Self-Made Is A Myth - Make A Difference Together: Recent Episodes
Coach Tim Campsall
No one is really self-made! We don’t get to where we end up alone. We’ve all had folks in our journey who’ve helped us achieve our success. Many times those folks don’t even know the impact they’ve had. So, in honor of the fellow business owners in your life that had an impact on you becoming the person you are today, the Self-Made Is A Myth movement celebrates them.
Luke Walter was raised and born in Northern Indiana near Notre Dame university. Currently is still single and very focused on his career, but looking for a life partner to grow and expand with. He comes from a large family who is heavy in business in many different industries. Giving Luke an expanded inside knowledge of different industries cross comparing to what works best in the Piano Industry. He is currently 28 years old and has worked in every aspect of the Piano industry.
From sales, restoration, manufacturing, design, and piano moving he has worked in all of these divisions and even led the charge in most. He is a very motivated starter/action taker who is a calculated team creator understanding what his primary skills are, but also what he lacks in and is very honest about what those are. Passionate about surrounding himself with people who are better than him in skills needed to grow and succeed past what he could do alone.
Currently he is leading the charge on the international growth of Walter Piano Group and taking the marketing to the next level along with managing the manufacturing and licensing deals. He is also currently the lead on retail, restoration, manufacturing sales. Luke along with the piano industry has knowledge in construction from property flips from side projects residentially and commercially.
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John Nunemaker was born and raised in Burr Oak, Michigan and now lives in South Bend, Indiana with his high school sweetheart, Stephanie, and their two kids, Max and Lila. He began his career at the University of Notre Dame before stepping into the world of software and entrepreneurship in 2008.
Not long after, the company he co-founded was acquired by GitHub as their first acquisition, where John spent the next seven years helping scale one of the most important developer platforms in the world.
Today, John is the owner of several SaaS companies. He runs https://fireside.fm, a podcast hosting and analytics platform used by creators around the globe, Box Out Sports, which helps schools and colleges promote their athletic programs through custom graphics, and Flipper Cloud, a feature-flagging service that enables teams to safely release software. He is also part of the team behind Momentum Entrepreneurship Hub in South Bend, which provides coworking space, offices and resources for local founders.
When he’s not shipping code or growing companies, John can usually be found with his wife and kids, keeping the balance between building software and building memories.
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Davis Uphoff was born in Vincennes, Indiana and raised in Mount Carmel, Illinois. Recently married to his wife Lexi, Davis began his career in the crane industry at just 19 years old when he earned his first crane certification and went to work at the local power plant in Owensville, Indiana. After gaining early experience, he hit the road working as a crane operator at power plants and large construction projects across the country.
When it came time to recertify his credentials, Davis expanded his qualifications by earning advanced certifications such as NCCCO Rigger Level II and Lift Director. After completing his Lift Director training, his instructor, Luke, offered him a role overseeing crane and rigging operations on a major hospital expansion in Indianapolis. It was on that project that Davis and Luke recognized their shared vision, leading them to co-found Crane Industry Experts in 2019.
Based in Indianapolis, Crane Industry Experts provides NCCCO certified Lift Directors, crane operators, riggers, and signalpersons to jobsites nationwide. The company partners with some of the largest general contractors in the country to oversee all crane and rigging operations, ensuring safety, compliance, and efficiency on complex projects. CIE works across industries including construction, power generation, refineries, data centers, and healthcare facilities . Their mission is simple but critical: to keep every jobsite safe and sound when it comes to cranes and rigging.
Today, Davis continues to build Crane Industry Experts into a trusted national partner for contractors who understand the importance of dedicated crane and rigging oversight. With a reputation for professionalism, integrity, and results, CIE is raising the standard of safety on projects across the United States.
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Thomas Haun has been married to his amazing wife Michele for 16 years. They have two kiddos: Thomas (10) and Anna (8). Thomas is the President of Turner Staffing Group. He has held leadership roles across human capital, operations, sales, marketing, strategy, and finance. Before founding Turner Staffing Group, Thomas was the Chief Operating Officer of Turner Mining Group. Previously, Thomas led business teams for PrecisionHawk, DuPont, and Northrop Grumman. Thomas holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, B.S. in Mathematics and B.A. in Economics from the University of Maryland.
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Jason has been in the remodeling industry since high school and began as a general laborer and carpenter’s helper. In 2000 after graduating college, he had the opportunity to transition from the field into the office and began working with sales and design departments to produce project specifications and job costing.
Along with providing support to produce projects, Jason is the President of the company and oversees all marketing efforts. Being active in the industry is important to Jason. He is the current co-chair of the Remodelers Impact Group and is a former President of the The Remodelor’s Council board of the Builder’s Association of Greater Indianapolis (BAGI) and is also active in the Indiana Chapter of NARI, or The National Association of the Remodeling Indiustry. In 2012, he was awarded “Forty under 40” by Professional Remodeler magazine. Most recently, Jason was nominated the 2016 Remodeler of the Year by the Builder’s Association of Greater Indianapolis (BAGI).
When asked about what he finds enjoyable about the remodeling industry, Jason replies,
“I like the seeing the whole process take shape. From initial consultation and through design and selections and then the finished product, we have been lucky to have a great cast of people to help make our client’s dreams a reality.”
Away from work, Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and kids hiking and camping and playing ice hockey with his father and brothers. Jason is also an avid Indianapolis Colts fan.
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Weston Sigler was born and raised in Perrysville, Ohio, Lived for 2 years in Togo, West Africa and settled in Columbia City, Indiana in 2002. He has been married to his beautiful wife Amy for 26 years and has 4 children: Drew (Married), Karris (Married), Brooke (College) and Ava (H.S. Senior).
He spent 12 years as the Marketing Director for Schrader Real Estate & Auction Co. Managing Land Auction Marketing Budgets from $50,000 to over $250,000. In that time he oversaw 6 staff members and developed an in-house printing operation to handle all direct mail. He is now the owner of Blue River Digital with 2 locations in Indiana - Columbia City and Warsaw.
As a full-service marketing agency, Blue River Digital aims to simplify the marketing process by offering comprehensive services under one roof, ensuring consistency and coherence in thier clients’ brand identities. Services include Graphic Design, Website Development, Digital Marketing, Apparel, Signage, Promotional Items, Video Production and Printing. 60% of their Income is from the Auction Sector, where BRD helps auction companies market large land holdings.
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In 2015, when Kevin Chenault launched Blackstrap Media, the traditional advertising landscape was already a crowded space. However, Kevin—a new entrepreneur with roots in visual storytelling and a passion for bold ideas—saw an opportunity to leverage social media platforms for creative advertising by focusing on what works natively within those platforms. “The best ads don’t look like ads,” and this philosophy has guided our approach since day one.
In 2025, Blackstrap Media rebranded as kei, a digital advertising company with a more focused approach to the evolving digital advertising landscape. The name “kei” (pronounced 🔑), with its unique spelling of a common yet empowering word, reflects our commitment to embracing bold, non-traditional ideas to address evolving challenges.
Since our inception, we’ve been honored to partner with forward-thinking businesses and innovative startups, crafting campaigns that leave a lasting impact. But our mission doesn’t stop there: kei is built on the belief that creativity should serve a greater purpose. By aligning with organizations that embrace change, we ensure that when our clients succeed, so do the communities we touch.
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Joel Dunham is the owner of Ovation Insurance, a 7-time IIABA Best Practices Agency. Recognized as the 2024 PIA Indiana Ralph Cleveland Agent of the Year, Joel has built his agency through acquisitions, smart growth strategies, and a willingness to challenge the old playbook. He combines the reliability of a traditional independent agency with the innovation of a forward-looking entrepreneur—leveraging technology, people, and bold ideas to shape what the next generation of insurance agencies will look like.
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Jason Werner was born in Indianapolis IN. He was fortunate to attend Purdue University where he graduated with degrees in Organization Leadership, Business Management, Communications, and Entrepreneurship. He moved back home to start his career and build a family, and has been married to his wonderful wife Angela for 9 years, and have 3 sons , Landon (4) , Leo (2), and Layton (3 months).
Jason has been in the financial services Industry for 14 years now, 12 of which he has operated as an independent advisor. His career started off with Prudential on the North Side of Indianapolis. After 2 years working predominantly in insurance review, asset management, and retirement planning, Jason wanted to take the next step in building a practice built on a much more specific model of advisory, with a strong focus on personal portfolio management and comprehensive planning.
After years of honing and developing his process at Blue Chip Consultants, Jason planted his practice roots off the South side of Indianapolis, Establishing the now RIA of Werner Financial. Now, he spends every day developing portfolio models, retirement strategies, asset protection methods, tax efficiently plans, and overall financial education.
The Werner Financial Team produces a straightforward and specific 4 step plan for each client, including; an initial discovery, deep-dive analysis, strategic action planning, and reviewing the process to ensure results are achieved. Each plan is individualized to create a direct road map to realizing unique financial goals. It is Jason and his team's personal and spirited mission to provide 5x the service, an aimed plan at performance, and as mentioned earlier, results!
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Jamison Carrier was born and raised in Richmond, IN and now splits time between Sycamore Shores, his family’s 50-acre Indiana homestead, and Fort Myers, FL. He married his wife Kathy in 2000—a single mom to Tori, Trisha, and Joey—and together they’ve built a full, beautiful life. They now have six grandchildren who keep things loud, fast, and full of adventure.
After losing nearly everything in the 2008 financial crisis, Jamison reentered the RV industry and helped Camping World scale from 50 to 150 locations and go public. He went on to found Relentless Dealer Services (RDS), a company focused on F&I performance in RV and marine dealerships, which he grew debt-free and sold to a private equity firm in 2023. Over the years, he’s played a key role in dozens of acquisitions and startups, built high-performing teams, and developed leaders now serving across the nation.
Today, Jamison serves as a partner at TeamNavX, helping leaders grow their teams and scale their businesses. He’s also the author of Syndromedy: The Totally Unofficial Field Guide to Weird Human Behavior, a #1 Amazon bestseller that proves personal development doesn’t have to be boring. Learn more at jamisoncarrier.com and teamnavx.com.
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Angelo Saia is the managing partner and co-owner of Roman’s Roofing LLC in Hobart, Indiana. He has helped grow Roman’s into a trusted name for roofing, siding, and gutters across Northwest Indiana, known for quality work and a strong commitment to the community, including annual roof giveaways for veterans and first responders.
He lives in Crown Point with his wife of eight years, Lauren, and their three children. Family and community are at the heart of everything he does, both at home and through the work he leads at Roman’s Roofing.
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Raptor Roofing is an Indiana-based company built to add white-collar precision to a blue-collar craft. Founded by Cameron Blakely and Patrick Kinney, we’re in this industry to connect and to serve our clients, our employees, and our community. We practice modern roofing powered by technology: AI-enhanced workflows, smart CRMs, and clear, proactive communication. Every tool we use has one purpose - give homeowners a flawless, stress-free experience with their contractor. Integrity, consistency, and continuous improvement drive us; empowerment and growth define us. When you work with Raptor, you get high-quality craftsmanship, a team that cares, and a process designed to be as seamless as the finished roof. We’re here to raise the standard in roofing.
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CityMoms founder Jeanine is a mom of teens, yoga lover, Michigan native, and avid reader. Her dream vacation includes hiking national parks with her family and a cup of hot chai.
After moving from Detroit to Indianapolis, Jeanine found herself taking care of kids in a new city.
Wanting desperately to connect with other women, she asked a couple of moms to get together. That mini group grew to 10, soon 50, then 100 moms. Realizing many women were craving intentional connection and support like she was - theCityMoms community was born.
What began as an in-person playgroup has now grown into a national parenting brand.
As theCityMoms CEO and “Chief Mom Officer,” Jeanine now leads overall business, content, and communications strategy, oversees operations and media relations, and guides theCityMoms' long-term vision and expansion… all while keeping her finger on the pulse of what modern moms really need.
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Bill Moore has been married to Susie for 36 years. He has two sons, Taylor and Kyle, who are married to Shelby and Rachael, respectively, and have five children. They all live in Carmel and are members of College Park Church.
Bill graduated from University of Wisconsin in 1984 with a BS in Chemical Engineering. He worked for Procter & Gamble for five years doing consumer research on disposable diapers.
Bill left P&G and founded PacMoore a food ingredient company that he ran for 32 years. PacMoore produced ingredients for fortune 500 food manufacturers from three manufacturing sites. He sold the company in 2021.
Bill started and ran a Bible Study Fellowship class as the Teaching Leader in Tinley Park, Illinois in 2001. The class reached full size after three years with 450 men and 120 children. Bill handed off the class in 2009. He then worked in east Africa to bring Jesus through a business as mission model from 2009 through 2015.
Bill is currently the CEO of Heart of a Man which he and his sons founded in 2019 to help rebuild the American family one man at a time. They have an office in Carmel, Indiana and work full time coaching men through 1:1 , group processing, large Bible study groups, intimate man night events, and conferences.
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Steve Shoultz was born and raised in a small town in Illinois. He has resided in Noblesville, IN for the last 32 years with his wife, Emily, and four children: Sara and family live in Sacramento, Mark and family live in Noblesville as does daughter Kayla and family. The youngest Doug, has recently relocated to Sacramento. He and his wife enjoy spending time with their 9 grandchildren.
Steve started in Personal lines sales with Liberty Mutual in 1983 in Phoenix, AZ. Liberty Mutual transferred him to Indianapolis as a sales manager in 1991. From there he learned the commercial lines side of the business with Federated and Sentry Insurance. He worked three years with one of the states largest independent insurance agencies prior to opening PRM in August of 2005.
PRM has grown to 17 employees with three different locations: Fishers, South bend, and Columbus. Their concentration of business is 60% personal lines and 40% commercial lines. They work with their clients to build better risk solutions to maximize their coverage with the most efficient premium expense. Most people do not stop to think their their total insurance cost is the premium plus the deductible PLUS any uncovered losses. PRM focuses on the Pillow Test to make sure they have recommended the proper coverage for their clients.
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Aaron Christy is the founder of [Indy Roof and Restoration] https://indyroofandrestoration.com — Indianapolis’ trusted experts in roof repair, roof replacement, storm damage restoration, siding, gutters, and exterior painting. For years, Aaron has helped homeowners protect their most valuable asset with fast, professional service and unmatched customer care.
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Jerry has lived in the Indy area just about all his life with the exception of a few years in Chicago and Minneapolis. Jerry graduated from IU in 1971. After graduation he waited tables and bartended for awhile. This time was the best sales training anyone could have! From there he was a trip director for a couple travel agencies taking groups to Europe, Mexico, The Caribbean Hawaii, and parts of the US. After that I got married had 4 kids and in the meantime got serious about my professions and there were a quite a few.
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Rachel Priddy was born in Indianapolis as the second of 4 kids. She grew up with her family often talking about her determination and strong-willed nature. After falling in love with chemistry and inspired by her high school chemistry teacher, she decided not to major in flute but studied Food Science and minored in German at Purdue University.
She began her corporate career in technical sales after working in research and development labs in the flavor industry. She called on customers such as Goose Island, Sam Adams, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Red Gold, Fage, and more. She had two daughters and briefly transitioned to working in the personal care segment in technical sales calling on brands like Bath and Body Works and Jergens before deciding to go into business for herself and open a coffee shop.
She now operates Rose & Lois coffee company and is growing her fleet of mobile espresso bars bringing Rose & Lois's beloved craft beverages to markets, events, schools, and workplaces across Central Indiana. With a deep commitment to the community, each mobile unit proudly features locally roasted coffee, seasonal favorites, and fun flavor infusions—designed to fuel you for all things work. play. espresso.
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The founder of an aggressively forward-thinking, woman-owned employee benefits startup, Lydia Clark has a 20-year reputation for being a trailblazer in the benefits field, delivering unmatched cost containment, unrivaled transparency, and an unquestioned others-minded approach to the dollar-focused (oftentimes to the point of abuse) insurance industry.
Having been inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society and then passing the CPA exam straight out of college, Lydia dedicated her efforts to protecting insurance clients from the onset of her career by rolling up her sleeves and diving into internal audit and compliance for major insurance carriers nationwide. She has held multiple industry designations showcasing her expertise and her "protect the public first" career approach.
"I was raised to value CHARACTER ABOVE ALL, and have intentionally worked at honoring those roots since I started my insurance career straight out of college some thirty years ago.
As a soft, faith-forward personality in a hardcore industry, I have tried to lead from a position of reliable others mindedness, respectful collaboration, and integrity at all costs. I'm proud to say that Integrity Benefit Partners has historically enjoyed explosive growth from this business approach."
Lydia is a transplant from Florida, a natural mom to two girls and a bonus mom to 4 others, including a sister and brother from Guatemala and two young fellas that came as a God-sent package deal with husband of 5 months, Nate. She is currently pursuing her Master's in Psychology in preparation for her "second mountain" legacy work.
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Steve Hall spent his early years in Massachusetts before moving with his family to Atlanta in the mid-'90s. Following high school, Steve graduated from the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University in 2006. After working at a Finger Lakes winery during his undergraduate years, Steve followed his passion for wine and began his career with E&J Gallo after graduation, selling wine in Boston and Chicago. Steve's career then took a slight pivot into the tech world before he enrolled at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, to obtain his MBA. After completing graduate school in 2011, Steve moved with his wife Tasha to Indianapolis, where Tasha had grown up.
In the years following, Steve led a team of marketing professionals as the Director of Customer Acquisition for One Click Ventures in Greenwood, Indiana, before co-founding Tinker Coffee with his brother-in-law Jeff Johnson in 2014. Tinker Coffee has experienced steady and profitable growth in its first 10 years of business, and now operates 7 cafes in the greater Indianapolis area along with robust wholesale, e-commerce, catering, and technical services departments. In 2022, Food & Wine Magazine named Tinker Coffee the "Best Coffee in Indiana," and the company continues to pursue excellence by staying true to its founding mission: creating extraordinary coffee experiences that educate, inspire, and bring people together.
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Serving not-for-profit institutions with mission-based, cause-related communication campaigns and initiatives.
A nationally recognized producer, television and radio executive, Lou Pierce is the founder and President of Big Idea Company, which serves the Public Relations needs of organizations, companies and government organizations throughout the American Midwest.
As a writer and director of documentary films, commercials, corporate videos, broadcast news features, public relations campaigns and initiatives, Pierce has earned 22 Emmy Award nominations and 6 Emmy Awards.
His career in Public Relations began in college when he started working for the radio and television stations owned by The University of Notre Dame. Over the next 25 years he held positions in nearly every department and division of the company.
As a regular contributor to several NBC Television Network programs, including NBC News and The Today Show, his work was often shared and then broadcast by PBS, CNN and overseas news channels in the United Kingdom, Australia, South America and Israel.
Pierce has received more than 400 professional awards, including leadership awards for service to his community from the South Bend City Council and the Chamber of Commerce.
As a speaker, he has appeared several times at the annual Children’s Miracle Network convention, the national distributor’s conventions in San Francisco and Chicago and a host of local groups and organizations.
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From the very beginning, Jacob Nolley was an innovator and entrepreneur. From his first business venture at the age of 5, providing lawn care services to his neighbors, to building out technical automations to help trades workers succeed, he has never stopped finding ways to help those around him in new and exciting ways.
While he was working as a dispatcher for a family-owned HVAC company, he began to see the gaps that exist between the CRM systems most trades businesses use and the actual needs of his company. Jacob spent hours watching lectures on coding and taught himself how to build software and develop much-needed automations that would help him to complete day-to-day tasks more efficiently and effectively, as well as streamline the processes of others at the company. He realized what the trades business needed most: software that would save countless hours of a business owner’s time by integrating with their CRM and automating processes that could be performed digitally instead of manually.
This was the genesis of The Graphite Lab. Founded with a vision to transform the service trades industry through digital innovation, Jacob and his team have developed a toolbox of AI and automation microservices that seamlessly integrate with existing CRMs, revolutionizing how service trades manage their operations and engage with customers. To find out more, head over to https://www.thegraphitelab.com to find ways you can elevate your business with the help of functional AI.
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Matt Sheldon is originally from the south suburbs of Chicago and now lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife Abbey and their three dogs. He’s the founder of three businesses: Irish Management, Gameday Your Way, and Connect 574. His work spans short-term rental management, premium gameday hospitality, and community-focused event networking — all designed to enhance how people experience the South Bend region.
With a background in operations and team leadership, Matt has grown Irish Management into the largest short-term rental company in the area and scaled Gameday Your Way to serve fans at major venues like Notre Dame and Soldier Field. Through Connect 574, he’s helping retain local talent and strengthen community ties through intentional networking events. Matt brings a real-world, entrepreneurial mindset to everything he does and is passionate about building systems that scale, teams that thrive, and experiences that leave a lasting impact. Learn more at https://irishmgmt.com https://gamedayyourway.com https://connect574.com
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Brad Murray's story begins in Covington, Indiana, where he was born and raised. Growing up in a household with a father who worked shifts in a factory and a mother who was a school teacher, Brad developed an early understanding of hard work and community.
In 1999, he made the move to Indianapolis to attend Purdue Indianapolis. A few years later, in 2002, he married his high school sweetheart, Jen. Their family grew significantly in 2007 with the arrival of their quadruplet sons, Henry, Brooks, Clark, and Isaac, followed by another son, Hudson, in 2016.
Brad initially spent six years working in Civil Engineering as a CAD tech at Woolpert. When the opportunity arose in 2009 after a layoff, he decided to venture out and start his own business. Over time, and through some name changes, this endeavor evolved into what is now Inspire Website Design, which he co-owns with his business partner, Wade Danforth. At Inspire Website Design, the focus is on collaborating with clients to develop custom website solutions, helping them enhance their online presence, attract more visitors through search, and convert those visitors into sales.
A significant step in their journey came in 2020 with the acquisition of Scale Squad, a company providing white-label website development and hosting services. Since then, the hosting footprint for Scale Squad has expanded from around 800 websites to 1300. The team has also grown, with five members based in the US and eleven in the Philippines. Scale Squad's aim is to support other website design agencies across the US by offering wholesale pricing for website builds and hosting, allowing them to serve their clients efficiently and profitably
Brad is always open to connecting with organizations to discuss their digital marketing needs. He offers a free 30-minute online marketing strategy session, which you can arrange via his Calendly link. Schedule your free strategy session with Brad here: https://calendly.com/brad-schedule/1-...
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Ron Cram is moved to Indiana as a boy where he met his wife, Lauren in middle school. They started dating in high school and have been married for 36 years with 2 boy ages 32 and 29 and 2 grandsons.
Ron spent his early career as a physical therapist growing a business from $3M a year company to $15M a year across 5 states. After much success with his first company he sold his interest and started Rehab Strategies, a therapy contract management company in 2006. in 2010, Ron realized with changes to Medicare that there was a need for therapists to be available for short term assignments in nursing homes. That is when he started Staffing Strategies, a short term staffing company concentrating on Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy.
After a 20+ year career working in nursing homes Ron and his partners decided it was time to own their own nursing home and bought their first facility in Muncie, IN in 2018. Since that time, they have added 4 more facilities under their operating company, Care Strategies. Collectively the companies are under the umbrella The Strategies and employ over 500 people.
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Glenn was born in Riverside CA and went to high school in Barstow CA. There is not a lot happening in Barstow, so Glenn found his way to the University of Utah and graduated with a BS degree in “Behavioral Science and Health”. Glenn wanted to be a hospital administrator when he grew up, but ended up practicing Real Estate in the MultiFamily space.
Glenn has a daughter named Morgan and she and her husband has 3 children. Glenn’s son Chaz and his wife just had their first child.
Glenn went from being a maintenance man at an apartment complex to owning over 7,000 apartment units and has shared his success story and his failures in his best seller booked, “maintenance man to millionaire”.
Glenn lives in Austin Texas, loves to bow hunt and ride his road bike.
Glenn & Mike own Obsidian Capital together and own assets in Dallas Texas, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Austin, Birmingham AL, Kentucky and Utah.
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Rebecca is the founder and CEO of RED66 Marketing. The RED comes from her bold hair. And, the 66 was her jersey number when she was the first girl to play football at 8 years old. Before starting her firm, Rebecca worked for leading branding and marketing agencies which exposed her to working with national brands, new brands and product launches, and emerging technologies in web application development and search engine marketing.
She is a self-proclaimed #MarketingNerd. She brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, working with various clients and industries.. She always enjoys talking about ways business challenges can be solved with strategic marketing.
RED66 Marketing delivers comprehensive marketing and brand strategy development, marketing plans as well as the execution of client strategies with monthly reporting and accountability to them and their sales teams. The core of the work includes website development, SEO/SEM, lead generation, sales enablement and CRM work for marketing automation.
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Cody Pittman was born and raised in Carmel, IN. Married for 10 years to wife Mary with 2 kids Nora and Charlie. After graduating from Miami University in Ohio, Cody lived and worked in Chongqing (China), Santiago (Chile), and San Francisco (California) before moving back to Indiana in 2019.
While in San Francisco, Cody was the Director of Marketing for a digital marketing firm working on campaigns for startups like Drone Deploy and CrowdMed and brands like Budweiser, Mercedes, and Milk-bone.
Cody is now the CEO of a healthcare Saas company Duett, which helps social workers refer their clients to home and community-based services. On the weekend you can find Cody with his kids or helping his wife with her company Average Athlete.
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Mark Clausman, President of the Sterlyn Group, Inc, formed the company in 2001. Headquartered in Central Indiana, The Sterlyn Group specializes in providing information security professional services for clients in a wide variety of industries including health care, financial, education, law firms, manufacturing, government, defense and military, aerospace, telecommunications and the entertainment industry.
Clausman’s career path includes serving as Manager of Data Communications for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Manager of Technology Systems for Polygram Records in Los Angeles, and Systems Engineer/Account Manager for Nortel Networks.
His significant accomplishments include developing the computer support program for the Indiana University-Purdue University (IUPUI) campus; designing the communications system for the Polygram North American Operations Center; developing technology systems for A&M Records and Motown Records; deploying an innovative implementation of fiber optics for the Charlie Chaplin Studio Historic Landmark in Hollywood, and attainment of the Nortel Networks Circle of Excellence Award.
Notable security projects include the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); the Indiana Department of Education; the Metropolitan Indianapolis Board of Realtors (MIBOR); Australian Gold; Notre Dame, Michelin North America; Lockhead Martin; and the Department of Defense.
In addition to earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University, Clausman holds several leadership roles with professional technology groups and associations, including Security Chair of the Indiana Security & Privacy Network—a consortium that addresses security and privacy best practices for Indiana-based health care organizations; contributor on the subject of Indiana security and privacy regulations to Biz Voice, published by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce; past chair of the Indiana HIPAA Workgroup, and instructor for computer courses and security awareness classes at IUPUI.
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Erin Smith, is co-owner of Spotlight Strategies, a premier promotional products marketing company specializing in print, apparel, promotional product and signs in central Indiana. With revenue exceeding $2.3 million, Spotlight ranks in the top 1% of women-owned businesses in the USA.
Erin's strong commitment to Hoosier values and business would lead you to believe she is a native of Indiana. Her impact and influence has been remarkable in the 23 years she has called central Indiana her home.
An accomplished health care administrator turned business owner, Erin brings rare behavioral expertise to the world of small business. With a Master’s degree in social work, and a thriving business she is a sought after advisor, coach and mentor to many of Indiana’s small business owners and support associations. Erin demonstrates unwavering commitment and facilitates profitability to any organization to which she directs her time and talent, and is successful in motivating and empowering people whether supporting a cause or building a company.
Erin’s passion invigorates those who join her and encourages them to believe they can achieve impressive goals. Individuals are eager to serve with Smith because they know she will not waste their time or energy in unproductive pursuits. Her leadership has been recognized through several awards including: NAWBO Indianapolis Member of the Year, Indy’s Best & Brightest, the Ernie G. Mishler Award for community service, Greenwood Chamber Salute Award and Sertoma Service to Mankind Award. Her leadership was also instrumental in creating an annual scholarship for women in business, through the Women’s Leadership Fund.
Outside of Spotlight Strategies, she and her business partner, Susan McCarty own a real estate holdings company as well as a non-profit, Pay it Forward Johnson County which hosts Rock the Block Run with a 5K and 10K walk/run and Kid’s Run every April which raises money for local non-profits serving children and families in Johnson County. 2025 will mark the 10th year for the race with over $250 million dollars given back.
Currently, Erin serves as the President of the Indianapolis Rotary Foundation and is a proud Rotarian and Paul Harris Fellow of over 15 years. She serves on the University Of Indianapolis School Of Business Advisory Board and the Central Indiana Police Foundation (past Board Chair). Erin finds enjoyment working out and exploring new adventures from discovering new restaurants to traveling abroad. Erin also volunteer teaches boot-camp classes at the Community Life Center, a part of Mount Pleasant Christian Church, where she is a member. She is also very proud of her adult sons who have earned careers as a pilot and an electrician.
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Meet John – a family man with three awesome kids, partnered for life with his amazing wife, Jenny. When he's not immersed in the world of lighting, you'll find John unleashing his inner sports enthusiast, reveling in the thrill of an active lifestyle. Beyond the field, he channels his passion into making a difference as the co-leader of his congressional district at Bread 4 the World, a hunger advocacy group.
LED Indy started off with a sole focus on lighting upgrades and energy efficiency but has grown into a three tiered contractor providing electrical, data, and technology services, working with businesses all across the country.
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Matt Hunsberger was born and raised in northern Indiana. He and his wife Megan have been married 23 years and live in Indiana with their 6 kids. Matt was raised by blue collar parents that taught him that faith in God and hard work would make him successful. He has been a high school and college basketball coach for the last 24 years. Matt has a business degree in Organizational Management with a minor in Business Ethics and he also holds a pastoral degree.
Matt's background is diverse having worked as a plumber, steel fabricator, coach/teacher, salesmen, inventor and now an entrepreneur & CEO of SprinkGUARD, a multi-million dollar company. In 2009, while coaching at Holy Cross college, Matt invented an industrial strength fire sprinkler head guard. In addition to his role as CEO of SprinkGUARD, Matt is passionate about helping others achieve their God-given purpose in life. Matt does this through personal mentoring, team motivational talks and public speaking. You can learn more about Matt by visiting his website, https://coachhuns.com
Kaitlyn Hodges brings 9 years of dynamic experience in the marketing industry to her role as Vice President at Collective Alternative. With a proven track record of driving growth and innovation, Kaitlyn leads the marketing team with a strategic vision and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
Through her roles at Collective Alternative, she has been able to grow various skills, enhance strategic thinking and work hand-in-hand with her team to implement and execute innovative, successful projects. She’s also been able to create many relationships with media vendors and work hard to find the right formula that amplifies her clients’ messages while bringing in maximum results. Most importantly, she is committed to building relationships with every client and loves helping them achieve their goals and grow their business. We’re committed to crafting a marketing strategy that is custom-tailored to your business while creating a long-term, genuine relationship with you.
Their team of experts excels in crafting tailored marketing solutions that enhance brand visibility and drive engagement across various platforms. By prioritizing collaboration and staying ahead of industry trends, Collective Alternative has established itself as a key player in shaping the marketing landscape in Indianapolis and beyond.
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Jim Anderson is a lifelong resident of the Lafayette Indiana area, lived within the same county block for (50) years then relocating across the river to suburbs West Lafayette.
He has been married to his beautiful wife Cindy since 1984, they recently celebrated their (40th) wedding anniversary on 10/27
He has (3) adult children, identical twins Ashlie & Amanda (37) son Jeffrey (32) and (8) grandchildren: Haley, Carson, Mason, Milo, Clara, Anna, Taylor & Emmie.
Jim grew up with the trades, his father worked for a large commercial contacting firm as a superintendent / project manager over large projects, schools' hospitals, and such. He had been on numerous job sites as young as (7) riding with his dad & learned at a young age that he wasn't a fan of building walls & ceilings, however an interest was sparked on the mechanical side of the contracting.
During high school, Jims’s focus was on industrial arts, his first real job was working at a grocery store as a sacker & cart chaser, gathering carts around the parking lot. In his senior year of high school, a friend asks him to come to work at a local tool & equipment rental store, his friend knew he had mechanical ability especially for someone so young. Jims’s mechanical aptitude came from not only his father, but his passion for minibikes, go carts, then motocross bikes, those type of things, however they break a lot and need continuous maintenance, if he wanted to ride, he had to figure out how to keep them running, after a few years that turned into street rods and so on. The mechanical experience that was learned at the rental store proved invaluable, repairing everything from repairing electric tools, lawn mowers /anything with a small engine, you name it. He worked there until getting into the HVAC trade.
1980, when Jim graduated high school, his plan was to be an Apprentice Electrician. In those days, the economy was a wreck for example 20% interest rates were the norm. Needless to say, there wasn't a lot going on construction wise. for the next (3) years no apprentice applications we accepted. It became clear that he couldn’t wait any longer & one day a flyer from IVTC community collage came in the mail and the HVAC program looked interesting, so he pursued it, while going to tech school he landed his first job with an HVAC contractor.
Jim went on to work for 3-4 different companies working from residential & commercial new construction installation, residential & commercial replacement installation, & residential & commercial service. He spent most of his time in the field running commercial industrial service for a company call Sagamore HVAC, their company is mirrored after today. He would have most likely retired from that organization; he said they were in his opinion, Sagamore was the only professional organization he had ever worked for. However, that all change when the owner (a mechanical engineer that he had the utmost respect for sold the business) after that everything changed. It didn’t take long for the company culture changed & all the key staff left, a thriving company fell apart.
After working for such a first-class organization, he felt lost, after a (3) years of trying to find a new HVAC contracting firm comparable he found no such place existed in his area, with this being his way of making a living he thought he could create one.
Jim knew his limitations & his weakness, even though he did his best to self-educate, he knew it was imperative for help on the business side of things. He had that lined up a group of mentors prior to starting, he knew he wasn’t qualified for to handle those type of things and would be heading for failure without the expertise of others. RE taxes insurance, correct pricing, that type of thing. With the help of many mentors that were experts in their respective fields that were willing to help him, keep him out of trouble, and helped him to get the company kicked off correctly, this proved invaluable, Jim would be the first to admit with out the help of his mentors his organization wouldn’t be where it is today that’s assuming it made it in business at all.
Today he owns a HVAC firm that specializes in, Residential, commercial, industrial , sales, service & installation. He still relies on mentors today
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Dr. Hughes is the Founder & CEO of Vision Dental Partners, an emerging dental group with locations in Indiana and South Carolina. Dr. Hughes is a third-generation dentist, proudly following in his father and grandfather’s footsteps, and has been providing excellent dentistry for over 17 years. He is a graduate of Indiana University School of Dentistry. With a passion for growing teams and helping others thrive both personally and professionally, Dr. Hughes has dedicated his career to fostering leadership and development in his practices and throughout the dental industry. His entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to growth continue to shape the future of his expanding dental group and the dental space as a whole. He and his wife Megan have twin 5 year old daughters.
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Malisa Steckel was born and raised in Florida and moved to Indiana in 1998. She had her dream wedding two years ago on the beautiful St Pete Florida beach to her husband Brent. Malisa and Brent finally found love in each other after being friends for over 12 years. Malisa has a 24 year old daughter Sydney and a 15 year old step son Stryker.
Malisa and Sydney started Priority 1 Cleaning Solutions with her last $100. They would go clean every evening and weeknd slowly building up their client list. After approximately a year of working full time and cleaning every night Malisa decided to pursue her company full time in Match of 2019. In the summer of 2022, Priority 1 had generated $1.2 million dollars in service revenue. Priority 1 currently employees 11 cleaners and has approximately 200 + customers.
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Reggie Stewart is a family man, entrepreneur, and automotive enthusiast. He and his wife Stephanie have two boys, ages 8 & 12, who both both play hockey and enjoy the outdoors. Reggie owns three auto repair facilities, two of which are right next door to each other in his hometown of Noblesville.
Reggie's Motorworks is his first shop, founded in 2006 as an eBay business selling vintage BMW parts. That evolved into a full-service maintenance and repair shop for European vehicles.
In 2020, Reggie opened The Noble Mechanic to bring the same level of care and detail to those who drive Asian and domestic vehicles. In 2022, he purchased an existing auto repair shop in Kokomo Indiana to further expand The Noble Mechanic brand. His goal is to continue to grow the business, creating new opportunities for his current teams, while continuing to recruit others who want to take care of people through taking care of their cars.
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Shaun Souers is the President of ResTech, a technology-focused company specializing in real estate. Shaun is trusted advisor to real estate executives by helping them address operational challenges and providing solutions that impact their business and bottom line.
Prior to ResTech, Shaun spent 16 years as Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service for Amberleaf Partners, a technology-services firm based in Chicago. Shaun was responsible for the MarTech division, helping organizations with their sales force automation, call centers, loyalty programs and customer-contact strategies. Shaun’s impressive client list includes some well-known brands such as Hyatt Hotels, American Airlines, The Coca-Cola Company, and Mattel.
Before Amberleaf, Shaun founded SPS, Inc, a BI consulting company focused on data and analytics for the mortgage industry.
Shaun is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a concentration in Computer Information Systems, Operations Management and Business Process Management.
When not working, Shaun enjoys coaching his two girls in sports, vacationing with the family and playing as much golf as possible.
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Theresa Kolbus was born and raised in Indiana. She grew up in Indianapolis and Greenwood and graduated from Center Grove High School. Trying her hand at Indiana State University and Ivy Tech, she decided college wasn't for her and decided instead to buy her first and only home at 21 and get to work.
After 10 years working at The Hartford Insurance Group, she decided to jump into the field of entrepreneurship. Coming from a family of entrepreneurs, it was in her blood. She and her best friend, Amanda, started The Dust Devils LLC, a residential cleaning service. They wanted to get away from their desk jobs, into something a little more active. A year later, Amanda moved away, and Theresa decided she wanted to grow the business. She had experience facilitating and leading in-class training, leading a QA team and participated in Process Improvement meetings. She also coached both the women and men's roller derby teams for almost 10 years. These two ventures gave her experience in leadership. In 2018, she found a business coach and community who helped her implement systems in her business.
In 2022, she made it to the top 5-7% of cleaning services in terms of revenue, as she continues to focus on making life better for her customers by providing cleaning services you can trust and for her employees by providing an accepting and supportive work environment.
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Consuelo Poland Lockhart's journey from her early days in Guatemala to becoming an advocate for marginalized communities has its roots in Traverse City, Michigan, where she grew up feeling isolated due to the lack of diversity. This feeling of not fitting in, despite a solid education, planted the seeds for her future work. In 2006, at the age of 17, Consuelo's life took a pivotal turn when she reunited with her biological family, an experience that profoundly influenced her perspective and ambitions.
Armed with a BFA in Functional Art and a welding certification, Consuelo's commitment to social and economic change was further fueled by her personal narrative. Moving to Indianapolis in 2016, she took the helm of Ruckus Makerspace and established the Latinas Welding Guild Inc in 2017, a response to her struggles with discrimination and the barriers in male-dominated fields. This venture aimed to create a nurturing space for learning and growth that Consuelo wished had existed for her.
In 2023, as Executive Director of Project Azul, which merged with the Latinas Welding Guild, Consuelo led the organization into a new phase. This expansion enabled the Guild to offer a wider range of trades, broadening its impact and reach within the community. Consuelo’s narrative is a testament to turning personal challenges into avenues for collective empowerment, ensuring that others find the belonging and opportunities she once sought for herself.
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Rachael Coverdale is a dynamic leader, creative thinker, and entrepreneur. She is a 2023 IBJ Forty Under 40 honoree and was recently recognized as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Indianapolis.
From the ground up, Rachael has built a successful strategic marketing agency with a uniquely high client retention rate and a deeply engaged team that never settles for anything less than the highest level of work and strong relationships.
In nine years, Rachael has created a ‘non-traditional’ digital marketing agency model that focuses on client work with businesses, in both the B2C and B2B space, including work with government and other public entities. Rachael understands that success comes from becoming deeply ingrained in the client's goals, vision, and a strong internal culture.
Rachael takes the lead in shaping the company's vision, with a strong emphasis on guiding clients in aligning their strategic objectives with marketing. She thrives on collaborating with growth-minded clients and fostering an environment that encourages the exploration of new ideas and approaches.
Beyond her professional work, Rachael serves as a board member for Nickel Plate Arts, and is a past board member for Brooke’s Place and past board president for the Hamilton County Leadership Academy. She is an alumna of the Rise & Thrive program, an organization dedicated to empowering high-achieving women.
Coverdale Consulting is a WBE certified, full-service marketing agency that specializes in strategic and creative solutions including public relations, digital advertising, email campaigns, messaging, branding, and design.
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Ryan Grimes was born and raised in Illinois, moving to Indiana in 2004 to start his IT company. He has been married to his wife Dawn since 2000 and has 3 kids, Allan, Cameron, and Breanne. There are also 3 cats and 2 dogs in his household. In his spare time he can be found at a high school football game or a soccer pitch watching his kids.
In the IT world, the only constant is rapid change, and My IT Indy focused on bringing that tech to companies in Indiana and the surrounding states. My IT Indy focuses on cybersecurity and efficiencies for business technology, so your company can make more money, all while being safe and secure.
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Vince Todd was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Married to his wife Cindy for nearly 27 years, and they have 3 daughters: Mia (20), Maddie (20), and Megan (17).
After graduating from Indiana University, Vince held a few different sales and marketing positions before joining the family business in January of 2002.
As a never satisfied individual, Vince, alongside his brother (and father before he retired) and the rest of team Accessa, have continued to grow and expand the business. Today Accessa has over 60 employees, operating out of 8 different facilities.
"We are not cruise control kind of people", this mindset continues today as we continually look to improve and expand.
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Jason Hessler was born and raised in Newburgh, IN. He worked in trust and wealth management for years climbing up to the title of President for a trust company. Jason was also Chairman of an independent hospital located in Artesia, NM. Jason says he climb the corporate ladder so quick he fell off the top. After the trust assets were moved in 2019, Jason was left with a dilemma, what do I do now. Few opportunities presented themselves to a President of a Trust Company with no more assets.
After taking counsel with a career coach, Jason ventured out in the practice of law, reviving a firm he had years ago, Hessler Legal Group. Within months, calls came from former clients to have him manage their money. Over time, Full Suite Wealth was created to service clients in a very unique way and different than most advisors. Jason works with many financial advisors on the legal side as well. Now, Jason services clients in options trading and investing while providing family office services through his legal arm. Jason is currently working on a trust company to round out his offering to clients and hopes to have that done to complete Full Suite's plan.
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Bobby Williams, a proud Plainfield, IN native, still calls his childhood home his own. He and his wife, Karen, just hit the impressive milestone of their 28th anniversary. The dynamic duo has four kids: Maci, Myka, KayDee, and Robbie. They live on a piece of land bought by Bobby’s grandfather back in 1950.
For 18 years, Bobby was the go-to guy for twelfth-grade literature and composition at the local high school. Oh, and he also coached the varsity football team. But that’s not all! While shaping young minds, he was also building his side hustle, BGW Construction. By 2015, he swapped chalkboards for blueprints and dove full-time into his design/build residential remodeling company.
Since then, Bobby’s entrepreneurial spirit has flourished. He launched Legacy Motorsports, a vintage speed shop that’s a haven for 1950s-1970s muscle cars enthusiasts, and Williams Trace Park, a sprawling 15,000 sq. ft. commercial property built in 2017. Together, these ventures pull in a cool $3M to $3.5M annually.
Leveraging his teaching and coaching chops, along with a Master’s in Education, Bobby and Karen (a successful business owner in her own right as the majority partner at a local CPA firm) have built a quiet little life for themselves.
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Samantha Stipp was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. She has been married to her husband Tom for 5 years, together they have 3 dogs! Samantha studied at Ball State University with the passion of working with older adults. After college, she managed to work in different careers that offered support to the aging population (senior living facilities, health care centers, fitness clubs).
Samantha is now the owner of Through the Ages Fitness, TTAF is a travel-based fitness company that provides theme based exercise and brain fitness programs to those 50 and older, individuals with memory impairment and disabilities. Contact Through the Ages Fitness today to learn more - www.throughtheagesfitness.com
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Berny Martin is an American fashion designer and founder of Catou, an internationally-recognized line of men’s and women’s professional wear, started in 2005 in Indianapolis, Indiana. After earning a tech degree from Purdue University in 2002, Martin realized that his true passion had always been fashion, and made the move to New York where he attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. In 2005, his lifelong dream came to fruition with the launch of Catou, LLC. Seeing a need for fashion expansion and exposure in the Midwest, Martin also established Midwest Fashion Week in 2006, which was recognized as the leading fashion week in the Midwest by TIME Magazine in 2012. This platform not only allowed him to showcase his designs but the works of countless other up-and-coming designers, stylists, models, and photographers who wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity.
Over the years, Martin has shown his collection on runways all over the world–including Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kuwait, and Munich–has been worn by countless international celebrities, and featured on a variety of acclaimed media outlets. He was awarded the United Nations Association Young Professionals Award in 2009, the Best Menswear Designer in the Midwest by the Fashion Group International (FGI), as well as The Couture Man Excellence Award. Today, he lives in Evansville, Indiana where he continues to design and play a vital role in the growing fashion industry worldwide.
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Brian Adams was born and has lived in Indiana his entire life. He has been married to his best friend Anne for 39 years and has three children Emily, Sarah and Kevin. Brian's passion for small business started at a young age as his Dad owned a Culligan Softwater Franchise in his home of Plymouth, Indiana. The business remains in the family with a third generation at the helm.
After graduating from Franklin College in 1983, Brian spent 11 years in public accounting working primarily with family owned businesses, focusing on financial statement audits, business consulting and litigation support. In June 1994 he joined Godby Hearth & Home as President of the Company until March 1998 when he purchased the business from the original owner, Dennis Godby.
Godby Hearth & Home is an installation/supplier of specialty products in the residential construction industry. They have wide product offerings in three distinct categories; fireplaces and hearth accessories, custom mirrors and glass (shower doors and panels) and outdoor living (firepits, and grill islands). With two locations they provide services to Retail Customers, Interior Designers, Custom Home Builders and General Contractors in the Central Indiana area. Their focus is to add value the the product they sale by providing customers with information, application, installation and service.
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Lora Moore was born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, and has lived in Carmel for 8 years now with her daughter, Kinley. The rest of Lora's family is spread across the country between California, Indiana, and North Carolina.
The wide reach of her past professional experiences—as the owner of a small-town insurance agency, an HR consultant across the Midwest, a short stint in Corporate America, and keeping a multi-location salon and barbershop organization afloat during COVID and growing again through recovery—all lend themselves nicely to the consultative and mindful approach she practices today.
Lora now serves as the Executive Managing Director at ALO Property Group, an Indianapolis-based and locally owned full-service commercial real estate firm. With a specialization in corporate real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and commercial leasing, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Dedicated to empowering small to mid-market business owners, she focuses on fostering leadership development, driving economic growth, and implementing strategic initiatives.
Beyond her professional endeavors, Lora is deeply committed to community involvement and philanthropy. She proudly serves on the Board of Directors for Damar Services, where she contributes her time and expertise to support their mission of empowering individuals with developmental and behavioral challenges. Lora also serves on the Indiana Donor Network's Foundation Board.
In addition to her board service, Lora plays a pivotal role in organizing and managing the annual Brian Bondus Memorial Golf Outing with her team at ALO. This event, held in memory of Brian Bondus, a former teammate and coworker who was an organ donor, honors his legacy and raises funds for the Indiana Donor Network.
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Gerald Stanley was born and raised on a farm in north easter Indiana where he attended Eastbrook High School and Taylor University where he played football and received a degree in Computer Science. Gerald married his grade school sweetheart, Gretchen, whom he started "dating" in 7th grade. Gerald has 4 children, Grant (21), Grady (19), Gillian (16), and Gia (15)... the 'g' Family.
Gerald is currently the President of Imavex. He has spent the last 23 years as a serial entrepreneur starting or helping to start 12 different organizations including Imavex, Gideo, Inroads Analytics, VetSOAP, Orange Youth Baseball, One Orange Foundation, etc.. Professionally, Gerald enjoys building organizations and mentoring others in technology and business.
Personally, Gerald has coached high school football at Fishers High School and is currently the Assistant Regional Director of Orange Youth Baseball / USA Prime in Noblesville and is coaching a 14U travel baseball team.
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Scott Jarred's journey from poverty and welfare to becoming a beacon of financial freedom is truly inspiring. Born into a low-income family, he faced challenges of fear and scarcity but overcame adversity to achieve remarkable success.
What sets Scott apart is his commitment to changing lives beyond his own. As a two-time best-selling author and founder of Invst, he has directly contributed to the financial independence of over 2,500 households, with a vision to transform the financial futures of 1 million people.
Scott's work extends beyond his profession. He has developed real estate in opportunity zones, sat on charitable boards, and contributes time and money to impact his community.
Scott Jarred is not just a financial advisor; he's a life-changing agent whose mission is service to others over personal gain. His remarkable journey from fear to freedom, coupled with his unwavering dedication to empowering others, is an inspiration to everyone he touches.
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Michelle Colbert is the sole proprietor of Dental Assist LLC, a dental staffing agency that she started from scratch in 2019. She lives in Carmel, Indiana with her husband of 20 years as of June 26, 2024. Michelle was born in Pennsylvania, raised for 15 years in West Virginia, and then spent 20 years in North Carolina before moving to Wisconsin for a year and eventually Indiana.
Michelle is the youngest of five and was taught to have a strong sense of work ethic, be reliable and responsible. She has spent many years in the dental profession beginning as a dental assistant as a senior in high school. Michelle took some time away from the dental profession in order to complete her bachelor's degree in Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Human Resource Management. She has since then maintained her Indiana Dental Radiology license and kept up with her certification for being a certified dental assistant. She has taught Dental Assisting in higher education as well as being the program director for dental assisting. She has been a financial coordinator and an office manager in a few dental practices before starting her own dental staffing agency.
Michelle's goal is to Bridge the Gap in Dental staffing. She helps offices in need of assistants and hygienists when an employee is out due to sickness, family emergency, maternity leave, or vacation. She has been able to help offices in need of permanent employees as well. Michelle's ultimate goal is provide professional staffing services with the cream of the crop employees to offices in need.
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Brandon Faust is a passionate advocate for community empowerment and positive change. As the co-founder and Executive Director of Wayfinders, a non-profit dedicated to self-discovery, training, and incubating new nonprofits and ministries. Brandon is committed to helping individuals find their path to making a difference. He's also a co-founder and Partner at Switchback, an Indianapolis-based company focused on unlocking organizational potential and prioritizing people in our ever-evolving world.
Brandon has a Masters Degree in Leadership which has allowed him to serve as an adjunct professor and previously served in pastoral ministry for 15 years. He's played a pivotal role in establishing two co-working spaces in the Indianapolis area, demonstrating his dedication to creating collaborative environments.
Brandon's mission to empower everyday leaders and everyday disciples to discover their holistic life purpose and help unleash people on mission.
Brandon lives in Zionsville with his loving wife, Lisa, and their three wonderful children.
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After spending too many years in Corporate America, Lorraine said goodbye to the bureaucracy, glass ceilings and bad coffee to follow her passion to help small business owners succeed
Today, this successful entrepreneur, author, and professional speaker, enjoys sharing what she knows about marketing in presentations to groups around the county, in college classrooms and in her weekly podcast More than a Few Words. She brings creative ideas, practical tips, and decades of real-world experience to every conversation. In her spare time, she loves to travel, and take photos.
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Sam Elsts, a native of Brownsburg, Indiana, pursued his higher education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), where he earned a degree from the Kelley School of Business with a major in Marketing and minors in Anthropology and International Studies.
While still in college, Sam embarked on his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 18, founding My Guy Services. His venture into pressure washing and exterior cleaning began with a simple Google search for "summer time hustles," quickly evolving into a thriving business that has now celebrated 12 years of success.
Throughout the past decade, Sam's entrepreneurial spirit has led him to establish multiple ventures. Notably, he achieved remarkable success with Indy Roof Rangers, which reached seven-figure revenue within its first two years and was subsequently sold.
Currently, Sam dedicates his efforts to his latest enterprise, Luna Contracting, which specializes in concrete, asphalt, and sealcoating services. Concurrently, he remains actively involved in the marketing and high-level networking endeavors of My Guy Services, while his wife, Cinthia, oversees its day-to-day operations.
Beyond his business ventures, Sam and Cinthia are proprietors of Luna Brands, a cigar company. Sam's entrepreneurial drive has been evident since childhood, when he launched his first business at the age of 8, selling ticket holders and earplugs at the race track.
With a wealth of experience and a passion for innovation, Sam continues to make significant contributions to the business landscape, embodying the essence of a serial entrepreneur.
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Jack Shepler is the founder of Ayokay, a marketing and web design agency located in Indianapolis, Indiana. Since its inception in 2011, Jack has led Ayokay with a commitment to not just building brands and boosting e-commerce sales but also supporting the vital work of public health and nonprofit organizations. His expertise in the digital arena is not only applied in his leadership but also shared with a broader audience through insightful posts on the Ayokay blog, aiming to demystify the complexities of digital marketing for businesses and organizations.
Recognized for his innovative contributions to the field, Jack was named to the Forbes Next 1000 in 2021, a testament to his and his team's dedication to excellence. Ayokay stands as a testament to Jack's vision of a marketing agency that does more than serve its clients; it also makes a positive impact on the community. With a focus on delivering practical, user-friendly, and impactful solutions, Jack has ensured that Ayokay caters to a diverse clientele, helping them navigate the challenges of the digital world successfully.
Under Jack's guidance, Ayokay has become more than a business; it's a crucial partner for organizations looking to make a significant difference through digital innovation.
Jack is married to his partner of 11 years, Benjamin Ochs, and resides in Indianapolis. He volunteers for the Damien Center board of directors, Indy Pride as its annual Festival Entertainment Director, and Entrepeneurs Organization, of which he recently joined the board as Marketing Director.
Jack has a long history in the music world, more recently DJing once a month at Greg's Our Place in downtown Indianapolis, as well as various other DJ gigs at festivals and corporate events.
In his free time, he enjoys playing video games and spending time outside playing golf or enjoying the pool.
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Brian Wheeler was born and raised in Kentucky, but has called Indiana his home since 2000. He is married to his wonderful wife Loree and have 6 kids together and 2 grandkids. Brian calls himself a Kingdom entrepreneur following his calling to steward multiple organizations in growth through Kingdom Culture and mindsets. This Kingdom ecosystem is developed around The Vertical Life brand with service companies ranging from wealth management to a cutting edge immersive learning environment called Vertical Immersive, a college alternative for aspiring Christian leaders. Brian firmly believes that we should do "everything unto the Lord" and holds that our work is truly another form of worship to joyfully serve the King of k
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Steve Iskander, the dynamic founder of Intrepid Finance, has redefined the landscape of nationwide financing. Leading Intrepid, a subsidiary of Masik Management Group, Steve focuses on providing seamless, non-dilutive growth capital to diverse businesses. He’s dedicated to making capital access simple and swift, fueling accelerated growth for enterprises at various stages.
Beyond Intrepid, Steve heads Masik Management Group, offering his expertise to companies navigating growth challenges.
With over 15 years in the equipment finance industry, Steve has managed a portfolio of over $500 million and contributed to a Berkshire Hathaway-owned leasing company. His entrepreneurial ventures, including DriverReach and ParcelInsights, showcase his innovative spirit, including ParcelInsights’ acquisition in 2021 by a New York-based equity firm highlights his strategic acumen.
A recognized industry voice, Steve has been featured in prominent publications like Inc Magazine, FleetOwner Magazine, and the Indiana Business Journal. He holds degrees from Indiana University Bloomington, Masters degrees from Ball State University and actively contributes to Ball State’s MBA Advisory Board.
Steve’s strength lies in driving growth, crafting long-term strategies, and enhancing operational efficiency, particularly in the supply chain and logistics sectors. He believes in the transformative power of effective leadership and strategic tools for business growth.
Outside of his professional life, Steve is a dedicated family man and an avid triathlete, having completed numerous IRONMAN races. His endurance in sports mirrors the resilience and determination he brings to his professional pursuits.
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Mike Dickerson was born and raised in northwest Indiana. He went to Wabash College in which he Majored in Economics, with a Minor in History. While at Wabash, he met Rebecca. They have now been married for over 17 yrs and have two children.
Mike started in financial planning in May of 2000 with a firm named Diversified Financial Concepts and then went completely independent in 2007. Mike has grown mostly through referrals during that time. While running Engage Financial Group, Mike has continued to add additional educational credentials to make sure he is constantly doing what is best for his clients and staying up on the industry changes. Mike is currently working with about 350 families and businesses on their financial goals.
With Engage Financial Group, Mike and his team help people plan for their most important goals, like making sure they have enough money for the 30-40 yr vacation of retirement, improving their children's education, and optimizing where money should be to make it work harder for you and avoid taxes. At the same time, they help businesses improve retirement offerings and thus employee satisfaction and retention.
In Mike's free time, he enjoys martial arts and helping coach soccer and basketball for his kids.
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Andrea is a visionary—she knows how to lead organizations from big picture to execution through the talent within the business. She is a dynamic speaker, executive coach, and facilitator.
As the CEO of HRD - A Leadership Development Company, she leads a national team of expert facilitators and coaches and drives the organization’s growth strategy. She also hosts a daily leadership podcast, Being [at Work] and is the author of The Power in the Pivot and HR Kit for Dummies. In 2020, she was recognized by the Indianapolis Women’s Journal as a Woman of Influence.
Andrea’s work spans organizations of all sizes and industries all over the world; she has experience in global HR positions, consulting, operations, and executive roles for private and public organizations.
Andrea is also the co-founder and President of Next Gen Talent, a program specifically designed to equip emerging HR leaders for success.
Andrea's greatest achievement is her daughter, Mayson, who is a senior at IU and graduating in May with honors in human biology.
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Jerry Vaughn has worked in the business asset protection industry for 15 years, gaining experience in FEIN Business Credit, Cash Flow Management, Business Valuations, and the understanding of what main street business owners do on a day to day basis. As a seasoned consultant, he is passionate about advancing education and relationships. In addition to being a Business Credit Expert, he is also involved in his local church and community events. Outside of the office, Jerry is a foodie, enjoys cooking, spending time with his family, being outdoors, and American Muscle Cars. Jerry offers a free consultation session to discover how our program can help your business get the access to capital and credit when you need it. Go to https://www.jgalt.io/jerry/ to schedule your free session.
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Ana Workman is the owner of Absolute Therapy, a company that helps school districts find speech therapists via a proprietary process. I also empower speech language pathologists to become six figure school SLPs and more! My practical strategies show speech therapists make at least $100K in a school and help them scale their way to seven figures. SLPs interested in scaling their career can go to 6figureslp.com and connect there for more information or go to anaworkman.com to book a session.
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Caleb White is a native of West Virginia and moved to Indiana when he was 18. He has settled in Columbus Indiana with his beautiful wife, and three wonderful children.
He has worked in the glazing industry for 10 years and started his own business in 2019. He managed the business out of his home before moving into a renovated building in 2023 that has both shop and office space. Since that move, Whites Innovative Glass has added new employees and continues to expand.
Whites Innovative Glass offers glass products and services to residential and commercial properties. Caleb works with the customer to provide quality products with customized details that bring their projects to successful completion. The use of glass in buildings and homes adds to the value and visual beauty of our landscape. Having a skilled glazer to install glass products will add to the overall appeal of structures and homes.
The products that Whites Innovative Glass provides can be installed in new construction or in existing buildings. Caleb will be glad to talk to you about adding a glass shower, a window replacement or other glass products you have need of.
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Kourtney Zahn was Born and raised in Indiana. He is married to his wife Faith and they have 4 children; Bristol, Quinn, Shepherd and Story. He pursed pastoral ministry through his 20’s and out of necessity started his business at age 30.
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Ellen Comerford, a native of the outskirts of Boston, has called the city home for the past 25 years. Celebrating 27 years of marriage to Mark, she is a proud mother to her daughter, Jacquelyn. With nearly four decades of experience in teaching fitness and wellness, Ellen is the esteemed owner of Core De Vie Wellness, a successful establishment located in the heart of Beacon Hill. As an integrative wellness practitioner, she specializes in guiding clients through natural movement patterns, utilizing biomechanics and Gyrotonic techniques. Ellen's passion extends to coaching on adopting a low-carb lifestyle, embodying her dedication to holistic well-being.
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I was born in New Delhi, India. My father was an architect for the Military Engineering Services for India. He had to move every three years. We lived in Delhi, Chandigarh, Udhampur, and then back in Delhi. When I was 12 years old, in 1976, the family moved to Canada. I attended Jr. HS to HS. I graduated in 1991 with a BSc in civil engineering from University of Waterloo in 1991. I move to Connecticut, USA in January of 1994 due to the recession in Canada. I have been following work and career opportunities throughout the USA. In fall of 1998 I moved to Michigan to work on a large project. Then I met my wife Jill in 2000 and we got married in 2003. I moved to Toledo, OH when we got married. We had Lydia/Corey in 2007. In 2011 I was working for the City of Toledo when I was approached by Stephen J. Christian and Sherly George to become a partner in Stephen J. Christian and Associates. We, Jill and I, discussed the opportunity and decided that it was something I should pursue. I accepted the position and we moved to Indiana, in spring 2012. Initially, I was supposed to take the position as a partner and the president in January of 2013. I chose to delay taking the position until 2014. From 2014 we have grown from about 20 total staff and about $2 million to over 90 staff and $14 million in revenue. We acquired an environmental company, Green 3, LLC in 2020 during the pandemic and added construction inspection. We have grown from one office in Indianapolis to five offices in Indiana and one office in Columbus, Ohio.
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Andrea Brummett was born and raised in Indy. She graduated from Carmel High School and went on to study at The University of Cincinnati and Indiana University. Andrea started her first company, The Pabulum Group when she was 24. The Pabulum Group is now in it's 20th year of operation and has played an exciting part of leading the HR evolution for small businesses with their stand-out HR consulting team serving the full spectrum of fractional HR needs from HR on Demand-type services, to Talent Acquisition, to embedded and onsite HR resources. Andrea launched reddeHR in 2016 to create ease and transparency in an otherwise rather undesirable payroll service industry. reddeHR elevates and simplifies the foundational practices of HR, specifically related to outsourced payroll, benefit and HR administration.
Andrea, her wife Pam and their 5 year old son call the northside of Indy home. Most of her time is spent soaking up all of the beauty of family, friends, travel and adventure.
Learn more here https://pabulumgroup.com https://reddehr.com
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India M. Brown, MBA, PMP, CPC, is the CEO of PMPHASE project management consulting firm. Her work in healthcare has expanded over 30 years with a focus on IT project management. She is a woman in tech, and her business specializes in IT software application implementation, replacement, or optimizations. She has spearheaded the implementation of multiple hospital & health facilities health record systems, she has also designed and trained leadership development courses for developing leaders.
India is also the author of a very successful self-help and motivational exercise workbook titled Let’s Check In On You. She believes that people should know who they are both personally and professionally, her book allows the reader to assess themselves and change, add, or reset past and current behaviors.
Mrs. Brown also has a philanthropic side and ensures that she devotes time to her community. She is the Chair of the executive board for the Pass the Torch for Women Foundation, she is also the VP of Operations on the Executive Board for the National Black MBA Association, Indianapolis, Chapter. She earned her bachelor’s (BA) and master’s degree (MBA) in Business Administration with a focus on Leadership Development. Check out the company here https://pmphase.com
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Ed and his wife, Gina have been married for 28 years. They have five children ranging in age from 8 to 21. He enjoys spending time with his family, exercising, reading and the occasional (or not so occasional) cigar.
Ed began his financial services career in 1994 with a large national firm. He soon realized that most “financial advisors” were salespeople working for companies who manufactured financial products that they wanted to sell to consumers - whether it was right for the client or not. These were not financial advisors working for their clients. These were salespeople working for large institutions.
This is where he got the vision for a firm that would provide financial advice from a truly independent perspective. In 2000 he co-founded Oaktree Financial Advisors. At Oaktree there are no sales pitches. Instead, they work for clients, developing long-term relationships with the highest level of service.
Oaktree Financial Advisors specializes in helping Eli Lilly employees with their financial lives, relieving their stress around money, simplifying their lives, and freeing up their time. Ed is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER® professional. As such, he acts as a fiduciary when providing financial advice. This means he puts your best interests first.
Check them out here https://www.oaktreeadvisors.com
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Adam Grubb is a seasoned professional with over two decades of experience in broadcast, media, and marketing. Starting his career at 15 as a radio personality, he spent seven years playing the hits of the 90s and 2000s as well as promotions director. Adam transitioned into new home sales for a few years before joining Pro Builder and Pro Remodeler, construction trade magazines, eventually becoming the VP of Sales.
In 2015, Adam founded Adam Grubb Media, a video marketing agency. His company focuses on helping businesses identify and tell their unique stories through video, marketing, social, events, and magazines. Under his leadership, Adam Grubb Media has grown to over $2 million in revenue and a team of 15 and has become a trusted partner for brands needing to grow.
Check them out here https://adamgrubbmedia.com
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Luke Humphrey was born in Terre Haute Indiana and moved around a lot as a younger adult. Eventually settling back into the west suburbs of Indianapolis. Luke is married to his beautiful wife Bridgette and they have two beautiful children Kyra and Korbin. Luke started in the construction industry at the very bottom, servicing and running equipment as well as bouncing through life not knowing exactly what his purpose was. While working full time Luke eventually completed his BS degree in Occupational Safety & Health and started to notice a lot of regulatory changes headed for the Crane and Heavy Equipment Industries.
Luke set his course to become one of the highest certified individuals in the crane industry and once successful it started opening a lot of doors. Train for the Crane LLC was officially started in 2018 and has seen tremendous growth since then. Train for the Crane is represented in 35 states and have continued to grow the team and reach every year. Train for the Crane has been recognized as one of the leaders in the niche industry of Crane Certification Training and Testing and prides itself on training safety oriented equipment operators.
This approach has landed Train for the Crane, national contracts with several Fortune 500 companies, and allowed the growth of a strong company foundation with the team of individuals that are with us today. Train for the Crane and Crane Industry Experts are your way into the Crane Industry so if you or someone you know is looking to advance your career please reach out to us, we would love to help you. Learn more at https://trainforthecrane.com
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About S&P Staffing Inc Since being established in 2019, S&P Staffing Inc. has been known for its unparalleled commitment to customer satisfaction. It’s this standard of excellence that has provided the impetus for us to grow into the business we are today. With over 38 years of combined experience in the staffing and hotel industry, we can understand our client's needs in a more personal way. We understand the importance of having a reliable, productive, and motivated team with a great attitude. At S&P Staffing, we specialize in connecting companies with highly motivated and dependable personnel who can contribute to your organization's success. Our extensive network of qualified candidates, combined with our rigorous screening and selection process, ensures that we deliver top-tier candidates who meet your specific needs screening and selection process. Here are some key reasons why partnering with S&P Staffing can benefit your organization:
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Customized Staffing Solutions: We recognize that every partner has unique staffing needs. Our team will work closely with you to understand your specific requirements, including skill sets, shift preferences, and any other considerations., to provide tailored staffing solutions that align with your operational goals.
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Reliable and qualified candidates: Our comprehensive screening process ensures that we only present candidates with the right skills, experience, and work ethic.
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Flexibility and scalability: We understand that the demands of the market can fluctuate. Whether you require temporary staff for peak seasons or long-term workforce solutions, we have the flexibility to adapt and scale our services according to your changing needs.
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Streamlined hiring process: Our goal is to make the hiring process as seamless and efficient as possible for you. We take care of all administrative tasks, including recruitment, onboarding, payroll, and compliance, so that you can focus on your core business operations.
We believe that the customer always comes first - and that means exceptional service.
Get in touch today to learn more about what we have to offer. https://www.spstaffing.net
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Jacob Wise was grew up on the east side of Indianapolis. He founded Crafted with his 2 partners Job and Sean in 2017. Crafted is a digital agency that partners with growth seeking organizations to help build user interfaces that scale. https://craftedup.com
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Rachel Downey is the founder, CEO, and Executive Producer of Share Your Genius, an award-winning podcast production company. With a strong ability to connect with people and a background in B2B marketing, live performances, and organizing events like the ESPYs, she's passionate about empowering impact-driven brands and their visionary leaders to create content that fosters human connection, builds community, and achieves remarkable business outcomes.
Share Your Genius guides the creative, strategy, and execution of brand podcasts. And they do it because that is their mission—to create content that fosters human connection. They are an award-winning content-first podcast production agency specializing in B2B brand shows, having produced hundreds of shows, produced thousands of episodes, resulting in millions of downloads.
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Tom Miller is the President and CEO of TPMA, a full-service consulting firm that empowers organizations and communities through strategic partnerships and informed solutions to create positive, sustainable change.
After spending over 30 years in strategic consulting on a multitude of economic and workforce development initiatives all over the US, Tom knows what truly produces results – solid leadership. Under his executive leadership, TPMA has grown to serve an impressive, international client base with a matching roster of innovative and impactful strategic projects. In 2017, TPMA was ranked #6 on the Indianapolis Business Journal’s FAST 25 ranking of fastest growing private companies in Indianapolis.
Tom is a master of connecting expertise with opportunities which has enabled TPMA to draw on best practices and proven methods from across disciplines and industries in developing communal solutions. As the first president of the Indiana Technology Partnership (now called TechPoint), he successfully led the organization to raise more than $2 million in operating capital; increase collaboration among technology-based Hoosier companies and entrepreneurship culture; and create metrics for measuring tech competitiveness with other states.
Prior to founding TPMA in 1989, Tom served as Executive Director of the Indiana Department of Employment and Training Services (now Indiana Department of Workforce Development) under Governor Robert Orr. At the time, Tom was at the forefront of incorporating workforce development as a key component of the state’s economic development strategy. His innovative approach was noted by the U.S. Department of Labor, who became the first client of TPMA.
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Nathan Red is an Indiana native, proud husband, and father of two. In 2016, Red founded Assisted Independence, LLC, a home and community-based services provider for individuals with developmental disabilities. The mission of Assisted Independence is for individuals supported to live active and healthy lives at home and in the community. Today, Assisted Independence employees 85 caregivers, nurses, and therapists and supports more than 250 individuals with disabilities in the State of Indiana. Assisted Independence has become a multi-million dollar company since doors opened on July 14, 2017. https://www.assistedindependence.care
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I was born in Kansas City Missouri. When I was 13 my father relocated to Indianapolis to become Superintend of Parks and Recreation for Indianapolis, IN. Three years later in March of 1972 my father quit that job and started Pro Care Landscapers. Within 3.5 years Pro Care Landscapers was doing the maintenance and landscaping for many of the downtown city parks he was responsible for as The city's Parks and recreation Superintendent.
Pro Care continued to grow and later transitioned the company name to Pro Care Horticultural Services as the services that we offered and provided to our customers continued to expand and we grew to more of a total service provider. Since I was 16 I worked for my father as the time allowed during school and through the summers. That continued all through college. I went to Indiana University with the intention of becoming a Dentist that specialized in either Orthodonture or Maxillary Surgery.
After graduating with a degree in Biology from IU, I learned that in order to specialize after 4 years of dental school I needed to finish in the top 2% of my class to have the opportunity to move forward with 4 more additional years of specialization. As a realist I figured my chances of finishing in the top 2% of the class was not that great. Besides that I had eight more years of school ahead of me, assuming I was lucky enough to finish in top 2% of my dental class. None of that sounded all that great, and by then I was kind of sick of school. While I was offered a job by Pfizer in Pharmaceutical Sales they presented themselves in a very selfish and self centered way and I declined their offer.
Along the way, while working at Pro Care, I had the opportunity to do everything from mowing grass, being a mechanic, digging holes, building all kinds of things like walls, patios, and structures including operating all kinds of equipment. I thought of myself as a jack of all trades, but master of none. With all that being said and a god given gift to be able to draw, I returned to Pro Care full time and never looked back. There is just something so incredibly special and rewarding about taking something from nothing and turning it into something truly amazing. The personal rewards have been endless. We have continued along this path for over 50 years with the knowledge and expectation that we are going to make mistakes and challenge ourselves everyday in ways that will make us better individually as well as a company. What's better than that????
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Pro Care Horticultural Services
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Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Kenny completed his undergraduate studies at Purdue University in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Immediately following graduation, he began pursuing his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and employment at Charles Schwab as a broker. He then moved on to become an investment analyst for Purdue Federal Credit Union and completed his CFA designation, passing each level on his first attempt.
After completion of the CFA, he began working for Busey Wealth Management as a Fixed Income analyst and eventually moved on to become a Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Investment Management playing a key role in the management of a $6 Billion multi-family fund. While working for Busey, he also began pursuing his MBA at the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business on nights and weekends.
This pursuit eventually led him to Chicago where he began employment as a Fixed Income Analyst for Geneva Advisors (now CIBC) and took on an advisory role with all equity products. After graduating from the University of Chicago Booth with his MBA in June 2016, he was promoted to Portfolio Manager, eventually overseeing the security selection of over $1.5 billion in assets.
Ten years of education and experience ultimately led to the inception and creation of Titan Investment Management in 2018 – an amalgamation of investment experience, continual education, and forward-thinking strategies.
Kenny now lives in Zionsville, Indiana with his wife, Jordan, and their three daughters. He enjoys spending time with his family, outdoor sports, reading, and exercise in his spare time. https://titaninvestmentmgmt.com
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I help business owners and marketers alike understand the funnel of building a business online. I am the Founder of Elevated Marketing Solutions and a Digital Marketing Strategist. I have been in digital marketing for 18 years. I founded Elevated 7 years ago. I have had 28 employees and 10.5 million in marketing dollars underneath me and prefer running a smaller agency. To learn more visit https://elevatedmarketing.solutions
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Alex Sylvester was born, raised and continues to live in the Greater Indianapolis area. This year will mark the 10-year wedding anniversary for he and his lovely wife, Mallory. They have two children and live in Carmel. Alex earned a bachelor's degree from Marian University's Byrum School of Business. Today, he is the Executive Partner and President of Development at Shepherd Financial. His firm specializes in managing corporate retirement plans (401ks & 403bs) for more than 250 employers around the country. Their goal is to help create an efficient retirement plan benefit that allows companies to put their best foot forward in recruiting and retaining top talent.
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Jacki hails in Boston's Back Bay with her miniature dachshund, Freddy. Formerly a kindergarten teacher and Manhattan apartment broker, she took a bold leap into the dynamic world of tech startups in 2015.
Over the past 9 years, Jacki has adeptly navigated the chaos that often accompanies the pursuit of building a repeatable sales motion. As the tenth hire at LinkSquares, she led the construction of teams, processes, and systems that propelled the company's ARR from $350k to $9M in under 2 years. This transformative journey ignited her passion for Salesforce and RevOps—essentially, all technical infrastructure supporting marketing, sales, and customer success.
Now, as the founder of Activate the Magic, a boutique RevOps agency, Jacki empowers B2B founders and sales leaders with scalable tech solutions for chaos-free operations. Her expertise lies in Salesforce migrations, renovations, and integrations—addressing all the crucial components to liberate leaders from operational minutiae and provide a clear pulse on the business through reliable leading indicators, forecasts, and comprehensive pipeline overviews.
At Activate the Magic, all clients enjoy month-to-month agreements, a testament to Jacki's commitment to delivering recurring impact. If you'd like to connect with Jacki, book your complimentary coffee chat at https://activatethemagic.com
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Jill Trimmel is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Claims Solutions and Deskimate. Both provide professional claim services in the property and casualty insurance industry. After a range of leadership roles within the industry, Jill took the leap to entrepreneurship. She is married with two children, residing in Indiana.
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Greg has had a career of over 30 years in business and community leadership. Prior to launching Accelerant Consultants in 2017 with the mission of helping as many middle market business owners as possible optimize their revenue functions in a way that maximizes organizational valuation and gives them more, and more meaningful options to exit, Greg built practices, sales and marketing teams, and channel relationships for Support Net, Arrow Electronics, PwC, and SmartIT. While at PwC, Greg helped build a technology security practice before building a marketing and sales team from the ground up for the Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky region. Greg served on the seven partner leadership council for PwC and had strategy and revenue responsibility for over $325 million in revenue. It is this set of experiences that gives Greg a unique understanding of leadership, strategy, sales, and marketing in both small and large company environments that he leverages for the benefit of his clients. In addition to serving as the president of Accelerant Consultants, Greg is an adjunct professor of sales and sales leadership at Butler University.
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Following his own advice, Aaron strives to lead by example and often arrives at the office before anyone else to take advantage of focused, productive time. A Lushin management consultant since 2007, Aaron acts as the glue that binds and strengthens the team’s collective talents. As not only a sales trainer but a great resource, he encourages his clients to stay true to themselves and their missions, and he adapts his training style to best serve each individual. To learn more about them go to https://www.lushin.com
Aaron emphasizes understanding the underlying cause of business performance problems: belief, behavior, or technique. He aims to teach sales training clients the simplicity of effective solutions.
Winner of the 2015 Ball State Achievement Award from the Miller College of Business, Aaron spends his precious free time outdoors or cheering on his three kids in their respective sports competitions.
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Lori Winkler was born and raised in Northwest Indiana (Dyer) and moved to Columbus, Ohio, after getting married. She and her husband, Aaron, who met at St. Joseph's College, moved to Indianapolis in 1998 to be close to his family.
Lori started as a 4th Grade Teacher in Inner City Chicago before her marriage and move. She then became a Community Educator for a Healthcare Company, which fueled her passion for sales. Lori then grew her career as a sales consultant and trainer for Caskey Achievement Strategies, in Carmel, IN. Helping hundreds of Indianapolis executives and sales teams was a passion. Through this work, she realized the need for sales and marketing alignment. She then joined Sanders Group - a marketing agency in downtown Indianapolis where she was the VP of sales and strategy and moved into the CEO role.
Her entrepreneurial drive continued to pull at her. It led her to start her agency, WDM Creative, in 2010, where she grew and positioned the company for acquisition in 2019 by BlueSky Commerce. Today, Lori leads the Experience and Marketing Agency for BlueSky Commerce, an e-commerce and business consultancy serving global customers with their digital transformation.
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As President and Partner of Hunt Big Sales for over 13 years, Carajane Moore leads the company in strategic vision and implementation. Since joining the company, she has instituted vital operational and structural changes to the business resulting in growth of over 50 percent in less than three years.
As a serial entrepreneur, Carajane has proven her ability to develop new business and forge critical relationships. Using those skills in her current role, not only has she guided Hunt Big Sales, but she has educated key clients on how to double and triple their companies. Her firm has helped clients land over $18 billion in new business and has paved new ground using the “hunt” approach in industries such as medical devices, telecommunications, technology, real estate, aviation, and construction. You can learn more here https://www.huntbigsales.com
Her varied experiences as a fast-track person in the sales environment have included direct sales, sales training, sales management, team sales, outside and inside sales, and entrepreneurial sales at the $1 million plus level. Carajane has taught the Hunt Big Sales System to other professionals and consulted with major companies as a trusted adviser.
She is the co-author of The Secret to Big Sales: Use Executive Language to Close More Deals, How to Sell In Place: Closing Deals in the New Normal, and Life After the Death of Selling: How to Thrive in the New Era of Sales. She also served as a judge for the 2012 Stevie Awards and earned a degree in Business Administration, emphasis on Marketing, at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Carajane was recognized as a leading woman in business and was featured in “O, The Oprah Magazine”, “Entrepreneur”, “Fortune”, and “Forbes” magazines
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Adam Hoeksema is the Co-Founder and CEO of ProjectionHub which helps startups and small businesses create financial projections for potential investors and lenders. Adam started the business with his brother in 2012 and today the company has a team of five who help a few hundred businesses each month with their projections. You can learn more here https://www.projectionhub.com
In addition to ProjectionHub, Adam also spent a decade as the Executive Director of Bankable, an SBA lender in Indiana. Adam was employee number one for Bankable, and helped build a team that ultimately made over 1,500 small business loans to Indiana small businesses. Adam, his wife Stacy, and their 4 boys live in Middletown, IN where they enjoy living in the country, watching a beautiful sunset from their porch, and growing an ever expanding garden.
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Terry Ramsey is the owner and founder of Ptero Business Solutions. She is an Ohio native who first started her career in education out in Newark, New Jersey and continued in Columbus, Ohio where she resides with her family now.
Terry's bookkeeping business began when she was still in education. She picked up the trade (along with obtaining an MBA and a handful of clients) gaining at-bats for when her and her husband opened their very own ramen restaurant during the pandemic. The opening of Red Rabbit Ramen has allowed Terry to uniquely see both sides of business financial planning and tracking and is her greatest strength in supporting others.
Ptero Business Solutions leans heavily into supporting business owners with cash flow methods. Financial statements tend to speak gibberish to many business owners who rely heavily on what is (or is not) in their bank account. Ptero allows for businesses to know their profits on a monthly basis, plan for taxes, strategize for growth, and have faith in their bank account come the next payroll.
Terry happily gives any business owner her time to meet with them and ease their financial worries for their business. Visit the website https://www.pterobusinesssolutions.com to book your call.
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Leah Smiley, CDE®, is the Founder and President of the Society for Diversity Inc., a global Education Technology (EdTech) firm that specializes in next generation management practices and professional Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Certification. As a LinkedIn “All-Star”, Mrs. Smiley has facilitated hundreds of presentations for more than 10,000 professionals and executives around the world, as well as consulted with over 100 organizations. The Society for Diversity was recognized twice on the 2022 and 2023 Inc. 5000 listing as one of the fastest growing companies in the Midwest. https://www.societyfordiversity.org
With more than 15 years of experience in the DEI field, as well as 25+ years as a master of training and organizational development, Mrs. Smiley is considered to be a DEI industry thought-leader. Through the Society for Diversity's subsidiary, the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC)®, Mrs. Smiley has helped thousands of DEI leaders achieve their dreams 50+ U.S. states and over 30+ other countries by conferring the industry-recognized Certified Diversity Professional (CDP)® and Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)® credentials. IDC is a member of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence and is currently pursuing accreditation through the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA). Further, the Society for Diversity has registered IDC’s extensive catalog of intellectual property with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mrs. Smiley's work has been featured on international and national radio and television programs, as well as in Forbes, Fortune and Entrepreneur Magazines. Additionally, her work has been reported in the USA Today, Huffington Post, Business Insurance, The Indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Business Journal, Indiana Minority Business Magazine, Associations Now, Franchising World Magazine, MEA Magazine, The Lexington Herald Leader, The Philadelphia Tribune, The Philadelphia Business Journal, Naples Daily News, The City Sentinel, Lee and Low Books, and more. She was also quoted in "The Inclusion Revolution Is Now: An Innovative Framework for Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace" by Maura G. Robinson and published by iUniverse.
Smiley has a blended family and lives in Indianapolis with her husband, whom she met while they were both political science majors at Hampton University. She also holds a Certified Diversity Executive (CDE)® designation from the Institute for Diversity Certification (IDC)®
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Meet August, a tech maven whose professional journey reads like a captivating tale of industry evolution. From the pulsating heart of the computer industry in the late 1980s to the dynamic realm of internet connectivity in the 1990s, August seamlessly transitioned through the winds of change, leaving an indelible mark. His narrative continued to unfold in the 2000s (dot.bomb) as he explored the intricate landscapes of software, only to make a triumphant return to the forefront of telecommunications around 2010.
After getting his MBA in 2004, August was an Adjunct Professor at Anderson University for over a decade, teaching business plan development and marketing management in the MBA program. For those in the telecom know, August is more than a seasoned professional – he's an NTCA pensioner, a testament to his enduring legacy in the industry. Post-retirement, he orchestrated a new chapter, founding Mytra Consulting after a contemplative six-month hiatus. With a team of 13 consultants, the company specializes in guiding telecom providers and rural electric cooperatives through the intricacies of business and organizational development. Their offerings span the spectrum of strategic planning, business development, change management, and other services, touching clients across the expanse of the United States. https://www.mytraconsulting.com
August's success narrative is interwoven with a keen technology literacy that has been the bedrock of his achievements. His philosophy revolves around crafting business value through the strategic application of technology. Beyond his corporate ventures, August lends his expertise to the advisory board of Purdue University Global's School of Business and Information Technology (SBIT), adding an academic dimension to his multifaceted portfolio. In essence, August embodies the fusion of professional prowess and creative innovation, leaving an indomitable imprint on the ever-evolving canvas of the tech landscape.
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Jarrett Hagy was born in Winchester IN and grew up near Modoc in Randolph County. He graduated from Ball State University in 1993 with a Fine Arts degree. After a few years of being a freelance designer and illustrator, in 1999 along with business partner Jason Roemer, he founded Lodge Design.
Since 1999, Lodge has continued to evolve with the changing needs of their client partners. Today, their team of designers and developers work on everything from brand strategy and traditional advertising to responsive web design and digital marketing. Lodge doesn't believe in cookie-cutter solutions to clients’ challenges, and enjoy the process of digging in and getting to know who they are and how they can develop messaging strategies that will resonate with their core audiences.
Learn more here https://lodgedesign.com
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Andrew Aebersold was born and raised in New Albany, IN. In 2003, he met his wife-to-be Amy, and together they started Mediaura, a full-service digital marketing agency. Andrew has previously worked extensively with ActionCOACH, along with other business coaches, and peer groups, and is a firm believer in continuous improvement.
Aebersold acknowledges that growing a business from nothing without financial backing is tough work, and the journey is never a straight line. There is always an opportunity to learn something new, be reminded of something you already know but forgot, and to reset quarterly. Learn more here https://mediaura.com/?utm_campaign=gmb
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TK Herman is a 52-year old husband, father and entrepreneur. He founded Aptera, a software development company, with his business partner in 2003 and sold it in 2021. Before the sale, he and his business partner took a product they created for architects & engineers and spun it into a new company -- now that business (Factor) is used by 167 companies across the US and is growing at a rate of 25%+ per quarter. In 2021 TK also sold three Sky Zone indoor trampoline parks which he co-owned for 8 years. His latest venture is opening 10 indoor pickleball clubs across the Midwest under the Ace Pickleball Club brand.
What many people don’t know is that TK has been a pilot for 26 years (both instrument and multi-engine rated) and became a helicopter pilot three years ago. Obsessed with aviation is an understatement according to his wife.
TK discovered personal development and inner transformation work in 2014 and has invested in his own growth heavily while investing in the personal transformation of his employees and children. He’s currently working 1:1 with one of the top life coaches in the world and has been for two years.
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Adrian Jagow, the Managing Partner at Talevation, is a visionary leader who intertwines the principles of faith and business strategies. Known for a unique approach that involves prayer and reflection, Adrian embraces a philosophy that integrates spirituality into the realm of business.
Embracing the core values of Talevation - Happy, Helpful, and Harmonious - Adrian leads by example, fostering a company culture centered around joy, support, and unity. Through his commitment to these values, he creates an environment that encourages positivity, assistance, and a cooperative spirit among team members and clients.
Adrian's practice of seeking divine guidance for business strategies highlights a deep belief in the power of intuition and spiritual alignment. By combining these principles with his business acumen, he brings forth innovative solutions that are not only effective but also resonate with the ethos of happiness, helpfulness, and harmony.
His unique approach reflects a belief that success is not only measured by financial gain but also by the well-being and satisfaction of those involved, fostering an environment where employees, clients, and stakeholders thrive in a culture rooted in positivity and mutual support. Adrian Jagow stands as an example of a leader who harmonizes spiritual values with the dynamic world of business, fostering both success and a fulfilling work environment.
Talevation LLC is a cutting-edge, innovative company specializing in talent assessment and human resource solutions. Founded on the principles of leveraging technology to optimize workforce potential, Talevation provides a comprehensive suite of assessment tools and HR software designed to assist organizations in making smarter, data-driven decisions about their people.
Through a combination of advanced psychometrics, behavioral science, and technology, Talevation offers a range of assessment products that empower businesses to identify, evaluate, and develop talent across various stages of the employee lifecycle. From pre-employment assessments that aid in the selection of the right candidates to ongoing development tools that nurture existing talent, Talevation's solutions are tailored to meet the unique needs of diverse industries and organizational structures.
The company's commitment to innovation is reflected in its user-friendly platforms and customizable solutions, which enable seamless integration with existing HR processes. Talevation's mission is to help companies enhance their human capital strategies by providing actionable insights that drive informed decision-making, fostering a more efficient and productive workforce. With a focus on accuracy, reliability, and efficiency, Talevation stands as a trusted partner for businesses seeking to streamline their talent management processes, reduce turnover, and ultimately, maximize the potential of their most valuable asset—their people.
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Ali Cudby is the founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies - it’s alignMINT (M-I-N-T) because once a mint plant is established, it grows like crazy - much like the results for clients at Alignmint, a leading consulting and training firm specializing in post-sales strategies for customer retention and growth.
Ali's journey in customer experience began after graduating from Wharton Business School, and whether it’s The New York Times Company or a start-up, her work is guided by a singular idea: when people feel seen, heard and valued they are more inclined to stay customers longer, buy more and tell their friends and colleagues.
That lofty idea gets put into action via playbooks, which codify clear and consistent processes for aligned engagement internally and with clients. You can learn more by reading Ali’s #1 bestselling book, Keep Your Customers. You can find Ali at https://alignmintforgrowth.com
Jerry has been owner and operator of Great Harvest in Lafayette, Indiana since 2007. He has been married to Janet for 32 years and has 6 children and (currently) 10 grandchildren. Loves God, his family, people, making an impact and hunting.
Great Harvest Bread Co. has been making bread and goodies in Lafayette since 1999. We focus on freshness by using simple and wholesome ingredients – we even grind our flour in-house. We have expanded our business over the years by adding tasty sandwiches and breakfast and lunch catering.
Troy Mason was born in San Diego, California. After a short six weeks, his dad left the navy and his parents moved back to their home town of Mishawaka, Indiana. Troy eventually attended Ball State University before landing a job at a company in Indianapolis called Compression Engineering.
Seeing the writing on the wall that Compression wasn't going to last, he and a colleague decided to start Impulse Product Development. Impulse helps companies and individuals design and develop products. They've been involved in the design of hundreds of consumer, industrial, automotive, scientific, and medical products; baby rattles to aircraft components and everything in between. Impulse just passed its 25th year of business.
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Aaron Chandler is a seasoned Producer and Creative Director with a storied 15-year career in video production and digital marketing. He also boasts a 23-year background in enhancing operational efficiency for Fortune 500 companies. As the driving force behind PreciseTake Multimedia, Aaron combines creative vision with business acumen, enabling organizations to amplify their impact through powerful storytelling and strategic audience engagement. A recent recipient of Central Indiana's Black Rising Star Award, Aaron's dedication to his craft is exemplary. He is not only a fervent advocate for global change but also a committed father and mentor, aiming to foster the next generation for sustainable, lasting change.
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PreciseTake Multimedia® is a digital marketing and video production agency headquartered in Indiana, committed to creating captivating and impactful content that fosters positive change across communities and industries worldwide. Established in 2012, the company specializes in crafting impactful narratives through its unique Vision-to-CINEMA Storytelling Method™. Serving a diverse client base, including both for-profit and non-profit companies and organizations, PreciseTake boasts a proven track record of delivering high ROI and elevating customer engagement. As a 100% black-owned, MBE-certified agency in the State of Indiana and the City of Indianapolis, PreciseTake offers a unique and valuable partnership across various sectors.
Renee Lucas is co-owner of LCS Heating and Cooling in Indianapolis, IN. She and her husband, Travis, started LCS in 2005. After years of hard work and long hours with little to show for it, they decided to start over in 2016. Renee invested in business training, leadership training, and best practice member groups, as well as personal counseling, to develop a new plan for personal and professional success. Today, Renee and Travis enjoy their business and are excited to lead and grow their team.
LCS Heating and Cooling provides residential and light commercial services to Indianapolis and surrounding areas. They do things "The LCS Way" which results in long relationships with homeowners and lasting comfort solutions for their homes.
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I’ve been a Midwesterner my whole life: 10 years in Detroit, 10 years in Toledo and since graduating from THE Ohio State University 34 years ago have lived in Indianapolis.
Over the 34 years I’ve held a variety of leadership positions in finance, strategy, operations, sales and marketing in the auto, publishing, mobile phone and logistics industries.
In 2016, my long-time business partner of 26 years, Shelli Austin, and I had the opportunity to purchase the business we started in 2003.
InTek Freight & Logistics is a North American focused non-asset logistics company offering a variety of supply chain solutions and technology to shippers, with its primary focus being domestic intermodal shipping solutions.
I’ve been blessed to be surrounded by incredible people over the years that have helped me along the way.
In 2005, I was one of the 40 Under Forty Honorees as listed by the Indianapolis Business Journal and over a few short years after the acquisition the efforts of the entire InTek team has been recognized both locally and nationally in growth and work-life balance:
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Indiana Business Journal FAST 25 - 2021 & 2022, Top 5 finishes in the fastest growing privately held company in Indiana.
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Inc 5000 - 2022 & 2023: 1541 and 1484 fastest growing companies in the United States.
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2023 Best Places to Work - Indiana Chamber of Commerce: Listed as the 25th out of the 125 employers to work in Indiana.
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C2 Accounting & Business Support is an accounting firm supporting growing small businesses. Their main objective is to assist their clients in achieving their business objectives, including scaling their business, streamlining their financial processes, and increasing profitability. Carleen Lamay, the CEO of C2 Accounting, is enthusiastic about entrepreneurship and is motivated by her desire to see other small business owners succeed.
Fernando Leon was born and raised in San Jose, California. Fernando has worked at various firms in the past 38 years. He worked in various capacities at UPS, Xerox, Amdahl and several startups before landing at Single Point of Contact in June of 2001. During his tenue at Xerox, he was introduced to the networking side of the business and the rest is history when it comes to technology. His technology journey took him from managing a network, restoring data, producing shows for an online chat startup to his current career, sales and marketing. Fernando is the VP of Sales/Marketing for Single Point of Contact located in Palo Alto, California. They work primarily with small IT service businesses who have challenges scaling their offering and providing expertise for projects they do not have in-house. The main objective is to empower small IT firms with service offerings they cannot deliver 24x7. We have helped hundreds of clients in the past two decades and the demand for IT services grows each year. We currently support over 200 networks and work with firms all over the world. We also provide our clients assistance on sales calls. Most of our clients struggle with presenting a proactive solution and our team is here to assist with those types of calls. Contact us if your IT firm struggles with scaling their business or you want to transition from a break/fix to the MSP model. Contact us here https://singlepointoc.com/contact-us/
Chris Tincher was born and raised in Louisville, Ky. He has lived in Indianapolis area since 1998. He is married to his beautiful wife Amber for 29 years. They have 3 children, twin daughters Chloe and Jasmine who are 17, and a son Reece who is 14. Hospitality and Service has been a part of his DNA since his first job at a Holiday Inn when he was 15 years old. He worked 12 years in the hotel industry and served in the Army as a Medic for 3 years. He has been an operator/franchisee with Chick-fil-A since 2002. Currently, he operates the Chick-fil-A Avon location and soon to open Beechwood Centre. His restaurant has grown significantly over the last few years, from 2019-2020 they experienced a sales growth of $4 million dollars over the prior year, which was an increase of 40%. In mid 2019, his team set a huge goal of going from 500 in the chain to #1 in Drive Thru Experience, they achieved the goal in September 2020. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Campbellsville University and an MBA from Anderson University. Life giving leadership is his passion. He lives out his purpose by serving others and helping others win. He loves to help other people accomplish their goals. For fun he enjoys the outdoors, hiking, road bike cycling and driving fast cars with the top down.
Michael D. Rutz is Executive Vice President and Co-Founder of MakeMyMove, the nation's first marketplace where communities and move-ready talent connect.
He previously worked at Angie’s List for 11 years, where he led sales and played a major role in taking the company public and growing it to over 2,000 employees. Prior to joining Angie’s List in 2006, Mike served as President of Care Ambulance.
He began his career as a strategist for political and advocacy campaigns and held a key role leading fundraising in the campaigns for former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. He has served on advisory boards for the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, the Indiana Technology and Innovation Association, Gainsight, Top Opps, and several central Indiana not-for-profits boards.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in French, both from Indiana University and resides in Indianapolis with his wife, Rebecca, and three children.
David Anderson’s career in Recruiting and Talent Acquisition Leadership spans three decades in software, IT, cyber security, financial services, advanced manufacturing and more.
What he enjoys most about his work is seeing others grow. “When I envisioned the name for our company, Field of Talent, I envisioned a sustainable, healthy growth of people, careers, clients, and families.” David and his wife of 31 years have five talented kids and five (soon to be six) beautiful grandkids. Outdoor hikes and adventure, sports, the arts and creativity are his hobbies.
Striving to exceed client expectations and making lasting matches for talented people and great companies are what he enjoys most about the recruitment services his team provides.
Want to know how you can grow in your career? Email your resume to david@fieldoftalent.com for a (free) networking call.\
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Justin Fortier is a tech entrepreneur and founder of multiple successful companies in California. As CEO/CTO of FYC Labs, he successfully led the company to acquisition in 2020. The boutique design agency grew internationally, capturing clients such as Remax, National University, Budweiser, and Pepsi Co., and has been recognized on several top lists for Web Design and Development.
Justin has been named as finalist for CEO of the year twice by the San Diego Business Journal and was recognized as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Business Leaders in San Diego by San Diego Daily Transcript. In addition, he holds top-level Technical/Business advisory positions at 11.2 Ventures, Blush Design Inc, Edvo, Aura Finance, and Intraratio Corp. He has held technical executive roles for Blockchain Innovators – XYO Network, Ecommerce Game Changer – For Days, and Manufacturing Technology SaaS – Intraratio Corp.
Justin volunteers his time helping other entrepreneurs and small business owners through various organizations such as the San Diego Small Business Advisory Board, Sierra College, Folsom Chamber of Commerce, and the Granite City Foundation.
Justin is a Father of two and enjoys fishing, hiking, and playing hockey.
For over a decade, FYC Labs has been a leading design and development agency dedicated to empowering businesses. We offer various services including engineering expertise, UI/UX web and product design, and strategic guidance. Our team is committed to understanding the unique needs of our clients and consistently delivering exceptional results that surpass expectations. As a nationally recognized and award-winning studio, partnering with FYC Labs is the solution to achieving new levels of success and realizing business goals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-fo...
Andy Hendricks is a lifelong Hoosier. He grew up in Terre Haute and attended Indiana State University, majoring in business administration. While at ISU he met his future wife, Vickie. They married and lived in Terre Haute until 2008 when Vickie had a job opportunity that led them to the Indianapolis area. They now reside in Mooresville with their 2 children, Nolan and Harper.
Andy worked various entry-level jobs after college but never found the right fit. At one point he turned to his father-in-law, a window cleaning veteran of 40+ years, for a job. Andy found cleaning windows to be enjoyable and satisfying. He realized there was a need for this service and decided to set out on his own in the spring of 2009. That venture sparked an entrepreneurial spirit that continues to this day in the form of A-1 Window Cleaning and Pressure Washing Service.
A-1 Window Cleaning serves both residential and commercial customers offering multiple services in addition to cleaning windows. These services include power washing, gutter cleaning and holiday light installation. A-1 now employs over 10 people and has become a major player in the local market. With a continuing growth strategy, A-1 hopes to serve customers at a high level for years to come.
Ken Johnson attended college at Indiana University where he received his Bachelor's in Physical Therapy in 1997. Since then, Ken has received a Graduate Certificate in Health Sciences Patient Centered Outcomes in 2006 from Indiana University, in addition to numerous other certifications to ensure he is up to date with the most recent research and treatment techniques when treating his patients.
Ken has practiced in outpatient orthopedic clinics his entire career and enjoys the challenge this setting brings. He is trained in Graston soft tissue mobilization, dry needling, FMS/SFMA evaluation, and Blankenship WorkEval Functional Evaluation. He has a special interest in cervical and shoulder dysfunction, thoracic outlet syndrome, and return to work training. Ken is also passionate about working with athletes to help them return to their sport of choice.
Ken has lived on the south side of Indianapolis since 1997 with his wife. He has four children in high school and college and a pet to help keep him busy. While not at work, he enjoys cycling, watching sporting events, and spending time relaxing with friends and family.
Maria Murphy is CEO and Market Master of the award-winning Carmel Christkindlmarkt. Maria has served in this role since the Market’s opening in 2017, and she has been instrumental in bringing the Market to its current success.
After graduating high school a year early, Maria spent a year in Germany as recipient of the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship supported by Senator Richard Lugar. While there, she stayed near Dresden and Hamburg, learning to speak the language and developing a wide network of contacts that she still keeps in touch with today. Maria considers Germany to be her second home.
Prior to her work at the Market, Maria spent 10 years in the banking industry. After attending a networking event and hearing Carmel Mayor Jim Brainard talk about his desire to bring a Christkindlmarkt to Carmel, Maria joined a special committee charged with bringing his vision to life. As a result of her work there, she was offered the “best job in Carmel” - to serve at the helm of the Christkindlmarkt as the Market Master and CEO.
Under Maria’s direction, the Market has been selected twice as the Best Holiday Market by USA Today’s 10Best competition, winning the title in 2019, 2021 & 2022. In 2022, the Market welcomed more than 400,000 visitors, and total Market sales eclipsed $5.8 million – an almost 25% increase from the previous year. In future years, Maria hopes to increase programming geared at children and families, as well as recruit a steady stream of various German artists to do presentations for guests.
Maria maintains memberships in several networking groups, including the OneZone Chamber of Commerce, the board for the Indiana German Heritage Society, the Indiana-Germany Business Council, and the Hamilton County Tourism BEST (Business of Entertainment, Sport and Tourism) Task Force, as well as a sitting on the BEST Task Force Steering Committee.
She was honored to be a part of the 2022 James T. Morris Global Leadership Series cohort and is grateful for the many connections she made as a result of her participation.
Maria is thrilled to have the opportunity to serve all of central Indiana and the Midwest as CEO and Market Master of the Carmel Christkindlmarkt.
Kurt is a husband, father, and serial entrepreneur from Indianapolis Indiana. Kurt and Jenna’s son Grant is 3, with one more boy on the way in July.
After attending Indiana University Kurt helped found a Global Audio/Video Integration company that became the foundation for his many other entrepreneurial endeavors. KD Global Solutions is a world class AV Integrator handling national and global accounts in 30+ countries.
Kurt’s current focus is to build off his national and global capacities to help bring industry-changing technologies to market. Kurt’s current focus is in the world of Weapons Detection and Autonomous Robotics.
CK2 Technologies is changing the way fans experience safety at venues across the country, from Radio City Music Hall to the Sphere in Las Vegas.
Arbuckle Robotics is bringing real ROI and changing customer experiences with autonomous cleaning and delivery in hospitals to restaurants across the country.
Mac is the founder and CEO of MacguyverTech with over 25 years of experience in the technological world. Before he began work, Steve always had a passion for creating and taking things apart. His knowledge of software development extends from a passion for reverse engineering and ethical hacking. Mac began his career with MacGuyver Music where he not only was an accomplished DJ, but he was also creating commercial soundtracks for Hasbro and Motorola. Mac’s philosophy on software has been a guiding lens for the team. He believes that no company should have a “cookie-cutter mold” system; each company is unique and requires a fully customized software to fit their specific needs.
Steve also has a fiery passion for blockchain. With the emergence of this new technology, Steve is able to integrate it into a lot of different projects. The applications for blockchain are almost unlimited and Steve has the knowledge to propose the best application of blockchain technology to the system to fit a company’s needs. While the team at MacguyverTech as well as Steve have the technical skills to create such a system.
Jason Lippert is the third-generation leader of LCI Industries, a publicly traded company that predominately serves the marine, RV, and other recreational markets. Jason has helped grow the company from $150 million in 2003 to $5.1 billion in 2021 with over 12,000 team members world-wide.
He has served in many capacities throughout his 29 years with the company where he started as an intern welding manufactured housing chassis. Since 2003, Jason has been the company’s CEO and President and has had an intense focus on building strong teams, bettering our communities, and growing the company with new product innovations.
The Boys & Girls Club of Elkhart County is Jason’s philanthropic passion where he serves as a board of trustee and chairman of their annual Bids 4 Kids auction which has help raise millions of dollars for their club’s on-going effort to improve the lives of the children in the community.
Jason has been passionate about finding creative ways to move the needle around leadership, culture, and community service within LCI. In the last 9 years, Lippert has initiated a cultural transformation within the company known as Everyone Matters. To stress a truly human culture in the business, Jason implemented a Culture and Leadership team who strives to grow the company’s team members through coaching and working on personal and professional development. He and his team believe the quality and effectiveness of front-line leadership is the key to building a successful business. LCI team members have completed over 550,000 hours of serving in communities across the world, and Jason is continuously pouring support into other companies wanting to make an impact in their community and truly join the movement to create a stronger force for good in the world.
Future information about Jason Lippert and LCI Industries can be found on their website at www.LCI1.com.
Geoff Dodge was born and raised in Colorado Springs and moved to Indianapolis in 2006 in pursuit of the Indy 500. He spent the first part of his career racing sprint cars, midgets, and Indy Lights and electing to finish his college education at IUPUI. During this time an acquaintance offered a small business opportunity that sparked a passion for small business, specifically within the contracting industry.
Today Geoff owns Lamb Excavating, a water, sewer and septic contractor serving the greater Indianapolis area, as well as Geoff Dodge Racing, a sprint car team focused on sharing the opportunity he found within the skilled trades. Operating under the tagline Racing to Build Brighter Futures, GDR is partnered with SkillsUSA Indiana in promoting skilled trade and technical education along with partners Lamb Excavating, Diamond Equipment, Dirt Perfect, Palmetto Epoxy Floors, and DRC Chassis. Geoff Dodge Racing hopes to be a catalyst for young people to find the opportunity that exists within the trade industry to reach their dreams!
Jacob Bills has been in the water treatment industry for over 20 years. After a medical separation from the Marine Corps, Jacob started as an installation and service technician at a large water treatment company in Avon Indiana. From there he has worked for many others over the years. Jacob has worked for Aqua Systems, US Water Systems, Chem-Aqua, Absolute Water Technologies, and now his own business-American Aqua Solutions. Over the years, he has held many different positions and gained a lot of experience in the industry. Jacob has become a Certified Water Specialist II and a Certified Water Treatment Installer. He has also done everything from sales, service, tech support, customer service, deliveries, and more.
Jacob started AAS as a part time side project out of his garage about (6) years ago. As the company grew it was requiring more and more attention to continue the growth. In 2022, Jacob decided to quit all other jobs and focus on AAS fulltime. Since then, AAS has seen continuous growth. AAS is still a small business with 5 employees, but is making in impact with water treatment and the community. American Aqua Solutions is a full-service water treatment company in Indianapolis that specializes in residential and commercial water and air purification. They offer many different technologies suchas; water softeners, whole house filter systems, drinking water systems, and more. They also service most makes & models in the commercial and residential markets. American Aqua Solutions can help with system design, service, and new installations.
Jacob and this company prides themselves on providing excellent customer service and great prices on some of the best equipment in the industry. Their online reviews and testimonials prove this to be true. At American Aqua Solutions, they are not happy unless the customer is. It seems that there motto of; "premium, affordable, and sustainable wellness solutions you can trust. We treat you and your wellness right!" also rings true. Please keep AAS in mind for any of your water/air quality testing or water/air equipment solutions. Consultations and advice is totally FREE!!
Pink Team Cleaning Services LLC was founded by Alejandra Malo. She was born and raised in Mexico to a family of businessmen. Bachelor degree in Accounting and Finances, fluent in 4 languages, athlete and musician. Apart from running multiple businesses, Alejandra created a foundation to help improve the lives of orphans in Mexico.
Through her university and work experience traveled the world finding Lafayette Indiana her adopted home where her 2 children were born and raised.
All 70 Pink Team employees take pride in their professional cleaners who, through their quality work, allow businesses to run efficiently with clean facilities.
Pink Team is proudly professionalizing the cleaning industry in the State of Indiana. In 2022 it expanded to Mexico and in 2023 to the states of Texas and Georgia.
For more information please visit: https://totallypink.com, https://pinkrentalsllc.com, https://pinkteam.org
Plan Forward offers a solution for designing and managing your inhouse membership plans, for dental practices. We enable practices to determine the pricing and terms of their own plans and drive a recurring revenue stream. Uninsured patients benefit too, with access to a custom plan with simple, transparent pricing and terms. Our solution includes a best-in-class software platform and a customer service team that partners with practices to grow these plans and ensure their success.
As Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Plan Forward, Megan is passionate about creating profitable insurance alternatives for dentists and loves being an integral part of Plan Forward’s evolution. She has a heavy focus on product development, enterprise client onboarding, and internal operations. Prior to starting her career in the dental space, Megan gained business experience in sales, recruiting, and was the first employee of a marketing agency where she had her first taste of entrepreneurship. Megan graduated from Indiana University and currently resides in Westfield, IN with her husband, Peter, two kids, Henry and Leah, and their German Shepherd, Vino.
My passion for our youths who started families at a young (teens) age inspired me to start a nonprofit organization. Eight years ago, with what was just a dream, has now become a reality and my daily life. Advocating and bringing others together to support and encourage our teen parents to excel in life is my main goal and priority. My major motivation is my personal experience having been a teen parent who struggled through the process with little or no recourses.
I am currently training to improve in Professional Leadership, Early Childhood Education and Development. I have experience in Home Health Care, Hospice Care, Restaurant Management, Night Club & Lounge Hospitality, Administrative Assistance, Project Management, and Program Coordination. My greatest interest is compassion for others and building my skills and education in nonprofit organizations.
My professional journey has resulted to various opportunities to take part in many Cohorts and leadership committees, endorsements, scholarships and trainings. I hope to use the skills knowledge acquired in both my professional and personal endeavors.
I enjoy networking and connecting with community partners to share real stories of real teen parents because I work directly with our teen parents. I build safe environments for our teen parents to share their stories and ask for the support they need freely without fear or intimidation. Meeting our teen parents where they are and giving them the opportunities to further learning, while they thrive in life but mostly believe in their self is paramount.
Dave was born in Muncie, but moved to Oklahoma with his mother in the mid 1970’s, after his parents divorced. He moved back to Muncie my sophomore year of college to attend Ball State, graduating in 1993 with a B.S. in Business Administration.
He then spent 6 years in Retail and Retail Management throughout the Midwest for a Retail Apparel and Footwear company, before moving back to Muncie in 1997 to work for my father at Meeks Mortuary. Dave has been at Meeks Mortuary for over 25 years.
Dave took over as President and CEO in January 2015 when his father retired after 50 years in the funeral industry. The Meeks Mortuary and Crematory was established in 1844, now 179 years old, and the second oldest firm in Indiana. They have been locally owned and operated since their inception. They are founded on a tradition of integrity and fairness, and trust.
Dave has been married for almost 30 years and has 3 children. In his spare time, Dave enjoys cruising in his ’69 Camaro He is a member of Muncie Sunrise Rotary Club and volunteers for many service organizations, and currently serves on the board for Hillcroft Services and Primetrust Credit Union.
Alex Mounts is chair of Krieg DeVault’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice Group. His practice includes counseling both for-profit and not-for-profit clients on a wide spectrum of employee benefits-related matters. Alex also focuses his practice on employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and spends significant time working with companies, trustees, lenders and sellers on issues surrounding ESOPs including design and implementation and sales of ESOP companies. He also spends significant time working with clients on executive compensation matters including designing and implementing nonqualified deferred compensation plans and equity and non-equity-based incentive compensation programs.
While much has changed since Krieg DeVault's founding in Indianapolis, over 140 years ago, our commitment to listening to our clients has not. Client satisfaction and loyalty have allowed us to grow from a two-lawyer general practice in the mid-1870s to our current status as a premier business-focused law firm.
Kara Long is an entrepreneur, writer, musician, and artist, born in the little historical town of Irvington, Indiana just east of Indianapolis. In her childhood, she experienced several losses of close family members that shaped her perspective, interests, and life. For a long time, Kara struggled to plot her career path, but when she found herself recording her husband’s great Uncle Al’s World War 2 stories on video in early 2019, everything seemed to fall into place. It turned out that she needed to create her own job to find her life’s mission.
Today, Kara is the founder and owner of The Memory Collective, a recorded oral storytelling company that captures individuals telling their life story on video before those stories are lost or forgotten. In this way, kids and grandkids can stay permanently connected to their parents and grandparents, even after Alzheimer’s, illness, or death. Future generations who never could have heard these stories in person can grow up watching these videos and truly know their ancestors and heritage—far beyond the limited stories faded photos, newspaper clippings, and a list of ethnic percentages could tell. Kara firmly believes that anyone, no matter how old or young, has stories to share that are worth passing down, and that recorded oral storytelling is the fastest, easiest, and most authentic way to do so.
To learn more about capturing your loved one’s or your own life story, check out www.thememorycollective.co.
Grab your free copy of the Legacy Starter Guide to learn how to talk with your loved one about capturing their life story: www.thememorycollective.co/starter-guide
Shalonda is known best for her Marketing and Branding expertise and is the proud owner of Identity Marketing and Branding and Silk Coffee Company. Gleaning from over 15 years of marketing and design experience, Shalonda has a passion for helping entrepreneurs bring their business ideas and visions to reality. Her personal investment in the success of others has afforded her the opportunity to work alongside numerous business owners as they work to further develop their business strategies, corporate branding profiles, and overall marketing goals.
Shalonda prides herself in taking her client’s vision and literally maximizing every resource and tool necessary to help bring it to life. Her desire is to bring a greater awareness to the digital marketing platforms and sources available to nonprofits and bridge the technological gap so that ministries and nonprofits thrive!
Shalonda attended Indiana University where she studied Graphic Design and Visual Communications and she currently serves as the Multimedia and Marketing Director for New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Indianapolis, IN.
Jason Beutler (pronounced ‘Butler’) grew up in Indiana. He graduated high school from John Adams in South Bend, IN and spent every March-November from age 13-18 working at a country club in the pro-shop. Through that experience, he learned how to converse with business owners and found he was passionate about leadership and entrepreneurship. He received an undergraduate degree in computer science from Taylor University and spent the next 10 years working his way up to Vice President of Information Technology. Jason received an MBA from the University of Notre Dame in May of ’09 and by January of 2010 he formed the business he is currently running.
RoboSource is passionate about helping people find and do work that matters. We leverage technologies, such as A.I. and software automation bots and we pair that with process improvement techniques and data analytics to help people identify and remove those mundane, life-sucking, tasks from their day-to-day lives so they can focus on the things that are important to a business.
Sue Ann Emmons was born and raised in Indiana but also traveled the US due to her father being an active US Army enlisted soldier. She spent her early career testing out a variety of trades. One of which was business ownership as a commercial and residential cleaning company, along with her partner and husband Derrick Emmons. As fate would have it they closed the company and ventured on to other trades. She obtained a business degree and worked in the medical field, as well as homeland security. Her partner went on to learn a trade in General Contracting as a commercial and residential painter.
In early 2009 they decided it was time to make a go of entrepreneurship once again and opened Emmons Painting Service LLC. Then in 2012 turned the company from a sole proprietor into an LLC where Sue Ann became a partner and turned the company into a million dollar venture. Today the company offers a variety of services. Commercial and residential painting, as well as painting service plans to the greater Indianapolis MultiFamily Housing community. Emmons Painting Service also partnered with Uhaul and is also now a Neighborhood Uhaul Dealer Location.
Sue Ann also offers as a second career the opportunity for men and women to up their fitness, nutrition and mindset either by becoming a client, or allowing themselves the opportunity of partnering to help others. All with an online platform and all the tools for a successful business or lifestyle routine!
To book an appointment for painting services go to http://www.emmonspainting.com
To learn more about the BODi partnership go to https://linktr.ee/sueannemmons
Jemmie Wang was born in Taiwan, grew up in Canada, and has lived in the US since 1989. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and M.B.A., both from the University of Michigan. He is also an ASQ certified six sigma black belt.
He is an entrepreneur at heart and ran a computer company for 9 years while getting his degrees and then worked in the corporate world for 15 years with Dell and private equity backed companies.
Since 2014 Jemmie has been a consultant helping companies of all sizes from Fortune 100 to regional family-owned business improve profitability and successfully sell, often investing along with ownership.
Hamish was born in Edinburgh Scotland. He moved to Indiana, sight unseen, at the age of seven, and he has been a Hoosier ever since. After spending time travelling and working, he spent fifteen years handing complex commercial, antitrust, and securities litigation at a large, national law firm. During that time, he began working with businesspeople about risk mitigation, governance, and securities compliance – stepping repeatedly into more of an outside general counsel role. In doing so, he developed a deep entrepreneurial spirit.
In 2015 Hamish and his partners started Mattingly Burke Cohen & Biederman – a sophisticated business boutique law firm – and Proteus Discovery Group, an eDiscovery consultant and vendor. As a lawyer, Hamish provides business-related guidance and counsel to numerous businesses, assisting with their entrepreneurial development. Running Proteus, a legal-tech company, Hamish gets to be an entrepreneur, working as a founder and general counsel at an IBJ Fast 25 Indiana company. In both roles, he understands the effort inherent in to developing strategic goal and hitting tactical milestones, all while being true to your and your business’s core values.
Hamish is always happy to talk about a client’s business and legal issues, goals, and needs and, where appropriate, to serve as part of your growing team to provide timely, thoughtful, cost-effective legal and business services. You can reach Hamish at Hamish.cohen@mbcblaw.com.
Mark Dobson has a wealth of experience in both the public and private sectors. He is an entrepreneur and a community leader. In January of 2019 Mark and Tina [his wife] launched Eighty-Four, LLC. – a real estate investment and development entity headquartered in Indiana. In the short time Eighty-Four, LLC has been in business, acquisitions have included Dollar Generals and Family Dollar Stores in Indiana, Michigan, and North Dakota. In addition to the investments in Single Tenant Net Lease Retail locations, a sale/leaseback of an Indiana based manufacturer was added to the portfolio.
Prior to the launch of Eighty-Four, LLC, Dobson served as President & CEO of the Economic Development Corporation of Elkhart County. During his tenure, Elkhart County saw unprecedented growth in jobs and investment. His efforts to attract new businesses and support those already in Elkhart County resulted in over $750,000,000 in new investment for the County. Because an adequately trained workforce is one of the keys to success of any Economic Development strategy, he collaborated with Horizon Education Alliance and Local Higher Education institutions to ensure Education and Commerce are collaborating to produce the best trained workforce in the region. Additionally, he served the Elevate Indiana Advisory Committee that is developing an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Northern Indiana. In 2018 the EDC collaborated with the Purdue Manufacturing Assistance Program to launch a workforce leadership series targeted to manufacturing supervisors. This was in response to business roundtables where management identified key challenges faced in the Elkhart County manufacturing environment. In addition to the job creation successes, he oversaw an annual budget of public and private funds. During his time leading the EDC of Elkhart County, annual budgets were consistently exceeded by his team’s fund-raising efforts.
Previous to his engagement with the EDC of Elkhart County, Dobson was the President & CEO of the Kosciusko Chamber of Commerce. He focused on ensuring the Kosciusko Chamber was the Public Policy leader for the region. He also oversaw the absorption of Warsaw Community Development into the Chamber. And he was the President of the Northern Indiana Coalition of Chambers. Those experiences – and the execution of the Kosciusko Chamber Strategic Plan – earned Dobson the designation of 2014 Chamber Executive of the Year by the Indiana Chamber Executive Association.
Dobson also served the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County where he established a Community Leader Forum and rebuilt the Public Policy Division. Prior to his service to that Chamber, Dobson served as the President of the St. Joseph County Commissioners. His two terms of service to the citizens of St. Joseph County were distinguished by his fiery advocacy for his constituents and a vision of reducing government influence on the people. His concept of Metro-Gov is still discussed when looking at ways to reduce the cost of delivery of government services.
His time in the private sector included a distinguished career in the Oil Industry and Real Estate. Dobson served B&R Oil Co., Inc. as its Vice President of Operations. B&R Oil was once the highest volume gasoline distributor in the nation for Phillips 66. The company also distributed Mobil Oil and Union 76 fuels in Indiana and Michigan. As Dobson turned to Real Estate, he earned International Diamond Elite status with Coldwell Banker for sales and marketing excellence.
Dobson holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Butler University with concentrations in Marketing and Management. He completed his Institute of Organizational Management training from the US Chamber in 2012. He earned the designation of Accredited Executive from the Indiana Chamber Executive Association in 2014. A believer in life-long learning, he also has been designated as a Master Petroleum Marketer by the Phillips 66 Marketing & Management Institute.
Dobson is an avid golfer and winter sport enthusiast. However, he is most proud of his family. He has been married to Tina for over 38 years. His son, Mitchell, is a Captain in the Air Force. And his daughter, Shelby, is a School Counselor in Whitko Community Schools.
Mr. Pierce was the Entrepreneur in Residence for the first Techstars Air Force Accelerator program and has a background in public safety - including as a volunteer EMT & UH-1H Huey helicopter crewmember. He is a FAA certified Part 107 pilot with significant UAS operations and policy experience. He has mentored US Army Futures Command & SOCOM C-UAS hackathons & guest lectured at the Eisenhower School for National Security. He’s been twice nominated as Indiana’s Entrepreneur of the year and is a Mitch Daniels Leadership Fellow. He holds a BA in English and is forecasted to graduate with an MS in GIS and Remote Sensing from Indiana University in Summer 2023.
Pierce Aerospace, a Techstars-backed company, is a Remote ID service provider focused on practical and robust integration of Remote ID services into the UAS ecosystem. Pierce Aerospace serves on the Drone Safety Team, ASTM F38 Committee on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, and the FAA’s Remote ID Cohort as an industry leader. Funds from the US Air Force and the State of Indiana support Pierce Aerospace’s Remote ID technology - previously nominated as Indiana’s Innovation of the Year by Techpoint and awarded first place in Remote ID technology at AUVSI’s Xcellence Awards. Pierce Aerospace is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, The Racing Capital of the World. Visit www.pierceaerospace.net.
Born and raised in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Started a mowing company in 2010 and grew it to 3 million and sales. Sold that business in 2021 and started over in fertilization weed control company/pest control company and in the last 18 months grew the new company from 0 to 3.5 million. Opening branch #4 and # 5 March 1st with projections to double revenues in 2023.
I’ve trained 100’s of sales reps in the service industry inside and outside of my company. Have a passion to help others scale their companies or increase their income as a sales rep.
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Zac Elsts was raised in the Indianapolis area and is a graduate of Pike High School. He’s spent most of his professional career in the logistics sector working with trucking companies and truck drivers to promote job growth opportunities and solutions for personnel fulfillment. He has built a passion for helping people connect their “why” with the “how” in a world where it’s easy to lose sight of humanity as companies have traditionally been focused on bottom lines profits almost exclusively.
As a co-founder of HandledNow, LLC, he has continued that passion for the industry working as president of the business by advocating for truck drivers as they navigate the industry. His goal is to transform the industry through the way that his company treats the people with whom they come in contact whether employees, clients, and affiliates in the industry. HandledNow is a staffing and recruiting firm that has grown organically starting in 2015 to now having operations in more than fourteen states and growing in the US. Helping people understand their potential without having to instill the traditional crippling fear of the corporate arm, allows people the opportunity to grow personally and professionally and create gains that are positive for both the business and the individual. He has a podcast called Drive that is geared to highlight truck drivers and the issues that surround them as they navigate the industry.
HandledNow offers businesses a comprehensive approach to their staffing solutions instead of a traditional broad-based approach that paints everyone with the same brush. Zac would love to discuss your career goals or personnel issues and can be reached at most major social media platforms or by direct contact at zelsts@handlednow.com.
Tom Haithcoat is the President of Ceptor Consulting, LLC, a PAC Physician Practice consulting firm focused on Growth, M&A, and Value Model selection & strategy. Tom has over 25 years of senior living experience in both Nursing Home management and Post Acute Care physician practice management.
In addition, Mr. Haithcoat is the President of Physician Services for Careline Health Group. Careline is a Michigan headquartered Hospice and Physician Services practice servicing 4,500 patients in 250 AL/SNF/LTC facilities throughout Michigan with expansion offices in Indiana and Ohio. Our hospice practice has an average census of ~450.
Tom sits on the Board of Directors for AMDA-The Society for Post Acute and Long Term Care Medicine where he also Chairs the Practice Management Section, leads the Chief Medical Officer Leadership Meetings and Co-Chairs the Membership Committee.
Kelly Hipskind was born in Wabash, Indiana. As the son of a basketball coach, he spent time in a handful of different cities growing up (Indianapolis, DC/Maryland, Portage, Hobart and Greensburg). He has 22+ years experience creating, investing in, building and scaling teams and services from scratch to a regional or national footprint. These businesses have been in the education technology, renewable energy, sports entertainment, and art industries. He also has experience in executive and managerial roles responsible for $30M - $500M per annum.
Mr. Hipskind has been married for 13 years to his loving wife Carla, whom he credits as his number one investor in all of his endeavors and also his better half. They are blessed with four wonderful children. He attends Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, in Carmel Indiana, and credits Jesus Christ as the main reason for all of his peace, joy and favor personally and professionally.
Currently: - Mr. Hipskind is an Entrepreneur in Residence @ Sun FundED, a company he Co-Founded in 2018 that serves exclusively schools with exclusively solar power. www.sunfunded.com - Mr. Hipskind is also open to engaging with others in an advisory or board capacity looking to strategically grow an idea or business.
Rajesh Perianayagam was born, raised and completed all his education till Ph.D. in plant biotechnology in India. He first came to the US in 1999 as a visiting research scholar during his Ph.D. to Washington State University, Pullman, WA. After obtaining doctorate degree at National Chemical Laboratory and University of Pune, India, he continued working at WSU and University of Missouri- Columbia as a postdoctoral research fellow. He moved to Indianapolis to work at large corporates such as Dow AgroSciences where he gained experience in managing multi-million-dollar agrigenomics programs and later at Roche Diagnostics where he worked with multi-billion-dollar clients. His extensive learnings and experiences in discovery and commercialization of products working in academia and industries led him to founding Karyosoft.
Currently he is the Founder/CEO of the startup Karyosoft Inc. headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. Karyosoft focuses on building in-house genomics software solutions for scientists to improve R&D efficiency and accelerate innovations in agrigenomics and life sciences enterprises. Karyosoft has received 20+ regional, national and international recognitions such as 2022 Best of Carmel Award in the Software Company category and “30 startups to watch” list by World Agri-Tech community.
During his more than 2 decades of experience in both at industries and academia as a molecular geneticist and a business development professional, Rajesh Perianayagam published 3 patents, won highest Seeds R&D recognition award for 4 consecutive years, worked on 6 different crops, recognized as an innovator for consecutively 7 years, captured 10+ intellectual property (IP), published 25+ peer reviewed publications and given 50+ presentations at both national and international conferences/meetings.
He is a passion-driven entrepreneur transforming his 25+ years of ‘R&D to Revenue’ experience into solving problems in agrigenomics and life sciences. He fondly calls his approximate 10,600 miles career journey as “India to Indiana”.
Jason Bork is the founder of Pintail Solutions, a niche management advisory firm serving the life sciences community. Pintail Solutions specializes in delivering complex projects to help improve global health in areas such as clinical trials, healthcare informatics and facilities and capital planning. For more than 2 decades, Jason has been a stalwart in the life sciences sector leading and executing upon strategic initiatives enabling the future success of organizations during times of transformative change.
Jason founded Pintail Solutions in 2015 out of his passion to make a difference in global health. Jason’s personal mission statement is to “Change the world through others”. He fulfills this mission through his family, mentoring, and the meaningful client work done at Pintail Solutions.
Jason is raising money for research through Riley Children’s Hospital and the nonprofit Reason to Dance, Reason for Hope. It’s a wonderful organization, that is getting him out of my comfort zone. He is competing in a local ‘Dancing With The Stars’ event on Mar 17 at the Indiana Rooftop Ballroom. You can learn more here https://reasontodance.org/celebrities...
BJ McKay is an entrepreneur, leadership consultant, coach and, most importantly, family man. He launched The Arsenal Fitness in 2013 to continue the type of training he did as an athlete at Ball State University. Muncie CrossFit was the cornerstone of the program, and the first CrossFit affiliate in the City of Muncie. Since then, the business has grown to a new 6,000 sq ft location and boasts over 200 athletes, 9 coaches, and is the proud provider of sports performance training for the MAC Champion Ball State Men’s Baseball team. His coaches have trained current NCAA Division I athletes as well as rising starts in high school and middle school throughout Central Indiana. Muncie CrossFit continues to thrive as the largest and longest standing CrossFit affiliate in Muncie. BJ is enthusiastic about The Arsenal’s vision to create a world were being fit is normal.
Prior to, and throughout, the launch of The Arsenal, BJ maintained a role as Senior Leadership Consultant at ADVISA. There he has worked with Fortune 500 companies like Hanesbrands and Tempur-Sealy in additional to hundreds of USA based and international organizations looking to increase results by creating a magnetic culture.
If you are interested in making fit normal in your life connect with BJ, and his team at The Arsenal here: https://arsenalfitness.com/
In many ways, the CBD/hemp industry chose us! We were first introduced to CBD about 4 years ago while living in San Diego. Because there was so much information available from varied sources, we decided to conduct our own in-depth research. Once we began researching hemp, we realized we could balance our wellness regime with a simple and sustainable solution. Soon after, we began using CBD oil daily. Within days of feeling its positive effects, we became advocates. In the simplest of terms, CBD balanced our bodies.
Green Balance became an LLC in July 2018. Trust and transparency are crucial to us and help to set Green Balance apart from others. Our mission became to educate others, dispel the myths of hemp, encourage others to protect the environment, and partner with other like-minded businesses to help keep our communities strong. CBD is about living healthy, not high.
Join us at Green Balance CBD in the quest for living pain free and find your balance by using the world’s oldest natural medicine. Stay Green. Stay Balanced.
Ryan and Karen
Dr. Andy Yaryan was born and raised in Connersville, IN. He attended Indiana University, obtaining his bachelors degree in Biology in 2004, and his doctorate in optometry in 2008. Upon completion of his degree, he returned back to Connersville and joined a small optometric practice. He then purchased the practice and has since taken the business 5 times the original size in less than 10 years.
Dr. Yaryan has lectured on business topics and practice management throughout parts of Indiana and Ohio, and has a special interest in mentoring and coaching optometry students, as well as team members and doctors. He is married to Amanda, and has two daughters, Ruby and Maggie. He is currently pursuing his private pilot certificate and is restoring a 1974 Corvette.
Shane Araujo was born and raised in Northeast Indiana and started his business with his business partner in Fort Wayne. He spent the last 18+ years in the Power-Transmission and MRO world successfully building a tech-enabled distributor of bearings, electric motors, gearboxes, conveyor belting, and other critical MRO products for diverse power transmission applications across the factory/plant floor.
Matt Green was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN. After working in his family's mowing side hustle, he went to college and began working in corporate america. He hated corporate politics and decided to take the corporate business education and apply it to a lawn care start up.
Now, Matt has turned Green's Lawncare into a seven figure business and reinvented his company’s entire business model to stabilize the company and prime it for growth and scale into 7 different markets throughout the midwest. He is most proud of his team and being able to make sure they are well taken care of with above industry pay and meaningful benefits. Green's Lawncare is committed to raising the standards in the lawn care, pest control and Christmas light installation industry.
If you would like to learn more about Green’s Lawncare, you can visit them online at https://www.GreensLCPS.com or give them a call at 317-748-315
Christopher Antypas is currently serving as President at Asti's South Hills Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy that is pushing the boundaries of community pharmacy practice. A native of Pittsburgh, Chris earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, and has extensive experience in a variety of pharmacy practice settings. In addition to his role at Asti's, he owns and operates 2 additional pharmacies in Pittsburgh, PA that each serve a unique patient population. His pharmacies include a specialty pharmacy that supports patients suffering from complex conditions by providing specialty therapies, as well as a long-term care pharmacy that services patients residing in a facility.
In addition to his experience as a business owner, manager, and clinician, Chris is practicing as a pharmacy consultant and adviser. He is presently the Director of Pharmacy Solutions for Henderson Brothers, Inc., an insurance and benefits brokerage/consulting firm in Pittsburgh. In this role, Chris helps to support large, self-funded employers manage their pharmacy benefit with thoughtful and innovative strategies.
Chris currently serves as President-Elect of the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association and also sits on the advisory board for both Value Drug Company and Prescribe Wellness. He has been named as a Luminary for The Community Pharmacy Enhanced Service Network (CPESN) as well as The Pennsylvania Pharmacists Care Network (PPCN), and in this capacity, he is helping to reshape community pharmacy practice with innovation and cutting-edge pharmacy care. Known for his commitment to advance pharmacy practice, Chris has been invited to speak nationally and regionally on a variety of pharmacy topics. Chris was recently honored to be named the 2019 ‘Pharmacist of the Year’ by the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association, and in October of 2020, Chris was named the 'Next Generation Pharmacist - Entrepreneur of the Year'.
Pharmacy has been a life's passion for Chris, and when he's not solving medication related problems, he enjoys every minute with his wife and 3 children in the South Hills of Pittsburgh.
Marc A. Sweeney, RPh, BS Pharm, PharmD, BCMAS is a career-long entrepreneur who has assisted in the launch and/or strategic growth of several companies, colleges of pharmacy, pharmacies, organizations, and programs. He has helped multiple companies and organizations, both domestically and internationally, save millions of dollars in pharmacy benefit plan costs while implementing innovative strategies to improve overall health care. He strategically aligns stakeholders to create synergistic wins for all involved while creating new jobs.
He co-founded and is the CEO & Principal of Profero Team. He has equity and/or leadership roles in several other companies that he has helped launch or develop. He is involved in bringing transformative health care to multiple local governments, organizations, and companies, including Fortune 500 companies. He obtained his B.S. in Pharmacy from Ohio Northern University, his Doctor of Pharmacy from The Ohio State University, and completed his fellowship at Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine.
He was the Founding Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Cedarville University and on the Founding Executive Leadership Team of The University of Findlay College of Pharmacy. He has also served on the faculty and leadership at Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy assisting in the development of the Pharm.D. program.
In addition to an extensive academic and leadership background, he also has experience in many areas of practice including community pharmacy, hospital pharmacy, ambulatory care, homecare/home infusion, managed care, and hospice.
He is the Director of the Entrepreneurship Center for the Ohio Pharmacists Association following service as a past president and board member. He also has served as a board Member of the Ohio Chapter of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, and has won over 30 awards during his career. Throughout his professional career, he has generated several publications, provided many professional presentations and has obtained over $9 million in research and project grants.
Profero Team, LLC is an innovative clinical pharmacy consulting company. We help employers, brokers, consultants, hospitals, and hospices reduce medication costs while improving quality of care. We also assist physician practices in implementing and managing a collaborative pharmacist practice model. Our consultants bring clinical, business, and health plan expertise to every client to improve overall quality of care. Our team has expertise in specialty drugs, adherence improvement, genetic drug consulting, disease management, pain management, and substance abuse.
When appropriate, new pharmacy development, 340B programs, and reconstructed formularies are brought to the table. High quality educational programs for health care professionals and human resources staff are available. Other consulting projects are available upon request. All programs are individualized and customized based upon a comprehensive analysis of client needs.
As the Founder and CEO of Valve+Meter Performance Marketing, an INC 5000 and Best Places to Work company, Marcia Barnes knows a thing or two about growth. This woman of influence has made a career out of transforming businesses through profitable marketing programs. Marcia’s success is deeply rooted in creating scalable and repeatable marketing programs that allow businesses to reach their full potential.
In addition to leading multiple performance-based marketing agencies, Marcia has received notable recognition for her leadership as President and CEO at Indianapolis-based DEFENDERS. Over the course of her 14-year tenure with the company, DEFENDERS experienced exponential growth from $2MM in annual revenue to more than $400MM.
Marcia lives in Indianapolis and serves on many local boards including Truth at Work, and has been named the 2020 Indiana WBE Role Model of the Year by the Great Lakes Women’s Business Council.
Brian has been an entrepreneur since 2001, with his most recent venture Perceivant, started after a successful exit of iGoDigital. He started developing Internet based applications in 1990 programming in C. Since then he has been the Project Manager for various programs with annual budgets between $10m-$20m. As Director of e-Business at Cummins Engine Company, Brian started 6 online businesses and won the CIO Magazine's 50 best Intranets award during his tenure.
Brian was a founder of Last Piece Software where he acted as the President until the company was acquired by iGoDigital. Brian has focused on technologies in the Big Data and ML space since his time at iGoDigital until the present. With a background that bridges both business and technology, he enjoys the fast paced and dynamic startup environment, where these skills can be used effectively. Brian is currently an investor and advisor to several start-ups.
Educational Background: Purdue University, B.S. Financial Planning and MBA
Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates, PC, located in Carmel, Indiana, is a full service estate planning and elder law firm serving the people of central Indiana. Since 1999, the attorneys of Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates have provided exceptional client representation, assisting individuals with legal matters that include wills, trusts, estate planning, asset protection, Medicaid planning, nursing home and assisted living facility placement and financing, probate and estate administration, special needs trusts, guardianship, advanced directives, planning for incapacity, health care decisions and end-of-life issues. The attorneys of Rebecca W. Geyer & Associates, PC understand the challenges, fears, and family dynamics that often come into play with legal issues. They adopt an empathetic and compassionate approach to assist clients in addressing their particular goals and concerns.
Founder, Rebecca W. Geyer, is a board-certified Indiana trust and estate specialist* and a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, Rebecca is also an adjunct professor of elder law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. Rebecca received her Juris Doctor from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Indiana University. An avid volunteer in both the legal community and the Indianapolis community at large, Rebecca frequently speaks and writes on estate planning and elder law topics, and annually provides pro bono legal services to individuals through her work with the Indianapolis Bar Association and the Albert and Sara Reuben Senior Resource and Community Center
Austin Hoffman is the Co-Founder & Head of Product for viv & Prime Legal. He founded viv when he was 24 years old and was recognized in 2021 as a Forbes Next 1000 entrepreneur under the age of 30. Along with his co-founders, he has helped grow the company portfolio of over 1,700 businesses in the last four years.
Viv & Jasper Websites are two companies with the mission of helping small businesses grow and their local communities glow. We enable SMBs to do everything from building a website to accepting payments, managing leads and customers, appointments, online reviews, running SMS campaigns, social media management, business listings, content marketing, multi-channel digital advertising campaigns, and more. Viv does this by enabling over 1,700 SMBs and entrepreneurs to manage and grow their brands from a singular platform.
Steven Brewer was born and raised in Salem, Indiana. He has spent the last 40 years working in the public and private aspects of accounting in various positions such as outside auditor, internal auditor, corporate controller, VP of Finance and now the president of his own CPA firm. Currently his client base ranges from $350,000 to $2 million dollar in sales.
His firm is located in the small town of Salem, Indiana. With a good understanding of networking, marketing and the use of the internet, Steven has a client base located over a 20 state range. He can actually say he is “coast to coast” with a client in Boston, Massachusetts and one in Lake Tahoe, California. During the last 26 years, Steven has developed his firm into a business advisory firm which works with small businesses nationwide providing not only the basic services one expects from a CPA firm (transactional processing, payroll, financial statements and tax returns) but also provides strategic management and coaching services to those same small businesses. He has helped many small businesses move from one man start up to multi employee situations.
Steven provides the administrative, accounting and payroll needs for a small business in a subscription-based fee structure. This allows the client to know exactly what they are paying and for what. Additional services such as consulting, planning and coaching are available. To learn more about his firm and services, go to his website, www.stevenbrewercpa.com. If you are interested in seeing how Steven can help you, you may contact him at steve@stevenbrewercpa.com
Nathan Gabhart is a registered pharmacist who saw, firsthand, the corruption of big pharma and the pharmacy benefits management industry. The desolation of patients oblivious to the PBM ‘game’ ultimately urged Nathan from behind the pharmacy counter and into action. In 2006, Nathan co-founded his first PBM and today serves as Founder and CEO of TrueScripts Management Services. His many years of pharmacy experience and PBM research give Nathan a most comprehensive understanding of how the system works. His passion and commitment lie in developing honest, creative, and customized solutions that deliver clinically sound and cost-effective results.
Outside of TrueScripts, Nathan serves as a County Commissioner and has served as President of the Indiana Pharmacy Alliance and Community Pharmacies of Indiana. When he’s not immersed in business affairs, Nathan spends his time training for triathlons, serving his church and community, and traveling with his family.
TrueScripts Management Services is a pharmacist-founded, fully-transparent PBM that has been revolutionizing the pharmacy benefit management industry since 2014. Our mission is to build lasting relationships by providing prescription benefit expertise at a personal and customized level to ensure optimum value at the lowest possible cost. We are committed to lowering prescription drug spend, achieving clinically effective outcomes, and always delivering Amazing Care.
Alex Clark was born and raised in Kokomo, Indiana where he continues to live, work and raise a family. He started in the security integration industry in 2010 and set off to build Maverick Security Solutions, a company that focused on putting the client’s needs above everything.
After 10 years, he successfully transitioned the company from integration to consulting, and he now owns and operates Maverick Secured, which focuses on small to medium sized businesses and their physical security and safety ecosystems and training programs for employees to work in a safe environment. He is also the managing partner of Equinox Site Security, which uses a proprietary automated platform to provide intrusion, fire, and water detection to major property developers and general contractors during construction of large projects.
The client list for Maverick Secured is limited, but he is always available by email to discuss projects. Contact him today if your small to medium sized business needs a physical security and safety audit. He can be reached by emailing alex@mavericksecured.com
Kurt has spent his career identifying needs and finding solutions. A serial entrepreneur with five start-ups to his credit he has successfully created companies that have provided answers for many needs and has become adept at turning possibilities into realities.
Sixteen years ago after witnessing a demonstration from a Purdue University researcher on how to make hydrogen on demand from aluminum and water he decided to perfect the technology. After years of research and development in the lab the aluminum based alloy is now fully characterized. He then spent eight years creating a system for delivering the subsequent hydrogen into engines powering fleet vehicles. The process now exists as a viable product for sale. Hydrogen increases fuel mileage in internal combustion engine powered vehicles while reducing harmful emissions. Due to its unique aluminum based feedstock the spent alloy can be recycled an indefinite number of times. This characteristic allows the process to be completely sustainable and renewable. It also opens up the capability of acting as an energy storage medium.
Kurt holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees from Indiana University and his passions – outside of building companies – are his family and competing in Master’s Track and Field.
Don Fish is widely considered one of the foremost authorities in cryogenic fertility preservation, storage, distribution, logistical operations, and cryogenic systems design/evaluation.
Don has a long and rich history of experience as an executive in reproductive & stem cell cryo-preservation, cold-chain logistics & solutions, cryogenic facility design, and risk mitigation consulting. That experience spans more than two decades and multiple industries to include IVF Biobanking, Stem Cell Biobanking, Healthcare, Clinical Research, Biotech, and Pharma industries.
Prior to founding IVFCRYO, Don had global oversight in the biorepository of the largest reproductive tissue bank (California Cryobank), the largest egg bank (Donor Egg Bank), and largest stem cell bank (Cord Blood Registry). Don also helped launch the California Cryobank “Life Sciences” brand by extending into the medical device market and overseeing the launch and operations of the Kitazato USA brand of products.
Before his work at California Cryobank, Don helped launch one of the very first NIH biorepositories at Indiana University servicing clinical research studies with companies such as Eli Lilly, Covance, and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer foundation.
Don has been a contributor of organizations such as AATB, AAB, AABB, ASRM, and ISBER organizations and has consulted or been a contributor in multiple published best practices and white papers in the IVF, stem cell, and general biorepository fields.
Don is a proud veteran of the U.S. Army, having served as a medic at the largest U.S. training facility in Europe (Hohenfels Training Facility) and then following up his several years of active duty in the Indiana National Guard.'
He is now the CEO and Founder of IVF CRYO located in Fishers, IN who’s primary focus is to help the fertility industry mitigate the risk of specimen loss/damage through best practices. IVF CRYO is a premium cryogenic solutions company that provides gold standard services that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the IVF industry and their patients. IVF CRYO now offers Premium Courier Services for transferring reproductive tissue, Cryogenic Laboratory Moves, Offsite Tissue Storage, Industry Leading Cryogenic Equipment Sales, and Consulting Services throughout the United States.
Larry Marietta was born in Terre Haute, IN and graduated college from Indiana State University (Go Sycamores!!!!). After graduating, he moved to Indianapolis and struck out on his own to start Marietta CPAs. A few years later, it was apparent he had a knack for advising business owners as the business grew and he moved it out of his house and into the first office. Twenty-five years later, the firm has grown to nearly 20 staff and serves thousands of clients. Larry is an active participant in the community serving on various boards, presenting technical topics to his peers, and attending his children’s sports activities.
At the most basic level, Marietta CPAs provides accounting, payroll and tax services to businesses and individuals, but the real value is in the advice. Marietta CPAs prides itself in the following core values: they are advisors, reputation is everything, they are engaged participants in their clients’ endeavors, they are committed to their team, and they embrace the entrepreneurial spirit. Combined, these core values allow them to support their clients to make better business decisions and strategically lower the overall tax cost of running a business.
Eric Marvin was born in the suburbs of Chicago, IL where he developed a personal drive to do everything in life to the fullest. After walking on to the Western Michigan University D1 Varsity hockey team, Eric went on to play a couple of years of professional hockey. Through relationships made in the hockey world, Eric was able to begin a corporate career in the hockey industry and then onto larger consumer product brands.
After a successful career with brands like Vaughn Custom Sports, Warrior Sports, Escalade Sports, Powerade, Newell Brands, Coleman, Smith & Wesson, and American Outdoor Brands, Eric took what he learned and went out on his own.
He is now the an owner and managing partner in the American Cornhole Association and Elakai Outdoor. Both companies are sell direct to consumer and have their own unique circumstances that make them fun to grow. Both ACA and Elakai offer great quality games with the ultimate goal of getting people engaging with others outdoors. Whether you are just looking for a fun game to get friends and family together or want to show appreciation to employees or clients, Elakai and ACA have options for you. Our websites are www.playcornhole.org and www.elakaioutdoor.com.
Dr. Chad is Founder and CEO of NRG Physiotherapy, NRG Health, and NRG360. NRG Physio is a cash based physiotherapy clinic serving active adults, athletes, and fitness enthusiasts who have already tried and failed other conservative management but still have pain and limitations. NRG Health provides on-site health screening and primary care to organizations looking to improve healthcare spending and employee wellness. NRG360 is our proprietary delivery of physiotherapy inspired physical wellness at scale delivering musculoskeletal evaluations, diagnostics, and video based self care all via text message stream for the purpose of reducing, preventing, and resolving root cause issues associated with pain.
Dr. Chad loves educating coaches, athletes, and individuals looking to improve their physical health on how to optimize movement and mobility to increase performance and overall health, wellness, and fitness. He is a Certified Weightlifting Performance Coach, Mobility WOD Movement and Mobility Specialist, and Titleist Performance Institute Medical Level 2 Certified. He is also fully certified in Trigger Point Dry Needling. He has advanced knowledge in anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics that allow in depth evaluations that have proven successful in helping people get out of pain quickly, restore functional movement, avoid surgery, and return to the activities they love.
Dr. Chad earned his Doctorate in Physiotherapy from Harding University in 2014. Since graduating he has continued to grow in knowledge and skills as a clinician, business owner, and an athlete. Chad is an avid lifter, basketball player, and golfer. Even though golf, basketball, and functional training are Chad’s passions, he is first, a husband to Jenna, father to his three kids, Keller, Carter, and Scottie Marie second, and an athlete at a distant third. Aside from that, Chad also enjoys biking, playing guitar, all things business.
Pat Miller, the Idea Coach spent 22 years behind the microphone of commercial radio entertaining listeners from all around the Midwest. During his time on-air and in the industry he collaborated with NFL, MLB, and NBA teams long with million-guest festivals and every rock star you can imagine.
Pat left the radio industry to take his skills of audience targeting, product positioning and creativity to help small business owners. His business was originally a one-on-one consulting business for small business owners. During the pandemic, he began hosting online meetings for entrepreneurs that evolved into an online community called the Idea Collective.
Now, the Idea Collective Small Business Incubator unites solopreneurs and scaling small business owners from all around the US and world with members hailing from 14 states and 4 countries. The community goes beyond simple networking to online connection and a sense of belonging and collaboration for its members. Each month it creates over 40-hours of custom content for members to help them increase their average sale, generate new clients, reduce overwhelm and make the process of building their business dream more enjoyable. Learn more at https://www.ideacollectiveincubator.com
The highlight of the virtual community is an annual in-person Retreat in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. This three-day Retreat features workshops, keynotes, collaboration opportunities and plenty of time to build in-person bonds with members. This year’s Retreat features Mike Michalowicz, Precious Williams “the killer pitch master”, Jack Butcher and loads of other keynotes and workshops. Learn more at https://www.smallbizretreat.com
Specialized Printed Products is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and has been proudly been serving it's community and surrounding area since 1983. SPP is truly that one stop shop for all of your printing and marketing needs. They specialize in digital paper printing, wide format printing, variable data direct mail, and corporate apparel. In 2018, SPP had the opportunity to expand and acquired Broadway Press in Anderson, IN. Between the two locations they have a total of 17 valued team members and boast over 150 years of combined printing experience. They offer competitive pricing, fast turnaround, high quality products, and the best customer service in the industry.
John Zarse is the President and Owner of Specialized Printed Products and is a Purdue graduate from 2007. He grew up working at Broadway Press and has a lifetime of experience in the world of digital paper printing. Feel free to reach out to him at john@sppdirect.com for more information on how he can help your company.
SPP just had the opportunity to acquire a new building in Fort Wayne. If you'd like to learn more about what they do and see the facility, please check out this virtual tour. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPFZ3...
Are you ready to have a transformational experience and step outside of your comfort zone? Tru You specializes in helping you do just that. Sonal Sheth Zawahri is an author, Keynote Speaker, Trainer, and Coach, and she founded Tru You to embrace her passion of helping people stretch to become their best, Tru selves. She runs on the motto "How can I help you?" and strives to positively impact everyone she meets. Her knowledge, skills and experience around Emotional Intelligence (EI or EQ), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging and communication will elevate you to your next level of self.
Contact Sonal at Tru You today via sonal@haveyoustretchedtoday.com or find her at haveyoustretchedtoday.com
Mohammad is the President and CEO of Softway and Culture+, and WSJ Best Selling Author of 'Love as a Business Strategy: Resilience, Belonging and Success.' He started Softway as a technology services company with his family at the age of 20 while pursuing his B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Houston.
He is celebrated for creating and sustaining a humanity-centered culture at Softway based on the philosophy that love is a business strategy. However, there was a time when the company culture at Softway was so toxic that it almost caused the enterprise to fold, but he took full responsibility for the problems at Softway and knew that, as the leader, he needed to change for the company to survive. After deep introspection, he eventually turned the company around. From this experience, he co-authored a WSJ bestselling book, Love as a Business Strategy.
Mohammad is the President and CEO of Softway and Culture+, and WSJ Best Selling Author of 'Love as a Business Strategy: Resilience, Belonging and Success.' He started Softway as a technology services company with his family at the age of 20 while pursuing his B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics at the University of Houston. He is celebrated for creating and sustaining a humanity-centered culture at Softway based on the philosophy that love is a business strategy. However, there was a time when the company culture at Softway was so toxic that it almost caused the enterprise to fold, but he took full responsibility for the problems at Softway and knew that, as the leader, he needed to change for the company to survive. After deep introspection, he eventually turned the company around. From this experience, he co-authored a WSJ bestselling book, Love as a Business Strategy. Softway is now a Business-to-Employee solutions company that focuses on bringing technology solutions to others by building high performing teams to build solutions that speak to the human needs of your workforce - and in 2021, he formed Culture+ as a standalone organization fully dedicated to our mission: bring humanity back to the workplace. Culture+ provides Culture-as-a-Service to transform behaviors of employees and leaders - creating high-performing teams capable of achieving any business outcome.
Dr. Ben has always pushed the boundaries of his business endeavors. After starting his Chiropractic practice in the middle of the recession with zero patients, he quickly grew it, even as an all cash practice.
After selling that business, he knew he had to continue to scratch that entrepreneur itch. He got his real estate license, crushed his first couple of years, and quickly discovered his passion for marketing and hasn’t looked back. He quickly grew an immediately profitable marketing business for Realtors, and now is obsessed with helping Brokerages reach their full potential in this digital landscape.
MATT VIGH: (pronounced like high with a V)
Matt Vigh is an author, speaker, podcast host with over 25 years of experience in real estate. Anyone who knows Matt will always speak first of his expertise of the Real Estate industry and his uncanny leadership ability. He was recently a broker of one of the largest brokerages in the Tampa area and saw growth year after year regardless of the market.
Before becoming the Broker/Owner of a Century 21 Franchise system he was an Independent Educational Consultant for the Glynn County School system and taught Personality Profiling for an HR company at Glynco, Georgia.
He began his Real Estate Career in the late 1990’s and was the Top Producing agent in his office after just one year in the business. Shortly there after he purchased that Company just 3 years after being in the industry. As the Top Agent he sold that brokerage to a larger company and became a Regional Manager for that Company where he worked for almost 10 years before moving to Tampa, Florida.
Together they host the #1 ranked Brokerage Growth podcast "The Brokerpreneur Podcast" as well as co-own the rapid growing broker coaching company Prospect Boomerang.
Our company Prospect Boomerang:
They now own Prospect Boomerang, a real estate broker coaching company that focuses specifically on profitability and growth. They help brokers achieve true freedom and scale legacy brokerage that can run with or without them. They focus on the 4 Pillars of all successful businesses. Prospect Boomerang is very specific with their clientele, working exclusively with brokers who have an entrepreneurial mindset. The result is a brokerage that grows quickly and efficiently through proven processes. With brokers from all over the country, Prospect Boomerang just wants to be part of your win.
Go to ProspectBoomerang.com and schedule a free discovery call and learn more about our Brokerpreneur Community.
Will's been playing in the real estate space for over eight years building a rental/seller financing portfolio of 100 doors and averaging 150 transactions yearly making our mix 60% wholesale and 40% buy and holds and rehabs. He's recently jumped into learning more about the commercial lending arena and is in the process of starting a commercial lending brokerage.
In addition to his real estate business he and his wife run a foundation and family farm. They’ve been married for 17 years and reside in Indiana. Will stay busy with his four children (Lane 13, Katelyn 11, Evan 9 and Abigail 6) with school functions, sports, showing livestock and racing.
Eli Skinner was born and raised in the country on a small apple orchard in Plainfield, IN. After college, he spent 15 years working in local churches on the southside of Indianapolis as a musician/creative, staff culture developer, and event designer.
During his time in church-world, he began some small time real estate investing. After personally winning in real estate for about 8 years, 4 years ago he transitioned to helping others win in real estate as well. He now runs one of central Indiana’s largest real estate teams, Simplify @ Fathom Realty | Eli Skinner Team. Dozens of investors all over the country rely on him, his 5 team agents, and their transaction coordinator to invest Central Indiana real estate, not to mention the hundreds of more typical retail buyers and sellers that are really the bulk of his business. He personally is heavily invested in long and short term rentals, flip houses, hard money lending and more. He’s always on the go, full of creative craziness, and strives to be the problem-solver, solution-finder, and deal-maker that almost everyone needs at some point.
Taylor is an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. He has a passion for building technologies that make life easier and bring people closer together. His love for building started at a young age and matured into a bachelor's degree from the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University. Taylor began his career at Nussi Group, the world's largest modular stadium builder, and left after four years to start his own business.
He is now the co-founder & CEO of Halo App. Halo App's focus today is to uproot Payday Loans, a traumatizing industry for most Borrowers. In Indianapolis alone, nearly $50 Million returns to the Community if lenders cap their interest rates at 36%. Halo App connects Borrowers to Backers (other people in their Community), instead of payday loan stores, for loans up to $1,000. All of this is possible through Halo App, a mobile app on Google Play and App Store. Taylor lives by this quote: "What you are is the Lord's gift to you, and what you do with that gift is your gift to the Lord."
Taylor invites you to schedule a Discovery Meeting with a member of the Halo team to discover how Halo App transforms the way your Community defines being free. Go to thehaloapp.com to learn more.
Jay Bilunas was born in Valparaiso, Indiana, but his family moved around a lot when he was younger. They eventually made their way back to Valparaiso. A graduate of Purdue University with a BS in Visual Communication Design, Jay has worked for a variety of larger companies such as Guideposts Magazine, USA Gymnastics, CP Morgan and the Finish Line. He started his business, Angry Ape Creative, in 2010.
Jay works with mostly small businesses, but has a few medium and larger businesses as clients. He provides graphic design, web design and marketing services for companies. A few companies rely on Angry Ape Creative to be their marketing/design departments. Jay provides a multitude of services for his clients and they appreciate the one stop shop approach. He can get the job done or find someone who can.
Travis Sims is a Coach, Networking Expert, Motivational Speaker, and Thought Leader committed to helping you become a better person, leader, and networker. Travis is a powerful Keynote Speaker engaging audience as large as 3,000 people from all over the world in 49 different countries.
For 14 years Travis was a high-level executive for a global business networking organization breaking records of achievement nationally and internationally. Travis is known worldwide as the Magician of Networking. He has been teaching & coaching the best business leadership minds across the country how to do networking, build networks, and create community.
Travis is the CEO of AGC Accelerated Global Connections the fastest growing business networking organization in the country. He is on a mission to help accelerate local business connections in social settings around the world that foster relationships resulting in global opportunities.
Travis is a two-time Amazon #1 Best Selling Author Featured on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC with his books "Networking In the New normal" and "The Magic of Networking."
Eight years ago, Travis set a goal to lose 100 pounds in one year. He not only accomplished this goal, but he has kept the weight off. Travis has completed some of the toughest competitive Mud Obstacle Courses on the planet, running in the following races: Warrior Dash, Rugged Maniac, Spartan, Battle Frog and the Tough Mudder. Travis enjoys Kickboxing and Martial Arts. He holds a blue belt in Kempo Karate and enjoys riding his Harley on a sunny day.
Travis believes his success can be attributed to setting goals reviewing them regularly and a strong desire to accomplish them.
Let’s bring him to stage with a huge round of applause! Welcome Travis Sims AGC Founder & CEO!!!!
Jason Barnaby is the Chief Fire Starter and Tribe Leader of Fire Starters Inc—a company he founded after receiving the gift of severance in 2018. His vision is simple: change the world one fiery heart at a time. His mission is simpler. Two hashtags: #ignitehope and #torchfear.
To assist in this vision and mission, Jason has authored two books, Igniting the Fire Starter Within and the 30 Days to Blaze Journaling Workbook. Whether it’s guiding a leadership group through 30 Days to Blaze for leaders, an interactive keynote, or executive coaching, Jason delivers his content with great passion and energy and a lifetime of experience while helping his clients bring their skills, gifts and purpose into fiery alignment. You can find out more at his website: www.firestarterstribe.com
Ron is a life-long Hoosier and a serial entrepreneur. He has started, ran, and sold nine businesses in his career and started or been part of the startup of eight educational endeavors ranging from homeschool tutelages, statewide virtual charter schools, and Apprentice University. Apprentice University was created nine years ago to help solve staffing shortages at the technology firm, Bitwise Solutions, he started in 1991. He sold Bitwise in 2018 to focus his efforts on mentoring and growing tomorrow’s talent at Apprentice University.
Today Ron, along with the amazing team at Apprentice University, focuses on instilling the mindsets of innovation, mentoring, entrepreneurship, and creative problem-solving in their students. Apprentice University prepares students for careers in digital storytelling, marketing, innovation, entrepreneurship, cybersecurity, IT administration, project management, and much more. Students, also known as apprentices, gain high-demand skills through on-the-job training in their apprenticeships with Apprentice University’s elite Corporate Partner network of companies – which they’re always seeking new members.
Michelle Merritt is a business leader and career coach who guides professionals through the job search process, from resume creation to offer negotiation. After a 20+ year career in recruiting and corporate communications, she founded Circle City Coaching (formerly Merrfeld, LLC) in 2012 to serve clients throughout the US and beyond.
Known to be a ‘corporate cheerleader’, she embraces her unique blend of positivity and a direct communication style to teach others how to build strong networks and develop their personal talents and strengths. Connect with Michelle on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellem... or schedule a time to speak with her on the Circle City website, www.c3indy.com
Joe Finkam was born in Dayton, Oh. He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University and currently reside in Carmel, In. with his wife. Joe has a son who is finishing his sophomore year at Indiana University. Joe spent his early working years working for large manufacturers like, General Motors, Frito-Lay and Keebler holding roles in engineering, maintenance and manufacturing. Once Joe received his professional engineering license, he worked for several years as a design and consulting engineering. Joe then worked for about 15 years with facility maintenance firms and HVAC manufacturing prior to starting iAIRE.
iAIRE was incorporated in 2014 and is an HVAC manufacturing company. iAIRE’s main products holds several patents. These patents are to products that provide cleaner indoor air quality and to Solar HVAC equipment that is 2-3 times more efficient than current HVAC technology. iAIRE’s goal is to expand Solar HVAC to all forms of HVAC equipment to help reduce the need for power to HVAC equipment.
MyBit AI works in tandem with tech partners as a boutique consulting and dev group cultivating innovative SaaS solutions to the mid-size market with a hands-on, collaborative and goal-oriented approach to our client relationships. Our team identifies and provides a customized tech stack with cloud-based software to automate and optimize processes within all departments and levels to fit your needs and empower business growth. Any inquires can be directed to myagelski@mybitai.com
JOSEPH STEPKE, professionally known as “Joe the Finance Guy,” is an inspirational, award-winning sales leader, trainer, coach, and connector whose expertise encompasses creative financing and alternative funding programs for business-to-customer (B2C) retail clients.
He is known for his positive energy and giving nature, and prides himself on being accessible, transparent, and responsive. His own guiding principles echo the mission of Acima Credit, the company for whom he serves as an area sales manager: “To enrich the lives of our customers, merchants, and employees.”
Throughout his career, which has spanned multiple industries and market sectors, Joe has sought to add customer value. After serving as a military police officer in the U.S. Army, he moved into the business world, initially in staffing, and then into managerial roles of increasing responsibility with a focus on sales. He rocked the B2C retail vertical as a store/multi-unit operations manager and earned a sterling reputation as a team leader who could tailor solutions to enhance the customer experience, drive customer loyalty, and increase profitability for merchants.
UNIQUE AREAS OF VALUE By virtue of his rock-solid work ethic, previous leadership roles in the retail industry, and his immersive work with sales teams, Joe becomes an indispensable asset to the retail business owner. Whereas he is well versed on financial matters, he can offer a fresh lens and collaborative mindset to all areas of a business. His empathy, ability to build trust quickly, high emotional intelligence (EQ), and passion for mentoring others are what differentiate him as a servant leader.
IT’S NOT JUST BUSINESS, IT’S FRIENDSHIPS
Joe is community-minded and nourishes his LinkedIn network daily. He brings a can-do attitude, and a go-the-extra-mile approach that puts a personal stamp on his professional relationships. His customers became his friends, In the words of one merchant, who praised the no credit option as instrumental in the growth of the business, “I don’t know where I would be without Joe Stepke.”
Joe has opened up "Joe The Finance Guy" to a new level with his website, trademarked logo and name, along with his upcoming sales video series, and logo merchandise.
To contact Joe, please go to joethefinanceguy.com
The 'OnGuardMan' has nearly 40 years of experience implementing security systems (Intrusion and Fire Alarms, Video Surveillance, Access Control, Monitoring, etc). He began his career working for his father's company, Hoosier Alarm, while attending Lawrence Central High School, Indpls. IN, in 1983. He served in the US Navy along with several local alarm companies prior to joining Guardian in 1999. Career positions include the following: installer, central station dispatcher, sales, and sales management prior to founding OnGuard Security Solutions in 2011.
Kirk has personally secured 1,000's residential and commercial properties across Indiana over the past 30-plus years. OnGuard installs and services both business and home alarm systems, video surveillance, access control, and anti-kick, and door hardening systems. Our purpose is to 'professionally protect precious people and property' so that his clients have 'no worries'.
To learn more about OnGuard, you can do so by visiting www.WeAreOnGuard.com or by calling 317.572.5777 or you can connect with Kirk on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkbooher/
Todd Krause was born and raised in southeastern Wisconsin, approximately midway between Madison and Milwaukee. He spent 34 years in the corporate world successfully managing finance and operations for numerous alternative investment, hedge fund, private equity, venture capital, and administration businesses. These businesses ranged in size from start-up to $34B. During these years, he set up companies and operations for many clients and even successfully founded and grew his own administration firm from a start-up to a firm servicing $2B of client assets.
He is the owner of the Silversun Group comprised of Silversun Cleaning LLC dba The Cleaning Authority, the Silversun Real Estate Group operating in three cities in three states, and Silversun Management Co. Following the acquisition of The Cleaning Authority business, he has worked to establish a solid foundation under the business to support future growth. To date, the business has grown 57% since he acquired the business in September 2020. His focus on cultivating the culture and the diversity of the staff working for The Cleaning Authority resulted in his nomination and selection for the award of Franchisee of the Year from the International Franchise Association, an organization with 1,400+ member franchise companies. He received this award at the end of February 2022.
Todd offers cleaning services through The Cleaning Authority to communities on the northeast side of Indianapolis. You can learn more at TheCleaningAuthority.com/fishers and you can book your service by calling 317-770-3360.
Tony Valle grew up in the Chicago area and started his IT career as a Programmer/Analyst for Northern Trust Corporation. Tony moved to Indianapolis in 2000 to help found Promethius Consulting with fellow IU Bloomington graduate Denver Abernathy. Promethius provides a well-managed and very experienced “outsourced IT department” for small and medium businesses across the United States. Tony’s main focus these days is educating clients on the proper network setup, best practices and employee policies to safeguard against ever increasing security risks in today’s modern business environment.
Tony is especially known for translating complicated technical topics into “plain speak” that any non-technical manager can understand and act upon. To learn more about Tony and Promethius Consulting, please visit www.promethius.com.
Denise Praul is a Referral Marketing Strategist and the founder of Whiteboard Learning. She is committed to sharing practical real-world information to help business professionals create referral marketing strategies to help business owners stop wondering and worrying about where their next referral is coming from.
She put her referral knowledge to the test in her own property tax consulting business and grew it to a multiple 6 figure business with no additional investment of money or time. Using that experience and knowledge she developed a duplicatable system to help other businesses have the same success.
Denise has created a system called Roadmap to Unlimited Referrals that she now trains and shares with other business people to help them significantly grow and scale their own businesses.
Lisa Turner was born in Elkhorn Wisconsin, raised all over the Midwest, graduated high school from Cut Bank MT., proceeded to move back to the Midwest, Big Rapids, MI and attend college at Ferris State University. She spent 16 years growing up through the management ranks of McDonalds and even getting the opportunity to open & run a brand-new branch in Baldwin, MI. After that she went to work for her parents in their family business, ServiceMaster in Big Rapids, MI. From 1998-2002 she was the office & claims manager.
This prepared her for the opening of her existing business of ServiceMaster Advantage in April of 2002 with her husband. From a team of 2, Jeff & Lisa Turner, to two offices in Lafayette, IN & Stanwood, MI & approximately 40 employees. We focus on our Core Values of “ Doing What’s Right”, “Helping People”, “Getting the Details Right”, “Communicating” “Giving Back” & “Developing Leaders”. Our business consists of Disaster Restoration – Water, Fire, Mold, Trauma, Storm, Covid Services, Residential & Commercial; Carpet/Uphlostery/Duct Cleaning, Residential & Commercial; and Repair services.
We would like to be your resource for any cleaning or disaster needs – let us put your life back to normal. Go to www.svmadv.com to check us out or call 888.364.1188
Jeff grew up on the East Coast in Maryland and graduated from the University of South Carolina (Go Gamecocks!) with a Business degree in Marketing. After several years in the corporate world and a move to Indiana from Chicago, he decided to make his interest in real estate a new career. Growing up with a Mom who had her own Brokerage in MD and buying his first house in Greenville, SC at age 25 were the catalyst behind this decision. He started with Coldwell Banker and then branched out on his own establishing Vision One in 2016! Since then he has made Personal Investments in Fix-n-Flips, Long Term Rentals and Shorter Term BNB's.
Jeff and his wife Paula live in Westfield. They have three children, including a daughter that graduated from IUPUI, established a career as a teacher and is now a Mom to our Granddaughter Rose! They also have two boys – Julian who is establishing a career in Trucking and Mitch who is establishing a career in the Tech industry. Jeff is active in the Chamber of Commerce and is a third-generation Lions Club member. He and Paula are also heavily involved in their church, Northview Christian Church. The Gamecocks are a staple in the Boller household too – Jeff is the Founder of the USC Indy Alumni Chapter – and you can find him cheering them on all year and flying the Gamecock flag from his house.
Jeff likes to spend time and effort in the community and surrounding areas. He emcees events, is an Elected Official as a Precinct Committeeman and is an alumnus of the Westfield Police Citizens Academy. Focusing on the greater community and where he lives is very important to Jeff so he is the perfect person to help you buy, build or sell your home in Westfield and throughout Indianapolis. Let Jeff use his experience to help make the Real Estate process safe and simple for you. Contact Jeff directly at: Jeff@VisionOneRealEstate.com or 317.490.3206.
Isabel Hundt is a visionary and catalyst for global change through her work as a Sociologist, Multi-award Winning Film Producer of the film “The Power of Connection”, Speaker, Author of her book “The Power of Faith-Driven Success”, Healer (using a combination of intuitive healing, theta healing, emotion's clearing) and Thought Leader.
For more than a decade, Isabel has studied various facets of human connection and explored the emotions and conflicting messages that come with labels, unconscious bias, social programming, and false identities. Due to her unique gift of synesthesia, which allows her to see everything in color, Isabel sees the world as a beautiful dance that evokes compassion and sincere love for humanity. Her focus is on shattering cultural barriers and engaging in cultural transformation globally through aspects of emotional and self-awareness and through supporting the individual in healing trauma, releasing old beliefs and programming.
Jeremy Ross Miller is a 23-year-old marketer, writer, and creator.
Jeremy discovered entrepreneurship as a vehicle for helping others and building community while also searching for an escape from depression. He was sixteen when he opened his first custom longboard business that also focused on creating a safe space for young people to talk about life. Although the business closed with a deficit, he was drawn to entrepreneurship because of how much it impacted his life positively and how much he saw he was able to impact others.
By the age of 18, Jeremy took what he learned from his first business and leveraged mentorship from top digital marketers in the world, to create a digital advertising agency with national clients and national press recognition. By 20, he helped launch a tech startup called SnapShyft and co-founded a 501c3 non-profit called The STARTedUP Foundation that empowers highschool innovators and entrepreneurs. By 23, he was hired as marketing #1 at a software startup called Kennected and remained on to become VP of Marketing helping the company acquire 15,000+ customers in two years. During this, Jeremy grew Joey Chestnut’s social media presence by creating viral videos generating 250k+ YouTube subscribers and 200k+ social media followers.
Now... He’s helping brands and realtors scale their businesses by adding rocket fuel to their content strategy.
You can find him writing about the future of the internet, branding, digital marketing and the creator economy on his blog.
www.JeremyRossMiller.com
Michael Weissman is a 6x CEO and award-winning marketer. Over his 35 year career, he has generated over $700 million in revenue growth, led marketing for two public companies, increased share in 18 different product categories and was instrumental in helping sell one of his start-ups for $190 million. Previously, Michael advised leading technology companies including Adobe, Apple, Amazon, SAP, and Verifone.
Today, Michael is the CEO of SYNQY (pronounced sink-ee), a leading retail media technology company and the inventors of a new kind of advertising called Enhanced Product Listings. They work with leading brands such as Pepsi, Unilever, Starbucks, Canon, and Microsoft and top retailers globally to better connect online with shoppers at the point of sale. Last year alone, the company connected with over 25 million shoppers.
Katrina Simmons was born and raised in Elmwood, TN and moved to Indianapolis, IN after completing her Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice in 2006. She spent 16 years in the legal world successfully serving as head paralegal for multiple law firms and managing other legal staff in areas of law ranging from NFL Concussion litigation. personal injury, medical malpractice, business, criminal, bankruptcy, family, and drug litigation. In addition to obtaining her Masters in Legal Administration, Katrina has extensive legal expertise in preparing, reviewing, and analyzing various laws and legal documents from around the country. She is an analytical and conceptual thinker who effectively coaches and consults a business owner on how to identify opportunities, make strategic and profitable decisions and drive successful implementations to increase their client base. Her ability to assess complex situations and identify appropriate solutions underscores her ability to gain meaningful insight and follow-up with thorough analysis. Katrina’s main goal is to provide new entrepreneurs and established business owners with one-on-one, personal guidance that is consistent with your purpose, passion and brand while legally protecting their legacies.\
Katrina is currently the owner of Gifted Minds, LLC and S’N’S Private Investigation and Security Company, LLC. Through Gifted Minds, Katrina has developed a successful way to help business owners seeking to embody their passion and purpose and turn them into a legally protected and profitable legacy. Her goal is to prepare new business owners with the proper legal knowledge foundation needed in order to begin and maintain their businesses. Since embarking full-time into Gifted Minds in January 2020, she has helped over one-hundred entrepreneur’s to legally start their businesses during the pandemic creating new streams of revenue or expanding their current business structures. By using both coaching and consulting techniques, Katrina has been able to provide business owners with the fundamentals necessary to become successful companies for generations to come. Katrina offers a complimentary business assessment to discover the legal liabilities within a business and how to best protect and prepare for future expansion. For additional information contact Gifted Minds at giftedmindsagency@gmail.com | p: (317) 647-0341 or on social media
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Michael is an international keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and technology leader with almost 30 years in the technology industry. He has worked alongside more than 100 companies to build human-centered solutions. Michael is a Google Developer Expert and Microsoft MVP, and is the author of Programming Languages ABC++, Approachable Accessibility, and Architecting CSS.
Michael is an owner of Andromeda Galactic Solutions, where he helps product-driven organizations get more impact, revenue, and results with their products. They are experts in Firebase, CSS, Accessibility, UX, Design, and Product Management, and help by offering full-service software product development and management. They also build their products using the same methodologies and expertise they use on client projects.
Kevin Gearheart is a renowned healthcare business leader currently serving as president for Rehab Medical (https://www.rehabmedical.com), one of the nation’s largest complex rehab technology providers. He leads the company through a singular mission, to improve lives. This mission has resulted in the company’s consistent yearly growth, an unwavering focus on service excellence, a thriving company culture, and a myriad of growth and development opportunities for its employees.
Over the last four years, Kevin’s leadership tactics have proven to be successful as the company was named Top 25 Fastest Growing Companies in Indiana as well as Inc 5000’s Fastest Growing Private Companies.
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His healthcare career began in the fall of 2006 when he became chief operating officer for Dr. Tavel Optical Group, Indiana’s largest eye care provider. In 2011, he joined the Rehab Medical team as chief operating officer, eventually working his way up to president in 2016.
Kevin has over 20 years of experience driving business growth by creating solid structure, support, and company cultures. He earned his BA in Psychology from Wabash College and went on to earn his MBA at Indiana University – Kelley School of Business.
Meet Erica Ballard. A woman who jumped from job to job – hoping to find a company that let her be herself while doing work that mattered. She never found that place, which is why she left the corporate world to start a business to change that for other women.
Prior to creating retainHER, Erica ran a successful health and life coaching practice for four year and spent ten years in the public health sector. She has a MS from Tufts University School of Medicine. She currently lives in Denver with her husband, daughter, and pup.
To learn more about Erica visit her LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaballard/
Don Wettrick was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN and has three children- Ava, Anna, and Grant. He is also the founder of The STARTedUP Foundation, which hosts Innovate WithIN- Indiana's innovation and entrepreneurship programming and competition. He is also the author of “Pure Genius: Building a Culture of Innovation and Taking 20% Time to the Next Level,” which aims to create innovation mindsets in our schools.
Don is known for his award-winning work as a middle school and high school teacher; educational and innovation consultant; and educational speaker. He also hosts a podcast, also titled STARTedUP, which has featured authors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries like Seth Godin, Tina Seelig, Gary Vee, and Adam Carolla. You can find more about the STARTedUP by visiting www.startedupfoundation.org Or subscribe to the STARTedUP Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts
Bryan Gray is the CEO of Revenue Path Group (RPG), where he and his colleagues guide revenue teams through periods of high velocity and uncertainty. Having previously led two businesses to the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies, Bryan’s group is well positioned to understand today’s highly competitive arena and help companies activate their prospects to make better and faster decisions.
His approach is based on RPG’s belief that the biggest threat facing modern business is commoditization, compressed selling time, and consensus decision making—what RPG terms “the 3 Deadly Cs” and explores in Bryan’s first book, The Priority Sale: How to Connect Your Real Impact to Your Prospects’ Top Priorities, which quickly rose to the #1 spot in the Amazon New Releases in Sales and Selling Management category.
Always thinking about what’s next, Bryan is working on a second book, Battling the Bots, which explores staying relevant in a world of disrupted sales where artificial intelligence will reshape selling in ways we’ve never seen before. Outside of work, Bryan enjoys spending time with his wife, Kim, and their two grown sons, and he and Kim are always on the hunt for a great vegan meal and a serene walk in the woods.
Bryan Gray - CEO Revenue Path Group 5719 Lawton Loop E. Dr. Indianapolis, IN 46216 www.revenuepathgroup.com 317-490-9425
Devin is the current Chief Executive Officer of Kennected - an Indy-based SaaS company with over 15,000 users. He is a serial entrepreneur, an inspiring leader, and an adept marketer. As the CEO of Kennected, Devin directs the daily workflow and is responsible for the overall success of over 100+ employees and reaching over $15m in gross sales. His leadership led to Kennected being a recipient of the coveted INC. 5000 ranking at #583 - for 832% growth in 2021.
His vision is to build a world where people value relationships even more than money; where people feel inspired to help their fellow business professionals each and every day. This vision has directly led to Kennected being voted a “Top Place to Work” in Indianapolis. Devin’s employees see him as an inspirational and empathetic thought leader who always maintains both a positive work environment and a culture of hard work, thoughtfulness, and understanding. He always leads by example - bringing out the absolute best in others.
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Harrison Painter is an innovative thought leader focused on helping people and organizations perform at optimal levels. With almost two decades of experience in business development, digital marketing, and content production he is excited to lead and grow the Amplify Prosperity Group as Program Advisor.
Harrison is a U.S. Navy veteran who started two successful marketing companies that were both acquired, one private and one public. He co-founded an incubator program for non-profits, and currently serves as the Communications Consultant for the Bending Bars Prison Civics Education Program in Indiana, Florida, and Texas.
Jeff is the author of Amplify Your Value – Leading IT with Strategic Vision (2018) and Amplify Your Job Search – Strategies for Finding Your Dream Job (2020). He is a sought-after speaker, author, and thought leader, having led powerful teams and built successful Information Technology departments for over 30 years. Jeff’s mission is to change the face of IT, saying, “Businesses today are demanding more from their technology and their technology leaders.” He serves on numerous boards and advisory councils including Forbes Technology Council, Indy CIO Network, and Connected World Magazine Board of Advisors. He is a fellow with the Institute of Digital Transformation.
Ton Enterprises through the brand Amplify with Jeffrey S. Ton is focused on changing the face of Information Technology. The adage of "what got us here, won't get us there" has never been truer than in IT leadership. We must have a deeper business acumen that goes well beyond the dollars and cents, we must be more collaborative and communicative, we must use design thinking, critical thinking, and systems thinking, AND we must be more diverse. Through my writing, speaking, workshop facilitation, and coaching, I am helping emerging leaders transform their departments and their businesses.
Ryan Seaburg was born and raised in Marengo, Illinois. After attending the same grade school and high school as his parents, Ryan enrolled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He graduated in 1997 with a degree in Construction Engineering & Management and went to work for a general contractor in Northern Illinois.
In 1999, Ryan went to work for New Age Telecom in LaPorte, IN. In 2011, Ryan (and his wife Sarah) bought New Age Telecom. In 2020 they sold 40% of New Age Telecom to their business partner (Tom Mizwicki) who runs the company today. In 2013, Ryan started Qubit Networks. Today, Ryan owns 100% of Qubit Networks and serves as the CEO.
Qubit Networks helps customers move & store data fast & safe. They specialize in networking (both wired and wireless), network security, and server/storage. With revenue exceeding $10 million per year, Qubit Networks has grown to serve customers throughout the Midwest and managing networks on 6 continents. Qubit prides itself on doing things The Qubit Way! Go to www.QubitNet.com to learn more.
Ashley Monk is the founder & CEO of Onya, an online advertising agency that helps clients reverse engineer their desired results through strategic and innovative outcomes.
As a Facebook Verified Marketing Partner, contributing writer for Databox and JotForm, in addition to having clients featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, and Huffington Post, Ashley helps growth-minded companies who have been unable to scale their services & digital products because they cannot dial in strategy or solve their own marketing problems. Her agency Onya is ranked one of the top 13 marketing agencies in Indianapolis and serves clients internationally.
Ashley takes a strategic and data driven approach to identifying your business’s primary goals and translating them into actionable KPI’s that move the needle. She specializes in helping companies jump through their biggest marketing hurdles, so that companies that play big can have an even bigger impact.
Internationally known as one of the most influential entrepreneurs, Brad Sugars is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the #1 business coach in the world. Over the course of his 30-year career as an entrepreneur, Brad has become the CEO of 9+ companies and is the owner of the multi-million-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®.
As a husband and father of five, Brad is equally as passionate about his family as he is about business. That's why, Brad is a strong advocate for building a business that works without you - so you can spend more time doing what really matters to you.
Over the years of starting, scaling and selling many businesses, Brad has earned his fair share of scars.
Being an entrepreneur is not an easy road. But if you can learn from those who have gone before you, it becomes a lot easier than going at it alone. That’s why Brad has created 90 Days To Revolutionize Your Life – It’s 30 minutes a day for 90 days, teaching you his 30 years experience on investing, business and life.
Chad Peterman is the President and Co-Owner of Peterman Brothers. Under the leadership of Chad and his brother Tyler, Peterman has grown to a company of over 350 team members serving the Indianapolis, Lafayette, Muncie, Bloomington and Columbus, Indiana markets. Peterman has earned a position on the Indy Star’s Top Workplaces List five consecutive times, the Indianapolis Business Journal’s Fast 25 in 2019, 2020 and 2021, Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine’s Residential Contractor of the Year in 2019 and the Inc 5000 list in 2019, 2020, 2021. In 2021, they were also awarded the Dealer of the Year by Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems as the top Bryant dealer in North America. Chad also founded the Peterman Top Tech Academy in 2020, to train the next generation of residential HVAC and plumbing technicians.
Chad has shared the stage with the likes of Cordia Harrington, Steve Forbes, Alan Mullaly, Ken Fisher and Dan Kennedy when it comes to sharing his message about how growing your people will ultimately grow your company. Chad has also authored two books, his most recent being “Can’t Stop the Growth: How to Build a Culture That Takes Care of Your Customers.” He also hosts the podcast “You Can’t Stop the Growth.”
Todd Howard is a child of God, husband of 23 years & proud father of 2 young adults. Indiana born & educated at Ball State, Todd studied Sales & Marketing then spent 27 years hiring, developing, and managing sales talent around the U.S. across 2 primary industries: automated payroll & HR services followed by commercial print production. These businesses included small mom/pop distributors ($1m) to large national retailers ($hundreds of millions). After a personal situation with his Grandmother, Todd vowed to make the downsizing process easier & dove headfirst into the senior age transition space.
He is now the founder & CEO of Halo Senior Solutions. HALO acts as concierge move manager to oversee every aspect of a chaotic move so the clients can move forward without fearing the unknown. Assigning a dedicated HALO Angel to each client, managing all the appointments, schedules & communication, creating a custom transition plan for each client and negotiation & advocacy are just a few of the ways they take the stress out of your move. HALO has 2 other divisions plus an extensive network of proven & experienced vendors, to handle the many challenges that come with downsizing an advanced age client.
Serving the transition needs of clients & families all over the US, HALO offers complimentary consultations, a one-time-only, flat fee that is not bound by move time constraints. Simple pricing, you control the pace & we do the work! Call or go online to book your complimentary Angel consultation today-haloseniorsolutions.com.
Alex Goga was born and raised in Romania and moved to the US in 2004. After attending Wabash college and starting a family with his wife Emilee, he became a US Citizen in 2016.
His professional background includes individual contributor roles for large enterprise companies like RJRT (Territory Manager) and First Data (Project Analyst), as well as fast-growing companies like DB Services (FileMaker Developer). Roughly 10 years ago, Alex made the choice of focusing on data analytics software development. After an in-house role with Fuzion Analytics (BI Developer), he became an Implementation Consultant at Qlik. He gained experience providing business intelligence solutions with Qlik products (QlikView, Qlik Sense, and NPrinting) to a variety of businesses in various industries like pharmaceutical, healthcare, energy, consumer goods, services and others. This role inspired him to take the next step on the entrepreneurial journey.
Alex started his first business, Gogalex | Business Intelligence Solutions in 2017, following his childhood dream of using technology to make people's lives better. In 2022, Gogalex turned 5-years old and has grown to include a global team operating from 4 continents, continuing to grow and make good on its mission to enable businesses to make the best decisions with data.
Dan OToole is a serial entrepreneur and business leader who is among the first in the United States to secure patents for a smart mailbox designed to securely accept packages delivered by drone.
DRONEDEK holds a First-Position Patent Portfolio for the next-generation mailbox of autonomous and drone delivery. Two issued US Utility Patents, two additional utility patents are under examination now and two PCT’s. In all, 111 patent claims are already awarded or filed for.
Dan is a Ball State University graduate and lives in Carmel, Indiana, with his family.
Jim Vitou was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana where he lived for 18 years before joining the military. He developed discipline, a sense of urgency and attention to detail while serving in a US Army combat, artillery unit. After attending Purdue, he spent 7 years in the corporate world leading and running multiple locations in retail management.
Jim found his calling by starting his own financial services business in 2002. He and his team have helped thousands of families work toward debt freedom and financial independence. They continue to impact the community by bringing financial education and resources to churches, schools, companies, and across the ‘kitchen table’ to main street families.
Jim offers financial wellness workshops for organizations and complimentary financial coaching sessions for families. Go to www.meetwithjim.today to learn more or book a session.
Arne Pedersen works with key executives and their staff in taking complex systems and boiling them down to their key priorities helping them execute extremely efficiently so that they can exceed industry standards in revenue growth, well-documented processes for future growth, and full life-cycle integrated planning to stay ahead of competitors.
Meet Tony Scelzo, a serial entrepreneur for over two and a half decades. He was part of the first franchise for BD's Mongolian BBQ and trained as a fine-dining chef early in his career.
Later, he built two digital marketing firms within six years, as well as launched a custom software / managed services company doing technology consulting. He has spoken to and mentored over 50,000 people on sales and go-to market strategies. His Passion has always been around empowering entrepreneurs through technology, people, and processes.
Tony launched his most recent venture, Ceemless, to help keep the promise of technology and be a tool instead of a tax on the business to create new value for internal and external customers. He saw a need in the marketplace where SMBs could create optimization as well as innovation plans for short-term impact and long-term value for their organizations. Ceemless is a professional services firm that acts as an accelerator for spin-off companies it partners with.
Tony Sclezo is the proud father of two girls to whom are the love of his life. He is an avid golfer, author, speaker, and consummate coach, voracious reader, a lover of good food and wine, and is known for his great laugh.
A person that hungers for the art of the possible, is proficient in whiteboard and business model development. He lives for the health of the team and believes integrity is the most important characteristic for growth companies.