In honor of Asian Heritage Month in May, we’re shining a spotlight on some incredible Asian and Pacific Islander pioneers. From tech visionaries, to bestselling authors, resilience experts, activists, and even a female astronaut and the MLB’s First Female GM, we’ve got a roster of amazing speakers ready to elevate your next event.

Jia Jiang 
One of the most-viewed TED speakers of all time, bestselling author and entrepreneur Jia Jiang has made becoming rejection-proof the ultimate superpower for success-seeking Fortune 500 audiences. His inspiring, research-based keynotes are known for laugh-out-loud stories from his fascinating life and professional journey, motivating all of us to become fearless in pursuit of our goals and dreams. And now, drawing upon his upcoming book, The One Action Goal, Jia reveals a breakthrough system for amplifying performance and making any objective attainable.

Amanda Nguyen 
Amanda Nguyen is an activist and astronaut. She will become the first Vietnamese woman to go to space when she flies on Blue Origin’s upcoming launch on the New Shepard rocket. Amanda’s activism focuses on the intersection of race and gender. She ignited the Stop Asian Hate movement and passed sexual assault survivor rights in the United States and United Nations through her work at Rise. For her work she was nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize and is a 2022 TIME Woman of the Year.

Guy Kawasaki 
A crowd-drawing name in the event world, Guy Kawasaki has served as chief evangelist of Apple, trustee of the Wikimedia foundation (Wikipedia), Mercedes-Benz brand ambassador, and special assistant to the Motorola Division of Google. He is currently chief evangelist of Canva, the $1.7B online graphics-design platform. The bestselling author of 16 books, Guy is currently on a mission to make people remarkable. He is the host/creator of the popular Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast and its companion book, Think Remarkable: 9 Paths to Transform Your Life (2024) and Make a Difference, a guide to adopting a growth mindset, developing  grit and resilience, and leading a more fulfilling life.

Michelle K. Lee
Michelle Lee is an Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert, keynote speaker, former executive at Google and Amazon and CEO of Obsidian Strategies (“Architects for AI-Driven Strategies”).  At a time when there is much hype about AI, Michelle helps business leaders understand the art of the possible and practical in AI and how to implement an AI strategy with impact.  Based upon her experiences at the MIT AI Lab, Amazon, Google and Obsidian Strategies, Michelle shares many real-world examples and insights, leaving her audiences inspired to act, with concrete next steps.  Michelle is an MIT AI Lab-trained computer scientist, and a Silicon Valley veteran experienced in building some of our most innovative companies.  She is also a leader with experiences at the highest levels in technology, law, business and government, which perspectives are critical for successful AI applications.

Tan Le 
Recognized as one of the most influential women in technology, top business and innovation speaker Tan Le is the founder and CEO of Silicon Valley-based EMOTIV, the leader in EEG-Brain Computer Interface (BCI) technology. Her work focuses on non-invasive “brainwear” that allows humans to interface with computers. This technology will transform our work environments, promote mental health and wellbeing, create radically personalized consumer experiences, accelerate how we learn, and transform the lives of people with physical limitations and cognitive differences. A captivating and authoritative speaker on what she calls the “NeuroGeneration,” three-time TED speaker Le takes audiences on a fascinating journey into current and future technologies that will forever transform not only how we live and work, but what it means to be human.

Kim Ng 
Kim Ng became the Senior Vice-President for Baseball Operations with Major League Baseball. Prior to that, Ng was the Vice President and Assistant General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers for nine seasons. She is one of only two female executives in Major League Baseball to have held such a position in baseball operations and was the first woman to interview for a general manager’s position in Major League history when she did so with the Dodgers in 2005. In her 12 seasons as an assistant general manager, she reached the postseason eight times, the LCS six times and won three World Championships.

Interested in inviting one of these iconic trailblazers to speak at your next event, conference or meeting? Let’s make it happen! Email info@bigspeak.com to inquire.