Speakers
Ana Andjelic
Ana is a woman of many talents: author, speaker, columnist, strategist, advisor, and doctor of sociology. It’s no secret why she was labeled by Forbes as one of the “World’s Most Influential CMO’s.” She is a well-known market leader in digital strategy and brand-focused marketing. To learn more about how impressive Ana is, please visit her website below.
Jonathan Aufray
Jonathan is the CEO of Growth Hackers, a brilliant business that assists startups and SMB’s along their journey of growth. Jonathan and his team utilize digital marketing technologies to offer sustainable solutions that expand their clients’ success. Personally, Jonathan is an awesome entrepreneur, speaker, strategist, and world-traveler. Check out his company below.
Blake Beus
Blake has been in marketing technology for over 15 years. Unlike most other marketers, he's a software engineer to the core and really embraces his inner data nerd in his marketing strategies. He eats data and coffee for breakfast even though his doctor has informed him data has no nutritional value. As a serial small business entrepreneur, his first business was mowing lawns (which he utterly failed at due to seasonal allergies and the fact that he hates mowing lawns). More recently, he creates and sells digital products and trainings that help others grow their online business (which is admittedly going much better). Find out more about him on his website by clicking the link below.
Casey Botticello
Casey is a writer, first and foremost, but also an internet entrepreneur and digital publishing expert. Casey has swiftly capitalized on his success as a writer by founding and editing multiple publications on Medium as well as designing a Medium course to help other writers join him in sharing online success. As if that wasn’t impressive enough, Casey also created Blogging Guide as a way to assist struggling writers in monetizing their work. See Casey and his work by clicking below.
Jon Brosio
Jon is a result of the success story that all writers yearn for. Jon started out as a young, undecided server in an LA restaurant. To begin his journey of self-improvement, he forced himself to write every morning. He purchased a domain name where he posted his morning thoughts. Expectedly, he did not become famous overnight. Instead, he persevered through years of dedication and creativity until he became an internet sensation. Now, after garnering major success on his personal blog, Quora, and Medium, Jon developed his own organization that helps other young, undecided writers. Tribe Loyal, the company he founded, introduces cutting-edge marketing strategies to struggling writers so they can drive traffic to their work and capitalize on it. All writers wish to make money off their work, but unfortunately, that is much easier said than done. Jon has done it and he is admirably helping others along the same journey. Visit his site below and download his free guide.
Holly Chessman
Named one of New England’s Top 40 Influencers in Content and Digital Marketing, Holly fully understands the power of online engagement. As an active advocate of women in business, she is passionate about helping women develop online and offline skills to grow their careers. She has been a leader in B2B tech for more than 20 years and is currently the Senior Director of Content Marketing and Brand at Catchpoint, as well as the Storyteller at Holly Chessman Marketing, growing businesses revenue through content and digital marketing initiatives. A public speaker, she has been quoted in a variety of major publications and is a regular contributor to Forbes, Neal Schaffer's Blog, and more. She's also not afraid to embrace her nerdy side (as evidenced by her love of Neil Gaiman and her “talking” TARDIS). Check out her website below.
Niklas Göke
Niklas Göke’s writing has touched the lives of millions. Medium, Quora, Business Insider, and so many other platforms have featured his brilliant work. He writes about everything from friendships to productivity. Not only is he a skilled writer, but he also teaches the craft. He tutors over a hundred students through a flagship course, Write Like A Pro. Niklas understands that the first step to being a good writer is being a good reader. That’s why he created FourMinuteBooks, which provides over 800 book summaries to more than 200,000 readers.
Joel Goobich
Joel Goobich is Head of Marketing at Vestorly, a technology company that focuses on leveraging content throughout an organization. His career has focused on all facets of marketing and business development; as an entrepreneur, business owner, executive, and management consultant. Joel is a recognized industry thought leader in the areas of video marketing, content marketing, podcasting, business leverage, and product development.
Jordan Gross
Jordan is a Northwestern and Kellogg School of Management graduate, a startup founder, a 2x TEDx speaker, and a #1 best-selling author. His writing style is different than most in the personal development field, using creative storytelling, parables, fables, allegories, in order to share life lessons. Jordan has been blazing new trails for people around the world, and he cannot wait to share his stories with all of you! Scroll through his articles on Medium by clicking the link below.
Christina Hager
With a long-standing reputation as a master communicator due to her career as a professional opera singer, Christina has leveraged her innate gift for messaging and storytelling into becoming an adroit digital marketing strategist, helping companies enhance their market position through digital and social media communication. She holds consultant positions with numerous businesses and individual projects in the B2B and B2C industries, including health and wellness, executive and change advisory, beauty, skincare, business consulting and career services, e-commerce, luxury goods, not-for-profits, and the performing arts.
Christina also assists corporate leaders and entrepreneurs, from small-business owners to Fortune 500 executives, and excels at developing thought leadership credentials for her clients through her ability to promote their insights in top industry outlets like Forbes, Inc.com, U.S. News and World Report, Business.com, and Thrive Global.
Chip House
Chip puts the Chief in Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to being the CMO of Sharpspring, Chip was the CMO of Four51 Ordercloud, a B2B eCommerce platform. He was one of the first executives in one of the largest cloud IPOs on the NYSE in 2012, ExactTarget, which is now Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Chip seems to flock to senior marketing roles as he was a thought leader in the cloud-based eCommerce company Digital River. He began his marketing career at Fingerhut Corporation as an analytical marketer and merchandiser. Forward-thinking and industrious, Chip has garnered a strong reputation as a lead generating marketer in the digital arena. Find him on LinkedIn by clicking below.
Christina Jandali
Christina has brilliantly capitalized on her impressive success story. Starting as an administrative assistant, she quickly rose to the top of the totem pole to become the manager of a financial advisory team. She became a self-made millionaire in her twenties, lost it all, and then regained it. While no one likes losing money, Christina learned many lessons during her financial journey. She now takes those lessons and uses them to educate people in similar positions as she was. She is now a mother, speaker, mentor, and entrepreneur, but most importantly, Christina is a success coach. She didn’t have one of those while navigating her financial independence and she always wished she did. So, she became what she wished she had! She now mentors business owners to help them along the voyage she already completed. Learn more about her story below.
Zulie Rane
Zulie Rane is a content creator, first and foremost. She creates content via multiple platforms such as Medium, YouTube, and personal blogs. Sometimes, she does not get credit for her brilliance as she is a professional ghostwriter. She enjoys helping people; she freelances her content as well as helps new Medium writers gain their footing. She has a mailing list in which she invites fresh Medium writers to ask her personal questions about how to get started. Zulie writes about how to become successful on Medium like she did, about life in general, and her cats.
Stacey Sherman
Author, Speaker, Mentor, Founder, Stacy Sherman can do it all. She is most well known for her expertise in Customer Experience and Employee Engagement. Not only has she written a book about it, but she’s also been asked to write over 30 articles on behalf of Forbes. Stacy’s success lies within the humanizing businesses to maximize the customer experience (CX). She has done this for Verizon, Schindler, and, most recently, her company, DoingCXRight.
Anthony Shop
Anthony has never not been impressive. After graduating from William Jewell College as a Truman Scholar, he got his MBA from George Washington University where he now teaches as an adjunct professor. He is no stranger to fellowships as he was both a Eisenhower Fellow and a German Marshall Memorial Fellow. He worked as a journalist and press secretary for a top U.S. congressional race before switching to co-found a digital services firm called Social Driver. Since its conception, Social Driver has been named the “7th fastest growing agency in the United States,” “Supplier of the Year,” “DC’s Coolest Company,” and the “#1 LGBT-Owned Business.” As if that wasn’t enough, Anthony is Chairman of the National Digital Roundtable where he sets trends in the ever changing digital landscape. Unsure if he has any free time as he is a member of the U.S. Department of State Speakers Bureau, serves on the board of the Global Ties Foundation, and is a trustee for People to People International. Anthony Shop is changing the digital game. See for yourself below.
Michael Thompson
Michael Thompson is a career/communication coach and writer based out of Barcelona, Spain. During his career, he's started three businesses across three different continents and today as a coach, he helps anyone from recent college grads to award-winning artists and CEOs to create more green lights in their career. His work is been read by millions of people on Medium each year and his learnings have been featured in dozens of mainstream media outlets including Business Insider, Forbes, Fast Company, and MSN. He makes stuff to start conversations so feel free to reach out to him below.
Kevin Urrutia
Kevin is the personification of the term serial entrepreneur. While he is most known for his digital advertising agency, Voy Media, his journey in entrepreneurship has been long and fulfilling. His ambitious adventure began when he designed a knowledge-sharing platform called Mondai.me. Later, he and his co-founder created OneTinyBit, a web development, and design firm. They later collaborated on a flower delivery service named Madeline Rosa. Their hard work on the Radii business networking app awarded them a winning stance in the Techstars Startup Weekend in San Francisco of 2013. Never bored, Kevin moved on to start the Dogg Subscription Box, a maid service entitled Maid Sailors, and later, a luggage company called CHESTER. He has contributed to the conception of over eight thriving businesses since his first job in Silicon Valley. He’s compiled his years of experience into a guide for aspiring marketers called Digital Marketing Made Easy. He is also the host of a podcast called Digital Marketing Fastlane where he and other digital marketers share their tricks of the trade with loyal listeners. With whatever minimal spare time he has, Kevin has agreed to speak at the summit and share his genius with us. To sneak a peek at him beforehand, click the link below.
Patrick Ward
Australian-born, Patrick Ward is the Director of Marketing for the Los Angeles-based digital marketing firm Rootstrap. Specializing in B2B influencer marketing, Patrick helps companies like Disney, Salesforce, Epson, Spotify, and Microsoft to increase their brand influence and presence across multiple digital platforms. Patrick is also an author on “marketing transformation mindset” for Mission Matters and is a contributing writer to the Forbes Communications Council and Ad Age Collective. Learn more about Patrick below.
Roshni Wijiayasinha
Roshni is a monumental marketer with 15 years of amazing accomplishments. She is currently Founder and Chief Strategist of Prosh Marketing, Chief Marketing Officer of Foxquilt Den, and a personal consultant. Roshni specializes in marketing for startups and SMBs to help these small brands find their true voice and showcase it to the world. She is a writer for the Forbes Council and she was recently interviewed for a Medium article. Read said article by clicking the link below.
Kristin Wilson
Kristin may have been one of the best-prepared people to work during this pandemic: she has been working remotely her entire career. Starting her international career in Costa Rica at a global real estate agency, Kristin got hooked on life abroad. She spent the next seven years traveling, working, and being featured in HGTV’s House Hunters International. She loved the ex-pat life so much that she created two international relocation businesses to help others join her in the fun. Kristin writes on both Medium and Quora as well as speaks at digital conferences and workshops. She capitalizes on a multitude of mediums as shown with her insightful blog, intuitive YouTube channel, and impressive Facebook group. To find out what country she’s in now, click the link below.
Jim Woods
Before anything else, Jim is a storyteller. He has capitalized on his skill of storytelling by writing for, well, everyone. Jim has published over 1,000 articles on more than 50 publications. He has written everything from books to blog posts. Jim strongly believes in the power of prose, whether it be an extensive novel or a simple email. Not only is he a writer himself, but he is also a writing coach. Once his pupils write a piece, he also works to market them and their work. On his website, he says that he, “helps business owners become authors.” Check out this quote and additional information about him by clicking the link below