The Athletics of Business

An NCAA Division I men's basketball coach for thirty years, Porter Moser has been the head men's basketball coach at Loyola University Chicago since 2011 and is one of only three coaches in school history to win over 160 games on the Loyola bench. Moser has grown a reputation for developing men on and off the court. Porter's list of accomplishments in his nine seasons at Loyola is impressive. His...

Coach Dana Cavalea is a High Performance & Executive Leadership Coach. He is the former Director of Strength & Conditioning and Performance for the New York Yankees. Coach helped lead the New York Yankees to a World Championship in 2009. That same year he was awarded the Nolan Ryan Award given to the top Strength & Performance Coach in Major League Baseball as voted by his peers. In addition to hi...

Michael Steep has been at the forefront of technology for the last 30 years. He is the author of the newly released book, "First Light of Day: A Cautionary Tale of Our Future" , and the founder and executive director of Stanford University School of Engineering's Disruptive Technology and Digital Cities Program. In his current role, Mike has built a bridge between Stanford's disruptive technologie...

After he opened his real estate law firm in the tough market of 2009, lawyer Mo Dadkhah thought it might be a good idea to earn his real estate license, too. One thing led to another, and now he runs both a law firm and a real estate brokerage. Dadkhah, broker-owner at Main Street Real Estate Group, works with all categories of buyers, from entry level to luxury. During the past year, on the legal...

In the last 26 years, Ed Molitor has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as an NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. Ed has a unique set of skills to deliver leaders across the country a...

Mark French, Jr, is a senior point guard on the Men's Basketball team at Texas A&M University where he will receive a degree in Marketing and a concentration in Professional Selling. He has been instrumental in helping the program transition from former coach Billy Kennedy to first-year head coach Buzz Williams. After appearing in only eight games total his freshman and sophomore season, Mark earn...

Randy Eccker is one of the leading digital media and technology figures in the sports industry. Eccker has founded, led, managed or advised over 30 properties or groups across the industry and has participated in over $350M in corporate transactions. His experience as a Founder, CEO, Chairman, Board Member or Advisor has been instrumental in the success of many of these companies and has provided...

During his tenure, Ron Alvesteffer has helped Service Express define its market and create a unique performance driven culture for employees. Service Express's Core Value "to work with our employees to help them achieve their personal, professional and financial goals" creates opportunities for employee achievement and has led to outstanding individual and team performances resulting in individual...

Cody Foster is one of the Founders of Advisors Excel. In 2004, after leaving a corporate job to partner with David Callanan to be independent financial advisors, they realized the support system for independent advisors was dramatically insufficient. So, in 2005, along with Derek Thompson, they formed Advisors Excel with a goal of building a world class support structure for independent financial...

Kevin Eastman is a corporate speaker and an internationally-known basketball clinician who brings his knowledge and experience in sports to the business world. He speaks on various topics, including championship culture, teamwork, leadership, motivation and individual success. Over his 40 years in the game, Kevin has coached basketball at all levels, including 13 years in the NBA. He was a top ass...

John O'Sullivan is an internationally known TEDx Speaker and the founder of the Changing the Game Project, which he started in 2012. John is the author of two #1 bestselling books and a leading youth sports blogger and he is the host of the top-rated Way of Champions coaching podcast. He is a former collegiate and professional soccer player who has coached for more than 20 years at the youth, high...

Shane Jones is the Co-Founder at Fooda, a Chicago, Illinois-based workplace food program that brings a different pop-up restaurant to serve as the office lunch vendor each day. Shane and his team scour the streets for the best food trucks, trendy restaurants, and hidden gem mom-and-pop food service businesses. Founded in 2011 with just five employees, today they have more than 450 employees across...

John Sabatalo is the President of Planes Companies – a global moving, warehousing, logistics, and project management firm located in Cincinnati, Ohio. As one of 15 members of the board of UniGroup – a $1.7 billion transportation company – John plays a key role in transforming the industry. John has been with Planes Companies since 1991 and has served as President since 2003. Prior to becoming a le...

In the last 26 years, Ed Molitor has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as an NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. Ed has a unique set of skills to deliver leaders across the country a...

Lou joined the national franchising company, Mosquito Joe (a Neighborly Company), as Chief Operating Officer in the spring of 2017, and was named Brand President in October of 2017. He leads all aspects of marketing, operations and franchise sales for the Brand, which has quickly grown to 145 franchises in 36 states since 2013. Prior to joining Mosquito Joe, Lou served as Vice President of Strateg...

Speaker, performer, author Bo Eason started his career in the NFL as a top pick for the Houston Oilers. Continuing on with the San Francisco 49ers, during his 5-year career Bo competed beside and against some of the greatest players of his generation. In 2001, Bo wrote and performed his one-man play, Runt of the Litter, which he performed on Broadway to rave reviews. The New York Times called it,...

In the last 26 years, Ed has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as an NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. Ed has a unique set of skills to deliver leaders across the country a purpose...

Pat Klingler is the Vice President of Business Development for Direct Biologics where he is responsible for strategic leadership and growth among multiple lines, both regionally and nationally. Klingler has built a humbling career in the orthobiologic and medical device arena, but much of his success as a sales leader directly results from the skills he developed as a basketball coach at Palm Bean...

Dave Sharkey has been a full-time real estate developer for the past 20 plus years and owns and manages a portfolio of 285 apartments in Seattle, WA. Dave has an intimate knowledge of the construction trades having acted as the general contractor for the first 16 years of his career. The focus of his projects has been the value-add rehabilitation of existing apartment buildings. The renovations ar...

In addition to CEO at RedSeal, seed investor mostly in cyber companies. Those include Area 1 Security, Synack, Tala, dTex, NS8, Mark43, Qwilt, RigUp, Planet, LumaHealth, Unbound Tech, Virgil, Cybrary, Halo Tech, and others. Also, Rothrock is the author of "Digital Resilience" published by Harper Collins. It is a non-technical book for management, leaders and really just about anyone interested in...

Adam is the founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies, which includes KW Vermont, Hergenrother Realty Group, BlackRock Construction, Adam Hergenrother Training, and Adam Hergenrother Foundation. Adam has grown these companies into a $1 billion organization by creating a culture where personal growth and work-life integration come first. Adam thrives on taking on physical challenges including...

With over 20 years of experience working in capital markets, Billy Douglass started in the financial services industry in 2007 and joined Merrill Lynch in 2011. His focus is on developing strategies for individuals, families, and businesses to help preserve and grow their wealth, investments and retirement plans. By gaining a deep understanding of each client's unique goals, needs and risk toleran...

In the last 26 years, Ed has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as an NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. Ed has a unique set of skills to deliver leaders across the country a purpose...

At Synchrony Financial, Claude Royster is the VP of Emerging Markets where he is responsible for driving dealer enrollment, sales growth and credit integration. In this role, Royster Provides innovation and thought leadership to drive profitability through managed portfolio industry segments, develops segmented sales, marketing and servicing strategies, and negotiates multi-year contracts for key...

Gregg is the Founder and CEO of CGS Advisors, LLC. For the last 20+ years, he has pushed the limits of corporate cultures by formulating and implementing unique corporate, business, and functional strategies. He is a visionary leader who prides himself in recognizing commonsense solutions for complex problems and supports "Corporate Bravery" by motivating teams to reach well beyond the typical bou...