A boutique, deliberate
bureau. By design.
We don’t carry a thousand names. We carry the voices we’d want in the room ourselves. Here’s how the bureau came together, what we believe about this work, and the firm behind us.
Our Story
The Story of
Apogee
The foundation of the Apogee Speakers Bureau was laid in the field rather than a boardroom. Our founder, MK Palmore, is a retired FBI executive who spent over a decade leading large-scale cybersecurity teams and traveling the world as a primary voice for the Bureau for cybersecurity matters. While moving through the Bay Area’s technology hubs and speaking on global stages, he began to notice a recurring and troubling pattern. Despite the vast talent pool in the tech sector, the same narrow demographic was consistently highlighted as the industry’s thought leaders. The experts with deep experience and brilliant ideas were present, but they were rarely given first-look opportunities for high-impact speaking roles or the chance to influence the field at the highest level.
“Brilliant experts were present, but they were rarely given first-look opportunities for high impact speaking roles.”
The Apogee Speakers Bureau was created to change that trajectory. Having successfully navigated the transition from government service to the private sector and built a personal brand as a global keynote speaker, our founder recognized that many capable minds simply lacked the bridge to the right rooms. We exist to be that bridge. We understand that in the technology space, true innovation requires a diversity of thought that reflects the world we actually live in. We are committed to ensuring that expertise and lived experience are the primary metrics that determine who gets to shape the future.
Apogee Speakers
Our Mission
We believe that every professional who has reached the peak of their field deserves a platform that matches their skill level. Our mission is to provide an intentional and high-performance environment where speakers can showcase their expertise and organizations can find the voices they have been missing.
We focus on the technology space, but have speakers from across the spectrum on topics of importance, because we know how much representation matters in the industries that are building our collective tomorrow. By helping experts refine their brand and position themselves with confidence, we ensure they are found by the audiences that need them most. At Apogee, we do not just fill time slots on a calendar. We work to ensure that when a speaker walks into a room, they do so with the full weight of their experience behind them and a brand that commands the value they have earned.
Stages
Where our speakers have stood.
A selection of the events, conferences, and organizations our roster has keynoted, briefed, and shared the stage with.
