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Rob Braiman is the CEO / Managing Member of Cogent Analytics, a business management consulting firm. Since 2005, he has personally engaged with over 1800 small to medium size businesses. An entrepreneur himself, he knows, first hand, the challenges of the journey, and his passion is to help others achieve success and long-term profitability that also results in enhancing quality of life. A business analyst by trade, he founded Cogent Analytics in 2014 to provide solutions for small business owners. In 5 years, he has helped many small businesses achieve their goals and in the process has grown Cogent Analytics from 6 people to over 120; and, has ranked on the Inc 500 and Inc 5000 fastest growing companies in the country 2 years in a row (and is on deck for a 3rd).

Emily is a passionate coach, podcast host, entrepreneur, author and motivational speaker! Through her own journey to self love she's become inspired to help women like you put yourself + your dreams first and achieve more than you ever thought possible! Emily has overcome much adversity in her life, being born into physical challenges including Beals Syndrome (underdeveloped muscle and bone mass + tight tendons), clubbed feet, and severe scoliosis. She believes strongly that if she can go from shy, hiding and "victim" of circumstance... to aligned, free, and unstoppable - then ANYBODY can and she will show you how!

James R. Nowlin is the Chief Executive Officer of a corporate consulting firm, Excel Global Partners (EGP), which he founded in 2007. He is also the Fund Managing Principal of EGP Ventures which serves as the umbrella entity for EGP; environmental and water reduction technology company EGP Eco; entertainment and media company Excelerated Media; and others. Through James' experience as a successful CEO and business strategist, as well as the obstacles that he has overcome in life, including being the survivor of a near-death drowning accident, his best-selling book, The Purposeful Millionaire: 52 Rules for Creating a Life of Wealth and Happiness Now, helps him to live out his mission of sharing the lessons that he has learned in both professional and personal life. As such, he empowers others to transform their lives to levels of high achievement, filled with abundance and purposefulness

Sebastian Little is dedicated to creating spaces for full self-expression and play. He operates his own coaching and consulting practice, where he partners with athletes, leaders, and teams to build leadership competencies, high-performance practices, and team culture. He is a graduate of Yale University and former varsity football player.

For 15 years, OptimumHQ founder and CEO Simon Chatfield owned a successful custom software development company that built custom software applications for global companies including Apple, ESPN, and American Express, plus hundreds of SMBs. He learned that big and small companies alike faced similar challenges. Business leaders just want software that truly solves their specific needs, and they don’t want all kinds of extra systems they don’t need. Pioneering the concept of dynamic data and company-specific workflows, Simon and his team created a new adaptive software platform to quickly build complex custom solutions without custom code, called OptimumHQ.