Nick Sawka
Nicholas was recently brought on at Wanderword as their Chief Evangelist. Nick will represent Wanderword in the US in sales, networking, gathering product testers as well as improving the use/onboarding of Fabula, Poptale and entertainment production.
Nick found his passion for Alexa back in 2015 when she was first released and was part of the initial Beta program for the device. In 2017 he made the jump to development and has been involved with creating over 400 Alexa Skills. Further, Nicholas has experience with working on and creating Google Actions. In addition to his love for Voice First tech he is an experienced Chief Of Operations with a demonstrated history of working in the military industry, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from University of Phoenix.
Benjamin Falvo
Currently making things for Howl. Intrapreneurial and strategic CIO / CTO with 20 years of diversified leadership experience across agency, startup, corporate and nonprofit environments, including numerous high-profile global projects for Fortune 500 clients. Leverages a unique blend of skills at the intersection of technical leadership, creative direction, product management, and operations management. History of ideating, designing, building and deploying highly engaging, user friendly digital products and experiences across web, mobile and event platforms. Weekly co-host for VoiceSpark Live Podcast on thought leadership in AI and Voice First.
Emily Banzhaf
Emily is a conversational AI designer at Strategic Education, one of the hosts of Voice Spark Live, and a member of the Ethical Use Task Force of the Open Voice Network. Recently, she was on the winning team of the Digital Assistant Academy’s Hackabot. She has experience in conversation design, UX writing, and UX design. Her passion is connecting to people through the construction of words and sound. Before becoming a conversation designer, Emily was a professional violinist, performing with various groups all over the world.
