About Sean

Sean Gardner is one of the world's top digital marketers, A.I strategists, journalists, thought-leaders and social-good advocates. He was named Forbes' #1 Social Media Power Influencer in 2013. Working for Apple Inc. right out of high school, he has given keynote addresses and presentations on digital strategy at NATO Headquarters, Harvard University, the annual Google Conference, the Smithsonian Institution, and at conferences and events in cities throughout Asia, Europe and North America.

Sean has worked with an impressive list of multinational firms such as Microsoft, Ford, Ultimate Kronos Group, NVIDIA, Ogilvy, Marriott, Four Seasons, Magic Johnson Enterprises, Burger King and Silicon Valley Bank, and non-profits like World Vision and Charity: Water. He is an executive board member with both Free Tech for Nonprofits and the World Innovation and Change Management Institute. In addition, he serves on the Strategic and Digital Marketing Program Committee at the world famous Rennes School of Business in Rennes, France. 

He has been a digital volunteer for GivingTuesday.org since 2012, and helped the U.N. Foundation promote and expand it online to more than 100 countries. He was also a founder of the pioneering Huffington Post "Twitter Powerhouses Series," which interviewed hundreds of people in diverse fields -- technology, fashion, business, philanthropy, travel, and more -- from 2010 to 2013, and is still an influential voice in the digital-media conversation. 

His vision? A much more connected planet, with people working together to produce constructive, responsible, cross-generational, and long lasting solutions to our most serious problem.