Keynote Speakers
John Formica The "Ex-Disney" Guy
John, The “Ex-Disney Guy” and former Disney leader is an internationally known speaker, coach, and author of the top-selling book, “Making The Customer Experience Magical Now!” John has inspired audiences with over 4,000 presentations and keynotes across the globe. He has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and Univision. John has also...
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Nicole Denise Brand Intelligence Strategist & CEO, CoAgency
Nicole Denise Phillip is a Brand Intelligence Strategist and founder of CoAgency, where she helps coaches, consultants, and online service experts turn clarity into consistent conversion. Through her Intelligence Pillars framework — Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Capital Intelligence, and Well-Being Intelligence — ...
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Kirby Holmes Co-Founder of K9 Mask & Shark Tank Success Story
Kirby Holmes is an entrepreneur and innovator, best known as the co-founder of K9 Mask®, the world’s first air filter mask for dogs featured on ABC’s Shark Tank. With over 30 years of leadership as a missionary, pastor, humanitarian aid worker, and business leader, he creates solutions that build resilience and well-being for pe...
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Nathan Jones Founder of the Freeloader Child Carrier & Shark Tank Success Story
Nathan Jones is an entrepreneur, inventor, and small business owner who transformed a simple idea into an internationally recognized consumer product. As the founder and owner of Jonesen Design, LLC, and inventor of the patented Freeloader Child Carrier, Nathan has spent more than a decade navigating the challenges and opportunities of bu...
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Workshop Speakers
Monique Gonzalez Legacy Design Law PLLC
Monique Gonzalez helps families and business owners protect what they have built and plan for the future. Licensed to practice law in Texas for two decades, she is a former law school administrator who continues to teach...
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Lee Harris Texas Capital
Lee Harris is Managing Director, Head of Retail Banking at Texas Capital. He is responsible for overseeing the consumer and small business segments within the firm’s Retail line of business. Texas Capital is a $30 bill...
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Crystal Houston Llab Marketing
Crystal Houston is an entrepreneur and marketing executive with 20+ years of experience driving growth for agencies and non-profits. As Co-founder and CMO of Llab Marketing, she helps small businesses scale through strat...
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Jacqueline Lunsford Wursta
A specialist in change management, workforce transformation, and operational strategy. Jacqueline focuses on helping enterprise clients scale capabilities smoothly through structured training and sustainable Center of Ex...
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Raja Marimuthu OneData Software Solutions
Raja Marimuthu is a veteran entrepreneur and technologist with over 25 years of experience across IT, Cloud, and Data Architecture. As the Founder and CEO of OneData Software Solutions and OneCare Health, Raja sits at th...
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Yusef Muhammad SCORE
Voted as The SBA Minority Small Business Champion of the Year, by The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), City of Houston, “Champion of Diversity” and recipient of the “Certificate of Special Congressional Re...
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Hassnain Rizvi Amazon Web Services
Experienced Enterprise Account Executive and Program Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry....
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Shani Southers Internal Revenue Service
As a Sr Stakeholder Liaison at the Internal Revenue Service, Shani has the privilege of working closely with a diverse group of professionals including tax practitioners, small businesses, CPAs, attorneys, and educationa...
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Ritu Arora Thakur Smart Tech Inc
Ritu Thakur is a seasoned business and technology consultant with over 20 years of experience spanning multiple industries. In 2007, she founded Smart Tech Inc., a firm dedicated to helping small and medium-sized busines...
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Carolina Villarreal Verizon
With experience from leading consumer goods giants to founding her own firm in 2019, Carolina excels at accelerating brands, expanding into new markets, and driving transformative growth. As the former Director of Brand ...
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Diana Zelvin THRIVE NOW Business Coaching
Diana Zelvin is a business coach, psychotherapist, and speaker who helps ambitious business owners and leaders break through the patterns holding them back and shatter plateaus, by combining real business strategy with o...
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