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Raj Shingadia is an entrepreneur and creative visionary who traded a planned legal career for his passion for aquatics. Since making that leap, he has designed and installed world-class aquatic environments for aquariums, zoos, hospitals, businesses, and private residences across the globe. His talents have also reached Hollywood, where he contributed to the set design and fabrication of major pro...

Jimmy St. Louis is the CEO of Agentis Longevity, a healthcare platform focused on helping people live healthier, longer, and more fulfilling lives. A former competitive athlete and seasoned healthcare executive, Jimmy has spent his career building and scaling innovative healthcare organizations, including leadership roles at Franchise 123, AliRx, and the Laser Spine Institute, where he helped grow...

Mark Paine Fisher is an author, entrepreneur, and leadership coach whose work is deeply rooted in resilience, healing, and personal growth. After losing his father in a 1966 plane crash at just five years old and later overcoming temporary paralysis following a medical accident, Mark transformed life's greatest challenges into a mission to help others grow. He founded Inspiring Growth, authored th...

Bob Quintana is the Founder and CEO of Enlightened Entrepreneurship Group, author of Enlightened Entrepreneurship, and host of the Enlightened Entrepreneurship Podcast. With more than 35 years of experience founding, leading, and advising businesses, he has helped entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, startups, and government organizations strengthen leadership, culture, and organizational perform...

Bill Flederbach, President and CEO of ClimeCo, has spent more than 30 years helping businesses address climate challenges through innovative sustainability and decarbonization solutions. Since founding ClimeCo, he has grown the company into a global leader serving organizations across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, helping reduce more than 40 million tonnes of CO₂e emissions through envi...

John Polo is a keynote speaker, author, and international coach who shares powerful lessons on resilience, healing, and personal transformation. After losing his wife to cancer and facing grief, financial hardship, and the threat of homelessness, he rebuilt his life and dedicated his work to helping others overcome loss, self-doubt, and adversity. Through his books, coaching, podcasts, and speakin...

Michael "Buzz" Buzinski is a U.S. Air Force veteran, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and marketing expert dedicated to helping business owners achieve entrepreneurial freedom. Through his expertise in marketing, leadership, and scalable business systems, he teaches founders how to build businesses that generate sustainable growth without depending on the owner, creating greater financial...

Kenny Stoddart is the founder and CEO of IronMind Advisors, where he combines his background in cybersecurity and executive leadership to help leaders grow through coaching and personal development. Joining him are Luke Stenson and Wyatt Porch, former Division I athletes and co-founders of TheAthleteCheck.com, a platform that helps student-athletes navigate recruiting, personal development, and op...

Veronica Sommer is the founder of Sacred Stewardship, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting children, strengthening families, and promoting ethical leadership in the digital age. Leveraging her background in cybersecurity and strategic partnerships, she brings together leaders from technology, business, faith, and policy to address issues surrounding privacy, digital ethics, and human flourishing. T...

Joe Sweis is an entrepreneur, author, and endurance athlete who left an $800K/year career at age 36 to pursue a more meaningful and fulfilling life. As the founder and CEO of Fortune Bridge Capital, an emerging private equity real estate fund, he combines business leadership with a passion for personal growth. A father of three, Joe also challenges himself physically—completing a 54-mile ultramara...

Weipeng Zhuo is the founder of Nexrizen, a technology consultancy that helps founder-led businesses build custom automation systems and modern technology infrastructure to scale more efficiently. After earning a PhD from Georgia Tech and working as a data scientist at Meta, he left the corporate world to help growing companies leverage innovation for faster growth. Alongside his technical expertis...

Laura Simms is the founder of Your Career Homecoming and a Certified Equity-Centered Coach with 15 years of experience helping professionals make meaningful career transitions. Through her WHOLE Method, she has guided more than 450 clients—from organizations such as Google, the FBI, NPR, and Fortune 500 companies—toward careers that align with their strengths, values, and financial goals. Inspired...

Michelle Bryant Johnson is an award-winning mindset expert with more than 25 years of experience in leadership development, workforce strategy, and organizational culture. Drawing on her corporate HR background and personal journey after losing her husband to COVID-19, she helps individuals overcome self-doubt, imposter syndrome, and fear through her SPARK program. Her work empowers people to buil...

Stephanie Loewenstern is the founder of Bright Link Talent, a boutique recruiting firm that helps Series A through C tech startups build high-performing go-to-market teams. Since launching the company in 2019, she has successfully navigated hiring freezes and challenging recruiting markets while helping startups attract top talent. Drawing from her own experiences as a single mother and entreprene...

Eric Corriz is the founder of ECorr Marketing, a revenue growth agency that helps established businesses generating $500K–$5M annually build predictable sales pipelines through AI-powered advertising, SEO, Voice AI, lead generation automation, branding, and other end-to-end marketing systems. Guided by his Christian faith, Eric believes purpose comes before profit and sees business as a platform t...

Zechariah Thomas is the Founder and CEO of Swift Sports Inc., a company dedicated to making sports more affordable and accessible through high-quality, budget-friendly equipment and apparel. After selling his first company for seven figures at just 18 years old, he went on to build a multi-million-dollar global sports brand by age 23. His entrepreneurial success has earned him national recognition...

Tim Castle is a bestselling author, globally recognized negotiation expert, and performance coach who helps leaders and sales professionals succeed by combining emotional intelligence with AI-driven strategies. Named one of the Top 30 Negotiation Professionals in the World by Global Gurus in 2025 and 2026, he is the author of several award-winning books and host of The Tim Castle Show podcast. His...

Tom Sheridan is the CEO of MWG Holdings Group, the parent company of Perfect Union, and a respected leader in the cannabis industry. With a background in law, corporate governance, and capital strategy, he founded MWG in 2017 and grew it into California’s largest wholly owned vertically integrated cannabis company with 10 retail locations. Despite a challenging market, Tom has led the company to s...

Michael Alonzo is a military veteran, entrepreneur, and strategic operator who has built businesses across private capital, technology, and biotechnology. As the founder of HEKA Capital and Cloud Tech Smart and Chief Strategy Officer of Synbio Concept, he focuses on building strong partnerships, adapting quickly to change, and using disciplined execution to turn challenges into opportunities. He a...

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Saul Blinkoff is a Hollywood filmmaker, keynote speaker, and storyteller whose work spans major studios including Disney, DreamWorks, and Netflix. Drawing from his journey of pursuing an unlikely Hollywood dream, he teaches audiences how to overcome obstacles, develop resilience, and create purpose-driven success. Through the storytelling principles he learned at Disney, Saul helps people understa...

Lora Cheadle is an author, TEDx speaker, leadership wellness coach, and former attorney who helps individuals and organizations recover from burnout and betrayal. As the creator of the FUEL UP Burnout-Recovery Method and author of It’s Not Burnout; It’s Betrayal, she teaches that many burnout symptoms are rooted in deeper experiences of broken trust and emotional wounds. Drawing from both professi...

Greg Berry is the founder and CEO of Municibid, the leading online marketplace for government auctions in the United States and Canada. Inspired by witnessing a police car worth $3,000 sell for only $300 while serving as a borough councilman in Pennsylvania, Greg invested $2,000 to create a better solution for public agencies. Since launching in 2006, Municibid has grown into a platform serving mo...

Lee Mandel is an entrepreneur and nationally recognized leader in school and building security technology, dedicated to creating safer environments for schools, hospitals, government facilities, and public spaces. As CEO of XSponse, he leads the development of an advanced AI-powered security ecosystem that enhances emergency detection, alerts, and mass notification systems while reducing human err...

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