Dr. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio is a behavioral and data scientist, as well as a lawyer. As a decision science, organizational behavior and gender specialist, she is advising some of the largest for-profit and non-profit organizations in the world. By enabling organizations to tap into insights from behavioral science and related fields, she helps senior leadership make better and inclusive decisions for themselves and their companies. She works with executives from Fortune 500 firms, governments, and top professional service firms, including Magic Circle law firms and AmLaw 100. She has developed several software and SAAS tools and owns several patents.

Dr. Paola Cecchi-Dimeglio is the faculty Chair of the Executive Leadership Research Initiative for Women and Minority (ELRIWMA) and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for the Legal Profession and affiliated faculty at Harvard Kennedy School in the Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP).

Next to her academic position, she heads up one of the top niche behavioral science consulting firms on improving decision making processes in organizations to level the playing field. People Culture Drive Consulting Group consists of high level consultants sharing an extensive knowledge of applying Behavioral Science to businesses and public policy challenges, with specific expertise in change management, research, sectorial experts, design, communication, and training. Thanks to People Culture Drive Consulting Group’s unique and multi-dimensional composition, we are able to create a dedicated ad hoc team tailored to the specific needs of each project.

Her book “Diversity Dividend” is forthcoming from MIT Press. This book is based on her work with some of the world’s largest organizations and governments and shows how gentle pushes (“nudges”) and a consistent organizational process allow firms to achieve the goal of having more women and minorities occupy leadership positions. Her work illustrates how organizations can become the architects of their employees, customers, and shareholders’ decision-making. This book details many examples of how applying cutting edge research helps uncover barriers to desired behaviors and create interventions to overcome them.

With over two decades of experience, working with some of the largest organizations in the world to change behavior at scale, she has designed and tested many behavioral interventions to effectively steer decision-making for inclusive organizations. She has advised and implemented major behavior change efforts across a range of public and private organizations, services and topics, to foster better decision making, inclusive leadership, and diverse teams.

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Brigadier General (ret.) Patrick Huston is the General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary of Ondas Holdings (Nasdaq: ONDS). He is an expert focused on Responsible AI and the intersection of emerging technology and the law. He is also a corporate board member, and Certified Director in the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD.DC). He is also on the Advisory Boards of Ondas Holdings, Deep Fission and Ignite Health Foundation, the FBI’s Scientific Working Group on AI, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Foundation, the American Bar Association's (ABA) AI Task Force, and the Association of Corporate Counsel’s (ACC) Cybersecurity Board. General Huston’s military service includes the following experience: Commanding General, Army Ranger, helicopter pilot, prosecutor, five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the General Counsel of 3 major organizations (101st Airborne Division, Joint Special Operations Command, and U.S. Central Command). His last assignment was The Pentagon.

Before joining iDS, Bobby spent over 12 years supporting attorneys and law enforcement in eDiscovery matters. His experience in the lab, on the road, and in the courtroom helped develop his problem-solving skills that play such a large part in what he does for his clients at iDS.

In his current role at iDS, Bobby manages project lifecycles that include IT consultation, forensic data collections, analysis, system assessments, comprehensive reporting, and expert testimony.

Michael Parks counsels on patent and trademark issues and represents clients in federal courts across the United States.

He has significant experience litigating patents in a wide variety of technical disciplines and has successfully handled matters related to the litigation of complex electrical engineering and software based technologies such as mobile computing, cellular communications, global positioning, and interactive television applications.

He has litigated patents in numerous federal courts, including the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware and Northern District of Illinois.

Michael also has significant experience with patent reexaminations and with counseling clients on proposed technologies. On the trademark side, Michael’s experience includes trademark clearance, as well as representing clients in trademark litigation and in adversarial proceedings within the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Michael also has significant copyright and right of publicity experience, both on the litigation and counseling side. Michael is Technology Committee Chair of the firm’s AI Task Force.