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The Future Proof Festival has announced eight new featured speakers who buck the status quo.

Dave Kelly founded of AnalyticsIQ 14 years ago after the successful acquisition of his former company, Sigma Analytics.

He is an alumnus from the University of North Florida and earned his MBA from Georgia Tech.

Eric Ayala is the senior vice president, Americas for Novidea, creator of the born-in-the-cloud, data-driven insurance platform that enables brokers, agents, and MGAs to modernize and manage the customer insurance journey. Eric has more than two decades of technology startup and venture capital experience. A Silicon Valley veteran, he has led multiple Sales and Marketing teams at startups funded by prestigious VCs such as NEA and Accel and Corporate VCs such as Dell and Microsoft.

Ally Powers is a CPA working on the assurance staff for Plante Moran in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

The same trends upending other industries offer opportunities for advisory practices to get ahead of the competition.

Louis Barajas and David Russell discussed their views on how wealth managers can work with and hire more Black and Hispanic advisors and clients.

Jennifer Overhulse is the owner of St. Nick Media Services. She can be reached for further comment or information via email at jen@stnickmedia.com.

Liz Pagel is senior vice president of consumer lending at TransUnion.