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Melissa Forziat is a Southern California-based marketer, speaker, consultant, and author. She uses her experience working with big organizations like Olympic Winter Games, Rugby World Cup, and the US Olympic Committee and now she teaches small businesses how to market on a budget and helps them execute their marketing strategies. She is the author of "Small Business Marketing on a Budget," and as a speaker she offers keynotes, presentations, workshops, and webinars.
Melinda is a serial entrepreneur who has built 4 businesses in media and tech to 7- and 8- figure success. Her 5th, as the CEO and founder of Wings Media, is the world's first socially-interactive and "gamified" podcast network. Podopolo™ is a community where people gather to discover and share their favorite podcasts, interact with each other and hosts, win freebies and resources as they participate in putting learning into action to enhance their lives and engage around world-changing initiatives - all in one mobile app. It's also the first to share revenue with podcasters. Melinda also hosts the fast growing "Wings Of...Inspired Business" podcast named by Entrepreneur Magazine as #8 of 20 of the top business podcasts for 2020. She also helps business owners and entrepreneurs launch magnetic and profitable podcasts. Melinda is a passionate advocate for women entrepreneurs and conscious leadership to use business as a force for social good.
with an undergraduate degree from George Mason University in Government and International Relations. Her passion in life is to drive motivation and enable individuals to reach their career heights through education."
Michael Wang is Founder & CEO of Inspiren, an award winning healthcare technology company. He is a registered nurse and nurse practitioner with vast clinical experience in cardiothoracic surgery and direct patient care. In addition, he holds numerous patents on innovate technologies in both the healthcare and hospitality industry and has founded two successful companies prior to Inspiren. He received a bachelors degree from Emory University, majoring in Biology and Sociology. He attended graduate school at Columbia University, studying both business and nursing.
Michael is the creator of Inspire Your Success which is a blog + podcast to help people start online businesses and upgrade their mindset for success. He is also an author and self-improvement writer who's been featured on Fearless Motivation, Goalcast, Lifehacker, and more. In 2017 he left his 6-figure job to build an online business and pursue professional golf.
For 20 years, Matt was an executive in the radio industry, before becoming an investor and the founding CEO for the School of Rock. In five years, Matt grew that franchise from five locations to 55 schools – the largest of music schools in the world. In 2012, he opened the first One River School of Art + Design in Englewood, NJ. He franchised the concept in 2017 and currently has 12 locations, with up to five more expected to open this year. For more information go to http://oneriverschool.com/franchise
and is here today to share the best of what he has learned."
Michael Yinger has been in the talent acquisition space for almost 20 years, most recently as the Global Lead of Growth, Strategy and Product Management for PeopleScout. His previous experience in the space includes Aon RPO as Global Delivery Leader, Randstad Sourceright as VP of Implementation and Technology, and as an independent consultant specializing in process and implementation for multiple clients. A well tenured business executive, Mr. Yinger brings expertise in technology, business design, and strategy to The Sieve, as well as a passion to enhance the experience of all the participants in the recruitment process. He and his family live in Charlotte, NC, where they take time to enjoy the outdoors and regional entertainment, taking advantage of the mild climate.
Marcia Maxwell left the corporate world to pursue her passion of fashion and design. She founded her brand in her namesake, but it is also known as MBM Swim. Her first swimwear collection was in January of 2019 and has already gotten the attention of Victoria’s Secret, Sports Illustrated, Forbes, and many others. Through faith and grit, Maxwell is working to grow her brand to be the next big name in swim and resort wear.
As someone with interest in fitness, helping as many people as possible improve their health, and seeing the benefits of his own weight loss transformation, Matthew Bible started his fitness company, CASS Fitness in September of 2013. The company started out with Matthew and his two partners Stephen Sengstacke and Ramon Thomas. Matthew is an in-home personal trainer, traveling to homes, apartment gyms, parks, offices, and more in Montgomery County, MD, Arlington, VA, and Washington, DC. Over the next few years, Matthew helped to recruit several talented personal trainers in the DC area as independent contractors. In 2017, CASS Fitness began teaching outdoor classes for the Parks at Walter Reed in DC and also gained their first trainer in Pittsburgh, PA.
