Mike Arce is the CEO & Founder of Loud Rumor, a 7-figure fitness marketing agency that helps studios and gyms get more members. Mike is a marketing expert, as well as a business coach for small businesses needing help with marketing and/or sales. He is also the host of The GSD Show, a video podcast that provides incredibly valuable business content for fitness studio and gym owners.
Stephane Bourque is the technological inspiration behind Incognito Software Systems’ provisioning solutions. As CEO, Stephane has built an elite team of dedicated engineers and championed Incognito’s development of high performance, multi-platform IP service enablement solutions. Originally from Montreal, Canada, and educated at Concordia University, Stephane applied his computer engineering background at Banyan Systems to design enterprise network management systems for Fortune 1000 companies like Bell Canada.
Neill Feather is the president of SiteLock and a member of the board of directors for the Online Trust Alliance. SiteLock, was recently named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 for the second year in a row. The company, which is part of Arizona’s rapidly expanding “Silicon Desert,” grew 479 percent over the three year period measured, making it the state’s fastest growing software company.
Neill has over 20 years of experience in the technology and systems industry, notably providing technology solutions and industry insights for Johnson & Johnson prior to joining SiteLock. Neill holds B.S. degrees in Statistics & Information Systems and International Business from the Pennsylvania State University, and an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.
Jarie Bolander is an engineer by training and an entrepreneur by nature. He has over 20 years of experience bring innovative products to market. Some of them include Bluetooth, USB, RFID, Semiconductor DNA sequencing, and SaaS for Healthcare.
Jarie has formed or been part of 6 startups in various management roles. He hold a MBA in Technology Management and a BS in Electrical Engineering. He is also inventor or co-inventor on over 10 patents and has published three books — “Frustration Free Technical Management”, “#ENDURANCE tweet — A Little Nudge to Keep You Going” and “Business Basics for Entrepreneurs”. You can read his thoughts on management and entrepreneurship via his blog, The Daily MBA.
Dan was a senior engineer with Intel Corporation. His job was to travel the world with the company’s senior executives, doing technical demonstrations on stage at events, and he was incredibly nervous about speaking on stage. He took a comedy class to get over the fear, and the comedy kind of took off.
Since leaving Intel to pursue comedy full-time, Dan has performed at two Democratic National Conventions, at a TED Conference, at several presidential inaugural galas, for President Obama, Donald Trump, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, Hillary Clinton, Steve Wozniak, Arianna Huffington and for hundreds of similar luminaries. Also, he appeared in an Apple “Get a Mac” commercial and recently did voiceover work for the animated series “Family Guy”.
Stephen DeWitt is CEO of Work Market, a role he assumed in January 2015 to lead the company in its next phase as the leading enterprise labor-automation platform. A 30-year technology veteran, Stephen was attracted to Work Market’s opportunity to help companies achieve digital transformation by adopting a cloud-based workforce and work management model.
Stephen previously served as Senior Vice President and
General Manager at Hewlett Packard, where he served on the company’s Executive Leadership Team.
Prior to joining Hewlett Packard, Stephen was President, CEO and Chairman of Azul Systems for five years, where he provided strategic leadership and visionary direction for the company from its earliest stages through product development and market entry.
Stephen earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Finance from Babson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
Tom Harness is the founder and owner of Harness Digital Marketing, a digital marketing firm that has worked with over 50 businesses and organizations on Social Media, SEO, and Email Marketing. He is an entrepreneur and business owner with 20 years of combined experience in Education, IT, Non-Profits and Business. Tom is a U.S. Army Veteran and a Southern Illinois University alum. He also enjoys craft beers, his beloved Chicago Cubs, his family and community.
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