Peter Hoddie is a digital media expert and the co-founder and VP of Kinoma, Inc, an innovative company that designs and builds mobile media products. Prior to Kinoma, he founded Generic Media in 2000 with the goal of radically simplifying both the publishing and viewing of digital media by introducing the first on-demand, real-time media transcoding server. During this time and in partnership with Sony, Peter helped to create the gMovie Player, the leading video technology for Palm handhelds. For nearly a decade previous, Peter played a central role at Apple as Chief Quicktime Architect; defining, building, and promoting Apple's trailblazing QuickTime technology. He has contributed to several digital media standards, including MPEG-4, JPEG-2000, and SMIL. The latest creation from Peter and his crew is the 'Kinoma Create,' AKA the 'JavaScript-Powered Internet of Things Construction Kit.' With it, they say, you can 'quickly and easily create personal projects, consumer electronics, and Internet of Things prototypes.'

Eren Niazi has been a serial entrepreneur involved in over 30 technology start-ups. He is a co-founder of Open Source Systems, Inc. and Open Source Storage, Inc. (2001), which pioneered the Open Source movement and has led scale-up systems development teams for notable Bay Area technology start-ups, including Facebook, Friendster and Ebay. Eren holds several US patents in technology, has built government supercomputers, and designed core software systems for the main operations & applications for Shutterfly, the USGS and Lockheed Martin. Eren is truly an innovator, leader and visionary constantly pushing the boundaries of technology innovation and creativity. Eren is currently the CEO of Open Source Storage.

Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history. Ann and her sister Nancy first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.” Along the way, they sold more than 35 million albums, earned 4 Grammys, sold out arenas worldwide, and found their way into the soundtrack of American life through radio, motion pictures, television, and associations with branded sponsors.  Today, songs made famous by Heart are heard in every aspect of contemporary culture. The Wilson sisters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, the same year that earned them a Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their first-ever memoire (Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll), released in September of 2012, spent several weeks on the New York Times “Best Sellers” chart.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history and listed as one of the "Top Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time" by Hit Parader. Along with her sister Nancy, the Wilson sisters first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.”