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Keynote Speakers

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Diana Mungu Program Manager, Small Business Partnerships & Education, Amazon

Diana Mungu is a Program Manager at Amazon where she develops and manages educational programing for entrepreneurs and small businesses to help them find success selling in Amazon's store. She began her journey at Amazon 2.5 years ago as a Sales Account Manager for the North America Seller Success & Recruitment team and later joined t...

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Dave Charest Director of Small Business Success, Constant Contact

Dave Charest is Director of Small Business Success at Constant Contact, the online marketing leader trusted by millions of small businesses. In his role, Dave acts as an educator and an advocate for small business leaders, marketing professionals, and nonprofits by providing them with practical marketing advice that can help them achieve ...

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Workshop Speakers

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Linda Hollander Sponsor Concierge

Linda Hollander has been featured by Inc. and Entrepreneur Magazines as the leading expert on corporate sponsorship. She is the author of book, Corporate Sponsorship in 3 Easy Steps. She is also the CEO of Sponsor Concie...

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Navonna Morrison OpenClassrooms

As Director of Workforce Development, my dedication lies in aiding businesses in overcoming their talent hurdles, whether it be addressing skills gaps, enhancing talent productivity, tackling shortages, or advancing DE&a...

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Lucius C. Davis III Franchise Tax Board

Lucius C. Davis III is the Small Business Liaison in the Taxpayers’ Rights Advocate’s Office. He assists with the development of small business education and outreach programs in order to help business owners better ...

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Jenna Fuentes OpenClassrooms

Jenna is an innovative, creative, and international community partnerships builder and project manager who is passionate about developing people as well as developing interdisciplinary systems and solutions for social im...

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Lucas Thomas RHM Real Financial Planning

Lucas Thomas has over a decade of experience in real estate, mortgages, and financial planning, specializing in building real estate portfolios and managing assets to help clients achieve financial independence. His expe...

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Ron Harris Financial Literacy Group

Ron Harris, MBA, MBE, Certified Financial Educator (CFEI), Author, Insurance Professional and CEO of Financial Literacy Group, LLC, was born in Los Angeles, CA. Ron earned a master's degree in global marketing and commun...

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James W. Johnson Lifetime Navigators

James Johnson, CLTC, is the President and Owner of All Mark Insurance Services and has been a business owner, a mentor, and an entrepreneur for over 40 years. His core belief is only when we are learning, are we growing....

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Jeffrey Mohlman Lifetime Navigators

Jeffrey Mohlman is a Certified Tax Specialist and Certified Estate and Trust Specialist based in Bradenton, Florida. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a B.S. in Agricultural Busin...

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Allison DeSantis is the Senior Director of Product Counsel at LegalZoom, where she leads legal guidance for technology solutions designed for small businesses. With a career rooted in public service, Allison previously s...

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Michael Clanin O.N.C.E. Business Strategies

Michael has over two decades of experience in the financial and insurance industry, specializing in tax-free wealth creation, lifetime income strategies, strategic business structures, retirement and legacy planning. A p...

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Susan Wolrab O.N.C.E. Business Strategies

Whether it’s for your personal wealth or business assets, protecting what you’ve built requires the right knowledge, resources, and careful strategic planning. Regardless of if you're growing your family legacy, prep...

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Ritu A 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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Kelly has been helping brands navigate the ever-changing world of marketing and advertising for years. Having seen plenty of “cutting-edge” solutions come and go, she knows what truly works to connect with customers....

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Yousef Farah is the Sales & Marketing Director at QLAN, an Orange County based Managed IT & Cybersecurity provider. He helps small and mid-sized businesses in construction, healthcare, finance, and professional s...

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Betsy has been helping businesses find their competitive edge for nearly two decades. As VP of Sales & Account Management at OfferUp, she focuses on helping local businesses market and sell more effectively, often ou...

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An early adopter, working with internet technologies and digital marketing since the mid-'90s, Stephen has extensive experience in creating effective digital campaigns by focusing on user experience and desired user beha...

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With over 20 years of technical expertise, Tony has held many roles in hardware, software, and systems engineering. His team developed Schlumberger’s first PC-based data analysis tool and he later went on to be IT Mana...

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John Borbone Supernal AI

John is an experienced leader in operations, strategy, and product management, with a track record of driving growth in high-tech environments. He is Head of Growth at Supernal AI, where he helps entrepreneurs and SMBs...

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Jeff Goering Diamond Client Group

Jeff Goering, CFP®, RICP®, CEPA®, ChSNC®, ChFC® began his career as a research scientist, and followed many of the “common” wealth-building paths. Over time, his curiosity led him to real estate investing, where...

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Vo Hoang is a Cybersecurity Specialist at Sophos, where he has been a key contributor for over three years. Vo partners closely with Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to deliver advanced cybersecurity solutions that safeg...

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Jason Bergquist is the Vice President of US Operations at RecycleMe, the consulting division of Reclay Group International. With over 35 years of expertise, Jason has led commercial and municipal waste divisions, materia...

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Krishna Kumar Zoho Corporation

Sales guy during the week, Motorcyclist during the weekends. Been in the sales for more than a decade working across multiple regions. Currently managing a handful of products in Zoho for the last 8 years....

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Ramon Ray Bitdefender

Ramon Ray is unapologetically positive and passionate about making the world a better place. Ramon's started 5 companies and sold three of them and is an in-demand expert on small business success. Ramon is Bitdefende...

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Koreen Pagano Rising Tide Cooperative

Koreen Pagano is a globally recognized leader with deep expertise in HR and learning technologies, skills strategy, AI, analytics, learning design, and immersive experiences. Koreen has held product leadership roles a...

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Kristi Broom Rising Tide Cooperative

Kristi Broom specializes in helping organizations align people, skills, and strategy to drive meaningful change. With over two decades of experience in skills development, change management, and leadership enablement, Kr...

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Shawn Forry Spectrum Reach

Shawn Forry is the National Creative Strategist and Lead National Producer/Director at Kernel, the internal creative agency for Spectrum Reach. He has a focused expertise in all phases of motion picture content productio...

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Christian Koziol has been a valued Mentor with SCORE Los Angeles for the past 7 years. His areas of expertise include government contracting, management and operations, product development, and technology....

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Amy Jimenez Backrush Digital

Amy Jimenez is the founder of Backrush Digital and creator of the Waveform Collective. Amy designs business systems that sync growth with the rhythms of the female body and neurodiverse energy cycles, helping women found...

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Carrie Williams RainShadow Coaching

As a certified professional coach and best-selling Amazon author, Carrie Williams works with individuals and businesses to help them get farther, faster. As a keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, and one-on-one coach, ...

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Jennifer Hines Accelerated Sales & Leadership

Jennifer Hines is the founder of Accelerated Sales & Leadership, Inc. (ASLI) and has spent more than two decades helping businesses of all sizes accelerate growth by building stronger sales teams and leadership. S...

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Twyla Garrett is a dynamic leader and the visionary Founder of The Impact League, an organization dedicated to propelling entrepreneurs towards sustainable growth and impactful success. With a distinguished career spanni...

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Xhelil Vukel BackdPayments

Xhelil “Jay” Vukel is President of BackdPayments, the B2B payments division of Backd Business Funding. With 13+ years working with small and medium-sized businesses across sales, marketing, product, finance, and oper...

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Vasa Martinez Drink Perfy

Vasa Martinez has over a decade of experience scaling some of America’s fastest-growing food and beverage brands. He founded Growthbuster in 2018, a remote CPG marketing agency ranked #15 on AdWeek’s Fastest-Growing ...

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Vital Pet Life, founded by Donie & Kyle Yamamoto in 2017, is a purpose-driven brand leveraging sustainability, third-party testing, and science-backed ingredients to create health and wellness products for pets. With...

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