Avery Akkenini
President, Vayner NFT

Avery serves as the President of Vayner NFT. She leads the company's mission to build long-term strategic NFT projects for the world's leading intellectual property owners serving brands, celebrities, athletes and associations looking to incentivize and reward brand advocacy and customer loyalty.

Avery previously led VaynerMedia's expansion into APAC, growing a team from 0-150+, opening offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney, and was awarded SEA Independent Agency of the Year, within 2 years. Prior to joining Vayner, she spent six years working at Google, in both Silicon Valley and New York City. Avery will drive meaningful cultural relevance for others to unlock the potential of one of the biggest technology shifts of our time.

Robert Tercek 
Founder & CEO, General Creativity
Author of Vaporized

WHAT’S NEXT AFTER WHAT’S NEXT:  The Next Computing Platform 
 

Every decade, the dominant computing platform is supplanted by something entirely new.  We’ve all seen this before, as mobile replaced the desktop, apps replaced web sites, video replaced text, and social replaced static web pages. With each change, computing was driven further and deeper into society, business, government, and our personal lives. The 2020s will be no exception to this cycle. Big changes are coming soon. This exciting presentation will provide an overview of the many new technologies and controversial computing paradigms that are already in process, including Web3, decentralization, DAOs, NFTs, and the Metaverse.  Don’t miss this special opening presentation from the keynote speaker at the inaugural Dig South in 2012. 

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Melissa McGhie Proctor
EVP & CMO, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena

From Ball Girl to Atlanta Hawks CMO (and More): Melissa Proctor in the Disruptor Studio at DIG SOUTH

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Melissa Proctor is the Executive Vice President and CMO of the NBA Atlanta Hawks and of State Farm Arena, the venue where they fill the seats with rousing competition and entertainment.  In her highly public dual role, Melissa is as much a ball-handler as the players she supports. Not only does she oversee day-to-day marketing operations, but she also deftly manages marketing integration and direct response, digital content, and advertising and promotions.

Tim Minahan
EVP Business Strategy & CMO
Citrix

Tim Minahan is executive vice president, business strategy and chief marketing officer (CMO) at Citrix, where he has a proactive role in helping to drive focused strategic initiatives and the company’s overall business strategy. In addition, he leads global marketing strategy and operations for the company’s vision of securely delivering the world’s most important apps and data to enable people and businesses to work better.
                                           
A technology industry veteran who specializes in defining new markets and positioning companies to own them, Minahan has served in a broad range of business leadership roles at leading enterprise software, cloud, and services firms. He most recently spearheaded SAP’s successful transition to the cloud as CMO of the company’s Cloud and Line of Business unit. Minahan joined SAP when the company acquired Ariba, where he was SVP of Business Network Strategy and global CMO.