Melanie Spring, Chief Visionary of Confidancia She has over 20 years of experience helping others build their personal and professional brands, giving them the tools to show up and show off. Melanie is a dynamic international keynote speaker, leadership development expert, and speaker trainer who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and CEOs of household brand [...]

Kirk Brown is the CEO of HANDY, Inc., an organization dedicated to the education and betterment of marginalized and at-risk youth in South Florida. Brown has been with HANDY, Inc. since 2018 and is responsible for leading the $4M non-profit organization. Brown is a transformational leader that navigates diverse business challenges to power revenue gains [...]

Hank McLarty, Founder and CEO of Gratus Capital. His obsession with truly knowing his clients and their unique needs led him to start Gratus in 2005 and remains the firm's driving value. A thought leader in the industry, sought-after speaker, and recipient of numerous awards and accolades throughout his wealth management career, Hank has been [...]

As founder of MAD, MAD Studios, and MAD Arts and cofounder of MAD Dev and MAD Labs, Marc Aptakin has plenty of avenues to pursue his love of innovation, pushing boundaries, and creativity. He has taken a unique path to get where he is today, so he takes a unique approach to each challenge that arises, never settling for [...]

Robert Schoenberger, Director of transport logistic exhibitions at Messe München GmbH. He studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt – with stays in Buenos Aires and Atlanta – and earned his doctorate under Prof. Hans-Christian Pfohl. After stations in Bremen, Frankfurt and Augsburg, the “logistics networker” has been responsible for the two theme clusters of [...]

Amanda Montenez is an Assistant Director at Savills. She focuses on industrial and office tenant representation and can help with other commercial real estate requirements–dispositions, acquisitions, portfolio management, etc. She looks at real estate transactions from a financial and operational perspective. Her team has other services, including business incentives and site selection to provide a [...]

Jarett S. Levan is President and CEO of BBX Capital (OTC: BBXIA), a diversified investment and asset management company. The business of BBX Capital includes real estate ownership, direct acquisition and joint venture equity in real estate, specialty finance, and the acquisition of controlling and non-controlling investments in operating businesses, including its ownership in The [...]

Alon Bender is the CEO and founder for CLEER Security, a Miami based cybersecurity startup. Backed by industry leaders, CLEER Security offers a SAAS Cybersecurity solution to help SOC teams respond quicker to the alerts that needs their immediate attention. Prior to his current role, he spent 20 years as enterprise cybersecurity engineer working at [...]

Kristen Bomas, Life Mastery Guide at Kristen Bomas PA. She is a speaker, author, workshop facilitator, licensed psychotherapist, and the creator of The Sage's Template, a framework for the most anguished and complicated of relationships – the one between yourself and your universe. By recognizing life always ditches the original plan, her work reveals how [...]

Paola Isaac Baraya is working at Broward County – Office of Economic & Small Business Development as Economic Development Specialist – International Trade. She is a 2013 Recipient of the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT) “International Business Woman of the Year Award -Service Category”. Broward County is a diverse, vibrant, urban community with [...]

Dr. John Wensveen, is Chief Innovation Officer at Nova Southeastern University and Executive Director of the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation responsible for overseeing a multimillion-dollar public-private partnership to support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in Broward County and South Florida. John's higher education experience includes faculty and senior leadership positions at [...]

Glyn Hughes has been involved in Air Cargo for over 37 years having started his career with British Caledonian in the UK. He joined IATA in 1991 and become IATA’s Global Head of Cargo in June 2014, where he had overall responsibility to deliver the agenda agreed by the Cargo Committee to support the Air [...]

Lynare Robbins is the Director of the Global Chamber Miami Chapter. She is a veteran of the United States Navy and serves on the Florida Advisory Committee and Veterans for Smart Power for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, an organization which promotes bipartisan support for international development and diplomacy to strengthen national security and foreign [...]

Carol Aurich, Logistics/Manager/ Partner at Florida Storm Panel Supply, LLC. With a Bachelor's in International Business at FIU, Carol has worked and earned expertise in the hurricane protection industry over the last 20 years. She oversees the administration and logistics. Mario Callejas, General Manager/ Partner/ Architect. Mario has been in the hurricane protection industry for [...]

Jay Jiggins, CEO of Finesse Corporate Wellness. She was born and raised in London, England. She is a gym and hospitality management consultant, fitness expert, speaker, and entrepreneur. She has over 20 years in the fitness world and a significant background in the hospitality and real estate industry. She now specializes in curating unique guest [...]

Norman Katz is President of Katzscan Inc., a supply chain business operations and software consulting firm in South Florida founded in January 1996. Norman is a functional and technical expert in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and barcode labeling and scanning. Norman is a US national and international speaker (60+ presentations), [...]

Stanley Rigaud is the Vice-President of Economic Development of Miami-Dade Beacon Council. He is responsible for attracting job-generating business investments to the Miami community and maintaining active working knowledge of the economic trends of Miami-Dade County and the State of Florida. Mr. Rigaud leads Miami-Dade Beacon Council's Small Business Committee efforts in building inclusion into [...]

Gary M. Goldfarb is Chief Strategy Officer of Interport Group of Companies, a leading Supply Chain Management providing Foreign Trade Zones & Customs bonded warehousing, inventory control, Transportation, Distribution services and fulfillment and Duty Drawback expertise. With Interport, Gary has developed several key business units including "Compra Fora" Brasil Customs Clearance Center in Miami, GPS [...]

Paolo Bilotta, Owner of Curava Recycled Glass Surfaces Paolo Graduated from Phillips Academy (Andover, MA), B.S. from Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA), and an owner of 2 companies (Stone fabrication shop in NH and Curava) since 1998. Connect with Paolo on LinkedIn What You’ll Learn In This Episode The business environment is South Florida Combating [...]

Giselle Mascarenhas, COO at Latina Empire Born and raised on the south Texas border, Giselle Mascarenhas-Villareal makes her living as an entrepreneur. Her entrepreneurial journey began as a Nightclub owner from 2000 to 2009. That transitioned into doing the work of a publicist for several years for some high-profile individuals she met in her [...]

Carolina Veira, Director of Partnerships at CareMax, Inc. Carolina Veira is an award-winning executive, authentic leader, financial strategist and Diversity and Inclusion champion, with a passion for the advancement and empowerment of Hispanics, women, and other groups across various stages in their lives, and careers. She is an advocate for mental health, upward mobility, social [...]

Eric Coffie is the host of Govcon Giants, the #1 YouTube channel and podcast teaching federal procurement aka government contracting. His students are winning contracts every day around the world and are growing their microbusinesses into small businesses. Taking one person startup LLC's and landing them 6-figure contracts with the U.S. government. He has helped [...]

Jack McColl is a 27 year old entrepreneur that grew up in Washington state. He now lives in Miami, FL and has his own two 7-figure businesses, which he has helped build through business credit. About 13 months ago he was approved for his first business credit card and ever since then has been approved [...]

Delia Passi is CEO of Women’s Choice Award and a leading expert on marketing to women and advocate for women's heath. Former publisher of Working Woman and Working Mother magazines and current CEO and founder WomenCertified Inc and OKVERA.com. Connect with Delia on LinkedIn. What You’ll Learn in This Episode How Delia went from tragedy to [...]

Karen S. Dennis, President of KSD Public & Media Relations, is a freelance public and media relations specialist who focuses on promoting her clients through social and traditional media. Married to a doctor and as part of an extended medical family, Karen has honed her expertise in the healthcare vertical and focuses primarily on drafting content [...]