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Over the last 7 years, Brittany has created over 300 digital marketing strategies for clients locally and nationally. As the Marketing Director at One Thing Marketing, Brittany focuses on helping business owners get their phones to ring with new clients through optimizing their website and online presence. Through her strategies and team at One Thing, they have helped local trade businesses increase their business by an average of 30% every year.
Chris Sica is the Chief Revenue Office at The Ronin Society, a consulting group focused on giving small businesses access to the advantages that have been exclusive to private equity and big business. A fractional CFO of sorts, they work with businesses doing less than $10M in revenue to help their owners grow, gain profitability, and if appropriate, exit their business. He is passionate about helping business owners feel confident so they can enjoy the journey of entrepreneurship and create value for themselves and their communities.
Kate Bryan is the Founder and CEO of 1 Girl Revolution. After living away from Detroit for nearly 10 years, Kate recently returned to her roots and decided that Detroit was the ideal place to launch 1 Girl Revolution. 1 Girl Revolution is the embodiment of Detroit's two mottos – “there is always hope” and “it will rise from the ashes.” Just like for us, there is always hope and we will rise from the ashes. 1 Girl Revolution highlights the stories of everyday women who are changing the world through their lives. And our hope is that we can inspire and empower every woman to see her value, her purpose, and her power – and recognize that she has the power to change the world through her life.
Mark has two degrees in chemistry and currently works as the Director of Training and Development at Anderson Investigative Associates. Prior to that he served as a Program Manager and Instructor for the Inspector General Criminal Investigator Academy and at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in the Behavioral Science Division. He has served as a Senior Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Investigations, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Additionally, he served as a Deputy Inspector General and Director of Internal Audit for the New York State Office of the Inspector General and as a forensic chemist for the New York State Police.
Gerry Miller, CEO Cloudticity - Gerry is a serial entrepreneur and healthcare fanatic with over 30 years in the technology industry. Prior to Cloudticity, Gerry was brought in as the chief operating officer at ePrize; he turned around a failing company that was eventually sold for a fourfold return on the initial private equity investment. Before ePrize, Gerry spent eight years at Microsoft, first as chief technology officer for the US central region, then running the global business unit that oversaw General Motors (Microsoft’s second-largest customer), growing that account from $20MM to over $100MM in three years. Prior to Microsoft, Gerry spent nearly a decade in the technology consulting and startup industry. He holds all five AWS certifications.
My name is Abdul Ogunbiyi, the Chief Elderberry Officer of Fruit Movement. A company created to support companies in becoming healthier workplaces. Allowing teams to maximize performance without sacrificing health. We start with the simple act of offering fruit, jump-starting your company's wellness program and put you on the right path towards a positive future.
Ablorde is the CEO of 4Degrees, a Chicago-based technology company, applying machine intelligence to help teams in relationship-driven industries manage their most important source of opportunity - their professional networks. When he's not doing that, you can usually find him lifting weights, reading books or eating BBQ.
Victor Fredung is CEO of Shufti Pro. He is a FinTech innovator with more than 10 years of industry experience and is serving as the CEO of Shufti Pro, an award-winning AI-driven identity verification service provider. Victor Fredung has provided strategic directions for the growth of the company and its employees and has leveraged his services to improve IDV for the financial world.
Keri Gans is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Certified Yoga Teacher, and author of The Small Change Diet, a Shape Magazine Advisory Board Member and blogger for US News & World Report. The Keri Report, her own weekly blog and newsletter, helps to convey her no-nonsense and fun approach to living a healthy lifestyle. Gans is a sought-after nutrition expert and has conducted thousands of interviews worldwide. Her expertise has been featured in media outlets such as, Glamour, Shape, Self, Women’s Health, The Dr. Oz Show, ABC News, PIX11 Morning Show, Good Morning America, and FOX Business. She lives in NYC and East Hampton with her husband Bart, and is a huge dog lover, Netflix aficionado and martini enthusiast.
Laurie Seymour, M.A., is a 2x #1 international best-selling author, host of the Wisdom Talk Radio podcast, Executive Coach, international speaker and Founder/CEO of The Baca Institute. Twenty years ago, she was honored to receive the stewardship of a special esoteric technology that accelerates the process of innovation and creation in individuals and groups. Laurie's work is particularly valuable for professional innovators: thought leaders, product designers, company founders; because the work accelerates the time from ideation to implementation and revenue, while also opening the innovator to new levels of confidence, peace and satisfaction.
