VM 2013 Global Leadership Summit

Martin Bispels Vice President Business Development QVC Bispels began his career with QVC, Inc. in 1992 and has served in a myriad of roles of increasing responsibility at the company. He was named vice president of business development in February 2011. In this position, Bispels is responsible for growing the QVC business through new business models, strategic relationships and mergers and acquisitions that provide incremental value to QVC. To date he has led two strategic acquisitions, launched various new business models and led the creation and launch of QVC Sprouts, (www.qvcsprouts.com), a product development initiative serving the inventor and entrepreneur community. Bispels previously held the position of vice president of selling strategies, in which he was responsible for the multimedia retailer’s television, internet, mobile, and social commerce. During his career at QVC, Bispels has been presented with the company’s True North award, QVC’s highest award given to individuals who demonstrate complete and consistent commitment to excellence. QVC is the world's leading video and ecommerce retailer, offering a curated collection of desirable brands to millions of customers around the globe each day through broadcast, Internet, and mobile sales outlets. QVC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LINTA).

Ami Dror Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer XPand Ami Dror is one of XPAND's co-founders and is responsible for XPAND’s overall strategy. With over 10,000 3D Cinema installations worldwide and millions of 3D consumer products sold every year via retail channels, XPAND delivers 3D media to millions of viewers every day. Mr. Dror heads the International 3D Society In-Home Committee and a member of the SMPTE 3DTV and Consumer Electronic Association 3D Task Forces. Mr. Dror was the driving force behind many modern 3D innovations including the first Full HD 3D TV together with Panasonic, the invention of the universal 3D glasses, and the Full HD 3DTV standard together with Sony, Samsung and Panasonic. Since 2010 Ami heads XPAND’s activities in the electronic eyewear world with the development of Amblyz – the world’s first electronic glasses for lazy eye treatment, the developments of motion sickness electronic glasses and the exploration of ADHD electronic glasses.

Jay Engelmayer Vice President, Marketing & Business Development GlassesUSA.com Founded in 2008 and launched in early 2009, GlassesUSA.com specializes in the sale and production of prescription eyeglasses, named by Internet Retailer magazine as one of the top 500 e-commerce sites in 2012, and the only online eyeglasses store represented on the list, In 2011, the company developed its own high capacity, state-of-the-art laboratory and has increased the size and capacity of the laboratory twice. Engelmayer, a registered stock broker, began his internet career in 1995 when he volunteered for a new project within his company, Waterhouse Securities, to serve as an assistant manager in the inaugural online business development department. In 1998, he became SVP of Marketing and Sales for start-up Bradford & Reed, a pioneer in online data acquisition, email and display marketing. When the company was sold, Engelmayer co‐founded Revaya which helped educational institutions and non‐for‐profit agencies develop online fundraising and interactive strategies. After the sale of Revaya, he consulted for several start-ups and served as Marketing Director for Finexo, an online currency‐trading company which operated multiple brands and designed one of the leading trading platforms in use today. Jay joined GlassesUSA in early 2010.

Kip Fyfe CEO 4iiii Innovations Inc. An innovator and visionary leader, Kip Fyfe has devoted more than 30 years to the high tech electronics industry. Kip currently serves as CEO of 4iiiii Innovations Inc., creators of advanced sports and wellness monitoring solutions. Kip is an avid cyclist and runner. Prior to his involvement with 4iiii, Kip was founder and CEO of Dynastream Innovations Inc. which began in 1999. Dynastream introduced a number of disruptive technologies to the sports monitoring arena for runners. Most notable was the creation of a new category of monitoring for speed, implementing a patented inertial technology that first entered the market under the Nike brand in 2000. Under Kip’s direction, Dynastream introduced ANT+, the ultra-low power wireless protocol in 2002. ANT+ has redefined the sport monitoring industry, providing a platform for sport and wellness manufacturers to collaborate and provide interoperable solutions. With Kip at the helm, Dynastream was successfully sold to Garmin Inc. in 2006. Kip is the 2002 recipient of the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. His education includes an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo, with a Management Science Option.

David Golden, OD Co-Founder, EyeHome Network Co-Founder, PERC and CEO, Golden Optometric As Co-Founder of EyeHome Network, a national network of optometrists and ophthalmologists (general and specialty), Dr. Golden says he is leveraging the power of the optometric profession to influence public healthcare policy. In 2008, Golden co-founded PERC (Professional Eyecare Resource Co-Operative), one of the largest and fasted growing GPO/doctor alliance groups, which now includes 500 elite optometry and ophthalmology practices that each gross over $1M in revenue and have a geographic footprint in 39 states. Golden graduated with honors from Southern California College of Optometry in 1987. Prior to receiving his degree he attended the University of California at Berkeley. Golden completed his Medical Optometry training at the Albuquerque Indian Hospital in Albuquerque, N.M. He joined the Clinical Faculty at Southern California College of Optometry and then in 1989, he joined Golden Optometric Group. Golden is also the Co-Founder of Aris Vision Institute, a leading provider of refractive surgeries throughout the U.S., Mexico and Japan, now part of Gimble Vision Canada. He is on the board of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, a member of the California Optometric Association, the American Optometric Association and the Rio Hondo Optometric Society.

Annmarie Hagan President and General Manager, Specialty WellPoint Annmarie Hagan, president and general manager for WellPoint’s Specialty business, is responsible for strategy development and execution, business and financial planning, as well as profit and loss (P&L) management for WellPoint’s Specialty business. Wellpoint’s Specialty business includes dental, disability, vision, life, workers’ compensation and voluntary business. Before joining WellPoint, Ms. Hagan served as executive vice president and chief financial officer at Cigna. She held roles with increasing levels of responsibility during her 20+year tenure at Cigna, including Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and Enterprise Chief Accounting Officer/Controller. In her role as Divisional Vice President for Cigna’s Disability, Life and Accident division, Ms. Hagan was part of the team that was responsible for turning that business around and setting the strategic direction for a growth business. Prior to joining Cigna, she served as the Vice President/Chief Accounting Officer at ACE Ltd. She also held various positions at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Ms. Hagan earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Accounting from Drexel University. She has been actively engaged in fundraising for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and supports other not-for-profit organizations.

Francis Jean, OD President and CEO IRIS The Visual Group Dr. Jean opened his first practice in his hometown of Baie Comeau, Quebec, in 1989, and shortly thereafter, founded an optometric buying group. In 1990, with six optometric practices, and 45 buying group members, he merged into IRIS The Visual Group. Over the next 10 years IRIS grew to over 100 locations and a refractive surgical center, bringing optometrists, opticians and ophthalmologists together under one brand. In 2000, IRIS acquired the Fort Optical Group and in 2004, a second refractive surgical center was opened. Today, IRIS The Vision Group, with 165 locations, is the largest network of eyecare professionals across Canada and is proud of its mission to help Canadians “Experience Better Vision.”

Frank Moss Director of New Media Medicine Group MIT Media Lab Frank Moss has had a 30-year career as a high-tech and bio-tech entrepreneur. He served as Director of the MIT Media Lab from 2006-2011 and is currently Professor of the Practice there, where he heads the New Media Medicine group. He is a co-founder of Atelion Health, Bluefin Labs and Infinity Pharmaceuticals and advisor to a number of startups including EyeNetra and ginger.io. Moss is author of the “The Sorcerers and their Apprentices: How the Digital Magicians of the MIT Media Lab are Creating the Innovative Technologies That Will Transform our Lives”. Moss served as CEO and chairman of Tivoli Systems Inc, which he took public in 1995 and subsequently merged with IBM in 1996. Moss holds a BSE from Princeton University in Aerospace and Mechanical Sciences and a PhD from MIT in Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is a member of the Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences leadership advisory council; he also serves on the leadership advisory councils of the Mayo Clinic And Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Innovation Centers. www.frankmoss.com twitter: @frank_moss

Bruce Nussbaum Professor Parsons School of Design Bruce Nussbaum blogs, tweets and writes on innovation, design thinking and creativity. The former assistant managing editor for Business Week is a Professor of Innovation and Design at Parsons New School of Design. He is founder of the Innovation & Design online channel; founder of IN: Inside Innovation, a quarterly innovation supplement; blogger on NussbaumOnDesign and tweets on innovation on Twitter. Previously, Mr. Nussbaum was editorial page editor, a position he assumed in February 1993. He is also an essayist and commentator on economic and social issues. Mr. Nussbaum is responsible for starting the magazine’s coverage of the annual Industrial Designers Excellence Awards, the BusinessWeek/Architectural Record Awards for architecture, and The World’s Most Innovating Companies survey. He leads workshops on design and innovation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Mr. Nussbaum joined BusinessWeek in 1977 to begin an international finance section. In 1980, he became head of the foreign news section, focusing on international business and technological change. In 1985, he left BusinessWeek to become executive editor of Manhattan, Inc, and returned to BusinessWeek in 1986 as senior writer. Prior to joining BusinessWeek, Mr. Nussbaum was a reporter for the Far Eastern Economic Review in Asia and The American Banker in New York. Mr. Nussbaum’s most recent cover stories include The Power of Design—How IDEO Is Changing The Way Companies Innovate and Get Creative—How To Build Innovative Companies. He managed and edited covers on The World’s Most Innovative Companies; Meet Jonathon Ive--The Man Behind Apple’s Design Magic; and Innovation Champions—The New Breed of Managers And Their Radical Cultures of Creativity. Mr. Nussbaum is the author of two books: The World after Oil: the Shifting Axis of Power and Wealth and Good Intentions, an inside look at medical research on AIDS. His essays have appeared in The Best Business Stories of the Year—2002 and The Best American Political Writing--2004. Mr. Nussbaum has received awards from the Sigma Delta Chi Journalism Society, the Overseas Press Club, and the West Point Society. He has received the Personal Recognition Award from the Industrial Designers Society of America and the Bronze Apple award from the New York Chapter of the IDSA. In 2005, he was given the John F. Nolan Award by the Design Management Institute. In 2005, I.D. magazine named Mr. Nussbaum as one of the forty most influential people in design. In 2008, he was a Finalist in the annual Design Mind Award given by the National Design Museum of Cooper Hewitt. Mr. Nussbaum holds a BA in political science from Brooklyn College and a Masters in political science from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and taught science to third-graders as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines. Mr. Nussbaum is a member of the Group Action Council on Design for the World Economic Forum.

Kevin Rankin President and CEO eSight Corp. As a committed entrepreneur, Mr. Rankin has been starting, running, and coaching new enterprises for the past 15 years. Previously, he founded and served as CEO at Tropic Networks, which was acquired by Alcatel-Lucent, and as President at Fidus Systems, a profitable electronic design services company. He has also held leadership roles at Newbridge Networks, LSI Logic and Northern Telecom and Corporate board memberships at International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC), Fidus Systems, and Vitana.

Robert Safian Editor and Managing Director Fast Company Robert Safian is editor and managing director of the award-winning monthly business magazine Fast Company. He oversees all editorial operations, in print and online, and plays a key role in guiding the magazine's advertising, marketing, and circulation efforts. Safian, 48, was named 2009 Editor of the Year by Adweek and recognized as 2008 Innovator of the Year by B-2-B Media. Under his leadership, Fast Company has received numerous accolades: a 2011 winner of a National Magazine award, two-time winner of Magazine of the Year from the Society of Business Editors and Writers; twice honored with the prestigious Gerald R. Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Journalism, among many others. Safian came to Fast Company in 2007 from Fortune, where he served as executive editor. Prior to that, he was an executive editor at Time and headed Money as its managing editor for six years. Safian has appeared on CNN and other TV networks and has been a featured speaker at events ranging from the Cisco Systems CIO Summit to the Danish Top Executive Summit in Copenhagen. Safian began his career with a seven-year tenure at The American Lawyer, where he rose from summer intern to executive editor. He joined SmartMoney in 1994 and moved to Fortune in 1997.

Keith P. Thompson MD Founder and CEO DigitalVision Systems Keith P. Thompson MD, is an internationally recognized refractive surgeon and an expert in physiological optics and vision correction technologies. Thompson completed his ophthalmology residency at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute in Miami followed by a National Eye Institute sponsored Fellowship where he studied corneal, refractive surgery, and physiological optics at Emory University in Atlanta. During his fellowship, Thompson collaborated with researchers at Harvard and MIT to develop spatially resolved refactometry, a novel method for determining refractive measurements through different regions of the pupil. As a Professor of Ophthalmology at Emory, Thompson was one of the lead US clinical investigators in the FDA clinical trials of PRK and LASIK. Thompson and his colleagues at Emory co-founded one of the first laser vision surgery centers in the United States where they conducted the first FDA supervised trial of LASIK surgery presented to the FDA’s Ophthalmic Device Panel in 1997. During his clinical trials experience, Thompson came to recognize that poor clinical outcomes were often caused by the fundamental limitations in the accuracy and resolution of phoropter measurements. Thompson and DVS co-founder Jose Garcia continuously improved and evolved the SRR technology into new device for replacing the phoropter known as the VisionOptimizer. In 2009, DVS was selected as a VentureLab Company, a Georgia Tech program that provides economic support to startup companies developing technology deemed to have commercial potential. Working with optical engineers at Georgia Tech’s Electro-Optical Systems Lab, the DVS team is completing a fully functional prototype of the VisionOptimizer that will enter clinical trials at Georgia Tech in the Spring of 2013. The DVS team has demonstrated that the VisionOptimizer has the potential to improve eyesight over error-prone phoropter and it is the first technology capable of demonstrating the optical features of any type of corrective product to patients under natural viewing conditions.