ChicagoSpeakers

Steve Gadlin appeared on Shark Tank with his stick figure cat drawing company I Want To Draw a Cat For You and partnered with Mark Cuban. He's the inventor of The Fart Pedal, the guitar pedal that turns your guitar noise...

Nick Sky is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Changed App, a Chicago-based fintech company helping people pay down debt and build stronger financial futures through automated, small-dollar savings and repayment tools. After ...

Dan Stelmach is the Founder and CRO of Changed, a fintech company dedicated to helping people reduce debt and build stronger financial futures. A Chicago native, Dan helped lead Changed’s growth following its appearanc...

Christine Aceron is a visionary leader with a career spanning tech, AI/ML, analytics, data science, marketing, operations, and finance. She brings over two decades of experience across a wide variety of industries. Organ...

I work as a fractional CFO, partnering with business owners to bring clarity to their finances and confidence to their decisions. My focus is on cash flow, profitability, and building financial systems that support long-...

Christina Callahan is an experienced Human Resources professional and current Human Resource Business Partner at Paychex, where she supports organizations in optimizing their people strategies and HR operations....

Katie Camacho-Smith is a business revenue growth leader with over 20 years of experience helping brands scale through digital marketing and emerging technology. She has held leadership roles at companies like TikTok, Ret...

Based in Chicago, Kevin is a worldwide leader on the Amazon Quick team. In this role, he works with customers to launch and scale new features and offerings from Amazon's AI assistant. Previously, Kevin served as Global ...

Zach Cohn is Sr. Manager, PSS, at RingCentral....

Katie Fernandez is an advertising professional with more than 15 years of experience helping businesses connect with consumers through effective media and advertising strategies. Throughout her career, Katie has worked a...

Adilene D'Addosio is the Founder & Managing Partner of Belen Partners, a Chicago-based firm seeking to acquire and operate one family business. She focuses on compliance-driven service companies that protect the envi...

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 Pill...

Tom Dever is the founder of Small Biz AI Advantage. He's been building businesses and helping small business owners grow for over 40 years. An engineer by training, Tom has a rare ability to cut through the noise of the ...

Sara Eberle is the Senior Director of Product at Comcast Business, leading product management and development for the Small Business Cybersecurity portfolio. She is focused on delivering the protection, simplicity, and v...

Christian Nascimento is Senior Vice President, Connectivity & Digital Customer Solutions for Comcast Business, where he leads strategy and product management across connectivity, cybersecurity, video, and digital sel...

A results-driven Senior Leader with over 15 years of experience in Digital Marketing Strategy, Operations and Sales. Toby has worked with hundreds of companies to develop strategic objectives that drive multi-million dol...

Steve Gordon is the founder of Million Dollar Author, where he and his team help ambitious entrepreneurs get more credibility, land more clients, and create “category of one” positioning using a bestselling book in 9...

She built a $100 million sales company. Now she teaches business owners to close clients without pitching. Jennifer Hines is the founder of Accelerated Sales & Leadership and the creator of The No-Pitch Sales Form...

Kaitlyn Hodges brings 10 years of dynamic experience in the marketing industry to her role as Vice President at Collective Alternative. With a proven track record of driving growth and innovation, Kaitlyn leads the marke...

R. Scott Hodges is an Executive Consultant with SD Hodges & Associates, Inc., providing fractional executive leadership and consulting services to small and medium businesses. Scott has a more than 40-year management...

Sharon Hodges is a seasoned Certified Public Accountant with over three decades of experience in the financial sector. At the helm of S.D. Hodges & Associates for 13 years, Sharon has been a pivotal figure in offerin...

Twenty years. Every industry. Every size company. Aimee Houde is a working director who leads the Recruiting Services practice at OneDigital | Resourcing Edge — supporting her team while partnering directly with small ...

The Lemon Ad Stand is a boutique creative agency founded and led by Digital Ready Subject Matter Experts Vanessa and Calvin Jackson. For over a decade, The Stand has delivered "big city talent with neighborly care". With...

The Lemon Ad Stand is a boutique creative agency founded and led by Digital Ready Subject Matter Experts Vanessa and Calvin Jackson. For over a decade, The Stand has delivered "big city talent with neighborly care". With...

Before coming to ESET, Matt spent most of his professional career working in various positions in IT ranging from Mainframe Systems Programming and Linux/UNIX Systems Administration to Network Engineering. Currently, he ...

Aravind Palakurissi is the Principal and Lead ERP Strategist at Phoenix Consulting Services LLC. With over 20 years of IT experience and an MS in Program Management from the University of Michigan, Aravind specializes in...

John Pohl has devoted the second half of his highly successful career to helping B2B companies significantly enhance their sales and profit growth and increase their new product success rates. His unique approach to driv...

Erin Ramirez is an Adaptability Strategist, organizational scientist, and founder of Real Change Studio. She helps leaders make clear decisions, adapt faster, and keep moving forward when plans shift, pressure rises, and...

Harley has over 25 years of experience in personal income tax, home-based budgeting, small business start-up activities, accounting and income tax issues. He serves clients in the real estate, construction, medical, food...

Miles Walker is a Vancouver based cybersecurity evangelist, award winning speaker, and Channel Development leader at Kaseya with over 15 years of international experience across London, Toronto, and North America. He is ...

Mindy helps businesses make sense of the biggest shift in online visibility in decades: AI-powered search. As a digital marketing strategist with WSI, she breaks down how customer behavior is changing, how AI chooses whi...