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Keynote Speakers

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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 Pillars framework — Business Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Capital Intelligence, and Well-Being Intelligence — ...

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Eugenia Chen Shark Tank Success Story

Eugenia Chen is the founder of Pandaloon, the pet apparel brand and Shark Tank winner who closed a deal with Daymond John. Pandaloon started as a homemade costume for her dog, went viral and grew into a brand with a global audience, including features on Good Morning America, Nat Geo Wild, and Netflix. It was built on organic content she ...

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Nic Lamb Shark Tank Success Story

Nic Lamb is a professional big-wave surfer, entrepreneur, and founder of IceBeanie⁠, the #1 Doctor Recommended Cold Therapy Relief Brand. Featured on Shark Tank and backed by investor Mark Cuban, Nic has built IceBeanie into a nationally recognized wellness brand focused on natural, drug-free recovery and performance....

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Workshop Speakers

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Arthur (Art) Chan is a Senior Solutions Architect on the WWSO Generative AI team at Amazon Web Services, focused on Amazon Quick. Based in Mountain View, CA, he combines deep technical expertise in agentic and generative...

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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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Sara Eberle Comcast Business

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...

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Christian Nascimento Comcast Business

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...

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Kristin Ginn trnsfrmAItn

Kristin Ginn is the founder of trnsfrmAItn, a consultancy co-founded with AI and dedicated to helping organizations unlock the full potential of AI with a human-first approach that focuses on people, culture, and adoptio...

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Steve Gordon Million Dollar Author

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...

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Jourdan Guyton is the Founder and CEO of Vera Jean Media, a consultancy that partners with Fortune 500 companies and national organizations to design and deliver programs that help small businesses thrive. She has led in...

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Sturdy McKee Sturdy Coaching

Sturdy McKee spent 20 years as a Physical Therapy Practice Owner, building San Francisco Sport and Spine Physical Therapy into six locations and over 45 staff, learning to run the whole operation in as little as 6 hours ...

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Heidi Reynaud OneDigital

Fifteen-plus years. Leaders placed. Coast to coast. Heidi Reynaud is an executive recruiter at OneDigital | Resourcing Edge, partnering directly with small business owners on senior and leadership hires — from operatio...

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Dory Schrader is a marketing leader, entrepreneur, and educator with more than 20 years of experience helping organizations grow through clear strategy, focused execution, and customer-centered marketing. She has led int...

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Zainulabedin Shah is a distinguished leader with over 20 years of experience in data strategy, analytics, and artificial intelligence, making significant strides in transforming businesses across various industries. With...

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VR Small Veteran Women's Enterprise Center (VWEC)

VR Small is the visionary Founder and CEO of the Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC), a groundbreaking national initiative that empowers women entrepreneurs associated with the military to successfully scale susta...

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Ritu Arora 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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Abbos Utkirov BrightBridge

Dr. Abbos Utkirov is the Founder and CEO of BrightBridge, an AI-powered recruitment and career platform that helps organizations connect talent with opportunity. He is a Lecturer in Management at MDIST and TEAM Universit...

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Carol Xie Internal Revenue Service

Carol Xie has been a vital member of the IRS Tax Outreach Partnership & Education (TOPE) Branch for over three years. With a keen focus on effective communication and relationship-building, Carol serves as a liaison ...

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