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Dhaval Jadav is the co-founder and chief executive officer of alliantgroup, a Houston-based tax consulting firm that helps small and mid-sized businesses earn state and federal tax credits. Jadav founded the firm in 2002 with current chief operating officer Shane Frank. Prior to founding the firm, Jadav held positions in both the public and private sectors. He worked for several companies in Silicon Valley, as well as for Deloitte & Touche and the Internal Revenue Service’s Houston District Counsel. Philanthropy is an important part of Jadav's work. He has helped establish alliantgroup's Blue Heart Fund, a charitable fund created to aid the firm’s employees, clients and their CPAs, and the local community in rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey left many displaced. Additionally, Jadav helped create a STEM scholarship fund for Houston-area high school students wishing to pursue a career in a STEM-related field. Jadav has contributed to a number of publications, including Harvard Business Review, Industry Week and Reuters Breakingviews, where he discussed the need for tax reform in order to reinvest money back into the U.S. economy. Jadav is a member of alliantgroup's strategic advisory board. He earned an LL.M. degree in taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center, and is licensed to practice law in Texas where he lives with his family.

Tacy M. Byham, Ph.D., is Chief Executive Officer of DDI. An innovative global leadership company, DDI works by the side of organizations worldwide, to find and grow ready-now and ready-next leaders, who can make powerful leadership decisions and navigate global complexity. Tacy and the 1000+ associates at DDI complete 50+ global CEO assessments annually for Fortune 500 companies, family owned businesses and non-profits. DDI’s world-class learning systems have helped their clients’ organizations develop more than 16 million leaders globally improving business metrics such as productivity, turnover, downtime, and safety. Notably, Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory, the world’s leading source of consulting market analysis, gave DDI top ranking as the number one leadership development provider on its The Kennedy Vanguard™ Matrix based on the breadth and depth of its solutions. A nationally recognized speaker and author in the field of leadership, Tacy’s wisdom helps leaders survive and thrive during critical transitions and unleash their potential. Her book, \'Your First Leadership Job: How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others\', coauthored with Rich Wellins, has sold tens of thousands of copies and has been translated into five languages. Forbes, Fast Company, Inc., The Conference Board Review, Chief Learning Officer, and TD Magazine have featured her articles on topics from the arrival of unprepared leaders to how to be a leader at home. Furthermore, she has been interviewed and quoted in several industry media outlets, including CNN (London), Entrepreneur, IndustryWeek, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Business Times, and Sirius XM Business Radio. A staunch supporter of women’s empowerment and gender equality, Tacy champions inclusion and diversity. Her vision, determination and enthusiasm led her to serve as the inaugural keynote speaker for Women in Technology Conference sponsored by HR Technology (2016) and has made a well-received TED-like talk entitled #LeadLikeAGirl that can be viewed on YouTube. In August 2017, she penned an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in response to a Google engineer's divisive statements against gender equality. When not working, Tacy is a singer in the DDI Band.

Senior Executive and Physician with Biotech, Pharmaceutical and CRO ExperienceBeing both a business leader and a doctor has had a big impact on how I think and work towards integrating social value and financial returns. I also value creativity and curiosity, and I believe these have been instrumental in shaping my approach to problem-solving, scientific analysis, and leadership. My medical training and corporate roles have centered on trying to make a positive impact in healthcare to improve global human health. Right now, our industry faces one of our greatest public health challenges, and I believe it will accelerate progress and flexibility in the way clinical trials are conducted, how innovation in the science of new drugs and therapies is realized, and the way healthcare is delivered with technologies such as telemedicine and wearable devices. One of the highlights of my career was being given the opportunity to lead the clinical trials for the influenza vaccine, FluMist® - a stepping stone that widened my clinical research and drug development experience across a range of therapeutic areas. That’s one reason I feel so connected to Emmes. This Contract Research Organization’s scientists, statisticians and operations teams are passionate about making a positive impact on public health across the world through excellence in clinical research and the development of new life-saving medicines. The work my colleagues at Emmes are doing is truly making a difference in human health, and I’m proud to be leading the company.I’m also grateful to also be able to help startups and emerging businesses in our field by serving as an advisor board member for several biopharmaceutical, clinical research and genomics companies. Staying connected to the local community is important to me as well. I work with nonprofits whose missions I care deeply about. I’m on the board of directors for the Kennedy Center National Symphony Orchestra and a founding board member of Young Women Lead, a non-profit 501c3 organization focused on mentoring and teaching a 21st century leadership EDGE to young women.

Michael Stomberg is a Chief Executive Officer at Planet Pharma and is based in United States.

Bob Loeb MBA is a Chief Financial Officer at Harvard Clinical Research Institute and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. He has worked as Director of Lodging and Resort Operations Revenue Accounting at Copper Mountain, Business Manager at Atrius Health, and Fiscal Director at Harbor Health Services Inc. Bob studied at Bentley University and Syracuse University Martin J. Whitman School of Management.