Keynote Speakers

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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Precious Williams Shark Tank Success Story & CEO, The Perfect Pitch Group
Precious L. Williams, proud Founder and CEO of the Perfect Pitch Group, is a 13-time national elevator pitch champion, 5x #1 bestselling author, and international professional speaker. Besides training entrepreneurs, business leaders, and professionals, she is also a TOP Fortune 100 corporate sales trainer, teaching them how to take th...
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Kasturi Mudulodu President of Commerce, GoDaddy
Kasturi Mudulodu leads GoDaddy's commerce division, focusing on empowering entrepreneurs with robust ecommerce platforms and innovative point-of-sale systems. These solutions, coupled with competitive payment processing services, are designed to help businesses succeed online and offline, aligning with GoDaddy's commitment to comprehensiv...
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Workshop Speakers

Tamika Franklyn Precision Franchise
Tamika is a seasoned franchise consultant with over a decade of experience in sales, business development, and franchising. She specializes in guiding aspiring entrepreneurs through the complex world of franchising, help...
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CJ Whisnant FYSI
CJ Whisnant IV, Esq- is a California-barred attorney specializing in tax law, with extensive experience in business entity structuring, asset protection, and cryptocurrency-related legal matters. He advises clients on co...
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Gavin George FYSI
Is a Tax and Legal practitioner, a member of the American Bar Association as a Paralegal with Certifications from the Department of Treasury to resolve complicated Tax problems and avoid future issues. He also has a back...
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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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Laura Anaya OpenClassrooms
Laura Anaya is a Senior Account Executive focused on scaling apprenticeships in tech and marketing. She bridges employers, community partners, and stakeholders to drive workforce development. With expertise in operations...
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Mark L. Stone Sales Tax Defense
Mark L. Stone is the Managing Partner of Sales Tax Defense LLC since 2006. The firm specializes in Sales and Use Taxes. Mark's work as a New York State tax auditor as well as a Tax Manager/Principle at several prominent ...
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Lauren Kaplan Growth Ops Advisory
Lauren Kaplan is the founder of Growth Ops Advisory, a consultancy that helps $5M–$50M businesses fix the people and performance problems that stall growth. Drawing on her experience as a COO, business strategist, and ...
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Zoe Schlag Common Trust
Zoe is a seasoned investor, published author, and award-winning entrepreneur focused on succession solutions that preserve business legacies through employee ownership. With deep experience in investing and innovative ow...
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Tatiana Williams Internal Revenue Service
Tatiana Williams works for the IRS in the Communications and Liaison Division as a Senior Stakeholder Liaison in New York, New York. As a Stakeholder Liaison, she collaborates, informs, and communicates priority outreach...
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David Sachakov BH Cyber
David Sachakov is the Founder and CEO of BH Cyber, a company focused on making cybersecurity secure, seamless, and simple for growing businesses. A serial entrepreneur with a passion for solving real-world problems, Davi...
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Man-Li Lin U.S. Small Business Administration
Ms. Man-Li Lin is Economic Development Specialist at the U.S. Small Business Administration Metro New York District Office. She also serves in district roles as International Trade Officer. Prior to joining SBA, Manli...
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Deidre Hudson YELL Payment
Deidre Hudson is a Fintech & Payments Growth Leader. She's an innovative fintech and payments marketing executive with 25+ years of experience driving customer acquisition, revenue growth, and market expansion across...
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Ted Kantor A Neumann & Associates
Ted Kantor is a seasoned senior executive with over 30 years of experience across multiple industries including food & beverage, retail, logistics, software development, and e-commerce. Ted has extensive senior level...
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Gary Herviou A Neumann & Associates
Gary Herviou brings more than 25 years of business and management experience from the Graphics and Marketing Industry. As creative leader of his own Corporate Communications company, Gary has successfully maintained a cl...
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Achim Neumann A Neumann & Associates
Achim Neumann, President, formed the company in early 2003 with focus on the mid-sized business Mergers & Acquisitions market. As Founder of the firm, Achim Neumann brings more than 25 years of business and managemen...
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Yatheesh Raj Zoho
Yatheesh Raj is a Marketing Manager at Zoho Corporation with eight years of experience in B2B SaaS product marketing and customer experience. Currently, he heads the marketing initiatives for Bigin and specializes in go-...
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Marc Lescarret Marc Alan Wealth Management
With a history of research, not sales, Marc Lescarret is on a mission to educate you on mitigating capital gains taxes and taxable distributions without costly insurance or low-yielding municipal securities. Marc is a...
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Danny Williams Growegy
Danny Williams is a co-founder and executive for Growegy, leading growth initiatives, marketing, and partnerships. The first half of his career was spent in marketing with medium and large fintech companies in Silicon Va...
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Carol Fraser C4 Talent
With a career spanning the globe, Carol has worked with businesses of all sizes and industries, from small startups to multinational corporations. Her expertise in human resources encompasses a wide range of sectors, inc...
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Tushneem Dharmagadda HubEngage
Tushneem Dharmagadda is the CEO and Founder of HubEngage, the first fully-gamified employee engagement platform helping small businesses retain talent, boost productivity, and build stronger cultures using AI. A seasoned...
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Marie Incontrera Incontrera Consulting
Marie Incontrera is the founder of Incontrera Consulting and The Growth Speak Agency. Marie Incontrera is the CEO and Founder of Incontrera Consulting, a digital marketing and thought leadership consulting agency; author...
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Jackson Elliott Duffy + Boyd
Jack has spent 25+ years helping organizations untangle workflow breakdowns, fix execution gaps, and build systems that scale. His background spans creative production, program management, and operational strategy—b...
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Bhuva Shakti Bhuva's Impact Global
Bhuva Shakti is a technology consultant passionate about building software and cutting costs for startups and corporations. A former Wall Street executive with 30 years of experience, she led digital transformation and p...
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Zeya Ottomone Rimini Street
Mr. Ottomone serves as Vice President, SaaS Centers of Excellence. In this role, he is responsible for the successful execution of all Salesforce®, ServiceNow® and other SaaS client engagements, professional services, ...
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Nicole McCullum Verizon
A 2x Entrepreneur, Speaker and Digital Marketing Strategist, Nicole McCullum has been at the forefront of internet marketing for over a decade helping businesses leverage the internet to grow. Nicole's proven strategies ...
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Diana Zelvin THRIVE NOW Business Coaching
Diana Zelvin is a Business Coach, Psychotherapist, Speaker, and Badass Connector who helps professionals build profitable businesses doing the work they love. For 30 years, she has empowered hundreds of professionals to ...
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Howard Becker The Business Council of New York State
After a 25-year career working for local, state, and federal politicians, Howard has spent the last twelve years as Vice President of Membership for New York State’s award-winning Chamber of Commerce and State Manufact...
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Ariana Smith The A.C. Smith Law Firm, PLLC
Ariana C. Smith, Esq. is the founder and principal attorney of The A.C. Smith Law Firm, PLLC where she provides trademark, copyright, contract and business entity formation services to small businesses and entrepreneurs....
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