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LENS keynotes, guest speakers, panels & more


Get full, unlimited access to all LENS sessions from wherever you are — including those led by keynotes, guest speakers, Degreed clients and Degreed thought leaders. With 19 sessions included, this is an insight-rich, on-demand learning experience. So whether you want to watch or rewatch, fill out the form for access to all sessions listed:

  • The Power of Learning to Secure the Future of your Business
  • The Future of Learning Starts Today
  • Using Learning to Prepare Your Workforce for Transformation
  • Spilling the Tea on Real-World Learning Strategies
  • Progress Not Perfection: Delivering Learning Experiences Across the Employee Lifecycle
  • Becoming the Ultimate Digital HR Leader
  • A Modern Approach to Skill-Building
  • Advancing with Degreed: Cutting-Edge LXP Use Cases
  • Revving Up Your Skills Strategy
  • Bringing the Future into Focus: Our Degreed 2.0 Roadmap
  • Achieving Groundedness: Your Path to Success
  • Putting Skills at the Center of Business Structure 
  • The Next Wave: Skills at the Heart of Learning Experience
  • Bringing out the Best in Tech Together
  • Making Skill Data Easy as [Peach] Pie
  • Reaching Every Worker: Boosting Engagement Beyond the Desk
  • Degreed Beyond the Platform
  • Transforming Learning into Data and $$$
  • Workplace Transformation: Defining Your Culture Through Leadership

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Keynotes & Guest Speakers

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Theresa Payton | First Female White House CIO, Technology Thought Leader & CyberSecurity Expert

As one of the nation’s most respected authorities on cybersecurity, Theresa Payton is also a highly sought-after AI keynote speaker. Theresa is a visionary in the digital world leading the way as an inventor of new security designs and has an approved US patent in security. She captivates audiences by drawing from her experience as a veteran cybercrime fighter and entrepreneur, masterfully blending memorable anecdotes with cutting-edge insights. She identifies emerging trends and techniques to help audiences combat cyber threats, from the impact of the Internet of Things to securing Big Data. Payton is the cybersecurity expert that organizations turn to for discreet help during data breaches and to improve IT systems and strategies. She made history as the first female to serve as White House Chief Information Officer and currently helps organizations in both the public and private sectors protect their most valuable resources.  Managing cybersecurity risk is what Payton knows and does best. Before overseeing IT operations as CIO for President George W. Bush and his administration, she held executive roles in banking technology for two of the country’s top financial institutions. After serving in the White House, she went on to co-found Dark3, a cybersecurity product company, and Fortalice Solutions, a world-class cybersecurity consulting firm ranked a “Top 5 Most Innovative Cybersecurity Company” in Northern Virginia, Maryland, and DC.  

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Ginny Clarke | Former Director, Executive Recruiting at Google and Holistic Leadership Strategist

Dedicated to helping leaders create the conscious workplace for tomorrow, Ginny Clarke has advised at the highest levels of corporate America for decades. A proven expert in driving diverse leadership, she is the former director of executive recruiting at Google, where she led the company’s diversity, non-tech recruiting, and leadership internal mobility teams – finding and hiring senior leaders across the company. She also built a scaled internal mobility program for Google’s senior leaders to advance within the organization, and designed much of the infrastructure that supports their executive recruiting function today. 

Prior to Google, Clarke was a partner at Spencer Stuart, the global executive search firm based in Chicago. For 12 years, she worked in the firm’s financial services and financial officer practices, and co-founded and led their global diversity practice. Drawing upon her breadth and depth of experience, Clarke wrote the book titled Career Mapping: Charting Your Course in the New World of Work, providing a framework that empowers individuals to plot and assess their professional competencies and strategically navigate their careers. After the book was published, she ran her own executive search and talent management firm for three years before becoming a senior partner for executive search in the U.S. at Knightsbridge, a Canadian human capital solutions firm.

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Brad Stulberg | Author

Brad research, write, and coach on health, performance, and sustainable success.

Bestselling author of PEAK PERFORMANCE and THE PASSION PARADOX. Co-Founder of THE GROWTH EQUATION. Writing featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Lost Angeles Times, Wired, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Outside Magazine, and more.

Coach to executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, and other professionals on their performance and well-being. 

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Sonia Mooney | Consultant | Sonia Mooney Signature Solutions

Sonia Mooney is a Global HR Leader and Consultant, specialising in process & technology optimisation and employee experience. 

Sonia helps HR functions across the globe to maximise their impact and effectiveness to create efficiencies, excellent employee experiences & exceptional business outcomes. With over 20 years HR experience she’s industry recognised for leading collaboration to deliver creative, transformative, award-winning change, market leading solutions and outstanding business results on a global scale.

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