retail ecosystem by leveraging the social, mobile and digital market opportunities that converge the digital shopper with the physical world. Kevin oversees the development of all online and digital media strategy, leading the integration of Westfield’s shopping centres around the world with emerging digital technology as well as examines new business development opportunities. In June 2014, Kevin was awarded with a Retail Innovator Award from Retail TouchPoints for his work on recent retail innovations for Westfield Labs, including Digital Storefronts, same-day delivery service, and searchable mall. He is a digital media entrepreneur, with more than 20 years’ experience in internet, mobile and product development.

Prior to joining Westfield Corporation, Kevin was the Founder and President of NinthDecimal (previously JiWire Inc), a digital location-based media channel composed of more than 40,000 public WiFi locations through partnerships with more than 30 leading wireless broadband providers and 200 location-based mobile applications. Prior to founding JiWire in 2003 Kevin was Senior Vice President, Shopping Services, with CNET Networks Inc.

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David Butler is a designer, seed-stage investor, and results-oriented leader. In his role, David leads a venturing platform called Coca-Cola Founders, designed to create seed-stage startups by opening up Coca-Cola’s assets to a global network of rock-star founders.

David joined Coca-Cola in 2004 as the Company’s first VP, Global Design. He established a cross-functional, systems-based approach to design across more than 200 countries. Prior to Coca-Cola, David founded Process1234.com, consulted Gucci, United and Caterpillar, taught systems theory and designed large-scale systems for UPS, Delta, and CNN.

David was named, “Master of Design” by Fast Company Magazine and Forbes’ “Executive Dream Team.” He is the co-author of, Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can Too), publishing in 25+ countries.

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Ann Gottlieb learned the art, science and business of fragrance under the personal tutelage of her mentor, Mrs. Estee Lauder. Ann founded her company, Ann Gottlieb Associates, in 1983, and has developed top-selling fragrances for every market category. She translates the vocabulary of fashion houses into the language spoken at essential oil houses, so everyone works in concert. It’s about listening and endless experimentation. It’s about being fine-tuned to brands, olfactive trends and markets. A client list of marquee names attests to her experience. The fragrances and their sustainable success are proof of her vision.

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Henry H. Doss has over thirty years of business experience in banking and venture capital, as well as life-long work in non-profits as a volunteer. His primary business background is in the financial services area, with a concentration in sales leadership, sales automation, data mining, TQM and consumer research. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer with T2 Venture Creation, a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm. Henry’s work is primarily in the area of innovation ecosystem consulting, the merger of theory and practice in innovation culture work and the study of innovation leadership. In particular he focuses on the correlations between culture and performance in organizations and has an abiding interest in how individuals grow and learn.

As a volunteer, Henry currently serves as the Executive in Residence for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC – Charlotte. In this role he coaches and mentor students, contributes to curriculum improvements, works to expand the global reach of International Studies, and supports faculty in special projects. He has also served his community in other roles: UNC – Charlotte: Dean’s Advisory Council and Past President, Alumni Board of Governors; Habitat for Humanity; Hospice; Olivet College (Trustee); The Charlotte, NC, Chamber of Commerce; The United Negro College Fund; Project Head Start; Board Chair, The National Committee for the New River; Board Member, AdvantageWest (The Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission).

Henry writes extensively on innovation, the impact of humanities studies on personal growth, and innovation leadership. He is a contributor to Forbes, and his blog can be read at: http://blogs.forbes.com/henrydoss/. His book, The Rainforest Scorecard (http://amzn.to./1CNuUj3) provides a tool to measure the innovation potential in organizations.

In his spare time, he is a musician/singer-songwriter.

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Founder of Behance, VP of Adobe’s Mobile Products, Author of Making Ideas Happen Scott Belsky has committed his professional life to help organize creative people, teams, and networks. Scott is Adobe’s Vice President of Mobile Products and leads Behance, the online platform to showcase and discover creative work. Scott co-founded Behance in 2006, and served as CEO until Adobe acquired Behance in 2012. Scott is also the Publisher of 99U, a think tank and annual conference for creative leaders focused on the execution of ideas. He is a frequent contributor on MSNBC and has worked with leading companies and organizations including General Electric, Proctor & Gamble, and Facebook to enhance productivity and organizational design. In 2010, Scott was also included in Fast Company’s list of “100 Most Creative People in Business.” Scott is the author of the international bestselling book Making Ideas Happen (Portfolio, Penguin Books). He serves on Cornell University’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Council and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. He is also a product advisor and investor for several early-stage companies. He attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

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An inventor, entrepreneur and committed environmentalist, Bill Haney has started more than a dozen technology companies with a strong focus on addressing environmental issues. His latest venture, Blu Homes, uses advanced technology to improve the health, economics, design experience and environmental effect of housing for American families. Bill has received numerous awards and recognitions for his critical work in the areas of environmentalism and humanitarianism. Bill is also a writer, director and producer of narrative and documentary films. Most recently, Bill directed the critically acclaimed documentary The Last Mountain. Bill is the Founder and Chairman of World Connect, a non-profit which works to improve the health and wellbeing of women and children in underserved and under-resourced communities worldwide.