Theme: Ctrl + Alt + Del

Ctrl + Alt + Delete is about finding a combination of steps, actions, or initiative to get you from Point A to Point B, to take you from where you are now to where you want to be. Literally, it can mean being the deciding factor in how to maneuver your way to get to the outcome you want, like commands on a computer.

Come listen to our speakers' Ctrl + Alt + Delete moments!

The Cove at UCI Applied Innovation
5141 CALIFORNIA AVE
IRVINE, California, 92697-7700
United States

Avijah Scarbrough

Multimedia Journalist

A Multimedia Journalist at Spectrum News 1 Los Angeles. Avijah’s received her BS in International Business at CSU Long Beach and then pursued a Master’s in Broadcast Journalism at USC, but got her start in broadcast journalism as an intern for KTTV-TV’s “Good Day LA”. Since then, she has for many companies and news organizations such as Viva Glam Magazine, ABC, and now Spectrum Networks. As a Broadcast Journalist, Avijah seeks to be the passionate storyteller looking to uplift humanity through positive, unbiased, and agenda-free journalism.

Bill Morris

International Business Expert, Adjunct Professor

An adjunct professor of Strategic Management at UCI’s Paul Merage School of Business. Bill’s career started after he was recruited by Exxon corporation following the completion of his MBA in International Business, but that was only the start of the once-in-a-lifetime opportunities Bill embraced. At just 30 years old, he became a Wall Street Executive for an Investment Bank where he headed all financial and operational activity in major cities such as London, Paris, Geneva, Zurich, Hong Kong, and Tokyo. His international skills were then utilized by another Wall Street Firm before moving to Middle Market M&A where he served as a key speaker on Middle Market issues. He is currently the World Record Holder for 20,100 consecutive sit-ups, and the author of book, “The Formula for Success.” Bill will share his expertise on how to balance the mental, physical, and spiritual elements of happiness so that we can achieve our own success, and correspondingly help others do the same.

Jeremy Sry

Entrepenuer, CEO of SRY

As a self-made creative director, Jeremy began working behind the camera publishing his works on YouTube to start. Scouted for his talents behind the camera, Jeremy quickly made a name for himself in the social media commercial industry which in turn led to working with huge companies such as Live Fit, Dojo; and eventually premiering a commercial work of his own on Pay-Per-View television, featuring artists and entertainers such as bantamweight world champion, Tj Dillashaw, the face of social media entrepreneurship, Gary Vee, and even established rapper 2 Chainz. While growing his name, he also grew a love for pursuing a healthy lifestyle which he’s used to bridge a connection between himself and others with the same goals. Through online coaching, he’s been able to guide and follow through with incredible emotional and physical transformations for his fitness members.

Ted Gideonse

Assistant Professor, Public Health

Assistant Professor in Public Health, Theodore K. Gideonse. Dr. Gideonse is a psychological and medical anthropologist, and he teaches in the Program in Public Health at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a film critic, and before academia he was a journalist, an editor, a literary agent, and for a brief time, a judge for Guinness World Records. In his TEDx Talk, he Dr. Gideonse will explain how cognitive dissonance happens and how it can be resolved in deeply unhealthy ways and in ways that lead to profound and positive transformation.

WRD SMTH

Artist

Brody is an LA-based street artist who utilizes a unique combination of stenciling and wheat pasting in his street art to inspire our community on a daily basis. Active in the street art community since November 2013, he has made his mark in: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, San Francisco, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Miami, West Palm Beach, Boston, San Antonio, Toronto, London, Paris, Berlin, Kraków, Edinburgh, Melbourne, Tokyo, and Auckland New Zealand. He has also been featured in Playboy, LA Weekly, The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, LAist, LA Magazine, and The Philadelphia Enquirer. He was named one of The Art of Elsyum’s 2014 Emerging Artists and his work has been sold at various art hubs. In his ted talk, he will be exploring his unique story from a caddy from Cleveland, to a published author, and now an indelible mark on the world with spraypaint, WRDs, passion, and gumption.