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Troy Sandidge in 90 Seconds
"Entrepreneurship Redefined" - Closing Keynote @ North by Northeast
"Harness The Power of Social Media" - Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce Workshop
"Digital Marketing Insurgency: Rise Of AI" - Opening Keynote @ DigiMarCon Chicago
Delivering first TEDx in Uganda
Host & Emcee at INBOUND 2022
Emceeing INBOUND 2023 (Day 2)
Troy Sandidge Introducing Viola Davis for Day 2 at INBOUND 2022
I Always Bring Big Energy, Passion, Fun, & Connectivity
Sharing Stage With Oprah, Spike Lee, & Hasan Minhaj
Speaking at Podcast Movement Evolutions: Los Angeles
Troy Sandidge Speaker at Social Media Week Lima 2019
Troy Sandidge is a business & motivational keynote speaker, emcee, author, and workshop facilitator. As a TEDx speaker who delivered the opening talk at Makerere University in Uganda, sharing stages featuring Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama, Daymond John, Russell Brunson, and Gary Vaynerchuk. His sessions fuse growth strategy, leadership, mindset, marketing, and human performance into high-energy experiences. With 15+ years in business, $200 Million in client revenue generated, and 600+ events across five continents, Troy customizes every keynote, workshop, and emcee experience. Available for in-person and virtual conferences, corporate events, leadership summits, workshops, and more!
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Languages: English
Gig length: 60 - 240 minutes
Speaking & Workshop Presentation Style:
As a dynamic and powerful speaker, Troy Sandidge utilizes his unique experiences to help address various topics. His presentation style is a combination of motivational, dynamic, informative, engaging, and extremely energetic. He strives to deliver digestible, tweet-worthy, actionable takeaways while taking them on a journey to leave them with something to reflect on. He's all about connectivity and customizes all talks, keynotes, workshops, and sessions to the audience, theme, attendees, and businesses.
Hosting & Emcee Style:
Troy is a community-first, energizer host and emcee that's all about connecting the speakers to the attendees to foster a united community to drive user-generated content, community engagement, and advocates for the event. He is phenomenal with conducting on-site and backstage interviews, hyping a crowd pre and post-show or segment, and introducing individuals in a way to electrify the introducee as well as the audience.
He is a 3x host and emcee for the largest B2B SaaS Conference in the world - INBOUND and has served as emcee for virtual and in-person events in the media, non-profit, business, and educational sectors.
Troy Sandidge is an international keynote speaker, emcee, and media host known for delivering high-energy, transformational talks on growth, leadership, marketing, mindset, and human performance. Blending motivation, business strategy, psychology, and cultural insight, he helps audiences unlock momentum, clarity, and scalable success.
In 2025, Troy became the first speaker to take the stage at TEDxMakerere University in Uganda, delivering a globally resonant talk on growth and human potential. He has spoken at over 600 events across five continents, sharing stages featuring Oprah Winfrey, President Barack Obama, Viola Davis, Daymond John, Spike Lee, Andrew Huberman, Russell Brunson, Steven Bartlett, Reese Witherspoon, and Gary Vaynerchuk.
Troy is a 3x host and emcee for INBOUND and a featured speaker at Content Marketing World (2025). His speaking experience spans corporate conferences, leadership summits, universities, chambers of commerce, global tech events, nonprofit fundraisers, and private executive retreats.
Select Venues Include:
• TEDxMakerere University Uganda (2025)
• Content Marketing World (2025)
• INNOVATE Conference (2024)
• MarkeTech Conference (2024)
• North by Northeast (2023)
• INBOUND ft Reese Witherspoon & Derek Jeter (2023)
• Podcast Movement Denver (2023)
• DigiMarCon Midwest @ Soldier Field (2023)
• GURU Conference ft Daymond John (2022)
• INBOUND ft Oprah Winfrey & Spike Lee (2021)
• StreamYard Level Up Summit ft Gary Vaynerchuk (2021)
• Executive Women International (2020)
• Northwestern University (2019)
As an emcee and moderator, Troy is known for creating immersive, inclusive, and unforgettable event experiences. He has hosted global conferences, facilitated executive interviews, led live audience engagement sessions, and elevated brand storytelling for organizations across tech, SaaS, healthcare, education, entertainment, and social impact sectors.
Beyond the stage, Troy is an award-winning growth strategist known as the Strategy Hacker®. A 6x agency builder, 4x CMO, 2x COO, 3x startup founder, angel investor, and board advisor, he has generated over $200 million in client revenue and launched more than 40 brands worldwide. His business expertise fuels his talks with real-world credibility and actionable frameworks audiences can immediately apply.
He is the author of the acclaimed book Strategize Up: "The Simplified Blueprint To Scaling Your Business" and host of the award-winning and Webby-nominated Top 0.5% ranked marketing podcast iDigress that has amassed over 1.5 million downloads with 50,000 monthly listeners that's named one of Zapier’s Top Solo-Hosted Marketing Podcasts and part of the HubSpot Podcast Network.
Troy has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Yahoo News, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and HuffPost.
A Chicago native now based in Indianapolis, Troy travels nationwide and internationally for keynote speaking engagements, leadership summits, and corporate events.
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