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At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Corporate Training space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Derek Belch
Co-Founder and CEO of STRIVR
Derek Belch is a Co-Founder and the Chief Executive Officer of STRIVR.
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About STRIVR: STRIVR is an information technology company that specializes in virtual reality, customer experience, and athlete performance.
Morgan Mercer
Founder, CEO of Vantage Point
Morgan Mercer is the founder of the VR-based enterprise training company, Vantage Point. Vantage Point’s suite of immersive training tools is initially aiming at tackling Anti-Sexual Harassment and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training. Mercer was recently regarded as one of the Top 10 Female Tech Innovators [in history] by TechRadar and has been featured in 4+ dozen publications including WIRED, NPR, The Economist, Vogue and more. Mercer was regarded by the UN Women chapter as a “Champion of Change” in the ‘Era of Equity’.
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About Vantage Point: We create experiences that change the way you think. Vantage Point is the future of workforce learning.
Danish Dhamani
Co-founder & CEO of Orai
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About Orai, Vocalytics: Orai is an AI speech coach that helps people sound more confident in meetings and presentations.
Michael Choi
Founder, CEO of Coding Dojo
Michael Choi is the Founder and CEO of Data Compass. He is an entrepreneurial engineer with deep experience training and managing talented teams, founding and building new companies.
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About Coding Dojo, Data Compass: Coding Dojo is a bootcamp that helps students transform their lives through programming literacy.
Tom Griffiths
CEO and Co-founder of Hone
CEO and Co-founder, Hone. Passionate about growing the next generation of leaders with a product people love to use. Previously Chief Product Officer, Co-founder, FanDuel. Past life as PhD candidate in machine learning.
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About Hone: Hone provides effective, engaging, and scalable management training to help high-growth companies thrive.
Rahim Fazal
Co-Founder and CEO of SV Academy
Co-Founder and CEO at SVAcademy.
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About Forbes Technology Council, SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Elena Masolova
Founder & CEO of Eduson
Founder & CEO at Eduson. Investor at TokenStars, the first celebrity management platform on the blockchain.
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About Eduson: Eduson is a corporate eLearning platform.
Julie Hansen
CEO, US of Babbel
Julie Hansen is CEO U.S. at Babbel. Based in the company’s New York office she is leading the US expansion of the world’s top-grossing language learning app. Before joining Babbel, Julie was the COO and President of Business Insider. Under her leadership the news site became the most visited business outlet on the internet. Prior to Business Insider, Hansen held top management roles at sports site NCAA.com, Condé Nast Publications, and Time Inc. Julie has over two decades of experience growing digital media companies, launching interactive web sites, deploying mobile apps, and leading online and offline marketing campaigns. She began her career at Penguin Books, publishing learning software for literature among other products.
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About Babbel: Babbel is the market-leading app for language learning.
Daniel Daks
Co-Founder, CEO of TradeUp Labs
Daniel heads up product vision, marketing strategy, and sales. He enjoys cooking, philosophy and hugs.
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About TradeUp Labs: TradeUp is changing the recruiting and training process for companies trying to attractive top-quality talent and individuals trying to
Cameron Yarbrough
Co-Founder and CEO of Torch
Cameron is the Co-founder and CEO of Torch Leadership Labs. He brings 15 years of entrepreneurial experience to his role as CEO, along with a deep background in mindfulness and psychotherapy. After the successful sale of a “click and mortar” retail company in 2005, Cameron spent 30 days on a silent meditation retreat. Insight from that period of silence and subsequent meditation retreats were foundational to his development as a leader, and lead him to study the roots of Freudian and Humanistic psychology at the California Institute of Integral studies, after which he co-found Well Clinic: a mental health company in San Francisco. Under Cameron’s leadership, The Well became the Bay Area’s leading provider of private pay psychotherapy services. Torch is the natural next step in Cameron’s leadership journey, as it aims to democratize coaching by making it available to leaders at every level of an organization. Cameron has also served as an interpersonal dynamics facilitator at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Torch: Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.
Alexi Robichaux
CEO & Co-Founder of BetterUp
Alexi Robichaux is the co-founder and CEO of BetterUp. He founded the company in 2013 with a mission to enable all professionals to live with greater purpose, clarity and passion through one-on-one coaching. Prior to BetterUp, Alexi was the Director or Product Management at VMware and co-founded Youth Leadership America, a non-profit organization that fosters peer-to-peer leadership in high school students.
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About BetterUp: BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Marco Marinucci
Founder and CEO of Mind The Bridge
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About Mind The Bridge, Mind the Seed – MTS Fund: Mind The Bridge provides innovation advisory services for corporations and startups.
Kevin Cornish
CEO and Founder of Moth + Flame
Kevin has established himself as a leader in directing high-end, cinematic VR. He has worked with talent ranging from Taylor Swift to Karlie Kloss and Coco Rocha, as well as brands ranging from Chanel, Donna Karan, MTV, AT&T and AMD. His piece, Believe VR, was a first-of- its-kind cinematic VR experience that used gaze-activated technology to put the viewer inside a live action scene. It received much acclaim in the VR community, described by HuffPost as “groundbreaking” and “visionary.” He is a regularly recognized innovation leader in the space having spoken and presented at SXSW, VRLA, GDC, and Stanford. His work will be featured at the Future of Storytelling Summit this fall. Kevin is a graduate of Wesleyan University.
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About Conversive, Moth + Flame: Moth + Flame VR is the leading provider of immersive learning experiences for enterprise scale customers across a range of verticals.
Elise Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis Labs
Elise Smith is a co-founder and CEO at Praxis Labs. Prior to co-founding Praxis Labs, Elise invested in and coached entrepreneurs developing diversity and inclusion solutions at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy. Prior to that work, she developed ed-tech products and led ed-tech partnerships at IBM Watson. Elise holds a B.A. in Geography & Social Inequity from Dartmouth College and an MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University. Inspired by her parents’ fight for educational equity, Elise is dedicated to scaling access and opportunity with the goal of creating a more equitable society.
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About Praxis Labs: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting-edge VR technology.
Andrew S. Rosen
Chairman & CEO of Kaplan
Andrew S. Rosen is Chairman of Kaplan, Inc., among the largest, most diverse global education organizations and the largest subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. He also serves as Executive Vice President of Graham Holdings Company. Throughout his two decade career at Kaplan, Rosen has helped pioneer much of the company’s innovation and growth, with a focus on student success and outcomes. These include the founding of Concord Law School, the first fully online law school in the U.S.; the development of Kaplan University from a few dozen to more than 50,000 online students; and the creation of new blended online and classroom-based learning opportunities for both working adults and test preparation students.
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About Kaplan: Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, is a premier provider of educational services.
Thomas C. Leppert
CEO of Kaplan
Thomas C. Leppert is the Chief Executive Officer of Kaplan, Inc., the global educational services company and largest subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company. Leppert first joined Kaplan in January 2013 as the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, with oversight of its various operating divisions across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He assumed his current role in April 2014. Leppert has extensive leadership experience that includes high profile positions in both the private and public sector. His professional work has spanned managing companies in the role of CEO in a wide range of industries to leading a major U.S. city as the elected Mayor. From 2007-2011, he was the elected Mayor of Dallas, Texas. In that role, he instilled a professional, supportive and business focused approach and a strong sense of cooperation, optimism and “can do” spirit within the city and community. He championed policies to improve the quality of life in Dallas and made the city a national focal point in the areas of public safety, economic development, and the environment. In addition, Leppert led two successful referendums to build major projects in Dallas and guided a reform of local ethics standards. As Mayor, he pursued a strong education agenda, creating programs for early reading, which touched over 60,000 children locally, internships in concert with area businesses to demonstrate the importance of education, and scholarship programs targeted at graduating students in underserved Dallas high schools. He donated his mayoral salary to scholarships. Leppert’s public career followed 30 years of leading major national and international corporations in the areas of construction, financial services, homebuilding and real estate. He served as the Chairman and CEO of The Turner Corporation, the nation’s largest general building company. In that role, from 1999 to 2006, he led the company into new markets, doubled its revenues, and initiated Turner University, an innovative internal, online training program for its 7,000 plus employees. Prior to Turner, Leppert was Vice Chairman of Pacific Century Financial Corporation and its major subsidiary, the Bank of Hawaii; President and CEO of Castle & Cooke Properties, Inc.; and a National Partner at Trammell Crow Company. He began his career at McKinsey & Co. where he was elected a Principal of the firm. Leppert served as a White House Fellow in 1984 under President Ronald Reagan. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College. He has been engaged in education from a number of perspectives. In addition to his work as Mayor, Leppert chaired the West Dallas Community School, a private faith based K-8 school in in one of the lowest income areas of the nation. He has also served on the boards of a local high school, Claremont McKenna College and Harvard Business School Alumni. A lifelong community volunteer, he has served numerous community groups and charitable organizations on both the local and national levels. Leppert served as chair of the Greater Dallas Regional Chamber, the Hawaii Business Roundtable, and the Bishop Museum. He has also served on numerous boards, including the US Chamber of Commerce, National Building Museum, and Executive Board of US Conference of Mayors. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to the White House Fellows Commission. He is a noted speaker and has appeared regularly in the media as both a topical authority and representative of the organizations he led. He has been recognized for his leadership, including “CEO of the Year” by D Magazine, the “Texas Businessman of the Year” by the Texas Association of Business, the “Torch of Conscience Award” from American Jewish Congress, and “The Global Cross Millennium Award for Corporate Environmental Leadership” from Global Green. He has also been inducted into the “Energy Efficiency Hall of Fame” and the “Dallas Business Hall of Fame”. He and his wife Laura have three children and are members of First Baptist Church Dallas and Park Cities Baptist Church.
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About Kaplan: Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, is a premier provider of educational services.
Stefano Bellasio
CEO & Founder of Cloud Academy
Stefano started working with web stuff, projects and big messy websites when he was fifteen and never stopped. He loves building things and creating companies that solve real problems in any industry. Cloud Computing, E-commerce and SaaS Software are among his preferred topics and passions.
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About Cloud Academy: The best enterprise e-learning platform for cloud technologies including AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and the DevOps ecosystem
Diego Villegas
Co-Founder & CEO of Slang
Diego Villegas is the Co-Founder & CEO at Slang.
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About Slang: Slang offers a variety of online specialized English courses for career development using a proprietary ML-driven engine,
Joe Moriarty
CEO & Co-Founder of Raven360
Joe Moriarty has a long history of motivating teams and delivering increased sales for various technology providers. He joined Raven360 in May 2011, previously working with Hybrivet Systems, where he was vice president of sales and marketing. While there, Joe led efforts that delivered a 2003 percent increase in sales from April 2010 through February 2011, when 3M acquired Hybrivet Systems. Joe also served as vice president of sales at TR3 Solutions, where he led the sales group to successfully market a portfolio of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for retail and consumer packaged goods. His work experience also includes director of sales roles for both Sterling Commerce (now IBM), and TR2 Solutions, a cloud-based startup acquired by Sterling Commerce, as well as senior software sales positions at Commerce One, AppNet, and Research and Planning. Joe holds a Bachelor of Science in Resource Economics from the University of Connecticut.
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About Raven360, Raven360: Raven360 provides a sales readiness platform that delivers up-to-date and consistent sales content, training and coaching.
Zachary Eikenberry
CEO of Hook Security
Zachary Eikenberry is a CoFounder of Hook Security and serves as a Director and Chief Executive Officer. Previous to these roles, he was a Founder and the CEO of The NEXT Schools in Greenville, SC. Zach has over 15+ years of startup experience since graduating from Purdue University with degrees in Philosophy and Economics. Throughout this time, he has successfully launched a SaaS company that resolved a complex purchasing workflow for Federal agencies in addition to his ongoing consulting practice.
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About Hook Security: Hook Security is a cybersecurity training company introducing Psychological Security to the outdated Security Awareness Training industry.
Max Yoder
CEO, Co-Founder of Lessonly
Max Yoder Lessonly Co-Founder and CEO Lessonly. Max Yoder is grateful that he got cut from the basketball team two years in a row. Out of thousands of applicants, Max was one of 20 recipients of the Orr Fellowship, earning a position at one of Indiana’s most dynamic companies.
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About Lessonly, Quipol: Lessonly is a simple training software that helps teams learn, practice, and do better work.
Brandon Nixon
Chairman & CEO of Lytx
Brandon has led Lytx (formerly DriveCam, Inc.) since 2008, drawing upon an entrepreneurial background leading high-growth communications and technology businesses. Brandon joined the Company from ViaSat, where he was Senior Vice President responsible for the company’s commercial businesses. Prior to ViaSat, he was CEO of Enerdyne Technologies, Inc., when it was acquired by ViaSat. Prior to joining Enerdyne, he spent nearly two decades in a variety of executive roles at Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, PCSI/Cirrus Logic, SAIC, and private equity firm, Housatonic Partners, where he founded the firm’s communications practice. Brandon holds a B.S. degree in Computer Engineering from University of California, San Diego and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Lytx: Lytx, Inc. develops video-based driver safety and fleet management solutions.
Thomas Brunskill
Co-Founder and CEO of Forage
Thomas Brunskill is the Co-founder and CEO at Forage.
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About Forage: Forage creates free open-access training courses for candidates to build their career skills and confidence.
Gary Lipkowitz
Chief Executive Officer of Vyond
Gary joined GoAnimate in 2011, with over 15 years of media and entertainment experience earned in the US and Asia. Previously, he was the COO of Wego.com in Singapore, a price comparison travel search engine referred to as “the Kayak of Asia.” He also served as an advisor to Idol Films, a Hong Kong-based film development company during this time. Prior to Wego, he was Asst. Vice President with Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Singapore’s feature film studio, concentrating on film financing and international sales. Prior to Raintree, he served as a strategy consultant with Yahoo! Southeast Asia, advising senior management on a variety of strategic, operational and financial issues. Before moving to Asia, Gary was an award-winning corporate television writer/producer in Chicago and Austin. He also wrote, produced and directed the English-language adaptations of over 20 anime franchises for ADV Films, including both “fan titles” such as City Hunter, Legend of Crystania and Queen Emeraldas, and “crossover titles” such as Tekken and Sonic the Hedgehog. He holds a BA in Economics & Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) from New York University, an MFA in Film/TV from Northwestern University, and an MBA (With Distinction) from INSEAD. He is an avid volleyball player and has a growing interest in Balinese art.
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About Vyond: Vyond puts the power of video in the hands of everyone.
Ted Blosser
CEO & Co-founder of WorkRamp
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About WorkRamp: The all-in-one learning platform to train your customers, partners, and employees.
Pamela Skillings
President & CEO of Big Interview
Pamela Skillings is an author, career development expert, and co-founder of Skillful Communications, a company that provides career coaching and training for individuals and training and development consulting for organizations. Skillful has also developed Big Interview, an online job interview training system that helps clients ace their interviews and land job offers. Pam is the author of Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams (Random House) and has been featured as a career expert by The New York Times, Newsweek, ABC News, and other media outlets . She is an adjunct professor at New York University and frequently leads workshops on career development topics for organizations including the American Management Association, the City of New York, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. She is also a contributing columnist for About.com and other publications. Previously, Pamela spent more than twelve years as a marketing and human resources executive for Fortune 500 firms including Citigroup, MasterCard International, and Morgan Stanley.
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About Big Interview: Big Interview offers an AI-base job interview training platform.
Arianna Huffington
Founder & CEO of Thrive Global
Arianna Huffington is the founder of The Huffington Post, the founder and CEO of Thrive Global, and the author of 15 books, including, most recently, Thrive and The Sleep Revolution. In May 2005, she launched The Huffington Post, a news and blog site that quickly became one of the most widely-read, linked to, and frequently-cited media brands on the Internet, and in 2012 won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting. In August 2016, she launched Thrive Global, a corporate and consumer well-being and productivity platform with the mission of changing the way we work and live by ending the collective delusion that burnout is the price we must pay for success. Thrive Global provides trainings, seminars, e-courses, coaching and ongoing support based on the latest scientific findings to improve people’s health and increase productivity for both companies and individuals around the world. She has been named to Time Magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people and the Forbes Most Powerful Women list.
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About Thrive Global: Thrive develops technology that help individuals and companies improve their well-being and performance.
Crystal Huang
Co-Founder & CEO of ProSky
Co-Founder/CEO at ProSky, Inc.
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About ProSky: Innovatively evaluate candidates for hire and develop employees through succession pathways on one comprehensive platform.
Kevin Matossian
CEO, Film Solutions, Board Member of CritiqueIt Inc.
Kevin Matossian is the founder and CEO of both SilverCrest Entertainment, LLC., a Los Angeles based film and television production company, and Film Solutions, LLC, providers of film productivity and workflow solutions. Matossian has been a partner in several startup ventures including Ventura Marketing, Inc., Netlinks Co, and SearchFast, Inc. where he served as Senior VP of Marketing. His passion for the business of entertainment establishes the tempo at Film Solutions. With his leadership, both SilverCrest Entertainment and Film Solutions share a unified, resolute drive and a fiscally responsible approach to business.
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About : CritiqueIt provides rich-media annotation tools for real-time conversations on any asset.
Ashley Bradford
Co-Founder, CEO of CritiqueIt Inc.
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About CritiqueIt Inc.: CritiqueIt provides rich-media annotation tools for real-time conversations on any asset.
Andy Youniss
President & CEO , Founder of Rocket Software
Andy Youniss co-founded Rocket Software in 1990 and continues to be the company’s main driving force. Andy successfully established and actively manages Rocket’s largest OEM partnerships and is guiding the company’s growth through technology investments, acquisitions, new product lines, and strategic partnerships. Prior to founding Rocket Software, Andy was the development manager for DB View Inc., a software company specializing in DB2 database tools. Previously, he was a programmer/analyst at American Management Systems, and was also a project development consultant. Andy holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC
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About Rocket Software, Zephyr Development Corp.: Rocket Software is a software development firm that offers enterprise infrastructure products and various related services.
Dan Helfrich
Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting
Dan is Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Consulting LLP. As CEO, he leads a $10B business comprised of more than 50,000 professionals who help clients solve their most complex business issues and shape their future with confidence. Prior to this role, Dan led the Government & Public Services practice, with more than 13,000 professionals helping to solve our nation’s biggest challenges across all levels of government, including all 15 US cabinet-level agencies, 44 states, and more than 60 of the top 100 universities. Dan advised government leaders in transforming into more efficient and effective organizations across areas of technology modernization and innovation, human capital, strategy and analytics, customer experience, and enterprise operations. In Helfrich’s more than 20 years with Deloitte, he has led large customer-centric transformations for both public and private sector clients. He also played roles as Deloitte’s chief strategy officer for Human Capital and led the Civilian Government sector. In addition, he writes and speaks regularly on topics such as purpose-driven leadership, elevating citizen and customer experience, and the future of work. Dan holds a BS in international economics and an MBA from Georgetown University. He remains an active Georgetown alum, including serving as the play-by-play announcer for the Georgetown men’s soccer team (where he served as captain during his time at the school). Dan and his wife live in the Washington metropolitan area with their four children.
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About Deloitte Consulting: Deloitte Consulting offers consulting services to technology-based companies.
Karim Mokhtar
Founder and CEO of Mokhtar Group Inc.
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About Malqart, Mokhtar Group Inc., Multilingualinc, Skillset Academy: The only global B2B lead generation and Lead-to-Opportunity service available in the market today.
Debi Yadegari
CEO and Founder of Villyge
Debi Yadegari is the founder and CEO of Villyge, an employer-paid benefit that sets families up for success and helps employees to thrive. She is a former BigLaw attorney, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a mother of five.
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About Villyge: Villyge is an employer-paid benefit that sets families up for success and helps employees to thrive.
Mark Moses
Founding Partner and CEO of CEO Coaching International
Mark Moses is a founding partner at CEO Coaching International, where he and his team help businesses and individuals increase profitability, drive margin expansion and gain accountability in order to meet business objectives and reach new heights. Moses is a highly successful serial entrepreneur and top business coach who advises entrepreneurs and leaders toward extraordinary results. His firm CEO Coaching International coaches more than 100 CEOs and entrepreneurs in nine countries. He regularly facilitates annual planning sessions for companies, and is also a passionate and energized keynote speaker who covers topics that include what it takes to be a top performing CEO, building the life that you want, overcoming adversity in your business and your life and how to build a $100 million company. In his new book, Make Big Happen: How to Live, Work, and Give Big (Advantage Media Group, Feb. 9, 2016), Mark says if you ask better questions, you will get better results. The book revolves around four critical questions that every business leader should explore on their journey through business and life, and explains how these questions are the foundation of every fast-growing, profitable business and how answering them in the right way can lead to exceptional results. Moses started his first company when he was 19 years old and graduated with a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University in 1987. Since then, he has successfully built and sold two companies: Student Painters and Platinum Capital Group. He has been president of both EO and YPO Orange County chapters and served on the Board of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County for six years. He has won Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Blue Chip Enterprise award for overcoming adversity. The last company he sold was ranked No. one fastest-growing company in Los Angeles as well as No. 10 on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. Aside from his practice, Moses is a devoted father and enjoys spending time with his wife and family in his free time. He has also completed 12 full-distance Ironman Triathlons including the Hawaii Ironman World Championship five times. In November of 2011, Moses won his division at Ironman Arizona, qualifying him for his 5th Hawaii Ironman. He also won the U.S. National Squash Championship in 1992. In 2015, he and his son Mason completed the White Continent Marathon in Antarctica.
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About CEO Coaching International: CEO Coaching International is an executive coaching company.
Roy Abrams
CEO of GPi
Chief Executive Officer at GPI Group (USA) LLC.
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About GPi, RealConnex: GPi Global Performance Improvement enable your sustainable growth from the inside out by providing a unique business diagnostic tool.
Deborah DeHaas
CEO of Corporate Leadership Center
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About Corporate Leadership Center: Corporate Leadership Center is a collaborative business-academic forum.
Deborah DeHaas
CEO of Corporate Leadership Center
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About Corporate Leadership Center: Corporate Leadership Center is a collaborative business-academic forum.
Claire Herring
CEO of Blue Ocean Brain
Claire G. Herring joined Blue Ocean Brain as CEO in 2012.
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About Blue Ocean Brain: Blue Ocean Brain is an award-winning SaaS eLearning solution.
Michael Li
Founder & CEO of The Data Incubator
Michael Li founded the Data Incubator (http://www.thedataincubator.com), a New York-based training program that turns talented PhDs from academia into workplace-ready data scientists and quants. The program is free to fellows, and routinely accepts just 1% of applicants. Employers engage with the Incubator as hiring partners. Previously, he worked as a data scientist (Foursquare), Wall Street quant (D.E. Shaw, J.P. Morgan), and a rocket scientist (NASA). He completed his PhD at Princeton as a Hertz fellow and read Part III Maths at Cambridge as a Marshall Scholar. At Foursquare, Michael discovered that his favorite part of the job was teaching and mentoring smart people about data science. He decided to build a startup to focus on what he really loves. Michael lives in New York, where he enjoys the Opera, rock climbing, and attending geeky data science events.
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About Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Pragmatic Institute, TechCrunch, The Data Incubator, Venture Out Startups, VentureBeat, WIRED: The Data Incubator is a full-stack data science education company. Delivering the most up to date data science curriculum available.
Tyler Muse
Founder & CEO of Lingo Live
Tyler Muse is CEO & Founder of Lingo Live. Lingo Live was founded in 2012 and teaches native English speakers to speak foreign languages online. Students access software tutorials & exercises followed by one-on-one lessons with a live, native tutor who knows where the student is struggling and caters the lesson to develop that area. The goal is to maximize the time spent with the tutor conversing, rather than learning new material. Lingo Live considers itself the “Khan Academy of language learning” due to its focus on video tutorials and mastery quizzes to facilitate interactive one-on-one lessons. Although focused only on Spanish and Portuguese at the moment, our mission is to provide the best online learning platform by empowering teachers with standardized learning tools.
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About Lingo Live: Lingo Live helps employees improve their leadership and communication skills through one-on-one skills-based coaching online.
Ryan Graves
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Saltwater Capital
Ryan is the Head of Global Operations for Uber Inc. (formerly UberCab.com). He’s helped build the company from 1 to 200+ employees by driving operations, strategy, expansion, and recruiting. Ryan’s business and technology experience ranges from organization scaling, business development, and product management (startups: Uber, foursquare, SocialDreamium) to large ERP implementations & corporate restructuring (corporate: General Electric, CNA Insurance). He consults out of the kindness of his own heart for internet related businesses and not-for-profit ventures. Contact: [email protected] or @ryangraves Specialties: social web, mobile, business intelligence, product management, business development, publishing, fund-raising, recruiting, hustle
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About Saltwater Capital: Saltwater Capital provide experience-backed strategic and operational support.
Andrew Shimberg
Chief Executive Officer of VitalSmarts
Andrew Shimberg is a respected consultant and adviser to some of the world’s most powerful executives. Working across the Global 1000, Shimberg has helped leaders in organizations such as Johnson & Johnson, Merck, ConocoPhillips and Daimler, drive complex behavior change to secure bottom-line results. Prior to his role as Chief Executive Officer at VitalSmarts, Shimberg served as President of nGen Talent, a division of nGenera Corporation. Shimberg has also led dozens of large-scale research projects. His latest research on increasing influence to solve entrenched problems was named the 2009 Change Management Approach of the Year by MIT Sloan Management Review.
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About VitalSmarts: VitalSmarts trains influencers about accountability, change, and more.
Eleanor Cooper
CEO and Co-Founder of Pathstream
Eleanor Cooper is the CEO and co-founder of Pathstream.
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About Pathstream: Pathstream is a web-based platform for teaching in-demand tech skills for work.
Reshan Richards
CEO, Chief Learning Officer, & Co-Founder of Explain Everything
Dr. Reshan Richards is an educator and researcher. Currently an instructor at Teachers College, Columbia University and serving as Chief Learning Officer for Explain Everything which he co-founded, Reshan is also the co-author of Blending Leadership (Wiley, in press) and Leading Online: Leading the Learning, Leading by Learning (Constructivist Toolkit, 2014). Reshan has led conversations and workshops around the world based on his 15+ experiences in K-20 education at gatherings including TEDxNYED, SXSWedu, ISTE, and AERA. An Apple Distinguished Educator and member of Mensa, Reshan has an Ed.D. in Instructional Technology & Media from Teachers College, Columbia University, an Ed.M in Learning and Teaching from Harvard University and a B.A. in Music from Columbia University.
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About Apple, Columbia University School of Professional Studies, Explain Everything, Teachers College, Columbia University: Explain Everything,Inc. are the makers of an award-winning educational technology application used by millions of teachers around the world.
Josette Fleszar
President & CEO of Jigsaw
Josette brings to Jigsaw Interactive more than 30 years of hands-on and managerial experience, particularly in the healthcare financing and IT industries. A co-founder of the company and co-creator of its patented technology, she is responsible with key team members for the creation, planning and implementation of the Jigsaw’s immersive virtual engagement platform. She oversees all operations and business activities according to established technology and business best practices and the core values of ICARE (Integrity, Customer Service, Accountability, Results and Excellence).
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About Jigsaw: Jigsaw offers an online meeting system that provides real-time interaction between meeting participants.
Kevin Parker
CEO of HireVue
Kevin Parker joined Polycom’s Board of Directors in January 2005 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in May 2013. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Polycom from July 2013 to December 2013. Kevin Parker is also a Co-founder and Managing Principal at Bridge Growth Partners, LLC. Previous to his current roles, Kevin Parker served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Deltek, a recognized technology industry leader, and was the driving force behind Deltek’s strategy of providing superior enterprise software, information solutions and consulting services to leading businesses worldwide. Prior to Deltek, Kevin Parker served as PeopleSoft’s CFO from October 2000 to December 2004. He was also named co-president of PeopleSoft in October 2004. At PeopleSoft he was responsible for internal operations as well as worldwide finance and accounting functions, including administration, human resources, legal, facilities and the IT organization worldwide. During his tenure at PeopleSoft, the company significantly improved its margins, increased its cash flow and return on investments, reduced expenses and lowered days sales outstanding (DSO) to best in class levels. Prior to joining PeopleSoft, Kevin Parker served as senior vice president and chief financial officer for CRM provider Aspect Communications Corp., as well as held senior management positions at Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Standard Microsystems and Toshiba America. In addition, Kevin Parker was previously with the accounting firm of Price Waterhouse. Kevin Parker is a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute. In 2000, CFO Magazine named him one of 20 CFOs who would make a difference in the next decade. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Clarkson University where he serves on the Board of Trustees. Kevin Parker also serves on the Board of Camber Corporation, a leading provider of professional and management services, information technology, engineering, and advanced training solutions to federal government agencies.
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About HireVue, The Aspen Institute: HireVue’s Hiring Intelligence Platform delivers the best talent, faster with video interviews and AI-driven pre-hire assessments.
Sach Chaudhari
Founder and CEO of Paradiso Integrated Learning Platform
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About Paradiso Integrated Learning Platform: Paradiso One is much more than LMS or LXP. Its an integrated Learning Platform which creates engaging learning experiences.
Carrie Shaw
CEO and Founder of Embodied Labs
Carrie Shaw, CEO and founder of Embodied Labs, works at the intersection of health education and virtual reality storytelling to produce immersive training tools for caregivers working with older adults. She holds both a bachelor’s degree in Public Health and a master’s in Biomedical Visualization. After returning from the Dominican Republic where she served as a Peace Corps Health Educator, Carrie became primary caregiver to her mother who was living with Early Onset Alzheimer’s disease. This opened Carrie’s eyes to the needs of the aging services workforce. In 2018, Embodied Labs won the grand prize of $250K from The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for XR in Education.
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About Embodied Labs: Embodied Labs is an immersive training platform that improves outcomes in training, awareness, and family and caregiver support.
Niko Gianopoulos
CEO/President of Sparta Consulting Group
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About Sparta Consulting Group: Sparta Consulting Group is a leading marketing and sales firm in Hollywood, FL, contracted by Fortune 100 and 500 clients.
Ivy Walker
Founder & CEO of Helios Digital Learning
Ivy Walker is a start-up and growth executive whose background includes a wide range of entrepreneurial experiences in both for-profit and not-for-profit/social venture settings. She has previously held roles such as President of a venture-backed consumer health start-up that successfully launched a health gamification platform, CEO of a global social venture that brought diagnostic medical imaging to developing countries, and CEO of a business accelerator for start-up and high growth companies. Ivy holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was awarded Kellogg’s Alumni Entrepreneur Supporter of the Year Award and the Anti-Defamation League’s Rising Star Award. Her civic and professional activities include serving as Board Vice Chairman for Kaleidoscope Inc., a non-profit child welfare agency and serving on the board of Golden Apple Foundation, a nationally recognized non-profit that prepares teachers to be successful in schools of need in Illinois. She is also an active member of the Economic Club of Chicago and the Chicago Club. Ivy lives in Chicago’s Printers’ Row neighborhood with her daughter Faith-Christina. She is an avid traveler and is pursuing a lifelong goal of visiting 100 countries and all seven continents. She is also an aspiring Cessna Pilot.
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About Helios Digital Learning: Helios Digital combines immersive storytelling, EQ, behavioral economics and analytics to help employees make better ethical decisions.
Danny Gutknecht
CEO of Pathways
Danny is CEO of Pathways. For over 20 years clients have trusted Danny to design and execute recruiting and talent development strategies. He has one aim: helping organizations tap their potential by creating meaningful places to work. Previously, Danny served as CEO of a national retained search firm. He has also served as Co-Chair of The Greater Phoenix Economic Council where he co-authored and passed state legislation for tort reform in trauma cases.
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About Pathways: Pathways Platform is a Technology-Enabled Services in Recruiting, Engagement & Employee Development
Anthony Lee
Founder and CEO of Heroic Voice Academy
Anthony Lee is the Founder of the Heroic Voice Academy, a communications training company. He has an undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley, and a MBA from Duke University. He is also a certified trainer in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a study of communication best practices. In his professional career, he find one common theme that illustrates his passion and purpose: Helping leaders develop their heroic voices to solve global challenges. Anthony’s presentation and training skills were developed and fine tuned in a career that includes 18 years with technology startups, 6 years of real estate consulting, and 10 years of event production experience. His communications expertise was developed from the high stakes presentations he gave in the fields of internet security, real estate best practices, and large scale international partnerships. Anthony leads from the stage, and also leads from the back of the room having produced major events including industry conferences and large seminar trainings.
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About Heroic Voice Academy: Communications Training for Global Impact Leaders
Gregory Bauer
CEO, President and Co-Founder of ESC Business Solutions
Greg co-founded ESC in 1995 and currently serves as President, leading the Executive Team and overseeing all functions of the business. Prior to founding ESC, Greg ran a family auto business. While in that role, he recognized that a company that could help businesses with employment administration and human resources would be a valuable addition to the WNY marketplace. Shortly thereafter, he co-founded Employer Services Corporation. Under Greg’s leadership, ESC has grown organically from a start-up business with two employees to an INC Magazine fastest growing company with over fifty employees and is continuing to grow. In addition to appearing on the INC Magazine list 6 times, ESC has been recognized with a number of other awards, including Best Places to Work in WNY, Buffalo Business First’s Fast Track 50, and WNY’s Top Private Employers to name a few. In addition to his role at ESC, Greg is active in the community. He is a Founding Trustee and President of the Charles D. & Mary A. Bauer Family Foundation, which provides philanthropic gifts to organizations focusing on education and the arts. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of University at Buffalo Foundation, currently serving as Chair. Greg’s vision for the business and commitment to WNY serve as guiding principles for ESC.
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About ESC Business Solutions: ESC Business Solutions provides human resources outsourcing services for businesses in the United States.
Krish Mani
President, CEO of Mobiplex
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About Mobiplex: Mobiplex develops ProView and Motion Analysis with sports motion detecting technologies to improve the skill levels of sports enthusiasts.
Darik Volpa
Founder & CEO of Rehearsal
Darik Volpa is the Founder/CEO at Rehearsal and Understand.
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About Rehearsal, Understand.com: Rehearsal is a video-based practice platform used to improve selling and communication skills.
Stephen Cornwell
Founder & CEO of Northpass
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About Northpass: Northpass is a learning platform that enables organizations to train employees, customers, and channel partners.
Maggie Chan Jones
Founder & CEO of Tenshey
Maggie Chan Jones is an award-winning CMO and the Founder and CEO of Tenshey, a tech-enabled startup dedicated to advancing gender diversity through executive coaching for female leaders at all career levels. A trailblazer for women in technology, Maggie was the first woman to be named Chief Marketing Officer of SAP and has held leadership positions at Microsoft, Level 3 Communications, and Sun Microsystems. Frequently recognized as a thought-leader, Maggie was named one of the “world’s most influential CMOs” by Forbes. She’s a recipient of a Women of the Decade in Marketing, Branding and Communication award by Women Economic Forum, acknowledged for creativity and storytelling by the CMO Club Awards, and named a Top Ten Most Interesting B2B Executives, Woman of the Year, among others. Maggie received her undergraduate degree in business from Binghamton University and holds an MBA degree from Cornell University, where she serves on the Board of Directors for the Johnson NYC Club. She resides in NYC with her husband and their four-legged kid, a miniature poodle named Charlie.
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About Avast, Tenshey: Empowering female executives and leadership teams
Vyacheslav Kalaushin
Founder/CEO of EdCAS
EdTech entrepreneur with extensive experience in the Russian market. He focused on creating educational technologies and uniting startups. For him, the most important thing about the product is its usability, design and the strongest technologies that outperform the market on the backend.
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About EdCAS: EdCAS is a SaaS LMS, based on microlearning. UX/UI focused platform, designed for Millennials and Generation Z.
Sandi Lin
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Skilljar
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About Skilljar: Skilljar is a customer training platform for enterprises to accelerate product adoption and improve customer retention.
Ian Lazarus
CEO of Creato Performance Solutions
Ian Lazarus is Business Advisor at Keona Health. Ian is a veteran of the medical call center industry including time as CEO of KP OnCall and as President of the Medical Call Center Services at NHES which was acquired by McKesson. He has published extensively on the subject of telephone triage and its ability to offer efficient and effective care. He has served on multiple conference faculty, consulted with dozens of companies and municipalities with an interest in this area, and built a national consulting practice to advance the industry.
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About Creato Performance Solutions: Creato Performance Solutions helps companies solve problems and achieve operational excellence, while creating outcomes that matter.
Jon High
CEO and Founder of CustomGuide
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About CustomGuide: CustomGuide helps you measure and improve your essential business skills.
Sharon Maher
Founder & CEO of Matrix Point
Sharon Maher currently works as the Founder and CEO for Matrix Point.
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About Matrix Point: Matrix Point provides a wide range of leadership development services.
David Cherner
Co-founder and CEO of YOL
A social entrepreneur, David Cherner is CEO and co-founder of YOL, an experiential learning company based in Mill Valley, CA. He has had a notable career in the health, wellness and technology-enabled services sectors, highlighted by P&L leadership that has delivered significant organic and acquisition-related growth, business model and product innovation, IPO, thought leadership and relationships with Fortune 500 C-level executives, universities and leading global foundations. David has been a leader in venture-backed health care and IT-based services companies, including Vicinity Corporation (IPO in 2000, acquired by Microsoft in 2002) and Access Health (IPO, acquired by McKesson). He has also spearheaded high profile entrepreneurial initiatives within larger emerging growth, mission-driven and public organizations. David has founded or co-founded four companies– YOL, Health Workforce Solutions (HWS), Alpine HealthCorps and i-Health. His career includes comprehensive experience in strategic planning and execution, product and business development, marketing/brand-building and operations. UC Berkeley MBA and MPH as well as BA, Economics from Emory University.
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About YOL: Scalable learning and wellbeing experiences for teams and professionals
Jessica Vann
CEO & Founder / Podcast host of REACH – a podcast for Executive Assistants of Maven Recruiting Group
Born a trail blazer, Jessica Vann has founded and grown Maven Recruiting Group, a boutique recruiting firm specializing in Administrative and Human Resources staffing, to a renowned recruiting brand, specializing in connecting high-leverage Executive Assistant and Operations hires to the Bay Area’s best companies. Since its inception in 2010, Vann’s entrepreneurial spirit has driven Maven to be an industry-influencer, and just 4 years later, Maven was named to Inc. 500’s 2014 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Privately-Owned Companies and we’ve been on the list ever since. As Founder & CEO, Vann’s role is vast: she is not only responsible for defining long-term strategy and moving the business forward, but she is also very involved in day-to-day recruiting operations and continues to play an active role with our clients and search engagements. Like Simon Sinek, whose work just makes a ton of sense, Vann believes Leaders Eat Last, and is deeply devoted to ensuring her team has what it needs to feel empowered and inspired, to offer ideas, and to solve dynamic challenges in pursuit of their growth and in doing what’s right by clients and candidates. If you’ve had the pleasure of working with Vann, you know that she calls it like she sees it. You’ll also know that she is proud to have established an agency that makes such a significant impact on the lives of people and the success of businesses. Vann has created a brand rooted in the idea that talent shapes influential companies and ultimately, the business world of today and tomorrow. An SF native, Vann is an active thought leader in the industry and advocate for the individuals and local companies she staffs for. She shares her honest and comical insights on all things related to recruiting and administrative staffing as a recurring contributor for The Muse and Mavenology. To contact Jessica Vann and Maven Recruiting Group, please email [email protected].
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About Maven Recruiting Group: Maven Recruiting Group provides boutique recruiting and temporary hiring services to clients in the United States.
Federico Vione
CEO and Business Owner of MAW Men At Work
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About MAW Men At Work: MAW Men At Work is a human resources company, specializing in the area of temporary work and the selection of qualified personnel.
Andrew Warner
Founder, Startup CEO of Mixergy
Andrew Warner is the Founder, Startup CEO of Mixergy.
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About Mixergy: Mixergy is an online platform that provides education for startups and entrepreneurs.
Paul Ironside
Co-Founder & CEO of CommercialTribe
Prior to launching CommercialTribe, Paul spent 20-years building and scaling commercial sales organizations. He began his career at Gartner as an individual contributor and later became the youngest sales manager within the department. Paul later went on to build and scale the commercial functions at Parature, Market Force, and iXL. Most notably, Paul served as EVP Sales and Service and as a member of Corporate Executive Board’s Executive Committee during the firm’s $100M to $500M growth trajectory. He attended Colorado State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and now has enjoyed a homecoming back to the state. Paul enjoys the challenge of mentoring and coaching aspiring reps and managers looking to develop a professional career in Sales. He fundamentally believes that the art of selling is a skill, which can be taught and mastered.
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About CommercialTribe: CT Connect is software to guide and optimize who sales managers coach, where, and perhaps most importantly how.
Jennifer Feinberg
President & CEO of SP Home Run Inc.
President and CEO of SP Home Run Inc. SP Home Run publishes Market Opportunity Research Research, provides Business Advisory Services, and leads Training Workshops that help small businesses compete and win in a digital-first world. SP Home Run’s clients have found the greatest success growing their revenue when they’ve integrated these Five Pillars for Growth in their overall strategy and company culture: – Differentiation – Thought Leadership – Competitive Positioning – Sales Cycle Acceleration – Revenue Growth SP Home Run helps CEOs identify revenue growth opportunities that their companies are currently missing. Since 1997, SP Home Run has been working with CEOs and sales directors of small businesses — originally as technology consultants, and as digital marketing, sales, and revenue growth advisors since 2012. Learn about SP Home Run Inc. Chief Operations Officer of Data Center Sales & Marketing Institute (DCSMI)
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About Data Center Sales & Marketing Institute, SP Home Run Inc.: Research Reports, Advisory Services, and Training Workshops for Businesses Competing to Win in a Digital-First World
Mark Portu
CEO of HapYak Interactive Video
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About HapYak Interactive Video: HapYak is the world-leading interactive video platform.
Etienne de Bruin
Co-Founder & CEO of 7CTOs, Inc.
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About 7CTOs, Inc.: 7CTOs is established as a socail enterprise created to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being.
Delphine Carter
CEO of Boulo Solutions
Delphine Carter is the CEO at Boulo Solutions.
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About Boulo Solutions: Boulo Solutions creates a platform that bridges professional women and goal-driven companies who hire talent for project-based work.
Pam Krulitz
CEO & Founder of Optify
Founding Member at Optify | leadership coach and technology entrepreneur
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About Optify: Optify provides one-on-one leadership coaching programs for individuals across an enterprise through an on-line platform
Evan Dornbush
Co-Founder & CEO of Point3 Security
Evan co-founded Point3 in 2014 and serves as Chief Executive Officer. He worked as a Computer Network Operator for the National Security Agency back when Cyber meant something totally different. Before co-founding Point3 Evan was Director of Customer Experience at Vulnerability Research Labs, a security research firm acquired by Computer Sciences Corporation. He holds a M.S. in computer science from The George Washington University and has four ridiculously good looking children.
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About Point3 Security: Point3 Security, Inc. is a premier information security organization providing talent screening and workforce analytics tools.
Sarah Daniels
Chief Executive Officer of Blue Canoe Learning
Sarah is an experienced leader and serial entrepreneur. Trulia, Market Leader, Dreambox Learning, Aventail.
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About Blue Canoe Learning: Blue Canoe is an AI B2B company that has revolutionized how to help non-native English speakers improve their spoken English
Kyle Shannon
Founder & CEO of Storyvine, Inc.
Kyle Shannon is Founder & CEO at Storyvine.
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About Storyvine, Inc.: Storyvine is guided video, enabling video creation and management at scale.
Maximiliano Goldschwartz
CEO of Vida Systems
CEO at Vida Systems
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About Vida Systems: VidaBody is the most engaging, innovative, and attractive 3D educational platform available.
Sameer Shariff
Founder & CEO of Impelsys
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About Impelsys: Impelsys is an online media company providing content monetization services.
Keith Traweek
Chief Executive Officer of Rainmaker Cloud
Keith Traweek is a principled business leader, advisor, and coach helping organizations to create value through digital and business process transformation. He has 20 years of management consulting experience in start-up and high-growth companies within the technology, professional services, financial services, and healthcare industries.
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About Rainmaker Cloud: Rainmaker Cloud leverages cloud platforms and solutions to help companies accelerate growth.
Yulkendy Valdez
Co-Founder & CEO of Forefront
Entrepreneur. Storyteller. Public Speaker. www.yulkendyvaldez.com
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About Forefront: Forefront offers Carmen AI, a personal career assistant that coaches Gen-Z through the entire job search process.
Cathy Rose Salit
CEO & Co-Founder of Performance of a Lifetime
Cathy Rose Salit, our CEO and co-founder, has been shaking things up since she was 13. That’s when she began her career as an upstart and risk-taker by dropping out of eighth grade and starting an alternative school in an abandoned storefront in New York City. This unusual endeavor put Cathy on an uncharted life path, and she has dedicated her life to creating educational environments that challenge the status quo and offer innovative, high-impact learning and development experiences. She co-founded Performance of a Lifetime (POAL), a consulting firm that helps leaders, teams, and organizations to grow their business by focusing on the human side of strategy. Using the art and science of performance, POAL helps leaders close the gap between the current reality and their desired future. POAL’s team of coaches and human development experts leverage their proprietary method, The Becoming Principle®, to engage leaders and companies in creating and acting on new and uncharted possibilities. As CEO, Cathy works with leaders and teams at companies such as American Express, Nike, Coca Cola, Rolls Royce, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cathy is the author of Performance Breakthrough: A Radical Approach to Success at Work (Hachette Books), in which she presents her revolutionary approach to learning and growing. Cathy’s work has been featured in the Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, CEO World Magazine, and in a column for Inc.com. She is also an artistic associate at the award-winning Castillo Theatre in New York City, and sings jazz and R&B on any stage she can find . . . or create.
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About Performance of a Lifetime: Performance of a Lifetime provides consulting services to employers.
Rachel Christenson
CEO & Co-Founder of Selling Energy
Rachel Christenson is the CEO and co-founder of Selling Energy. Christenson brings ten years of experience in identifying and meeting market needs, driving business development and operational leadership. Her specialties include building high-performance teams to create value at the intersection of technology, program design, marketing and outreach, and curriculum development and delivery. Rachel is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal best-selling book “Selling Energy: Inspiring Ideas That Get Projects Approved!” She is a three-time winner of the prestigious Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year, as well as The Golden Bridge Award for “Best Entrepreneur Or Founder” and accolades from Enterprising Women Magazine. She is also an active member of the Women Presidents’ Organization (WPO), the National Association of Women Business Owners.
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About Selling Energy: Selling Energy trains people to advance their careers and be better sales professionals through their award-winning, training programs.
Tugrul Turkkan
CEO/Co-Founder of Vibons
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About Journey App, Vibons: Crowd-Sourcing Platform producing Animations
Jason Boorn
CEO of Roobricks
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About Roobricks: A roobrick is a smart performance coach that can cut training costs, improve transparency, and keep everyone focused on what matters most.
Charles Douglas-Osborn
CEO of Merlin Guides
Founder & CEO of Merlin Guides. Worked at Google for 9 years in multiple roles including: Engineer, PM, Sales & Business Development. Built Chrome Extensions and internal web applications (5k+ DAU) on the Google Cloud. Founded VirtualOS (Airbnb for Office Addresses) & RichMediaGallery.com (30k+ traffic per month). SLP Alumni & Program Leader.
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About Merlin Guides: Merlin Guides is a automated training software for helps companies train up their staff software or process processes in any web app.
Andy Titen
CEO of Bisk
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About Bisk: Bisk partners with institutions to deliver exceptional online learning experiences.
Nicholas Santora
Chief Executive Officer of Curricula
Nick Santora serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Curricula.
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About Curricula: Curricula is a fun security awareness training, phishing simulation, online learning platform.
Eiji Morishita
CEO of Genius Squared
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About Genius Squared: Genius Squared is a coaching company specializing in training entrepreneurs.
Eiji Morishita
CEO of Genius Squared
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About Genius Squared: Genius Squared is a coaching company specializing in training entrepreneurs.
Ryan Florence
Co-Founder/CEO of React Training
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About React Training: React Training is a React training company that provides corporate training, JavaScript training, public workshops and online courses.
Patricia Toledo
CEO of Tyngu
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About Tyngu: Tyngu offers a micro-learning solution that allows companies to train their workforce in a scalable way, delivering quick achievements.
Avinash Kaushik
Founder & CEO of ScoopStake
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About ScoopStake: Co-Innovation Marketplace for Corporate Venture Partnerships
David Dulany
Founder & CEO of Tenbound
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About Tenbound: Research, Advisory and Events focused on Sales Development
Josh Clement
President & CEO of Soundview, Inc.
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About Soundview, Inc.: Soundview is a pioneer in the microlearning and edtech market specializing in professional skill development
Meghan Kuhn
Founder and CEO of Priizm
Meghan Kuhn is the founder and CEO of Priizm.
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About Priizm: Priizm helps people who want to optimize their lives by offering affordable, immediate access to top vetted coaches.
Tom Winterstein
President and CEO of Persona Learning
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About Persona Learning: PersonaLearning is a Full Service eLearning Solutions Provider.
Krista Neher
CEO of Boot Camp Digital
Krista Neher is the Founder and CEO of Boot Camp Digital, a best-selling author of six books, international speaker, and recognized digital marketing expert with over 15 years of experience in this ever-changing industry. She has worked with Facebook, Nike, GE, Google, The US Senate, P&G, General Mills, Prudential, Remax, and more.
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About Boot Camp Digital: Boot Camp Digital provides proven digital marketing training, certifications, tools & workshops. Quickly grow your skills and capabilities.
Krista Neher
CEO of Boot Camp Digital
Krista Neher is the Founder and CEO of Boot Camp Digital, a best-selling author of six books, international speaker, and recognized digital marketing expert with over 15 years of experience in this ever-changing industry. She has worked with Facebook, Nike, GE, Google, The US Senate, P&G, General Mills, Prudential, Remax, and more.
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About Boot Camp Digital: Boot Camp Digital provides proven digital marketing training, certifications, tools & workshops. Quickly grow your skills and capabilities.
