Derek Gallimore is a serial entrepreneur who has experienced the fullest highs and lows of the entrepreneurial roller coaster.  He has built multimillion-dollar property portfolios, has bootstrapped a 20 million dollar business and has seen it all come crumbling down.     Derek has lived and worked in five countries and travelled through dozens more.  He has embodied remote, online and international work since 2008 - well before the phrases were even coined.   Derek has been...

Peter is an entrepreneurial-minded leader who leverages the power of internal and external relationships to accelerate growth within emerging and high-potential companies that have powerful intellectual property. His accomplishments include start-ups, turnarounds, and M&A (in the b2b services sector)—with results driven by practical strategy, focused execution, and a disciplined method of cost control. He has over twenty years of experience and has worked with a variety of thought...

ark Deutschmann is an entrepreneur, CEO, author and community builder who has worked with neighbors, city leaders and nonprofits for 30-plus years while helping shape development in Nashville and revitalizing the city’s most sought-after neighborhoods.   Mark started selling real estate in 1986 and founded Village Real Estate Services in 1996, which now employs more than 350 agents and staff. In 2003, he started Core Development Services, a company actively developing Nashville’s urban...

AJ Wilcox is a LinkedIn Ads pro who founded B2Linked.com, a LinkedIn Ads-specific ad agency, in 2014. As official LinkedIn partners, they manage among the world’s most sophisticated advertising accounts worldwide. He's a ginger & triathlete. He & his wife live in Utah, with their 4 kids, and his company car is a wicked-fast gokart.

Dr. Ronit Molko is the founder and principal of Empowering Synergy. Recognized as a thought leader and subject matter expert in autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities and behavioral healthcare, she is a dynamic senior executive, entrepreneur and strategist.   In 2001, Dr. Molko cofounded Autism Spectrum Therapies Inc. (AST), which grew into a highly respected, multi-state provider of services for individuals on the autism spectrum. In 2014, she sold her company to a private...

After growing one of his first PPC clients from 25 to 250 employees, Jacob realized he had a gift for using pay-per-click marketing to drive dramatic business results. To help more companies succeed online, Jake founded Disruptive Advertising, a PPC, and CRO management agency that has helped hundreds of companies realize unprecedented growth and profitability from the online advertising.   In the four years since its founding, Disruptive Advertising has grown from two employees working in...

Carl Gould is a business growth expert who advises organizations to get to the next level. He is an entrepreneur who built three multi-million dollar businesses by age 40. His consulting firm has mentioned the launch of over five thousand businesses in 35 countries, and his team of mentor coaches have conducted over 75,000 sessions with entrepreneurs and executives worldwide. He has advised over 100 of the Inc. 500/500 Fastest-Growing Companies.     Carl has written seven books on the...

Dr. Klauer is a lifelong resident of Granger, Indiana. He pursued his Bachelor of Science degree at Notre Dame University and later earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery at Ohio State University. His passion is educating his patients and giving them the tools to live healthier lives, often independent of medications and quick fixes. Since 2013, Dr. Klauer chose to limit his practice, TMJ & Sleep Therapy Centre of Northern Indiana, to treating patients with craniofacial pain, TMD, and sleep...

As graduate of  the University of California’s School of Dentistry, Dr. Patel is a leader in the movement to bring environmental health and well-being into the dental world. Dr. Patel has been in practice for 13 years. She believes in providing her patients with more than just world-class dental care. She also helps patients recognize the vital connection between dental health and whole body health.   From the spa like comforts to high-tech non-invasive treatments, every aspect of her...

Over the past 27 years, Randy Nelson built and eventually sold two successful businesses which have produced over $1 billion in sales. He is currently the CEO of Gold Dolphins, LLC, a coaching, speaking and consulting firm for entrepreneurial leaders and their leadership teams. Randy is a founding member of the Raleigh, NC chapter of the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO). He has been a member of Vistage since 2004, and has attended the EO Birthing of Giants and EO Advanced Business Program at...

Peter Horst is a Fortune 500 CMO, having led marketing teams at Hershey, Capital One, TD Ameritrade and others. He’s built and managed some of the world’s most iconic brands and marketing campaigns. Peter now leads CMO Inc, a marketing consultancy, where he advises companies on brand and marketing strategy. He’s also a Forbes contributor, highly-rated keynote speaker and author of the book Marketing in the Fake News Era.

Ben is a seasoned finance and investment professional with 15 years of experience ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. He is the founder of First Water, a Relational Finance firm providing finance function transformation and capital solutions to small and midsize businesses (SMBs) and private equity portfolio companies. Since inception, First Water has partnered with dozens of companies, private equity firms, credit funds, and family offices to drive better business visibility,...

Denise Walsh has helped over a million people find their purpose and fulfill on their God-given destiny. She started her career by working with families at a local mental health agency as a clinical psychologist, and has continued on to use her talents with It Works Global to build a large team of motivated, positive, and enthusiastic business owners. Her impact as a leader in the direct selling industry as a top income earner with It Works has given her a unique insight on what drives people...

Dr. Joseph S. Galati, a native of Long Island, New York, was raised in a family where good nutrition and family were ways of life. Today, his practice, Liver Specialists of Texas and the Metabolic and Fatty Liver Center, is devoted to the care of patients with all facets of liver diseases, obesity, fatty liver, and nutrition-related disorders.   Dr. Galati has been involved in clinical research in liver disease for the past thirty years, conducting studies in viral hepatitis and...

Larry Miles is a Principal of AdvicePeriod, a firm whose mission is to reinvent wealth management. His primary focus is providing strategic leadership for growth and profitability, while driving and maintaining a culture of excellence.   Over a nearly two decade career, Larry has developed a wealth of leadership and business development experience. His teams have won “#1 Best Place to Work in Los Angeles” two different years at two different companies—the only leader to ever accomplish...

Kevin G. Armstrong is an author, speaker, business advisor, disruptor and authority in implementing simple, proven management solutions – but simple doesn’t mean easy. In his diverse and accomplished career, he has taught at the high school and college levels, owned and sold small businesses, been an investment firm top seller, and worked in management as a VP at the corporate level, overseeing agencies throughout North America. Kevin has decades of experience helping business owners—from...

Tarek Morshed is an expert on all things Austin, Texas. He is known for impactfully navigating business leaders, entrepreneurs and creatives through the city’s rapidly changing real estate market – as well as its cultural scene – as a Platinum Top 50 Realtor and purpose-driven entrepreneur.   One of Sotheby’s market leaders in Austin, Morshed represents clients buying and selling premiere residential real estate in Central Texas. A resident of Austin for over 20 years, he bought his first...

E-K title: Founder, President, and Managing Partner J. Eduardo is a seasoned strategist who designs sustainable solutions by building bridges across diverse groups. After creating business growth opportunities on four continents through his leadership roles at PwC, Embraer, and Bell Canada, he spent thirteen years at Microsoft, first as a cybersecurity advisor, then leading innovative Microsoft projects at the highest levels of government in the US and abroad. Today, J. Eduardo is realizing...

Jason Treu (Troy) is an executive coach who works with executives, managers, and their teams (along with startups) to maximize their leadership potential and performance, and build and execute their career blueprint. He's the best-selling author of Social Wealth, a how-to-guide on building extraordinary business relationships. He was a featured speaker at TEDxWilmington 2017, where he debuted his breakthrough team building game Cards Against Mundanity. Finally, he is the host of the...

Shila Morris worked her way up after her parents put it all on the line to purchase the Squeeze In restaurant in Truckee, CA. With a passion for education, she turned a once struggling business into 5 family owned locations and a rapidly expanding multi-million dollar franchise company. A John C. Maxwell certified speaker, trainer, and coach, she continues to grow Squeeze In in her role as President while consulting with independent restaurant owners to begin, build, and grow their own...

Geoff Colvin is an award-winning thinker, author, broadcaster, and speaker on today's most significant trends in business. As a longtime editor and columnist for FORTUNE, he has become one of America's sharpest and most respected commentators on leadership, globalization, wealth creation, the infotech revolution, and related issues.   Geoff’s latest book is Humans Are Underrated: What High Achievers Know That Brilliant Machines Never Will. The New York Times calls it “profound.” His...

Sterling Staffing Solutions, headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, and founded in 2011, staffs more than 800 physical, occupational and speech licensed therapists, nurses and medical social workers throughout Texas and Oklahoma. It has twice won the Gold Stevie Award in the category of Minority Owned Business from The American Business Awards in 2017 and 2018. It also won the Gold Stevie Award in the category of Veteran Owned Business in 2018. The business has been named to the Inc. 2017 5000...

Dr. Tim Thayne is pioneering the movement to eliminate relapse.  After receiving his Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Virginia Tech, he spent the last 25+ years creating coaching models for organizations, owning adolescent treatment programs, and working with families around the world in their homes.  His team’s solution focused approach has led to the development a proven model that supports young people in maintaining the successes and progress found in treatment. His book Not by...

Scott Beebe is the Founder and Head Coach of MyBusinessOnPurpose.com, and the host of the Business On Purpose podcast.  Scott and the Business On Purpose team liberate Small Business owners from the chaos of working IN their business and help them get their lives back by articulating and implementing intentional Vision/Mission/Values, Systems and Processes.

After more than 25 years in the corporate world as a professional trainer, supervisor and director, Jim Rowell turned his knowledge to the world of leadership fitness. As the CEO and co-founder of Rising Sun Consultants, LLC, Jim assists clients in building the health and well-being of their organizational cultures. Drawing from a personal passion toward the development of thoughtful leadership practices, he works with executives, leaders, supervisors and their teams to: Increase productivity...