Our Speakers
James Beck
Author
James Beck is a relationship-building expert, Structural Integration Therapist, creator of Beck Balance Wellness Workshops, speaker, author, and founder of Give Beck, teaching people how to transform relationships through kindness and service to others. He demonstrates just how powerful one act of ...
Heidi Torres
Author
Heidi learned at an early age how to build connections and pursued a career in sales. She progressed from being a successful salesperson to leading and engaging bigger and bigger sales teams that spanned three states. Writing"The CEOs of Networking: Connecting, Engaging, & the Opportunities to Serv...
Tracy Timm
Author
Tracy Timm is the founder of The Nth Degree® Career Academy, the proven career clarity system that helps high-potential professionals discover, define, and drive careers they love. She has a degree in behavioral psychology from Yale University and studied design thinking with the founder of the d....
Kirsty Anne Ferguson
Author
Kirsty Anne Ferguson runs a global interview coaching business ‘www.interviewchix.com' a dedicated interview success hub providing interview skills courses and coaching - from "Application to Outfit - Interview to Offer" and supporting Small to Medium Business to 'Hire Right'....
Deborah Hartung
Author
Deborah Hartung is a consultant, coach, author and speaker, and the founder of Pivot PeopleTech. She loves helping entrepreneurs find their unique voice and leadership style in order to empower them to create amazing places where people truly want to work. She has spent the majority of her career i...
Carla D. Bass, Colonel, USAF (Ret)
Author
Carla D. Bass, Colonel, USAF (Ret), offers a variety of highly acclaimed workshops based on her multiple award-winning book "Write to Influence!"... second edition published in Jun 2019. Adjunct instructor for the National Intelligence University, she's also given workshops for corporate clients, ...
Jan Makela
Coach
I lead a group that put over 650 people in our organization through Strengthfinder and I know not only how well it can work and the tangible results, In addition, I know the problems that can arise when Strengths are implemented without clear communication. ...
Mark Demos
Coach
If you are looking for to move forward in your life and professional life and need an expert to coach you in the following issues: Clarity, Decisions Making, Leadership Development, Trusted Confidential Advisor, Strategic Ideas and Options, Legacy, Stress Management, and Life Ballance, then I am you...
LIza Wisner
Coach
Kenyan-born Liza Mucheru Wisner is an award-winning television personality serving her community as the learning and organizational development manager for the City of Corpus Christi....
Pete Smith
Author
Pete Smith is a top-ranked international speaker and personal development coach. He is known to deliver advice that is both inspirational and practical. In other words, it’s actually useful. He is among the top 1% of the most unique people in the world, primarily because he is a redhead with blue...
Brian Fethersonhaugh
Author
For 12 years, Brian was Global Chief Executive Officer of OgilvyOne, the digital marketing arm of The Ogilvy Group. During this time OgilvyOne was named top Customer Engagement Agency by Forrester....
Laurie Ruettimann
Author
Laurie Ruettimann is a former human resources leader turned writer, entrepreneur, and speaker. CNN recognized her as one of the top five career advisers in the United States, and her work has been featured on NPR, The New Yorker, USA Today, ...
Nick Shelton
Author
Nick Shelton, is a best-selling author (An Introvert's Guide To World Domination), speaker, and coach for introverted career professionals. He's been fine-tuning high-level social strategy and networking for twenty years....
Natalie Janji
Natalie Marie Janji is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, CA with a B.S. in Chemistry and a passion for helping others succeed....
Lukas Krause
Lukas Krause is driven by a relentless desire to learn, grow, and help others achieve their potential. You will learn how to chase your dream while earning a buck!...
Kristin Sherry
Author
Kristin A. Sherry is a bestselling and award-winning author, globally recognized career expert, and creator of the YouMap® profile which won a 2020 Career Innovator Award....
Kris Holmes
Author
Kris Holmes is the bestselling author of Ignite Your Career! that has over 100 5-star reviews on Amazon. She is also a Partner at O’Connell Group, a leading executive search firm in consumer marketing and market research. With more than twenty-five years of experience, she is also a member of the ...
Christy Noel
Author
Christy Noel is a career strategist, author, podcast host, marketing executive, foster dog mom, and seven-time IRONMAN® triathlon finisher....
Christine DiDonato
Author
Christine Didonato is the founder and CEO of Career Revolution, Inc. and AwesomeBoss.com. As a former talent management executive for Sony, LinkedIn Author, and seasoned facilitator....
Andy Storch
Author
Andy Storch is a consultant, coach, speaker, author, connector and facilitator specializing in connecting Talent Development professionals to the people, knowledge and solutions they need. Andy is also the host of two podcasts, including The Talent Development Hot Seat and Own Your Career Own Your ...
Dorothy Tannahill-Moran
Author
I was born and raised in Kansas, moved to Oregon where I lived for 35 years, returning to Kansas 2 years ago. Yes- that makes me: Dorothy from Kansas. I wasn’t named after the movie character; I was named after my aunt Dorothy, who is also from Kansas. It is here I live with my patient husband and...
Orlando Haynes
Author
Orlando Haynes is a talent acquisition manager with over 16 years of expertise in career development. He is also a published author, speaker, and career growth coach, and recently hosted his own LinkedIn Live show called "CareerTALKS." Orlando is focused on educating, equipping, and empowering job s...
Sam Waterfall
Author
I'm an international career coach helping my clients when they know it is time to make changes in their careers. Often I help them to land dream jobs and pay raises. Other times, we're switching industries, re-directing after redundancies, or moving to avoid horrible bosses or toxic work cultures....
Robin Ryan
Author
The Boston Globe calls Robin Ryan America’s top Job Search Expert. If you are looking for help with your career, call on Robin Ryan. The media frequently calls on Robin to offer her expertise. She’s appeared on over 3000 TV and Radio shows including Oprah, Dr. Phil, NBC Nightly News, CNN, and NP...
Prem Vas
Author
Lieutenant Colonel Prem Vas (Retired) has more than three decades of exciting professional career behind him in the Indian Armed Forces and the Corporate. He was an Artillery Officer in the Indian Army and led a Commando Team with the Black Cats as a young Captain. The decade-plus in the Corporate s...
Mark Baker
Author
Stand Out Cover Letters is Mark's first self-published book. Having had many jobs over the course of his life, he became skilled at crafting cover letters; the closest he came to being a writer at that time. This book simply shares his personal approach which has always worked well for him and those...
Jeremy Schifeling
Author
Jeremy Schifeling has devoted his career to helping students succeed in theirs. From recruiting top students at Teach For America to leading student marketing for LinkedIn, he's touched the lives of millions of young people just starting out in their journeys....
David Winegar
Author
The Elevator Pitch of You powerfully combines a book and an online tool to help you create a personal brand statement that influences how people perceive you. Its purpose is to evoke positive emotions, thoughts, and images in people, setting you apart from the competition....
Cheryl Magee
Coach
As a coach my focus is to facilitate individuals and teams to see I’m possible in the impossible by connecting with and activating their strengths producing premium performance, spurring innovation, achievement of personal and professional goals, and overall living a life of significance. ...
Cindy Fassler
Author
Cindy Fassler, a career coach and executive search professional, has experience guiding new grads through their job search process as well as coaching them on all the nuances that are vital in getting those interviews. It’s a numbers game; watch Cindy’s video to get vital insight on what you ca...
Donald Crews
Coach
I used to be a Mariner. I have been in the middle of the ocean and found my way with the stars, a sextant, and a compass. Now I help people find their way with their Strengths, desire, and effort. It’s a navigator thing....
Kristen O’Shea
Coach
My leadership role in pioneering and championing the vision of Kansas State University becoming a Strengths-based campus impacted the engagement, well-being, and retention of a campus of more than 28,000 students....
Kat Frati
Coach
I help grownups (young and old) who are feeling a bit lost, discover their hidden talents and get back on their path–with renewed vigor and strength. When life feels overwhelming, it is often helpful to take a break, gather new tools and supplies, and refocus on a clear vision....
Rob Feinstein
Author
Rob Feinstein is a pioneer in the online recruiting industry, a longtime software industry executive, and a former award-winning journalist. Through those experiences, he's gained a unique understanding of the real world of today's technology-driven employment marketplace from a hiring manager's per...
Linda Leake
Author
As a Woman Business Owner, Linda Leake has been engaging with hundreds of businesses and helping thousands of people. Founded by Linda in 1990, EXECUCHANGE has partnered with clients to increase profits, improve organizational changes, and make quantum leaps in individuals’ performance...
Tony Beshara
Tony Beshara (Dallas, TX) has been in the placement and recruitment profession since 1973 and is the president and owner of Babich and Associates, a job placement firm. He has appeared numerous times on the nationally syndicated Dr. Phil Show...
Wayne Breitbarth
Author
Wayne Breitbarth has shared his expertise with more than 100,000 professionals through private business consulting, dynamic presentations to global audiences, and his critically acclaimed book "The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success: Kick-start Your Business, Brand, and Job Search."...
Roberto Angulo
Author
Roberto is also the CEO of Recruitology, a leading recruitment platform that helps small and medium employers hire the right candidates at the right time. The platform gives employers access to best of breed job sites and includes intelligent job distribution, an applicant tracking system and analyt...
Richard Blazevich
Author
Richard Blazevich helps people get the jobs they'll love. He specializes in teaching job seekers how to find employers that are perfect for them, write their winning resumes, and become amazing at answering interview questions....
L. Xavier Cano
Author
I am also a certified life coach and specialize in helping professionals who are feeling stuck in their career, and helping entrepreneurs whose companies have stopped growing....
Kathryn Troutman
Author
Kathryn Troutman wrote the FIRST federal resume book - the Federal Resume Guidebook - now in 6th Edition. It is the SECOND MOST POPULAR RESUME BOOK IN AMERICA....
Jaideep Parashar
Author
Jaideep Parashar is a professional trainer, counselor, and business coach. He has worked in both corporate and government sectors. His exceptional privilege of meditation in a Himalayan town has shown him the path of purpose and vision....
Hussain Alsaif
Author
One of my engineering professors forced us to publish our work and my love for writing began. I believed that I will get my first internship with no effort because of my GPA. Nature slapped me when I had 0 responses that summer. Since then, I started perfecting a system to secure the job I love and...
Morten Hansen
Author
Formerly a professor at Harvard Business School and INSEAD (France), professor Hansen holds a PhD from Stanford Business School, where he was a Fulbright scholar. His academic research has won several prestigious awards, and he is ranked one of the world’s most influential management thinkers by T...
Joyce Jerek
Author
Joyce Jarek is the author of the blog Business World – Beyond the Classroom and CEO of Hlpsum1, Inc. – a consultancy focusing on career, community connection and a commitment to pursuing a sustainable, healthy lifestyle....
Val Breit
Author
Val accumulated thousands of dollars in student loans in college because she thought that was the only option. She learned about compound interest the hard way then felt hopeless about ever getting rid of her pile of debt. When Val started learning more, she got fired up and embrace the challenge of...
Al Dea
Author
Al is a career and leadership coach, author, trainer, podcast host, and keynote speaker. He is also the Founder of CareerSchooled and MBASchooled, two online blogs that help people build successful careers, Through insights, interviews, and stories from industry professionals, Al provides readers wi...
Marge Feely
Author
Marge Feely is a consultant and expert on change and people development with a background in the retail, financial services, tech, real estate, HR outsourcing, and pharmaceutical industries. She is the author of the upcoming book “Unleashing Your Inner GOAT – Get what you want by learning from t...
Gary Toyn
Author
Gary's early career was spent as a lead singer in a rock band, where he traveled the globe. On his final tour, he survived a helicopter crash in the jungles of Honduras. After graduating from Weber State University he worked as a writer and journalist, interviewing NBA superstars, world political le...
Bruce Sakindi
Author
I am a thought leader who is immersed in growth opportunities, investment partnerships, organizational leadership, human capital development, emerging industries, and intra-continental socio-political and trade relations. As an impassioned author, leader, entrepreneur, advisor, and human, I have f...
Zara Miller
Author
Zara Miller studied diplomacy at Middlesex University London where she developed her artistic talents. Her work in London gave her the confidence to become an author, telling stories to encourage others to believe in themselves. She is a monthly contributor to the worldwide online platform the Teen ...
Tian Shi
Author
My interest in healthcare consulting, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnological entrepreneurship has lead me to pursue a career focused on the intersection between the hard sciences and society....
Owen Mageau
Author
Owen Mageau grew up in Duluth, Minnesota and studied political science and journalism at the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a sports reporter for the Minnesota Daily, a contributing writer for University of Minnesota Athletics, and a writer for the University of Minnesota College of Pharm...
Mike Callahan
Author
Mike Callahan is Director for the College of Business' Internship and Career Management Center at The University of Michigan - Dearborn. In this role, he works with employers to develop challenging internship and job placement opportunities for Graduate and Undergraduate students in the College of B...
Kathryn Wilder
Author
I am a lifelong Human Performance and Wellness Consultant. I have been featured on 6abc Action News with Matt O’Donnell for my book, Tour de You; featured several times as a guest of Mike Jerrick on the Fox Philadelphia Morning Show, and numerous appearances on WFMZ-TV as a guest interviewed on Pe...
Karan Mirpuri
Author
My name is Karan Mirpuri and I am the author of Tasting YOUR OWN Medicine. I wrote my book because I wanted to provide individuals with an understandable, narrative-based resource that gives them guidance on how to become involved in their conversations with their health professionals....
Justin Alan Hayes
Author
Justin Alan Hayes, MBA, architect of The House of You®, is the leading expert on career preparation, advancement, and achievement, including how to maximize your collegiate career. At his core, Justin is a Professor of Business, author and Career Coach at The House of You®....
Ethan Turer
Author
My name is Ethan Turer and I am the author of The Next Gold Rush. I wrote this book because of my idea for a new cryptocurrency that can transform how people interact with one another. I want to inspire my readers about the future of cryptocurrency while educating them with interesting stories and r...
Elena Lytkina Botelho
Author
Elena initiated and co-leads CEO Genome Project™ -- a leading research program and client practice focused on CEOs. CEO Genome Project™ is featured in a cover article of Harvard Business Review and will be the subject of an upcoming book, The CEO Next Door (Crown Publishing, 2018). CEO Genome Pr...
Adi D. Goyal
Author
I started teaching myself science in a way that made it cool for me. I then found that I really enjoyed this -- learning science and teaching it -- so I tried to share what I did with others. This led me to learn more about psychology and seeing how I could make things easier for other people to lea...
Jason Madden
Coach
I grew up in Butte, Montana, and currently live in Chelmsford, MA. I served in the US Marine Corps for 4 years, followed by 12 years of Active Duty service in the US Army specializing in military intelligence and infantry operations. I have a master’s certificate in project management from Penn St...
Wendy Flint
Coach
Dr. Wendy Flint is the CEO of Vision Purpose Passion and career coached adults of all ages to find a career that fits you perfectly. She is also the Director of the IDEA Center (Career and Academic Planning) at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon...
Svetlana Saitsky
Coach
Svetlana brings a creative co-active philosophy to 1:1 coaching and leadership development — supported by her 10+ years in the corporate world, having worked with companies like Google, Apple, YouCaring.com, lululemon, Delivering Happiness, and Great Place To Work Institute....
Rishav Khanal
Author
Rishave teaches students to use his methods. His students have gone on to jobs with Amazon, Ernst & Young, Under Armour, Microsoft, and many other leading firms. The difference between those students and the ones who continue to lag? The Blueprint contained in this book and Immediate action....
Nahia Orduna
Author
Nahia Orduna is an award-winning expert with over 15 years’ experience in international IT and Tech companies. Her ideas about digital disruption, digital skills and Future of Work have been published in the World Economic Forum Agenda and recognized by Forbes....
Loren Weisman
Author
Loren Weisman is a brand messaging strategist with a focus on the authenticity, authority, optics, psychology and perceptions of a brand, persona or product for FSG Messaging and Optics. FSG is stewarding strategic solutions by educating, developing, and transitioning businesses through strategic gu...
Jessica Drucker
Author
As a four-time expat and four-year nomad, it is my passion to help Americans move abroad. I am an author of books like How To Move Abroad And Why It's The Best Thing You'll Do, a Producer/Host of the Adventure Calls podcast, and a coach for current and future expats....
Carl Reader
Author
Carl regularly contributes to newspapers and magazines around the world on all aspects of starting and running a business. Carl was listed in the CityAM Top 100 Entrepreneur List and regularly advises business leaders on the international business circuit....
Alison Grade
Author
Alison Grade is a career freelancer, serial entrepreneur and founder of the company Mission Accomplished, a consultancy that offers training, mentoring and strategic advice to start-ups and established SMEs primarily in the Creative Industries...
Alicia Dupree
Author
With nearly 20 years of professional experience in recruiting, coaching and development, Alicia Dupree is passionate about helping young adults succeed in "the real world." After retiring from corporate America in 2018, she's been focused exclusively on her career as a coach, enjoying the flexibilit...
Sean Glaze
Author
Want to improve YOUR team’s communication and accountability? Sean Glaze is an author, engaging speaker, and fun team-building facilitator who inspires groups to have fun laughing together so they can have more success working together. His three books, The Unexpected Leader, Rapid Teamwork, and ...
Matt Gersper
Author
When it comes to happy, experience is a great teacher, and Matt has a deep life experience to draw from and a storyteller’s heart to share it with. He’s been a paperboy, janitor, grocery clerk, sprinkler installer, college pole vaulter, professional football player, bartender, retail buyer, sale...
Stefanie August
Author
Writing compels us to soul search, to be honest in sharing our innermost secrets, empowering words, and provocative thoughts. Writing is an act of opening one's heart and mind to experience the feelings of others, allowing us to engage in life wholly and authentically....
Michael True
Author
Part of my mission in life is to offer a universe of resources. As such, I created InternQube.com - chosen as one of the "Top 100 Websites for Your Career" by Forbes Magazine - and wrote the companion book - InternQube: Professional Skills for the Workplace. These resources help student interns to l...
Mary Claryl-Truz
Author
University of Dallas Biology major with biology and chemistry lab experience. Multilingual, goal-oriented, detail-oriented, independent, and highly self-motivated....
Lori A. Manns
Author
Lori A. Manns is in a word, a trailblazer. Her mission is to help trailblazing entrepreneurs grow and scale their businesses using their innate, brilliant, unique, gifts and skills and make a bigger impact. Lori’s desire is to see every entrepreneur she encounters, live the life of their dreams ...
Scott Rouse
Author
Known as one of the top body language experts in the world, Scott is a world-renowned behavior analyst and body language expert. He holds multiple certificates in advanced interrogation training and has been trained alongside the FBI, Secret Service, U.S. Military Intelligence, and the Department of...
Paolo Gallo
Coach
Over the last 30 years, Paolo Gallo has been Chief Human Resources Officer at the World Economic Forum in Geneva; Chief Learning Officer at The World Bank in Washington DC; and Director of Human Resources at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development in London. Paolo is a Chartered Fellow of...
Kirsty Anne Ferguson
Author
Kirsty Anne Ferguson runs a global interview coaching business ‘www.interviewchix.com' a dedicated interview success hub providing interview skills courses and coaching - from "Application to Outfit - Interview to Offer" and supporting Small to Medium Business to 'Hire Right'....
Darrin Gray
Based upon 25 years of Media, Sports Marketing and All Pro Dad, the national non-profit founded by Tony Dungy, Darrin is recognized as a thought leader and speaker on the topics of the Fatherless Epidemic, Parenting, and Mentor Leadership. Darrin co-authored The Jersey Effect, Beyond the World Cham...
Ben Dilla
Coach
I coach individuals and teams to understand better and leverage their strengths to achieve greater results, enhance their relationships, and accelerate positive change. I typically work with people who are highly accomplished in their technical specialty and want to increase their effectiveness in t...
Roberta Roberts
Coach
Roberta Oluwaseun Roberts, Esq. is a full-time attorney and certified life and leadership coach, speaker, and trainer with the John Maxwell Team. She is also a certified Maxwell Method DISC Behavioral Analysis Consultant. Roberta earned her Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University L...
Joanie Connell
Coach
Dr. Joanie B. Connell is an organizational consultant and leadership coach who specializes in maximizing leadership potential. She works with companies to attract, develop, and retain top talent. She works with individuals to improve their success and happiness in their careers...
Jill Reggiannini
Coach
Jillienne (Jill) Reggiannini is a Confidence & Success Coach who expertly supports ambitious women in overcoming self-doubt, self-negativity, unworthiness and impostor syndrome so they can have more influence, earn more income and make more of an impact....
Todd Bauerle
Coach
I help get desired results by magnifying potential and shattering the limiting beliefs or habitual thinking which holds businesses, teams, and careers back! I have guided businesses from a drought to reaching monthly grosses in a week, and professionals connect with their dream jobs in a matter of m...
Mike Pettigrew
Author
Mike Pettigrew is a bestselling Irish author and has been a successful entrepreneur since he was a teenager. He has founded, bought, built and sold more than 15 businesses, and is widely recognized as an expert in helping ordinary people to achieve extraordinary goals....
Steve Herz
Author
While it has evolved to impact the lives of CEOs, lawyers, entrepreneurs, young professionals, Steve's ultimate goal remains using his motivational message and distinct skill set to aid others on their journey to greater heights....
Robert Pozen
Author
Robert C. Pozen is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He was chairman of MFS Investment Management and vice chairman of Fidelity Investments....
Michael G. Rogers
author
Michael G. Rogers is an author and a sought-after Inc. Top 100 Leadership speaker. His first book You Are the Team -- 6 Simple Ways Teammates Can Go from Good to Great has been used by thousands of companies all over the world in helping build more effective teams....
David Cook
Author
Carl has provided commodity research and market insight to some of world's largest hedge funds, commodity trading houses, financial institutions and physical suppliers. Carl is a frequent speaker at Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters and various worldwide publications....
Carl Larry
Author
Carl has provided commodity research and market insight to some of the world's largest hedge funds, commodity trading houses, financial institutions and physical suppliers. Carl is a frequent speaker at Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters and various worldwide publications....
Brett M. Cooper
Author
Brett M. Cooper helps professionals like you build work relationships that really work. Over the last twenty years, he has influenced thousands of people in government, non-profits, and corporate America to work together in more productive, more effective, and more human ways....
Branch Isole
Author
Author, poet, and storyteller Branch Isole writes about the strength of choice, to change consequences. Known worldwide for his contemporary short story prose, Branch shares readable, relatable stories that reveal emotions and issues often experienced, but not always voiced. ...
Dr. Assegid Habtewold
Author
Assegid Habtewold is a coach, consultant, speaker, and trainer at Success Pathways, LLC. He has over two decades of leadership experience and has been empowering leaders from diverse industries....
Andy Lopata
Author
Andy has worked in twenty-six countries worldwide, been quoted in the international press, including Forbes, Entrepreneur.com., The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian in the UK and written four books on the topic. ...
Ali Scarlett
Author
Ali Scarlett is a #1 national bestselling author, entrepreneur, and avid researcher of the art of networking based in Maryland, USA. His site, www.aliscarlett-author.com, helps young individuals who struggle with the achievement of their goals....
