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...
Read MoreTakicha Roundtree Verizon
Takicha & Warrick Roundtree are the powerhouse duo behind The Brand Amplifiers, a boutique agency helping small businesses and luxury brands clarify their message, elevate their presence, and scale with strategy. Known for their dynamic teaching style and real-world insight, the Roundtrees specialize in branding, marketing, CRM, and c...
Read MoreWarrick Roundtree Verizon
Takicha & Warrick Roundtree are the powerhouse duo behind The Brand Amplifiers, a boutique agency helping small businesses and luxury brands clarify their message, elevate their presence, and scale with strategy. Known for their dynamic teaching style and real-world insight, the Roundtrees specialize in branding, marketing, CRM, and c...
Read MoreNicole 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 — ...
Read MoreJuan Salinas CEO, Perfect Life Nutrition & Shark Tank Success Story
Dr. Juan Salinas is the founder and CEO of Perfect Life Nutrition Inc, the manufacturer of P-nuff Crunch Snacks, a Navy Bean and Peanut-based protein puff snack. A native of Honduras and now a resident of New Jersey, he holds a Masters and PhD in Food Science from Rutgers University, a Diploma in Sports Nutrition from the International Ol...
Read MoreVlad Smolyanskyy Co-Founder of Pinblock & Shark Tank Success Story
Vladislav (Vlad) Smolyanskyy is a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, Shark Tank veteran, and AI innovator whose journey took him from a teenage immigrant in Brooklyn with no contacts or capital to pitching his business on national television. At 18 he co-founded Pinblock: a modular STEM construction toy built around a patented pin-based system ...
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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 Pill...
Read MoreJuan Salinas CEO, Perfect Life Nutrition & Shark Tank Success Story
Dr. Juan Salinas is the founder and CEO of Perfect Life Nutrition Inc, the manufacturer of P-nuff Crunch Snacks, a Navy Bean and Peanut-based protein puff snack. A native of Honduras and now a resident of New Jersey, he ...
Read MoreVlad Smolyanskyy Co-Founder of Pinblock & Shark Tank Success Story
Vladislav (Vlad) Smolyanskyy is a Ukrainian-born entrepreneur, Shark Tank veteran, and AI innovator whose journey took him from a teenage immigrant in Brooklyn with no contacts or capital to pitching his business on nati...
Read MoreKamran Adil Cloudtech
Kamran Adil is the CEO of Cloudtech, a New York-based AWS Advanced Tier Partner helping small and mid-sized businesses adopt cloud and AI technology. With a team built primarily of former AWS professionals, Cloudtech has...
Read MoreBharat Bhate Cloudtech
Bharat is the Co-Founder of Cloudtech, where he works directly with small and mid-sized businesses to understand their challenges and build AI solutions tailored to how they actually operate. His vision is to bring innov...
Read MoreMark Albert Former CBS News Correspondent, Peabody & Emmy Award Winner, and Co-Founder of Media Mastery Experts
Mark Albert is the co-founder of the Media Mastery Experts brand and CEO of Media Advisory Experts, a Washington, DC-based consulting firm providing media training, crisis communications, earned media, storytelling and v...
Read MoreJohn Bates Leading TED Talk Coach (35+ TEDx Events) and Co-Founder of Media Mastery Experts
Media Mastery Experts co-founder John Bates’ driving purpose is simple yet profound: to uncover the brilliance within every individual and help it shine brightly in the world, creating a lasting impact. As a Leadershi...
Read MoreOzlem Aydin Internal Revenue Service
Ozlem Aydin began her IRS career more than 20 years ago as a Revenue Officer and spent a decade in Services Enforcement, including serving as a Supervisory Revenue Officer. She later transitioned to the Human Capital Off...
Read MoreMonika Dimitrova SiteGround
Monika Dimitrova has spent the last 10 years at SiteGround, where she leads growth marketing, business development, and new product launches. She cares about user experience, functional design, and technology that solves...
Read MoreChris Fairley Vetano
Chris Fairley is the founder and CEO of Vetano, a verification-first hiring platform where candidates apply with ID verification and video proof of skill instead of resumes. Vetano serves the businesses that keep America...
Read MoreKyle Green RingCentral
Kyle serves as AVP of SMB Acquisition at RingCentral, where he leads high-performing sales teams focused on driving new revenue growth. He has a strong track record of scaling acquisition engines across direct and partne...
Read MoreJason Guerrettaz Website Closers Franchise Company
Jason is the Co-Founder and Principal of Website Closers, the world’s largest Technology and Internet M&A firm for the SMB and Lower Middle Markets. Drawing on a background as an attorney, military officer, serial ...
Read MoreRon Matheson Website Closers Franchise Company
Ron has over two decades of experience in buying and selling online companies. He is a pioneer in the industry and for several years was affiliated with the largest business brokerage in the world. Consistently in the To...
Read MoreNatalie Hirsch Amazon Web Services
Natalie Hirsch knows small business from the inside out. Before joining Amazon, she founded and ran two small businesses where she wore every hat from sales and marketing to operations and accounting. She was also employ...
Read MoreHanzala Inayat TDCcommerce.com
With over 20 years of experience in eCommerce and business technology, I have helped build and scale digital commerce operations from the ground up. As the CTO of Medicaleshop.com, I experienced firsthand the challenges ...
Read MoreChristopher Kingston is a Program Manager at HP Inc. with over a decade of experience driving strategic programs, partner initiatives, and business growth. Throughout his tenure at HP, he has led scalable solutions that ...
Read MoreJon Klipstein is a Strategic Alliance Partnerships professional focused on building strong partner relationships, driving business growth, and delivering value through collaborative solutions....
Read MoreLeo Laskin AI Find My Business
Leo Laskin co-founded AI Find My Business to help small businesses understand how AI search engines describe them. After more than two decades in engineering and technical sales, Leo studies how AI reads business website...
Read MoreMelissa Leal Textellent
Melissa Leal is a Strategic Accounts Advisor at Textellent, a business texting platform that helps companies handle marketing, appointment reminders, lead response, and two way customer conversations. She has been with T...
Read MoreMarc 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...
Read MoreBrittany Longenbach GroundTruth
Brittany Longenbach, Senior Customer Growth Advisor at GroundTruth, helps small to mid-sized businesses and agencies turn marketing strategies into real-world results. With 15+ years in marketing and advertising, Brittan...
Read MoreJustin McCloskey Rodriguez-McCloskey PLLC
Justin Benjamin McCloskey is a Partner at New York-based Rodriguez-McCloskey PLLC, practicing commercial litigation, dispute resolution, and strategic counseling for domestic and international clients. He combines rigoro...
Read MoreYenisey Rodriguez-McCloskey Rodriguez-McCloskey PLLC
Yenisey Rodriguez-McCloskey, Esq. is the Founder and Managing Attorney of Brooklyn-based Rodriguez-McCloskey PLLC. With over 25 years of dynamic legal experience, she advises businesses—including those in the construct...
Read MoreYusef 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...
Read MoreMatthew Petmecky Nunify
With 16+ years in technology sales and leadership, including Dell and Nunify, Matthew now helps organizations use event technology to create memorable experiences, build stronger relationships, and turn those connections...
Read MoreFelipe Salinas Houston
Felipe Salinas is the founder and CEO of Houston, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence startup that enables companies to create AI agents without coding. Backed by leading funds in the region, Houston helps team...
Read MoreJoe Santiago Adobe
As a Senior Acrobat Evangelist at Adobe, Joe Santiago is on a mission to help you master your digital workflow in a way that's both practical and fun. He operates on a simple principle: technology should enhance the way ...
Read MoreMelissa Sierra Focal Point Coaching
Melissa Sierra is a business strategist, executive advisor, and leadership coach with two decades of experience guiding founders and executives through complex growth. She works with business owners who are succeeding by...
Read MoreEvan Stein CMIT Solutions
Evan Stein is the owner & CEO of CMIT Solutions of Wall Street & Grand Central; co-owner of CMIT Solutions of Tribeca and CMIT Solutions of Brooklyn North, where he helps business owners turn technology from a ch...
Read MoreTimmy van Vonno II 20fourVA
Karl “Timmy” VanVonno II is an operations and growth leader with a background in civil engineering, large-scale construction, and investment real estate. He began his career on major commercial projects with Clark Co...
Read MoreAlakh Verma Bcentriqe.ai
Alakh Verma is a highly sought-after global authority on artificial intelligence, digital transformation, and business agility. With more than 20–25 years of experience spanning product leadership at Oracle and Microso...
Read MoreChristopher Ward United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Chris Ward grew up in New York City and started his contracting career with the Veteran’s Administration in 2008. He has been with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) since 2022. During his federal co...
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