Mykay Kamara
Founder and CEO
Welbot
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Mykay is a strategically minded business executive and entrepreneur, with deep commercial experience from working in start-ups, SMEs, global businesses, banking and private equity.  He has worked in the USA, United Kingdom, Italy, South Africa and many other countries. Mykay has held senior management roles at The Coca-Cola Company, Aviva and Lloyds Banking Group. More recently Mykay led the creation of A&A Investments and Services, the management buy-in of Studio Something and the start-up of Welbot.

SESSIONS:
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 2:00pm to 2:20pm
 
Tuesday, April 12, 2022 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Mark Gindick
Personal Pronouns
He/Him/His
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Mark Gindick is a professional actor, clown, physical comedian, director, teacher and writer/creator. Mark has appeared in major feature films and has been on The Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He was also featured in The PBS mini-series CIRCUS and performed at the Edinburgh Theatre Festival. He has performed in circuses such as Cirque Du Soleil, Ringling Brothers and the Big Apple Circus. Mark’s unique blend of vaudeville, dance, and physical comedy earned him three Golden Nose Awards.

Mark currently teaches at SUNY Purchase College and hosts live and virtual games for The Game Agency.

SESSIONS:
Monday, April 11, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
 
Monday, April 11, 2022 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Angela Ray
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A charismatic personality with a comedic flair, Angela Ray combines her experience in acting and improv with her skills as a speaker to work as a host and emcee. For six years, she was the host of the Food Lion Face Off and the Food Lion Chef Challenge, working as the female version of Steve Harvey and Guy Fiere. She began hosting for Food Lion by interacting with fans at the CIAA and the ACC basketball tournaments, two of the largest college basketball tournaments in the country. She has also hosted for television programs including the Annual Campaign for Public Television and Brand Newz, produced by Christopher “Play” Martin. She’s excited to bring her skills and experience to work with Onyx as an emcee for both in person and virtual events.

SESSIONS:
Sunday, April 10, 2022 - 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Tim Tebow
Sports Commentator, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist
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Tim Tebow is a two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner, first-round NFL draft pick, and a former professional baseball player. The four-time New York Times best-selling author, speaker, and football analyst is most passionate about his work with the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF), whose mission is to bring faith, hope and love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need. The Tim Tebow Foundation is currently fighting for people who can't fight for themselves in over 70 countries and counting through 4 primary ministry focuses with 16 initiatives. Tim is married to Demi-Leigh Tebow (nee Nel-Peters), a speaker, influencer, entrepreneur, and Miss Universe 2017. Tim and Demi live in Jacksonville, Florida, with their three dogs, Chuck, Kobe and Paris.

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Alexander Alonso, Ph.D., SHRM-SCP
Chief Data & Insights Officer
SHRM
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Alexander Alonso, PhD, SHRM-SCP is the Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM's) Chief Data & Insights Officer leading operations for SHRM's Certified Professional and Senior Certified Professional certifications, research functions, and the SHRM Knowledge Advisor service. He is responsible for all research activities, including the development of the SHRM Competency Model and SHRM credentials.

During his career, he has worked with numerous subject matter experts worldwide with the aim of identifying performance standards, developing competency models, designing organizational assessments, and conducting job analyses. He was also responsible for working on contract task orders involving the development of measurement tools for content areas such as job knowledge (like teacher knowledge of instructional processes) and organizational climates (like organizational climate forecasting in military health care).

Dr. Alonso received his doctorate in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Florida International University in 2003. His works have been recognized for their contribution to real-world issues. They include being recognized by the Society for Industrial Organizational Psychology (Division 14 of the APA; SIOP) with the 2007 M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace for the development of the federal standard for medical team training, TeamSTEPPS; being awarded a 2009 Presidential Citation for Innovative Practice by the American Psychological Association for supporting the development of competency model for team triage in emergency medicine; and receiving the 2013 SIOP Distinguished Early Career Contributions for Practice Award.

Throughout his career, he has published works in peer-reviewed journals such as Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, Journal of Applied Psychology, International Journal of Selection and Assessment, People and Strategy, Personality and Individual Differences, Quality and Safety in Health Care, and Human Resources Management Review. He has also authored several chapters on community-based change initiatives in workforce readiness, as well as co-authoring Defining HR Success: A Guide to the SHRM Competency Model in Practice.

Dr. Alonso also served as a columnist analyzing major trends in the workforce for The Industrial Psychologist and HR Magazine. In addition, he has served on several professional society boards including the SIOP and the Personnel Testing Council of Metropolitan Washington.

SESSIONS:
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 10:30am to 11:30am
 
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 10:00am to 10:30am
 
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 8:00am to 9:00am