Annette Muller is the founder and CEO of DOTNXT, a strategic innovation management firm with offices in Cape Town and Johannesburg.  DOTNXT empowers businesses to embrace the real-time digital dynamic cultures of today and new technologies, propelling them forward to the forefront of success. Annette holds a Business Science degree (Honours Cum Laude) from Cape Town, SA, and has attended the renowned Hyper Island Digital Master Class in New York. As a sought-after international speaker and digital change agent, her work continues to expand her global network of specialists and industry leaders, building on her skill and her firm’s offering as a connector for start-ups, investors, agencies and enterprises alike. Recognised by Forbes as one of the ‘10 female tech founders to watch In Africa’ (2014)’, Annette is widely regarded as one of the great young strategic minds of today. This impassioned socialentrepreneur’s drive to make things happen is further strengthened by her dedication to creating work that drives pan-African social change and transformation. Committed to staying on the cutting edge of technology, surrounded by people that can make things happen, Annette lives her mantra that “if you are the smartest person in the room you are in the wrong room!"