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Keynote Speakers

Brian Smith Founder, UGG

Brian is Australian born and was raised with an enduring passion for surfing and the surf culture. In his youth, he enjoyed the epic waves on both coasts of his home country. He was educated at the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia, where he received his first of many business credentials. After ten years as a public accountant, Brian felt a burning desire to do something that would fit his passion for surfing while looking for a business idea that would allow him to support himself. He turned in his resignation notice, ...

Terry Rice Speaker & Writer, Entrepreneur Magazine

Terry Rice is a high-performance coach to entrepreneurs, keynote speaker and staff writer at Entrepreneur magazine. He's also the host of Elevate + Expand, a top-ranked podcast where small business owners can find the community, guidance, and accountability needed to grow a successful business. 

Prior to becoming a creator-entrepreneur, Terry’s previous experience includes internal consulting roles at Adobe and M...

Steve Rozenberg Author & Real Estate Investor

Steve Rozenberg is an accomplished international commercial airline pilot who, following the tragic events of 9/11, realized that his once “safe and secure” career was far from stable. Instead, he turned to real estate investing, determined to take control of his own destiny and create generational wealth. With this newfound passion, Steve established the fastest-growing property management company in Texas, which at one point oversees over 1,000 properties across three major metropolitan cities. By maximizing cash flow a...

workshop Speakers

Christine FootitInternal Revenue Service

Chris Footit has been with the IRS for 32 years. She is the Branch Chief for the Tax Outreach, Partnership and Education branch in Communications & Liaison. Prior to her current position, she was a Revenue Officer in...

Joseph MeuseBusiness GPS, LLC

A serial entrepreneur over the past 30 years, Mr. Meuse has started and built over a dozen successful businesses and in the process has also helped thousands of other US companies execute on their business plans. Sectors...

Marie RetanaRetanaco Accounting, LLC

Marie Retana is an exceptional accounting professional, graduating summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University in 2012. With a distinguished career at renowned f...

Victor RetanaRetanaco Accounting, LLC

Victor Retana is a highly accomplished civil engineer, with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of South Florida. He gained valuable experience through internships, collaborating with developer...

Dan MorrisMindracer Consulting

Dan Morris is Managing Partner at Mindracer. Business Owners go to Mindracer to achieve a transformation from founder-led sales to an exit-ready business driven by a commercial sales and marketing team. Mindracer was awa...

Phil LamFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network

Phil Lam leads the effort to enhance transparency of corporate ownership for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. FinCEN safeguards the U.S. financial system...

Laura BowersThe PMO Boss

Laura Bowers is a seasoned leader with more than two decades of experience in guiding teams and spearheading projects. Drawing from both the best, and worst, industry practices, Laura leveraged her expertise to establish...

Wendy AustinWSI Healthy Digital Solutions

Wendy Austin: Marketing with Impact Wendy Austin is a digital marketing innovator with a mission: to help businesses achieve success while making a positive impact on the world. Her career in healthcare marketing whil...

Chris EvansEazyDI

Chris Evans has extensive management, technical, consulting and customer service skills. He provides hands-on expertise in project leadership and the digital transformation space. Also, proven success in identifying new ...

Aaron FriedmanGuideposts.io

Aaron combines expertise in tech manufacturing, startups, and acquisitions. From El Paso, he honed mechanical skills in his grandfather's machine shop. He founded and sold tech companies in Japan and Australia, engaged i...

Allen WangCrestify Studio & Precision Label

Allen Wang, President of Crestify Studio and Founder of Happy Olly, has made his mark in the packaging industry, developing packaging for household brands such as L'Oreal Paris, Schick, Playtex, and Banana Boat. He was r...

Michael LetschinBrevo

Michael Letschin is Brevo's VP of Product and Solutions Marketing, where he combines his 20+ years of technical expertise as a former administrator and IT Director with his experience as a Field CTO. He has an MBA from M...

Geovanny CuevasWells Fargo

I am Geovanny Cuevas, Vice President, serving as a Branch Manager for the Union Square Branch in Lower Manhattan. My objective is to lead my team to help them cultivate relationships with business owners in the community...

Mike HeronimePositive Brand

As the president and executive director of creative solutions for Positive Brand, Mike Heronime has helped companies and organizations large and small from Fortune 500 companies and non-pro...

Luz GonzalezEQ Refined

Luz is a seasoned Consultant, Coach, Trainer, and Professional Development expert with a specialized focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). She is dedicated to empowering organizations in constructing high-perf...

Jamilla PhillipThe Business Gym

Jamilla Phillip is a Psychotherapist by day, business owner by night. She is the Founder and CEO of three thriving businesses, including The Business Gym, an online resource for entrepreneurs. Her expertise spans over a ...

Bernard RamchatesinghiFranchise Group

Bernard Ramchatesingh’s career includes over 18 years of franchise management expertise across fast-paced QSR and service environments. He is a creative problem solver with a history of d...

Jeremy SchultzCloudtech

Jeremy Schultz is the Vice President of Global Delivery at Cloudtech, where he leads the implementation of data management solutions. He has been a professional services leader for more than a decade across the technolog...

Wendy RichmondResults Matter Marketing

Wendy Susan Richmond is the CEO of Results Matter Marketing, specializing in small business and artificial intelligence (AI) marketing. With over 13 years of experience as a Marketing Director for several multi-million d...

Jim LekovichIron Mountain

Jim Lekovich is a Senior Marketing Manager at Iron Mountain, where he works to support customers in transforming their information management efforts in order to adapt to a constantly changing business environment. Jim h...

Kenneth BrennemanMain Street Bond

Kenneth was born in Cheyenne, WY, and came of age in Riverton, Wyoming. He has founded and sold several businesses, also serving as a leader to several companies during mergers and acquisitions and as a strategy consulta...

Scott BennettBoardroomIQ

Scott Bennett, a seasoned entrepreneur based in Manhattan, brings a wealth of experience to the table with his 35-year track record in growing his family business from a single plant to three plants and a frozen distribu...

Thomas ArndtBoardroomIQ

Thomas Arndt leads the technology and platform development teams at BoardroomIQ. He began his career in the social sciences as a researcher and professor, before pivoting toward specialized consulting work in artificial ...

SuryaBigin by Zoho CRM

Surya is an experienced Customer Onboarding leader with over 10 years of experience in the SaaS industry. He currently heads the onboarding and implementation programs for Zoho's customer experience suite of products. Ou...

Rob RippFintelligent

Rob Ripp began his career learning the ways of corporate financial operations while working at ColgatePalmolive, Lehman Brothers and Andersen. In 1999 Rob accepted his first full-time CFO job. In 2003 he became an indepe...