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Rising Productivity Performance Speakers

24 credible, up-and-coming voices in productivity performance - active on the circuit, beyond the household names.

24 rising productivity performance speakers on Mezzo - including Victor Rentea, Anton Arhipov, and Manoush Zomorodi. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

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Victor Rentea

Java performance and API design expert | Regular Devoxx speaker

6 recent talks · through 2026
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Anton Arhipov

IntelliJ IDEA expert | Kotlin and Java development tools specialist

6 recent talks · through 2026
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Manoush Zomorodi

NPR TED Radio Hour host | Author of Bored and Brilliant, digital wellness pioneer

5 recent talks · through 2026
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SIMON RITTER

Java language expert | Specializing in pattern matching and JVM performance optimization

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Maciej Walkowiak

Spring Boot and JPA performance specialist | Devoxx speaker

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Benjamin Woollams

Mountaineering | Extreme Performance | Leadership

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Rahul Vohra

Founder & CEO, Superhuman | Inbox Optimization & Productivity

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Nir Eyal

Author of 'Hooked' & 'Indistractable' | Habit Formation & Attention Hacking

1 recent talk · through 2026
Lemn Sissay

Lemn Sissay

Award-Winning Playwright | Athletic Performance Insights

1 recent talk · through 2024
Tony Robbins

Tony Robbins

Best-Selling Author and Life Coach | Helping Millions Unlock Peak Performance

1 recent talk · through 2026
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Serena Williams

Former world No. 1 tennis champion | 23-time Grand Slam singles winner

1 recent talk · through 2025
Tope Awotona

Tope Awotona

Founder & CEO at Calendly

1 recent talk · through 2025
Jill Scott MBE

Jill Scott MBE

England Lioness | 150+ International Caps | FA Women's Cup Winner

1 recent talk · through 2025
Alex Scott

Alex Scott

Sports Broadcaster & Presenter | Olympic Coverage and Diversity Advocacy

1 recent talk · through 2025
Mike Massimino

Mike Massimino

Former NASA Astronaut | Hubble Space Telescope Spacewalker

1 recent talk · through 2026
Jim Hamilton

Jim Hamilton

Scottish Rugby International | 63 Caps | Won 2 European Cups with Saracens

1 recent talk · through 2025
Sebastian Terry

Sebastian Terry

Goal-Chasing Adventurer | Transforming Mindsets for Peak Performance

1 recent talk · through 2024
Nancy Koehn

Nancy Koehn

Leadership Historian | Navigating Business Turbulence

39 talks · through 2022
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John Doerr

Kleiner Perkins chairman | Backed Google, Amazon, Twitter; introduced OKRs to the world

4 talks · through 2021
Cal Newport

Cal Newport

Georgetown Professor | Author of 'Deep Work'

2 talks · through 2021
Rasmus Ankersen

Rasmus Ankersen

High Performance Anthropologist | Global Performance Research Author

2 talks · through 2018
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Wendy Wood

USC Professor | World's Leading Habits Researcher | Behavior Change Expert

2 talks · through 2017
Richard St. John

Richard St. John

Success Analyst | Delivering Breakthrough Performance Strategies

2 talks · through 2009
Carl Honoré

Carl Honoré

Father of the Slow Movement | Author of In Praise of Slow

2 talks · through 2019
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